first minister

When he saw Yelu Caiqi sitting leisurely in the living room, many thoughts flashed through Xia Jingyun's mind.

What does Su Yuanshang do for food? Why did Yelu Caiqi come with him? Can't you keep her in Swift State?

What does Yang Yinghui do for food? Why didn't this large group of Beiliang people know how to stop them when they entered the city?

What does Lang Yukun do for food? The granddaughter of King Dingxi, the powerful minister of Northern Liang, or the princess of Northern Liang, has come to Beijing, and she doesn't know how to take her to Honglu Temple as soon as possible?

What do concierges and housekeepers do for food? I don't know, he just dismissed me before I woke up, and he came to ask me for instructions. Didn't he put me on the fire to roast him?

Xia Jingyun, who had food on his mind, walked over bravely.

A gentle and elegant smile appeared on her face, "Miss Yelu."

Seeing the graceful appearance of the person in front of him, Yelu Caiqi, who was used to seeing Xia Jingyun's busy life, his eyes lit up, he stood up and bowed Yingying, "Jianning Marquis, your little lady is visiting unexpectedly, will your wife be angry? "

Xia Jingyun: (⊙⊙)? ? ?

What is going on? Why does it smell a little wrong?

Looking at Xia Jingyun's appearance, Yelu Caiqi held his sizable chest slightly and sighed quietly, "Hey, it seems that I have been despised by Mr. Xiahou. Those words of welcome and the promise of goodbye are all my wishful thinking after all. , so it seems to be my fault."

Xia Jingyun was stunned when he saw the performance of the stunning beauty in front of him.

Hello! Wake up! You are Yelu Caiqi, not Yelu Daiyu!

How could such a prairie child, riding a horse and galloping around and living a carefree and unrestrained life, play such a trick on Liu Fufeng?

Yelu Caiqi continued: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiahou, the little girl will not pester you like those women, but I feel a little sad. After all, the little girl is not as good as others and will please the prince. If she insists on doing so, it will appear to be inappropriate. I was being unreasonable."

"Stop! Stop, stop, stop!"

Xia Jingyun stretched out his hand and said, "Tell me what you want."

Yelu Caiqi raised her brows and smiled. The desperate energy in her body disappeared instantly, and the surging vitality reappeared in her body.

"I want to pay a visit to your Queen Mother. Also, I want to see the bamboo forest."

Xia Jingyun's expression suddenly became serious. The first one was easy, he could just tell his sister, but going to the bamboo forest was not a simple matter. It was even worse than taking her, a native of Northern Liang, to the palace to pay homage to His Majesty and His Majesty. The Queen Mother is even more serious.

Because the Jiang family lived in the bamboo forest, the Jiang family was the backbone of the Daxia military, and most of the Jiang family's prestige came from fighting against the Beiliang people.

Again, there are some things that cannot be stopped even if they are not weighed by two ounces or weighed by thousands or tens of thousands.

"Hey, I knew that the Marquis was just telling nonsense to make people happy, so I was the only one who foolishly believed it. But it's okay, at least the Marquis is willing to coax."

"Definitely!"

Xia Jingyun gave up and said, "You also met Jiang Yuhu in Yuyan Prefecture. The problem should not be big. I will go to Zhulin tomorrow to find Mr. Jiang, but whether it succeeds or not depends on Mr. Jiang's opinion. I can't make a promise to you. .”

Yelu Caiqi immediately put away his weak look and said, "Then there is Lord Lao Xia!"

Xia Jingyun shook his head helplessly and said smoothly: "Why did Miss Yelu want to come to Zhongjing City?"

"Although I escaped this time, later on, I also knew that this was grandpa's deliberate connivance. In this case, there will definitely not be a next time. Therefore, try to walk around and see as much as possible. Then, in the capital of your country, , how could you not come and take a look?"

Xia Jingyun hummed, "In that case, I will send someone to accompany the princess so she can have a good time."

"But after all, I can't stay too long. After seeing the bamboo forest and fulfilling my wish, I want to go back."

She sighed, with a forced smile on her face, straightened her back, and said solemnly: "When I came to Zhongjing of your country, I met the legendary empress dowager of your country who is unparalleled in splendor, and when I can see the bamboo forest again, it's over. It is my long-cherished wish in life, and I am even more fortunate to get to know Mr. Marquis. This little girl is lucky in her entire life!"

