The sun shone in from the window, and the red candles on the table had been burnt out, leaving only a little red candle oil, like a blooming flower.
A hand sticks out from the curtain.
He Yan rubbed his eyes and sat up with his waist.
It was a night of confusion... and also... a night of fierce soldiers on the red cliffs. If you want to remember... that's all, don't remember.
She just thought to herself that the phrase "do whatever you want" that she said at the beginning, she didn't expect to use it on herself in the end. Did she get any reward? No, right now, the biggest winner is clearly Xiao Jue.
He Yan turned her head to look at her side, there was no one around, she was stunned for a moment, then looked outside, afraid that it was too late. After taking a bath last night, she was so tired that she fell back to sleep. Looking at the sun, it is estimated that it is not early.
Just as I was thinking, the door opened and someone came in from outside. He Yan looked up and saw Xiao Jue came in, Ginkgo holding a food basket in his hand, followed behind, entered the room, and placed the dishes in the basket on the table one by one.
"Awake?" Xiao Jue saw that she had sat up and came over to ask.
He Yan coughed lightly and nodded.
"After grooming, it's time to eat." He paused, then asked hesitantly, "Is it alright?"
He Yan blushed, and subconsciously looked at Ginkgo, the little girl Ginkgo had already put the food, and ran away again. She looked at the person in front of her. This person was like harvesting yin and nourishing yang. After a night, he looked refreshed and didn't feel any discomfort. She gritted her teeth and said, "Very good, Dudu Xiao has achieved greatness in kung fu, and there are few rivals, so I've learned it."
The corner of Xiao Jue's mouth twitched, and he said slowly: "General He is also not bad. He even said harsh words last night, and he will fight another 800 rounds in the next day..."
He Yan: "?"
What kind of tiger and wolf word is this, when did she say it!
He Yan hurriedly covered his mouth: "Wait! Don't talk nonsense."
"General He," he leaned closer, a smile hidden in his black eyes, "What you said was only one night, so you won't admit it?"
The distance was too close, which made people panic. He Yan lifted the quilt, put on his shoes, and ran away, vaguely saying: "...I'm going to wash up! Where's Qingmei? Qingmei—"
Qingmei was called in. After He Yan rinsed her mouth and washed her face, Qingmei came to tie her hair and said, "Miss... Oh, it's time to call Mrs. Young Lady, Mrs. Young Master is so kind to you."
He Yan absently said "Oh".
"I woke up early this morning," Qingmei said, "I went to the kitchen to teach someone to cook for you. The servants wanted to call you, but the young master didn't let you. He told you to sleep more."
He Yan nodded, and when he looked up, he saw Qingmei smiling so hard that she couldn't see her eyes, she wondered, "Why are you so happy?"
"Second Young Master is kind to Young Madam, so of course the slaves are happy." Qingmei was like picking up money, "When I turn around, the slaves will tell Master and Young Master, they can rest assured!"
He Yan: "..."
After she was groomed, she changed into a long begonia red dress with narrow sleeves. The green plum hair was well combed, and the woman's bun did not look old-fashioned, on the contrary, it was much cleaner and fresher.
He Yan tied the snake-patterned black jade that Xiao Jue gave her to her waist again, and lifted her foot to the small hall.
At the table, the food brought by Ginkgo was already full. When the two of them were eating, they didn't like to be waited by, and Qingmei also retired. He Yan sat at the table, gave Xiao Jue a pair of chopsticks, and sighed, "Xiao Jue, your family's breakfast is too rich."
And it's all she likes to eat, although she's not very picky about it.
Xiao Jue twitched the corners of his mouth: "Bought you for one meal?"
"Then you don't understand," He Yan plausibly said, "We ordinary people don't pay attention to immaturity, marrying a man, dressing and eating, and what to eat is of course very important."
He smiled and said, "You are easy to support."
He Yan grabbed a plum blossom bun, smiled at him while eating, and suddenly thought of something, his face changed slightly, and said, "Oh, I'm not going to offer tea to my brother and sister-in-law this morning?"
This was originally a bride serving tea to her in-laws, but now Xiao Zhongwu and his wife are no longer alive, but logically, they should also serve tea with Xiao Jing and Bai Rongwei.
