Xinyue didn't stay any longer, and when she saw the two people in the house, she was immersed in the joy of being a first-time parent, turned around and left, and met Li'er when she went out, and simply explained a few words to her, and left.

Sitting in the carriage back to the Hou Mansion, Xinyue stretched out his hand to support his head, and it was already dark at this time, and there would be a curfew in another quarter of an hour, so the carriage drove extremely fast.

When she arrived at the mansion, the Cao family was waiting for the new moon, and the new moon saw that her face was good, and there was a rare smile on the corner of her mouth, and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's the good thing?" ”

"It's not a good thing, but it's not a bad thing. Your eldest brother's subordinates just came with the news that your eldest brother has been transferred from the small cell in Beiying to the heavenly prison in the city. My father was on an errand in the Criminal Cao Division, and it was convenient for us to take care of him. Cao couldn't help but laugh after speaking.

The new moon is also overjoyed, "Seriously, that's really good, Chongyang has just passed, October is the birthday of the Queen Mother, although it is now a state funeral, but His Majesty is extremely filial, and he will definitely release his brother according to the Queen Mother's wishes." ”

"Yes, yes, your brother said the same thing in his letter to me, maybe, we don't have to wait until next year for our family to be reunited." Cao Shi kindly took Xinyue's hand, but saw that her hands were weak and a little cold.

"What's wrong? Is Shan'er bad? No, I got the news that mother and son are safe. Cao Shi took a closer look, and Xinyue's face was not very good.

Xinyue shook her head, and only said to Cao Shi for a while, "Sister-in-law, this is the first time I have seen a woman give birth to a child, it is really terrible. ”

Cao Shi saw that Xinyue was caressing her stomach as if she was in pain, and she seemed to be really frightened, and laughed at her and said, "Women have to go through this experience, you see my sister-in-law and I, I also gave birth to two children, and when I gave birth to Minhui, I also went to the Hades Palace, but you look at Minhui, she is so innocent and cute, I hold her in my arms, and I don't feel a loss at all." ”

Xinyue nodded, "Sister-in-law, you and Shan'er have worked hard. ”

"Silly girl, although you have already reached the age of being a mother, you are still ignorant, and you will know when you become a mother in the future." Cao warmed Xinyue's hands, and the back kitchen sent supper, Cao Fei watched Xinyue eat it in one bite before letting her leave.

Back in her room, Feng'er had already ordered someone to make a bath water for her, and Xinyue soaked in the warm water, and her mood improved.

This day is the beginning of winter, which is also the birthday of the new moon, and the year of Double Ten is also a day worth celebrating. Cao's sister-in-law specially ordered someone to go to Liubaozhai to call a banquet for Xinyue, and let her entertain guests in her courtyard, Xinyue thought about it, and the people who could really invite her birthday banquet seemed to be only Shan'er, Yao'er sisters, and the rest, women of her age, had already married, and had a clear relationship with herself, and her husband's family and divorced.

Yao'er went to work with her husband Cao Jie a month ago, but she was not in Beijing at this time, and Shan'er had not yet been confined, so it was naturally inconvenient to come.

Seeing that it was time for lunch, the dishes of Liubaozhai were also delivered, and there was also a gift in a good ebony box.

asked the person who sent the food in, and the person said that they were just acting on orders, and after thinking about it, he knew that this should be the boss of Liubaozhai, Ji Feiyu, and sure enough, when he opened the box and saw the things inside, he knew that this was definitely not something that ordinary people could afford.

There is a pair of treasure hairpins in the box, there are two emerald goldfish on the hairpin head, look closely, it is carved with jadeite, the scales of the goldfish are pinched with silver wires, the swollen eyes are inlaid with bright red pearls such as pomegranates, the two goldfish rely on each other, it is very vivid, the hairpin is silver, the plum blossom pattern is engraved on it, and it is said that winter, it is naturally plum blossoms, which is really heart.

