Chapter 164：

Shao Shang didn't know how he got out of the palace, he first bowed to the women very properly, and then walked down the palace corridor steadily, Huo Budo seemed to want to chase out , but was stopped by the second princess, "...you let her slow down first."

All the women were very polite, with a kind and playful smile on their faces, and they all made way for the young merchant. They all thought that if they would go to Huo's house for a wedding banquet in the future, don't upset the bride at the beginning.

Shao Shang walked out of the Changqiu Palace stiffly, and when no one saw her, she quickly picked up her skirt and ran hard, as if a monster was chasing her - in fact, she hadn't run like this for many years, in Yongan She is a palace decree under one person, who controls everyone, arranges affairs, and walks out of Yongan Palace. She is even more reluctant to fall into trouble.

I don't know how long she ran, she was lying on the rocks by the lake, wheezing and panting, thinking she could fight Huo Budo a few times before, but now it's all scratching her fingernails, even Luo Jitong If she can be restrained at once, she will lose her physique if she doesn't exercise for a long time.

She walked on and on until the patrolling guards saluted her, and she was shocked to realize that she had come to the Shangximen palace guards unknowingly.

So she subconsciously wants to go home? But it's even more unsafe to go home. In Yong'an Palace, Huo Buxuan at least didn't dare to mess around. In Cheng Mansion, he dared to climb over the wall and smash the window in the daytime!

Just as she was about to turn around and go back, she noticed a few familiar people not far from the palace gate. For some reason, she consciously hid behind a bronze statue of a tiger.

I haven't seen him for six years. Uncle Liang still has the same style, with a straight back and a graceful bearing; I saw him holding his wife Qu Lingjun's hand in one hand, holding her waist in the other, and sending him steadily Get on the carriage; just such a simple and considerate gesture can overwhelm the many handsome young men in the capital.

Young merchants have always been very strange, how did a good-quality uncle like Liang Wuji live in widowhood for so many years, are women from aristocratic families blind, or is her aesthetic more unique?

In the other side, Liang Wuji said something in a low voice, Qu Lingjun smiled, his eyes curled, his lips trembled, and the two looked at each other through the window, so full of affection that even the guard at the palace gate looked wrong. .

Shao Shang narrowed her eyes, how could she think that Uncle Liang was wearing too young today, shouldn't this light blue brocade look good in a slender youth like Yuan Shen?

Today was not going well, Shaoshang returned to the Changqiu Palace in a sullen mood, and sat on the couch of the Queen Mother Xuan to recount what happened today. : "Shaoshang did the right thing, so he should be punished severely, see blood? Okay, that's right! This Shuzi should suffer more..."

"Don't talk nonsense, Zhai, Shaoshang knows what she has in mind." The Empress Dowager Xuan softly pressed against the hidden sac, and did not express any opinion on the matter, only jokingly said, "But Shaoshang, Look at yourself, except for your arms and fingernails, your entire body is intact, just listen to what you said just now, Zi Sheng has injuries all over his face, and it will be strange if His Royal Highness does not come to reprimand you."

Shao Shang sighed silently. This is also the source of her headache. If she knew this earlier, she would not have been so ruthless just now.

Zhai Li said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, if someone comes to find trouble for the lady, let's close the palace gate!"

Shao Shang looked at his fingers and said distressedly: "It's a pity that my nails are so well cared for, just dyed flower juice. Oh, oh, Zhai, don't cut them all, give I will stay more, and I will stay longer in the future."

The Empress Dowager Xuan also stared at her finger: "It's better to cut it short, you keep your nails, how to do woodwork, how to draw with charcoal."

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The Empress Dowager Xuan was silent for a moment: "Don't say anything else, you haven't played the flute for a long time, while your nails are all cut today, let me play a song - don't excuse the best in the palace the musician."

so cloud.

Shao Shang put down the green bamboo piccolo, and the bedroom was silent for a long time.

The Empress Dowager Xuan sighed deeply, Shaoshang asked why, and the Empress Dowager Xuan muttered: "I was thinking, am I wrong..."

