"After all, Lord Gu has followed the prince since he was a child, and the prince will definitely believe what he says."

Su Wan smiled helplessly and said, "The past is like a world away for me...... I don't know why, but lately, my right eyelid has been beating straight up, and I feel uneasy. ”

"Princess, don't say anything unlucky." Qing Wan was anxious, and hurriedly shook his head and said: "Two days later, it will be a good day for the ancestor worship ceremony, and you can also see the prince, you should be happy!" ”

"The matter between me and Xiao Mochen just needs to be as fate as you like." Su Wan smiled faintly, raised his head and looked up at the sky and said.

The lonely goose has been flying along the skyline, making a long and graceful birdsong, which echoes infinitely in the vast sky......

At midnight, everyone who was on the shift had fallen asleep, but the lights in Xiao Mochen's meditation room were still on.

Xiao Mochen is leading four or five chief guards who are sitting in danger to discuss the safety matters related to the day of the festival. The table was filled with well-written notebooks, stacked on top of each other.

"I've memorized your opinions, it's not too early, so go back." Xiao Mochen stretched out his hand to put away the records on the table, and said calmly: "Next, I will be responsible for determining the final schedule and patrol schedule." ”

"Lord Wang, in order to ensure the safety of this festival, Weichen suggests that the fewer people who know this information, the better." An experienced manager said with a serious face.

"That's right, as long as you and General Fu know, we will arrange the guards to patrol at the specific time of the day, so as to ensure confidentiality." The other guard nodded in agreement.

"Well, that's a very good offer." Xiao Mochen pondered for a moment, and also agreed with this idea, and said: "Thank you for your full cooperation, I hope you will remain vigilant and not relax until the last moment." ”

"Yes." After nodding in unison, everyone in the room left the room together.

Xiao Mochen sighed lightly, took out a pure white letter, and wrote down the final plan under the lamplight alone.

As the minutes passed, the light of dawn was already faintly shining outside the window, and the chirping of birds seemed to remind the people in the house to rest early.

Xiao Mochen finally put down his pen and finished the last word, exhaled leisurely, put down the gilded wolf pen in his hand, and stretched out his hand to move his arm.

"Knock knock." Two tentative knocks rang out suddenly.

Xiao Mochen was stunned for a moment, not knowing who would come to visit at such a time, so he raised his voice and said, "Come in." ”

Fu Yanran held a pot of hot ginger tea in her hand, pushed the door with a flattering smile and walked in, and said, "Lord Wang, I heard that you sat on the desk last night and wrote all night, so I specially kept boiling ginger tea, and was going to send you a warm body in the morning." ”

As she spoke, Fu Yanran stretched out her slender jade hand, elegantly poured the yellow and clear ginger tea into Xiao Mochen's white porcelain cup, and said with a smile: "Yanran will abide by her duty, just send tea, and will not disturb the prince's work and rest too much." ”

Since Fu Yanran's words had already reached this point, Xiao Mochen did not say anything to drive her away, but reached out and picked up the porcelain cup and took a sip, feeling the mellow ginger flavor echoing between her lips and teeth, and her mood was slightly brighter.

"Thank you for that." Xiao Mochen put down the teacup, glanced at Fu Yanran lightly and said.

Fu Yanran smiled softly, looking at Xiao Mochen's gaze, but there was a little nervousness, because she put a little sweat medicine in this pot of ginger tea. In less than a moment, Xiao Mochen felt that his head was starting to get dizzy, and he yawned a few times. He thought it was because he stayed up all night, and he didn't think that there was a problem with ginger tea.

Seeing this, Fu Yanran hurriedly said in a timely manner: "Lord Wang, you have been tired all night, hurry up and rest." ”

"After I hand over a confidential document to General Fu, I will come back to rest." Xiao Mochen stretched out his hand and pressed his eyebrows to relieve his fatigue, but he felt even more drowsy, and felt that there was some problem standing up for a while.

Fu Yanran pretended to be very unbearable and said: "Lord Wang, you are already tired like this, don't run this leg by yourself, don't you send a guard to send it?" ”

Xiao Mochen shook his head and said with a serious face: "This confidential document is very important, and it must not fall into the hands of others, so I still have to worry about sending it in person." ”

"If the prince is relieved, why don't you hand it over to Yanran to deliver?" Xiao Mochen walked into the room without saying a word, only to see Fu Yanran standing in front of the bed with red eyes, helpless against the unconscious General Fu on the bed.

