On the day of Gao Li's wedding, He ordered Wang to send her hand-embroidered mandarin duck scarf over early in the morning. She knew that Mrs. Gao regarded herself as an ominous person, and it was better not to show up on such a happy day.

Gaofu is full of lights, red makeup paved the whole street, and when the wedding car arrives at the gate of the house, the gongs and drums are noisy, and it is very lively.

He Yang took Wang's family, took advantage of the fact that the house was in the front yard to send off his relatives, and quietly took Jixiang out of the back alley. Jixiang asked He where he wanted to go, but He only said: "Go find an ox cart first, and we'll know later." ”

Until the ox cart came out of Jianchun Gate, Jixiang already knew where to go. Sure enough, the ox cart came to a stop at the post house at the foot of the hillside.

He got out of the car slowly, and Jixiang gave the coachman thirty yuan and asked him to wait a little farther away.

This deserted post pavilion is a resting place for people who go up the mountain to hunt and chop wood, and it is noon, and they all lie crooked on the ground and cover their faces with straw hats to rest. Although He wore a conical hat and covered his face with thin veil, it was inconvenient for him to enter again.

He stood silently a few steps away from the pavilion, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.

A "little lady" interrupted He's thoughts. Following the prestige, He was surprised to find that it was the manservant Sanbao beside Hong.

I saw Sanbao come to He in three steps and two steps, and said excitedly: "It's really you!" The slave has been waiting for you here for three months. ”

Before He could speak, Ji Xiang interjected: "What are you waiting for my little lady to do?" ”

Sanbao saluted He and said with a smile: "The little lady left in a hurry that day, maybe it was accidental, and she left the Jinpa, and my master found it, so he ordered me to return this handkerchief to the little lady." ”

After a pause, he continued: "I wanted to find the ox cart driver to find the little lady's residence, but my master said that if the little lady was destined to be a person, she would return here, so he ordered me to wait here. ”

After listening to Sanbao's words, He was instantly stunned. Auspicious Lalahe's sleeves, she came back to her senses and nodded to the three treasures in thanks.

Seeing that He was silent, Sanbao continued: "My master enclosed a letter to the little lady, if the little lady has a reply to my master after reading it, you can order someone to send it here, and the slave will wait here." ”

After that, he took out a piece of brocade and a letter from his arms and handed it to He with both hands, and when He caught it, he bowed down to He and left.

He Leng stood in place, at a loss for a moment. Seeing this, Ji Xiang hurriedly pulled He to the ox cart.

In the car, Jixiang urged He to open the letter, and a jade pendant fell from it. Jixiang hurriedly picked it up and handed it to Yuhe.

Put it in the palm of your hand and look at it carefully. This color is like mutton fat, white with yellowish, transparent and pure. It is carved with a mythical beast that looks like a horse but not a horse, like a deer but not a deer, and is surrounded by a moire pattern.

Although He didn't know jade, he also understood that this was not a vulgar thing, so he quickly opened the letter. "There are female peers, Yan Ru Shunying. Will soar, Peiyu will general. Bimei Meng Jiang, Deyin does not forget. A few words, but it made He's heart mixed.

Ji Xiang asked eagerly on the side: "Little lady, what is written in this letter?" ”

He said softly: "He gave me admiration and allowed me to marry." ”

Ji Xiang's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe his ears and said, "Just one side? ”

He stopped making a sound, but squeezed the jade pendant tighter.

Except for Gao Rong and Gao Ling, few people in the house care about the backyard, and even if He goes out, no one knows.

Wang brought a bowl of lotus seed soup to cool off the heat, and saw He standing alone in front of the window, with a thoughtful expression, so he quietly pulled the corner of Jixiang's clothes and asked Jixiang with his eyes.

But today's auspiciousness is not as fast as in the past, only bowing his head and not making a sound. Although Wang was suspicious, it was inconvenient for him to ask. Wang gently lowered the curtain and went to the door to make incense.