Shao Shang was puzzled, and still comforted: "Miss, don't worry, I will practice playing the flute when I go back. My aunt said that I am very talented in this way. Just learn. Don't worry, I'll play it to you in a few days, keep it as good as before."

The Empress Dowager Xuan smiled noncommittally.

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The feast of the Empress Yue was really wonderful. Since the ladies promised the second princess not to speak out, they would not deliberately spread it. Always tell my son-in-law.

Two-thirds of the witnesses shook off the stories that night, and Mrs. Dayue Hou was more mature and reserved. She told her husband two days later, and was complained by Dayue Hou. Eleven Lang's face is full of wounds, as if he was scratched, and Yuhou and the second brother laughed so strangely. You too, if you didn't tell me sooner, I could only laugh at the side."

Feeling his conscience, he said that Huo Budo really did not intend to embarrass the young merchants. At this time, it was difficult for him to quit the court, and the injury on his face could not be concealed.

Although the emperor knew everything, he didn't say anything, he just looked at the adopted son's face with fun; the prince widened his eyes and asked why. So Huo Budo lied very seriously: "This minister was riding carelessly and was scratched by a branch when he fell."

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"Imperial brother, my good imperial brother, you can save it." Although the fourth prince's temperament is a little more straight, he has already married and started a family, "Zisheng's good things are at a critical juncture, you Don't be self-defeating."

The prince couldn't believe it: "It's a good thing to be torn by a woman?!"

The fourth prince was leisurely: "Don't blame the brother for not reminding you, the mother has already said that you are not allowed to interfere in other people's marriages before you marry a wife and establish a concubine. If you are not obedient, the mother will... I don't know what the queen mother will do, you think for yourself, brother."

Prince's gas knot.

Several families on the top floor of the capital.

Seeing that things were not fermented, Shao Shang couldn't help but secretly thank the second princess, um, and Huo Budo.

However, since several families knew about it, the Yuan family was naturally unavoidable—speaking of which, the fourth princess secretly told Qu Lingjun, and then Liang Zhoumu informed the Yuan family.

Liang Wuji is a kind person, and he was favored by Huo Cheng and the two back then, so he didn't mean to accuse them, but gently asked his brother-in-law Yuan Pei whether it was time to reconsider Yuan Shen's marriage.

It's not that he dislikes Cheng's daughter for being unclear, the fourth princess clearly said that Huo Budo knelt on the ground and begged; not even that he was afraid of Huo Budo's high position, but... as For the people who came here, Liang Wuji felt that it was better not to force the marriage.

So, Mr. Yuan went to court one day and walked leisurely to Yongan Palace. After finding Shaoshang, the two sat on the empty steps facing the sunset and talked.

Shao Shang couldn't help complaining: "I sent people to look for you so many times, why don't you come, I have something to tell you."

"I'm afraid that you will quit the family when you meet, so I plan to hide for two days." Yuan Shen didn't look at the girl, but picked up the pebbles on the steps one by one.

"Then why are you here again today?"

"Because I found out that I would not withdraw from my relatives, Huo Budo had no fear at all."

Shaoshang understood that Yuan Shen already knew it, and he shrugged his shoulders and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I embarrassed you; is someone laughing at you?"

Yuan Shen stretched out his palm, counted more than ten gray-white stones, and said lightly, "I'm not afraid of others' jokes. Back then, I declined His Majesty's invitation to the Shangshutai, because no one knew about it, those who The Confucian scholars thought that I was not valued by His Majesty—I was laughed at even more at that time."

Shao Shang sighed helplessly: "What am I talking about, I said earlier that Huo Budu is difficult to provoke, so it's better to leave the family earlier."

Yuan Shen squeezed the stone tightly, and suddenly turned his head: "What did Huo Budo say to you! He also said that he will respect and love you in the future, and the two will support each other and prosper the family? He also said that he will give you all the family affairs, so that you will be beautiful, no one dares to bully you and neglect you! He also said..."

"He didn't say anything." Shaoshang interrupted, "He never told me that..." Looking at Yuan Shen's slightly anxious eyes, she couldn't continue, "What he said, There has always been only the word 'affection'."

Yuan Shen released his palm, and a hard stone knocked out a red mark on his soft and white palm.

