a pillow in autumn

The itinerary to return to Ruijing was quickly decided. Zhou Muchen and Zhou Mubai walked together, one for the country and the other for the beauty.

The day before returning to Beijing, Zhou Mubai insisted on keeping the remaining three personal guards of Prince Rui's Mansion in Chonghai County. The three had gone through many battles and were not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also quick-witted and decisive. Team elite soldiers protect Siyuan and Shuyao who are unable to travel together.

After hearing this, Zhou Muchen felt that she was making a fuss, "This girl saved Princess Rui's life, you should be grateful to her, but in the end, she is just a girl, and it is her duty to work hard for her master. The general on the march went to protect a girl and left all his bodyguards behind, what do the people below think of it?"

"She is a girl, but in the heart of my ministers, everyone's life is the same." When Mu Bai said this, he was standing in front of the courtyard porch with the prince, and the pure white snow reflected her innocence. White velvet hat and cloak, only a pair of eyes are as black as ink, bright as morning stars.

"Oh?" Zhou Muchen showed an inexplicable smile: "If you say that, when the dagger stabs you that day, the princess and the little girl must die. Who do you choose to block the knife?"

Zhou Mubai was stunned for a moment, Mu Chen saw that she was speechless, so he only patted her on the shoulder, and said casually when he passed her by: "The lonely king is just joking."

"Brother Huang." Mu Bai looked at his back after he had walked a few steps and said, "On that day, I can be close to my body, and no matter who the dagger stabs at, I will block it for them."

Surrounded by twilight, there are undulating mountains and clouds in the distance.

Zhou Muchen stood in a snowy field, and a few unknown flower trees leaned on one side of the corridor, which had long since withered.He paused for a while before moving again.Just when Mubai thought he was going to leave, he turned his back to her and said as if talking to himself: "The people of the world are indeed on your shoulders."

Hurry all the way, the time is long.It still took more than [-] days before the group finally returned to Ruijing.

On the night before entering the city, Zhou Muchen received a report from the residence at the post office twenty miles away. After Meng Guifei learned that Prince Min was defeated and died, she hung a three-foot white silk in Qinghua Palace and hanged herself on the beam. up.

It was only then that Zhou Muchen remembered that although Zhou Muye was dead, he left behind the widow Princess Min and a young princess who was still young.

Since the establishment of the country by Emperor □□ to the present, there have been several princely rebellions in the nearly 170 years of history, all of which ended in questioning the crime and ransacking the family and beheading.What's more, Zhou Muye seized the heir with a concubine, and all the ministers suggested that the prince should kill the grass and root out the crime of being connected with each other, but Qu Bin and Zhou Mubai remained silent.Zhou Muchen asked Mubai what proposal he had, and Mubai said that the disaster would not be as serious as his wife and children, besides, this time Prince Min went to war, Princess Min and the little princess were not in the battle, why not deprive them of their titles and relegate them to common people.

Zhou Muchen was noncommittal after hearing this, and just looked out of the window. A cold plum tree in the post yard was in full bloom, and a faint fragrance wafted in the moonlight.

It wasn't until after the enthronement ceremony that the court pardoned the world according to the ancestral system, Zhou Muchen chose a compromise method, confining Princess Min and the little princess in a courtyard in Yunzhou, provided with food and clothing, and guarded by guards. Therefore, you must not leave the courtyard for half a step in your life.

Shen Xianxun sighed after hearing this, and Mu Bai hugged her behind her and said: "Since ancient times, there is no way to be a king and lose a bandit. If Prince Min wins the persuasion, I'm afraid it will even bloodbath the East Palace. "

Shen Xianxun's eyebrows and eyelashes moved slightly, like butterfly wings falling down in melancholy. "It's better to be broken than to be ruined. To live in such a hopeless way, maybe it's better to go with Prince Min. In the Netherworld, at least the family can be reunited." The sound of the sound came from nowhere. She listened to it for a moment, revealing A somewhat puzzled expression.Zhou Mubai tightened her arms, as if she wanted to embed her into her body, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she relaxed herself, and leaned into Zhou Mubai's arms.

It was cold and rainy on a winter night, and the pavilions and pavilions of Prince Rui's Mansion were all hidden in misty mist and rain. A few night watch women dozed off next to the fire, and a group of patrolling guards walked past the corridor in coir raincoats.

Prince Rui's sleeping hall exposed a corner of the eaves under the shadow of the sycamore branches and leaves. Zhou Mubai heard a few low sobs in her deep sleep. Embrace the weak in your arms.

"Xun'er," she called out.

Shen Xianxun was indulging in a nightmare, her lips were pursed, and cold sweat covered her forehead.

"Xun'er. Xun'er." One after another, the gentle and appropriate voice penetrated into the dream, and Shen Xianxun woke up suddenly, with one hand still tightly clutching the lapel of his chest.

She gasped for breath, feeling Zhou Mubai holding her tightly with both hands in the boundless darkness, and said in a slightly anxious voice, "Xun'er."

"En." She replied in a daze, as if she hadn't come out of the nightmare.

"Did you have a nightmare?" Mubai slowly let go of his heart when he heard Xianxun's response.

"I dreamed of Prince Min, he was covered in blood, his face was pale, he was still holding the dagger on his chest but he was looking straight at me. I still remember that I stabbed the dagger... into his chest," Xian Xun His voice trembled, "The feeling at that moment seemed to stay in my hand..."

Mu Bai hugged her tightly and comforted her: "I am here, don't be afraid. I will always be here, and I will never let you face these vicious things alone again."

