The second son of the Xiao family has a fiancée. His Majesty personally arranged the marriage. The fiancée is a girl dressed as a man. She once fought on the battlefield with Xiao Jue and made outstanding military achievements. Now she is the first female marquis since the founding of the Wei Dynasty, Marquis Wu'an.

Overnight, the streets and alleys of Shuojing City, as well as the restaurants and teahouses, were all talking about the same thing. Some people said that Mr. Xiao was indeed extraordinary, and his fiancée was a capable woman who was no less capable than a man. Others said that he did not marry the good Miss Shen, but chose to marry an ordinary woman with no family background, and such a person who did not follow the rules and showed off in public, and they really did not know what he was thinking.

No matter what outsiders said, the Xiao family was still shrouded in joy. Early the next morning, Bai Rongwei and Xiao Jing took the gifts they had packed overnight, grabbed Xiao Jue, and went to the He family.

Undoubtedly, it attracted a lot of attention from the neighbors.

He Sui complained in his heart that the Xiao family came too quickly. He didn't even have time to ask Qingmei to go out to buy tea. Qingmei had no choice but to pour a few cups of hot water. The family sat awkwardly in the room looking at the people opposite them.

He Yan had just finished boxing in the backyard. The Xiao family came in a hurry and she had no time to change clothes. So after Xiao Jing and the others sat down, she saw a young girl wearing work clothes and with her hair tied into a bun, walking over while wiping the sweat from her forehead.

He Yan thought Xiao Jue came alone today, but when he looked again, Bai Rongwei and Xiao Jing were also there. He was at a loss and looked towards Xiao Jue. Before Xiao Jue could say anything, Xiao Jing said, "Mr. He, Miss He, it is really rude to come to your house today. Please forgive me."

"It's okay, it's okay." He Sui smiled. He didn't sleep last night. He sat in the yard in the middle of the night and looked at the sky for several hours. He Yan's marriage came too suddenly, and it didn't seem real. Even though it was His Majesty's marriage, he was not sure in his heart. Everyone in the world said that Xiao Jue was a perfect match, but such a family had never been in the same world as them.

He and Xiao Jue had been together for too short a time last night, and he vaguely felt that this General Feng Yun did not have the temper of a young master, and was much better than Fan Cheng. But He Sui had also heard a little about Xiao Jue's family situation. Now Xiao Jue had no elders above him, only his brother and sister-in-law. Xiao Jing was a well-known humble gentleman in the capital, but Bai Rongwei did not know him. However, he was always worried that his daughter would suffer if she married into another family. Moreover, He Yan was spoiled by him, and what if other families did not spoil her as much as his own family in the future?

He Sui did not want He Yan to marry into a wealthy family. As the saying goes, there is a reason for marrying someone of equal status. Rather than marrying into a wealthy family and being looked down upon, it would be better for her to marry into an ordinary family who would hold her in the palm of their hands.

He Sui felt bitter.

However, the attitude of the Xiao family's brother and sister-in-law was somewhat beyond He Sui's expectations.

Bai Rongwei and Xiao Jing were not people who were greedy for fame and fortune. They were extremely grateful that Xiao Jue finally had a lover. They were afraid that they would scare the girl away, so they were naturally very considerate. Regarding the marriage between the two families, Bai Rongwei also discussed every detail with He Sui. Seeing that the Xiao family was so serious, He Sui felt relieved.

Being valued is always a good thing.

He Yan sat on the side, with no opportunity to get a word in. It was thanks to He Yunsheng that he went to school early in the morning, otherwise if he stayed in the house, who knows how he would have troubled the Xiao family.

He Sui was also observing Xiao Jue. The first wife of the Xiao family looked quite reliable. He Sui did not doubt how outstanding Xiao Jue was. However, it was rumored that Xiao Jue was not interested in women and was cold and indifferent. He did not know what he thought of He Yan. He occasionally asked Xiao Jue questions about He Yan, such as what He Yan liked to eat, what he liked to do, and how he behaved in Liangzhou Guards...

