Jin Wuxi fell, and the orange sunset dyed the sky red.

Beside the Xibian Road, the calm and unbō jade belt river turned into a piece of golden water, and suddenly a gust of autumn wind passed, crumpling the surface of the river, shattering into a little spot of light, bleak and beautiful. On the road, horse-drawn carriages stepped on the road stained by the afterglow, along the majestic vermilion palace wall, and quietly lined up to the south.

Xiao Suo's autumn wind blew into the car, which made Qing Dai's head sober up a lot. She leaned against the window, looking at the broken gold streamer outside the car, thinking of Tingjia's helplessness, thinking of Zhao Yuhua's lost eyes, and thinking of the crystal and magnificent Yonghua Palace hall left in the corner of Zhou Danniang's eyes, what she saw was only the infinite scenery of the proud daughter of the sky being married, who would care about the loneliness in their hearts? None of the girls here, whether they are married or not, have a decision on their own marriage, and sometimes they don't even have the opportunity to fight for it.

She has been in Daqi for almost four years, and she knew that there was no autonomy in marriage in this era, blind marriages and dumb marriages abounded, most of them were set by the elders in the family, as for looking at each other, the big families are all parents for their children, and few children go to see them in person, like Qingqiang, who is lucky to have the honor to see her fiancé before marriage. It turned out that she was only young and never thought about this problem, but to this day she deeply understands the powerlessness of not being able to choose and not resisting.

She just wants to live in peace, like Qinglian, when she sees a good one, she has to open her face to fight for it, she can't do such a thing. After a lifetime, I didn't have Qingqiang's passionate feelings like fire, and I didn't want to trouble my grandmother because of my momentary jī spirit. Since the marriage is decided by the elders, they can only find a good way out for themselves in the limited possibilities.

Fate has always favored those who are prepared, and she does not want to wait passively, nor will she sit still.

The old lady sat next to Qing Dai, watched Qing Dai keep looking out the window, and asked softly, "Still thinking about Tingjia?" ”

"Nope!" Qing Dai turned around and said to the old lady with a smile, "I was too full in the palace just now, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to eat the moon cakes made by Mama Zhu at night, so I was thinking about whether I should go back and walk a few more laps in the courtyard?" ”

"Hehe," the old lady smiled and shook her head, "You, a slanderous girl!" Even Mama Zhu also laughed, "Girl, don't worry! This year's moon cake slave maid was prepared earlier, and the small ones were specially made, and eating one or two pieces will not accumulate food. ”

"That's a good idea!" Qingdai put down her worries and chatted with the two old men with a smile.

The three of them didn't mention anything in the palace again, and laughed all the way to the hat alley.

Ci'an Palace.

Empress Dowager Yu took off a formal coat, wore a long mandarin trimmed with azure butterfly huā silk satin, took off the phoenix crown, and inserted two gold-inlaid butterfly hairpins on the bun, changing into a homely dress.

At this time, she sat on the big seat with seven screens inlaid with rosewood high waist, picked up a small pastel tea bowl, chún petals close to the mouth of the bowl, took a sip of tea gently, raised her eyes to look down at the white-haired old man sitting on the chair of the pineapple wood carved dragon circle, and said: "Dad, Zidu looks like a kind person who swallows warm water, but he has a big idea in his heart, and this kind of thing can't be forced." Since the child doesn't want to get married, let's wait a few more years. ”

Yu Guogong's face was not good, and when he heard the Queen Mother's words, he nodded and said: "Hey, Zidu took the opportunity to ask the emperor to allow him to choose his own relatives when the palace was in the palace, and the emperor should also make your hard work in vain." ”

"Afterwards, I asked Zi Qi, and he said that in the house last year, Zidu had a trouble with you, and he didn't want to get married early, so you should have told me about this matter." The Queen Mother's bland tone didn't hear too much blame.

Yu Guogong's face sè sè said, "It's also that I'm anxious, Mao Xiang went early, I didn't even see the last one, and finally got the child back, I just hope to see our Yu family before entering the ground." ”

The Queen Mother's eyes darkened, thinking of her younger brother who died early, looking at her father, who was not in good spirits, and said: "Some things take their time, the more anxious they are, the more counterproductive they are, the matter of her mother is there, although things have passed for so many years, but some things have happened and cannot be changed." ”

Yu Guogong leaned back in the chair, full of a dejected breath, "Mao Xiang xìng is upright, he never came back as soon as he left, I thought this child was gentle and flexible, but I didn't expect it to be a stubborn temper..."

The Queen Mother shook her head, her father was good-looking and stubborn, and her younger brother didn't follow him, otherwise the father and son would not have fallen out back then, and they ran away from home with the Jin family and never returned. The old father was angry for five years, and when he was released to look for it, his younger brother was no longer there. He was even more resentful of the Jin family, and let his nephew go alone, leaving the mother and son adrift. If it weren't for the news of Jin's death from Jiangning, he probably wouldn't have rushed back to Beijing three years ago.

Speaking from the bottom of her heart, she loves her brother, although she was angry at her brother's rebellion against marriage, but she still loves this nephew who was found three years ago in her heart, after all, it is her brother's only bloodline. However, she still haunts the fact that Kim did not dissuade him and left with his brother. Even if the Jin family has passed away, she was given a name for the sake of Zidu, but in her heart, she never recognized this brother-in-law.

