On the night of the Shangyuan Festival, the bustle in front of the calyx Xianghui building is the most in Chang'an. There are also light cars and floats in front of the east and west cities, and the kings and nobles send prostitutes to go out to parade, and the entire Chang'an City is almost shrouded in a festive and jubilant atmosphere. However, this is not without exceptions. The banquet on the calyx upstairs, not all ministers can enjoy it, not all royal clans can smile from beginning to end, and those who quietly fled away from the table are not only the crown prince Li Hong, but also a few unfavored harem concubines. As for the ministers and officials, those who retired under the pretext of old age and infirmity include Song Jing.

Song Jing retired after watching the peerless sword dance of Gongsun Auntie's master and apprentice. Coming out of Xingqing Palace at this moment, and glancing at the square in front of the building where the gongs and drums were singing and dancing, Song Jing couldn't help but tie a knot in his brows. When he was just on the castle tower, he wanted to give advice on such a costly festival, but in the end he held back. After all, with the reason of having fun with the people, if he is too bad for the scenery, he will inevitably be unkind. When he changed into civilian clothes and rode his horse to Anxingfang, where he was located, he suddenly found that there was also a group of people in front of him who were walking against the flow of people, and the back of one of them was still a little familiar.

But he was slightly stunned, he shook the reins and rode his horse to chase forward, which caused the two entourages to be stunned. And when Kankan was on par with the group in front of him, Song Jing pulled back his horse and said: "I didn't expect Junli to go to the Calyx Xianghui Building to have a lively time."

Du Shiyi stopped when he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and when he found that it was Song Jing, he was taken aback, and he couldn't help but glance at Yue Wuniang beside him. It's good not to look at this, Song Jing was also a person who had seen Gongsun Auntie and Yue Wuniang's master and apprentice sword dance, even if it was not clear from a distance today, but I also heard that Gongsun Auntie's long-lost apprentice returned to Chang'an, so he performed together on this festival, so he recognized Yue Wuniang at a glance, and was immediately surprised.

"How can Junli be with Gongsun and everyone?"

was exposed so quickly, Du Shiyi was dumbfounded, but Wang Rong owed a debt and smiled: "Yue Niangzi and I had a good relationship when I was in Bingzhou, and Du Lang had a life-and-death friendship with Luo Bu and Xi Wang's tooth tent, so she and her newlywed husband rushed to attend my wedding with Du Lang. She is a person who can't be restrained, and she quietly retreated at the end of the song, who knew that she was hit by the prince of Guangping County. ”

Song Jing was immediately interested when he heard this, and when he saw that Du Shiyi hurriedly turned sideways and let Luo Ying come up, he couldn't help but look at the young man curiously, and when he was about to ask a question, he suddenly smiled and said, "Forget it, don't talk on the street on this cold day." The younger generations in my family have probably gone out to enjoy the lantern festival or have fun, and there is no one else. If you don't want to join in the excitement of the Metaverse Festival outside, how about sitting at my house and admiring the moon? ”

Yue Wuniang just said that she would find a place to admire the moon, and at this time, Song Jing came to invite her to enjoy the moon, and everyone couldn't help but look at each other. Du Shiyi has always sincerely admired Song Jing's conduct, seeing that Wang Rong beside him had no objections, and Yue Wuniang nodded even more happily, only Luo Ying was a little at a loss, so he said: "Song Kaifu is so gracious, I will bother it later." ”

Anxingfang is located diagonally opposite the Xingqing Palace, where dignitaries and dignitaries gather. The southeast corner is the gift of Li Fan, the king of Qi, the north of the west gate of the land elephant first house, the north of the land elephant first house is the Song Jing house. In addition, Concubine Wu Hui's parents, the late Zheng Guo's wife Yang and her father once crowned the king of Heng'an County, Wu Yuzhi, the mansion is also in this place. When Du Shiyi and his party followed Song Jing and entered from the east gate, passing through the Qi Wang's Mansion, Heng'an County Wang's Mansion, Lu Xiangxian's Mansion, and Zuihou came to Song Jing's mansion, Yue Wuniang couldn't help but exclaim.

"It is said that the most powerful person in the Tang Dynasty lives near this Xingqing Palace, and it is true at all."

