The rain fell fast and urgently. Not long after Zhao Jie came back, the rain stopped. It's just that Wei Luo felt a little unwell. Not long after dinner, her face became red and hot, she was unconscious, and she nestled in Zhao Jie's bed and said some incomprehensible words.
After asking the doctor to look at it, the doctor said that it was due to overwork in the past few days, and the cold air invaded the body today, and the symptoms occurred together. The doctor prescribed a prescription, and Zhao Jie ordered a servant to go back with the doctor to grab the medicine, while he himself took the towel handkerchief from Jin Lu, put it on Wei Luo's forehead, and asked Jin Lu, "The princess has done everything today. what?"
The golden thread replied: "After it rained today, the empress has been standing by the window. The maid persuaded her a few words, and the empress sat back in the room to embroider flowers for a while. Later... Later, the young master of the Li family Please see me, Madam, go out and have a look."
Zhao Jie's face remained unchanged, looking down at the little girl curled up in his arms, he suddenly asked, "What flowers are you embroidering?"
Jin Lu suddenly realized, hurriedly went to the side of the red sandalwood embossed curly grass pattern cabinet to take out an embroidery shed, and handed it to Zhao Jie, "Return to the prince, it is this one."
Zhao Jie took it and looked at it, and saw that it was embroidered with gold and silver honeysuckle patterns, it looked like a pair of shoes. He suddenly remembered that he wanted Wei Luo to make a pair of shoes for him before. He thought that this little guy would have forgotten it after so long, but he did not. Zhao Jie narrowed his eyes and smiled, handed it back to Jin Lu again, and said, "Put it back."
The witch hazel didn't know why, but she did as she said.
Not long after, the decocted medicine was brought over by someone. Zhao Jie scooped up a spoonful and blew it cold, and brought it to Wei Luo's mouth, "Ah Luo, I've taken the medicine."
In fact, Wei Luo was not seriously ill. She squinted in Zhao Jie's arms for a while, and now she was awakened by Zhao Jie. She frowned and swallowed a bowl of medicine, enduring the bitter taste, and twitched her fan-like eyelashes: "I want to eat osmanthus candied lotus root."
What's so difficult about it? Zhao Jie put the celadon bowl with lotus pattern on the small table beside the bed, and said to Jin Lu and Bai Lan, "Order the kitchen to make a sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root and send it right away." Wei Luo is ill now, so his diet should be light Mainly, and said: "Cook another bowl of white fungus and pumpkin porridge and a few dishes of side dishes."
Jin Lu and Bai Lan retreated immediately.
Wei Luo stared at Zhao Jie's chest, arched into his arms, stretched out his hands to wrap his arms around his waist, a little unhappy, "Big brother always leaves early and returns late in order to deal with King Ruyang's affairs these days. , haven’t been with me for a long time.”
Zhao Jie smiled, and pinched her little nose, "Why didn't this king accompany you well? It's just that you have been busy these two days, so you will remember it."
Wei Luo didn't say anything, maybe it was because of her illness, her thoughts were in a mess, and she would say something every time she thought about it, "I don't want Li Song's jade pendant."
Zhao Jie hugged her arm tightly, and pressed his chin against the top of her head, "Tomorrow I will ask someone to return it to the eldest princess."
She nodded and stopped talking.
Not long after, sweet-scented osmanthus root and pumpkin porridge with white fungus were brought up. Wei Luo was powerless, and was still fed by Zhao Jie to finish the meal. After dinner, she was tired and fell asleep with her arms around the quilt, while Zhao Jie went to the study.
After entering the palace today, Emperor Chongzhen handed over a matter in Zhao Zhang's hands to him, and asked him to go to Tongzhou to supervise the construction of the river in two days. It stands to reason that Zhao Jie shouldn't have done this matter. Zhao Jie has only been married for half a month, and the young couple have been intimate for a few days, so it's really not kind to throw this job to him. However, the repair of the river course could not be delayed. Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and asked him to set off for Tongzhou in a few days.
Leaning on the carved rose chair, Zhao Jie calculated in his mind that Tongzhou was not far from Shengjing City, it would take seven or eight days by carriage, and three or four days by water. Instead, we can take Wei Luo along, and Tianchan Mountain is also in Tongzhou. If Wei Luo is bored, he can take her to the hot springs in the village on the top of the mountain.
I just don't know what the little girl wants.
The next day, Wei Luo's illness mostly recovered, and she wanted to eat pickled radish in honey sauce early in the morning. After she finished washing, she sat behind the table refreshed and heard Zhao Jie ask her: "I'm going to Tongzhou in two days, Ah Luo, how about you go with me?"
The pickled radish was crunchy and sweet, and Wei Luo bit into it with a "squeaky" sound. Hearing this, he replied without thinking, "Okay."
