Two-two-one: Return

Liu Ying closed her eyes, "It's Ah Yan's handwriting"

In the Xuanshu Palace, Han Changliu and Xie Xie couldn't help but show a happy look

"Everyone," said Xie Jie, bowing down to besee, "can you give the letter of the queen mother to the maidservant to read?" ”

“…… The maid has no other meaning," she hurriedly explained, "It's just that the queen mother had agreed with the maid in the past to pass on a set of secret methods to deliver news, and the maid wanted to see if there was any other news from the maid."

Liu Ying was stunned and motioned for Han Changliu to hand over Zhang Yan's silk book

After thanking him, he unfolded the silk in his hand, only glanced at it, then covered his face and sobbed softly

"How?" Liu Ying stared at her, and when she saw this, she hurriedly asked

"It's nothing," Xie sobbed worriedly, "the maid is just too happy, and the queen is using this letter to convey the meaning of peace."

She wiped away her tears, rehanded back Zhang Yan's letter, and said carefully, "I don't know if you have noticed, this handwritten letter of Niangniang has some patterns drawn in addition to the text."

Liu Ying went to see this silk book again, after the handwriting on it, he really used graphite to outline some melon and fruit patterns, with light color, not eye-catching, the two flowers and fruits painted, although exquisite and lovely, but they have never been seen, I couldn't help asking, "What does this painting mean?" ”

"Returning to everyone," Xie Wei explained, "these flower and fruit patterns are the secret method agreed upon by the queen mother and the maid a few years ago, in which the red fruit is like a wedge, but it is better than the fruit in color, according to the mother, this is a kind of foreign fruit outside the world, called apple, but the origin is very far away, and no one has ever seen it in the Han Dynasty; Another fruit with particles is born in the Western Regions, called the pomegranate, and the combination of these two fruits is the meaning of peace."

peaceful

Liu Ying sighed, and after feeling that the heart that had been hanging for Ah Yan could finally settle for a long time, she asked again, "Where did this silk book come from?" ”

"Northland-gun"

Xie Wei said, "As early as four years after the first century, after everyone handed over the right to sell good paper to the Xinping Hou Mansion, the Xinping Hou Mansion placed the Lu Shi Paper Shop to open the way to the Han Dynasty at the same time, in private, the people in these paper shops also secretly acted as eyes and ears, and remitted the affairs of the following counties back to Chang'an on a monthly basis, and the maid integrated the management of this silk book, which was passed back from the paper shop in Beidi County with the jade pendant that the queen mother carried with her as a token."

Beidi County is located in Beidi, bordering the Xiongnu in Henan, Ah Yan since before March, lost in the army of the Hun Lou Fu Wang, there has been no news, until this time the news came out, and if you can find someone to send this letter, I think Ah Yan should have fled from the Huns, and will be able to return in a few days?

Thinking like this, for a moment, Liu Ying almost burst into tears, but she suppressed it and asked lightly, "Have you ever asked the person who sent this letter, how is the queen now?" ”

"No" Xie Xie shook his head, and his voice was also depressed, "At that time, Niangniang sent a letter anonymously by a trustee, and I heard that the person who sent the letter was an ordinary middle-aged man, and his tone was very tight, and the shopkeeper only recognized the tokens, and he never knew the importance of them, so he didn't take them very seriously."

Liu Ying didn't say anything more, only lowered her eyes and rubbed the silk in her hand, and the sweat oozing from her palm stained the light silk with a wet mark

"Everyone," Xie Wu saw it, and couldn't help but ask, "You might as well send someone to Beidi County to pick up the lady back" There was a faint expectation in his eyes

As a female official, she was a little arrogant when she said this, but Liu Ying didn't seem to pay attention, and only said softly, "No."

In the days after Zhang Yan left, several female imperial chiefs of Jiaofang Hall took on a lot of important tasks to relieve worries, be meticulous and steady, and were extremely relied on

On the upper seat, Liu Ying closed her eyes, and after opening them again, she had already sobered up, and said very calmly,

"Since Ah Yan sent this letter instead of coming back in person, it means that something happened to her and she may have to delay outside for a while; And she just reported safety, but did not ask for help, indicating that she was confident that she could solve my Ah Yan by herself, although she was young, she was smart and alert, since she was able to escape from a sinister place like the Huns, she had her own success in her heart, and she would not have anything to do after returning to Dahan."

"On the contrary, it is in Chang'an, because the queen has not been in the middle palace for a long time, although I have made some arrangements, but those princes and magnates are all people with a sense of knowledge, I am afraid that there will be suspicions, if this is the moment, I order people to go to Beidi County, it will inevitably show some traces of movement, which may be unfavorable to the queen."

