auspicious time has come

Does he like her or not?
After meeting Yin Hai, this is the question Pei Wushuang asks himself most often. Whenever he asks a question in his heart, he is always sweet and joyful, full of hope, but in the end it always turns into a dejected sigh——such an unknown How many times the mental journey, just like the ending between her and him, seems to have been doomed long ago.

When she said goodbye that night, she also sighed in her heart.

When he heard that she was going to enter the palace, he didn't have any ups and downs, let alone dissuade her.

He really didn't like her.

not at all.

She was disappointed, yet contradictoryly happy.

Yeah.

Wishful thinking is better than being forced to separate when two people love each other.

Wishful thinking is what you can't ask for, anyway, the ending is the same, so she won't be unwilling, so she won't regret it.

But she still cried, two nights before entering the palace.

Why is it two days before entering the palace?
It has been carefully considered - if you wait until the eve of entering the palace and then cry, and enter the palace with swollen eyes, it will be troublesome to be seen by the people in the palace.

Look, she really has grown up, so comprehensive, even crying is a good time.

But it's really not easy for adults.

Of course she didn't really want to enter the palace, and the sage didn't necessarily want them to enter the palace—the emperor and empress were young couples, loving and harmonious.

But when the new emperor came to the throne, the situation in the court was unstable, and the surroundings were still in turmoil. They needed to send their daughters to the palace to show their loyalty, and the new emperor also needed to use this to balance the forces of all parties.

Who is easy?

When I first entered the palace, I was still a little bit worried——

Today Xue Baolin pushed Liu Cainv into the water, tomorrow Zhang Meiren tampered with Xue Baolin's rouge, and a few days later, Fang Yunv was accused of adultery and messing with the palace...

Pei Wushuang hid far away to watch the excitement, with a clear goal, he just wanted to hug the queen's thigh tightly.

The empress has a kind heart, but she is not weak in methods. She has clear eyes, clear rewards and punishments, and gives both kindness and power. Under her governance, the harem that was originally turbulent gradually calmed down.

And such an effect is not only due to the empress's skillful means, but also because of the sage - in the past two years, it can be seen that although the sage has no prince, he is not keen on the matter of heirs.

Why is this?
Until one day, Pei Wushuang saw from a distance the sage's brows and eyes full of anticipation when he was asking Princess Jiayi about her homework in the garden——

At that time, her family, Ah Heng, was standing aside, with the same thing shining in his eyes.

Pei Wushuang stared blankly at the little princess standing in the sun, and suddenly realized.

Her gaze turned and fell back on A Heng.

so good.

Her family, Ah Heng, is working on a big event.

One, a great event.

And she just looked at it from a distance, as if she was also standing under the dazzling, warm and hopeful sunlight.

……

But most of the time in the palace, it is unavoidable to be lonely.

Her status is neither high nor low, and her residence is neither big nor small. At first she would walk around, but after staying for a long time, she lost interest.

Walking around, what I see is just those things, day after day, nothing new.

She spent more and more time in a daze alone.

Later, what she did most often was to sit on the porch and look at the peach tree under the palace wall.

The peach blossoms bloom and fall.

In the blink of an eye, it has been six years since she entered the palace.

The difference is that in the sixth year, a major event happened—the 15-year-old Princess Jiayi became the crown prince of Dasheng.

In the days that followed, the maids in the palace seemed to walk more briskly.

Under the dawn, everyone is thriving and looking forward to a better future.

After the ceremony of establishing the crown prince, Ah Heng, who was wearing an official uniform, let out a long breath and said to her——I can finally have a good sleep.

Yes.

In the past few years, Ah Heng has worked hard for the battle for the establishment of the reserve, and no day has been easy.

But amid such busy schedules, Ah Heng became more dazzling day by day—she never flinched, never tired, and even in the fierce disputes and even vicious methods, she became more and more visible to the naked eye. Firm, even indestructible.

The big tree has grown.

The prince of course began to participate in politics.

However, Ah Heng never "retired with success", and was still busy.

