Lord Kemin's eyes were half-drooping, and the fingers of his right hand gently rubbed twice on the back of his hand, as if he was a little reluctant, but after hesitating, he still took a step forward generously, and said with a smile in a standard Dasheng language: "Duanmu Fourth Girl, the drama in the Central Plains is much more exciting than our northern border, which makes me want to stop." ”

Ashina looked at her daughter and Duanmu Fei with a smile, her eyes burning and earnest.

Of course, the lord of Kemin doesn't really like to watch dramas, and this is not a "chance encounter", Ashina specially brought his daughter here to find Duanmufei.

After the incident of Huangjue Temple, the emperor wanted to cut Ashina's title and take his fief, Ashina was helpless, so he could only go to the Weiguo Mansion to ask Geng Hai for help, at that time Geng Hai and his son said that as long as he did one thing, he could keep his fief of the Huaqu clan.

After that, Ashina was terrified in Qianya Garden and couldn't sleep, but he didn't wait for Geng Hai's further instructions, but waited for Geng Hai's death.

Ashina felt that he was finished, and he was afraid that he would not be able to keep his fief and title.

Ashina regretted it a long time ago, the moment he saw that there was no birthmark on Cen Yin's shoulder, he felt that Cen Yin should not be Xue Zhao, and in his heart he actually blamed Geng Hai for misleading him, so he put him in this dilemma.

He actually didn't want to be involved in this matter at all, and took 10,000 steps back and said, even if Cen Yin was Xue Zhao, how old he was back then, it was impossible for him to know that he had told the secret.

Now that even Geng Hai is dead, Ah Shi is like a headless fly, he wants to consult with someone, but he doesn't know who to find, or his son Mo Long reminds him that it is better to show weakness to Cen Yin, and surrender to Cen Yin, as long as he can keep his fief and title.

Now, Ashina can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, he went to Cen Yin that day, he made plans, no matter what conditions Cen Yin proposed, he could even give his daughter to Cen Yin as a wife and concubine to serve, but he didn't expect that in the end, he couldn't even enter the door of Dongchang and Cen Mansion.

The porter of Cen Mansion arrogantly said that there are many people in the capital who ask to see the overseer, and it depends on whether the overseer is happy or not, and what he said that if it is a cat or a dog, the overseer can see it, wouldn't it pollute the overseer's eyes!

Ashina was very humiliated in his heart, but he could only endure it, who let the tiger fall in Pingyang and be bullied by the dogs, he went to Cen Mansion for a few days, but he still didn't see Cen Yin, he was anxious, for fear that once the emperor made an order, there would be no room for turning around.

Ashina inquired in Beijing, and learned that Cen Yin had a righteous sister, the fourth girl of Duanmu Shoufu's family, who was very favored by Cen Yin, so he took this daughter to find it in a hurry.

Although it took a lot of twists and turns, I finally met people, which was a good start.

Ashina said to himself in his heart, his dark square face was so smiling that his eyes narrowed into slits, trying to get close to Duanmu: "I heard that the fourth girl of Duanmu also grew up in the north when she was a child, and she must go to the north to play again when she has the opportunity in the future......."

Ashina said as he put his right hand into his sleeve, intending to take out a Hetian jade pendant to curry favor with Duanmufei.

However, before he finished his words, there was another sound of footsteps going upstairs, and then, two Dongchang fans appeared at the door of the elegant seat, and one of them walked in and arched his hand to Duanmu Fei with a smile, "Fourth girl, are these two people disturbing you to watch the play?" ”

When his gaze looked at Ashina and Lord Kemin, his eyes became fierce, "The four girls are watching the play here, don't disturb the idlers, please." ”

His tone sounded quite polite, and he stretched out his hand to make an invitation, and his expression revealed an aura that no one was allowed to refuse at all.

The smile on the face of Lord Kemin froze immediately, and the fingertips of his right hand slightly pinched into the back of his left hand, eager to turn his head and leave.

"Duanmu Four Girls ......"

Ashina wanted to say something, but the two Dongchang fans didn't give him a chance to say anything more, and half-pushed and half-on-the-spot to "invite" him and the lord of Kemin to leave.

Ashina's father and daughter were "invited" out of the theater in this way, and the two Dongchang fans guarded the door one left and one right, with a posture of idlers not entering.

Ashina's head is starting to hurt, of course he can break in, but if these two Dongchang fans go back to Cen Yin to complain, wouldn't they steal chickens and rice?