He got up, walked a few steps in the Xuanshu Hall with his hands in his hands, and said softly, "Relieve your worries, you go back to the Jiaofang Palace, keep watching, don't let anything happen at the end."

"-I will be in Weiyang Palace, waiting for Ah Yan to come back"

The night sky in winter and November is exceptionally bright and shallow, and countless stars blink on the canopy, as if they can also sense the joys and sorrows of the world

Liu Ying's heart was full of relief and a touch of joy

Although it was only a letter, not Ah Yan's personal return, it was much stronger than not having news from Ah Yan these days, and I could only secretly worry in my heart

Compared with the emptiness of not knowing where Ah Yan is in the past six months, now, he at least has hope, and he should already thank God, isn't it?

"Long Horse"

Hiding his face with a look of relief, Han Changliu bowed his head slightly respectfully, "The slave is here"

"Chu oranges, you pick up a basket and send it to the Xinping Marquis Mansion - you go and deliver it in person" By the way, he told Ah Yan's news to Lu Yuan, who was sick for more than a month

"Promise"

……

The small Hongyan village of the Qiang family, like a pearl embedded in the mountains in the southwest, stands on this pearl, looks to the northeast, you can see the mountains of the Han Bashu and other places, and the lonely city tower of the gate goes to the northeast again, in the mountains, covering the place that cannot be seen, it is the capital of the glorious Han Dynasty, Chang'an

Zhang Yan sat in the chair on the top of the bamboo building, the winter sun, warm on the body, so she played a tune, entertaining herself, "Pear blossoms bloom, spring brings rain, pear blossoms fall, spring into the mud, this life is only for one person to ......"

"Shujun" Meng Guan carried a bowl of chicken soup boiled by Aunt Shizhe, followed the sound up the bamboo building, and landed on the ladder with his footsteps, quietly, without a sound

"Big brother," Zhang Yan turned around, "You're back?" ”

"Hmm" Meng Guan nodded, looked her up and down a few times, saw that she had a good complexion on her face, put her mind at ease, and handed the chicken soup to Zhang Yan, "You are not in good health now, you should eat more to make up for the letter, I asked someone to take it to the north and send it out."

"That's good" Zhang Yan took a sip of the chicken soup in her hand, looked up and said, "Thank you, big brother"

Meng Guan smiled, "Between you and me, do you still need to be so polite?" ”

Learning from Zhang Yan leaning on the bamboo building, looking at the direction of Chang'an in the distance, the sky is high and the clouds are light, but it is just a stretch of mountains, Meng Guan suddenly asked inadvertently, "Don't you tell him about your pregnancy?" ”

"No" The winter sun has been shining for a long time, and the drowsiness makes people want to sleep, Zhang Yan struggled to cheer up, and puffed up a self-deprecating smile, "I don't know how many people are staring at this time, it's better not to make extraneous branches."

More is better than less At this time, she was trapped by the fetus in her womb, detained in this Qiang village, and if she told Liu Ying the news of her pregnancy, in addition to making him worry and regret, it would not help things but it would be better to do so, and when the time came, he naturally knew that when the time came, he might have anger and backlash, since she had returned to him, there was nothing that could not be dealt with

"Sometimes I think about it, like you, what's so good about being a queen?"

You can't even go back to your home country to raise a baby openly

"There is no way" Zhang Yan's mood also fell, "No matter what you do, you not only enjoy the rights, but also bear the obligations Since I abandoned the obligation to be the queen at that time, at this time, I can only clean up my own mess In fact, when I went out of the city and entered the Hun camp, I didn't have the confidence to come back at all"

Meng Guan was stunned, "Since you don't have the confidence, why did you stand up so righteously in the first place?" ”

Zhang Yanyan smiled and glanced up at him, "Do you think I want to?" I'm just, just a last resort."

