As for the question of whether it is Xiao Amu or Xiao Xiaotuanzi, it is not known for the time being. However, Liu Qinghuan had already lived a fairy-like life in the Hou Mansion, and everyone made offerings to her like bodhisattvas.
Xue Mu spent significantly more time in the Hou's mansion than before, and from time to time he had to tell her to walk carefully and keep warm, and even if she wanted to leave the mansion, she had to ask for his permission.
Although Liu Qinghuan had some complaints about this, but thinking of the little Amu in her stomach, she silently endured it.
Anyway, it was very hard for Master Hou to hold her to sleep every night.
I heard that today is some Nestorian festival, a priest came to preach in Daqin Temple, and many people planned to join in the fun. Liu Qinghuan had been bored in the Hou Mansion for so long, so naturally she would not miss this opportunity. The day before, after a long time of hard work and deliberation, he was taken advantage of a lot, and finally got the government order from Xue Mu.
Nian Tang was sent to protect her, and Chi Tao and Qing Zhi used their flesh and blood to block all the people rushing towards her.
Although Daqin Temple is Bosihu Temple, it looks not much different from ordinary temples from the outside. But the inside of the temple is far from the Buddhist temple. Not only are there many murals that Liu Qinghuan has never seen before, but in the middle, there are also portraits of the emperors of Dacheng.
The corners of Liu Qinghuan's mouth twitched. It seemed that they worked hard to preach quietly in Dacheng.
"...Allah, Arhat, judged the cross to determine the four directions, the wind from the origin to generate two qi, the dark sky to change, and the sky and the earth to open, the sun and the moon to move and work day and night..."
The priest's missionary work has already started. After Chi Tao and Qing Zhi found a good place for Liu Qinghuan, they and Nian Tang protected her in the middle, looking like three vajras. After Liu Qinghuan sat down, she also listened intently.
Xue Mu was discussing matters with the emperor in the palace at this time. Two days ago, spies came to report that Ayers had launched a rebellion and that Dongganluo was in civil strife. The envoy sent by the King of Dongganluo Kingdom to ask for help was dragged in the palace by Emperor Yan, but the matter on the border still could not reassure him.
"If King Dongganluo doesn't get reinforcements, he will definitely not be Aies' opponent."
Emperor Yan's voice was low, and after being amplified by the empty hall, it seemed full of oppression. Xue Mu glanced at him and asked, "The emperor is worried that after Aes becomes king, he will send troops to attack Dacheng?"
"Exactly." Emperor Yan nodded.
Xue Mu comforted: "Your Majesty, don't worry, he will definitely attack Da Cheng."
Emperor Yan: "..."
He wasn't comforted at all, okay
He pursed his lips and asked, "Do you want to take this opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop?"
Xue Mudao: "Since we agreed to Aies before, wouldn't it be a loss to Da Cheng's reputation if we backtracked now?"
Emperor Yan retorted: "We just promised not to help his eldest brother, but we didn't promise not to take the opportunity to attack them."
Xue Mu looked at him, with a faint smile in his eyes: "Your Majesty, since Aies dared to initiate a rebellion, it means that he has made sufficient preparations, and we have just eradicated the lineage of the King of Lingnan, and there have been major changes in the court. What's more, there are still remnants of the party that have not been wiped out, so it is not suitable to send troops. The Donggan Luo Kingdom has always been brave and good at fighting, and the surrounding small countries are all afraid of them. I am afraid that there are many who want to take advantage of the internal strife to wipe them out. Human feelings can also test their falsity."
Emperor Yan pondered for a while and said: "What you said is also reasonable, but when the situation in Dongganluo is stable, it will not be so easy to deal with Aies."
Xue Mudao: "Your Majesty, although the soldiers of the Dongganluo Kingdom are strong and strong, we also have many soldiers and generals. You should have more confidence in the Dacheng army."
Emperor Yan: "..."
He took a breath and said: "In order to make me have confidence in you, I decided to watch your rehearsal another day."
Xue Mu said with a smile: "Waiting for your majesty."
Emperor Yan nodded, and said again: "The imperial court is now at the time of employing people, and in two months it will be the day of the imperial examination. I have discussed with several prime ministers that no matter whether it is civil or martial arts, they must be selected fairly. A truly useful talent, put an end to all favoritism and fraud."
Xue Mudao: "I understand that Dacheng is full of talents, and I believe that I will be able to find a lot of usable talents."
"I hope so." Emperor Yan lowered his eyes and said again, "About Lingnan King's remnant party..."
"Within January, they will definitely make moves."
Emperor Yan raised his head and looked at Xue Mu: "New Year's Eve, or Shangyuan."
