Xu Lianyi is not like Xu Hewei.

She was just deliberately raised according to the goal of "being like Xu Hewei".

The Xu family is considered a high family, and the seventh ancestor Xu Zun started from the dragon and sealed the marquis. The ups and downs of the descendants of the past dynasties, although it is not the most prominent family of the Daping Dynasty, but it is not ashamed, there are people who are officials in every generation, and the family style is calm and serious, the house and the land, accumulated from generation to generation, not publicity, but solid.

It's just that the Xu family doesn't have a lot of branches. Lianyi and Hewei are sisters of a great grandfather, and they are far away in blood, but they have close contacts, and the house is also in front and back streets. Hewei is the eldest daughter of the daughter of the Xu family in this generation, ranking in both sizes, smart and beautiful when she is a child, and often makes amazing words, and is famous in Datong. When she was 14 years old, she was selected to be a female official in the palace, and she also glorified the lintel for a while. Lianyi was only 9 years old at the time, and she was the third in the ranking, but the second girl of the Xu family had mediocre qualifications, so she was inexplicably placed on high hopes - to grow into another lotus flavor.

In a daze, Hewei's master moved from her aunt's house to her house and became her master, Hewei's wet nurse, and also Lianyi's personal mother-in-law. The aunt often came over and instructed Lianyi's mother openly and honestly on how to teach her daughter so that she could be more like the eldest sister. Everyone took it for granted.

After another two years, the names of Hewei's poems and paintings were all greatly revitalized in the capital, and he was selected by the emperor to enter the East Palace as the prince's side concubine.

Actually, of course, it was Prince Chen Yu who took a fancy to him. At that time, they were all involved in some affairs of Taixue, and there were some intersections, and they came and went, and their feelings were deep-rooted.

Is this worth it? It is the first time that the Xu family has married the royal family. Therefore, although the impression of this eldest sister has gradually blurred from the little Lianyi's heart, her influence is there, and it is getting stronger and stronger.

Lianyi recalled the lotus flavor she saw when she was a child, with apricot kernel eyes, melon seed face, and liked to wear plain clothes. In comparison, Lianyi has a pair of clear water eyes that are more slender in shape, with a duck egg face, and a soft spot for red and green. Despite this, the elders of the entire clan all sighed with joy when they saw Lianyi: "Like, really like!" ”

Then, they talked about the other princes and county kings of the royal family with half light, half dark, half hidden and half delicted, full of hope.

Lianyi has two younger brothers, his father is a squire of the Ministry of Works, Sipin, his grandparents are Kang Jian, and his mother and concubine are gentle and beautiful. My grandfather's family was an imperial merchant.

Speaking of which, no matter whether Lianyi thinks she is like a clan sister and not, a woman's life, a woman's life with such a background and such conditions, isn't it going to develop in a predestined direction?

In the spring and March of the 11th year of the Daping Dynasty, a scandal exploded on both sides of the Feng River like a thunderbolt from the sky. Crown Prince Chen Yuzhi's side concubine Xu Hewei, left a confessional poem, escaped from the palace with his lover, and eloped to the end of the world.

The poem says: "The bright moon in the East Palace dyes the clothes cold, and the days are like the days every year." Ten years of slanting sun do not need to cry, today the river is alone to the west. ”

Since she entered the palace, she has indeed been favored for almost ten years, and she has finally left a conclusion that "life is like a year". In the Luo Wei tent, the young and handsome prince once jokingly called her "the big river". The word "river" is taken from her boudoir name "Hewei", and the word "big river" means that Chen Yu has love for her like a "river"; On the other hand, Chen Yu has a nickname that only his father and mother can call - "Hai'er", and the east of the river belongs to the sea, which is a symbol of the strong love between two people.

Xu Hewei, the big river, left with Prince Xirong, who was a proton in Datong and had completed his study in Taixue, and did not go east.

In addition to the shock of the whole country, the Xu family has attracted much attention. The preparations for Lianyi's 19th birthday banquet also stopped, and the family trembled. The dark tide was raging for several days, and the decree came down. The people of the Xu family in Beijing are all crowded in Hewei's house and kneeling to listen to the order.

The emperor, without any punitive measures, actually gave Hewei the title of a princess, called "Rouxi", and regarded the elopement as a kiss. While appeasing Xirong, he spared the Xu family, and barely saved the royal face.