"It's okay, I've already told them to go after eating."
"Hey?" He Yan looked at her, "Is this unruly?"
"What are the rules," the man said calmly, "The Xiao family has no rules, you can do whatever you want."
He Yan was stunned, not to mention that she was in that "He's family" before, and later she married into the Xu family. Before her eyesight was not blind, it was essential to be careful every day. Because she was a woman for a short time, and later stayed in the army for many years, many rules were not very clear, and she often made jokes. At that time, when she thought of the word "rules", she felt a headache and tired.
Now someone said to her "as much as you want".
She secretly glanced at the person opposite, Xiao Jue noticed her gaze and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Xiao Jue," He Yan said earnestly, "In Shuojing, you should be the first person to be a husband like you. He is really comprehensive and meticulous."
The corners of Xiao Jue's mouth twitched, and she said in a flat tone: "Of course. After all, your husband fell in love with you at first sight at the Lantern Festival, and he came to propose marriage the next day. If you do not agree to marry, you will commit suicide by jumping into the river."
He Yan: "... eh?"
He continued to say casually: "Our general He's skill in controlling soldiers is perfect, and our husband's skill has also reached the pinnacle."
He Yan heard it familiar, and then remembered, wasn't this what she said casually to the girls in Lingxiu when she was in Jiyang? Unexpectedly, Xiao Jue still remembers it
At that time, she was talking nonsense. I didn't expect that Xiao Jue would really become her husband now, but it sounds a little shameless now.
He Yan took a sip of the sweet syrup and pretended to take a sip, then changed the conversation: "That... Is there really no rules in the Xiao family? Anything is fine?"
Xiao Jue glanced at her: "Hong Xing can't get out of the wall, nor can a night party man."
He Yan: "..."
She was not afraid of death and asked, "What would happen if these two were broken?"
Xiao Jue narrowed her eyes and said lightly, "Break your leg and lock it up."
He Yan: "..."
After a while, she said, "Xiao Jue, you are so fierce."
The man looked at her with a warning in his eyes, "Not bad."
…
After using the breakfast, He Yan and Xiao Jue went to offer tea.
He had lived in Xiao's residence for some time before, and He Yan and Xiao Jing were not unfamiliar. After drinking tea, Bai Rongwei took out a small box, handed it to He Yan, and said with a smile, "This was originally prepared by his elder brother and I when Huai Jin was not married, and we can finally send it out today."
He Yan smiled and thanked him.
Bai Rongwei looked at the two of them again, and the more she looked, the more joy she felt in her heart. You must know that after Xiao Jue was given marriage by Emperor Wenxuan, Bai Rongwei could hear many people say behind their backs when the female family members gathered, how could the handsome second son of Xiao I found a vulgar warrior girl, and after listening to it a lot, Bai Rongwei was unhappy. Later, when there was another post, she said that she was not feeling well. Now the two of them are walking together, like a pair of beautiful people, and who said that women should be gentle and courteous, she saw He Yan's lively temperament, and Xiao Jue's expression became much more vivid these days.
He pulled He Yan and talked for a while, until Xiao Jing told her to rest. After Bai Rongwei was pregnant, Xiao Jing also didn't dare to be careless.
He Yan held the box and went out with Xiao Jue, walked into his yard, and halfway through, he finally couldn't help opening the box first, and looking inside, he saw three hair combs made of white jade in the box. To small, exquisitely carved.
"Hair..." She was startled.
Xiao Jue looked at her sideways: "Don't you like it?"
"No." He Yan closed the box and held it in his arms, "I like it very much."
This is more precious than any kind of gold, jade and precious stones.
Because of the marriage, Emperor Wenxuan granted leave for the past two days, so Xiao Jue could stay in the mansion for one more day, even if there is nothing to do today. As soon as He Yan and he walked back to the gate of the yard, they saw Qingmei and Ginkgo squatting on the ground, and in front of them was a hill of congratulatory gifts tied with red silk.
"The young lady is here?" Bai Guo stood up with a smile, "The servants are taking out the gifts they received yesterday. Do you want to take a look at the young lady?"