Although this thing is luxurious and restrained, Xinyue also likes it, but of course she won't accept it, closed the box, and was about to send it back when a servant came outside to say, "Girl, His Royal Highness the Prince's squire is here." ”

"Extraction?" Xinyue frowned, she had always thought that the Essence had died in battle with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

So he hurriedly invited someone in, and from a distance, he saw that Cui Miao came from the porch, his whole person was thin and out of appearance, and his left leg was also a little unfavorable, he should have been recuperating from his injuries, and today, he came reluctantly.

Cui Yue was about to salute Xinyue, and Xinyue hurriedly asked Feng'er to help him up, "Cui Yuan, you are here, go down quickly." ”

Cui Mian's legs and feet are inconvenient, but he is very insistent, he can't sit down, he salutes, and holds the long box in his hand, "Today is your birthday, girl, and the slave is ordered by the prince to send you a birthday gift." ”

Xinyue saw that he lowered his head, and his words were also crying, and he was also touched for a while, his words seemed to be that Rong Zhao was still in the East Palace, and he was the most decent, and he ordered the safest person around him to give him a birthday gift.

"Your Highness has a heart." Crescent stood up and thanked the south.

With his hands in his hands, Crescent Moon personally took the long box from his hand, removed the lid on it, and presented it in front of Crescent Moon...

"This forbidden step, when His Royal Highness left, he instructed the craftsmen to rush to work day after day, collect materials, and make it, His Highness said that he would give you a birthday gift for Double Ten, even if His Highness was dying, he kept explaining to me, I must give you this gift, His Highness said..."

"Cuimi, I understand, I understand" Xinyue really couldn't listen anymore, so she interrupted him, "I understand, she sent me this to congratulate me, every step of my life in the future, I understand, how can I, not understand him?" Saying that, the crescent moon fingers trembled and touched the forbidden step, a piece of jade half the size of a palm, carved a picture of the most beautiful meaning, down a small hollow jade pendant, above is the perfect sun, surrounded by the new moon, covered with auspicious clouds, below is a beautifully carved jade beads, the jade beads fell between the spices, step by step fragrant, should be this meaning.

This is a very luxurious, somewhat arrogant thing, Xinyue is just a sister of An Xuanhou, is not worthy of having such an accessory that is close to a ritual, this should be, Rong Zhao did it, let himself be his side concubine, when he was the imperial concubine in the future, he wore it, he really, thought about a lot of things, thought far away, the only thing he didn't think of was that the length of his life was not more than Erer, and making a promise too early would only make such a precious thing pile aside, useless.

Seeing the crescent moon crying, Cui Miao sighed in her heart, and said, "Girl, before Your Highness was out of breath, he kept shouting your name, looking at the bright moon in the sky, and said to the minion, "You look at this moon, it's the new moon." The minion was also killed on the battlefield, but His Royal Highness said to the minion that the minion must come back and send this forbidden step to you, his intentions, you can understand it. ”

Xinyue nodded, and the two talked again, and the marrow seemed to have completed the task, and after a few words of weakness, he left.

After he left, Xinyue looked at the box and said to Feng'er, "I'm afraid that in this life, I don't have the blessing to wear it." Even if it's not blessed, why have it, put it up, put it tightly, and don't let people find out. ”

"Yes" Hao'er took it, looking at the jade pendant in the box, there were tears of the crescent moon, she closed the lid, and let the forbidden step and the tears of the crescent moon be sealed together.

"Girl, the meal is ready, are you going to eat?" Fei'er walked in from outside, and saw Xinyue, who was in a good mood, holding her head with her hands at this time, and her eyes were red, so she asked, "Girl, what's wrong with you?" ”

"It's nothing, it's nothing, since it was carefully prepared by my sister-in-law, I can't live up to it, you go and call Minhui and Mincong and sister-in-law, and we'll have dinner together."

"Yes," Fei'er thought to herself, Xinyue liked her two children the most, and if they were there, Xinyue would definitely be happy.

