The third year after the death of the emperor

Autumn and winter come.

On the day of Lidong, Xie Wen left Ziwei Palace, and saw no one except Dr. Zhang Zezhang and Ziwei's guards who accompanied him according to the order.

Xiao Xuanqian didn't send him off.

That's good, otherwise, even if the little emperor won't change his mind, he probably won't be able to bear such a scene.Xie Wen was sitting in the carriage, Zhang Ze handed in a plush cloak, and said through the curtain: "Master Xie, the journey is long, your body is just getting better, you must pay attention."

"I know." Xie Wen said, "Thank you very much."

This thank you has a double meaning, Zhang Ze knew it well, he said: "Wherever you want to go and what to do, His Majesty will prepare well for you. The scenery of Luodu is infinite, and it is warmer than Jinghua, suitable for self-cultivation Before leaving, Cui Dajian told me that Mr. Xie lived in a brothel before?"

"Well," Xie Wen replied, "The Peony Pavilion."

"Oh... Luodu's top-level 'small class' is famous all over the world. It's just that you live there and do things, so it's not convenient. If you don't buy some land property, go out and live by yourself?"

"No need." Xie Wen tightened her cloak, "It's lively there."

Zhang Ze didn't say much anymore. He knew that the emperor probably didn't like the parting scene, so he didn't say goodbye to anyone. Except for His Majesty, the few people who knew the inside story, such as Feng Qijun and Shen Yuexiao, were all kept in the dark ... Just as he was thinking, a cat meowed suddenly from the curtain of the car, and a snow-white cat's head poked out from the dense curtain, looking at the road ahead with mandarin duck eyes.

The Jade Lion followed Xie Wen into the car and insisted on "eloping" with him. It seemed to be suffocated by the palace wall. It turned its head when it showed its face, swiped its big tail, and lay down on Xie Wen's lap slowly.

Just when the group was about to leave Beijing, there was a sound of galloping horseshoes in the distance.Jian Fengzhi sat on the horse and galloped, only pulled the reins in front of a group of people, braked suddenly, then turned the horse's head, and asked anxiously: "Doctor Zhang? Is Mr. Xie here? Is he in the car?"

Zhang Zedao: "The bodyguards are the bodyguards bestowed by His Majesty, not by the emperor's teacher..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiaojian tore off the gold-encrusted jade badge on his waist to show his identity with one hand, threw it on the ground without hesitation, and said firmly: "I am the guard of the emperor's teacher!"

He took off the robe representing his official title, then took off the sword of Ziwei's guards, and threw it to the accompanying emperor's guards. He only wore a thin white shirt, and looked directly at Zhang Ze: "Master Xie, where are you going? I'll go wherever I go, don't I treat him as a friend and he doesn't treat me as a friend?"

Zhang Ze was speechless for a while, and turned his head to glance at the carriage.Seeing a slender and pale hand protruding from the curtain of the car, with one corner raised slightly, the long-haired white cat sat in the gap between the curtain and raised its head: "Meow meow——"

Jian Fengzhi asked: "What do you mean?"

Zhang Ze was speechless for a while, then said: "It agreed."

Immediately, Jian Fengzhi happily got up and opened the door to get into the car, begged for a coat he could wear from beside Xie Wen, changed his clothes and went out to ride the horse again. He slowed down the horse, stopped beside the carriage, and bowed his head He followed by the car window and muttered: "If you leave, don't call me a good friend. If I didn't react quickly, you would never see me in your life."

"Following me has no future." The other party's gentle voice came from the car window.

"Who wants that! Can you change your mind about planning for others? I don't care about a bright future. I only need a few relatives and friends, and wandering around the world, so my life is not in vain."

Hearing Jian Fengzhi's tone, Xie Wen knew that he had let go of the entanglement in his heart. No matter what the inside story of those grievances and enmities overlapped, ordinary people under the top-level game often had no choice but to accept it.

Concerned about Xie Wen's recovery, this time the journey was slower than normal.Doctor Zhang has never been in a romantic venue like the Peony Pavilion, so he only delivered it outside the door. He watched Xie Wen get off the car, and said with clear eyes: "I will send you a thousand miles, and I will have to say goodbye."

