The queen's heart is unpredictable

The relationship between Empress Dowager Lu and Duanmuqing was not good, and being so provoked by Duanmuyu, her face naturally became a little ugly.But in the final analysis, they are mother and son, and there are some things that others can't let others say, so after a shadow flashed in Empress Dowager Lu's eyes, she smiled.

"Yu'er, you are a sensible child." Empress Dowager Lu fiddled with the rosary in her hand, then said with a smile, "Thanks to you worrying about everything these years, it is possible for your second brother to be safe and successful today. Hello-"

"Thinking of Gu's goodness, hurry up to give Gu the antidote." Duanmu Yu raised his eyelids, and smiled a little unruly, "This throne, if you want it, take it back quickly. Gu is really not rare."

"Heh, Yu'er doesn't like to be restrained, it's really hard for you these years." Empress Dowager Lu lowered her eyebrows slightly, "Have you ever planned for your future, Yu'er?"

"It's good to leave here." Duanmu Yu smiled at Empress Dowager Lu, "Don't worry, Empress Dowager, I won't stay in the capital to cause trouble for Empress Dowager Lu and my second elder brother."

"Very good, very good." Empress Dowager Lu nodded with a smile on her face, "It's very late now, and it's New Year's Eve after the twelfth birthday. The Empress Dowager has prepared some new year's gadgets for you."

As she said that, Empress Dowager Lu winked at the accompanying maid behind her, and the girl placed a small box in front of Duanmu Yu.

Duanmu Yu glanced at it, but didn't bother to open it.

Empress Dowager Lu smiled and stood up, "I know that you and Xiang'er have a good relationship. A few days ago, the family cleaned up Xiang'er's things and found this box. The things in the box seem to be gifts from you back then. Hers was brought to you."

Let's go ahead, Empress Dowager Lu waved her hand, "I'm getting old, and I'm going to get tired easily, so I'll go back now. Yu'er should take good care of herself."

Duanmu Yu didn't answer, because her eyes were fixed on the box on the table.

Six years.

In the past six years, she has never touched anything about that person. She thought that as long as she let go, she would never cause any waves in her heart because of this person.

But in fact...

Duanmu Yu reached out and pressed the box, and then slowly opened the box.

The things in the box are small, many, and messy.All the things were stacked together in a random way, but even so, Duanmu Yu still saw a rusty arrow inside at a glance, with a simple word "Yu" engraved on it.

Lu Xianger is the niece of Empress Dowager Lu, so she often came to the palace since she was a child.Duanmu Yu has been fostered by the Empress Dowager Lu because of the early death of his mother and concubine, so the two of them often meet.

And Empress Dowager Lu, because she cared about Duanmu Qing, she seldom disciplined Duanmu Yu, so Duanmu Yu was made to be petty and unruly, not doing good things all day long, so it was a common thing to be punished.

But it was a coincidence that every time Duanmu Yu was punished, Lu Xiang'er would come to support him every time.This unlucky look has been seen a lot by people, so they are naturally familiar with it.

Duanmuyu is older than Lu Xianger, according to the rules, Lu Xianger should call Duanmuyu her sister.But that girl was very stubborn, no matter how Duanmuyu coaxed her, she never called Duanmuyu her sister.

"It's full of calculations. In fact, you are only ten days older than me." Lu Xiang'er was born petite, but she always liked to put on an arrogant look in front of Duanmu Yu, with her hips crossed.

Duanmuyu laughed that she always pretended to be well-behaved in front of outsiders, but as soon as she said this, she inevitably got a hammer from Lu Xianger.

Later, Duan Muyu thought of a way, and said to Lu Xianger, "Ten Tian is older than you, so I will only be your little sister."

But even so, Lu Xiang'er never let Duanmu Yu get his wish.

Because Lu Xianger always said, "You gave birth early because your mother and concubine were in poor health, and I was born because I was too big, and my mother gave birth to me two days ago. In fact, the two of us were older."

Duanmu Yu couldn't say no to her, so the matter was left alone.

Later, Duan Muyu met Lu Xiang'er for convenience, and she was not that kind

He has the character of staying in the palace peacefully, so he hired himself as a general.At that time, Qi Jinwen happened to be working in the same camp.

So the three of them became acquainted with each other once they came and went.

Lu Xianger likes horseback riding, archery and hunting.But the girl from the Lu family had to have a decent job, so Lu Boying arranged for her to work as a teacher in a private school.

