There seems to be no autumn in Xizhou, five thousand miles away from Yongcheng. There are no fallen leaves in autumn here, only yellow sand. At this time, a girl with bright eyebrows is riding on a camel. Looking along the line of sight, the sunset is setting in the west.
This golden light seems to blend into this land of yellow sand, boundless.
She couldn't help but shudder. It was autumn after all, and even the west wind was carrying a chill.
When dusk fell, there was no color in the sky, and only a few stars merged into a dazzling galaxy, which was dazzling. She looked up at the dark gray night sky. In her mind, she remembered what the woman said, "Act when you are tempted.
Follow your heart." But for a moment, she forgot her intention of coming to this bitter cold place. Is this person so important? He is worthy of leaving everything in Beijing and traveling thousands of miles to come here, just to... vent.
?revenge?
She didn't understand, but now that she was here, she couldn't give up halfway. No matter what, she had to meet someone before talking!
Yuan Min came with the caravan a few months ago, and she only had Bai Yi, who had grown up with her, by her side. She came out secretly and did not tell anyone. She knew that her parents would never agree to her coming here no matter what.
She was waiting for the dangerous border area, but she always couldn't swallow her anger... She used the excuse to go to Chang Ning's place to stay for a while, and then asked someone to deliver a message to her parents. By the time they saw it, she had already walked most of the distance...
Everything was fine before, but this month she was just restless, always feeling that something big was happening, and she was powerless to stop it... In her dream, she saw the empty house, she was afraid, and walked forward quickly, shouting at the top of her lungs
She shouted, but no one answered her. She was always covered in cold sweat and woke up from her sleep. She could only fall asleep with Bai Yi by her side.
He was going to the city tomorrow, but Yuan Min tossed and turned that night and couldn't fall asleep.
In order to hide her identity on the way, she had to swallow her anger and endure all the twists and turns. Bai Yi couldn't help but complain, it was all because of Xue Yan, otherwise why would their noble princess have to suffer such injustice! Yuan Min thought, when she arrives in the west
Zhou, find your father’s former subordinates and make them teach Xue Yan a lesson!
On the second day, Yuan Min entered the city with the caravan. She and Bai Yi first settled at an inn, and then found out where the army was stationed.
Only part of the army was stationed in the city, and Yuan Min was not sure whether he would be able to find Xue Yan today.
Xue Yan went on an expedition with Xue Fangji and his son, but he was still relatively inexperienced and it was his first expedition, so he was left stationed in the city to assist in the transportation of grain and grass and logistics. In the days since he came to Xizhou, he changed his previous casual style and
He had been doing his duty conscientiously all day long. A caravan came into the city early this morning, so he went to inspect it personally.
"Who are you?" The soldier on duty at the door asked warily when he saw two veiled women approaching.
Bai Yi said: "We are looking for Xue Yan! Go and report!"
She even called Xue Yan by his first name. It seemed that she might have a good background, but it was impossible for the soldier to just listen to her words. "Who are you? Why should I listen to you!"
Seeing that he has found this now, Yuan Min feels that he no longer needs to hide his identity. "Insolent! Do you know who I am? How dare you be so unreasonable!"
The soldier looked a little frivolous and said, "Yo? Who are you? Tell me! You have been making trouble for a long time. Could it be that you are cheating!"
"I am the daughter of King Yong and Princess Ming. How dare you be so presumptuous!"
"What!" Several soldiers looked at each other. Wasn't the Yongwang Mansion already confiscated and executed? They were all dead. Where did Princess Ming come from? Could this man be a lunatic or really just here to deceive? The soldier laughed loudly.
"What Prince Yong? Prince Yong's house has been ransacked a long time ago. Where is the princess returned? Could it be that she is a crazy woman!"
Several people burst into laughter again.
Yuan Min's face suddenly turned pale. She couldn't believe her ears. She rushed up and shouted: "What did you say? You are searching for someone to kill!"
The soldier was impatient and waved his hand to drive her away, "Let's go! Don't go crazy here, I will arrest you!"
Yuan Min shouted: "I told you to say it again! Where did you hear that!"
