In the woods in the eastern suburbs outside Chang'an City, a black-clothed masked man quickly walked into the middle of the forest with his right arm covered, and a man in a fancy costume stood in front of him, and the masked man approached, leaning down and kneeling down on one knee.

The man glanced at the kneeling man, took out a medicine bottle and threw it on the ground: "It's really useless." ”

"The subordinates are incompetent, please punish the master."

The masked man did not dare to pick up the medicine bottle, and his head was lower than before.

The man snorted coldly: "Punish you? If it weren't for the Northern Dynasty now, do you think this palace would keep your life? ”

Dropping such a sentence, the man brushed his sleeves and walked out of the woods, there were occasionally a few bird calls in the silent woods, the man stepped on the fallen leaves unhurriedly, and a pair of phoenix eyes looked at the brightly lit Chang'an City not far away, with an unpredictable smile.

Chang'an City, as expected, is well deserved, very lively, and it will be even more lively if you put a fire.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Qiao Anhe was carefully wiping the sword in his hand with a handkerchief, and did not stop until there was no trace of blood on the sword.

Jiang Zitang stood in front of the window and pondered carefully, the man in black deliberately caused a fire on the bridge deck, seemingly to cause a commotion, but after setting the fire, there was no other action, why.

"Anhe, what do you think about this?"

Qiao Anhe took the sword and swung it a few times, and then inserted the sword back into the scabbard with a serious expression: "I am just fighting with the man in black, and I don't seem to be from the Northern Dynasty." ”

He has guarded the northwest border pass for so many years, has fought with all forces, and is more or less familiar with some body methods, although he is not sure which person it is, but it can be known that he is not a person from the Northern Dynasty.

Jiang Zitang frowned when he heard this, walked to the shore of the book, and looked at the map on the case, there were four places on the map that were circled by him, Qidi, Chang'an, the capital of the Southern Dynasty Chengwei County and the northwest border pass.

The closer to the birthday of the saint, the more powerful the dark tide will surge, and in a few months, when there will be four parties to congratulate, the fish and dragons are mixed, and those who have a heart will seize this opportunity.

Picking up the robe hanging aside, Jiang Zitang looked grim, pushed the door and walked out: "I'll go into the palace." ”

Qiao Anhe also stood up: "I will also go back to the house to discuss with my father." ”

In the palace, Chen Qingyan was having dinner in Fengwu Palace, Mo Niang and other palace maids in Fengwu Palace were not to mention how happy, for more than half a month, the emperor finally came to Fengwu Palace.

"Fu Shi, you are just sick and can't eat too spicy things, so I asked the imperial dining room to cook some clear porridge, you can taste whether it suits your appetite."

"The concubines, thank you for your hard work."

Xie Fushi had a just right smile on her face, and after thanking her, she picked up the spoon on the side and prepared to drink the porridge, and at a glance, ginger was added to the porridge.

Mo Niang, who was standing on the side, also saw it, the queen didn't like the taste of ginger, this is known to everyone in Fengwu Palace, Mo Niang was a little worried, but this is a royal gift, if you don't drink it......

"It's delicious, and the concubine likes it very much."

Scooping a mouthful of porridge, Xie Fushi put it in her mouth without hesitation, and before she could swallow it, the pungent smell of ginger made her stomach churn.

At this time, Gonggong Fu hurriedly walked in and saluted: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Jiang is asking to see him in the imperial study, saying that he has something important to report. ”

Chen Qingyan nodded: "I know, you let the prime minister wait in the imperial study." ”

Gonggong Fu answered yes, lowered his head and retreated.

Before Chen Qingyan could speak, Xie Fushi smiled and said: "State affairs are important, the emperor should go first." ”

Chen Qingyan smiled warmly, leaned over and kissed the queen softly: "I will come to see you later." ”

"Okay."

As soon as Chen Qingyan came out of the hall, Mo Niang stepped forward to take the porridge away, and asked in a low voice, "Is the queen better?" ”

Xie Fushi nodded, took the tea handed over by the palace maid on the side, took a few sips of the churning in his abdomen before being pressed down, and then waved his hand back to the others.

Mo Niang helped Xie Fushi to lie down on the cushion in the inner hall, slightly dissatisfied: "The emperor knows that Niang Niang doesn't like ginger." ”

Xie Fushi closed her eyes, rubbed her eyebrows, and her tone was full of exhaustion: "Maybe you forgot, you let people close the door of the palace, and then turn off the lights later." ”

Mo Niang was a little surprised: "Niangniang, isn't the emperor coming later?" ”

"It's not coming, it's going."

Xie Fushi turned around lightly and held back the tears welling up in her eyes, some things will really be forgotten, and some people have no expectations in the end.

The cool breeze blew the begonias in the corner of the wall alone, I sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, looking up at the stars, tonight night is very beautiful.

Aya stood behind me, and looked at the sky like me, she didn't understand what these stars were so beautiful, it seemed that they would always look the same, but the princess could often look at it all night.

"Aya, look," I pointed to a brighter star in the sky and said, "It is said in the book that there will be two stars in the sky, one is the Vega Star, and the other is the Cowherd Star, which is the two of the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, and on the day of the Qiqiao Festival, they can meet." ”

Aya still doesn't quite understand: "That princess, does every star in the sky have a name?" ”

"Naturally, there is."

A-Niang has said before that the stars in the sky are the thoughts of people, and every time you miss them, there will be one more star, so this starry sky carries too many thoughts.

During the day, people are busy with their livelihoods, and only at night can they have free thoughts, so the stars only appear at night, brilliant and shining.

Even if I am not a member of the court, if I think about it carefully, from the assassin incident to today's Xiangqiao fire, I am afraid that Chang'an City is not really Chang'an.

The door of the Qiyang Palace's mansion has been closed since the dust washing banquet, and there is not much news from the elder brother, and it seems that everything is calm to outsiders, but I am afraid that there is already tension inside.

Concubine Jia in the palace is more and more favored, and when the spring of the next year comes, there are many show girls who want to enter the palace, above the court, the mighty general and the old general Qiao can not look at anyone who is not pleasing to the eye, and the military power is divided in half, I am afraid that the elder brother will have nothing to spare.

Being an emperor, a queen, a prime minister, or a general, it seems that it is not easy to do any of them.

As for me, I will be twenty years old in the coming year, and a girl of this age in the Northern Dynasty has long been the housewife, if A-Niang knows, she should worry about me.

Come to think of it, it's better to be a star, hang on the branches at night and miss people, hide in the clouds and smile to see which man climbs the wall to see the girl again, it's better than worrying about the things in this world, messy and messy.

I suddenly missed the days when I was still in the palace, and the young Jiang Zitang stood by the Taiye Pool, his face was indifferent, and he looked at the books in his hand carefully.

Then behind the pavilion pillar, there would be a man who would hide from me, with a thick historical book stuffed in his hand, and when he was tired of reading, he would look at the dark-clothed young man a few times, and hurriedly retract his head when he was discovered, with a heart full of joy.

At that time, there was a breeze blowing on the bank of the Taiye Pond, and the fragrance of begonia flowers was also faintly surrounding the nose, and occasionally a few red carp jumped on the surface of the pool, greedy for the lotus flower that bloomed just right.

When the sun gradually came out of the east and shone on the pavilion pillars, I covered my eyes to see Jiang Zitang, his back gradually moving away against the light, but I knew that the next day he would stand by the Taiye Pool again.

"Princess, it's late at night, go back to your room."

Aya helped me up, I looked up and looked at the stars in the sky, I hope that the days and nights in the future, there are still many stars, and Chang'an City is also as its name, a Chang'an, then people will be fine.