"Not yet. Jin Yao, have you forgotten your father's illness? Gu Xuebin touched Su Jinyao's head and said, "My father's illness can't be delayed any longer. If I am no longer in the capital, my father will have to take care of himself. And I'm on the border, and I also need my father to sit in the rear. ”

Just imagine, after all, the emperor still has to stand on his son's side. Therefore, with the support of the emperor, Gu Xuebin was able to strategize ahead without any worries.

Once the emperor fell, Gu Xuebin was not in the capital. It's hard to guarantee that you will meet people with ill intentions and take the opportunity to play ghosts.

Of course, Su Jinyao understands that protecting the emperor at this time and not allowing others to have the opportunity to copy the back road is the greatest help to Gu Xuebin.

Su Jinyao took a deep breath and said, "I understand." So when are you leaving? ”

"The send-off procession in the capital is still being prepared, and I can't bring too many people, so I have to choose carefully. Probably ......" Gu Xuebin thought for a while and said, "The time is just enough for me to accompany you back to Beijing, after you operate for your father." ”

Su Jinyao knew that the reason why Gu Xuebin had to wait until after the operation to leave was because he was worried that the emperor would have problems during the operation.

When everything is arranged, he will be able to take the men and horses to send Miyina back to Tianze Kingdom with peace of mind. If there is a slight mistake in any link, the plan will be changed immediately.

Su Jinyao was reluctant, but she was very helpless. This is the man she chose, with responsibility and the people in mind.

Gu Xuebin loves Su Jinyao wholeheartedly, but he is also the prince of the entire Cloud Dome Country, and the future support of all the people.

Su Jinyao stretched out a pair of arms, hugged Gu Xuebin's neck tightly, took a breath, and said, "Then I will ask Qiu Ying to mobilize some people and follow you secretly." With these people, I was able to feel a little more at ease. ”

Gu Xuebin smiled after hearing this, and said, "These people can follow you all the time, so I can feel more at ease." Jinyao rest assured, I can take care of myself, even if it is for you and me, I will protect myself well. ”

Su Jinyao nodded, snuggled her head into Gu Xuebin's arms, and her heart was full of unbreakable affection.

Gu Xuebin also hugged Su Jinyao, both of them were silent, but they were worth a thousand words.

The sudden arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had no special impact on Qiu Ying and Ziruo, because they had long known that Gu Xuebin was the crown prince, and they knew that Su Jinyao didn't want them to distance themselves from her because of this.

Mu Qingyu was a little uncomfortable, but he had seen the power of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as early as when he was in Huwei Village, so he was not too surprised. Just try to avoid meeting Gu Xuebin, a little passive.

As for the Zhou family couple and the maid Xiaoyun, Ziruo told them to be busy doing things in front of them, and they didn't have to mind the new guests.

And that night, Miss Ming arrived. Although it was late at night, it was much earlier than they had agreed.

When Miss Ming came, someone had already delivered a letter, so everyone didn't sleep and waited for her in the living room.

Su Jinyao thought about it, but asked Gu Xuebin to go back to the room first. It's not that I don't want him to show up, but I feel that Gu Xuebin is here to greet Miss Ming, which is a little unreasonable.

When Miss Ming arrived, she looked very tired, it seemed that she was also used to being pampered, and she was a little unaccustomed to running around like this.

Everyone was no longer too polite, Ziruo arranged a room for Miss Ming, and everyone went to rest.

Early the next morning, Ziruo arranged the affairs of the flower workshop, and everyone went to the plum forest together, which was the place where Qi Niang left her fragrance.

It is now long past the season of plum blossoms, but the freshly produced plums hang on the branches, looking so green and immature.

This piece of land was directly bought by Gu Shangqing back then, and later Gu Xuebin used the relationship to recover a large area of land around this Meilin.

Although such a large area of land cannot be directly under Su Jinyao's name, it is not a problem to be regarded as a small fief of His Royal Highness the Prince.

Of course, Su Jinyao only found out later. She didn't expect Gu Xuebin to be so attentive and make such a follow-up for her.

Now there are no people around, and it is very clean. The scenery can't be considered wonderful, but it also has a unique natural charm.

