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Zheng Chao entered Beijing together with Shen Sanmao.

Zheng Chao also brought some good personal news. Like Shen Sanmao, he also had children, a son and a daughter, who were ready to discuss marriage.

This matter started when the scattered Xingyang Zheng clan members came to Zheng Chao and wanted Zheng Chao to recognize his ancestors again. They were afraid that Zheng Chao would be perfunctory, so they selected a son from the clan to adopt as Zheng Chao's son. .

This kind of thing is not new. People from the Yuan clan in Luoyang also went to Jiangdu to talk about their old relationship with Yuan Miao and Yuan Hao.

The Yuan family siblings have never forgotten the ugly faces of their clan members back then, let alone the hardships and dangers that the two siblings faced all the way to Jiangdu.

So Zheng Chao quickly recognized the Yuan family siblings as their adopted daughters and sons, held a big banquet, and went to the government to set up household registration documents.

One move successfully caused trouble for both families and led them to enjoy a wicked life.

Zheng Chao, who had caused a lot of trouble for others, came to the capital leisurely to prepare to marry his nephew - the nephew who, like him, was despised by the world's nobles in the past.

After entering the palace to meet the saint, Zheng Chao brought a lot of sacrifices and left the city to the Cui family cemetery.

With the decline of the Xuanhe family, the cemetery here has become truly desolate and gloomy. It was probably excavated and rummaged by tomb robbers during the war, and some of the tombstones even collapsed and broke.

Now there is a gardener, either Cui Lang or someone arranged by Cui Jing, who can only think about this. After all, it is not easy to repair it in a big way.

When the garden guard saw Zheng Chao coming with sacrificial incense and candles, he kindly asked Zheng Chao's identity.

Zheng Chao only said: "I came to see my sister."

His only half-sister is buried here.

Zheng Chao came here for the first time. After searching for a long time in the huge cemetery, he found the tomb of his sister Zheng Yu. However, he saw that sacrifices had been placed in front of the tomb, and a figure was sitting cross-legged, burning paper quietly.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man turned his head.

Their eyes met, and Zheng Chao didn't dare to recognize him: "...Cui Wei?"

Naturally, he had met his brother-in-law, but that was too many years ago, and the look and demeanor of the person in front of him had also changed drastically.

Cui Wei recognized Zheng Chao at a glance, but Zheng Chao's temperament did not change much.

Cui He stood up, bowed his head and called out: "Brother of the Zheng family."

Zheng Chao glanced at his sister's tomb, nodded without saying anything, bent down, laid out the sacrifices he had brought, and lit incense candles.

Finally, he took out a pot of fruit wine, poured half of it in front of the tomb, and poured the other half into two wine cups. He sat cross-legged and motioned to Cui Hui to drink together.

There was a lot of dirt and grass clippings on the ground. This was something Cui He would never do before, but before Zheng Chao came, he had been sitting in front of the tomb for a long time.

The two drank two cups, and Zheng Chao said: "Previously, Ling An and I wrote to discuss the plan to move A Yu's tomb out of this place."

After a moment of silence, Cui Hao nodded: "That's fine."

After drinking another glass of wine, Cui He said, "Brother, please don't tell Ling An about my visit to the capital."

Zheng Chao nodded neatly: "That's fine."

After the two drank half a bottle of wine, Zheng Chao asked Cui Wei what his next plan was.

"I want to follow my brother's previous actions and teach students from all over the world." Cui Tao looked to the south: "Go all the way to Lingnan."

Zheng Chao sighed. His former sister-in-law had now developed a strong sense of self-exile.

It's either exile or redemption. Zheng Chao said again: "That's fine."

Cui Ai said no more and stood up to leave at the right time.

Just as he was about to leave the cemetery, he suddenly heard a voice shouting: "Father!"

Cui Wei turned around and looked, his eyes trembling slightly.

Cui Lang ran over quickly and saw his father dressed in coarse cloth with white hair on his temples. His eyes suddenly turned red: "Father..."

