Seven years.

It was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and it had just rained in Kyoto last night, and the morning was a little wet, warm and refreshing.

Tao sent her husband away, and sat in front of the yellow rosewood frame in a purple and red water-colored Ruicao Yunyan brocade dress, with green silk scattered, and let the maid behind her comb her hair.

Dow looked at himself in his glasses, and his red-dyed fingers gently touched his face. Now she is nearly forty years old, and she has been well maintained in the past seven years, and there is no obvious change in her appearance, and even a smile and a smile are still delicate and resentful, but her body is honest after all, she is a little old, for example, it rained last night, and her waist hurts faintly, but she can't sleep well all night.

Thinking about it, Tao stroked her waist lightly, and when she raised her eyes, she saw the red note smiling shyly, yo, what are you thinking? She shook her head lightly, without explanation, but said flatly: "Bring me the hair on your hand." Noticing the smile, he naturally saw that the maid pulled out her hair and hid it very quickly.

The red note was stunned for a moment, answered "yes", and stretched out his hand, and saw three strands of hair like snow lying quietly on the palm of his hand, abrupt and obvious.

Tao picked one up, pinched it with his jade white hand and took a closer look, and sighed more and more that he was getting old.

However, when she gets old, her children grow up, but none of them makes her worry. Don't mention the two sons, just mention the girl, after she recovered from her illness that year, the family was spoiled, so naturally she was left to everything. This is good, the little girl hasn't thought much about anything else over the years, she is still focused on eating, and she is still a snack, but fortunately, it is ......

Tao thought in his heart, put his white hair lightly on the dresser, touched the combed bun, and said, "Let's go to Yufu Courtyard to see Yuanyuan today." ”

In the past seven years, her daughter still lived in Yufuyuan, but when she turned ten years old, before the Duke of Rongguo inherited the title to the big house, she ordered someone to renovate and expand it, and now the courtyard is twice as big. About a year ago, when my daughter saw that the yard was empty, she ordered someone to plant something again, this time not some fruit trees, but some serious flowers.

Thinking about it, this is also a gratifying thing, and now when I go to Yufuyuan, I can also see a cluster of flowers, like a girl's home.

Tao walked slowly all the way, and when he arrived at the entrance of Yufu Courtyard, he saw a little girl with a goose egg face who was about fourteen years old in a turquoise armor holding a bamboo basket in both hands, and was hurriedly walking over. ”

And this maid is the personal maid that Tao personally selected for his daughter, named Lianwu. The original Banxia and Honeysuckle were getting older, and they were also at marriageable age, so they were not suitable for serving their daughters, so she carefully selected two maids three years ago and sent them to her daughter. This girl's name is still taken by the little girl, one is called Lianwu, and the other is called Sydney.

Seeing that the lotus mist came back from outside in a hurry, and deliberately protected the bamboo basket, she was puzzled, she replied lightly, and her eyes swept over the bamboo basket, only to see that it was full of yellow-white sugar.

"What is this for?" asked Dow as he approached, frowning slightly.

“…… The girl said that she wanted to make some flowers and candy to eat because the flowers were blooming well in the courtyard today. Lian Wu hesitated for a moment, then replied stubbornly.

Flower caramel candy?!

Tao suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, feeling that this little girl planted so many flowers not for pleasing to the eye, but for the sake of appetite. Thinking like this, she couldn't help but look towards the yard, and saw two busy little bodies sitting on the wooden ladder, and they looked like their own daughters picking flowers with great interest.

In the courtyard, these two people naturally didn't notice anyone coming.

Dressed in a lake blue armor, the thirteen-year-old maid Sydney held a bamboo basket in her hand and looked at the people on the ladder with a look of concentration.

The girl is thirteen years old this year, her body is not enough, and she looks a little thin, but her skin is really whiter than snow, and today she is wearing a pearl-colored drunken flower dress that matches her skin color, and she looks more and more skinny.

At this moment, she sat on the wooden ladder, her flowing gauze skirt falling, her head held high, and she could not see the front of it, and she could see a pair of slender white hands deftly folding the magnolia flowers on the tree, and this attention was about to be attracted.

Looking at the pink and jade-like fingers, Sydney suddenly remembered the Flower Dynasty Festival, which was also the girl's birthday, and the house invited two partners, one is the daughter of the Lu family, and the other is the daughter of the Wei family, who has been praised by everyone in Kyoto in recent years-Wei Xuexuan.

And it is said that this Wei Xuexuan is the first noble girl in Kyoto, but Sydney is a little unconvinced, not to mention the side, just saying that the appearance of her own girl will win a few points. But whoever let the girl be hidden in the mansion and never be taken out to attend various banquets, naturally no one can know her.

Recently, however, there has been a strange story in Kyoto - in the middle of the night in Kyoto, there is often a daughter who looks like a mountain spirit riding a deer and disappears into the deep alleys.

And who is this woman? You don't have to guess to know.

And then. ”

Sydney thought about it, but she didn't pay attention to the magnolia flowers dropped, hearing the shout, she subconsciously raised her eyes first, and saw the face that even if she had seen it many times, at first glance, she would still tremble, and when she saw the snowy skin and red lips, her eyes and bright teeth, she only felt that it was not more than a point, and it was not less than a point, everything was just right, especially a pair of eyes that seemed to be watery, and it looked very smart.

