As the sun waned, Yanfu's carriage took advantage of the sunset to go out of the city.

Su Huihui didn't go out to hang out for a long time, and there was an indescribable relief when he watched the towering city gate being left behind. The carriage shook for half an hour, and when the two arrived at the suburban garden, even Shangshu's daughter's illness couldn't make her feel troublesome for the time being.

This is the residence of a large family of the previous generation, which was renovated into a hot spring pool a few decades ago, and has gone through several temple owners, and now it is a business that benefits the people, except for the high asking price, everything is comfortable.

The country of Qi is mountainous, and there are many hot springs in Fanjing, but it is the first time for Su Huihui to go to this kind of place. I heard that the guest rooms in the annex are paid per person, and it costs ten taels of silver for a night, which is extremely expensive, but someone invited her to go anyway, so she didn't have to pay out of her pocket, so she followed her friend into the courtyard happily. Chen Hua used the banner of Yan's to spend money like flowing water, and he had told the boss before that he wanted the best two rooms, a separate pool, and a flower and moon shadow around him.

The two rooms are actually two huts not far apart, Su Huihui likes to stay alone, Chen Hua bleed and added ten taels, and was reprimanded by his father.

"How much silver did you get on credit?" asked Su Huihui after putting things away.

Chen Hua said: "Actually, I want to come here selfishly, you don't have pressure." One night is only half a year's money, and my father said that he still supports me. ”

Su warmed up: "...... Uncle really thought about it. ”

The pool is still some distance from the guest room, and the pebblestone path on the lawn is lined with purple and red flowers, and a small red lantern hangs with incense to repel mosquitoes.

She untied the purse from her waist one by one, put on a thin robe, walked to the edge of the pool with her hair scattered, and tested the temperature of the water on her tiptoes. The summer is hot, and there is only a slight vapor on the water surface, or the winter is still meaningful.

The moon hook shuttled among the clouds, flickering and darkening, and the waves falling in the water were also obscurant, waving with soft silver threads. When everything was silent, her five senses suddenly became extremely sensitive, and there was a faint fragrance on the tip of her nose, as if it was a special incense powder for smoking clothes.

Su Huihui leaned against the stone and moved over, approached the gold master, and sniffed it carefully a few times: "Yes, it's the smell on your body, I remember that you don't seem to use these things?"

As soon as Chen Hua mentioned this, he was indignant: "Didn't you just go to see Wei Jieyu in the Dichen Temple a few days ago, she said that this incense was given by the palace, and I lit it to see things and think about people, and I was covered with this smell after coming out of her room, and now it is much lighter than at that time, and you can smell it." ”

She added meaningfully: "It's smoking you, isn't it? Do you want to reflect on why people want to see things and think about people." ”

Su Hui was speechless, Chen Hua's brain was very flexible, and the news was smooth, she had no intention of revealing a little bit of her relationship with the palace during the conversation, but she didn't expect the other party to be clear and sober. Chen Hua saw Sheng Yunyi wearing the skin of the governor in Gyeonggi, and when she left Beijing, she had seen Jinshang come to give it away, thinking of her appearance of holding a hairpin baby last year and the experience of jumping five levels in a row to become a judge of the Tai Hospital, and guessed in an instant that □□ would not leave ten. It is rumored that His Majesty wants to prepare a generous gift to marry the eldest princess of Liang Guo, but Chen Hua does not think so, Su Huihui is a native of Liang Guo, and she knew about it early on with the convenience of Yan Mansion, but she didn't expect her identity to be extremely noble.

Probably grew up in the Hou Mansion from childhood to adulthood, and he listened to too much gossip and became accustomed to it, so he was so calm that Su Huihui felt panicked.

"No, no, it smells good in summer, and there's mint in it, right?"

"There should be, I don't know what kind of incense it is, anyway, it's not from the Central Plains. Chen Hua calculated the time, it was almost a moment, and he had to go up in time to avoid dizziness.

"Doctor Su has to work hard, and our pharmacy is counting on you to carry it forward...... Well, almost. She yawned, got up from the water, and saw that Su Huihui was still in the water, and said in surprise: "Aren't you stuffy after soaking for so long? ”

There was no answer, Chen Hua called again: "Warm, come up." ”

Su Huihui rubbed her temples, turned her head slowly, and said to her, "You go to rest first, and I'll go back to the room later." It may be that I am too tired to travel these days, and I don't want to move when I soak in the water. ”

Chen Hua wiped the water off his body, frowned, and said, "Don't fall asleep, I'll come and see after drinking tea." ”

Su Huihui nodded obediently, his eyes were dyed with a trace of pure moisture in the night, and the corners of his red lips gradually rose, lining the dark stone wall behind him.

Chen Hua saw that she was a child who didn't know anything about the world, and her eyes were so confused that she was even more sure of the importance of turning back for inspection.

