In a restaurant near Baifu, the Third Prince reserved all the private seats on the third floor, leaving Xiao Lizi to guard them at the entrance of the corridor.
In the private seat at the back of the corridor, Han Lingfu and Bai Muxiao looked at each other quietly, as if they were the only ones left in this world. After a while, Han Lingfu finally couldn't restrain himself and hugged Bai Muxiao in his arms.
Bai Muxiao gently pressed him against her chest, listening to his strong heartbeat.
If it wasn't because of time constraints, Bai Muxiao really wanted to get rid of the troubles of this world and spend a good time with him like this, but their time is running out.
Bai Muxiao raised her head from his embrace resolutely, and said softly: "Your Highness, I have already heard about the second princess. Death cannot be resurrected. Your Highness, please give me your condolences."
Han Lingfu's eyes flickered slightly, and he couldn't suppress the indignation in his heart: "Xiao'er, I don't understand what you said, it's just..." Follow him to tell what happened in Chang'an Palace today, and what no one can tell in his heart. He poured out his anguish, and finally said with a heavy voice, "...the father has always been indifferent to the mother-in-law and our siblings, but recently he is extremely cautious about the choice of the fifth emperor's brother as a companion. I am afraid that he intends to make him the crown prince. "
Now that the fifth emperor brother has not become the crown prince, his mother has been demoted all the way from a concubine to a concubine. If the fifth emperor brother really becomes the prince, there will be no place for their mother and son.
Is he really out of luck for that position
Why!? Apart from not being a son-in-law, how can he be worse than that sick child?!
Bai Muxiao looked at him, but she was not anxious, but said in a relaxed tone: "Your Highness, even if the emperor really appoints the fifth prince as the prince, so what? The prince can be dethroned as soon as he is established. Since ancient times, has this kind of thing rarely happened? The emperor is now in the prime of life, the fifth prince himself has a powerful mother's family, and the prince of Zhennan and his wife are on good terms with the empress. How can the emperor tolerate it for a long time. At that time, the fifth prince, the prince, will probably be better than the three of you The elder prince will still be feared by the emperor."
Han Lingfu was thoughtful.
"Your Highness." Bai Muxiao continued, "For you, it might be better for you to hide your sharpness now, cultivate your strength in secret, and let the fifth prince stand in the way. The fifth prince is already nine years old, and when he grows up, There will be a threat to the imperial power. At that time, you will not be the only one who wants to deal with him. In the battle for succession, the final winner is the real winner!"
Han Lingfu thought for a long time, finally nodded slightly, and said: "Xiao'er, you are right..."
Seeing that he listened to her suggestion, Bai Muxiao was very happy.
She persisted and continued: "Your Highness, instead of worrying about whether the emperor will establish a prince, you should firmly grasp the contacts in your hand and don't give other princes any chance. For example..." She paused deliberately After a while, he said, "Pingyanghou! Pingyanghou holds the power of the Imperial Forest Army, you should find a way to settle the old feud with the Pingyanghoufu and rebuild the old relationship... After all, the second princess has passed away, and all the previous grievances should disappear. "
What Bai Muxiao said made Han Lingfu's eyes light up, but he hadn't thought of this at all.
Because of Qu Jiayue's marriage to Xi Rong, the Marquis of Pingyang had an enmity with the second princess. After that, Marquis Pingyang and his wife had always treated him indifferently, obviously harboring a grudge.
Han Lingfu was annoyed by this for a while, but now, the loss of the second princess is already a fact, instead of being sad, it is better to turn the loss into a gain, and seize this opportunity to restore the old one!
Han Lingfu nodded again and again, and said in agreement: "Xiao'er is very true. Since the emperor has passed away, all the grievances and hatreds should also go with the wind." He thought in his heart that he would go to Pingyang in the next few days Hou Fu. ... Also, when it comes to connections, Princess Yongyang's side cannot be ignored, so I have to quickly ask my uncle to go to the princess's mansion to propose marriage for my cousin.
The troubles that have been weighing on his chest these days seem to have become insignificant in Bai Muxiao's few words.
She is really his Xieyu flower! It is a treasure sent by the heavens to achieve his grand plan and hegemony!
In this life, he will definitely not let her down! Make her a couple forever!