Ashina frowned, and she really didn't know what to do.

Now in the entire capital, only Cen Yin can help him survive this crisis.

He was exhausted and paid so much to get this title, how could he lose it like this?!

Ashina stood there stunned, the passers-by around him came and went, but they couldn't meet his eyes, his cloudy pupils changed brightly and darkly, and the memories of the past flashed in front of him quickly......

His sister Zhenbei Princess Huoli is a half-brother and sister with him, their brothers and sisters have never been close, and Huoli is the closest to Huoli's eldest brother Jiza, who has the same father and mother, so the relationship between Giza and Zhenbei Wangfu is also very close, often corresponding, and his father is very appreciative of Zhenbei King Xue Qiyuan, and regards this son-in-law as a parent.

Back then, it was he who accidentally saw the correspondence between the Zhenbei Wangfu and his father, and only then did he know that the Zhenbei Wangfu planned to "raise troops", at that time, he felt that his father and Xue Qiyuan were simply crazy, how could the northern army be the enemy of the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops today?!

But on the other hand, he felt that maybe it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him!

He is a concubine, his biological mother died early, since he was a child, he knew that the throne belonged to the eldest brother, even if he was not worse than the eldest brother, but because his birth was so much worse than the eldest brother, he had to succumb to the eldest brother, and he could only grovel to the eldest brother for the rest of his life, he was unwilling!

He thought of Imagami.

Today, he was just a concubine, exterminating the puppet emperor and "setting things right", so that he could ascend to this supreme position and become the lord of the world, why didn't he follow suit? !

He quietly sent his cronies to the capital as quickly as possible, and sent a secret letter to Jinshang, in which he retold Xue Qiyuan's letter to his father as it was, including when they planned to start an army.

In the days that followed, it was extremely long and tormenting, when the news of the collapse of the Zhenbei palace suddenly came, the father was grief-stricken and bedridden, and when the emperor sent the men and horses to the Chinese Quinoa tribe, the situation in the north was settled.

Under the tens of thousands of troops, the strength of the Huaqu tribe was so small, at that time, his father was seriously ill, and he secretly said that the elders of the clan were mobilized to let them abolish the son in the name of their father, so as to curry favor with the court, lest the emperor offend the Huaqu tribe.

A year later, his father died of illness, and he became the rightful patriarch and hereditary prince.

Over the years, he has enjoyed glory and wealth, and he thought that this life would pass like this, but he didn't expect that this trip to the capital would become like this......

He's not reconciled!

He didn't do anything, why did he come to such an unwarranted disaster! …… It's Geng Hai who harmed him!

Ashina's forehead was blue and tendony, and his facial features were a little distorted.

"Father......" Lord Kemin's face was not very good-looking, and his fingers scratched at the little red mark on the back of his hand, "Let's go back." ”

Ashina froze for a while, and finally got on the horse, and the father and daughter rode away.

The sound of gongs and drums sounded in the theater again, the fourth fold of "The Story of Peony" opened, several plays appeared again, and the sound of sheng music in front of the stage suppressed the sound of horses' hooves outside.

Wu Yang in the elegant seat glanced at the two black horses that flashed on the street, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter with this prince of the Hua Quinoa clan?" Of course, Wuyang didn't believe that this was just a simple "chance encounter".

Duanmu took two sips of flower tea, put down the teacup in his hand, and said casually with a smile: "Maybe it's because Wei Guogong passed away." ”

Wuyang was stunned, remembering that at the palace banquet on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ashina and Geng Hai sang and performed a good show in front of their father and hundreds of officials, and moved their eyebrows thoughtfully.

I see.

"No wonder he looks like a fly without a head...... I knew why I had to do it in the first place. Wuyang hooked his lips mockingly, "Without Geng Hai's support, Ashina is probably worried that Cen Yin will settle accounts after the autumn, after all, who doesn't know that Cen Yin will be repaid." ”

Wuyang said that "the eyes will be repaid", but it meant something different in Duanmujun's ears, and he nodded with affection: "Gongzi Cen has always had clear grievances. Just like the East Factory, it has always been very reasonable. ”

Duanmu was almost choked by saliva, hurriedly picked up the teacup, drank tea silently, and said in his heart: It's good that my sister is happy.