To be a good queen of a country, it has never been just a little girl who doesn't know anything in the deep palace and let her husband raise her, she needs to have children under her knees, she needs the emperor's favor, and she needs the support of the queen mother...... In addition to these, there is also a very important point, she needs to make friends with the emperor's cronies and close ministers, in the previous three years, she had done this easily, but after leaving the Weiyang Palace and avoiding the north, there was a subtle change

——Those grievances and entanglements between her and Liu Ying are private matters between lovers for her, but from the perspective of Shen Mo and other close ministers around the emperor, it is inevitable that there will be pampering and arrogance, although the suspicion of bullying the monarch may not be very large, but the so-called existence will inevitably leave traces, and it will not be good in peace, once it encounters the Huns in Kou Yun, it can no longer be suppressed

No matter how rational the rhetoric is, it can't make these people not think about it, it is precisely because of her that Liu Ying, the monarch of a country, is in danger as her elder and lover, Liu Ying can not blame her, but as a courtier loyal to Liu Ying, what Shen Mo and the others think in their hearts, although it is not known, from the fact that they walked over the verandah in ignorance and did not salute themselves that day, they can get some clues

At that time, she stepped forward, in addition to her unhesitation under the bad situation and her determination to protect Liu Ying's safety in private, there was no consideration that she needed to use such a sacrifice to redeem the resentment in the hearts of Liu Ying's close ministers

This time, Meng Guan was silent for a long time, and said, "When I was a child, I envied those nobles, thinking that they were high, rich and glorious, and omniscient. ”

"No way," Zhang Yan sighed, "Since the day I married into Weiyang Palace, I have understood what kind of life I want to live, I am good at it, and," she smiled slightly, with a slight softness in her apricot kernel-like eyes

Fortunately, between her and Liu Ying, these calculations were never needed

And it is precisely in order to be able to stay with Liu Ying for a long time, so that she can force herself to accept this kind of life

……

The old doctor of the Qiang people withdrew his thin hand to diagnose the pulse, and his expression was much better than last time, "Recently, the female doll's body has been well recuperated."

That's nature

In these days of recuperation in Qiang Village, she obediently drank all the bitter and strange medicinal juices that should have been drunk and put countless coptis corpses; The chicken soup supplements that Meng Guan should use everywhere, she also ate them all against her will, if her body is not well, she will really be out of luck

Zhang Yan scolded in her heart and asked respectfully, "Lord, if I obediently take the edible medicine, how long will it take to set off?" ”

Gu Po's face fell, "Female doll, what's the matter, you don't want the child in your belly anymore?" We Qiang people have a saying that every child is a treasure given by the gods......"

"The Great,"

Zhang Yan remembered that when chatting with Wu Yu, the Qiang girl mentioned the Qiang doctor in front of her, and her tone was extremely worshipful, saying that Gu Po didn't know where to learn art when he was a teenager, learned a good medical skill, and tasted the grass and insects in the Qiang Mountain with his own body, although the medical skills of the Han people in the Central Plains are not from the same vein, but he really has the magic of slowing down the death of flesh and bones, and he has used his medicine these days, and he obviously feels that the condition of his body and the fetus in his womb has improved, and he can't help but ask, "You also said that every child is a treasure given by the gods, so, He should also have been born with the blessing of Ah Weng and Ah Niang, right? ”

Her tears fell, "I have been away from home for too long, I want to go back to the father of the child, I hope he knows about the child earlier, I hope he doesn't worry about our mother and son"

"I ......," she covered her face and said softly, "I hope to give birth to this child in his company instead of being alone, wandering in an unfamiliar place......"

Gu Po looked at the young woman in front of him, his bright eyes shone with the transparency and pity of the world, and he was silent for a long time before he said softly, "I'll prescribe you a prescription"

Zhang Yan was stunned for a while, and then was overjoyed, "Thank you, big man"

"Don't worry, wait until I'm done," Gu Po's voice was hoarse and meaningful

"When I was young, I also learned some physiognomy female dolls, you are full of Yintang, noble face, when he is a great nobleman, after he goes back in the day, if you think of today's Qiang Village to take care of you, to give some care to the people in this land, that is, our blessings"

Zhang Yan's face became solemn, and she got up and bowed to her chest, "Dare not obey your fate"

"Okay," Gu Po blinked, showing a little childlike innocence that was extremely incongruous with him, and laughed again, "The changed prescription will be used for another ten days and half a month, and you will be on the road,"

"It's just that, girl," his face returned to seriousness, "you should know that your body has really deteriorated to a certain point in the past few months, and not only must you be very careful not to mention it, but even after you go back, you must carefully recuperate in order to recover."

"Promise"

Note: The original words of the paragraph "Looking at Chang'an in the Northwest" sung by Zhang Yan in this chapter and the song she sang in Chapter 217 are the same as the clear sound: pear blossoms bloom, spring brings rain, pear blossoms fall, spring into the mud, this life is only for one person, and he is also infatuated with kings

Everyone: The title of the emperor in the Han Dynasty

Ah Weng: The dialect used by the Shaanxi generation in the ancient Han Dynasty to call their fathers

In the next chapter, the pair of little lovers should be able to meet

PS: I will defend my graduation tomorrow, bless me