The past ignites old dreams

Qinghe River is located on the plains impacted by the river, open and flat, with the ancient course of the Yellow River and shallow depressions.

The terrain in the northwest is slightly higher, which is where the troops are stationed.Qinghe City is the base camp of the Cui family. Every plant, every tree, every soldier and every soldier here belongs to the Cui family, and even the emperor can't get involved.

Since ancient times, Shandong has been a land of abundance along the sea, and Qinghe is a cornucopia.The Cui family has been prosperous for hundreds of years, and is often coveted by others.

This time, Cui is still facing the royal family.In every dynasty and every generation, there is no time when central power and local power balance each other.

If the local government wants to fight against the central government, the most powerful way is to unite and form alliances.The combination of the Cui family and the Lu family is not only a link between power and money, but also an alliance between Hebei and Shandong.

Seeing, New Year's Eve is just around the corner.

Qinghe Mansion is decorated with lanterns and festoons, red cloth and satin, and hundreds of flowers are in full bloom.But the people in the mansion were not in such a happy mood.

The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is all over the building.Those who understand understand it in their hearts.

Qiao Ran understood and didn't understand, but she didn't ask any further questions.Cui Yan is always busy, it is difficult for Qiao Ran to see him during the day.Only at night, when he was about to fall asleep, would Cui Yan come to Chenmenglou, and he left again before dawn.

Days passed by, and we arrived at Laba in a blink of an eye.Dayang Dynasty holidays start from Laba and last until Lantern Festival.Qiao Ran thought to himself, if it was in modern times, everyone would be crazy about it.

Laba day.

The imperial envoys from the palace arrived in Qinghe.

Cui Qianxue said that what should come has indeed come.

Everyone cleared the way and welcomed the imperial decree.

This is the imperial decree sent by Yang Jingli himself.

Peacock cloak, black gold robe, purple gold crown, rich and luxurious clothes can't support the young and mature demeanor, and the posture of hugging and hugging can't cover up his loneliness.

Frost is dead.

Yang Jingli looked around at the people in the main hall, observing the expressions of the Cui clan members with relish, especially Cui Yan.

"Cui's wedding is coming soon, this king is here to ask for a glass of wedding wine, is it okay?"

Cui Yan said with a faint smile, "You are condescending to the prince."

Yang Jingli raised his hand, and the groveling eunuch behind him held up the gold-rimmed red-glazed plate and ran forward in three steps.

On the tray was a yellow-orange imperial decree.

Yang Jingli took the imperial decree and tapped her palm one after another.

"Cui Yan, Second Young Master Cui, I heard that your Cui family will never take any official position."

"Ms Cui has no intention of politics."

"This is really the funniest thing I've ever heard." Yang Jingli laughed a few times and then coughed a few times. Although she has the same appearance as Yang Jingliu, she doesn't have a similar physique. The shape can be seen.

"If Cui Mo is here, I would like to see how he reacts." Yang Jingli pointed at Cui Yan with an imperial decree, "Your elder brother has gotten very close to the Suri tribe recently, and his intention of treason is clearly revealed."

Cui Yan took the imperial decree, he didn't kneel down or kowtow, his tone was polite, but his expression couldn't hide his arrogance, "There is nothing wrong with wanting to inflict a crime."

Cui Yan unfolded the imperial decree, his eyes read from top to bottom, right to left, without missing a word, and his eyes stopped on the bright red seal of Yuxi for a long time.

"How? Does it satisfy your wishes?" Yang Jingli looked forward to Cui Yan showing his "true face", and even wished that he would resist the order.

But Cui Yan is Cui Yan after all, the second son of the dignified Cui family, he has never experienced such a storm.

Cui Yan rolled up the imperial decree very calmly, and handed it to Xiaohu without saying anything.

After receiving the imperial edict, Xiaohu retreated into the side hall.Just as Xiaohu entered, Cui Qianxue came out from the side hall alone.

"Qianxue has seen the prince."

Yang Jingli looked sideways, "Miss Cui, it's better to see once than to hear a hundred times. She has an outstanding demeanor, she is indeed the most beautiful woman in the world."

"My lord's praise."

Cui Yan supported Cui Qianxue's jade arm, and asked softly, "Sister, what are you doing out here?"

Cui Qianxue patted the back of Cui Yan's hand and gave him a warm smile. She took another step forward and said to Yang Jingli, "Double happiness is coming to the Cui family. Your lord should stay for a few more days."

Yang Jingli: "Oh? Is there a happy event?"

Cui Qianxue: "It's Qianxue's happy event."

Cui Yan's heart was shocked, and his face showed melancholy. He could treat the edict of the expedition just now, but now hearing what Cui Qianxue said, he felt that something was wrong.

"What is Miss Cui's happy event?" Yang Jingli was thinking about the news from the court and the world these days, but she had never heard anything about Cui Qianxue. Although this peerless beauty is beautiful, she is already an old lady according to her age. Apart from collecting bills and doing business all over the country, she doesn't do much else.what is it today?

