"Help, help" Crescent Moon sat in the carriage and recuperated when she heard a cry for help coming from the left side of the road.

"What's wrong?" Crescent asked the coachman, who was looking clearly outside.

The coachman replied, "It looks like a few strong men are chasing a son, and the son is bleeding from his body, and it seems that he can't run far." “

Feng'er said to Xinyue, "Xu is that son owes those strong men money, otherwise this blue sky and white day are on the official road, how dare they be so presumptuous?" “

Fei'er nodded, "The slave thinks so too." ”

Xinyue didn't want to worry about this, but she noticed that the speed of the carriage slowed down, "Madam, that boy ran to the official road and blocked our road." ”

"Someone," Crescent Moon shouted to the guards outside the carriage.

"In" answered her by two of the prince's bodyguards.

"Go to the front and ask what's going on? My son-in-law has grievances, so don't let that group of strong men harm him. ”

"Yes" I heard only two neighings, and in a moment one of the two guards returned" The lady and the boy fainted, and the strong men saw us approaching, and fled in all directions. ”

"Send that son to see Langzhong, don't make a noise, just say that you saw him faint on the side of the road, and you can attach a consultation fee for him." Xinyue thought to herself, those strong men saw the guards on horseback and with swords, and immediately fled, they must have a false heart, and that prince was probably also a bitter master.

"Madam, do you think those strong men are blocking the road and robbing them? And that boy is the one they robbed. Fei'er asked curiously.

Xinyue paused and said, "This is on the official road, only five miles out of the Jinling City Gate, who dares to rob here in broad daylight." ”

As she spoke, the new moon lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, and it was the prince's guard, who was carrying the bloody prince on his back, walking past them.

"After this is done, you can go back, and when you give your Royal Highness a life, you will say that I have arrived safely, so that he doesn't have to worry." Crescent Moon didn't see the child's appearance clearly, the crown on his head had fallen off, and his hair covered his face. I just think he should be in his early twenties, with white skin, and he should be good-looking.

"Yes, ma'am," the two guards walked in the same direction at the crescent.

After the long cold winter and the short spring days have passed, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and it is time for the summer heat in Jinling.

A flash of the new moon has been living in the village for almost three months, and in a few days it will be the Dragon Boat Festival Palace banquet, the queen mother personally posted, so that the new moon must go to participate, the new moon should think about it, for the sake of himself and the prince.

The day after Xinyue came out of King Yu's palace, Rong Xu took out the marriage contract file of the two, and the divorce book was written a long time ago, so that the marriage contract file was destroyed, Xinyue accepted and divorced the book, and the two people really reconciled. As for why things went so smoothly? One is that these things were all done by Rong Xu without the knowledge of King Yu, although King Yu has a high reputation in Jinling City, but there are almost no people like ears and mouths, after all, this is not the eastern capital where he has been rooted for many years, so it is easy to hide something from him. The second is that the official who manages their marriage contract file got a sign from the palace, so Rong Xu wanted to take it, so he let him take it out.

All these things, except for those people in the palace, I'm afraid even Yao'er and Shan'er don't know. It's not a glorious thing in the first place, and no one knows about it.

It's just that at the palace banquet of the Dragon Boat Festival, the two will still meet. When you don't sit at the same table when you meet, you will definitely be known about the two of you. The other crescents aren't much to worry about, just...

"Madame, your letter." Feng'er had just come in from the garden, holding a letter that had just been delivered by a fast horse.

Xinyue took it, looked at the seal on the envelope, and knew that it was Rong Ying's letter, and the two of them didn't know how to get it, but they actually exchanged letters.

At the beginning, Rong Ying took the initiative to write to her, and what was written in the letter was the things that Rong Ying felt Xinyue wanted to know, such as the news from Liang Guo's side, and what Xinyue cared about the most, the things in the palace. What he writes now is all something he knew by chance, something interesting.

For example, in one letter, he said that there has been no rain in Bingzhou since this year, and even if the local people ask for rain, they will not dig up the pond in the north of Bingzhou to divert water to irrigate the rice fields. Later, he ordered to dig up the pond and irrigate the fields, after the artificial descent, the bottom of the pond was exposed in some places, and ten corpses were dug up on the ground, these bones turned out to be the great witch of the state, in order to reach the gods, and the poor man who sacrificed it, although this matter caused a discussion in the end of the state, but no one dared to blame the big witch, after all, these people still need the big witch to ask for rain. Rong Ying never believed in these things, since on the surface, he couldn't punish the murderer, he sent a team of guards to cut off the head of the big witch, and it was a coincidence, the big witch just lost his breath, and it rained in the sky, Rong Ying instructed the assassin of the state to hang the head of the big witch in the vegetable market, and the heavy rain fell like this for three days, filling the pond from the new and moistening the fields.

