said that Xiao Cong proposed to go to Su Huaijin's house to fight the autumn breeze, Shen Yun had some scruples, thought about it and said, "Otherwise, let's go find Sister-in-law Gu and see if we can ask her to borrow some money." However, when the two came to the former alley, they were told by their neighbors that in order to facilitate Gu Nansheng's study, their mother and son moved to the south of the city.

The two of them had no choice but to come to the right minister's mansion again, and on the way Shen Yun suddenly sighed: "I don't know how many children like Nansheng in the world, he fortunately met me, and he barely enlightened himself, and he can read some books seriously, even if he doesn't have the ability to help the society in the future, at least he can be a good citizen in his own right, not like some children, who have followed those bad people since childhood, and can only be a disaster in the township when they grow up." ”

Xiao Cong also sighed: "This is also something that can't be helped, I also hope that the world will be governed greatly, and I have been doing my best for this, but there will be places that I can't take care of." ”

Shen Yun thought for a while and said, "My grandfather once told me a wish. He hopes that all children in the world can be educated by poetry and books, not that they can all become pillars, but that the children who grow up in this way will at least be much purer, and there may be fewer disputes in this world. ”

Xiao Cong looked at her and said, "But it's not easy. ”

"Of course this is not easy, my grandfather has been preaching and teaching all his life, and his disciples are only one or two hundred people, and he can do this by himself, which is very good, but what if you or Your Majesty do it?"

"Me or Your Majesty?"

"If you pour the power of one person, you can educate one or two hundred people, but if you pour the power of one country, can you educate all the people in the world?"

"I want to hear about it."

"If the state treasury contributes to the government, the government will come forward to build schools, so that poor families can also have the opportunity to receive education, which is actually a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and for the long-term plan."

After Xiao Cong heard what she said, he frowned slightly and was silent.

Seeing his appearance, Shen Yun wondered a little uneasily, whether he was too arrogant, so he explained: "I don't understand the things in the court, I'm just talking about it today, just throw out a stupid idea of your own, don't worry about it." ”

Xiao Cong smiled slightly, pinched her face and said, "I know, I just thought, if this great thing is really to be implemented, I'm afraid that the resistance will be not small." ”

Shen Yun broke free and said with a smile: "Of all the things in this world, which one has no resistance?" It's just a matter of doing good deeds, not asking about the future. ”

Xiao Cong looked at her, smiled and repeated: "But do good deeds, don't ask about the future." ”

While talking, the two of them had arrived outside the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and when they saw the porter, Xiao Cong said: "Go and invite your prime minister to come out, just say that there is an old friend to visit." ”

The concierge looked at the two of them up and down, and saw that his attitude was a little arrogant, but he was only wearing ordinary old clothes, and the woman next to him was even more without the same jewelry. After speaking, he led the two of them to the side hall, and said a few more polite words, without even calling for tea, and left by himself.

Shen Yun saw Xiao Congzhi frowning, so he whispered to him: "That's it, I didn't drive the two of us directly to the street, it's a good family education, as the saying goes, the Buddha relies on people in gold clothes to dress up, and if you dress like this, who will recognize you as the East Palace." ”

Xiao Cong was depressed, thought about it, called a servant in the courtyard who was sprinkling sweeping, took out a small bag from his bosom and handed it to him: "Give this to your prime minister, saying that I have been waiting here for a long time, please come and see me." ”

The servant saw that his tone was not small, and saw that the bag was extraordinary, so he hurriedly came to see Su Huaijin with both hands.

Su Huaijin was busy, but he was busy pretending to be a turtle to make their family Ah Yao and Xiao Ah Yao happy, after listening to the servant's narration, Ah Yao also said: "Who is so angry." ”

Su Huaijin was also strange, so he had to take the bag he handed over, opened the knot carelessly, poured out the contents and took a closer look, his face changed suddenly, and he threw down the sentence "I'll tell you when I come back", and walked quickly to the side hall.

At that time, Shen Yun was also curious, "What did you give him?" ”

"My private seal."