"No matter how powerful you are, if you don't know how to save your body three times a day, you may not be able to maintain your wealth and glory forever." Song Jing replied disapprerovingly, and saw that the family in front of the door stepped forward to greet him, and sure enough, he said that the children and grandchildren were not there, and even the old wife was coaxed out by his sons to go out to visit the Lantern Festival, and he didn't explain what the identity of people other than Du Shiyi was, he only said lightly, "Provoke a few pots of wine and send them to the Houtou Warm Pavilion, as for the lady and Langjun ladies, as well as those who went out to watch the lanterns on vacation, don't alarm them to come back." ”

Song Jing's family has always had few guests, and today there are four main owners, and the people are all wondering, but the owner has never liked anyone to get to the bottom of it, and no one dares to make a mistake, so naturally he just prepares according to Song Jing's instructions. And Song Jing took Du Shiyi and others to a warm pavilion in the backyard, and when he saw Yue Wuniang shouting about heat as soon as he entered the house, he took off his robe, so he nodded and explained.

"This house was built by the Ministry of Industry when it was supervised by the Ministry of Industry, and it was connected to the earth. Originally, the main house study and so on had to be set up like this, I disliked spending too much charcoal countless times, only this one was retained, and it was used for a few days and ten days when it was the coldest time of the year, and it was enough to heat the charcoal basin on weekdays. This year's weather is warm, only a few days ago for the first time to burn the earth dragon, today is just a lot of people, but it is also suitable. ”

The dignified prime minister was so frugal, Yue Wuniang couldn't help but quietly stick out her tongue, but Du Shiyi knew that Song Jing was famous for not accepting gifts and not interceding and being hospitable, so when he was the prime minister, he was a man, but now he is afraid that it will become even worse. When he followed Song Jing's words, he also took off his outer clothes, and sat down on Song Jing's lower left, he saw Song Jing looking thoughtfully at Luo Ying, who was at the head of Yue Wuniang, and asked: "Yue Niangzi had great achievements in the past, but she disappeared without waiting for a reward, and I also heard about it from the sage." Now that I have quietly returned to Beijing, I am already a wife, but I am a little curious. ”

"What about you" Yue Wuniang glanced at Luo Ying with slight disgust, seeing that she was a little hesitant and didn't know how to speak, she simply said on his behalf, "Guangping County Gong, Luo Lang was born in Luoyang Anguo Temple, raised as the host of the temple since childhood, and once sent to Songshan Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts for many years. Later, because of his background, he left Luoyang and went to Hexi, where he fought under Zhang Xiangguo, who is now a leader, and was awarded the Captain of the Cavalry for the special merit of capturing the flag, and the official worshiped the general of Linzhou. It's just that he stayed in Linzhou to find out the whereabouts of his father who had been in the Western Regions for his crimes, and later after finding out, he left his official position to look for clues, and it happened that I met a horse thief and was rescued by him."

Most of these words are true, only the most important thing is false, Du Shiyi and Wang Rong know it, Luo Ying is naturally dumbfounded, only Song Jing believes it is true, and sighed in surprise: "Such an experience can be called a legend of you and your master's master, and you are unwilling to bend your waist for the powerful, let alone be a concubine, and you really need a good man to be worthy."

A good man said that Luo Ying was so ashamed that she was ashamed. Where is Yue Wuniang met a horse thief, he went to rescue, it was clear that he ran alone to the Western Regions and encountered a horse thief robbing the road, although he tried his best to fight, but after all, he was outnumbered, zuihou Yue Wuniang's divine soldiers fell from the sky, and in order to save him, he almost lost his life, but he stammered and said a word, and the words were robbed by Yue Wuniang again.

"Guangping County Prince, Luo Lang is honest and can't speak, please don't be surprised, he can't do anything else except for martial arts."

"Since you have good martial arts, don't waste them. Yue Niangzi is so stunning, how can she be inferior to the original Mrs. Xia of Wuwei County? ”

Luo Ying and Yue Wuniang both came back from the Western Regions via Longyou, Hexi, how could they not know the name of Mrs. Xia of Wuwei County? On the same day, Li Longji's Wang Junyu was repeatedly defeated in Tibet, and a banquet was held in Guangda Building, and his wife Xia also attended because of her military exploits, and was once awarded the title of Mrs. Wuwei County. I heard that it is this lady of Wuwei County, whenever Wang Junyu is in battle, he must personally lead his personal guards to follow, and he also has merit in defeating the enemy, and even has the name of the women's army in Liangzhou. But this time Wang Junji was ambushed and killed, she did not have an entourage, I heard that when Li Longji personally set up a sacrifice to mourn Wang Junyan and posthumously presented it, this Wuwei County lady once cried and fainted.

