She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

"Your Highness, what on earth is going on?"

The man who was just loudly congratulating them stood in front of them with a sullen face. The deep lines on his lips became more obvious with his unfriendly mood.

This man had a broad face, a long beard and a tall and strong figure. He was none other than Li Chongxuan, the general stationed in Yuanzhou.

Ah-yi tightly grasped the hand warmer that had already cooled completely, and met Li Chongxuan's gaze calmly, "General, I hope you are well."

The last time they met was in front of the new emperor's palace, where she knelt for a long time to plead her case.

"I don't deserve it."

It's really not enough.

Ah-yi turned around and handed the hand warmer to Heng-chi, saying, "Young Marquis, can I have a word with General Li alone?"

The deliberately emphasized word "alone" made Hengzhi take a closer look at A's expression.

"Okay." He agreed, nodded slightly to Li Chongxuan, and walked out.

But he didn't go far. He stood in the yard, thinking over and over again in his mind.

Just now, in front of the Marquis's house, Ah's round fan almost covered her face. When she lowered her head to go up the steps, Li Chongxuan, who was following behind her, suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her arm.

With such disrespectful behavior, everyone around looked towards the two narrow steps.

Li Chongxuan's eyes were very complicated at that time, but he was shocked first. Ah's eyes were also not friendly, as if warning him of something.

So while the guests were being arranged to enter the main hall to watch the ceremony, the current scene occurred.

"Yuan Ning, do you know that everyone in Da Chong has been informed to report the whereabouts of the princess immediately? Even in my barren Yuanzhou, everyone knows about this!" When away from outsiders, Li Chongxuan couldn't help but adopt the tone of preaching of an elder.

This title that had not been used for a long time made Ah'ao feel a little dazed.

Li Chongxuan's wife, Liu, was once a close friend of the late Empress Chen Zhaoying, but later the Liu family was convicted and exiled to the northwest.

When Liu's father was in Yuanzhou, he caught a cold but had no money to see a doctor. He met Li Chongxuan, who was still a small centurion, and he helped him. Later, things went smoothly. Li Chongxuan won military merits all the way and gradually became a general.

He proposed to give Liu a proper position as a general's wife, but Liu refused with tears.

An official is not allowed to marry a woman who has been convicted of a crime.

Li Chongxuan was a sentimental man, and he worried about this for more than half a month. Finally, despite the risk of forging documents, he first notified the Liu family that all of them had died of the bitter cold, and then made a false household registration document for his wife, and only then was the marriage possible.

All traces of the incident were wiped out, and only he and his wife and the late queen knew about it in the world.

Oh, there’s one more person named A’ao.

In view of the friendship between Liu and the late queen, Li Chongxuan went to the capital every year to celebrate the New Year. He and his wife also watched A'ao grow up.

"General, I have been away from the capital for almost a year, but I have not been discovered yet, right?" Ah-yi smiled faintly, "I must have my reasons for doing this, I just hope you don't tell anyone about it."

Even at this moment, A'ao found that her back was soaked with cold sweat, but she still had to appear calm.

Li Chongxuan is a rigid and stubborn person and finds it difficult to understand A's situation.

"Now that I have met the princess today, I will not sit idly by! Pack up and I will send you back to the capital safely." Li Chongxuan's weed-like eyebrows frowned, and he looked ferocious.

really.

"Uncle Li, for the sake of my late mother, I will still treat you as my elder." Ah's tone suddenly became more serious. "Although we meet at palace banquets every year, do you know how I spend every day in the palace?"

Li Chongxuan suddenly fell silent.

A's birth only made the Lantern Festival lively.

Emperor Wu An believed this was a good omen, and he looked forward to his eldest son having another child to continue the royal bloodline.

A's mother consumed too much energy during childbirth and was infertile for many years. Due to the rules of the court, illegitimate sons were considered lowly and could not take concubines, so they could only blame A's father Shen Cong.

This anger accumulated and was vented on A's mother.

Emperor Wu An also often summoned his daughter-in-law to the palace to reprimand her, blaming her for not being able to give birth to children and for not being able to continue the royal family line.

Withholding monthly wages and making people kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment were common occurrences.

Chen Zhaoying, who was still the Crown Princess, took care of her young daughter while enduring the sarcasm and ridicule of her husband and uncle. The drunk Shen Cong even beat her up.