Seeing that half of the yard was filled with the gifts, He Yan was speechless and couldn't help asking Xiao Jue, "It's not that you are not friendly, you are not popular in Shuojing, how come there are so many gifts? What happened yesterday? How many people came?"
Xiao Jue didn't speak, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, and he looked lustful.
"I'll go see what good things are there first." He Yan said, and walked to Qingmei. When he was doing "He Rufei" originally, the emperor gave a lot of rewards, but they were not warmed up, so they were carried to the warehouse of the He family. Later, I became "Miss He", and the family was poor, and the joy of such a bumper harvest sitting on a golden mountain was indeed something I had not seen for a long time.
Qingmei was also very excited. It was probably the first time she saw so many good things, and she kept sharing her findings with He Yan.
"Young lady, look at this, this flower pot is made of colored glaze!"
"This ginseng is very expensive at first sight!"
"And this vase, this is the first time this slave has seen such a vase. Is this gem real?"
The little girl kept talking, and He Yan followed it a few times, but she turned to something sent by an acquaintance.
It was sent by Mu Hongjin and Cui Yuezhi of Jiyang City. It is a whole pair of pearl heads. Jiyang is close to water and is rich in pearls. The pearls are full, plump and dazzling. As soon as he opened the box, he almost dazzled people's eyes. Cui Yue's wealth was rich, and Mu Hongjin was domineering and generous. It was indeed in line with their handwriting to give such a heavy gift. It was He Yan who saw that in her lifetime, she should not wear it. Went out with this head. If you wear it, you will put the silver bill on your head. Isn't this recruiting people to grab it? It's really swaggering.
She looked down again and found a small jar of wine, which was gifted by Huayouxian and Cailian from Jinling City, and the Bifang wine they had tasted back then. It's just that this jar of Bifang wine is an old wine and has been in storage for seven years. If it wasn't for Xiao Jue and He Yan's rejoicing this time, Huayou Xianyuan would be reluctant to take it out.
He Yan put the small jar of Bifang wine beside him, and heard Qingmei say, "Young madam, look at this!"
He Yan looked sideways and was stunned for a moment.
This is a very long embroidery. The whole embroidery is about half a person's height. The top is embroidered with the lotus and the pair of mandarin ducks. The embroidery is extraordinarily even, and the colors are gorgeous and bright. It is by no means easy to embroider such a piece of embroidery. I am afraid that many embroiderers will work together day and night, and it will take more than a month to reluctantly.
On the side of this embroidery scroll, there is also a letter. He Yan opened the letter and saw that the embroidery was sent from Rundu, and it was the captive women who were rescued by He Yan from Li Kuang. Not long after the war in Rundu, the city was in depression. It was Zhao Shiming, the magistrate of Rundu County, who found silk thread and asked those women to sew it for Xiao Jue and He Yan's wedding gift.
It seemed that those women were doing well.
He Yan was also happy for them, put away the letter, and instructed Qingmei to move these items she specially picked out to her house. Then he stood up and walked to Xiao Jue's side.
Xiao Jue raised her eyebrows slightly as she approached: "Are you still satisfied?"
He Yan shook his head.
"Where are you dissatisfied?"
"Dudu Xiao, everyone sends gifts, why didn't you send me?" He Yan said deliberately.
She was joking at first, but Xiao Jue said calmly, "How do you know, I don't have any congratulations."
He Yan was stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively, "You didn't really prepare a congratulatory gift, did you?"
Xiao Jue hugged her chest and looked at him.
He Yan was stunned, "Didn't you give a betrothal gift? You also gave your family heirloom Heiyu, it's not enough, what else do you want to give?"
She was a little flustered. Could it be that in her lifetime, the name of this beauty and calamity will really be worn on her head and can't be taken off? Heaven and earth, she didn't do anything!
Seeing her like this, Xiao Jue pulled the corner of her mouth and walked to the other side. He Yan hurriedly followed, "Xiao Jue, what are you going to give me?"
As she was walking, something suddenly stopped her feet. He Yan looked down and saw that a yellow dog was biting the flower beads on her shoe.
"Er Mao?"