Xiao Jue answered them one by one.

He Yan: “…”

She was like a complete outsider here. When this intimate meeting finally ended, He Sui tried to invite them to dinner.

"Don't bother Master He," Bai Rong said with a smile, "We still have to go back to the mansion first to inform all the relatives of the Xiao family about this matter. The imperial edict arrived in a hurry last night and we didn't have time to inform you. Today we should invite all the relatives and friends to have fun together."

"Then...you must come some other day." He Sui said with a hearty smile.

He Yan: “…”

The rice in their rice jar was not enough to make a meal, and they only had Qingmei as a servant. If they really wanted to leave some rice for the guests, they would probably be hungry, and only a light porridge and a small dish could be served. He Yan looked at the beaming He Sui and was speechless.

He Sui sent Bai Rongwei and the others out. The neighbors who were watching the excitement outside saw He Sui and started to cheer in good faith: "Hey, congratulations, Old He, you've found a great in-law!"

"Lao He is so lucky to have a good daughter. Why don't we have such good fortune?"

"Don't forget us when you become rich, Mr. He. When He Yan was born, I held her in my arms!"

He Yan thought to herself, if the real Miss He was here, she would have blushed with shame after hearing these jokes. After all, she was as stubborn as a brick wall, and she felt a little uncomfortable when she heard these words.

Xiao Jue and her walked behind, and Bai Rongwei and the others seemed to leave space for He Yan and the others to talk. He Yan asked, "Commander, what are you doing tomorrow?"

Xiao Jue looked at her: "What?"

"I plan to go to Yuhua Temple on Mount Lianxue to worship Buddha tomorrow." He Yan said with a smile, "It's Mid-Autumn Festival now. I heard that the Buddha in Yuhua Temple is very powerful. Many people go up the mountain to pray for blessings at this time. Yunsheng has to go to school and my father has to go to work. I will go alone. If you have nothing to do, you can come with me. There is no harm in worshiping Buddha."

She always thought that the meeting with Xiao Jue at night had changed her life. Although her fate was always inevitably a tragic ending, she had more courage before that ending. This courage continued to this day, and it made her and Xiao Jue have a relationship. Fate is long and long, like the red ribbon hanging on the ancient tree. It was abandoned and trampled, but it would still be picked up by another person and hung again in a place where wind and rain could not destroy it.

How lucky I am.

"I have nothing to do tomorrow." Xiao Jue curled his lips, "I can go with you."

"Okay!" He Yan said, "Then I'll wait for you at the gate of Xiao's house at noon tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Jue laughed. He Yan asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?"

"Miss He has forgotten that she is a woman again." Xiao Jue spoke slowly, with a teasing look in his eyes.

He Yan understood and coughed lightly, "Between you and me, there is no need to be bound by worldly views."

"Go to sleep," he chuckled, "I'll pick you up at noon tomorrow."

He Yan nodded.

…

The He family in the capital was full of joy and laughter. However, in another He family, the atmosphere was stagnant and the mansion was filled with the gloom of impending storm.

He Rufei smashed the cup in his hand against the wall with a "bang".

The porcelain cup hit the corner of the wall, and the peony flower on the cup was instantly shattered into pieces. The servants and maids in the room did not dare to speak, but stood there in a daze with their heads down.

It is natural that outsiders say that General Feihong is cheerful, generous and not fussy about details, but occasionally in the house, He Rufei would reveal his gloomy and violent side. Even the servants of the He family would occasionally be confused. Why is it that the general who is so confident and majestic in front of outsiders and as dazzling as the sun would sometimes become as gloomy as a poisonous snake in the gutter at home, with depression in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

"You all go out." He Yuansheng stepped into the room, brushed the debris in front of him aside with his shoes, and told the servants to go out.

The door was closed and He Yuansheng sat down in front of He Rufei.

