Chu Qiao followed him to the door, and the wind was a bit strong, blowing her snow-white cloak. She watched Zhuge Yue disappear into the thick night, smiling and leaning against the door frame.
In fact, Zhenhuang was not as scary as she imagined.
In the distance, Jingjing and Pingan were making a fuss, and they didn't know what happened, and a group of them burst into laughter. The corners of Chu Qiao's mouth curled up involuntarily, it's good, it's really good here.
After eating, she took a bath under the service of the maid.
Mei Xiang and the others were exhausted all the way, and Rong'er couldn't live without people, so Mei Xiang took the two nannies down to take care of the children. The servants didn't know, they thought it was Zhuge Yue and Chu Qiao's child born outside, and they took good care of them.
The bathroom of Zhuge Yue's house is very large, the whole is made of mirage white jade, inlaid with hundreds of pearls, just one candle can make the whole room as bright as day. The water is drawn from the underground hot spring in Cangshan Mountain, blended with floral dew and mixed with royal medicinal powder, which has a pleasant fragrance. In order to prevent slipping, the bottom of the pool is also carved with large roses, which is extremely luxurious.
Huan'er said that when the emperor gave Zhuge Yue's mansion, he took a look around first, and said after seeing it, "Leave later, this house can be sold for a good price."
Chu Qiao smiled slightly after hearing this, it seems that the vampire Sima rumored outside is indeed true.
After taking a bath, she wore a white silk dress and went back to the bedroom barefoot.
Huan'er was a little nervous at the beginning, but seeing Chu Qiao's amiability, she gradually let go of her mind, and boldly called out "Xing'er, Xing'er". She repeatedly brought up Zhuge Yue's trifles over the past few years, but all she said were good things. In a word, in a word, it was: Xing'er, you know that it is wise to return to our young master in time. , Gods and Buddhas all over the sky will be jealous of you.
Chu Qiao smiled and listened to Huan'er talking about how Zhuge Yue kept himself clean these past few years, how he was not close to women, how he made those ladies from aristocratic families break their bowels and stare at their eyes; Remembering her, every time I heard her news or received her letter, how happy and excited I was, how I couldn't sleep at night, how I ate a few more bowls of soup; I heard Huan'er talk about Zhuge Yue's past few years. Dismal, how to be abused by others, how to be weak, how to have no status in the family...
Gradually, the little maid began to cry, and while thinking about Zhuge Yue's kindness, she said sadly: "Xing'er, please don't leave the young master again, the young master really likes you."
The room smelled of good incense, and Chu Qiao sat on the soft bed, listening to the past events one by one, feeling that the past time was passing by before her eyes like mountains and seas.
See, he likes her, the whole world knows it, even a maid can see it so clearly. It happened to her that it took so many years to understand this.
Someone knocked lightly on the door, and the servants came to report that General Yueqi's wife had come.
Huan'er quickly jumped up and ran out. After a while, a woman with delicate features came in. She was wearing a goose yellow dress, she looked simple and elegant, she had two dimples when she smiled, and she was holding a teenage child by the hand. If you miss her, you have to kneel down and salute.
Chu Qiao quickly supported her, and said with a smile: "I never thought that Yue Qi would be so lucky to marry such a beautiful wife."
Xiao Fei smiled slightly, showing two cute little canine teeth, and said to the child, "Mo'er, quickly call mother."
The child looked up at Chu Qiao, was stunned for a while, then suddenly opened his arms and hugged Chu Qiao's legs, and shouted loudly: "Sister, come to see me!"
Chu Qiao was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her head to look carefully, and saw that the child was handsome and cute, wearing a pine green bikini, her eyes were shining, she looked at her happily, and shouted: "Sister, you don't know me Lah, I'm Mo'er."
Chu Qiao suddenly remembered that this was Ouyang Mo who she and Zhuge Yue took in on the way to Tang Jing. It has been more than six years in a flash, and the little girl in the past has grown so big today.
She quickly hugged the child, and said in surprise: "Mo'er has grown so tall, I almost can't recognize him."
Mo'er hugged her affectionately, and said, "Where did sister go? You haven't come to see me for so many years? If father didn't talk about you often, Mo'er would have forgotten about her."
"Father?" Chu Qiao frowned, and looked at the two people next to her suspiciously.
Xiao Fei quickly said to the child: "Don't bark, call mother."
Mo'er looked at Chu Qiao and asked, "Did sister marry my father?"
"Who is your father?"
"My father is the Sima of the military department of Daxia, don't you know my sister?"
Huan'er quickly explained from the side: "After the young master came back, he took young master Mo as his adopted son."
Only then did Chu Qiao suddenly realize that after chatting with Mo'er and Xiao Fei for a while, she realized that Xiao Fei had given birth to two children for Yue Qi. This woman is always very shy, and she will blush after saying a few words, which is very attractive.
Because Chu Qiao just returned home today, it was inconvenient for them to stay longer, after chatting for a while, Xiao Fei took Mo'er and left. Before leaving, Mo'er repeatedly asked Chu Qiao to promise to see him when she had time, as if she was afraid that she would turn around and leave again.
After everyone left, Zhuge Yue hadn't come back yet. Chu Qiao was a little tired, so she dismissed her servants and went to bed to rest.
Chu Qiao's health has not been good for the past few years, and she has been running around all the way for the past few days, and her spirit is slightly weak.
The bed was warm and soft. Not long after Chu Qiao lay on it, she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
I don't know how long it took, she vaguely felt that someone was kissing her, but she stubbornly didn't want to wake up, so she let out a lazily "hmm" and burrowed into the depths of the bed.
A cold arm suddenly embraced her, and her warm breath sprayed against her ears, as if she was chuckling.