While the Xu family breathed a sigh of relief, they actually didn't quite understand what the emperor was thinking. Lianyi's mother was the first to notice that Eunuch Li, who came to announce the decree, seemed to have brought a little pride.

Eunuch Li didn't sell it, and said directly, "The emperor feels sorry for our prince, so now he agrees to any request." ”

The adults of the Xu family laughed together, agreeing "yes, yes, yes," still confused.

Eunuch Li continued, "The crown prince heard that the third lady of our family, Miss Lianyi, is very similar to Princess Rouxi. Therefore, don't bother with one thing, the old slave will take the third lady into the palace today. Pack up and let's go. ”

At that moment, only Lianyi immediately understood, "Dengdengdeng" took three steps back, and the rest of the Xu family was stunned, and the house was quiet.

Eunuch Li continued his mission, and said unhurriedly, "Your family can't afford to suffer, so come down when there is a step." If it weren't for the prince's nostalgia, hum - look, what am I talking about? In the future, the Lianyi girl will be angry, who would dare not continue to look up at the Xu family! The title and concubine number are not there for the time being, but the palace is in a hurry, let's go! ”

Mother came back to her senses, choked up and asked, "Well, let's clean up—"

"Yo, there's nothing in the palace! Look at you, you're joking. ”

As these words landed, the two tall palace daughters who didn't know where to get out rushed over, pulled Lianyi and left.

There was a thud and she was stuffed into a sedan chair. didn't even glance at his parents and relatives, and Lianyi was kidnapped by Eunuch Li and his party who came to the Xu family to deliver the decree and carried back to the palace.

It is higher than the building of the prince's house, and the sky is wider than the sky of the prince's house. The shadows of the layers of eaves pressed over and ran over. You don't have to open the curtain, you can feel this royal dignity.

Lianyi wringed her hands, calculating, and became more and more frightened.

For her, a woman's life, just today, has it been decided?

There is nothing wrong with serving the crown prince. She even heard her mother talk to her aunt in private, and quietly hoped that her daughter would not marry those princes and county kings, but would also be able to enter the East Palace. When the time comes, the sisters will be the women of the future son of heaven, how glorious!

But now, everything has changed. What Hewei has done, now it is for Lianyi to suffer the consequences.

The crown prince Chen Yu doesn't know how much he hates the Xu family. All the frustration and helplessness will definitely fall on Lianyi doubly.

"I'm not like, I'm not like her." She was gently in the sedan chair, complaining to me who didn't know whether it was heaven or earth.

After several twists and turns, the sedan chair finally entered a courtyard and stopped. The two palace daughters helped Lianyi to the ground, and in the courtyard stood the forbidden army who didn't know how many they were, fully armed. Lian Yi raised his head, just in front of the eyes of a black-armored general.

The light of the torch painted a golden touch in his eyes. He has jet-black hair, sword-split eyebrows, apricot eyes like lotus flavor, straight glacier nose, cold lips with clear lines, with nobility and arrogance, and a hint of desire for spring, and some girlish, too soft eyes, put on the same face, piecing together a strange beauty.

Lianyi looked at the good-looking right hand of the black-armored general, which was resting on the hilt of the sword at his side, and his heart was cold, but he was no longer frightened, and asked directly in a loud and crisp voice: "Your Highness wants to kill someone, so give poisoned wine to the Xu family, and get me here to kill, it takes a lot of effort to harm people, no wonder——"

No wonder, even the side concubine ran away with other men-Lian Yi wanted to say so. It was poisonous enough, but she really thought so.

Lianyi didn't dare to say that, so she stopped.

The Black Armor General's brow furrowed.

A voice sounded from behind him: "I don't want to kill you." Didn't Gonggong Li say it? I heard that you are like your sister, let you come into the palace to accompany me. I'm afraid you'll run away too. Since then, the rules of the East Palace have changed, don't want those eunuchs and palace maids to pestle here, it's useless, I have set up a special guard team for you. The leader is the four-rank guard with a sword, the general of the forbidden army Bai Ling - Jinbei. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Jin Bei and the others shouted in unison, and retreated to the side neatly.

A man in a white dragon robe stood opposite Xu Lianyi in the night.