Wishful Things

The wedding date is set in the late spring of March next year.

The preparations for the prince's big wedding can be made in advance, and the various ministries are already making preparations. After the prince returns to Beijing, the specific wedding date is set, and then the next details are completed.

Therefore, the time of more than a hundred days is already very abundant.

From inside and outside the court hall in the palace, down to the common people, all of them are paying attention and eagerly looking forward to this upcoming big wedding report.

It is understandable that the officials are anxious - after all, the crown prince will be twenty-two years old after this year.

The one on the dragon chair, it seems that it is impossible to do anything to enrich the harem—oh, not to mention enriching, but even setting up a queen to pretend to be an extravagant hope!

They can't count on being a father, so naturally they can only pin their hopes on the prince, right?

Therefore, the officials showed unprecedented enthusiasm for the prince's wedding.

Under the enthusiasm, he worked extra hard on everything, and tried his best to do this matter properly, beautifully, and beautifully.

After all, it was—these two finally gave them a chance to hold a happy event!

I don't know when the next time will be!

Can you not cherish this hard-won busyness?

In the methodical preparations of this school, the days of the twelfth lunar month and the New Year's Eve really passed by quickly.

Years later, Xu Mingyi heard a lot of good news one after another.

The good news came from the south. The old general of Jinyuan Jin, the old subordinate of King Yan, beheaded the king of Dongwu, causing the army of Dongwu to be in a state of chaos. After several successive attacks, the new king of Dongwu was forced to hand over the peace agreement. The turmoil in Dianzhou finally There is a state of calm.

In addition, Zhang Yunsui, the former prefect of Mingzhou, entered Beijing in person, expressing the intention of Mingzhou to submit to the imperial court. In addition to submitting to the imperial court, he also pleaded guilty. , his subordinates gathered more than 30,000 followers, and thus occupied the Mingzhou area, and kept it airtight, even the suppressing troops sent by the imperial court before could do nothing.

After Emperor Zhaozhen ascended the throne, he did not make any violent attack and interrogation. Instead, during the past two years, he took practical measures to rebuild confidence in the imperial court.

At present, the border crisis is temporarily eliminated, and the weather is smooth everywhere, and the word "stability" is the general trend.

Under such circumstances, surrender has become the best choice, whether it is to discern the emperor's heart or out of awareness of current affairs.

Facing Zhang Yunsui who came to plead guilty, the imperial court also punished him by taking his position as the magistrate of Mingzhou.

There has been governance, etiquette lies.

Similarly, meritorious deeds must be rewarded——

Therefore, Zhang Yunsui, who was deprived of the prefect of Mingzhou, immediately took over the post of commander of the Mingzhou prefecture.

This move greatly shocked the hearts and minds of Mingzhou.

For the people of Mingzhou, Zhang Yunsui is definitely not a traitor, but a benefactor who saved them from the fire.

The benefactor took the responsibility for the crime with all his strength, and went to the capital to plead guilty with the heart of preserving Mingzhou. Not only has he returned safely, but he is still allowed to take military power to govern the Mingzhou capital——

Today's imperial court is not only magnanimous and righteous, but also magnanimous and open-minded.

Of course, if these statements meet the so-called wise people, they may laugh at the stupidity of the world.

Righteousness?

It is clear that there are no more rational trade-offs hidden everywhere.

For one thing, even though Mingzhou had the heart to surrender, if the imperial court seriously punished Zhang Yunsui, it would be impossible for Mingzhou to have no resentment, and a estrangement would be the same as planting the root of disaster.

Secondly, the imperial court is now in the midst of employing people. Even if there is an additional examination to select scholars, those who are truly capable of governing a government cannot be honed overnight——

No one knows the Mingzhou government better than Zhang Yunsui, and is more able to stabilize the hearts of the people of Mingzhou.

To put it bluntly, even if the imperial court wants to shake hands with Mingzhou, it still needs to wait patiently for the opportunity, and it will gradually divide.

What's more, under the chaotic current situation, the rebellious forces that have been bred are far more than that in Mingzhou. The court's magnanimous and benevolent attitude has only benefits and no harm.

These are all real.

It was also the pros and cons written by Xu Mingyi on the policy theory drawn up by Zhang Yunsui at that time.

It is not difficult to be righteous.

It's not hard to keep your wits about you.

Use rationality to complete justice, even if you have calculations, why not do it?

Hearing that several other land-occupied forces had presented surrender documents, Xu Mingyi felt more at ease.

The internal troubles can be quelled without a single soldier, which is what she most wants to see.

Civil strife is different from facing a foreign race. It is born from the same root. If it is not necessary, no one wants to go to war, and blood will flow like a river.