The winter rain dripped and tapped on the eaves, completing a song of loneliness.Xian Xun hid in Mu Bai's embrace, with her eyes wide open, but she didn't see a single gleam of light.She flinched, Mubai's embrace was warm and safe, it could protect her from the cruelty of dreams and the darkness of reality.

Mu Bai only pretended that she was still in a nightmare, holding her with one hand and grabbing her catkin with the other, and kissed her, "And you saved me." She said slowly: "You Both hands, saved me, saved the emperor, and even saved the people of the whole country. If it weren't for you, I don't know how long this battle will last. How many soldiers have left their homes and how many old women will never welcome me back Xun'er, it was you who ended all this cruelty. The Black Wing Army, the Red Wing Army, after all, they are just ordinary people from Switzerland."

Xian Xun didn't speak, she put her small hand on Mu Bai's cheek, stroking her soft lips, her high nose bridge, her handsome outline.

Mubai's arms were weakly wrapped around her body, when her fingertips touched her lips again, she kissed the cardamom-dyed fingers, then lowered her head to kiss her smooth forehead.

The rain is scattered and the wind gathers, and the dark fragrance is pervasive. The curtain of the bed curtain swayed in the breeze. Slim net climbed her shoulders, slowly raised her face, and greeted her kiss.

Mubai felt a little pain in his heart, unknowingly deepened the lingering on his lips and teeth, tightened his arms, Xian Xun snorted in her arms.

Mu Bai's movements immediately eased, his warm palm gently rubbed and comforted her behind, and kissed her forehead hair.

After a while, she said softly, "Sleep. I will protect you. I will be with you forever."

Xian Xun calmed down, hummed like a cat, curled up in Mu Bai's arms, and finally fell into a deep dream again.

When she woke up, Mu Bai was no longer by her side, Xian Xun sat up from the bed, fumbled to change into the clothes she had prepared the day before.

The girl outside the door heard the noise, came in to serve her to wash and wash, and brought breakfast, she took a few sips lightly, and told them to leave and do not need to wait on them.

The girl had just retreated to the door when she suddenly heard Princess Rui ask: "What time is it?"

The girl went to the window to look at the sky, and replied respectfully: "It's about three o'clock."

Xian Xun shook her hand holding the teacup, the tea color of the smoking tea stained her fingertips.

The girl exclaimed and looked forward, but she said: "It's okay." The voice was vague, like a long sigh.

The two girls looked at each other with doubts in each other's eyes, and seeing the princess waved her hand, they could only bow down again and exit the room.

Xian Xun sat blankly in front of the mica stone inlaid table for a while, got up and took two steps while supporting the table, kicked a round chair and made a loud noise.Fortunately, she walked slowly and was not hurt.

Not far from the window, there were half-queen branches and leaves, and two larks were parked on the branches, chirping and pecking their light brown feathers from time to time.Xian Xun walked slowly to the window, and Skylark looked at her curiously sideways, thinking that she would not do anything with them, so she continued to comb her dew-stained feathers.

Xian Xun raised her head halfway, with a pool of water in her eyes, and the larks were chattering loudly on the branches. She watched for a long, long time, but there was only a silent emptiness in her eyes.

The light rain was in a mess, rising between her eyebrows, and slid down her delicate jade face, drop by drop, like tears.

In the Chengjin Hall, all civil and military officials were lined up in the Yutang. Zhou Muchen sat on the dragon chair, dressed in a white robe and wearing a dragon crown, with a nine-panel curtain hanging down from his crown, listening to the internal officials singing, and all the officials playing.

On this day, the new emperor ascended the throne and rewarded meritorious ministers generously. Whether it was the soldiers of Huben who marched forward bravely in the battle, or the nobles of Jinjia who extended a helping hand when they were in distress, they all received extremely generous rewards. Even Wen An Hou Zhou Muyu, also because of protecting the queen mother and prince Zhou Yuanyu in the palace, was rewarded for his meritorious deeds and became Prince Wen.

Only Zhou Mubai, Prince Rui, who has made great contributions, has not been sealed yet.

After the court was over, the emperor left Zhou Mubai alone and went to the imperial study room. The servant brought the freshly brewed cloud and mists, and bowed his body and walked out slowly.

The familiar splendid landscape with splashed ink lay behind the large table, and the gilded screen embroidered with the map of the whole territory of Rui was still in the same place as before. He took a breath, but let it go again.

"Mubai. This time you defeated the coalition forces of Prince Min and Li Shaoqing. You have made great contributions both in the court and in the field. I have thought about it for a long time, but I really can't think of any rewards that can be worthy of your achievements." He frowned. Frowning, as if it was really hard to decide, "Say, what do you want?"

"If you can do anything..." Zhou Mubai raised his eyes quietly: "I want to ask His Majesty to recruit famous doctors in Ruijing, and I just want to heal my wife's eyes."

Zhou Muchen was slightly taken aback, never expecting that she brought up such a matter.His tone was a little slow, showing a bit of concern, not as superior as before, "Princess Rui's eyes... still haven't improved? What did the imperial doctor say?"

"Emperor Pei has visited many times and dispensed many medicines, but she has never been able to find the medicine. Her eyes... At first, she could barely see through the mist, but when she returned to Beijing, she could only see Seeing a little light. Although she didn't say it these days, I know..." Zhou Mubai's voice was low, even showing a hint of crying, "I know, she can't even see the light anymore."

Sitting behind the table, Zhou Muchen had some incomprehensible and moving expressions on his originally calm face.He looked at Mubai who was stubborn and helpless like a child in front of him, and thought about how many times in the past few years, she had never retreated even a bit in the predicament of thousands of troops approaching the city, but today she was worried about being wronged because of a woman. Almost to the point of tears.

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I'm going on a business trip tomorrow, and I should be able to come back and update on Friday.