And her four-year-old girl, as she grew up, became more and more clinging to her mother, often walking behind Ah Heng in the palace.

Both the Queen and Princess Jiaming liked Xiao Chenwei very much, so Ah Heng was mostly busy with political affairs, and she and the Queen Mother helped coax the baby.

Such a day is also very happy.

But inexplicably, from time to time, I always feel a dull pain in my heart, dull, as if someone suddenly hit me with a sap stick, as if reminding her of something, and then I feel that everything in front of me is gloomy, as if I can’t lift it any interest.

She never thinks deeply.

Never asked any news about him.

But always know something inadvertently...

For example, she knew that he returned to the temple to be ordained in the year the saint became the king——

Sure enough, he only came to this world of mortals for a while, and he completed what the master told him, and he completely converted.

I just don't know, what does he look like with shaved head and cassock?

Is he still so casual now? ——Probably not, monks have to chant sutras every morning.

Does he still drink now? ——Probably not, that is a violation of the precepts.

Now...does he still remember her? ——Should... definitely not.

It's been eight years.

In eight years, ginkgo leaves have fallen all over the palace courtyard eight times, the wind and rain never stop, and the snow has fallen one after another, which is enough to erase the traces left by many things.

What's more, she wasn't too profound to him.

She shouldn't have thought about it anymore.

……

Crown Prince.

The standing reserve has been for three years.

Everything is developing in a good direction, and the people's hearts are finally really stable.

On this day, a palace lady ran in quickly and saluted her out of breath, unable to speak a complete word for a long time.

At this time, Ah Heng came.

It is the golden autumn season, the sky and the earth are golden, and Ah Heng's smiling face is also very bright.

Ah Heng personally brought her a message.

……

She can leave the palace now.

It's not going out of the palace to visit family members, but...really regaining freedom.

The word freedom is an existence that she has never dreamed about since she decided to enter the palace.

……

The position of the crown prince has been stabilized. The sage ordered the dismissal of the concubines and concubines in the harem, allowing them to return home, giving generous rewards, and even encouraging remarriage.

Such a large-scale move shows the wind of the future.

……

The moment Pei Wushuang stepped out of the palace gate, he suddenly felt that the world was extraordinarily vast.

Like a cat that has been kept in captivity for a long time, she suddenly stepped out of this door, feeling at a loss for a moment.

And Ah Heng hugged her gently, and the official robe on his body had a faint fragrance of pen and ink, which made people feel at ease——

Pei Wushuang burst into tears, stretched out his arms and hugged his friend tightly.

"Ah Heng, thank you."

On the night of saying goodbye to Yin Hai, she also hugged Ah Heng and cried for a while. At that time, Ah Heng had guilt in his eyes, and said sorry to her, blaming himself for not being able to help her.

At this time, Ah Heng said to her, "I've kept you waiting."

Suddenly, Pei Wushuang shook his head, tears welling up.

……

After returning home, Pei Wushuang was very comfortable for a while.

But not long after, Mommy and Dad began to respond to the call and began to pull the red line for her!
Because she stood in the right camp in the matter of setting up the crown prince, the Pei family is now very respectable, and the standard of choosing a husband for her is also quite high - and judging from Father's posture, it is best to find a wife for her The son-in-law is here!
After all, Father and Mother are only her one daughter.

But she is almost thirty, and now she wants to find a husband...

Why do you feel that after going through vicissitudes, you want to harm innocent young people?
Pei Wushuang just felt that it was difficult to change his mentality for a while, under the nagging of his parents day after day, he wished he could lock himself in the room every day so that no one would see him.

Until one night, the female envoy who had followed her for many years suggested in a low voice: "My lady, how about... let's run away? Go out and hide?"

"……run?!"

Correct!
She can run!
Pei Wushuang suddenly realized.

So, she packed her bags overnight, brought enough banknotes, and sent her trust Hengyu to take care of her everywhere.

"It's finally gone." The next day, Pei Ding was full of relief, and sighed: "If you don't force me, she won't survive."

Dou rubbed the tears at the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and nodded.

