"Almost two months ago, the other party was the second lady of the Xia family. Because my eldest brother has not yet married a wife, the second brother's wedding banquet is relatively simple, and no one else knows about it except for a few of our relatives. Yu Baisi said, but her eyes did not leave Zhao Ping in the distance.

Ye Yufu hesitated for a long time, pursed her lips slightly, and said lightly: "Si'er...... Is there any news from your eldest brother? ”

Speaking of which, Ye Yufu felt very indebted to Yu Baiyi in her heart, after all, she had promised him to get married before, but now because of Ye Yugui, she hesitated. Whether he breaks the contract or not, he is destined to owe him.

"Big brother, he just came back from a message a few days ago, saying that the rebellion in the south has gradually subsided under their suppression, and he should be able to return to Beijing in a few months."

Yu Baisi took Ye Yufu's hand and said with a smile: "Fu'er, I know you don't like my eldest brother, but my eldest brother and I really like you, and I really hope you can be my sister-in-law." ”

Ye Yufu lowered her head, not knowing how to answer Yu Baisi, although she knew that her relationship with Ye Yugui could not last long, but she should not be able to let go easily until the day of the real showdown.

"I hope that day, too." What Ye Yufu said was ambiguous, but it was her true thoughts.

"Fu'er, why does Zhao Ping always ignore me." Yu Baisi puffed out her cheeks. Looking dissatisfied, into the distance.

Ye Yufu raised her eyes and looked at Zhao Ping in the distance, thought about Yu Baisi's usual moves, thought for a moment, and came to the conclusion: "As far as I know, Zhao Ping likes quiet and gentle girls, and when he sees you, he will probably always think of his sister." ”

Yu Baisi patted her head angrily, and suddenly realized: "Why didn't you tell me earlier, if I had known that he liked quiet and gentle girls, I would have pretended to be like that from the beginning." ”

Ye Yufu shook her head helplessly, pressed Yu Baisi's shoulder, and comforted: "Si'er, you look good now, you don't need to change for anyone, you are such a good girl will definitely be able to find a better man, you don't have to hang yourself on a tree." ”

Although Ye Yufu supports Yu Baisi to bravely pursue love, the difference between the identities of Yu Baisi and Zhao Ping is too great, the Yu family is also a prestigious family in Beijing, and Zhao Ping is just the son of an ordinary rural family, and he entered the palace for the family's livelihood since he was a child.

Yu Baisi should be suitable for a famous son with the same status as her, if the two are really together, they will face all kinds of twists and turns later.

After so many years of getting along, Ye Yufu knows Zhao Ping's character, Zhao Ping is a man with strong self-esteem and a strong sense of responsibility, and his family and personality also lead to him definitely not joining the Yu family.

But Ye Yufu couldn't tell Yu Bai Siming about this, because she couldn't bear to hit her, and feelings have always been a matter of obsession with the authorities. I am still deeply involved in it, and what position do I have to say to others?

Yu Baisi's eyelids drooped, and she looked at Ye Yufu pitifully: "But I just like him, and the person who is right with me is either a sour literati who only knows how to recite poetry all day long, or a gentleman who relies on his family to do whatever he wants." ”

Ye Yufu finally sighed, Yu Baisi was right, any woman will become crazy when facing feelings, if the persuasion of others is effective, there will not be so many joys and sorrows later.

In the blink of an eye, more than three months have passed, and the clothes of the people in the capital have changed from thin summer clothes to thick autumn clothes.

In the past three months, major and minor affairs in the palace have been happening, and there are two of the more eye-catching things.

First, two months ago, diplomatic envoys from neighboring countries came to woo relatives in the hope of reaching friendly relations.

The country adjacent to the Dasheng Dynasty was the Taiyou Dynasty, which was ruled by the Yue family for hundreds of years. The land of Taiyou Country is inferior to that of Dasheng, but the location is superior, the four seasons are distinct, and the land is fertile, so it has always been a peaceful country.

But the emperor who has just ascended the throne is the fifth son of Yue Mingqi, the first emperor of Taiyou Kingdom, named Yue Lin, who was only twenty years old and overwhelmed more than a dozen other sons under the emperor with ruthless means and extraordinary intelligence, and won the throne in one fell swoop.

After he ascended the throne, he changed Taiyou's previous appearance of liking peace and not causing trouble.

From the second day of his accession to the throne, he conscripted troops from all over the country and raised the amount of taxes to strengthen the expansion of the army.

And this order was enforced, but all men of the appropriate age in the common people's families, from the age of fourteen to forty, without exception, must join the army, and if they resist the order, they will be arrested and imprisoned.

Therefore, after more than half a year of rebuilding its troops, Taiyou began to attack nearby small countries one after another, and merged them one by one, and constantly sent envoys to various countries to ask for marriage.

If Ye Duanli was ten years younger, he would definitely not be able to see the junior of this neighboring country acting so boldly and lawlessly, but now that he is old, his body is still like a withered lamp and a candle, how can he have the strength to take care of other people's affairs.

And the marriage is a good thing for the two countries, on the one hand, Taiyou has a strong back of Dasheng, and Dasheng is not worried that Taiyou will inadvertently stab himself.

So after careful consideration, Ye Duanli agreed to the request of the Taiyou envoy to marry.

But originally the envoy Taiyou wanted to marry the eldest princess of the Great Victory Kingdom, but Ye Duanli shirked that the eldest princess had already been promised a family affair, so he had to give up and retreat to the second princess Ye Yule.

After Ye Yule heard about this, she almost closed her mouth with joy, after all, she was divorced by the short-eyed Liu Xiaorui of the Liu family before, and almost became the laughing stock of the whole country.

