Lord Prime Minister

The wedding of the three princesses was going on in an orderly manner. One week before the wedding, the three princesses moved to the palace to prepare for various matters.

On the day of the wedding, the son-in-law wore casual clothes and a jade belt, and rode to the Hening Gate.After changing into the official uniform, he went to Donghua Gate, and used wild geese and silk coins as betrothal gifts, and went to the residence of the third princess to marry in person.

At this time, the three princesses, wearing a phoenix crown and a red wedding gown, sat in a sedan chair without barriers, and under the guidance of the son-in-law, they set off for the son-in-law's mansion.

The procession to welcome and see off the bride arrived at the Prince Consort's Mansion, and the nine banquets bestowed by the emperor had already begun.Emperor Guangcheng and the Empress visited the consort's mansion in person and bestowed real gold and silver, rare treasures.

Mu Zihuai took Xiao Shizi to sit in the guest seat, watching the third princess and the new son-in-law in red wedding dress pay homage.

Xiao Shizi was wearing a navy blue summer suit, and shivered a little when the evening wind blew.Mu Zihuai hurriedly took him into his arms, but he saw that his eyes were chasing after the third princess, and he stretched his neck to watch after entering the back room.

"Mu Zihuai, you lied to me." Huangfu Ruibo murmured with his moist lips moving. "Mother, she didn't look at me."

The soft voice hit the heart directly, Mu Zi wrinkled his heart suddenly, and hugged Xiao Shizi tightly. "The third princess is busy, so I didn't see Xiao Shizi. I saw her looking around here just now. She must be looking for Xiao Shizi."

Huangfu Ruibo turned around, raised his head slightly, and looked at Mu Zihuai like a deer with moist black eyes. "Really?"

"Really, I've seen it all." Mu Zihuai looked directly into his eyes, and slightly curled the corners of his mouth.

"Will mother see that I'm wearing the clothes she bought today?" Huangfu Ruibo asked impatiently, his eyes lit up when he was affirmed.

"Of course." Mu Zihuai replied, his face became more natural, and he laughed.

"That would be great." Xiao Shizi blinked his eyes, outlined a smile, grabbed the skirt of his clothes with his fingers excitedly, turned his head and continued to stare in the direction of the back room.

Mu Zihuai was afraid that he would be cold, so he wrapped him in his arms.

The princess is getting married, and the guests are happy.

In addition to the emperor and empress, even Concubine Lan came with her children today. Almost all the princes and daughters in the palace were present, but they all gathered in the banquet hall specially set up for them to reminisce with the three married princesses and distinguish them from the courtiers of the outer sect. open.

In the crowd, Mu Zihuai looked around and found no one he knew, and saw Long Xiuxiu walking towards this side.Long Xiu was promoted all the way up by the third princess, and he followed her to the border. At the time when the third princess got married, Mu Zihuai also knew that he would definitely come, but he just looked around him, but did not see Long Lei .

Before he got close, the little prince in his arms moved, trying to break free from Mu Zi's arms. He must have seen Long Lei. Mu Zihuai let go of his hand, but he didn't move again. He waited quietly until Long Xiu walk up to him.

"Little son." Long Xiu walked in, knelt down on one knee, his eyes were on par with Huangfu Ruibo. "haven't seen you for a long time."

Huangfu Ruibo looked at him very well-behaved, his serious expression was exactly the same as Long Xiu's. "Brother Longxiu."

Long Xiu looked at him silently, Mu Zihuai couldn't help but interject. "Where's Long Lei? Didn't come with you?"

"I'm here, I don't know where I went to play." Long Xiu didn't get up, but kept kneeling on one knee and looked up at Mu Zihuai.

Mu Zi hugged Xiao Shizi tightly, frowning slightly. "I don't like him at all. This place is different from my family. What if something happens to me?"

Long Xiu lowered his head indifferently, playing with a small green gadget in his hand. "He knows everything and knows how to measure."

Mu Zihuai was still a little worried, but he also realized that he was too much in charge, so he pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but had no choice but to give up. "Get up and sit down, what does it look like kneeling like that?"