"It is said that you defeated the enemy in the battle of Huayuan by a thousand miles overnight. You are totally different from before." He Yuansheng took a cup of tea and took a sip. "I think you should pretend to be sick and not attend the court for the next few days."

"Why is it so?" He Rufei sneered and said, "Victory and defeat are common in the military. It's just a military incident. It doesn't matter."

"Really?" He Yuansheng looked at him, "Then why have you been so restless since you returned home last night? Is it because of that woman named He Yan?"

He Rufei suddenly raised his head and looked at him.

"She is not He Yan." He Yuansheng said slowly, "We have sent people to investigate. She is just the daughter of a city gate captain. She had no connection with our family before. I don't know how she managed to get close to Xiao Jue and was even made a marquis. She just showed up in the palace for a while, and you were scared like this? Don't forget, you are General Feihong."

The speaker may not mean it, but to those who hear it carefully, it sounds like sarcasm.

He Rufei's eyes darkened for a moment, and he said, "Of course I know it's just a trick, but at this juncture, someone just announced that I'm different from the past, and this woman named He Yan showed up. What a coincidence, she's also a woman disguised as a man, and got promoted to a higher position, doesn't father think it's too coincidental?"

"What do you want to say?"

"There is nothing wrong with the identity of the woman named He Yan. As a woman, she would not dare to plot against the He family. Besides, everyone who knew about the incident kept silent, except for the Xu family... Xu Zhiheng is as timid as a mouse and will not take the initiative to reveal anything. Father, the woman named He Yan is Xiao Huaijin's fiancée, and Xiao Huaijin protected this woman in the palace last night."

"You mean, this matter was planned by Xiao Huaijin?" He Yuansheng frowned slightly. "The He family and the Xiao family have no grudges in the past. Why did he do this?" If possible, he did not want to be an enemy of Xiao Huaijin. Even Prime Minister Xu, who had power in both the court and the country, could not do anything to Xiao Huaijin, not to mention Governor Xiao, who could chop off the head of a court official's son if he disagreed with him. What else could he not do?

"When He Yan was studying at Xianchang Hall, he was a classmate of Xiao Jue." He Rufei's eyes were deep, "Maybe he has already discovered the secret of He Yan's identity. Now that we have taken refuge with Prime Minister Xu, Xiao Huaijin and Prime Minister Xu are not getting along, so naturally he wants to clean up our family."

"We are very secretive..."

"Father," He Rufei interrupted He Yuansheng before he could finish, "There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. There are spies everywhere in the capital. Since we are already involved in the feud between the Xiao and Xu families, we cannot remain immune."

He Yuansheng sighed slightly.

He always did things with caution, and it would be best if he could reap all the benefits and let others bear the risks first. There were certainly countless advantages to being on the boat with Xu Jingfu, but at the same time, they were also targeted by Xiao Huaijin, which was really a bad thing.

"We are already Xu Xiang's men, Xiao Huaijin will not let us go. In this case," He Rufei's eyes were filled with murderous intent, "strike first to gain the upper hand."

He Yuansheng frowned, "To deal with Xiao Huaijin, don't act rashly."

"Who said I was going to deal with Xiao Huaijin?"

"you mean……"

"Didn't they find a woman to play tricks?" He Rufei spoke slowly, his eyes flashing with endless malice, "Let's start with that woman first."

…

He Yan did not expect that the appearance of the Xiao family would make He Sui start to think about renovating the house, but he had not thought about changing the house. He Yan gave part of his money to He Yunsheng, took part to manage Fuwang of the Xu family, and kept some for himself for future use. In addition, although he is now a marquis, he has no house or land given by the emperor, and he was fined for one year's salary. Even if he is an official, he is an official with clean hands.

She originally wanted to go to the camp outside the city to see Wang Ba and his men. If Hong Shan and his men knew she was a woman, they would be shocked. But she thought that it would be better to wait a few days before going there without thinking of a suitable reason.

For now, let’s go to Yuhua Temple on Lotus Snow Mountain to worship Buddha.