"I've troubled you too much." Before Xie Wen could finish speaking, the white cat that eloped with him jumped up with ease, grabbed him and snuggled him into his arms. Xie Wen touched the jade lion helplessly. , and continued, "Going back to Beijing is a smooth journey."

Zhang Ze leaned over and saluted, then mounted his horse again.In the most prosperous place in Luodu, this group of people seemed quite dignified and extraordinary, but when passers-by saw that they stopped at the Peony Pavilion, they suddenly didn't care - this was a local rich gentry, businessman, and son of an official who spent a lot of money. where.

Xie Wencai stepped into the threshold, and met the young lady who seemed to have been notified a long time ago.The eldest lady first stood there blankly, glanced at his rather unusual face for a moment, then walked around him a few times, and the fan in her hand fell off with a snap.

The next moment, the eldest lady rushed over crying, and threw herself into Xie Wen's arms: "Ouch—my Yulang, I thought you did something wrong, you really scared me to death. If it weren’t for the people in the government two days ago who said that you are the benefactor of the nobles in Beijing, and you have changed your name and changed your appearance here, please go over and thank you—I would die for you. Since this happened, why didn’t you say it earlier? Mom, I was worried for nothing."

Xie Wen was suddenly bumped by her, and took half a step back to stabilize her figure. He raised his hand to support Miss Qing's shoulders, and while comforting her, he opened a little distance and said: "It happened suddenly, I couldn't talk to Miss Qing explain."

The young lady is already over forty years old, but she is very mature and glamorous.She said: "It really scared me to death... It's really not safe to live in the Peony Pavilion with your face, no wonder you have to change your appearance. If I had known that you looked like this, there would be nothing wrong with those little girls. "

Xie Wen said: "The eldest lady is joking."

"What are you laughing at? The business has been sluggish in the past two years, and the Nanfeng Pavilion next door has to be merged. It's just that Yulang looks like a flesh and blood. He just teaches some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting as a gentleman here. How can I Dare to let you show your face and let others look at you?" When she said this, she turned her head and saw Jian Fengzhi behind him, and suddenly changed another expression, and asked quietly, "Who is he?"

Before Xie Wen could explain, Jian Fengzhi, who had been shocked by the Red Mansion Fragrant House, said in a daze, "I am...his friend."

"Friend? Do you want to stay here temporarily?" Lady Qing's expression remained unchanged, she looked at him coldly, and then whispered to Xie Wen, "Does Yulang still live in that small building? I already asked someone to give it to you three days ago." It's been cleaned up, but the Peony House only has one man, Yulang, besides the laughing girl..."

As she whispered, she couldn't help wrapping her fingertips around Xie Wen's black hair, and then she was held and moved down as expected. The number of times she was rejected throughout the year was not one thousand, but eight hundred. She suddenly lost interest Turning around, he said, "Since we're friends, it's okay to stay here, just don't disturb the girls. If something happens, I have to let Yulang stay with me for one night before letting you go."

When did Jian Fengzhi hear such straightforward and undisguised words? He looked at Xie Wen, who was calm and calm, and then at the flirtatious young lady, and said in his heart that it was because His Majesty didn't know about it. Once you know, won't even this Peony Pavilion be razed to the ground?He swallowed his saliva, patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, bustard, although I came with Mr. Xie, I don't live here. Naturally, a man has to make a living by himself. I just visit him from time to time—"

Halfway through his speech, he remembered the small box that Imperial Doctor Zhang had handed to him before he left, and handed it to Xie Wen as instructed, and said, "Doctor Zhang said that it was prepared for you by that one."

Xie Wen had almost guessed what it was, and said, "I don't need it."

"You can't use it even if you don't even look at it?" Jian Fengzhi asked in surprise, "You two are lovers...cough, don't you guys still have a good understanding between your friends?"

"I'll keep it for you." Xie Wen said, "It's too heavy, I can't carry it."

He really couldn't carry it anymore, even the jade lion in his arms had already obediently and obediently jumped to his feet. The box was heavy, and he hugged the cat for a while, his hands were sore.When Jian Fengzhi heard this, he muttered: "A big man is delicate and delicate." Then he took the box and went to the streets to find a place to stay.

