"So I'm sorry, Sister, after you were freed but didn't want to leave the sad place of Chang'an, I also did what I didn't allow Yuan to do to you."

"Why is it so coincidental that Pei Langjun did something for his mother in the Temple of Mercy and Grace, and you quietly left anonymously? It is true that you used to go to the Temple of Mercy and Grace, but you would never choose this kind of day before and after the Obon where everyone is crowded to occupy a place. And tonight, the release pond puts krathong, not so much to chase blessings for relatives, but to rush there to join in the fun. People who really mourn their loved ones, where is the water, you can't put the lights, you must squeeze to that kind of place? You're not that kind of person. ”

"Sister, is Brother Li Yan back again? Are you helping him contact Pei Langjun, even, they have already met, just tonight? ”

If Pei Xiaoyuan also had the heart to see Li Yan, tonight's two cities would be the most suitable opportunity and occasion to meet.

After she finished speaking, her eyes were fixed on Wei Yinniang.

Wei Yinniang's face was pale, the corners of her eyes became more and more red, and her eyes did not move, as if she was in a fixed state.

"Sister, after I returned to Chang'an, I slowly learned a little about your family." Su Yu said suddenly.

"When the rebellion was finally put down, the old sage was bedridden, and time was running out, so I rushed back to Chang'an. Before the others arrived, many people in the court began to admonish the old sage to abolish the prince and replace me with Aye, and even I heard that at that time, it was not easy for Prince Jingsheng to even see the old sage. When the dignified prince fell to this point, he wanted to resist. Your father, as the henchman of the East Palace, is naturally inevitably involved. The prince failed, and your family fell into the abyss from then on. ”

"Sister, you don't want to leave now, it's human nature. The world is so big, where else can you go alone? As for the things I gave you medicine, invited you to Cangshan, and begged me Aya to let you get out of the country, you didn't scold me for being hypocritical, and wanted to exchange these small favors for my own peace of mind, then you are kind. ”

Wei Yinniang seemed to have been pricked by a needle, and finally raised her eyes at this time and shook her head: "Princess, don't say that!" I know you're different! You're really good! ”

Su Yu shook her head slowly: "Sister, I'm not as good as you think." My words below may be cruel, even cold-blooded and cold-blooded, but they are reality. ”

"I, Aye, may have really forced my brother back then and ordered your father to be killed. But if the situation changes, General Shenhu returns to Beijing smoothly, and Prince Jingsheng ascends the throne, with my Aya's military exploits and his prestige, Prince Jingsheng may not be at ease, then it may be me, Li Yan'er, or some other Zhao family, Qian family, who have entered the teaching workshop, it is the daughters of their families. ”

Wei Yinniang looked at the rain in a daze.

"I sympathize with Brother Li Yan and you. You are all forced to endure. As for your fathers, and my Aye, they are different. Whatever they do, they should understand the price of a double-edged sword. It's just that in the end, one of them is the winner and the other is the loser, and that's it. ”

"Sister, if you want to avenge your family now and do whatever it takes, then you don't have to answer me. I am not qualified to prevent you from taking revenge on my Aye. But if, out of affection and obedience to Brother Li Yan, you regard him as your master, then I beg Sister, you tell me the truth, did Pei Er really accept Brother Li Yan's invitation and meet him? ”

Wei Yinniang's two shoulders seemed to tremble slightly.

"Sister! I am not qualified to stop what Brother Li Yan wants to do, but if he can succeed in the end, the price must be the displacement of countless people and the destruction of his family. I have been living in exile since I was a child, and I have followed my grandfather to many places, even in a peaceful world, if there is a bad harvest, the people I see are also very difficult, but I rarely hear them complain, I just hope that the court can reduce money and food to help them tide over the difficulties, and that's it. Many older people, when they talk about the chaos in the past, do not have any lingering palpitations. For many people in this world, being able to live safely may be the best thing. ”

She walked to the desk where she was sitting, and opened a food box she brought in Wei Yinniang's eyes with faint tears.

In the box were a few flax cakes with some steam.

