The moonlight flowed, Yunchen turned away with a smile, the long white figure was particularly distinct in the night, gradually getting farther away, gradually getting smaller, and gradually becoming blurred......

Wei Nong stood in place and looked at him, but suddenly his brain was hot, and he chased after him quickly, shouting in his mouth: "Yunchen! I have one last question! ”

Yunchen stopped and turned around, and asked her through the night, "What?"

Wei Nong looked at him deeply: "I want to hear you tell me in person, who you really are."

Time seems to condense at this moment, the wind stops, and the clouds stagnate. However, Yunchen only looked at her fixedly for a moment, didn't say a word, turned around and walked in the direction of the palace gate.

Time passed again suddenly, the wind blew and the clouds fluttered, rushing towards the direction of the slight thickness, as if a familiar voice and a few familiar words were also transmitted:

"Married as husband and wife, love is not doubted, life should be returned, death should be Sauvignon Blanc......"

For a moment, looking at the white back that was fading away, the slight tears rained down. Time seems to go back to the past, in the Yuxiu Palace of Chu State, the white dress dressed in stars and wearing the moon came in steps, and since then she has revealed the love and hatred between her and him for thirteen years.

Chu Li, if this is your final choice, I am willing to take over the people of Chu from you. This is my heavy promise, and I only hope that you will be able to be light and free from now on.

*****

In September of this year, before the arrival of winter in Lidu, Wei Nong set off to return to Yanguo. At the same time, the new Ning Wang Yuan Che and Yan Wang Nie Xingyi officially announced an armistice, and the Ning, Yan, and Jiang countries launched the second peace talks. It's just that now, the three countries have reached a consensus on reunification, and the venue of the peace talks has been moved from Cangshan to Ningguo, and it is set in Youzhou. Yunchen and Shen Jue once again came forward on behalf of the Ning royal family to discuss the details of the military, government, agriculture, industry, fishery, animal husbandry, forestry, and commerce of the new dynasty after reunification.

At the end of that year, a major event occurred in Yan - 50,000 Yan soldiers who had been trapped in Youzhou Mansion jointly wrote a letter to ask for military merit for the lord of Yanlan County. On this ground, Nie Xingyi, the king of Yan, ordered Wei Nong to enter the temple to change his surname, canonized him as a princess, and his title was still "Yanlan". Since then, Wei Nong has officially become the rightful princess of the Yan royal family.

Nie Xingyi gave her a princess's mansion in Jingzhou City, the capital of King Yan, and gave her Qianxia Mountain, where the Xuanji Palace is located on the outskirts of Jingzhou City, as a sealed mountain, and her Tang Muyi also expanded from the former Yanlan City to the four surrounding cities, and allowed her to have a garrison of 10,000 people. This is the first princess in the Yan Kingdom in the past hundred years, except for the eldest princess Nie Zhiying, who was allowed by the king to have a garrison, which is equivalent to giving her 10,000 soldiers and horses, and supporting her by military expenses.

Wei Nong knew that the reason why Nie Xingyi was so generous was because she was about to become the queen of the new dynasty, and these rewards were given to her by Yan Guo. In the future, even if Kyushu is unified and the three kingdoms are united, the new emperor will never remove these rewards, but will only give her more.

In the blink of an eye, in March of the following year, the dust finally settled on the matter of reunification. March 18 is the auspicious day of the zodiac unanimously calculated by the Qin Tianjian of the Three Kingdoms, and on this day, the three countries announced to the world at the same time: strike the army, seek common peace, return to the four seas, and establish a new dynasty. Headed by the original family, the Daxi Dynasty was established, taking the meaning of "auspicious prosperity and harmony", and since then Kyushu has been unified, the four seas have returned, and the world is one family.

It is said that the word "Xi" was personally chosen by the new emperor.

The next day, the new emperor issued a decree: the new dynasty set the capital of Lidu, changed the yuan to "Chengtian", and granted amnesty to the world; respect for his grandfather, Yuan Qingzheng, as the emperor, and enjoy the imperial rites of Kyushu; Canonized three kings, can be hereditary, the original Yan King Nie Xingyi is the "Huaiyi King", the original Jiang Wang Lou Fei is the "Guangde King", the original Yan Guo Zhenguo Marquis is far away as the "Town King......

In addition, the late regent of Yan State, Nie Xingji, was posthumously named the "Holy King" of the New Dynasty, nicknamed "Cheng Lie", and the shrine was enshrined in the Taimiao, and he was forever incense from the New Dynasty. This is also the first time in history that the title of "holy king" has been proposed, the so-called "emperors are holy kings", which means that the status of the holy king is higher than that of the king and lower than that of the emperor.

