Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

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Everyone in the world knows that the capital of the Jin Dynasty is Chang'an City, and Chang'an City is full of gold.

And there is a street in Chang'an City called Chang'an Avenue. Although Chang'an Street bears the name of Chang'an, it is not considered prosperous on weekdays. Instead, it is the street farthest from the imperial palace. It was originally called Chang'an Lane, but later it was called Shouting, it became Chang'an Avenue.

Going in from East Street, there is a long alley, which is Chang'an Street.

The carriage from the concubine's mansion arrived at the entrance of Chang'an Street. Zhou Jinyu first got out of the carriage with Xiao Baozi in his arms, and Wan Qiu helped Wei Huanian out of the carriage. Chang'an Street was brightly lit. Looking inside, both sides of the street were filled with lanterns The bustling stalls were busier than in the daytime, and all the people coming and going were people admiring the lanterns.

And half a mile to the north of Chang'an Avenue, many tents have already been set up to accommodate refugees. Although the refugees have a mouthful of porridge to satisfy their hunger every day, the porridge is cold and the soup is also rare. Huddled in the tent, waiting for the court to make a decision to deal with them.

Wei Huanian got out of the carriage and lost his mind looking at the faint lights to the north.

Until Zhou Jinyu called her: "Princess, let's go to enjoy the lanterns first, the little bun can't wait."

Wei Huanian came back to his senses, took the white veil that Wan Qiu handed over, and covered his face.

Zhou Jinyu actually didn't know what Wei Huanian was thinking, but today she agreed to the little bun to come out to enjoy the lanterns, when the little bun went out with a look of anticipation, he spent a long time choosing clothes in the room, and in the end it was her Picked out a purple robe for him, the same color as the one she was wearing, all purple.

Zhou Jinyu actually likes light green, pink, or dark purple on weekdays, but ordinary men never wear green robes, and they certainly don't wear pink, which is a color that girls like, so she prefers purple mostly.

Now she is wearing a purple brocade robe, wearing black soap boots, plus she is already good-looking, her eyebrows and eyes are like peach blossoms, and the corner of her mouth is curled into a smile, pointing to the lantern and talking to the little bun, which attracts the girls around frequently look sideways.

A bold young lady even stepped forward and asked her coyly: "Dare you ask me how old you are this year? Where does the young master live? Have you ever been married?"

Seeing this handsome young man holding the child in his arms, she didn't dare to come forward to ask, but seeing that she was only sixteen or seventeen years old, the child might not belong to her, so she boldly came up to ask.

Zhou Jinyu smiled, and just as she was about to reply, she saw Wei Huanian beside her. Although she was wearing a veil and couldn't see her expression, Zhou Jinyu could feel the pair of beautiful eyes under the veil, staring leisurely at her. look at her.

Zhou Jinyu couldn't help coughing lightly, and said back to the girl, "I'm married, and the children are grown up."

The girl was taken aback for a moment, then showed a disappointed expression, saluted embarrassingly, and left quickly, chasing after the companion in front.

When the girls in the company saw that she had touched her nose, they all held their bellies and laughed. The girl was ashamed and ashamed.

Zhou Jinyu turned his head, saw that Wei Huanian was still looking at her, and quickly whispered, "Ma'am, I didn't provoke Rotten Peach Blossom."

Wei Hua young snorted, and said, "You didn't provoke me, so could it be that Taohua pounced on her?"

Zhou Jinyu hurriedly said, "No, Ma'am... I was wrong."

But she thought in her heart, didn't Taohua pounce on herself, she didn't even look at those girls from the beginning to the end, who knew that girl was so unreserved, and asked her if she was married?

But what you say in your heart is what you say in your heart, but it cannot be said out loud.

Wei Huanian didn't want to talk to her anymore, but reached out to the little bun in Zhou Jinyu's arms, and said, "Ah Jing, come to mother."

The little bun looked at Wei Huanian, then at Zhou Jinyu, blinked, and stretched out his hand to Wei Huanian.

Zhou Jinyu put him down, Xiao Baozi held Wei Huanian's hand, and followed her all the way forward.

Zhou Jinyu followed Liu Mu, but Wan Qiu was very excited in the front. She walked to a lantern stand, turned her head and shouted to Wei Huanian, "Master, look, it's a lotus lantern."

Wei Huanian walked over to the stall, and Zhou Jinyu immediately followed.

The stall owner was a middle-aged man in his 40s and [-]s. He immediately greeted with a smile, "Madam, son, buy a lotus lantern."

Putting lotus lanterns has been a custom since the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Write prayers on paper, put them in the lamps, and let them go to the moat. The prayers will reach the heaven and receive the blessing of the gods.Of course, there are also some girls and boys who write their love words on it, and they love concubines for life and life.