As the water in the pool gradually clears, fishers in troubled waters will soon have nowhere to hide.

Then just wait for the monarch and his subjects to rule with one heart, improve everything, and recuperate——

Gradually, the roots of Daqing can be deeply rooted under the mountains and rivers.

With longing for the future, Xu Mingyi's mood became clearer and clearer.

Therefore, although the marriage between her and Wu Chao came a bit late, it was just right.

Only when everything is calmed down can he and she truly complete this important event in life with peace of mind.

New willow sprouts, after a spring rain, the leaves spread like smoke.

In March, in the garden of Dongyang Prince's Mansion, clumps of tender yellow and bright red bloom one after another.

Xu Mingyi's box-adding banquet was scheduled for three days before the wedding.

On this day, when relatives, friends and guests came to the door, there was a long line of cars, horses and soft sedan chairs outside the mansion, which almost filled the entire Qingyunfang.

One after another, large and small box-filling gifts were sent to Xiyuan.

Xu Mingyi couldn't see all the hundreds of box-adding gifts, so he asked Aoi to pick out the closest ones according to the list of gifts.

There are those from Linyuan's ancestor's family, Cui's family, Dingnan Wang's mansion, Princess Chang's mansion, Yunyao Academy and so on.

The two cousins ​​of the Cui family prepared gifts separately, among which there was an embroidered screen.

"I heard that it was embroidered by Miss Qing herself, and she has been preparing for it for more than half a year." Ah Kui said beside her.

Xu Mingyi looked at the picture of cranes, green cypresses and red sun embroidered on the screen, and the golden glow and red sun were particularly eye-catching, so he couldn't help smiling and said: "Cousin Qing has a heart."

"The princess has also prepared another gift, but it doesn't seem to say what it is on the gift list..." Aoi picked up the box that was sent along with the red coral in the Princess's mansion, "Young lady, open it and have a look." ?"

Xu Mingyi nodded and reached out to take it: "Give it to me."

Not counting as a big box, it held a heavy weight, and when it was opened, there was a stack of books in it.

But on the cover of the book, half of the characters are missing, only a branch of red plum is printed on it.

What book is this?

Xu Mingyi took out a book in doubt, and flipped through a page at random——

"...?!"

She suddenly widened her eyes, suffocating her breath, and hurriedly closed the book tightly!

Seeing her girl's expression was very strange, Ah Kui couldn't help asking curiously: "Girl, is this a script?"

"...Yes." Xu Mingyi reluctantly nodded.

Ah Kui's eyes brightened slightly—can I borrow her to read after the girl finished watching?

Seeing through her thoughts at a glance, Xu Mingyi, who has always been considerate of little girls, chose to remain silent.

He just said: "Ask someone to put all these things in the warehouse for the time being, I... take a nap for a while."

Ah Kui answered without doubting it, seeing her own girl carrying the box into the inner room, she couldn't help but be more and more envious of that box of storybooks - the girl is holding the box and refuses to let go, it must be very attractive up.

After entering the inner room, Xu Mingyi kicked off his shoes, got on the bed, and put down the curtain.

Only in this way dare to reopen the box again.

"..."

Rao had already made the preparations earlier, and when he opened it at this time, he was still deeply shocked.

This clearly means...!

Xie Jiaojiao actually gave her this openly!

It's a good thing that others didn't see it, otherwise she might not be able to stay in this family any longer if she hasn't married yet!

But... why does this look different from the brochure that the nun from the palace showed her the day before yesterday?

The pamphlet that Mammy sent was full of overly straightforward illustrations, and she only glanced at it briefly before closing it——

It's not that I'm sorry to see more...

But the people in the picture, especially the men, mostly look like middle-aged men, with sparse hair and beards, no matter how fat or thin or loose, they have no sense of beauty at all...

It's really the kind that people don't want to take a second look at at first glance.

Don't talk about lust, if you look at it any further, you may even lose your appetite.

Jiaojiao's is very different...

As for what is different, she is still incomplete for the time being, in order to distinguish where the difference is... Well, she has to study it carefully.

So, Miss Xu sat cross-legged under the bed tent, and looked at the booklet in her hand as if she was flipping through the policy theory.

Looking at it, it was out of control.

There are not only pictures in the book, but also text, and the text is not only an explanation, but also a storyline!

For example, this book tells the story of a fox demon and a scholar...

The scholar was drawn gracefully and handsomely, with a well-proportioned figure but with a sense of lines, the fox demon girl was even more charming and aura, her furry fox ears were charming and naive, and the two figures were faintly visible through the gauze curtain, really charming and just right.

