Does he like her or not?

After meeting Yin Hai, this is the question Pei Wushuang asks himself most often, whenever he asks a question in his heart, he is always sweet and happy, full of hope, but in the end it always turns into a dejected sigh - this has been staged countless times, just like the ending between her and him, as if everything was predestined.

When she said goodbye that night, she also sighed in her heart.

Hearing that she was going to enter the palace, he didn't have the slightest ups and downs, let alone dissuade her.

He really didn't like her.

Not at all.

She was disappointed, but paradoxically glad.

It's good.

Wishful thinking is better than being in love with each other but forced to separate.

Wishful thinking is to ask for it, and the ending is the same anyway, so she will not be unwilling, so she will not regret it.

But she still cried, two days before entering the palace.

Why two days before entering the palace?

It's really carefully thought out - if you wait until the eve of entering the palace and cry, you enter the palace with swollen eyes, and you will be in trouble if you are seen by the people in the palace.

Look, she has really grown up, so comprehensive, even crying is a good time.

However, it is not easy for adults.

Of course, she didn't really want to enter the palace, and the saint didn't necessarily want them to enter the palace - the emperor and queen were a young husband and wife, loving and harmonious.

But when the new emperor ascended the throne, the situation was unstable, and the four sides were still turbulent, and they needed to lend their daughters to the palace to show their loyalty, and the new emperor also needed to balance the forces of all parties.

Who's easy.

When I first entered the palace, I was still a little scared-

Today, Xue Baolin pushed Liu Cainu into the water, and tomorrow Zhang Meiren did something in Xue Baolin's rouge, and in a few days, Fang Yunu was accused of fornicating with someone to defile the palace......

Pei Wushuang hid from a distance to watch the excitement, with a clear goal, and just wanted to hug the queen's thigh.

The queen is beautiful and kind-hearted, but the means are not weak, the eyes are clear, the rewards and punishments are clear, and the grace and power are both applied and under its governance, the harem that was originally a chicken and a dog gradually calmed down.

And this effect is not only due to the queen's means, but also for the sake of the saint - in the past two years, it can be seen that although the saint has no prince, he is not keen on the affairs of the heir.

Why is that?

Until one day, Pei Wushuang saw from afar the sage's eyebrows and eyes stretched and full of expectation when he asked Princess Jiayi about her homework in the garden-

At that time, her family Ah Heng was standing aside, and the same thing was shining in her eyes.

Pei Wushuang looked at the little princess standing in the sun in a daze, and suddenly realized.

Her gaze turned and fell back to Ah Heng.

That's great.

Her family, Ah Heng, is doing a big thing.

One, a great thing.

And she just watched from afar, as if she was also standing under the dazzling, warm and hopeful sun.

……

But the days in the palace, most of the time, are inevitably lonely.

Her position is neither high nor low, and her residence is neither big nor small, at first she will walk east and west, and after a long time, she will lose interest.

Walking around, all you see is just those things, day after day, and there is nothing new about it.

The time she spent alone in a daze gradually became more and more.

Later, the most common thing she did was to sit in the porch and look at the peach tree under the palace wall.

The peach blossoms bloom and fall.

In the blink of an eye, she had been in the palace for six years.

The difference is that in this sixth year, a major event happened - the fifteen-year-old Princess Jiayi became the prince of great fame.

In the following days, it was the palace ladies in the palace, and their steps seemed to become brisk when they walked.

Under the dawn, everyone is vigorously stretching and looking forward to a better future.

After the ceremony, Ah Heng, who was wearing an official uniform, took a long breath and said to her that she could finally sleep well.

Oh, yes.

In the past few years, Ah Heng has been working hard for the battle for the establishment of the reserve, and no day has been easy.

But in such a busy, Ah Heng is becoming more and more dazzling day by day - she has never flinched, never tired, and even in the fierce controversy and even selfish and ruthless methods, she has visibly become more and more determined and even indestructible with the naked eye.

The tree has grown.

It was only natural that the prince began to participate in politics.

Ah Heng has never "retired", and is still busy.