This incident made Xinyue have a change in Rong Ying's opinion, that is, in addition to his mind pointing directly to the throne, he will also take care of this kind of people's livelihood-related things, so Xinyue replied to him with a letter, that is, from that letter, the two began to pass on letters.

Xinyue was reading Rong Ying's last reply at this time, but who knew that in the blink of an eye, the next one would arrive. She reached out and picked up the letter, on which he wrote, "I have never believed in any ghosts and gods, fate has never given in to me, and I have not been tortured repeatedly. And the Great Witch thinks that he is a man who serves the gods and understands the will of the gods, but he is not sure why he died, and when my guards killed him, he was counting the days and the people of the state to pay homage to him. It can be seen that even if there is a god, the god can't control the person whose eyes are covered by money, fame and fortune, and can only let him be cut in two. It's better for people to be vigilant and take control of their own destiny. By the way, you asked about Lianyue in your letter, she will give birth in a few days, and I will write to you again after she gives birth safely. Rong Ying"

Rong Ying's font is slender, it looks slender, and it contains hard bones in it, and when he writes, he also thinks in his heart, all in one go, not fancy, and he won't transcribe it again, and he will send it directly to Xinyue when he writes it.

After reading this letter, Xinyue opened the letter in her hand again, and the difference between the two letters was only one day. Then on this letter, there was only one sentence: "The moon died in childbirth, and their bones will be buried outside the Jinling Tomb and the ancestral tomb fifteen days later." ”

"Ma'am, is that bad news?" Fei'er sat next to Crescent Moon, who was drawing the tiger head shoes that Crescent wanted to sew, but found that Crescent's back was straight.

"Miss" Feng'er wept when she saw the new moon.

"It's written on them, they are, it's mercy, mercy moon mother and son?" Xinyue was a little dazed, this news, she wanted to come to Jinling City, and she was the only one who knew, who was she asking.

"Poor thing, when we left from Bingzhou, Princess Jin was still in good condition, why did she have a difficult birth?" From the crescent moon's arm, she saw the contents of the letter.

"On such a hot day, how can Princess Jin be good." Fei'er also has a good impression of Princess Jin.

Xinyue reached out and touched the jade bracelet on her wrist, such a good old jadeite, even if it is in the palace, it is difficult to find one, emerald and dripping, this is given to her by Lianyue.

"Hey..."Crescent Moon sighed, thinking to herself that the thing in her dream had come true again.

"Madam, don't cry, the deceased is gone, and you are hurting your own body like this." Fei'er took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped away the tears on Xinyue's face, and her tears flowed again.

"What to do?" Crescent Moon suddenly lost her mind. Liyue has died, and the war between Liang Guo and Dasheng is imminent, isn't it, the things in his dreams will still happen, then, that Yao'er, even if the person she marries, is not Xiao Nanyin's black-hearted younger brother, will it still be her husband's family...

"Girl, what are you crying about?" Mama Wang cooked sweet mung bean soup, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw Xinyue sitting under the window and crying.

"Yao, Yao'er is at her husband's house, how is she doing?" Xinyue heard the voice of Mama Wang, and quickly took her hand and arm and asked.

"Miss Yao is doing well at her husband's house. Don't you also praise Aunt Cao for being a trustworthy person. "Mama Wang is the person who personally married Yao'er, and she waited for a while before Yao'er came back to Xinyue, although it was only a few days, but Cao Jieqi was really exactly the same as what was said outside, and he was an excellent Langjun.

"When will Aunt Cao take office?" Crescent asked.

"In the past few days, after the Dragon Boat Festival, I will take Miss Yao to work." Mama Wang was afraid that Xinyue would be sad and confused, didn't she know all these things?

"Huzhou, Huzhou..."Xinyue muttered about the place where Cao Jie was going to take office, if she remembered correctly, Cao Jie's wife in her dream was the local Huzhou, the daughter of the Wang family.

"Yes, it's going to Huzhou." Mama Wang nodded, and wiped the tears on her face for the new moon with her own hands, "This is sweet mung bean soup, with crushed ice in it, Madame drank it and rested for a while." ”

"Don't drink it" said, Xinyue pushed the mung bean soup handed over by Mama Wang, stood up, she had to do something more to solve this matter perfectly.

The day of the palace banquet is coming in a flash, and the people who the new moon wants to see will be at this palace banquet.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, the new moon deliberately wore a light tulle robe, and the petticoat inside was as light as possible, from the village to the palace, it takes half an hour's drive, plus the time to enter the city and the palace, it takes a whole hour, fortunately, the palace banquet is lunch, otherwise the new moon will have to live in the city.

