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In the simple and narrow stove room, sheets of dough have been rolled out, and boiling water is bubbling in the iron pot on the stove.

Spread the dough in the palm of your hand, use chopsticks to form the meat stuffing, dip the edge of the dough with a little water, and pinch the fingers to make fine and alternate patterns—a dozen or so dumplings were made in total, and Lu He cooked them one by one .

He took out another porcelain bowl and scooped up fresh chicken soup. Suddenly, someone hugged his waist gently, and Yiyang's curious and ignorant voice came from his ears: "Just one bowl? Shall we eat together?"

It's not a disgusting tone, but a well-crafted yet skeptical joy is hidden.

Lu He shook his head, smiled and said, "Cook yours first, didn't you just say you were hungry?"

The dough is fresh, the meat filling is just mixed, the hot water is boiling hot, and it can be filled in a bowl after a while.

Yiyang was about to take the hot dumplings away, but was stopped by Lu He, who first tried the heat of the bowl with two fingers, then found a clean towel, and wrapped it around the porcelain bowl Then he brought it to the wooden table, pulled a wooden stool, handed Yiyang a pair of chopsticks and a spoon, and said to her: "You eat first, if it's not enough, I'll cook it for you." But it can only be regarded as low-grade, and the porcelain bowl is also very simple. Lu He paused and apologized, "I don't know if you will come tonight, and I don't know if there are seats in the nearby restaurants at this hour. If you are not used to eating, just say , I... I went out and bought the right dishes."

"I'm used to it!" Yiyang buried his head in the bowl, blowing off the heat, stuffed the two dumplings into his mouth slipperily, gobbled them up, and smiled like a flower on his face, "It's the first time I eat your dumplings. How can you not like something?"

Perhaps there is no date for the reunion, although Yiyang is smiling so happily and recklessly, but Lu He's heart is full of bitterness.

Turning around, he asked while making dumplings: "I haven't had time to ask you, how did you get in? How... did you get in that way."

There was a lump in Yiyang's throat, and he was almost choked up by the soup he just drank. After a while, he struggled for a while before faltering and saying: "I... I said, you are not allowed to laugh at me... "

Lu He nodded: "Okay, don't laugh."

"Today's New Year's Eve, isn't Chi Liangjun going home to reunite with his family? I asked him to take me out of the Princess Mansion quietly. When I was approaching the intersection, I jumped out of the car and found this place in hiding all the way. But the gate Closed, and in the busy city, I dare not knock on the door, and I don't know if you will allow me to come in after knocking on the door. After wandering around the small courtyard, I finally found a... um... found a dog hole... ...I... I just got in..." Yiyang said at the end, his voice was as thin as a mosquito, and he forgot to eat the dumplings in the soup spoon. It's flushed.

Lu He turned his back to her. Although he didn't hear the laughter, he could vaguely see the trembling of his shoulders suppressed by the candlelight.

Yiyang put down the spoon, grabbed her in two or three steps, grabbed her by the shoulder, raised her eyebrows slightly, and said coquettishly: "I clearly promised not to laugh..."

Lu He desperately turned his face away, and his voice was a little strange: "Okay, okay, give me some time, I won't laugh when I get over it."

A pair of delicate and warm palms held his face, and he was forced to turn back, lowering his head as much as possible, but heard Yiyang's annoyed and distressed voice: "Why are you crying again? Why are you crying so well? When I secretly kissed you You don't cry, but you cry when you tell you a joke about your own embarrassment?"

The person in front of me who I was eager to rub into my arms and put into my heart was still silent. Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out, so he raised his hand to help her wipe her tears, and said, "You can't just hold back your laughter." Are you holding back? Then you can just laugh, anyway... Anyway, I have always been ashamed in front of you, I have no bones and no temper..."

The wrist was suddenly held tightly by Lu He, but she saw her red eyes and shouted hoarsely at herself: "Why don't you hate me? In just a few days, I made you contradict the emperor, and made you extremely wronged in the service. You were punished to kneel in the first hall, and you became the target of public criticism. You were sent to guard the mausoleum in Maozhou by the emperor, and you couldn’t even reunite with your family on New Year’s Eve. Talking to people in a low voice, covering someone with your hot heart, it seems that you can only be alienated and indifferent forever The person who drilled the dog hole made his body full of mud and stench... There are too many things to do for the first time after meeting me, why don't you hate me?!"

"Don't hate you? Why don't I hate you? I hate you to the bottom of my heart." Yiyang lowered his head lonely and lonely, "Since the day of Fengxian Temple, I have closed the door and thought about my mistakes in the mansion. I just want to wait for the day when my father will disappear , and then go into the palace and beg him to promise me not to marry and not be able to see you. Every day, I remember this matter with my heart and mind, relying on this rope to tighten my mind, eating and going to bed in a daze, for fear that I will die before my wish is fulfilled. I have no face to see you. But before that day, my father sent me to guard the mausoleum with a decree, and you were the one who caused it. I was sad, unbelievable, and at a loss... I can't remember how I survived that day Both the elder brother and sister-in-law of the prince came to visit me and comfort me. I closed the door to thank the guests, and only locked myself in the room to think aimlessly. At first, I didn't know how much you hated and hated me, so I was willing to do it for you. Hu Laiyan and King Lu worked hard. I thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. After thinking about it, I put aside all the complicated and boundless things one by one, and there was only you left in my mind. What you said lingered in my ears. As soon as you close your eyes, the appearance fills your mind like a warm thin blanket, and all the hatred and all the resentment just disappear when you touch it lightly, and you can't wait to rub yourself into the blanket and never be separated from you."

