Holding the wine cup, Yue Ning couldn't tell why.
She only felt a gloom in her heart, but she insisted on saying that she had been wronged, but she never did.
Yue Ning shook her head, only looking at her wine cup, "Fill it up, the last glass."
Wei Qizhi frowned, raised his hand and filled Yue Ning's wine glass to the brim, but this time Yue Ning stopped drinking hard and just took a sip. There were delicate dishes on the table, Yue Ning Ning smelled the smell and was actually hungry, so she started to eat. Wei Qizhi felt relieved when he saw this, "I thought something happened to you, but you are too worried about Princess Yongci?"
Yue Ning paused with her chopsticks, and then said, "If you really come to Shuoxi, please tell me a few words after you see her. First, tell me about the situation of the Hou Mansion and the Qin family. Second, see her. How are you doing, come and find me when you come back."
Wei Qizhi understood what Yue Ning meant, "Don't worry, I understand."
Yue Ning sighed, "She and I don't know if we will have a chance to see each other again. Shuoxi is safe for the time being in this situation, but I can't guarantee it in the future."
Hearing her sad words, Wei Qizhi showed a bit of helplessness, "Look at what you said, why is it so difficult? You are good at hands and feet, and the family doesn't want you to keep an eye on it all the time. Yes, if you really want to see her, how about going to Shuoxi?"
Yue Ning was stunned for a moment, "But..."
But she is about to get married, now that Yanze invites officials to enter the court, she will be Yanze's eldest concubine in the future, going to Shuoxi rashly may cause trouble.
Seeing her hesitation and concern, Wei Qizhi sighed, "You are not like the Princess Yongning I know, just now the guy said that you are a woman who does not give way to men, but you were discouraged first, I know you want to Married, but it doesn't mean that you can never leave again, so don't you ever leave the capital for the rest of your life?"
When Yue Ning heard the words, the gloom in her heart rose again. Don't say that Wei Qizhi felt that she had changed, and it was herself, so why did she feel at ease? Nowadays, she couldn't recognize herself at all, Yue Ning's lips were pressed together, and she raised her head to drink the wine.
Wei Qizhi frowned, and now he was sure that Yue Ning really had something on his mind, maybe it wasn't because he was worried about Qin Wan as he guessed just now.
"What happened to you? Do you need my help?"
After drinking the peach blossom stuffing, Yue Ning gradually felt that her vest was a little warm after warming her stomach. Hearing this, she smiled wryly and shook her head, "There is nothing I can do to help."
Saying that, she stood up again and walked to the window. The Accord was facing the secluded market outside, and it was very quiet. Yue Ning pushed the window open, and when the cool breeze blew outside, Yue Ning just felt My heart became a little brighter, and Wei Qizhi walked up to Yue Ning, "You don't want to say anything, what I said just now is not to say that you are bad, you are the princess of the Houfu, although you have a free and easy temper, you must worry about it." More than me, even now, I have to worry about a lot of things, and I don’t mess around like before. Taking advantage of my father and mother’s health in the past few years, I dare to walk around. After a few years, who knows? What is it like?"
Wei Qizhi said that he felt a little disappointed in his heart, but he smiled, "But... everything in the world, although there are rules, there is no definite law. It's all about your own choice. I... Since I regard you as a true friend, I naturally hope that you will live in peace. , if there is anything that needs my help, just send someone to the Wei Mansion to speak."
Yue Ning's heart warmed up, she looked at Wei Qi, she was a little embarrassed, she was not happy in her heart, she didn't need to be angry in front of Wei Qizhi, but she really didn't have anyone to talk to now, and the doubts and hesitation in her heart didn't matter. Maybe tell Yue Qing and others, but Wei Qizhi is really free and easy, and she just revealed her true feelings just now.
"Thank you, I... Actually it's nothing, it's just that there are a lot of incidents in Beijing, and the emperor's grandmother's health is not getting better every day. I'm always not very happy these days." Yue Ning took a deep breath and smiled, " You go west this time, please take care, today I treat you well, I only want to practice it for you!"
Wei Qizhi raised his eyebrows, "That's a good relationship, so I saved another fortune!"
Yue Ning smiled when she saw him like this, but she was no longer depressed before. At this moment, she glanced away and saw a green cloth pony carriage coming down the market. If it was just an ordinary pony carriage, it would be nothing more than Yue Ning. What surprised him was that the driver in the pony carriage turned out to be Sandalwood beside Yan Ze!
Sandalwood is Yan Ze's personal servant, it is absolutely impossible to drive for others, Yue Ning frowned immediately, where is Yan Ze going in such an inconspicuous little carriage
Suspicion suddenly arose in her heart, but she saw the little carriage parked not far away from the tea shop.