Siren has gone, and Wei Nong doesn't care much about this unique title, she cares more about the nickname "Cheng Lie". An Min's government is said to be "Cheng", and Rong Ye is meritorious and said to be "Lie", the word "Cheng Lie" is still pertinent, and it is the evaluation of Nie Xingji during the regency of Yan State in the new dynasty, which will go down in history in the future.

After the establishment of the new dynasty, some elderly officials coincidentally chose to pay for the office, vacating the position for future generations, and the new emperor was granted very high treatment. Yunchen was the only one who asked for his resignation when he was in the prime of life, and the new emperor tried to keep him many times to no avail, and after a long night of talking with him, he allowed his resignation.

There is also a "beautiful talk" among them, saying that the new emperor is grateful for Yunchen's contribution to the new dynasty, so he gave him the position of marquis on the occasion of his resignation, wanting to let him return to glory. Because Yunchen has the word "Zili" and also has "the talent of Changli", the new emperor took the "Lihou" that everyone was accustomed to calling in the past as his title, officially gave Yunchen and claimed that "the position of Marquis of Baoqing is waiting for the return of Qing at any time".

Unexpectedly, after the emperor Yuan Qingzheng heard about it, he said: "Since ancient times, the title of marquis has been mostly two words, and it is inevitable to despise it if it is given with one word." The new emperor suddenly felt that he had lost something, so he thought about giving Yunchen another word, but he couldn't think about it. The Emperor Taishang said, "Yunqing has the talent of long-term separation and the faith of all things, so why not give another word 'letter' to show his virtue." When the new emperor heard this, he clapped his hands and praised it, so he gave the word "Lixin" as the title of Yunchen to commend his talent and virtue. Yunchen was ashamed and did not accept it, but the new emperor insisted on granting it, Yunchen had no choice but to thank him, and resigned after receiving the title, and disappeared.

Since then, the new dynasty has been in ruins, and the new emperor has been diligent in government and loves the people, and has opened up his views, recruited talents without sticking to one pattern, and handled everything in an orderly manner.

In July of the same year, the new emperor publicly promised that the Nie family would always be the descendant of the Daxi Dynasty, and Yuan and Nie would share weal and woe from then on, and decreed that Nie Weinong, the princess of Yanlan of the former Yan Kingdom, should be appointed as the queen, and Jingzhou would be hired with a large dowry. Because the letter of appointment called Weinong "meritorious and virtuous", it was rumored to be a beautiful talk for a while, so Weinong was also called "Princess Deshao".

In July, the wedding ceremony is scheduled for the tenth day of October, which means "perfect". The marriage seems to be time-sensitive, but in fact, preparations have been underway since the beginning of this year, and everything is just a formality.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival in Lidu, Weinong set off to Lidu to participate in the post-closure ceremony. Over the years, she has been wandering around, going alone, and there has never been a lovely maid by her side. But now it's different, all aspects of the wedding ceremony need someone to take care of it, she must have a person who is both exquisite and loyal and reliable to coordinate for her, she first thought of Xiaoxin, and Xiaoxin is also willing to follow her and hit it off with each other.

When she arrived at Ning Wang's Palace, Wei Nong still chose to live in Penglai Pavilion, and her daily schedule was very full, trying on wedding dresses, making makeup, and learning palace rules and etiquette...... Everything is unusually smooth, but also unusually boring.

Although Wei Nong is five years older than Yuan Che, she is five years younger than her actual age, so in the eyes of outsiders, she and Yuan Che are the same age. It is also strange to say that when she married Nie Xingyi at the age of twenty, others could see at a glance that she was not a young girl; And now she is thirty years old, and the grandmothers and brides come in and out every day, but no one doubts her real age, and she and the new emperor "were born in the same year and month, but fate is determined and the match is extreme".

Every time Wei Nong heard this kind of compliment, he laughed it off.

was so bustling that it finally made it to the day of the wedding. In the first year of Chengtian, on the tenth day of October, the Daxi Dynasty canonized the founding queen, and the whole world celebrated.

Early in the morning, Weinong began to put on makeup, curled her hair, and wore a hairpin dress. Although this is the third time she has put on a wedding dress, it is the first time that she does not have to cover her head, because the post-sealing ceremony is different from ordinary wedding ceremonies, and the new emperor needs to crown her with a phoenix crown.