It is daytime now, and there is not much business in the Peony Pavilion.Mrs. Qing went upstairs with Xie Wen, Xie Wen just settled down, and saw a slender woman holding a long pipe leaning on the door frame, looking at him through the bead curtain above, standing there puffing. .

One of the top brands of Peony Pavilion, Feng Qingchou.

She has such a name, but she is so charming and colorful.Although Feng Qingchou was wearing winter clothes, she could still see her graceful figure. Her hair was slightly disheveled and her hair was slightly disheveled. While standing there smoking, she said calmly, "Why are there so many prescriptions?"

She is literate, and was taught by Xie Wen herself, and she can see the stacked prescriptions and uncooked medicine packets on Mr. Xie's case at a glance.Feng Qingchou stood with her arms folded, and asked: "Should I take you to repay your favor or to take revenge? Why do you go well, come back sick, and the people in the government say that kind of thing, others believe it, but I don't believe it, the high-ranking official The nobleman never treats people as human beings, do you still remember your kindness?"

She walked over, her makeup was disheveled, it could be seen that she had just woken up not long ago.Feng Qingchou sat across from Xie Wen, took a puff of cigarette listlessly, and stared at her with those peach-like eyes: "Little girls don't know yet, when they wake up, they must hold you to celebrate. I said wait until you come back to eat the pot together and heat up the stove."

"Isn't it good?" Xie Wen smiled, "It's so lively."

"Your nature is so cold and cold, but you actually like to be lively. It can be seen that your heart is too cold, and you need to use something to warm it." Feng Qingchou raised his hand after saying this, and gently hooked his two fingers Lowering her jaw, she looked at this face seriously, she shook her head, until Xie Wen held her wrist, Feng Qingchou let go suddenly, and complained, "It was good enough before!"

"What are you making a fuss about, you little hoof?" The young lady who ordered the maid to decorate the room turned her head and pointed at her, "Yulang doesn't accept guests. No matter how beautiful it is, we will not steal your business."

"Am I still afraid that others will steal the business?" Feng Qingchou said, "It's a joke, he already has a daughter, and he must have gotten better with other women. I don't want it too much."

"You don't want me, don't be duplicity here to draw people's attention, and don't comb your hair." Mrs. Qing argued with her, then remembered something, and said, "By the way, where is Tongren Xie? "

Xie Wen was already prepared and explained: "When I went to Kyoto, Tongtong stayed at a relative's house, and I will pick him up later."

"I said why Tong Tong doesn't look like you. If you look at your real face, Xie Tong looks a lot like you." The servant handed over a high stool, and Mrs. Qing sat down to rest, "Said Daughter follows father, it really is like this, she must be a peerless beauty when she grows up... Your father and daughter are so good, and that woman still abandons her husband and daughter and goes away to Jinghua, she really has no conscience-if I see you every day full."

Feng Qingchou snorted: "I don't respect the old."

"Who do you say is old?" The eldest lady had very good ears, and kicked her dissatisfiedly, "I am still in my prime, and I have saved a peony house and want to marry Yulang, but he is too thoughtful and secretive. Liulijing's sweethearts have really become husband and wife, I'm clumsy in speech and tongue, and I don't even know if I made him sad."

"You didn't leave the horoscope, you even thought of the child's name." Feng Qingchou knocked on the pipe, "Catch the wind and wash away the dust at night, young lady, don't let the little girls have too much trouble, dance and sing tomorrow and make your voice hoarse. I have to slap them."

"You can do my job at a young age." After the young lady finished speaking, she ordered the little servant to bring a pot of flowers, not forgetting to follow Feng Qingchou and say, "Don't make you addicted to cigarettes here, in case he gets hurt No."

"How could it be..." Feng Qingchou raised his head, held Xie Wen's face deliberately as if teasing, and blew the smoke in front of him, and said with a smile, "Mr. Xie is so--"

Before she finished speaking, Xie Wen frowned, and after avoiding it, she was still choked by the smoke and kept coughing.Feng Qingchou lost her mind, quickly put down the pipe and stepped forward to give it to him, said guiltily: "I'm just kidding, I don't know if you really can't stand it, it wasn't good before, I won't smoke again when I come to you."

