A year, a year's time, not long, not short. It's just a year, and there's so much to happen.

During the year, Dai Viet experienced floods, droughts, and border invasions by Tatars from the north. King Jing Nangong Jingjin offered a good strategy to retreat from the enemy, and King Nangong Heng made meritorious contributions to controlling the water, and the two of them were in the limelight for a while. The third princess Nangong Yue was happy to get Lin'er, Nangong Heng, the king of Cheng, married the queen's niece Zhu Qiaorong as the princess, and the sixth princess Nangong Zhen married Xue Yunhan, the second son of the Jingzhou Governor Xue Yu's family. Not long ago, King Jing Nangong Jing asked Su Pingyan to be the concubine of King Jing, the emperor and the queen thought that Su Pingyan was unworthy of this position, and wanted to choose a concubine for Nangong Jing, but Nangong Jing repeatedly requested, and finally the emperor read his contribution and approved his play.

Since their injuries, Han Yue and Zi Mo have been living in a thatched hut in the peach forest outside the city to recuperate, and their injuries have healed quickly under Ye Ziling's careful care. In the following days, Han Yue and Zi Mo moved to live in Liufu, in addition to Ye Ziling will regularly come to Liufu to see the two of them, Nangong Heng will also come to visit Hanyue from time to time, tell her the latest situation in the palace, and he also specially sent an old lady to teach Hanyue their court etiquette.

Although Han Yue now lives in the mansion as Liu Yuanzhi, the second daughter of Tai Changqing Liu Yi, the attitude of the Liu family towards her is not like a maidservant but more like a young lady, and her food and clothing should be the best, perhaps because of Nangong Heng.

Han Yue sat in front of the dressing table, and Zi Mo groomed her while babbling about all kinds of things she had heard recently. Han Yue listened quietly, and when she heard Nangong Jing raise Su Yuyan as the princess, her heart couldn't help but twitch. Although it has been many years, this wound still hurts.

Hanyue looked at herself in the mirror and was stunned. She reached out and stroked her face, as if she were in a different world. A fire a year ago destroyed her original beautiful face, but she never thought that Ye Ziling's wonderful hand rejuvenated and created another look for her. Although the current appearance is not as beautiful as before, it can be regarded as soft and graceful, with a unique charm. Zi Mo on the side also completely changed his appearance, she was no longer delicate and smart, but was replaced by calm, perhaps after all these changes, Zi Mo's temperament was no longer as reckless and rough as before.

Han Yue was still in a daze, and a beautiful female voice came from her ears, "Yue'er, how was your rest last night?" ”

Han Yue turned around and looked around, and the person who came was Liu Yuanzhi, the second lady of Liufu, and saw that she was combing a back bun, with a jasper hanging bead on the left side, and a few velvet flowers of the same color on the bun. She was wearing a long skirt embroidered with pear blossoms in autumn fragrance, with a snow-colored yarn woven shawl, her hands were like soft wattles, her skin was like clotted fat, her collar was like a grub, and her eyebrows were like moths.

Liu Yuanzhi's encounter, if you say it, is also quite bizarre. She has been frail and sick since she was a child, and she has to get sick every three or five places, and the child's body is already weak, and after these illnesses, the whole person is tossed so that there is only one breath left. Liu Yi and Mrs. Liu were in a hurry, and they kept taking her around to seek medical treatment, but to no avail. Just when the two of them were worried about this, they were fortunate to meet a monk with a head of the head, if the monk wanted Liu Yuanzhi to get better, then before he was fifteen years old, he must not be contaminated with the atmosphere of the red world, otherwise even the Daluo Immortal would not be able to save it. When Liu Yi heard this, he immediately understood, and hurriedly sent Liu Yuanzhi back to the nunnery in his hometown for foster care. Since Liu Yuanzhi went to the nunnery, her body has really been getting better day by day. It's just that Liu Yi was not at ease, so he waited for another two years before picking her up.

Liu Yi originally planned to let Liu Yuanzhi stay at home for another two years, and then find a husband for him, but who knew that Nangong Heng needed a beautiful and talented woman to enter the palace at this time to remove obstacles for him in the harem. Liu Yi, as a member of Nangong Heng's faction, naturally only Nangong Heng is the first to look forward, although he is reluctant in his heart, but he knows very well that in order to achieve a great cause, he must make some sacrifices, so Liu Yuanzhi became the best candidate to enter the palace.