Wuyang was still thinking about Ashina, and raised his eyebrows playfully, "You say, this Ashina 'likes' singing so much, why didn't he come to Jiusiban to learn art?!" ”

What singing?! The more Duanmujun listened, the more confused she became, she did not participate in the pilgrimage on the first day of the Lunar New Year, knew that the earth dragon turned over that day, and knew that the emperor had rushed to the Taimiao Temple to pray for blessings, but she didn't know the details of what happened at the palace banquet.

"What did Prince Ashina do with Duke Weiguo?" Duanmu asked puzzled.

This matter is not a secret, Wuyang casually said the events of the day, including Ashina's conclusive words that Cen Yin and the princess of Zhenbei Huoli are very similar, implying that Cen Yin has a great relationship with the Zhenbei Palace.

Speaking of Zhenbei Wangfu, Duanmujun's eyes flashed slightly, and the plain hand holding the teacup subconsciously exerted himself slightly, remembering some past events.

When the accident occurred in Zhenbei Wangfu, she was only three years old, and Zhen Zhen had not yet been born.

Due to the absence of Zhenbei Wangfu in the north, the ambition of the Beiyan people was stirred again, and they began to tentatively launch waves of attacks on some cities on the border, and in the next six months, there were often displaced people who fled and fled south in Fuqing City, and my father and other officials in the city were busy every day, relocating refugees and opening warehouses to release grain.

At that time, the mother and some ladies often gave porridge, and even the house was tightened with clothes and food.

Because of the chaos in the city, she was also detained in the house, and she didn't go out for a long time, but she remembered that there seemed to be a lantern festival in the city to pray for the blessings of the dead soldiers and people in front, and her mother took her to the river to put lotus lanterns......

That night, Fuqing City was brightly lit, it was so beautiful, but there was an indescribable sadness in the beauty.

She doesn't remember many of the events of the three-year-old anymore, but the scenes that happened that night are dimly reflected in her mind.

Occasionally, when she dreams back at midnight, she will dream that the bright lotus lantern is like a starry sky, and under the lotus lamp, she seems to meet someone else......

Duanmu Jun's eyes were in a trance, and he quickly came back to his senses, looked at Duanmu Scarlet and said, "Zhen Zhen, you don't have to pay attention to a person like this." ”

Duanmu Fei has always obeyed his sister's orders, and obediently agreed.

Duanmujun couldn't help but raise his hand and rubbed the top of Duanmufei's soft hair, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, and he said in his heart: Cen Gongzi is such a good person, whether he is the prince of Zhenbei Wangfu or not, anyone who wants to harm him is definitely not a good person.

On the stage, the actors sang more lively, some shouted, some pleaded, some wept, and some were at a loss......

Duanmufei's fingers moved with the rhythm of the music, looking at the stage like the vegetable market below, she was full of interest, she liked to watch the excitement the most.

In the troupe, people came and went, some people came in, some people went out, and the sound of men talking faintly came from the corridor outside the elegant seat.

"Brother Wang, why are you here now! This play has been sung to the fourth fold. One of them grumbled in a rough voice.

"Brother Zhang is rude and rude." Another gentle male voice said apologetically, "I was also passing by the Weiguo Mansion when I happened to see the angel who came to carry the holy decree leaving, and the people on the side of the road were talking lively, so I listened to a few words. ”

The news of Wei Guogong's death is a major event in the capital in the past two days, and everyone in the capital has heard about it, and other people in the theater have heard about it and looked at the two people who spoke.

The first rough voice asked with some curiosity: "Brother Wang, what other ways is there for this holy decree of the emperor to listen to your tone?" ”

"That's it." The prince lowered his voice mysteriously slightly, "The holy decree said two things, the first is to let Geng Shizi inherit the title, and the other thing is that the emperor wants to welcome the five girls of the Weiguo Mansion into the palace as concubines. ”

The three girls in the elegant seat heard this, and their attention was taken away from the stage, and Duanmufei almost choked on the tea in her mouth.

The three girls looked at each other dumbly, their expressions were a little subtle, and Duanmu's big eyes blinked, as if asking Wuyang, have you heard of it?

Wuyang shook her head in surprise, she had only entered the palace yesterday, but she had never heard the queen mention it.

