When she left, it was in ruins, but now it is a lush grove. Behind the woods, there is the mound built by Dongfang Huoyan for more than 30 members of the purple family. A huge tombstone in front of the mound, on the book - the tomb of Zigongshu, the small characters below write what year and month he died, why he died, and his fame during his lifetime. . .

Ding Guoguo gently stroked the tombstone, remembering how Zishu died tragically in his previous life, and couldn't help but burst into tears. She cried silently for a long time before she returned to the tombstone and knelt down, placed the offerings in the food box in front of the tomb one by one, took out the incense burner, lit the incense, knelt three times and bowed nine times, and after worshipping, she inserted the incense in her hand into the incense burner.

"Ning'er, come here and kowtow." After worshipping, Ding Guoguo turned his head and called Ding Ning over.

"Yes." Ding Ning responded, walked to the tomb and knelt down, and kowtowed three times seriously. After kneeling, he took the incense she handed and inserted it into the incense burner.

After burning the paper money, Ding Guoguo prepared to go down the mountain.

Dongfang Huoyan and several people did not go up the mountain, first, it was unnecessary, and second, they were afraid that Dongfang Huoyan would be embarrassed. As for Yekelan and Yeshan, there is no need to come up and worship.

"This girl, please wait."

As soon as Ding Guoguo took a few steps, someone shouted in a low voice behind him. She turned her head to look at an old man with a white beard standing not far away.

"May I ask you, girl, are you a descendant of the Zi family?" The old man walked tremblingly to her side on crutches, raised his cloudy eyes to stare at her, and asked with trembling lips.

"Yes, I'm the daughter of Doctor Zishu." Ding Guoguo nodded, looked at him, and asked, "Excuse me, who are you, uncle?" ”

"Me?" The old man tugged at his burst lips and smiled wryly, "I'm just a bad old man who once received the favor of the Zishu Divine Doctor." ”

"Master, let's go, it's getting dark." Ding Ning looked at the sky, and if he didn't leave, he might not have time to go down the mountain.

Ding Guoguo also looked up at the sky, and then looked down at the old man, she took out a few silver tickets from her arms and stuffed them into the old man's hand, "This money is for you to use for the New Year and the festival every year, and burn some paper money for my father." I can't come back often, so I'm sorry for you. ”

The old man seemed to want to refuse at first, but after listening to her words, he bowed and took it into his arms.

"It's going to get dark soon, old man, and you should go home early." Ding Guoguo admonished, then turned around and left.

The old man even knew.

Ding Guoguo walked a few steps and looked back. The old man was still standing where he was, and when he saw her turn back, he seemed stunned, and then turned his head and walked in the opposite direction.

Maybe it's really just a person who is grateful for Zishu's kindness and often comes to clean the cemetery. Ding Guoguo didn't stay any longer and walked down the mountain quickly.

At the bottom of the mountain, it was already dark. Because the country of wind is located in the northwest, the sun sets more than four hours later than Tianxiang in summer, and the dark day means that it is already a child's time. Along the way, several people galloped in a muffled voice, arrived at the official residence, ate some simple meals, and after hurriedly freshening up, they fell asleep.

On the second day, Ding Guoguo wanted to say goodbye to Dongfang Huoyan and prepared to leave for the Moon Country. But Dongfang Huoyan said that she hadn't been back for almost six years, and she should stay a few more days for a rare opportunity. She saw that Ding Ning, Ye Ke Lan and Ye Shan all showed great interest in the desert, the Gobi, and the grassland. She thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The scenery and climate of the Windy Country are described as weird, which is not an exaggeration at all. Ten miles of wind and sand, ten miles of wind and rain, ten miles of hail, ten miles of bright sunshine.

In just a hundred miles, the landscape is completely different. One moment they were still galloping on the vast grassland, and the next moment they entered the continuous mountainous area, out of the mountain and into the Gobi, and the cracked red earth was magnificent.

By the time the city view of the capital of the Windy Country was reached, it was already half a month later. The crowd of people at the city gate came to welcome the princess of the Wind Country back to China. Ding Guoguo knew that it must be Dongfang Miao, the emperor of the Wind Country who was obsessed with love, so she could only smile bitterly and accept a group of people to pay homage.

"Welcome my sister home."

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the prince's mansion, a woman in costume led everyone out, knelt down at Ding Guoguo, and bowed respectfully three times.

Ding Guoguo was stunned for a moment, and then jumped away, she was just a nominal princess, and she couldn't afford such a big gift.

Dongfang Huoyan seemed to be a little impatient, he took Ding Guoguo's hand and hurriedly entered the courtyard gate, without looking at the woman kneeling on the ground.

Ding Guoguo turned his head to look, and saw that the woman had a bitter face, as if she was about to cry. But when he came into contact with her gaze, he pulled out a smile.

If she remembers correctly, this woman should be Zeng Rou. She was able to escape from the palace smoothly back then, thanks to her help. I haven't seen her for six years, and she has become more and more delicate, and she can't even recognize it for a while.

"Sister, please use tea."

In the hall, Ding Guoguo sat in the main seat, and Zeng Rou led the maid in and knelt to give her tea. She knew that this was a ceremony to honor the housewife, and if she didn't accept it, she would slap Zeng Rou in the face. She hesitated slightly, reached out and took a sip, and placed it on the table.

"Get up." Dongfang Huoyan snorted slightly, took out a red envelope from his arms, and put it in the tea tray covered with red cloth.

Zeng Rou picked it up and put it in her sleeve, and served tea to a few people in the hall in turn.

Ding Guoguo was a little unbearable, Zeng Rou was a thousand catties for everyone, how did he start pouring water from this tea? She turned her head and glared at Dongfang Huoyan fiercely.

Dongfang Huoyan smiled, avoiding her gaze.

Because everyone was very tired from even rushing for half a moon, they only sat in the hall for a while, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

Ding Guoguo's room was next door to Dongfang Huoyan's room, she pushed open the door and went in to take a look, it was very elegant and comfortable. She didn't bother to look closely, and after taking a quick shower, she went to bed. In the evening, there is also a reception banquet prepared for her and the prince of the moon, and I don't know when it will end.

As soon as she woke up and wanted to get up and dress, she heard a knock on the door. She looked up at the door and said, "Come in." ”

"Sister, the slave has come to scout you to dress." Zeng Rou led the maid and held the new clothes into the room.

Ding Guoguo looked at the maid who was following Zeng Rou and said softly, "You go out first." ”

The maid hurriedly put the things she was holding on the table in the room and withdrew them one by one.

"Zeng Rou, why are you doing this gesture?" When the maids all went out, Ding Guoguo looked at Zeng Rou who was standing in front of her with her head bowed, and said a little angrily.

"These are the things that a slave and maid should do. You are the crown princess, and the slave is just a concubine, if you don't do this, it will be inappropriate. Zeng Rou still bowed her head humbly.

Ding Guoguo suddenly felt powerless, what she couldn't see the most was that she was soft and weak, and she looked like she was bullied by you. She couldn't figure out how in just six years, the originally arrogant and domineering daughter had become like this.