I am a ruler in troubled times

Song Peiyu didn't want to spend more time talking with the third prince, and she wouldn't leave any words of disrespect to the prince because of this.

Knowing that Song Jinyu arranged for him to go to Yang County in a carriage with Song Jingjue, Mu Qing, and the third prince, although Song Peiyu felt tired in his heart, he didn't show any abnormality on his face.

It was still daylight, and the old and new houses of the Song family were vacant. Song Jinyu led the Song family's private soldiers to lead the way, and the first car behind was the third prince's frame, which was unusually large and comfortable, followed by the Song family's female family members. The frame was broken by Song Peiyu's fifth brother and his private soldiers in the end.

The private soldiers brought by Song Jinyu had been fighting with him on the battlefield for many years. Even though there were not many of them, they had the aura to stand on top of a tall horse with a knife and do nothing.

The Song family's departure was very different from the time when they could only walk into the village on foot with their skinny and weak horses and dilapidated carriages.

The villagers who were already Song's sharecroppers followed Song's convoy bustlingly, not daring to say a word.

Some are particularly emotional, such as Xiaoxiu who has already mentioned the management, silently wiping away tears while following behind the convoy, and being pinched by the tender thighs desperately by the old lady, and staring at her like killing a chicken to warn her not to cry.

Seeing that Shangguan Road was about to arrive, Song Peiyu waved to the open window.

After a while, Jin Bao's face appeared outside the window.

Although returning to her original life, Song Peiyu was also aroused by the familiar scene and the scene of people being gradually left behind, "Let them be sent here."

Jin Bao responded silently, and rode his horse to the rear of the convoy, stopping the villagers who were about to leave the area of ​​Lihua Village, but he himself did not immediately go after the convoy.

He wanted to send these villagers back to Lihua Village, so that he could explain to Master Qi later.

Song Peiyu took one last look at the black and dwarf crowd who stopped at the same spot, then left the carriage window, sat inside and stared at the tea tray fixed on the table in a daze.

On the contrary, Song Jingjue, who didn't have the slightest parting sorrow before, and didn't care about what would happen to Lihua Village after they left, took over Song Peiyu's position, staring at the farther and farther place obsessively, unwilling to move.

Mu Qing couldn't help sticking his head out of the window, looking back at the increasingly blurred Lihua Village. He didn't clear his throat until the carriage on the official road was getting faster and faster, and there was no shadow of Lihua Village at all. Take the initiative to find a topic, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have thought that there would be such a beautiful place like a paradise at the junction of Youzhou and Liangzhou. If it weren't for His Majesty still waiting for us in Yang County, I really want Stay in Lihua Village for a while."

Song Peiyu twitched her lips, "That's a pity."

Fortunately, Song Jingjue unexpectedly joined in the show today, and took the initiative to talk about the interesting things about his exploration of Qingshan for many years, so that Mu Qing did not fall into the embarrassment of having nothing to say again.

Song Peiyu had no objection to Mu Qing. After all, the two families that Emperor Yonghe relied on most now, one was the Nanqi Mu family, the mother clan of Emperor Yonghe's only son, and the other was the Song family who firmly stood by Emperor Yonghe's side when Emperor Yonghe was most difficult.

Even if Song Jingming and Mu Qing are not embarrassed to be officials in the same dynasty in the future, Song Peiyu will not give Mu Qing a bad face just because he doesn't like the third prince.

He is really uncomfortable.

Having not ridden in a carriage for nearly four years, Song Peiyu almost forgot his virtue of narrowly escaped death in a carriage.

If it weren't for the presence of the Third Prince and Mu Qing, he would have followed his body's instincts and lay down directly.If he could really pass out from the pain, that would be his great blessing.

Just when Song Peiyu became more and more dizzy, and even with all her strength on her fingers, she couldn't grasp the stool under her body, a sharp gust of sharp wind suddenly blew on her face, followed by Mu Qing's voice almost breaking roared, "Chongyi!"

Song Peiyu opened her half-closed eyes suddenly, and flew forward disobediently, and was immediately dragged back by Song Jingjue who was beside him.

When Song Peiyu stabilized her figure and opened her eyes again, there was no third prince and Mu Qing in the carriage, only him and Song Jingjue beside him.

Song Peiyu forgot about her physical discomfort in an instant, and couldn't even find time to ask questions. She pushed Song Jingjue away and rushed to the window, pulling aside the curtain.

The mistakes made by the old Patriarch must not be repeated on his eldest brother.

However, the scene outside the carriage was not as bloody and chaotic as Song Peiyu imagined. Mu Qing, who was already sitting on the horse, was covered with fine grass clippings, and his face was livid. After seeing Song Peiyu's pale face and flustered eyes behind the curtains, , his complexion was as wonderful as the overturned dye, his hands full of veins slapped the horse's back, and the steed rode close to the window and said like a mosquito, "Your Highness suddenly felt that the carriage was boring, and I wanted to ride a horse. It’s my fault that you jumped out of the window with superb martial arts skills, and the fuss scared you.”

Song Peiyu followed Mu Qing's fingers expressionlessly and turned to look at the front of the convoy. The one in the black brocade robe was the one who was sitting in the carriage just now.

Chong Yi seemed to have sensed something, turned around suddenly, and looked straight at him with sharp eyes.

"Yuck~"

The bowl of porridge that Song Peiyu ate in the morning, half was dedicated to Mu Qing's beloved horse, and half was dedicated to Mu Qing's light green outer clothes.

Because of certain experiences, even until the convoy arrived in Yang County, he had exclusive use of the carriage prepared for the Third Prince.

