Two days later, early in the morning, Xiaoni came to report, and someone from the palace sent a letter.

I hurriedly got up and went to the gate in person, and I saw a middle-aged man, with a pale face, wearing a very inconspicuous dress standing under the eaves, and as soon as he saw me passing, he immediately leaned over and saluted: "Madam." ”

"You're—"

"The Queen Mother has sent me to deliver this letter to Madame."

After speaking, he handed a letter in both hands, and the fire paint mark on it was also familiar to me, and as soon as I took it, he saluted, turned around and left, and I hurriedly said, "Hey? ”

He turned around and said, "Madam, the queen has ordered, and Mrs. does not need to reply to this letter." Leave. ”

After saying that, he left.

No need to reply?

I frowned slightly, instructed Lao Zhu to close the door, turned around and walked back, opening the envelope as I went, but took out an edict from inside.

It is the Queen's edict.

No wonder she didn't need my reply, gave me this, and explained the matter clearly.

It's just—I frowned slightly.

After she sent that letter before, I replied to her, in addition to telling her that I would also pray for blessings on the day I would go to the Taimiao Temple to find a chance to meet the wonderful words, and later, I thought about it, and I still told her about seeing Yang Jinqiao in Jinfeng Tower, although this matter is not a weathering case, and it may not help Yang Jinyao and Wu Yanqiu, but I still chose to sue her.

Unexpectedly, in the letter that came this time, she didn't mention a word about it.

I don't know what she thinks about Wu Yanqiu and Yang Jinyao, and what she will do.

I sighed softly.

And at this moment, there was a shouting sound from the gate behind me, and as soon as I turned around, I heard Yang Jinyao's familiar voice coming-

"Sister Yan!"

When I looked closely, it was really her coming, Lao Zhu didn't have time to close the door, she broke in directly, Lao Zhu originally planned to stop her and ask for clarification, but as soon as she heard her call me "Sister Yan" directly, the arm that blocked her let go, and Yang Jinyao had already strode over.

I subconsciously folded the letter and the oracle in my hand, put it in my sleeve, and then greeted it: "Jin Yao, why are you here?" ”

As soon as I got closer, I found that her eyes were red and there were still tears on her face.

I immediately felt that something was wrong: "What's wrong?" ”

She walked up to me and threw herself into my arms at once: "Sister Yan! ”

I heard that she seemed to be crying, so I hurriedly gave Lao Zhu a look and asked Lao Zhu to quickly close the door, and then stretched out my hand to hold her and walked to my room, and when I entered the room, I let go of her, and saw that her face was already crying all over the place, and the tear-stained appearance on her face made people feel distressed and pity.

I held her face and listened to her sobbing constantly, wiping her tears while softly saying, "What's wrong, crying like this?" Who bullied you? ”

"Who else could there be, that Wu Yanqiu! Dead old man! ”

As soon as I heard her scolding like this, I immediately understood.

After scolding that, she still couldn't understand her hatred, and continued to scold: "Who does he think he is? Couldn't I get married without him? Hmph, dead old man! ”

I coughed lightly and pretended to be deaf and asked, "What the hell is wrong?" Why did you scold the Venerable Master as soon as you came? ”

She pouted, almost crying out again, she finally gritted her teeth to hold on, sobbing and choking and said: "I went to his house to find him, at the beginning, his doorman said that he was sick, he didn't go to the court for a few days, and he didn't see guests, I thought he was really sick, and I was in a hurry, so I specially called the very good doctor in our family, and brought medicine to his house, who knew that he wouldn't even let me in!" ”

I thought about it for a moment and reluctantly persuaded, "Maybe he just doesn't want people to know?" ”

"Not really!" She suddenly cried: "He's not sick at all, he just won't see me!" ”

"This—"

"I later felt that it was wrong, how could someone have been sick for so long, if this is the case, he is such a big official, and he is sick like this, someone in the court has already come to ask! I went to the back door to block him, I stayed there all night, and finally blocked him! ”

"Huh?"

My face changed suddenly, I didn't expect Yang Jinyao to be so persistent, such a cold and snowy place, she could actually go to the back door of the Wu Mansion and wait, wouldn't she be frozen to death with such a delicate lady? I looked down and sure enough, I saw that her cheeks were red from the cold, some tears could not be condensed, and the skin of her mouth was cracked.

