a pillow in autumn

After a few days, good news came from the palace, the princess was in the sun and the moon, and the palace was full of joy.Zhou Mubai brought Shen Xianxun into the palace to congratulate him, sat in Jinyu Palace for a while, and then went to the East Palace. As soon as he entered the door, he knew that Zhou Muyi and Jiang Xueran had also come, and together they played with the little emperor Zhou Yuanyu in the back (court) hall Son.

Mubai and the prince bowed their hands to salute. On the other side, Xianxun also stepped forward to meet the princess and Princess Bao. Zhou Yuanyu saw it, and ran over to greet Princess Rui, looking at it with bright eyes. She said: "Why hasn't my aunt come to accompany Yu'er to read poetry for a long time? I haven't seen you for a long time."

Xian Xun stroked his hanging strand of hair, and said with a soft smile: "Last time when my aunt came to the palace, you happened to be entering school. Enrolling in school is a big deal, so it's not good for my aunt to bother you. This time it's just See you?"

The little guy pursed his mouth and said aggrievedly: "Really? You used to be in the palace every day, and you often accompanied Yu'er to write, draw, and read poems with me. Now..." He quietly glanced at the father who was standing beside him. Prince Rui beside him pouted and continued: "Now that Emperor Rui is back, you rarely come to accompany Yu'er. Does it mean that you only like Uncle Rui and dislike Yu'er?"

Shen Xianxun really couldn't laugh or cry, could this be considered childish speech? !She had no choice but to half-bend her knees, and she was as tall as Zhou Yuanyu, took his little hand and explained: "The mansion was a little busy a while ago, but now it's all over, and I'm free. I'll invite you to visit Prince Rui's mansion after a while. Would you like to come?"

"Auntie seriously?" Zhou Yuanyu raised his face, his big eyes filled with anticipation.

"When did your aunt frame you?"

Zhou Yuanyu threw himself into his mother's arms, raised his head and asked, "Concubine mother, can I go?"

Wei Jincheng touched his face, "Auntie invited you, so of course you can go."

Only then did Zhou Yuanyu become happy, smiling sweetly and walking around the beautiful elders.

Wei Jincheng saw Jiang Xueran smiling quietly while watching them all the time, thinking that she had just married into the royal family not long ago, so she couldn't be neglected, Ye Yi smiled and said: "A few days ago, the empress mother was ill, and Princess Rui entered the palace. Gong Shiji also often plays with Yu'er, and Yu'er has become acquainted with her."

Jiang Xueran was blinking his eyes to make Zhou Yuanyu giggle. Hearing this, he raised his head and said solemnly: "My sister has heard the names of the two elder sisters Zhong Lingyuxiu for a long time when she was in the pavilion. Shen Taifu's granddaughter Bogutongjin, don't say that the little prince loves to be close. Even my sister's mediocrity is something I admire a lot. Whenever Princess Rui is free, she will teach her to read a few poems, so that she can enjoy the blessing of the little prince."

A few words made both of them laugh. Zhou Mubai, who was standing on the side of the gilded screen, heard the laughter and looked across half the hall. Shen Xianxun seemed to sense her gaze, and turned his face slightly. He smiled softly at her.

Seeing that the East Palace was rarely so lively, Zhou Muchen asked them to have a meal together, and ordered the palace staff to invite the two princesses to Yuanchen Pavilion and Lingxi Palace.

The Yuanchen Pavilion and the Lingxi Palace are some distance away from the East Palace, so the two princesses are not in their own bedroom. The palace servants have a hard time finding it, and they have searched almost all of the Imperial Garden before they found the persistent white in the Quyuan Pavilion. The black chess player talks about Zhou Muge and Zhou Mudi.

After a while, the girl came to report that the princesses had arrived.

As soon as he entered the gate of the palace, Zhou Mudi laughed and said, "Who posted the post today, it's so complete." The little Li Yun didn't let the maids hug her, and followed her with short steps, Seeing the people in the hall, the little guy was a little shy, and hid behind her all of a sudden.

Zhou Muge brought a few maids and walked in with her, it was a bit funny to see his son clinging to his aunt like this.

Zhou Muyi was holding a cup of tea, just took a sip, and said with a smile when he heard the words: "The second brother and Muyu are the only ones missing."

