The crown prince was about to go to Yunjiang as soon as he got married, which attracted the disapproval of the courtiers.

In particular, he also specially wanted to bring the crown princess Shen Lingxi.

The ministers went down to the court and whispered one after another:

"Since the prince's wedding, his actions have become more and more undisciplined, and he only goes around in prison all day long, how can he look like a prince of a country."

"The emperor and the queen mother indulge their husband and wife, how can it be good in the long run, hey."

"That crown princess Shen, after all, is from the countryside, and what etiquette can she know. It's just that he relied on his life to win the favor of the prince. ”

This is also biased, after all, the crown princess is profound, and she has also helped the embroidered envoy to handle a few cases, this time the king of Yunjiang died tragically in Beijing, and Princess Xiao was sentenced to hanging, the Xiao family is the first family in Yunjiang, and they are in charge of 100,000 Yunjiang soldiers and horses...... Yunjiang respects ghosts, gods and saints, and His Royal Highness goes to Yunjiang and brings the crown princess, it can be foolproof, right? ”

The man who said this was a young man of about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a scarlet round-necked robe, with elegant and beautiful eyebrows, and a pair of dark and bright eyes, revealing a clear aura.

Such appearance and age seem out of place in a group of old-fashioned ministers.

Everyone stopped talking and looked at him sideways.

Seeing this, the young man hurriedly saluted everyone, turned around and walked out with a smile.

"Who is this?" Many people saw him very affectionately and couldn't help but inquire about his origins.

"Isn't this Li Huai, the youngest son of the Yiyang Marquis Li Xiangyang's family? When he was young, he was very liked by the emperor. No, the Mu family came out of Dali Temple and went to Yunjiang to be a general, and as soon as there was a vacancy in Dali Temple, he begged the emperor to go in. ”

"I heard that the emperor accepted the concubine of the Li family as a beauty, and he was very pampered, but now that the Mu family and the Xie family have collapsed, didn't Yiyang Hou Mo have the idea of being a relative?"

"Yiyang Hou's ability to be a relative...... Isn't that a matter of time? ”

"Hey, there was Mu Huai'an in the past, and now there is Li Huai, although the prince is not close to women, our emperor can work hard. It's time for the women in this harem to be replaced,"

"The emperor is in the prime of life, in a few years, if the curse of the emperor is lifted, the sky in the capital will not change, it is really not necessarily......"

"Shhh

The chatter of the courtiers was soon blown away by the cold wind.

*

It was a month later for Shen Lingxi to follow Chu Yan and officially set foot on the carriage to Yunjiang.

A month is not a long time, but it is not a short time.

Fu'an Village has been completed one after another, and before the winter solstice, the lonely widows and children of Shantang and some orphans of the Su family army will be placed in, so that everyone can survive the cold winter smoothly and have a good year.

Shen Lingxi wants to leave Beijing, and the things at hand must be arranged according to the progress of at least three months.

The coffin shops, Fu'an Hall and Charity Hall, which she had planned to build in various places in Dazhou, have already begun construction.

There are also many industries left by the ancestors of the Shen family......

As soon as Shen Lingxi got busy, his feet didn't touch the ground.

When she returned to the dormitory in the evening, she fell asleep.

Chu Yan was naturally much busier than her, and since they had already discovered that there was something wrong with the Duke of Zhenguo, they must have to make all the preparations when they went to Yunjiang.

For a whole month, the two lived in the same dormitory in the East Palace, and the number of times they met was very rare.

Among them, there are many reasons why Shen Lingxi deliberately avoided the two of them being alone.

Not to mention anything else, only the brocade quilt on the bed in the East Palace dormitory is stacked higher than others.

At night, the high quilt was stacked in the middle of the bed, and Shen Lingxi lay on the inside of the bed, sleeping very soundly.

This movement was really not small, so much so that later it alarmed the Queen Mother, and specially sent Gui's mother to ask her what was the use of a dozen quilts in the dormitory.

Shen Lingxi pretended to reply with three words: "I am cold." ”

So, stepping on the carriage to Yunjiang, Shen Lingxi, who was in the same car with Chu Yan, could be regarded as the first time in a month that he had been alone with him for a long time.

The carriage was large and comfortable, and in the open compartment on one side was a delicate food box containing her favorite fruit.

On the table, the tea soup is bubbling and boiling, and there is a kind of warmth in the winter carriage.

It was rare for Chu Yan not to read the file, so he washed his hands and cooked tea with a bit of leisure, and handed the tea to Shen Lingxi.

Shen Lingxi took the teacup with a polite smile, took a sip, put it on his fingertips, and warmed his hands.

When she was bored, her eyes finally fell on the person opposite.

Today he wore a fox fur trimmed coat, perhaps because he had worked too hard for several days, and his whole person seemed to have lost a lot, and his already angular facial features were even sharper.

It's just that the soft snow-colored fox fur has weakened this sharpness a little, making his handsome face like a winter sunset snow, with a little more noble and cold meaning.

