a pillow in autumn

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was full of clouds and mist, and it was cold and cold.Shen Xianxun sent Zhou Mubai to the vermilion gate of Prince Rui's Mansion, Mubai gathered the cloak on her shoulders, and held onto her hand again, "Take care of yourself. Wait for me to come back."

Xian Xun slightly raised her head, with a faint attachment in her eyes, and suddenly saw that her brother and Shen Yan and Shen Lan were already waiting outside the door, so she had to tighten her palms, and said softly: "My husband cherishes it, but I hope to see you soon." come back."

Zhou Mubai nodded slightly, jumped on the horse's back, turned back and took a deep look at Shen Xianxun, then turned the horse's head and rushed out first.

The deep winter in Ruijing is not extremely cold, but the past few days are always shrouded in clouds and haze, and the sun has not been seen for several days.A group of people from Prince Rui's residence rode their horses out of the city gate and galloped westward.At noon, there was a light rain in the air, and the guards who ran at the front led the crowd to turn around the mountain pass and take shelter in a tea shed.

The tea shed was small and there were only a few square tables, and as soon as more than ten people from Prince Rui's residence entered, they were all occupied.

The store hurriedly arranged for hot tea, and the proprietress brought up several drawers of newly released steamed buns.Zhou Mubai picked one up, put it on her lips and blew it, took a small bite, it was delicious, she ate it slowly with her lips pressed together.Shen Lan thought in her heart, why did Prince Rui eat so delicately, she also picked one up, stuffed it into her mouth and chewed it, it was so hot that she screamed immediately.

The guards next to him clapped their hands and laughed. The proprietress was cleaning the dishes. Seeing him like this, she hurriedly poured a cup of cold tea and said with a smile: "Guests, take your time too. The steamed stuffed buns in this small shop are the most delicious. It's thin and juicy, and it's fresh out of the drawer, so it won't burn your mouth."

Shen Lan was scalded until her tongue became blistered, and she glanced at the proprietress with a bitter face, took another bun, imitating Zhou Mubai, and blew it for a long time before she dared to put it in her mouth.

After dinner, Shen Youtang drank half a cup of hot tea, and seeing Zhou Mubai's face still sinking like water, he looked at the sky and said, "The rain came quickly and went quickly, I'm sure we can make it to the county post today, Your Highness don't need to worry. "

Mubai gave a "huh" and said calmly: "You and Biyue just got married not long ago, and I didn't want to invite you to go to Yizhou this time, but for some reason, I always feel that this trip is turbulent and turbulent. Resourceful and resourceful, with you going, I can feel more at ease in my heart."

"It's my honor to be able to serve His Highness." Shen Youtang nodded slightly, and asked tentatively: "Your Highness is worried about His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Zhou Mubai's long and slender fingers tapped on the table, showing a puzzled expression, "Brother Huang always upholds integrity. A while ago, he put aside the important affairs of the court and went to Qiongzhou alone. If he didn't return in the middle of the month, the courtiers would criticize him. This has not yet happened. With father's permission, he went to Yizhou without permission," she frowned, "I'm just afraid that something unusual happened around him."

As she spoke, she looked towards the area leading to the west, and the sky was flowing like ink, weighing heavily on everyone's hearts.

The group rushed for more than ten days, and finally arrived in Wuyang County, Yizhou, before the severe cold. When all the officials in the government office saw Prince Rui, who seemed to have fallen from the sky, they were all dumbfounded, and it took a long time before they remembered to kneel down. Hello.

"The lonely king bears the sacred mandate, please meet the prince in front of the hall." Zhou Mubai was wearing a velvet white hooded cape, which slightly blocked the rain and snow along the way.

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and in the end it was the county guard who came forward to salute. His Highness the Crown Prince was not in the government office at the moment...but was... somewhere else in the city.

"Where?" Zhou Mubai turned around with his hands behind his back, his eyes darkened slightly.

"This..." the county guard put on a bitter face, cupped his hands and said, "I really don't know, but His Royal Highness has left two guards in the Eastern Palace, who are in the Yamen Office. Maybe they know where the Prince is going."

As soon as he said that, two Donggong guards had heard the news, and one of them turned out to be Qu Bin.