Hearing this, Mu Bai frowned, looked up at the prince, the prince was sitting behind the desk, his eyebrows were also drawn together, and then quickly let go.

After Prince Bao's wedding, Zhou Muye still returned to Yunzhou. Both Prime Minister Zuo and Guojiu suggested to the emperor that Prince Min had been governing the sea in Yunzhou for a long time. Now that the sea is peaceful, whether to call Ruijing back.Zhou Lin didn't seem to want him to return to Beijing to stay for a long time. It happened that the Ministry of Rites reported that Prince Min had been crowned for two years.

Zhou Lin asked several important ministers to discuss first, and then Yaozhou State Shepherd was blamed by the Ministry of Officials, pointing out that the autumn harvest of the prefectures and counties was not uniform and that he made good use of cruel officials. Zhou Lin pointed him to Yaozhou to assist in this matter, and Prince Min's matter was put on hold.

There is a pavilion in the back (court) of the East Palace, named Jingming. Outside the pavilion, several full-year-old golden osmanthus plants are planted. Now it is the season when "guizi are lighting jade pots one after another", the wind blows the branches, and the garden is full of fragrance.

The deacon girl came to treat the meal, and a group of people moved to the hall, chatting, laughing and having a feast, and the autumn wind blew slightly, bringing the faint fragrance of golden osmanthus.Zhou Mubai and Shen Xianxun sat in front of the same crescent table, and Xianxun held up a piece of tender tofu stuffed with her chopsticks. Zhou Mubai saw it, and leaned into her ear and whispered, "I want to eat your tofu."

Xian Xun paused, raised her eyebrows and gave her a sideways glance. She had a warm and pure smile on her face.

Xian Xun suddenly remembered that she had seen this smile many, many times. On the night when they drank a cup of wine, under the plum tree in Dianjiang Garden in Hezhou, and at the moment when she found her in the western border, this smile was already like Her breath and her temperature are engraved on my heart.

The piece of white and tender stuffed tofu finally fell into Prince Rui's bowl, she picked it up with a smile and took a bite, and wanted to say something, this time Princess Rui gave her a glance, and she was honest.

The delicacies and seafood at the banquet flowed by one after another like running water. Zhou Yuanyu and Li Yun ran all over the hall on short legs. Hands down, Eunuch Liu is here.

After a while Liu Debao persisted in Fuchen and walked into Jingmingxuan, saying that Erjin, the new emperor of the Dao clan, had sent an envoy to the court, and Zhou Lin asked the princes to meet at Chongwen Palace.

The envoys of the Tu tribe came to Ruijing, and they had already spread the news when they crossed the border, but it was a bit of a fuss for a mere envoy to ask several princes to go to Chongwen Hall.

"The envoy has arrived," Zhou Muchen raised his brows, "Let us all meet each other? Does Eunuch Liu know what it is for?"

Liu Debao rolled his eyeballs, looked at Zhou Mudi with a smile and said, "I heard that it's for the princess to come down to propose to our emperor."

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Several people in the hall were stunned for a moment, the little princess reacted first, and shouted: "You are talking nonsense!" Her eye circles turned red, and she turned her head to touch her sister's shoulder.

Liu Debao just thought she was a little girl who was shy, and smiled apologetically, and still asked the princes to move to Chongwen Hall with a high-pitched voice.

Zhou Muchen frowned, said nothing, and walked out first.Zhou Mubai patted Xianxun's hand, and walked out of the hall with Mu Yi.

The two of them were more than ten steps away from the prince, and Mu Yi asked in a low voice: "Didn't the Tu clan just be defeated by us? Why did they come here to ask for marriage at this time?"

"This is also a custom." Mu Bai walked out side by side with him, "After the war, we made peace, formed an alliance between Qin and Jin, and then trade exchanges. When the Tu people come to ask for marriage, they should bring a good gift, which is to show us Good." She said and waved, Xiao Guozi, who was serving outside the hall, ran over quickly, Mu Bai tilted her head to give a few instructions, Xiao Guozi nodded, and ran out to the Yimen on the other side cleverly.

Zhou Lin and several important ministers in the Chongwen Palace were receiving the envoys. When the princes arrived, they exchanged pleasantries again. Only Zhou Mubai was a little absent-minded and glanced outside the hall from time to time.

Obviously, Zhou Lin was not very willing to marry his beloved daughter to a wild place, so although his words were not harsh, his attitude was quite cold.