"Oh, that's that Cheng Ze Yinxin?"

"Hmm."

"Does it work?"

"Try it."

The two waited for a while, and sure enough, when they saw that Su Huaijin had come and took it away, Shen Yun smiled and said, "It seems that it really works, then I want one too." ”

Xiao Cong pinched her face and said, "This is not difficult, I'll get it for you when I go back." ”

After speaking, he greeted him and said to Su Huaijin: "Brother Huaijin is such a big shelf." ”

Su Huaijin thought that he hadn't revealed his identity from the beginning, probably because he didn't want others to know, so he just returned the salute for a long time, and saw that there was a woman behind him, who was saluting him with her head down, busy and polite.

When she raised her head to look at him and smiled, Su Huaijin was completely stunned, although he had guessed the matter as early as when Shen Yun was canonized as Liangdi, but at first glance, he was shocked enough.

Xiao Cong looked at him, and finally couldn't help coughing dryly twice: "Brother Huaijin, enjoy the tea." ”

Su Huaijin came back to his senses at this time, hurriedly asked someone to cook tea, and invited the two of them to sit down, and after thinking about it, he said, "Aren't the two of you traveling?" Why did you remember to come to the Humble House today? ”

Shen Yun smiled and said, "Brother Huaijin can't see it, we're looking for you to fight the autumn wind." ”

Her voice of "Brother Huaijin" made Su Huaijin feel a lot of emotion, and looking at her bald old shirt, Xiao Cong didn't even wear jade, so she was even more confused.

Seeing this, Xiao Cong smiled and said: "We met an old friend, and her life was a little embarrassed, so we gave her all the valuable things on our bodies, and forgot to leave the rental car money, so we could only come to Brother Huaijin." ”

Su Huaijin laughed in his heart when he heard this, these two people really came to fight the autumn wind, and after calculating the time, he said to them: "It's too late now, it's better for the two of you to spend the night in the cold house, and then leave to go back tomorrow." ”

Xiao Cong thought about it, then nodded in agreement, Su Huaijin hurriedly asked people to clean up the east wing, and asked, "Have you two used to eat?" ”

Xiao Cong just wanted to say that he had used it, but he heard Shen Yun's stomach growl twice, so he had to change his words and say, "You can use some more supper." ”

Yes, she is such a meatless and unhappy person, she only ate "a bunch of grass" today, and after walking so far, I am afraid that she will be hungry again.

Su Huaijin also smiled, and called someone to instruct: "You go and ask the kitchen to make some sweet wine and send it, and find someone with fast legs, go to Grandma Wang's house who sells pastries in West Lane and ask if there are any osmanthus cakes, and if there are any, buy some back." By the way, go and invite the lady over. ”

Shen Yun listened to his instructions, feeling warm and melancholy in his heart, and heard him say that he wanted to invite his wife, so he hurriedly said: "Brother, it's better not to tell your sister-in-law." ”

Su Huaijin nodded and said, "I thought so too, I was about to tell you, but I still wanted you to meet her." ”

Shen Yun listened, nodded, and stopped talking.

Su Huaijin said: "Actually, she knows a little bit about the past. ”

Shen Yun said: "It doesn't hurt to know what happened in the past, after all, they are still children, but now it's different, your relationship is so good, why let some people and things in the past block her heart." ”

When Su Huaijin heard this, he just smiled and nodded.

The three of them were silent for a while, and Cui Yao led the servant who delivered the meal in, finished the ceremony with Xiao Cong, and presented food to everyone one by one, and then sat down next to Su Huaijin, and when everyone had almost eaten, he said to Xiao Cong: "I heard that Mr. is an old friend of my grandson, I don't know when you met?" ”

Xiao Cong thought for a while and replied: "When the two of us were officials in the same dynasty, we hit it off at first sight. ”

When Su Huaijin heard it, this was the truth.

Cui Yaoqi said: "That gentleman now..."

