Eastward Flow

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Zhong Lisuo looked at the teary girl in front of his eyes, and what he saw in his mind was the last time he saw her.

It was a quiet summer night. In the deserted west hall, Zhong Lisuo, who was dressed thinly, stood on the cold ground, looking at the two young men dressed in blue shirts with a smile through the lantern in the servant's hand. The girl took another look at King Yunzhong who was blacked out by the maid, and said softly: "Sanmuhui and the deputy commander of Jinpaowei will go from the west and send you to Lizhou City from Zhongzhou. Don't be afraid, your sister is here There."

The elder Xuan Jingan hugged the 12-year-old Xuan Jingning, but the 17-year-old girl looked at her worriedly: "What about Your Majesty? What about Your Majesty?"

Yuanzhou City has been besieged for half a month, and the rebels in the outer city couldn't get in, and the soldiers in the inner city couldn't break through.Tonight, it was the generals who made a feint to fight for the nobles of Yuanzhou City to escape.

The emperor guards the gate of the country, how could Zhong Lisuo abandon his soldiers and leave at this time.The reinforcements were held back in Wanzhou, but as long as they persisted for a while, there would still be a glimmer of life.

She looked at the panic-stricken girls and replied with a smile: "Of course I'm waiting for the reinforcements to come. Don't worry about Jing An. The generals are all powerful. It's not easy for the imperial capital to disappear. When you meet the queen, tell me." She, I will guard Yuanzhou City and wait for her triumphant return."

Xuan Jing'an didn't speak, just looked at her with a look of desolation that saw through everything.

If Yuanzhou City could be defended, would she send them away without telling everyone?

Sitting next to them, King Yun Zhong looked at the tears in the girl's eyes, secretly reached out and held the back of her hand.The childish boy turned his head, looked at the emperor's overly fair and weak face under the dim lights, and called out uneasily, "Sister Huang..."

Zhong Lisuo looked at the half-grown boy, and said: "Take care of the younger sisters, do you understand? If they bump into each other, sister Huang will not spare you in the future."

She said so, trying to dilute some of the desolation in the desperate situation.Zhong Lisuo turned his eyes, and his eyes fell on the girl who was nestled in the arms of the second sister and had not spoken all this time.

The little girl was wearing men's clothes, and crystal tears flowed from her dark eyes.Zhong Lisuo thought she was afraid of the dark again, so he wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with his hand, "Why is Ning Ning crying again, you have brothers and sisters with you, don't be afraid."

The little girl was crying so hard that she couldn't breathe. When she opened her mouth, there was an out-of-tune weeping sound, and she said intermittently: "Then...the sister...the brother-in-law...where is the brother-in-law?"

"Brother-in-law...don't...don't...don't come...with us...go...to sister...to sister's place?"

She hiccupped and looked at Zhong Lisuo and cried very sadly.

Zhong Lisuo had no choice but to coax her: "No, I'll wait for you to come back."

So the last thing left in her mind were Jing An's tearful eyes, Zhong Limu's longing, and the extremely sad "brother-in-law" of this little sister who had been with her and the queen since childhood.

"You must...must...must come."

Zhong Lisuo didn't choose to escape in the end, and they never saw each other again.But Zhong Lisuo didn't break her promise, she had indeed been waiting for them to come back.

She stayed in this deep palace forever, did not leave, and waited for their return until death.

Zhong Lisuo looked at the slim young girl in front of him, seeing her sculpted face overlapped with the girl with slightly fat cheeks many years ago, and felt extremely relieved.

My little sister has grown up peacefully.

It couldn't be better to look so carefree.She was very happy when she thought about the prince's brother-in-law before.It seems that the love for this child was not in vain. After so many years, she still remembers her.

It's just that the situation is different now.

She is no longer her prince's brother-in-law, but the young master of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.The little bumpkin from Lanzhou had never seen the princess before, so she restrained her momentary surprise and looked blankly at the girl in front of her.

"Princess!" The young man beside her called out, and Zhong Lisuo, who got the chance, leaned over and bowed to the girl in front of him: "The grass people have seen the princess."

The tears in the girl's eyes condensed and fell, looking at the immature boy in the white robe in front of her, she raised her hand and pretended to wipe away the tears casually, and said, "Mianli, you, raise your head and let me see."

Princess Jingming is valiant and energetic, this is something that the senior students in the Hongwen Museum know.Zhong Lishuo followed his words and looked at his sister who had reunited after a long absence.She wanted to take this opportunity to take a good look at what the little girl in the past looked like now.

Like her elder sister, Xiao Jingning has the gallantry of a woman from Lanzhou, but has the gentle face of a noble woman from Yuanzhou.But it was a little different, because the girl in front of her looked so lively and energetic.

Perhaps, this is what teenagers and girls aged fifteen or sixteen should look like.

Zhong lisuo was looking at the little princess, and the little princess was also looking at her.

The young man in white robe was slender but extremely thin.That immature face is like the person who accompanied him tenderly when he was young.

She is taller, more energetic, and younger than the prince's brother-in-law in my impression.

The boy in front of him is exactly the Prince Zhaoming when he was 16 years old.

The little princess remembered the first time she met the prince's brother-in-law. It was the morning of the second day of the eldest sister's wedding. She woke up crying to find her sister. The servants carried her to the wedding room and knocked on the door of the prince's bedroom. door.

The eldest sister in her wedding dress held her in her arms and comforted her for a long time.Her cheap brother-in-law came out from behind the screen neatly dressed, and when he saw her, he rolled his eyes with a smile.

