Chapter Eighty-Four: Sailing Against the Current
As the wind blew through the hall, Qin Huai shrank his neck, and although the rain outside stopped for a while, it still made people feel frozen.
Uncle Fangcai's expression, as well as his grandfather's unusual movements, Qin Huai didn't know what they were hiding.
It's just that Qin Huai only feels powerless now, stumbling, and can't even cry, she can't help but recall her state of mind when she first came to Yan's house, at that time, she just thought about An An waiting for her father to take her back, how could she have expected such a situation now.
Back in their own courtyards, none of the people who served today dared to raise their heads or speak, as if they had noticed the changes in the mansion, and the entire Yan Mansion was shrouded in a haze.
Only Xunyang was excited today, rushing out of the side hall and surrounding Qin Huai's feet, as if he wanted to pester Qin Huai to play with it for a while, but unfortunately Qin Huai didn't have that leisure today, and went straight back to the bedroom.
Just as Qin Huai and Yi were lying on the couch and closing their eyes to recuperate, an ordinary carriage and a plainclothes team quietly stopped at the back door of Yan's house.
A man in a brown robe collapsed from his horse, looked around and asked people to knock on the back door of Yan's house.
The people who accompanied him were all wearing swords and had solemn faces, always guarding whether anyone was passing by.
After the Yanfu servant opened the door, the man showed a sterling silver waist card, the middle of the waist card was hollowed out, and there were two ears of auspicious cloud knots wrapped around the bottom, and a word on the waist card could be vaguely seen.
The little guy was taken aback, and hurriedly closed the back door and invited the money housekeeper to identify.
Not long after, I saw Steward Qian lead the man through the house and go straight to the courtyard where Qin Huai was.
"In Xia Mu Tautology, I ask to see the princess."
At the gate of the courtyard, Mu Chongyan half-knelt on the ground to make a big salute in the palace, and his words were loud, which attracted the boiler maids to look at each other frequently.
Qin Huai sat up from a half-dream, thinking that he had misheard.
Still Mingyue opened the door and dragged Qin Huai up, ecstatic: "Princess! Someone came to pick us up! ”
How so?
Did my father really figure it out?
Qin Huai didn't care much, and strode out of the door, just in time to see a man's figure.
This man, she's seen before.
The former major general of Xuanwumen - Mu Chongyan.
The people in the court only know that Mu Chongyan is a rare general, but few people know that he is Mu Guanqing's younger brother, and Qin Huai has known Mu Guanqing for so long, and he has only seen him twice.
The first is when he was fifteen years old, his father gave him a sword and made him a major general, and the second is when he was seventeen years old, and the city wall returned the sword to the military talisman.
He has a high nose, resolute eyes, and an extraordinary young man, but she really doesn't look alike to Mu Guanqing.
"But my father allowed me to return to Beijing?"
Qin Huai couldn't wait to ask what he was thinking, and Mu Chongyan also gave a negative answer with confidence.
"Not really. It's just that my sister thinks that the princess is not suitable to continue to stay in Yunzhou, so she quickly takes the princess back to Beijing. ”
Mu Guanqing felt that she was not suitable to stay in Yunzhou, what did this mean, could it be that what she did had already reached her ears so quickly?
"What do you mean by that?" Qin Huai was slightly disappointed and got to the bottom of it.
If her father didn't let her go back to Beijing, could she still sneak back with Mu Guanqing's help?
Mu Chongyan, who was still half-kneeling and bowing his head, only respected Qin Huai but was not afraid, for him, taking Qin Huai back to Beijing was a military order, and fulfilling the order was his duty as the young monarch of the Mu family.
The sister said that the princess did not take what she said to heart, and now she has to stop the loss in time when she pokes out the basket. The wedding date of the three princes has been set, and she has her own way to get the courtiers to mention the princess, so that Her Majesty invites the princess back to the palace. In this way, it is not a problem when to take the princess back to Kyoto. ”
"Really?"
After saying these two words, Qin Huai felt that his reaction was ridiculous, Mu Guanqing was the most law-abiding person, if she was not completely sure, how could she disobey her father.
"Life is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, if the princess is blinded by all kinds of events in Yunzhou, I am afraid it will be difficult to accept Xunyang fireworks."
Is this also Mu Guanqing's original words?
Now that the Bai family has died, Yan Xiangcheng was taken away by Luo Nanqing, and Yan Biyu regards her as a mother-killing enemy, she really has no reason to stay here and stop.
"I understand, I'll pack up my things, and you allow me to say goodbye to my grandfather."
"Someone has already come to see them off."
Mu Chongyan is a person in the army, so he naturally listens to all directions, and after the housekeeper shows him the way, he must have informed the head of the Yan family, and there are five or six people's footsteps in the east at this time, so he must know the purpose of his coming.
Mu Chongyan stood up and walked to Qin Huai's side. The two people who followed behind him hurriedly flashed into the house and packed Qin Huai's luggage, and the degree of nibness in his hands and feet made Qin Huai think that he was going to flee. Mingyue was not at ease, and followed the past to check whether it was missing.
Not long after Mu Chongyan's words were finished, Yan Luji came here with the Qiu clan.
Qin Huai was worried about Fang Cai's matter, and asked anxiously, "Uncle...... Grandpa him! ”
Yan Luji did not answer, but asked his subordinates to take out two burdens, Qin Huai recognized these, which were taken away by the Bai family when he first entered the mansion.