Xiao Cong smiled and took Shen Yun's hand and said, "Later, I resigned from the seal and eloped with Neizi." ”

Cui Yao listened, and couldn't help but look Shen Yun up and down, left and right carefully, and said in her heart, it's worth it, but looking at their appearance, life should be more embarrassing, but this girl is so good-looking, she doesn't even have any jewelry to wear, so she said to her: "The lady's bun is loose, it's better to go and comb it with the concubine." ”

Shen Yun was about to hold back her internal injuries when she laughed, but when she heard her say this, she quickly touched her hair and followed her out.

Seeing that there was no one around at this time, Su Huaijin sighed, returned the bag just now to Xiao Cong, and sighed: "Your Highness's ability to open your eyes and tell nonsense is really first-class. ”

Xiao Cong smiled: "Each other." ”

The two chatted for a while, Shen Yun and they came back, Xiao Cong saw the extra beads on her bun, and a pair of small pearl earrings on her earlobes, just smiled slightly, and the four of them said a few more gossips, and then went back to their rooms.

After Su Huaijin put her little daughter to sleep, she said to Cui Yao: "I haven't seen her for many years, they will leave early tomorrow morning, and I want to talk to her tonight." ”

Cui Yao only thought that he was talking about Xiao Cong, so he nodded and said, "Go ahead, don't talk too late, I see that his lady doesn't seem to be in good shape, don't bother others for too long." ”

When Su Huaijin heard this, she felt a pain in her heart, and said for no reason: "I see that you like her appearance a little, and you also gave her beaded flowers and earrings." ”

Ah Yao smiled and said, "Well, I have a feeling of familiarity with her at first sight, like seeing my own sister." ”

Su Huaijin smiled slightly, straightened out the quilt for her and said, "You go to sleep first." And he got up and went out.

At that time, Shen Yun and Xiao Cong were sitting under the porch embracing each other, Xiao Cong saw that she had not spoken, so he asked her what was wrong, Shen Yun said slowly: "I met two old friends today, and I felt a lot of emotion in my heart, and I didn't know what to say for a while. ”

Xiao Cong was about to say something, when he saw Su Huaijin carrying two pots of wine and turning around the corner of the corridor and walking towards them, he said, "Look, the person who is talking to you is here." ”

However, after he came, the three of them really didn't know what to say, so they kept drinking silently, and after a short time, they drank all of the pots, Xiao Cong thought for a while and said, "I'm sleepy, go to sleep first, and you can talk slowly." After saying that, he went into the house by himself, and closed the door again, leaving Shen Yun and Su Huaijin staring wide-eyed, and the two of them drank two more glasses each, and Shen Yun said, "I can't drink anymore." ”

Xiao Cong listened to it and thought, well, it's good to know. Of course, he didn't sleep after entering the house, but stood against the door, wanting to hear what they had to say, not that he didn't believe them, but that he wanted to know more about the past that Shen Yun never wanted to mention.

Su Huaijin sighed, also put down the cup, and said, "Qingqing, you have been doing for more than ten years..."

Shen Yun smiled and continued: "I have not had a good life for more than ten years, nor is it bad. Seeing Su Huaijin looking at her, waiting for her next words, he said again: "After you left, my brother also returned to the border, and soon after, I received the bodies of him and my father, and then the puppet dynasty entered the imperial city, at that time I was detained in the palace by Emperor Mourning, and said that I would be the queen, but when the imperial city was breached, I still left me and fled, I was in a hurry to pretend to be Gong'e and wanted to follow out of the palace, but I was caught by the puppet dynasty in Kyoto and thrown into the Jiaofang Division. When I first joined the Teaching Division, although I would be beaten and scolded every day, I felt that I was quite a person, and when I was forced to serve the guests, I didn't have to be beaten and scolded every day, but I felt that I was not even a human being. ”

As she spoke, she sighed again and again, stared at the wine jug in Su Huaijin's hand for a long time, and said, "That's it, let's drink a little more." When Su Huaijin heard this, she poured her another cup, saw that she drank it all, and sighed and said: "You were already in Kyoto at that time, you should know that I have been named the marquis and pay homage, why don't you come to me?" ”