Yue Wuniang wrinkled her nose slightly, then looked at Wang Rong with a smile and asked, "Wang Niangzi, the prince of Guangping said that I can become the lady of Wuwei County, what do you say?" ”

Wang Rong has long been accustomed to Yue Wuniang's clever and unpredictable skills, and was slightly stunned at the moment, and when she saw Song Jing also looked at herself, she shook her head and said: "Before, Wang Dashuai had old grievances in the four departments of Hexi, so he later controlled Hexi, and the four departments were ashamed of being under his command, he did not try to convince the four departments, but sued them for rebellion, so that the head of the four departments was outside the long stream, and his tribe regarded him as a revenge, and wanted to kill him quickly. Mrs. Wuwei County is brave and brave, but her husband's unwise move, she did not advise, and as a result, she had the pain of losing her husband this time. The wife, Qi Ye, side by side on the battlefield, is a heroic moment, but if he can assist his husband from beginning to end, he is the real virtuous helper. ”

Song Jing was originally using Yue Wuniang to test Wang Rong, and he couldn't help but smile at this moment. And Yue Wuniang saw that Song Jing immediately turned the spearhead and began to ask Wang Rong with interest, she breathed a sigh of relief, stared at Luo Ying and reprimanded in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "You just listen to me, don't talk nonsense, I don't want to be a county lady, I just want to live freely, you don't think nonsense."

"Wu Niang ......"

Luo Ying hesitated for a while, and then made up her mind, "I will listen to you in the future, no matter what you ask me to do, I will do it."

"That's it" Yue Wuniang raised her eyebrows proudly, if it weren't for Song Jing being on top, she would definitely pat Luo Ying's head as usual. It's just that at this time, she is more interested in Du Shiyi, who can't hide her concern on her face. I saw him look at Song Jing and then at Wang Rong, and his uncalm look made people laugh. After observing for a while, instead of consciously causing this situation by herself, she still kneaded her chin and muttered softly.

"Men care about women, this is love"

Of course, Du Shiyi didn't hear Yue Wuniang's muttering, which was so low that it was almost inaudible. He never expected that Yue Wuniang would suddenly cause trouble and turn Song Jing's attention to Wang Rong.

Regarding Wang Junyong and Wuwei County's wife Xia's husband and wife, he and Wang Rong's newlywed Yan'er naturally mentioned it many times between the bed and pillows, but they were all regarded as negative cases. You must know that although the Son of Heaven was extremely proud of the posthumous Wang Jun, made a gift of special advancement, the governor of Jingzhou, and even transported the coffin back to the capital, and the official funeral was buried, and even ordered Zhang Shuo, who was known as Yan Xu's generosity, to draft the Shinto tablet for him and write the inscription himself, but when the Xia family met Concubine Wu Hui, he either cried bitterly to express the pain, or asked the Son of Heaven to send troops and horses to let her return to Liangzhou to fight with the soldiers and horses of Tubo to avenge her husband, and she didn't expect the two sons at all.

It is said that after two times, even if the lady of Wuwei County wanted to meet Concubine Wu Hui, she was prevaricated by Concubine Wu Hui with her husband's funeral.

Regarding this matter, he was not worried that Wang Rong would show timidity under Song Jing's questioning, but then Song Jing really asked a little complicated. What is the need of the godson, what kind of officialdom is how to deal with the situation of walking to the lady to intercede, and even mixed with the old things about his former sealing and returning the cane Jiang Jiao's book are also used for him to judge. So much so that when Wang Rongxiao looked at him, he once wanted to speak out.

"The responsibility of sealing and returning is the duty of picking up the missing and making up for the que, and picking up the missing and making up for the que, people are not light, what they want is to advise without hesitating their position, so there is nothing wrong with what Du Lang did. If I had been his wife at that time, and if he had been degraded for it, I would have walked with him in peace. Wang Rong looked at Du Shiyi, but his heart flashed the situation of Princess Jinxian and Princess Yuzhen, who were prevented from going to intercede because of this matter. At that time, although she seemed to be reasonable in talking in front of the two noble lords, what she had in mind was a completely different idea.

