"The fragrance of lotus flowers in the beautiful pond sends you to cross the pond; the colorful clouds carry the sky, hoping that you will shed tears; there is a slight frost on the temples, and I miss you heartbroken..."
Yingchi County, which is as famous as Lingxi and Yun'an scenic spots, is in the season of lotus flowers. The dense lotus flowers and lotus pods cover the lake. At first glance, it looks like a gorgeous mural lying across the lake. When the gentle and clear singing comes to the ears
During the period, I felt even more like I was in a fairyland.
A small boat slowly approached the Lotus Pier. The old man on the boat handed the bamboo basket to the girl sitting on the bow. His kind smile was full of joy: "The lotus pods are big this year. When grandpa goes to the city and sells them, I will make money for you."
New clothes.”
"It's good if you have some clothes to wear, why do you have to buy new ones?" The girl lowered her head and picked out the lotus pods. Her soft tone was more gentle than other women in the water town, "Yun'er doesn't want new clothes. Grandpa is willing to take Yun'er to the academy when we go to the city.
Just take a stroll.”
The old man's smile weakened by three points, and seemed to be a little more bitter: "Sell the money... After I sell these, I can borrow some from your Aunt Chen. Maybe I can get enough money to go to a private school."
Hearing the guilt in the old man's tone, the girl froze, raised her head and explained hurriedly: "Grandpa, Yun'er didn't say she wanted to go to a private school to study, she just wanted to go to the academy. Children from poor families, no matter how much they study,
What's the use of books? Besides, I'm already so old, and I'm not at the age where I can go to private schools to learn poetry and calligraphy. Yun'er is already very contented to be able to pick and sell lotuses with her grandfather every day."
"It's a pity that my Yun'er has such skillful hands, just like your father, he can write and draw." The old man's voice trembled slightly as if he was remembering some sad past, "If only your father could bear not to go to the villagers for a while."
You have come to the forefront, and now you should be a wealthy lady, so why suffer here? Your father can’t forgive your mother, and grandpa can’t forgive you either..."
People say that it took three years to clear the magistrate's office and earn a hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. Who would have thought that the girl on this broken boat was actually the daughter of the county governor? The county governor was slandered and dismissed from office because he refused to accept the forced increase in taxes from his superiors, and died tragically.
If he had known that his daughter would end up like this ten years later, she would have regretted her death before she was beaten to death.
The joyful atmosphere was washed away by untimely sadness. The girl silently helped the old man ashore, and then she wanted to move the lotus pods on the boat. There was a rustle in the grass around her, and a tall figure suddenly appeared out of the blue.
The girl turned pale with fright, and the lotus pods in her arms fell to the ground.
"Ah, I'm sorry, did you scare the girl?" A gentle male voice sounded softly. The girl looked intently, and it turned out that the man who came out was a handsome man. He should be a few years older than her, but he was wearing the same clothes.
Those who are cut from the best fabrics can tell at a glance that they belong to a wealthy family.
There are many rich people who are dandy, arrogant, domineering, and flirting with women. How many of them are good people? The girl shook her head unenthusiastically in response and bent down to pick up the lotus pods on the ground. Unexpectedly, the man also squatted down and picked up the lotus pods with neat movements.
Put it in the hands of a girl.
"Girl, don't be afraid. I'm not a bad person. I just heard singing here when I was passing by and was attracted by it, so I came over to take a look - is the person singing just now you, girl? It's really nice."
The girl kept her head lowered and refused to reply. Seeing this, the old man walked tremblingly between the two of them. He blocked the girl behind him without any trace and said with a smile: "Please forgive me, my granddaughter. My granddaughter is mute and cannot speak, let alone sing."
, it seems that the young master has found the wrong person."
"So..." The man seemed a little disappointed, paused, and suddenly took out a few pieces of broken silver and stuffed it into the old man's hand, "I bought these lotus pods as an apology. I'm really sorry for scaring you two just now."
After saying this, the man did not stop, turned around, walked onto the shore, and strode away.
Their eyes followed the well-proportioned figure until it disappeared. The old man and the girl looked at each other and let out a sigh of relief.
"Yun'er, don't sing anymore, be patient. Grandpa is really afraid that you will be snatched away by that dog officer who has been stabbed a thousand times. Alas, these days..."
The grass outside Lianhua Pier moved slightly, and the man who should have left took all the conversation between his grandfather and grandson into his heart, and then moved his footsteps and left quietly. Not far away, he saw a horse approaching, and the people on the horse were bigger than each other.
The man was half a head taller and also young and handsome.
"In the blink of an eye, I found that you disappeared without a trace. Where did you go?" The man on the horse said in a helpless tone.
"Suiliang, do I look like a bad person?"
"No, the bad guys are not as vicious as His Highness."
The man who was called His Highness was stunned and sighed in distress: "I just heard a woman singing, which sounded very nice. But when I went over to ask, she would rather pretend to be mute than talk to me. I'm really annoyed."
"The world is not peaceful, how can a woman from a good family dare to talk to strangers casually?" The smile on his face disappeared, and the man on horseback said with a hint of coldness, "The governor of Yingchi is a lustful person, and he has not been kidnapped in the past two years.
There are as many as eleven women in the Shaoliang family who were forced to be their concubines. People were intimidated by this and dared not speak out. The ministers in the government talked about strengthening the country every day. There are such officials in Dayao.
How can we become stronger?”
"That's why I said that if we want Dayao to become a great power in Zhongzhou again, it is imperative to reform the government."
Taking a deep breath and jumping off the horse, the man clasped his fists respectfully and saluted: "Ou Suiliang is willing to serve His Highness and charge into the battle, even to the death!"
This oath was not flattery but sincere. In his opinion, there was only one person who could accomplish this feat by eradicating the shortcomings and revitalizing the Yao Kingdom and even unifying Zhongzhou - the current second prince of the Yao Kingdom, Yi Huaiyu.
"Okay, okay, you and I have grown up together and are brothers and sisters, so what are you doing with this whole thing of allegiance and disloyalty?" Yi Huaiyu waved his hand, grabbed the horse without politeness and got on it, with a bright and hearty smile unique to the young man,
"Suiliang, you will never betray me. I know this better than you, so no matter what happens in the future, you will stay with me and be my most trusted confidant."
In that year, the distant country was vast but barren, suppressed by powerful powers outside, and in political chaos inside; Yi Huaiyu was still the prince that year, Ou Suiliang had not yet put on armor to go into battle, and there was no concubine named Yun'er in the palace;
That year, no one knew that turmoil was about to start in the distant country and even Zhongzhou, and that the sleeping huge empire was about to wake up, and the starting point of all this was a little-known lotus dock on a sunny summer day.
Yi Huaiyu also didn't expect that a random move when he was in a mood would bring him a lifetime of love.
In the autumn of the same year, the border guards of Yaoguo could not bear the oppression of neighboring countries and rebelled. With unscrupulous generals available in the court, the second prince Yi Huaiyu volunteered to go to the southern border and successfully put down the rebellion within two months. However, after returning to the imperial capital,
On the way, they were violently retaliated by the fleeing border guards.
The past catastrophe in Yaoguo and the hidden relationship in the royal family are quietly beginning to unfold at this time.