Long Xiu got up and sat next to Mu Zihuai, still playing with the little thing with his head down, when Xiao Shizi saw it, he looked and looked curiously. "Brother Longxiu, what are you taking?"

Long Xiu's constantly turning fingers stopped, spread out his palms, and showed him what was in his hands.

"It's so beautiful." Xiao Shizi exclaimed.Mu Zihuai was attracted and turned his head to look, only to see that Long Xiu was holding a jade hairpin in his hand, it was green in color, and there were no other miscellaneous inlays.A whole piece of jade is carved like a slightly twisted tree branch, the color is very pleasing, and the simple shape is also very attractive to Mu Zihuai.

Long Xiu seemed to know that Mu Zihuai was looking over, looked up at him, and nonchalantly replied Xiao Shizi's words. "Preparing a gift for Mu Zihuai."

This sentence was said by looking at Mu Zihuai, which surprised him a bit. "For me?"

Long Xiu simply handed over the jade hairpin in his hand, "Here it is for you." Seeing that Mu Zihuai still didn't pick it up, he stumbled and added, "It's your thank you for taking care of Long Lei.... "

"Long Lei called me brother, I should naturally take care of him, you're unfamiliar with that." Mu Zihuai still didn't answer, feeling that Long Xiu was a little weird.

Long Xiu didn't seem to expect things to turn out like this, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "I haven't given you anything for so many years. I finally saw a jade hairpin that day and thought it was very suitable for you. For you."

"If you gave this, I will definitely accept it." Different from Long Xiu's awkwardness, Mu Zihuai laughed and took the jade hairpin.

Xiao Shizi clamored for Mu Zihuai to wear it again, but asked him to take off the folded upper scarf and replace it with this one, but Mu Zihuai couldn't shirk it, so he had to obey him.

After finally putting it on, Xiao Shizi walked around him and looked at him, straight to the point that it looks good.Looking at Long Xiu, he was also staring at Mu Zihuai.

"What do you think?" Mu Zihuai tilted his head and asked him with a smile.

Long Xiu paused, and hurriedly looked away, his face flushed a little, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence. "nice."

Mu Zihuai laughed, thinking that Long Xiu was still the same as before, as awkward as a little old man.Thinking of the past again, I found it funny, so I couldn't help but say a few words to him.

Turning around, he wanted to bring Xiao Shizi back but was in vain. The people who were still by his side just now had gone to nowhere.

The two looked at each other, and quickly got up to look for it. They searched all over the hall but couldn't find anyone.Finally, on the small road leading to the backyard, Princess Miaotong's fiery red dress was seen from a distance, and when she looked carefully, there was a child standing beside her, who was not the young prince.

Princess Miaotong felt really bored at first, so she ran out quietly without telling her father, and met a child not far away, and asked him what his name was and what he was going to do.

Before the result was reached, he saw Long Xiu approaching, and immediately fell silent, slightly lowering his head shyly, not daring to look at him.

"Xiao Shizi, why did you come here?" Mu Zihuai shouted anxiously before he approached.

When Miao Tong heard Mu Zihuai call him the young prince, she looked at the child and guessed, "Are you Huangfu Ruibo? The son of the third sister?"

Huangfu Ruibo nodded, and asked her back: "Who are you?"

Miaotong bent down and flicked him on the forehead, pretending to be angry and puffed up her face. "I am your aunt."

At this moment Mu Zihuai arrived just in time, first saluted Princess Miaotong, and then squatted down in front of Xiao Shizi. "Why did Xiao Shizi come here?"

Huangfu Ruibo didn't speak, but Miaotong continued. "A little further over there is the banquet hall of the father."

Having said that, Mu Zihuai guessed Xiao Shizi's purpose, and didn't dare to say anything else, but just held his hand.

Long Xiu stood in the distance and hesitated for a while before starting to walk this way. Before he got close, Miao Tong's voice came over. "Long Xiu, do you still remember me?"

