Thin Mei·Love Fragrance Quilt

Chapter 143

She looked down at her narrow, brightly colored jacket, feeling dismayed.

Why are her clothes different from theirs?
Behind the woman, there were two attendants in full armor, and they were bowing to Li Mingyuan: "My lord, my lord, seeing that you haven't returned for a long time, and my lady ran over again, I'm very worried, so I must hurry over to have a look."

Li Mingyuan let go of Ke Qianmei, stood up and held the woman's hand, rubbed it for her, and said with a smile: "Jingxue, running out in such cold, what should I do if I catch a cold?"

The woman shook her head and said with a smile: "Our Zhang family is also a family of generals, how can we be so weak?"

She lowered her head and saw Ke Qianmei who was standing quietly. She stared at it for a moment, and suddenly said pleasantly: "This child is awake? Is she awake?"

Li Mingyuan touched Ke Qianmei's head, smiled and said: "She has forgotten all about the past. But her sanity is no longer a problem. She is very obedient, very obedient, and will not hurt you again."

He bent down and asked her gently: "You won't hurt her again, will you?"

But Qian Mei was very surprised, why would she hurt such a beautiful and elegant woman?
She asked him, "Who is she?"

"Her name is Zhang Jingxue, and I believe Wang Li Mingyuan's wife. She is your relative and mine. You...you must treat her well and don't hurt her any more, you understand?"

But Qianmei was depressed: "Did I hurt her? I don't remember..."

Zhang Jingxue immediately stepped forward to hug her, hugged her tightly, and said with a smile: "No, no! Qian'er is very good, how could she hurt me? My Qian'er... finally... finally..."

She actually started to cry, holding her and weeping until she couldn't make a sound.

When Li Mingyuan finally separated them, Ke Qianmei's face was full of Zhang Jingxue's tears, but she was confused.

Li Mingyuan held one of them in each hand, and when he led them down the hill, he said charmingly to Ke Qian: "If you call me Seventh Uncle, you can call Jingxue Seventh Aunt!"

But Qianmei didn't speak.

Aunt Seven, that sounds awkward.

But Princess Xin Zhang Jingxue seemed more awkward than her. She shook off King Xin's hand, frowned and shouted at him: "No, she has to call me aunt! I'm closer to her!"

Li Mingyuan hesitated, and looked at Ke Qianmei worriedly.

But Qianmei never understood Li Mingyuan's worry, she opened her mouth and called out almost immediately after Zhang Jingxue's words fell, "Auntie!"

Zhang Jingxue laughed, let go of Li Mingyuan's hold on her hand, hugged Ke Qianmei joyfully, and then threw Li Mingyuan away, holding Ke Qianmei by herself and ran all the way downhill.

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Later, she heard Li Mingyuan talk about her life experience, and knew that the day she regained her sanity was the day after she had just massacred the Daguan Department for revenge.

She was insane for several months, and a famous doctor in Central Plains said that her heart disease needs to be treated with heart medicine, and it is better to take heavy medicine for severe illness, which fulfilled her wish.

Li Mingyuan borrowed soldiers from the Empress Dowager Li, and personally took her to wash Daguan's troops with blood. As expected, the heavens returned Ke Qianmei, who was alive and kicking.

Because Ke Qianmei is smart and skilled in martial arts, Empress Dowager Li also likes it, so she listened to Li Mingyuan's suggestion and adopted her as a righteous daughter, becoming a veritable princess.

But the royal court of Beihe is also fighting for power and profit, and the actions of Empress Dowager Li are really absurd. Although Qian Mei claims to live in the palace for many years, she really stays with Empress Dowager Li for a few days.

Whenever she had a chance, she would follow behind Li Mingyuan and his wife, or receive training with Xin Wang's dead men in the desert to hone her courage and martial arts, or dress up as a commoner and go deep into the south to spy on the Zhou army and enjoy the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains.