There are not many people walking around in the market here, although there are some places like teahouses and taverns, they are all empty and empty, Yanze just wants to drink tea, how many good teas are there in the palace, he comes here, obviously Who is it that comes to meet people
Yue Ning couldn't help but leaned forward to look at the tea shop, and saw the small carriage stopped, and Yan Ze stepped out of the carriage, he was wearing a cloak and a hood today, but no one else could recognize him However, Yue Ning could recognize at a glance that Yan Ze had just stepped into the teahouse.
Yue Ning frowned tightly, Wei Qizhi also saw it, but didn't recognize who it was, and said, "What's the matter? Someone I know?"
Yue Ning said, "Who opened the tea shop?"
However, Wei Qizhi said with a look of familiarity with all these things, "The owner of the tea shop is also a wealthy man, but he is not a local. His family has a very good Junshan silver needle. I have been there twice. Now , it’s also deserted in there.”
Yue Ning stood motionless in front of the window, as if waiting for something, and soon, one person and one horse galloped towards the tea shop, the person turned over and got off the horse, tied the horse outside the threshold, and then After entering the tea shop, Yue Ning's eyes trembled, the person who came was Zhao Yu, the deputy commander of the imperial guards!
Yan Ze had just hired an official not long ago, why did he become friends with Zhao Yu? Yue Ning didn't know, but always felt weird. She wanted to go to the tea shop, but she felt that acting like that was too embarrassing, so she had to suppress her thoughts. She closed the window, turned around and sat down, stared for a while, then suddenly got up and said, "I'm going back now, you go and take care."
After Yue Ning finished speaking, she went out, walked downstairs quickly, paid the bill at the counter, and got into the carriage.
Wei Qizhi sent her out thoughtfully, and Yue Ning's attendants hurriedly came out from the first floor to follow, and soon, the carriage headed towards the palace.
Yue Ning asked her to go back to the Marquis of Anyang first, and then went to see the Taichang Princess. When the Taichang Princess asked about Yan Ze, Yue Ning said, "I asked the third brother to go back to the mansion, but grandma wants the third brother to come over?"
Princess Taichang laughed, "It's not necessary."
Yue Ning blinked, "Why don't I invite him to come and have dinner with you at night?"
Princess Taichang smiled and said, "You girl, you want to have dinner with him, but you want to use my name? All right, all right, you go and call him, and if his father is free, let his father Come along too."
Yue Ning got it right, and happily went out to Prince Yi's mansion.
As soon as she walked out of her own house, the smile on Yue Ning's face disappeared. When she arrived at Prince Yi's mansion, Yan Ze was indeed not there. With Yue Ning's status, the servant did not dare to belittle her, so he just welcomed her into the flower hall and waited. , Yue Ning watched the sun go down little by little, and waited until it was dark before seeing Yan Ze coming back from the outside in a cloak, and probably knew she was coming when he returned home, Yan Ze had a somewhat apologetic face.
As soon as he saw Yue Ning, he said, "Why are you here? After coming back in the afternoon, I remembered that my concubine's birthday was coming, so I went to the workshop in the south of the city."
Yue Ning heard this before saying a word, and she felt cold in her heart, but she still smiled, "Have you decided on the sacrificial object?"
Yan Ze invited Yue Ning to come in, his voice was warm and smooth, "It's all set, I have to go to Fahua Temple outside the city in a few days, do you want to go with me then?"
Yue Ning smiled and nodded, "Of course I want it..."
Yan Ze asked again, "You haven't said what to do here, but something happened?"
Yue Ning lowered her eyes and smiled wryly, "Actually, it's nothing. I just remembered that I talked too much to you in the palace today, and I felt a little uneasy when I returned to the mansion, so I wanted to come and talk to you, but you were not here..."
Yue Ning seemed to have something choked up in her throat, and she couldn't say anything about inviting Yanze over to the house for dinner, she glanced at the sky outside, "It's getting late, I feel at ease seeing you, so I'm going back now, grandma Still waiting for me."
Yan Ze sent Yue Ning out with a smile, looking the same as usual.
Yue Ning was frightened as she walked, she claimed to be close to Yan Ze, but Yan Ze lied to her, but he didn't change his face, he can be so calm, it can be seen that those words in the past can't be true or false Judgment, Yue Ning thought of Qin Wan's words, and then saw Yan Ze who had no flaws, her heart was bitter for a moment, and she was a little dazed. Fortunately, she was a strong-minded person, at least she didn't show her emotions, so she insisted on getting into the carriage. He slumped against the wall of the carriage as if deflated.
