The beauty of the peasant girl of crossing

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!!!"

Amid the mourning, a generation of heroes came to an end.

The heavy death knell sounded through the thick darkness.

When the emperor passed away, the cries in the Qianqing Palace shook the sky, and the mourning moved the earth. Everywhere was immersed in extreme grief, and all civil servants and military generals mourned.

Xiao Tianmo took the lead to calm down from his grief, lifted up the crying Crown Prince Yan Zifeng, and worshiped:

"The late emperor, my ministers, are deeply grieved. However, the country cannot be without a king for a day. Please ask the prince to succeed you, stabilize the hearts of the emperor and his ministers, and comfort the soul of the late emperor in heaven."

"I..." Prince Yan Zifeng saw that his father left so suddenly. He had not yet come out of his grief and didn't know what to do. He couldn't say a word.

Xiao Tianmo shouted: "My lord, pay homage to the Emperor."

The other ministers also shouted in unison: "My lord, pay homage to the emperor."

"Meet the Emperor."

Then, waves of sounds echoed in the hall one after another.

Prince Yan Zifeng stopped his sadness, looked at the ministers who were kneeling and said: "I hope you will assist me and revive my country."

All the ministers said: "Here!"

……

On February 29, the late emperor held a funeral ceremony in Taiji Hall, read out the imperial edict, and the prince ascended the throne.

There are two notices posted at the carrier door.

In one case, the late emperor was buried in heaven and passed on the throne to the prince Yan Zifeng.

Secondly... General Zhenwei Xiao Tianmo was appointed king of the town, and he was based in Kyoto and commanded the three armies.

After the founding of Dayan, Xiao Tianmo was the only king with a different surname so far, and he was the first king to enfeoff a town at such an age.

The new emperor rewarded him with 500 pieces of colored satin, 2000 taels of gold, and [-] taels of silver, and gave him half a month's leave to recuperate at home.

On the day when the plaque at the entrance of the General's Mansion was to be changed, all the ministers came to congratulate in person with gifts. Everyone was talking and laughing, and the crowd was crowded, but no one saw the face of the real master, Xiao Tianmo...

Mr. Gu led people to receive the guests and registered the gifts one by one.

Above the lintel, there is a magnificent golden plaque with the words "Zhen Wang's Mansion".

"Tsk, tsk, it's indeed the Holy Emperor's royal pen, it's really majestic!"

Yu Zhonglou, who was about to enter the door, praised him, looked around, and then asked: "Where has your prince gone?"

Li Yelan, who was standing at the door, immediately replied after hearing this: "Of course I'm going to pick up the madam, no, the princess!"

Mr. Gu on the side added: "Now that the situation in the capital is under control, the prince also misses the princess very much, so he set out overnight to take her back to his home."

When Shen Furong was mentioned, Yu Zhonglou was absent-minded for a moment, but then he laughed loudly: "That's it, very good, very good."

The number of visitors outside the door suddenly increased, and Yu Zhonglou no longer stayed any longer, and followed the flow of people into the courtyard...

***
West Garden of Zhou Mansion.

Aunt Jing pulled Zhou Yu into the back room, hating that iron could not make steel:
"I'll let you calm down first and don't stir up trouble. At this juncture, what are you doing to trick Zhou Yue into going to an epidemic area?"

"Oh, Mom, what are you in a hurry for?"

Zhou Yu replied disapprovingly, "Hasn't she already been rescued by the cousin from the first house? Besides, she is stupid herself, can she blame me?"

Aunt Jing pinched her eyebrows and sighed softly: "When will you change your irritable character?"

As she spoke, something suddenly occurred to her, and she asked suspiciously, "Did you hear something?"

Zhou Yu was stunned at first, and then asked a little shyly: "Auntie, they all said that the prefect wants to marry our family, is it true?" Aunt Jing pulled her to sit down and said slowly:

"Yu'er, you've reached the age of proposing marriage, and my mother doesn't shy away from it anymore."

"Then Magistrate Xu is indeed interested in getting married to the Zhou family. His second son, Xu Xiaoli, has not yet been married. However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that when he proposed to marry, he also asked to marry Zhou Yue, the legitimate daughter of the Zhou family. Don't worry too much about it. ”

"Mother knows that you are at the age where you love to play and be beautiful, but I'm afraid. You also saw my mother's days in the Zhou Mansion. I don't want you to be a concubine like me, fighting with others all day long. Mother is even more afraid. You can’t fight others.”

"Don't worry, your bride-in-law knows what's going on and will definitely find you a good family so that you can live a peaceful and stable life."

"Besides, this matter hasn't been settled yet. We don't have to wade into this muddy water and make the eldest lady unhappy."

After hearing this, Zhou Yu pouted and said dissatisfied: "Auntie, how can you enhance other people's ambition and destroy your own prestige? The prefect didn't say that he wanted a legitimate daughter, so why did Mr. Xu have to ask to marry Zhou Yue!"

Aunt Jing slapped the table, "Don't you listen to what I'm saying! What's so good about Xu Xiaoli? He's just an ignorant and incompetent swinger."

Mr. Xu is a man of heaven. Every time she sees him, she suppresses the throbbing in her heart.

Zhou Yu slightly pulled up the black hair hanging down on her chest and replied shyly:
"Oh, grandma, that's all in the past. Mr. Xu is much better now than before. I heard that he has made contributions in the epidemic area this time."

"Besides, who said that my daughter will become a concubine? Now our Zhou Mansion is the in-law family of the king of the town, so our status will naturally increase with the tide. Although our daughter is a concubine, she is not completely without opportunities."

King Zhen, this is the true destiny of the country, with overwhelming power.

After all, he was also her brother-in-law. She was a little envious of the cousin in the eldest room.

It's just that after the king of this town came to Qingzhou, he heard that his cousin had gone to Huainan Town to treat the epidemic, so he went to the epidemic area to pick up people without stopping. They didn't even see his face.

Zhou Yu continued to play with the hair in her hand: "There are only two daughters in the house who have not yet reached hairpins. Zhou Yue, the eldest lady's son, is a legitimate daughter, but her appearance is far inferior to her daughter's, and her writing and writing are even worse than her daughter's. .”

"My daughter is outstanding in all aspects of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Her appearance is also top-notch in this large Qingzhou, so she may not have no chance of winning."

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he smiled proudly.

Mr. Xu is so good-looking, it's hard to find someone who is equally matched.

In fact, Zhou Yuechou is not ugly, but she suffered from smallpox and her face was pockmarked even after she was rescued... This beauty cannot be ranked.

The position of the young lady of the prefect belongs to her!

Aunt Jing thought for a while and said: "Well, since you insist, I will no longer object. But you must remember not to do anything extraordinary again."

"I know, grandma." Zhou Yu felt a little happy.

***
When Zhou Yue woke up again, it was already the afternoon of the sixth day here.

During this period, she drank medicine, mung bean water, egg custard, and a little minced meat porridge in a daze.

As soon as Zhou Yue opened her eyes, she saw Shen Furong leaning beside her bed.

She moved her body slightly and felt a lot of pain, and the people around her woke up with a start.

"woke up?"

Seeing that she was awake, Shen Furong asked quickly, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

Zhou Yue held back the tears she wanted to shed and tried her best to keep her emotions stable: "No, thank you."

Thinking of waking up yesterday, she was frightened by the "pockmarks" left on her face and felt guilty for losing her temper with Shen Furong, "I'm sorry for yesterday!"

"It doesn't matter, no one will be happy to see his face turned like this."

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Shen Furong's mouth, "You have to take medicine well, otherwise you won't get well."

"Hey." Zhou Yue nodded.