Han Lingfu looked at her affectionately, and saw a flash of confidence in her eyes, raised the corner of her lips and said: "Your Highness, I sneaked out of the White Mansion today because I wanted to tell you something."
Han Lingfu raised his brows slightly, "Xiao'er, just say what you have to say!"
Bai Muxiao stared at him, sighed and said, "Your Highness, the second princess was wronged to go. If it wasn't for some villain who caused the second princess to be sent to the imperial mausoleum, it wouldn't be like this at all." Seeing that Han Lingfu's expression darkened again, Bai Muxiao said with some heartache, "Your Highness, don't be sad. The deceased is dead, we must let the second princess rest in peace. I have a way, which can not only comfort the second princess's spirit in heaven, but also benefit your Highness. One harm..."
As the two whispered, the sky finally completely darkened...
The second princess stayed in the coffin for three days, and after another ritual ceremony was performed at Xiangguo Temple, the coffin was transported to the imperial mausoleum for burial.
The funeral ended quietly, and the death of the second princess did not cause any disturbance in the capital.
Everything is as usual.
On this day, on the East Street of Wangdu, a large blue carriage with a roof top rattled along. In the carriage, sat a woman who was nearly forty years old and was wearing a bean-green vase gown. She was rubbing a red post from time to time in her hand.
This geng post is about the birth date of Nangong Xin, the second young master of Nangong Mansion. The second wife of Nangong Mansion, Mrs. Lin, entrusted her to send her to Yongyang Dachang Princess Mansion to propose marriage to the sixth girl of the Fu family.
Since it is a marriage proposal, it means that Lin has already gone to find out, whether he is a good matchmaker or not, just wait for this marriage to be negotiated, drink a glass of matchmaker wine, and because of this, he can gain some relationship with both houses. The more the woman thought about it, the more she felt that it was a beautiful job.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped.
The woman gave the servant girl a look, and the servant girl hurriedly raised the curtain to look, and soon came back to report: "Ma'am, there happened to be a carriage going into Pumpkin Alley, so it got stuck at the intersection."
The woman smiled generously and said, "In that case, let..."
Before she finished speaking, she heard a woman's shrill and thin voice from outside the carriage: "This is the carriage of Mrs. Qing Pan of Taichang Temple, the carriage in front should get out of the way!"
The domineering tone of the other party made people really uncomfortable to hear, the maid frowned and said: "Madam, they are too much, just now Brother Li said that our carriage was the first to arrive at the entrance of the alley."
"Pomegranate, forget it, let them go first." The woman waved her hand.
Firstly, this official rank crushes people to death, and their family is only from the fourth rank, so what the Fang Taichang Temple Minister said is also the third rank; secondly, I went out this time to do business, not to quarrel with others.
Since the master didn't care about it, it was inconvenient for the maid Shiliu to say anything more, so she ordered the coachman to step aside and let the brown-roofed carriage walk in front of them.
The carriage quickly moved on again, Shiliu suddenly thought of something, so she said: "Madam, you don't think they are also going to Yongyang Dachang Princess's mansion?" Naturally, the Qing family's carriage will not be an ordinary family.
The woman didn't say anything, but thought to herself: It can't be such a coincidence, can it
She didn't think much about this topic, the carriage quickly entered Yongyang Dachang Princess' mansion and stopped at the second gate.
With the support of Pomegranate, the woman got out of the carriage, just in time to see a figure wearing a royal blue ruyi-patterned silk gown, surrounded by several maids, heading towards the inner courtyard. He looked back, and then continued to follow quickly.
"Madam Tong, please come with your servants." A maidservant in Tsing Yi from the Princess Mansion stepped forward to salute and lead the way for Madam Tong.
Mrs. Tong didn't think about it any more, and followed the maidservant in Tsing Yi all the way to the small flower hall, only to see Mrs. Fu was sitting on the main seat, and on the armchair on the left side of her lower head was a thirties-something wearing royal blue wishful-print hang The woman in the silk trousers, the woman looked at Mrs. Tong haughtily, then picked up the teacup beside her and drank tea.
Mrs. Tong stepped forward unhurriedly, her eyes were quickly attracted by the red post held in the hand of the maid behind the woman in blue, and she couldn't help but "thump" in her heart. Could it be that…
Mrs. Tong greeted Mrs. Fu with a normal face, and then sat down opposite the woman in blue.
