Sure enough, as Song Chen said, at the beginning of June, the capital sent a holy decree to summon him back to Beijing to receive the reward.

On the night of the arrival of the holy decree, Song Chen explained to Chu Xue, "I will return to Beijing for about a month at most, I only plan to take you there, but for the convenience of the road and the ease of few people, you will bring a maid first, you will see who you bring first, and we will go out the day after tomorrow." ”

Chu Xue was a little surprised and asked him, "Won't the prince take the princess back?" And Sister Yun, Ning Ning has been getting better recently, why don't you take them back to have a look? ”

"Hmm." He nodded and looked at her, "Running back and forth, and you won't live there for long, so you won't take it with you, just take you there, aren't you happy?" ”

She was stunned.

Of course she is happy, although she is only a month, she can be alone with him, there are not so many idle people around her, and she doesn't have to go to his wife every day to ask for a salute, and she always reminds herself that she is only a concubine. Although it was only for a month, she forgot about it, and treated him as her own husband, of course happy.

She smiled and nodded.

In fact, Song Chen had another plan for this arrangement. Recently, the shape of Jingzhong is delicate, he is here to receive a reward, and the prince's enclosure case has happened, if he really takes a family to go, the suspicious father may not think of him, I heard that a few days ago in the imperial study, his old man has questioned Chu Lin once, so at such a critical moment, he must be more stable, in front of his father and the emperor to be low-key, it is not a bad thing.

As for Chu Xue, because she had only been away for two months last time, she was punished for a month, it was difficult for him to guarantee that she would stay this time, what kind of hardship would she have to suffer, and even if Xu Jinhe really made her suffer again, he had no way to interfere too much, for his wife, first, he did have more than ten years of love; Second, now is the time to employ people, and he needs the support of the Xu family, so he can't refute Xu Jinhe's face too much.

In this way, the best way to protect Chu Xue at the moment is to take her with you.

Also, the last time they were separated for two months, if it weren't for the daily chores, when he was free, he missed her very much, although he had reached this age, no longer a young man, but the funny thing was that for him, the bowl of Acacia was too spicy for him to bear.

Because Song Chen confessed that he could only bring one maid, Chu Xue thought about it and decided to take Yanling away. Ruyue has a calm temperament, she is not very eye-catching on weekdays, and Song Chen spoke last time, Xu Jinhe should not come to touch her.

The next day, she said this idea, and Ruyue also agreed, after all, there is only one month, and there is still someone to keep to watch the house, and once she leaves Xu Jinhe, Chu Xue is not in any danger, not to mention that she still follows Song Chen, and Yanling alone is enough.

On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, Song Chen took Chu Xue and set off for the capital.

There were few people accompanying them, and they were all dressed in plain clothes, and there was plenty of time reserved on the road, and the two of them plus the guards and maids, a total of about 20 people, rode unhurriedly and rode horses, and the road was also easy.

Song Chen has always liked micro-services, especially on his own territory in Yanzhou, but he has no plans to work on this way, and he did not take the official road to live in a post house, but just ordered cars and horses to shuttle between ordinary towns, and accidentally encountered a lively market, he also took Chu Xue to get off the car and take a look.

At Chu Xue's age, she still likes fresh girls, and she entered the high-rise compound in the palace after leaving the secluded boudoir of her mother's house, like a bird that has been raised, but there is no freedom. Since the Shangyuan Festival took her to see the lights, Song Chen knew that she also liked to be lively, so he took the opportunity to let her see more fireworks in the world.

Chu Xue was naturally happy. Although it was not to the point of cheering, the smile on his face that he could not hide for a few days was enough to prove it. This is actually the day she wanted to live when she was a child, she didn't have to be locked in the room to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, four books and five classics, she could travel around like a man to broaden her horizons, and now she has him by her side, if there were no things in the past, how happy she should be now......

After a moment of trance, she hurriedly shook her head in her heart, if it weren't for those things in the past, the person she was going to marry should be Brother Nianxiu, not Song Chen in front of her. People depend on each other for good and evil, so it should be her blessing to meet the man in front of her after she went through that catastrophe.

Seeing the corner of her mouth smiling at the scenery outside the car, Song Chen put down the book in his hand and sighed: "It seems that I took you out this time to take you out with the right one, but it is rare to see you so happy all day long in the house." ”

"Nothing." She turned her head to look at him, "As long as the concubine sees the prince, she is very happy!" ”

"And what about when I'm away?" He asked.

She thought for a moment, blinked and said, "When the prince is not there, the concubine will wait for you quietly, and there is nothing unhappy." ”

"Really?"

"Hmm."