Merlin has also more than doubled in size, and every year people come here to maintain it and plant some new plum trees. Of course, this is also done by Gu Xuebin.

So when Su Jinyao came here, the plum trees were lush, the mountains were green, and the path under her feet was covered by wild grasses a lot, which showed the unique seclusion here.

This is a piece of pure land that belongs to Qi Niang herself, and it is clean and allows trees and flowers to grow at will, and it also represents the freedom without modification.

Outside Merlin, Su Jinyao and the others dismounted. He tied his horse and walked in.

Gu Xuebin thought about it, waved his hand, and ordered A-Ning and Mo to appear, and followed the back of the team into Merlin.

This can be regarded as a respect for Qi Niang, the shadow guard is the shadow of the master, and there is no need to hide, so he should show his respect.

In the depths of Meilin, the mound made by Su Jinyao himself is still there. However, it has not been renovated into a luxurious cemetery, except that the mound is clean and there are no weeds, and it is hardly different from before.

Although it seems simple, it just shows the return to the basics, which makes Su Jinyao breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, everyone understands that it is not easy to maintain an ordinary grave. In order to maintain the appearance of Su Jinyao after being buried with her own hands, there must be someone here who often comes to pull weeds and trim.

Without burning incense or paper, Su Jinyao picked a handful of wildflowers on the way and planted them in front of Qi Niang's grave and bowed three times.

No one knelt down, but remained silent for a long time. But everyone was saying their own words to Qi Niang in their hearts, and they only said it to Qi Niang alone.

Autumn Shadow's true feelings and happiness

Qiu Ying took Mu Qingyu's hand, took a step forward, and took off her blindfold. looked at Qi Niang's grave mound, and said in a low voice: "Qi Niang bless, let us be together." His name is Mu Qingyu. ”

Su Jinyao and Ziruo were both stunned, and turned their heads to look at Mu Qingyu and Qiu Ying. only to find that there was a teardrop in the corner of Qiu Ying's eyes, which was her true feelings that had not been touched for a long time, and a trace of tears of anticipation.

Mu Qingyu didn't speak, but silently held Qiu Ying's hand tighter, as if he was assuring Qi Niang of something.

After standing still for a moment, Autumn Shadow smiled and let out a long sigh of relief, as if she had spit out the knot in her chest. Then I was ready to take the blindfold back with me.

But Mu Qingyu stretched out his hand to stop her, and then in Qiu Ying's shocked eyes, he took the blindfold in her hand and helped her put it back very carefully and gently.

Only then did Mu Qingyu speak: "Qiu Ying, in my eyes, you are not ugly at all, but have a different kind of beauty. I also promised Qi Niang just now that I will take you seriously, and I want to be with you for the rest of my life and next life. ”

"Fool." Qiu Ying raised her head to look at Mu Qingyu, and smiled faintly at the corner of her mouth.

Su Jinyao walked over, patted Qiu Ying on the shoulder, and said, "You have a lot of caution." It turns out that I have been watching you deliberately lose your temper, and it turns out that I want to wait until this day and only say your thoughts to Qi Niang alone. ”

Qiu Ying smiled shyly, looked at Qi Niang's grave again, then nodded, and said, "I don't have many days in the Red Sleeve Workshop, but Meng Qi Niang takes care of a lot. I didn't have any contact with my family anymore, I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to tell Qi Niang what was in my heart and let her bless me. ”

Su Jinyao poked Qiu Ying's head, then gently scratched a few scars on her face, and asked softly, "Then now, do you want me to help you recover?" ”

"Hmm...... Let's go a few more days. Autumn Shadow nodded in agreement, but pushed the date back a bit.

Su Jinyao said, "Okay, let me know when you decide the date." However, I also want to tell you that judging from your current injury, you will probably have to undergo two minor surgeries to recuperate and then take medicine to recover, which will take about three months to half a year to fully recover. If you say you'll get married tomorrow, there's no way I can make you beautiful right away. ”

Qiu Ying blushed when she heard this, and said, "Got it." And not so fast. ”

Mu Qingyu stood aside, didn't deliberately listen to Su Jinyao and Qiu Ying whispering, but just heard something "marry tomorrow", "decide the date", "not so fast", so he automatically made up the content in his brain.

