Shen Yun stood in the pavilion and watched as the Marquis of Dingyuan boarded the carriage and walked in the direction of the Lama Temple.

The prince of the clan entered the palace to face the saint, and walked through the west gate of the noon gate, and the marquis of Dingyuan got out of the carriage and saw that Qin Duyu was already waiting there.

She is still so noble and dazzling, but the edges and corners of her body have been smoothed out, like a grand firework falling, only the rest is deserted.

Once upon a time, the two of them were too sharp, and after twenty years of marriage, they hurt each other and smoothed each other. It's only to blame him for loving too hard, and it's also for her to love too uncertainly. They have been entangled for half their lives, but they have also missed half of their lives.

The husband and wife looked at each other from a distance, and Dingyuan Hou took the lead in speaking: "Let's go." ”

Qin Duyu nodded and stepped into the door side by side with him. She didn't have to say much, but she knew what her husband would say when she met the saint later, and this was probably the first time that their husband and wife had been connected for so many years.

In the side hall of Zhanghe Palace, the young Lord Shangshu was quietly waiting for the Son of Heaven to summon him, and on the way to come, the father-in-law who took him had informed him that two moments ago, the Marquis of Dingyuan and his wife entered the palace to face the saint, and now they are talking to the Son of Heaven in the main hall.

I don't know how long it will be, but a eunuch comes in and announces him into the temple. He got up, straightened his official hat, straightened his clothes, followed the father-in-law, and marched into the main hall of the Zhanghe Palace.

"Your Majesty." Xiao Yan stopped behind the Son of Heaven and saluted respectfully.

"The Marquis of Dingyuan and his wife are here today for Miss Mo's business."

Xiao Yan answered, waiting for him to continue.

"The Empress Dowager told me that day that Miss Mo was Gu Linsheng's daughter, and I was suspicious, and I also had a trace of luck in my heart, so I blocked the news as soon as possible. Several important ministers present that day secretly handed over the folds and asked me to thoroughly investigate Miss Mo's background, and I also suppressed them. ”

Xiao Yan was silent for a moment and said, "If Miss Mo is Gu Linsheng's daughter, not only is she not qualified to be the queen, but according to the law, she will also be subject to Zhulian. Even if the Holy One overrides public opinion and appoints her as the queen, as long as someone has a heart in the future, he will turn this matter over. ”

The Son of Heaven tilted his head, and his amber eyes looked at him lightly: "You also want to persuade me to let Miss Mo go?" ”

Xiao Yan's face did not change, and said, "Weichen doesn't dare." ”

The Son of Heaven said: "Do you know what the Marquis of Shicai Dingyuan and his wife said to me? In his gaze, a smile slowly appeared, "They said that Miss Mo is indeed Gu Linsheng's daughter. He also said that after today, this matter will be discussed on the streets and alleys, and everyone in the world will know. ”

Xiao Yan was stunned, and an indescribable emotion could not help but welling up in his chest.

Outside the Lama Palace, because the weather was too hot, the already weak woman shook her body and almost fell down the white jade steps, but fortunately, a hand reached out in time by her side and held her steadily. After a few moments, the vertigo stopped, and she tried to leave, but her hand was held by the other person. The slightly rough palm and the unspeakable strength made her unable to break free, and she didn't want to break free again.

She let him pull her and walked the rest of the way.

Over the years, the couple had abandoned their parental responsibilities in lies, and today, they have finally become parents again in another lie.

In the Zhanghe Palace, Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes and asked the Son of Heaven: "What does the Holy Lord plan to do with Miss Mo?" ”

"Although I lost, I didn't want Shen Hanxi to win too easily, Li Zhangyin seemed to like her very much, and praised her intelligence to me more than once. During this period of time, there was a shortage of manpower in the harem, so I asked Miss Mo to stay and assist in internal affairs with Li Moting. ”

After the fall of the Empress Dowager, the palace cleaned up many of her henchmen, and before the selection of new palace maids into the palace, the harem was short of manpower, and the Son of Heaven made such a decision, which was expected by Xiao Yan.

"Master Xiao will run for me and pass the message to Miss Mo."

When Xiao Yan heard this, he answered yes and went to where Song Ran lived.