Zhao Jie smiled, and really wanted to hold her in his arms, "Why don't you ask me what I'm going to do?"
Wei Luo ate a mouthful of pickled radish and drank a bowl of porridge, but she was very open-minded, "It's nothing more than something His Majesty entrusted to you, what can I ask?" Suddenly remembered something, turned her head and asked nervously: " How long did you go? Can we come back years ago?"
Liang Yurong was getting married in February, and she still wanted to meet Liang Yurong again before getting married, and talk about herself on the way. Besides, it was the Chinese New Year, so she had to go back to the British government to have a look, and Chang Hong's marriage should be settled, so she couldn't miss it.
Fortunately, Zhao Jie nodded, "Of course I can."
Wei Luo was relieved now.
Soon it was the day of departure, and Wei Luo couldn't help being even more excited when he learned that Tianchan Mountain was also in Tongzhou. Zhao Jie was handling official business in Tongzhou, so she lived in the hot springs on Tianchan Mountain by herself, which is really wonderful. Because of the long distance, Wei Luo didn't bring many servants, only Jin Lu, Bai Lan, Yun Xing, Yu Suo, and two older women.
Perhaps it was because of the winter, the weather was getting colder and colder along the way, the carriage was no worse than the palace, and there was no earth-burning dragon on the ground, even with a hand stove in his arms and a fox fur cloak on his body, Wei Luo also felt cold. Wei Luo didn't want to go out, so Zhao Jie sat in the carriage with her all the time, it was warmer to be alone than to be alone.
On this day, Zhao Jie drove Jin Lu and Bai Lan outside, put his arms around Wei Luo and sat on his lap, "Is it still cold?"
Wei Luo nodded, she didn't know what was going on, it was very cold these few days, it had never been this cold in previous winters.
Zhao Jie pressed close to her ear and asked, "Why don't we do something to warm up our body?"
At first Wei Luo didn't understand what he meant, and naively asked him "what's the matter". When Zhao Jie took off her cloak, she understood.
The past few days have been in the carriage, with Jin Lu and Bai Lan at his side, Zhao Jie must have been holding back because it was inconvenient to do that, so he stripped her clean regardless of whether it was still in the carriage. Wei Luo didn't object to doing such a thing, but she was worried that the driver outside would overhear her, so she covered her chest with a blushing face, and said, "We'll be in Tongzhou soon..."
Zhao Jie supported her waist, bit her ear and said, "I can't wait."
This time, it was heavy and urgent.
Zhao Jie's chest was much hotter than Wei Luo's. Wei Luo only felt that he was hugging a stove, being roasted by the stove, and would melt in a short while. Wei Luo resisted not to make a sound, maybe it was too long, but Zhao Jie confessed quickly for the first time. She was panting lightly, and she hadn't rested for a while, but Zhao Jie quickly regained her spirits, covered her on the Qushuiwen large pillow, and moved again.
This time it took longer.
Wei Luo opened her mouth and bit Zhao Jie's shoulder, humming pitifully, "Be gentle."
It's just that Zhao Jie, a shameless person, not only didn't listen to her words, but deliberately emphasized three points.
Half an hour later, Wei Luo's whole body was limp, and she fell down on the big pillow dripping with sweat. She was covered with a red embroidered golden peony pattern cloak, which made her exposed feet more and more white like jade. Zhao Jie was full, so he held her little feet and separated her legs. Wei Luo immediately became alert, shrank into the corner and said, "Don't come." Her voice was hoarse and very painful.
With a smile on his face, Zhao Jie said softly, "I'll wipe it off for you, otherwise how will you get dressed later?"
Wei Luo paused for a moment, and really didn't resist, but just turned his eyes away from him.
She felt that the coachman outside must have heard it, and she couldn't help screaming just now, but when she thought of this, she was ashamed to go out. No matter how reluctant he was, the carriage arrived in Tongzhou, drove all the way to the foot of Tianchan Mountain, and reached the top of the mountain. The steward of the villa had already led his servants to stand at the door to greet him.
Zhao Jie went down to ask the steward, while Wei Luo called Jin Lu and Bai Lan in to help him get dressed.
Both Jin Lu and Bai Lan knew what was going on, so they didn't ask any questions and obediently did their own thing.
After entering the villa, Wei Luo lived in the same room as last time. The only difference was that last time she lived alone, but this time she lived with Zhao Jie.
Zhao Jie only stayed for one night because of his official business. On the second day, he hurried down the mountain to supervise the river transportation in the city.
Wei Luo slept until dawn, soaked comfortably in the hot spring for half an hour, and then started looking for something to do. The mountain is covered with snow all the year round. When I came here yesterday, I saw a vast expanse of white snow on the top of the mountain. No wonder it is so cold. She was wearing a red cloak trimmed with fox fur, and holding a hand stove, she walked around the villa. She lived here with Liang Yurong for three months last time, and she knew where the fun was, but it was boring to be alone, so she came back after a short time.