At that time, Lu Xianger often said, "Those kids are so annoying, I want to hang out with you two!"

Duanmuyu could see that Lu Xianger was unhappy, so she urged Qi Jinwen to take Lu Xianger's class, and then she took Lu Xianger out to play secretly.

For this matter, the three of them were trained many times.

But looking back on it now, it was that time that was the most pleasant and unrestrained.

Duan Muyu rummaged through the box, there were the wood carvings they carved blindly at that time, and the flower ropes they wove, the good-looking ones were always made by Lu Xianger, and the ugly ones... must be Qi Jinwen who was idle and followed blindly. I made a fool of myself.As for Duanmu Yu——

At that time, she was not full enough to support herself, and she was lucky not to sneakily cut what the two of them had made.

Recalling my youth, how unruly and crazy.

But those years are beautiful but short-lived.

When the daughter's family reaches the age of marriage, many inexplicable people will come to visit.At that time, Mrs. Lu was only thinking about marrying Duanmu Yu so that she would not be upset, so she was extra gracious to ask Duanmu Yu to go on a blind date.

But that group of people were really unlucky, either they were beaten to the ground by Duanmu Yu on the spot, or they were beaten to the ground on the way to the appointment with Duanmu Yu.

In short, no one can escape.

"Xiao Yu, it's not good for you to ask Qi Jinwen to beat people up for you all day long."

On that day, the wind was sunny and sunny, and Lu Xianger rescued Duanmu Yu from the dire straits as promised.

Duanmuyu hugged Lu Xianger, put his chin on her shoulder, silently watched the wind passing by, hair flying, Lu Xianger's lips moved again and again, but at that moment, Duanmuyu didn't hear anything.

Because her heart was beating fast, and then...

She accidentally kissed Lu Xianger's side face.

Don't ask her why she did that, because at that moment, she didn't know what she was thinking.

She only knew that the scenery in spring was beautiful, that Lu Xianger in front of her was beautiful, and her body was soft and fragrant, so she wanted to lean in like this.

Then suddenly, Lu Xiang'er reined in the horse.

She turned her head and glanced at Duanmu Yu, then kicked Duanmu Yu off the horse without hesitation.

"Duanmuyu, I think your skin is itchy!" Lu Xiang'er sat on the horse. Although she was dressed like a delicate daughter, she couldn't hide her heroic demeanor.She laughed loudly, "I'm going to find Jinwen first, so you can run slowly!"

After the words fell, Duanmuyu finally realized that her heart seemed to be taken away by that woman the moment Lu Xianger rode away on the horse.

Only then did she know that for so many years, she had always tried her best to find Lu Xianger with excuses, not because she was greedy for fun, but because she just wanted Lu Xianger to stay together, to see her laugh and make trouble. , look at her...

Just being with her is enough.

Until that summer afternoon.

Duanmuyu went to find Lu Xianger to escape the heat with ice watermelon in his hands. The two of them were lying in the shade in loose gauze clothes, watching the wind blowing over the gauze satin, and watching the scorching sun a few steps away. The two of them ate Ice watermelon, sleepy.

But at this moment-

"Xiao Yu, I'm going to enter the palace." Lu Xiang'er lay there, her index finger wrapped around the lightly fluttering veil, and said casually.

Duanmu Yu didn't take it seriously, "The queen mother called you to the palace to embroider again? Or to the palace to drink tea?"

"It's entering the palace... as a concubine."

……

That moment was forever frozen in Duanmu Yu's mind.

Even now, many years later, she still clearly remembers that she smashed the half-eaten watermelon in her hand to the ground. She looked at the crumbled red soil on the ground and cursed, "Fart!"

Then after a while, she came back to her senses, looked at Lu Xianger with a calm face beside her, and asked, "Whose concubine will you become when you enter the palace?"

"Of course it belongs to your father."

"That's right!" Duanmu Yu glared at Lu Xiang'er, she wanted to get angry, but she couldn't bear to face the person in front of her.So she clenched her fists, trembling with anger.

At this moment, Lu Xiang'er got up and patted Duanmu Yu lightly.

"This is something that was settled at home in the early years. Why do you think my aunt always brought me into the palace? The purpose is to let me get familiar with the things in the palace as soon as possible so that-"

Lu Xiang'er didn't finish her sentence because Duanmu Yu suddenly hugged her and interrupted what she was about to say.

