Episode 85 Looking forward to the resumption of war

On November 17th, that is, the day after Wu Yanbin entered Xiang Xiaoqiang's guard company, Wei Zijin received an enthusiastic letter from him, reporting the best news to her, he has now received Xiang Lord's appreciation, entered Xiang Lord's guard company, and suddenly became a deputy company commander, and his rank was promoted to corporal, which is like "riding a rocket". Can't be too shabby.

Wu Yanbin said optimistically that although there is still some distance from the original position, as long as he behaves well, it is estimated that he will be able to return to the Praetorian Guard soon—then the two can see each other often; Either he didn't return to the Praetorian Guard, but followed Lord Xiang, and the broader future had opened his arms to him. The identities of the two are one step closer, and the day when the two finally become married is also one step closer.

However, while the wise Wei Zijin was happy, he noticed the strangeness.

She was thinking about it, and at ten o'clock in the morning, Shang Xiu entered the fortress and quietly asked to see her.

Wei Zijin suddenly realized, and suddenly understood. She knew that she and Wu Yanbin corresponded frequently, and she would definitely not be able to hide it from the Praetorian Guard. And now the Praetorian Guards are under Xiang Xiaoqiang, if Xiang Xiaoqiang wants to check, how can he hide from him?

Wei Zijin didn't expect them to open her letter, she wasn't engaged in espionage, and she didn't know that the glued envelope could be opened and restored as it was. She just thought that they had found Wu Yanbin according to the receiving address, and after checking back and forth, she probably guessed her relationship with Wu Yanbin.

In this way, Wei Zijin's heart was completely confused. She didn't know what to do for a moment. Now that Shang Xiu wants to see him, he will definitely ask himself to say good things to Xiang Xiaoqiang in front of His Majesty, and reconcile His Majesty with Xiang Xiaoqiang.

This kind of thing is contrary to Wei Zijin's consistent principles.

Wei Zijin was an orphan, because of his excellent character and learning, he was selected to enter the palace after graduating from junior high school in his teens, and became the accompanying maid of Her Royal Highness Princess Yongan at that time. Over the years, studying with Zhu Yourong and taking care of her personal life, she has become the "first maid" of the Ming Empire. This kind of identity of the Son of Heaven's intimate person has made many people across the country red-eyed. But she maintained a calm and calm character, being by the side of the Son of Heaven, wandering between the various power groups in the harem and the previous dynasty, she has always maintained a rare detachment and neutrality.

And it is precisely because of this performance that she has gained Zhu Yourong's absolute trust more and more. Zhu Yourong doesn't hide anything from her, even if he is with Xiang Xiaoqiang**, he doesn't avoid her, but when she is transparent. As a result, Wei Zijin has mastered much more palace secrets than others.

Just when Wei Zijin was preparing to continue this ideal state forever...... Sang-so came to see him.

No way, no matter how calm and calm Wei Zijin is, she is also a flesh-and-blood person, she also has seven emotions and six desires, and she also longs for love. Now that the person he loves the most is involved in a political incident, and it seems that it will be difficult to see each other again in this life, and now Xiang Xiaoqiang has pulled him under his command, and he has been promoted to a military rank, arranged an important position, and rewarded him with a large sum of money. One thousand Mingyang is nothing to Zhu Yourong, Fourteen Gege, and Xiang Xiaoqiang, and it may be just pocket money. But for Wu Yanbin, an ordinary non-commissioned officer, that was a lot of money. Even for Wei Zijin, the empress secretary, it has caught up with her salary for more than a year.

Money is nothing, the main thing is that now it is equivalent to saying that the happy future of Wei Zijin and his sweetheart is in the hands of Xiang Xiaoqiang. Xiang Xiaoqiang got Wu Yanbin back into the Praetorian Guard, so that the love between the two could continue. Xiang Xiaoqiang gave Wu Yanbin some opportunities, let him make meritorious contributions, and promote him, then Wu Yanbin could turn around as soon as possible, wash off the original political stain, and the final marriage of the two would become possible.