The next morning, He Yan got up and changed into a crab-shell blue long skirt with dark patterns. Thank goodness, although the He family was not wealthy, He Sui was still willing to buy a skirt for Miss He. But in the past year, He Yan had grown a little taller. Although she was still slim, she was not as frail as before, and she looked much healthier. Qingmei picked out some of her long hair and tied it up behind her head, and let the rest hang casually. He Yan looked at herself in the mirror, still not used to it, and then she saw Qingmei smile happily, "Miss, you still look better like this. When I came back before, I almost didn't recognize you."

He Yan thought, now it's like this, we really don't know each other.

He Yan had asked Qingmei to take all the jewelry she had before to the pawn shop to sell them. Now she couldn't even find a hairpin. After searching in the drawer for a long time, Qingmei finally found a wooden hairpin. It was probably carved by He Sui himself and was not worth much, so she didn't pawn it at the time.

"The girl will look good with this on, and Governor Xiao will be happy too." Qingmei muttered to herself.

He Yunsheng and He Sui left early, but they were very confident in Xiao Jue. When they knew that He Yan was going to Lotus Snow Mountain with Xiao Jue, they stopped asking. But maybe it was not because they were confident in Xiao Jue, but in He Yan. After all, ever since they knew that He Yan had chopped off the heads of two Wutuo people in Liangzhouwei, the way the father and son looked at He Yan was very different from the past.

"Alright, alright," He Yan rubbed his head, "Just be casual." He Yan grabbed the bag on the table and said with a smile, "I'm leaving first!"

She didn't ask Qingmei to follow her because Qingmei walked too slowly.

The appointment was for noon. He Yan didn't know when Xiao Jue would arrive, so he opened the door first to see if there was anyone outside. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a carriage parked in front of his door. Fei Nu was driving the horse, the curtain of the carriage was half open, and Xiao Jue was sitting in the carriage reading a book.

He Yan was startled, trotted over, and asked him, "When did you arrive? Why didn't you come in?"

"Just arrived," Xiao Jue put down the book in his hand, "I thought you were still asleep, so I stopped waiting."

He Yan climbed onto the carriage with ease. Chi Wu started to hurry. He Yan sat down and rubbed his hands. "Have you had breakfast?"

Xiao Jue glanced at her and said nothing. He took out a mahogany box from under the small table in the carriage. As soon as he opened it, a fragrant aroma filled his nose. It turned out to be hot cakes and a cup of sweet syrup.

"How do you know I haven't eaten yet?" He Yan was deeply moved. In the morning, Qingmei had to comb her hair and had gotten up early. He Yan couldn't bear to ask her to cook for him earlier, so he thought of buying two steamed buns on the street before Xiao Jue came. He never thought that Xiao Jue would prepare so thoughtfully.

Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows, "The food in the temple is limited, I'm afraid it won't be enough for you to eat."

Since he had prepared breakfast, He Yan didn't care about his teasing of him being a glutton. He Yan chatted with Xiao Jue while eating, "Commander, I heard that the Yuhua Temple on the Lotus Snow Mountain is very spiritual. A long time ago, there was a very poor man, so poor that he couldn't even afford to eat at home. One day, he went up the mountain to chop wood, and suddenly there was thunder and rain, so he hid in the Yuhua Temple to avoid the rain. At that time, the Yuhua Temple was just a dilapidated temple. The beggar looked at the Buddha statue and said, "Buddha, please show me a way out, the old people at home are starving to death." As a result, when he fell asleep in the temple, he had a dream. In the dream, the Buddha told him to go home and dig a hole next to the well in the yard."

At this point, He Yan deliberately looked at Xiao Jue's expression. However, this person just looked at her with a half-smile, neither anxious to continue nor urging her, as if he was just listening to a gossip that had nothing to do with the pain.

He Yan almost suspected that he had said it wrong. If Wang Ba was here, he would have been extremely nervous and asked: What happened next? What happened next?

