Long Xiao wipes Qingfeng

After finally calming the collapsed mother, a pair of younger siblings stopped him when he got out of the yard.

Zhong Shuo knelt down and picked up his younger sister who wanted to hug her short arms, and took his stocky younger brother with the other hand, and walked towards his yard, telling his second younger brother as he walked, "Mother is not feeling well. Rimo is going to disturb mother's rest, do you know?"

Zhong Ji, whom he was leading, nodded, and said solemnly: "I know, Ah Ji will take good care of my sister and not disturb my mother."

Zhong Shuo smiled gratifiedly: "Ah Ji is old enough to take care of my younger sister, brother is very relieved."

Zhong Ji shook his head and said: "Brother's words are wrong. Since ancient times, people have grown up when they have a family and a career. A Ji is still young, no better than elder brother."

Zhong Shuo said calmly, "Who taught this?"

Zhong Ji was surprised and said: "Naturally, it was Mammy who said it. Mammy also said that elder brother is going to marry Di Ji, is it true? Is the princess's sister-in-law pretty? Will she like Aji and Chuchu?"

At this moment, the three brothers and sisters had arrived at Zhong Shuo's Xie Yuxuan, and Zhong Shuo was carrying Zhong Chu to the couch. Zhong Chu was still young, and he often followed Zhong Ji on weekdays. He ignorantly booed: "Chuchu wants a sister-in-law!"

Zhong Shuo thought that what Zhong Chu needed was not his sister-in-law, but an older brother who had gone to school. Zhong Ji was already seven years old, and he was old enough to be enlightened. He would be sent to a private school tomorrow.

After settling Zhong Ji down again, he took the sweet soup from the handmaidens, and gave the big ones to Zhong Ji to eat, and the small ones, and fed them to Zhong Chu one by one. With a body of a thousand pieces of gold, if, if you marry in the future, you and Chuchu can only address you as Diji or Your Highness, not sister-in-law, understand?"

Zhong Ji didn't understand.

But what the elder brother said should be obeyed, so he nodded solemnly and said seriously: "Ji understands."

With a spoon in his mouth, Zhong Chu nodded accordingly, very cute, Zhong Shuo was very relieved, and felt that his support was not in vain.

After feeding the sweet soup, it was getting late, so Zhong Shuo directly set the meal in the room, and sent someone to the front to inform Zhong Hanjiang and Mrs. Yu that they would not go to the dining room.

Taking care of the two younger ones, they ate and went to bed. After the two fell asleep, Zhong Shuo put on his outer robe and left the courtyard.

Pass through the hanging flower gate in the backyard, by the small pond behind the gate, there is a place under the rockery where the soil is slightly different than other places, so no one would care about this remote place when they come and go on weekdays, that's why Zhong Shuo hid it for many years.

He dug up the soil, and took out a small round jar hidden inside with one hand. It turned out to be a small wine jar!

Zhong Shuo practiced martial arts and swords since he was a child, Zhong Hanjiang was afraid that drinking would ruin his talent for swordsmanship, so he was not allowed to drink too much, and he was only allowed to drink a little during New Years and festivals.

He has been steady and reticent since he was a child, and his mind is always in his stomach. He knows that Zhong Hanjiang is good for him, and has never disobeyed Zhong Hanjiang. Outsiders only know that Zhong Hanjiang's eldest son is mature and prudent, and he knows the importance at a young age, but no one knows. He will do something Things that my father doesn't allow.

Mrs. Yu of the Zhong family loves gardens, and Zhong Hanjiang loves his wife, so the Zhong family's garden is extra large and has many tree species. It is winter now, and many trees are left with only a bare pole and many thick branches. It looks a bit shabby .

Zhong Shuo didn't care, he picked a secluded place, climbed a tree at random, leaned on the rough trunk to uncover the small wine jar, took a sip slowly, the wine was brewed by himself by imitating the method in the book The green plum wine, stored for half a year, finally had a chance to drink it.

It was cold outside, he was a martial artist who could resist a little bit, he shook the wine jar in his hand, took another sip, he looked up at a star in the north, suddenly his limbs felt weak and embarrassing.

