Since it entered the twelfth lunar month in the capital, it has started to snow.
In Chonghua Palace, the Empress Dowager sat sullenly on the pit.
Opposite the Queen Mother were the Emperor Chongde and the Empress, and the most noble couple in the Great Chu Dynasty had a somewhat helpless expression at this moment.
The Chonghua Palace was very quiet. After the maid quietly served tea, she stepped aside respectfully, making the atmosphere even more stagnant.
After a while, the queen mother asked angrily with a gloomy face: "Your Majesty, why was King Su injured? Isn't King Su the representative sent by the royal family to appease the people? Why was he injured on the battlefield? Poor King Su, who is so savage? The land, and there is no imperial physician to accompany you, how much pain you have to suffer..." the queen mother said, pressing her eyes with a veil.
When Emperor Chongde saw it, he quickly comforted him: "Mother, please be at ease. Didn't Guard Feng say that although the emperor's younger brother was injured, he is fine, and it will be better if he recuperates for a while."
"What are you recuperating? You don't know where Tongcheng is, can King Su rest in peace while staying there?" the queen mother said angrily.
"Empress mother..." Although Emperor Chongde felt that the Empress Dowager was making trouble unreasonably, but the Great Chu Dynasty valued filial piety, he could not ignore it, and could only wink at the Empress. If you are not sure about the old lady, let the wife appear on the stage.
Originally, the queen had nothing to do with it. It would be nice to see their mother and son entangled. But who would have thought that the emperor wanted her to be cannon fodder, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry. Everyone knows the virtues of the queen mother. The pampering and superiority of the past ten years has made her temper more and more arrogant. She doesn't have a lot of face as a queen. I won't sell her face. Moreover, when it comes to King Su, she is still angry. She only has one brother and one niece, but the only niece was sent back to her hometown by King Su to get married. How can this make her angry
When the queen received a letter from her brother Zhao Geng, knowing that her niece Zhao Qihua was directly ordered by King Su to go back to her hometown to get married, the queen was really furious. After learning about the stupid things done by her niece, although she was unwilling, she still felt that King Su was too merciless. For this reason, the queen could only hold back her anger, and secretly arranged for her cronies to go back to her hometown to help with the management, lest the non-brained niece be bullied by a group of relatives who couldn't beat her.
But after this series of events, the Queen still fell in love with King Su, and also the innocent Princess Su—who told them they were husband and wife.
The queen couldn't ignore the emperor's wink, so she could only concentrate her thoughts, and then said with a smile: "Queen mother, it's wrong for you to say that. Although there are no imperial doctors in the border town, the doctors in the barracks are still good at medical skills. And you forgot, King Su's side And Princess Su..."
Who knows that it's okay if the queen doesn't mention Princess Su, but when she mentions the queen mother, she becomes irritable again: "Hmph, don't mention Princess Su to the Aijia, you will get angry when you mention her Aijia! Aijia let her go to serve King Su, but Look, what did she do? How did people serve her... The Ai family should have sent some other women who would be considerate to others, instead of Princess Su who just makes people angry just by looking at them... "
Looking at the empress dowager who was falling into rage, Emperor Chongde couldn't help but glance at the empress, but saw her smiling helplessly, as if she was helpless at his inadvertently provoked the empress dowager.
Emperor Chongde knew that she was resentful because of General Zhao's affairs, but the queen's behavior still made his eyes slightly cold, and he turned his head and pursed his lips to watch the queen mother talking. After the empress dowager finally vented the anger in her heart, Emperor Chongde hurriedly said: "The queen mother calms down, I believe that the emperor's brother is auspicious and has his own appearance. And at this time, the road is blocked by heavy snow, vehicles are difficult to move, and the emperor's brother can't come back. Why don't I send someone to pick him up when the weather gets warmer in spring."
The Queen Mother nodded with a sullen face, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, when Ba Ning comes back, the Ai family must choose another virtuous and virtuous girl to be his side concubine. , you can make an order."
"Mother, this..."