Xue Mu smiled and said, "The emperor is wise."
Emperor Yan also smiled: "In this case, General Xue should go back to the mansion first. Your wife is pregnant, and you don't want to stay in my palace if you think about it. But you should work harder and have more children." I only give it to someone as handsome as you, even if ten Aies call me, I won’t worry about it.”
Xue Mu gave a low laugh, and said to Emperor Yan: "I obey the order."
After Xue Mu came out of the palace, he didn't go back to the Marquis Mansion, but went directly to Daqin Temple. When he arrived, the Nestorian priest was still talking about something. He saw Liu Qinghuan sitting on the ground at a glance. Although the floor was covered with thick blankets and cushions, Xue Mu couldn't help but frowned and walked over: "Qingqing, I'm back home."
Hearing his voice, Liu Qinghuan turned around and looked at him in surprise: "Amu, why are you here?"
Xue Mu squatted down. body, whispered: "It's cold on the ground, let's go back."
Liu Qinghuan was just hearing the exciting place, and refused to leave without saying anything: "Wait a minute, he is telling the story of the Virgin and the Son, do you know, he said that the world was created by a man named Arhat, he It is said that if there is light, there will be light, but wasn’t it Pangu who created the world?”
Xue Mu couldn't help laughing, and picked her up from the ground: "Perhaps they call Pangu Aluohe."
Seeing that she was hugged in the temple, Liu Qinghuan pushed Xue Mu subconsciously: "You put me down, I can walk by myself."
Xue Mu looked at her and said, "Are you willing to leave after letting you down?"
Liu Qinghuan moved her mouth twice, and Xue Mu warned: "Don't move, if you move again, I'll kiss you."
Liu Qinghuan looked at him and blinked, then moved again.
Xue Mu's chest trembled slightly, and he hugged her out of Daqin Temple with a smile on his lips.
After returning to the Hou Mansion, Liu Qinghuan looked at Xue Mu relentlessly: "Would you like to kiss me if you agree?"
Xue Mu hugged her in his arms, leaned forward, and gently kissed her lips. Xue Mu let go of the person in his arms only when they both became hot after kissing. Sensing the subtle changes in Xue Mu's body, Liu Qinghuan took a few breaths, raised her head and gloated at him: "Amu, this is your retribution for not letting me go out."
There were two clusters of small flames faintly burning in Xue Mu's eyes, he hugged Liu Qinghuan, and licked her blood-red lips affectionately: "Qingqing, it may be chaotic recently, don't run around outside. "
Liu Qinghuan froze for a moment, frowned slightly and asked, "Is it the remnants of the King of Lingnan?" Although the King of Lingnan was bestowed dead by the emperor, his wife and children were also exiled and never returned to Chang'an, but there were still some remnants hidden. Waiting in the wings.
"Hmm..." Xue Mu's voice was hoarse, as if he was deliberately enduring something, "You can't have an accident, you know?"
Liu Qinghuan thought for a while, and obediently responded, "Got it."
"So cute..." Xue Mu's lips rubbed against her face, and he couldn't help holding her and kissing her again. Feeling that Xue Mu's body temperature was getting higher and higher, Lu Qinghuan pulled his lips away, buried him in his heart and said, "Amu, you seem to be burning up."
Xue Mu lightly pinched her waist, he was so uncomfortable now, she still made sarcastic remarks. He took a deep breath on Liu Qinghuan's neck, and subconsciously hugged her tightly: "Qingqing... I really want to eat you."
Liu Qinghuan chuckled a few times, then raised her head to look at him: "No way, we have to wait another month."
She can't go out for a month, and he can't eat meat for a month, which is fair.
Soon it was New Year's Eve, and the first snow fell in Chang'an City. Xue Mu made a fox fur cloak for Liu Qinghuan with the fox he hunted, and wrapped her tightly and put her at home.
On New Year's Eve, every household is very lively, and the maids seem to be even more noisy after the snow falls. Chinese New Year is a good day for eating, drinking, playing and making noises, but Liu Qinghuan has been suffering from severe pregnancy sickness recently, and can't eat many things, so she can only watch sadly while others eat, drink, play and make trouble.
What is even more sad is that on this day of family reunion, officials like Xue Mu have to enter the palace to participate in the New Year's Eve ceremony in the palace, eating, drinking, playing and making noise with the emperor all night.
Liu Qinghuan sniffed, feeling so pitiful.
Qing Zhi beside her seemed to have noticed that she was depressed, she stepped forward and asked softly, "Madam, are you in a bad mood?"
Liu Qinghuan said: "I want to go to the yard with them to play in the snow." The first time she met Amu was when they were having a snowball fight in the yard.