But now that the story has begun, it is natural to continue.

"When the man woke up, he still remembered what happened in his dream. When he returned home, he carried a hoe and dug a hole next to the well at night. As he dug, he dug out a bag of gold from the ground."

"This poor man used the gold to do business. He became better and better and became a local tycoon. After he had money, he went to Yuhua Temple again and gave a large sum of money to the abbot of Yuhua Temple. He also helped to renovate the temple and the Buddha statues were also gilded. Later, Yuhua Temple became more and more spiritual. People said that the more money you donated, the more likely your wishes would come true."

After the story was told, He Yan drank the last sip of the sweet syrup, "How about it, Governor, do you think the legend is amazing?"

Xiao Jue did not comment, "Miss He's story is pretty good."

He Yan: “…”

It was true that she had made up this story. She had forgotten who she had heard it from. Of course, it was not Yuhua Temple, but some other temple. But it was enough to bluff people, but Xiao Jue had to tell it directly. He Yan almost doubted whether her ability to bluff people had really regressed a thousand miles.

As if seeing through her frustration, Xiao Jue said, "The abbot of Yuhua Temple is very familiar with my eldest brother."

He Yan: "Ah?"

"So your story is so fake."

He Yan was silent.

It was indeed a bit embarrassing to lie to someone you knew. But... She looked at Xiao Jue, "Okay, this temple is not Yuhua Temple, but the story is true. Governor, do you believe that sometimes what happens in dreams may be true?"

Xiao Jue: "Dream?"

"Have you ever thought that maybe everything that is happening to us now, whether in Liangzhou, Jiyang, or Rundu, is just a dream. When you wake up from the dream, you become another person, and everything you originally had becomes nothing." Her voice was clear and seemed to contain deeper meaning, which made Xiao Jue couldn't help but look at her.

He thought for a while, and then said, "It doesn't matter even if it's a dream."

He Yan looked at him.

"When you wake up from your dream, you can start over again."

He Yan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but lower his head and smile.

That's true. She woke up from the dream and started over again. Just like she met Xiao Jue in her previous life, and then she died. She was a general in her previous life and made wedding clothes for others. But she woke up from the dream and started over again. She still met Xiao Jue and became He Yan on the battlefield again.

Things that are destined to be yours, even if they are temporarily lost, will return to you in another form.

The moon and her sword, both are the same.

…

It is a fine day today and there are many pilgrims.

At the entrance of Yuhua Temple, a carriage stopped, and a young woman helped a woman get off the carriage. The woman was pretty, but she looked pale and sickly. The woman beside her had similar features to hers. They were a mother and daughter.

"Mom, please walk slower and be careful of your steps." He Xinying said softly.

Mrs. He nodded slightly.

He Xinying sighed in her heart. When she left home to get married, Madam He's health was already not good, and now, it was getting worse. This morning, she went to the He family to pick up her mother to get on the carriage. When she held her arm, she felt that Madam He's arm was so slender that she could even hold it loosely - it was so lonely that it was shocking.

"How did Dad take care of you? Are all those doctors hired by the mansion just sitting there doing nothing?" He Xinying was dissatisfied. "How about I ask my husband to go to the palace and get a doctor to check on you? Mom, how can I be at ease with you like this?"

Madam He waved her hands and said, "I'm fine. Don't bother me."

He Xinying felt distressed and helpless, and she supported Madam He Er and walked slowly inside. The He family did not like to go up the mountain to worship Buddha, and today, only the mother and daughter went up the mountain. The guards were waiting outside the temple, and He Xinying first took Madam He Er to see the temple master and presented the agreed incense money.

She didn't really want to come to worship Buddha today, but just wanted to find an excuse to see her mother and tell her about her discovery in the Xu family. But now seeing Madam He Er so weak, she couldn't say anything.

Forget it, I won’t let my mother worry about these things. As for the doubts about Xu Zhiheng, let her find out by herself.

Anyway, there is a long way to go, so there is no need to rush.