Mrs. Fu introduced them: "This is the wife of Mr. Pan, the Minister of Taichang Temple... this is the wife of Mr. Tong, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy."
As soon as she heard that the woman in blue was Mrs. Pan, Mrs. Tong's heart sank. She really is a good spirit but not a bad spirit. This Mrs. Pan was obviously also entrusted by someone to propose a marriage. It must not be easy for the other party to invite Mrs. Gaoming, who is a third-rank official, to be a matchmaker.
Originally, I thought that my trip here was just a symbolic trip, but now it seems that things may not be so easy.
"Mrs. Pan." Although Mrs. Tong was a little confused, she still bowed gracefully, which was regarded as a salute to the other party, but who would have thought that the other party would sit there motionless and accept it, with no intention of returning the salute at all.
Mrs. Tong was displeased, and was thinking about how to speak to Mrs. Fu, when Mrs. Pan's eyes fell on the Geng post in Shiliu's hand, she couldn't help smiling, with arrogance in her smile, and said: "It's a coincidence, Tong Madame is also here to propose marriage, right?" She was disdainful in her heart: I don't know which family is so short-sighted and dares to compete with Master Zhang!
Madam Tong regained her composure, knowing that she couldn't lose even if she lost at the moment, so she nodded calmly and said, "As the saying goes: it's a coincidence that a family has hundreds of women begging. Madam Pan's words are not bad." She gave Looking at Shiliu, Shiliu immediately took a step forward, and respectfully raised her hand to hold the red Geng Tie in her palm.
Mrs. Tong straight-forwardly said: "Mrs. Fu, I am here to propose a marriage on behalf of the Second Young Master of Nangong Mansion. I want to marry Miss Six of your mansion."
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Tong is so ignorant! Mrs. Pan was annoyed in her heart, and hurriedly said to Mrs. Fu: "Mrs. Fu, it is related to Lingmei's life's happiness, you have to think about it! Mr. Yiyu of the Zhang family is a human being." There is no limit to the future." The sixth daughter of the Fu family has a ruined reputation now, and it is a blessing from the sky to be matched with the eldest son of Mr. Zhang's family!
Mrs. Pan is not happy, and Mrs. Fu is even more unhappy than her. She just thinks that both the mansion and Mrs. Pan are inexplicable. Is there anyone like them who came here to propose marriage without any reason? Is this looking down on their Princess Mansion, or is it because Liu Niang's reputation is getting hurt now
Even if Mrs. Fu dislikes that Liu Niang is not like a girl, she will not allow outsiders to pick and choose her daughter! When she came to propose marriage, she put up such a high profile, how can she cherish Liu Niang in the future
When she heard that Mrs. Pan was representing the mother's family of the third prince Han Lingfu, and she was also the eldest son of the Zhang family, Mrs. Tong couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, thinking: It seems that this time it is really going to return without success.
After Mrs. Fu put down the teacup in her hand, she looked at Mrs. Pan indifferently, and Mrs. Pan couldn't help being happy when she saw it, but she heard Mrs. Fu sigh with emotion: "Mrs. Pan, I'm really rude. Our Princess Mansion and Nangong The family has already made a verbal agreement... "
How could this happen?! Mrs. Pan couldn't believe her ears, that such a certain marriage could go wrong
Mrs. Fu didn't bother to pay attention to her, and signaled the servant girl to take the Geng Tie from Nangong Mansion, and handed it to her. Holding the heavy Geng Tie, she said to Mrs. Tong with a smile: "Mrs. Tong, I have specially troubled you to make a trip today."
"Where is there..." Mrs. Tong almost suspected that she was dreaming, and this happened? It turns out that the second wife of Nangong has indeed come to the Princess Mansion to find out.
Mrs. Pan stood up abruptly, and the armchair behind her made a "thump" sound because of her reckless movements, which seemed a bit harsh. This was a very rude move, and she was so angry that she almost wanted to ask Mrs. Fu if she was stupid. He actually wanted Zhang Yiyu, who was doing well, but a son of the second family in Nangongfu, and he was also a guy who might turn back to a fool someday!