"Sister, I wonder if you remember that you used to bring me flax cakes? At the beginning of the year, I came to Chang'an, in order to find you, I accidentally passed by the cake shop, and the lady who made cakes for us back then is still there. It's just that her family has long since died, and she is left alone to return after the war. Now she is not what she used to be, and she will only babble to me about her tragic past. But ......"

Su Yu picked up a cake.

"Her craftsmanship is still the same as before. Although she complained that all the people of Chang'an nowadays go to eat the flax cakes of a young and beautiful bearded girl, no one else is willing to patronize her shop except for old customers. I asked her to make it. It's a pity that it's not just baked, otherwise it should be even more delicious. ”

Wei Yinniang looked fixedly at the cake she was holding in her hand, and was stunned for a while.

Su Yu carefully handed the cake to Wei Yinniang.

"Sister, can you taste it?"

Wei Yinniang still didn't answer, and there was no reaction.

Su Yu waited for a while, and with the loss welling up in his heart, he slowly put the cake back in his hand.

"Sister."

She finally called Wei Yinniang.

"I see."

"Maybe I shouldn't have said that. But really, in my heart, I still hope that one day, you can take me to eat flax cakes again, just out of the oven, you tell the lady again, tell her to sprinkle me more flax......"

She endured the tide welling up in her eyes, stopped talking abruptly, and a smile appeared on her face.

"It's time for me to go."

She nodded at Wei Yinniang, turned around and hurried away. At this moment, a voice was heard behind him.

"Wait a minute!"

Su Yu turned her head and saw Wei Yinniang looking at her and shed tears.

"You guessed it right." She whispered.

"Pei Jialangjun has already gone to see His Highness. His Highness may know something about the Battle of the Northern Abyss, and think that the person who manipulated it was His Majesty. He should have told Pei Langjun what he knew......"

She closed her eyes and burst into tears.

"That's all I know. Princess, you go. ”

Su Yu stared at her and said word by word: "Sister, thank you." ”

came out, on the way back to the palace, Su Yu and Zhao Zhongfang sat in the same car.

She tilted her head slightly, leaned on her wife's shoulder, closed her eyes, and remained motionless.

The wife didn't say a word, only patted her arm gently, as if she was still the little lord of the hairpin when she was a child, and they were on the way back to Dingwang's mansion, and he was coaxing her to sleep when she was tired of playing.

When the palace leak sounded after the fourth watch, Su Yu returned to the palace and came to the outside of the fine house of Ziyun Palace.

Yang Zaien, who was on duty at night, said that after the emperor lay down tonight, or because he was coughing, he couldn't sleep, and got up again to review the many folds submitted by the following people in a hurry because he was about to leave Beijing.

"Xiao Langjun go and persuade. Your Majesty will listen to your persuasion. Yang Zae-en said softly.

With a few coughs, there was a faint candlelight shining from behind the door of the dormitory.

"Sister-in-law?" Suddenly, the emperor's voice came from inside the house.

Su Yu pushed the door, walked in, and walked until he walked to the emperor who was sitting on the couch in his cloak and was reading by the candlelight, and stopped.

"Why don't you go to sleep yet? Ayafang heard the four drums. ”

The Emperor glanced at her, asked, and then leaned the fold in his hand towards the candle flame so that he could see it more clearly.

"Aye, did you say last time that as long as I want to be a princess, I can do it at any time?" Su Yu said directly.

The Emperor's eyes, which had been squinting at the recital, were stunned, and then he slowly turned his face towards her.

Yang Zaien, who was standing at the door of the house, also heard it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed for a while, and hurriedly looked at the old palace eunuch beside him, but saw him looking at the princess in front of him with a calm expression, and he didn't seem to see much joy, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"Have you thought about it?"

After a moment, the Emperor asked, his tone of disbelief.

"Yes. I've figured it out. ”

Su Yu met the emperor's gaze.

"I want to be a princess. After I went to Cangshan, His Majesty asked me to be a princess. ”

She said in a steady voice.

Chapter 73

Three days later, Taishi chose the day for the emperor's trip to Cangshan.

