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During the Qianlong period, Beijing.

Ziwei has been in Beijing with her girl Jinsuo for almost a month.

Almost every day, they would come to the forbidden city and stare blankly at the towering palace. The high red walls, the closed palace gate, the tightly guarded gate, the rows of roofs, the deep palace courtyard that could not be seen at the bottom... Separated them both firmly from the palace gate from a distance. The palace was a forbidden area, a sacred place, and a "unable to reach" dream. Ziwei stood outside the palace and knew that no matter what method was used, she could not enter. Not to mention, the person she wanted to see!

This is an unsuccessful task. However, she had already solemnly promised her when her mother was dying! She had finished her home in Jinan and came to Beijing with all her might! But everything was still like the song her mother often sang:

The mountains are far away, the water is far away, the mountains are far away, the road is far away!

I have been looking forward to last night, and I have been looking forward to the present day, and I have been looking forward to the past and the past and the future.

No, you must find a way.

Ziwei was only eighteen years old this year, so young that her ideas and ideas were still naive. She grew up under the strict protection and education of her mother since childhood, so she had no experience in the world. The girl Jinsuo was one year younger than her. Although she was loyal, she could not make any suggestions. Many of Ziwei's knowledge was taught by Master Gu and learned from books. Since she discovered that there was a yamen called "Taichang Temple" that were specifically in charge of the rights and responsibilities of the "Ministry of Rites", she believed that only through "Taichang Temple" could she meet the people she wanted. So, repeatedly, she took Jinsuo to report to the entrance of Taichang Temple. Strangely, Lord Liang, the supervisor of Taichang Temple, almost never went to the yamen. She asked for a lot of meetings, but she couldn't see them.

On this day, she heard that Lord Liang's official sedan will pass through the Yinding Bridge. She made up her mind to stop the sedan!

The streets are bustling and very lively.

Ziwei took Jin Suo and stood by the roadside. In her hand, she was holding a long bag tightly. Inside the bag were two things that she saw more important than life. These two things once turned a woman by the Daming Lake into a lifelong prisoner.

Ziwei, with an undepressing sorrow, looked at the streets where pedestrians were traveling around, and thought vaguely that everyone has their own purpose and direction, but she is the only one, but she is so helpless!

When the pedestrians walked around, they couldn't help but look at Ziwei deeply. Ziwei was quite beautiful. Although she was dressed very simply, wearing a plain white dress, wearing a plain white dress, without makeup on her face, and without hairpin jewelry on her head. However, her curved eyebrows, bright eyes, and her slightly sad eyes all showed her nobility and her extraordinary temperament. In addition, the golden sacred who followed her were also bright eyes and white teeth, bright and charming. The pretty master and servant were still very eye-catching among the hurrying crowd.

Although the streets are lively, they are very peaceful.

Suddenly, this excitement and peace were broken.

After a scattered horse hooves, a team of horses appeared on the road, followed by officers and soldiers holding the words "Silent" and "Avoid" in their hands, followed by Lord Liang's official sedan chair, and two neat rows of guards behind them, chasing the sedan chair with uniform steps. The group was majestic and arrogant.

The horse team drove the masses, and the officers and soldiers shouted: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Don't block Lord Liang's way!"

Ziwei looked excited and became nervous. She hurriedly shouted to Jin Zuo:

"Jinsuo! I have to seize the opportunity! I'll go out to stop the sedan chair, you're waiting for me here!"

Ziwei said as she ran out of the crowd. Jin Suo hurriedly rushed out.

"I'll go with you!"

Ziwei and Jinsuo ignored the officers and soldiers and headed straight to the middle of the road, cut off the officers and soldiers' movements, stopped the sedan chair, and both knelt down. Ziwei held the long bag high in her hand.

"Mr. Liang! The little girl has important things to report to the adults, ask the adults to get out of the sedan chair, arrange time, and let the little girl confess their love... Mr. Liang! Mr. Liang!"

