Wei Jiusi slept for a long, long time, she had a lot of bizarre dreams, in which she and Gongsun Ye were reconciled as before, and none of those concealments and betrayals happened.

But the moment he opened his eyes and saw the virtuous concubine, Wei Jiusi burst into tears.

Dreams are dreams after all, and no matter how beautiful they are, there will be a waking day.

"Jiusi-" Concubine Xiangui held Wei Jiusi's hand, so tight, so shaking, she cried with joy, and she also had palpitations.

"Mother concubine......" Wei Jiusi was stunned for a moment when she opened her mouth, her voice was hoarse, and she couldn't hear her voice anymore.

Concubine Xian touched her emaciated face distressedly, "It's all over, you have to be fine." ”

Wei Jiusi smiled faintly, but his lips were trembling, "Well, it's all over." ”

Gongsun Ye...... Think of it as a dream of hers.

The Seventh Prince hurriedly came after receiving the news, hugged Wei Jiusi and cried again, and was finally forced away by Concubine Xian, "Your sister is weak now, and the imperial doctor said that you can't have too many emotional ups and downs, and you should recuperate." ”

The Seventh Prince clenched his fists with red eyes, and suddenly knelt down.

Concubine Xian and Wei Jiusi were both startled, and Concubine Xian reached out to help him, "What are you doing here?" ”

The Seventh Prince dodged her hand, his eyes were firm, and his voice was hoarse, "Mother, Imperial Sister, if you can't protect your family if you read poetry books full, what is the use of reading poetry books?" ”

Concubine Xian and Wei Jiusi glanced at each other, and Wei Jiusi hesitated and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"I'm going to join the army and go to the border for training." The Seventh Prince's eyes were scorching, "When I practice martial arts and take military merits, no one will be able to bully you and your mother." ”

Wei Jiusi's heart was hot, and she couldn't help but want to cry, she sniffed and choked up: "Fool, you can protect us if you don't use military merits, why bother to suffer that crime?" ”

The Seventh Prince shook his head: "It's different, only with military power can you have confidence, otherwise if you encounter this kind of thing again, I can only hide behind the crowd and stare dryly, I don't want to be so useless." ”

Without waiting for Wei Jiusi and Concubine Xian to persuade him again, he kowtowed heavily and said loudly: "Ask the mother concubine and the imperial sister to be fulfilled!" ”

Wei Jiusi pursed his lips, his eyes showing a look of struggle.

Concubine Xian was also hesitating.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside, "Since he has this heart, why not fulfill him?" How many people's pursuit is a manly husband, who has made great achievements and made a name in history? ”

Wei Jiusi's eyes lit up, "Jianing! ”

Chu Wuxian helped Xie Shuangge in, Xie Shuangge couldn't wait to run into the hall, and when he moved a little bigger, he felt that his legs were weak, and he almost tripped on the threshold, Chu Wuxian was startled, and hurriedly grabbed her arm, and said helplessly: "Slow down, the eldest princess won't run." ”

Xie Shuangge couldn't listen to these things at all now, and his heart was full of Wei Jiusi.

She stumbled in, but when she met Wei Jiusi's gaze, she couldn't run, her eyes met, and countless words came to her mouth, but she was still preempted by tears.

"You scared me to death, I thought you didn't want us anymore." Xie Shuangge's speed suddenly became faster again, and he threw himself to the side of the bed and hugged Wei Jiusi.

Wei Jiusi also hugged her tightly, and when facing her mother and younger brother, Wei Jiusi could still disguise herself, but she didn't hide it in front of Xie Shuangge, and she didn't want to hide it.

The two hugged each other, even though they didn't say anything, but they both understood each other's intentions, and they only cried bitterly.

Concubine Xian wanted to step forward to persuade her, but was stopped by Chu Wuxian, who said in a low voice: "It's not a way to hold it all the time, it's better to vent it." ”

"Yes." Concubine Xiangui sighed and said to the Seventh Prince: "Get up, I promised to join the army, and I will tell your father when I go back." ”

"Thank you, Princess!"

The Seventh Prince stood up excitedly and sat with Chu Wuxian to listen to him talk about the frontier.

