Wishful Things

"..." Seeing that he turned around and was about to leave, the county magistrate of Qiyun shook his head in disbelief, why could the emperor be so cruel!

Just because she is not her own!

But is this something she can choose? !

"Why!" She stood up with her palms on her hands, fixed on Emperor Zhaozhen's back with red eyes, and asked in a trembling voice: "I can't choose my origin, and I can't choose if you have kept it from me for so many years. Knowing the truth is not my choice! Could it be that I can only be like a puppet shadow puppet, led by you, and accept everything you impose on me!"

Emperor Zhaozhen paused slightly when he heard the words, but he never looked back.

"No one can choose their own origin, but it is your own choice to do evil things, and everything now is precisely the result of your choice-I also admit that the decision between you and your mother at the beginning depends on how much you have. Influence, you were not born at that time, and I really didn't think carefully about it. Therefore, I should bear half of your fault, and I will send you back to Mizhou safely, and there will be no more debts between you and me .”

The county magistrate of Qiyun cried and gritted his teeth and said: "So, I still want to thank my father for being merciful to me and rewarding me with the position of county magistrate, right! Father punished me, but announced my life experience to the public... I have been Xie Sang for fifteen years and no one has asked me if I am willing or not, now that the emperor said he would take it back, did he ever think about me!"

"The purpose of taking back your identity is to let you feel awe, restrain yourself, and stop doing evil things with the power of Xie's family! From now on, when you return to Mizhou, the people around you are the foundation of your life. They, you can go on. I hope you can keep this truth in mind."

"I don't want to listen to this! I don't want to go back to Mizhou!" County Lord Qiyun pressed the scissors to his neck suddenly, "If my father won't let me stay, then I'd rather die!"

Emperor Zhaozhen closed his eyes, but still did not turn his head.

"Since you and I are not in debt to each other, your life will be yours from now on. As for how to use this life, it is up to you to decide whether to keep it or not."

After speaking, he strode away.

Looking at the leaving back, Qiyun county magistrate cried and said: "That daughter will die now for you to see!"

However, in the line of sight, the tall figure did not stop for a moment.

She gripped the scissors tightly and was about to stab into her neck, but the moment the sharp knife tip touched the flesh, the moment of pain hit her, but she didn't have the courage to stab again.

Many things are not so easy to do.

The county magistrate of Qiyun cried and dropped the scissors heavily, and he also fell to the ground.

"Just for one Xu family, one Xu Mingyi...you have to abandon me!"

If the person she moved this time wasn't Xu Mingyi, could the royal father really be so cruel!

Hearing the girl's mournful cry, a maid stepped forward and bent over to help her up.

"Get out! Get out of the palace!"

The county magistrate of Qiyun raised his hand to throw the man away, and cursed angrily, "Get out of here!"

The maid answered yes, took two steps back, lowered her eyes and sneered silently.

It seems that the county lord did not listen to His Majesty's advice at all.

But really, I really don't know how to accumulate blessings for myself...

A person whose surname is no longer Xie, who has no blood relationship with His Majesty, who has committed a mistake and offended Dongyang Palace, really thinks that he can still be as willful and domineering as before, and that others can only endure it?

The maid exited the inner hall and looked at the eunuch who was limping slowly to the side.

Then, the two walked towards the eunuch in charge who was arranging a trip to Mizhou under the corridor.

In the next few days, there was not a moment of peace in Yucui Palace - the county magistrate of Qiyun either made a fuss about hanging himself, or refused to drink tea on a hunger strike, or tried to force his way out, causing repeated disturbances.

Even so, the gate of Yucui Palace was always closed.

Until three days later, the head of Qiyun county was sent into the carriage to Mizhou by two strong and strong nuns.

She was also accompanied by Shen Shi. In comparison, the carriage she was in was much quieter, except for the ups and downs of talking to herself from time to time, there was almost no other sound.

After more than ten days on the road, the County Lord Qi Yun seemed to have lost his strength, and also seemed to slowly see the reality clearly, and finally stopped trying to escape.

It was dawn on this day, and after a night's rest, the group continued on their way north.

After the County Lord Qiyun was helped into the carriage, he sat there with his eyes closed and leaned against the wall of the carriage. His sharp-edged face was full of sternness due to his rapid weight loss, and he did not see a girl of her age again. Bright colors as they should be.