The sedan chair was blocked and forced to stop, and the officers and soldiers rushed forward fiercely.

"Who? He dared to block Lord Liang's sedan chair."

"Drag her down!"

"Get out! Get out! If you have something to do, go to the yamen to say!"

The officers and soldiers were talking and scolding the two girls in anger.

Jin Suo couldn't help but shouted:

"We have been to the yamen many times. Your Taichang Temple doesn't work at all. Lord Liang doesn't go to the yamen from morning to night. Where can we find someone?"

A soldier roared:

"We Lord Liang will marry our daughter-in-law tomorrow. We are so busy that we won't be in the yamen this month."

When Ziwei heard that Lord Liang had not been to the yamen for a month, she couldn't hold back and shouted anxiously at the sedan chair:

"Mr. Liang! If it were not forbidden, I would not have stopped the sedan chair. I would have been so offended if I had no choice but to ask for help. Please take some time, listen to my report, and look at what I have in my hands..."

The officers and soldiers had already grabbed Ziwei and Jinsuo with all their strength and pushed them to the side of the road without saying a word.

"Mr. Liang just cares about his son's marriage and the lives of the people?" Ziwei stretched her neck and shouted.

With a huh, the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, and Lord Liang stretched out his head.

"Where did the unruly people who came from here dare to stop my official's sedan chair and even speak wildly. Are they impatient to live?"

When Ziwei saw Lord Liang appear, she struggled desperately to run back.

"Sir! After listening to my story, you will definitely not regret it... Please give me a little time, just a little bit..."

"Who has time to listen to your story? Are you bored?" Lord Liang turned around and shouted at the officers and soldiers, "Don't delay! Get the sedan chair and go home!"

Lord Liang retreated back into the sedan chair, and the sedan chair quickly lifted up. The team immediately shouted "Avoid! Silent!" and continued forward.

Ziwei and Jinsuo were pushed by the officers and soldiers, and both fell on the side of the road.

The onlookers hurriedly helped the two of them up. An old man shook his head and sighed:

"If there is any injustice, it is useless to stop a sedan chair. You still have to find someone to introduce it."

Ziwei was so dizzy that she was thrown away, and the bag flew away. Jinsuo was quick-witted and rushed over to pick up the bag, slapping off the dust, took it over, and helped Ziwei tie it tightly to her back, while angrily saying:

"What's going on with Lord Liang? His son will get married tomorrow and he won't go to the yamen for a month. How can we meet him? Miss, our money is almost used up. What should we do if we continue to waste like this? I think Lord Liang is fierce and not reliable. Is it better for us to find another adult to help?"

The old man on the road shook his head and sighed:

"The 'adults' in the world are the same, it's difficult! It's difficult!"

Ziwei looked at the disappearing guards and sedan chairs, touched the bag on her back, and couldn't help but sigh. After a moment, she tidied up her clothes, cheered up, and said firmly:

"Don't be discouraged, Jin Suo, I can definitely find a way to meet this Lord Liang! If you can't see him, you will think of another way!" As she said that, she suddenly thought of something and her eyes lit up, "His family will have a wedding tomorrow, so we can't drive He Ke out of the door, right?"

"Miss, you mean..."

"Prepare a gift, and we will go to Liang Mansion to congratulate you tomorrow!"

Ziwei didn't know that her decision decided her destiny. Because she would meet another woman at this wedding, her name was Xiaoyanzi.

Xiaoyanzi is a little figure among the countless people in Beijing. She is also eighteen years old this year.

On the night when Ziwei stopped her sedan chair, Xiaoyanzi was wearing a "night-walking clothes" and climbed into the wall of the family. The family was going to marry her daughter the next day, just to marry into the Liang Mansion. In Xiaoyanzi's language, she went to "walking around" to see what "can be taken"! The bride must have a lot of dowry, and she married the Liang Mansion again. It would be useless to take it! She climbed into the wall and began to look around one by one.