After saying that, she followed the prairie etiquette and bowed solemnly to Xia Jingyun.

Xia Jingyun's heart trembled. He looked at this bright and bold prairie pearl and sighed softly, "Miss Yelu, you are so polite. We meet each other through mountains and rivers. It is fate. I am very lucky to meet Miss Yelu."

"Really?" Yelu Caiqi's expression changed again, he became lively all of a sudden, and he leaned forward and said, "So, take me to meet your wife? I want to see what kind of woman is worthy of her. Shang Jianninghou can make Jianninghou's heart flutter."

Xia Jingyun stared blankly at Yelu Caiqi's beaming face, wondering if he was tired. Why did he feel like he was being led by her, getting everything she wanted?

Yelu Caiqi smiled playfully, "Master Xiahou, you don't want this little girl to go home with regrets, do you?"

As long as you don't hug the man and come back, it's fine, otherwise I'm afraid that old guy Yelvshi will fight for me.

Xia Jingyun's head felt heavy for a while, but fortunately at this moment, a figure hurried over and said, "Sir, the prince is here."

Behind him, Wang De walked in quickly and saluted Xia Jingyun respectfully, "Marquis Jianning, the Queen Mother invites you to enter the palace."

If Xia Jingyun was granted amnesty, she would be my sister, and she would be a savior.

He immediately looked at Yelu Caiqi and said, "How about this? Miss Yelu will go to Honglu Temple to rest for a while. When I return to the house, I can invite Miss Yelu to come over and have a reunion."

Yelu Caiqi glanced at Wang De suspiciously and reluctantly prepared to leave.

But at this time, a girl dressed as a maid came up to Xia Jingyun and handed him a note.

Xia Jingyun opened it and felt a little numb for a moment.

[Husband, since we are here, there is no reason to be negligent. Husband, you may as well enter the palace with peace of mind, and I will entertain you on my behalf. You can also appreciate the style of the pearl of the prairie and see the grace of my beautiful lady. 】

Normally, this sentence would be nothing, but after he had just finished writing a sentence to make her feel haggard, Su Yanyan paid tribute to her, and he could smell the thick jealousy through the paper.

If it had been anyone else, Xia Jingyun would of course have made the decision to send Yelu Caiqi away, but Su Yanyan and Qin Li's background, experience and character determined that they would not act recklessly, and at this moment, they were still worried about the head of their family. You are decent, you don't make your own decisions, and you don't come forward without authorization. If you stop it, everything will turn into something troublesome.

Therefore, this time, Marquis Jianning, who was not afraid of the shadow, waved his hand, really agreed, and then left quickly with Wang De.

Outside the palace city, he happened to see the carriage of the Marquis of Jiang'an and Gongsun Jing driving it.

He hurriedly walked over, nodded to Gongsun Jing, whom he had not seen for a while, and saw Mr. Yun waiting in the carriage. "Master, why are you born here?"

Old Mrs. Yun looked at him, "I haven't visited Zhu'er since she gave birth. I was just thinking about when to go, and she happened to call me, so she also called you?"

Xia Jingyun nodded, "Master, let's go, don't keep my sister waiting."

When they walked into the palace, Wang De wisely led the way from a distance. Before he came close to the two of them, Old Master Yun asked with concern: "How are you? Are you feeling better?"

Xia Jingyun hummed, "I've been sleeping for a while, and I feel much better."

Mr. Yun sighed with emotion: "Now that I think about it, it was really dangerous that day. If I were not careful, I would have lost everything. It's all thanks to you!"

Xia Jingyun smiled and said: "This is what I should do. What's more, it's also for myself."

Mr. Yun turned to look at him, "You, there is no need to say this to comfort us. Things like this are just as they are. You have to be grateful for what you should be grateful for."

His eyes were wandering, "Now that I think about it, the most correct decision I made in my life was to accept you as my apprentice. I didn't teach you anything, but I took advantage of you."

Xia Jingyun did not dwell on this issue anymore, but said with a smile: "Isn't the most correct thing to do is to send my sister to the palace?"

Mr. Yun shook his head and looked slightly gloomy, "That's because I'm sorry for her."

Xia Jingyun sighed softly and didn't answer any more. As he spoke, there were more people around him, and both of them stopped talking.

When they arrived at Changle Palace, Concubine De had already gotten off the bed, walked out of the palace in palace clothes, and was waiting in the palace nearby.

