a pillow in autumn

The wedding of the second prince of Rui Kingdom was not as grand as the crown prince's, but it coincided with the fact that the eldest son of Duke Jing was recruited as the son-in-law of the eldest princess. This marriage is a grand event for the royal family. Embroidered brocade robes, gold and silver utensils, dragon and phoenix brocade, all kinds of things are ready, and it is already in late autumn and early winter.It's hard to catch up with the auspicious wedding day.

In the early morning of this day, bright yellow curtains were pulled up on Changning Street in Ruijing, all the way around to Yunling Street, passers-by were blocked from a distance, and the guards took turns to patrol, and only heard that there were utensils moving in the tent from time to time sound, but no human voice was heard.

"Brother, which house's female relatives are blocked by the yellow curtain?" A man stretched his neck to look around.

"Brother, you haven't returned to Beijing for a long time, so you don't know. This is the newly completed Prince Min's Mansion. Today, the second prince is getting married, so naturally the yellow curtain will be blocked. The newly conferred second prince, Prince Min and Princess Min live inside." A man pointed to the street with some pride: "More than a year ago, the land was allocated to build a mansion here, and most of the two streets were occupied, so two big houses were built. The Fuyan Residence on Yunling Street is actually Jing The residence of Yuanhou Mansion is the eldest princess and the son-in-law. If you want to say that the son-in-law is also a good man, the eldest son of Duke Jingzhou of Jingzhou. He heard that he went to war with Duke Jing at the age of 12. Marquis Yuan, now that you are married to the jewel in the palm of our emperor, you will be able to enjoy the glory in this lifetime." After saying this twice, the man before him also bowed his neck to look at Yunling Street, as if he could see the wealth and prosperity. of.

How Concubine Min lost her fish and wild goose, and how the eldest princess was ashamed of her flowers in the moon, during this time in Ruijing, they all became the topic of conversation after dinner, and everyone talked as if they had witnessed it with their own eyes.

In fact, very few people entered and exited these two prefectures.

As early as many years ago, Zhou Lin was in danger in Haiping Town, Yunzhou, and he had expected that someone would secretly dispatch him. He was probably ambitious, even though the mastermind had been executed, how could he know the number of pieces?So after returning to the palace, he ordered the Ministry of Criminal Justice to investigate and deal with it strictly, but this investigation led to the discovery of several old cases.After Zhou Muye got married, Zhou Lin sent him to Yunzhou to investigate the matter in the name of rectifying maritime affairs.

So the end of summer and autumn came, and the beginning of winter came again. On the day of Zhou Mubai's 15th birthday, Zheng Xuan gave her a gift according to the custom. He led them to the back hall of Chengjin Hall, and stood silently with the prince.At Maozheng, Li Pei, the manager, came in with a bow, the crown prince came out with a nod, and Eunuch Li followed to serve in the hall.Coincidentally, today is the day of the Great Dynasty, and all civil and military officials waited outside the main entrance hall for Zhou Lin to listen to the government. It was not until the political affairs were discussed that Eunuch Li came in again with Fuchen in his arms, and led Zhou Mubai to the front hall, where all the officials kowtowed, From then on, you can watch politics in front of the imperial court.

After a day of tossing, Mu Bai returned to Quanqing Palace and it was almost the end of the day, even though it was early winter, she still had a little sweat on her forehead.Bi Yue hurriedly made tea, Mu Bai took a few quick sips, Bi Yue and Shu Yao looked at each other, Shu Yao stepped forward and handed a silk handkerchief: "Has Your Highness eaten lunch?" The little girl came from the back hall with a running water tray, and Shuyao took out a few plates of snacks inside.Mubai tried to sweat slightly, and cleaned his hands again: "I'm a bit far away from the emperor's place with the emperor's brother." Then he smiled, twisted a piece of emerald jade bean cake, and said with a bit of naughty: "But it's better to enter it in our palace. Delicious." She put the bean cake into her mouth, pointed to the dim sum and said: "You two also use some. Send this plate of candied golden dates to Xiaoguozi. He has stood with me for a whole day and hasn't eaten yet."