"Yu'er..." Lu Xiang'er called her, "The members of the Lu family are small, and I am the only one who is suitable to enter the palace, so I have known since I was a child that I am going to enter the palace. You don't have to worry about it, I don't think about it." what is the relationship."

"I think so! I think so!" Duanmu Yu shouted with great certainty, "Xiang'er, I want to take you away, I want to—"

"Impossible!" Lu Xiang'er pushed Duanmu Yu away, and said with a faint smile, "I want to enter the palace, I want to be a concubine, I want to! So I can't go with you."

"Why?" Duanmu Yu was puzzled.

Lu Xiang'er smiled, "Girls will always marry when they grow up. Instead of marrying an ordinary person, it is better to marry an emperor who has supreme power. Not only can he have inexhaustible wealth, but he can also shelter the people. It is God. Great deal!"

"Then have you ever thought about me! You and I are sisters, but now you are going to enter the palace to become my mother and concubine, how will I treat you!"

Hearing this, Lu Xiang'er was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "If you are willing to move back to the palace, don't you and I—"

"No!" Duanmu Yu sternly said, "If you enter the palace, you and I will break the law!"

She pulled out the soft sword on her body, turned her wrist, and split the veil around her in a moment.

The snow is white and flying, just like white snow.Duanmu Yu left behind a handicap and decided to leave.

Then at the end of summer, Lu Xianger still entered the palace.Duanmu Yu stood in the tallest attic in the palace, holding the jug in his hand and staring silently into the distance for a long time.

In fact, she didn't think about anything and just drank silently.

Drinking and drinking, the flagon is empty, then change to a pot of wine.

Drinking and drinking, it will be dark...

At nightfall, after Duanmu Yu left her soft sword on the tree in Ningyue Palace, she left the palace alone and rode forward without purpose or direction.

Just move forward, just move away.

In Duanmu Yu's plan, she would not return to the palace.

But that day, when she and Dong Haining went to hunt down a bully, she heard someone mention the death of Lu Xiang'er, and then became restless for a moment, because she fell into the trap of the bully.And the bully has good friends with many merchants outside the pass, so the poison in his trap is very rare.

Duanmu Yu's life was dying, and he had no choice but to choose to return to the palace.

When a sheep enters the tiger's mouth, it becomes a pawn in Lu's hands...

In a flash, it has been more than four years, almost five years.

Duanmu Yu stroked the things in the box, his eyes turned red involuntarily.

At this moment, Deng Li knocked on the door and said softly, "Your Majesty, the girl has already gone back, do you have any orders?"

"It's nothing, you go and prepare something for someone to send to Zhang Shangshu tomorrow morning. In addition, you go to Qi Yao early tomorrow morning and ask him to arrange the wedding of King Qinghe quickly. Don't neglect it."

Duanmu Yu lowered his eyes, and his eyes once again glanced at the box on the table.

She thought about it, then put away all the things, then picked up the closed box, and walked outside.

After the New Year's Eve, make a fuss

Everyone fell asleep all night.

Duanmu Yu jumped up lightly, stepping on the snow without a trace.

In the end, she stopped at the gate of Ningyue Palace.

She looked up at the plaque, and then couldn't help but smile with the corners of her lips raised.Then she silently pushed open the palace door and walked in.

The palace was desolate, and weeds had grown everywhere.But even so, Duanmu Yu didn't want anyone to clean up the place.

She wanted Ningyue Palace to be quiet, and no one would disturb her except herself.

Sighing, he found the yard, under the tree where he used to hang his sword.

After so many years, this tree has grown very lush.But the strange thing is, no matter how lush the branches and leaves of this tree are, none of them crossed the palace wall of the Condensing Moon Palace.It grows quietly and recklessly in this piece of land, and the quiet years may be what we are talking about.

"Your things are buried here. If you pass by, you can look through them." Duanmu Yu dug a hole under the tree, and then buried the whole box in it.Then she patted the trunk and sat down with a sigh.

Perhaps it was because of the luxuriant branches that blocked the cold air in winter, so Duanmu Yu didn't feel the slightest chill while sitting there.

She dusted off her sleeves, leaned her back against the tree, and took out a small wine cup from her bosom.

Too old to drink too much alcohol.Especially after the last time she drank and got drunk with King Shunda, Zhang Xiaohua ordered her not to drink any more.

So, to keep healthy, just drink a little.

It was really late, Duanmu Yu leaned against the tree and took a sip of his wine.

