I was a princess in ancient times

Suddenly there was a regular knocking sound at the door, followed by the sound of green bamboo.

"Prince of the county, Yu Ran brought a letter written by the Patriarch of the Yu family to seek an audience."

Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue looked away in unison, like mandarin ducks that were suddenly disturbed.They were calm for a while before the waves in their eyes returned to calm.

"Sixteen times within ten days." Ji Xinxue snorted coldly, not concealing her sarcasm at all.

Yu Heng put down the half bowl of porridge left, and said in a flat tone, "It can be seen that there is not much time left for them over there, but this should be the last letter from Mrs. Yu."

On the day of Ji Jingyu's wedding, Yu Feng's confidant secretly ran to the princess mansion to spread a message, telling Yu Heng to be careful of the Yu family, and not to give the Yu family any writing or tokens.

In the past two hours, news spread from the house where members of the Yu family lived temporarily in Chang'an that Yu Feng suddenly contracted a strange disease and had to go to Zhuangzi to recuperate.

That night, there were five or six more dead bodies in the mass graves on the outskirts of the city, all of which had appeared by Yu Feng's side.

On the second day, Yu Ran personally went to the Princess Mansion to tell Yu Heng how Yu Feng contracted the strange disease in detail. Before he could say a few words, tears were streaming down his face.

He said that Yu Feng was infected with the strange disease because he was greedy for wild fun when he went to Zhuangzi to play a few days ago, and ate at the villager's house.

This strange disease is just more sleepy than usual at the beginning, so it is easy to ignore.At the time of the onset, there were red herpes of different sizes all over the body, which not only looked terrible, but also had the risk of infection.

When he said this, Yu Ran's eyes were full of rejoicing, and he murmured, "Recently, the seventeenth sister of my family will be married to the Zheng family. Brother Yu was ordered by the head of the family to buy a dowry for the seventeenth sister in Chang'an, and he was really busy. It’s because I didn’t share meals with my uncle, otherwise…”

Even so, Qing Zhu, Zi Zhu and others who were guarding Yu Heng's side were still flushed with anger, and looked at Yu Ran with cold hostility.

They are of good nationality, considered as the guests of the Princess Mansion, after all, their status is far inferior to Yu Ran who is a son of aristocratic family.No matter how angry Yu Ran knew that he was at risk of contracting a strange disease, but still came to see Yu Heng, he could not express his dissatisfaction with Yu Ran's yin and yang.

As a second-rank general, Lin Zhao has no such worries.

Hearing the news, he hurried to the flower hall, and immediately asked Qingzhu to ask the imperial physician in the palace in front of Yu Ran, and asked Yu Ran to sit in the side hall for a while.

Although the words were not aggressive, they did not deliberately save face for Yu Ran because of his surname 'Yu'.

Yu Heng let Lin Zhao follow the rules, and offered to let the imperial physician go to Zhuangzi to diagnose Yu Feng's pulse and prescribe medicine, but was declined by Yu Ran, who had been confirmed by the imperial physician to be healthy.

The reason Yu Ran gave was that no matter the cause of Yu Feng's illness or the symptoms of the disease, it was extremely disgraceful.Anyway, it's not a serious illness, it can be cured within three months at most, half a month at least, without leaving any scars, so there is really no need to alarm the imperial physician.

He specially came to the Princess Mansion to tell Yu Heng about this, just because Yu Feng was usually very close to the Princess Mansion, and he was afraid that Yu Heng would be worried because of the news that Yu Feng was sick and went to Zhuangzi to recuperate.

Yu Heng knew in his heart that this matter was by no means as simple as Yu Ran said.

Otherwise, how could Yu Feng's usual servants appear in the mass grave at the same time?

Sure enough, as soon as Yu Ran left, Qi Zhu personally reported to Princess Anguo's mansion, claiming that Qi Boxuan missed Yu Heng and hoped that Yu Heng would go back to see him.

After sorting out the relics of Princess Lu, Yu Heng no longer wants to use Qi Boxuan to achieve his goals. He hopes that Qi Boxuan can choose a place that is pleasing to the eye and enjoy the rest of his life in peace.

Qi Boxuan was unwilling.

