One day at the end of September, Emperor Zhou Qing's decree of marriage came down, and the wedding date was set in a month, along with Wu Tianyou's letter of appointment.

The sky was gloomy and the autumn wind was bleak.

On the west side of the Xu family, Wu Tianyou stood against the wall.

Xu Qingyan was sitting under the window, sewing underwear in the sunlight outside, while listening to Wu Tianyou's transmission.

"What, Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, this is a clerical job, right?" Her hand sewing clothes paused, and her face was puzzled, "You are a military general, how can the emperor let you make up this errand?" ”

She was holding a piece of snow-white underwear in her hand, the wedding date was set, and all the things to get married should also be purchased, and those large dowries were naturally handled by the family, so she didn't have to worry about it.

But these close-fitting underwear belong to private objects, and according to the rules, she has to sew it by herself with a needle and a thread, in addition to her own, she also has to sew a few pieces for Wu Tianyou.

Fortunately, the requirements for wearing the clothes inside are not high, there is no need to embroider, and her clumsy female worker can still cope with it, especially after sewing two pieces to get acquainted, she has found a feeling, and even the stitches are a lot denser.

Wu Tianyou chuckled when he heard this, and there was a little self-deprecation in his words: "The birds are all gone, the good bow is hidden, and it is expected." ”

He took this matter completely on himself, but Xu Qingyan knew that things were not so simple.

Although the border pass has been extinguished, but it has not completely stabilized, in order to prevent the resurgence of the four countries to fight back against the Great Zhou, the garrison will not be less, and Wu Tianyou has successfully deterred Beiyi with his own strength, at this time let him continue to guard the Beiyuan Pass is foolproof.

But Emperor Zhou Qing transferred him to a civilian position, and he was promoted in terms of official position, but in fact, he was promoted and secretly degraded, and the foreign lang of the Ministry of Rites was simply a fictitious position.

Xu Qingyan only pondered for a moment, and then understood that Emperor Zhou Qingdi's actions were inseparable from this marriage.

This is a precautionary measure, in case they will have rebellion after they get married, and overturn the Great Zhou Dynasty!

She was silent for a moment and whispered, "Then do you regret it?" “

regretted marrying her, regretting that he could no longer hold military power and recklessly fought on the battlefield.

Wu Tianyou looked at the gloomy sky and said with a low smile: "How come, this matter has long been expected by me, I joined the army to protect the family and defend the country, and to defend the border and the people." Now that the four seas are peaceful, the mountains and rivers are unharmed, it doesn't matter to me whether I am in charge of the army or not. “

"Really?" Xu Qingyan was a little unconvinced: "Don't you feel aggrieved?" ”

Wu Tianyou shook his head and looked at the courtyard where Xu Qingyan was located, with a clear gaze: "I think that when you and I first met, I was still a gentleman, and now I have unloaded my armor and returned to the field, so I still have a serious errand, so it is not bad to rest, and I am only afraid that the time will be too short, how can I be idle." ”

Xu Qingyan was not in a hurry to be angry, and the autumn rain that had been brewing for a long time came down with a muffled thunder when the words fell.

"Zeelan, go down and get an umbrella and send it to the west door."

At this time, Zelan was guarding the door, and was surprised when he heard this: "Ah, to whom?" ”

"Don't ask so much first, just go, go, go." Xu Qingyan urged her.

Seeing that she was so anxious, Zelan didn't ask much, and went to the west door with an oil-paper umbrella at the moment, but he was still confused in his heart.

It wasn't until I opened the west door and saw Wu Tianyou leaning against the wall that I reacted, "Eldest son, why are you here, it's raining, come in." ”

"No, no." Wu Tianyou stood up straight: "I'm just passing by, I'll leave now." As he spoke, he was about to rush into the rain.

Seeing this, Zelan hurriedly called him: "Eldest prince, wait." “

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Wu Tianyou turned his head.

Zelan hurriedly handed over the oil-paper umbrella in his hand: "This is what Miss asked me to send, although she didn't say who to give it to, but now it seems that it must be for you." ”

It's just that how does the young lady know that the eldest prince is here? Zeeland scratched his head, could this be the legendary heart of the soul.

Wu Tianyou looked at the warm butter paper umbrella in Zelan's hand, his eyes raised slightly.