And her four-year-old female doll, as she grew up, became more and more entangled with her mother, often following Ah Heng and walking in the palace.

The queen and Princess Jiaming both like Xiao Chenwei very much, so Ah Heng is mostly busy with political affairs, and she and the queen help coax the baby.

It's a fun day.

But inexplicably, from time to time, I always feel a dull pain in my heart, dull, as if someone suddenly hit her with a stuffy stick, as if reminding her of something, and then I felt that everything in front of me was gloomy, as if I couldn't arouse any interest.

She never thought about it.

He never asked for anything about him.

But there's always something to know......

For example, she knew that in the year of the saint's accession to the throne, he returned to the temple to shave his ordination—

Sure enough, he only came to this red world for a while, and he completed the things that the master told him, and he completely converted.

I just don't know, what does he look like with his shaved head and robe?

Is he still so casual now? - Probably not, but the monks have to do the morning prayer every day.

Does he still drink alcohol today? - Probably not, that's a transgression.

He is now ...... Remember her? - Should ...... Probably not.

It's been eight years.

In eight years, ginkgo biloba leaves have fallen all over the palace courtyard eight times, the wind and rain have never stopped, and the snow has fallen one after another, which is enough to erase the traces left by many things.

What's more, she is not profound to him.

She shouldn't have thought about it anymore.

……

The prince is eighteen years old.

It has been three years since the establishment of the reserve.

Everything is developing in a good direction, and the people's hearts are finally truly stable.

On this day, a palace lady ran in quickly, panting and saluting her, so out of breath that she couldn't say a complete word for a long time.

At this time, Ah Heng came.

It is the golden autumn season, the sky and the earth are golden, and Ah Heng's smiling face is also extraordinary.

Ah Heng personally brought her a piece of news.

……

She can get out of the palace.

Not to go out of the palace to visit the family, but to ...... Freedom was truly restored.

The word freedom is an existence that she has never imagined since she decided to enter the palace.

……

The position of the prince was secured, and the sage ordered the harem concubines to be dismissed, allowed to return home, given rich rewards, and even encouraged to remarry.

Such a big move can be seen in the wind of the coming day.

……

The moment Pei Wushuang stepped out of the palace gate, he suddenly felt that the world was extraordinarily vast.

She was like a cat that had been in captivity for a long time, and suddenly stepped out of this door, and she felt at a loss for a while.

And Ah Heng hugged her gently, and the official robe on her body had a faint fragrance of pen and ink, which made people feel extra relieved-

Pei Wushuang suddenly burst into tears, stretched out his hand and hugged his friend tightly.

"Ah Heng, thank you."

On the night of saying goodbye to Yin Hai, she also hugged Ah Heng and cried, at that time, Ah Heng had guilt in her eyes, and said sorry to her, blaming herself for not being able to help her.

At this time, Ah Heng said to her: "I've told you to wait for a long time." ”

Suddenly, Pei Wushuang shook his head, tears surging up.

……

After returning home, Pei Wushuang was very comfortable for a while.

But it didn't take long for Daddy and Auntie to respond to the call and began to pull up the red line for her!

Because she was on the right side in the matter of Lichu, Pei's family is now very decent, and the standard for choosing a son-in-law for her is also quite high - and according to Daddy's posture, it is best to recruit a son-in-law for her!

In the end, Daddy and Auntie only have one daughter.

But she is almost thirty years old, and now she wants to recruit a son-in-law......

How do you feel that after going through the vicissitudes of life, you want to harm innocent teenagers?

Pei Wushuang only felt that his mentality was not good to change for a while, and under the nagging of his father and mother day after day, he hated to lock himself in the room every day and never see anyone.

Until one night, the female envoy who had followed her for many years whispered: "Lady, it's better to ...... Let's run, shall we? Go out and hide to be clean? ”

“…… Run?! ”

Right!

She can run!

Pei Wushuang suddenly realized.

So, she packed her bags overnight, brought enough silver tickets, and sent trust Hengyu to do one or two points for her everywhere.

"It's finally gone." The next day, Pei Ding's eyes were full of relief, and he sighed: "If you don't force it, she won't survive." ”

Dou Shi pressed the tears in the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief and nodded.

