Zong Cong squinted his eyes and looked her up and down.
No matter how you look at it, you feel the embarrassment on her face reveals a suspicion.
He still hasn't forgotten the words that Xue Dazhi warned him when he left in Yangzhou - if you treat her badly, I'll be waiting for him.
His imperial concubine still needs a Shengdou Xiaomin to wait
One side squinted his eyes to think about something, while Pan'er suddenly started wiping tears over there.
Sitting at the corner of the bed wiping tears, Zong Cong hurriedly sat up straight and pulled her over.
"Why are you crying?"
"Why do you think I'm crying? It's been so many years. Do you still remember that there are people like you who always say that I overturned the jar of vinegar? It's obvious that you brewed a jar of old vinegar. The older you get, the more sour it becomes." , just take it out and taste it if you have nothing to do, and then take it out to annoy people on purpose."
"This..." Zong Cong was a little embarrassed.
"Wanlu and Yue'er are both so old. It's been more than ten years. If you still talk about it all day long, maybe they have children in groups."
He coughed twice, "Isn't it... I'm a little jealous of you and his childhood sweetheart..." Otherwise, I can remember one thing for so long. The latter sentence was extremely vague, and soon his voice changed, "Speaking of it, the Chen family is still outrageous!"
Pan'er looked at him, "Why are you involved in the Chen family again?"
"Think about it, if the Chen family's second wife and wife were not so capable of being demons, you would not have been lost back then. Naturally, you would not have met that Xue Dazhi. Maybe it was you, not the Chen family, that the queen mother had taken a fancy to back then."
Obviously, what he said was a bit unreasonable. Even if she hadn't lost the plate back then, Empress Dowager Fu would not have taken a fancy to her. After all, Empress Chen is a concubine and she is a concubine.
What's more, if she hadn't lost her plate back then, she hadn't experienced the hard work of the people at the bottom, hadn't seen all kinds of things in the world, and couldn't have such a transparent temperament like her.
Maybe under the favor of Chen Pingwu, she will be another Chen family, arrogant and domineering, she may be unkind, and value interests too much, maybe under the influence of the back house of a wealthy family, she will also become a person who only sees with both eyes. See the women and children in the square sky.
It is even possible that Aunt Wang did not fight against the second wife in the end, so that she was also implicated. Aunt Wang might die, and she might become an insignificant concubine, who was eventually married by the second wife to an elderly widower, or a On the surface, he looks young and motivated, but in fact his family is poor, and he has a powerful old mother.
She will slowly lose her own elegance through hard work, and will be immersed in daily necessities and mother-in-law's battle of wits. Maybe her husband will always be poor, or one day he will be prosperous, but he will be in groups of wives and concubines. She will be with each other. Live a life where the two hate each other and don't interfere with each other.
Even if she didn't live again, she is still the cowardly, weak and unsightly skinny horse. Maybe she will be firmly controlled by the second wife and Empress Chen again. Until one day she finally stood up and resisted.
At that time, would he treat her differently
Maybe, maybe she will still spend ten years, or even decades, to conquer and figure out his thoughts. Even if he will love her more and more, she will still feel guilty. How can you expect him to give sincerity.
Maybe the two will stay together forever, but they will leave regrets in the end, just like when he passed away, she sat empty in the magnificent Palace of Compassion and Peace, and would often be in a daze for most of the day.
So success and Xiao He defeat Xiao He, everything complements each other and is predestined.
She kept silent, and Zong Cong was still wondering if she was still angry, and was thinking of saying something, when suddenly he saw her burst into tears.
"Okay, it's all my fault, I shouldn't be so jealous..."
But was suddenly hugged by the neck.
"Brother Cong, I think it is fate that I will meet you. I am destined to be lost and adopted by the Su family, and then go around and come to the East Palace. But I think it is very good to meet you. It's all worth it...”
Zong Cong was caressing her big palm on her back, he paused, and after a long time, he rubbed her back and hugged her tightly.
Then naturally everything goes without saying.
After waiting, Fu Lu led someone to pour hot water into the bathtub behind the innermost screen, and the two of them got up to shower and freshen up.
At this moment, Zong Cong also finished his wine, and when the two returned to the couch, they didn't feel sleepy at all.
"What did you mean by the young Mu Ai?"
In fact, Zong Cong could almost understand what Pan Er meant, but now he was just looking for something to say.
Pan'er gave him a sideways glance, and said, "It means literally. No one has ever been young, especially a girl like Wanxian and Wanshu, who usually don't see any outsiders in the palace. It's rare to come out and see a A young man with a handsome appearance and outstanding abilities will inevitably have Mu Ai's thoughts, since you are a father, don't be too harsh."