Then, Mu Qingyu immediately rushed up and said to Su Jinyao: "Miss Liu, in fact, Qiu Ying cares a lot about the opinions of your sisters. If you both agree, I really want to marry Autumn Shadow as soon as possible, not as quickly as she said. ”

"Shut up." Qiu Ying glared at Mu Qingyu and said, "It's not what you think." It has nothing to do with getting married. ”

As soon as Autumn Shadow's little temper started, it worked. Mu Qingyu immediately closed his mouth and didn't say a word more.

Su Jinyao, Ziruo, and Miss Ming all laughed, laughing at Mu Qingyu's strict family education.

Gu Xuebin also took two steps forward at this time, bowed his hand slightly to Qi Niang's grave, and said: "Hello Qi Niang, I am Jin Yao's husband, and I will love her, spoil her, and protect her for a lifetime." I regret that I didn't officially visit you before we got married. But I'm sure you've seen me before, I've been here before. So, thank you for your blessing, please continue to bless Jinyao with all the best, health and joy. ”

After saying that, he arched his hand towards the mound again, and then retreated.

Su Jinyao looked at Qi Niang's grave, smiled shallowly, and didn't say anything. What she wants to say, Qi Niang must know it, and her happy Qi Niang can also see it.

Ziruo and Miss Ming glanced at each other, shook their heads with a wry smile, and said, "We...... Let's wait until we have our own beloved, and then let's say goodbye to Qi Niang. Now that everything is fine with us, thanks to the blessing of Qi Niang, we will also be happy. ”

A simple but genuine tribute, a bouquet of small wildflowers is better than a smoky worship.

After talking to Qi Niang, everyone quietly turned around and left. Although I don't know when the next reunion will be, I always feel that they have more sustenance in their psychology.

Some people want to grasp the happiness in front of them, and some people are trying to find happiness. In short, happiness is already around them.

Back in the middle of the day, the sun was shining warmly, showing the enthusiasm for the arrival of summer.

Su Jinyao asked Ziruo: "This is your territory, find the best restaurant, Sister Ziruo wants to be the east." ”

Ziruo agreed with a smile, and then asked Su Jinyao and Miss Ming, "Then do you want to stay for a few more days before leaving?" I'm not particularly busy here anyway. ”

Miss Ming shook her head and said, "It's not okay over there in the Red Sleeve Workshop, I'll stay one more night today, and I'll go back early tomorrow morning." ”

Su Jinyao was even more anxious, looked at Qiu Ying and Mu Qingyu, and said to Ziruo: "We only have lunch and are leaving." Just settle the affairs of Autumn Shadow first, and I'm going back to the capital. Sister Ziruo, Sister Ming, I'm sorry, I can't stay one more night. ”

Ziruo grabbed Su Jinyao's sleeve and said, "You, there are so many big things waiting for you to do." If you want to stay a little longer, I won't agree. “

After that, Ziruo took the lead and led everyone to the largest and best restaurant.

In fact, the biggest and best is nothing more than that, the only thing that surprised Su Jinyao was that there was a delicate small wooden sign hanging above the counter of this restaurant.

The wooden sign is engraved with the word "Ya", which looks antique and mysterious.

Su Jinyao was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look at Ziruo, and said, "Is this also ......?"

Ziruo nodded and said, "This restaurant was only bought by Ma at the beginning of the sixth year, and the business was originally good. It's just that the owner of the restaurant is old and has no time to take care of the business, and the family is withered and no one takes over, so he decided to only take dry shares for the elderly and put the restaurant out of the house. ”

Su Jinyao nodded and did not ask any more questions. She absolutely agrees with the expansion of Ma Liu's business.

It's just that a lot of business is now unexpected, doing big, strong, and running very well. It seems that Ma Liu is really a piece of precious jade, and she picked it up.

The current shopkeeper of the restaurant knows Ziruo, but he doesn't know Su Jinyao. Su Jinyao also had no intention of posing for the momentum of the big boss, so she followed behind Ziruo in a low-key manner.