"You don't have to call me like that anymore." Cui Ai put one hand behind his back, quietly clenched it into a fist, and said in a cold tone: "You and I have severed the relationship between father and son long ago."

Cui Lang held back tears: "...Where are you going?"

Cui Ai: "You don't need to ask."

"My son is engaged to be a girl from Qiao Shangshu's family." Cui Lang said: "My sister is also discussing the engagement... She went with her mother to worship Buddha. I didn't know you were here."

As Cui Lang spoke, he saw his father looking forward quietly, and then said: "Brother...has not returned to the capital yet."

He knew that his father's stay here was probably because he wanted to see him, his sister, and his eldest brother.

But his father probably didn't expect that his brother had not returned to Beijing just before his wedding.

There was no trace of disappointment on Cui Hui's face, but his raised shoulders dropped silently. He did not stay any longer and refused Cui Lang's offer of money, leaving only one sentence: "Take good care of your mother and sister."

Looking at the figure leaving alone, Cui Lang bowed deeply for a moment, then knelt down and said goodbye in tears.

When the sweet-scented osmanthus gradually bloomed, Cui Jing returned to the capital.

Cui Jing came out of Beijing in the twelfth month of last year. No one knew about it at first. It was not until news came back from various provinces that many ministers belatedly learned that this giant Buddha had gone to inspect the military affairs of various provinces on the order of the emperor.

This is also the first time that all the officials have experienced personally what the presence of the Protector Prince means. This sharp sword stands only in the hand of the emperor.

It was initially decided that Cui Jing's whereabouts had not been made public, so the various forces became increasingly cautious.

The emperor has promulgated many new military and political orders, and it is the time to lay the foundation for a hundred wastes to be renovated. If you want a tree to grow as desired, you must start pruning the branches from the very beginning.

The emperor did not allow anyone to explore the whereabouts of the Prince Protector, so Cui Jing's return trip to Beijing was kept secret, and even those who knew it pretended not to know.

When Cui Jing returned to the Prince's Mansion, it was getting dark, and Zhai Xi had been waiting here for a long time.

Cui Jing washed herself, changed her clothes, tidied up her appearance, mounted her horse, and headed for the imperial city without even using a cup of tea in the palace.

When we entered the palace, the night was already drifting, and the glazed palace lanterns led the way until we came to the outside of the Manlu Palace.

As soon as Cui Jing entered the inner hall, he saw the man sitting cross-legged by the window leaning towards the curtain. The moment he saw him, his eyes were filled with smiles: "I'm finally back. Please wait for me."

Cui Jing was looked at by those smiling eyes, and she smiled unconsciously, forgetting to walk for a moment.

Until she waved to him and urged: "Come here quickly, Cui Ling'an."

"Here we come." Cui Jing came back to her senses, responded with a warm voice, raised her legs and walked over.

The food table was placed near the window. Li Suining sat cross-legged at one end of the food table, and Cui Jing sat opposite her.

She was wearing a wide-sleeved regular robe, with her black hair partially covered, still simply **** with a brass hairpin. The aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus floated outside the window, and soon someone from the palace brought food and a pot of sake, which was Fengzhi brewing.

Cui Jing praised him matter-of-factly: "It seems that your Majesty has a good drinking capacity, and he dares to drink freely even on ordinary days."

"Is today an ordinary day? But I only dare to drink two cups, no more." Li Suining said to him: "I still need to be awake, so I can take you to see something later."

Cui Jing asked what it was, but Li Suining didn't answer. He just said mysteriously that he would know it when he saw it.

Li Suining took a tonic soup in the afternoon. The tonic prescriptions were all sent to the palace by Meng Lie. Xi'er cooked them every day and made sure to watch Li Suining drink them.

At this time, Li Suining simply ate some dinner. When she stopped her chopsticks, she said to Cui Jing: "You just eat yours, don't be in a hurry, and don't deliberately stop your chopsticks with me. It's best to eat all the food." , so that the food is not wasted.”