In this way, the new moon slowly walked to the dining room, the rectangular dining table, full of meals, among which the most placed in the middle, is the most famous six dishes of Liubao Zhai, in the past, even if you have money, you may not be able to eat all these six dishes at one time, now they are placed in front of the new moon, the new moon has always liked to eat and drink, but it is only interested, looking at this dish in a daze.

"Girl, His Royal Highness King Jin has arrived."

"What?" The crescent moon didn't notice it, and almost fell off the embroidery stool.

"His Royal Highness King Jin has come down" The person who came to deliver the message repeated again, and Xinyue also sat firmly under the support of Mo'er and Cui'er, "What about others?" ”

"The prince visited his wife from the front hall, saying that he wanted to see you, girl."

"Me? Why do you want to see me? "The crescent moon holds on to her heart, see him? Nothing good for sure.

"A gift for you." Rong Ying suddenly appeared at the door, he had been standing at the door just now and waiting, and he saw the appearance of Xinyue just now.

This is the first time since the crown prince's funeral that Xinyue has seen Rong Ying in two months, and he is indeed not easy to see, as the only living prince of His Majesty, he must be a busy man.

"I, the little girl and His Royal Highness have never intersected, His Royal Highness's gift, the little girl can't afford it, thank Your Highness for your kindness, please go back." With that, the new moon issued an eviction order.

"Today, this king is in the palace of the Queen Mother, and His Majesty is asking for the Queen Mother, she said that today is your birthday, I came with the gifts of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, Xu Hounu, and I still don't accept the order." Xinyue looked at him as if he was smiling, so she couldn't help but be angry, and couldn't help but sarcastically say, "I don't know yet, now the father-in-law who is rewarding in the palace is actually being done by His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

"It's not that I'm doing it, but the father-in-law in the palace is busy, why let him run, I personally sent it to you." As he spoke, Rong Ying revealed his whole body from behind the door, and in one hand, he was carrying three boxes tied with strips of brocade cloth, and there were thread burrs on the strips of cloth, which were very sloppy, not at all like some royal reward.

Xinyue had to stand up, and bowed to the south, which was regarded as a salute of gratitude, and then asked Mo'er to step forward and take the gift, but Rong Ying didn't let her take it, and then continued to stretch out her arm and let Xinyue take it.

The two were separated by an open door, and Xinyue glared at him angrily, but Rong Ying smiled, "I'm afraid that eyeballs are going to stare down." ”

"Girl, Marquis Jiang and General Jiang's mansion have sent you a congratulatory gift." Xinyue was worried and couldn't get out, the person who came to deliver the message really saved her, and she couldn't help but smile easily, "Really?" Come in, and I'll meet them at the second gate. ”

"Yes," the messenger turned back.

And Xinyue tidied up her dress, stepped out of her room, stood face to face with Rong Ying, and said, "If you want to stand here, just stand, if you are tired, just leave, don't send it." With that, Crescent Moon walked towards the second gate.

But before she could take a few steps, Crescent Moon heard the sound of the wooden box falling to the ground, and at that moment, her arm was firmly grasped by a hand.

"The people of their family, you just smile and go out to greet you, how do you really think that you can marry Jiang Yang?" Rong Ying pulled the new moon back, the two looked at each other, and Rong Ying was angry when she saw the smile on her face.

When she came by herself just now, Rong Ying thought, her eyes were red, she had just cried, her face was full of sadness, even when she was talking to herself, she was anxious and angry, without a trace of smile, and she didn't care about the gifts she had carefully prepared, and she didn't care about it, this would, but she smiled at a person who only sent someone to give her a gift, Rong Ying felt that she could breathe fire at this time.

Xinyue was dragged by him and almost fell to the ground, that unpleasant encounter made Xinyue react very much to this feeling of powerless feedback, only to see her face change greatly, and the whole person struggled hard, "Let go of me, let go of me." ”

"I didn't want to hurt you" Rong Ying saw that Xinyue was struggling desperately, but he just couldn't let go of the hand holding her, he couldn't let go.

