Empress and Empress

Cheng Jing huddled in a corner, there were no cells in the barracks, so he was sent to a cell in the Yamen.Three days have passed since it was delivered.Since a bucket of water was given to him on the first day, no one has been here in the past few days.

The dungeon was dark and damp, and there was air conditioning everywhere.In addition to not eating for three days, Cheng Jing was so cold that he didn't feel anything.In the past three days, he kept thinking about the past.

In Chang'an, he used to ride horses recklessly, but was looked down upon by others in Quanrong, and was later sent to farm to live a life of hard work.He sometimes regretted why he came to this point.It's just that time can't turn back.

The cell door opened and someone walked in.Cheng Jing raised his head, his eyes could no longer focus on one point, he could only feel that many people walked in slowly, and then stood at the door of the cell.He tried hard to see who it was.It doesn't matter who it is, as long as it can take him out of here.

"How do you feel?" Xia Zimo asked.

Cheng Jing's eyesight finally recovered, and he slowly raised his head.He only saw a pair of purple velvet shoes embroidered with golden mandarin ducks, then the figure covered by the wide cloak, and finally Xia Zimo's face.Xia Zimo didn't have any expression on his face at this time, looking at him like looking at a dying person.

"Zimo, Zimo---" Cheng Jing almost crawled to the door of the cell. "Zimo, since our two families are family friends, you and I had a marriage contract, please forgive me---"

He stretched out his hand to pull Xia Zimo's cloak, but was stopped by the guard behind Xia Zimo.The long knife was out of its sheath, and Cheng Jing was a little scared by the light of the knife.The guard shouted loudly, "Hugh is presumptuous."

Yuan Xingye waved his hand, and the guard retracted his knife and returned behind the two of them.Xia Zimo looked at Cheng Jing, Cheng Jing must die, there are too many variables to keep this kind of villain, but she is not willing to let him go like this.But looking at it today, Xia Zimo lost his appetite.

"Cheng Jing, the Cheng family has been implicated because of your affairs, and the emperor ordered the whole family to be executed." Xia Zimo said.Cheng Jing raised his head, a little dazed.

"You should know that Concubine Xian came to Youzhou before, and she wrote a memorial to explain your treason, and your family was implicated by you. Now on Huangquan Road, you can just make amends to them."

"Impossible, the emperor won't do this." Cheng Jing said, "You lied to me, you lied to me---I want to go back to Chang'an. I want to go back---Zimo, I beg you to let me go back. I don't care about anything. Promise you---" He originally thought that as long as he survived and returned to Chang'an, he could get rid of this kind of life.It can be the same as before.

But if all the family members are dead, what hope and hope does he have.

Yuan Xingye looked down at Cheng Jing, she didn't want Cheng Jing to die so easily, Xia Zimo had to take revenge, but Cheng Jing like this is really disgusting, people can't even have the desire to revenge .

Xia Zimo sighed, and pulled Yuan Xingye out of the cell.Yuan Xingye waved to the guards behind him. The two of them only heard Cheng Jing's cry, which stopped after they took a few steps.Yuan Xingye clearly felt that Cheng Jing's aura had disappeared.

"His death is still very valuable. Now that the Cheng family has a handle in our hands, at least they have their own strength above the court." Yuan Xingye comforted Xia Zimo.

Pushing open the door of the cell, Xia Zimo said with a smile, "It's just that I didn't expect the Cheng family to be regarded as loyal for several generations, but such a rebellious son came out. They didn't even have the courage to ask for death."

Time soon approached New Year's Eve, and the whole of Youzhou became beaming.Yuan Xingye also gave the soldiers three days off.With the garrison of hundreds of thousands of troops, Youzhou has become extremely prosperous, and even the surrounding villages have become much more popular.

Xia Zimo and Yuan Xingye were in Youzhou, and they didn't have so many complicated etiquettes in the court, so they were happy and at ease.

On New Year's Eve, when Xia Zimo got up, Yuan Xingye had already disappeared.It's just a newly made palace dress with flowing color dark flowers and cloud brocade and a cotton-padded inner coat beside the bed.Xia Zimo put on his clothes, which were new inside and out, as if they had just been smoked, and there was still a faint warmth and fragrance on the clothes.

When she got up, she found that on the dressing table beside her, there were still a very simple bead flower hairpin and a hollowed-out ruby ​​walker, and there was a note on the side, which said "Giving Zimo".

Xia Zimo smiled, and simply tied his hair in a bun, and took the hairpin and Bu Yao with him.Although these things are not as valuable as the emperor's rewards, they are not as valuable as they are elegant, which shows that Yuan Xingye has put a lot of thought into them.

Turning around, there was a food box on the table. She opened the food box, and there were simple glutinous rice porridge and a few side dishes inside, and it was still steaming.

Xia Zimo frowned. It seemed that Yuan Xingye hadn't been gone for long. What was he going to do?She sat down, Yuan Xingye wasn't around and she didn't have the heart to eat anything, so she took out the food and put it in front of her.

"Come here." Xia Zimo put down his chopsticks, and Xiaoyu walked in from the outside. "grown ups."

"Where did you see the marshal go?" Xia Zimo asked.Xiaoyu shook her head, Xia Zimo waved her back, the soldiers don't have to practice today, where can Yuan Xingye go?While thinking, Yuan Xingye opened the curtain and walked in.

"Are you awake?" Yuan Xingye sat down and reached out to pick up vegetables for Xia Zimo. Xia Zimo was frightened by the chill on her body, and took her hand to warm her up. "Where did you go?"

"I went to check out tonight's menu," Yuan Xingye said.Yuan Xingye paid enough food and salary to live a good year.The chief general, the deputy general and the two of them were going to spend together, so Yuan Xingye specially asked the best restaurant in Youzhou to order a table of dishes.