After hearing her words, Qing Zhi quickly stopped her and said, "Ma'am, you absolutely must not do it!" If Master Hou knew that Madam went to the yard to play in the snow, wouldn't she be turned into a snowman
Chi Tao moved the stove to Liu Qinghuan's side, and distracted her with a plate of snacks: "Madam, why don't you have something to eat?"
Liu Qinghuan glanced at the delicate pastries on the plate, and said, "I can't eat any more, I want to drink dried Hedong and grapes."
Chi Tao almost knocked over the plate in her hand: "No way, ma'am! You can't drink!"
Liu Qinghuan sighed sadly, turned her head and looked out the window in a daze. The joy of being pregnant with little Amu at the beginning has almost disappeared in this more than a month. Now she can't eat, drink or go out to play, and she retches every day. She doesn't want to have a child anymore.
"The exorcism has started outside, and there are thousands of child guards!" A little maid ran into the yard from the outside, happily talking to the other maids. Liu Qinghuan's eyes twitched, exorcism, she can hang around outside after dark in a fair manner, she really wants to go and have a look.
She looked at Chitao and Qingzhi beside her, and asked, "Chitao Qingzhi, do you want to go and see the exorcising dance outside?"
Chitao Qingzhi said seriously: "I don't want to."
Liu Qinghuan: "..."
The people educated by Lord Hou are indeed loyal to him.
She turned her head away and didn't speak any more, staring at Ting Liao's faint flames in a daze. On New Year's Eve, there will be a team of exorcising Nuo people jumping from outside the palace to inside the palace, and many people who want to sneak into the palace will take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity to get a set of clothes to protect children and sneak into the palace. In the exorcism team. If Lingnan King's remnant party wants to act, today is a good time.
It's just that even if they did infiltrate the palace, the security in the palace would only be stricter than usual. In addition, many civil servants and generals attended the New Year's Eve ceremony by the emperor's side. It would not be so easy for them to assassinate the emperor.
Xue Mu entered the palace today, apart from being responsible for eating and drinking, the most important thing is to strengthen the guard in the palace. If those people want to assassinate the emperor, they must first cause chaos, and there is a better time than today to cause chaos.
Shangyuan Festival.
Liu Qinghuan thought a lot in her heart, and felt that nothing would happen tonight, so she left the window under Qing Zhi's repeated persuasion.
Chi Tao and Qing Zhi closed the doors and windows, moved the two stoves to Liu Qinghuan, and then had a little snack. They knew that Madam would be unhappy at home during the New Year, but there was nothing she could do about it. The sound of firecrackers kept coming from outside, Liu Qinghuan pursed the corners of her lips, and she didn't intend to watch the new year anymore, she just lay down on the bed.
After waking up, Ah Mu might have returned from the palace.
Xue Mu was still sitting in front of the Hanyuan Hall to participate in the New Year's Eve ceremony. The food on the table was exquisitely cooked, and the maids performing dances in front of the hall were also very skilled in dancing, but he was always a little absent-minded. This was the first new year after he and Liu Qinghuan got married, and he couldn't be with her and locked her at home alone, he could imagine how angry she was.
After the singing and dancing ladies went down, a large group of exorcising Nuo came up. Xue Mu's hand holding the wine glass slightly tightened, and he looked at them intently.
The leader is a Nuo old man and a Nuo mother, surrounded by hundreds of child guards, and people wearing various ghost masks to play ghosts.
They sang and danced and performed the story of exorcising ghosts, and there was no problem until the end. Xue Mu's eyebrows twitched, it seems that he intends to wait until the Shangyuan Festival before making a move
Xue Mu couldn't help frowning, if they did it tonight, they could be wiped out now, but if they wait until the Lantern Festival, it means that the three-day Lantern Festival on the Lantern Festival won't let Qing Qing out of the house.
He had the feeling that she might be too pissed to bite.
After eating, drinking and having fun with the emperor all night in the palace, when dawn broke, the grand court meeting on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty began again. Xue Mu was still in the palace paying New Year greetings to the Emperor and Empress Dowager, while Liu Qinghuan had already woken up. Looking at the empty side, he knew that Xue Mu must not be back yet.
She thought the emperor must be very lonely.
She always felt sick when she woke up in the morning. Liu Qinghuan retched for a while as usual, and then went back to her room to lie down.
It was almost noon when Xue Mu came back, he glanced at Liu Qinghuan who was lying on the bed, and asked Qingzhi beside him: "What's wrong with Qingqing?"
Qing Zhi said: "Madam seems to be in a bad mood, she vomited for a while when she got up in the morning, and didn't eat anything."