Needless to say, Zhou Mubai asked Qu Bin to lead the way to meet the prince, but Qu Bin half knelt down and said that he had to report to the prince before meeting each other.

Zhou Mubai sneered and said: "The lonely king bears the emperor's order, how dare you resist the order?"

Qu Bin was also considered to have followed Zhou Mubai before, knowing that she has a quick temper and never gets angry. Today's reprimand is obviously extremely angry, so he can only cup his hands and say: "In that case, please wait a moment for Prince Rui, I will invite the prince to see you immediately. .”

Zhou Mu's browbeating face was acquiescence.Before Qu Bin lifted his foot to reach the door, another Donggong guard rushed in from outside the door, saw Zhou Mubai, knelt down and saluted and said, "Little man, please greet Prince Rui. His Royal Highness has invited Prince Rui to meet you at the house. "After that, he got up and took two steps back.

Zhou Mubai and Shen Youtang glanced at each other, the prince has put eyeliner in the city!

Lixiang Xiaoyuan is located in the south of the county town of Wuyang County. The terrain here is slightly low. There are emerald greens on both sides of the northwest as a barrier to block the bleak cold wind. Numerous pear blossoms on the tree are in full bloom, like snow-covered branches, just like a piece.

But it was mid-winter, and the light fragrance of pear blossoms had not yet entered the painting with the wind. Zhou Mubai stood in the front hall of Lixiang Xiaoyuan, waiting for the little girl to offer hot tea, and Zhou Muchen turned out from the backyard.

Zhou Mubai couldn't help but carefully looked at her elder brother, Zhou Muchen smiled gently, his handsome face had eyebrows like distant mountains and eyes like stars, he was still standing against the light side in front of him like this, but what did he have in the East Palace? It was a little different when we met.

It's his smile.Zhou Mubai thought, in that smile, there was purity and abundance, as if he possessed the most beautiful things in the world.

"Brother Huang." She bowed her hands and saluted.

"You're here." Zhou Muchen raised his hand and sat on the main seat.

Zhou Mubai didn't sit down, just looked at him, and said quietly: "Brother Emperor, Father is ill. Heart disease. The imperial doctor said that the illness this time... is much worse than last year. When the Queen Mother sent someone to Qiongzhou to look for you , you have already set off for Yizhou."

Zhou Muchen was stunned for a moment, Mubai looked into his eyes and said: "Father asked me to come and pick you up."

"Is it better now? But does it matter?" Zhou Muchen stood up, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were filled with worry.

Mubai shook his head, "That day when I heard that you left for Yizhou without saying goodbye, my father was clutching his chest, and his face turned pale with anger." She looked at Zhou Muchen and said shyly, "Why is the emperor at this time? Going far to the west? When you went to Qiongzhou, your father’s dragon body was not in good health. The imperial physicians treated him for a long time, and the empress mother was so anxious that she wept every night, and passed on all the concubines in the harem to Jinyu Palace to serve the illness. The imperial physician said that the emperor’s heart was damaged. , must not go through the crisis again!"

Mu Chen had tears in his eyes when he heard this, he didn't know that the emperor's heart disease would recur again, and this long distance would cause such a disaster.

He settled down, looked back at Mubai for a moment and said, "I really didn't know that father's heart disease is so serious. I acted recklessly. You wait here for a while. I will go back to the backyard and explain something. This is with you." Go back to the palace."

Mu Bai nodded, and suddenly heard the commotion outside.

Mu Chen frowned and looked out of the court, only to see a few servants running back and forth, and vaguely heard the words "please doctor" and "report quickly".

Not long after, a girl ran in in a panic, and when she saw Zhou Muchen, she threw herself on the ground and cried, "Master, Mrs. Zhen...Old Mrs. Zhen has passed away..."

Zhou Muchen's complexion changed, and he said to Mubai, "Sit down for a while, I'll go and have a look." After saying that, he turned around and went out, his footsteps had already passed the front door, but a voice could be heard vaguely, only Muchen asked anxiously, "Madam But it's okay... where is it now..."

Zhou Mubai was alone in the front hall, his eyebrows slowly furrowed.Who is Mrs. Jane?Madame... Who is it?