Accompanying her, Shuyao had a taste twice, and then returned to her: "Aunt Lu came to deliver the queen's edict this morning, and we will hold a banquet at Quanqing Palace tonight."

Mubai nodded. Last time, the second emperor brother, Xiaocheng, also hosted a banquet in Jinghua Palace, saying that the prince grows up and can lead the affairs of the first palace. He didn't give him another residence until he got married and became king. It's just that Concubine Meng loves her son, Jinghua The palace has been kept.

Since there is a banquet, the small kitchen is naturally not enough to see. The imperial cooks followed the House of Internal Affairs to rush in and out. Shuyao asked Xiao Tuanzi to bring a few small servants to welcome him outside the door. Servant, Empress Zheng appointed Aunt Lu to sit in charge, and everyone in Quanqing Palace was celebrating.

Zhou Mubai avoided the crowd, and went to the side hall of the dormitory to take a bath and change clothes. At this moment, she was bathing in the slightly smoky pool water, with curtains hanging all around, not only isolating sight, but also protecting the heat from dissipating too quickly.

Think back to five or six years ago, when she came to this palace for the first time, the servants stood neatly in the courtyard of the outer court, watching her step into the palace gate, everyone knelt down and shouted three times.Rewrite the encounter in your life.

There are several old locust trees around Quanqing Palace, which are green all the year round. When I was young, Mudi would often walk along the promenade under the locust tree following pastoral songs, or go around to Jinyu Palace, or pay a visit to Nuanhui Hall. When the pagoda tree hangs on the treetops like rosary beads, a string of pinkish white and light yellow falls down in the breeze.At that time, the summer was long, and it was slightly cool under the trees.

Seeing the old locust tree from a distance, Zhou Mudi felt a little bit of anticipation. Sister Huang was pregnant, and her husband was not by her side. She had been taken back to the palace to raise her body for several months, and she couldn't move around often. They are all resting with her in the Yuanchen Pavilion, and it seems like they haven't seen Mu Bai for more than a month.

When the sedan chair arrived at Quanqing Palace, Zhou Mubai was sending Eunuch Li out of the house. Zhou Mudi lightly pulled the tassel, and saw the slender figure on the white jade steps from a distance of more than ten steps. In front of her, the brand-new brocade robe seemed to be shining brightly against her indifferent smile.

Seeing the Baohua sedan chair parked outside the hall, Li Pei took a few servants to salute Zhou Mudi, Mudi withdrew his expression, and helped Yiru's sedan chair to come: "What good things did the father give to the third brother? Did you deliver it yourself, or is old man Liu just playing lazy again?"

Li Pei laughed loudly: "The gifts from His Majesty are all placed in the main hall, and Her Highness the Princess can tell at a glance. It's not Liu Debao who is on duty today, the slave had to go this trip, and he was rewarded by His Highness the Third Prince."

"Follow me in, see what the father rewarded, and go with the father later." Zhou Mudi was used to being mischievous, so he pulled Eunuch Li's sleeve as he spoke.

"Di'er!" Mu Bai took a few steps forward: "There are so many errands in front of the emperor waiting for Eunuch Li to do, let's not miss the matter of the father." Seeing that Mudi pursed her mouth, she coaxed her again: "The day before yesterday I I got a pair of excellent paperweights, let Biyue keep them in the study for you to keep."

"Really?" Zhou Mudi naturally knew Mu Bai's intentions, but he was also happy, and suddenly remembered that he was here today as a congratulatory gift, and looked back, as if understanding, he took a brocade box from the little girl's hand and followed.

Eunuch Li saw her brother and sister walking into the gate of the palace hand in hand, and led them back with a smile.

The two brothers and sisters had just chatted a few words in the study, when Bi Yue knocked on the door, the eldest princess Zhou Muge arrived outside.Both of them were taken aback, Mu Bai hurriedly went out to greet them, and saw a crowd of people, Zhou Muge was getting off the soft sedan chair, Mu Bai went up to meet him: "Why did Huang Jie come in person?" He said quietly Glancing at her slightly protruding abdomen, she blushed immediately.