Shen Cong would rush into the inner room, smash A'ao's cradle, and scare her into tears.

This kind of life continued until Emperor Wu'an passed away, and Chen Zhaoying officially became the empress.

After becoming the emperor, Shen Cong was happy for a few days and did not cause trouble to the mother and daughter again.

But half a year later, the palace was filled with beauties, but no one was pregnant. He was furious again, smashing cups and bowls in Chong'an Palace every day.

Chen Zhaoying was given a final ultimatum. Her husband, the emperor, believed that his daughter was of bad luck and therefore blocked the prosperity of the incense.

Death and being sent away from the palace, these two choices were placed before the desperate Chen Zhaoying.

On a rainy night, she coaxed A'ao to sleep, and gave her daughter to Cui, the wife of the late Minister of Rites, at the side door of the West Palace Gate.

From then on until death we never saw each other again.

Cui had no children and lived a lonely life after becoming a widow, so she took great care to raise A'ao.

It was not until A'ao's father passed away when she was fifteen years old that she was summoned into the palace by her uncle.

The first sentence was, "Choose one to marry."

There was a booklet lying on the ground, with names of people Ah-yi didn't recognize, but their backgrounds seemed very familiar.

The old ministers who had been suppressed by Shen Cong and the criminals who had been banished to the bitter and cold areas all hated the imperial court to the core.

It is a hot oil pan, a den of tigers and wolves. Not a single word mentions killing, but there are dead ends everywhere.

Ah-yi looked up and asked, "Uncle, have I ever offended you?"

The new emperor was high above, and snorted and laughed twice, "My niece has never offended me, I just can't bear to see you happy. If you want me to kill you, what will you do?"

The men in their Shen family are all weird.

"I asked him if there was any room for maneuver so I could stop being a princess."

Back in this small house, it has only been a year since I changed from the elaborate wedding dresses to the plain clothes I wore before.

Ah-yi looked at Li Chongxuan straight in the eye. "He smiled and said yes, then ordered my maid to be beaten to death outside the Yongning Gate. He told me that if I didn't want to get married, I should find another place to live, and let this little girl go down to help you with the arrangements first."

Ah's mind can still vividly remember the new emperor's joking but sharp words.

If it weren't for Madam Cui's imperial decree, after A'ao escaped from the capital, she would have been left alone in a grave.

Li Chongxuan listened to the calm tone and had never felt winter so cold.

"But... Yuan Ning, you are a princess after all."

"General, as long as no one finds me, I will not be a princess. This is my ability."

As long as you don't rush to report me. "I have no intention of going against anyone, I just want to live."

The brief silence was like a flood, engulfing the two people who had their own thoughts.

a long time--

"But is this the reason why you want to marry Zhao Hou? How can you agree to get married without your parents' permission?" Li Chongxuan stubbornly adhered to the rule and still refused to give in.

Ah'ao sneered in her heart, my parents have long been reincarnated, who can make decisions for me?

The auspicious time for the wedding ceremony is approaching, and delaying it any further would arouse even more suspicion.

She began to change her words, "The general and his wife have loved each other all their lives, and they must be loving parents. If your daughter is forced to marry in the Far North Grassland and never see her again, what will happen if your wife's identity is reported to the emperor in a letter?"

"You!" Li Chongxuan turned away angrily.

"General, don't be anxious. What's the difference between me, the daughter of a guilty minister, and a princess who ran away? " A'ao said, slowly approaching Li Chongxuan, with her right hand slightly moving in her wide sleeves.

"Yuan Ning, how can you be so silent..."

Before she finished her words, Ah'ao accurately pinched Li Chongxuan's Fengchi acupoint, and the snow-white blade of her right hand pressed against his neck. Where the tip of the knife touched, she felt a pulsating pulse.

The pearl necklace was only flicked twice.

As if he had not expected that the little princess would be so bold, Li Chongxuan opened his eyes that were clouded by the wind and sand. A great general actually forgot to resist.

This is exactly the effect that Ah-yi wants.

When a general has been on the battlefield for a long time, he rarely puts on his armor and goes into battle. When a secret has been kept for a long time, he feels safe.

"Hengzhi is at the door now. If you want to expose me today, your wife's identity must be brought into the capital with me." A's voice became as cold as a dagger.

"Let's see which is faster, the general's horse or Kezhou's eagle?"

After the sixteenth bird flew over the eaves, Hengzhi heard a sound from the door frame.