But she still remembered her identity, Mrs. Fu's identity, and said bluntly: "Mrs. Fu, I have something to do today, so I will leave first." up.
Mrs. Fu didn't bother to bother, and after ordering her maid to see the guests off, she chatted with Mrs. Tong as if nothing had happened...
That night, the Lin family sent someone to announce the good news to Nangong Yue. Nangong Yue was in a good mood, and rewarded her generously, then went to Xiao Yi's private treasury, picked out a lot of good things, and ordered someone to send them to Nangong Mansion to congratulate her brother.
However, the matter did not stop there. At noon on the second day, when Nangong Yue was still having lunch, Lily ran in bluffing.
Baihui, who was serving at the side, gave Baihe a warning look, meaning, you are like this when you are a big maid, how can you convince everyone!
Lily stuck out her tongue, made a well-behaved appearance and blessed herself: "I have seen the concubine!" After serving Nangong Yue for so long, Lily really pretended to be so.
Nangong Yue just ate half a bowl of rice, and felt that it was almost done, so she rinsed her mouth, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and asked, "What's wrong?"
When she asked, Baihe got excited again, and hurriedly said: "Princess Princess, you must not have imagined what stupid thing Princess Qi did again?" As soon as she finished speaking, she felt Baihui stare at her, as if she was saying, what is she selling in front of Concubine Shizi? Guanzi.
Bai He didn't intend to show off, and immediately continued: "Princess Qi probably learned about the fact that the Fu family accepted the second uncle Geng's post yesterday, but I don't know how her mind went into a twitch, and she went around preaching that Miss Fu Liu is a daughter. Second marriage, no chastity and no virtue!"
Hearing this sentence, all the maids in the room were dumbfounded, and they nodded silently: Lily is right, is Princess Qi stupid
Even Nangong Yue couldn't hide her surprise. The stupid things that Princess Qi did were beyond the imagination of ordinary people like her. But she just listened to it as a joke, and said lightly: "There is no way to stop someone from looking for death. I'm afraid Grandma Yongyang won't let her go so easily..."
Now that Princess Yongyang has returned, how can she let others bully her with her temper.
What's more, Princess Yongyang is the direct aunt of King Qi.
This time, it was Baihe's turn to be dumbfounded, "Concubine Shizi, you really hit the spot!" She muttered a little boringly, then cleared her throat and continued, "Princess Yongyang is going to go early this morning. After entering Prince Qi’s mansion, he personally beat King Qi 20 lashes with the rape punishment lash bestowed by the late emperor in the name of “teaching his wife without methods”.
Lily was amazed in her heart, this move is so high! It's too high! If Yong Yang directly punished Princess Qi, that Princess Qi might not remember to beat her. Now it's all over, if she still dares to do those thoughtless and stupid things, King Qi couldn't spare her first. King Qi really lost all his face this time, and it probably won't take long for the whole king to know about it.
Not only Nangong Yue, but also the other maids on the side were dumbfounded. Could it be that the height of the devil is one foot higher than the height of one foot
Seeing Nangong Yue's stunned expression, Baihe immediately felt satisfied, and wanted to say a few more amusing words, Que'er walked in happily, holding a letter in his hand and said with a smile: "Concubine Shi Zi, Shi Zi I have a letter from my father!"
Nangong Yue was immediately overjoyed, her eyes lit up, her smile was as bright as a spring flower, and she hurriedly said, "Give me the letter!"
She unfolded the letter with a smile on her face, slowly read each word, and couldn't help thinking: A Yi doesn't know what he is doing now...
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"Ah Choo!"
Thousands of miles away in southern Xinjiang, Xiao Yi rubbed his nose, and said cheerfully to himself: "It must be the stinky girl who is thinking about me!"
Xiao Yi had just led people to wipe out a Nanman squad of hundreds of people. At this time, he and his soldiers were temporarily resting in the temporary camp.
This is the outskirts tens of miles away from Luoyue City. The Southern Frontier Army led by Xiao Yi is temporarily stationed here in order to fight against a group of guerrilla Southern Barbarians. Two or three acres of land nearby were surrounded by them as a temporary camp. At a glance, there were large and small camps everywhere, and Xiao Yi, as the son of Zhennan Prince, naturally lived in the largest tent in the residence.