She went outside the bride's window and heard a sob sob. She licked the window paper and looked inside. It would be fine if she didn't look at it. When she saw it, she was shocked. It turned out that the bride was crawling on a stool, with a white twisted circle in her neck, kicking over the chair and hanging it! She forgot that she would expose her hiding and forgot her purpose. Without thinking, she pushed the window, walked in through the window, and shouted:

"Not good! The bride is hanging!"

The wedding in Liang Mansion was very lively.

That day, Ziwei wore men's clothes and disguised herself as a scholar. Jin Suo was a servant. Since leaving Jinan in October last year, they have been dressing like this all the way. Although they themselves understood that the two of them really didn't look like men, except for women dressing up as men, they didn't know what to do. Women's clothes were so eye-catching. Fortunately, there was no problem along the way, and they actually walked to Beijing like this.

The wedding was so grand. The two of them followed the group of greetings into the gate of Liang Mansion.

The bride was carried in the door by a gorgeous sedan chair.

Ziwei endured it, and finally waited until the bride entered the door with a phoenix crown and robe, knelt three times and knocked nine times, and helped her into the bridal chamber. Lord Liang then walked down from the "high hall" seat and greeted the guests with his arrogant son. Ziwei thought to herself that this opportunity could not be missed anymore, so she mixed in the crowd and walked towards Lord Liang.

"Mr. Liang..." Ziwei pulled Master Liang's sleeve.

"You are..." Lord Liang looked at Ziwei for no reason.

Ziwei looked around with some scruples.

"My surname is Xia and my name is Ziwei. I want to trouble Lord Liang for some reason. Can you talk with me after a step?"

"Borrow a step to speak? Why?"

At this time, Lord Liang's son excitedly led an old man over and squeezed Ziwei away.

"Dad, Lord Zhao is here!"

Lord Liang was surprised and hurriedly walked forward.

Ziwei followed Lord Liang unwillingly, following him step by step. She was really anxious, so she was not very polite to speak:

"Mr. Liang, you should be a servant in the yamen and you don't go. It's so difficult to talk to you at your house. Do you don't care about the people's feelings at all?"

Lord Liang was a little shocked when he looked at the beautiful boy with fine skin and white flesh and white makeup.

"Which girl from whom are you dressed up like this? Go and go out to play! The girls of relatives are all in the flower hall. Go find them and don't chase me. Haven't you seen me busy?"

"I just met yesterday, don't you remember it? It was me who blocked the sedan chair, Xia Ziwei!"

"What? What do you want to do when you sneak in?!" Lord Liang was shocked, and then he really paid attention to Ziwei.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, an unexpected situation alarmed all the guests.

A red shadow shot straight into the hall like an arrow. When everyone saw it, they couldn't help but scream. It turned out that the bride was running wildly! Her phoenix crown had been removed, and her face was refreshing and she didn't apply powder. On her back, she was carrying a huge bag wrapped in a wedding banquet. Behind her, groups of camedians, girls, and servants were chasing her, and the camedian was screaming:

"Stop her! She is not the bride! She is a female thief!"

The "female thief" was Xiao Yanzi. She rushed over and rushed over and knocked Lord Liang to the ground. All the guests exclaimed in surprise. Ziwei and Jin Zuo were also stunned. The situation was really ridiculous. The bride was dressed in red and carrying a big red bag, jumping around the hall. A group of people chased behind her, but she couldn't get close to her. It seemed that she still had some skills.

Lord Liang got up from the ground and was knocked to death.

"What's going on?"

Xiniang ran angrily, chasing Xiaoyanzi and shouting:

"The bride is gone! She is not the lady of the Cheng family, but a thief... hurry up and arrest her!"

The guests in the room made various amazement sounds.

"What? The bride was lost? It's outrageous!" Lord Liang shouted, "Where has the bride gone?"
To be continued...