The two brothers kept the New Year's Eve, stayed awake all night, and sat down and drank wine for a night, Xiao Jin said a lot of inexplicable words between half drunk and half awake, which seemed to be wine talk and like a dream. He said that in another few hundred years, there will be no emperor in this world, this is a great change that has not been seen in three thousand years, in that world, most people can eat all day long, most people can read and write, mortals can also go to heaven and earth, and even move mountains and seas, but there is no more living immortals who swim in the twilight of the sea, there is no more lobbying between emperors and princesses, there is no more life and death in the same promise of a thousand gold warriors, there is no more although tens of millions of people have been in the past, there is no more rather than jade broken than complete literati, and there is no more generosity and fierceness that dares to be the first in the world。

In the end, Xiao Jin laughed and said, that world is both excellent and bad. The good thing is that the people are no longer afraid of freezing and starving, the people can be literate and reasonable, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the people can also enjoy the pleasures that the emperors did not enjoy in the past. The bad thing is that this world has lost too much of the morality that should have been passed down from generation to generation, and what a sad scene it is when there is only one word left in everyone's eyes. Maybe in the distant future, those things that have always existed in people's hearts will burst out again, but after all, it is not the world that Xiao Jin was in at that time.

Xiao Yu didn't seem to understand it, but he also roughly understood what Xiao Jin meant, this should be the era of the end of the law that the sage said, the etiquette and music collapsed, the people's hearts were not ancient, and morality did not exist. In that era, there was no emperor, but there were no ghosts and gods, no ancestors, and what was gained and lost could only be left for future generations to comment.

The first day of the Lunar New Year is the Spring Festival, also known as the Yuan Day, which is the beginning of the year. As soon as the sky is bright, the central capital city is lively, from high-ranking officials and dignitaries, down to ordinary people's homes, and there is an endless stream of people who greet each other. Xiao Yu's palace is even more crowded, as long as there are officials above the fourth rank in the city, they all take this opportunity to visit the king of the northwest, so as to leave an impression on the prince and be familiar. Xiao Yu only met a few people close to him, and the rest of the people were handed over to Xiao Jin to deal with, Xiao Jin's vigorous and resolute behavior in Xiliangzhou this year has already spread throughout the entire northwest officialdom, for this little prince with the name of early wisdom, no one dares to underestimate it, and there are some active minds, and they have begun to think about how to get into the eyes of the little prince, after all, the county officials are not as good as the current management, the prince is too high and too far, it is better to grasp the little prince in front of him.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Jin were busy until noon, and then they had a little time to rest. The two brothers took a break in the warm pavilion of the former mansion, Xiao Yu was fine, but Xiao Jin, who had not slept all night until dawn, was a little lacking in spirit, at this time he was leaning on the soft couch with his eyes closed and pretending to sleep, and said softly: "I envy my brother's cultivation now." ”

Xiao Yu poured himself a cup of strong tea and said with a smile: "At your age, you have already set foot in the Void and Netherworld Realm, and the speed of breaking through the realm is so fast, in addition to being slightly lower than Shangguan Xianchen and Fu Chen, and even higher than Autumn Leaves and Tianchen, the Celestial and Human Realm is just a bag for you, just wait patiently for a few more years." ”

Xiao Jin turned over, turned to lie on his back on the couch, and said vaguely: "I hope so." ”

Xiao Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and his tone was unprecedentedly concerned: "It is said that Huiji will be injured, you should pay attention to your body on weekdays." ”

Xiao Jin opened his eyes, as if he was a little surprised, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Thank you brother for your concern, but brother doesn't have to worry, I have my own measure." ”

Xiao Jin hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Love is not long, sister-in-law's side...... My brother should have a plan. ”

Xiao Yu's hands holding the teacup trembled imperceptibly, and he said in a low voice, "That's right." ”

Xiao Yu and Xiao Jin were entertaining guests in the front mansion, and Lin Yinping and other women were not enjoying leisure in the back house, and the ladies had already gone to the inner mansion to meet the princess with the officials. In the Windward Pavilion, the earth dragon that had consumed countless charcoal fires had already burned hot, and the whole house couldn't wear big clothes at all. Because of the temporary addition of a dozen chairs, the cabinet can still sit down. Lin Yinping sat on the couch in the deepest part of the pavilion, squinting slightly, feeling that the room full of pearls and greenery was a little dazzling.