When the carriages and horses traveled until noon, a group of more than ten people stopped to rest.

The two tall and strong nuns were already suffocated in the carriage. As soon as the car stopped, the two of them went down first, complaining: "It's been more than ten days, and I have only walked half the distance. My whole body is shaking like this!... And the further north I go, the more I don't look like it. I passed by the market yesterday and couldn't even buy a piece of meatloaf! The wind blows on my face, like a knife …When we actually arrived in Mizhou, I still don’t know what kind of place it is that does not lay eggs!”

"Okay, talk more carefully..."

"What are you afraid of? You are already thousands of miles away from the capital at this time! You are not allowed to say a few words about such a hard job?"

As he said that, he looked back at the direction of the carriage, feeling more and more depressed and irritable.

It would be fine if there was someone who was more sensible, but this is a troublesome master who doesn't have the slightest self-knowledge, and thinks he is the princess of the Xie family!

When she arrives in Mizhou, she will have to suffer!

The two women drank water and ate dry food outside the car. They wanted to spend a little more time, so they ran to the woods not far away for convenience.

In the car, an inner eunuch half-kneeled there, and was delivering a cup of tea to Qiyun County Lord: "County Lord, you haven't had any water for most of the day."

County Lord Qi Yun opened her eyes. Mizhou women were born with deep facial features. At this time, the eye sockets became more sunken due to weight loss, and the eyeballs were covered with bloodshot eyes. Looking straight at it, it was a bit sinister A sense of compassion.

The inner supervisor lowered his head a little more, and brought the teacup closer: "The county magistrate, please have some tea."

County Mistress Qi Yun pursed her lips and took the teacup. She didn't want to drink or eat at all, but her body's instinct was here, and she didn't want to die.

However, in the next moment, she slammed the cup of tea onto the eunuch.

"I don't like drinking hot tea, don't you have long ears!"

It's not good to send someone to serve her, but find a lame waste!

The inner eunuch did not avoid the cup of tea, allowing the tea to soak through his robes, poured another cup with no expression on his face, and sent it to the county magistrate of Qiyun.

Looking at this expressionless face and that cup of hot tea that was obviously steaming, county magistrate Qi Yun felt angry, and just as he was about to explode, he saw the inner eunuch slowly straighten up and approach her Then, she leaned over suddenly and put the cup of tea near her mouth!

The tea was boiling hot, and she reached out to push it away, but the maid on the side firmly held her hands.

"You... um...!"

The eunuch pinched her chin with one hand, and poured the tea into her mouth with the other, his face enlarged due to being too close was full of hatred: "The county magistrate is almost in danger because of a cup of moderately hot tea. After taking my life, I thought that I should let the county master taste what real hot tea is...!"

County Lord Qiyun stared at that face with wide eyes - was it the eunuch whom she had scolded before?

He is not dead!

But how could he appear here and go to Mizhou with her? !

The boiling hot tea was still pouring, she swallowed passively and struggled.

A cup of tea was half filled, and the maid unexpectedly brought up the teapot beside it.

She was so choked that she couldn't breathe, only to hear the maid whisper in her ear: "I wonder if the county lord still remembers the maid who was killed by you? That's the maid's sister... Who does the county lord want?" I will take the life of someone, so I will not pay attention to these lowly servants like me... But the servants are really thinking about you, the county lord. This time, the two of us specially asked the eunuch in charge , and repeatedly expressed his loyalty to the county lord, so he was able to go back to Mizhou with the county lord..."

"I didn't want to send the county lord away so early, but along the way, seeing that the county lord is really not peaceful, he talks about killing and killing all day long. I don't know what's going on when we arrive in Mizhou... The slaves are trying to To save my life, I can only send the county master on the road early!"

What does it mean!

Do you want to kill her!

Or... is this tea poisonous? !

The head of Qiyun County was shocked, but it was useless to resist.

"I bought this arsenic from a shopkeeper in the market town yesterday. It is really not a good thing. I expected to suffer a lot if I ate it. Although it is wronged by the county magistrate, it can also be called arsenic." The county lord has a good taste of this feeling that life is worse than death..."