Wei Jiusi's mood was much more stable after crying, although her eyes were swollen, but she was in good spirits, she noticed the bright red clothes on Xie Shuangge's body, and suddenly remembered something: "You-are you married?" ”

"yes, you didn't even come to the wedding yesterday." Xie Shuangge wiped his tears, and Wei Jiusi suddenly said guiltily: "If only I had woken up earlier, I missed it once in my life." ”

"It's okay, you didn't have time to attend my wedding, I can attend yours, the same."

"I ......" Wei Jiusi lowered his eyes and smiled bitterly, "How can I still get married?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xie Shuangge said disapprovingly: "Gongsun Ye is not a thing, you can't let him delay you for a lifetime, the fault is that he is not you, how can you punish yourself with his mistakes?" ”

She held Wei Jiusi's hand and said earnestly: "Uncle named you the eldest princess of Jiade, the prince's cousin and the fifth cousin have survived, the virtuous concubine Niangniang is now a noble concubine, the assistant sixth palace, the little seven has also grown up, and you can still beat that beast to get angry for you, you have a lot of good days, why trap yourself?" ”

Wei Jiu was stunned, everything was too hurried after waking up, and she didn't have time to ask in detail, but at this time, Xie Shuangge mentioned it, and she asked.

Xie Shuangge told the matter in detail.

After hearing this, Wei Jiusi sighed again and again, "Where is the heirloom jade seal?" ”

The Seventh Prince and the Virtuous Concubine also looked over, and they were also curious.

Xie Shuangge smiled and glanced at Chu Wuxian, Chu Wuxian thought for a moment and said, "Since it can be found by Jianing, it must be related to Jianing or the people around Jianing." ”

"That's right," Xie Shuang Ge smiled, "At that time, I thought that my uncle respected my mother so much, since the jade seal of the country was not in the palace, would it be in the eldest princess's mansion?" I asked Xin Zhi and Cong Shangyun to go back to look for it, and finally found a recessed hole behind the plaque in the mansion of the eldest princess of Rongding, and the jade seal of the country was hidden in the hole. ”

Wei Jiusi was stunned: "Hidden behind the plaque?" This...... I'm afraid I can't even think of it. ”

Concubine Xian smiled: "Don't talk about you, Mei ...... Mei and Wei Jiuyuan couldn't imagine that they had heard that their imperial tombs had been turned over, it was really providential. ”

If it weren't for the sister-brother friendship between the emperor and the eldest princess of Rongding, I wouldn't have thought of this layer at all.

Mei was suspicious, that is, she told her that she might not believe that her siblings in this world could be intimate with this.

"Yes, providence is on our side." Xie Shuangge said with a smile: "Now that the jade seal of the country has been passed on by my uncle to the prince's cousin, this time I should have made up my mind not to waver again." ”

Wei Jiu thought about it: "Looking at the entire royal family, the ability and mind of the royal brother are among the best, and this position belongs to him. ”

Xie Shuangge nodded, "It should be." ”

"What about Southern Xinjiang? What about the army of the Zhou State? Are they all back? Wei Jiusi held Xie Shuangge's hand worriedly.

Xie Shuangge soothed: "Don't worry, the new king of southern Xinjiang, Baili Qian, has been killed without hatred, the dragons in southern Xinjiang have no leader, and civil strife has risen again, and several princes who have been suppressed before immediately divided the power of Baili Qian, and General Xu took advantage of the victory to chase them to the depths of the desert, and they had to bow down and be vassals, and they will not do it again in the past ten years." ”

"As for the Zhou Kingdom," Xie Shuangge sneered, "They are not small, they want to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but they didn't expect that Southern Xinjiang would be defeated so quickly, and the land compensation and the re-establishment of the covenant were made before Gongsun Ye was replaced, which was regarded as a loss to the lady and the army." ”

Hearing this, Wei Jiusi's hanging heart finally fell back into his chest, Da Yan and Zhou Guo didn't fight, he didn't have to be this sinner, and he felt less guilty in his heart.

"As for whether Gongsun Ye will be rejected when he returns to the Zhou Kingdom, it has nothing to do with us, he is not doing well, I am happy." Xie Shuangge touched Wei Jiusi's hair and said in a low voice: "Our Jiusi is so good, we deserve better people." ”

Wei Jiusi smiled but did not speak.