This is a beautiful summer morning, there is a division to furnish the halogen book, wait until the auspicious time of the day leaks five quarters, the general of Qianniu in front of the Son of Heaven to ascend the road, the Yellow Gate Lang prelude please send, the emperor takes the dragon Yu, the palace then the bell and drum sound, Luan drove out of the palace, passed through Chengtianmen Street, and then went out of the city from the Tonghua Gate in the northeast of Chang'an City, and went to Cangshan.

Although the emperor ordered the reduction of the halogen book and the removal of unnecessary red tape, in addition to the rituals such as fans and canopies around the emperor's chariot, the rest of the honor guards, such as guards, guards, and ceremonial servants, were indispensable in any case.

On the same day, the front of this team, driven by the imperial servant Qing, six horses opened the way, when the crown prince Li Mao was dressed in a military uniform, leading Jing Zhaomu and Tai Changqing to lead the way.

Before and after the emperor's dragon opinion, there were the left and right leading guards, Wu Wei, Xiao Wei, Wei Wei and other pro, Xun, and Yi guards on the left and right, and each guard was led by Zhonglang to form a horse team of 36 people. They were all the best of the guards to choose from, all of them handsome and strong, dressed in armor, with bows and swords and lances. The sun is shining, and the light is shining. Ashina Chengping, Yu Wenzhi and others are all listed.

After Long Yu, the rest of the many royal relatives and nobles, noble women and women who followed this trip to Cangshan, as well as the princes and envoys of the feudal lords and envoys who stayed in Chang'an, the scholars of the imperial court, Situ Dafu and other hundreds of officials. They rode horses or chariots, and each had a guard of honor.

Behind the palace is a miscellaneous official and servant who is traveling with him.

This team numbered thousands, after leaving the city, all the way to the east, the wind blew, Jin Wuwei evil flag, the leading army Wei Qinglin flag, Wuwei Yuma flag, left and right Wei Huanglu flag, Xiaowei red bear flag, Weiwei Heiluan flag...... The mighty and mighty, the sky is full of flags, like clouds pressing the road, shocking many villagers who are working in the fields have bowed and shouted long live.

Everything is in line with the etiquette that the emperor should have when he travels, except for one thing, which is related to the small court painter named Ye Xuyu in the palace.

Everyone knows that this little painter has been favored by the emperor recently, but no one would have thought that the emperor's favor would reach such a point.

Early in the morning, from the palace gate, the emperor took the little painter to the car, let people sit beside him, and walked with the car. At that time, the people around me were shocked. An imperial historian had the audacity to come out and say something to the effect that there was a difference between respect and inferiority, and the system could not be overcome, and the emperor asked the emperor to return to the throne and walk with the people of the court. Everyone sweated for him. Who knew that the emperor was neither angry nor listened to the advice, but he said lightly that this trip was just a summer vacation, for leisure, neither to worship the sky, nor to worship the ancestors, needless to say, a sentence blocked the mouth of the imperial history, and still took the little painter to the car on the road.

This matter has attracted everyone's attention since he left the palace. But at first, it was only known to those who were around the emperor, and after leaving the city, it slowly spread. At noon, Luan drove to a place outside the city called Yuluanzhuang, where the emperor took a break and ordered the team to follow and rest on the spot, and the news spread rapidly, and finally reached the ears of Qingtou.

This trip to Cangshan, Qingtou has been looking forward to it for many days.

Although he is humble, he never forgets to share his worries for Lang Jun, so he made up his mind early that he will go with him to serve on this trip. Unfortunately, after his temptation, he found that Lang Jun did not want to take him with him. He panicked and disappointed, begged hard, and repeatedly promised that he would take care of his mouth when he went, and would never cause trouble for him again, so he almost rolled and cried and hanged himself, but Lang Jun's heart was as hard as iron, so he didn't let him go.

In desperation, he naturally thought of Little Lady Ye and wanted to ask her for help. However, after all, he was afraid of his master, and in the end he didn't dare to disobey.

Just last night, the time came to run.

When he was aggrieved and crying with a sad face to pack up for the ruthless master, out of thin air, a palace eunuch came to Yongning Mansion, saying that the emperor suddenly remembered Qingtou and asked Pei Xiaoyuan to take people with him and not to leave them at home, so that Qingtou traveled today.