Sensing Shen Lingxi's scrutinizing gaze, Chu Yan's eyes lifted slightly, and he followed her example, holding the teacup with his bony hands.

He casually pulled up a topic, pretending to ask casually: "What is going on over there in Urda these days?" ”

Speaking of Urda, Shen Lingxi smiled, and his beautiful face was a little brighter because of this smile.

"Liu Meiren and a few of them, chased after him all day long, asked him to shout 'master', and told him that when the national teacher served the emperor of the previous dynasty, those groveling old Huang Li made him angry to death."

"I also asked Liu Meiren to take him to Beiya, looked at Yun Chong, and told him that Yun Chong sold him, and now that he sees Yun Chong, he can't wait to give Yun Chong eight pieces."

When she went to Yunjiang this time, she asked Chu Yan to bring Yun Chong with her.

Since you have returned to your homeland, it is natural to go back together neatly.

Chu Yan looked at her, and the corners of his lips hooked up a faint smile.

When mentioning topics related to Yunjiang, her expression is always much more vivid than usual.

Shen Lingxi saw him but smiled silently, and didn't want to be cold, so he also found an excuse and asked, "What about His Highness?" Check the town of Guogong, what did you find? ”

"Half a month ago, the ancestor of Zhenguo Mansion returned to his hometown in Suzhou. Count the days, when we get to Yunjiang, that old feudal monarch should also go to Yunjiang. Chu Yan meant something authentic.

Shen Lingxi was slightly stunned.

Although the Great Zhou did not explicitly prohibit it, the family members of the generals of the border accompanied the army.

But this is a rule that has been passed down from generation to generation.

The ancestor of Zhenguo Gong is more than a year old, and it takes at least a month to travel from the capital to Suzhou and then to Yunjiang.

To the west, there is no waterway, only land, and the hardships along the way can be imagined.

What's more, the old man is already frail, the west is bitterly cold, and now it is winter, no matter how you think about it, it is not the best time to travel.

"Does the emperor know about this? What did the emperor say? Shen Lingxi asked.

Chu Yan: "The ancestor of the Zhenguo family is sick, and he is afraid that his life will not be long, and the emperor acquiesces in this matter, and also hopes that in case the old ancestor dies of illness, the Zhenguo Gong does not need to return to Beijing for funeral." ”

"After all, now that Yunhong Mountain is newly mourned, Yun Yu is too young, and there is no mother clan behind him to rely on, so he may not be able to serve the public, and Yunjiang can't be without Zhenguo Gong."

Shen Lingxi's eyes flashed with a hint of abruptness.

According to what Yun Hongshan said before, when Yun Yu left Yunjiang to come to the Great Zhou, his reputation in Yunjiang had already been ruined.

Now even if Yun Yu sits on the throne of the King of Yunjiang, it will be difficult to deal with those families headed by the Xiao family.

But it doesn't matter, she will make a move when she goes to Yunjiang this time.

The Xiao family, who cheated her back then, should also pay their due price.

Shen Lingxi smiled lightly, turned his eyes sideways, and hid the thoughts under his eyes.

Inadvertently, through the curtain of the car window, she saw a young man dressed in scarlet trolling, walking with Chunjun on horseback.

The young man's appearance is very beautiful, and there is a vigorous vitality around him, like dew in the morning, and there is a clear aura.

"Who's that? How have you never seen it? Shen Lingxi asked curiously.

Chu Yan glanced out lightly: "Li Huai, the son of Li Xiangyang, Marquis of Yiyang." ”

When Li Xiangyang was mentioned, Shen Lingxi's apricot eyes were slightly raised.

Although she has been busy with the affairs of Fu'an Village in the past few days, she has also heard a lot of gossip in the palace.

Li Xiangyang's daughter, Li Yuejiao.

It was in the Yongtai Palace, the noble girl who was flogged by Mu Xue'e, the lord of Bingqing County.

It turned out that the emperor wanted to marry Chu Yan and be a good person in the East Palace.

Because he was injured by Mu Xue'e, he had to stay in the palace to recuperate.

I didn't think about it, I kept raising it, but I came and went but I met the emperor.

The emperor accepted her as a beauty, and she was favored every day.

The associated Yiyang Hou family also ascended to heaven because of this.

Shen Lingxi listened to the female officials of the East Palace gossiping, saying that the emperor was so distressed to this Li beauty, even Zhao Guifei back then, she had never seen the emperor so concerned.

Thinking of this, Shen Lingxi suddenly remembered that the reason why Li Yuejiao was subjected to Mu Xue'e's rattan whip was because she broke into the Qinzheng Hall of the palace after the banquet, and also bumped into the emperor and Chu Yan.

Mu Xue'e hated her for secretly seducing Chu Yan, so she would do it to her.

Later, Shen Lingxi also thought carefully about this detail.

There were only two roads from the banquet to the palace of diligence, and each road was guarded by eunuchs.

To say that it is lost is indeed a bit far-fetched.

