Concubine Hu looked her nephew up and down, and said with a smile: "Four years have passed in this blink of an eye, and I don't want Ah Jin to grow so big." ”

The young man in front of him was tall and elegant, but he was very similar to his father.

The two of them each said a few more polite words, and Tang Xiujin went straight to the point: "Auntie, I took the liberty to come to see you this time, and I really have something important to discuss." ”

When Concubine Hu saw that he was honest, she didn't hide it anymore: "The women of the Tang family want to marry into the harem, which is easy to do, but the sons of the Tang family want to be princesses, but I am afraid that it will be even more difficult." ”

"Please make it clear." Tang Xiujin pulled his sleeves and said.

"How many people know about your coming to see the mourning family tonight?" Concubine Hu asked.

Tang Xiujin pondered for a moment and said, "There are four people in total, in addition to you and me, there are also the chief eunuchs of Cining Palace and the Jianghu people who pretend to be me. ”

Concubine Hu thought for a while and told him, "That Jianghu person can't stay." ”

Tang Xiujin frowned, "My people can't touch him, and I have to count on him to listen to the news for me in the future." ”

He was telling the truth.

It's not just because Ning Fengzi has a complete spy network developed by the Beili Privy Council in Yandu, if that's the case, it's just that, the key is that Ning Fengzi is still an old guy who has lived for a thousand years, immortal and immortal.

Concubine Hu naturally didn't know what was going on, and even if she knew, she might not believe it, so Tang Xiujin had to knock on the side and nod it, whether she could understand that it was her business.

How smart Concubine Hu was, she quickly reacted: "This person has hands and eyes all over the sky, can't you control it?" ”

Tang Xiujin was stunned.

Hand and eye to the sky?

Actually, to put it this way...... That's right.

Thinking of this, Tang Xiujin said "um" and returned to the topic: "Please also ask my aunt to make it clear, why can't Princess Shang do it?" ”

Concubine Hu said slowly: "Zhaoyang has already reached her fate, and it is not reasonable for the mourning family to interfere with her marriage. ”

Since the death of Emperor Zhenyuan, few people use Shen Zhixi's title to call her anymore.

Concubine Hu is the only exception, after all, she is her elder, so it is reasonable to call her so.

Tang Xiujin looked at his aunt, and asked her after pondering for a long time: "Auntie, do you know that Gu Yuan also has a deep affection for His Royal Highness, if His Highness's trump card is grabbed by the Gu family first, the initiative is in their hands." ”

Concubine Hu thought for a moment, and what he said made some sense.

The Tang family and the Hu family were already grasshoppers tied to a rope, and if the Gu family was allowed to seize the opportunity, the two of them would only be controlled by others.

After weighing the pros and cons, Concubine Hu nodded: "The mourning family will do their best to help you do this, Ah Jin, you can rest assured." ”

Because it was getting late, and Tang Xiujin came secretly this time, he didn't stay long before he hurriedly left.

After Tang Xiujin left, Concubine Hu stood up and looked at the Tianning Temple not far from Cining Palace.

Outside the hall, it rained lightly, and under the cover of the rain curtain, the Buddhist temple loomed.

Wind chimes tinkled and clanged.

She still remembered that Tianning Temple was destroyed in the war in the previous dynasty, and Empress Xiaoxian believed in Buddhism, so she asked Shen Yuan to rebuild Tianning Temple.

Shen Yuan also made a promise to Empress Xiaoxian for a lifetime.

But after the death of Empress Xiaoxian, Shen Yuan still included her in the harem when she was twenty-eight years old.

As soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea.

And she also found that Shen Yuan was just using her as a substitute for Empress Xiaoxian.

The clothes are not as good as new, and the people are not as good as the old.

——

After Wen Yuqing left, Shen Zhixi took the excerpts of the floods in the three Jianghuai provinces to review and was busy until late at night.

The folds had just arrived, and Shen Heng would not approve the folds again at this hour, so he asked the little eunuch to bring them over and hand them to Shen Zhixi.

Her Royal Highness the poor eldest princess was just about to go to bed, and was pulled over by her younger brother to deal with political affairs.

This brother should not stay for a long time.

She took the fold to reply, and couldn't help but feel nervous.

The source of all this is the diversion of the Yellow River, and the heavy rain for several days caused the Yellow River to burst, and the Huai River basin in Henan, Shandong, and Jiangnan Province suffered from flooding.

One of the serious consequences of the floods is the epidemic.

Zhao Jianghuai, the governor of Liangjiang, said in an emergency report that he had done his best to resettle the homeless people, but some people still died of the epidemic.

At the end of the recital, Zhao Jianghuai also asked for a fine for half a year.

Shen Zhixi asked him to wait for the household department to mobilize disaster relief materials, and also dispatched doctors from Gyeonggi to the disaster relief, as for the fines......

As far as Zhao Jianghuai's family is concerned, if he doesn't rely on Yulu to support himself, he can only go to Wen Yuqing's place to eat and drink.

What's more, he is a meritorious man, and the flood is a natural and man-made disaster, and it has nothing to do with him.

In her previous life, she had dealt with Zhao Jianghuai, and this person seemed to be out of tune, but he was very reliable at a critical time.

Zhao Jianghuai is the clan of Qianying, the hereditary title of King of Shangluo, and he is also a relative of Zhao Mengde, who was exiled to the six towns in the north for greedy ink, and has a lifelong friendship with Wen Yuqing, Gu Yuan and others.

