On August 15, the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Prince Sheng and Princess Min reunited with the soldiers in the military camp for the festival, the palace was deserted, Yao Nian stood alone under the eaves in a windbreaker, and kept looking at the sky in the south.

The fastest carrier pigeon, can arrive in Jizhou before tonight, in the bedroom, her softness has been packed up, if Mu Kaijiang loses, she will leave home and go to Beijing immediately, begging the imperial brother to give her a "death".

In UBM Academy, after the students and their families who came to celebrate the festival dispersed, the family was finally able to sit down and have a meal with peace of mind, but Fu Yi looked out of the sky from time to time, afraid of missing the carrier pigeon that delivered the news.

Zhu Rong persuaded her: "It always takes late at night to arrive, and it's useless for you to be in a hurry now." ”

Yan Jingshan saw that his daughter was uneasy, so he said: "Go to the palace to accompany the eldest princess, bring the moon cakes made by your mother, and ask the eldest princess to taste them." ”

Fu Yi said: "It's rare for a family to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival, how can I go." ”

Yan Jingshan said: "The so-called festival is just to let the separated family members have a day to reunite and have a hope in their hearts. You see the sky shaking in front of my eyes, who rarely celebrates the festival with you, hurry up to the palace, sit here and feel restless, I have no appetite to see. ”

Fu Yi said angrily: "I won't leave, you have no appetite, what does it have to do with me." ”

"Fuyi, you're here again." Zhu Rong scolded in a low voice, and said to his father-in-law while getting up, "Father, after I send Fuyi to the palace, I will come back immediately to accompany you for two drinks." It's rare that I shouldn't be bad tomorrow, I want to drink two sips tonight, my mother's osmanthus stuff is really gluttonous. ”

Looking at his son-in-law, Yan Jingshan was full of like: "Go, Dad will wait for you to come back, and let your mother heat up the dish again in a while." ”

Mrs. Yan got up to pack the moon cakes, and when she went out, she saw her son-in-law coaxing her daughter to be happy, and she also tied the strap of the windbreaker for Fuyi with her own hands.

She stepped forward and said, "The older you are, the more ignorant you are, if you don't have Rong'er, can you and your father be okay in this life?" ”

Fu Yi took the moon cake and said, "You just have to hurt him, anyway, when I return to the capital, no one will hurt him." ”

Seeing her daughter walk out angrily, Mrs. Yan asked her son-in-law: "What does the old lady like about this girl, what is it strange to be disgusting?" ”

Zhu Rong smiled and said: "It's only pampered in front of you and your father, never like this in the capital, don't worry." ”

"Brother Rong, can't you go......" Fu Yi shouted outside the door.

"Here it is." Zhu Rong should respond.

"Rong'er, ride slowly." Mrs. Yan advised, "Come back early, my mother is waiting to give you hot dishes, and I have two drinks with your father." ”

Zhu Rong said: "Yes, the child will go back when he goes." ”

On the way to the palace, Fu Yi talked countless times, what if the opening of the territory was lost, the couple would make a plan, and when the time came, they would personally escort the eldest princess back to Beijing.

Although it was originally determined that if there was no big event, even if the queen and her second sister-in-law gave birth, they would not return to the capital, but the life events of their best friends could not stand by after all, no matter what, they would let Kaijiang and Yao Nian be successful.

In the palace, seeing Fuyi to accompany him, Yao Nian finally showed a little smile, ordered someone to prepare some meals, and the two replaced wine with soup, talking and laughing, and counting the things that have happened in the past year or so.

Yao Nian said: "At that time, I realized that I was being watched, and when I took him around the capital the first night, I wanted to kill Mu Kaijiang halfway, and I even arranged the killer." ”

Fu Yi was afraid: "Really? ”

Yao Nian seemed to be "drunk" after drinking soup, and pulled Fuyi and said: "But I saw his face, I haven't even said this to Mu Kaijiang, and you are not allowed to say it." He was so good-looking, I fell in love at first sight, so I didn't want to kill him, and returned the killer halfway. ”

Seeing the smile in Fuyi's eyes, Yao Nian turned his face and said angrily: "Are you laughing at my superficiality, aren't you, don't you fancy Zhu Rong's appearance?" ”

Fu Yi blushed and said: "That day on the boat, when I looked back, I saw him standing tall in the light of the morning, and to this day, I still remember the situation at that time. ”

