After the new consort

Feng Suzhen thought that if she said goodbye today, she might never have a chance to see her again in this life, after all, she looked up at Tianxiang's blurred figure, and said solemnly: "Tianxiang——"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he realized that his voice was trembling out of shape, which caused Tianxiang's expression to move, he stopped to calm down the ups and downs in his chest, and then slowly opened his mouth and said: "In my heart, you have always been this palace. The only ray of sunshine in the house, bright and cheerful, shining brightly, some people and things are not worthy of your concern at all, why not just let it go. After I leave—" Speaking of this sentence, Tianxiang has been suppressing tears Slipping down, Feng Suzhen couldn't help but stop, she wanted to reach out subconsciously, but she reluctantly retracted the moment she lifted it up, but a look of pain floated in her eyes, but she continued: "After I leave, I only hope that you can return to that innocence. Carefree princess, whether you are happy in the world or in the palace, I only hope that you will be as happy as ever."

"It's too late." Tianxiang let the tears slip by, shook her head as if accepting her fate, and finally fixed her eyes on Feng Suzhen's face and said: "Maybe from the moment I saw you, I was doomed. You are me." How can I escape from the prison. I told you that story before. Now that I have seen the real sword, how can I pretend to be ignorant, even though this double-edged sword will also scar me all over my body. , but I never thought of going back."

"Tianxiang..." Feng Suzhen subconsciously stretched out her hand to hold Tianxiang's arm, her internal organs seemed to be soaked in sourness, as if she had thousands of words to say, but she couldn't open her mouth, and she only said one sentence that she had silently recited thousands of times: "sorry."

Tianxiang held those cold hands tightly, as if the person in front of her would disappear in the next moment, her eyes were full of nostalgia and affection, but she could only quietly watch the parting getting closer.

In the early morning of the next day, Changkang drove a carriage from the Princess Mansion and stopped all the way to the outskirts of Beijing. Then he got out of the car and bowed and said: "This place is already out of the capital city, pardon the villain. It can't be sent far away."

As soon as the curtain of the car was lifted, Feng Suzhen got out of the driveway first: "There is Mrs. Lao Kang." Master asked me to bring it to Mr. Feng, I wish you a safe journey."

Feng Suzhen gently pulled up the crossbar on the top of the box, and saw her Feng family's family heirloom jasper in it. It was just a pair of jade stones. Tianxiang only returned the carved dragon one to her, and tied it up and down with a peace knot. But left another carved phoenix.

The ceremony of forming an alliance, promise to seal back, the profound meaning is self-evident.

Feng Suzhen gently put the wooden box in her bosom, and stared in the direction of the Princess's mansion, remembering that she entrusted Zhang Shaomin to accompany Tianxiang before leaving, wondering what they were doing at the moment, Tianxiang, is she... okay?After standing there quietly for a long while, he turned around to say goodbye to Changkang, and boarded the car to head south.

This journey is not in a hurry, on the one hand, I am concerned about Feng Shaoqing's body, on the other hand, I also want to see the scenery along the road. Embarrassed and ashamed.

After halfway through the trip, I found a nice inn with a gazebo in the backyard, a rockery stream, and a few people decided to renovate here for a few days.

After dinner, everyone went back to the house to rest. Feng Suzhen was carrying a book as usual, but today she couldn't read a single word. She felt bored for some reason, so she simply got up and went to the yard to relax.As soon as he walked into the backyard, he saw Li Zhaoting sitting in the gazebo. He paused, and subconsciously wanted to turn around and go back to the house, but he couldn't dodge. Liang Ting walked over, with a bit of embarrassment on his face.

But Li Zhaoting seemed to be unaware, pointing to the side dishes on the table and said with a smile: "I used to be satisfied with a room because of the cold, but now that I have found such an inn, I can't stay in the room anymore. I took two dishes of side dishes, just happened to catch up with you, come and have a taste."

Feng Suzhen sat down at the table and said, "That's right, people's hearts are always so lacking, and I'm also bored in the room, so come out to get some air."

Putting two peanuts in his mouth, Li Zhaoting looked at the tender green gradually growing around him and said, "Fortunately, the further south we go, the warmer it will be, and it won't be difficult to come out in the evening to watch the scenery and enjoy the moon." Looking south, he continued with great interest: "Brother Changying also has such a backyard in the house he bought in Jiangnan. Although it is a little smaller than here, the scenery is comparable, and he even left a piece of land to cultivate it himself. Brother Changying and Miss Zhang Xin water and plow the fields together every day, which is very interesting."

Thinking of Liu Changying's busy appearance in the field, Feng Suzhen couldn't help but smile and said: "It's really a three-day admiration for scholars. I can't imagine that the dignified prime minister has now learned the joy of farming and studying."