As soon as I walked to the porch, I saw a little gray-brown squirrel standing under the pine tree in the yard, holding a pine cone in its two front paws, and was looking at her with its eyes open.
Wei Luo suddenly became interested, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Golden Thread, do we still have pine cones here?"
Jin Lu said: "The servant girl went into the house to look for it."
It's a pity that before the golden thread came back, the squirrel had already climbed up the tree, jumped out of the yard and escaped.
Wei Luo felt a little regretful, so when Zhao Jie came back that night, he casually told him about it.
After hearing this, Zhao Jie smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll catch one for you tomorrow."
Wei Luo hastily refused, it's okay for Squirrel to take a look at it occasionally, but if she is really asked to raise it, she may not be able to support it. Suddenly remembering the turquoise squirrel waist ornament Zhao Jie gave her before, Wei Luo dug it out from the cage, took it to Zhao Jie and asked, "I forgot to ask you, why did you give me this?"
Zhao Jie didn't evade this question this time. He pinched both sides of her cheeks with both hands and smiled lowly, "At that time you liked to eat pine nuts in my carriage, rustling, not like pine trees?"
It turned out to be because of this! Wei Luo suddenly felt that the squirrel wasn't very cute anymore, so he put it back slowly and said, "Oh."
The little girl changed her face too quickly, Zhao Jie laughed, "Aside from watching squirrels, what else did you do today?"
Wei Luo spoke honestly, and finally pushed him onto the bed: "Big brother, go to sleep."
In fact, there is quite a distance from Tianchan Mountain to Tongzhou City, and it takes an hour and a half for a carriage. Zhao Jie has to get up before dawn every day. Even so, he didn't want to live in the city, but had to go back and forth like this every day. The prefect of Tongzhou invited him many times, hoping that he would live in his home, but he refused. The reason, of course, is because he wants to come back to accompany his little wife.
After four or five days like this, Zhao Jie finally had half a day to spare, so he simply stayed with Wei Luo and sat by the window with his arms around her, closing his eyes and resting his mind.
Wei Luo saw a thin black circle under his eyes, guessing that he must not have slept well these days, so she pushed him and said, "Go to sleep, I haven't rested for a few days, I'll sit here and watch Ershu, I will call you again at dinner time."
Zhao Jie didn't move, and said in a lazy voice, "I'll just sit here with you."
Wei Luo had nothing to do with him, so he had no choice but to let him go.
What Wei Luo read was a book of folk anecdotes, which recorded many interesting stories. She likes to read this book when she has nothing to do these days. Wei Luo just happened to read a story called "Emerald Lock". It was about a lady from a famous family who fell in love with a scholar. Regardless of the maid's dissuasion, she had a secret tryst with the scholar and made a private appointment for life. Later, she was innocent His body was also given to the scholar. It was supposed to be a good story about falling in love here, but after the scholar was in high school, he became a philandering man, a heartless man, and took the prime minister's daughter as his wife. Everyone's lady couldn't accept his change of heart. Before she died, she asked why this was so. The scholar said: "You easily handed over your body to me. After thinking about it, Xiaosheng realized that you are different from the lady in my mind. Woman When you are self-respecting and self-loving, how can you easily give yourself up before marriage?"
The girl couldn't stand the scholar's ridicule, so she threw an emerald lock into the lake and committed suicide. The emerald lock was their token of love back then.
After reading it, Wei Luo was so annoyed that she almost tore up the book, and blurted out, "If I were the woman in that book, I would drag the scholar along and commit suicide."
It happened that Zhao Jie hadn't fallen asleep yet, and after reading the story with her, he commented casually: "I think Xiucai's story is good."
Wei Luo turned her head in astonishment, stared at Zhao Jie and asked, "What did you say?"
Zhao Jie realized that Wei Luo was really angry, so he leaned against the window and stared at her with a smile.
It's just that Zhao Jie's words just now seemed like a thorn in Wei Luo's heart. She must ask why: "Do you really think the scholar is right?"
Zhao Jie remained silent, seeing Wei Luo's small face gradually becoming ugly, he said, "Why are you obsessed with this question?"
However, his attitude was acquiescence in Wei Luo's eyes. Wei Luo pushed him away, withdrew from his arms, and interrogated him with a sullen face, "Does elder brother think of me in the same way? When we were not married earlier, we also gave and received in secret, and we had an affair. , do you also think that I, like the girl in the book, are not self-respecting?"
Only then did Zhao Jie realize why she was angry, his heart skipped a beat, and he stretched out his hand to grab her back, "What nonsense are you talking about..."
Unexpectedly, Wei Luo was faster than him, and jumped down like a rabbit, glaring at him and said, "I don't want to talk to you anymore." Then, without putting on her shoes, she ran out on her feet.