Although he sat down for a while, Zhou Muchen didn't come back for a long time.The housekeeper was ordered to invite Zhou Mubai to the guest room in the west wing to rest for a while, Mubai asked whose order it was, and the housekeeper replied with lowered eyebrows, it was my master's order.

After a while, the little girl came in with dinner, all vegetarian dishes.

Mubai had doubts in his heart, and asked the girl again, only to find out that there is a word "zhen" in the old lady's name, so she was called "Old Lady Zhen".The old lady was lingering on the sick bed, Shen Ke had been in bed for a long time, and finally couldn't survive the cold winter, and passed away.

The profuse light snow covered the steps of the courtyard, Zhou Mubai was standing under the corridor, when she heard the sound of whimpering and crying, she guessed that it was the direction of the main house.Looking up at each other, I saw servants running back and forth.After a long time, it was quiet again.

The emperor's brother will always give an answer, she thought so, turned around, but in a blink of an eye, she saw her emperor's brother holding an oil-paper umbrella, protecting a young woman from the direction of the main house through the courtyard , a few maids accompanied her around, her emperor brother held the umbrella in one hand and hugged the woman's shoulders with the other, fearing that the slight snow would leave her in the cold, he didn't even notice that the cold snow had soaked his brocade robe.

Zhou Mubai was a little stunned, the woman was dressed in snow-white clothes, her long black hair was tied into a married woman's bun, and she was holding a small child in her arms.She kept her head slightly lowered, she couldn't see her appearance clearly, but that figure was familiar.

It wasn't until dusk that Zhou Muchen came to the guest room alone. Zhou Mubai sat at a Zitan chess table, holding on to a chess piece, playing chess with himself.

Zhou Muchen knew that she had a lot of questions in her mind, but he didn't know where to start.Sighing, he also sat down at the table and looked at the black and white pieces in the chess game.

"Do you know who the late Mrs. Zhen is?" Zhou Muchen picked up a chess piece and held it in his hand to play with it.

"Waiting for Brother Huang to clarify." Zhou Mubai dropped a white chess piece onto the chessboard.

"She is Zhou Ruochu's mother." Zhou Muchen no longer concealed it, and threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess jar, making a crisp sound.

Zhou Mubai's hand clinging to the chess pieces stopped, she looked at Zhou Muchen, and Zhou Muchen also looked straight into her eyes, saying calmly, "I and Ruochu, we are together."

Although he had made some guesses, Zhou Mubai was still astonished beyond belief.

Zhou Muchen seemed to have made up his mind, and he no longer shy away from it.He faced her directly and said: "I have been in Qiongzhou for the past few days because Ruochu is about to give birth, and I can't let her work hard to give birth in Qiongzhou alone, while I sit in court as if nothing happened. She gave birth to me She is a healthy and beautiful little prince, and she hopes that he will stay away from the hustle and bustle of the court and be an ordinary and simple person, so we named him Zhou Yuanzheng." When he said this, his face turned pale again. The gentle smile in the day, as if this child is the most precious gem.

Zhou Mubai had recovered from the astonishment, she stared deeply at him, and said after a while: "Sister-in-law...Prince Princess, she is also in Ruijing at this moment, she is pregnant with Liujia, and will soon give birth to you Xia Lin'er."

"I know. But I only have Ruochu in my heart." Zhou Muchen's eyes fell on the chess game, and he stopped looking at her, and said in a dull voice: "I grew up in the palace since I was a child, and countless people placed high hopes on me. Grand Master He and Tai Tuo both told me to set an example for the world. I study hard every day and never dare to slack off. But when I met Ruochu, only when I was with her did I feel that I had returned to my original state. I lost an ordinary person, a man with a family."

"But you are the prince." Zhou Mubai's voice contained faint anger, she stood up and her eyes were cold, "You not only have this family on your shoulders, but also the people of the world!"

"I know. But Mubai, if it were you and me, would you be willing to let go?" Zhou Muchen tilted his face slightly, the light reflected on his face, half-bright and half-dark, "On the day of Jijun, why did you resolutely Order to attack Wanqiu in the middle of the night, do you remember?"

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