Without making Zhou Mubai wait for too long, Li Pei, the chief internal officer, hurried in and whispered a few words into the emperor's ear. The emperor turned pale and said, "Xuan."

Crown Prince Bailimo of Shangshan Kingdom brought the envoys to meet him.

Afterwards, Zhou Mudi once asked Baili Mo why he came here at this time. Baili Mo said, the Three Kingdoms War that day, the dust settled, and the Shangshan Kingdom regained the old land lost many years ago from the Tu people. The territory expanded to three hundred miles outside Quyang City, and the Tu people followed the war agreement and migrated further west.Zhou Muchen and Zhou Mubai returned to the imperial court. Before Mubai returned to Beijing, he sent someone to send a letter to Bailimo, saying that the emperor would definitely recruit a son-in-law for the little princess in the near future. If he wanted to wear the sapphire crown for the little princess with his own hands, It's time to seize the moment.

"So I came to you. I also brought the taxes of the four cities. Every year in the future, the taxes of these cities will be paid to your father." Bailimo smiled, with love in his eyes.

"People from the Tu clan arrived before you. You came so late, aren't you afraid that I will be snatched away by others?" Zhou Mudi stood under a bush of flowers and trees, raising his eyebrows mischievously.

"If this is the case, I will definitely snatch you back." The warm sunlight fell on the two of them, and Bailimo looked at her calmly with firm eyes, "Just like before, I will wait for you."

The little princess's marriage was quickly settled, and the envoys of Shangshan Kingdom were overjoyed.The envoys of the Tu tribe were not disappointed either, because Zhou Lin gave generous tariff conditions to business exchanges.

Everything is being prepared in an orderly manner, and it is early winter in a blink of an eye.

In a few days it will be Zhou Mubai's full birthday, according to the ancestral system, he will hold the crowning ceremony in Liufang Hall in the palace, the Ministry of Rites and the Office of Internal Affairs have made preparations early on, Prince Rui's Mansion is also decorated with lanterns and festoons, everyone celebrates.

Zhou Mubai herself is idle, and someone is taking care of everything, as long as she doesn't make any mistakes, it will be fine.

It was already dark this day, Mu Bai walked back to the bedroom from the study, and saw a figure from the back at the corner of the corridor, who seemed to be Siyuan, she didn't care, but saw Siyuan passing by her room and knocked on a door beside her, The door opened, Siyuan walked in, and the door closed again with a creak.

Back in the bedroom, Xian Xun was sitting in front of the dressing table, the hairpin had been removed, and she was still reading a book.

Mu Bai blinked, and Xian Xun asked her what was wrong.

Mu Bai thought for a moment, and said with some doubts: "I saw Siyuan just now."

Xian Xun thought it was unusual, in order to serve the two of them conveniently, Siyuan and Shuyao's rooms were nearby, so it was convenient for them to be summoned.

Mu Bai rested his chin, thinking why he felt unusual.After a while, she suddenly said: "Yes. It seems that I have encountered several times these days. Siyuan sneaked into Shuyao's room. One day I rushed into the palace early, and it was only dawn. As soon as I went out, I saw Siyuan came out of Shuyao's room." She blinked again, "Are the two of them on good terms?"

After hearing this, Xian Xun pursed her lips and smiled, Mu Bai approached her and said, "Huh? But is there anything I don't know?"

Xian Xun's face turned red, and she whispered a few words in her ear, and Mu Bai's eyes slowly widened.

In the early morning of the next day, Shuyao and Siyuan came together, and after the two masters finished washing up, the little maids retreated out one by one.Mubai smiled and asked Shuyao to close the door.

Siyuan watched helplessly as her young lady took out a complete set of jewelry beside the long box, Prince Rui took it and handed it to Shuyao.

Siyuan was panicked and anxious, Your Highness, don't you want to take Shuyao into your room? ! !

She was about to speak, but she saw Mu Bai smiled narrowly, looked at the two of them and said: "Since you have chosen a daughter-in-law, naturally you should give a decent dowry gift, this set of makeup hairpins, I will give it to you as a dowry gift. "

Shuyao was stunned for a moment, red clouds quickly lit up on her face, holding the set of jewelry before she could think about how to answer, Siyuan had already shouted: "Your Highness! I married Shuyao!"

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