At dusk, they entered the city of Luoyang. The people in the city welcomed them, and in the eyes of the people, they were heroes if they won the battle. Along the way, Yingning accepted the worship of the people, and unconsciously became proud in her heart.

Among the crowd, Ying Ning suddenly saw Yejun, who was still dressed in dusty white clothes and holding a folding fan in his hand. He looked at Ying Ning and smiled, thinking that they didn't seem to have seen each other in a while. Ying Ning nodded slightly, but in an instant, he disappeared.

When I arrived at the palace, I didn't have time to drink a sip of hot tea, and I was announced into the palace by the little eunuch next to the emperor. Along the way, Yingning took a shower and changed into clean clothes. A maid brought tea and snacks, saying that the prince ordered them before leaving.

Ying's heart warmed, and he pinched a piece of peach blossom cake, he actually knew that he liked this snack, he really had a heart. She smiled and took a bite, the entrance was sweet and fragrant, and the craftsmanship was extremely good. The maid who brought her snacks had been standing beside her, and Ying Ning glanced at her, only to see her clothes trembling, as if she had done something wrong.

Ying Ning saw that she was a little familiar, so she asked, "Are you afraid of me anymore?" ”

The maid suddenly knelt on the ground, trembling and saying, "In the past, the slave and maid followed Qingchun, and offended the girl a lot, and asked the girl not to remember the villain, so that the slave and maid could be spared once." The slave and maid will serve the girl wholeheartedly in the future, and will never dare to make any mistakes. ”

Only then did Ying Ning understand why the maid was afraid of her, probably because the prince said something, her identity is different now. The girl who followed Qingchun before, no wonder she was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was. If she didn't say it, Yingning might not be able to think of it. Now that Qingchun has gone crazy, she doesn't need to worry about anything anymore. What's more, she didn't have anything to do at the time, and if she wanted to blame, she wouldn't wait until now.

She called the girl up and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The girl didn't dare to get up, and said cautiously: "The slave maid is called Lianxin." ”

Ying Ning snorted, "Oh, Lianxin, you get up." The old things are in the past, and you don't have to worry about me retaliating against you. Don't mention this matter in the future, just do your part. ”

When Lianxin came out of Yingning's room, several maids surrounded her.

"What did she say? Did I scold you? One of them asked.

Lianxin shook her head and said, "She only said that I should do things well, and don't mention the bullying of her at that time in the future." ”

Did she really say that? Will she drive us away? Or punish us harshly? If I knew this, I wouldn't have bullied her with Qingchun at that time. Or Biyun had a vision and helped her at that time. Biyun will definitely be above us in the future, and maybe even suppress us. ”

"I just heard Steward Zhong chatting with General Moyan, probably because the prince wants to make Yingning the princess, and we will definitely not have a good time in the future."

"If you don't go to work, what are you talking about here?" Steward Zhong didn't know when he would come over, and scolded them with a cold face. They immediately bowed their heads and walked away quickly.

Steward Zhong came to Yingning's door and knocked softly. Yingning opened the door and saw that it was Steward Zhong, so she asked, "Is there anything wrong with Uncle Zhong?" ”

Steward Zhong bowed his head and said respectfully: "The prince has a message from the palace, saying that the emperor left the prince to have dinner in the palace, and he will not be able to come back until night." ”

Yingning originally wanted to wait for me to come back and have dinner together, so it seemed that there was no need. Steward Zhong proposed to bring the food to her room, but fortunately, she had already eaten some snacks and was not hungry, so she politely declined Steward Zhong's proposal.

As soon as Steward Zhong left, Yejun jumped off the beam. Ying Ning laughed at him while drinking tea: "Why do you like to be a gentleman on the beam?" ”

Yejun smiled and didn't answer her, only asked, "Is the peach blossom crisp delicious?" ”

Ying Ning raised her eyes to look at him, her eyes full of doubts: "Could it be that you sent this peach blossom cake?" ”

"Zhong Wuqi asked people to send things from the side, and I quietly replaced them. You probably haven't eaten it for a long time, it's not the season for peach blossoms, and it's really not easy to make this peach blossom crisp. Yejun shook his head with a sigh, as if he had really put a lot of thought into it.

Ying Ning was a little disappointed, she thought it was prepared for her by my period, and thought that they had a heart. It seemed that she was still thinking too much, and she smiled at Yejun: "Thank you, for so many years, only you still remember that I love to eat this." ”

Yejun sat down beside her, looked at her with his eyes and said, "Don't be rash in the future, okay?" Do you know how worried I am when you go to that barren border? Do you really think you won't die? ”

Ying suddenly put down the cup in her hand and asked in a low voice, "You helped me get out of that dense forest, right?" I didn't make any signs at all, but I was led out. I can't think of anyone who will help me, but you, right? ”

Yejun sighed, "I learned that you arrived at the border, so I came to find you. I happened to run into you like a fool, chasing you alone. Yingning, is it worth it for you to do this for him? He has no idea who you are. ”

Ying Ning shook his head and said very seriously: "It's worth it, he didn't even want his life because of me, and it's worth it for me to do anything for him." Although he still doesn't remember me, he still likes me, isn't that a happy thing? ”

"Yingning, don't be too naïve, if he knows your identity, do you think he will still like you? And that emperor, do you know who he is? "The problem of the Night Monarch is the core, how can things between them be so simple.