Shen Zhixi thought about it, from the disaster relief to Gu Yuan, and suddenly remembered that she hadn't eaten yet, so she called Ming Qing and instructed her: "Qingqing, let the kitchen prepare some hot porridge, and get some pickles from Liubiju." ”

Ming Qing was about to do so, but when he turned around, he saw the young man in dark clothes standing under the eaves of Xuanhua Palace in the moonlight.

There was some bitterness in his voice, and he said softly: "When I was away, was Your Highness eating like this?" ”

Shen Zhixi was stunned when she heard this, and raised her eyes to look at the young man in Xuanyi in front of her.

He stood under the eaves in wind and frost, like a lonely long white snow.

But in that snow, it was clear that he had his tender love for her.

The snow of Changbai Mountain met the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River.

I like you, but I don't know where to start.

Shen Zhixi retracted her gaze and asked slowly, "Didn't you say that you came back in the last two days?" Why did you come back so soon? ”

Gu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Highness doesn't welcome me back?" ”

Shen Zhixi was stunned, "Huh? ”

Gu Yuan didn't joke anymore, he said with difficulty: "Actually...... It was only when I received a letter from home that I hurried back. ”

Shen Zhixi was silent for a moment, "Your uncle's business...... You got it? ”

Gu Yuan closed his eyes, and a tear slipped silently.

“…… Know. ”

Shen Zhixi stood up, and just as she wanted to say something to comfort him, Gu Yuan took her into her arms and whispered, "I'm probably sick, and I can only be relieved for a moment by holding you." ”

She knew that he was afraid that he was very uncomfortable at this time, so she took the initiative to stand on tiptoe and pecked him on the lips like a dragonfly.

Stop studying after learning just a little.

If she crossed the line, she was afraid that one of the two people would not be able to control herself first.

The young crow's blue eyelashes drooped, and he held her arms a little more forcefully and said: "My parents died when I was a child, and I had no relatives, and my uncle raised me single-handedly. He treated me very well, he would take me to fly a kite, teach me martial arts, and treat me as if I were his own...... But now he's gone. ”

"When I came back from Liaodong this afternoon, I was hoping to see him again, but it wasn't until Uncle Zhang took me to the mourning hall that I suddenly realized that the second uncle really couldn't come back."

"Qi'er, do you know that over the years, the people I love and the people who love me have left me, my father and uncle are gone, Mr. Yang is also terminally ill, I only have you......"

Shen Zhixi clung to his heart, listened to his heartbeat, and muttered, "I'm late, if I had found out earlier, maybe your uncle's things would have improved......"

"I used to be very naïve to think that as long as I was reborn and came back, I could change everything in my previous life, and everyone would have the best ending, but all the things I expected turned out to be vain......"

Gu Yuan wrapped her in his arms, raised his hand to carefully wipe away the tears on her face, and said softly: "Your Highness, birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, and you don't have to blame yourself. You're already doing well, and no one is doing it better than you, so don't care about other people's gossip. ”

He didn't want to see her so sad and blame herself, and there was nothing he could do.

It seemed that Gu Yuan's words touched her sadness, and she suddenly burst into tears.

The boy raised his eyes to look at the cloudless night sky, and a shallow mark of water crossed his face.

Mingqing also brought some wine and food at this time, and the two sat down and had dinner.

Gu Yuan sandwiched some of her favorite dishes for her and asked, "Has Your Highness heard about the flood in the Jianghuai Yellow Flood Area?" ”

Shen Zhixi said "um", "I just received an excerpt from Zhao Jianghuai, the governor of Liangjiang, who sent it urgently from Nanjing, eight hundred miles, and I probably have some understanding of the situation in the Yellow Flood Area. ”

"Your Highness shouldn't be familiar with water conservancy, right?" Gu Yuan asked.

"Are you familiar?" Shen Zhixi drank a glass of wine and asked him rhetorically.

Gu Yuan shook his head matter-of-factly and said, "I'm not familiar with it, but Fang Congzhe said that he is familiar with it." ”

Shen Zhixi was surprised, "Fang Congzhe came to you?" ”

Gu Yuan nodded, "I saw him in the Gu Mansion, and he said two things. ”

"What?"

"The first thing he knows is that he knows a friend who has a lot of experience in river affairs, and he may be used this time." Gu Yuan explained.

"Who?" Shen Zhixi raised her head and drank another glass of wine.

"He didn't say it explicitly." Gu Yuan shook his head, "The second thing, the unsuccessful person is going to jointly make a bus to write a book and bring down Cui Xianchun." ”

"It has something to do with him, right?"

"He still didn't say it explicitly." Gu Yuan sighed, "I can only wait for him to come tomorrow and ask for clarification." ”

Shen Zhixi was upset, drank a lot of wine, and soon became drunk and hazy.

Gu Yuan dared to drink so much to drown his sorrows, seeing that Shen Zhixi was not drinking enough and drinking cup after cup, he hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, don't drink it." ”

Shen Zhixi's eyes were misty, as if she was drunk but not drunk, and said: "This palace is going to drink!" Who made you ...... Grab me a drink! ”

Gu Yuan was confused: "I'll rob you of wine to drink?" Your Highness, please figure it out, this wine was dug up by me from the Tangli Courtyard, you should have robbed me of the wine, okay? ”

If it was usual, Shen Zhixi would definitely ask "Who buried what you dug up", but now she is in a daze after drinking wine, and she can't even speak clearly: "I don't care!" You have to make me drink! ”

Gu Yuan: "......"

In the end, as he expected, Shen Zhixi, who was drunk and dazed, was carried back by Gu Yuan.