"Then you let go of me, let's talk well, let go of me." Crescent Moon struggled, losing her strength quickly, and this familiar feeling reminded her of the scene of herself soaking wet and running on the river beach.

"You... Don't cry. Rong Ying let go of his hand, and the tears of the new moon were like poisonous fire imprinted in his heart.

Xinyue lost her strength and took a few steps back, before the two girls held up, Xinyue was angry and ashamed, "What are you doing, what do you want to do?" ”

"I, I just don't want you to go." Rong Ying darkened her eyes and hid her emotions as much as possible.

Crescent Moon stroked his aching wrist, "Is the mouth under your nose just for eating?" Can't you just say it well? ”

"You..." Rong Ying was so angry that she couldn't speak.

"Thank you for coming to celebrate my birthday, but if you don't come, I can live a little longer." Saying that, Xinyue shook her hand and was about to go out, Rong Ying chased after her, Xinyue stopped walking, Rong Ying almost couldn't stop, she planted on Xinyue's back, and Rong Ying felt a little embarrassed.

Crescent Moon let out a sigh of relief and said, "You can go." ”

"I... We haven't seen each other for two months. Rong Ying was also frank: "I don't want to go." ”

"Then how do you get out of here?" Crescent Moon pursed her lips, very distressed.

Rong Ying saw the pouting Xinyue, her lips turned inward, her whole mouth was bulging, very cute, yes, I wanted to see her, I felt good when I saw her, and I always thought she was funny, "I give gifts to you, and they all say that the gifts are still exchanged, don't you invite me to dinner?" ”

"There is no need today, my eldest brother is not at home, you are a male guest, how can I entertain you, and it is a state funeral now, it is inconvenient to feast, King Jin should go back first." As she spoke, Crescent Moon stretched out her arm.

Rong Ying looked at Xinyue's wrist, the place she had grabbed just now was already bruised, and secretly scolded herself for trying too hard, and then said, "Then it's decided, I'll go back today, another day, another day, you have to invite me to dinner another day." ”

"Would you like to eat? Please come down to His Royal Highness King Jin, my wedding banquet is almost the same. After Xinyue finished speaking, she felt that she had said the wrong thing, her original intention was just like a wedding banquet that would never happen, and she would not invite him to dinner, but in Rong Ying's ears, it meant something else, "Are you going to marry Jiang Yang?" ”

"When am I... What are you doing? Xinyue found that Rong Ying's eyes were foggy, this was his usual look, foggy, couldn't see through, couldn't observe any of his thoughts, but, this was definitely the most dangerous signal, so, that is, he wanted to be unfavorable to the Jiang family?

Xinyue hurriedly recalled that in her dream, the Jiang family didn't seem to have any problems, and Jiang Yang was also successfully sealed.

"I won't allow you to marry him." Rong Ying paused word by word, and finished this sentence full of threats.

"And who do you allow me to marry? I listen to you. Crescent Moon felt that he was really unreasonable.

"What do you say?" Rong Ying has never liked any woman, and he doesn't know if he loves Xinyue, but just from his various performances, it should be love, since he loves the woman in front of him, according to Rong Ying's character, he naturally wants to hold the person he loves in his hands.

"Okay, I want to be the queen, and when you ascend the throne, I want you, and the first holy decree is to announce to the world that you will marry me as the queen, how about it? I can't do it. "Xinyue laughs, the people of the world, how can he be allowed to marry a second-married daughter, I am saying, the new emperor ascended the throne, the first will, must be to establish the title of the first emperor, sing praises for the first emperor, and also prove the orthodoxy of his own throne, this first will is very important, if it is used to establish the queen, it will be laughed at by the whole world, and the name will be left in history, and it is also a faint king.

"Okay" Rong Ying didn't think about it, but she was shocked that the crescent moon's jaw was about to drop, "You, what are you talking about?" ”

"I said okay, I promise you, well, Queen, yes." Rong Ying said "yes" lightly, as if what was promised to Xinyue was not the position of queen, but a casual promise.