Xiao Yi's tent is a bit crowded now, besides himself, Fu Yunhe, Qian Moyang and veteran general Tian He are also among them.
They had just come back less than a stick of incense, and they experienced a thrilling fight, everyone's breath has not yet calmed down, and their bodies are also stained with blood, it seems that there is a bit of murderous intent.
"Master, you are injured!"
Qian Moyang let out a worried exclamation, and immediately focused all eyes on Xiao Yi, all of them showed worry, including Tian He. After getting along with each other for this period of time, Tian He has already seen that this prince is by no means as dandy as the outside world said, but has some real skills. Sometimes, he almost feels that he has seen the demeanor of the old Zhennan King. Therefore, he also has some respect for Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi looked at the left arm where the sleeve was scratched, and said casually: "It's okay, it's just a minor injury, just take some medicine." He looked around and asked, "How about you? Are there any injuries?" ?”
After the battle just now, everyone was in a bit of a panic, and they didn't know whether the blood on their bodies belonged to others or their own, but everyone seemed to be in good spirits, so even if they suffered some injuries, they should be minor injuries.
Even though everyone laughed and said that he was fine, Xiao Yi still took out two or several small porcelain bottles from his arms and said: "Everyone is given the medicine first, and the military doctor will come and take a look at it later."
Fu Yunhe looked at the scratch on the back of his hand, and wanted to boldly say no, but suddenly thought of his sister-in-law. Princess Yaoguang has excellent medical skills, the medicine that the elder brother brought out must be good stuff!
Thinking of this, he unceremoniously picked up one of the porcelain bottles, opened the stopper, and began to apply the ointment himself.
Xiao Yi gave Qian Moyang a wink, and Qian Moyang immediately handed one of the porcelain bottles to Tian He.
Since it was the son's wish, although Tian He felt that he was fine, he still opened the porcelain bottle, and a faint scent of medicine rushed to his face immediately. Tian He didn't pay much attention to it, but felt that the golden sore medicine smelled much better than the general golden sore medicine. When he applied the ointment to the wound, he felt a cool and comfortable feeling.
Looking at the wound again, he widened his eyes in disbelief.
Although his wound wasn't serious, it wasn't an abrasion, but once the medicine was applied, it stopped the bleeding?!
He immediately looked at Xiao Yi as if he had found a treasure, and exclaimed: "My lord, which doctor made this medicine for golden sores until it stops bleeding?"
For those who march and fight, injuries are common. The quality of this wound medicine is too important. It is a life-saving treasure at critical moments! If this golden sore medicine can be produced in large quantities, it will be of great help to the Southern Border Army. As far as it is concerned, it is definitely a winning weapon.
Xiao Yi boasted triumphantly: "This is handmade by my grandfather, how could it be an ordinary thing."
"Old Master Fang?" Tian He blurted out in surprise, "How can Old Master Fang know how to make medicine?" When Tian He heard that it was Xiao Yi's grandfather, he naturally and intuitively thought it was Old Master Fang, the father of Xiao Yi's biological mother Fang.
Fu Yunhe on the side couldn't help but burst out laughing, shook his index finger triumphantly, and said, "General Tian, you are wrong, the grandfather that elder brother is talking about is the number one genius doctor in the world, old genius doctor Lin."
Tian He was at a loss when he heard this, and asked with a puzzled expression: "I have heard about the name of old master Lin, but when did he become the grandfather of the son?"
Fu Yunhe couldn't help explaining for Xiao Yi: "Big brother married the granddaughter of the old genius doctor Lin, so he became the grandfather of the big brother?"
Fu Yunhe's absolutely uncomplicated sentence exposed too much information, Tian He was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out, and asked eagerly: "Why is the eldest son already married? When did this happen? "
"The imperial decree issued by the emperor last year made the elder brother and the elder sister-in-law get married before this expedition." Fu Yunhe shrugged and said, "This marriage is done in a hurry, you are far away in southern Xinjiang, no wonder you don't know about it. "
But Fu Yunhe didn't know that Tian He had never heard of the emperor's order to marry Xiao Yi.
A look of complexity flashed across Tian He's eyes. The lord and concubine had kept such a big matter a secret, and hadn't mentioned a word to them. Presumably, they didn't want to disobey the imperial decree and change to the concubine, but they just didn't think about it at all. If you take this matter to heart, naturally you forget to mention it. However, how important is the engagement of the son, it can be seen that the prince's dissatisfaction with the son is much deeper than they expected...