The queen mother glanced at him and said: "I heard from Guard Feng that Princess Su is healthy and healthy. Obviously, she can adapt well to wild places like Tongcheng. What else can defeat her?" The queen mother said a cold joke, But no one laughed at this time, "So, don't pay attention to those rumors. Aijia believes that King Su's fate has changed, and he can accept a side concubine for him."
— But what if it refers to a woman in the past and then something happened? Isn't it a joke of our royal family to show people!
Emperor Chongde was not as optimistic as the Queen Mother, not to mention whether King Su's fate has really changed, and whether sending him there will really be as safe as Princess Su. But you also have to see if his eccentricity is willing to accept the woman you stuffed? If he put a woman in the past, he didn't like not to touch her in his heart, wouldn't he be harming an innocent woman in vain
Emperor Chongde didn't give the queen mother a clear answer, so he could only use drag words first.
Finally, the Empress Dowager said to Emperor Chongde: "Your Majesty, no matter when King Su will come back from Aijia, but his injury will not last, you should send two imperial doctors there."
The queen mother's request was not too much, and Emperor Chongde nodded in agreement.
After appeasing the queen mother for a while, Emperor Chongde left Chonghua Palace with the queen just now.
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Ananda was naturally unaware of the irascibility of the Empress Dowager in the capital. As the time approached the end of the year, she was very busy with the New Year's affairs.
Although he did not return to Beijing for the New Year, Ananda still had a hard time this year.
And Wen Liang relied on himself in Su Wang's mansion, occupying Chu Baning's daytime time. The two often nestled in the study to discuss the art of war, play chess and read books, or go directly to the martial arts field to make gestures.
Compared to the leisurely life of the two of them, Ananda is like a poor wife who is exhausted for the New Year.
Ananda saw Wen Liang occupying her prince openly every day, and really wanted to spray him to death with a mouthful of salt water.
Seeing that the two are tired of being together during the day, don't say that others misunderstand, even she has to suspect that there is something to tell between them, and she is definitely the cannon fodder supporting actress in the BL novel, who is dedicated to promoting The catalyst of Gong and Shou's feelings, and when the feelings of Gong and Shou come to fruition, they will retire...
Mouth! She's not that great.
Therefore, seeing Junshi Wen who seemed to be suffering, Ananda just wanted to bite him a few times to vent his hatred.
However, Ananda remembered Chu Baning's momentary loss of control that day, and he vaguely understood something in his heart. Seeing Wen Liang drag Chu Baning away, although he was angry, he was not very angry. It's just because, these days, Ananda once again discovered that Chu Baning's indulgence to Wen Liang has surpassed anyone else, and I believe that even the Queen Mother has never had such indulgence from him.
Therefore, there must be some unspeakable tricks in it!
Finally, on the thirty day of the new year, after the reunion dinner, Ananda gave red envelopes to the servants in the mansion and gave them a one-night vacation, so that they would not have to wait on them at night, and let them go to form a team to have a good time year.
Without servants, everything has to be done by yourself.
Wen Liang was wearing a padded jacket made by the embroidered lady of Su Wang's mansion, and was sitting on the pit by the window, a pot of wine was warming in the small stove beside him, and he was holding a pot of wine in his hand, taking his time He drank quietly, and occasionally turned his head to chat with Chu Baning who was playing chess on the other side of the pit, feeling contented.
The wind and snow outside had subsided, but it was still freezing cold. No one would foolishly kneel out and blow the cold wind for fun. The ancient times are different from modern times. There is no Spring Festival Gala to watch on the New Year's Eve, and you have to watch the year. If this is the case, you can only have fun at night. Therefore, Wen Liang's pleasure is to cook wine, drink and enjoy the snow, while Ananda and Chu Baning play chess to pass the time.
Ananda was seriously playing chess with Chu Baning, frowning hard thinking about the next move. Chu Baning looked at her with his cheeks propped up, playing with two chess pieces with his slender fingers.