Old General Fu had a high fever, his face was flushed, his hair was wet with sweat, and he looked very weak and uncomfortable.

"Lord Wang, what can I do? Grandpa can't get treatment here, so it's better to send him back to the palace, right? As soon as Fu Yanran saw Xiao Mochen coming, she immediately leaned down and pleaded bitterly: "Grandpa's illness is urgent and dangerous, maybe there was a sign at the border pass, but it was only at this time that the illness came out." ”

Xiao Mochen couldn't bear it when he saw this, but he looked at Fu Yanran at the same time and asked, "Have you shown him the things I asked you to send this morning?" ”

"Grandpa watched it alone, and then burned it according to your instructions." Fu Yanran nodded, pointed to the charcoal brazier in the corner of the room and said.

There were only sparks in the charcoal brazier, and there were indeed traces of paper burning in it.

"That's good......" Now that the matter is over, Xiao Mochen can only choose to trust Fu Yanran, nodded and said: "You will send General Fu back to the imperial capital immediately, send him directly to the imperial city, and let the imperial doctor in the imperial hospital treat him." ”

"Okay." Fu Yanran nodded and said, "Then I won't go back to the palace, I will take care of my grandfather in the imperial city tonight, and come to the ancestral hall with my father's motorcade tomorrow." ”

"Yes." Xiao Mochen didn't want Fu Yanran and Su Wan to have any more conflicts, so he directly agreed to her request and said, "I'll deal with other things, and General Fu will hand it over to you." ”

"Yes." Fu Yanran obediently lowered her head in agreement, and watched Xiao Mochen's back leave the room.

A gust of wind blew, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground. It's obviously late spring, but there is a sign of decay, which is not a good omen.

Xiao Mochen furrowed his eyebrows and sighed heavily. Now all the responsibility falls on his shoulders alone, and he must handle every step with 100% care and patience......

Finally, it was the day of the ancestor worship ceremony. Su Wan changed into court clothes according to the etiquette system before dawn, and joined the royal family's parade in the sedan chair of King Chen's mansion, and slowly marched towards the ancestral hall of the temple on the outskirts of the city.

All the people of the imperial capital changed into solemn formal clothes, lined up and knelt neatly on both sides of the road, chanting the slogan "God bless the empire, everything is safe". The old emperor's chariot and horse were at the forefront of the procession, he was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, his face was calm and serious, and he was as inviolable as a Buddha statue.

It was the first time for Su Wan to face such a grand celebration, she sat in the sedan chair in a dignified manner, listening to the prayers of the people and the continuous sound of bells and horses' hooves in the convoy, and felt an indescribable sense of sacredness in her heart.

Xiao Mochen should be waiting for him before the newly renovated ancestral hall of the temple, right? What kind of state and spirit will he be? Just thinking about this, Su Wan's face flushed slightly.

It's been a whole month, since she and Xiao Mochen got married, they have never been separated for more than three days, this time it's a month, how can she not worry about and miss Xiao Mochen?

Before you know it, the convoy has slowly driven out of the imperial capital and into the outskirts of the city. The sound of the monks chanting came from far and near, and the sound of the Buddha was curling, making people's hearts clear.

After the carriage stopped, Su Wan followed the queue into the ancestral hall of the temple under the leadership of the housekeeper. The rules of the imperial sacrifice are extremely complicated, and there can be no mistakes in every step, even Su Wan can only tremble and obey the command of the housekeeper.

Cleanse your face, throw flowers and water, three steps and nine knocks...... Su Wan, like many of the daughters of the royal family, followed the rules step by step, and it took two hours to make the preparations.

Su Wan's movements were quite fast, and she was first led by the housekeeper to the ancestral hall for the female relatives to pray for blessings, and asked her to kneel down and close her eyes and chant sutras.

"Princess, now is the time to send your son and mother to bless, you have to seize the opportunity." The housekeeper frowned and left this sentence, and then turned away to serve other nobles.

Su Wan naturally doesn't believe in feudal superstition, but she can only kneel on the cushion in a proper manner, pretending to chant scriptures, and in fact, she is still peeking to see if there is a shadow of Xiao Mochen nearby.

Seeing that there were more and more female dependents around him, the monk with a solemn face also walked in, and was specially responsible for knocking on the wooden fish and chanting the scriptures, but Xiao Mochen still did not appear.

Su Wan was a little deflated, but he could only close his eyes and count the goats in his heart, wishing that time could pass faster.

