There is some mist in the forest in the morning, and it is dark and unclear. I leaned against the big tree and remained motionless, the voices of those two people were clearly audible.
"... If that cousin of yours enters the palace, she has the Wei clan behind her, and even I have to give way." This was Empress Xu's voice, weak and choked, without any aura of aloofness, "Meng Jing, the prime minister already has one." Half the world, why do you want to covet even this harem, which is less than an inch in size?"
"This is something my father decides, and I can't interfere."
"He did it on purpose, didn't he?" Empress Xu stopped crying, "He has always hated my father for retiring the engagement, allowing me to marry the emperor, and then making me suffer such humiliation..."
"I'll say it again." Wei Tan interrupted with a calm voice, "I am not the only one who decides about my cousin's entry into the palace. If you are really worried about your safety, then don't write me any more. You are already a married woman. Once you are broken, no one can save you."
"Oh? But you're still here." Empress Xu didn't take it seriously, "Why?"
"It's up to you whether you want to hear it or not. This is the last time I'm telling you." Wei Tan didn't explain, but said, "This is the last time I've come to see you, and there will be no next time." After finishing speaking, footsteps sounded sounded.
"Are you guilty?" Xu Hou's voice regained his composure.
The footsteps stopped.
"Although there are only a handful of you and I meeting each other, but I want to see you, you will still come." Empress Xu's tone was soft and sharp, "You know that your father will attack the emperor sooner or later, and I will not be spared when that happens. You have a guilty conscience , so come see me again."
Wei Tan didn't answer.
The forest was so eerily quiet that I thought they had disappeared suddenly.
"You treat her like this too?" Xu Hou spoke slowly, and smiled, "Does she know what the poppy I gave you?"
My heart seemed to be hit by something.
Wei Tan said: "She doesn't know, and she doesn't need to know."
"Oh? Yes, she has Pei Qian."
"Enough!" Wei Tan shouted suddenly, "You are the queen now, but back then..."
A "wow" interrupted the two of them.
I looked at the still swaying branch, and just wanted to walk away quietly, but it caught my clothes. The sound was too loud, which startled the two of them. I clutched my arm that was hurt by the branch, and secretly groaned in my heart.
run? I asked myself, but when I heard footsteps approaching more than ten feet away, I knew I couldn't run away.
"Who is it?" Wei Tan's alert voice sounded from behind the tree.
I took a deep breath, adjusted my clothes, and walked out slowly.
When meeting those two people face to face, the astonishment on their faces was just as expected.
Wei Tan stood there motionless, staring at me with an indistinguishable expression.
Xu Hou also opened his eyes wide, but quickly put away his astonishment, showed a mocking smile, and looked at Wei Tan: "You said you would be smashed, and someone really came, huh, what a coincidence."
Wei Tan didn't answer, but walked over.
I couldn't help but take a step back, but he took his hand.
"Let's go." He said, holding my hand and walking in the direction we came from.
"Meng Jing!" Empress Xu suddenly changed color.
"Go back." Wei Tan pushed aside the oncoming branches without looking back.
In the sky, the sun is showing its face from the clouds, bright red. The mist in the forest was dyed a faint golden color, I was pulled by Wei Tan, one foot was deep and the other was shallow, and I walked much faster than when I came here.
No one said a word, Wei Tan's hand was clenched tightly all the time. The cold wind blew, and the roots of my ears, which had been burned because of embarrassment, felt cold.
When I came here, I felt that the road was long, but when I went out, it was very fast. Not long after, it was on the road. A group of patrolling sergeants showed surprise when they saw us, and saluted one after another.
Wei Tan didn't say a word, and took me back to the account.
"Elder Prince," the attendant in front of the tent saw him and came over and said, "Just now the Prime Minister sent someone to say..."
"Say I'm not here." Wei Tan said flatly, "Anyone who comes looking for him today will say that I'm not here." As he spoke, he opened the tent door.
A Yuan has already stood up, seeing us coming in, he was surprised: "Elder son, madam..."
"Go out." Wei Tan said.
A Yuan was startled, looked at me, and walked away quickly.
There was no one around anymore, Wei Tan kept pulling me to sit on the couch and letting go. I was knocked down by his hand, and supported to sit up, Wei Tan lifted a bed beside me with his feet, sat down opposite me, and looked at me.
Seeing that he was still angry just now, I decided to explain first: "I didn't intend to eavesdrop. Earlier in the tent, I heard my husband's voice, so I got up and went out. I didn't want my husband to go away, so I followed all the way. I ran into it by accident." After thinking about it, he added: "I have never heard anything."
Wei Tan looked at me and didn't speak.
It was very quiet in the tent, and I could hear the voices of the sergeants talking outside.
"Is this an excuse or an apology?" Wei Tan finally spoke.