More often, Li Mingyuan and his wife played the piano and flute, and recited poems in pairs. She followed suit to learn rhythm, diction, and even dance. He smiles.

She is their little tail, and it is a very difficult little tail.

In fact, she doesn't like rhythm, she doesn't like to compose lyrics, and even the brush is far less smooth than the whip or the sword.

But Li Mingyuan liked it, so she thought she must learn it. Only when she was as knowledgeable as Zhang Jingxue, could she catch his eyes and make him look at her with a gentle smile and admiration.

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At first she didn't understand why she cared so much about his eyes.

When they were 14 years old, Zhang Jingxue was weak and needed to rest for a long time, so they returned to the palace to live temporarily.

Gradually, she found that there were more and more Beihe teenagers following behind, and each of them was more brightly dressed, and each of them couldn't wait to show their bravery and talent in front of her.

Their eyes were similar to her eyes following Li Mingyuan.

She finally got the hang of it.

Zhang Jingxue became more and more ill, but on Ke Qianmei's 15th birthday, she insisted on honoring her according to their Central Plains etiquette.

Then she leaned on Li Mingyuan and asked her: "When a girl reaches the age of ji, she is considered an adult and can marry. I see that among the youngsters who like you, many of them have good personalities and family backgrounds. Do you have any favorites?"

But Qianmei hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "I don't like them."

Zhang Jingxue asked: "Then who do you like?"

Ke Qianmei was coy for a moment, and said, "Can I marry Uncle Qi?"

Both of them were stunned.

Li Mingyuan is not her real uncle, and Beihe's concept of chastity and chastity is far less strong than that of the Central Plains people. There are many aunts, nephews and nephews from rich and noble families who serve the same husband, and a son who takes in his concubine after his father's death is even more regarded as a Of course.

But Li Mingyuan and his wife are not from Beihe.

That day, Li Mingyuan lost his temper with her for the first time.

With a sullen face, he only said one word: "Get lost!"

But Qianmei rolled away in despair, and then didn't go back all night.

Zhang Jingxue was worried all night, and Li Mingyuan sent people to search for her all night. In the early morning of the next day, it was Li Mingyuan who found her on the hillside by himself.

She practiced whipping all night and was so tired that she fell asleep on the slope.

Li Mingyuan took her back and did not mention this matter again.

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But the longer Qian Mei grew, the more beautiful she became, and the more popular she was with the Beihe children. She often played and laughed with them, but when it came to marriage, she flatly rejected them all.

When Kanati, the son of Zuoxiang Yi, proposed marriage, Li Mingyuan wanted her to agree.

Xiang Yi held the military power in his hand. If the Queen Mother Li hadn't won his support, she would have never been able to hold the power in Beihe as a subjugated princess who lost her natal family's support.If he wanted to recover Southern Chu, he had to rely on his influence.

But when Qian Mei saw Li Mingyuan talking, although she was not happy, she tried to get along with Kanati.

Unexpectedly, although this Mr. Kanati is good-looking, his character is not very good. After meeting him a few times, he started to play tricks.But Qian Mei is extremely talented and has superb martial arts skills. She has always been guarded by those young stars like the moon, and she is also doted on by the Empress Dowager Li and Li Mingyuan. Ruined the roots of other people's descendants.

Left Prime Minister Xiang Yi was furious, and angrily reprimanded Li Mingyuan in front of Empress Dowager Li.

But Qian Meiyan watched Li Mingyuan, who had always been gentle, dignified and outstanding, being scolded bloody, and had to humbly apologize to others, and also knelt beside him knowingly and did not dare to make a sound.

Li Mingyuan knew that Ke Qianmei would not hurt others for no reason, but he did not criticize her too much.

After Prime Minister Zuo left, she asked, "Do we have to let Prime Minister Zuo bully us?"

Li Mingyuan said: "People have to bow their heads under the eaves. If even Beihe can't gain a foothold, where can we go?"

