Chapter 174: The Future

When he arrived at the gate of King Jing's Mansion, the porter saw Cheng Ke and others galloping from a distance, and hurriedly rushed out to greet them, with a smile on his face, and reported with a long voice:

"Shiziye, our lord went out early in the morning, and before leaving, he ordered, if the prince comes to look for him, let the little ones tell the prince, our lord said that he is busy these days, and he will not have time to talk to the prince for a while, please come to talk to our lord in a few days."

Cheng Ke grimaced, gritted his teeth hatefully, didn't answer, turned his horse's head, and galloped towards the Ministry of Engineering, wanting to avoid him, how could it be so easy

Cheng Ke rushed into the gate of the Ministry of Industry with a tense face, and went straight to the main hall of the Ministry of Industry and broke in.

"Shi Ziye, Jing Wang Ye took people to the Nanhe River to inspect the river workers in the morning, yesterday Qin Tianjian said, this time the upper reaches of the Nanhe River are only afraid of heavy rain, Jing Wang Ye is a little worried, Shi Ziye also knows, last winter Nanhe did not repair much, the silver was used in the heavier flood land, Jing Wang Ye ......"

"I see, when will he be back?"

Cheng Ke raised his hand to interrupt Lord Bo's words, and Lord Bo bowed and replied with a smile:

"King Jing said, there are three or five days less, seven or eight days more, but there is no certainty."

Cheng Ke snorted sullenly, he ran backwards fast, Cheng Ke turned his head to look at the master Bo and thanked:

"Thank you."

"Don't dare, don't dare"

The master was full of smiles, bowed, didn't even dare to weigh it, and respectfully sent Cheng Ke out of the Ministry of Works.

Cheng Ke walked out of the gate of the Ministry of Engineering, beckoned Luo Chuan to come over and ordered:

"Find a few proper people, go to King Jing along the Nanhe, find him, tell him, just say what the master said, don't say seven or eight days, that is, seven or eight years, the master will wait for him to come back and talk"

Luo Chuan bowed down and agreed, and the group hugged Cheng Ke and went to the household department.

Li Xiaonuan sat on the couch in the east wing of the main courtyard, doing needlework while gossiping with the princess, the princess was crooked on the couch, watching Xu and Chuncao help Xiaonuan divide the embroidery thread together, while reaching out to touch the silk thread in Chuncao's hand, while sighing,

"Such a thin silk thread has to be divided into sixteen strands so thin, alas, now I can only touch it, and I can't see it."

"A mother's eyes will see far off with great clarity."

Li Xiaonuan said with a smile, the princess nodded again and again,

"It's not like that, it's really weird to say, I can see things so far away, but I can see them clearly, and when I get closer, I can't see clearly."

Li Xiaonuan looked up at the princess and said with a smile:

"In the past, the ancestors were like this, they couldn't see clearly when they got closer, but they could see clearly in the distance, and the ancestors said that when they got older, their eyes were the same as people, and they could see the long term, and they were no longer like when they were young, and they could only see the place in front of them."

The princess laughed, handed the silk thread in her hand to Chuncao, nodded again and again, and said:

"Mrs. Li is transparent in everything, this is reasonable, isn't it like this a few years ago, for Xiao Ke's stubborn temper, I don't know how many tears were shed, the prince persuaded me, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, let me want to open some, you see, now that you have entered the door, Xiao Ke is also willing to do a serious errand, after a year or two, and a son and a half daughter, I don't have any thoughts, or the prince is right, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, I only look at the big picture now, and I don't care about the small places, you have to worry about it, I don't have anything to worry about. ”

Li Xiaonuan put down the needle and thread in his hand and said with a smile:

"Although children have their own children's blessings, but this mother, for her children, knows this truth, but she can't let it go, or can't let it go, where does this mean that you can let it go?"

The princess straightened up, her eyes were full of smiles, she clapped her hands lightly, and said with emotion:

"You kid, you are really transparent, these words can go to my heart, alas, you say, I also understand the reasoning that the prince said, how can I not understand it? But as soon as I saw Xiao Ke, I couldn't care about anything, my heart was soft, I couldn't be soft anymore, and I couldn't get up the hard by half a minute, and the prince always said that I was too used to Xiao Ke, as far as you know my heart, this mother, with my own child, there is no reason to talk about it"

Li Xiaonuan smiled and nodded, the princess sighed, looked at Li Xiaonuan and continued:

"Xiao Ke is such a stubborn temper again, he has only been born for a few months, just like that, what he wants, he has to get it immediately, he will cry if he doesn't give it, crying is heartbreaking, you can tell me, this child is born with such a stubborn temper, and we are not used to it, how big can it be?"

Li Xiaonuan squinted his eyes and laughed, as soon as he cried, your heart was broken, it was difficult to think about this temper without being stubborn.

"There is a saying in the countryside of Liangzhejiang Road, saying that a stubborn child is not defeated."

"I've heard what the young lady said."