"Sorry." I thought about it and replied.
"Really? It's justifiable."
"Everything I said is true."
Wei Tan didn't continue talking, and looked at my arm: "I was hit by a branch just now?"
I froze for a moment, then nodded: "How does my husband know?"
"You covered it with your hand just now." He said, poked into the leather pouch at his waist, and took out a small porcelain bottle, "Put it out, and apply the medicine."
"No need." I said, "It doesn't hurt."
Maybe it was because of my firm tone, Wei Tan didn't insist, the hand holding the porcelain bottle froze in the air for a while, and then put the porcelain bottle back.
"Madam, do you have anything to ask about the matter of talent?" he said.
Is it a trap again? I hesitated.
"Then I'll tell you." Without waiting for my answer, Wei Tan said, "The empress and I had an engagement before. The engagement was dissolved within a year."
These words came without warning, and my heart sank. Although I knew it a long time ago, it still feels different to hear him tell me personally.
"Yeah." I didn't know how to answer, so I had to respond perfunctorily.
"The grandfathers of our two families are old friends, and the two families have always been in contact." Wei Tan said, "When my father was an official in Luoyang, he encountered some troubles. Thanks to the help of Xu Shaofu in Chang'an, my family moved to Chang'an. The first contact My family is the Xu family. It was at that time that Xu O and I met. The marriage contract was the idea of my grandfather and her grandfather, and Xu Shaofu was not happy. My father knew her family's thoughts and did not publicize it after the engagement Sure enough, less than a year later, Xu Shaofu said that Xu O was ill, and the fortune teller said that he should not get married early, so he came to the door in person to withdraw the marriage."
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"After getting engaged, I went to Habayashi. The military discipline was strict there, and I couldn't see Xu O for half a year. When I finally got some free time to go home, I heard about the divorce." Wei Tan smiled self-deprecatingly, "Then At that time, I was full of anger, and I didn't know the reason, so I went to Xu's mansion to ask for clarification, but my father locked me up. But within two months, I heard that the late emperor wanted to choose a concubine for the prince Zhen, and Xu O was on the list. You also know what happened later. My father welcomed the emperor to Yongzhou, and all the waste was waiting for prosperity. In the past, all the officials in Chang'an also followed, and Xu Shaofu was among them. The concubine was selected by the family members, and Xu Shaofu sent Xu O to the palace, and he became the queen not long after."
I listened to these words without saying a word, but my mind was spinning like a wheel.
Prince Zhen is the son of Empress Bian. At that time, Empress Bian was favored, and Xu Shaofu's intention of retiring the marriage and sending Xu O to choose a concubine was clear at a glance. I remember Wei Wei's pen generation is still apologetic
"... He did it on purpose, didn't he..." I remembered what Empress Xu asked Wei Tan in the forest.
What she said was not unreasonable. The Son of Heaven is already a puppet, so the so-called queen is just to make the puppets into a pair. Wei Yingzhou was full of joy and joy, wishing Mizhuo o would be the best queen; but if something happened in the future, Xu o and Xu Shaofu's family would not be able to escape.
Wei Yan and Qie Mugou appeared in front of my eyes
"The year before last, the queen was pregnant with a son." Wei Tan continued, "Last spring, it was only four months. After that, she always suspected that someone was going to harm her, and she was restless. She sent a secret letter, begging me In view of the friendship in the past, save her life. I am often away in battle, and it is inconvenient to answer the letter; when I return to Yongdu, she sneaks out of the palace to see me, like today, this is the fifth time." , He looked at me, "That's all between me and Empress Xu, except for the fact that she met me, the rest of Zixian knows, Madam can ask him."
This sounded like a child's swearing. Although Wei Ci is not a veteran, he is still a ghost, and he has always been on good terms with Wei Tan, so I will not go to him to prove this.
"So." I nodded.
"One more thing. She likes Poppy Poppy. When she got engaged, she wore this flower on her head."
I was surprised: "Poppy?"
Wei Tan nodded: "After getting engaged, she gave me a poppy's embroidered handkerchief. This is the only thing left from that year, and it has been kept in the old suitcase in the side room."
I choked. The meaning of these words was told to me both openly and secretly, he knew that I saw the silk handkerchief. The meaning of the poppies in the yard is no longer a secret.
"Ma'am." Wei Tan looked into my eyes, "You and I are already married, and the days to come will be long. I'm speaking frankly today, and I will be the same in the future. Madam is confused, so there is no need to hide it."
I looked at him, as if my heart was caught by something.
"Big cousin!" Just as he was about to speak, Wei Ci's voice suddenly came from outside the tent, panting and excited, "Come out, big cousin! The hunting is about to begin! I saw they brought white wolves from Zhongnan Mountain! "