The two people outside the door continued to talk, and the young man Zhang sighed in surprise: "Aren't the five girls of the Weiguo Mansion the Heavenly Destiny Phoenix Girl?!" ”

The prince put away the folding fan in his hand and described him as very excited, "The country is in trouble, and it should be done!" The Destiny Phoenix Maiden also responded! Brother Zhang, you said that the emperor has no concubines under his knees, maybe this Dasheng's future son of heaven will be in the Geng family! ”

"Maybe." Zhang Gongzi nodded with embarrassment, "That Sun Zhenren really has the ability to reach the sky!" ”

As the two men spoke, they entered a private seat next door, and soon they could hear nothing.

In the seat, there was silence for a few breaths.

Wuyang looked at the empty doorway, and couldn't help muttering softly: "The burns on Geng Tinglian's body are not light...... My father's heart is really big. Wuyang also knew about Geng Tinglian's arson in Huangjue Temple, and he didn't have any sympathy for her fate.

yes, it's all burned like this......

Duanmu Fei also muttered in her heart, her brain turned uncontrollably, she thought of Feng Yan and Cen Yin, thought of Geng Hai, and thought of Geng Hai's "death......

A little bit of clues were strung together in an instant like scattered pearls, and Duanmufei's eyes suddenly widened.

She silently lowered her head, silently raised her glass, and poured most of the remaining half of the tea into her stomach in one go, looking a little tearless and eager to beat her head.

She really can't learn well, and she has nothing to think about so much......

She doesn't know anything, she still watches the play, just watch the play.

Duanmu Fei's mind emptied, and he looked at the stage below, and then was dumbfounded.

At some point, the music stopped, and five or six actors on the stage lined up in a row to salute the surrounding spectators, and there was a warm applause around them.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Duanmu Fei was stunned, and blinked slowly, saying, what is the end of "The Peony"? …… It's okay, it's okay, anyway, she has to accompany Hanxing to come over in two days to see it.

On April 28, the emperor welcomed Geng Tinglian, who was still in the heat of filial piety, into the palace and was named Concubine Zhuang.

Concubine Geng Zhuang entered the palace and entered the Jingyang Palace, Jingyang Palace is one of the six palaces in the east, the emperor's attention to it can be seen, and the harem, which has been calm for a long time, has some ripples with her arrival.

On that day, the eyes of the whole capital, inside and outside the palace were firmly focused on Geng Tinglian, and the streets and alleys were discussing this topic.

It is said that the emperor rewarded Concubine Geng Zhuang with a lot of rare treasures and precious tonic medicinal materials.

It is said that the emperor took pity on Concubine Geng Zhuang who had just lost her father, and specially built a small Buddha hall for her in Jingyang Palace to fulfill her filial piety.

It is said that the emperor has infinite favor for Concubine Geng Zhuang, and he may soon have a little prince......

These are all rumors in the streets and alleys that Bi Chan heard when she went out, she said it vividly, Duanmu Fei listened to it in her left ear, and came out in her right ear, so forget it.

Today's weather was good, and the sisters sat under a few willow trees in the Zhanqing Courtyard, playing backgammon while discussing the matter of going out.

"Sister, I saw the celestial phenomena last night," Duanmu Fei said as he played with a white piece in his hand, and the cold chess piece rubbed twice on the back of his left hand, "The weather will be fine in three days, and the sky will be clear." After that, I'm afraid it will rain from time to time. ”

As the words fell, she dropped the white piece in her hand on the chessboard.

"Three days later, then." Duanmu said with a smile, put down a sunspot, and instructed Wisteria, "Wisteria, you go and hand over a post to Cen Mansion...... and Feng Gongzi's side. ”

"Yes, big girl." Wisteria received the order and retreated.

Duanmu Fei immediately put down the white zi, Duanmu Jun also saw it, "Huh", the white child just now suddenly made the intermittent white zi on the chessboard connected at once, and it was "killing two birds with one stone".

"Concession and concession." Duanmu Fei raised his hand and scratched his neck, and beautifully put away nine white pieces from the chessboard, and the dotted chessboard appeared immediately on it.

"Sister, the remnant score I bought in Shuhai Zhai a few days ago, I have completed it last night, just when I went on an outing, I took my piano, and we went to Cuiwei Lake together, I will play it for you, okay?" Duanmu Fei proposed with great interest, feeling that she had been detained in Beijing for almost two months since the last time she went to Dongying Lake to play polo.

But......

Duanmu Fei suddenly thought of something, her body stiffened, and her newly made piano hadn't been named yet?

What is the best name?

Duanmu Fei subconsciously raised his hand and scratched his chin.