"You have been away for so many years, and you have probably been reincarnated. In fact, there is no need to say anything to you here." Putting down the wine cup, Duanmu Yu lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then smiled, "Let's talk about the night with you." The little girl you met here is very well-behaved, cute and silly. If you meet her, you will definitely like her too..."

As he spoke, Duanmu Yu's heart was slightly sour, and his throat was even more swollen.

Then she picked up the wine cup and took a sip of the wine.After looking up at the moon through the gaps in the leaves for a long time, she said again, "Actually, I know that you didn't enter the palace for the sake of wealth and honor, and I also know that you are not a heartless person. But since you have chosen this If there is no way, then you and I will definitely not be able to go the same way."

"If I stay, it will only make each other unhappy. It's just... I didn't expect that this farewell will be the difference between life and death."

The night was silent, only Duanmu Yu's soft voice echoed.

She told some interesting stories with Zhang Xiaohua, and as she talked, she couldn't help laughing.

But laughing and laughing, she couldn't help but shed tears again.

"You are decisive in everything you do, even death. Lu Xiang'er, your life is really selfish..."

After finishing speaking, Duanmu Yu stood up and spilled all the unfinished wine in the wine cup on the ground.

Not long after the Chinese New Year, Duanmuqing married Qi Mingyue.

Zhang Xiaohua didn't like to join in the fun, so she didn't go to see them salute.However, I heard that the scene that day was very spectacular, and many people sighed, saying that if a woman can get married in such a beautiful way, she would be willing to die.

Later, when spring was about to begin, news suddenly spread from the palace that Duanmu Yu liked tea and hated alcohol.

It is said that the smell of wine is incomparable, but the tea leaves are fragrant, elegant and strong.

All of a sudden, the price of tea soared, and several firms found Zhang Xiaohua, wanting to buy the tea in her hands.

Zhang Xiaohua kept some of the tea in her hand, and then sold the rest to those tea merchants at the highest price in previous years.

After going back and forth, Zhang Xiaohua immediately had 3 taels of cash in his hand.Adding in the money earned from selling milk and livestock in winter, it would be almost 5000 taels.

After all, it is still not as fast as manipulating the market to make money by doing business steadily and steadily.

But the matter of tea is just an example, and it does not always exist.So Zhang Xiaohua allocated part of the money to repair the

After visiting the pasture, she asked people to buy a few cows outside the customs.

In the past three months, the number of cows in Zhang Xiaohua's pasture has soared from a few to twelve.After the amount of milk increased, she thought about the cheese, pudding and other messy things she made when she was DIYing at home.

Cheese is actually relatively easy to make, but the whole process of other things is very bumpy due to the problem of the production process, and it is not in shape.

But after all, it is a group of ancient people, even if it is a semi-finished product, it has won the approval of Old Wutou and Xiao Wu.

After the sowing days passed, the brothers of the Four Seas Gang were free again.

Zhang Xiaohua originally planned to organize a gang dinner for everyone, but none of them disappeared, saying that it was Dong Haining who called them over for something.

After Dong Haining sold herself to the Lang family, her contract of selling herself was bought by Feng Se for no reason.

From then on, Dong Haining followed Feng Se every day like a cow and a horse. If he refused, Feng Se threatened to report to the officials.

After Dong Haining suffered for several days, he couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to redeem himself.

In the end, Feng Se secretly gave Zhang Xiaohua 5000 taels, telling her not to give Dong Haining any money.

then……

I'm sorry godmother!

Zhang Xiaohua completely sold Dong Haining.

Never thought that she would have time to talk about Luo Sihai's brothers when she was by Feng Se's side.

That day, Zhang Xiaohua was carrying a bag of roast chicken and a jug of good wine, and was going to find Dong Haining.

Feng Se found a yard in the capital city, the yard was neither too big nor too small, and it was quiet, which fit Feng Se's temperament very well.It's just that Dong Haining has suffered a lot. If he wants to drink a drink, he has to run for half an hour, and he can only buy it in the market.

So this time Zhang Xiaohua specially bought Dong Haining's favorite, one is to get something out of Dong Haining's mouth, and the other is to sell her for 5000 taels...

To be honest, no loss.But anyway, she is a godmother, so I still have to make up for it logically.

But when she was carrying her things and rushing to Feng Se's house, she suddenly saw a row of people carrying knives, sticks, sticks and the like, coming towards her mightily.