Every time Yu Heng went to see Qi Boxuan, he would bring a lot of land deeds and house deeds with him for Qi Boxuan to choose, and then hinted to Qi Boxuan that he could take away those who couldn't let go.

Waiting for Qi Boxuan... on that day, he will protect these people for the rest of their lives to be rich and have no worries.

It's a pity that Qi Boxuan turned a blind eye to Yu Heng's words every time. The only thing he mentioned was asking Yu Heng to protect the property under Chu Qingjiu's name. When he thought he was going to die soon, he exchanged "knowing everything without saying nothing" .

Over time, Yu Heng had vaguely guessed what Qi Boxuan was thinking.

He still showed his obedience to Qi Baixuan, as long as Qi Baixuan said a word, whether it was fish in the sea, valuables from the Western Regions, or even rare objects that only existed in the South Sea island country, they would all be delivered to Qi Baixuan in the shortest possible time.

In less than two months, Yu Heng sold nearly 35 taels of silver.

Not only the Qi family of the British government deeply believed in Yu Heng's filial piety, even the courtiers and nobles who had heard about Yu Heng's deeds had repeatedly praised Yu Heng for his sincerity and filial piety.

Even in response to Qi Boxuan's 'missing', Yu Heng rushed to the British residence in a hurry, but Yu Heng did not forget to bring a heavy gift.

Anyone who often accompanied Qi Baixuan or was praised and missed by Qi Baixuan when he visited Qi Boxuan in the British government last time, could get a valuable gift.

For example, Qi Shisan, who is still dreaming of being a princess, and Qi Yanhe, who greets Qi Baixuan at least twice a day, and is more diligent than greeting his own father... Even Qi Baixuan's new poodle got a kennel sewn with rare materials from the Western Regions .

This kind of precious material from the Western Regions is mostly produced in Da Yuezhi, and it has been ranked No. 1 in the reward list of Yecheng outside Yumen Pass for many years.

It wasn't until last year that the caravan was rewarded with 2 taels of gold for fifty plants named 'cotton'.

So far, all items related to cotton are made in-house and directly entered the private treasury of Emperor Changping.Only a very small number of people can get a small amount of cotton or cotton cloth with the favor of Emperor Changping.

In the entire British government, except for Qi Boxuan who had a cotton quilt given to him by Yu Heng, only the Duke of England got a sweat towel by virtue of his title, and Princess Yiyun got two handkerchiefs by virtue of his title.

So a poodle named 'Snowball' got a kennel made of cotton wrapped in cotton, much to the amusing looks of many in the British government.

Qi Boxuan personally tried the comfort of the kennel, and felt that it was not as comfortable as his bedding, so he said casually, "Send it to Mei Niang and make her a dowry."

Not only did Yu Heng stop serving tea, Qi Zhu and Chu Qingjiu were also shocked.

Qi Zhu stared at the brand-new kennel for a long time, but finally bent down... Judging by the size, at least three large cushions can be made out, and embroidered with complicated and gorgeous patterns, it can be regarded as a very dignified dowry.

The teacup collided with the table, making a very crisp sound.

"This is for Xuetuan. When Mei Niang gets married, I will add twenty bolts of cotton cloth of various colors and twenty catties of cotton to her." Yu Heng pinched the center of his brows, and said in an unclear way, "It's not a rare thing."

Ashe positioned cotton cloth and cotton as the same necessities of life as linen, and within a decade, the poorest people could exchange grain for them.

Nowadays, cotton products are not sold outside, just to attract the attention of courtiers.

Yu Heng didn't intend to explain, and the people present didn't want to ask.

Qi Boxuan just suddenly remembered that he had a daughter who was about to get married, and his status in his heart was just ahead of Xue Tuan, so he wanted to give his daughter good things that he didn't need.Qi Zhu only cares about the face of his sister's dowry.Chu Qingjiu's mind was simpler, Xue Tuan's nest meant that he could also sleep, and it happened to be light.

All of a sudden, it turned out that the guest of honor had a good time.

After Qi Zhu and Chu Qingjiu left, Qi Boxuan said he 'missed' Yu Heng.

"The golden seal of Princess An, the golden seal of Xianglin Princess, and the golden seal of Xianglin County King." Qi Baixuan said with palms up, as if chatting, "At least give me one, your grandfather wants it. It's best to be your personal golden seal. "

Yu Heng thought for a moment, then agreed, "I will come to see you again in five days."