Zong Cong laughed a little after hearing it, but also felt a little touched, she was already in his arms, he rubbed her shoulder and said, "Sometimes I really don't know if you are really naive or fake naive, can't you see what's going on behind you?" mean?"
Pan'er paused for a moment, "I don't think it should affect the children after all, what is the mind of the adults. The children are wrong. As the elders, they can discipline them, but they cannot hate them."
In fact, she knows Zong Cong's temperament too well. Maybe his time is occupied by a lot of government affairs, or maybe his nature is like this. If he hates someone, he will stay away from you and ignore you, and just watch you die. He will not make a move until his bottom line is violated.
But that is for outsiders after all.
From Zong Duo, Pan'er could tell that he actually had a fatherly heart. It can be seen from this that even if he is very disappointed with Wanxian and Wanshu in words, he is not really disappointed.
Moreover, there are only so many hearts in a person, and if you give more to you, you will naturally lose others. Empress Chen and the others are fine, this is inherently irreconcilable, but the child is innocent after all.
It may be because both of them knew all this well, and felt somewhat guilty towards Zong Duo Wanxian and the others, Zong Cong and Pan'er.
Zong Cong did it out of a father's guilt, and Pan'er was similar to the guilt of stealing other people's things, so for the children, no matter what their thoughts are, whether they are good or bad, she usually tries to be tolerant as much as possible. Degree of tolerance.
"If only Wanxian and Wanshu were raised by you." Zong Cong sighed.
Pan'er couldn't help but laugh, "Last time it was Zong Duo, this time it's Wanxian and Wanshu, don't you really think of me as a very tolerant person to help you raise children born to other women?"
As she spoke, her eyes slanted again.
"Look at you, I'm jealous again," Zong Cong explained with a little embarrassment, "Isn't it because I'm a little bit lamented that with a good mother, I can teach my children well, and I don't have to have such a headache all day long? It's not really for you to raise."
"It's fine if it's not true." She snorted.
He stretched out his hand and scratched her chin, then scratched her waist when she didn't smile, and finally made her laugh.
"Then what do you say about this matter? I have never bothered my daughter before."
Pan'er pondered for a while, "Since it's impossible, then break their minds completely, tell them it's impossible, and you can give up completely. In case your attitude is unclear, they will misinterpret what it means and create side effects. "
"Is my attitude still not obvious?"
From the moment Wanrong called her uncle, she wanted to warn Wanxian and Wanshu through Wanrong's mouth. The daughter's family is all thin-skinned. Could it be that he, the father, really needs to confess to his face in person, and then the two girls will have no face to face others, and he will also be embarrassed.
Pan'er glanced at him, "You, it's good anywhere, but I like to use the habit of dealing with people in the palace and even ministers on my own family members. Some subtexts can be understood by others. Some can't, or maybe they understand it, but they don't want to do it in their hearts, and they simply pretend to be confused. At this time, you should speak out decisively, and if you can't, you can't, instead of expecting them to figure it out on their own."
Queen Chen is not the best example.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a few more words before taking a break.
But even though the idea was good, before Zong Cong had time to implement it, something happened again.
Yao Mozi came from Wanshu.
Wanxian had a thin skin after all, she went back and cried all night, and didn't even come out the next day.
But Wanshu relied on the absence of Empress Chen, she, Zong Duo and everyone around them were the biggest, so she got ready early the next day and waited for Wanyu and them on the road.
I don't know how she avoided other people's eyes and ears, but after Wanrong and the others set off, she waited by the side of the road. Under such circumstances, it is naturally difficult to say not to bring her, and because of this, the atmosphere today is very different from the previous two days.
After talking and laughing, Zhao Chen and Song Ming looked at Wanshu, and then at Fu Qing who had a cold face.
But Fu Qing always had a cold face, but he couldn't tell the slightest bit.
The whole morning, everyone didn't make any progress in hunting, just worried about Wanshu's presence.
She was not good at riding, so naturally she couldn't swim away, so she had to let the guards drive their horses to drive some prey over, and everyone shot randomly, solving the embarrassing situation of having nothing to eat at noon.
They found a water pool to settle down. This water pool was probably flowed down from a mountain spring, and it was very clear. There are many stones densely covered by the pool, forming some shallow water puddles, and small fish can be clearly seen swimming in the water puddles.
Fu Qing took the initiative to deal with the prey, Song Ming thought about it, and followed.
"You said you too, and you didn't do anything, so you can't just smile? This is a princess, not those hypocritical ladies."
The princess is not pretentious? what idea.
Fu Qing glanced at him, "I didn't stop you, you can smile more."