On the contrary, whether Xiang Xiaoqiang and His Majesty can reconcile, and whether His Majesty can forgive Xiang Xiaoqiang, is also in the hands of Wei Zijin to a certain extent. So the current situation is that the happy future of the two is "hostage" to each other, and they are both in each other's hands. And now people take the initiative to show favor and beg to come to the door.

Wei Zijin was in turmoil, thought about it again and again, and finally decided to live for his own happiness.

……

After seeing Xiuxiu in her room, Xiuxiu bowed respectfully, bowed down for a long time, and hurriedly hugged Wei Zijin in a panic.

After the two sat down, Xiuxiu greeted Wei Zijin very affectionately, and then invited Wei Zijin out for dinner, "The sisters have two drinks".

Wei Zijin was not mentally prepared at all, originally from the time she figured out this matter to the time she invited Xiuxiu in, her thoughts had been in a very chaotic and nervous state, and she could usually think about things clearly in a very quiet state, but now she didn't pay attention to it.

Looking at Xiuxiu's affectionate, sincere, and humble invitation in front of him, and then thinking about the attention he had just made up his mind to "live for his own happiness", he hesitated and agreed.

Xiuxiu was overjoyed, got up and bowed again, and then walked out of the fortress from a hidden small corridor with Wei Zijin and got into his car.

Xiuxiu took her to the high-end, low-key "Shangxiangyuan", asked for a secret private room, ordered a few expensive and elegant dishes, and drank more than ten degrees of sake. Wei Zijin is introverted and not good at words, but Xiuxiu is very active and very good at getting things done, and she chooses what Wei Zijin likes to hear, which soon makes Wei Zijin relax, and the two are really like good sisters, eating small dishes and drinking wine, you and I chatted word by word.

Xiuxiu quickly went straight to the point, begging Wei Zijin to help the Lord Xiang maneuver in front of His Majesty. Wei Zijin had already thought about it, and he didn't take any more shelves at the moment, nodded and agreed.

Xiuxiu was overjoyed again, and she didn't mention Wu Yanbin's words again. It's so cheesy, it looks like an exchange. Anyway, both of them just have to count.

After three rounds of drinking, Xiuxiu went one step further and begged Wei Zijin to worship herself as the Jinlan sisters. This is something that Wei Zijin has not been mentally prepared for at all, but the matter has come to this point, the "happy exchange" between the two sides has been carried out, and now that the wine has passed three rounds, this occasion, this atmosphere, and Xiuxiu's attitude really make Wei Zijin unable to refuse.

More importantly, Wei Zijin knows very well that the husband of the girl in front of him is very likely to become the husband of Her Majesty the Empress and the Prince of Daming in the future. Moreover, at that time, the veil of the mysterious "Ryukyu Princess" on her body is likely to be revealed with the sudden increase in her identity. Besides, this Shang Xiu seems to be so scheming and has means, no matter what aspect it is, it will be much better to make friends with her in the future than to make enemies with her.

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Seeing that Wei Zijin acquiesced, Xiuxiu's face was happy, just like a little girl who had finally been loved by her big sister, and she called Wei Zijin "sister" very coquettishly, so she immediately took advantage of the wine and food on the table to pull Wei Zijin to bow down decently.

After the swearing, the two are already godsisters. Then Xiuxiu was half-coquettish and asked her sister to give her sister a meeting gift.

Wei Zijin was stunned, I didn't know what Xiuxiu meant, but I saw that this "sister" didn't seem to be joking, and she was already waiting for it. She didn't think much about it, so she had to temporarily take off a white jade bracelet on her right wrist and give it to Xiuxiu as a meeting gift.

Xiuxiu was overjoyed, took this jade bracelet of a few hundred Mingyang at most, watched it with pity, and tried it on her wrist very preciously, and liked it quite much. Next, Xiuxiu smiled and took out a small fan from her Xiaokun bag and gave it back to Wei Zijin.

Wei Zijin hesitantly took the fan, and saw that the fan bone was just a relatively ordinary boxwood, not a particularly precious material such as ivory, so he slowly unfolded it.