Until noon, Wei Nong officially carried out the canonization ceremony, under the attention of hundreds of officials, she climbed the long Chaoyang Hall alone to accept the new emperor to crown it. Chaoyang Hall has a total of 300 steps, each step is carved with the auspicious pattern of the dragon and phoenix, the dragon and phoenix are in different shapes, it is specially rushed to work for the ceremony after the sealing. In the center of the steps, a gorgeous gold silk red carpet is paved, and various colors of peonies are embroidered on it, which is extremely dazzling and gorgeous.

At the end of the red carpet, on the Danqi, the new emperor stood tall in a dragon robe. Because the burns on his face have not healed, since he ascended the throne, every court meeting must be hung in front of him with a golden curtain, and the officials have long been accustomed to this.

And today's post-sealing ceremony, he is still standing behind the golden curtain, the sunlight shines through, and it can be vaguely seen that he is wearing a gold leaf mask on his face, but it does not look abrupt, but it seems that he is more heroic and majestic, unusual.

Wei Nong walked the three hundred steps in this mood of turning and turning thousands of times. She passed by familiar faces and felt familiar gazes, Ming Chenyuan, Nie Xingyi, Jiang Wang...... These people are the testimonies of her past years, good or bad, indelible.

Finally standing on top of the Danqi, Wei Nong suddenly realized that Yuan Che was tall, because his gaze swept over, and he could only see his chest. And he seemed to be thinner than before, wearing a red embroidered gold trimmed dragon robe on his body, which inexplicably looked empty.

But the timing is not allowed to think too much, and the etiquette is not allowed for her to see more, under the attention of all people, she can only take away her mind and slowly bow to the new emperor. The ceremonial official began to read out the 10,000-word canonization message, and then the new emperor slowly opened the veil, took the phoenix crown from the ceremonial official's hand, and solemnly put it on her hair bun.

Wei Nong felt a sinking on her forehead, the phoenix crown pressed her so much that she could barely straighten her neck, and countless golden tassels slowly hung down, obscuring her originally bright vision. Then, the new emperor stretched out his hand to help her up, and the two stood side by side, accepting the collective worship of hundreds of officials.

Suddenly, the sound of "Long live my emperor, long live long live, long live the queen, long live the queen" resounded in the sky, the bells and drums of the Chaoyang Hall were beating, and the ceremonies and music rang in unison.

Wei Nong only felt that the person next to her was holding her hand very tightly, so tight that she felt a trace of pain. But at such a critical moment, she couldn't speak, she couldn't struggle, the heavy phoenix crown on her head made her neck stiff, she could only look ahead without squinting, silently bearing the huge pressure from her neck and wrists, and her ears were filled with the deafening drum music.

After the end of the worship of the hundred officials, the new emperor and Wei Nong went to the Taimiao Temple to worship the ancestors, and after that, Wei Nong went to the Qiwu Palace alone to listen to the female official etiquette. The precepts involve all aspects of the queen's moral character and deeds, which are extraordinarily lengthy, and after the training is completed, the phoenix seal is received, and the ceremony is truly over after the seal.

At this time, the sky was already approaching dusk, and the palace of the Daxi Dynasty, the Xuyang Palace, was jubilant, but there were still hundreds of official banquets in the Chaoyang Palace, which needed to be presided over by the new emperor himself.

Wei Nong couldn't manage so much, the whole day of the wedding ceremony continued, she was not only tired and hungry, but the phoenix crown on her head also weighed her pain. After receiving the phoenix seal, she could finally take a breath, so she took off her hairpin dress and prepared to remove the hairpin and change her makeup.

As soon as she took off the phoenix crown, Xiaoxin, who was busy welcoming the female official outside, suddenly walked in, holding a long brocade box in her arms, and said to Wei Nong: "Qi Yu Niangniang, the Holy Messenger sent something for you."

Sent by Yuan Che? Wei Nong's eyes fell on the brocade box in Xiaoxin's arms, and saw that the thing was tightly wrapped in red silk cloth, and he couldn't see what it contained at all, but looking at the shape of the brocade box, it looked like a sword or a scroll.

Wei Nong felt very strange, because the appearance of this brocade box was more like a gift. But she and Yuan Che are already married, although they are only husband and wife in name, they don't need to see each other like this, right?

Obviously, Xiaoxin is also confused about this.

What exactly does Yuan Che mean? Wei Nong took the brocade box and couldn't help asking, "Did he personally send it?"