Xu Shi hurriedly smiled and answered, the princess's happy eyes smiled into a line, looked at Li Xiaonuan with pity, and sighed excitedly:

"This is a good old saying, you can't be wrong to look at it, Xiao Ke is stubborn, but if you are sensible and knowledgeable, I have seen so many children, none of them can compare to him, you don't know, he has been practicing since he was four or five years old, you don't know how bitter, alas, I just looked at it, and I cried so much that I couldn't stand it, you see, it's so bitter, so old, he just held it up like that, practiced a good kung fu, and then went to the border, I thought of him at such a young age, the prince threw him on the battlefield, cried so much that the tears were gone, but within a few years, he became so famous, and even the emperor praised him for his courage and resourcefulness, and then he went out to run errands, and everything was proper, you say, what else is there to choose about such a child? ”

Li Xiaonuan nodded again and again in agreement, sure enough, in the eyes of her mother, her child is the best in the world, even if it is not good, it is not a flaw

The princess was in a happy mood and sighed very emotionally, took Li Xiaonuan's hand, looked at the jasper bracelet she was carrying on her wrist, as if she remembered something, and said with a smile:

"You wear this bracelet very well, I remember, I still have a purple Qi Donglai there, you have a good complexion, and it looks best in purple."

As the princess spoke, she turned her head and instructed Chuncao,

"You go, bring the rich rosewood box at the top of the Hundred Treasure Pavilion in my house."

Chuncao bent her knees and agreed, and went into the inner room to get the box, Xu looked at the princess with surprised eyes, and then turned to look at Li Xiaonuan, lowered her eyes, and respectfully changed the tea for the two.

Chuncao took the box and came in, handed it to the princess, the princess opened the box, took out a purse from it, poured out a purple and transparent jade bracelet from the purse, raised it and looked at it carefully for a while, pulled Li Xiaonuan's other hand, slowly put it on, looked at it carefully and said:

"It's really good-looking, but it's better than when my mother was young."

"Where can a mother wear something that looks good at that time? It's just that the mother looks at her child, no matter what she wears or wears, she thinks it looks extraordinarily good. ”

Li Xiaonuan looked carefully at the purple bracelet on her wrist, and said with a smile, the princess also laughed, and nodded her head again and again,

"That's it, Mother looks the best when you wear and what you wear"

Li Xiaonuan accompanied the princess to talk, waited for her to have lunch, then got up and returned to Qinglian Courtyard, asked someone to move a chair and put it under the veranda, took a book and read it.

Xu waited for the princess to take a nap, greeted Chuncao, walked out of the main courtyard, followed the path in the back garden, looked left and right vigilantly, and walked to the Xiuchun Courtyard in the north of the back garden.

Xu knocked on the door and entered the courtyard, and the princess who guarded the door said with a smile:

"Auntie came so early today?"

"Hmm."

Xu Shi smiled and nodded, and went straight to the main courtyard.

The third lady, Cheng Xuyi, had just eaten lunch and was sitting at the table, quietly reading words, the girl Rose and Shi Nan hurriedly let Xu into the house and served tea.

Cheng Xuyi stood up with a smile and said in a thin voice:

"Auntie came so early today."

"I have something to explain to you, so I'm rushing over."

Xu caressed Cheng Xuyi's sideburns lovingly, looked at her face carefully, and asked gently:

"How much did you eat at noon? Did you eat well? I see that the big kitchen is making ducks today, and you don't eat that stuff all the time, but there is something to eat next to it? ”

"Yes, I ate well, don't worry, auntie."

Cheng Xuyi comforted Xu in a soft voice, Xu nodded with a smile, pulled her to sit on the couch next to her, withdrew Rose and Heather, stuck to Cheng Xuyi, and said in a low voice:

"Third Miss, I've taken a closer look at the past few days, this young lady is a really smart person, I look at it, it's only been a few years, up and down in this house, I'm afraid it's all in her hands, you have to be close to her."

Cheng Xuyi looked at Xu timidly and said in embarrassment:

"Mother, I ......"

"Third Miss, don't be afraid, no matter what, you have to get close to her, silly boy, think about it, you are seven years old this year, although you are still free of food and clothing in this mansion, you are at ease, but in the blink of an eye, you have to negotiate marriage."

Xu Shi twisted his frowns, sighed heavily, and said in a low voice:

"Think about it, the princess won't even let you go if you ask for peace this morning or night, she ...... I don't want to see you, my lord, I never care about the affairs of the inner court, I can't even point to it, your brother...... I can't care about ......"

Xu Shi smiled bitterly, didn't say any more sadly, reached out and stroked Cheng Xuyi's cheek, sighed and continued:

"As soon as I think that you are getting older day by day, and you will be married in a few years, my aunt is so anxious that I can't sleep...... raised, married later, but his eyes were black, and he didn't know if he was eaten."

Xu Shi paused, looked at Cheng Xuyi, who was a little panicked, felt distressed, gently hugged her, patted her back and comforted:

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you just listen to your aunt's placement, you have to be obedient."