Chang'an is good

"I don't know what is missing?" Chang Suining asked curiously.

Mrs. Duan accurately stated the only missing thing: "When I bet with His Highness back then, the competition was on embroidery skills. At that time, His Highness and I each embroidered a handkerchief... When the box was sealed back then, we embroidered that handkerchief. Put the two handkerchiefs into a small box and put them in together."

Speaking of this, Duan's eyes were blurred with tears: "It seems that His Highness opened this box later... and took away the pair of ugly handkerchiefs."

Hearing the word "ugly handkerchief", Chang Suining didn't know how to answer it.

The pair of handkerchiefs were indeed surprisingly ugly, and it was indeed she who took them away.

Before going to Beidi to get married that year, she went to see Meng Lie secretly for the last time. Out of various considerations, she left half a token for Meng Lie, only saying that if she had an errand to confess to him in the future, she would make him The person came to see with the other half of the token——

In fact, she knew the reason why Bei Di asked her to get married by name at that time. At that time, she didn't think that she had a chance to return to Dasheng alive, and she didn't think that the token would have anything worth mentioning. land.

But in the face of her confidant who was crying bitterly and refused to leave, wishing she could die with her own body, she couldn't help but bluntly say "I will definitely die on this trip".

Therefore, most of what she said at the beginning was just to appease Huabing, and the token was only half a reassurance.

But she was afraid that Menglie would always take this matter to heart, and that half of the token would fall into the hands of untrustworthy people and cause trouble to her former confidants, so she chose to keep the token for safety's sake. , but never took it to Beidi on the body.

That night, she dug out the box, threw the half of the token in, and sat on the ground alone reminiscing about the past, and took away the pair of ugly handkerchiefs, thinking that if Beidi was unhappy, she would take them out and make a joke Duan Zhenyi is also good.

"There are so many valuable or interesting things in this box, but His Highness took away the pair of handkerchiefs alone, so what is it if he is reluctant to part with me..." Duan was on the verge of crying: "I knew it, then Your Highness Although you say you don't want to see me, you still miss me the most in your heart!"

"Before His Highness got married, I begged to see her several times, but she refused to see me..."

"I thought about what kind of marriage, let Lao Shizi and his relatives go to hell!" Under the emotion of the scene, Duan couldn't suppress the sadness and regret in her heart for many years: "If your highness is willing to see me, I must think about it." Fazi led His Highness to escape from the capital, it would be good to escape anywhere..."

As he said, he took the veil silently handed over by Chang Suining, and wiped away his tears: "Anyway, no matter where I escape, Your Highness will always be able to protect and support me."

Chang Suining: "..."

After escaping, she will be taken care of by her, so the meaning of the two of them running away together is... let her have more oil bottles?

But at that time, Zhenyi was already married and had a child, and she still wanted to run away with her... Leaving aside whether it was reliable or not, just talking about this determination to abandon her husband and son for her was really moving. .

At this moment, Duan cried regretfully: "I should have been more decisive at the beginning, Your Highness refused to see me, even if I climbed over the wall, I should have climbed in to see His Highness!"

Chang Suining subconsciously took a look at the high wall of the Princess' Mansion, and felt that the key point was not whether it was decisive enough, but whether Duan Zhenyi could get in.

Seeing Duan's tears falling more and more, Chang Suining felt at a loss.

She is a person who can't cry, and whenever she sees others crying with her, she always doesn't know what to do, this is why she didn't want to see Duan Zhenyi before getting married.

But I didn't expect that Li Shang could dodge it, Chang Suining didn't dodge it, and let her go through it today.

She is not good at comforting people, but it is inappropriate not to say anything at this moment, she can only say: "Madam's condolences..."

But these words were not easy, and it seemed to remind Duan Shi of the fact that "the person is already dead", which made Duan Shi cry even more uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Chang Suining decided to find another way: "Madam, those pair of handkerchiefs... may not be taken away by His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, right?"

When she spoke, her voice was very soft and slow, and she looked behind Duan's hesitantly.

Although she is not good at persuading people, she has always had experience in beating and intimidating others.

The girl's glance immediately made Duan's scalp tense, and the crying stopped, and he lowered his voice: "I can't..."

But she couldn't help but think of the strange movement she heard just now, and her body stiffened for a moment, but her mouth was still comforting herself: "Thinking of things like that, even ghosts don't like it..."

Chang Sui Ning seemed to think about it for a while: "Not necessarily."

After all, the embroidery technique itself is quite hellish, even if it is looked at by ghosts, it is reasonable.

Mrs. Duan seemed to have thought of this too, and she couldn't care less about being sad. After the servant filled the hole, she hurriedly fled here with her things.

