This reluctance, on the way back, finally uncontrollably revealed.

She sat in the rickety carriage, holding his hand tightly, feeling that she had something to say to him, but she didn't know where to start.

Xiao Shaotang didn't have any experience in getting along with women before, and he didn't understand women's thoughts like the sons and brothers who rolled over in the Fengyue Field in the capital, but as long as Bai Chenghuan looked at him, he was enough to see her reluctance and attachment.

This kind of cognition made Xiao Shaotang's heart rise with wireless warmth and reluctance.

He took her in his arms, placed her on his lap, lowered his head, and kissed her hair softly where she couldn't see.

"Huanhuan, come with me, it's still too late to ......"

"No, I can't go. She snuggled quietly on his lap, muttered, and then confessed to him: "You go to suppress the bandits well, and you are not allowed to take concubines without my consent, you are not allowed to be injured, and you are not allowed to ......be reckless."

"Okay, I'll take a concubine, don't get hurt, don't be reckless......"

He agreed one by one, but his eyes were sour.

The melon he twisted home with his own hands finally made him feel the sweet taste, but he had to be separated like this.

He picked her up, his warm cheeks pressed tightly against her silky white jade tofu-like face, and whispered goodbye to his beloved girl:

"Huanhuan, wait for me, I will definitely come back and take you away, we haven't had children yet, we haven't had children and grandchildren yet, we still have a lifetime, I swear, in this life, I won't fail you, wait for me to come back." ”

The woman in her arms only nodded and said nothing more.

It wasn't until late at night that the two fell asleep together, and Bai Chenghuan quietly opened his eyes.

She stretched out her fingers, and on his slanted eyebrows, on his long but closed eyes, on the bridge of his nose, and on his thin lips, she swiped this face deeply in her heart.

"Xiao Shaotang, I'm waiting for you to come back, you must come back. ”

The moonlight was cold and sprinkled on the silk tent through the window paper, hazy as frost, she snuggled tightly on his shoulder, but felt warm as spring.

It wasn't until the people around her made an even breathing sound that Xiao Shaotang opened her eyes slightly, a smile on the corner of her mouth, and tightened the arm around her waist.

The good night is short, even if he is still keeping filial piety for his grandfather, he can't do anything, how can he be willing to sleep here?

I really want to take her away by force...... But in that case, she wouldn't like it.

She was his wife for the rest of his life, not his vassal or puppet.

Xiao Shaotang was distracted and spent this short night in a cranky manner.

On the sixteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Xihe, the prince of Qin was ordered to rush to the southwest to suppress bandits.

Bai Chenghuan stood beside the official road outside the capital, watching Xiao Shaotang ride away with the accompanying guards and the few horses given by the emperor, until he couldn't see anything, and then withdrew his gaze.

There were very few people who came to see her off, except for Bai Xianghuan and Xu Chengle, who were standing beside her.

This kind of sparseness and desertion is a world of difference from the day when the eldest brother Xu Chenglin left and the emperor led hundreds of officials to send him off, but it was also expected, after all, everyone knew that the emperor let him go to the southwest to suppress bandits because he didn't like the prince of Qin.

On the way back, Xu Chengle also said goodbye to them, and only Bai Xianghuan insisted on sending her back to the Qin Palace.

Bai Chenghuan sat in the carriage, looking at Bai Xianghuan who was riding a horse outside, and his heart was warm, this is also her own brother.

She has an extra pair of fathers and mothers who love her, and an extra brother who takes her to heart - her life has been reversed, and there are thousands of bad things, but they can't be as good.

When he arrived at the Qin Palace, Bai Chenghuan ordered someone to serve Bai Xianghuan hot tea and snacks, covering up the loss caused by Xiao Shaotang's departure, and talking to Bai Xianghuan with a smile:

"Brother, how have you been reading lately?"

Bai Xianghuan talked about reading, and there was a smile in his eyes:

"I followed Second Young Master Xu out to visit many famous teachers and Confucians in the capital, and it is indeed much more beneficial than when I was in Yuzhou, but I have already discussed it with my mother, and now the world is like this, and when the world is peaceful in a few years, it is not too late to test the fame. ”

Bai Chenghuan nodded, Li is a sharp-eyed woman, and naturally she understands some things, so Bai Xianghuan did not participate in the autumn test last autumn.

"In the blink of an eye, the spring is coming again, and the scholars selected last autumn will definitely rush to the capital to catch the exam. ”

Bai Xianghuan remembered what his mother had told him, hesitated, just nodded, and didn't say anything.

On the official road to the west, Xiao Shaotang walked for a while, and saw a figure in front of him fluttering in the monk's robe from a distance, and took a closer look, it was the monk Yuanhui who had been alarmist and slandered Cheng Huan in front of him.

Xiao Shaotang's face sank, and he subconsciously wanted to whip away, but Yuan Hui was a person with a little kung fu, and when the monk's robe fluttered, he had already stepped forward and stopped Xiao Shaotang's horse's head.

"Master, what do you mean?"

Xiao Shaotang didn't pretend not to know Yuan Hui, but his attitude was extremely cold.

Yuan Hui didn't care, and clasped her palms together with kind eyebrows:

"The poor monk is ready to go south to Pudu sentient beings, but the road is far away, and the road ahead is difficult and dangerous. ”

"Hmph, since the master has this ambition, why don't you go to the south step by step? There are all living beings along the way, and the master can do his best. Please forgive me for the fact that the son of this world is still in a hurry, master, please let go!"

Xiao Shaotang's attitude is cold and straightforward.

He knew that Yuan Hui must have a plan, so he wouldn't want such a scheming person to follow him.

Yuan Hui didn't get out of the way, but raised his head and looked at Xiao Shaotang fixedly:

"Why should Lord Xiao be so stubborn? Some things are destined, not the poor monk's words, and Lord Xiao really shouldn't be angry with the poor monk. Providence let the poor monk meet Lord Xiao here, why don't Lord Xiao obey Heaven's will?"

"Providence, this son of the world, never believes in the will of heaven!"

Xiao Shaotang said, turned the horse's head and bypassed, galloping away.

Yuan Hui was no longer entangled, looking at his back and sighing slightly, but followed firmly.

How can there be no providence?

In this life, he came to change the will of heaven, but after discussing with Song Changqing, he decided to embark on the road to the south in advance.

In the previous life, when the mountains and rivers were broken and out of control, this prince of Qin came to the fore, so in this life, he helped him in advance, since it was the destiny of heaven, then the early replacement may save all living beings from suffering.

In the palace, Zhan Shichun once again mentioned to the emperor about his own edict.

"I want to take a break. ”

When the incense candle was broken when the temple worshiped the ancestors, the emperor was shocked and promised that James Shichun would issue an edict against himself, but these days looked calm, the ancestors did not mean to blame, and the emperor wanted to deny it.

Zhan Shichun didn't say much, he lowered his head, and covered up the darkness under his eyes.

Now that it's started, how can it be so easy to pass?