Itching on her neck, she frowned and opened her eyes, and saw Zhuge Yue wearing a lavender pajamas, lying on his side on the bed, staring at her with bright black eyes, and said with a smile: "Such vigilance is not guaranteed by others." I don’t even know if I took advantage of it, but is it the Xing’er I know?”
Chu Qiao smiled and stretched out her arms to wrap his arms around his neck, and said, "There is a little thief who is so skilled that he always comes and goes without a trace, and I can't even catch his trace."
Zhuge Yue chuckled, lowered his head and kissed her, and asked, "Did you sleep well?"
"It's okay." Chu Qiao leaned into his arms and said mischievously, "I'll sleep better if you don't come back."
Zhuge Yue scolded with a smile: "If you don't fight for three days, you will go to the house to uncover the roof tiles. It seems that I really want to give you some family law."
After saying that, she raised her hand, Chu Qiao closed her eyes in fright, but after waiting for a long time, she still didn't hear the so-called family law. She opened her eyes, but saw that Zhuge Yue was looking at her leisurely, and couldn't help asking: "Aren't you going to enforce the family law? Why don't you do it?"
Zhuge Yue hugged her, bowed his head and kissed her neck, and with a slight movement of his arms, the ribbon around her waist was pulled away, and the clothes slid down her shoulders, revealing a piece of snow-white skin.
The strength on Zhuge Yue's arm increased slightly, his body slowly covered him, and he said in a low voice: "How can I give up?"
A pair of red candles were quietly burning on the candlesticks with double cranes holding flowers and coiled branches. The scarlet lanterns covered the candles, and only the faint red light came out faintly.
The long night was silent, Chu Qiao's first night back in Zhenhuang City, in such a warm lingering, slowly passing by. This autumn passed slowly in such sweetness and joy. Although the autumn leaves fell, golden chrysanthemums were in full bloom, embellishing a golden and beautiful Sima Mansion even more magnificently. The days are like the spring lake in March, a trace of it flows from the fingers, but leaves the sweetness and hope of spring in the palm, which will not disappear for a long time.
On the day of the autumn festival, Chu Qiao followed Zhuge Yue out of the mansion, went to Xiangzhi Mountain thirty miles away, and visited Anyuan Temple on the mountain.
Although Chu Qiao lived in Zhenhuang City for seven or eight years, she has almost never been to some places of interest around the imperial city. Firstly, his status was not allowed at the beginning, and secondly, he did not have this state of mind. But now that the vicissitudes of life have changed, everything is different from the past, so she let go of her embrace.
The weather was very good that day, although there was a cool breeze, it was even more refreshing. Chu Qiao wore a moon-white pleated satin dress and a satin velvet cloak, and led a group of followers who had a good time when they heard that they were going out to play, and set off on the road in a mighty manner.
Xiangzhi Mountain is located in the south of Zhenhuang. It rises upright in a plain. The top of the mountain is covered with snow, which does not melt all the year round. It looks like a crouching dragon, lonely and lonely. There are maple forests all over the mountainside, and now at a glance, it is as bright as fire, and the scenery is bright and beautiful. Today is the autumn festival, all the wealthy households in Zhenhuang City travel together, and there are many tourists on the mountain, laughing and laughing, and it is very lively.
All the way up the Xiangzhi Mountain, in the middle of the red maple forest, the magnificent scenery is so beautiful. Jingjing and Pingan lead the way, yelling for you to chase after me, while He Xiao and a group of Yue Wei guards are on the left and right. Yue Qi also brought Xiao Fei along, taking advantage of the festival, to let this good wife and loving mother take a vacation.
Zhuge Yue took Chu Qiao's hand and went up all the way, talking and laughing with everyone citing scriptures from time to time. It was rare for the young master to be so happy and easy-going, and everyone was happy to join in the fun, protecting them like stars. Occasionally, tourists pass by, and they all look sideways, and they don't know which noble family is traveling.
Zhuge Yue has always been very busy. He is the Sima of the military department of Daxia, and the vassal prince of Qinghai. Now he has become the head of the Zhuge clan. And Yanbei's internal and external attacks. These days, although he returns home on time every day, eats and chats with Chu Qiao, and rests with her, but every time Chu Qiao wakes up in the middle of the night, he is not by his side. lights.
At times like this, she always pretended not to know, went to bed and continued to sleep peacefully until the next morning, then asked him with a smile if he slept well, looked at his squinted blue eyes and smiled and replied that he slept very well .
His body was not as good as he showed. He suffered such a serious injury back then, and he had been diving in the water for a long time. Now that the weather is getting colder, his pain has become more prominent.
Every autumn rain is like a cool one. Whenever it rains on a cloudy day, his complexion will be very bad. Occasionally, when he woke up in the middle of the night, he could hear his deep and depressed breathing, see the fine cold sweat on the back of his neck, and the wet pajamas that were softly attached to his spine.
At times like this, she can't say anything, just keeps her eyes wide open in the dark, looking at the shimmering pearl ceiling, clenches her fists tightly, her lips are blue and white, and counts the fine sand in the drain bit by bit, Waiting quietly for the dawn, and then desperately bringing a brazier to the house the next day. She even directed the craftsmen to spend more than ten days building a heater, turning a bedroom into a fire room.
When having breakfast yesterday morning, Jingjing and Pingan talked about the excitement of the autumn festival, she just echoed a few words, and he took it down. He didn't say anything at that time, but on the second day, he turned down everything and took her out on a trip under the banner of going up the mountain to worship Buddha.
For so many years, he has always been a stubborn and proud person, never believed in gods and Buddhas, rebellious like a child. Chu Qiao laughed at him for turning his sexuality to worship Buddha, but he smiled at her and said mysteriously that other Buddhas could not be worshiped, but there was one Buddha that must be worshiped.