Yao Nian asked: "If it is really a meeting in Pingshui, and you will never see each other again, will your marriage in this life be delayed by this love at first sight?" ”

Fu Yi thought for a while: "Now that I say this, I'm afraid I can't imagine it, but I fell in love at first sight at that time, and in the end I couldn't resist the later acquaintance and love, there are so many good-looking men in the world, and there is only one person who can communicate with me." And this person, even if it is not Zhu Rong, if I can meet it, why don't I cherish it? It's just that if he wasn't the son of the Duke's Palace, if he hadn't experienced so many things, my marriage would still not be able to make my own decisions. Although my father will protect me and prevent my old monster from succeeding, he can't change the reality, and eventually he will either run away from home or die. ”

Yao Nian sighed and asked, "So, did Zhu Rong give you everything?" ”

Fu Yi replied without hesitation

"If I didn't have Brother Rong, no matter how many books I read, no matter how much courage I had to fight against the world, without the support of a position of power, it would have been impossible to get to this point." Now the two children in the academy, I said very clearly to their fathers and mothers, don't think that let the girl study, can marry into the Duke's Mansion like me and become a nobleman from a commoner, just let their daughters know a few more words than ordinary people, and can think more in the future, don't be willingly persecuted and enslaved, and know what resistance is. ”

Yao Nian asked, "What do they say?" ”

Fuyi is very pleased: "They are all people who understand, they don't value sons over daughters, they just think that their sons and girls should also have them, so it can be seen that what about merchants and farmers, in this world, they should never be divided into high and low by family background." ”

Yao Nian said: "I, the people of Jizhou, just understand, so I can stay willingly and continue to guard this country." ”

Fuyi asked, "You didn't want to stay in Kishu originally?" ”

Yao Nian said: "In Jizhou, no matter how well you do, in the eyes of others, it is just inheriting the career of your father, but I want to use my own strength to let the people of the world understand that women can also fight in the army and defend their families and the country." But now, I have changed my mind, what I want to fight for is not fame and fortune, but the peace of Daqi, even if the world does not recognize my merits, I have no regrets. ”

Fu Yi said: "Eldest princess, you have done a good job, you can go down in history, in the history of Daqi, you are as famous as the two queens of Taizu and Taizong." ”

Yao Nian said with a smile: "If we can pass on the belief of Empress Taizong from our generation, maybe there will be a female emperor in the history of Great Qi, which is really worth going down in history." It's a pity that we can't see it, the imperial brother has already worked hard just to defend the land and protect the people, and he has no power to fight against the world for us. ”

Fu Yi said: "As long as the people of the world know that there was such a belief, there will definitely be people to follow, how did Empress Taizong think that more than two hundred years later, there will be us who will inherit her mantle." ”

Yao Nian was full of pride, and picked up the soup bowl: "Well said, when I give birth to the child, I will continue to practice, whether it is guarding the country or fighting on the battlefield, I want to let the Qing History of Daqi write me down and become the light in the hearts of future generations of women." ”

The two sisters imagined the future, Yao Nian unknowingly ate too much, and was already sleepy in pregnancy, but he couldn't wait for the arrival of the carrier pigeon, so he fell asleep.

Prince Sheng and Princess Min returned to the house, and went to salute, saying that she would continue to wait for the news of the capital, Prince Sheng said: "No matter whether you win or lose, you will still let them be together in the end, you must persuade Yao Nian, don't do stupid things impulsively, the emperor wants to give an explanation to the world, naturally there are many scruples, and every step must be done carefully." ”

Fuyi received his life, in the bedroom of Yao Nian, the sleeping person still did not wake up, which called Fuyi recalled the days when he was pregnant, and now he feels that he vomited to death and live to be a blessing, and he is not afraid of sleepiness and laziness, only hoping that God will have mercy and give her a child.

Thinking about it, it was already the dead of night, and she was reading under the lamp, and suddenly she heard the movement of her wings, she pushed the door out, and sure enough, the carrier pigeon arrived.

He carefully caught the carrier pigeon, untied the paper from his ankle, and returned to the lamp, but he was nervous and did not dare to unfold it.

"Look." Yao Nian's voice suddenly came from behind, and she turned around to put on her coat, sat down and said, "You say, I'm prepared." ”

"Yes......" helped the mind to settle down and unfold the paper neatly.

There was silence in the room for a moment, Yao Nian raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Fu Yi shuddered and said, "Kaijiang lost ......"

