Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 135

Night Rain and Cold ([-])

Through the bead curtain, she put down the folder in her hand, and said, "Let's just deal with this matter, you are very thoughtful. This trip has worked hard for you."

"The empress dowager has praised me, it's my job as a humble minister." I bowed and said back.

The gentle and gentle wind blows through the carved window sill, and enters the room with a vague whistling sound, raising and lowering the light golden crocodile curtain on one side.

Under such heavy cover, I couldn't see her expression clearly, I could only see her tilting her head, as if she was thinking about something.After a while, I heard her clear voice faintly: "Qinghan, you... do you have a sweetheart?"

My heart couldn't help but miss a beat, this is the first time she called me that.I couldn't help raising my head, but immediately forced myself to lower my head, not daring to look at the blurred but clear face under the curtain.

"Weichen didn't." I heard my own voice say.
The air seemed to be stagnant for a moment, and then her quiet voice broke the silence, and the words spit out by the red lips made me taste the sourness of loss very clearly.

"Have you ever thought about getting married?" she asked.

marriage? !Facing her, this word seemed far away to me like never before, but now it became so close.

I didn't answer.

She closed her eyes, and continued in a tone that sounded like a sigh: "Rui Guogong's daughter from the Shen family has both talents and virtues, and looks good, so she is a good match. However, she is a virtuous and gentle woman..." She mentioned Daqi's famous ladies in a soft and slow voice, and then asked me: "Do you have anyone you like?"

Maybe it's because I'm used to saying yes in front of her, maybe it's my mother's repeated nagging at home that made me understand that I really need a wife.

I raised my head and looked at her, it seemed to be a moment, and it seemed to be an eternity, then I lowered my head, and heard my own voice say: "Weichen... I will let the queen mother arrange."

The Shen family of Rui Guogong is one of the most famous families in Daqi. If it was before the war, with my status and status, it would be nothing more than a dream to marry such a woman, but now it is just within the range of many choices I can make. One.

After the end of the Tiantong Rebellion, there are not many surviving powerful and powerful nobles, and their power is not as great as before, but they still cannot be underestimated. How to appease them while suppressing them has become an urgent problem for the court.We need to rely on this kind of marriage to strengthen our team and expand our influence.

"I'll arrange it for you another day, you can see these..."

"No need!" I interrupted her abruptly, with the eagerness of being impolite, and then I came to my senses, and my voice slowed down, but I still said firmly: "Please let the queen mother be the master."

No matter which one of them I marry, or even any one in this world, will there be any essential difference for me?
For my fiancée, I don't have any deep feelings.

In memory, I once had a fiancée.

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It is said that the day I was born was a rainy day.

The continuous rain drizzled from the sky, drawing thousands of silver lines, and the weather in early summer was shrouded in coldness and coldness, just like cold autumn.

I was born in this cold and rainy day, and my name is Qinghan.

My father said that the word "han" means broad and inclusive, and he hoped that I would become an outstanding person in the future and revitalize my long-decayed family.

This is the name he left me, and it is also the relic he left me that is closest to my life.

Our Mu family used to be one of the most famous families in the early days of the founding of Daqi, and even produced two generations of Dukes and a queen in a row, but it began to decline decades ago.

After his father inherited the family name, he was determined to revitalize the family.He bid farewell to my mother just after getting married and set foot on the battlefield.In this troubled world, there is no achievement that is more glorious and precious than military exploits, but there is also no place that is more dangerous and unpredictable than the battlefield.

Unfortunately, my father was ambushed by the enemy when he set foot on the battlefield for the first time. After a bitter battle, he was seriously injured and reluctantly returned home with the army. .

When I was three years old, he passed away, leaving behind my lonely mother and my only son.

I was happy when I was a child. Although the Mu family fell into decline, they still had fixed land and property, a title of title and salary, and their lives were still rich and happy.And at that time, I didn't have to feel the pressure brought about by the decline of my family.Except that my mother would strictly demand my studies and martial arts every day, there are no worries.

My mother was a strict and strong woman. After her father passed away, she alone supported the family, as well as the offshoots, so that no one dared to underestimate her.

She expects a lot from me.She is usually frugal in her life, but when she hired a master of both civil and military skills for me, she was never stingy with money.

My mother is a widow at home. She would not go out if it wasn't for love, and I was firmly bound at home when I was young. Only during the holidays, my mother would take me to some relatives and friends. A friend's home.Except for one family, that is the Shi family who lives next door to us. Perhaps because they live so close and convenient, we walk around with their family much more frequently than other families.

It is said that their youngest daughter is my fiancée.At that time, I didn't know the exact meaning of the word fiancee. I only knew that every time I went to their house, someone would happily say: "Little uncle is here!" Then they would kindly bring out delicate sugar cakes and snacks for me. eat.

Sometimes, I would also see the little girl who was said to be my fiancée. In my memory, she had big sparkling eyes and pink cheeks.Whenever I stood next to her, I would hear the people next to me laughing and saying, "Look, how well my young uncle and young lady match!"

Such days did not last long. When I was six years old, the Shi family moved.

It is said that it is because my future father-in-law, Uncle Shi Qian, works as a bodyguard in the palace. He has gained the emperor's trust in the past few years. He has actually done a few errands that satisfy him. He will be promoted to be the commander of the bodyguard soon. Into the bigger and more beautiful house.

My only regret is that I won't be able to go to their house as often in the future, and I won't be able to eat those delicious sugar cookies and snacks.Although during the holidays, we will still visit their magnificent new home.

As I grew up, the number of times my mother took me to her house gradually decreased, because according to etiquette, unmarried men and women should not meet each other.

The impression of her in my mind was gradually blurred, only the little girl who was made of pink and jade was left. When I recalled it, I couldn't tell whether it was admiration or indifference, maybe it was just that I was used to having such a fiancée.

The accident between me and her happened in the third year of Longhui.

On that day, the Shi family came to visit according to the usual practice in previous years, but all the people who came were servants they did not know, and they were brought by their housekeepers, and they brought expensive gifts.

They said very polite words in their mouths, confessing the reality that their young lady is about to enter the palace and wait for election.

I don't know whether I was humiliated or angry at the time, because before these feelings had time to feel them, all the feelings turned into fear,

The mother who was already in poor health was so angry that she passed out on the spot!

After waking up, the mother readily agreed to divorce, and then drove all the gifts and visitors out of the house together, and couldn't afford to get sick.So, my relationship with this fiancée was broken, at least on the surface and in terms of etiquette.

But the real and complete decision between me and my fiancée happened on a cold and rainy night in late spring.

That night, because of an inexplicable secret letter and a radiant handkerchief, the last fantasy between me and her was ended, but it miraculously connected me and her.It ended one of my dreams, but gave me another dream that was more magnificent and intoxicating. At the same time, it also gave me a broader and far-reaching life, and the opportunity to rise to the top.

I will always remember the light blue figure walking towards me in the confused drizzle all over the sky, her long skirt flowing lightly on the ground, and her jasper-carved lotus forehead ornament.She suddenly appeared in that cold rainy night and appeared in my life, rewriting the trajectory of my entire life.

From that night onwards, that emerald green figure, as bright as the brilliance of the snowy moon, approached me, standing in the place closest to my heart, but also standing in a place out of my reach, forever out of reach.

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