At this moment, Xue Yan led his people back to the camp, and saw a noisy scene at the entrance of the camp, and two women. He frowned and rode over. After seeing the woman's profile clearly, he froze on the spot, not daring to
Believe it!
Li Yuanmin! Why is she here?
When the soldiers saw Xue Yan coming, they bowed hurriedly and shouted: "Captain Xue."
Yuan Min heard the sound and looked over. It turned out to be Xue Yan. Just as she was about to speak out, Xue Yan immediately got off his horse and grabbed her. Yuan Min shouted: "What are you doing! Let me go!"
Xue Yan covered her mouth and reminded loudly: "Where did this crazy woman come from, cheating and cheating here, and she is tired of living? The Yongwang Mansion was confiscated by the saint as early as September. Princess Ming
You also committed suicide by throwing yourself into the lake! There is no such person in the world, and you still dare to call yourself Princess Ming! Are you crazy?"
When Yuan Min heard this, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She looked at Xue Yan in disbelief, her face turned ashen, and she kept shaking her head, "Impossible! Impossible!" However, her mouth was covered tightly, and she could not utter a single word.
When she left, her parents, brothers and sisters were all still well at home. How could it be possible...how could she die in a blink of an eye and suffer such a catastrophe!
Xue Yan didn't let her speak, and ordered someone to find a piece of cloth, stuff it into her mouth, tie her up and put her on a horse. At this time, Bai Yi was already scared to death, Xue Yan looked at her and said in a deep voice
: "If you don't want to die, just follow."
After saying that, he rode out of the camp. Bai Yi was so frightened that he hurriedly trotted to follow.
Immediately, Yuan Min looked at Xue Yan fiercely, like a wolf that was about to pounce on him at any time and eat him alive. Xue Yan was as arrogant and aggressive as ever. He pulled out the cloth from her mouth and said, "Where do you live?
?”
"Why should I tell you?"
"Okay, if you don't tell me, I will throw you into the deep mountains and old forests. This place is not like Yongcheng. There are wild wolves that come and go at night."
Yuan Min had no choice but to say the name of the inn angrily.
Xue Yan carried the person off the horse like a cloud and flowing water, and took her to the house where she lived. Yuan Min said dissatisfied: "Don't let me go yet!"
Xue Yan looked at her, sneered, and said while untying her: "Do you think this is still the past? This is not the place you should be, leave quickly!"
Yuan Min sneered and raised his voice involuntarily, "Where is the place I should go? Is there any place for me in this world?"
Xue Yan untied the rope and said coldly: "That has nothing to do with me!"
"You bastard!" Yuan Min looked at the person in front of him, waved his hand and slapped him.
Xue Yan was defenseless and asked sternly: "Are you crazy!"
Unexpectedly, Yuan Min rushed forward again, hitting and biting Xue Yan. Xue Yan reached out and pushed her away. She grabbed his hand and bit it. At this moment, it seemed that all the resentment and resentment were gone.
Finding the exit...she suddenly increased her strength.
She came because of him, not for him. He blatantly refused to marry, which was a slap in her face. She was willing to give in, but he still refused to marry. She was so arrogant, how could she swallow this breath!
So she came, not to ask him to change his mind, but because of the resentment in her heart!
Xue Yan screamed, but when he saw Li Yuanmin's tears pouring out of the corners of his eyes, he had no choice but to close his eyes and let her bite him as if resigned to his fate. After all, he owed her first. What's more, now...she has no close relatives in this world, if she can
To make her feel better, let her bite.
Yuan Min used her real strength and bit Xue Yan's hand to draw blood after a while. But, what's the use? No matter how mischievous and troublesome she is, her parents, brothers and sisters will never come back.
She fell down in despair and regretted her mistake. She couldn't help crying anymore, "I shouldn't have left, I shouldn't have left... I shouldn't have acted so willfully! Why did I come here! Why!"
Yuan Min couldn't stop choking, "Grandma and grandma..."
After all, Xue Yan was not a hard-hearted person. He had known Li Yuanmin for many years, and he couldn't bear it in his heart. He knelt down next to Yuanmin and softened his tone, "Okay, stop crying."