The stars in the sky are reflected in the water, and they can be picked up with one hand. Between the starlight and the waves, her eyes were a little flowery, and her mind was blank, trying to gather a few stars around the moon, but she didn't even have the strength to raise her hand. The faint light, like through a layer of fog, became thicker and thicker, and she couldn't even see the scenery clearly, and for a while she caught the pale red of the lantern and the dark green of the leaves in the sparse ghosting. She saw her own shadow, shattered, imprinted in her pupils, and then the infinitely amplified sound of running water, bang, bang, bang, bang......, bang The whole world went dark in an instant.

Su Huihui realized that his eyes were open.

She struggled to move her fingers, and the uncomfortable strength in her chest was not as strong as before, but her limbs still did not obey the call, and rested heavily on the steps under the water. The hot spring was supposed to be hot, but she could only feel the water flowing through her body, and her skin was so numb that she couldn't tell the difference between hot and cold.

I don't know how long it took, the pressure was relieved from the chest, and it was still dark in front of him, Su Huihui finally put his two hands together, but his hands were trembling, his heartbeat was extremely fast, and his state was so bad that he couldn't diagnose anything.

She was ready to call someone, but the next moment her vision was clear, and the roar in her ears disappeared.

Su Huihui tried to stand up with her legs propped up, but the wind on the pool surface made her feel excited, and she couldn't help but pick up the silk robe in the bamboo basket, scribbled herself around, and walked towards the house with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Her body hung in the air, and she exclaimed, and when the moonlight fell on the man's face, she complained in horror:

"What do you do...... What are you doing here. ”

Sheng Yunyi put his wrist on her forehead, soaked in the hot spring, and couldn't tell if there was a fever, but just now she walked crookedly like that, which couldn't help but make him nervous.

Quietly in the garden, he carried her into the room, "What's uncomfortable? ”

Su Huihui really felt better, found a familiar position in his arms, rolled his half-round amber eyes under his eyelashes, rubbed against his placket and said:

"It's fine. ”

Her hair was drenched on his arm, her cheeks were rosy, and her lips were gently pursed like a pomegranate flower. This has increased a lot of complexion, and the spirit is only lazier than usual.

He shielded her from the wind and said casually: "Tomorrow is closed, there is nothing to deal with, it is too wasteful to accompany Chu Wei to dismantle the beams of the room for one night, it is better to wait for it to get dark and go out of the city to see." ”

The robe slipped off half an inch, she hurriedly covered her shoulders, lowered her eyes, and said, "You can't sleep all night, you obviously said it in the morning." ”

Hearing the sound of the door in his ears, Su Hui was so anxious: "Come in!"

In the wooden house opposite, Chen Hua pushed the door out, collided with them, and stood in place in a daze, staring at his disheveled friend in stunned eyes.

Su Huihui was completely stunned, reacted and turned his face silently, and Chen Hua also silently retracted back into the room, his expression changing.

Sheng Yunyi said: "That is Doctor Chen from Yan Mansion, I have met three times, and now the monthly money of Huimin Pharmacy has risen to this extent?"

"Can you not ......" she organized the language, "You've learned etiquette and math anyway......"

He smiled, "Of course, didn't I teach you the etiquette of Duke Zhou." ”

The silver hook clanged against the wooden pillar, and his lips slipped silently. The treasure flowers and leaves on the curtain stretched out layer by layer, and Man Ran hung on the edge of the bed, and he brushed it away with his robe, looking down to smell the faint fragrance of her body.

The night birds outside the window whispered, she opened her eyes in a trance, the moonlight splashed all over the bed, he held her shoulders, the inky hair was soaked in the bright light, and her eyebrows seemed to be moistened with dew. His skin was hot, and all her missing senses were forced to reassemble and subconsciously hug his waist.

Sheng Yunyi suddenly stopped, buried himself in the side of her neck and sighed: "If you feel uncomfortable, you have to tell me." He knew every inch of her body and was patient enough, but he still made her uncomfortable.

Su Hui held his breath and spit out a few words after a long time: "I'm sorry ......"

He propped up his elbows and kissed her smooth forehead, which was very cold, "What is there to be sorry for me for this kind of thing." Did you not sleep well yesterday?"

She pushed him, her hands were as soft as cotton, and she whispered, "I don't feel tired in the afternoon, I'm going to the government office tomorrow and let them see." With that, he rolled over and fell asleep in his arms.

Sheng Yunyi waited for her breathing to turn to tranquility before carefully pulling out half of her middle coat and wiping her hair little by little. She was still frowning from sleep, as if she was extremely uneasy, and he watched for half an hour, then silently walked out the door, and summoned the secret guard who followed her to inquire.

The Dark Guard Daoist Academy went to Shangshu Mansion at noon, and didn't even drink half a cup of tea, so he took a car out of the city with the doctor from the pharmacy in the afternoon, which was normal. He remembered that she had a very good foundation, and that she had jumped from a cliff into a waterhole in winter, and had only been burning for two days, and now she was tired of even speaking, which was really unusual, but he could not find the reason, and for the time being, she could only attribute it to the unwarranted cause of illness and so on.