Miao Tong's face was red, her eyes seemed to be shining brightly, in front of her was Long Xiu who hadn't seen her for three years, although she had seen it secretly before hiding outside the hall, but when she really saw her, her mood was very complicated.The person who was not as tall as him back then is now tall and handsome.Comparing quietly in my heart, I have only reached his chest now.

"Join Your Highness the Princess." Long Xiu saluted. Compared with Miao Tong's enthusiasm, he seemed a little cold, and looked at Mu Zihuai after speaking.

Miao Tong pursed her lips, her eyes flickered, all her joy was washed away by Long Xiu's indifference, after thinking about it, she raised her smiling face and patted Huangfu Ruibo's head. "Xiao Ruibo, next time I will take you into the palace to play."

Mu Zihuai had no intention of staying here for a long time, so he bid farewell to Princess Miaotong and left.

Seeing that they were about to leave, Miaotong suddenly became anxious and called them to stop. "Hey, Long Xiu, why did you leave?"

"Is there anything else the princess needs?" Long Xiu turned his head and asked respectfully.

Miaotong was at a loss for words for a while, after much deliberation, she just whispered: "How have you been these three years?"

"It's not a big deal to kill the enemy, Princess Xie is concerned."

"Then...how is your martial arts now? When can we compete again?" Miao Tong pouted slightly, looked left and right, and asked again.

"My subordinates are terrified. Naturally, they are inferior to the princess in terms of martial arts." Long Xiu cupped his hands and said modestly.

Miaotong's raised eyebrows drooped again, her face puffed up and she didn't speak, her hands tugged at the hem of her skirt, extremely disappointed.

"If the princess has nothing else to do, the subordinates will leave first."

Miao Tong pursed her mouth, but still did not speak.Mu Zihuai could see Princess Miaotong's intentions, and stepped forward to tug on Longxiu's sleeve.

Long Xiu took a look at Mu Zihuai and was about to speak when Long Xiu's voice came over with a smile. When he looked up, he was not far from them, talking to the woman beside him with a smile and doesn't seem to see them.

Miao Tong turned her head and saw the two of them. In the past three years, she would sometimes go to the palace, so she knew about Long Lei, but she couldn't help being curious when she saw the people around him.

Since when did Long Lei get acquainted with Huangfu Wenmei?

I saw him gesticulating with his hands open while talking, the eighth princess watched seriously, and smiled from time to time.The two seemingly unrelated people chatted speculatively.

Long Xiu and Mu Zihuai looked at each other and shouted to that side. "Long Lei."

Long Lei, who was talking happily with the eighth princess, heard someone calling him, and after looking around, he saw a few people standing in the corridor. He recognized them as his brother and Mu Zihuai, his face became even happier, and he said to the eighth princess After a few words, he walked this way.Wen Mei followed behind him with her head down slightly, and also came over.

"Why did you come here?" After bowing to the eighth princess, Long Xiu frowned and asked, as if he didn't like him running around.

Long Lei scratched his head and laughed: "We came here after walking. Fortunately, I asked Princess Mei, otherwise I would get lost." Then he turned to ask Mei and smiled.

Miaotong looked Wenmei up and down, her voice a bit harsh. "Why did you run out too?"

"Sister Seventh Emperor." Asked Mei Fu to greet him, but did not answer, but looked down at Huangfu Ruibo who was beside Mu Zihuai. "You are the little prince?"

Mu Zihuai hurriedly pulled him to salute before replying. "It's the little prince."

Wenmei looked him over, and said softly: "It's also the first time I've seen you, I only heard of your name before, but now I see you, the eyebrows and eyes are indeed very similar to Sister Sanhuang."

Miao Tong curled her lips and said nothing, but Long Lei answered. "The son is naturally the most like the mother, and the little son will definitely be very handsome when he grows up."

Long Xiu frowned slightly, his eyes signaled Long Lei not to say any more.Mu Zihuai also patted Xiao Shizi's back, afraid that he would feel uncomfortable hearing it, and would change the topic again.

"I told Xiao Shizi a few days ago, take him to find you two brothers, now that we have met, do you want to go there again?"