If Du Shiyi was really degraded because of this at that time, while quietly accompanying him to the debasement, those who stood by and watched, she would definitely do her best to make them feel bad

Song Jing naturally didn't know Wang Rong's true thoughts, he was reused in the Wuhou years, and he was the official in the imperial history, and he also respected the Empress Zetian, but this did not mean that he could approve of women in politics. In his view, a woman and her husband are like courtiers and kings, and all of them are indispensable for admonishing and assisting. Therefore, Wang Rong's words can be said to be right for his appetite.

"It's good to be able to see the mistakes of predecessors and know how to make up for them."

As soon as the words fell, a family member announced outside: "Ah Lang, Mrs. and Erlangjun are back." ”

As soon as Mrs. Cui and Song Sheng's mother and son entered the house, they learned that Song Jing had invited Du Shiyi and his party to the house, and they all felt extremely surprised. Before, because Du Shiyi married Wang Yuanbao's daughter, Mrs. Cui knew that her husband was cold and couldn't speak, so she didn't complain anything, but the Song family brothers secretly sighed for a while, they knew that it would be cheaper to be a businesswoman, it was better to start earlier to strengthen Song Jing to have such a grandson-in-law, and they have such a son-in-law, wouldn't the Song family be able to show up for another twenty or thirty years?

At this moment, when Song Sheng helped Mrs. Cui to the warm pavilion, he sighed in a low voice: "Grandpa is just too stubborn." ”

Mrs. Cui reminded in a low voice: "Your grandfather, he is like this." When I see Du Jiulang later, remember to be polite, he is already in the right place of residence in his twenties. ”

"Yes, Zhang said that thirty years old can only be the right official to make up for the que, Zhang Jiuling is forty-one years old before the official is the right to make up for the que, his steps are really much faster than them"

Song Sheng said this, but he was quite envious of Du Shiyi in his heart. However, their sons do not have the shadow of Song Jing working in Wenhan at all, and the science field is at most the Ming Jing and the first, most of them enter from the shade of the door, and finally the Son of Heaven has preferential treatment because they are the sons of the prime minister, but when they come to the Ministry of Officials to elect officials, they are always because Song Jing does not want to be gossiped about, so far it is rare to have a good official. Song Sheng is a more lenient person and has a slightly calmer heart, such as Song Hun and Song Shu and other younger brothers, but they are all complaining behind their backs, but no one dares to touch Yan's father's tiger whiskers.

But he helped Mrs. Cui to the door of the warm pavilion, only to see that the curtain was opened, and a strange burly young man came out to open the curtain first, and then Du Shiyi came out, followed by two women. After Song Jing, who was walking in Zuihou, smiled and bowed to the three of them, Du Shiyi led people to salute him and Mrs. Cui, and said goodbye like this. Seeing this scene, he was in a hurry to come over with his second son, just to quietly ask Du Shiyi to take care of his two young sons, Song Heng and Song Shang's Mrs. Cui, who had just joined the company, and he was a little annoyed.

"Why are you? As soon as Jiro and I came back, you hurriedly sent the guests away"

"I invited someone to enjoy the moon and have a drink and relax, not to bother with housework" Song Jing saw that Song Sheng was embarrassed, and Mrs. Cui was stunned, so he said with a straight face, "But if I am in one day, I will never use the affairs of my children to bother the people in the court, otherwise, I will simply tell the old man to return to his hometown, and let his son return to his hometown with him."

Although they couldn't enjoy the moon tonight, the two couples rode their horses side by side, whispering their own whispers. Du Shiyi just sweated for Wang Rong's response, but how smart Wang Rong was, how could he follow his topic, and asked with a smile: "We came out today, you let Bao'er go out to visit the Lantern Festival alone, so rest assured of him?" ”

"He is now fourteen years old, not a child, I think I ...... at this time" Du Shiyi said and got stuck, when he was fourteen years old in this life, he not only succeeded in exterminating locusts, but also worshiped under Lu Hongmen, but what was it when he was fourteen years old in the previous life? So, in Wang Rong's smiling eyes, he could only interrupt, "Don't worry, I didn't really let him go out alone, I sent someone to follow ......."