Song Ran, who listened to Xiao Yan's decree, was a little stunned, and it took a long time to restrain his expression and say, "The courtiers receive the decree, thank you for the saint's grace." ”

Xiao Yan said: "From today on, Miss Mo will assist Li Zhangyin in taking care of housekeeping as a female official, it is not appropriate to live here again, I have urged the celebrant to arrange a place for you to live as soon as possible, and you should be able to move there today." ”

She replied and said, "Lord Xiao bothered. ”

Xiao Yan said: "It should be." ”

Song Ran lowered his eyes, although his expression was a little relaxed, there was more confusion in his eyes. Even if she is no longer the queen, how long will she stay up as a female official in this palace?

Xiao Yan seemed to see through what she was thinking, and said to the father-in-law beside her: "I'm tired of Father-in-law Zhang waiting outside the palace, this official and Miss Mo have a few words to say." ”

When the father-in-law and the other palace people withdrew, he turned his gentle and handsome face to her: "Miss Mo don't worry, the Holy Lord's arrangement is just to get by on face." When things calm down, there is one less female official in the palace, who cares? ”

After receiving his relief, Song Ran's brows relaxed, and he said in a low voice: "Xiao Yan, for your adult's business, thank you for your help." ”

Xia Xiaoqiu robbed the prison, it was not convenient for him to do it, and he would take many detours, he only smiled slightly and said, "I just returned him a favor." He added, "Don't worry, the warrant I wrote to Xia Xiaoqiu should have been burned in the fire, and as long as I bite him to death, he forged my warrant, and the matter will be over." The Holy One also acquiesced in this matter, and will not embarrass me too much. Some people want to blame, but they can only blame General Lin of Huben for being unfavorably detained. ”

Song Ran's eyebrows widened, and he muttered, "It's very good, I hope the adults can get out of the city safely." ”

He looked at her quietly, his gaze darkening.

These two people, one is clearly attached to the world, but for him to stay in the deep palace away from the hustle and bustle, and the other is clearly used to living a life of poverty and luxury, but for her to give up the peak of power in the world.

He originally felt that they were extremely unworthy, but now he felt that they were a natural pair.

For the first time in three years, he put away his guilt and felt a hint of relief.

His withdrawal back then, perhaps in the dark, achieved a good thing.

Outside the palace walls, for nearly three months, the most lively topics in the streets and alleys were Shen Hanxi, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Health Division. There is a new storyteller in the tea shop on Walang Street, starting from the Gu rebellion case of that year, and has been talking about his rebellion and escape from prison, this gentleman's eloquence, storytelling skills are extremely exquisite, the voice is not very loud at the beginning, everyone under him was hooked by him to listen quietly, after saying more than a dozen sentences, gradually higher and higher, suddenly pulled out a sharp child, like a wire thrown into the sky, the whole story, was told by him to turn around, as if he saw it with his own eyes, experienced it personally, attracted bursts of applause.

Among the listeners was a young man with his hair tied up, dressed in a white cloth robe, with a silver mask covering most of his face, his lips were very graceful, and there was a hint of a smile on his lips.

"If you want to know what's going on, and listen—" The storyteller ended today's chapter, "next time!" ”

The people who didn't hear enough of it got up for a while, and then found other topics.

"Have you heard, this time the harem will take draft girls from all over the world, and there is no need to be limited by the family as before, as long as it is a good girl of the age, she is eligible to be selected. If this is chosen, it will be a blessing for many lifetimes. ”

"It's a blessing or a curse, it's uncertain, even if the appearance is outstanding and the saint is in the favor, but the saint can still set up a woman from a small family to be the queen?"

"Not necessarily. I think that the saint deliberately selected from the people this time in order to cut off his relatives from interfering in politics. ”

"Hey. You say, is that ink girl really the daughter of a traitor? ”

"Nine times out of ten, it's true, otherwise, can the saint cancel the big wedding and be in a hurry to choose?"

Chatting and chatting, one of them said leisurely: "Dajing has had many disasters and difficulties this year, and it is long overdue for a happy event to rush." I don't know which family's daughter will be appointed as the queen in the end-"

In the past three months, in addition to Shen Hanxi's escape from prison and the selection of the harem, another incident happened. It's just that this incident happened in many major events, so it was not so conspicuous.