Shen Yun smiled and sighed: "What are you looking for?" Have an awkward life with you and A-Yao? She said, took another drink, and said: "I didn't really understand why my brother didn't let me go with you at the beginning, but after Cheng Ze asked me, I slowly thought, maybe Emperor Mourning has set me down early in the morning, otherwise the family will not always tell me some ways to survive in the harem, in that case, according to his character, if my brother really loosened his mouth at that time, I am afraid that you will become a ghost under his knife." ”

Su Huaijin stared at the wine glass in his hand for a long time before he said: "As soon as you said it, I remembered, he immediately ran to your house when you were born, and later Changsong also told me that he would replace his sister with a broken bow, Uncle Shen knew about it and beat him severely, and asked those of us who heard it not to go out and talk nonsense, it won't be at that time to set you down." ”

Shen Yun took a sip of wine, pursed his lips and said, "It's possible." ”

Su Huaijin sighed: "No wonder Changsong won't let me take you away, why do you say Emperor Wai?" Love at first sight for a baby of yours? ”

Shen Yun suddenly exclaimed as if he had thought of something: "Oh, I remembered, he was crazy in the end, and he couldn't stop saying that he could win the world, should he not say that it was me?" ”

Su Huaijin also gasped and said, "It's very likely." ”

Shen Yun shook his head and sighed: "These fortune tellers are really harmful. She said, took another sip of wine and said: "Brother doesn't know, when I was in the Teaching Division, there was a son-in-law who said that he wanted to marry me, and even sent me a wedding dress, but in the end, because the fortune teller said something I am too prosperous, their family can't afford it, so they regret the marriage." ”

When Su Huaijin heard this, he couldn't help sighing.

Xiao Cong, who was lying by the door and listening to the root of the wall, was shocked into a cold sweat, so dangerous, almost facilitated their marriage with his own hands, how could there be such a coincidence, no wonder what she said last time He had more people to thank, hum, the little lady hid deep enough, look at how I will clean you up in a while.

said that the two outside drank a few more glasses silently, and Su Huaijin asked, "What happened later?" ”

Shen Yun thought for a while and said: "Later, later, it was the silver grate of the head that was broken, the blood-colored Luo skirt was stained with wine, this year's laughter and next year's laughter, the autumn moon and spring breeze and other leisure." Later, I entered the Jinyang Junfu, it was really as deep as the sea when I entered the Hou Gate, I found out that it was better to teach the Fang Division, at least I don't have to worry about it every day, walking on thin ice, and I also lost my grandmother to teach me the way to save my life in the women's pile since I was a child, otherwise I don't know how high the grass on my grave is now, and the worst thing is that I also foolishly thought that Xiao Chengxi might barely be a good person, and in the end I found out that people just treated me as a chess piece, at that time I was thinking, it turns out that life is really not the worst, only worse. ”

As she spoke, she drank all the wine in her cup, and continued: "Finally, when you enter the East Palace, the conversation will be long. ”

Su Huaijin poured her another cup and said, "It's okay, you speak slowly, and I listen slowly." ”

Shen Yun took a sip of wine and said, "At the beginning, others were wary of me, and I was also wary of others, but then somehow, I felt a little tempted, but soon I found that I was just a substitute, and my heart was cold again." She said, taking another sip of wine: "Later, I don't know why, I know that people are thinking about another person, and they always pretend to be amorous." ”

Su Huaijin smiled faintly, "It's not strange that he is such a person." ”

"So, in the end, I broke the can, thinking that in this life, I can meet someone who is worthy of paying attention to him, and it is not in vain in this life."

"And then the golden stone is opened?"

Shen Yun drank all the wine in the cup, thought about it and pursed his lips and smiled: "Not really, according to my estimate, he was not unmoved to me at that time." ”

Xiao Cong listened to it in the room and smiled.

Su Huaijin poured her another cup and said, "Then it's hard and sweet now." ”

Shen Yun took a sip and said: "It's hard work, but people's hearts are insufficient, they always want more, when they don't get it, they want to have, they have it, and they want to live forever." ”

"Everybody wants that."