She smiled lightly and nodded, but saw that his gaze was dark, and took her into her arms, "Why am I so uncomfortable when I can't see you?" He stared into her eyes and said as if inquiring, "Xue'er, do you know how to take minds?" Otherwise, how can people be so inseparable from you? ”

She frowned slightly, looking at him with a smile, but saw him slowly lower his head, and at the moment when his lips were about to be covered, she understood, and suddenly turned her head to dodge, making him pounce. He was a little annoyed, and was about to step forward again, but when he saw her eating and laughing, he pointed out the window.

In the middle of summer, the curtains of the carriage had been replaced by light gauze curtains, and now they were all lifted up for ventilation, and the accompanying guards followed them on horseback, and with his movements, the people on the horses had turned their heads to the outside. He sighed softly, pinched her waist, and sat upright again.

On the third day of departure, it was about to go out of the boundary of Yanzhou, and at about one o'clock in the afternoon, the carriage and horses came to a place called Yanxiapo, Song Chen ordered everyone to stop and rest, and he led Chu Xue to sit down on the hillside.

The slopes of the mountains are not too high, but they are flat and open, and there is a waterfall in the valley in the distance, and there is a waterfall in the middle of the summer, and the waterfall rushes with joy, and from their distance, it looks like a wide jade belt hanging from the mountain. Chu Xue saw the waterfall of Yingyue Mountain when she was young, but this waterfall in front of her was even more magnificent, she was amazed by the beautiful scenery, and she came back to her senses after looking at it for a long time, and sighed: "This place is so beautiful!" ”

He still looked directly at the valley in the distance, and seemed to be distracted, "There are beautiful scenery everywhere in Shenzhou, if you have the opportunity in the future, I will take you to see them one by one." ”

It was an unlikely promise, but she was satisfied, and leaned into his arms with a soft heart.

After a long time, she said softly: "The concubine knows that the master is not my alone, but in my selfish heart, sometimes I secretly hope for it." ”

He lowered his gaze, watched her curly eyelashes flicker and flicker, watched her lips close one by one, and continued after hearing her self-deprecating chuckle: "The concubine sometimes thinks, if I had been born more than ten years earlier and met my lord earlier, would my lord be my alone?" I know it's silly to think like this, no matter when I meet Ye, there will be more beauties in the future, and I will only grow old slowly......" After a pause, she said again: "I just hope that one day when I get old and ugly, I can occasionally think of the present, and I will be satisfied." ”

It is rare to hear her express her heart so seriously, he listened slowly, and he was also emotional.

The political marriage formed when he was young, like him, like the rest of his brothers, and even like his father and emperor, these royal families with noble blood have never resisted the right and reason. For the sake of that tempting imperial power, they all chose to accept it, so despite no love, he still chose Xu Jinhe, the daughter of Pei Guogong, as his princess, and gave birth to two sons with her, giving their eldest son the title of heir to the throne.

Later, he was divided into Yanzhou, and he once again chose to marry Li Jiaoyun, the daughter of the prefect of Yanzhou, as a side concubine in order to stabilize his power.

Maybe in this life, he won't meet it, and in the past ten years, he has put all his energy on governing his fiefdom and growing his power. As for Xia Wanyin, he was indeed attracted by her appearance, so after that drunkenness, he took her back to the mansion and gave her the name of a concubine, but in the next few years, that Purple Peony Garden was indeed just a place for him to relieve his body.

He once thought that maybe life was like this, women, there were three in his house, some were dignified and courteous, some were gentle and demure, and some were charming, and it was enough, no matter how many there were like other brothers, he had no thoughts and interests.

But until that day, he met Chu Xue.

This fate seemed to be destined for him, and he discovered for the first time that there was really a woman in this world who could enter his heart so easily, making his life change unconsciously. He began to smile for no reason, began to worry about it often, and began to have endless sweet words to tell her, she was the quietest part of his heart, the woman who wanted to care for her with all his tenderness.

And she just asked, if she had been born more than ten years earlier, would he be her alone?

But he really couldn't guarantee it.

As a prince who grew up in the palace, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would not give up the temptation of power to marry the woman he loved.

But there are no ifs in this world.

If, it is just an excuse for the weak to find for their own incompetence.

Now that we have met, there is no what if. What's more, he is her husband, and she is her own woman, a woman she can love.

He smiled slightly, "Xue'er asked like this, do you believe me or do you believe yourself?" Am I just a shallow and womanizer in your heart? ”

In the distance, the sun was already setting in the west, and under the brilliant smoke in the sky, she stood up, stared at his eyes seriously, and then the corners of her lips curved, and said softly: "The king should be like a rock, the concubine should be like a pampas grass, the pampas grass is as tough as silk, and the rock has no transfer." ”

He took her hand, his voice soft but firm.

"The rock has no transfer."

She leaned back into his arms and looked at the waterfall in the distance.

It would be nice if we could do it forever!