Arsenic? !

County Mistress Qi Yun couldn't tell for a moment whether the burning pain was caused by the boiling hot tea or something else. Her wide eyes and pupils were constricted. Apart from anger, it was more of panic and fear.

The teapot was removed by the maid, and she wanted to say something with her face full of tea, but the eunuch tightly covered her mouth and nose with the pillow.

how dare...

How dare they!

The maid seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, and said with a sneer: "There are more than ten people in this group, which one has never been angered by the county lord, the county lord wouldn't think that someone would complain for you, right?"

"Furthermore, the county lord has tried to seek death many times, who knows how you died..."

"..."

The rest of the words, Qiyun County Lord can no longer hear clearly.

Her struggling movements gradually weakened, and just as the pillow was removed, she tried to call out, but blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth.

There seemed to be a raging fire burning in her lungs, and the pain made it difficult for her to make a complete sound.

"thump!"

She struggled and fell to the side in the car, and her body hit the coffee table.

The maid and the eunuch roughly erased the traces——

"It's not good... Hurry up, the county magistrate has taken poison! Come quickly!"

Everyone hurriedly gathered around upon hearing the sound.

It is impossible to have an antidote in the luggage, and it is not clear what kind of poison he took.

He had no choice but to drive forward, managed to reach a town before dark, and found a doctor.

However, the poison was too heavy and there was a long delay, the doctor shook his head after seeing it.

The poison of arsenic often does not kill people immediately, within twelve hours after the poison is released, when the seven orifices are bleeding, there are many people who are still conscious.

The county lord of Qiyun really lost his breath when the sky dawned the next day.

In the inn, the old nun who was in charge of the Yukun Palace took a cloak with cold fingers, and covered the girl's horrific dead face.

She went back to the next room, and said hoarsely to the person sitting in front of the dressing table: "Madam, the magistrate is gone..."

"She's dead?" Shen's brushing her hair paused, but she chuckled lightly: "It's good to die. If she dies, the prince will no longer despise me because of her! Without this bastard, we Then you will be worthy of the prince!"

As he said that, he stood up suddenly: "Let's go back and find the prince now!"

"lady……"

"No... No, no." The wooden comb in Shen's hand dropped, and suddenly touched his lower abdomen: "Without this child, the prince will never look at me... No!"

"She can't die! She can't die yet!"

"That's my Sonny, my Sonny..."

Shen Shi, who was barefoot and disheveled, looked terrified, and immediately wanted to run out of the room.

In late autumn, the north was already chilly. She stepped on the cold floor tiles with her bare feet. She felt that she had returned to that snowy night fifteen years ago.

She has to keep running, keep running...

The prince is right in front, as long as she keeps running, she will be able to see him!

...

It was half a month after news of the death of the county lord of Qiyun came back to the capital.

When Xu Mingyi learned of this, he was slightly surprised.

But it was expected, but I didn't expect it to come so fast, and even Mizhou couldn't arrive, and the people disappeared on the way.

It is not difficult to guess what will happen to a person who is full of arrogance and hostility but has no real means, if he does not change his temperament and handle things under the protection of power.

Birth cannot be chosen, but what affects fate is not only birth, but also words and deeds.

Between words and deeds, cause and effect can be determined.

As for His Majesty's previous punishment for Qiyun County Lord, it was a decision after discussing with her grandfather. For one thing, according to the laws of Daqing, those who attempt to injure others are not guilty of death, at most they will be punished and then exiled.

Secondly, the other party has also been a father and daughter with the emperor for fifteen years. Even if they have feelings for each other, they still have to worry about the opinions of the courtiers and the people. In the past, if there was no leeway for the punishment of the Shen family and the Qiyun county master, under the use of people with ulterior motives, the new emperor may have a reputation of being disposable, mean and ruthless.

The reputation of the king of a country is not only the reputation of one person, it is often related to the stability of the people's hearts and society.

Therefore, the girl had found a relatively stable way of life under the current situation, but she couldn't grasp it after all.

She didn't know exactly what happened to the other party, but she couldn't escape the word and deed cause and effect.

Xu Mingyi touched the bald head of Tianmu and stopped thinking about it.

"Girl girl!"