Xue Mu frowned, he asked Qingzhi to go to the kitchen to prepare some food, then he walked to Liu Qinghuan and sat down: "Qingqing, what's wrong?"
Liu Qinghuan ignored him, her eyes were still tightly closed.
Xue Mu pursed his lips and smiled. Li Yuanbai said before that emotions are easily affected after pregnancy, which seems to be true.
"Qingqing, get up and eat something before going to sleep."
Xue Mu's voice was gentle and full of patience, but Liu Qinghuan still ignored him.
He bent down and whispered in her ear: "Is Qingqing angry with me?"
This time, he didn't wait for Liu Qinghuan's answer, and kissed her on the lips. Because he was concerned about Liu Qinghuan's body, he didn't dare to kiss her deeply, but after a few kisses, he let go of her lips.
Liu Qinghuan looked at him angrily, Xue Mu smiled and helped her up, and hugged her into his arms: "Qingqing, this is for you."
Liu Qinghuan squinted her eyes like a kitten, looking at the extra pair of Bu Yao in Xue Mu's hands like a juggler.
The red beads are like crystal clear pomegranate seeds, inlaid into the shape of a flower, next to it is a butterfly made of gold flakes, and above the butterfly are dotted with a few flowers and leaves made of emerald jade. There are six white pendant beads hanging under the safflower, the colors of Bu Yao are bright and well matched, and the workmanship is even more delicate.
Xue Mu rested his chin on her shoulder and asked softly, "Do you like it? I specially asked the master to make it. The flowers are made in the shape of pomegranate seeds, which means more children and more blessings."
Liu Qinghuan naturally liked it very much, but still took this opportunity to bargain: "If you let me go out to watch the Lantern Festival on the Lantern Festival, I will like it even more."
Xue Mu buried his head on her shoulder, and laughed a few times, but his tone was very firm: "No, they didn't do something last night, they will definitely do it on the Lantern Festival."
Liu Qinghuan turned her head and looked at him aggrievedly: "Amu, I'm so boring staying at the house by myself."
Xue Mu kissed the corner of her eyes reassuringly: "I know, I will stay with you at the house for the next few days."
"What about the Lantern Festival?"
Xue Mu thought for a while and said, "I'll ask Second Sister to come and accompany you, okay?"
"...Okay." At least the second sister can't see the Lantern Festival anymore, and she can't be the only one who abuses her. She took another look at Bu Yao in Xue Mu's hand, and pulled him to sit down in front of the bronze mirror: "Amu, help me put it on."
Xue Mu smiled and said, "Okay."
Then Chi Tao stared dumbfounded at the fact that Master Hou really combed two buns on his wife's head.
Liu Qinghuan looked at herself in the mirror, and praised Xue Mu: "Amu, your bun is better than Qing Zhi's. Do you often comb it for little girls?"
"Don't move around." Xue Mu straightened her head, tried an angle and inserted a step into it, "I only combed your hair in a bun."
After a pair of step-by-steps were inserted for Liu Qinghuan, Xue Mu picked out a begonia flower tine from various hair accessories, and inserted it beside it.
"Ma'am, it's so beautiful!" Even Chi Tao, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but praise Xue Mu's craftsmanship. Liu Qinghuan nodded, and looked at Xue Mu from the bronze mirror: "Amu, why don't you comb my hair from now on."
Xue Mu bent down and kissed her hair: "If Qingqing likes it, I will comb it for you every day."
Liu Qinghuan was not coaxed by him: "When I wake up every day, you are not there, and you even comb my hair."
Xue Mu pulled her into his arms with a smile, and tapped the tip of her nose: "It's obviously because you're lying in bed, you're such a lazy cat."
Liu Qinghuan twitched the corners of her mouth and did not answer, Qing Zhi brought a few maidservants up with hot food: "Master Hou, madam, these are the dumplings just made in the kitchen."
Hearing the dumplings, Liu Qinghuan also felt a little hungry, and went out with Xue Mu. Seeing Liu Qinghuan's hair bun, Qingzhi said in surprise: "Ah, Chitao is good at craftsmanship, this hair is combed really well."
Liu Qinghuan couldn't help laughing when she heard this, Chitao said anxiously and shyly: "This bun is done by Lord Hou, and Lord Hou combs it better than you. Madam won't ask you to comb your hair anymore!"
Qing Zhi's expression became even more surprised, but she just opened her mouth and said nothing.
Liu Qing sat down beside Xue Mu with a smile, and stretched out her little finger to him like she did when she was a child: "Amu, it's agreed, you will help me comb my hair for the rest of my life."
Xue Mu smiled and hooked her little finger.