The carriage was also hot and a little stuffy, and the new moon tilted her head, "Why don't you just say I'm sick, how about not going?" ”

"You avoided the palace banquet in Lixia because you were sick, today's palace banquet, but the queen mother personally ordered it, if you don't go, the queen mother is probably going to see you." Feng'er straightened the head of the new moon and put her step shake in place, "Such a beautiful step shake, it's not good to fall to the ground." ”

"That's right, Bu Shao fell to the ground" Xinyue remembered that day in the palace, the Bu Shao rewarded by the queen fell when she was talking to Rong Ying, so there is another possibility, that is, it was picked up by Rong Ying.

"I heard that the Jiang family has received the news, but they are still okay to participate in this palace banquet."

"Will Mrs. Jiang come too?" It was the first time that Crescent had heard the news.

"Mrs. Jiang won't, after all, she is her own daughter, not long after receiving the news, she became ill in a hurry, and now she is still lying in bed to recuperate." Feng'er thought about it, and the news she heard was right.

"Madam, your handkerchief" came with her this time, not Fei'er, yesterday when Fei'er went to the vegetable field behind the yard, picked some vegetables, and made vegetarian porridge for Xinyue, who had no appetite, she injured her foot.

Cui'er, this girl, is still reckless, but she is also conscientious when she is aroused by her side.

Xinyue took the handkerchief from her hand and wiped the sweat from her face, it was not even noon, and the weather was already a little uncomfortable.

"Madam, we are at the city gate in front, and there seems to be something going on today, the city gate is full of soldiers with knives." The coachman slowed down the carriage, and the curtain was lifted, and Crescent Moon saw two columns of soldiers at the gate, and there were some inside, and there were archers waiting at the gate.

"Something is going to change." Calculating the time, this backwater-like day is indeed a little different.

"Madam, it was the envoy of the Liang State who entered Beijing yesterday." The coachman had already inquired around, and came back again, and said to the crescent moon as if offering treasure.

"Yes, I see." Crescent sat up straight, and straightened her back without being supported by her fang'er.

"Madam, at today's palace banquet, will there be a lot of delicious food" Although Xinyue really wanted to send her into the palace and teach the rules to Aunt Xuecui beside the Queen Mother, Aunt Xuecui was very busy, so naturally she didn't have such time, this time it was Cui'er, the first time she entered the palace.

"The dishes at the palace banquet are not delicious." Xinyue shook her head, in her memory, she had never eaten enough at the palace banquet, and the taste could only be neither salty nor light, just passable.

"But in the room where the slaves and maids rested, the snacks were delicious, and the slaves and maids ate chestnut cakes last time, and the crust was crispy and moist, and it was delicious." The reason why Feng'er is the maid of the new moon is that both of them have a problem with food.

"The slave is going to taste it." Cui'er was both expectant and scared, but when it came to chestnut cake, she couldn't help but want to try it.

"Did you enter the palace to let you eat? Today's palace is not very peaceful, after entering the palace, don't mess around, except for the resting room, just follow me all the time. As soon as Xinyue heard that the waiter of the Liang Kingdom had arrived, her heart sank, and she roughly knew what was going to happen.

"Yes," Xinyue was a little disappointed when she saw Cui'er, and knew that she thought she could go and see everywhere, so she said to her, "I will pick some snacks for you to eat at the palace banquet." ”

"Thank you, Mrs. Xie." Cui'er is also a maid from the palace of King Yu, when Xinyue left from Jinling, except for Mama Wang and Hao'er, no one was left, Fei'er and Cui'er, not sisters, but they happened to be taught under Mama Da, so they will have this name. It's just that Cui'er is young, so she came to serve by Xinyue's side, and she is not as good as Fei'er.

When she arrived at the gate of the palace, Xinyue felt that the sweat on her back increased, and she regretted that the clothes she was wearing today were a little thin, but fortunately, she saw that Feng'er was carrying a package, and there were spare clothes inside. Light-colored clothes are also not easy to sweat.

"Crescent Moon Girl" is still Xue Cui picking herself up, but this time, she did not call Xinyue "Madam", thinking that the Queen Mother must know about herself, and Xue Cui should change her words.

"Why did my aunt pick me up in person?" Although the new moon is polite, it is also polite.

"It was arranged by the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother knew that Madame was sick, it was so hot, if Madame walked from the palace road, I was afraid that it would be hot and sweaty, so the Queen Mother asked the slave maid to invite Madame to go to her palace to rest first, and when it was time for the palace banquet, go to the banquet with her."

"The Queen Mother really cares about me too much. But I'd like to go and meet the Queen. ”

"The girl is really well-behaved, the slave and maid will accompany you" It turns out that Xuecui's role here is not to let Xinyue go to the queen's side. At this time, the queen's palace should be full of officials and relatives who came to the banquet, and if they go over, they will definitely be asked this and that, it is better to go to the queen mother's palace to hide for a while, but this is not in accordance with the rules, and Xinyue does not want to be like this.

