After returning from the hunting garden, for three days in a row, the empress stopped court, and when everyone was guessing why, Xia Mi stayed at the mansion peacefully and did not leave the room for three days.

There is a small Buddhist hall in the west of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the empress has been staying in it all the time, except for Qing Wu who brought food in, no one knows what's going on inside.Carrying the food box, she gently opened the door, only to see the empress sitting on the ground decadently holding Ye Lanshan's memorial tablet, not drinking or eating, and taking out the food from the previous two days intact.

Qing Wu shook her head, "Your Majesty, should you eat some?"

The empress glanced at her, "She has been gone for 23 years, and I have lived alone for so long."

Qing Wu hastily interrupted her, fearing that the Empress would think something she shouldn't have, "Your Majesty, the princesses are still young and ignorant, let alone..." Qing Wu paused, seeing that she didn't seem to be listening, she said He continued, "There is one more."

The empress's eyes became clear suddenly, she sat up straight, and after a while, she snorted coldly, "There will be a god if you raise your head three feet, and there will be retribution."

Qing Wu silently lowered her head and said nothing.

"Ahem..." The empress coughed loudly after she finished speaking, covering the corners of her mouth, Qing Wu hurriedly handed over the handkerchief, the empress raised her hand to stop, coughing up a little red blood from her palm.Shocked, Qing Wu got up and was about to pass on to the imperial physician, "No need," the empress stopped her, stood up slowly, and put the tablet away.

Holding on to her chest, she let out a sigh of relief, and rubbed her fingers over the name on the tablet, "Lan'er, wait for me." She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, dusted off her robe, straightened her back, and said, "Go out, Summon the ministers for noon."

Generally, the early court is the early court, but when the ancestors founded the country, everything was busy, there was a precedent for a period of time, Qing Wu wanted to persuade, but when she saw the empress raised her hand, she had to give up, but she couldn't help but say something : "Your majesty, take care of your health." The empress swept her eyebrows across, "It's really getting old, and I talk more and more."

Qing Wu smiled, "Thank you, the emperor, for not caring about it, and leaving this old servant by my side." After she went out to deliver the decree, the empress sighed, almost all the people from earlier years were dealt with, leaving only a few.She coughed a few more times, and smiled wryly at her carelessness, why did she relax so much after cleaning up Rong Anhou?

Rubbing his temples, time is not forgiving, after so many years, the children are all married.Thinking of this, she called Ah Xing, "How is the second child?"

A Xing: "Back to the emperor, after returning from the hunting garden, Prince Yi has never left the mansion." The empress nodded, as if thinking of something, let A Xing go down, and before leaving, she asked: "Well, where is Bai Ming?" ?”

"This time I didn't go to the hunting garden with the prince, so I have been taking care of things in the mansion." Ah Xing didn't quite understand why the emperor would pay attention to Bai Ming. It stands to reason that he followed the prince since he was a child, and the relationship is unusual. , Loyalty is not average.Furthermore, General Bai handed in his resignation a few years ago, saying that he was old and wanted to hand over military power, but the emperor forbade him.

This white tea... still needs to be prevented?

She lowered her eyes to look at the Empress's expression, there was no change, and she didn't say much, the dark guard only needed to obey the orders.Then the Empress let her go down, but continued to stare at Bai Ming.

The maid came to pass the oral order, morning court.Xia Mi just came out of the house. She changed into court clothes, used a few pastries hastily, and then got into the carriage and went to the palace. During this period, she didn't speak a word to Bai Ming. In the past three days, she hardly talked to anyone. talked.

In the afternoon, there was nothing to do, just toss people, call all the ministers over, hold a regular meeting to see who is going to play, and if there is nothing to do, just go through the motions, meet and adjourn the meeting.

The Empress saw you all, especially Xia Mi, and she was in low spirits. She also knew that she had been in the mansion to some extent because Rong Anhou bumped into her and died in front of her. , and some of them have reached the age to get married." At this point, everyone flattered and shouted to the emperor Shengming.

"In a month's time, it will be the National Day. The whole world celebrates it. The Ministry of Industry selects the site for the mansion, and the Ministry of Rites selects the person for the marriage." A few words from the court lady.After the next court, Xia Mi had just taken two steps when someone said: "Prince Yi, please stay a while, the emperor is here to welcome you."

After Xia Mi thanked her, she followed her to the side hall, knowing that it was probably related to the marriage of those hostage girls.She has also reached the age of marriage, hey.

The empress was standing in front of the window, teasing the bird. When she heard that Prince Yi was coming, she just casually glanced at her and waved: "Come on, second child, come and have a look. How is this starling?"

"I don't know much about birds, but I want to order a fun thing for the mother to raise." Xia Mi said very modestly.

The empress smiled, moved the birdcage, and sprinkled some millet, "It's just a beast, so you can talk sweetly." Turn around, go to the chair and sit down, let Xia Mi sit with her, and wait for the maid to serve tea , she asked: "Are there any candidates for the wedding?"

"I seldom go out, and I don't know anyone, who should I choose..." Xia Mi cupped his hands towards the empress and said, "I also ask the mother to be the master of my son."

Sure enough, the empress nodded in satisfaction, "I am very satisfied with the eldest grandson of Duke Qing's family. Since you don't have any candidates, let him go."

"My son, thank you, mother." Xia Mi thanked again. She remembered that the eldest son was directly granted the marriage by the emperor without even asking, and the third son was also the same. Only her, the emperor clearly gave her the right to choose, but the princess also How can you make friends with ministers casually?It's not just that Xia Mi has no intention of getting married, even if there is, she can't just say it personally.