……

When Pei Wushuang ran, he ran far away.

Every time she passed, she felt that the shackles on her body seemed to be loosened a little more.

……

In late spring of the following year, she came to Jiangnan.

A long time ago, she had said such a thing to a person with incomparable innocence——

She said that she wanted to travel around the world with him and live an unfettered life.

She said that wherever he went in this life, she would go there.

She also told him affectionately that she likes the landscapes in the south of the Yangtze River.

And he just said - you and I should go our own way and be free.

Indeed, they went their separate ways.

Everyone should be free too.

"...The Fengzhi Niang from Yichen Tavern has been spread to the capital, and it is said that the saints have sent people to beg for the wine!"

"I'm afraid it won't work if there is wine alone. Only the one brewed by Jiang's own hands is Fengzhiniang."

"Then what if the sage summons Shopkeeper Jiang to Beijing? We will still go there to find drinks in the future?"

Pei Wushuang was walking in the downtown area of ​​Yangzhou City, and he heard passers-by chatting, so he couldn't help asking where the tavern was.

The man pointed her in the direction.

I took the maid to follow the direction to find it, and found the tavern at the end of the street.

However, the clerk in the tavern said that Fengzhiniang is not sold in the store today: "...today, my shopkeeper has a good friend, and the only two jars left are used to entertain guests from afar. Please don't blame me, my lady."

He said again: "The small shop not only has Fengzhiniang, the lady can try this..."

The clerk recommended it enthusiastically, and Pei Wushuang, who had run away, casually looked at the furnishings in the store.

"Or the lady can come back in the future, and there will be wind in the future."

"The day after tomorrow." Pei Wushuang was inexplicably attracted by the layout of the tavern, and said softly: "But we will leave Yangzhou City tomorrow, what a pity."

She is not a gluttonous person at all, she came here purely out of curiosity to join in the fun, if it is said that she stayed for two more days for a jar of wine, obviously it would not be possible.

The buddy smiled and said "next time next time".

When Pei Wushuang turned around and was about to leave, he heard voices faintly coming from the back hall through the curtain——

"...This time, I will stay for a few more days."

"I'm afraid it won't work."

"Why, the Northland is impenetrable now, why are you in such a hurry to go back?"

A boy's voice interjected: "Because my mother told me when I went out, if I go back late, my father and I will be beaten!"

Immediately there was a "haha" laugh.

Pei Wushuang froze in place when he heard that.

When Wang Jingyong came out from the back hall, he was grabbing his son's ears with his hands, his face flushed red: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Is he shameless!
On the side, the man with the wooden hairpin tied his hair and the loose robe was still smiling: "To tell the truth, my child, why are you holding him?"

This familiar yet unfamiliar voice fell in Pei Wushuang's ears, but it made her unable to turn around for a long time, as if she couldn't move her hands and feet.

And after a while, when the man raised his eyes, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

Diners come and go, the hall is noisy.

While the figure was swaying, only the back was left in his eyes.

"My lady, it's...it's Yin..." The female envoy beside Pei Wushuang stuttered in surprise.

"What are you looking at?" Wang Jingyong followed Yin Hai's line of sight.

Pei Wushuang turned around stiffly.

Two lines of sight, spanning eight years and three thousand sunsets, meet again.

Outside the tavern, weeping willows move gently, and the spring is beautiful.

……

……

After that, Pei Wushuang asked——

"Hey, aren't you shaved?"

"Well... I shaved it for several months, and I'm not used to it, so I kept it back."

"Then... are you going back?"

The man sighed regretfully: "Master said that my six faculties are impure, so I will be expelled from the teacher's door, and I will not be able to go back."

"Oh."

"Oh what—"

"They all call you shopkeeper Jiang? Your surname is Jiang?"

"Come to the south of the Yangtze River, do as the Romans do, pick whatever you want."

"What kind of style is this? Do as the Romans do... Besides, how can the surname be random?"

"Then... I'll take your surname? I just heard that your family is looking for a son-in-law—"

"whispering sound!"

……