There are also two guys who should know Autumn Shadow. He secretly gestured to Autumn Shadow, indicating that they were secret agents.

Shengyuan Temple of Hetou Mountain

The guy took everyone directly to the private room on the second floor. The private rooms are spacious, and the decoration is gorgeous, neat, and exquisite.

Ziruo invited Su Jinyao and Gu Xuebin to the main seat, and then asked the man to tell the shopkeeper to arrange the wine and food according to the standards of the distinguished guests.

The guy answered. Soon the shopkeeper came up in person, holding a wine jar in his hand, saying that it was the good wine collected by the old owner back then, and gave it to the guests to taste.

Ziruo took it with a smile and said "thank you",

The shopkeeper reported the name of the dish to everyone present, and said, "Since it is a distinguished guest, please put forward any requests." These dishes are our chef's specialty. However, if a customer is not satisfied with a particular dish, I will immediately ask someone to remove it and replace it with another dish. ”

This shopkeeper is very good at doing things, and he speaks politely and sincerely, and there is no sense of embarrassment for him here.

Besides, if you don't eat this or that, you can eat that; If you don't eat it, others may love it, so no one is picky about this, so let the shopkeeper follow this recipe.

The shopkeeper's response went down, and Qiu Ying stepped forward to open the mud seal of the wine jar, and poured wine for Su Jinyao and Gu Xuebin first.

Su Jinyao sniffed and praised: "It's really been a long time, at least it's been cellared for more than ten years." However, compared to the wine made by my uncle, it is still a little worse. ”

Gu Xuebin took a sip with a smile and said, "Wine is good wine." But Jinyao don't drink too much, we still have to hurry. ”

Su Jinyao naturally nodded and agreed, she is also a measured person, and she will not delay the journey.

Ziruo and Ming girls are good drinkers, but they will not be greedy. It's just that the toast counts as a heart, and it is practiced for Su Jinyao and Qiu Ying.

After a while, the dishes also came up. There are a few side dishes with local characteristics, Su Jinyao is a little unaccustomed to them, and the other tastes are very good.

After using the wine and food, and serving tea twice, everyone said goodbye to each other and went out of the restaurant together.

Ziruo and Miss Ming's eyes were red, and although they looked at Su Jinyao with a smile, they were also very reluctant. They both know that they don't know when they will meet again this time.

And now they are busy with a lot of things, even if they are reunited, they may not be able to get together without a bad deal.

Su Jinyao said: "Two sisters, don't be like this, seeing your eyes red, I feel uncomfortable." Besides, I'm just going to the capital, and my home is in the capital. If any of you have time, come and play, and we will have a long time together. ”

Miss Ming and Zi Ruo both nodded again and again, and then took Qiu Ying's hand and said a few words of farewell. I must send Su Jinyao and them out of the city.

When Su Jinyao and the others got on the horse and left, Ziruo and Miss Ming turned back.

After walking for a while, Su Jinyao said to Gu Xuebin: "You came just in time this time, I want to go to Hetou Mountain and meet the dry ink Zen master." You are half an apprentice of the Zen master, and you just happened to help me say a few words. ”

Gu Xuebin nodded when he heard this, and then looked at Mu Qingyu and Qiu Ying behind him.

Su Jinyao said: "That's right, it's for their business." I promised Autumn Shadow to arrange their affairs. ”

Gu Xuebin nodded and said, "Of course you can." We still have time, and it is also appropriate to go over and see Zen Master Kumo. ”

Although there is a slight detour to Hetou Mountain, it does not detour far, at most it takes an extra hour to turn a corner.

When she came to the foot of Hetou Mountain, Su Jinyao found that this place was completely different from Heming Mountain.

Hetou Mountain and Heming Mountain sound similar in name, but the two mountains have completely different mountain topography. Heming Mountain is also a big mountain, and there is no mountain-shaped terrain.

And this Hetou Mountain is like a crane looking up at the sky, and the peak is the mouth of the crane, which is steep and straight, and the sharp point goes straight into the sky.

If you want to go up the mountain, you can't do it without some skills. Fortunately, Su Jinyao and they all have kung fu, even if Su Jinyao's internal strength is not good, her physical strength is very good.