"A few months ago, Qianxue was buying animal skins and wool on the Mongolian border, and she met a man by accident. We fell in love at first sight. We hit it off, and we wanted to marry each other for a hundred years. Recently, my younger brother Cui Mo has been working on this matter." Cui Qianxue He said, "The person I want to marry is the prince of the Suri tribe of the Tatar tribe and the heir of Suri Khan."

Cui Yan looked at Cui Qianxue, and Yang Jingli also looked at Cui Qianxue.

Cui Qianxue was very calm and calm, with the corners of her mouth raised, maintaining a decent smile.

"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, and my second brother went to guard the border, and they happened to send me off to get married together." Cui Qianxue said in a brisk and joyful tone, "As long as the Suri people don't start a war with our dynasty, they won't be the enemy of our dynasty. Naturally, I also have the right to marry freely."

Yang Jingli was furious and furious, "You are Mingxiu plank road secretly hiding Chen Cang! Since ancient times, the two countries can only follow the orders of the emperor. How can there be a reason for retainers to tie up foreign powers? You are ignoring the laws of the emperor!"

Cui Qianxue still responded in a calm and unhurried manner, "If a man has a lover and a woman wants to marry, why not marry? If the prince thinks that it is treasonous for Qian Xue to marry a foreigner, you can report it to Dali Temple."

Yang Jingli trembled, tried to fight back several times but was blocked by coughing.

Cui Qianxue ordered the little wolf to pour hot tea and bring it to Yang Jingli.Unexpectedly, Yang Jingli knocked her to the ground mercilessly.

Yang Jingli glanced at the faces of Cui's siblings resentfully, turned around and left.

Cui Yan: "Your Majesty, stop."

Yang Jingli gritted her back teeth and shook her sleeves and turned around, the dragon pattern on the cuffs was about to fly in the wind, "Don't say any more."

"King Qi once said that he is different, and he is a person who truly cares about the world. May I remember wrongly?"

"This king thinks that he has dedicated himself to the people of Dayang."

"Since that's the case, why don't I see you doing something? I have no official position and I'm not a soldier. With the emperor's order, I can go to guard the border. I don't hesitate. Lu Yuanyuan committed himself to marrying a Tatar barbarian just to keep his family and country safe. Now that you have finally become the king of Qi, you are still obsessed with power struggles all day long, lest the world will not be chaotic. May I ask your lord, what have you done since you took this position? What a great event that benefits the country and the people?"

Every word of Cui Yan's words was like a needle, and the needle hit the blood. Yang Jingli's blood was surging, and his throat was sweet, "How dare you talk to me like this!!!"

"Second brother is just blunt." Cui Qianxue added fuel to the fire, "We see that the prince is free all day, and we are worried that not only will you be too young to help the emperor, but you will also miss state affairs."

Cui Yan guessed that Yang Jingli's disposition would not be able to bear anger the most, and then he acted according to circumstances, "Prince, could it be that you forgot that you came to Shandong since you were young, and I was your teacher. King Ming, Holy Master, you must respect your master."

Yang Jingli vomited blood and fainted on the spot.

The eunuch hurriedly screamed and asked the guards to carry them, "Qinghe Cui's audacity to contradict His Highness! You, you, you, you..."

Yang Jingli and his party came in a mighty manner and left in a chaotic manner.

The servants cleaned up the main hall, Cui Qianxue walked into the side hall, and Cui Yan followed suit.

"Sister, what are you doing!"

As soon as he entered the side hall, there were no outsiders, Cui Yan's face changed drastically.

"Don't blame me for keeping it from you." Cui Qianxue apologized, "It was really helpless."

"Brother forced you?"

Cui Qianxue shook her head, holding a faint smile, she was as pure as a lily, but also like a leaf and a flower.

Cui Yan clenched his fists with both hands, and there was nowhere to vent his anger, "The huge Cui family doesn't want a woman to sacrifice."

Cui Qianxue pulled Cui Yan to sit beside her, covered her tenderly with her palms, Cui Yan's fist loosened, and the siblings clasped hands. After Cui Yan calmed down for a while, Cui Qianxue said slowly, "Second brother, Do you still remember what you told me when you were injured? You said that the Cui family is going to go through a catastrophe again, and this catastrophe has a lot to do with it. We are all children of the Cui family. The survival of the family is at a critical moment. How can you tell me to sit idly by? Sister, I I'm just a woman, but women have their own ways. After the Lantern Festival, I will get married, you will go to war, you and I will accompany each other all the way, and each other has more faith in each other's hearts. After I leave, Cui Mobianguan has you, and the Suri tribe has me , the third brother can also take the opportunity to get rid of the hostage status and come back safely from the capital, and he will take over the family business. And we also have the Lu Alliance, their family is as rich as an enemy, and Fan Yang is the throat of the capital. Only in this way can we exert our strength everywhere , step by step, Cui can restore calm."

Cui Yan didn't speak for a long time.

Cui Qianxue never let go of her younger brother's hand. She knew that Cui Yan's heart was like a mirror, but...