Immediately, I felt distressed and funny: "Why are you doing this? ”

"I'm just trying to figure out what he means!"

As she spoke, she raised her head to look at me again, and said with tears in her eyes: "Sister Yan, I don't want to mess around with him, I really want to see him and want to understand with him." I don't want to enter the palace, I don't marry the emperor, if he is willing to marry me, no matter how difficult it is, I must marry him; If, if he doesn't want me, he's going to make it clear! ”

I looked at her heartbroken face, and I wanted to comfort her, but I didn't know how to speak.

What should I say, she asked Wu Yanqiu to make it clear, Wu Yanqiu had already made it clear to me that he would not marry Yang Jinyao, not because he didn't like her, on the contrary, he liked her too much, this naïve girl, this free soul, but the more this is the case, the more he understands that she can't be a qualified wife, and even in the future, after marrying him, she can't be the previous Yang Jinyao, and her soul will also be imprisoned by her future identity and responsibility.

What else can be said?

I felt a pain in my heart, and I heard Yang Jinyao's voice soften, tears rolling down, and she looked at me and said, "Sister Yan, you said, if I hadn't been hypocritical and had been making trouble, I agreed to marry him, would it be okay now?" ”

“……”

"Am I already married to him, and we are already fine?"

“……”

Looking at her like this, I didn't know what to say, so I just sighed and gently held her in my arms.

Yang Jinyao cried "wow".

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I held this helpless child and let her cry for a long time, until she was tired of crying and fell asleep in my arms, I gently helped her to lie on my bed, she probably didn't sleep all night outside the Wu Mansion last night, and at this time she was so tired that she turned over and fell asleep again with a muttering mouth.

In the corners of his eyes, there are still tears.

I gently lowered the curtain, stood on the edge of the bed and looked at her for a while, and when I walked out, I saw Cai Wei still waiting at the door, and when I saw me, I immediately asked, "Madam, Miss Yang, what's wrong?" ”

"It's fine."

I lowered my voice and said softly: "Let someone go to the Yang Mansion to spread a word, just say that their young lady is here with me, and she came over last night, and I left her here to sleep for one night." Tell them to come and pick them up later. ”

"Yes."

Not long after the words passed, the people from the Yang Mansion came, it turned out that Yang Jinyao buried her pillow in the quilt last night and pretended to be herself, and she sneaked out to guard outside the Wu Mansion, and early this morning Yahuan went to clean up the room to wake her up, only to find that her young lady was gone, so she hurriedly went to tell Yang Wanyun and Mrs. Yuerong, and the Mansion turned up and down to find her, and as soon as she received the news from my side, she knew that she was here with me, so she immediately came to pick her up.

It was Yang Jinqiao who stepped out of the carriage.

As soon as she stood still, she immediately asked, "What about Jin Yao?" ”

"In my room."

"Take me to see it."

"Okay."

After a few words, I led her inside, and when she crossed the high threshold, she subconsciously raised her head and glanced at the plaque on the door, and her eyes flashed.

Walking in this way, the elegant pavilions and pavilions are hidden in the hazy snow mist, the branches are pressed with snow, and the eaves are covered with ice edges.

Walking down the steps to the door, she stopped and looked back at me with a smirk.

I also looked at her and raised my eyebrows, as if to ask "what's wrong".

She said: "Your house, aren't you afraid of attracting wind? ”

I smiled: "It's inevitable that the tree will be big, so you can't stop because of the wind." ”

She looked at me again, and then turned back and walked in.

Yang Jinyao was still sleeping very deeply on the bed, Yang Jinqiao walked over and shook her a few times to wake her up, and she rubbed her eyes in a daze: "What are you doing, Sister Yan......"

"Look who I am!"

As soon as she heard Yang Jinqiao's voice, Yang Jinyao was stunned for a moment, and immediately came to her senses, and her eyes widened suddenly: "Huh? ”

Seeing that she was a little stupid, I hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Jin Yao, you slept all night with me last night, and you didn't bother to call someone back to pass on a message, do you know how worried Lord Yang and your mother are?" They've been looking for you up and down for a long time. ”

"Ah......h

"Your sister is here to pick you up, go back quickly, ah."