Chu Baning is now used to Ananda, a stinky chess piece, and quickly adjusted his strategy. Now that he is playing against Ananda, Chu Baning completely regards it as a test of intelligence. Not so easy.
When Ananda was thinking about how to move the next move, he suddenly let out an ah, as if thinking of something, and when Chu Baning raised his eyes to ask, he said with a smile: "My lord, let me think about this move again, now I have something else to do." There is something to do, just wait a moment." After saying that, he went down to the pit, put on his shoes and ran out.
The two men looked at her running out excitedly, and then looked at each other, not knowing what she was going to do when she went out.
Wen Liang smiled, took a sip of wine, and said to Chu Baning: "My lord, the princess is very energetic! Well, it's also very interesting. Zixiu now understands why you are willing..." Before he finished, he pursed his lips and smiled, although it was not clear Said, but we all know each other well.
Something slipped through Chu Baning's eyes, and he took a sip of the still warm tea beside him.
"Hehe, everyone in the world likes to repeat what others say. Bad things spread like crazy, and false ones can be said to be true. But I don't think so. My lord, I believe that marriages are predestined. The reason for this is that God doesn’t want you to marry a woman you don’t like, so there are so many twists and turns... "
Wen Liang talked while drinking, Chu Ba Ning slowly sipping tea, neither looking at him nor interjecting, after a while of nagging, Wen Liangfang got to the point: "The prince and the princess will have a little son, when the time comes Zixiu hopes to become the adoptive father of the young son, I wonder if the prince will dislike Zixiu?"
Wen Liang was a little drunk, his face was blushing, but his eyes were as bright as stars in the sky.
Wen Liang waited for a few seconds before seeing Chu Baning nodded lightly, and couldn't help laughing out loud while hugging the flagon.
At this time, Ananda came in, took a purse in his hand, handed it to Wen Liang, and said with a smile: "Master Wen, happy new year, Gong Xi Fa Cai, I will give you a red envelope."
"..."
With a surprised expression on Wen Liang's face, he completely forgot to move.
This purse was made by the embroiderer in the palace, the style is very ordinary, there are a few pieces of gold leaves inside, it is a red envelope prepared by Ananda for Wen Liang. Of course Ananda would not give away the lucky money in the pouch made by herself. Wen Liang would make a pouch for him when he married his wife, so she took the money made by the embroiderer in the mansion and sent it out.
Seeing his blushing handsome face, Ananda thought he was drunk and didn't understand her movements, and when he was about to say something, Chu Baning's calm voice came.
"The princess rewarded you, just accept it."
When Wen Liang heard this, he grinned, his handsome face seemed to be glowing, the colors were vivid and eye-catching, very eye-catching. Wen Liang happily took the purse handed over by Ananda, and carefully put it into his bosom. Ananda could see the joy in his heart, and was a little puzzled by his cherished appearance, but seeing that he accepted it, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
When giving red envelopes to the servants in advance, Ananda thought of Wen Liang who lived in the palace, and didn't know whether to prepare a red envelope for Wen Liang. Although Wen Liang is older than her, Chu Baning is his boss now, and it seems natural for a boss to give red envelopes to his subordinates, right? So, Ananda still prepared.
After giving the red envelope, Ananda sat back on the pit and continued the unfinished game just now. But during this time, Ananda noticed that although Wen Liang was enjoying the snow while drinking, he always took out the purse to enjoy it from time to time, as if he was treating a toy he liked very much, and Ananda would doubt whether he could not put it down like that. There is something strange.
After seeing Ananda's gaze, Chu Baning put his hands on the edge of the table, approached Ananda and said softly, "This should be the first New Year's red envelope he has received from his elders since he left home ten years ago."
Ananda raised his eyes to look at him, Chu Baning's face was very close, under the light, his skin looked very delicate, and it was not roughed by Tongcheng's harsh weather—Ananda thought of the various palace products on the dressing table She was relieved when he bought the skin care products—his eyes were dark and bright, and his close gaze made her blush and her heart beat.
Ananda's face slowly turned red.
There was a little smile in Chu Baning's eyes, and he felt that the girl in front of him was very cute.