There were more than a dozen noble ladies sitting in the room, ranging from their twenties to their fifties, all wearing the imperial court's imperial costumes, all of which were brilliant. Min Xing's wife sat on the left-hand side of Lin Yinping's side, and on the right-hand side was Xu Lin's wife. Among the people present, Xu Lin's Mrs. Ru is the oldest, she is almost sixty years old, with a kind face, and she is a little rich, because Mrs. Xu Lin has long passed away, she is actually the hostess of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and she was given a decree, so she sat on the right hand side of Lin Yinping.

There is also a woman sitting under Mrs. Min Xing, her face is a little stiff, her name is Wu Muge, she is Lin Han's wife, but she is not Lin Han's favorite, now everything in the Lin Mansion is decided by Lin Li, her wife is just a decoration to put it bluntly, and according to this momentum, it is only a matter of time before the position of the wife changes hands.

Lin Yinping's gaze swept over the ebony grid as if he were careless, and his brows furrowed slightly. Lin Yinping has heard a little about her younger brother's spoiled concubine and killing his wife, and she is naturally unaccustomed to her temperament, but Lin Li is used to coaxing people, and she can be regarded as Lin Yinping's distant cousin, but Wu Muge is the niece of the Red Lady, and the Red Lady personally made the decision to marry Lin Han, and the judgment between the two is high, Lin Yinping naturally wants to stand on Lin Li's side, and the people around him are used to looking at the direction of the wind, since the princess doesn't like you, who is willing to take care of you? In this way, Umuge's status is even more embarrassing, and he can only eat fasting and chanting Buddha at home all day, and basically will not go out for half a step except for the New Year.

Lin Yinping flicked the string of phoenix-eyed bodhi on his wrist, and said with a smile: "It's not too early, the energy of this palace is not good, and it is a little tired, but it is not good to keep you." ”

Many of the ladies present stood up one after another and said goodbye with a smile.

Lin Yinping responded one by one with a smile, and said, "Brother and daughter-in-law, you stay for a while, I have something to say to you." ”

Emuge was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head and respectfully responded.

Several noble ladies beside her quietly moved their bodies after hearing this, and Ebony became more and more invisible. These noble ladies are not ordinary women who don't understand, under the influence of their husbands, they also have some opinions on officialdom, the prince is called the prince who is afraid of the inside, and the power in the hands of the princess is needless to say, so in the northwest, even if it is an official to the governor of an army, he does not dare to have half a point of contempt for the princess. These women in the house don't have to deal with the mean and gracious prince, but they can't get around the princess, so they naturally have to hold everything and follow the princess.

After a group of noble ladies retreated, Lin Yinping got up from the couch, approached Ebony Ge, and said softly: "I have suffered you all these years." ”

Umuge had red eyes and shook his head, but he couldn't speak.

Lin Yinping looked at her, sighed, and said, "If you can't stay here, go back to the grassland." If you continue like this, I'm afraid your body will collapse. ”

Umuge finally cried, "Princess Xie." ”

Lin Yinping sighed lightly: "The grievances of the year can't be blamed on you, and the lights are extinguished, there is no need to mention those old things, you can do it yourself in the future." ”

After saying that, Lin Yinping waved his hand and motioned for Emuge to retreat.

After Emuge went out, Lin Yinping sat back on the soft couch, and the little snow-white fish meowed and crawled into Lin Yinping's arms, curling up like a ball of snow.

Lin Yinping caressed this snack that loved dried fish, and whispered to himself: "If Xiao Yu marries Qin Mumian into the door, I'm afraid I will end up like Ebony today, right?"

Xiao Yu'er was very comfortable being caressed by the owner, and narrowed his eyes happily, but it was destined to be unable to speak, and it was unable to answer Lin Yinping's question.

Lin Yinping asked and replied to himself: It should be better, after all, I still have a relationship with Xiao Yu. ”

"You said that if I am gone one day, leaving Xiao Yu alone in the world, what should I do?"

"After I'm gone, who will take care of you, Zhuye, Cuimao, and Xiao Jiu?"

"Xiao Han looks shrewd, but in fact he is also a fool, you said that if I am gone, can Xiao Yu tolerate him?"

"Yuyi hasn't married yet, but I've prepared the dowry, it's all my private room. ”

"If so...... Xiao Yu is married to a newcomer, can he accommodate my children?"

"I really don't want to die. ”

Before she knew it, the woman was already in tears.