Yao Nian closed his eyes in disappointment, but he was immediately determined to fight for marriage by himself.

"But!" Fu Yi rushed over and handed the paper to the eldest princess, "The emperor has given you and Kaijiang a marriage, although he lost the competition, but he got the gift of marriage." ”

Yao Nian's heart plummeted, he couldn't believe it, he looked at the paper with a tremble, a few simple words, but it was clear that Mu Kaijiang lost the competition, but under the grace, the imperial brother gave them a marriage.

"Why?" Yao Nian didn't understand.

Fu Yizhi shook her head, she couldn't figure it out: "Wait a minute, there is news waiting for my family, I'll go back and verify." ”

"I'll wait for you, be careful on the road, let them set you a carriage, help ......"

Before Yao Nian finished speaking, Fuyi had already run out, and she couldn't wait for the people of the palace to set up the carriage, so she had to run home by herself.

But he didn't run far, and he saw Zhu Rong riding a horse, and the couple saw each other, Zhu Rong got off the horse neatly, and looked at each other's eyes, and there was no need to say anything more.

Zhu Rong said: "I have a heavy smell of alcohol, send you back to the palace, I won't enter the door, after you go to tell the eldest princess, I will take you home." ”

Fu Yi said angrily: "I can't ride a horse anymore, we will walk home in a while, or take the carriage of the palace, how much have you drunk?" ”

Zhu Rong compared it to two, withdrew another finger, and smiled weakly: "Just a jar of wine." ”

"Liar......" Fu Yi said, "Go home and talk about you, send me to the palace quickly, the eldest princess is very happy, but we don't understand, obviously lost, why did you get a marriage?" ”

Zhu Rong said: "There must be another reason, send a long letter in a few days, and they will definitely explain." By the way, the carrier pigeon that wants to come to the eldest princess will not be mentioned, the second sister-in-law gave birth, and the mother and daughter are safe. ”

Fuyi was overjoyed: "Now Yanran is going to be happy, she finally has a sister." ”

The day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fuyi prepared a gift and sent someone back to the capital, and on the day her congratulatory gift arrived in the capital, the long letter from Kaijiang was also sent to Zhu Rong and Yao Nian respectively.

It turned out that he lost the competition, not because he lost, but because he was the first to get out of the ring.

But he was not beaten out by the opponent, but after kicking out the opponent's spear, the spear went straight to the people watching from the outside of the field, and opened the territory to grab the spear, so that the people were saved from injury, but because he fell out of the ring, the competition ended.

After the results of the competition were reported, the emperor immediately convened the ministers to discuss the matter, and gave the first place a heavy reward and meritorious name, but in the end he still chose Mu Kaijiang as his sister-in-law.

When Fu Yi read the letter, he was very puzzled: "The emperor's meaning is obviously that he cares more about character than martial arts, so does it negate the character of the first name of the family?" That one is the son of the general of the East China Sea, doesn't the king of the East China Sea protect his shortcomings, what if there is a conflict with the imperial court? ”

Zhu Rong also felt strange: "I always feel that there is something strange, but the letter didn't say it." ”

In the capital, after Kaijiang received the marriage decree, he had to escort the "eldest princess" back to Kishu.

Today is the day of departure, the large army arrived at the city gate, Pingli came to see each other, and also brought a congratulatory gift from the son of the general of the East China Sea.

Kaijiang said: "You have helped my brother a lot, the matter of the Zanxi border is wrapped up in me, in the future, my brother will guard Kizhou, you will guard the Zanxi border, and the land of Daqi can ensure long-term peace and stability." ”

Pingli smiled: "But you must not tell my brother, nor can you tell the eldest princess, let alone let the emperor know that I am calculating him." People trust me, so they decided to co-act in this scene, and when they turned around, they had lovers and eventually became married, and brought wedding cakes and candy, and I will send them to Kishu for you. ”

Kaijiang said with a smile: "Let's bring you and Miss Qin's wedding cakes and candy first, naturally, your third brother and I will try our best to go back to Beijing to attend the wedding banquet." ”

Pingli actually blushed, bowed down and said, "Brother Kaijiang, have a good trip!" ”

In the deep palace, Hanzhi wrote a letter at the table, and as he wrote, he put down his pen and fell into contemplation.

Xiang Qi walked in, saw her look like this, and asked with concern, "But what's uncomfortable?" ”

Hanzhi got up and left her seat and bowed deeply to her husband.