Isn't this momentum just like the gang fights in some movies?

Zhang Xiaohua was about to retreat.

There are people behind!

……

This is because I didn't read the almanac when I went out, so I stepped on my back!

Zhang Xiaohua's cheeks were sweating, and she took a pitiful step back, trying to find a small shop on the street to hide for a while, but she just took a step, and the door was closed immediately!

Facing the door panel, Zhang Xiaohua felt a chill down her spine.

But fortunately, she has been practicing the exercises taught by Dong Haining more recently, not to mention the bragging words of one against a hundred, but a one-on-one can still make do.

As for the current situation, just... run away faster!

Zhang Xiaohua made a decisive decision, threw away the wine jar and roast chicken, and ran away.

And just when the wine jar fell to the ground and cracked with a "boo la", the two menacing groups, as if they had received a signal, raised their weapons together, and rushed towards each other screaming.

Zhang Xiaohua didn't dare to turn her head back, she straightened her back and ran away.

I felt that I threatened to practice martial arts well at the beginning, but my martial arts were not very good, and my ability to escape is getting better and better.

With vigorous steps and a body as light as a swallow, she moved forward with a dull head, and arrived at the door of Feng Se's house in a short time.

Zhang Xiaohua knocked on the door, and after seeing Dong Haining, she dared to breathe a sigh of relief and gasped.

"Did you see the devil?" Dong Haining looked at Zhang Xiaohua strangely.

Zhang Xiaohua leaned on the wall, out of breath, and could only point her finger behind her.

Dong Haining stretched his neck and saw nothing, "What's wrong? Is there a ghost chasing you?"

"Yes...someone is fighting...a group fight." Zhang Xiaohua took a breath and said, "There are two big groups of people, and they are fighting."

"Then are you hurt?" Dong Haining pulled Zhang Xiaohua into the room, and took a long time to check carefully.

Zhang Xiaohua waved her hand, "I'm fine, I run fast."

Just as she was talking, Feng Se came out of the room.

Zhang Xiaohua was a little cautious when facing Feng Se. She always felt that Feng Se belonged to the class of ladies, literati and elegant guests. It would be offensive to speak a little louder, so she quickly lowered her voice, and then turned to Feng Se. Se smiled, "I came to see my godmother. I had prepared something, but I met a group of inexplicable people on the road. I... I lost it all when I shook my hand."

Feng Se smiled and shook her head, "It's okay, we have them all at home."

Dong Haining muttered in the back for a while, "I think you should stop running around recently, the city of Kyoto is not stable."

"What's wrong? Someone is going to rebel?" Zhang Xiaohua blurted out.

Immediately, she saw Dong Haining cough slightly in embarrassment, "It's more troublesome than someone rebelling right now. The Qi family and the Lu family are quarreling."

"The Qi family and the Lu family?"

"That's right. First, in the hall, the two families quarreled over the construction of water conservancy projects. Later, it seemed that the juniors of the two parties had some conflicts. The Qi family's entourage was beaten to death by the Lu family, so the two families went crazy. Same, fighting everywhere."

"No one cares?" Zhang Xiaohua rubbed her hands with lingering fear.

Dong Haining sneered, "Who dares to take care of the affairs of these two families? One is the Queen's family, and the other is the Queen Mother's family. Whoever doesn't want a head can take care of it."

"Then... Duan..." Zhang Xiaohua glanced at Feng Se's direction, and changed her words, "Does Her Lady Empress care?"

"I heard that she has been in poor health recently, she—"

"What?" Zhang Xiaohua stood up all of a sudden, "Not in good health? What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Dong Haining was stunned for a moment, then snorted coldly, "The ghost knows what's wrong with her, it's just that she can't die anyway."

Although Dong Haining said so, Zhang Xiaohua felt uneasy.

After the Chinese New Year, Zhang Xiaohua was busy with business matters, so she didn't feel anything.Now she recalled it carefully, and found that Duanmu Yu's complexion became worse every time recently, and the time between the two of them meeting was getting longer and longer.

Could it be that something went wrong...

At that time, in Asahi Palace.

Duanmu Yu propped his head, holding a white ball, "I will issue an order tomorrow to hand over the city defense map to you. Then you send someone to put this map in the Qi family, and say that the Qi family used Qi Mingyue to steal the city defense map. Intended to rebel!"

"Clap!"

The chess pieces slowly landed on the chessboard.