And now she can actually marry the emperor of a neighboring country as a queen, I heard that the emperor of the neighboring country is young but courageous, and his appearance is also first-class, Ye Yule felt proud for the first time, and after so many years, she finally completely defeated Ye Yufu once.

So at the same time that the two sides reached an amicable agreement, it was decided to marry Ye Yule into Taiyou after half a year.

And this second major event is that the emperor raised the concubine as the imperial concubine, the position is second only to the queen, and the same position as Song Cai that year, this is the first time that Ye Duanli has been crowned the imperial concubine since Song Cai's death for more than ten years.

And anyone with a discerning eye knows that Song Wei is the adoptive mother of the crown prince Ye Yushen, and at this time, Song Wei's position is raised, so Ye Duanli's thoughts are almost obvious.

The imperial concubine enjoys almost the same power as the queen, and has the right to cooperate with the six palaces, and holds the treasure seal of the concubine, which means that from now on, the queen will no longer have the final say in the affairs of the harem.

But when the whole palace was celebrating Song Wei, she seemed to be lacking in interest, and there was not even a hint of joy on her face.

On the night of the canonization, Song Wei sat quietly on the chair alone, and there were two glasses of wine on the table in front of her.

Song Wei picked up a cup and slowly sprinkled it on the ground, then murmured, "Sister." Do you know, today I was named the imperial concubine, second only to the queen, but I am not happy. ”

The only thing that responded to Song Wei was the howling sound of the wind outside the window.

"You know why I'm upset, right? From the very beginning, I was forced to enter the palace, if you didn't die suddenly, how would I enter the palace. ”

"You entrusted the crown prince to me at that time, I agreed, and tried my best to cultivate him into an excellent prince, but in fact, I found out a long time ago that all this has nothing to do with me."

Song Wei said that she drank the liquor in the glass and smiled mockingly. Then he said to himself: "Sister, I hate you and hate you for chaining me to this palace forever, I only have respect for the emperor and never love, and I also know that he is good to me just to see your shadow through me." ”

Song Wei recalled that more than 20 years ago, Song Cai called her into the palace when she died of illness, held her hand and said with tears: "Xiaowei, my sister can't protect the prince well, so now I beg you if you can help me raise the prince, I have no nostalgia for everything in the world, but the only thing that I can't rest assured is that I am still a young child." ”

Song Wei was just a young girl in her prime at the time, and she had a man who really loved her childhood sweetheart, but she couldn't refuse her sister's plea before she died.

More than 20 years ago, Ye Duanli was still a handsome man in the prime of life, with excellent appearance and extraordinary talent. And he is still the most honorable man in the world. is also a rare infatuated man in this world, although this infatuation should not exist in the emperor.

At that time, there were 3,000 beauties in the harem, but Ye Duanli favored Song Cai alone, and Song Cai gave birth to a son, and he was established as the prince at that time. This honor is rare in a century.

After Song Cai's death, Ye Duanli even stopped the dynasty for many days, locked himself in the palace all day long, almost without a drop of water, which made everyone anxious.

In the end, when Song Wei appeared in front of Ye Duanli with the young prince in her arms, Ye Duanli barely escaped the grief of losing the love of his life.

In the first few years, although Song Wei missed her childhood sweetheart who could not be together, on the other hand, she was attracted by the powerful, handsome and domineering emperor.

And the emperor was also very tender to her, and the pepper room was favored, until that day when Ye Duanli was drunk at the palace banquet, he looked at her with affection, but the words that came out of his mouth made people's hearts fall from the sky to the cliff in an instant.

He said: "Cai'er, I miss you so much, although Song Wei is good, she is not you." ”

Ye Duanli used me, not me, in his words, and he was destined to be a substitute for his sister. Her whole life was ruined by Song Cai.

It was precisely because of this sentence that Song Wei lost the last trace of girlish admiration for Ye Duanli. also remembered that he was only dedicated to his childhood sweetheart, and began to keep looking for opportunities to contact him.

All the women in this harem have an unknown sadness.

Song Wei is, Song Cai is, and so is Wang Jiao'e.

Song Wei is often worried about Ye Yufu now, worried that she is like herself or like Song Cai, always thinking too much about others, paying too much, taking her feelings too seriously, and finally ending up grief-stricken.

The love of the emperor is affectionate and ruthless, when you are affectionate, you will feel that you have received the most favor in the world, and when you are ruthless, it will make you uncomfortable.

"Sister, you should be satisfied when you see all this under Jiuquan. I continued your life. When the crown prince ascended the throne, I decided to always accompany the ancient Buddha of the green lantern, eat fasting and pray for eternal peace for the two children. ”

Song Wei drank the last sip of wine in the jug and smiled sadly.

In mid-March, Ye Yufu and Ye Yugui already looked like ordinary lovers, eating three meals a day together, and occasionally walking and talking.

Ye Yufu's favorite thing is to hold Ye Yugui's fingers, which are slender and white, with a large layer of calloused palms.

These hands seem to have a reassuring power, and every time you hold it, it is as if you are holding it all.

And Ye Yugui's favorite thing is to kiss her ears gently, even if it makes Ye Yufu itch every time.

And Ye Yufu heard from somewhere that people who like to kiss their ears are people who are emotionally free.

Ye Yugui watched Ye Yufu finish eating the last bite of rice in the bowl and wiped the corners of her mouth for her. said in a low voice: "Imperial sister, I have to go out of the palace these days, and I can't accompany you to dinner." ”

"Huh? Is there anything that the imperial brother has entrusted you to go out? ”

Ye Yufu raised her eyes and glanced at Ye Yufu: "It is indeed entrusted by someone." ”