Zhou Muge supported her arm with one hand, and propped up her back with the other: "What? Are you welcome when sister comes?" Zhou Mudi also came out to greet her at this time, took her sister's hand, and raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "How dare she !"

Zhou Muge knew what Mubai was worried about, so he smiled and comforted him: "I'm still young. It's okay. It's just that I can't drink alcohol today."

So the three siblings laughed and walked into the hall.After a while, the crown prince and the other two princes also arrived. Most of the congratulatory gifts from the palaces were delivered early in the morning, so they were waiting for the auspicious time.

"Brother Huang!" Zhou Muyi raised his foot and came in, seeing Mubai's happy face, he bowed first, and then ran two steps to Mubai's side.

"Didn't it mean that you went to Jingzhou to learn art with Duke Jing, why did you come back?" Mu Bai put his arms around her brother's shoulders: "Good boy, he's grown up and strong, and he's almost as tall as my brother."

Zhou Muyi giggled, but his eyes turned to Muge: "Brother-in-law is all about Miss Huang, and I begged him to bring me back together. Lord Jingguo can't do anything with us, you didn't see, when he was leaving, his beard was all black. It's going to tilt up."

"Jingzhou is located in the border area. I sent an urgent letter to your brother-in-law several months ago. Although I don't know the important affairs of the court, I also expected that something will happen. Now you two have come back in a hurry..." Zhou Muge tapped his fingertips on the table, a cup of tea The tea is at hand, although the words are not finished, the coldness has already arisen.

Zhou Muyi lowered his head: "The frontier thieves have all been expelled, my brother-in-law and I..." Looking up at Muge with a cold face, he immediately lowered his hands and said softly, "Sister Huang taught me a lesson. Mu Yi made a mistake, and we will leave for Jingzhou tomorrow. "

"Since I'm back, let's stay for a few days. I also want to see how my fourth brother has improved in the past six months." Zhou Mubai smoothed things over for him, and made a bow on his behalf, "Brother and sister, please allow me."

Zhou Muchen didn't open his mouth all the time, and only then pointed to Mu Yi and said: "Today is your third brother Xiaocheng, since he opened his mouth, he will stay for two days and let the Taifu test you. It's useless to copy "Six Secret Teachings" a hundred times if you waste your studies!"

Everyone clapped their hands and smiled, knowing that the prince was talking about Mu Yi's playfulness when he was young, but he failed to recite the book, and was punished by the Tai Tuo.

Only Zhou Muge remained silent, Mudi stepped forward and pulled her sleeve: "I think my brother-in-law is also thinking about you and the baby, so please don't be angry, the baby will also frown like mother."

Mu Ge glanced at her, and didn't look at Mu Yi, and only told Yu Wen, the attendant who followed him: "Send someone to tell the son-in-law that Fuyan Residence is vacant, and he can live here. It's just that he can't return this time. It's inconvenient. There is no need to enter the palace to meet."

Yu Wen took the order to go down, Zhou Mudi stuck out her tongue, everyone knew that she was always decisive and didn't care about her family affairs, they looked at each other face to face, another person came to report from outside, Zhou Lin and Zheng Xuan arrived in person.

Zhou Mubai was startled, and he reacted first: "Father and Queen Mother also come to watch the ceremony?" Putting down the tea cup in his hand, they hurried out, and several people also moved to the outer court.

The Xiaocheng ceremony was noisy and lively, and the Quanqing Palace was even more festive, but only three days later, Jingyuan Marquis Li Shaoqing and the fourth prince Zhou Muyi set off for Jingzhou. Five days later, Qiongzhou flew a horse to report. Seven days later, Zhou Lin announced that Zhou Mubai had an audience. , Mubai set off for Qiongzhou.

The author has something to say: Happy New Year's Eve~ In the new year, I wish you all good health, good luck in everything, and a sweet time with the people you like.