There is this alluring good color.

Sydney was glad that she knew how to do some kung fu, otherwise she would not have been able to enter the blue eyes of the third lady and let her serve by the girl's side. Look at this appearance, although it is still a little immature, it is already a charming posture, let her see, this eye is inseparable, how can she not see enough.

Su Xun saw that the maid was fascinated again, but sighed, at this time, she heard the sound of footsteps in the yard, thinking that it should be Lian Wu who brought the candy back, she was about to turn around and climb down the ladder, but she heard a familiar and worried voice not far away.

"Be careful, don't fall. ”

Looking back, I saw Dow frowning and slowly approaching step by step.

"Mother. Su Xun saw that Tao was coming, and hurriedly called, but secretly stuck out his tongue, and slowly climbed down the wooden ladder little by little according to his mother's wishes, and then stood there quietly and obediently.

Tao approached and saw that his daughter was pretending to be well-behaved again, and he was a little helpless, but when he looked at his daughter, he couldn't help but look at it for a while, and he felt a little happy in his heart. After the little girl recovered from a serious illness when she was six years old, this body will not get fat no matter how she eats, and the better thing is that this face is a perfect inheritance of her and her husband's strengths.

Naturally, Dow knew that she was beautiful, but she was always not very satisfied with her eyebrows, and she thought that they were a little light, and she had to apply them in the mirror for a while every day to feel at ease. But when it comes to her daughter, her eyebrows are dark.

At the moment, although her face is still a little green, she is destined to be a little more beautiful than her mother in the future. In this way, Dow's heart naturally rejoices.

Su Xun knew that her mother had actually been hard and soft-hearted towards her, and when she saw her mother smiling at this time, she also relaxed a little, walked to the side of Lianwu, looked at the candy in the bamboo basket, picked a small one, and took it in her hand, and called "wonton" softly in her mouth.

I saw that in the side room, a sika deer with shiny hair and strong limbs called "Yo Yo" twice, and then ran over quickly, which also caused the golden bell on the neck to "jingle".

And Lu'er didn't have a trace of fear when he saw such a look in the yard, so he ran straight to Su Xun's side, rubbed it affectionately, and stretched out his tongue to lick the candy in his hand.

Su Xun half-squatted down, and also stroked the deer with great pity, thinking about whether to ride the deer tonight and go out to buy supper. This deer runs very fast and is very spiritual, which really makes her love it. However, she naturally knew that Xiao Rui sent the deer over at that time, not to let her ride, but to let her roast and eat.

But why should she follow his wishes, she hasn't seen him for seven years anyway, not to mention that he kidnapped his second brother.

Seven years ago, she guessed that the deer was sent by Xiao Rui, so she wanted to return it, but who knows, on the second day, an urgent report was sent from the border pass, saying that the monarch of the Western Xia Kingdom had gathered 100,000 male soldiers to press the border, and the form was dangerous. At that time, King Xu took the initiative to ask for orders to accompany him, so Xiao Rui naturally followed.

And when Su Xun knew that Xiao Rui had left Kyoto and stayed away from her, he didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, so he knew from his father and mother that the second brother also secretly followed......

Subsequently, this battle was fought for seven years, although the war did not affect the stability of Kyoto, but it seemed that there was no end time, and after all, his second brother went to the battlefield, and this heart naturally hung there, praying every day that the second brother was safe.

On the side, Tao saw this deer, and naturally thought of the second son Su Xuanyuan who was far away at the border, her eyes couldn't help but darken, and she hadn't seen that kid for seven years, and it was false to say that she wasn't worried, but this was the path that her son chose by himself, and she didn't want to stop it, for example, the eldest son was in his early twenties, but he didn't want to get married, and she wouldn't force it.

However, there really is no one who can make her worry.

Tao sighed, said a few more words to his daughter, and left Yufu Courtyard and returned to Yuxiu Courtyard, but before she entered the house, she saw that her husband Su Shaohua, who was supposed to be dealing with affairs, also hurriedly walked in.

"Why did you come back so early today? Tao stepped forward and asked softly, while reaching out and gently straightening out the light green official uniform on her husband's body.

Su Shaohua looked excited, and when he saw Tao coming, he supported her waist, turned around, and after putting it down, he held her hand tightly, took her into his arms, and said: "Jin'er, there is news from the border pass, saying that the Western Xia has finally withdrawn its troops and made peace, and our army will return to the DPRK in the near future." ”

Since ancient times, war has been the most costly and costly for the people, and no matter which rich and powerful country has been weakened by seven years of attrition, it is also the people's discouragement and devastation, especially the side that has invaded but has not been able to attack for a long time.

When Tao heard this, his eyes flashed, and he muttered in a low voice, "Really?" But then, she remembered something, pushed him away, called out the red note, and whispered a few words.

"What are you talking about?" After Su Shaohua saw the two of them whispering, the red note hurriedly retreated and left, and couldn't help asking.

"I asked the red note to go and talk to the guard who was invited to protect Yuan Yuan, and let him pay attention to that little girl recently, maybe he won't be able to see the figure. Tao didn't hide it, looked at his husband, and said.

Seven years ago, after the kidnapping case, Rong Guogong invited a master to protect his good granddaughter. And that person's martial arts are really good, but his voice is hoarse, which makes people uncomfortable to listen to......