The little princess looked at the cheap brother-in-law in front of her, and asked, "Who are you?

The young Prince Zhaoming smiled and said, "My name is Zhonglisuo, and you are Jingning?"

The young prince in red had an incomparably handsome smile.

Perhaps it was the fond memories of her childhood, until now, the little princess couldn't accept that her brother-in-law was no longer there.

This face is so similar.Only then did she catch a glimpse of it, and she lost her composure to call out the title that she hadn't called out for many years.But she is no longer that immature little girl, she is a princess, and there are a group of people by her side.

Looking at this similar face, holding back her curiosity, she asked casually but carefully, "Who are you? What's your name?"

"Caominle Zhengsu, who lives in Qionghua Lane." Zhong Lisuo looked at the proud girl in front of him and smiled slightly.

The princess pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Lezheng... Who are you, Master Le Zhengying from the Ministry of War?"

"Back to the princess, that's Elder Sister Caomin."

"You are the son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, huh... no wonder." As if she had found a suitable reason, the little princess suppressed all the surprise on her face, coughed lightly, and said, "It's okay, I see you soon." You look familiar, so it belongs to Mr. Lezheng's family."

After that, the little princess said a few words to her casually.Even though they had different identities, they couldn't expect to have the same relationship as before, but Zhong Lisuo, who was very happy in his heart, couldn't help but show some intimacy.

But in the end, things are different.

After the little princess took people away, Tuli Zhong Lisuo was left alone.Looking at the backs of the boys and girls, she sighed, shook her head and walked out of the hall.

This little disturbance reached the ears of those who cared.In a few days, all the nobles in Yuanzhou City knew that the young master of Zhenbeihou was more like the late emperor than her eldest sister, so much so that Princess Jingming even mistook him.

It was such a small incident that let the ministers know that the royal family still missed the Emperor Zhao who died young.Judging from her posthumous title, one can tell how important Emperor Zhao is to Her Majesty the Empress.

The adults were quick-witted, and within a few days someone came to test Le Zhengying, hinting that Le Zhengying might be able to take a stand.

Even if they are similar, even if they are a substitute, as long as they are favored by the empress, the Lezheng family may be able to produce a king of a country.

Le Zhengying knew exactly what the ministers were planning.

Fortunately, her little brother is a fake brother and cannot be brought to the woman's heir.At that time, Da Si Ming was passing through Lanzhou, and happened to meet Le Zhengsu who was about to die in just seven days, so he asked Le Zhengqin to raise the child as a boy.Avoiding the secrets of heaven with the body of a son, and then survived safely.

Therefore, Le Zhengying, who had already guessed that her little sister's face that looked too much like Emperor Zhao would cause trouble, gradually revealed her identity as a little sister.

The little princess of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion is a daughter and cannot be given to your majesty's heirs, so she picked the Lezheng family out of the muddy water where the nobles forced the empress to get married.

This group of people, after the peace of the world, began to activate their minds again.

Most are worried about the foundation of the country, while a small number have ulterior motives.Although His Majesty is a woman today, the nobles still want her to give birth to an heir of their own family to continue the glory.

Who wouldn't want to be the king of that country?

The choice of the emperor's husband is something that is mentioned again and again when winter comes.But His Majesty's military power is in his hands and cannot be shaken at all.No one can force the queen, the only one who can make her nod and get married is herself.

Le Zhengying was well aware of the undercurrents in Yuanzhou City, so she didn't want her sister to be involved in it at all.

What's more, that similar face will only make His Majesty sad, without any comfort.

The young master of Lezheng's family has no way to know about this kind of thing, and everyone in the Hou Mansion just hopes that she will be safe, and she will not be exposed to the wind and rain of the outside world.In addition, she didn't like to go out, so everyone didn't even have the chance to see her pointing.

Now she can only feel at home at home, waiting for the spring of the next year, when her mother can fulfill her promise and take her to Xishan hot spring as promised.

The days passed quickly, and it was the end of the year again in a blink of an eye.

At the end of the year, the courtiers jumped up and down so much that Her Majesty's brows were a little irritated.Under the repeated persecution of the ministers, she had no choice but to hold the palace banquet at the end of the year, and invited many young nobles and young talents.

The Minister of Rites wished to invite all the young men and women of the right age in Daqing for selection by His Majesty.

Daqing needed a crown prince, but Her Majesty the Empress had planned for a long time. Even if she was not happy, she still forced herself to cooperate with the ministers to finish the play.

The servants all knew that His Majesty was not in a good mood recently, so they waited carefully in every possible way.After hearing that Le Zhengying had finished the corruption case in hand, His Majesty showed a little joy.

"After making this out this year, all the ministers will accompany me to celebrate the New Year. At that time, your father and daughter will be closer to me, and it will be considered a reunion dinner."

As he said that, His Majesty thought of Le Zhengying's younger sister who happened to be this year. Thinking that it was a happy event, he said happily, "Your younger brother is in good health. Come to see me too, so your family won't be separated because of me."

Le Zhengying thought to herself, that is your majesty's blind date banquet, is it appropriate for my little sister to go?

But I also thought that the problem of the younger sister was solved, and it was not the younger sister's fault that they were too similar.After all, Lezheng's family and Zhongli's royal family are closely related and have a deep relationship.

So this time, she answered honestly.

But Zhong Lisuo, who was at home, froze in place at a loss after receiving the imperial edict of the palace banquet.