She doesn't care if it's worth it anymore, a fruitless love cost her too much effort, and it's unknown whether she will fall in love with another person again in this life.

Xie Shuangge also needed to rest, so she didn't stay here for too long, and seeing Wei Jiusi drink the medicine, she and Chu Wuxian left and went to the harem to visit the Queen Mother.

Later, the emperor, empress, crown prince and other princes and concubines came to visit Wei Jiusi, Wei Jiusi cheered up and talked for a while, and the virtuous concubine saw that she was sleepy, so she sent everyone out.

Wei Jiusi squinted for a while, and in a daze, someone approached, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that it was her maid Luoying.

"Princess, this is a letter sent by Gongsun Yetuo, the slave thought that there might be a break between you and him, so she sent the letter, do you want to read it?"

Wei Jiusi suddenly came to her senses, she sat up and looked at the familiar handwriting on the letter, and her heart rippled again.

She was silent for a long time, and when Luo Ying thought that Wei Jiusi didn't plan to ask for this letter, Wei Jiusi said in a dumb voice, "Give it to me." ”

Luo Ying sighed, handed the letter over, and retreated.

Wei Jiusi clutched the envelope and exhausted all his courage before he dared to open it.

The familiar handwriting comes into view, and the past moments come to mind.

"Xiao Si Qinqi: I put pen to a thousand words, but when I put pen to paper, I was momentarily stagnant, I want to say a lot, but you shouldn't want to listen to it. But with the separation on the horizon, it's time to say something. I am a concubine in the Zhou Kingdom, but I am very favored, I have a good relationship with the royal brothers, when Da Yan was a hostage, I took the initiative to ask, I don't want to be a mediocre prince for the rest of my life, I want to find a way out for the Great Zhou, and also fight for a blue sky for myself.

Wei Jiusi pursed his lips and tried to hold back his tears, so that he could see more clearly.

"So I put on a mask, lied that my appearance was damaged, and I didn't dare to exchange too many letters with Zhou Guo in Dayan for many years, and in those years when I didn't know you, I bowed down in the direction of Zhou alone during the New Year's holidays, just hoping that one day I could return to my homeland."

"God favors you, send you to me, before this, I never thought of taking advantage of your marriage, I really like you, but this like has been mixed with deception from the beginning, so I expected that there would be such a day, but I was lucky, I think I will be better to you, you love me more, will you be able to expose all those filth?"

A tear fell on the letterhead, and the word "love" became blurred.

"It's me who was wrong, obsessed, and now the failure of the plan is also my retribution, Dayan has no place for me to stand, Zhou Guo paid compensation for my land, and my life will not be easy after I go back, suddenly glad, you don't have to suffer this with me, although I am not qualified to say these words now, but I still want you to be good."

"I'm sorry, Xiao Si, I hurt you a lot, but I hope you don't forget me, if you can, can you come and see me off for the last time? I'll be waiting for you at the Pavilion outside the city. ”

Wei Jiusi subconsciously got out of bed and walked out, but the moment her hand touched the door, she suddenly woke up, and the letter fell to the ground leisurely.

In what capacity did she go?

Since you want to break it, break it cleanly, and don't give each other any more delusions.

She still loves him, but she won't forgive him, and in this life, they ended here.

closed her eyes, maybe because she saw too many people during the day, after Xie Shuangge left, the emperor and empress came again, she cried again, and now she wants to cry without tears.

She chuckled lowly, picked up the two pieces of paper, hesitated for a long time, and finally put in the oil lamp and burned them all.

Watching the last bit of ash fall, Wei Jiusi closed his eyes and said softly, "Farewell, Brother Gongsun." ”

After standing stiff for a long time, she fell to the ground, hiding her face and weeping silently.

……

The night was cold, and the guards persuaded him several times, but Gongsun Ye didn't move.

Until the sky turned white, the last bit of light in his eyes went out, he stood up with scars all over his body, bowed three times in the direction of Jindu, and said with relief: "Let's go." ”

The morning light pierced the clouds and fell behind him, enveloping the entire golden capital.