When she got closer, she smelled a strong smell of medicine. There was a hint of book ink in the bitterness. She was dumbfounded for a while, and she tugged on his sleeve after a while, and said in a low voice: "...Did you suffer?"

Xie Wen eased her breath, perhaps it was because the incense of Ziwei Palace was too rich and delicate, which raised him a little too close to the smoke, or maybe it was because she was too tired and weak, so she was not as good as before, he explained: "No. It's just The water and soil in Kyoto are not acclimatized, and the traffic of horses and horses is not very comfortable."

Only then did Feng Qingchou sit back in his seat hesitantly, and after a long while of silence, he sighed and said, "I'm not acclimatized...it's okay, we're all back."

Xie Wen watched her stub out the cigarette, and promised him again and again that she would not smoke again. The young lady rearranged the room for him, sometimes asking his relatives and making jokes... He suddenly felt an extremely quiet, and after the quiet, he was full of With the noise of the world of mortals, his thoughts seemed to sink into the abyss in an instant, and then dragged back into the world. When he came back to his senses, only Feng Qingchou murmured in his ears: "It's okay, everything is fine." back." Yes.Xie Wen thought it was all right.

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Purple Palace.

Holding the note in the kit, Xiao Tianmei wandered outside the palace for a long time before tearing the note into pieces, stuffing it into his sleeve, and stepping into the golden palace.

Mr. Xie has almost arranged everything, and the note in the kit is extremely careful about how to comfort Brother Nine after he leaves, which shows that he has Brother Huang in his heart.When Xiao Tianmei received the gift that day, she immediately understood a lot—asking someone else to forward it in advance shows that the husband had anticipated the situation that day... Thinking about it this way, Xiao Tianmei's worries were immediately relieved, and they subsided for several days , After confirming that the emperor had left the capital, he entered the palace with Mr. Xie's explanation.

The servant and internal officer were inside, Xiao Tianmei raised his hand to let the little eunuch at the door not to inform, relying on his status as the most favored princess, he knocked lightly on the door.

After a while, there was no sound inside, Mei'er gently opened the door, and saw her emperor brother sitting in front of the case, he seemed to be fine, but she sniffed carefully, and suddenly found a strong smell of blood.

Xiao Tianmei immediately went forward and saw Cui Sheng, who was usually serving pen and ink, kneeling on the ground with an anxious face, he bandaged the palms of the emperor's brother tremblingly, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor Zhang has not returned, the rest ..."

"No need." Xiao Xuanqian said. "I'm just distracted."

Cui Sheng didn't dare to speak any more. When he looked up, he saw Xiao Tianmei. He didn't know whether it was joy or sadness on his face, and he just called Her Royal Highness softly.Xiao Tianmei raised her hand so that he didn't have to stand up to salute, and took a few steps forward, seeing that the cinnabar on her imperial brother's case mixed with the blood, staining the case file.

Xiao Xuanqian leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to meditate, looking quite normal - if one ignores what he just did, then the surface is indeed normal.

"What happened?" Xiao Tianmei asked Cui Sheng. Before Supervisor Cui answered, Brother Nine's voice sounded low and slowly, with a very indifferent tone.

"A moth flew in." Xiao Xuanqian said, "I was looking for a home for it, and accidentally burned my hand."

Meier froze for a moment, then subconsciously looked at the candlestick in front of the desk, and sure enough, she saw the crackling, moth remnants above the candlelight.She suddenly felt cold all over her body, and a word stuck in her throat, she couldn't help but want to ask:

Do you want to burn the moth, or yourself?

She took a deep breath, without involving Xie Wen, she and Xiao Xuanqian are still the closest siblings in the world.Mei'er stepped up the jade steps, raised her hand from the side to grind the ink on the inkstone, and said in a low voice, "When did you leave, sir?"

"……do not know."

"It's a good thing to be separated for a while." Mei'er followed the hint on Xie Wen's note, and comforted her, "I know the heart of the emperor, but Mr. can't stand you like this. If you really respect him and love him, you shouldn't be so rude. , in an extreme way."

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