The banquet in Ziguiyuan has ended, and all the princes and ministers have returned to the other courtyards where they live. Since the other courtyards here are relatively close to each other, drunken voices can occasionally be heard outside the door from the courtyard next door.
Someone shouted, and then he was quickly stopped by the people around him.
Sister Xia Houshu was also worried that the walls had ears, so she walked to her room and whispered about what happened today.
Xia Houchun felt very depressed thinking that he would not be able to leave the other hospital in the future, so he complained softly: "Now, the two girls from the Zhong family have just been grounded, and we have also been grounded. No one can get out.
I can’t see any excitement anymore.”
Xia Houshu rolled his eyes at her and said with a bad smile: "Second sister, you don't want to watch the fun. You want to see the third son of the He family."
Xia Houchun pretended to pinch her and said angrily: "You are the only one who is smart!"
"The wedding is less than half a year away, why should the second sister be anxious?" Xia Houshu blinked his eyes and pretended to be surprised, "Oh, I almost forgot, the second sister is still very anxious. She has been in Jinfeng City for many years.
Spend time embroidering your trousseau? That day I went to Lan Yuexuan and happened to see some nuns cleaning up the warehouse. I took a look at it. The second sister’s clothes have been made for many years, right? You are not afraid of the clothes being made well.
It's been too long. By the time you get married, the patterns and materials will be out of date? The fashion in the capital changes every few months."
"Stop saying a few words." Xia Houchun gave her a roll of his eyes, "You have to get married eventually. When you get married, I want to see if you are in a hurry."
"Then second sister, you have to wait patiently!" Xia Houshu said playfully. She said this, but in her heart, even if she really wanted to get married, she wouldn't have to embroider the dowry herself, otherwise her family would pay for it.
What do those embroiderers do?
Xia Houchun obviously didn't know what her sister was thinking, but when she mentioned that Xia Houchun was going to get married in the future, she suddenly thought of Dugu Che again. She looked around before lowering her voice and said, "I never expected that Qin Nan would be
Today's Your Majesty, no wonder I thought he looked familiar before. Fortunately, we didn't do anything inappropriate in front of him before, otherwise we would really have walked away with nothing to eat today. But it's strange to say, how could His Majesty do it in front of him?
Why does Concubine Yao protect us like this? He doesn't really have any thoughts about you, does he?"
The Xiahou clan has never given birth to a royal concubine!
"Second sister, what are you talking about?" Xia Houshu pouted with a face full of displeasure, "If I had known earlier that he was our Majesty, I would have definitely walked around and never gotten close to him. But now.
It’s too late for anything.”
"What do you mean by this?" Xia Houchun asked.
Xia Houshu looked up at the mist-shrouded night, with a few dim stars hanging sparsely on it. He couldn't help but sigh and said: "Second sister, you may not believe it, but I once saved your majesty by accident. Maybe.
He defended me today probably to repay my life-saving grace."
"Oh my god, what have I heard?" Xia Houchun looked at her in surprise, "You actually saved His Majesty? What happened? Tell me quickly!"
Xia Houshu recounted what happened at Huguo Temple with a melancholy look on his face.
Xia Houchun was frightened when she heard this. She felt that maybe she had been away from the capital for too long, and she had never thought that such a thing had happened to her sister.
"Who else knows about this?" Xia Houchun asked.
Xia Houshu thought about it carefully and replied: "I also told my second brother."
"How did you tell the second brother? Did the second brother not pay attention to this matter?" Xia Houchun couldn't help but wonder.
"Speaking of this matter, I also feel strange. I have specifically told my second brother about their characteristics before, but my second brother said that there is no such person in the capital. Who would have thought that he is actually the current His Majesty." Xiahou
Shu murmured, "But maybe I didn't make it clear at the time. Think about it, our Majesty has been on the battlefield and was saved by King Qin. Who can follow him in the Huguo Temple without restraints?"
With the power of a chicken, I can be slaughtered by others, and even connect people who need me to save them?"
Although Dugu Che later said at the Liuxing Village Inn that he was drugged so that he could not perform the function, she only suspected that he was a member of the royal family and never thought that he would be the one sitting on the throne.
The difference in words means the difference in weight is not just a little bit different.
No wonder Xia Houyi has always said that she is not suitable to be the secret envoy of the Evergreen Sect. Now it seems that she is indeed not suitable and her vigilance does need to be improved.
"When I asked him, he said his name was Qinan. I had no doubts, and I didn't ask anyone to verify it. It was all due to my own carelessness." Xia Houshu's face was filled with regret.
"I can't blame you completely." Xia Houchun sighed, "If I could remember who he was when I saw him in Luoyuefang before, I wouldn't be messing around like you today."
Xia Houshu also thought this was funny. At that time, because of the fake name "Qi Nan", they actually relied on the identity of Dugu Che on Qi Yushi. Now that I think about it, it was really wrong. But thinking about Qi Nan and him
In the Nanpu Study Room, Xiahou Shu couldn't help but think of the master who existed like a shadow beside him, and asked: "Second sister, have you ever heard of the name Chu Li'an?"
"Chu Li'an?" Xia Houchun was shocked again, "Do you still know him?"
"We know each other, maybe." Xia Houshu nodded and added, "I was the one who joined forces with him at the Huguo Temple. But he didn't seem to have a good attitude towards me."
Xia Houchun was so shocked that he held Xia Houchun's shoulders and said word by word: "Chu Li'an is the commander of the imperial guards! Shu'er, why didn't you tell me this before?"