"It's been too long." Qi Baixuan's eyes showed dissatisfaction, "Three days."

It's just a gold seal imitation, the princess An Guo's mansion can raise a craftsman to do it, why does it take five days?

Yu Heng just shook his head, not giving Qi Boxuan any room to bargain.

It must be five days.

The gold seal of the Yu Dynasty is not pure gold, there is something in the middle to prevent fraud, so the weight and size are different from those calculated with pure gold.

There are also small officials who will serve as supervisors. Maybe the aristocratic family already knows the secret of the golden seal.

If the truth is revealed here, he and A Xue are in the dark, and the status quo of the aristocratic family in the open will be completely reversed, and the future will be more unpredictable and uncertain for no reason.

Qi Boxuan was quiet for a while, then asked again, "Really?"

Yu Heng picked up the teacup again, and said in a flat tone, "It's not that I can't, I'm afraid that you will die in peace."

"Forget it, it's not too short of three or five days." Qi Boxuan immediately changed his words, eyes filled with deep tiredness at some point, "Go, your grandfather also ordered me to take you to copy the scriptures for your grandmother. Pray."

Yu Heng politely put down the teacup, got up and went to the cubicle with Qi Boxuan.

Qi Boxuan only copied dozens of words perfunctorily, then put down his pen, and followed the barking of the dog to find a new poodle to play with.

Chu Qingjiu entered the door to grind for Yu Heng, and said cautiously, "I, slave, copy it for the county king? Since ancient times, there has been a rule that the master recites scriptures and the servant copies it for him."

Facing Yu Heng's gaze, for some reason, he became more and more guilty, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

Yu Heng didn't know how many times he looked at Chu Qingjiu's facial features carefully, but his brush didn't stop, and he suddenly said something irrelevant, "What do you want to do in the future?"

Chu Qingjiu was stunned, and his tone was light and fast, "serve Liu Lang, so that Liu Lang can feel at ease..."

"After he leaves, what else do you want to do?" Yu Heng asked again.

Chu Qingjiu silently lowered her head.

He wanted to give Liu Lang a filial piety for three years.

Chu Qingjiu knew very well that he was not qualified.

Besides, Liulang's last wish is to be cremated after his death, and his ashes scattered to the world.

Where should he keep his filial piety for Liu Lang?

I don't know how long it took, the light in the side hall became dimmer, Chu Qingjiu finally said in a hoarse voice, "I want to walk around, go to the north to see the wild winds of the frontier, go to the sea to see the vastness of the world, and then go to see the southern border. Exotic flowers and plants, a long-standing historical site in the Western Regions."

Maybe at a certain moment, he will unexpectedly meet Liu Lang's soul that has not completely dissipated.

Even if it's just to scatter Liulang's ashes everywhere so that he can see the scenery with his own eyes, it would be a good thing.

Yu Heng raised his pen to dip in the ink, but the pen didn't froze for a moment.

"it is good."

Half an hour later, Yu Heng put away his pen and went out to find Qi Boxuan.

It was time for him to go, before the sun set, he happened to go to the Ministry of Households to pick up Axue from the Yamen, and went to Princess Baoding's mansion to have a feast together, then returned to Princess An's mansion to stay overnight, and went to the Great Court Meeting together tomorrow.

Chu Qingjiu waited for the last few pages of scriptures copied by Yu Heng to dry up completely before chasing after him with the whole stack of rice paper in his arms.

At that time, the poor poodle was lying at Qi Baixuan's feet so tired that he kept sticking out his tongue and didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.

Qi Boxuan was in good spirits, his brows never looked tired, and he taught the two parrots to read poetry with great interest.

Yu Heng's eyes lingered on the parrot for a while, and asked, "Where did you find this parrot? It looks very clever. I will also find a pair for the empress dowager and the concubine to relieve the boredom."

Qi Baixuan waved to the panting Chu Qingjiu, motioned for Chu Qingjiu to put the scriptures in his hand, and said casually, "This is something from your seventh uncle. I heard it came from the south the day before, and I heard it again the next day. It's from the north."

He shook his head, "I don't care about such things, you might as well go to your grandfather if you ask me."