Those who stayed in the cold north forever, his soldiers, his siblings, his elder brothers, the seniors who watched him grow up step by step, those 3000 people were all allocated from the army he lived with day and night. , he brought them to this point, he wronged their lives!

The wine jar had probably been buried in the soil for a long time, and it didn't warm up after holding it in his hands for a long time, but it made his head, which had been stunned by the alcohol, sober up, so he thought of the person he was about to marry in a flash.

He only told his mother that he met him at Jiang's house, but he didn't say what kind of situation he met.

On that day, he was ordered by his father to go to Jiang's house to send off New Year's gifts, and it happened that Ji Yongmu was going back to her natal family to visit relatives. Under such circumstances, he should avoid it. They are all good at square and round, so Jiang Huai held his hand to talk about it. Fortunately, Jiang Huai's courtyard is far away from Emperor Yongmu's place, so he won't bump into her.

The bad thing is that Jiang Guogong, the older brother of the former empress, Jiang Yanlang and his eldest son Jiang Xi were sent back to the mansion. As juniors, they naturally went to greet him. It happened that the servant who served tea accidentally spilled tea on him. The scald was just a description of embarrassment and unable to meet the elders. Jiang Huai suggested that his elder brother was similar in stature to Zhong Shuo, so he might as well borrow his elder brother's robe and send someone to report to Jiang Xi who had just returned home.

Zhong Shuo naturally agreed, but when he was changing clothes in Jiang Xi's room, he saw a man with a full upper body. Both of them were shocked. Zhong Shuo had never seen such a good-looking man. Compared with the word good-looking but not feminine, he lost his mind for a while, and when Zhong Shuo came back to his senses, the man had disappeared.

Before he could tell Jiang Xi about this, when he went to the front hall, he ran into Mrs. Jiang who was accompanying Emperor Yongmu to admire the plum blossoms. The tall, luxurious and arrogant woman beside her, even with makeup on , Zhong Shuo also recognized that it was exactly the same as the man in Jiang Xi's room!

Emperor Yongmu, whom His Majesty loves so much, is actually a prince!

When the two met each other, Zhong Shuo was quite shocked, but Yong Mu smiled a little, Zhong Shuo saluted calmly, but in his heart he said bitterly: My life is over!

Regardless of whether the Yong Mu in front of him is a man or a woman, it is true or not, such royal family secrets should never be known to an outsider. In these two days, he is afraid that catastrophe will strike his family.

Yong Mu squinted a pair of sharp phoenix eyes, stared at him for a while before letting him go, Zhong Shuo left nervously, asked Jiang Yanzhao about his safety, and then returned to the Zhong Mansion. It was impossible to let him go like this, and he was relieved when he found that someone had been staring at him in the dark all the time, as long as he didn't silence him.

Touching the cold wine jar in his hand, Zhong Shuo recalled the appearance of Yong Mu not wearing makeup that day and his astonished expression, not very gentle but unforgettable eyebrows and eyes, the first time in his life his heart was moved, but it was because of a man .

The cold wine passed through the throat, giving it a spicy warmth.

So, whose plan was it to give the marriage a year later, Yong Muke or the Yong Mu he had seen?It is definitely not because of Yong Mu that Shen Yu attacked him, so why is there any reason why he can't tolerate him?How many shady secrets are hidden in the huge palace?

If he marries Yongmu, not only will his future be ruined, but will he also be involved in the court strife?

While his thoughts were churning, the small altar of wine in his hand had already bottomed out, and his drunkenness was also revealed.

Forget it, he can't help it, just take one step at a time!

Zhong Shuo jumped down from the branch, buried the wine jar in his hand back to its original place, straightened his clothes and went back to the bedroom.

Moments after Zhong Shuo left, a black shadow quietly passed over the wall.

Fengyang Pavilion

man in black kneeling on the ground

The person sitting in the main seat wore a phoenix bun, curled his lips painted with bright red lipstick, and lazily said: "Got it, go down, and continue to stare at him."