A master who can follow the emperor is naturally not an unknown person. Xia Houshu couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Who would have thought that what your majesty told me was a false name, but Chu Li'an is his real name."
Xia Houchun said: "You have been in the capital for seven years, right? Our family is not an ordinary citizen. Why don't you even know this?"
Xia Houshu raised his forehead and said: "Actually, I thought the name was somewhat familiar at the time, but I couldn't remember where I heard it. I thought it was some martial artist. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be the commander of the Imperial Guards! Second Sister
,Did I get into big trouble?"
"I can't tell whether it's a blessing or a curse, but I see that His Majesty's attitude towards you is indeed different, so I understand that Concubine Yao will lose her temper today," Xia Houchun said.
"Speaking of Concubine Yao, I can't figure it out. I've never met her, and I've never offended her. I really don't know why she keeps chasing me." Xia Houshu said with a frown, "Also, they clearly knew
They were all in the main hall, so why did they suddenly come to the garden? Concubine Yao didn't look like someone who had the leisure to enjoy the sweet-scented osmanthus. And judging from the time they arrived at the scene, it didn't look like Yu Wenke had come to attract them. Is it possible?
When the third brother and Miss Lu passed by, Yu Wenke had already gone to call someone? Then didn’t we fall into his trap? This Yu Wenke is indeed evil! "
Xia Houchun also felt that Yuwen Ke was hateful, but she was hateful, so she did not lose her mind because of this, so she shook her head and said: "But Concubine Yao has lived in the palace for a long time, and Yuwen Ke is a foreign minister, and his reputation is not very good.
, How could Concubine Yao be involved with him?"
Xia Houshu couldn't explain it either, so he could only sigh with emotion: "This is really strange."
The two sisters walked a few more steps, and Xia Houshu suddenly said: "Second sister, I think what the second brother said is right. Let's not go out these days and stay here until we return to Beijing. This is the palace. Let's talk about it.
It's all their royal territory when we go there, but it's different when we get to the capital. With the elders taking care of us, he can't do anything to us."
Xia Houchun immediately agreed and said: "It is true that we can't go out. In addition, we have to help keep an eye on the third brother to prevent him from running out to find the Lu girl again on impulse."
Xia Houshu quickly took a look at the house where Xia Houhui and his family lived, saying that he would cheer up and take a good look at Xiahouhui.
Xia Houchun sighed again and said: "Actually, I still can't figure it out. How could the third brother do such a thing today? How much magic power does that girl from the Lu family have? She actually fascinated him.
I don’t care about the honor or disgrace of my family.”
Xia Houchun, a younger sister who has been with him day and night, doesn't know this, and Xia Houchun, a cousin who hasn't spent many days with Xia Houchun, is even less clear about it. She said with emotion: "It would be great if I could see Qing Kui.
She knows more than us, and if you ask her, you will definitely know more about the Lu family girl."
"I think not only can we not see her now, but you won't be able to see her for a long time. Based on what you said today, your uncle probably won't want to see you again for several months. How can you let Qing
Kui came to see us?" Xia Houchun sneered.
"It seems that father is right, but I still don't do things properly." Xia Houshu held his forehead again.
Xia Houchun was the most considerate person, and immediately comforted him with kind words: "It's not your fault, no one is born to be able to handle such a thing properly. This is the first time we have encountered it, so let's do it better next time"
Let’s add it up.”
After this incident, and until the siege was over, the three Xiahou brothers and the two girls from the Zhong family were locked up in a separate courtyard. They were neither allowed to go out, nor were outsiders allowed to come in to see them.
After Xia Houyi was in the limelight on the first day, he kept a low profile and performed mediocrely for the rest of his life. In the end, the emperor rewarded several other outstanding young men from aristocratic families.
Xu Ruoqian finally woke up in the afternoon of the second day after the incident. Although his life was saved, his right hand was also disabled. He had to recuperate for at least another year or two to see if he could write poetry again.
Because of her brother's incident, Xu Ruoyu had no intention of expressing herself in the paddock.
On the way back, Zhong Zan deliberately kept a distance from the Duke of Yue. Until he entered Beijing, the girls from the two families did not see him, let alone talk to him.
Since Xia Houyi sent letters to both Beijing and Jinfeng City in advance, they received an urgent letter from Jinfeng City only four or five days after returning to Beijing. In the letter, Xiahou Tan reprimanded Xia Houyi for his misbehavior, and then agreed to cooperate with them.
The Lu family got married and asked Xiahou Yuan and Zhong Yuqing to come to propose marriage on their behalf. When Xiahoutan returned to Beijing to report on his duties, he personally prepared a betrothal gift and officially made the appointment.
What happened in the paddock did not cause ripples in the capital. Xia Houmei, the always powerful wife of the Marquis of Rong'an, also did not dare to say anything about Xu Ruoqian's broken arm because it was her son who was wronged, but ran away instead.
I came to see Zhong Yuqing and cried twice.
Xia Houshu was worried that her mother would pursue her for talking against Zhong Zan, so she followed Xia Houchun every day and behaved like a lady to her. Zhong Yuqing was very satisfied with her abnormal behavior and thought she was a talent.
, specially invited an embroiderer who was said to be very famous in the capital to teach her embroidery. Xia Houshu couldn't laugh or cry, and couldn't refuse his mother's kindness, so he had to pretend to learn. But after half a month of learning, he still couldn't embroider.
When a flower came, the embroiderer finally lost all hope and resolutely asked Zhong Yuqing to resign and go home. Zhong Yuqing had no choice but to ask her to memorize poems and books diligently.