People are in the rivers and lakes, too many can't help themselves.

After coming out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Xia Mi wanted to go to Xige Hall to tell her father that she was going to get married.Approved by the Queen.

The front of the Yigan Palace door looked particularly bleak, and it took a long time to open the door, walking quietly in the corridor, she remembered how she looked when she first met Bai Ming, as if it was just yesterday.Under the eaves of the corridor, there are scenes of the two of them cuddling together to enjoy the shade, and Bai Ming likes to practice martial arts in the courtyard. The Xige Hall carries too many memories of them.

Every summer, Mother Zhao would prepare a lot of melons and fruits, just knowing that Xia Mi likes the cold and fears the heat...

Now, who is left in the Temple of Sieg?

"Princess..." Jixiang saw someone coming from a distance, but he walked slowly, and when he got closer, he realized that it was the second princess. He wept with joy, wiped the corners of his eyes, and saluted Xia Mi. "Forget it." Xia Mi nodded, then turned to look at the row of houses, "Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard, it's just...it feels like the master has been away for a long time." Ji Xiang was about to cry again, and it was Xia Mi who comforted him in the end.

She also felt as if she had been away from the palace for a long time, in fact, it was not even a year.

After dispelling auspiciousness, Xia Mi re-entered the secret passage and walked to the cold palace step by step. Standing there, she heard Madam Hua humming a little song, and when she heard it again after a few months, her mood changed again. It's different.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, I'm afraid this old slave won't be able to wait." Suddenly, Mammy Hua said to herself, and Xia Mi, who turned her back, ran back in a hurry. Just as she was about to knock on it, she heard someone push open the door and come in, "Mammy , what nonsense are you talking about? In the cold palace, which highness do you want to wait for?"

"Forget it, Madam Hua is getting old, I think she is recalling the past, let's go, anyway, she has no cure."

Xia Mi stood quietly in place for a few seconds, there is no cure for medicine and stone?Why can't I be saved?Was it sick, or... She reached out and knocked on the ceiling of the tunnel several times, but Aunt Hua didn't respond.Xia Mi was in a hurry, and knocked hard a few times, only then did she hear Mammy Hua's panting.

"Oh, the mice are too rampant." Madam Hua muttered to herself, and Xia Mi smiled wryly.

"The newcomer is like jade, Ping's family returned to Zhao, and the avenue has a circle. After the Yulou banquet, Zuihechun, Zhao Sechu stopped the parasol pillar, and Fang Yiting was dizzy and blushed." Mammy Hua repeated these lines of poems, Xia Mi Listening to it, I felt something was wrong, so I wrote it down silently.

On the way out of the palace, I walked back to the long street and met Mo Ya. The two greeted each other, and Mo Ya smiled faintly, "How is your Highness?"

"Shang Ke, how about you?"

"You can."

The two walked side by side for a few steps, and when they parted, Mo Ya said: "The emperor issued a decree that we can also leave the palace, and I hope the prince will come to have a cup of housewarming wine."

Xia Mi knew about this matter, but she couldn't disclose the matter of the Wu Dynasty until the emperor explained it. After Mo Ya's words, she nodded her head and said, "If that's the case, the king will not be polite."

After talking about other things, they said goodbye to each other.

Once back to the mansion, Baiming saw her coming back and wanted to talk to her, but Xia Mi first ordered someone to ask Madam Zhao to look for her in the study, and walked towards the study in a few steps.Bai Ming had no choice but to stay where she was, feeling a sense of loss in her heart. Since she came back from the hunting garden, the master said that he would wait for her to come back, but in the end...he had nothing to say.

As if a stabbing pain spread to the tip of her heart, she sighed, maybe the master has been too busy recently? "Sister Bai..." Yaoning shouted when Bai Ming was about to leave, looked at Bai Ming with some hesitation, saw no one around, and dragged her to the corner, but Bai Ming hid without a trace In the past, Yao Ning looked embarrassed, "I heard that Sister Bai has always grown up with the master, so, there is something, I don't know whether I should tell Sister Bai or not."

Bai Ming frowned. What bothered her most was the private affairs in the back house, but she couldn't ignore it because it was related to the master.Walking to the corner, he said coldly, "Let's talk."

Yao Ning was a little afraid of her indifference, and after taking two deep breaths, she still told her everything that happened in the hunting garden, "Sister Bai, this is the first time this servant has gone out with the master, and this matter has been in the house since the master came back." If you don’t come out, this servant is hesitant to tell you.”

When Bai Ming heard it, it seemed that a lot of things had happened in the hunting garden, secretly annoyed that the master had something on his mind, and he was still thinking about something messy, so he glanced at Yaoning. "Go on, don't mention this matter to others, otherwise..."

"Your maidservant knows that there is still room for a maidservant." Yao Ning said hurriedly, and left in a hurry.

Bai Ming looked at the location of the study room, full of worries.In the study room, Xia Mi wrote down the few poems that Nanny Hua had been chanting, and asked Nanny Zhao to come over to see if there is any mystery.

Zhao Momo looked at it for a long time, then shook her head, "This old slave has never heard of this poem, so I don't know what the mystery is."

Xia Mi supported her chin with one hand, tapped the other on the table, watched silently, then stood up suddenly, pointed to the places where the poems were placed, and clicked.Grandma Zhao was startled.

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