Yu Guogong paused for a moment, and then said: "I thought that the girl of the Zhou family was a top-notch and outstanding learner, after he met him, even if he was married by the palace, he would not be elegant again, but I didn't expect the final result to be like this, and he still blamed me for not accepting his mother's entry back then."

Thinking of the younger brother who was in love with the woman back then, he did not hesitate to turn his face with his father, and today Yu Zi in front of the palace didn't know whether it was a coincidence or deliberately, in front of her, he took the opportunity to propose the matter of choosing his own relatives, and the Empress Dowager Yu suddenly felt complicated.

"Speaking of which, I was negligent. A few days ago, when King Ning asked for peace, he was mentioning this matter to Duanyang and the queen, and originally said that he would let King Ning know that he should be prepared. It's just that I didn't expect that before today's banquet in Taicang Palace, Zidu and King Ning were together, and they got news from there, so there was a request for a banquet. Fortunately, the order was not directly made at the beginning, and if the order was made, the car situation would be troublesome. ”

The Queen Mother was afraid that her father would blame herself, so she hurriedly explained, and comforted her, "Even if the son doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that he has forgotten." Now that he's back with you, you're in good health, and you don't have to rush to hold your grandson. ”

"That's all there is to it." Yu Guogong sighed deeply, got up and said goodbye, "Niangniang is tired for a day, rest early, the old minister will go back first." 、，

Yu Guogong bowed and bowed to retire, watching the old father's rickety body exit the door, the queen mother couldn't help but sigh again, and was ordering someone to help her back to the inner hall to rest, when she heard the palace maid come to ask for a meeting with the king.

As soon as she heard that her youngest son was coming, the Queen Mother's face swept away, "Let him in!" ”

Li Yu came in and saluted. The Queen Mother pointed to the position beside her and beckoned Li Yu to sit down.

"Why did you think of the queen harem at this time? ，…

Li Yu sat next to the Queen Mother, "I just sent King Ning and a few of them out of the palace, and I heard that you asked the imperial brother to accompany the imperial sisters-in-law, and I returned to the palace alone, and the sons and daughters came to accompany you." ”

The Queen Mother raised her horns high, looking at her youngest son and feeling very pleased, but then remembered what happened in the report today, and said, "Why did you turn xìng today?" Did you do something wrong and come to the mourning family to sell it? ”

Li Yu scratched his head and sneered: "How can it? The Queen Mother glanced at Li Yu: "Really?" Did the mourning family hear that someone broke into the corner door of Yueyin Pavilion today? ”

"Which bastard told the truth?" Li Yu stood up at the moment, and immediately reacted that he was stuffed, looked back at the Queen Mother, and saw her smiling and looking at herself, her eyes clearly said that this was your own recruitment, so he sat back obediently.

Li Yu smiled and said, "Brother Jiu is embarrassed to go, so I'll go and help him take a look." The Queen Mother nodded on Li Yu's forehead, "It's clear that you kid wants to see the excitement by himself, and he pushed it on your ninth brother." I don't know how to do it badly, I should be punished! "I don't blame him for this! He also listened to my order before Li Yu raised his hand and swore "Queen Mother, you will spare Erchen this time, don't punish Xiaofuzi, Erchen will never commit it again in the future." "You're not young, don't do this kind of unruly thing again!" How do you get out of the palace like this? Today's events are spreading, and the imperial historians will not accuse you of misbehaving, so let your brother Wang lock you up in the Zongren Mansion for a while, out of sight and out of mind! ”

"Queen Mother, you said that the imperial brother wants me to leave the palace?" Li Yu heard too much of the Queen Mother's complaining and reprimanding words, and he didn't take it to heart at all, but it was the sentence that went out of the palace that caught his attention. Li Yu actually wanted to leave the palace a long time ago, but the imperial brother was afraid that the queen mother would miss him, so he postponed the day he left the palace again and again.

Today, when I heard that I was about to leave the palace, I was inevitably a little moved, and after asking, I looked at the Queen Mother in a daze and waited for her confirmation.

"What? Not happy? The Queen Mother said unhappily, "Some time ago, I also mentioned to your imperial brother that it has been a year since the completion of your Zhongwang Mansion, and you should leave the palace when you are old." It's just that you're such a frizzy xìng child, how can I rest assured? Li Yu woke up and smiled embarrassedly, "Originally, I came here today, in addition to accompanying my mother for the Mid-Autumn Festival, I also wanted to ask my mother what she meant, I am old, and it is not in accordance with the rules to stay in the palace, I want to ask my mother to tell the royal brother that I am allowed to move out of the palace." ”

"Oh?" The Queen Mother glanced at Li Yu: "It turns out that you already have this intention?" Don't expect to leave the palace and no one will care about you, you will be even more unscrupulous. "Queen Mother, Erchen just made a mistake today, you have a lot, don't hold Erchen responsible!" Li Yu stood up straight and said solemnly: "Erchen swears that after leaving the palace, he will be cautious in his words and deeds, and will never do anything that insults the royal reputation, let alone live up to the expectations of the queen mother and the imperial brother for Erchen." Looking at her youngest son's upright face, Empress Dowager Yu thought that her son was going to move out of the palace, and she couldn't think of seeing her every day in the future, and she was depressed and relieved that her son had grown up, and nodded, "Since you promise so, the mourning family will go and tell your royal brother that you will leave the palace on a certain day." @。