Several people returned to the eldest princess's residence from the back door, tidied up their clothes and cleaned up the dirt on their shoes, and then Chang Suining helped Duan, who had red and swollen eyes and seemed so hurt that he couldn't take care of himself, to go out.

Seeing Mrs. Duan crying like this, the emissary of the eldest princess mansion who was guarding the gate of the courtyard also felt sad and sad. She wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know where to say it. She could only salute and lead Duan's family out of the mansion.

But the maid gradually felt that there was something wrong with the servant carrying the box.

The box was still the same box, but the servant's steps and demeanor seemed to be a little different.

When he stepped out of the gate of the eldest princess's mansion, the servant's forehead was covered with sweat.

He has tried his best to look relaxed enough, but there are too many things in this box, and the journey is too long!

If the box that Madam brought was not light enough, it would be impossible for him to carry such things.

Duan was worried all the way, but fortunately she chose the one who looked the most physically strong, which didn't look right.

She had already imagined the terrible situation where the servant was exhausted and fell down with the box and poured out all the stolen goods in the box... If that was the case, she would not have to live anymore. Sacrificial offerings, Zheng Guogong's mansion can save a sacrifice every year.

Fortunately, not only she was afraid of losing face, but also the servants also wanted to face, so they tried their best to get out of the eldest princess's mansion.

But the trembling body and the strangeness of his face could no longer be concealed.

The look of suspicion on the face of the female envoy of the eldest princess mansion was almost ready to emerge.

"Ah, Wade, what's wrong with you?" At this moment, Duan's surprised and concerned voice sounded: "But what's wrong?"

The servant's face changed several times: "Return to Madam, the villain has a stomachache..."

Another servant who was waiting beside the carriage and didn't know it was about to pick up the box in his hand immediately after hearing the words.

Wade quickly walked around him, put the box into the carriage with his last breath, and then clutched his stomach in pain.

"This..." The maid from the Princess's Mansion said only: "Then I will take this little brother to clean the room."

Duan nodded and agreed: "Go quickly."

The servant, who was so tired that he didn't want to leave for half a step, wanted to cry, but he could only thank the envoy with a flushed face, and followed the envoy into the princess mansion through a side door, to go to a scene that was created out of nothing. The appointment of clean room.

Two quarters of an hour later, when the servant came out from the eldest princess's mansion, his trembling steps were as weak as if he had been squatting in the clean room for three days and three nights.

Seeing this, Duan felt deeply disturbed in his conscience, and decided to go back and make up another five taels of silver.

However, the female envoy of the princess' mansion was suspicious.

After watching Duan's carriage go away, the envoy went back to the eldest princess's residence and checked it carefully inside and out.

After reconfirming that nothing was missing, the female envoy couldn't help but fell into self-blame—what was she thinking, why did the dignified Mrs. Zheng Guogong come to the eldest princess's mansion to steal things?
Mrs. Duan was the best wife of His Highness the Eldest Princess during her lifetime. Madam Duan did not even follow the ancestor worship trip this time, and stayed in the capital to worship Her Royal Highness, but she used such a villainous mind to speculate on others. person?

The envoy was ashamed, but Duan, who fled with the stolen goods and was sitting in the carriage, put away his sadness and was immersed in the joy of getting his wish.

She held Chang Sui Ning's hand, and sighed in a low voice: "Ning Ning, your dream is really amazing!"

Chang Sui Ning smiled without saying a word.

She is even better.

"I wonder if you can do auntie a favor again?" Duan's eyes were earnest with a trace of request.

"Please speak, madam."

"If you have another chance to dream of Your Highness...can you ask me, where did she go after reincarnation?" Duan's eyes were filled with longing.

Chang Suining paused for a moment, and said: "Since I can still dream, I guess it's because I haven't been reincarnated yet."

"That's right..." Duan thought for a while, his eyes suddenly brightened: "Then can you tell His Highness that if she is reincarnated, she will come to me!"

"?" Chang Suining subconsciously looked at her abdomen, feeling a little frightened.

Duan smiled uncomfortably. Although she wanted to say that she was willing to work harder for His Highness, she still chose to be more reserved in front of the younger generation: "It would be good if you can vote for our Wei family. Zi Gu will marry you for a while. If you don't get a daughter-in-law, you probably can't count on it... If His Highness can't wait, it's okay to go to the second room."

Listening to the reincarnation guide provided by Duan, Chang Suining nodded as calmly as possible: "...I will convey it when I have a chance."

"However... It's been more than ten years. If His Highness hasn't been reincarnated for a long time, could it be that there is some unfulfilled last wish?" Duan turned to ponder.