"Vera!" Duanmujun suddenly leaned his head over, frowned slightly, and said, "I see that your neck is a little red...... Have you been scratching yourself? Is it itchy? ”

As she spoke, she carefully looked at Duanmufei's neck, chin, and scalp, and found that light red rashes grew on the edges of the scalp, about the size of a grain of rice, and there were shallow scratches on the skin around those spots......

Hearing this, Luluo and Bichan also leaned towards Duanmufei's neck, thinking of something, Luluo was the first to blurt out: "Chickenpox?" …… Is the girl having a pimple?! ”

A sentence was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and the entire Zhanqing Courtyard was in a commotion, and those maids and ladies all came around to watch, and their faces changed slightly.

This acne can be big or small, and if you don't get it right, it will leave acne scars on your body, which should not be underestimated.

Duanmujun's eyes widened, her face turned slightly pale, she also thought of chickenpox, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, hurry up and ask for a doctor!" ”

There was a little maid who responded again and again and rushed out of the Zhanqing Courtyard at the fastest speed.

"Zhenzhen, you can't scratch yourself anymore." Duanmujun got up and grabbed Duanmufei's right wrist and walked in the direction of the house, "Let's go into the house first." ”

She was in a hurry, and her body happened to be loaded on the chessboard on the stone table, and the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard were suddenly messed up, and there were seven or eight chess pieces that fell down and rolled to the ground......

Duanmujun couldn't take care of these things for a long time, and blamed herself in her heart: her sister had chickenpox, but she didn't find out now.

"Quack—"

The little starling on the tree saw it, excitedly spread his wings and swooped down, grabbed one of the sunspots, and proudly carried the sunspot in his mouth and flew half a circle on the heads of Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei.

Duanmu endured the itching sensation on his neck, and sighed silently in his heart: The acne can't get better for three days, and this outing can't be done.

In the excited "quack" sound of the little starling, everyone surrounded the sisters into the house, Mama Zhang is also very experienced in dealing with chickenpox, and divided the servants inside and outside the house into two kinds, one has chickenpox, the other is not rich, the latter was all kicked out of the house, let them hurry to the back of the house to wash with wormwood water, and then leave.

The little starling and the little fox will not be infected with the chickenpox of the human anyway, so no one pays attention to them, and the bird and the fox are all shocked by the chaos in front of them, looking at each other, with the same question written in their eyes, what is going on?

In the midst of the bustle, a gray-haired doctor came in a hurry with a medicine box and a little maid.

It was only less than two cups of tea, and the tiny red rash on Duanmufei's neck was a little more, and the color was darker.

"Doctor He," Duanmu Jun was also very familiar with this old doctor who often came to Duanmu Mansion, and said simply, "I beg you to take a look at my sister, she should have a pimple." ”

In the room, Mama Zhang and Bi Chan took a few steps back and gave up the space to Dr. He.

Doctor He sat down next to Duanmufei, looking, smelling, asking, and cutting, and the surroundings were quiet, and everyone else was holding their breath slightly.

This chickenpox is a common problem, and Dr. He quickly came to a conclusion, frowning and said: "The fourth girl does have acne, and she has a little fever, which is also a common symptom of acne." ”

After a pause, Dr. He continued: "As soon as this pox appears, it can be as short as seven or eight days, and as long as ten days and half a month...... I hurriedly wrote a prescription for the four girls, and then wrote a note on the matters that need attention. The eldest girl, the fourth girl, don't worry too much, the fourth girl is young, and she is easy to recover if she has chickenpox. ”

Duanmujun can not worry, she only feels like her heart is pressed by a mountain, and she is only glad that she had acne when she was a child, and she hurriedly instructed Mama Zhang to take Dr. He to write a prescription.

The doctor went down, but the house was busier.

Duanmujun asked the maid to clean up all the inner rooms, put on a new bed tent and bedding, and personally trimmed Duanmufei's fingernails, and his mouth was full of instructions.

"Zhenzhen, you can wipe your body later and go to the bed to rest."

"You have to be careful, no matter how itchy you are, you can't scratch yourself...... If you feel bad, pinch me. ”

"Don't worry, I've had chickenpox, I won't get it again, I'll always be with you......"

Duanmujun said a word, Duanmufei responded, in fact, she didn't feel anything unusual except for feeling a little itchy and a little hot cheeks.

Duanmu smiled very well-behaved, and her cute appearance seemed to say, sister, I listen to you.