Xiaoxin shook her head: "It was sent by the ceremonial officer, and it was said that the Holy Lord personally gave it to you."

"Where is the Holy Master?" Wei Nong asked again.

"It should still be a banquet in the Chaoyang Palace."

Wei Nong didn't ask any more, just touched the silk cloth on the brocade box, the more she thought about it, the more strange she felt, and after a moment of silence, she still chose to open it. However, to her great surprise, there was a golden long sword lying in the brocade box, the dragon body was sinking, the dragon head was hideous, and it was the dragon sword!

It was the first time for Xiaoxin to see this peerless sword, and she immediately let out an exclamation.

Wei Nong saw that it was the Dragon Yin Sword, and felt even more strange in his heart, why did Yuan Che suddenly give her this sword? He did not give it to her face, but sent someone to give it like a congratulatory gift. Could it be that Yuan Cheol is hinting at her something? What's the mystery in this sword?

Wei Nong couldn't help but take the Dragon Yin Sword in his hand and look at it repeatedly, but after looking at it for a long time, there was nothing unusual on the scabbard. Only when the sword was drawn out of the sheath, it was found that there were four small seals engraved on the hilt.

Wei Nong had seen the Long Yin Sword before, and had secretly traced the pattern on the sword body for Yun Chen, and she was sure that there was no inscription on the hilt of the sword before. So these four small seals must be newly engraved, could they be carved by Yuan Che?

So she hurriedly looked closely, but what she saw was engraved with the four small seals: deep love and longevity.

Affectionate? How does it feel like a parting gift? What exactly did Yuan Cheol want to hint at her?

However, Wei Nong didn't have time to think about it, so she saw Xi Niang walk in in a panic, reluctantly smiled at her, and then said something in Xiaoxin's ear. A trace of surprise crossed Xiaoxin's face, and she immediately found an excuse to go out, and after a while, she hurriedly ran back and said again: "Niangniang, in the main hall of Qiwu Palace, there are suddenly three more congratulatory gifts."

"What do you mean by 'suddenly more'?" Slightly incomprehensible.

Xiaoxin's face had a different color: "It's just three congratulatory gifts that came out of thin air, and they were placed under the dragon and phoenix candlesticks in the main hall."

This is strange, how can it be the same strange thing?

"In other words, the giver of the gift can enter and leave my Qiwu Palace without being aware of it on this day tonight? Is that what it means? Wei Min raised his eyebrows slightly, as if smiling.

Xiaoxin nodded, and her heart swelled up with fear for a while: "The slave maid thinks this matter is too strange, Qiwu Palace is the queen's dormitory, and it is heavily guarded, how did outsiders come in?"

Wei Nong's face was fearless, she put down the dragon sword in her hand, was silent for a moment, and then smiled again: "Since he is here to give gifts, let him go, and strengthen his defense in the future." You first ordered those three things to be brought in. ”

Xiaoxin was ordered to say yes, but she was also cautious, and personally carried three brocade boxes into the slightly thick room and rested them on her dresser.

I saw that the three rosewood brocade boxes were the same size, but the patterns carved on them were different. The first brocade box is carved with a dragon and phoenix, the second is carved with gold and jade, and the third is carved with a full moon, and the mind is also exquisite.

Wei Nong first opened the first brocade box, and the eye was a fan, embroidered with a cyan luan bird soaring above the clouds, as if to lead the singing, fluttering wings to fly. She is too familiar with the pattern on this fan, it comes from her two Emei thorns, and the peculiarity of the fan is that the pattern of the bird is Qingluan, but the pattern of the cloud comes from the fire phoenix.

This fan is a combination of the patterns of Qingluan and Huofeng's two Emei thorns! Who is the giver of the gift, do not think second person at all.

Wei Nong knew that the gift he gave must have a deep meaning, so he picked up the fan and looked at it carefully, only to find that there were two words engraved on the handle of the fan:

"There is a silver light left tonight, and I am afraid that the meeting is in a dream." (Note: These two sentences come from the Northern Song Dynasty Yan's "Partridge Heaven", which means: Tonight, I will shine the silver candle in my hand carefully, lest this encounter be in a dream.) ）

Gently read in his mouth, pondered for a moment, and followed the prompts to place the fan under the candle flame. Sure enough, but among the luan bird embroidered with cyan silk thread, a golden silk thread was faintly visible hidden in it, winding down from the luan bird's eyes and extending to the sea of clouds at its feet, forming a tortuous route.