After hearing this, Long Lei waved his hands quickly. "Brother Zihuai really seems to have forgotten me when he moved out, and now he still thinks about not coming to see me."

Mu Zihuai said with a smile: "Isn't it just right for you to leave? You don't need to study literature, but you can practice martial arts with your brother all day long, wouldn't you be happy?"

"I was thinking of Brother Zihuai. I wanted to find you, but my brother didn't allow it. You didn't come here, so I had to let my brother bring me here today." Long Lei walked to the other side of Mu Zihuai , pulled his arm and said.

"Okay, you think of me so much, why don't you be a laborer, and follow me into the essay and work with me?" Hearing what he said, Mu Zihuai said seriously, as if he really wanted him to be an essayist Difference.

Long Lei wanted to be like his elder brother and lead soldiers to fight against the enemy, so he couldn't read a book for a quarter of an hour. Mu Zihuai's proposal scared him so much that he took two steps back to Wenmei's side. "I'm not going, thinking what does Brother Zihuai have to do with this?"

Mu Zihuai was just trying to scare him, but when he saw him like this, he immediately laughed. "If you miss me, stay with me. Looking at it now, you have forgotten me during this time."

Long Lei was completely confused by him. He obviously didn't think so in his heart, but he couldn't refute it when Mu Zihuai said it. When he was distressed, Wenmei beside him softly asked, "Long Lei said that if Mr. Mu would Thinking of him, let's practice martial arts with him, and lead troops together."

Mu Zihuai was suddenly turned against the general, and he laughed without refuting.Seeing that they were talking happily, but she couldn't get in the conversation, Miao Tong felt a little annoyed, so she raised her voice and said, "Father will come out later."

Everyone looked at her together, and they said goodbye to each other and wanted to leave.Seeing that Long Xiu was about to leave again, Miao Tong tugged at his sleeves. "When will you enter the palace to see me? I mean, enter the palace and have a competition with me?"

Long Xiu looked down at the pulled sleeves, looked up to see Mu Zihuai behind Miaotong, and finally moved his eyes to her face. "If the princess likes it, summon the subordinates, and the subordinates will definitely enter the palace."

"Really?" Miao Tong's eyes lit up, and it was obvious what she was thinking.

Long Xiu nodded.

Miao Tong let go of his sleeves, the red clothes reflected her face pink. "Then you will enter the palace tomorrow. The master who taught me martial arts said that I have learned martial arts very well recently." After speaking, he warned: "When the time comes, don't deliberately let me win."

Long Xiu nodded again.

So many people left one after another.Mu Zihuai bid farewell to the two brothers of the Long family, agreed to come back in a few days, and took Xiao Shizi to the carriage of the palace to wait for the prince to come back.

After waiting in the carriage for about half an hour, Prince Minqing came back. He smelled of alcohol slightly, but he was still very energetic. He saw Mu Zihuai only after he got on the carriage. "I searched for you, and it turns out that I have already returned."

Mu Zihuai moved to the side, moved out of a position, and put the head of Xiao Shizi, who was already asleep, on his lap as a pillow. "There is nothing left and right, so I will come back first."

Huangfu Yunhua nodded, and seeing that Xiao Shizi was sleeping soundly, he ordered the groom to drive the carriage steadily, and slowly returned home.

In the dark carriage, Huangfu Yunhua sized up Mu Zihuai, and saw that something was wrong with him. It seemed that he was wearing a black folded scarf on his head when he went out, but now he had replaced it with a black scarf. Hosta.

Mu Zihuai was a little drowsy, but suddenly felt a hand stretched out, and woke up quickly. When he opened his eyes, he saw the face of the prince very close, and he was reaching out to support the jade hairpin on his head.

"Where did this come from? It wasn't like this when I went out." Worried about waking Xiaoshizi up, Huangfu Yunhua leaned close to Mu Zihuai's ear, sprayed the smell of wine on his ear, shrunk his neck sensitively.

"I met Long Xiu just now, and he gave it to me." Mu Zihuai leaned back to avoid the prince who made his hair stand on end, and explained in a low voice.