The fan is not an imaginary brush or landscape painting, but just a three-line pen on the snow-white paper, which is actually in English.

Wei Zijin read silently, and gradually became short of breath:

“my fancies are fireflies，

specks of living light，

tinkling in the dark。

——tagore。 ”

After Wei Zijin finished reading silently, he raised his head in surprise and looked at Xiuxiu.

……

Xiuxiu also whispered silently:

"My fantasies are fireflies, little streamers, flickering in the dark. - Rabindranath Tagore. ”

Then, she said very seriously:

"Sister...... I have heard from my lord that when His Majesty chatted with him, he once said that when he was studying with his sister, he liked Tagore's poems...... My sister must also know that when Master Tagore traveled to Japan and the Ming Dynasty, he would often inscribe poems on their fans at people's requests...... This is one of them, which I bought by chance. …… It's not a fan, it's not a fan, it's just because it has two lines of the master's handwritten verses, so it's precious in the eyes of those who like it...... My sister knew that my sister liked Master Tagore, so she specially chose to give it to her sister. A small fan condenses the unswerving friendship of our sisters...... I hope my sister won't live up to it. ”

Wei Zijin's mind was completely confused, the surprise and uneasiness in his chest were intertwined, his chest kept rising and falling, and he didn't know what to say for a while, whether to accept or refuse.

"I hope my sister won't live up to it."

Xiuxiu looked at her seriously and said again.

Wei Zijin couldn't refuse anymore. She bit her lip, nodded, and held the fan tightly in her hand, loving it, and her chest was pounding.

……

Obviously, the 360-degree all-round influence of Wei Zijin, Mrs. Li, and Zheng Gongyin quickly played a role. A day later, on the afternoon of November 19, Zhu Yourong invited Fourteen Gege into the fortress for tea, and by the way, he also brought his cousin Zheng Yuxuan a little.

Of course, Xiang Xiaoqiang was not invited.

However, Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately smelled Zhu Yourong's move. Although Zhu Yourong is still unwilling to give Xiang Xiaoqiang a good look now, he is already "uniting sisters". That means "a few of us have tea and chat, ignore him!" ”

The facts also confirmed Xiang Xiaoqiang's speculation. Coming out of the fortress, Fourteen Gege told Xiaoqiang about the situation. Zhu Yourong doesn't seem to be angry anymore, and his mood is much better. In this afternoon tea, Zhu Yourong is mainly close to Fourteen Gegla. In addition to chatting, drinking tea, and eating fruits, Zhu Yourong gave a few pieces of jewelry to fourteen grids.

But Zheng Yuxuan didn't come out with Fourteen Gege. When Song Shishige came out, Zhu Yourong motioned for his cousin to stay.

Fourteen Gege guessed that Zhu Yourong has now initially accepted her and Zheng Yuxuan emotionally. This is the first time Zhu Yourong and his cousin have met since they turned their faces last time. Leaving my cousin behind, it seems that I want to have a deep talk with her, make friends with each other, and have a showdown.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was also overjoyed. It seems that both Mrs. Li and Wei Zijin have played a vital role. They let Zhu Yourong "think about it" in the shortest possible time. Of course, Zheng Yuxuan and Zhu Yourong conveyed their plans to "five golden flowers", which is also very important. In this way, the possibility of Zhu Yourong's acceptance has been greatly increased.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhu Yourong's love for himself has not diminished with this incident.

Xiang Xiaoqiang is even eager to start the war again, so that he can lead the People's Guard to another hearty victory, focusing on establishing his image as a hero in Zhu Yourong's heart. …… The front has been silent for too long, and he is about to become a "male pet" from a "hero".

Zhu Yourong still remembered the poem he read to himself:

On the day of the return of the edict, I untied my nightgown with my husband. Oh no, untie the robes.

Xiang Xiaoqiang is now full of ambition for a while, and he can't wait to destroy the Northern Qing Dynasty immediately, so that Zhu Yourong can untie his nightgown.