"I slept soundly." Han Yue replied with a smile.

Liu Yuanzhi smiled slightly when she heard this, "That's good, I heard Zi Mo say that you always can't sleep at night, I was very worried, so I thought about bringing you some soothing incense." She said as she placed the soothing incense in her hand on the table.

Han Yue looked at the gentle and docile Liu Yuanzhi in front of her, and couldn't help but secretly regret in her heart, is such a good woman going to be used as a tool to compete for power? She lowered her voice, but she couldn't help but ask, "Yuan Zhi, have you really thought about it?" Did you really decide to enter the palace as a concubine? ”

When Liu Yuanzhi heard this, she paused, she raised her eyes to look at Han Yue, there was neither joy nor sorrow in her eyes, she was as calm as water, "For my parents, and for my family, this is my mission." She said and smiled, "Besides, I don't have any favorite person, so what does it matter if I can't enter the palace?" Maybe becoming a concubine in the palace is also a good choice for me. ”

Han Yue looked at her, and didn't know what to say for a while, but felt that her heart was blocked. After getting along for a while, Liu Yuanzhi treated her like a sister, and she sincerely hoped that Liu Yuanzhi could be happy, instead of spending her life in this way. She wanted to say something more, but before she could speak, Tinglan's voice came from the door, "Miss, King Cheng and Doctor Ye are here." "Tinglan is the slave sent by Nangong Heng to call Hanyue, Nangong Heng said that it was not enough for Hanyue to have Zimo alone by his side, but Hanyue felt that Tinglan was the person he placed by his side to monitor him, in case he regretted and escaped. It's just that Nangong Heng is too worried this time.

When Liu Yuanzhi heard this, she got up very interestingly, "Presumably King Cheng has something important to tell you, then I will go back first, and I will come to see you later." Han Yue snorted, and Liu Yuanzhi left.

Hanyue tidied up her slightly wrinkled shirt and got up and walked outside. When he arrived in the front hall, Han Yue blessed Nangong Heng, "There is a memory of the prince Lao, and he also wronged the prince to pretend to be an entourage to enter the house." In order to hide people's eyes, today's Nangong Heng only wore the most ordinary green cloth robe and came together pretending to be Ye Ziling's entourage.

Nangong Heng raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's okay, it's interesting to change your dress occasionally." ”

"Doctor Ye." Han Yue then turned sideways and saluted Doctor Ye.

"Miss is polite." Ye Ziling has long sleeves.

"Tinglan, serve tea." Han Yue commanded Tinglan, who was standing aside.

After Nangong Heng sat down, Ye Ziling and Han Yue then sat down on the chairs. Nangong Heng picked up the celadon teacup in his hand, took a sip, and said, "Three days later, it will be the day to enter the palace, I don't know if you are ready?" ”

"Please rest assured." Hanyue replied.

"By the way, this time, the inner court has selected a total of seven show girls to enter the palace, including Ruan Mingting, the daughter of the Zhongwu General Ruan Ji, and Yun Yuya, the daughter of the Imperial Historian Yun Wei, and the Zhongwu General and the Imperial Historian are also from my side, and it is always good to have two more people to help you and Liu Yuanzhi this time. However, this harem is like a big dye vat, and people's hearts are easy to drown, and you don't have to show mercy when necessary. Nangong Heng said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Nangong Heng suddenly glanced at Ye Ziling beside him meaningfully, and then said, "Ziling will also enter the palace with you this time, and I will recommend him to serve in the Tai Hospital." He paused, his eyes seemed to inadvertently sweep over Han Yue's cheeks, and continued playfully, "I have known Ziling for many years, and I know that he has always been indifferent to fame and fortune and has no intention of intervening in disputes, but I didn't expect him to take the initiative to enter the palace this time, I really doubt that he took the wrong medicine in the process of testing the medicine." Nangong Heng said such a thing half-jokingly.

Han Yue heard that there was something in Nangong Heng's words, but she didn't want to think about it anymore, so she pretended not to know.