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As soon as April entered, Qin Wan also began to miss Yue Ning, and wanted to write to the capital from time to time, but the mountains were high and the road was far away, and the previous reply had not yet been received, so how could he write again? Yan Chi saw her weakness Worried, he said, "Since you have reminded her, and she also really likes Third Brother, if that's the case, there's nothing to stop her."
Qin Wan sighed, "Yue Ning is careless, and it's harder for me to know this than me. I'm afraid she won't see clearly and will mistake me in the future, and that Yanze, who cares deeply about the city, makes people shudder , It looks good before getting married, but if Yue Ning knows everything he has done in the future, how can she be happy? It will be too late."
Yan Chi shook his head, "If you are really worried, I might as well write a letter right now to tell my aunt what Yan Ze has done, and she will be the one to make decisions for Yue Ning."
Qin Wan was a little worried, "Yanze is in the capital now, and we don't know what he's going to do. If we write rashly, we're afraid there will be trouble."
Yan Chi held Qin Wan in his arms, "Since you understand this, why make things difficult for yourself? Everyone has their own destiny, you are worried about Yue Ning, and Yue Ning is probably worried about you now, because she really After being wronged, who is not suffering in life? She has you as a good friend, and it is the luck of you and her."
Qin Wan was originally an open-minded person, but now that he couldn't see Yue Ning, he became more and more worried. Hearing Yan Chi's relief, he became much better. When asked about the north, Yan Chi said, "Patrol guards I have been there many times, but I still haven't found any traces, even outside the White Wolf Pass, it is as quiet as before."
"Could it be that in the spring of this year, the Rong people plan to play it safe?"
Qin Wan couldn't help asking, but Yan Chi shook his head when he heard the words, "Basically... there is no such possibility."
Qin Wan frowned, "If something is abnormal, there must be a reason. Could it be that the Rong people plan to attack again in autumn?"
Yan Chi said, "You don't have to worry, I've asked Fang Qin to send people out of the pass and go to the direction of the Rong people's tribe. Now that it's spring, the cold plains outside the pass are not so dangerous. What are the plans of the Rong people? You have to go and see to know.”
"To investigate the tribe of the Rong people?" Qin Wan asked in surprise.
Yan Chi nodded, "That's right. In the past, the Rong people always took the initiative to attack. They were born on the cold plain, and they are very accustomed to the cold plain climate. It's okay to travel long distances. However, if we Zhou people want to cross the cold plain to reach their tribe, we must It is very difficult, so, among the 100,000 Shuoxi Army, not many people have been to the clan land of the Rong people, but not all of them, this time Fang Qin sent a few veterans, about two years ago, Their group of people has been to the tribe of the Rong people, although the Rong people may have changed the gathering place, but it is not difficult to find, and the news will be sent back after a month at the latest."
Qin Wan felt relieved when he heard that, so he went to the Rong people's clan to find out what was going on.
A few days ago, the concern about the dead body was temporarily resolved. Qin Wan thought that Yue Ning's wedding was approaching. Although she was not allowed to go back to the capital, but now that the marriage was closed, she was worried, and at the same time secretly prayed that Yan Ze would at least be true to Yue Ning. , So I thought about what kind of congratulatory gifts to buy for Yue Ning, Yue Ning was not short of gold, silver and jade, and above Shuoxi, the most auspicious and wishful thing was a blood-red blood-red red colored jade, Qin Wan then He ordered someone to find a piece of jade, and invited excellent craftsmen to carve it. Finally, he carved a statue of Avalokitesvara with a hundred sons. After the statue was finished, he was hesitant about how to send it to the capital. Yan Chi made some arrangements. This item has just been sent away.
Two days later, Yan Chi came back from the outside and said, "Shuoxi's army needs supplies, and the first one is war horses. Recently, I found a few people to buy horses from sellers. Some of these people are generals in the army, and some are here today. Dear guest, you don't know who I asked around."
Qin Wan knew that she also knew this person, but after thinking about it, she had no idea, "Who is it?"
Yan Chi smiled and said, "You should remember that the eldest son of the Wei family is in the horse business, right?"
Qin Wan's eyes lit up slightly, "It's him?!"
Yan Chi nodded, "This time a warrior defected to the yamen. He was a military general in the Yuzhou garrison earlier, but he was kicked out of the barracks because of being framed. Afterwards, he was depressed. Hearing that I was self-reliant in Shuoxi, I He came to apply for a military position. When it came to buying horses that day, he said that he had a good friend who did such a business. Later, when we talked in depth, the person he mentioned was Wei Qizhi. He also said that he had gone to the capital. Day Wei Qizhi will come to Shuoxi."
Qin Wan's eyes lit up, "Okay! Then he will be able to tell us everything about the capital!"