Before the impatient words fell completely, the teacup in Qi Baixuan's hand had naturally tilted on the scriptures that Yu Heng had worked so hard to copy for half an hour.

The two parrots were indeed very clever, and even learned most of the conversation between Qi Boxuan and Yu Heng.

It's just that it is not comparable to human words, and many words are lost for no reason, which inevitably seems weird.

"Parrot, clever, Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager to relieve boredom."

"Come from the south, come from the south!"

"Come from the north, come from the north!"

"I don't care about such things. If you ask me, you might as well ask your grandfather."

……

The two little fellows shouted in a hurry.

Chu Qingjiu subconsciously wanted to rescue the scriptures that Yu Heng had worked so hard to copy for half an hour, but after she stretched out her hand, she changed it to cover her mouth as if she suddenly remembered something.

Liu Lang called him ignorant when the king of the county was copying the scriptures, did he not want the king of the county to copy the scriptures?

At this time, these scriptures were also deliberately destroyed.

He can't do bad things with good intentions and make trouble for Liu Lang and the county king.

Yu Heng's sleeve brushed against Chu Qingjiu's hand, picked up the scriptures that had not been fully soaked and put them on the side, so that the backlog of tea could flow onto the table, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm here to greet Aye Before, I helped His Majesty transcribe scriptures to pray for the late Emperor and Prince Zhaoyan, and my hand was not steady, so I couldn’t hold the teacup.”

The bright parrot learns new sentences in no time.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry!"

"Help Your Majesty copy the scriptures to pray for the late Emperor and Prince Zhaoyan!"

"My hands are unstable, I can't hold the teacup."

Chu Qingjiu turned around silently, and the hand holding her mouth was even stronger.

He suddenly felt that, from a certain point of view, these two parrots were smarter than him.

Qi Boxuan fixed his gaze on the rice paper in Yu Heng's hand.

Because the tea was poured on it for too short a time, at least two-thirds of the bronze inscriptions were not affected.Give people who are proficient in this way a few days, and they can write characters that seem to be fake ones as if they were copied.

In order not to be affected by the handwriting blurred by the tea, Yu Heng deliberately separated the destroyed words from the unaffected words, and his tone still couldn't hide his guilt, "Ayermo is going to be angry. It's not that I don't respect my grandmother. From tomorrow In the morning, my son would wash up in the morning and copy three pages of scriptures for his grandmother before doing other things.

Qi Boxuan closed his eyes, and waved his hands wearily, "Don't forget what you said, next time you visit me, bring all the scriptures you copied, and take them to the ancestral hall as soon as possible."

Yu Heng took advantage of the situation and left. According to the plan, he would first pick up Ji Xinxue from the yamen, then go to Princess Baoding's mansion for dinner, and then return to the mansion to rest.

Unexpectedly, when he was having dinner at Princess Baoding's mansion, he received the news that Yu Ran rushed to Princess An's mansion again to ask to see him.

Yu Ran said that Yu Feng was in a bad mood after being sick, and hoped that Yu Heng could write a letter to comfort Yu Feng, encourage him to recover from his illness, and help Yu Feng get out of trouble.

From this day on, for ten consecutive days, Yu Ran could find a reason to see Yu Heng almost every day.

Either using Yu Feng's illness as an excuse to ask Yu Heng to reply to Yu Feng's letter, or to take the letter from the Patriarch of the Yu family expressing his deep love for his ancestors and ask Yu Heng to reply.

Yu Heng was soft-hearted, and would only decline two or three times out of ten.

Occasionally, when there is nothing else at hand, he will reply in front of Yu Ran.

On the side of the British government, Yu Heng would never refuse.

Because Qi Boxuan was the one who spoke every time, as a filial son, Yu Heng was even willing to redouble his request.

For example, according to the five-day agreement, when he lent the golden seal of Xianglin County King to Qi Baixuan, he not only brought many scriptures copied by himself for the British Duke and Duchess, but also sent five additional copies of the name card inscribed as Xianglin County King.

Yu Heng didn't want to leave Ji Xinxue to meet Yu Ran at this time, but Ji Xinxue has already realized that it is very dangerous to get tired of being together just...after that.

Therefore, Yu Ran changed five pots of tea while waiting, and what he saw was the prince of Xianglin County who had a dark complexion and was obviously in a bad mood.