Since beating the Tong family's daughters, the servants who served in the backyard were all transferred to the South Courtyard in the name of helpers. Wang secretly begged Mrs. Gao before being allowed to stay in the backyard, but the amount of money that could be supplied to the backyard was reduced. Wang couldn't bear it, and from time to time he used his monthly money to make up for it. But the precious materials in the incense were not available, so Wang and Jixiang went to pick petals, put them in wormwood, and make some simple spices.

Under the eaves of the verandah outside the house, Wang was pounding flowers and making incense, and the sound of pestles and mortars colliding made the courtyard even quieter.

After a long time, Wang Shi heard He calling her softly, so he put down the pestle in his hand and stepped into the house.

"Sister-in-law Wang, you have been with your wife for many years, you must know this." He spread out his palms and placed the jade pendant in front of Wang's eyes.

Wang carefully took the jade pendant, looked back and forth, and then walked to the window, raising his hand to look at the light carefully. After looking at it repeatedly, Wang Shi approached He and asked softly, "Where did the second lady come from here?" ”

Seeing that He was silent, Wang continued: "In the early years, the lord gave his wife a piece of Pei, saying that he bought it with a lot of money when he was an envoy to Khotan, and his wife regarded it as a treasure. But in terms of color, it is not as delicate and moisturizing as the young grandmother. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at He again, lowered his voice and said: "If it is not for the princes and nobles, ordinary people may not be able to obtain such high-quality products." ”

As soon as Wang's words fell, Ji Xiang blurted out: "Could it be that the prince is a child of the royal family?" No wonder they don't look the same as us people in Middle-earth. ”

Seeing Wang's dazed face, He gently pulled her to sit down with him, and told her about the matter again.

Wang came back to her senses after listening to it for a long time, she was like the vast majority of Han women, the order of her parents, the words of the matchmaker, she never knew her husband's appearance before marriage, not to mention that it was love at first sight.

Wang Shi looked at He lovingly and said, "Second lady, you are a jade man, gentle and gentle, and you look like a fairy, how can you not make people fall in love at first sight." The second son, he doesn't spare you, it's his clumsiness. But what kind of character and family background is this son now? You have to think long-term. ”

He showed a wry smile and said, "I have become another man's wife, and I can't help myself whether I love or not." After that, let Jixiang go to get pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Ji Xiang weakly said to He: "There is no paper available in the backyard. ”

He grinned self-deprecatingly and said, "Now I don't even want to give yellow paper." Let's go and fetch Luo Ying, who was married to my mother when I got married. ”

When Jixiang took out Luo Ying from the cupboard, He used an embroidery needle to remove the word "He" embroidered with lotus silk thread on the plain handkerchief used on weekdays, and gently put Luo Ying and jade pendant into the handkerchief, wrapped it and handed it to Jixiang, and said to her: "Tomorrow, you get up early and send this thing to the post pavilion." ”

In the West Palace of Pingcheng, Sanbao knelt in front of Tuoba Hong and said: "Your Majesty, this is the cloth bag sent by He Niangzi, the slave is afraid of making a mistake, and he only said that he was urgent for eight hundred miles along the way, and six horses were changed at the post stations in various places, and he did not dare to delay at all." ”

Tuoba Hong approached and patted Sambo on the shoulder, motioning for him to get up.

Sanbao held the cloth bag in both hands and handed it to the emperor. Tuoba Hong opened the cloth bag, opened Supa again, and when he saw Luo Ying and Yu Pei, he couldn't help but frown.

Seeing this, Sanbao immediately bowed to the ground and kowtowed, and said hurriedly: "The slave should die, the slave should die, isn't it a bumpy road and damaged the little lady's belongings?" ”

Tuoba Hong lightly kicked the three treasures and said, "It's none of your business, get up." ”

Sanbao didn't dare to get up, and Tuoba Hong said lightly: "She returned to me with Luo Ying, just to inform me that she was already a wife." ”

Sanbao looked up at Tuoba Hong with a stunned expression.

Tuoba Hong then said: "Now that the Southern Expedition is imminent, I can't afford to take care of my children's private affairs. You go back to rest first, and then go back to Luoyang City in two days, and secretly find out whose wife she has been? ”