"Not only that, brother Changying is busy now." Li Zhaoting continued to introduce life in Jiangnan: "There is a scholar named Meng next to our house. I heard that they have passed several Jinshi in the past. It’s just that there’s been no movement in this generation. Mr. Meng opened a private school in his later years, so that the children around him can come to his home to study. Acting as a teacher in Meng's private school, Miss Xin'er also went to help with some chores, what a picture of a husband and wife teaching! Before I came, brother Changying told me that when we go back, we will make the private school bigger together Well, good guy, they have gathered together the top three in the dynasty to be their husbands, these children are really blessed!"

Hearing "the husband sings and the wife follows", the smile on Feng Suzhen's face gradually faded, she was silent for a while, and finally said with difficulty: "Zhao Ting, I...I have something to discuss with you, about your marriage contract with me... .”

Before he finished speaking, Li Zhaoting sighed as if he was relieved: "You are finally willing to mention it to me."

Seeing Feng Suzhen looking at him in surprise, Li Zhaoting smiled calmly and said, "You and I have known each other since childhood. Although I am stupid, I still know a little about you. Along the way, every time Dad talked about marriage, You all seem to be hesitant to speak and avoid it. Could it be that I still don’t understand what you mean? It’s just that this is a matter of marriage after all. If you don’t speak up, how can I speak up first and call off the engagement? "

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and sighed, the smile on his face gradually became helpless, he shook his head and laughed at himself: "Actually, I think so, whether it's appearance, talent, or literary and martial arts, what is it that I am worthy of you? It's nothing more than a ridiculous marriage contract when I was a child, and it has long since been counted, how can it trap you for the rest of your life."

Feng Suzhen couldn't bear to hear him hurting himself so much, she hurriedly explained: "Zhao Ting, don't say that, I... We were childhood sweethearts since we were young, and I never felt that being with you was a trap, it's just that in the past few years The days above the imperial court are like a dream, everything before has changed with this dream, and my heart has long been like a dry well, and I don't want to burden others in vain in this life."

Li Zhaoting raised his head thoughtfully, looked at Feng Suzhen and said, "Brother Shao Min also mentioned some things in the palace to me in the past few months. Although he didn't say something clearly, I can see it "He stopped for a while, took a deep breath and continued: "Suzhen, in fact, I have often regretted it recently. If I hadn't been so cowardly at the beginning, if I had been braver, maybe you and I would not end up like this today. At that time, I always thought that I would come back to marry you and be worthy of you if I gained fame, but even if I got the fame and became a close minister of the emperor, so what? I can’t go back to the original path. So now I want to persuade you I advise you, no matter whether you are worried or your heart is like a dry well, you must face your true heart, and don't miss the most cherished person because of those unnecessary falsehoods."

Feng Suzhen didn't expect that Li Zhaoting, who seemed to know nothing, actually understood everything, but he just pretended not to know because he didn't want to embarrass himself.Facing his frank and straightforward persuasion at this moment, Tianxiang's expression of resentment and anticipation suddenly flashed before his eyes, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart, he didn't know how to answer, and was hesitating where to start, but he saw Li Zhaoting waved his hand at him Said: "You don't have to explain anything to me, I just don't want you to repeat my mistakes, and what to do is naturally up to you to decide." After that, as if thinking of something, he raised a warm smile and said loudly: "But father, I have decided that in this life, he must provide for the old man to take care of him until the end of his life. As for you and me, from today onwards, we will always be relatives no matter what."

Feng Suzhen's eyes were already wet, she did not expect her divorce to be accepted so tolerantly by Li Zhaoting, looking at her confidant who grew up together in front of her, it seemed that saying anything was superfluous, she just said tremblingly: "Thank you, Zhaoting. "

Li Zhaoting's eyes were also a little red, and he turned sideways to cover up, and said after a moment: "It's nothing, it's because of you and dad that I feel that I still have a home. It's just that you and dad have to talk slowly, after all You are the only one under his knee, after all, he still hopes that you will get married as soon as possible."

After that day, Feng Suzhen finally settled a matter of concern, and getting along with Li Zhaoting finally returned to nature. After a few days, the three of them arrived at the destination of the trip.

Getting off the carriage, the warm and humid atmosphere of the south rushed towards her face. Feng Suzhen looked at the pavilions, deep alleys and bluestone streets in front of her, full of long connotations, and it was no different from the Jiangnan she imagined from her poems at the beginning. She just looked up and saw the mansion gate The plaque in front of it is a bit dumbfounding. It is not the usual "Zhang's Mansion" or "Li's Mansion", but it is impressively written "People's Mansion".