In the spring of March, the peach blossoms in Beijing are blooming.

Mei Xiaoren had already learned that Ye Zhi had been accepted as a righteous son by the Duke of Wei, and at the same time there was another embarrassing news......

In order to comply with the will of the people and stop the war, Wei Guogong and the Queen Mother made a very selfless decision in the eyes of the people

Send the county lord of Haoyang to Xia Guo and his relatives

For this proposal, His Majesty not only agreed, but also took the initiative to crown the lord of Haoyang County as the princess, and gave her a rich dowry, sending her to marry Xia Guo.

The county lord of Haoyang made a big fuss in the palace for this, crying, making trouble, and hanging himself, and used all methods, but he couldn't get anyone's sympathy.

The Duke of Wei pinned his hopes on the Xia State for the sake of marriage, and withdrew 100,000 troops. Once the Xia State withdraws its troops, His Majesty will not agree to Gu Chuyu taking the initiative to attack Xia, if Gu Chuyu forcibly sends troops against His Majesty's wishes, he will lose the support of the people, and the benefit will be the Wei State Mansion.

When Gu Chuyu talked to her about this, he asserted that Xia Guo would not withdraw his troops, and there was no need to take a person in vain.

He had advised His Majesty, but His Majesty was so focused on living a peaceful life that he didn't care about sending someone to the Xia Kingdom. In order to prevent him from interfering again, His Majesty actually said that someone between him and Xia Jun must marry Haoyang.

After Haoyang learned of this, he immediately came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask for marriage.

Gu Chuyu naturally didn't agree, but he gave Haoyang an idea, saying that as long as Haoyang didn't agree to make peace and personally make a big deal about this matter and go to the people, the people of Daning would change their views on this matter for the sake of her being a little girl.

As long as the selflessness of the Duke of Wei in the eyes of the world has become hard-hearted, then the Duke of Wei and the Queen Mother will have to give up the idea of letting Haoyang and his relatives.

But what Haoyang doesn't seem to care about is whether there is a way to resolve this matter, but his choice.

Gu Chuyu's attitude of refusing to marry made Haoyang feel very sad, and if he was sad, he was easy to be willful.

The sixteen-year-old girl was really willful, just like when she risked her official career in order to escape marriage, Haoyang actually ran back to the palace to take His Majesty's will in order to be angry with Gu Chuyu.

Not only that, Haoyang also came to Gu Chuyu in costume after receiving the order, and said angrily: "I will make you regret it!" ”

At that time, Mei Xiaoren was standing beside Gu Chuyu, she was shocked by Haoyang's actions, and she found that Chu Yu also showed a rare overwhelm and speechlessness at that moment.

After Haoyang left, Chu Yu turned around and entered the mansion and said something that impressed her, he said: "A woman's thoughts are the most difficult thing in the world to guess and deal with. ”

Later, Chu Yu also said that he admired Wei Shuying, because Wei Shuying lingered in the flowers all day long and never felt exhausted, which was really amazing.

Mei Xiaoren thinks that this is probably the reason why Chu Yu is not a woman, he is willing to let her get close, so he thinks she is more worry-free than women?

Then this misunderstanding is too deep......

Just when the city was full of peach blossoms, Princess Haoyang's car began to drive to the Xia Kingdom.

On this day, His Majesty led the courtiers to see each other off outside the East City Gate, and Mei Xiaoren also quietly followed, standing on the city tower and watching the grand scene below.

She looked at the splendid carriage and couldn't help but sigh, it was only a sixteen-year-old girl sitting in it, and the Queen Mother could not bear to let it become a political sacrifice......

Later, Mei Xiaoren also made a shocking discovery that the person who led the escort of Princess Haoyang to Xia Country was Ye Zhi.

The car drove away, and the momentum was huge. The princess's marriage looks decent, but in fact, Haoyang is just a "gift" sent to the Xia Kingdom.

"What are you thinking?"

I don't know when, there was one more person by Mei Xiaoren's side, and she came back to her senses to find that the ministers under the city tower had been scattered for a long time, and he was by her side.

Mei Xiaoren sighed: "It turns out that His Royal Highness, the county lord of the royal family, can't escape the fate of being manipulated. ”

"That's what she promised herself, if she doesn't want to save herself, it's useless for others to pull her."

Mei Xiaoren looked at the convoy that was already as small as ants in the distance, and frowned: "But she is only sixteen years old, do you say, will she regret it?" ”

"Do you regret it?"

Mei Xiaoren was stunned for a moment and looked at Gu Chuyu, "What does Xiangye mean?" ”

"You entered the court as an official at the age of sixteen, and were promoted from the seventh rank to the fourth grade, and now you have nothing and almost lost your life, have you ever regretted your decision to join the government back then?"

"I can't regret it, otherwise I'd have lived like the walking dead since I was sixteen, and I gambled that at least there was a new way to go."

Gu Chuyu turned his eyes to look at her and asked, "Why do you look like the walking dead?" ”

Mei Xiaoren thought about it, this is really not easy to explain to Chu Yu, she can't say that if she is forced to marry his cousin, she will lose the meaning of living this life.

But she could change things around and explain: "I will be forced to marry a girl I don't want to marry, and then I will be stuck at home and spend my life in a state of confusion, and any long-cherished wish and ambition will become a pipe dream." ”

The corners of Gu Chuyu's lips rose, "Do you still want to continue your ambitions now?" ”

"Now? Now I don't even know what my ambition is, whether I want to live like this for the rest of my life, or ...... Start anew, and then blood shame. ”

Before that, Mei Xiaoren asked curiously, "You say, can I still take the imperial examination again, will the court recognize my fame this time?" ”

Gu Chuyu shook his head without thinking.

Mei Xiaoren lowered his eyes a little lost, "I almost forgot, I still wear a guilty body now, how can a sinner go to the Tribute Academy to take the imperial examination." ”

"That's not what I meant." Gu Chuyu comforted lightly.

"Forget it, I don't want to." Mei Xiaoren smiled very easily.

She deliberately answered freely, but Gu Chuyu could catch her true thoughts from her eyes.

Gu Chuyu looked at the downstairs of the city with his hands in his hands, and said slowly: "I mean, you can participate in the imperial examination, but ...... It's no different from if you choose to live your life in peace. ”

Mei Xiaoren suddenly understood that he was alluding to her failing to pass the exam, so her heart was so cold that she turned into ice ballast, and said angrily: "The student is not talented, the master's fault!" ”

Three days later, the drunken immortal residence on the second floor of the private room.

Mei Xiaoren's eyes were full of Jiangnan dishes, which inadvertently aroused her homesickness.

She has been idle until now, and she and Chu Yu have patronized the Drunken Immortal Residence many times, and each time she is more homesick, especially now that she doesn't have to be busy with business, there is no other pastime to dilute her thoughts about her relatives after escaping death.

Today, Gu Chuyu invited her here, in addition to preparing a table for her with the dishes she liked, she also brought other things.

Mei Xiaoren was holding a thick booklet in her hand, she looked at the words on the cover page and was very surprised, and looked up and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"The students are not talented, and the master has to find another way." Gu Chuyu picked up the teacup and brought it to his lips, and continued, "You can choose any official position above. ”

She looked at the thing in her hand again, this was Daning's official book.