When the autumn list is released, it is the time when the osmanthus is fragrant. Governors from all over the country will preside over the 'Luming Banquet' to congratulate the students of the middle school, and the banquet will not only invite the famous lifters, but also invite colleagues and local squires, in addition to building a good relationship with the pillars of talent in advance, showing that they are courteous and virtuous, but also have the meaning of winning people's hearts.

Therefore, most of the banquets are very grand and lively.

Under the laurel list, Qin Cheng stood here again, looking at the third place on the list with joy, which was his name. A friend who was the same age as him next to him smiled and said: "Guzhi, hard work pays off!" At today's Luming feast, you and I will definitely drink a few more cups! ”

Qin Cheng had mixed feelings in his heart, and sighed: "I am six years older than you, and now I have only gotten what I wanted, and my heart is really mixed. I almost gave up on this autumn festival before. ”

The young man beside him patted him on the shoulder, and was about to reply, but he saw a young man dressed in brocade and dressed in gorgeous and delicate clothes with two young men coming over from a distance. The young man's eyes did not move, staring straight ahead, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked, as if he wanted to suppress the smugness in his heart. originally had a good appearance, but it looked a little unexpected.

Qin Cheng's face was a little embarrassed, and when the young man came closer, he said with a smile: "The nephew of the Ruan family lives up to expectations and is second on the list, congratulations." ”

This young man is Ji Tianjiao's fiancé Ruan Ning.

Although Ruan Ning tried his best to hide it, his eyes still revealed a little contempt. He is still a young man now, but Qin Cheng is in his early thirties, even if he really wins the promotion now, the ranking is still behind Ruan Ning. It's a bit embarrassing. Moreover, it was precisely because Qin Cheng was in his thirties that the Ruan family had achieved nothing, so they retired from Ji Erlan's family affairs and replaced them with Ji Tianjiao.

He first glanced at the list, then turned to Qin Cheng and greeted, "Uncle Qin." ”

Although Yangcheng is not small, these students in the same year of their year have a little understanding of the affairs of each family when they look down and don't look up. The people who were invited to participate in the Luming feast arrived one after another, and they all looked over frequently when they saw them standing in one place.

Ruan Ning couldn't help frowning, showing a look of disgust, and was about to leave, but one person greeted Qin Cheng out loud: "Brother Qin!" ”

When everyone heard the voice, they all looked towards the person who came, only to see a white-robed boy of the same age as Ruan Ning, with no superfluous decoration on his body, and only a jade belt around his waist, but there was still a transcendent feeling that people could not ignore, like a clear spring flowing on a stone, like a lone pine standing on a dangerous rock. He walked through the crowd, didn't seem to feel the strange atmosphere here, and greeted Qin Cheng with a generous smile.

His smile was like the moon and snow, bright and clear, as if the filth of this world never dared to touch his body, and it seemed like the stars gathering in the waveless silver man, pure white and dazzling. Even though the people around him were familiar with him, seeing his face again, his breathing still stagnated for a moment. This person is the first place on the Qiu Yu list, Hong Yan.

When Qin Cheng saw him coming, he greeted him affectionately: "Little brother Hong Yan." ”

Hong Yan bowed his hand: "Brother Qin's wish has come true, let's celebrate today." ”

is also a young man of the same age, compared to Hong Yan's glorious wind and moon, heartily congratulations, Ruan Ning's small belly chicken intestines are undoubtedly inferior. What's more, Hong Yan's ranking is still in front of Ruan Ning! Everyone suddenly focused their eyes on Ruan Ning, and turned their faces to congratulate Qin Cheng as if nothing had happened.

Ruan Ning's face turned blue and red, and he was ignored by the people who came to greet him for a while, and he was stunned for a moment, and he hurriedly fled with the little servant.

And Qin Cheng was surrounded by people, and walked to the place where the banquet was held, and the previous sense of embarrassment was gone.

He is a kind person and has excellent popularity. And he is not the only one who is older among the students. Forty or fifty-year-old participants in the autumn festival abound, just because he was very young when he was a showman, this has attracted much attention, everyone knows that he has failed the list again and again, and this time he finally passed the exam, and they were all emotional. There are also some people who have fallen off the list, and because of Qin Cheng, there is hope again.

In the capital of Jifu, Ji Erlan held the letter from his uncle Qin Cheng in his hand, read it carefully, and suddenly fixed his eyes on a person's name.

Hong Yan.

As if struck by something, her heart contracted violently.

Hong Yan is her husband in her previous life.

At that time, she was bullied and tortured by her stepmother Liu Ling in the house, and she was already eighteen years old, and she was also tortured. In order to leave the Ji family as soon as possible, she agreed to a family affair that Liu Ling found for her and married Hong Yan, a young official who was one level lower than Ji Chenglin's official at that time.

Hong Yan has the talent of the champion, the appearance of exploring flowers, and is valued by the emperor, and the so-called future is very good. The only shortcoming is that he is alone and has no family background. But most people don't care, as long as he is young and promising, these shortcomings are nothing, so he is still the wishful husband that many noble ladies in the capital are vying for.

Hong Yan was in the limelight for a while, and almost no one could compare with him. However, a promising young man, a handsome and unparalleled son, actually rejected his wife.

Several times in a row, the fiancée either fell ill suddenly or died unexpectedly. After that, this originally hot character was soon ignored.