However, when he really returned to the Du Mansion in Xuanyangfang, he learned that the person sent to follow Chen Bao'er had returned, but because there were too many people on the main road tonight, he couldn't follow Chen Bao'er, and Du Shiyi's face changed when he arrived. And as time passed, he couldn't help but become more worried. Every year, the three days of the Shangyuan Festival are nights, although it is a carnival for the people, but even if the patrol Jin Wuwei has increased several times, there is no way to stop the same high crime rate. When he was in office as Captain Wannian, didn't Wang Jin almost encounter a robbery, but was saved by Cui Jianxuan?

The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and when he got to Zuihou, Yu called Chibi and asked him to take his post to the Wannian County Party next door, and ask someone to order the messenger to pay more attention. But Chibi, who had a delicate face, was stopped by Wang Rong before he left: "Of course, you are a teacher's fatherly heart, but things haven't reached that point yet, Bao'er may also enter the science field in the future, you make such a big fuss, in case someone comes back after a while, but everyone knows about it, didn't you just let him have a reputation for unscrupulously worrying his elders?" Chibi, you first take a few people to look for it in front of the Lantern Festival and the Calyx Xianghui Building in the East and West Cities. ”

Chibi saw that Du Shiyi was dumbfounded by Wang Rong's words, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that one thing would drop one thing, and he smiled when he agreed. As soon as he left, Wang Rong sat down Du Shiyi, turned to his back and gently pinched his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Looking at Song Kaifu's words and deeds today, I am obviously not very satisfied with my son-in-law. For example, Song Kaifu, the former prime minister, is now a first-class high-ranking official in the DPRK and China, not to mention others, you are so attentive to Bao'er now, can you have confidence in our children in the future? ”

"Of course" Du Shiyi burst out three words without thinking about it, and turned his head to see Wang Rong's face full of disbelief, so he grabbed her hand and said with a smile, "Song Kaifu is different from me, he is too diligent in royal affairs, so that he spends too little time with the children in the family, so naturally he has no time to control." Moreover, looking at Song Kaifu's personality, you can know that the son must be very loud when he starts training, and it is difficult for his son to get close to him, and he will not confide in his heart. If it were me, I would definitely spare more time to teach my son, lay out the facts and reason, and see if he dared to listen to me."

Wang Rong couldn't help but ridicule: "You seem to be an expert in teaching children, where do you have so much time?" Have you forgotten that after we got married, you canceled your vacation and went back to Zhongshu Province, when did you leave and when did you return every day?

"This ......" Du Shiyi also knew that he had been really busy recently, so he couldn't help but look away in embarrassment, "I have you without me, Song Kaifu is certainly virtuous, but the Duchess of Guangping County is not as good as you." ”

"Say whatever you want to hear" Wang Rong showed slight anger on his face, but Du Shiyi stretched out his hand and pulled it, and he sat directly in his arms. But at the moment when she involuntarily almost faced Du Shiyi, she only heard a familiar voice from outside.

"Master, I'm back, who do you think I brought here?"

"Master, Master"

These two voices came into their ears in almost no particular order, and the next moment, Du Shiyi and Wang Rong saw two figures, one big and one small, entering the door. Wang Rong's cheeks lit up for a while, and he suddenly bounced up from Du Shiyi's knees with the most agile speed, and then quickly stepped forward and took the jade slave in his arms, and then said without looking back: "Yu slave, Shi Niang is thinking about you, okay, you sleep with Shi Niang tonight."

Seeing that Wang Rong took the jade slave away without saying anything, Du Shiyi couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and after a while, he glared at Chen Bao'er angrily and said, "Do you know how worried you are about running around?" Also, where did you meet the Jade Slave? How did you bring her back? ”

Yu Nu probably didn't see the scene just now, but Chen Bao'er saw it clearly, and her face was so embarrassed that she couldn't be more embarrassed. Therefore, in the face of Du Shiyi's reproach, he could only say honestly: "I went to the calyx Xianghui downstairs to look at it for a while, and then went to the east and west cities, and then met the jade slave sisters in front of the Danfeng Gate Tower of Daming Palace, and just a lady talked to them, and the sister of the jade slave entrusted the jade slave to me, and I accompanied the lady to enjoy the lanterns." ”

"Madame, which lady?" Du Shiyi raised her eyebrows and asked in confusion.

Chen Bao'er thought about the words she had just vaguely heard, and then said, "It seems to be Mrs. Qiuguo." ”