"Since someone is here in Xunyang, then you should go back as soon as possible, the Yan family can't blame you today, and you don't have to take it to heart. It is also your grandfather's wish that you return to the dynasty smoothly, and if there is something unsatisfactory in the future, your grandfather hopes that you can think about it. ”
It turned out that my grandfather had long known that he was leaving, so it was no wonder that he said those words.
Now my uncle's expression is very unsightly, and it seems to be full of vicissitudes, which makes Qin Huai a little embarrassed.
Is this a farewell? Or is my uncle in a hurry to leave by himself...... I feel like I'm really a disaster.
Seeing that the two of them were speechless, Qiu couldn't help but come forward and hold Qin Huai's hand, at this time her belly seemed to be bigger, round and bulging, and she had a hard time walking.
"Princess, in fact, you have to think like this, everyone's fate is destined by God, and some things happen not without reason, maybe God wants to take this opportunity to let you learn more things, and also promote your future road to go more smoothly."
The tone in which Qiu Shi spoke to her today seemed to treat her as a child, and he actually wanted to teach her great truths.
"After all, no one will never grow up, and when you learn to accept disappointment, that's when you grow up."
Qin Huai was not good at saying goodbye to anything, and he didn't know where to answer for a while, but he was stuck in his throat, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
Qiu Shi smiled, shook her hand again, and then returned to Yan Luji's side.
At this time, Mu Chongyan had already packed all the things Qin Huai needed, and finally grabbed the back of Xunyang's neck and brought it to Qin Huai's eyes, with a trace of embarrassment on his face.
"Princess, this is a living creature."
Qin Huai remembered that Mu Guanqing didn't like living creatures the most in his life.
At the beginning, she was in a good mood at night and sent a parrot over, but Mu Guanqing retreated overnight, and the parrot was also frightened, and never opened again.
"That's it, just leave it here, it's not necessarily better than here in Xunyang."
Mu Chongyan accepted the order, and then let go, but fortunately, Xunyang reacted quickly and landed steadily on the ground. It seemed to be able to feel Qin Huai's meaning, and it drooped its head at once, rubbing Qin Huai reluctantly.
"Princess ......"
Mingyue still had to say something, Qin Huai knew what she meant, so he didn't let him speak. "Let's go."
Qin Huai turned around and looked at the courtyard where he had lived for two months, and his heart suddenly emptied, and at this time, he didn't know that Gu Bai Xiuzhi didn't know that he was leaving.
"I don't know where Gu Shaoxia is, please show up and see me, what the female official means, please Gu Shaoxia and us all the way back to Beijing."
All the way back to Beijing?
This means that even if he doesn't go back together, does Mu Guanqing know that he will follow Qin Huai to Xunyang?
As soon as the words fell, Gu Baixiu walked out from behind the tree in Qin Huai's yard, and Qin Huai himself didn't know when she appeared there.
"Gu Shaoxia, thank you for taking care of the princess during this time, and thank you for Miss Liu's friendship, but the trip to Xunyang is also dangerous, please do it to the end and send the Buddha to the west."
Is there anything in the world that can be hidden from Mu Guanqing, she even guessed that Gu Baixiu was entrusted by someone.
Maybe she had this proposal, but it was also because she expected her feelings, after all, with Gu Baixiu by her side, she would naturally feel much more at ease.
I saw Gu Baixiu looking directly at Qin Huai, his hands behind his back, his eyes gentle and humbly replied, "Naturally." ”
Boarding the carriage, except for the Qian housekeeper, who thought that there was no one to see the Yan family off, just like when he first came, no one greeted him.
Qin Huai put down the curtain and chose not to look at it or think about it, her wish has always been to return to Xunyang, and now that she has got her wish, she should be happy.
"Princess, this time I returned to Beijing because the Shura Sect was in turmoil in Yunzhou today, and our people have tried their best to maneuver, but my sister is afraid that she has other purposes, so she will take you back early."
Back on the carriage, Mu Chongyan knelt down again, and only then did he reveal the truth.
"Shuramon?"
It turned out that Mu Guanqing had long known that the Shura Sect was going to be unfavorable to her.
Mu Chongyan lowered his head and took the blame for himself: "You don't know, since you came to Yunzhou, my sister sent more than ten people to accompany me to protect them, some of them are hidden in the dark, and some are hidden in the market, in addition to ensuring your safety, you must also inform your sister of everything that happened in Yunzhou." Just twice...... Our people are just too late. ”
No wonder Mu Guanqing was able to know his situation so quickly.
"Please don't blame the princess!"
His expression looked very embarrassed, as if Mu Guanqing's safety and honor were his most concerns.
Qin Huai helped her up and said with a smile: "What a crime, it's too late for the female official to be grateful to me." ”
The carriage slowly began to move, and Qin Huai's hair was crossed with this phoenix-patterned golden hairpin, which was a coming-of-age ceremony that Si Zhenfang spent half a month to build, and it was also the one she got back from Yan Biyu, and it was the most important thing in all her carry-on luggage.
When I walked to the streets of Yunzhou, I heard pedestrians discussing what happened in Yamen today. Some people scold, others sigh.
She didn't want to pay attention to it, but when she walked to the Yunzhou City Gate, she suddenly heard the ancient bell of the Yunzhou City Tower ringing for a long time, and it rang three times in total.
Qin Huai's tears rained down for a while.