After visiting He Mansion the night before, He Yan entrusted the escaped Er Mao to Xiao Jue for the time being. Unexpectedly, Er Mao has only stayed at Xiao's house for a short time now, and it has already circled in a circle. I don't know who tied the hair on his head with a red rope. It was extremely festive. He Yan almost didn't recognize it. come out.
Seeing He Yan looking down at himself, Er Mao called her excitedly twice, but unfortunately there was no sound. Then he threw himself into the yard and rolled around, biting his tail and twirling in circles.
He Yan was speechless for a moment, this dog really treated himself as an outsider, and he got used to it so quickly, but it could be seen that he was very satisfied living here. I think it won't be long before that, it will be comparable to the pig called "Tangyuan".
"The new house where your father and brother live has been found." Xiao Jue's voice came from beside him.
He Yan turned around and said, "Didn't Lin Shuanghe say, how many more days will it take?"
"He's very busy, so why can't he help you?" Xiao Jue said calmly, "I've already sent someone to help with the move, and I should be able to move in within two days."
"Huh? So fast? Where is it?"
"A street away from Xiao's house."
He Yan grabbed his sleeve: "Wait a minute, you say, the distance from Xiao's house a street?"
Xiao Jue looked down at her, "Don't you like it?"
"It's not that I don't like it, it's just..." He Yan's mind was a little confused for a while.
"It's close to Xiao's house. You can go back anytime in the future. It's very convenient for Dad and Yunsheng to come and see you." Xiao Jue frowned: "You don't seem to be satisfied."
He Yan looked at him and didn't speak for a while.
Married girls run to their parents' house every few days, and they will be gossiped when they spread outside. When she married into the Xu family in her previous life, from the time she got married to the last time she drowned, she only went back once when she returned home. However, she had no reason to go back in her previous life.
However, He Yan did not expect that Xiao Jue would simply buy the house opposite the Xiao family. If this move spreads out, he doesn't know what outsiders would say about him. For example, those idlers with broken mouths might put all their faults on He Yan. The name of the bride who does not understand the rules and is deviant is probably going to fall on him, but He Yan is not angry at all. .
Even happy.
"If you don't like..."
"I like it!" she said crisply.
"Your expression doesn't seem to think so." Xiao Jue looked at her suspiciously.
He Yan grabbed his sleeve and took his arm: "Xiao Jue, I'm so touched."
"You took good care of my father, my younger brother, and even my dog. Could it be that God sees how miserable I have been in my last life, and will send you to me in this life."
Xiao Jue was speechless for a while, then said, "So taking care of your dog can impress you, right?"
"You can't say that," He Yan looked at Ermao who was playing happily in the yard, and was filled with emotion for a while, "But I never dreamed that you were such a talkative person."
The world's rumors are unbelievable. The so-called impersonal and cruel-hearted are all based on falsehood. She was a careful wife in her previous life, and others told her to be filial to her daughter, to be a virtuous wife, and to be a mother. To be free and quiet, to be tidy and tidy, to behave with shame, and to behave in a lawful manner. To be submissive and gentle, to be jealous and tolerant, to respect the body and righteousness, to give birth wisely... She didn't know who was the first person to put these shackles on a woman, but this woman's beauty and virtue seems to have been passed down thousands of times. years, so much so that everyone takes it for granted.
Everyone does.
But Xiao Jue opened the shackles from the beginning. She didn't know that being a wife can still be done like this, free and happy.
Xiao Jue's posture was tall and straight. Hearing the words, he dropped He Yan's hand with his other hand, and covered it with his own.
At the moment when the fingers were interlocked, it was like a small snowflake stopped on my heart, passing by quickly, leaving a little itching like a dragonfly.
"Don't be moved," he said lightly, "after all, when you are not happy, your husband will use his skills to please you."
He Yan: "..."
"I can't hold others in my eyes, I love you alone."
He Yan: "..."
She was sure this time, Xiao Jue was indeed the number one in the Xianchang Pavilion, but she said it once in Jiyang, and she forgot it herself, and Xiao Jue could still remember every word.
She clasped Xiao Jue's hand, as if she wanted to hold hands with him forever, and replied with a smile, "There's no way, the strong girl is afraid of entanglement."