A'ao came out first.

Seeing that she was still smiling, I thought the problem had been solved.

No one expected Li Chongxuan's sudden appearance.

There had been a yellow sand disaster in Yuanzhou a few days ago, and Li Chongxuan was so busy that he didn't even have time to send someone to express his inquiries when Hengqi passed away, let alone a marriage for his young man.

But he came anyway, and it seemed that he recognized Ah'ao at first sight.

The princess once again pushed him behind her bravely. Hengzhi had a lot of ideas but no chance to act.

I was so worried that I kept sighing at the door.

Li Chongxuan followed out with a grim look on his face.

He walked out halfway and then retreated hesitantly, "Hey, my lieutenant has piled your gift at the door." He quickly glanced at Ah-yi and took out a bracelet that was so green that it seemed to drip out of his arms, "Yuan... this is for you."

This book was bought by Li Chongxuan as a gift for his wife. He handed it to Ah-yi half as a flatterer and half as a congratulatory gesture.

This quality looks extremely expensive.

Li Chongxuan's love for his wife is not just talk.

Ah-yi accepted it with a smile, as if the swordplay had never happened. "Goodbye, General. I will definitely go to see the Madam when I have time."

The old man snorted and left without even drinking a sip of tea.

Hengqi and Ah-yi stood side by side in the yard. The sun was higher, shining a little warmly on them.

When the snow melts and the day gets cold, white air appears when you open your mouth.

Hengzhi had doubts in his mind, but did not ask.

"Use reason to persuade him and appeal to his emotions." Ah-yi saw through his emotions and explained with a shake of her head. "Let's go, let's go to the wedding hall."

There was no mention of the clash of swords.

It's an auspicious time.
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"I've never seen such a boring wedding night in my life." The bridesmaid and Yunli each took an embroidered stool and sat at the door of the bridal chamber.

It was already late at night, the fire in the stove was burning brightly, making Xi Niang anxious.

According to the rules, the red candles in the bridal chamber must be kept burning all night. Ah-yi and Heng-chi were a fake couple, so they certainly couldn't do anything about the wedding candles.

But the candle burned all night and I couldn’t sleep at all.

"This box is not filled with silver, but gold!"

Yunli laughed out loud when he heard the exaggerated tone. She was their new wife, not like other girls from noble families who were reserved and artificial. She was very clear.

"Look at this! What kind of nonsense is this! Who counts gifts on the wedding night?" The bridesmaid was really upset, but Yunli kept laughing, "You little girl, you don't understand anything."

Yunli was unhappy.

"Although this is my first time seeing someone get married, the young marquis and his wife are not much older than me. Don't ordinary young couples also live in this way?" She handed a handful of peanuts roasted by the stove to the matchmaker, "Eat some!"

The young couple rolled up their sleeves and spent their time in the house enjoying their money.

"It's like this." Ah-yi entered the last box of calligraphy and paintings into the account book one by one, and said, "I know these should all belong to you, but can you lend me some money first?"

The room was warm. Hengzhi had taken off his outer robe, revealing his strong forearms.

The red candles did not provide strong illumination, so before they were blinded, the candle core had to be cut to make it brighter.

The young marquis stood with his back to the light, his outlines soft.

"Tell me the number."

Ah-yi ran over to help him remove the lampshade, "Fifty taels, I'll count it as your investment. When my business is successful, I'll give you dividends, how about that?"

Her pair of almond-shaped eyes sparkled brightly under the candlelight, and it was clear that she was blinded by the sight of money.

Fifty taels, I thought it was a big number. Heng Qi chuckled, "Rarely, you and Sister Zhou also boasted like this, right?"

Maybe it was because I cut it too much, but the candle wick started to crackle and explode.

"Go to the warehouse tomorrow and ask. If the Marquis's wife wants money, who will ask you no?" His tone was as relaxed as if Ah'ao had only asked for a few stones.

At this moment, Lord Zhaohou's prestige reached its peak in A's heart.

"Good brother! If I, Cui Yi, earn one or two taels of silver, I will never give you less than five cents." Yi patted Heng Qi's shoulder.

Two overlapping shadows were reflected on the gauze curtain, like mandarin ducks embracing each other.

Unfortunately, this wonderful story of a young man and a young woman took a sudden turn and was rewritten into the Peach Garden Oath.

(End of this chapter)