Let's see tomorrow, she is a doctor herself, although the doctor does not treat herself, it is no problem to have a number in her heart. Sheng Yunyi closed the window tightly, lay back beside her, and couldn't help but touch her hair that was about to dry again.

The aroma in the darkness jumped into the tip of his nose, and he remembered that there were a few purses hanging on the shelves behind the screen, not the smell of the medicinal herbs inside.

*

It was still early for the envoy to return home, but the carrier pigeon was on the way to deliver the news.

The Zezhi banquet in the Liang Palace became more and more deserted year by year, and the Queen Mother sat in the imperial garden for a long time, and then went out of the palace to visit Xuanping. It is a taboo to be a marquis for the prime minister, and Emperor Su Huan of Liang obviously has no ability to disobey this taboo, not only in the court, he has to bow his head to this aging minister, but also has to let the queen everywhere in the dormitory.

Zuo Xiang is old, and he has several great-grandchildren, so he can't help but be unable to deal with political affairs. The Yuwen clan has produced two queens, and they hold power to death, and they are not afraid of the waves that are suffering from chronic diseases.

The queen mother watched coldly as her aunt poured tea for her father, this was a maidservant who was raised by a maid like a lady, and she had been with the master for more than ten years. She has never liked concubines to enter the study, and she slammed the jade-colored porcelain cup on the table, and that look was to let her father drive people out.

Zuo Xiang stroked his gray beard, according to his daughter's wishes, and reprimanded him regardless of his dignity: "Your younger brothers know how to send people to Your Majesty, but you are the only one who doesn't open your mind? Men inevitably have three wives and four concubines, if you really feel sorry for the child in Jiayuan, you will have a few more concubines, and give birth to a son to raise under the queen's knees to relieve your worries." ”

The Queen Mother was over forty years old, and she was preached by her father like a girl who had not left the cabinet, and she was forced to suppress her anger: "Although Your Majesty is polite to Jiayuan, she is thinking of Concubine Le in her heart, she is about to give birth, I thought it was just an opportunity." ”

The first emperor only had one daughter in Anyang, and he was so spoiled that he was lawless, and the queen mother always regretted that she had no children in private. If she has a son, she doesn't have to rely entirely on the power of her mother's family, Yuwen's behavior has been flamboyant all these years, and it is difficult for her to find a reason to leave a way back. Now that the concubine is pregnant, Qin Tianjian said that it is likely to be a prince, compared to what has happened after entering the palace today, the little prince can develop a temperament that is obedient to relatives and princesses.

For decades, the left minister has been admonishing like this from time to time, the first emperor is like this, and the same is true today, and the queen mother is like a thorn in her heart.

She took a deep breath, scratched her dancôme's nails across the edge of the table, and said calmly, "I didn't leave the palace this time to tell my father this. The envoys sent to Qi were sent to Beijing in July, and Jin Lan was waiting in the palace for a response from the south, and if the Qi people refused to marry, we were bound to find a way to end it. ”

Prime Minister Zuo agreed, changed his tone and said leisurely: "If Niangniang can take time out of her busy schedule to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion, there is already a way, and let's listen to it." ”

The Queen Mother didn't hide it, and said directly: "Lan'er is young, she took a trip from Qi Country, and she was absent-minded when she came back. Her favorite majesty has some schemes, but I'm afraid it's wishful thinking - my father has also heard that Zhuyi County in Yuxiao Mountain is now serving around Emperor Qi, and Lan'er has mentioned it to me many times, according to her temperament, she must have suffered losses. ”

Zuo Xiang pondered: "You mean...... If you want to talk about marriage, Anyang is not the only one?"

The Queen Mother rolled up her sleeves, as if she remembered something, her eyes were as sharp as an awl, "I'm just planning for the worst, the marriage contract is a big matter, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, no matter who it is, it must be justified." ”

"According to your words, Emperor Qi is not an ordinary man, the lord of Zhuyi is not in Mingdu, and he has a vendetta with us, how can he use her to delay the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Rong family?"

The Queen Mother immediately said: "If Emperor Qi really takes a fancy to the King of Jingbei, he must hand over the letter of state to negotiate, otherwise he will lose face among the people." At that time, we will have chips in our hands, not to mention that at that time, it is not impossible to return Zhuyi County to Mingdu now. ”

Zuo Xiang sneered: "The Empress Dowager? ”

After a while, the Queen Mother stroked her luxurious gilded armor and said in a low voice: "Zhuyi County will come back sooner or later." ”

"Are you ......" Zuo Xiang looked at the Queen Mother clearly, Yu Wenwen Rui has presided over the feed for more than 20 years, and his thoughts and plans are far above ordinary people.

"I only have one daughter in Anyang," the Queen Mother smiled slightly, the corners of her eyes showing fine lines, "I can't think more about her." ”