Song Peiyu couldn't feel any gratitude to the third prince who had ridden the horse for three days, and deeply felt that the two of them might be born to be at odds.

Song Peiyu thought that she would be able to see her sister-in-law and Song Jingming when she arrived in Yang County, but she regretted to learn that not everyone took the tour of Emperor Yonghe with her, and her sister-in-law and Song Jingming had already gone to Xianyang with the carriages of King Su and Princess Xihua .

The last time I went to Yang County was three years ago. The Yonghe Emperor's army was fighting with the Yan Army not far away. Even Yang County was panicked. It was almost empty. Now that I have stepped into Yang County again, this place has been completely reborn. appearance.

Because Emperor Yonghe didn't intend to drive to the next stop, Song Jinyu rarely had time, so he specially took Song Peiyu out for a walk.

When he was in Yanjing Luoyang, Song Jinyu liked to take Song Jingming and Song Peiyu out when he was free, and occasionally Song Jingjue, whether it was a shop selling food and clothing or a teahouse where people came and went, or even people looking for Song Jinyu is willing to take them to the hidden gambling house that they can't reach.

As the head of the family, Song Jinyu was completely unreasonable. He could take them to the casino and give them change to allow them to play.

If they lost even a penny during the final settlement, Song Jinyu would confiscate the small treasury in their yard, and would never return it to them within half a year.

As time passed, both Song Peiyu and Song Jingming's eyesight improved greatly, and there was no trick that could fool their eyes.However, Song Jingjue became more and more irritable, and he kept his distance from the word gambling. Even if his good friends in school told him, they would get cold faces.

No matter how much Yang County is reborn, it can't be compared with Yanjing Luoyang. There are still some small things with obvious local characteristics on the side of the street, which can surprise Song Peiyu to some extent.

Even if Yang County is a more dilapidated place than Lihua Village, as long as Song Jinyu accompanied him, Song Peiyu would be happy.

Song Jinyu led Song Peiyu to shop from shop to shop on the East Street, and Song Peiyu really caught his fancy with some novelty gadgets, and asked the staff to pack them and send them to the place where they stayed temporarily, to make Sister Fang and Sister Yue happy, It also gave Mrs. Song and Aunt Liu a fresh look.

Having done enough shopping on the East Street, the two found a restaurant with the most customers for dinner. Although the taste was not as good as that of Song's chef, it was also unique.

After walking some distance from the restaurant, Song Peiyu realized that Song Jinyu chose the wrong direction.

The buildings passing by are getting smaller and dilapidated, and the people who are wearing patched clothes with lowered heads and sad faces are completely different from the people in the city center who live in simplicity but have expectations in their eyes.

In a daze, Song Peiyu even felt that he had returned to the Lihua Village three years ago.

However, Lihua Village is just a small village neglected and forgotten by everyone, while Yang County is one of the largest counties on the border of Youzhou.

The smile in Song Peiyu's eyes gradually subsided, and she silently followed Song Jinyu out of the south gate.

The moment she stepped out of the south gate, Song Peiyu was extremely shocked. Even though she had seen the completely different lives of the people in the south city of Yang County and the people in the west city, Song Peiyu never imagined that just outside the south gate, there were so many numb eyes. Xi Tianmudi and even the naked... refugees.

Song Peiyu licked his dry lips, he felt that many refugees were looking at him, and then looked away calmly.

He couldn't see any hope for life in the eyes of these people, only saw the numbness that seemed to have no boundaries.

Song Jinyu was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a person waving at him not far away, and walked over to Song Peiyu who was in a daze with kindness.

"General" Song Jinyu let go of Song Peiyu's hand, and bent down to salute.

Song Peiyu followed Song Jinyu to salute, only to find that the third prince and Mu Qing were also standing beside the 'general' that Song Jinyu called.

The general looked older than Song Jinyu, with a square square face, sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, and awe-inspiring righteousness. At first glance, he looked like someone who had fought on the battlefield. Song Peiyu didn't even dare to take a second look at the general. In front of him, he was a weak and pitiful little animal that could be strangled to death with one hand.

"This is your brother? He looks like someone from your Song family." The general reached out and touched his body. He usually hates long-winded accessories. No.

The general didn't feel embarrassed at all, so he tore off the jade bead from the third prince's waist and handed it to Song Peiyu, "This bead is not bad, it just fits the little son of the Song family."

Mu Qing's raised hand froze in the air when he heard that, he swallowed the words in his throat, and lowered his head to cover up the confusion on his face.

The general turned his back to Mu Qing, so he couldn't see Mu Qing's movements clearly, but Song Peiyu looked straight at him instead.

It's just that he has already guessed the identity of the 'general', even if the 'general' rewards him with a random stone on the ground, he still has to accept it.

Even Song Peiyu was shocked when he got the jade beads.

Only the longan-sized bead is translucent and green, and the white mist inside can be seen to be in the shape of a dragon. The small depression under the bead is naturally formed and almost undetectable, which is clearly an exquisite hidden button. .

With a numb face, Song Peiyu didn't respond to the third prince being robbed of the beads, and even wanted to sleep on the spot, wanting to hit someone after a long time.

This is clearly the pearl that was buckled from the jade pendant with the pearl held in the dragon's mouth!

From the previous dynasties, only the princes and concubines would use the jade pendant with a dragon holding a pearl.

When the emperor issued a decree to bestow marriage, he would divide the jade pendant with the dragon pearl into two, the dragon-shaped jade pendant would be given to the prince, and the dragon ball would be given to the prospective prince and concubine.

Therefore, there are also sayings that unmarried princes wear jade pendants with dragon titles, and married princes wear jade pendants without pearls.

The prince wears the dragon ball alone, Song Peiyu can only think of two words.

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