He is a cultivator, how can he be afraid of the rain in this area, but Ah Yan still asked people to send an umbrella for the first time, why don't you care?

In this way, Ah Yan also has feelings for him, and this marriage is not all forced by the situation in her heart.

Thinking of this, his whole body was like drinking honey.

Taking the oil-paper umbrella, Wu Tianyou turned to the direction of the yard and bent the corners of his mouth, then opened the oil-paper umbrella and disappeared into the rain in a big stride.

Under the window, Xu Qingyan shook her head and smiled.

Wu Tianyou has always been a little confused in her heart, she never thought that now she would take care of the etiquette, and she would believe the matchmaker that after the marriage, she could not see each other again before getting married, otherwise it would be unlucky, she stubbornly stood outside the hospital and refused to come in, and was only willing to tell her about her appointment by transmitting the voice into the secret.

It's so infuriating and funny.

September passed, October came, and with the autumn rain falling in Hechang, the weather was as cold as a day.

In early October, there is still more than half a month before the wedding.

After being at home for more than ten days, Xu Qingyan, who had sewed out more than a dozen underwear, suddenly received the news from Zelan, and Li Yan committed suicide.

When she first heard the news, she was stunned for a moment, then suddenly got up and asked, "What's the matter!"

"The specific slave maid is not clear, the messenger only said that the old lady of the Liu family made trouble in the Half Lotus Pavilion, and then Sister Li Yan hit the pillar in order to prove her innocence."

"What about the man, can he be saved?"

"I rescued it, fortunately, Sister Bai Wei and the others stopped it in time, and now the person has woken up and is in the hospital."

"Let's go, let's see." Xu Qingyan threw down the needle and thread, and immediately took Zelan and Lingxian to Puji Hall.

Half an hour later, Puji Hall.

"What's going on?" As soon as Xu Qingyan entered the door, she went straight to the point.

At this time, Li Yan was sitting on the chair in a daze, and the corners of her forehead were still a little swollen with blue swelling, and Bai Wei and others were surrounding her to persuade her to relieve comfort.

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly came over to salute, and Li Yan also got up and bent her knees.

Xu Qingyan hurriedly stepped forward to help her, "What's the matter?" I heard that you hit the pillar, but I was shocked, what the hell is going on, it's not your style to easily find short-sightedness. ”

It's no wonder that Xu Qingyan thinks so, but Li Yan is extremely strong in her impression, and she is not the kind of person who understands the feelings of men and women and wants to live or die.

Li Yan moved her lips and was about to speak, but Bai Wei on the side had already opened her mouth indignantly.

"It's not that the old lady of the Liu family is too ugly to hear, it's obvious that his son is a thief, and he dares to come to Banlian Pavilion with a shy face to make trouble, what Sister Yan said to seduce her son, I'm bah, why are there so many shameless people in this world."

"That's it, that's it, something, but just after being admitted to Xiucai, I thought her son was a treasure, and everyone had to rush to grab it."

Bai Wei and the others said a word, and without waiting for Li Yan to speak out, they scolded the mother and son of the Liu family for a bloody episode.

Xu Qingyan frowned when she listened: "Okay, why did the mother-in-law of the Liu family come to the door, you told the truth as it was, I can't understand a word of such nonsense, how to help Li Yan uphold justice." ”

The women were reprimanded, and they were quickly silenced.

Xu Qingyan glanced at the hall, at this time, the senior brothers and sisters of Luo Qiancheng had been gone for almost a month, and there was only one guy left in the hall watching, and he didn't know where he had gone at this time.

"Lilac, bring the medicine bottle in the first compartment of the cabinet on the left." Xu Qingyan commanded.

The bruise on Li Yan's forehead, she saw it at the first glance when she came in, fortunately, there was no intracranial hemorrhage, just skin trauma, and it was good to rub it with a charm.

Lilac came over with the medicine bottle, but Li Yan refused, "Miss, I don't want to treat this injury, just let it be left like this, let me hurt for a few days." ”

The pain will make her remember it more deeply.

Xu Qingyan saw that her expression was not reluctant, and it was not a serious injury anyway, so she immediately led the topic back: "Bai Wei, you tell the truth about what happened, I want to see what this Mrs. Liu is making trouble with." ”

"Yes." Bai Wei received the order, and then slowly told the whole story.