After the rain, the courtyard is much fresher, but unfortunately it is winter, and the plane tree has long withered, otherwise this courtyard must be vibrant, not as lifeless as now, and the big red characters pasted on the window are nothing more than to stimulate the perception. The courtyard is lonely, and the new house is secluded.

Yirong lay on her side on the shelf bed, supporting her head with her elbows, staring at the character through the hollowed-out mullions.

Before getting married, Yirong never thought that when she was in the cave room, her husband would suddenly change her face. At first, the husband gave her food and drink, just like the nurse treated her, but he unexpectedly asked her if she would be grateful to him if there was poison in the refreshments...... After that, because of Yirong's words, he rudely overwhelmed her, causing Yirong to hit the bed board in excitement and faint.

All the things that happened in the cave room last night came to her mind, over and over again, and disturbed her mind.

In addition, her husband's gentle smile, stern face, and generous, angry tone, all of which changed in her mind from time to time, were like a sudden nightmare, which made people panic.

The eldest brother said that his father and husband went to the Xishan enclosure with the emperor to hunt. The West Hill Enclosure, which she heard her father mention, is located on the outskirts of the western part of the Imperial City, and is called the West Hill Enclosure because it is in the West Hill where this special hunting place for the royal nobles is set up. Every year during the harvest or storage season, the old emperor will change into military uniforms and bring a group of princes, princesses, princes, or the children and grandchildren of officials above the third grade, as well as all military generals to Xishan to relax their muscles and bones.

The old emperor was also a tiger general when he was young, although he was born short, but he was strong in physique, plus he had some strategy and skill, so he was able to defeat the emperor of the previous dynasty, win the hearts of the people, and re-establish the world. Later, as the years passed, the old emperor became old and weak, and gradually his physical strength could not keep up. Therefore, in order to show the majesty of the imperial family and exercise the strength of the prince, the old emperor would hold hunts almost twice a year, and the hunting would be suspended unless there were special circumstances.

In the spring of the previous year, the old emperor canonized the crown prince, and the hunt that year was only done once, in the autumn. I heard my father say that the prince was born to a palace maid, and the palace maid died in childbirth, so the prince passed on to the concubine since he was a child, but unfortunately the concubine was soon beaten into the cold palace, and the prince had to follow the queen. These are not the secrets of the royal family, they are all spread among the people, everyone knows some, even the three or four-year-old children know that the biological mother of the current prince is a lowly palace maid.

Yirong suddenly remembered her mother again, and heard her father say that in the winter when her mother gave birth to her, she died because of dystocia and hemorrhage. Father naturally will not take care of the baby, so invited the nurse back, as a result, please one after another, are not satisfied, just when the father is at a loss, Lin Niangniang took the initiative to find, she said that she is a peasant woman in the countryside, named Lin Yun, because her husband was eaten by wild beasts when he went into the mountains to hunt, so the people in her village thought that it was Lin Niangniang Kefu, plus the nurse was outstanding, and there were even ignorant villagers who thought that the nurse was a goblin change, saying that they wanted to burn her, but the nurse was pregnant at the time, fortunately the nurse reacted quickly, escaped from the village overnight, tossed and turned, and finally came to the imperial city, but because of the fatigue of the boat and premature birth, the child died in a few days, and then I accidentally heard that the Taishi Mansion needs a nurse, so I went to try it, I didn't expect that when I was a baby, Yirong saw her, as if she had seen a relative, and she didn't let go, and the nurse had enough milk, so she stayed in the Taishi Mansion.

The nurse treats her like her own child, taking care of everything, sometimes nagging, occasionally very strict, Yirong is an obedient person since she was a child, so she doesn't want the nurse to bother. Now, Yirong is married, and it is no longer convenient for the nurse to serve her as meticulously as before.

"By the way, that booklet......" Thinking of this, Yirong got up and hurriedly touched the bottom of the pillow, but it was empty.

Yirong was stunned, and subconsciously reached under the pillow next to her, but there was none.

Could it be that the husband took it?

