In a blink of an eye, summer has passed and winter has come, and it is winter again.
The cold wind was blowing outside, but there were several charcoal pots burning in the house, so it was not warm. Zhong Ning specially lit a small brazier, and then went to the kitchen to get two potatoes and roasted them in the brazier. When the fragrance came, Zhong Ning pulled out the potato chops with a silver hairpin and blew twice, wanting to ask Su Yan to eat, but when she looked up, she saw Su Yan holding a letter and smiling happily: "Why? What did you say in the letter? What made you happy like this?"
Half a year later, Su Yan's stature has grown a lot, and her appearance has become more delicate and charming than before. She held the letter paper lightly in her bare hands, turned her head and smiled at Zhong Ning: "He said that he captured the Seventh Prince of the enemy country alive on the battlefield. , made a great achievement, if this operation is done properly to make the enemy country retreat, he will be back soon."
Ever since Chu Yan arrived at the border, he overcame obstacles all the way, and in just half a year, he has won many military exploits. Every time he sent back a letter to Su Yan, he would write how many military exploits he had made and what awards he had received.
Zhong Ning shook her head indifferently and said, "What's the use of coming back? Don't you have two and a half years before you can be a filial piety? He can't marry you when he comes back."
The small flame that ignited in Su Yan's heart was extinguished by Zhong Ning's words.
"Do you want to go back to Master?" Su Yan deliberately pretended to be angry to tease Zhong Ning.
"You will use my mother to pressure me." Zhong Ning curled her lips, gnawing the potato in her hand depressed.
Ever since her mother arrived in the capital, her life has obviously been difficult.
While the two were talking, Yunzhui, who had gone out to deliver cakes to the old lady, came back. As soon as she entered, Yunzhui closed the door behind her back, and said to Su Yan impatiently: "Girl, my uncle brought a 20-something-year-old When the woman came back, she brought two boys with her, saying that the master raised them outside, and this time she brought the children back to recognize their ancestors."
"Your father is quite capable." Zhong Ning's eyes lit up, and she clicked her chin.
"Let them go." Su Yan only felt a headache. Aunt Wang was more capable than she imagined. Since Aunt Wang found that she couldn't get rid of the two children, she began to bribe the people around the outer room. Neighbors, let them listen to the outer room and say nothing more than that she has two sons who can always fight for a place when they go back, and now there is no mistress, and the house is not her world. Ri clamored to take the children to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors.
Finally, Uncle An Jing couldn't stand the noise anymore, so he took the outer room in half a year earlier than in his previous life.
Aunt Wang's purpose, Su Yan, can be imagined with her toes. It is nothing more than to make the snipe and the clam fight, and she, a fisherman, will benefit.
After thinking about it, Su Yan told Yun Zhui: "You go to Aunt Li's place yourself and tell her to be careful." The baby in Aunt Li's womb is almost eight months old, so nothing can go wrong at this time. , That would be one dead body and two lives.
"Yes." Yun Zhui'er bent her knees and said.
"I plan to stop Su Rong's medicine." Su Yan suddenly said to Zhong Ning.
Zhong Ning frowned, very unwilling: "What? Are you going to let her go?" In her opinion, it is right for a person like Su Rong to just order Duanchang Powder.
Su Yan explained with a smile: "I want her to take care of her body, otherwise she looks like a skeleton, how can she marry into the Fourth Prince's Mansion?"
Zhong Ning still frowned: "Isn't there still more than two years of filial piety?"
"I didn't say that I want her to marry as a girl from the Su family." Seeing Zhong Ning's ignorant and deceitful look, Su Yan smiled.
Zhong Ning didn't quite understand, Caixia chuckled and whispered a few words in Zhong Ning's ear, Zhong Ning slapped her head suddenly, and suddenly realized.
Su Yan rubbed Zhong Ning's head with a smile, her eyes showing affection.
The reason why she only gave Su Rong laxatives was not because she was soft-hearted, but because she had planned it long ago.
After the fourth prince was grounded by the emperor after the incident, Lian Xin, under the instruction of Chu Yan, made another good show of "the fourth prince sent someone to assassinate the sixth prince". The emperor was furious, and he raised his sword and shouted Go kill that unfilial son! Concubine Xiao Gui and the Xiao family pleaded with the fourth prince, and the emperor sentenced the fourth prince to face the wall for a year instead. However, he obviously didn't want to see the fourth prince, and instead took the seventh prince who had been practicing in the Taoist temple to find a way to take him back. He entered the palace and gave him a marriage.
Seeing that there was still half a year left before the ban was lifted, Su Yan thought about giving him a big gift at that time. The fourth prince was imprisoned for a year inexplicably, and he must be very hostile. If Su Rong falls into his hands at this time, it must be very nice.