However, the windows in the main hall were still sealed, leaving only one door for entry and exit. It was warm and even a bit hot.

When the two of them walked in, Concubine De waved her hand, and Grandma Yuan led everyone in the palace to retreat, and then cleared all the palace people outside again.

Old Mrs. Yun heard the commotion outside and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother, are you going to tell us something important? So solemn?"

Concubine De looked at him and said, "Father, my daughter has planted some flowers in the palace. They are blooming very well these days. Father, you might as well go and take a look."

"I'm an old man."

Mr. Yun's expression suddenly froze, and he reacted. He glanced at his daughter with a resentful look, "If you want to see Gao Yang, just call him in. Why did you call me here?"

This dark-hearted cotton-padded jacket is really

However, although Old Mrs. Yun was not as powerful as Su, Zhao, Qin and other old guys, he was not stupid either. Knowing that his daughter must have something top-secret to tell Xia Jingyun, he immediately withdrew and stood carefully not far outside the palace. There was a wanderer.

Seeing this, Xia Jingyun naturally knew that Concubine De had something top-secret to say to him, and immediately said with a solemn expression: "Sister, what happened?" Concubine De looked at the man in front of her, and remembered the first time she saw him in commoner clothes, winning three yuan in a row. The red robe of the champion, the blood-stained gown when he entered the palace with a sword, and the dusty clothes after running back thousands of miles quietly overlapped at this moment.

Those high-spirited, caring, affectionate, generous and passionate past made her unable to be defensive in the end and chose to trust.

She was willing to gamble with him this time, even if she lost everything, she would not regret it.

After all, he had saved their mother and son from danger so many times, and had helped her so unreservedly.

She said softly: "Xie'er came to me yesterday and said he wanted a Zen position."

Xia Jingyun blinked. He didn't even understand what he meant at the first time. After he realized what he meant, he couldn't help but his expression suddenly changed, "What is he going to do?"

Concubine De looked at Xia Jingyun's expression carefully and said softly: "He said that he wanted to travel around the world, see the great rivers and mountains, and experience the wonders of the world. He would stay in this palace all his life, and he might not know when he would be arrested again. Assassinated, it would be too boring to live a life like this."

Xia Jingyun was stunned, and then he beat his head regretfully, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't told him that, he might not have had such thoughts, but I only said that to make him firm in his thoughts of survival. think."

At this point, he was suddenly startled and turned to look at Concubine De, "Sister, are you doubting me and deliberately inducing Hugh to give up the throne?"

Concubine De looked up at him. In her sad eyes, there were a lot of emotions, like guilt, nostalgia, retention, and the spring breeze and deep love.

She nodded slowly.

Xia Jingyun sat back in his chair with some dejection. He gave everything for them without any reservation, but he didn't expect that he would end up like this.

The late emperor solved problems all the way in the court and helped him develop and grow;

When Dongfang Ming was in chaos, he rushed back to the capital regardless of danger, risked his own life to help, and finally turned the tide;

In this turn of events, he was even more desperate and ran thousands of miles just to take one step forward and save the situation.

But I didn't expect that once something happened, it would lead to such suspicion and such an ending.

A feeling of waning interest quietly rose in his heart, but he suppressed it immediately.

wrong!

My sister is not that kind of person!

If she wanted to be suspicious of me, she would not have given me so much power, so she would have believed in all the advice I gave her;

If you really want to be suspicious of me, now is definitely not the best time;

What's more, there is another deep connection between him and her.

!!!

Xia Jingyun was suddenly startled, thinking of a possibility that he had doubted before and was doubting now!

That's the only possibility that can explain all of this.

Only that possibility could make my sister have such abnormal and absurd thoughts.

He put away the anger that just arose in his heart, turned to look at Concubine De, and said softly: "Really?"

When the empress dowager, who was dignified and sad, desolate and beautiful, saw Xia Jingyun's expression change, she completely understood that her suspicion was purely paranoid. At this moment, facing Xia Jingyun's confused question, she also knew it well. Ming nodded again.

!!!

The guess was confirmed, and Xia Jingyun's unhappiness disappeared instantly, leaving only his love and affection for his sister.

He stood up slowly, walked to Concubine De, gently held her hand, and said warmly: "You shouldn't doubt me. If you doubt me, is there any warmth and beauty in this world?"

"I don't know! I really don't know what to do!"