Zhou Jinyu asked, "How much money?"

The boss laughed and said: "Two Wen for a cup, if you buy two, I will give you three Wen."

Seeing that Wei Huanian was looking at the lotus lantern, Zhou Jinyu obviously wanted it, so he happily gave the boss three pennies, and stretched out two fingers: "Give me two. Where do you write?"

The boss immediately took the copper coins, took out two thin strips of paper, and handed Zhou Jinyu a pen dipped in ink: "My lord, please."

Zhou Jinyu took the pen, first handed it to Wei Huanian, and said with a smile, "Madam please first."

Wei Huanian took the pen, lifted the veil on his face, and just wrote two words on the paper with the pen. Seeing Zhou Jinyu looking at her, she refused to write.

Zhou Jinyu originally wanted to take a peek, but seeing that Wei Huanian had stopped writing, she quickly turned her head away.

What, if you don’t show it to others, then I won’t show it to you later.

She thought so, Wei Huanian had finished writing, and handed the pen to her, Zhou Jinyu took the pen, clutched the paper again, and wrote her own.After finishing writing, I smiled at the boss and returned the pen.

As soon as Zhou Jinyu looked back, he saw Jinfeng dressed in black, holding a sword in his hand, and followed him not too far away.

Zhou Jinyu smiled at him, Jinfeng nodded and disappeared in the crowd.

Not far away is a teahouse, surrounded by some people in front of the teahouse, maybe the inside is full, and these people listen outside in order to listen to the storyteller's book inside.

Zhou Jinyu had been to this teahouse a few times, but later because it was too far away from Zhou's house, she didn't come here often, but she couldn't help but tell the wonderful stories that the husband told, she didn't come, but some people came here to listen to the books.

At this time, the storyteller was talking about the exciting part, and suddenly the crowd applauded and applauded.

"The story of the previous dynasty is over. Next, let me tell you something about the current dynasty. How about it?"

Zhou Jinyu walked to the teahouse, looked into it from a distance, and saw the storyteller just wet his throat and put down his teacup.

The crowd immediately applauded again: "Speak quickly!"

The storyteller closed the folding fan in his hand with a "snap", looked at the crowd and said, "Speaking of the eldest princess Wei Huanian of this dynasty, it must be well known that our eldest princess is a woman who doesn't give way to her husband. Five years ago Wearing golden armor and holding a long sword, she killed all the Khitan without leaving any armor!"

Some people in the crowd applauded, but some did not buy it, saying: "We have heard what you said, it is nothing more than the matter of the little son of the eldest princess's house, what is there to say?"

The storyteller chuckled: "You only know one thing, not the other."

Everyone knew that the storyteller used the method of suppressing desires and first exaggerating, and the wonderful things must be yet to come.

Zhou Jinyu looked back at Wei Huanian, thinking that what the storyteller said next must not be a good thing, so he said, "Madam, let's go put the lanterns first."

Wei Huanian stood still, not angry, but rather interested, obviously wanting to hear the storyteller continue.

"But you only know one, not the other."

Mr. Speak paused, looked at the person urging him to go on, and smiled slightly: "Guest officials, don't be in a hurry, you can't listen to good stories if you are impatient, that's it." Appetite, he continued: "Our eldest princess was originally loved by His Majesty, and she was rewarded with countless gold, silver and jewels, but since she came back from the battlefield, His Majesty is no longer willing to summon her. You know, among them What's the secret?"

Zhou Jinyu frowned, wanting to go in, he directly lifted the storyteller's desk, telling him to stop talking.

Who knew that just as she was about to go in and start a fight, she saw that Wei Huanian had already passed the threshold of the teahouse, and asked the storyteller, "What's the secret?"

The storyteller saw that the woman in front of him was wearing a veil, and seeing that her attire was obviously either rich or expensive, he said with a smile: "Listen to me and tell you slowly."

"Five years ago, when I stood with Khitan, it was flying sand and rocks, the sun and the moon were dark, and blood flowed like a river. Princess Yuanzhao led the soldiers of the Jin Dynasty to fight bloody battles under the command of General Han, and she was going to beat the Khitan back. But at this moment, there is a sudden news that Princess Yuanzhao is missing!"

"You know, Princess Yuanzhao is not only a pioneer, but also a majestic princess held in the palm of the Lord Long Live in our Jin Dynasty. They will be punished. Half a month after Princess Yuanzhao disappeared, the letter of surrender that Khitan originally intended to deliver turned into a letter of war."

"The letter of war said, let us Da Jin retreat ten miles, and they will return the Eldest Princess and guarantee that she is safe and sound. But if Da Jin does not retreat, then what will be sent will be the head of the Eldest Princess!"

Zhou Jinyu's heart tightened, and he tilted his head to look at the girl beside him, she still had the usual expression.