People must have passed on purpose, and it is not known what they were going to do.

Shen Lingxi coughed lightly, and asked casually, "How could Li Huai follow Chunjun?" You and the Li family...... Didn't you have no intersection before, how could you suddenly become so familiar? ”

"He took Mu Huai'an's seat and entered Dali Temple." Chu Yan looked at her and smiled faintly, "I am not familiar with the Li family, but the emperor is familiar with her, and this time the emperor asked him to follow the embroidered clothes to come out to see and understand." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and added: "When Li Yuejiao came from the palace, she was going to the emperor. Her status in the Yiyang Marquis Mansion was low, and her mother was unkind, so she had only one way to enter the palace. In the early years, the emperor was friendly with the Marquis of Yiyang, and often went in and out of the Marquis of Yiyang's mansion, and he should have met her a few times. In short, she is a smart person, and she knows that it is best for her to be able to climb the emperor. ”

He explained like this, but Shen Lingxi felt that he had just asked like that, as if he was ...... Something weird.

She lowered her head and took a sip of the tea soup, the rich fragrance of tea spreading between her lips and teeth, which made her feel calm.

"It's not that she's smart." Shen Lingxi thought thoughtfully, "It's just a poor person who has no support, the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages." ”

"If there is a choice, who would want to enter the palace? It's a man-eating place. She sighed from the bottom of her heart.

Chu Yan listened to this, and his eyelashes moved slightly.

He has always understood that the imperial power and status that everyone desires are all constraints for Shen Lingxi.

It was he who selfishly forced her to marry into the East Palace.

"I'll do what I can to change it." He assured.

Shen Lingxi smiled, changed the topic, and asked curiously, "Since Li Yuejiao's mother-in-law is unkind, is this Li Huai and Li Yuejiao not very good?" ”

She knows too well what kind of situation a woman will fight for in order to survive.

Li Yuejiao has seized the opportunity, and with her heart and courage, the future will not be underestimated.

Now that Li Huai is walking with them, she naturally wants to inquire clearly.

Chu Yan's eyes drooped slightly, "Li Huai is not from Mrs. Yiyanghou, Li Yuejiao has a close relationship with him, so the emperor treats Li Huai so kindly." ”

"You don't have to care about him this time, after you arrive in Yunjiang, I will leave him to Mu Huai'an, and save him from disturbing your peace."

Shen Lingxi smiled and nodded.

It's the best.

She still has a lot of things to do when she arrives in Yunjiang, but she doesn't want to have a tail behind her.

*

The long road was long, for several days, and the two of them drank tea along the way, chatting with each other or not.

It's also lighthearted.

Perhaps because the two are now husband and wife, Shen Lingxi lost the sense of awe he had before when he faced Chu Yan.

And Chu Yan also deliberately restrained the cold and solemn aura around him in front of Shen Lingxi.

It seems that when he first met, he pretended to be a Confucian student.

For the first time, Shen Lingxi found that such a Chu Yan was a good chat partner for her.

He was never aggressive.

For what she didn't want to say, she stopped in time and didn't continue to ask.

Because of this, the closer he got to Yunbian City, the more willing Shen Lingxi was to take the initiative to share some interesting stories with him.

"We should be going to spend the Spring Festival in Yunjiang this time, I heard people say, the Yunbian City of the Shangyuan Festival can be lively, the skilled craftsmen of Yunjiang will start to make lanterns in winter, and on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, there will be lantern competitions, and every household in the streets and alleys will hang homemade lanterns."

"The most amazing thing is the puppet lamp, the puppet lamp made by the puppet gate is simply a must in Yunjiang, Kui Nineteen will definitely let him teach me when the time comes, and make it for you to see."

"The wine in Yunjiang is also very delicious, and the pepper wine in front of the palace of Yunjiang that night is the most special wine in Yunjiang. I've heard that real pepper liquor, sweet and spicy, has to be hidden in the cellar for at least twenty years before it has that mellow taste, and I must know where the good wine is hidden......"

She was saying "heard" in every sentence, but her tone was familiar, as if she had seen it with her own eyes and tasted it with her own mouth.

There is also a faint kind of indescribable and unclear amazement, hidden in it.

At first, Chu Yan always listened with a smile.

In the end, he didn't want to delve into it, and he seemed to have a vague answer to Shen Lingxi's identity.

She used to be from Yunjiang.

She knows everything about the Yunjiang royal family.

She has an indescribable affection for Yunjiang, there is love, but there are also complex emotions intertwined.

She actually didn't want to go back to Yunjiang.

She...... Who is it?

Before Chu Yanshang had time to think deeply, the carriage stopped leisurely.

Chunjun lifted the curtain from the outside.

In the afterglow of the sunset in the desert smoke, Yunbian City stood quietly in the distance.

The tall and wide tower stood as it had been six years ago.

Six years have passed like a white horse.

In this peaceful and prosperous world, who else will remember the girl in red who was pushed down by her relatives on the city tower on the day the war ended?

(End of chapter)