Li Suining was not in the habit of deliberately slowing down or speeding up her eating for the sake of her fellow diners. After becoming the emperor, she became more casual, and this was her bedroom. She just wanted to relax, so she said to Cui Jing: "Go there." You and I will have many meals together in the future. It’s up to me, and it’s up to you too.”

Cui Jing nodded and said "good".

He ate leisurely. Li Suining leaned back leisurely, holding a cup of tea and drinking slowly. He looked at the moon outside the window while blowing the night wind. Occasionally he looked at Cui Jing and talked to him slowly. In a word, comfortable, comfortable and secure. After Cui Jing finished eating and washed his hands, Li Suining pulled him to behind a screen with white cranes and red sun.

Two wedding dresses were hung on the sandalwood stand behind the screen. They were complicated and gorgeous, and shimmered like water waves under the candlelight.

"Does it look good?"

Hearing Li Suining's question, Cui Jing answered seriously: "It's very beautiful."

His eyes fell on the wedding dress, feeling the thin warmth of her still holding his wrist, and suddenly he had contradictory feelings. He hurried back to Beijing, thinking that he was back too late, but at this time he felt Came back too early.

"But they were all made according to your body measurements before you left the capital." Li Suining carefully scanned Cui Jing's figure: "It seems that she has lost some weight now. We still need to have someone from the Shangfu Bureau come to see if it can be changed again. One change.”

"No need." Cui Jing inexplicably cherished this wedding dress and was unwilling to change it. He said, "I can wear it, and I haven't lost much weight."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Suining's hand holding his wrist went up, pinched his strong arms and back, and commented pertinently: "It's still a little thin, but there are still ten days, so remember to take good care of it." "Nurture."

Cui Jing lowered her eyes and looked at the person in front of her, the tips of her ears turned red silently, and the affection in her eyes was pure: "Okay, I will do it."

So the next busiest person became Doctor Cao in the palace of Prince Protector.

In addition to internal and external conditioning, medicinal baths are also prepared every day, and the diet is carefully matched.

After all, the time of ten days was too short, and Cui Jing's daily martial arts practice could not be disrupted. After all, he could not grow more than two ounces of meat, but it was quite effective.

On the day of the wedding, all the officials saw the Prince Protector, who was dressed in a crimson wedding robe. He was clean, noble, and radiant. He was completely different from the ordinary person.

And it seems that only this straight and tall figure can best support this complicated wedding robe with nine chapters.

This is the first time in Cui Jing's life that she wears crimson. Like red plum blossoms falling among the pine and snow, it is like a fire but also clear and flawless, making her look more and more outstanding.

Li Suining's dress is a green colored wedding dress, with a wide-sleeved undershirt with the emperor's twelve chapters on it, a dragon pendant hanging on the front of the dress, and a long and wide hem that touches the ground, making it look luxurious and radiant.

The emperor did not need to hold a fan to cover his face. The two stood side by side. Under the auspices of Chu Hui, they only worshiped the gods of heaven and earth and the Li family in a solemn and solemn manner.

After paying homage to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the Emperor and the Prince Protector returned to Chengtian Gate. In front of the Hanyuan Hall, under the sky, on the Danbi Platform, they received the congratulations from hundreds of officials and envoys from various countries.

The autumn sun casts a clear golden light, the breeze spreads the faint fragrance of cinnamon, and the sound of sacred and harmonious music fills the palace gates accompanied by the sounds of congratulations from hundreds of officials.

After all the grand ceremony was completed, the bright red golden sunset swayed between the sky and the earth.

The palace lantern takes over from the golden crow and continues the day.

When the full moon in August hung over the night, a roaring sound suddenly burst into the night sky.

Officials, dignitaries, palace attendants, and common people all looked up subconsciously.

The next moment, the eyes of all living beings were filled with brilliant lights, and fireworks burst into bloom.

The children were the first to react and exclaim.

These are fireworks that I have never seen before. They soar higher, bloom bigger, and the colors are brighter.

And many officials, dignitaries and literati have noticed that the sound when the fireworks explode is more powerful and no longer sharp, like a wild beast that has been tamed and becomes more powerful but more controllable.