Ye Ziling originally lowered his eyebrows, but when he heard this, he suddenly felt embarrassed in his heart, and hurriedly said, "The prince said that he laughed, this matter is related to the great cause of the prince, and Ziling just wants to do his part." What's more, the people in the palace are sinister, if Ziling is in the Tai Hospital, he can help the young lady. ”

Nangong Heng waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's just a joke, Ziling doesn't have to be so serious." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, before the sky was completely bright, Han Yue took Zi Mo and drove towards the western suburbs of Kyoto in a carriage. Although it was the spring season when a hundred flowers were blooming, the air was still cool in the early morning, and even when sitting in the carriage, the cold moon unconsciously gathered his clothes.

The atmosphere in the suburbs seemed to be a little colder than in the city, perhaps because of the rain that had just fallen yesterday, and the majestic mountains in the distance were hidden in the clouds and mist. The ground was also a little hazy due to the rising water vapor.

Han Yue got out of the carriage with Zi Mo's support, but this step by step was so heavy for Han Yue, and this journey seemed so long.

"Father, mother, please forgive my daughter for being unfilial, I have only come to see you so far." Hanyue knelt on the ground as she spoke, and she reached out tremblingly, gently stroking every word on the tombstone, as if her mother caressed her face when she was a child. Han Yue looked at the tombstone in front of her, and a deep sadness instantly welled up in her heart, and crystal tears unconsciously spread into her eyes.

Han Yue tucked the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief before opening the food box in her hand. She took out the delicate side dishes in the box one by one, and said in a whispering voice, "Dad, this is your favorite osmanthus stuffed, you used to say that this taste will never get tired of drinking even if you drink it for a lifetime." Mother, this is your favorite eight-treasure fish, remember when you were young, your daughter didn't like to eat fish, so you told your daughter that eating more fish would make her smart and beautiful, and she coaxed her daughter to eat it. There is also this small vinegar chicken, this sauce radish, this mille-feuille steamed cake...... "Perhaps because she has been emotionally suppressed for too long, Hanyue has been babbling in front of the tombstone for a long time, and it feels like gossiping with her parents in the house before.

"Miss." Zi Mo called softly and handed the incense in his hand to Han Yue.

Han Yue took the three incense sticks in Zi Mo's hand, lit them and inserted them into the incense burner in front of the monument. The emotion in my heart is like standing on the wasteland behind the wildfire, and the indescribable sadness that comes to my face. She looked solemn and kowtowed three times towards the tombstone, "Tomorrow my daughter is going to enter the palace, the road ahead is unknown, it may be very difficult, please bless my daughter with revenge, in order to comfort my father's soul in the sky." ”

Zi Mo stood behind Han Yue, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, wanting to say too much, but he didn't say a word, and finally only turned into a burst of silence and sighs. Standing silently, one master and one servant, two figures standing for a long time looking into the distance, reflected in the misty light and shadow, indescribable desolation and loneliness.

Xu is Fang was too sad, and at this moment, Han Yue leaned in the carriage and only felt tired.

"Miss, warm up with a cup of hot tea." Zi Mo said with a teacup.

Han Yue stretched out her hand to take the teacup but didn't drink it, just put the cup on the sandalwood table on the side, she took a deep look at Zi Mo, and said very solemnly, "Everyone in the world is as deep as the sea when I enter the palace gate, and I don't know if I will live or die." Zi Mo, we grew up together, and I see you as a sister, so I don't want you to follow me to take risks, do you understand? After I entered the palace, you went to live an ordinary life, found a good person to marry, get married, and have children. ”

Zi Mo suddenly became anxious when she heard Han Yue's words, she hurriedly knelt down and said, "Miss, is this going to drive the slave away?" The slave maid said that she would follow the young lady for the rest of her life, and the slave and maid would go wherever the young lady went. ”

Han Yue hurriedly said, "Zi Mo, my father and mother have left me, I don't want you to be hurt too!" ”

"Miss, Zi Mo listened to you no matter what you said before, but now please allow Zi Mo to be willful once. No matter what you say, Zi Mo won't leave! Zi Mo said excitedly, his burning eyes were so dazzling.

Han Yue only felt extremely trembling in her heart, and she couldn't say a word for a while. She looked at Zi Mo's determined eyes, couldn't help but wet her eyes, and said after a long time, "Okay, then let's go down together." ”

The master and servant clasped their hands tightly together, in the dark, but fortunately there was still each other to keep warm.