Naturally, he was not blessed to follow his master. Early in the morning, he mingled in a large mule cart among the miscellaneous palace eunuchs and the rough servants of the various families. He remembered that trouble came from his mouth, and he was also treated coldly by Lang Jun because of this, so along the way, although others in the car were talking and competing to show off their knowledge, only he kept his mouth shut tightly and didn't say a word. At noon, the mule cart stopped with the brigade, he climbed out of the crowded car, stretched his arms and legs on the side of the road, and heard someone nearby talking about the news from a party, saying that a small court painter surnamed Ye had won the favor of His Majesty, and was able to travel with the car this morning. Qingtou was so excited that he couldn't hold back anymore, and blurted out that he knew Ye Xiaohua, and the two had a great friendship. When the words fell, he saw that everyone was looking at him with disdain, obviously not believing all of them, and he was ashamed and annoyed for a while: "What are you looking at? When I say big things? Let me tell you, Your Majesty even rewarded me with pastries! ”

Everyone looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Such a faceless little slave, today's master has already taken him away like a treasure, how can he still let him squeeze in a big mule cart like them?

Of course, Qingtou understood why everyone was laughing, his face was red, and he was waiting to explain, but suddenly he thought that he was indeed not treated by his master, and he almost couldn't even go to Cangshan, and he fell to this point, so he could only swallow his voice with hatred and shut up. However, this kind of pearl hides, and the pain of walking at night in brocade, who can know.

While he was squatting on the side of the road listlessly pulling weeds, suddenly a palace eunuch came riding in front of him, calling his name and saying that the saint had called him over to speak.

Fang Cai's servants who were still laughing at him were all stunned, and they all cast envious glances.

Qingtou reacted, the stuffiness in his chest was swept away, he jumped up from the ground, looked around at the crowd, raised his eyebrows, jumped on horseback, and happily followed the palace eunuch forward.

He came to the vicinity of the emperor's station, and from a distance, he saw a column of dragon flags fluttering in the wind, and it was the Qing You team.

This is the closest personal guard to the emperor when traveling, led by Han Kerang, the general of Jingo. When he was on the road, Han Ke let the horse ride in front, and the left and right generals each brought forty-eight ironclad guards to ride around the dragon. In addition, the left and right Guoyi captains led another forty-eight ironclad retinues. Everyone has bows and arrows and horizontal swords, and armor and horses are equipped.

In addition to this, there is also a mobile guard on both sides in order to observe the four directions at any time, contact the front and rear.

The leader of this mobile guard is Pei Xiaoyuan. He is also dressed today in a military uniform, wearing a silver scarf, silver armor, and a long sword of gold and bronze. Because the public driver did not move, he also led the team at this moment and waited on the side of the road.

As soon as Qingtou approached, he bumped into his master's slightly gloomy eyes and cast two warning glances.

He shrunk his neck, bowed his head and followed the palace eunuch, and quickly walked into the place where the emperor was stationed.

The emperor was half-lying on the bed, holding a scroll and looking at the book. Ye Xiaoniang is still dressed as Xiao Langjun, kneeling in front of the emperor's bed, rolling up her sleeves, and making tea. On the table there was a plate of purple fresh grapes, and a plate of green melons that had been cut and seeded, and the grapes and melons were still condensed with ice dew, which was obviously taken out of the ice jian. There was a white-haired old palace eunuch with a bitter gourd face next to him, and Qingtou knew that this person was the famous Zhao Zhongfang. There are also a few small palace eunuchs and palace laves, playing fans or holding scarves on the side, and the atmosphere in the tent is quiet and leisurely.

Seeing Qingtou coming in, the emperor showed a kind smile on his face and beckoned: "Good boy, come here?" ”

Su Yu turned his head, looked at the green head that he hadn't seen for a while, smiled, and motioned for him to step forward.

On the one hand, he is a ruthless master, and on the other hand, he is a saint who does not forget himself even when he travels, not to mention the little lady Ye who is very good to him, since she moved away, Qingtou has not had much chance to see her again, and when she sees it at this moment, she feels very cordial, and she can't help but feel emotional, except for her boots, she crawled in front of the emperor, kowtowed hard, and choked up: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" The villain kowtows to His Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! ”

Chapter 74