And this will inevitably mean that Jiangdu's gunpowder mill has made new improvements.

This grand fireworks ceremony, which had never been seen before, not only came to congratulate the emperor on his wedding, but also demonstrated the rapid development of national power and prestige.

Fireworks are set off in several places, and the Manna Hall is one of the best places to watch them.

Brilliant fireworks bloomed outside the window of the main hall. A gold and copper basin was placed above the wedding table inside the window. Inside the basin was clear water from a mountain spring, reflecting the broken shadows of the fireworks.

Until the woman's white and sharp-jointed hands were put into the spring water, disturbing the scenery in the water. After a moment, a wider and slender man's hand fell into the water, holding her hands, and the other hand carefully scooped the water for her to wash. The tinkling sound is pleasant to the ear.

Then, Cui Jing took the red cotton towel handed by the female historian and gently wiped the water drops on Li Suining's hands.

The two wine cups were tied with the same red thread, and they drank together under the wedding candle in front of the window.

When the fireworks scatter, they are like stars falling into the world.

The night is getting darker, and the fireworks are not sleeping.

The palace servants in the dormitory have followed the female historian back, and there is no third figure in the huge palace.

The autumn breeze blew gently, and the bead curtain swayed slightly, making the sound of beads and jade hitting each other.

Li Suining drank more than two glasses of wine, and it was an auspicious day to stay drunk.

The long fragrance of roses drifted from nowhere, mixed with the faint fragrance of wine, filling the tent with throbbing.

After bathing, Li Suining, wearing a fine silk coat and sitting on the couch with her hair down, raised a hand from the bottom of her heart and caressed the profile of the young man in front of her.

Cui Jing held the wrist in his hand, leaning his face against her wrist, and the corners of his lips slowly fell on the inside of her wrist, as cool and innocent as the moonlight.

With the strength of his wrist, Li Suining suddenly leaned towards him and pushed him down on the couch. He looked at his brows with a pair of smiling eyes, and could clearly smell the faint scent of clean wood on his body.

It smells good in the nose.

What I see before my eyes is beautiful.

It feels so warm when touched between my fingers.

Li Suining realized that it was the warmth coming from something as cold as a glacier.

When the moonlight blends with the night, it is like the glacier cracking and crystal ice cubes flowing gurglingly with the glacier water, like the swaying flames that suddenly rise in the summer wilderness, like the green breath of the wind passing through the pastoral fields...like all natural, Divine things as they are.

It seems that people are born to need the warmth brought by skin contact. It must happen between compatible people, first from the soul, then to the body, and then usher in a new relationship that only belongs to her and him.

Her black hair is intertwined, her fingers are clasped together, and she is drunk and hazy.

The young man was like a noble and elegant snow wolf, gathering an aura that kept strangers away from her. He pleased her and relied on her, taking and giving.

But when her fingers touched the corners of his eyes, they were slightly moist, and the wet tears fell into her palms like cold autumn rain.

Li Suining was stunned, he had followed her palm, lowered his head and lowered it.

He slowly moved his head into her smooth neck, as if he was licking the scars of the past for her, lovingly and loyally.

He called her His Highness and also called her Ashang.

In her scattered thoughts, she suddenly asked him: "Cui Jing, where are the chestnuts I gave you...why didn't you exchange them for anything?"

"Because His Highness has given me everything I wanted." He replied, "His Highness has also given me everything I didn't dare to ask for."

Li Suining heard vaguely.

She was quite drunk until midnight, when she seemed to have sobered up, and her eyes finally regained some clarity.

So he clasped the slender palm with his backhand and whispered: "Cui Jing... come again."

The light and shadow of candlelight overlap.

The sound of fireworks continues outside the window.

The full moon is hidden behind the clouds and moves slowly.

The moon sets and the sun rises. After an autumn rain, the capital becomes cooler.

The winter plum blossoms fade, the spring water rises, the four seasons naturally rotate, and the years are long and leisurely. (End of chapter)