I don't know how long it took, but a monk elder dressed in a different way walked in and made a gesture, and the sound of the wooden fish stopped abruptly. The housekeeper also walked in and said, "It's lunchtime!" ”

Su Wan seemed to have received an amnesty for the other half, and just wanted to get up, but found that because he had been kneeling for too long, his legs were already soft and numb, and he couldn't get up for a while. Looking around, the other ladies are not much better off.

"Princess, I'll help you." Qingyun was the first maid to rush in, and immediately reached out to help Su Wan, and whispered: "Slave and maid help you to go to dinner quickly, the housekeeper just said, the ladies will return here in half an hour, and continue to chant and pray until late at night......"

"What?" Su Wan's face that had been burning with hope collapsed again in an instant, and he muttered in disbelief: "This is nominally a sacrificial ceremony, but in fact, it is to capture a living person to sacrifice on the spot, right?" ”

"Princess, don't say that." Qing Wan looked around quite vigilantly, making sure that no one heard Su Wan's whining, and said, "The task of the male guests seems to be heavier, and they still need to chant all night tonight." ”

"Have you seen Xiao Mochen?" Su Wan walked out of the ancestral hall with Qing Wan, looked around and said.

"No, the prince should have been accompanying His Majesty in the Baohua Palace, where will I have a chance to see him." Qingyun shook his head and said with concern: "Go and eat, it's too late." ”

"Is Gu Wu back?" Su Wan looked at Qing Wan, suddenly remembered this matter, and asked with a smile.

"No, I've heard they'll not be there until tomorrow morning at the earliest." Qing Wan's face flushed, and she replied in a low voice: "The sacrificial ceremony is only held here for three days, princess, you must work hard to persevere." ”

"Don't worry, I can still handle it." Su Wan smiled comfortingly, turned his head and said, "Why didn't you see Fu Yanran?" ”

"It is said that General Fu suddenly fell ill, and the side concubine took care of him for a day and a night, and the queen took pity on her physical fatigue, so she was allowed to be absent from today's chanting." Qing Wan replied with a sigh.

"Is there such a thing?" Su Wan was a little surprised, at the critical juncture of the sacrificial ceremony, it was really surprising that General Fu, who was the deputy general, had such a problem.

"I don't know the specific situation, I know it all when I chatted with other palace maids." Qingyun stuck out her tongue and raised her head inadvertently, but she was stunned in place and said, "Huh? Why is the side concubine here? ”

Su Wan looked for Qing Wan's gaze, but saw Fu Yanran appearing in the crowd, looking for something with an anxious look on her face.

Shouldn't Fu Yanran accompany General Fu to recuperate in the imperial city? Why is she here when she was already absent from the morning chanting ceremony?

In fact, the more Fu Yanran thought about it after she went back, the more wrong she became, and she always wanted to find Ye Ziyu to change their plan again, so she wanted to take the opportunity of chanting and praying for blessings to blend in with the ranks of male guests to see if she could find the second prince.

Before Su Wan could react, Fu Yanran's figure suddenly disappeared into the crowd, and she could no longer be captured. Su Wan frowned, turned around and said, "Forget it, let her go." ”

Fu Yanran walked and stopped against the crowd, and finally let her see a special flag for the prince planted at the door of the hall, and the seventeenth prince and the sixteenth prince walked in with a smile, it seems that this is the place where the princes eat at noon.

Although she found a place, Fu Yanran couldn't break in directly, she was in trouble for a while, standing around the corner and observing the movement at the door, wanting to intercept the second prince when he came to eat.

"Yo, isn't this Miss Fu, the side concubine of King Chen, who is as beautiful as a flower? How did you get here? King Chen doesn't eat in my house. ”

Suddenly, a playful voice rang out from behind. Fu Yanran was startled, and hurriedly looked back to see that the prince was looking at him with slanted eyes, with a smiling look on his face.

The prince originally coveted Fu Yanran and the Fu family forces behind her, but since she had entered King Chen's Mansion as a side concubine, she had become the prince's opponent, and he naturally wouldn't have any good looks for her.

"I, I just went in the wrong direction and accidentally came here." Fu Yanran raised her head, and subconsciously distanced herself from the prince.

The prince opened his mouth, and was about to say a few more words of ridicule, but he heard a soft voice from behind: "Brother Prince, aren't you going to eat yet?" ”。

The real second prince walked over slowly, and he had a handsome appearance that was almost the same as Ye Ziyu