Yuan Min ignored him and kept wiping his tears, very stubborn.
Xue Yan said again: "If you cry again, they will never come back!"
Yuan Min glared at him fiercely, "If your family dies, try not to shed a single tear!" She stretched out her hand to wipe her tears, raised her head, still looking proud, "You want to see my joke? What a joke!"
After reading this, get out of here!"
Xue Yan was also an arrogant master. He couldn't stand these words, so he stood up and left. At this time, Bai Yi also chased after her. She hurriedly hugged Xue Yan's legs and begged: "My maid is brave, please plead with Xue Langjun
, please help our Qiniang."
Yuan Min's crying didn't stop, so he called her to stop and stopped: "Get up quickly, what do you want him to do?"
Bai Yi shook her head and said with tears: "Qiniang is now homeless and has no one to rely on in Xizhou. She only knows you, Xue Langjun, and she is a weak woman who is alone outside. Now she has nothing.
I also hope that Xue Langjun, for the sake of past friendship, will not expose Qiniang’s identity and stick to this matter."
Xue Yan was still angry and did not answer. He frowned and said, "Let go!"
Bai Yi refused and asked him to agree. He kicked the person away and left the inn in a hurry.
He didn't answer, and Yuan Min and Bai Yi didn't know whether he would reveal her identity. The next day, someone took them to a small courtyard. There were two tall servants inside, looking at Yuan Min all day long.
Min, she was not allowed to go out. Nothing happened for many days, and Xue Yan never came.
Yuan Min clamored to see him, and if he didn't come, she would go on a hunger strike. Naturally, Xue Yan came anyway.
"What do you want? Do you want to imprison me? Lock me in this yard all day long until I die of old age?"
Xue Yan's anger had subsided at this time, and he was much calmer than the last time he saw her, but his words were still ugly, "Then where else can you go? Do you have somewhere to go? Do you want to die if others find out your identity?
no?"
Yuan Min became even more angry, and she retorted, "Does it have anything to do with you whether I live or die? Our engagement has long been over. What qualifications do you have to teach me!"
In the end, the two broke up on bad terms.
Bai Yi was much older than Yuan Min and could see clearly. She had persuaded Yuan Min many times to have a better attitude towards Xue Yan and not to be tit-for-tat with him all the time.
Yuan Min didn't listen. She was disgusted with Xue Yan who slapped her in the face for regretting the marriage, and she was also disgusted with her willful self.
"What happened in the palace... Even if Qiniang was present at the time, nothing could be changed, but she was also the one who suffered the same disaster... Qiniang has thought about it. Princess and the others knew that you were not in Yongcheng for a long time, so why were there still rumors that you committed suicide by throwing yourself into the lake?
Where is it?"
Yuan Min lowered his head and said nothing.
"It's because those who went there still want to save Qiniang! You live well, not only for yourself, but also for their hard work! Now only Xue Yan knows your identity. If he doesn't tell, no one will know.
, only he can help you now! You must not waste the hard work of the prince and princess just for the sake of temporary anger!"
Yuan Min was a little confused for a moment. She opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but found that she didn't want to say anything. Tears had already slipped from her eyes, and she numbly stretched out her hand to wipe them away.
Yes, today is different from the past. She no longer has the confidence to show off, and she no longer has close relatives... In this matter, Li Yuanmin no longer exists.
She had already died in that disaster, in Yongcheng.
Not long after, news came from the front line of the great victory of the Ye army, and the soldiers of the Western Expedition were about to return to the court.
Yuan Min was willing to take the initiative to bow her head. The relationship between her and Xue Yan had already eased a lot. Xue Yan had already done something wrong to her, so he was willing to go down this level and sometimes took the initiative to see her.
One evening, Xue Yan came to see her. The weather was getting colder and the wind was blowing. He glanced at the woman who was swinging in the yard and couldn't help but frown.
Yuan Min looked at the bright red sky and said with emotion: "It's so beautiful. You probably won't see it again in the future, right?"
Xue Yan was silent for a while and asked: "What are your plans for the future...?"