There is no sense of greasy sex that makes people unbearable to look directly at.

More importantly, she saw that the pleasures of both parties are equal, not the brochure sent by the nanny, which is full of women pleasing men, as if as a woman, the only thing to do is to be obedient and patient——

For this reason, the things in her hands are worthy of being widely circulated among the female relatives.

So, Xu Mingyi flipped through one volume after another, reading with great interest.

Cough, there is no way, the storyline is too attractive.

She would have to ask Xie Jiaojiao later - how could such a wonderful book be kept private until now and only now did I think of giving it to her?

And, is there anything else?

In the next few days, Xu Mingyi never went out again.

It's not the meaning of sitting at home all day reading a storybook...

After leaving the cabinet, I have to just want to stay with my family and talk more.

In the afternoon of the day before the big wedding, I stayed in Cui's courtyard until it was getting dark.

Xu Mingyi sat on the couch drinking honey tea, listening to the elders' instructions.

Besides her own mother, her second aunt was also there.

In other words, since she married into Dongyang Prince's Mansion, this is the place where the second aunt came most often - playing horse hanging, which has become a daily routine for the two sisters-in-law.

The second uncle also found her for this, and told her earnestly that this is very different from the married life he imagined. The daughter-in-law leaves early and returns late, and often disappears all day long, treating him extremely perfunctory.

He also sighed with her and told her - don't want to learn from your second aunt, and throw it aside when you get it. A man's heart cannot stand being left out.

Looking at the face of complaining about her husband, she didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

But at the moment, the exhortations of mother and second aunt are actually very different from others.

No one taught her how to take care of her husband and raise her children, how to be a good princess. They only used past experience to teach her how to live comfortably and happily.

Especially the second aunt, it seems that she has forgotten that the person she is going to marry is her nephew, and she completely retains her position as her mother's aunt.

"Okay, I've said everything that needs to be said many times... I have to do business tomorrow, so Zhao Zhao will go back and rest early." Cui stopped talking, and confessed: "Don't catch a cold at night, tomorrow will be the same." Don't get up too early, the maids will call when the time comes."

Xu Mingyi should come down.

She walked out of the inner room and walked out of the outer hall, but when she passed by the window, she could faintly hear low sobbing and comforting sounds from the inner room.

Her hearing has always been excellent, and she can easily distinguish the crying of her own mother.

Xu Mingyi's heart was both warm and astringent.

After standing quietly under the window for a while, she just left the Imperial Palace.

But he didn't go back to Xiyuan, but went to his grandfather's courtyard and stayed there for more than half an hour.

It was also driven out by the old man, urging her to go back to sleep—and the old man reminded her delicately that if she doesn't sleep well and her eyes are dull, she will not be beautiful.

When she went, her father was also there, so the father and daughter left here together.

After leaving the yard, Xu Jin said in a very gentle voice: "It's getting dark, do you want Dad to take you back?"

Xu Mingyi smiled and nodded: "Okay."

Although not afraid, but which child does not like to have his father give it to him.

The father and daughter walked slowly and talked slowly.

Seeing that Xiyuan was in front of him, Xu Jin stopped and said with a smile, "Go back and rest earlier."

"Okay, father too."

As soon as Xu Mingyi turned around, he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him: "Zhao Zhao—"

She turned around, only to see that face that always had a gentle and lazy smile, now showing seriousness, looking at her lovingly, and said: "If there is anything that doesn't go your way in the future, you must Remember to tell your father and your grandfather."

Cough, of course, it is mainly up to the old man to vent his anger.

"That's natural." Xu Mingyi responded with a smile.

She has always liked talking with her father very much, and his father is always very good at explaining those complicated truths to her in the simplest and most understandable vernacular.

Her father's influence on her has never been less than that of her grandfather.

Xu Mingyi watched the round figure walk away before turning back to the courtyard.

If she didn't expect it, she should have one waiting here at this time.

really--

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw the blue-robed boy sitting there waiting.

Obviously, this is the most difficult to "deal with".

Xu Mingyi sat down consciously and listened to the old lady's instructions.

At the end, Xu Mingyi sighed slightly, looked at him, and asked seriously: "Mingshi, otherwise I won't marry, right?"

Mother secretly shed tears after she left.

The gray-haired grandfather stood quietly on the porch watching her go.

All these things made her feel that getting married was really a sad thing.

"...!" Xu Mingshi was taken aback, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

My Baobaozi has opened a new book, take a quick look~

(Goodnight everybody.

There has been a typhoon here, and it has been raining heavily for two days. Some communities have had power outages and are shivering. If you don’t see the update tomorrow, don’t worry. It’s probably because the network is cut off, but I hope not. )