……

Pei Wushuang ran far away.

With each passing place, she felt as if the shackles on her body had been lifted a little more.

……

In the late spring of the following year, she came to Jiangnan.

A long time ago, she had said that to the same person very innocently-

She said that she wanted to travel with him and live an unrestrained life.

She said that wherever he goes in this life, she will go.

She also told him affectionately that she liked the landscapes of Jiangnan.

And he just said - you and I should go our own way, each free.

Indeed, they went their own way.

Let each one be free.

“…… The wind knowledge brew in Yichen Tavern has been passed to Jingshi, and it is said that the saints have sent people to ask for wine! ”

"I'm afraid that it can't be done with wine alone, only the wine brewed by the shopkeeper Jiang himself is Fengzhi wine."

"What if the saint summons the shopkeeper Jiang to Beijing, and where will we go to find wine to drink in the future?"

Pei Wushuang was walking in the bustling city of Yangzhou, listening to passers-by chatting, and couldn't help but be curious to ask where this tavern was.

The man pointed her in the right direction.

The envoy followed the direction with him, and found the tavern at the end of the street.

However, the guy in the tavern said that Fengzhi Brew is not sold in the store today: "...... Today, my shopkeeper has a friend, and the only two remaining altars are used to entertain guests from afar, and please don't blame the lady. ”

He also said: "The small shop is not only Fengzhi Brew, the lady can taste this ......"

The guy recommended it very enthusiastically, and Pei Wushuang, who had run away, casually looked at the furnishings in the store.

"Or the lady can come back the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow there will be a wind to brew."

"The day after tomorrow." Pei Wushuang was inexplicably attracted by the layout in the tavern, and said softly: "But we will leave Yangzhou City tomorrow, it's a pity." ”

She is not a glutton, she came here purely out of curiosity, and it is obviously not enough to stay for two more days for a jar of wine.

The guy smiled and said, "Next time, next time."

Pei Wushuang turned around and was about to leave, only to hear a voice faintly coming from the back hall through the curtain-

“… This time, I will have to stay for a few more days. ”

"I'm afraid it won't work."

"Why, the Northland is now impregnable, why are you in such a hurry to go back?"

A boy's voice interjected: "Because when I went out, my mother told me that if I go back late, my father and I will be beaten!" ”

Even though there was a "haha" laughing sound.

Pei Wushuang's footsteps froze in place when he heard this.

When Wang Jingyong came out of the back hall, he was holding his son's ear in his hand, and his face turned red: "What nonsense are you kids!" ”

He doesn't want to lose face!

The man in the wide robe with the wooden hairpin tied up on the side was still smiling: "The child is honest, what are you doing to him?" ”

This familiar and unfamiliar voice fell on Pei Wushuang's ears, but she couldn't turn around for a long time, as if she couldn't move her hands and feet.

A moment later, when the man raised his eyes, the smile on his face froze.

Diners come and go, and the hall is noisy.

The figure swayed, but only the back was left in his eyes.

"Lady, yes...... It's the Indian ......" The female envoy beside Pei Wushuang was surprised and stammered.

"What do you see?" Wang Jingyong followed Yin Hai's line of sight.

Pei Wushuang turned back stiffly.

Two lines of sight, after eight years and three thousand sunsets, meet again.

Outside the tavern, the weeping willows move lightly, and the spring is bright.

……

……

After that, Pei Wushuang asked-

"Hey, aren't you shaving?"

"Hmm...... After shaving for a few months, I didn't get used to it, and I kept it back. ”

"What about you...... Do you want to go back? ”

The man sighed with regret: "The master said that my six roots are not pure, and he expelled me from the master's door, and I will never go back." ”

"Oh."

"Oh what—"

"They all call you Shopkeeper Jiang? Your real surname is Jiang? ”

"When you come to Jiangnan, you can follow the customs of the locals and take whatever you want."

"What kind of way is this...... Besides, how can the surname be arbitrary? ”

"Not really...... I'll take your last name, right? I just heard that your mansion is recruiting a son-in-law—"

"Shh

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