Tian He didn't dare to think deeply, and asked quickly: "My lord, which family is the granddaughter of the old genius doctor Lin?"
As soon as he heard his question, Xiao Yi immediately replied triumphantly: "My eldest concubine is the third daughter of the Nangong family, Princess Yaoguang appointed by the emperor." Very satisfied with his princess.
Nangong family
Tian He pondered: "Could it be the Nangong family who is the head of Jiangnan scholars?"
Xiao Yi smiled and nodded, "Exactly!"
"That's really congratulations to your son." Tian He smiled and said congratulations, and sighed in his heart: the emperor actually gave Shizi a marriage to a girl from Shilin as his concubine, what is the meaning of this
Xiao Yi didn't care what Tian He was thinking at all, he only listened to what he liked to listen to, with a bright smile on his face, he couldn't help thinking: I don't know how his stinky girl is doing now? I miss her so much !
Thinking about it, he couldn't help touching the letter on his chest. A few days ago, Zhuzi specially sent Nangong Yue's shoes and a letter from the capital. Naturally, he couldn't wait to wear the shoes on his feet, and he also read the letter countless times.
In fact, Nangong Yue didn't write any important things in the letter, nor did she write any sweet words or missing words. She just wrote about her daily life, such as when she wakes up, when she sleeps, what she eats, where she goes, etc. What did he do, what did he hear... This content is extremely boring to outsiders, but Xiao Yi read it with gusto, and even the letter paper was almost torn because he repeatedly unfolded and folded it.
Because of that damned Southern barbarian army, he hasn't written to that stinky girl for three days, so he has to go back to the barracks to write to his stinky girl!
Thinking of this, Xiao Yi couldn't wait to stand up and said: "Everyone has almost rested, let's go back to the Luoyue City camp as soon as possible."
"Yes, my son!" Tian He hurriedly got up and took orders. They only brought a few hundred people with them on this trip, and after a few scattered skirmishes, they wiped out nearly a thousand enemies, and their record is quite good.
As soon as the order was given, the soldiers immediately moved into action and packed their luggage as quickly as possible. In the evening of the same day, they returned to the Luoyue City camp again.
Yao Yan, who got the news, personally brought people to the gate of the barracks to welcome Xiao Yi and the others: "I have seen your son, congratulations on your return from victory." More than a dozen people spoke in unison, their voices were like a bell, and their momentum was awe-inspiring.
Yao Yan welcomed Xiao Yi, Tian He and the others into the camp, and was about to inquire about the battle situation in the past few days. At this time, a soldier hurried into the tent and reported: "My lord, the princess sent someone to visit Grandpa."
The corners of Xiao Yi's mouth curled up slightly, with a half-smile, he said: "Let him in." He wanted to see what tricks Xiao Fang wanted to play.
There were actually not one person here, one of them was a middle-aged man in his forties, and behind him was a young girl of sixteen or seventeen. This middle-aged man, Xiao Yi, naturally recognized him, he was the chief steward of the royal residence, and even Xiao Fang's confidant.
"Greetings, little one." The head steward saluted respectfully, as if he had great respect for Xiao Yi, the eldest son.
Xiao Yi didn't ask him to excuse him, but the other party didn't seem to care at all, and continued to report in a serious manner: "My lord, the princess sent some young people to bring some food and medicinal materials to my son. Also, the princess is afraid that my son will live in the military camp. I couldn't get used to it, so I specially asked the little one to send a servant girl... This girl, the princess has already decided to open her face, and the princess said that she will be the son of the world from now on."
After the words fell, the young girl behind him took a step forward, and saw that her skin was better than snow, her eyes seemed to be overflowing with water vapor, her red lips were delicate and charming, her body was protruding and backwards, her waist was slender and soft like a willow in spring, it was true. It is a stunner in the world, so beautiful.
Her charming red phoenix eyes gave Xiao Yi a look of refusal and greeting, then she turned her waist and saluted: "Slave Yucha greets the son of the world." Her voice is charming and coquettish, with a charming numbness that makes the man can't help but come to mind. Continuous articles.
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