Shao Shang looked at the clouds in the sky, her cheeks were red, she said softly: "He doesn't need to say anything, because I know that he will do what you said."

"...So it is." Yuan Shen was disappointed.

"Shanjian, I won't hide it from you, I'm a little scared when I see Huo Budo now." Shaoshang said, "He's different from you and me, he's that kind of person - he will be in the strong. Under the sun rise up and draw the bow, even if he dies and his name is ruined; he will chase the sun without hope, even if he is exhausted; he will move stones day after day..."

Shao Shang continued: "People say that Huo Busu is young and old, and the city is very deep. But sometimes, he is more pure and simple than all of us." - His love and hatred are strong and eternal .

Yuan Shen nodded: "Yes. His Majesty loves him so much, and it's not all because of the heroic family of the Huo family, or the friendship with General Huo Chong, but... I have heard of Zhongyue Hou. After drinking, he said that every time His Majesty looked at Huo Budo, the expression on his face was like returning to his youth. At that time, the sky was high, the water was clear, the years were good, and the good sons of the two counties were either studying leisurely or busy farming. , come to drink and laugh at leisure; at that time, the young people were warm-blooded, the world was pure, and everyone was simple and lively."

Shao Shang sighed lightly: "Yes. Decades have passed, when snakes and dogs were slaughtered, and later they became kings and lords. The bright young men who guarded His Majesty to escape the pursuit of his life, all It's not what it used to be. Everyone has the power, the land, the private soldiers who strictly follow orders, and the villagers who respond to every call. Only Huo Budo..."

Yuan Shen smiled: "I know what you mean. If you ask Huo Budo to let go of all his power and take you back to the hometown of the Huo family in Feng County, have children and live a peaceful life, I will I believe he is willing - His Majesty also knows this, the Prince will know later."

"But you don't want to."

"Are you willing?" Yuan Shen squinted.

Shao Shang smiled.

Yuan Shen looked at the girl with a determined expression, and his words were solemn: "I said that in the future, I will be ranked third, and my descendants will also be ranked third, and the power and officials will be doubled, and the Yuan family will be prosperous. Stretching. I wish you were by my side when I was a minister."

He looked at the girl seriously, "Huo Budo and I are different people, but my heart is just as precious to you."

Shao Shang lowered his head and looked at his trimmed clean and rounded nails.

Yuan Shendao: "I haven't made my mind clear to you, but said those worldly things, that's because, because..."

"I know." Shaoshang said softly, "That's because you don't know how to say it, and what's worse, you don't even know what your intentions are."

She looked up and smiled, "How can I not understand you - I said the first sentence, you can take the next sentence. You and I are the same people, stupid and cowardly. We know everything, what They are all shrewd, but they just don’t understand themselves.”

Yuan Shen's eyes were soft, as if looking at the little girl who looked up at the lantern under the night, her eyes were clear and dazed.

Yuan Shen didn't say anything, just stared at her.

Such a day."

"A Shen, I'm sorry, but I can only do this. I have to do this too."

—Let it all go back to where it started and think about who you really are.

The author has something to say: 1. Rest on Sunday.

2. The entire Eastern Han Dynasty was the process of aristocratic clans growing up, but some families got along well, and some families got into the guillotine. In general, most of the aristocratic families can live from the beginning of the country to the Wei Dynasty In Jin, the Yuan family of the fourth generation and the third prince belonged to a better mix, not only with a long history, but also with many talents.

But it was also because they were so good, so they directly participated in the competition, and then met Boss Cao and the brothers of the Sun family. Eryuan's power dissipated, but the Yuan family did not perish.

Such as Sun Wu, Yuan Shu's children and grandchildren almost all married the Sun family or the prominent family of Eastern Wu, and then continued to extend in the form of a prominent family.

3, like the Sima family, it is also a family that has existed since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it is not as good as the Yuan family. , Sojourn in the Cao Wei camp to absorb nutrients, and finally exhausted the heroes and heroes to die, and plotted to usurp the throne, GAMEOVER.

More aristocratic families have been extending from Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and even Sui and Tang Dynasties.