"Then I'll go." Unexpectedly, Song Ming said after changing his voice.
It is human nature to admire Ai when young, especially this beautiful girl has a layer of noble status, Song Ming wanted to be courteous to her a long time ago, because she was worried about Fu Qing.
Since Fu Qing said so, he naturally has no burden.
Looking at the situation here, Wanrong blinked several times.
Zong Yue gave her a hand, and said in a low voice, "It's all right, sister, don't worry about their affairs."
"I can't manage it even if I want to." Wan Rong left a word and went to Zong Qian's side.
Zong Qian saw a guard stabbing fish from the pool with sharpened bamboos at the other side of the pool, so he ran over to join in the fun. After looking at it, he wanted to try it too, so he asked the guards for a bamboo.
After getting along these days, the guards also knew that the third prince was young, but he had a bold and generous temperament, so he found one for him, and pointed out the location for him to cheer him on.
There was a lot of excitement.
After all, Wanrong is a girl, and she can't go into the water like Zong Qian who took off her boots and trouser legs and rolled up her bare feet. Seeing that there was still a lot of space on the rock where Fu Qing was, she came over by stepping on the rock.
"Cousin."
Fu Qing was normal on the surface, but in fact he was slightly embarrassed.
Although Wanyan is not very old, but he is only sixteen, so he is called cousin, especially compared to Wanxian and Mrs. Fu, this uncle is very harsh.
Fu Qing always felt that it was a bit deliberate for Wanrong to call him that, but when she thought about it, she was only ten years old, not even a girl, so she naturally felt that she was overthinking.
"Stand still, there is moss on this stone."
Wanrong smiled, "It's okay, cousin, I'm watching," and raised her voice to greet Zong Qian, "Whether you can catch it or not, come back if you can't catch it, don't make trouble for others."
Zong Qian was so close to the two fish that the fish ran away, and now he was staring intently at the water, when he was greeted by his sister, annoyed, "Sister, don't make trouble for me."
As he spoke, he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Wanwan smiled with her hips akimbo, making everyone at the edge of the pool laugh.
Over there, Wan Shu's eyes kept staring at this place, but there was a fly buzzing around her.
She was not prone to seizures, so she suddenly said, "Why don't we go over there too?"
Song Ming was so intoxicated by Wanshu's smile that he didn't pay attention to what she was saying, just nodded. Afterwards, Wanshu walked over there, and he followed behind.
Wanshu stepped on the stone carefully and moved there, Song Ming made a fuss behind her back to make her be more careful. Wanshu was already panicking, afraid of falling into the water, but he was still there to distract her, and glared at her with a blushing face.
Song Ming was stunned by her stare.
"Don't get too close to me." After finishing speaking, Wanshu walked forward quickly. With a long step, her center of gravity was unstable, but she only had two steps left to reach the edge of the big rock.
Seeing her coming, Wanrong couldn't walk steadily, so she hurriedly stretched out her hand to pull her.
Fortunately, she was stronger than ordinary girls, so she pulled Wanshu up, and the onlookers heaved a sigh of relief.
"Second sister, why are you here?"
Wan Shu breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm here to watch Zong Qian catch fish."
Unexpectedly, before she finished speaking, her foot slipped and she fell sideways into the water. In the process of falling, she bumped into Wanrong again, and Wanrong also slid down.
Before everyone's exclamation came out, Fu Qing quickly grabbed Wanyu with her sharp eyes, but Wanshu was out of luck and fell into the water with a plop.
Fortunately, Fu Qing chose a place with deep water in order to deal with the prey, otherwise I don't know what will happen to Wan Shu if she falls.
A guard rushed over immediately, but not as fast as Song Ming.
Song Mingben was on the side, and immediately jumped into the pool.
"Princess Wanshu, don't be afraid, I'll save you."
Wanshu didn't know how to drink water at all, so it was understandable that she fell. After taking a few sips of water, her heart contracted sharply, and she couldn't hear clearly and didn't care to listen to what others said.
Song Ming's water skills are not bad, but most of the people who can't hold back are panicked after falling into the water. He wanted to hold Wanshu's shoulders and bring her over, but he was hugged tightly as soon as he leaned over.
The most difficult thing to bear is the beauty's favor. Standing on the stone, Fu Qing saw the kid laughing so confusedly that he was about to be dragged into the water without realizing it.
At this time, a few guards who were fishing by the pool also came over, still holding bamboo in their hands.
Fu Qing gestured to them, and immediately someone threw the bamboo over in the air.
The last two were picked up by Fu Qing with bamboo.
Wanshu's face turned pale when she landed, and she slapped Song Ming.