Xia Jingyun's gentle voice made Concubine De break her guard instantly. She cried and threw herself into Xia Jingyun's arms, "Xu'er used to be everything to me, and I did everything for him!"

Her head was pressed against Xia Jingyun's chest, and her big tears rolled down with her broken heart, quietly wetting Xia Jingyun's clothes, "I don't care about the throne, and I may not even care about the life he chooses, but I'm afraid, afraid You lied to me too."

"I entered the palace when I was young, and I have become accustomed to being on guard against everyone, but you are the only one I am willing to believe without reservation, and even give without reservation, so I am afraid, I am afraid of mispaying affectionately, and I am afraid of causing harm to Xie'er. I’m even more afraid of becoming a pawn of your emotions.”

Feeling the deep affection and fear of the beauty in his arms, Xia Jingyun's hand gently stroked her back, just as he had soothed her before.

"But, even so, you are still willing to tell me openly and ask for an answer, instead of being secretly suspicious and defensive, right?"

Under his comfort, Concubine De gradually calmed down and said softly: "Because I am still willing to believe that you are not that kind of person."

Xia Jingyun said softly: "Just like me just now, even though I'm angry, even though I feel like I'm being stabbed in the back, even though I'm frustrated, I still believe that you are not that kind of person. We can share adversity but not wealth. You are a person worthy of my protection at all costs."

Xia Jingyun lowered his head and looked at the beautiful face in front of him, looking at the pear blossoms on her face with raindrops and tears on her face, "As long as one of us hesitates about this relationship, we can't untie this knot. So, You should trust me, trust me without reservation, just as I trust you.”

Concubine De raised her head and looked at the first and only man in her life who had truly entered her heart. She hummed in a low voice, "Isn't that right? Woo~"

Her moist lips were captured, and her body stiffened, but then slowly became hot and soft, and she leaned into Xia Jingyun's arms.

The long and hot kiss burned away all the unhappiness and barriers between them.

Xia Jingyun reluctantly let go, caressed her face, put his forehead against hers, and said gently: "Wait a little longer, wait until the government is stable, wait until the world is at peace, then I will take you with me to leave this place. The caged palace, leave this whirlpool of people's hearts and power. You must also want to see the magnificence and beauty of this world."

Concubine De's eyes lit up, "Really?"

"Really, I promise you. When the time comes, I will take you to see giant whales emerge from the water, and the sea and sky are the same color; to see white deer like forests, and empty valleys with orchids; to see the lonely smoke in the desert, and the sun setting round the long river; to see you The roc rises with the wind in one day and soars ninety thousand miles away. When the time comes, we will not envy mandarin ducks or immortals."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Just as Concubine De's eyes were filled with brilliance, Mrs. Yun's heavy coughing sound suddenly came from outside the door.

The two separated as if they were electrocuted. They quickly adjusted their clothes, and then when their eyes met, they couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Father, come in."

Old Mrs. Yun walked into the room and looked at Xia Jingyun with some helplessness.

He was outside the palace before and did not eavesdrop on what was going on inside, but as a person who has been through it, he felt that something was wrong with his precious daughter and disciple.

Feeling like the leader of that martial arts sect, the eldest disciple often ends up poaching his beloved cabbage.

But on the other hand, he also knew that his daughter had been miserable after entering the palace all these years. It was Xia Jingyun who helped her through all the hardships now. It was hard to say who took advantage of whom.

That's all, that's all, a queen mother and a powerful minister, they naturally know what to worry about as a little old man.

If you're not deaf or blind, and you're not worthy of being in charge, just pretend you don't know.

He saluted Concubine De, then reached out and touched Xia Jingyun's chest, turned around and walked out.

Xia Jingyun thought it was some kind of code at first, but when he looked down, he saw that it was wet with tears.

He looked at Concubine De, who blushed and stuck out her tongue playfully.

Xia Jingyun bowed his hands to her, turned around and followed Mr. Yun.

Concubine De walked slowly to the door of the palace, leaned against the door, and watched the two men, an old man and a young man, leaving. Under her tender eyes, there was a relaxed smile that she had not seen for a long time.

The summer wind blows warmly.

Blow through your hair, blow through your ears.

Blow through those things he once said about loving me.
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A homing pigeon flapped its wings and carried Yuchihong's letter across the grassland where the grass grew and the orioles flew, and landed in Liangdu. (End of chapter)