When he entered the Kun Palace where the queen was located, sure enough, thirty or forty officials and dependents, large and small, had already come, and Xinyue saw the Cheshire Lord standing in front of the queen at a glance. And Sister-in-law Cao and Yao'er stood together, Sister-in-law Cao also had the Li family in front of her, and in front of the Li family, there was also an eldest princess Huixin, who was the aunt of His Majesty today, she was the highest-ranking official in the audience except for the queen, and the crown princess, Xinyue looked around, but did not see it.

The new moon and the queen greeted her, and the queen smiled and said, "The new moon is coming, sit down and serve tea." ”

"Xie Niangniang, I was going to talk to Niangniang here, but the Queen Mother said that she wanted to see the little girl before the banquet, and the little girl will go, and I will come to see Niangniang after a while."

"Little girl, did you hear what she said?" The new moon didn't need to pay attention to hear a lady behind her talking about her name.

"Okay, let's go" The queen didn't say anything, she naturally couldn't say anything in front of the queen mother.

"Yes" said that, Xinyue walked out sideways, and when she passed by Yao'er's side, Yao'er reached out to be cordial with Xinyue, Xinyue shook her head, and Yao'er returned to her regular appearance and let Xinyue go out.

Walking into the courtyard of the Queen Mother, the original lush and beautiful camellia tree has been cut off from the roots, and on the ground, only a round trunk remains, the trunk is the thickness of a child's waist, and the crescent moon took a closer look at the annual rings on it, and the details were not counted clearly.

"Come in, girl." As she spoke, Xue Cui stretched out her hand, and the new moon did not stay, and entered the palace of the Queen Mother.

The queen mother's palace, the last time I came, it was still early spring, I was afraid that the queen mother was cold, the earth dragon still did not stop, it is early summer, the palace is renewed with ice, and the outer hall is attached to the water room, the water is circulating back and forth, very cool, just like the coolness in the ice cellar at this time.

"Get up, you don't need so many courtesies, I know that you are coming, and I have prepared mung bean soup for you, come, it's delicious." The Queen Mother was still wearing regular clothes, and it could be seen that it was still early to the palace banquet, and the new moon saw the Queen Mother's kind smile, which was not at all the same as the expression she had last time when she left.

"Empress Dowager Xie" said, Xinyue flattened her body and sat forward next to the Queen Mother, the mung bean soup was cold and sweet, just a sip, it was refreshing.

"How was your stay in Beshang?" The Queen Mother asked.

"It's very good," Xinyue smiled on her face, she really felt that life in Beizhuang was good.

"Well, look at your face, it's finally fleshy, it can be seen that it's good, is it hot? It's going to be hotter soon, ice foot? ”

"Queen Mother, there is no need for ice in the village, there is a waterwheel next to the house where I live, and every moment I keep introducing new cold water into the iron sheet on the outside of the house, sitting in the house, just like the early winter, I sometimes have to put a blanket on my body after sitting for a long time."

"That's good, drink some more." The Queen Mother smiled and looked at the bowl in Xinyue's hand, and Xinyue only took a sip.

"Yes, yes, aunt, look at the Queen Mother, just now I said that I have meat on my face, and I am afraid that I will not be able to eat good things, this mung bean soup is so sweet, is it ordered by the Queen Mother, and I added good osmanthus nectar, I drank it, and the sweetness in my mouth was sour."

"I know I've put good things for you, but I don't drink it well, Xuecui, add some more to her." The Queen Mother laughed, her eyes narrowed, she was really a grandmother who was very good to her granddaughter.

"Yes" said Xue Cui holding the bowl of the new moon and adding some more to her, synthesizing the sweetness.

"Today..."The Queen Mother paused, looking at the sweetness of the new moon's food, and didn't want to say anything.

"Xinyue knows that King Yu's family will also come."

"I know you don't like to sit next to the mourning family, when the time comes, when it comes to the banquet, you will be at the same table with your sister-in-law, and your eldest brother will be alone." When the Queen Mother saw that Xinyue was calm, she was a lot more relieved.

"Queen Mother, whether before or after the banquet, if you hear anything bad about me, please and your uncle, don't ask and punish me, I know you feel sorry for me, if it really makes a lot of trouble in the city, you will not sit idly by. But you should know better than I do that the more you don't let the human heart do, the more it will keep trying. And these things, after being discussed for a few months, will be replaced by new things, and when the time comes, these rumors will naturally subside. ”

The Queen Mother watched Xinyue finish her sentence by sentence, with a relieved smile on her face, and nodded, "According to you, according to you." ”