That's it, Liu Ling took a fancy to such a family affair for her.

But Ji Erlan didn't care at the time, as long as she could stay away from Ji Mansion and Liu Ling, even if she was killed, she would admit it. However, the legendary accident did not come, and she married smoothly.

After getting married, although Hong Yan did not show her the warmth and sweetness between husband and wife, he never complained harshly to her. After experiencing the initial caution and precautions, she gradually relaxed her heart, stayed in the inner house, learned all kinds of rules and etiquette, and took care of the things that came and went in the inner house for him.

She is grateful to Hong Yan for saving her from fire and water and giving her peace in front of her. She silently accompanied him with a gesture of admiration, but she never dared not hope that he could have any special feelings for herself, and only hid those feelings of gratitude, reverence, or admiration deep in her heart.

Later, Hong Yan accepted the concubine, and Ji Erlan thought that his peaceful days were coming to an end. Unexpectedly, Hong Yan was also tepid to other concubines, and never showed such fiery emotions. So Ji Erlan returned to his old self and did his best, and his duty was to take care of the inner house and clean up the moths.

Hong Yan is constantly busy with official business outside, and the time in the inner house is getting less and less.

Ji Erlan felt that he was so sad and joyless, and there would be no twists and turns until the end of his life. The only regret is that he did not have an heir. However, as his merits grew, so did the officials. Then some people began to think about calculations.

Some want Ji Erlan's life, and then take her place as his wife. Some want to climb on his bed and give birth to a child for him, but the mother is expensive by the child. There are also people who want to use her to find out Hong Yan's secrets and countless other big and small incidents.

All of this was solved by her one by one easily or hard. But she couldn't stay in the inner house as safely as before. Because when she was in distress, Hong Yan was still as plain as yesterday, never reached out to help, and did not stand up to say a word for her, even if it was similar to believing in her. It seems that Ji Erlan is just an artifact in his heart, named his wife.

Ji Erlan suddenly felt that Hong Yan's lack of blame and complaint against her was actually not pity for her. It's just a kind of laissez-faire, you can live your ability, and if you die, you will reach your life.

She couldn't understand him after all, and her original peaceful and indisputable state of mind gradually disappeared. After all, she put herself in the position of her wife.

But she is not a person who doesn't know what to do, she knows that all this stability is given to her by the other party, so she can tolerate him pampering his concubine, she can also endure him giving birth to a concubine, and she can even break his bones and smear his liver and brains. But she didn't want to be like a living dead in front of him, and Ji Erlan wanted to ask him, why?

Her suppressed emotions had reached their limits.

However, she didn't have time to reason with him, and even had a big quarrel like venting. Hong Yan's identity was suddenly revealed, or rather, he deliberately revealed his identity.

He is Yan Xiang's illegitimate son in exile, and he is also Yan Xiang's most outstanding son, ranking twelfth.

Without hesitation, Yan Xiang asked him to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, and from then on, all in Beijing changed his name to Yan Twelve, Yan Gongzi, and Yan Hong. The name Hong Yan has since been forgotten, and only Ji Erlan has taken it to heart. She felt that Hong Yan was her husband. Instead of this high-flying, infinitely beautiful Yan family twelve.

But she has no right to object, and she almost no longer has the opportunity to blow the wind on her pillow.

The days back to Yanfu were not peaceful, the Yan family's filthy relatives were not worried, mother-in-law, aunts, sisters-in-law, cousins were all paying attention to Yan Twelve, she was shocked and afraid, and she could not avoid dealing with these storms.

Ji Erlan hoped that he would reach out and pull her, straighten her back, drag her chin up, and tell her not to be afraid, he was there.

It's a pity that Yan Twelve was still indifferent and left her to fend for herself. Ji Erlan finally understood that she was just a passer-by in Yan Txi's eyes, and it was not worth taking a second look.

She used her strength to resist desperately and resisted, but she was finally calculated by the insidious and vicious Ji Rujun. In order to take Ji Erlan's place, Ji Rujun did not hesitate to kill Aunt Gu to blame her. Even Ji Yun and Ji Rong died miserably in these conspiracies.

Just when she was on the verge of dying, she suddenly heard Hong Yan's voice, but she didn't know who he was talking to. He said: "This lotus hairpin is very important, you have it well." ”

These few secret words cleared her mind for a moment, but she was no longer able to pursue what conspiracy was behind the scenes. Eventually, they fell into deep darkness......

"Erlan?" Qin Shi saw that Ji Erlan's forehead suddenly had cold sweat, and the letter in his hand had been clutched. As if dead had passed, his mind froze. She was shocked: "Erlan! Can you hear A-Niang talking? ”

Ji Erlan's legs suddenly weakened, she sat down on the chair, and took a few breaths before she gradually eased up: "I...... It's okay. Even after two lifetimes, she still can't forget the panic and helplessness at that time.

The Qin clan was not at ease, and hurriedly called Su Gu over. Su Gu was also startled when he saw that her face was extremely pale, and hurriedly pinched her pulse with his bare hands. For a moment, she wondered, "Er Lan, what's wrong with you?" Why is this pulse as if it has been greatly stimulated? What happened? ”

Ji Erlan reopened the crumpled letter and glanced at what Qin Cheng said, that he and Hong Yan and the others, who were good friends, would go to Beijing together, so that they should not worry...... Hong Yan, are you finally coming to the capital?