For the soldiers under her command, she is definitely not a harsh coach.

Xia Zimo nodded, the two of them had breakfast and did not go out, they were reading and playing chess in the tent.It quickly darkened.There were already not many people in the barracks, Xia Zimo also gave Cui'er and Xiaoyu a holiday so that they would not have to wait around.Xia Zimo looked at the sky, he was going to the restaurant in two hours.

Yuan Xingye looked at Xia Zimo and said with a smile, "How about we walk around?" Xia Zimo put down the book, a little puzzled, "What's the matter?" .” Then he picked up Xia Zimo’s cloak and put it on her.He leaned in front of her and said, "Hey, okay!"

Xia Zimo sighed. She had never been able to refuse Yuan Xingye, and so it was at this time.Resigned to his fate, he followed Yuan Xingye out of the tent.The two walked hand in hand in the barracks.

The location of the military camp is in the northwest corner of Youzhou, and after leaving the military camp, there are continuous high mountains.Yuan Xingye pulled Xia Zimo to warm her up.The two quickly walked out of the barracks.

"Where are you going?" Xia Zimo said, Yuan Xingye turned around and smiled and said, "Go to the snow." After the words fell, she pointed her finger not far away.Clean and slender fingers were under the wide sleeves. Xia Zimo looked along Yuan Xingye's hand, and saw a continuous snow field.

Yuan Xingye took her for a few steps, and Xia Zimo suddenly found a bump in the snow. Because the sky was a little dark, she didn't pay attention to it just now.After walking a few steps closer, I was surprised to find that this protrusion was as big as a tent, like a small snow mountain.Yuan Xingye pulled her aside, Xia Zimo's eyes widened in surprise.

There is actually a door in the snow mountain, and there is still some faint light inside the door. "What is this?" Xia Zimo was puzzled.Yuan Xingye let go of her hand and raised a palm towards the snow mountain.Yuan Xingye's internal force blew away the white snow on the snow mountain, revealing the true face of Lushan Mountain below.

It is an "ice tent" carved out of ice, shaped like a tent, crystal clear, and the light is reflected from the ice. "Let's go in." Yuan Xingye pulled Xia Zimo and walked in. Xia Zimo walked to the ice tent and stretched out his hand.

It was bitingly cold to start with, the whole piece of ice was one piece, and it looked like it was carved from a large piece of ice.The space inside is also very large, with a stone table and a stone bench in the middle.The stone tables and benches are all covered with thick fur, only the middle part of the stone table top is exposed.

The source of light is many silks hanging in the igloo, and each silk thread is tied with a night pearl.Because of the refraction of light by the ice, the luminous pearls filled the entire igloo with light, which was bright and not dazzling, making it seem a bit like a dream.From the outside, it looks like a giant glow-in-the-dark bead.Inside the igloo, it's like there are fireflies flying.

Yuan Xingye pulled her to sit down, who was already stunned. Xia Zimo unexpectedly found that the stone bench was hot, and the inside of the igloo was not cold at all.

"This is---" Xia Zimo looked at Yuan Xingye, who went outside and came in with a food box.He began to place things on the table that was not wrapped in fur, and said, "I didn't watch the New Year together last year, so I will make up for it this year. Do you like it?"

"Are you here to get this this morning?" Xia Zimo asked.They had been busy before, and the two were almost inseparable, except that they didn't see Yuan Xingye this morning.

Yuan Xingye set the plate and said with a slight smile, "Actually, it didn't take much time." Although it was warmer here than outside, it was still a bit chilly.But if you use charcoal fire, the ice will melt.Later Yuan Xingye thought of a way, she dug a hole in the ground

hole, put charcoal in it, and put a stone table on it after leaving a vent.

The stone table will gradually become hot after the charcoal is burned, so she wraps fur on the outside, so that the area around the stone table will be warm, and the dishes on it will not be cold.

Yuan Xingye brought Xia Zimo a glass of wine, "Try it, this is the daughter red that has been buried for 100 years." Xia Zimo couldn't think anymore, she looked at Yuan Xingye, picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

The wine was still a bit chilly, Xia Zimo sobered up.Pulling over Yuan Xingye, he said, "You are the Marshal, and you are in command of the 40 Northern Army. Why are you doing these things about affection?"

Yuan Xingye let Xia Zimo pull him, with a faint smile, his tone was always gentle and unhurried, with a little warmth and pampering, "Do you like it?"

Xia Zimo couldn't help but said, "If you are the emperor, you must be a fool who wants beauty and not country." Yuan Xingye smiled sullenly, stretched out his hand to hold Xia Zimo's hand, and intersected with her ten times, "It depends on what kind of beauty it is, I am weak." I only take one scoop of water for three thousand. Even if other people are celestial maidens, I will not take a second look."

Xia Zimo is helpless, how could she not like it, it's just---

Yuan Xingye seemed to see what she was thinking, and said with a smile, "Are you afraid that I will abolish the public for private reasons, or that other people will secretly slander me?" Xia Zimo nodded, and Yuan Xingye smiled, "There is no distinction between public and private here, only It’s the difference of severity. Let others say what others say.”

"If you're not here, I'll go back and think about other things. When you're here, these are meaningless." Yuan Xingye chuckled, "Would you like to try these dishes? I made them all."

"You made it?" Xia Zimo was surprised. He looked at the several dishes on the table that looked delicious, then looked at Yuan Xingye, pulled her by the collar and said, "Why do you know everything, why are you so good at coaxing?" people."

"I'm not good at coaxing people, I'm only willing to coax you." Yuan Xingye said.