It has been five days since she returned to the Jade Capital, and Shu'er took Lin Ying, Qing Yu and Yi Feng to wander around the street market in the Jade Capital for four days. But it's not so much Shu'er taking the three of them as the four of them wandering around together without a clue. Shu'er likes to step on the ground in the jade capital, and the more steps she steps on, the more numb her legs are, and she is back in a down-to-earth and real way.

Since returning to the tavern that night, Liu Jing has been busy with state affairs and has no time to leave the palace. Ling Fei had an imminent errand to personally supervise the arrangement, and he didn't have time to leave the palace. Therefore, Shu'er hadn't seen them for four days, and naturally she couldn't ask them about when King Song planned to summon her.

Standing at the gate of the Dongxing Gate of the White Jade Palace, looking at the locked Vermilion Palace Gate and the guards standing motionless outside the palace gate, Shu'er reluctantly took a few steps back. In thirteen years, she had never felt the wait so anxious. She stared at the two palace doors for a long, long time, and even had the illusion that the palace doors would open immediately.

If the palace door was opened and King Song came out, she would see him in men's clothes like this, and talk to him about the way of doing business, and see when he would recognize her.

She touched the black rope around her neck. For thirteen years, she had been wearing the pearls that her brother and Ling Fei had bought for her at the bazaar, and when the red rope faded and broke, she replaced it with a black rope, which matched her appearance as a woman and a man. She knew the score for a tune engraved on the pearl, but she never asked anyone what it was. She wanted to wait until she learned the piano before she played it herself. One day, I will return to the Song Kingdom and play it to my brother in person.

But after many years, her piano skills have been general, and the music on this pearl is obscure and profound, like an ancient song, and she gradually gave up. She felt that as long as she returned safely, her brother should not care that she had not played the music engraved on the pearl for all these years.

In fact, she can also ask Lin Ying and ask Lin Ying to pop it up for her. Lin Ying's piano skills are outstanding, and no song can trouble him. But she never asked Lin Ying how to play this song. This pearl is the only token she keeps related to the Song Kingdom, and subconsciously, she doesn't want anyone to touch or visit it. She was afraid that if she lost this pearl, she would never be able to return to the Song Kingdom. Therefore, she can desperately earn money to buy the customs clearance paperwork of a hundred taels of gold, but she will never hand over this pearl.

In the black market of Chen Guo, she asked someone to take the clothes and jewelry she wore when she came out of the Song Kingdom to the Song Kingdom to carry letters to her brother in the Song Kingdom, but she waited again and again, and never replied. Perhaps those clothes were sold by black-hearted traders before they arrived in the Song Kingdom. Or perhaps, when those clothes arrived in the Song Kingdom, they were intercepted by the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager's people and burned them all.

In front of the palace gate, Shu'er carefully tucked the pearl necklace back into her neckline, turned around and went back to the inn where they were resting, thinking as she walked, since she was invited to the Song Kingdom by the Qiao brothers, the King of Song would definitely summon her, it was just a matter of a few days earlier and a few days later.

Shu'er dresses up neatly every day, and although it is men's clothing, she also dresses up carefully and carefully. To look heroic, but also to lightly apply grease powder, look bright and bright.

On the morning of the sixth day, Shu'er wore a new Song Dynasty men's dress that she bought after coming to the Jade Capital, the light blue brocade was smooth and traceless, and the dark blue belt was embroidered with moire, and the waist was tied, looking lean. Her jade crown and simple headdress set off a pair of big eyes. She painted her eyebrows with the eyebrow pencil sold in Biliang Cosmetics Shop, which was more slender than usual, and applied a light layer of fat powder, which made her complexion ruddy and her skin smooth without a trace.

Shu'er, Lin Ying, Qing Yu and Yi Feng were eating breakfast in the inn. Lin Ying glanced at her from time to time, and she asked, "What do you see me doing?" ”

Lin Ying smiled: "You have dressed up better every day these days than the day before, and I have to look at you more every day than the day before." ”

Shu'er gave him a blank look and said, "The honey on your mouth, let's go and deceive others!" ”

Lin Ying smiled and said nothing, but her eyes were lowered, covering up the gloom. Sister Shu'er, will you stay in the Song Kingdom? Aren't you going to Chu with me? You look forward to seeing your brother Song every day, but I hope that you can see him one day later.

A young man with a straight waist walked outside the inn, and he saluted Shu'er and Lin Ying, "Boss Yan, Mr. Su, in Xia Qiaoyun." Little sister Qiao Cheng, the two have already met. ”

Shu'er remembered Qiao Yun. Thirteen years ago, they competed in the Empress Dowager's Huiren Palace. At that time, my brother was choosing a close guard. Qiao Yun and Ling Fei were the best of the eight teenagers, and Shu'er was clamoring to compete with the two of them on a whim. Qiao Yun disdained to compete with her three-legged cat's kung fu and didn't take it seriously. Although Ling Fei stabbed her, she felt that Ling Fei was more conscientious and responsible, obeying orders, and more suitable for the position of this close guard. So because of her words, Qiao Yun was not selected as her brother's close guard.

The position of King Song's close guard is not an ordinary guard, but has the supreme position that has accompanied King Song from childhood to adulthood. Wenchen generals, generals and prime ministers, are not as close as guards, they can quickly grasp every move of the king of Song on the side of the king. The power of any prince and general is not as good as a word or a look from this close guard.

Shu'er was secretly helpless, it turned out that the first old person she saw when she returned to the Jade Capital was Qiao Yun, who had been ruined by her.

Shu'er saluted and said: "Gongzi Qiao is extraordinary, Miss Qiao is beautiful and fragrant, and the Pyeongchang Mansion is really good." I don't know if Gongzi Qiao came in person this morning, what are you doing? ”

Lin Ying took the oil cake in her hand, nodded hurriedly, and said with a smile: "Young Master Qiao, it's early!" "There's also a piece of oil cake crumbs stuck to the front teeth.

Qiao Yun had already heard Qiao Ying say that Chen Guo Su Ying's rude instigation, and immediately glanced at Lin Ying coldly and nodded to him.

Qiao Yun said to Shu'er: "Boss Yan, my little sister got married today, and asked me to hand over an invitation to the two guests who came from afar." She said, Qiao Jing and Qiao Ling are very kind to the two of you, but they are flawless, so it is inconvenient to invite. She handed over an invitation, presumably Qiao Jing and Qiao Ling would be very happy to see you at the wedding banquet. So he took out an extraordinarily delicate wedding card from his sleeve and handed it to Shu'er.

Shu'er saw the gilded red character "Xi" on the invitation, the font was soft and ambiguous, the color was bright and dusty, and it was like a pair of men and women who were a match made in heaven, and couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that Miss Qiao came to Yudu to do a happy event." Tang was suddenly offended that day, and asked Qiao Gongzi to help me convey his apologies. ”

Qiao Yun said: "If you don't fight, you don't know each other." Boss Yan's set of swordsmanship in the tavern that day was shocking, and the little sister was amazed, but it was a pity that she was not a man and could not learn a set of swords from Boss Yan. ”

Shu'er saw that Qiao Yun was not as proud and conceited as the Huiren Palace competition back then, but a polite and noble son's attitude, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Indeed, if you don't fight, you don't know each other." ”

Shu'er opened the wedding card casually, wanting to see which prince and grandson of Yudu were cheaper than Qiao Cheng, the eldest lady of the Pingchang Palace.

However, the engraved letters on the wedding card were eye-catching, leaving her speechless.

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