"You brought it with you just after I sent it to you?" Huangfu Yunhua twisted the jade hairpin around, seeming a little dissatisfied, and pulled it out without waiting for Mu Zihuai's reply.

The hair lost its fixed hosta, and instantly poured down, covering the shoulders and back, and the ends of the hair hung down on Xiao Shizi's face, and he stretched out his hand to rub his face in his sleep.

Mu Zihuai quickly brushed his hair away, looked at the lord in surprise, smelling that the alcohol smell on his body was not heavy, could it be that he was drunk?

"If you lack hairpins, tell me that I will reward you, so why use someone else's." Huangfu Yunhua said while raising his hand to remove the hairpin inlaid with gold beads on his head, and his long hair fell out immediately. He didn't care about himself, he just took a new hairpin and approached Mu Zihuai.

Seeing that he was standing still, he raised his hand to tie his hair himself, combed it with his slender fingers and tied it into a bun, and then fixed it with his own hairpin.

"My lord..." Mu Zihuai finally recovered his voice, but he didn't know what to say after shouting.

Huangfu Yunhua sat back, his black hair fluttering slightly. "I met Hong Shaoqing today."

Mu Zihuai immediately sat up straight, looked down at Xiaoshizi who was still asleep, and asked softly, "How is it?"

"Stubborn temper." Huangfu Yunhua curled his lips and said again: "But he will always agree."

Mu Zihuai nodded, as long as Xiaoshizi is in the palace, Hong Shaoqing will be surrendered one day.I don't know that the third princess could have thought of this ending at the beginning, and sent Xiao Shizi out of the palace with all her heart, and found a proper person to take care of her, but she didn't expect to let herself in.

Huangfu Yunhua looked at Mu Zihuai, he was still playing with the jade hairpin that Long Xiu had given him, and refused to return it to Mu Zihuai.After listening to his words, the groom walked slowly, barely felt moving, and after a while he asked casually: "I heard that the emperor issued an order today to put all the soldiers before the third princess under the name of Long Xiu, Did he talk to you today?"

Mu Zihuai's muscles collapsed, and his face pretended to be calm. "No, I just talked about gossip when I saw her, and she became estranged when she left the palace. How could she tell me this?"

"Except for the [-] cavalry who returned to Beijing with the third princess this time, the remaining [-] infantry and [-] cavalry in the frontier were remitted to Long Xiubing, and now they are managed by Gu Li, and they will be returned to him when he returns. "Huangfu Yunhua casually placed the jade hairpin on the small table in the car and made a soft knocking sound. "The news from Gu Li yesterday."

Mu Zihuai unconsciously patted Xiao Shizi's chest, but he began to think about the meaning of the prince's words, did he like Long Xiu and wanted him to surrender?Or let Gu Li digest those soldiers directly?

While thinking about it, he said cautiously: "Gu Li has gone to the frontier, when will he come back? The emperor is very suspicious, even if he is asked to return to Beijing, he will leave all the soldiers there."

"If you don't let me go back, I won't go back. I will use it one day." Huangfu Yunhua said casually, and brought up the topic again. "When will Long Xiu return to the frontier?"

Mu Zihuai shook his head. "have no idea."

Huangfu Yunhua looked at Mu Zihuai and understood what he was thinking, so he stopped asking.

The carriage traveled for a long time, and Mu Zihuai felt that he had slept before finally arriving at the palace. After saying goodbye to the prince, he wanted to send Xiaoshizi back to sleep.

Huangfu Yunhua hurriedly pulled him, seeing that he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, he called a servant and told her to send Xiao Shizi back and let Mu Zihuai go back to his room directly.

Mu Zihuai was drowsy and let the prince command. He only felt that the weight in his hand was being lifted by someone. Knowing that it was a servant girl, he was relieved, thanked the prince, and went back to the room.

Qing Yi had already fallen asleep, Mu Zihuai woke him up and went to sleep, changed his clothes, put away Long Xiu's hairpin, thought for a while, took off the hairpin on his head and put it away properly, and then went to bed asleep.

A sense of dawn.