"I know that the emperor is a god, but he is just a mortal now, he can't pose a threat to me, he can't do anything about me." Yingning retorted.

"The emperor is a mortal, but Zhong Wuqi is also a mortal. He can't do anything about you, but he can hold Zhong Wuqi. Yingning, you shouldn't be together. Come back with me, okay? Yejun felt that his tone was very humble, he was begging Yingning, begging her to give up everything in the mortal world and go back to the underworld with him, which should belong to them.

Ying Ning simply refused: "No, no. When I left, let me wait for him to come back. I can't go, I want to be with him. Yejun, I really want to be with him. We've been separated for so long, I don't want to be separated from him anymore, you know I'm going to be sad. ”

Yejun never had the hope that he could persuade her, but Shen Tu was here, she wouldn't be much better, and she and Zhong Wu would not be together. If the gods didn't interfere with them, it really wasn't him.

And in the palace, the emperor was holding a celebration banquet for my period, and the courtiers congratulated him, all of which were clichés, and some of them were blatantly flattering, which he did not like. He actually has something to say to the imperial brother, but every time he wants to speak, the emperor looks like he lacks interest, and sometimes even stops him, and motions with his eyes to him to enjoy the song and dance, and he will talk about it later.

He drank quietly, and had to wait for a dance before he got up and said, "Your Majesty, my brother has something to do." ”

The emperor smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Your matter is not as important as mine's, or after listening to me, it will not be too late for you to talk about it." ”

It's good that I've been waiting for so many days, and it's not too late. He said, "Brother Huang, please speak." ”

The emperor smiled meaningfully and spoke slowly: "This time I fought with the Huns, and I returned with a big victory. I want to give the emperor's brother a credit, give 10,000 taels of gold, and 1,000 hectares of fertile land. ”

I was about to kowtow to thank you, and the emperor said, "Where is General Su Hu?" ”

Su Hu got up and walked to the middle of the hall, lifted his robe and knelt down, and said, "The minister is here." ”

The emperor looked at His Royal Highness General Su and said with a smile: "I heard that the daughter of General Su has reached the age of marriage, can she be married?" ”

Su Hu replied respectfully: "Back to the emperor, the little girl has never been married. ”

The emperor said leisurely: "Then I will make Concubine Xu marry to King Jing, is it good to be Princess Jing?" ”

Su Hu suddenly raised his head and looked at Wu Qi, he knew that King Jing was happy with Bai Yingning, but the emperor personally gave him a marriage contract, and he couldn't resist the decree, how could this be good?

At this time, I had already knelt down, hugged my fists and said, "Brother Huang can't." ”

The emperor squinted at him and snorted coldly between his noses: "Why not?" The daughter of General Su Hu, Roujia Shushun, elegant and pleasant, and General Su also made meritorious contributions in this battle, why are you not satisfied. ”

Wu Qi was silent, gritted his teeth and replied: "The younger brother has someone he likes in his heart, and General Su's daughter is a first-class good, but the younger brother is afraid that he will not have a relationship with her." ”

The emperor got up from the dragon chair and walked down the steps step by step, his bright yellow dragon robe was particularly dazzling. He walked to Wu Qi's side, looked down at Wu Qi from a high position, and said naturally and leisurely: "Is the person you like in your heart the Bai Yingning who killed Huton?" ”

The emperor's news is really well-informed, and he knows it before he reports it. I replied: "Exactly, she is the person that my brother likes." The courtier's brother has decided to marry her as the princess. ”

"Huh." The emperor sneered a few times, "I heard that Bai Yingning is just a low-level maid beside you, and the queen mother doesn't like her, how can I allow you to marry such a woman as a princess." If you really like it, be a maid who has a room, I have no opinion. ”

Wu Qi's face changed, in his heart, Yingning's identity is extremely noble, she can only be his princess, how can she be a maid in the room, this is not only humiliating Yingning, but also humiliating him. "Brother Huang, although Yingning was a maid before, she also made military achievements, and her status is no worse than that of any daughter."

The emperor put his hands behind his back and looked into the distance, his eyes were fierce for a moment, "Oh, then, then I would like to reward her with some gold, silver and jewelry, and I will be worthy of her." As for your princess, she doesn't even think about it. I will never allow a maid to marry into the royal family. I have already prepared the decree, so I will send someone to the Jingwang Mansion to announce the decree. ”

"Brother Huang, the younger brother asks the imperial brother to take back his fate, and the younger brother is only willing to marry Yingning as his wife in this life." I was in a rare panic, and he intuitively felt that he was going to live up to Yingning.

The emperor suddenly bent down, bowed his head and whispered in his ear: "I have saved her life, and she is already grateful to Dade." Don't say anything more about this, or I'll order her to be killed at once. If she stays alive, you hope that she will continue to be a maid, or if she doesn't have the money to accept her as a concubine. After speaking, he looked at Su Hu again and asked, "Does General Su have any objections?" ”

Even if Su Hu didn't want to, he didn't dare to speak, he said helplessly: "The minister has no objection, thank you for the emperor's gift, and the minister will thank the little girl." ”

Wu Qi sat on the ground, when he came, he said to Yingning that he wanted her to wait for him to come back, but he waited for the news that he was going to marry someone else, he suddenly lost his courage, how should he face her when he went back. The imperial brother has always respected any choice he made, why did he oppose it like this time, is it really just because she is a maid?