During dinner, news came that the old lady had acquiesced in the existence of that woman and left the two children in her own room, intending to raise them herself. And that woman was arranged in the yard where Uncle An Jing's concubines lived, and she was not even given the title of aunt.
The old lady obviously did not want to see that woman anymore.
When Su Yan heard the news, she just sighed lightly. Everyone chooses their own path, and no one can blame others.
Half a month ago, in the night far away in the frontier.
There was thick snow on the ground, and the color of the bonfire in the camp made the surrounding snow and the sky red. The soldiers gathered around to drink and eat meat. They were holding a celebration banquet for the surrender of the Great Xia Kingdom. The seductive general is dressed in clothes, holding a wine bowl, and will not refuse any soldiers who come to toast.
More than half a year has passed, and Chu Yan is no longer as white and thin as before. After the baptism of the sun and wind, his skin has become wheat-colored, and the corners of his eyes and brows are more stable than before. Maybe it is because of his physique. So thin, but still not strong.
A burly man in armor was holding a bowl of wine and stood up drunkenly. He shook his body a few times before he stabilized his body: "This time the Great Xia Kingdom withdrew its troops and surrendered, General Chu has done a great job! I, Wu Peixiong, respect this bowl of wine." you!"
Wu Peixiong is the deputy commander of the army this time. When Chu Yan first reported for duty, he thought that Chu Yan was no different from those prodigal boys who had nothing to do and were sent here to make military achievements. However, Chu Yan shocked him the first time he went to the battlefield. Now, once on the battlefield, Chu Yan's fierce killing aura is like a different person.
Chu Yan stood up and filled his wine bowl, and reacted indifferently to Wu Peixiong's praise: "Fighting for the country, I dare not claim credit." After saying that, he raised his head and drank the bowl of wine in one gulp.
A general sitting opposite Chu Yan stood up after Wu Peixiong to toast, his small eyes were shining brightly: "If General Chu hadn't been brave enough to capture the Seventh Prince alive, how could the Great Xia Kingdom have just surrendered like this?"
"The Seventh Prince is a man of wine and rice, so it's not surprising that he would be captured alive." Chu Yan's words choked the general who came here deliberately to flatter him, and immediately became speechless.
In fact, it is extremely dangerous for Chu Yan to capture the Seventh Prince alive this time on the battlefield. The Seventh Prince is the most beloved prince of the King of Great Xia. He is proficient in everything, and Chu Yan paid a high price to capture him alive, and even used the medicine Su Yan gave him.
The general laughed twice, rolled his eyes and smiled again: "There are two new beauties in the red tent. I heard that they are official girls. Their skin is so tender that they can almost squeeze out water. I heard that they are still young. Chu'er, we specially reserved it for General Chu."
But he didn't want his "good intentions" to be rejected by Chu Yan without even thinking about it: "Let's leave the beautiful blessings to everyone to enjoy, I will be afraid of guilt." As he said, Chu Yan raised his head and drank a bowl of wine in one gulp. There was an indescribable look on his handsome face.
The moment he sat down, Chu Yan touched the cyan jade pendant hanging around his waist, and a few strands of warmth flowed through his heart. In the past six months, during countless times when life and death were at stake, this jade pendant was by his side.
The general was choked twice by Chu Yan, his face turned dark, he didn't even drink the wine, he just sat down and snorted coldly.
Seeing this, a lieutenant general sitting next to Chu Yan stood up and smoothed things over: "You don't know, but I've heard that General Chu's concubine, who has never been married, looks first-class. How can we get into the eyes of our General Chu..."
After drinking for three rounds, the bonfire in the venue gradually went out, and there were fewer and fewer people. Chu Yan took an opportunity to pretend to be drunk and staggered, and Lian Hao helped him out. Once he entered the tent, he immediately regained his sobriety.
The guards who followed Chu Yan lit the oil lamps and retreated. Lian Hao took out two letters and handed them to Chu Yan with both hands: "Your Majesty, the letter from Beijing is from Miss Su, and the other is from Seven." The prince sent it urgently."
After receiving the two letters, Chu Yan opened Su Yan's letter without hesitation at all. Looking at the beautiful fonts and the affection between the sentences, Chu Yan felt that even the newly added letters on the back The wound doesn't hurt anymore.
After carefully reading Su Yan's letter three or four times, Chu Yan folded the letter paper and put it back in the envelope, and put it in a box next to his bed.
After finishing these, the wax seal on the Seventh Prince's letter was opened.
After reading the seventh prince's letter, the smile on Chu Yan's face disappeared, and his thick eyebrows were furrowed.
"I'll leave the rest of the matter here to you. I'm going back to Beijing."
Lian Hao frowned puzzled, and disapproved of Chu Yan's decision: "My lord, according to the rules, you should report to the emperor first."
"It's too late." Chu Yan put down the letter in his hand with a solemn expression, with a firm attitude.