Everyone knows that she disappeared on the battlefield five years ago, but they don't know what happened to her after she disappeared, but if the storyteller is not groundless, could it be that Wei Huanian was really taken captive by the Khitan people?

"What happened later! Tell me quickly!" The people heard the wonderful part, but the storyteller deliberately paused and started drinking tea, which aroused their dissatisfaction.

The storyteller swallowed his saliva, and continued: "After that, General Han didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he sent a letter of divorce and sent it to the capital as soon as possible, begging His Majesty to make a decision."

"Do you know what decree His Majesty made?"

Zhou Jinyu was taken aback when he heard the words. With Emperor Tianshun's ruthless temperament, he would definitely not give up the opportunity to subdue Khitan for Wei Huanian. Besides, when he stood with Khitan five years ago, although the Great Jin Dynasty lost troops and generals, it still defeated Khitan completely. Wang delivered the letter of surrender and promised to pay tribute every year. He has been stable for several years, but he has only recently become restless again.

Therefore, it is self-evident what decision Emperor Tianshun will make.

"Long Live Lord only replied with one word: hit!"

There was a sudden sigh in the crowd.

Zhou Jinyu frowned, the most ruthless emperor's family.

If this matter is true, what the storyteller said triumphantly and lightly said these words would have been incomparably tormenting to Wei Huanian back then, and she could almost empathize with her pain.

Zhou Jinyu's heart tightened for no reason, and he couldn't help but clenched Wei Huanian's hand. Wei Huanian glanced at her, but smiled nonchalantly, and said, "I'm fine."

Seeing her smile, Zhou Jinyu felt sorry for her even more, and squeezed her hand harder.

"Everyone will know what happened later. Our eldest princess Yuanzhao came back, but there is a young son in the eldest princess's house."

The story has been told, but the crowd still hasn't dispersed.

"I said, the identity of this young master..."

"Shut up!" Someone said cautiously: "Do you not want to live?"

"There's nothing to say about it. Isn't it obvious? Princess Yuanzhao was captured by the Khitan people. When she came back, there was an extra son in the house. How can there be any need to guess?"

"Even so, it can't be said."

"That's right, hehe, it's tacit understanding."

The crowd dispersed in twos and threes and continued to enjoy the lanterns.

Zhou Jinyu looked at Wei Huanian, moved his lips, and called her in a low voice: "Princess..."

Wei Huanian said, "Let's go, let's set off the lanterns."

What she said was still in a steady tone, with no emotion or anger.

Zhou Jinyu replied in a muffled voice, "Yes."

Wei Huanian walked in front, and Zhou Jinyu accompanied him.

Out of Chang'an Street, walking towards the direction of the Hui'an River, it was already night, the whole Chang'an city fell into a dead silence, there were not many stars in the night sky, late autumn lit a lantern with a fire, only a gleam of light, flickering dark.

When we got to the Hui'an River, there were more people at last. Girls, young ladies and young masters put lotus lanterns by the river, and the lotus lanterns lit the wicks, and gradually drifted away with their blessings.

Wei Huanian waved his hand, and Wanqiu stood there waiting. She took Wei Jingrui's hand and walked to the river. Zhou Jinyu took the fire folder from Wanqiu's hand and followed with a lotus lantern.

Zhou Jinyu lit the two lotus lanterns in his hand, handed her the one with Wei Huanian's blessing, and watched her put the lotus lantern into the river, and it floated away with the river.

And Zhou Jinyu handed his lamp to Xiao Baozi, but Xiao Baozi glanced at his mother cautiously, the original joy of going out to enjoy the lanterns had faded, perhaps because he sensed his mother's unhappiness, and he was also happy I can't get up.

Zhou Jinyu touched his little head and said with a smile, "Let it go."

Little Baozi then carefully put the lotus lantern into the river, pushed it forward with his little hand, and saw the lantern float into the river, drift away along the river, and gather in the sea of ​​lights.

The little bun stood up, tugged on Zhou Jinyu's cuff, and looked at his mother again.

Zhou Jinyu nodded, realizing that he wanted to talk to Wei Huanian.

She hadn't decided what to say, but Wei Huanian spoke first.

Wei Huanian just looked at her, and said calmly: "My son-in-law, do you believe what the storyteller said just now? Ah Jing..."

Zhou Jinyu frowned, and interrupted her with a smile: "Have you ever heard a word, Princess?"

Wei Huanian asked, "What?"

Zhou Jinyu said seriously, "The storyteller's mouth is a deceiving ghost."

Wei Huanian was a little stunned, but then a smile of interest appeared on his lips, and he said, "Does the son-in-law trust me so much?"

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said: "That's natural, you are my wife, I don't believe you, who else would believe you?"