"It's also thanks to me thinking about you so much. I never tire of reminiscing about every bit of my relationship with you in the past. Thinking about it, my thoughts were frozen in the early morning of Fengxian Temple. You clearly loved me so much and didn't want to I was injured, why would you still treat me like this? It’s like being in the darkness, and suddenly a bean of light shines in the distance, walking all the way through the light, suddenly enlightened.”

Lu He was already crying, and the hand holding Yiyang's wrist was already loosened.

Yiyang hugged her tightly, and said softly but firmly: "I have never loved anyone before, and I always thought that giving her what I think is the best is love, but I don't know that sometimes it will backfire. I think that if Ju Mengbai enters Beijing, I benefited from you so much that I ordered someone to escort her to Beijing without any reason, and she lost her life. It is understandable for you to blame me and even impeach me for disregarding the king's law. I thought so at first. I think To be innocent with you is my best determination to wait for you, so I went to the palace to find my father and confess to him, but it caused you to be tortured by conscience."

"If it wasn't for me...how could you offend Longyan? Your Majesty has always loved and spoiled you...you have suffered a lot of hardships that you have never experienced before being together. I dare not think that you insist on staying with me. What will happen in the future..." Ju Mengbai's death is not without a trace of grudges in Lu He, but after thinking about it, who can she blame?Not to mention Yiyang, but she herself, if the husband had been more vigilant when he was alive, and hadn't let him hide the old illness so closely, how could he have fallen into such a situation?Lu He has always been a character who would rather put the blame on himself. After knowing that Yi Yang did not intend to torture and kill Mr., he was at a loss for a while, but he couldn't find any excuses or reasons to blame others.

Yiyang smiled softly: "Fool, my father and I are not angry because of this. His old man only loves Empress Yici. You must have heard that King Lu found a woman from somewhere. The empress looks a bit like a concubine who was honored and favored in a short time. Looking at her, I unconsciously thought of my concubine mother. To say something unfilial, she was able to climb the dragon and the phoenix because of the honor of Empress Yici. Nothing happened. Until later, my father raised troops from Qizhou and seized the throne. My mother and concubine were escorted to Beijing with me. She was not in good health at that time. Guarding her on her bed, but when I arrived in Xindu, Empress Yici was right in front of me. In my father's eyes, my mother and concubine could not be tolerated. Not long after, my mother and concubine passed away with regret. What is ridiculous is that when she was dying , my father is still guarding Biyun Temple and begging to see him."

"Because of this, I have resentment toward my father, but I don't dare to explode easily. I was provoked by Concubine Ning that day, and I couldn't suppress the anger in my heart, so I angrily questioned and caused trouble. In fact, it has nothing to do with you."

The two opened their hearts to each other, ate dumplings, washed the dishes, and just heard the sound of fireworks outside the house, they stepped out together and sat on the ground in the courtyard.

The moon is full of brilliance and brilliance.

Yiyang rested her head on Lu He's lap and looked up at the sky. The fireworks covering the night sky were reflected in the eyes of the peach blossoms, and gorgeous flowers bloomed.

"One year is not long. You are in Maozhou, don't make trouble, just stay." The breeze blew up, messing up Yiyang's untied hair after getting out of the bath, and Lu He pulled those restless strands Putting her blue hair behind her ear, she said to her, "One year, I will bring down Hu Laiyan and make him suffer the consequences. At that time, I will be promoted to important positions many times, and I will use some hands and feet to help me far away. It is not difficult for Qianzhou's mother and sister to escape unscathed. When you return to Beijing, ask Your Majesty to marry me. Your Majesty is ashamed of you and will definitely agree. I will keep my identity secret and live with you forever until old."

Yi Yang hesitated for a moment, then replied: "Okay, I agree."

But she didn't know that Lu He breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard the words - no matter what, she had never been willing to drag others down.

"What if I miss you?"

Lu He smiled lightly, took her hand, stood up, and walked towards a plum tree in the courtyard.

Picking left and right, saying goodbye to the full and beautiful plum blossom, handing it to Yiyang, smiling: "In a few days, I can't go to see you off. This thing can replace the wicker. Seeing it is like seeing me."

The fish passes on the ruler, and the post sends plum blossoms.

"Why do you see it like seeing you?"

Lu He knocked Yiyang on the head, and then hugged her in his arms, slightly closed his eyes, and said softly: "I wonder what a jade face looks like, a branch of plum blossoms frozen in spring snow, covered with fragrant mist and morning glow."

The next day.

There was a hint of fish belly white in the sky.

Chi Liangjun's car stopped at the intersection of the street as scheduled, and when he was dangling his legs, nodding his head frequently and falling asleep, someone opened the curtain of the car, and gusts of cold wind came out, waking him up.

"Your Highness—!" Chi Liangjun was surprised and delighted, and called out loudly.

Yiyang, dressed in elegant men's attire, immediately gave him a gouged look: "Do you want to recruit the guards who are patrolling nearby? Silence."

Chi Liangjun nodded in agreement, boldly looked her up and down, and then said to her cautiously: "Your Highness...can you make it clear to Mr. Lu?"

Yi Yang didn't answer but instead asked: "Do you remember what I arranged for you to do?"

Chi Liangjun was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Remember, no matter what happens in Beijing, the entire princess mansion will be devoted to protecting Lu He."

"In this way, I can rest assured."