Xinyue frowned, but Rong Ying was satisfied because she got Xinyue's reply, "Then it's decided, I will stir up your marriage with the Jiang family for you..."

"You don't have to worry about it," Crescent Moon quickly interrupted him, "In addition to that, you have to promise me one more thing." ”

"You say" Rong Ying seemed to be in a good mood, holding the long sword at her waist with one hand, and looked down at the new moon.

"That is, you really set me up as the back and don't allow me to get involved in my affairs."

"For example?"

"Like my marriage."

"You're going to marry me, what else is there to marry?"

"When did I say I would marry you." The crescent moon lowered her voice, but also let herself not explode.

"You just said it yourself" Rong Ying felt that Xinyue really broke her brain, and she didn't remember what she just said.

Crescent gritted her teeth, "That's going to wait for you, really, to do it." ”

"It's not that hard, why can't I do it." Rong Ying felt that the new moon was a little strange.

The new moon didn't come up in one breath, and almost held back, "How can you do it?" ”

"You'll know then..."

"That's enough, when you've done it, you're talking, and you have to promise, and you must not interfere with my affairs until you do it. My marriage, my choice, and whether I can be sold to Liang Guo. ”

"You are worthless in the eyes of the Liang people, and you have wasted ten of their secret guards, so you don't need me to sell them." It was rare for Rong Ying to say such a thing straightforwardly.

"You, you... You say yes or no. Xinyue pointed at Rong Ying.

Rong Ying thought for a moment and asked, "What if you marry someone else?" The Queen Mother will force you to die, and you will definitely not be able to refuse. ”

"Who said I was going to marry someone else, and I wouldn't say no."

"What you say, contradictory" Rong Ying only felt that he was a smart person, but he was surrounded by the crescent moon and was very confused.

"In short, you promise me, and I promise that I will not marry Jiang Yang."

After hearing this, Rong Ying touched his chin, looking very distressed, because he really couldn't eat the new moon.

"It's not just you, I don't want to marry anyone, I just got out of the quagmire, and I'm afraid that I will be entrusted to someone again, so I'd rather not entrust myself, but live on my own." Xinyue spoke to Rong Ying for the first time.

"Do you really think so?" This is a question that Rong Ying has never thought about.

"Yes, that's what I thought, so, we're done, okay, I'm leaving." With that, Crescent Moon turned and left the courtyard.

Rong Ying still wanted to follow, but after taking two steps, he stopped, he looked deeply at the back of the new moon and thought about the things in front of him.

After Xinyue personally met the people of the Jiang family and returned to the courtyard, Rong Ying had already left, and the gifts he brought had already been placed on the table.

Mo'er put the gifts from the Jiang family in front of Xinyue, and Xinyue asked her to open them.

I saw that in the two boxes of the Jiang family, the big one was given by Mrs. Zhuang, inside was a jade collar, and a gold lock was falling, the gems on the gold lock were very dazzling, but they were also ordinary gold and silver things, the new moon waved her hand and put it away, and that copy was also prepared by Mrs. Zhuang, but it was sent in the name of Jiang Yang, but it was an elegant bracelet with jade inlaid silver edges, and the silver wire wrapped the jade bracelet loomingly, and on it were butterflies, flowers and other bracelets representing affection, and the crescent moon sighed, isn't this obvious enough?

"Put these two away, and I'll return them later." Crescent Moon personally closed the box.

"Yes," Mo'er said, putting it away.

Xinyue looked at the box brought by Rong Ying, the rewards of the emperor and the queen mother, one is a painting, the other is a set of heads, the rewards are sent back and forth, but they are all these things, but the palm size box on it is left, and Xinyue doesn't want to open it. Say to Fei'er, "Take it aside, and don't let me see it." ”

"Isn't the girl curious about what's inside?" Fei'er didn't move the box when she saw the crescent moon move.

"Not curious, and not wanting to be curious." Xinyue clicked on this box, it should be a hairpin or something, since he doesn't want it, why be curious.

"Yes," Fei'er wondered, but didn't dare to ask more, so she went to put away the box.