Wei Nong looked at this fan, slowly hooked his lips and smiled, and said to Xiaoxin: "Look at this fan, is it lifelike?"

Xiaoxin couldn't hide her curiosity for a long time, and stretched her neck to look: "Huh? Isn't that the pattern on your pair of weapons? The embroidery is really good, but he is also a caring person. ”

"Yes, indeed." Slightly thick echoed meaningfully. After that, she carefully put the fan back, and opened the second brocade box to see, as she expected, it contained the Thrilling Sword.

In the boxy brocade box, the soft sword body was rolled into the shape of a ring, and there was a white jade wrench on the hilt. The blade of the sword, which is as thin as a cicada's wings, and the flawless wrench fingers intersect in the candlelight, and the luster is dazzling.

How long has it been since you've seen this sword? Slightly thick and affectionate. She first put the wrench on her thumb, then held the sword in her hand, and gently shook the two sword handles. Xiaoxin clapped her hands beside her and exclaimed: "Niangniang dances so well with a sword!"

Wei Nong only smiled faintly, and carefully rolled the Jianhong Sword Boy and put it back in the brocade box. She wanted to put the wrench back in place, but after thinking about it in her hand, she couldn't put it down, so she handed it to Xiaoxin and said, "Go back and help me drop the silk, I want to hang it around my waist."

Hearing this, Xiaoxin took the wrench, and hurriedly said yes, but she couldn't wait to ask: "Niangniang, do you know who the giver is?"

He pursed his lips slightly and smiled, but did not answer, but only stroked the carving of "Flower and Full Moon" on the third brocade box with his jade hand, and there was some inexplicable expectation in his heart. Except for the treasure map, the Thrilling Sword and the Jade Wrench, she really couldn't think of what else he would give, and what the meaning was.

So, she opened the third brocade box and found that inside was a huge night pearl, round in color and radiant. Wei Nong has been in and out of the palace several times, and he has seen countless treasures, but such a large and mellow night pearl has never been seen in his life. She couldn't help but take the Night Pearl in her hand, looking left and right, but she didn't understand why he sent this bead.

According to her understanding, that person would never send a night pearl for no reason, and there must be some important meaning in it, otherwise it would be too disgraceful compared to the first two congratulatory gifts. However, there is no inscription on the bead, and there is no ornamentation, so there is no hint at all.

Why did everyone give her a puzzle tonight? Could it be that the clue is in this box? Wei Nong put down the night pearl again, and turned to look at this red sandalwood carved brocade box, and saw that there was no obvious difference from the first two boxes, but after careful comparison, this brocade box looked like an antique, and the color was relatively old.

Wei Nong couldn't understand his intentions more and more, looked at the night pearl again, and hesitated to Xiaoxin: "You blew all the candles in the house."

Xiaoxin couldn't wait to be even more impatient, and blew out dozens of candles in one go. That night, the pearl flowed in the light of the palm of the light, shining brightly, sprinkling a room of pearl light.

Xiaoxin's exclamation sounded again, but Wei Nong had no time to listen, she was intently observing the Night Pearl, wanting to see what new clues there were.

Still, nothing.

At this moment, the eunuch's shout suddenly sounded outside the hall: "The Holy Lord has arrived!" The voice fell, and then there were bursts of greetings, salutes, and congratulations, which were endless.

Xiaoxin felt rude, and couldn't help but exclaim "ah", and hurriedly went to light the candle. [ Starter.]

It's a pity that it's too late, she has just lit a pair of dragon and phoenix candlesticks, and the new emperor in a dragon robe has already pushed open the door of the hall and walked in with his hands in his hands. Under the interweaving of candle flames and pearlescent light, the gold leaf mask was the first to come into view, and it was slightly as if it was dazzled by the golden light, and for a moment there was an illusion.

"Slightly thick." The new emperor called out her name in a hoarse voice, and her footsteps stopped not far away, and her slender fingers slowly took off the gold leaf mask.

The candlelight was flickering, the pearlescent light was thick, everything was becoming more and more trance-like and illusory, his eyes were slightly wide, and he stood in place with a pearl in his hand: "It's you?"

It seems that there is a breeze blowing gently along the door of the palace, blowing the dragon and phoenix candles and shadows, and the light and shadow that flickering and disappearing are witnessed, which is an immortal legend about the founding emperor of the Daxi Dynasty......

Entrusted to Jun Sheji, return Jun Mingzhu.

Meritorious deeds are flicked and only love is eternal.

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