Ah Kui came back quickly from the outside, after saluting, she leaned into her ear and said: "The old master is going to take the second master to Dingnan Palace!"

Xu Mingyi's eyes lit up and he got up immediately.

"Quick, help me change—"

Such an important event, you can't miss it!

She hurriedly changed her clothes and combed her hair, and just as she was about to tidy up, Xu Mingshi came to find her.

The boy sent her a message.

While reporting the letter, he also implicitly stated that if she really wanted to go with her and was afraid that someone would be too conspicuous, he could reluctantly accompany her there—even though he himself was not the kind of person who liked to join in the fun!

Xu Mingyi accepted his reluctant proposal.

So, the siblings took their Tianmu and followed their grandfather and second uncle to Dingnan Palace together.

Xu Mingshi and Wu Ran who also "doesn't like to join in the fun" got together to think about this matter.

Xu Mingyi went to the wife of the eldest son Xu's courtyard.

From time to time, Mrs. Xu wants to send people to the outer study to inquire... Oh no, to send tea and snacks.

As soon as the maidservant turns back, Mrs. Xu will quickly ask about the situation ahead——

"How did the talk go?"

"There's no quarrel, right?"

"Did the prince talk too much and make mistakes?"

Xu Mingyi was also a little nervous - after all, even though his second uncle was very old, it was the first time he was discussing marriage.

But being older also has its advantages, as it gives you the right to speak in person. At this time, Second Uncle and Aunt Wu were also present. In front of the two of them, the two old men should restrain themselves a little.

In contrast, Tianmu has an attitude of nothing to do with himself, and at this moment, he is sneaking up to Tianjiao and Tianfu who are eating, and he is about to put his head into the couple's rice bowl. Come together, a look of "give me a taste".

The result was almost scratched.

So, there was a scene where the big bird was chased and killed by two cats all over the room, and the feathers of the birds and cats flew around.

In the midst of the scuffle, another maid returned quickly, bringing back the latest military report——

"It should be agreed, the two princes have come out!"

"It is said that we will stay for dinner!"

Xu and Xu Mingyi couldn't help being overjoyed when they heard the words.

It must be done!

become inevitable.

In fact, the two families are talking today, not about whether they want to get married, the marriage is already a certainty, the key is how to get married—

After all, Wu Jingying was a queen once in the palace, so her identity is always different from others.

And the Wu family has always attached great importance to the word "decent", and how to grasp the proportion needs to be carefully discussed and weighed.

At first, King Dingnan suggested that the two should change their identities and live in seclusion, without paying attention to many discussions.

After a lot of deliberation, Dongyang King said, "What kind of identity should be changed? If you want to get married, you have to get married in a fair way!"

His Xu family married a daughter-in-law, three letters and six ceremonies, all witnesses, a big banquet, no one is missing!

As for which old man's idea was finally adopted, the answer is obvious——

Three days later, the imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty proposed in the early court that when the country was first established, a new policy of tolerance and relaxation should be implemented, such as encouraging women to remarry.

In this regard, Emperor Zhaozhen greatly agreed, and said on the spot that if there is any Aiqing who meets the conditions in his family, he can take the lead and set an example;

If you don't have the conditions, you can also try to create the conditions—Is your daughter's life in her husband's house not going well? Take it back and marry Li again!

All of a sudden, in the court, the officials with daughters at home all showed thoughts, and those who married each other's daughters were all in danger, for fear that if they were unlucky, they would be used by their in-laws for political achievements.

What everyone didn't expect was that those two families were the first to set an example——

The king of Dongyang personally came to the door to propose marriage, and wanted to marry the second daughter of King Dingnan for the second son in the family!

Many people didn't even realize it right away at first. It is well known that the Xu family has a second master, Xu Yun, who is not yet married, but... the second daughter of King Dingnan?

Which is this?

Didn't you get married?

Why don't you have an impression?

After a long stroke, it suddenly dawned on me—oh! Good guy, it's the second daughter who was once a queen!

5,000-word chapter, good night everyone.

(I have been paying attention to the flood for the past two days, and there are family members in the local area, who are very worried. Yesterday I posted a message asking for help overnight, and donated some modest efforts. I feel that there is too little that can be done. I only hope that everyone is safe and sound. Be healthy.)