No one can be ruthless and desireless, people in the world, things in the world, there are so many things to worry about.

The fragrant scenery withers, the candle is burned high, and the sound of leakage is long.

Since Qiao Ran came to Qinghe Mansion, Cui Yan never set foot in Liangxin Pavilion where Lu Mingzhu lived.

However, today, Cui Yan came wearing stars and wearing moons.

He said, "Pearl. We need children."

Lu Mingzhu stopped to embroider the border of the Dayang Dynasty. She had just completed the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the stitches were still left on the upper right of the a few characters.

Finally there is a time when he can't give you what you need.

Lu Mingzhu's heart was extremely heavy, she didn't hate Cui Yan, nor did she hate Qiao Ran, but she hated such a teasing fate.

She walked slowly to the bed and took off her clothes slowly.

Cui Yan hugged her from behind, "I know you are very sad."

Lu Mingzhu leaned into Cui Yan's arms and sighed for no reason, "Cui Yan, I'm not sad. Life is already hard, let's stop thinking about it. I heard that you are going to go to war, and I am rushing to work day and night. I want to embroider with my own hands. A map of the dynasty will send you on a long journey, may it accompany you in peace."

Cui Yan buried her head in Lu Mingzhu's neck, "Mingzhu... If one day you have someone you like, don't let it go."

"I won't let myself have someone I like. From birth, I am destined to repay the family in my life. Cui Yan, we are all the same."

Cui Yan picked up Lu Mingzhu and laid it flat on the bed.

Lu Mingzhu closed her eyes, as if she had fallen asleep.

Cui Yan stroked her cheek lightly... The apology in his heart was like a flood.But—he still bent down.

Children, between Cui Shi and Lu Shi, there must be children.Marriage is a covenant, and children are the bond.

The alliance is more secure when the interests are mixed with flesh and blood.

To survive, you cannot be indecisive.

The north wind howled, rolled up the broken branches and broken wood and hit the door panel, waking up the people who dozed off while waiting.

Qiao Ran rubbed her eyes and yawned again and again.When I touched the outer bed, it was still empty and cold.

He sat up wrapped in the quilt.Hearing footsteps, he asked, "Little wolf?"

The little wolf's head popped out from behind the bed curtain of plain white mantle and feathers. She was holding a peony lamp, and the flickering light danced in her eyes.

"Young master, why haven't you slept yet?"

"What are you doing hiding behind?" Qiao Ran propped her chin, looking bored, "Want to sleep with me?"

The little wolf was annoyed, and snorted, "I kindly stayed in Chenmenglou to serve you, but you still make fun of me, be careful, I'll tell Second Young Master to trouble you!"

When it comes to Cui Yan, Qiao Ran has no intention of joking, "It's late at night, he won't come."

"Second Young Master, he...is very busy." Little Wolf looked away.

"It's time for him to go back to Liangxin Pavilion. What's the point of spending all day with an old man like me?" Qiao Ran smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Who said the Second Young Master went...to Miss Lu's..."

"Do you need others to say that? Cui Yan hasn't slept anywhere else since I came here." Qiao Ran subconsciously rubbed her lower back, feeling sore and numb, "Lu Mingzhu doesn't have feelings for Cui Yan. It's still a little passable, but Cui Ling, alas, I'm really afraid that one day I will die on the street."

"Brother Ling is not so cruel. The previous king of Qi, Yang Jingliu—" At this point, the little wolf realized that he was talking too much, and quickly changed the subject, "Miss Lu's stomach is not up to date, and today is not the first time. Others have already conceived."

About the dead King of Qi, Yang Jingliu, Qiao Ran didn't care to ask, since everyone is dead, she still gossips.He is not the only person around Cui Yan.The point is, only women can carry on the family line.Even in a modern, civilized society, many countries in many regions are patriarchal, not to mention that we are living in feudal ancient times.

In the current situation, Qing Ya's life and death are uncertain, and his whereabouts are unknown.When Cui Ling returned to Qinghe, he ran to the northwest highlands to defend the city, and he didn't even step into the mansion.After the Chinese New Year, Cui Yan and Cui Qianxue, one went on an expedition and the other married, their future is uncertain.Lu Wenyu wrote letters every three days, but Qiao Ran didn't reply, and it didn't matter if she didn't reply.

Things are complicated, upset, and I don't know what to do.

Qiao Ran squeezed the space between her eyebrows, waved her hands and said, "I'm sleepy, I'll continue to sleep. You go to sleep too, girls staying up late is very bad for the skin, I don't want little wolf girl to age before she gets old."

The little wolf touched his face, feeling a sense of crisis, and went back to sleep in the ear room with the peony lantern in his hand, "My lord, call me if you have something to do!"

"Okay, okay, go quickly." Qiao Ran said and turned over, still sleeping on his side. With his eyes open, he felt that his soul was lost and his heart had no place to return.

That's it, awake till dawn.

New peaches replace old talismans, and the sound of firecrackers eliminates the year.

Today is the last day of this year.

Cui Lu's big wedding came as promised.

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