Thinking about it, Yirong picked up her own and his pillow and put it aside, ready to look carefully near the head of the bed, but just as she picked up his pillow, Yirong noticed that something was wrong.

The weight of her husband's pillow is much lighter than hers.

Yirong hugged the pillow and shook it, and suddenly there were a few "clangs", so Yirong looked for the middle of the pillow, and sure enough, she found a gap in the activity, so she broke her hands, and the pillow was opened, and it turned out to be hollow inside, and a long small wooden box was lying inside.

Yirong took out the long wooden box, which was made of sandalwood, and it still weighed a little in her hand, so she didn't know what was in it.

There are also patterns on the surface of the box, which is very exquisite. What is it here?

Yirong looked carefully for a moment and found that the box was not locked, so she tried to open it, and with a "pop", the lid of the box automatically popped open, and it turned out that this small box was equipped with a machine bracket, since there was a bracket, there must be a switch, Yirong looked carefully and found that there was a small button at the bottom of the box, inlaid in the wood.

There is a white hosta lying in the box, the whole body is pure, in the slightly dark bedroom, it seems to be exuding a faint light, and the top is carved with complex and exquisite cloud patterns, implying dignity and wishfulness. Yirong touched it carefully, feeling the lubrication, flawlessness and purity of the hairpin, and slowly recalled the scene when his father gave him the hairpin that was exactly the same as this one on his birthday the winter before last.

That's right, this hairpin is exactly the same as the hairpin that Yirong lost on the Lantern Festival the year before last, and it was also a fifteenth birthday gift from his father.

At that time, Yirong had not allowed others, so she did not make a salute, but her father still gave her a white hosta, hoping that she could find a good husband, but before the Lantern Festival, the hairpin was lost, and Yirong was sad for several days, but her father comforted her.

As the saying goes, the world is unpredictable, Bai Fengyi, who was looking forward to his daughter finding a good home, had to change his mind because of the old emperor, and his daughter was forced to marry the emperor's henchman, Lou Zhan, and she was still rich!

Because it is a tribute, those old-fashioned customs are not used, and the endowment is different from normal marriage after all, and the only female elder in the Taishifu is only Yirong's grandmother, but the grandmother has long been converted to Buddhism and lives in Ci'an Temple all the year round, so Yirong's ritual is omitted.

This hairpin is exactly the same as the one I lost, could it be the same?

During the Lantern Festival the year before last, Yirong remembered that she went to see the lanterns with her father, eldest brother, eldest brother's little attendant Wuqi, and the nurse, because she didn't want to attract people's attention, so several people wore masks, and Yirong wore the mask of the door god, which looked fierce and vicious, but her body was slender and petite, so she was not so frightened as to frighten the children in the past.

Guessing lantern riddles is the most interesting game, every year at the Lantern Festival, Yirong will guess the lantern riddles with the eldest brother, every year in the past, Yirong will go all the way through the customs, and finally get the reward, and that year is no exception.

The difference is that because the eldest brother found a habitual thief who stole people's money bags, he directly chased after him, leaving Yirong alone by the bridge.

Later, Yirong saw a child who couldn't find an adult sitting on the bridge pier crying, so he went over to comfort, and then, suddenly a group of scoundrels came, saying that Yirong was a human trafficker, as long as she handed over twenty taels of silver, she would be let go, of course Yirong was not threatened by them, turned around and ran, who knows, those people came up and grabbed Yirong, and the leader uncovered the mask on Yirong's face and found that it was a little beauty, so he was even more reluctant to let her go.

Then, Yirong was so frightened that she shouted for help, but there were so many people on the street, but they all watched, until a passing man saved Yirong, who was already scared and almost fainted, the man had loose hair, a beard on his face, unkempt, and didn't say a word from beginning to end, but looking at his figure, Yirong knew that he was very young. The man repelled the scoundrel and left. After his brother came back, Yirong didn't tell him about it, and when he went back, he found that the hairpin was lost, so he sent someone back to look for it, but he didn't find it, for this, Yirong was sad for several days, and after a long time, it was gone.

Could this hairpin be the one you threw away?