"Maybe." Chang Suining looked at the street outside the car through the corner of the wind-blown car curtain.

Duan asked her to help her to ask about the eldest princess's last wish when she dreamed again.

Chang Suining nodded.

She has a dying wish.

But she intends to end it herself.

When the carriage passed Dengtai Tower, Chang Suining's gaze stayed silent for a moment.

In the near future, she and Meng Lie might meet again.

The wind outside the car was stronger, and the daylight was once again blocked by gray clouds.

The sky in central Beijing was only a little overcast, but it was already raining at the imperial tombs outside Beijing.

The weather was fine in the morning, but just after the ancestor worship ceremony, the sky changed suddenly, and the cold raindrops fell quickly.

As a last resort, the emperor had no choice but to lead the officials to leave the altar and enter the inner hall to continue the unfinished process.

Rain on the Double Ninth Festival is not a rare event, but at this time of eventful autumn, the torrential rain that interrupted the ancestor worship ceremony inevitably gave birth to ominous meanings, and this ominousness spread silently among the officials open.

After the ceremony, Emperor Shengji entered the inner hall of the imperial mausoleum alone, quietly looking at the tablets of Li's family placed on the altar under the incense candle offering.

She is still wearing the sacrificial gown, and the emperor's crown and beads on the gray hair are lightly moving.

The white candles and the ever-burning lamps in the hall also swayed slightly, and the light and shade were reflected in the eyes of the Holy Book Emperor, who was already showing his age, but who was becoming more and more majestic.

She stood still for a long time before speaking slowly with an unclear tone.

"Even you guys are blaming me for punishing me—"

"I have done my best for Dasheng Jiangshan, and I have never subverted myself and the Ming family, but I still bear countless infamy...However, if there is no me, no Ah Shang, how can Dasheng Jiangshan come to peace for more than ten years?" ?”

"I have lost my flesh and blood for Dasheng, so is it not wrong for me to hand over all this to someone who has no merit or contribution in Dasheng?"

She was asking every sentence, but those majestic tablets were destined not to give her an answer.

She doesn't need their answers, she has the answers in her heart.

The sound of wind and rain outside the hall was bleak until midnight.

The next morning, Shengjia set off for Beijing.

However, halfway through the journey, heavy rain blocked the way again.

The heavy rain missed the original plan of the journey, and the rain continued all the way. On this day, when Shengjia and his party approached the capital, it was dark and the city gate was closed.

Emperor Shengji did not hurry to move forward, but ordered to rest in Dayun Temple for a day before entering the city.

This is not a precedent. After worshiping the ancestors in the imperial mausoleum over the years, the holy driver would stay in Dayun Temple for a day or two on the return trip to offer incense and sacrifice.

Most of the people were tired from the journey in the cold rain, and they entered Dayun Temple to settle down. After drinking the hot soup brought by the monks, they changed into dry clothes, and most of them rested early.

Cui Jing didn't rest, and he didn't have time to change his wet robes in the future. He was in the corridor in front of the Daxiong Palace, and he was arranging with his subordinates to deploy defenses and patrols everywhere.

At this time, someone came wearing a cloak and holding an umbrella.

Cui Jing looked over.

The visitor took the umbrella and gave it to Chang Ji, and walked towards Cui Jing.

"After the sage summons Cui Dadu, he will go to the Tiannv Pagoda." Wei Shuyi conveyed.

He and his ministers discussed with the sage, but the sage didn't want to rest, but went to the Tiannv Pagoda in the rain, and told Cui Jing to go there too.

Cui Jing nodded to indicate that he knew.

Wei Shuyi brought the words back, but he didn't leave in a hurry, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, and finally said: "Cui Dadu, can you move on?"

Cui Jing glanced at him, then turned and walked in front.

Wei Shuyi followed.

The two walked to the end of the corridor, and Yuan Xiang and Chang Ji stood by knowingly not far away. When they were on errands, they did not forget to look at each other for a while.

"What's the matter?" Cui Jing asked.

"I just found out today that after the hibiscus flower feast, the sage had people secretly investigate where and what the lady did in the early spring of February, and they made a detailed investigation... Do you know why the sage did this?"

The loud sound of rain outside the corridor almost completely covered up Wei Shuyi's cautiously lowered voice.

But Cui Jing could hear the words clearly, and there was a wave spreading deep in his heart.

In the dark corridor on a rainy night, Cui Jing looked at Wei Shuyi: "In February, she returned to Beijing with you. What happened to her in Hezhou at that time?"

He didn't want to explore the things she didn't take the initiative to say, but at this moment he had to ask.

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