On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the saint finally agreed to King Chengwu's request to return to the north, and the girls in Ling'an City who admired King Chengwu stayed on the way out of the city, watching King Chengwu's horse team leave with affection. The sharp-eyed girl found that by the side of King Chengwu, there was a woman with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and some time ago she was complacent about King Chengwu's withdrawal from the marriage of the girl of the Li family, and she was immediately broken into slag. It turned out that King Chengwu withdrew from the marriage, not because Miss Li was not virtuous, but because he had something else to love!

Outside the crowd, Li Yuyu in the carriage lowered the curtain and said to the coachman, "Let's go." ”

Her father, Mrs. Li, has just submitted his resignation to return to his hometown, and in a few days, she will also leave the capital with the family, today, she wants to see her sweetheart for the last time, she doesn't know, this time will be as embarrassed as before, so unbearable, but this is no longer important.

She just wanted to say her heart once again, plainly.

In the palace, everything has to go through the internal supervision, and therefore, Song Ran is busy every day, and has no time to think about those who have or don't, on this day, she is entering the name of the retained show girl into the book, writing and writing, and her heart suddenly palpitated, and then she heard Li Moting's voice: "Miss Mo." ”

Her pen slammed, leaving a shocking ink trail on the paper.

Li Moting walked over, took the pen from her hand, and put it on the pen holder.

His voice was extremely slow: "News came from Yunzhou today, Mrs. Hou is seriously ill, and the situation is not very good. The carriage was ready and parked at the east gate of the Xihua Gate. ”

She was silent for a moment, still with a faint expression, and said, "Li Zhangyin will wait for a while, let me go and change my clothes." ”

She walked slowly to the inner room, took off her official uniform, changed into a plain regular clothes, and then, accompanied by Li Moting, walked to the east side door, where Xiao Yan was already waiting, her eyes were a little uncertain. Before she got into the car, she suddenly said to Li Moting: "Li Zhangyin, among the new show girls in the palace, there is a girl called Meng Changting, who is beautiful and intelligent, but her family is poor and has no money to bribe Wen Po. ”

Li Moting said: "Don't worry, this person has already passed my level, and I will find a way to let her see the saint." ”

As if relieved, she boarded the carriage.

Li Moting watched the carriage drive away from his sight, and let out a slight sigh from his mouth......

Song Ran sat in the carriage, and the spiritual platform was noisy, but there was a place in his heart that was extremely quiet.

After a while, she heard the sporadic sound of swords outside the car, and the carriage also jolted, and after a while, the sound of swords stopped, and someone pushed the door and sat in with a cold breath. Outside the car, Xia Xiaoqiu sat in the position of driving the car, grinning at the young man standing in front of the carriage and said, "Lord Xiao, don't make senseless resistance, you only brought so many people, isn't it clear that you want people to carjack the car?" ”

Xiao Yan looked at the subordinates who were lying on the ground, and bent down to pick up a knife.

Xia Xiaoqiu raised his eyebrows, but saw that he wiped his body a few times with a knife, scratching his robe into tatters, and by the way, he made a few decent wounds.

He said lightly: "Xiao is a literati, he has no power to tie the chicken, and when he starts with Lord Xia, he only suffers losses, so it is better to solve it himself, and he can suffer less, and it is good to go back." ”

As he spoke, he made way for the carriage.

Xia Xiaoqiu raised his horsewhip and said, "Thank you." ”

The wheels were rolling, kicking up bursts of smoke and dust, Xiao Yan's eyes stared in that direction, and he didn't retract it for a long time.

In the carriage, Song Ran looked at the man beside him and asked him softly, "My lord, where are we going next?" ”

He said: "If you want to go back to Mo's house, we will go to Yunzhou first, if you don't want to go back to ......" He smiled, "The world is so big, where can't we go?" ”

She asked him again: "From now on, wherever I want to go, will you accompany me?" ”

He took her hand and kissed her gently: "From now on, wherever you want to go, Shen Yun will give up his life to accompany you." ”

On the silent face, the first smile in this period of time finally bloomed, and the eyes that were extremely quiet flashed with crystal tears.

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