At this time, she finally came to her senses, nodded hurriedly, and then turned over and slid off the bed, Yang Jinqiao looked at the two of us singing this double reed with a heavy face, but she didn't say anything, just stood aside and watched, Yang Jinyao hurriedly bent down to put on her shoes, and I asked again: "Do you want to eat something and go back?" ”

She looked up at Yang Jinqiao, and seemed to be a little afraid of her sister, so she hurriedly shook her head: "No, I'd better go back early." ”

After speaking, he stood up: "Sister, we-"

"Why don't you get out quickly, do you want me to invite you?"

As soon as she heard her speak, Yang Jinyao hurriedly lowered her head and hurriedly jumped out, walked to the door, looked back at me, nodded at me gently, and then left.

Yang Jinqiao and I glanced at each other, but didn't say anything, and the two of them also turned around and walked out.

Seeing that she was about to walk to the gate, she said calmly: "Last night, was she really here with you?" ”

I laughed a little: "It's better than somewhere else." ”

“……”

She glanced at me, her eyes flickered, as if she had a lot to say, but she didn't say it at this time, and after being silent for a while, she said: "Do you think Jin Yao will really be willing to marry Wu Yanqiu?" ”

"Why do you ask this?"

She couldn't help frowning: "Wu Yanqiu is a lot older than her." ”

I originally wanted to say, "If even Miss Jin Yao doesn't mind, then why worry about this", but remembering what Wu Yanqiu said to me before, this sentence was a little unspeakable, and I only smiled faintly, but I didn't expect that Yang Jinqiao frowned slightly, as if muttering to herself: "I really didn't expect that she would accept such a ......"

Looking at her appearance, it seems that she is still deeply worried about this matter.

I thought about it, looked into her eyes, and said word by word: "Whether Miss Jin Yao wants it or not, this matter is a foregone conclusion now, isn't it?" ”

Her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Could it be that Miss Jin Qiao still has any room and means to turn around?"

“……”

She took a deep breath and turned her head to face me, about to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and swallowed it back before she could say anything.

“……”

Both of them fell silent for a moment.

At this time, there was a sound of horses neighing outside the gate, it was the carriage she had just arrived in and had been waiting in the snow for a long time, she seemed to wake up for a moment, the confusion in her eyes receded a little, she glanced at me, and said, "Forget it." ”

“……”

"I'm leaving."

I followed a few steps: "Walk slowly." ”

Seeing that she also got into the carriage, Yang Jinyao sat by the window and nodded gently at me, and then the carriage followed the shout of the coachman, stirring up the snow and dust on the ground and speeding away.

I stood in the doorway and watched them go away, and after a long time, I retreated.

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The snow has not stopped, the whole capital has become a white expanse, the world of pink and jade, those delicate carved beams and painted pillars on weekdays have become the scenery of pink and jade at the moment, in the snow and mist, there is an ethereal feeling like a fairyland.

Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is time to pray for Princess Miaoyan.

Almost in the middle of the night, I had already gotten up, Xiaoni and Xi Xi had been instructed by Cai Wei before, almost all night long, hot water and towels had already been prepared, after grooming, the kitchen sent hot porridge and side dishes, after I used it, as soon as I went out, I felt a cold wind with snow foam blowing on my face.

The snow had stopped, but the wind had blown the snow off the eaves, and it was still cold.

Cai Wei walked beside me with an umbrella, and the two of them walked out with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and as soon as they arrived at the gate, they saw that there were lanterns lit here, and Du Yan was already waiting there.

He was dressed in a thick white coat of wind, and when he stood in the snow, he looked like an ice sculpture, and when he saw us approaching, he immediately leaned down and saluted me: "Madame." ”

I smiled, "I'm going to work hard for you today." ”

"Don't dare."

When I opened the gate, Lao Xia was already waiting outside in the carriage, Cai Wei helped me into the carriage, and I heard the whip in Lao Xia's hand playing a loud whip in the air, and the carriage shook and drove forward.

It was cold and slippery, and he drove very carefully, but because we got up too early, there were almost no pedestrians on the street except for some people who rushed to the market early, and the carriage was unimpeded all the way, and finally at the end of the day, we arrived at the Taimiao.

However, although we are early, there are those who are earlier than us.

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