He spoke in a very desolate manner, his eyes were fixed on the direction of his homeland, and his eyes were like deep underground springs swimming with desolate sorrow.

He rarely showed this kind of grief in front of Zhang Jingxue.No matter how deep the pain of subjugation and the homesickness are, it seems that they can be put aside because of her smile, and indulge in the short-term joy.

But Qian Mei is not his beloved wife Zhang Jingxue who shares his heart and mind, and he doesn't need to worry about his pain making her worry.

But Qianmei looked at his thin shoulders, and thought of the important task of restoring the country that was overwhelming him like mountains and seas, and asked him: "Then what should I do? Even if they try to kill the emperor of Dazhou, they will still elect a new one." When the emperor comes, we Beihe still can't beat them, let alone help you fight back to the Central Plains."

"Although Beihe can't beat them, but without their support, we have no chance at all."

His eyes were far away, but some kind of earnest desire gradually emerged, "Dazhou is not as stable as a rock. If there is another chaos like Kanghou, as long as we can find a flaw from Yu Wenqi in the northern border defense line, We may not be able to take advantage of it.”

He suddenly turned his head, his eyes were burning, "So you must remember that you must not offend people like Zuo Xiang. Maybe... the person who tied the bell is still needed to untie the bell. To deal with them, it depends on you."

Such an ambitious Li Mingyuan is quite different from the fairy-like man in Ke Qianmei's impression.

But she did know that he was her seventh uncle.

He saved her, gave her a second life, and was the closest relative she could remember.

She bowed her head and walked away quietly.

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She went to see Kanati, changed his dressing and scrubbed himself, even stayed at night and stayed with him for a whole night.

But she has a charming smile, beautiful eyes and hopeful eyes, and even her demeanor is close to intimate.

Kanati was so distracted that she not only stopped blaming her, but also complained that her father shouldn't make a fuss because of the fight between the children, embarrassing her dear queen mother and seventh uncle.

Zhang Jingxue was very displeased when she heard about it, but Li Mingyuan smiled and said, "I didn't expect Qian'er to be so exquisite! I always underestimated her!"

He took her hand, looked at her carefully, and asked: "If Uncle Qi needs your help in the future, would you be willing?"

She was ignorant, but happily agreed.

She is not useless to him.

In the spring of the following year, Zhang Jingxue was critically ill.

Before she died, she shook Ke Qianmei's hand and said to Li Mingyuan: "Actually, according to Beihe's custom, it's fine if you marry Qian'er."

Li Mingyuan didn't answer, just hugged her tightly in his arms.

Zhang Jingxue said again: "If you don't marry her, I don't feel at ease. I'm afraid I won't be able to rest in peace even if I die."

Li Mingyuan had no choice but to reply: "Whatever you say, so be it! If she really can't find someone she likes, I will marry her."

Only then did Zhang Jingxue heave a sigh of relief, and found an excuse to send Li Mingyuan away, but climbed onto Ke Qianmei's arm and whispered in her ear.

She was terminally ill, her breath was like a gossamer, her voice was like a gnat, but it was clear to her ears.

She said: "Qian'er, the one I'm worried about is him. Marry him, use your youthful beauty, your exquisite delicacy, persuade him to stay away from right and wrong, don't let him think about his country, he His home, his ambitions...those are too difficult, too risky, and...too tiring. I...would rather he be like you, forgetting everything. It's so good to forget..."

But Qian Mei seems to understand but doesn't understand, and Zhang Jingxue has passed away suddenly.

Li Mingyuan was so distraught that he could not eat or drink, and he tortured himself until he was broken.

Hualiu had an envoy to mourn, but she looked at Ke Qianmei with astonishment; when he saw Li Mingyuan come out, Li Mingyuan also looked at her strangely.

He asked her to go to Hualiu, and learn the etiquette of the Central Plains from Ning Qingwu, who once made the emperor of Zhou lose his soul, and who still can't forget it, and how to serve that man named Tang Tianxiao.

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