Xiang Qi was shocked and stepped forward to help, but Hanzhi said: "Please emperor, let the ministers and concubines be clear." ”

Han Zhi only got the news today, after the list of martial arts recruits was set, Pingli went to investigate everyone's background, and estimated that the strongest opponent of Brother Kaijiang was the son of the general of the East China Sea.

He had planned to seriously injure that person secretly, so that Kaijiang would have one less opponent, but when he sneaked into the inn where he was staying, he found a few love letters, and it turned out that the general of the East China Sea also forced his son to come to Princess Shang, regardless of his son's other sweetheart.

So Pingli appeared at that time, identified himself before the almost fight, and made a deal with others, Kaijiang also saw each other before the competition, and finally had the current result, the spear did not fly out by accident, but was deliberately kicked to the people by Kaijiang, and then flew to save himself.

Xiang Qi helped Hanzhi sit down: "I already knew, before they duel, I got the news, and they met privately. ”

Han Zhi was nervous: "Your Majesty, Pingli is young and vigorous, too self-righteous, he is by no means calculating you." ”

Xiang Qi said: "It's fair, you should be relieved, he is no longer a reckless teenager." In fact, I have always been in a dilemma, if I keep Zhu Rong by my side, there will be one less fierce general on the border, but if I let him go, I will have less arms by my side. But now it seems that someone can replace Rong'er, that is, in a few years, I can let him go to the border without any scruples, as long as he can continue to grow, instead of being complacent, and never seek progress. ”

Han Zhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for the emperor's tolerance, ...... more"

Before she finished speaking, Hanzhi only felt that the heat was gushing out under her, and she grabbed her husband's hand: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that it is, I'm afraid that the amniotic water is broken." ”

"Why so early?" Xiang Qi panicked and said loudly: "Someone, someone!" ”

Thousands of miles away in Kishu, the sky is clear today, but the climate is extremely cold, Fuyi and other Zhu Rong came back from the military camp, and came to the palace to visit the eldest princess and inform the capital of what happened.

Prince Katsu had supper with them, and they talked happily, and when they had eaten and drunk, the couple were about to leave.

But as soon as he arrived at the door, he suddenly heard someone in the backyard shouting to arrest the assassin, Zhu Rong and Fu Yi made a look, and chased after him.

The people who stayed behind were all calm and calm, after all, they had already seen it in the palace, and the one who was waiting in the study and was bumped into by Fuyi and had dealings with the northern caravan also confirmed that it was the prince's cronies, and he was the one who deliberately kept in touch with the northern kingdom in turn.

Princess Min said: "You go back first, Rong'er will help with the trial, and I will let him get home early." ”

Fu Yi bowed and said: "Yes, I will ask my family to send cotton clothes in a while, and it is surprisingly cold this day." ”

Princess Min looked up at the night sky: "I'm afraid it's going to snow in the middle of the night." ”

In this way, the palace sent a carriage to send Fuyi home, and watched the steward leave with the carriage and horses in front of the door, and the citron helped the young lady into the door.

Fu Yi said, to send Zhu Rong cotton clothes, suddenly saw a white shadow from the sky, only to see the carrier pigeon on the ground, quietly waiting for the master to approach it.

Citron grabbed the pigeon neatly, helped her hand to untie the paper, and unfolded it with the lantern, and in just two words, she was overjoyed.

"Controversy? Contending? Fu Yi shouted loudly, "Hurry up and set up the carriage, I want to go to the palace!" ”

The citron held the pigeon and asked, "Miss, what's wrong?" ”

Fu Yi raised the paper in his hand, and his expression was bright: "The queen mother was born this morning, and she is a prince." ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, Zhengming and Cuizhu hurriedly went to set up the carriage, and the citron released the pigeon and ran to get the aunt's cotton clothes.

Fuyi stayed where he was, lifted the lantern and looked at the words on the paper again, suddenly felt the stars on his forehead cold, raised his head, and saw snowflakes falling one after another under the moonlight and lights.

"It's snowing?" She got up, reached out to pick it up, the moment her fingertips touched the snowflakes, the stars were cold, but they turned into surging heat in her body, and she felt dizzy for a while, and her stomach was even more overturned.

This familiar and unfamiliar feeling made her tense, carefully withdrew her hand, subconsciously covered her lower abdomen, and quickly counted the days in her heart, and suddenly burst into tears: "Brother Rong......"

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