However, after understanding the meaning of Chu Baning's words, Ananda's eyes widened, and there was only one thought in his mind: Could it be that the most beautiful man in the capital is actually a pitiful and unloved one? I can't help but want to go home for the New Year...
Wen Liangxu had drunk too much, after a while, he found out somewhere a green flute and began to play it. The sound of the flute is clear and melodious, with a trace of remoteness, a trace of openness, a little bit of sadness, a little bit of loneliness, and a little bit of homesickness. It should be a festive New Year, but such a beautiful and melodious flute sound gives people a feeling of mourning.
In the orange light, the man holding the flute is clear and leisurely, distant and elegant.
Ananda and Chu Baning stopped playing against each other and listened quietly to the sound of the flute.
After a while, Wen Liang put down the flute, stroked the body of the flute lightly, sighed, and said: "It was once said that a pair of young sons in the Duke's mansion in the capital city, the flute and flute sounded wonderfully in the world. Now the sound of the flute is still the same, and it is difficult to clear the flute. Searching… "
Ananda didn't like this intuitively, but she didn't know what to say, until Chu Baning said: "Go to rest when you're drunk, and it's enough for me and the princess to watch the year."
Holding the flute in his arms, Wen Liang turned his head and smiled at them, and said, "How can it be, keeping the year old is a tradition, and Zixiu has to keep the year old himself even if he is out of tune, so as to keep a safe year."
Chu Baning stopped talking.
The night was getting deeper, and the sound of firecrackers sounded outside, crackling, breaking the coldness of the cold night, and the whole world became lively.
"My lord, let's set off firecrackers too," Ananda said.
Chu Baning looked at the most beautiful man in the capital who was drunk with his eye sockets on the pit, and nodded. Because it was the New Year, Chu Baning granted his wish to drink until he died of drunkenness.
Chu Baning asked Mu Yuan'er to come in and send the drunk back to his bedroom, and took Ananda out to watch the servants set off firecrackers in the yard.
In the courtyard, the sound of crackling firecrackers pierced the eardrums. Ananda covered his ears to hide, but also coveted the firecrackers and fireworks that represented the new year. He felt like suffering, but in the breath of the new year, he smiled endlessly. Chu Baning circled her with a cloak, and the two stood by the corridor, looking up at the fireworks in the night sky, their body temperature came through, and they were so close.
It wasn't until two quarters of an hour later that the sound of the firecrackers gradually died down that Ananda and Chu Baning returned to the dormitory together.
After returning to the room, Ananda realized that his body was frozen stiff. After washing and washing, he climbed into bed, covered with a warm quilt, and felt extremely happy.
However, soon, she did not feel happy.
Because, after her prince went to bed, he took off her clothes directly.
"My lord..."
Chu Baning pressed against her, kissed her face with thin lips, and said in a hoarse voice of lust: "Ananda, let's have a baby..."
Ananda didn't know what happened to him suddenly, and he had a surprised expression. Then wrapped his hands around his neck and said angrily, "Why did the prince suddenly say this?"
Chu Baning set his hands on fire on her body, moved his lips inch by inch, and said in a lazily seductive voice: "Just now Zixiu said, let us have a little son, and then let him be a foster father..."
Ananda frowned, as if Wen Liang would not inherit the title of Lord Zhen Guo in the future, so he would not be able to be the son's adoptive father in the future, right? Is it a private decision between the two? Ananda is not a stingy person either. Although Wen Liang is as cunning as a fox, he has no malicious intentions. It doesn't matter if he is the adoptive father of his own child. Anyway, Chu Baning also agreed, so she will not take this kind of husband. It has already been decided Things are stubborn with him. However, to be a foster father or something, we have to wait until she has a baby. But what Ananda was more curious about was, would Chu Baning, with his obsessive personality, allow his child to have multiple adoptive fathers
To Ananda's question, Chu Baning was silent for a while, and when Ananda thought he couldn't speak, he said softly: "Because, this king once owed Zixiu a life."