After the man in black stepped back, Yong Mu called out: "Cherish the text, change clothes."

The servant girl outside the hall came in at the sound, helped Yong Mu change his clothes and take a shower, finally let down his long hair, and washed off the delicate makeup on his face. In an instant, that person changed from a delicate beauty to a masculine man.

"Pity Wen."

"The servant is here."

"The Zhong family, Beining, is drinking alone in the treetops against the cold wind tonight. It's really pitiful." The man hurriedly said, Zhong Beining is Zhong Shuo, and Zhong Shuo took the name Beining when he went to the battlefield on the fifteenth day.

"Your Highness is beautiful and virtuous, and it is the honor of the Zhong family to marry His Highness." Xiwen said without changing her expression.

Yong Mu was still sober, and said: "Okay, I recognize the beauty, I dare not be virtuous, but I have wronged him to death."

"Your Highness is like this, there is no need to demean yourself." Xiwen insisted without hesitation.

Yong Mu rolled his eyes.

"Your Highness does not leave the pavilion at sunrise, please pay attention to your manners."

The next day

As the New Year's Eve was approaching, all ministries had already closed their pens, so even though Zhong Shuo had been promoted, he was at home on vacation.

He was hungover last night and woke up a little later today.

Yesterday Zhong Ji and Zhong Chu also stayed in his yard, when he was sitting in the dining room, Zhong Chu and Zhong Ji had already had dinner, and Mrs Yu was watching the two children playing, enjoying themselves happily.

Zhong Shuo stepped forward and saluted, "Why did mother come here today?"

Yu glanced at him: "Isn't it because of you, a debt collector?"

Zhong Shuo coaxed her with his heavy head on his head, "Why did mother say that?"

Yu wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said reservedly: "Do you know when you and Emperor Yongmu will be married?"

"March 28 next year."

"What time is it now?"

"December 26."

"That's right, your wedding date with Emperor Yongmu is approaching, I, as a mother, will naturally start to make arrangements, and Di Ji must not neglect."

Zhong Shuo stopped eating the porridge, and said, "Indeed, Empress Yongmu must not be neglected."

He wondered again: "Mother was bedridden yesterday, but today she is energetic again?"

Yu said generously: "Good boy, mother has figured it out, Diji is Diji after all, and she lost her mother at an early age, so she should be pampered. Since you like her, you must treat her well. As a husband, Remember, only sincerity can be exchanged for sincerity, if she really bullies you, you have to be more patient, then mother will find a way to find a gentle concubine for you, that's all."

Zhong Shuo couldn't bear to see Mrs. Yu earnestly teach him how to get along as a husband and wife. Although Mrs. Yu's plan probably wouldn't come true, he still complied seriously, just to reassure her.

However, according to the laws of Changhua, regardless of the emperor and the common people, the wedding ceremony will be carried out according to the six ceremonies, which are: accepting the color, asking for the name, accepting the auspiciousness, accepting the levy, asking for a date, and welcoming in person.

Nacai is the man's gift of geese to propose marriage. Since the emperor bestows marriage, Nacai can save the step of proposing marriage, and only present geese.

Wild geese show lovers, men often hunt geese with their own hands and give them to women to show their sincerity. In the past, it took about a year to discuss marriage, but he only had four months. Where can I find wild geese in the cold winter months?

Zhong Shuo was thinking about it, but he heard rumors from outsiders that two live geese were picked up under the wall of Xieyuxuan. Most likely, they were injured when they flew south, and they both fell down.

Mrs. Yu was also distressed, but she didn't expect to have this pair of geese at this time, so she couldn't help but said happily: "Yo, my son's marriage is even agreed to by Grandpa Tian, ​​so let's pick up this ready-made good thing! Come on, it's easy to have a baby." Get up, don't make trouble!"

The servant took his orders and left. Zhong Shuo looked at Yu Shi's beaming face and sighed. He thought he knew who sent the goose. Immediately, he felt some inexplicable joy in his heart. He poked Zhong Chu's little bun.

Yong Mu is still the same Yong Mu a year ago.

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