Shen Yun sighed and said, "So the people's hearts are insufficient, and they want more." As he spoke, he snatched the wine jug from Su Huaijin's hand, poured himself a drink, and got up and walked to the court.

Su Huaijin got up and walked to her side, looked up at the starry sky with his hands, and muttered: "Qingqing, put aside the matter of Emperor Mourning, if you were asked to choose again, would you go with me at that time?" ”

Shen Yun looked at him for a while, then simply took a big sip from the wine jug and said, "No." ”

Su Huaijin smiled helplessly: "Is it because I am afraid that I will not have a chance to meet him, so I would rather suffer later?" ”

Shen Yun also looked at the sky, shook his head and said: "I just don't have the courage to go over these ten years again, if I chose you to go with you, no one can predict what kind of situation I will encounter, so I still don't want to." Besides, I often feel that I am too old to toss and turn lately, so I prefer to believe that all this is the best arrangement. Even if you tell me now that you might have met him sooner if you had another choice, I wouldn't have the courage to try again. ”

Su Huaijin sighed: "Aren't you afraid that he will be disappointed when you hear these words?" ”

Shen Yun shook his head with a smile and said, "Do you know what is the biggest difference between him and others?" ”

"What?"

"In front of him, I don't have to worry so much, I can cry when I want, laugh when I want to laugh, and I can say the truest thoughts, even if it's not what he likes to hear. I won't say something against my heart because I'm afraid of him being disappointed, I think that would be a failure to him. As for meeting him, I now even think that it must happen, and I don't have to think about it at all, no matter what choice I make, no matter how many twists and turns I go through, I will meet him in the end. ”

After she finished speaking, she took another big sip of wine, and her body shook a little, Su Huaijin saw it, snatched the wine jug from her hand, and helped her and said, "Don't drink it, you're drunk." ”

She laughed, pushed him away and said, "I'm very good at drinking, and I'm drunk wherever I go." ”

Su Huaijin sighed and said, "That's it, you better go back to your room and sleep quickly." ”

Before the words fell, Xiao Cong opened the door and walked over, hugged her sideways without saying anything, and counted her as he walked into the house: "I thought you finally knew what self-discipline is, it seems that I overestimated you." ”

Shen Yun didn't refute, just looked at him with a smile.

Xiao Cong put her on the couch, and when she came to close the door again, Su Huaijin was already gone.

He closed the door and turned back, only to see Shen Yun lying sideways inside, thinking that she was asleep, he blew out the candle and came to lie beside her, who knew that as soon as he closed his eyes, she had turned around and hugged his neck, and whispered in his ear: "I'm not drunk, I just miss you." ”

He listened and said in his heart, okay, for the sake of your little mouth being so sweet, and you said such a paragraph at the end, I won't care about the things that you hid from me before.

Early the next morning, the two of them said goodbye to Su Huaijin and his wife, still returned to Zhuangzi, stayed for a few more days, and were invited back to the East Palace by a letter, and the days returned to the same as before.

It's just that there are two episodes in it, one of which is that our wife Cui Yao, shortly after the restoration of governance in the East Palace, received a complete set of head jewelry made of Nanzhu, which everyone said was as big as Nanzhu inlaid on it, which was a rare thing. The second is that our crown princess Shen Yun got a private seal engraved with the word "Qingqing", which was not uncommon originally, but it was handmade in the East Palace, the only one in the world.

As for Du Yue'er and his wife, because suddenly a Lang Zhong surnamed Xu came to their door to give them medical treatment, not only Yue'er gave birth smoothly, Ruan Lang's body also improved a lot, and then this Xu Langzhong gave them a lot of money to settle in, saying that it was a gift from an old friend, Yue'er sighed in her heart, and there has always been a son surnamed Wen from time to time to send some silver supplements, saying that it was entrusted by Xue'er. And this Xu Langzhong and this settling-in fee should be her husband's handiwork, and he didn't mention it to her, so it seems that she really has to meet a lover, and she is still a caring person.