The Anjun Wang and his wife, who were envied by the emperor, finally failed to go to the northwest together because Taohua was pregnant.

The pregnancy was discovered at Jiang Nanhua's wedding banquet. Taohua's little life has always been very accurate, but because she was busy preparing to go to the northwest, the entire county prince's mansion was so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground, Taohua had to spend more time with her son, and took him to Jiang's house for one night in advance, so that he could get used to it, so everyone didn't find out that her small day had dragged on for three days and still hadn't come.

Jiang Nanhua's wedding banquet was not extravagant, Jiang Zhu acted simply since he became an official, and because he wanted to be released, his son's family affairs were only done in accordance with his current six grades, and he did not make it too eye-catching. However, half of the sixty-four dowries of the daughter-in-law who married her were calligraphy and paintings, as well as a single ancient book, which caused a lot of discussion.

Although Taohua is Jiang Nanhua's cousin, she is the most noble among her relatives and friends in terms of grade, and she has to be led to the table. Jiang Lianhua came over to accompany her, her face was ruddy, and her whole body was full of joy. Taohua couldn't help but smile and quipped: "Second sister, this is a happy event, and you are in good spirits." It's a happy event today, and it's a happy event in a few days. ”

Jiang Lianhua's face turned red when he said this, but he held on, and said generously: "It is said that you are the reincarnation of a Bodhisattva, and if you say a happy event, you will definitely be happy to the end, there will be no disaster and no misfortune, and I will borrow your auspicious words." ”

Taohua laughed and stopped teasing her: "What is the eldest sister-in-law, have you seen the second sister?" ”

"I've seen it." Jiang Lianhua pursed her lips and smiled, "I went to my sister-in-law's house with my mother before...... "This is also the rule in Beijing, under the guise of a treat, meet people first." The female relatives of the men's family come to the house to meet their daughters-in-law, and the men of the women's family meet their sons-in-law in the name of chance encounters outside.

This is quite satisfied with this sister-in-law. Although Jiang Lianhua will get married soon, it is always a good thing for her sister-in-law to get along. Taohua also felt happy, and said with a casual smile: "After a while, the newcomer will enter the door, and I will also go to the new house to have a look." "When the new daughter-in-law enters the door, the male family will generally arrange for a few female dependents to accompany her in the new house, and also tell the newlyweds about the family, so as not to smear her eyes when she enters the door, and make people laugh when they get wrong.

Jiang Lianhua smiled: "I don't need you to say it, I can count on your help today." ”

Taohua looked around: "What, the eldest aunt's side-" Jiang Zhu's family has a happy event, and Xiao's family should come to help.

"It will take a while for the eldest aunt to come." Jiang Lianhua spread her hands, "I'm afraid that the fifth sister will have to open a banquet before she can come over." "The mother and daughter can't help. Fortunately, Jiang Nanhua's wedding banquet was not held, otherwise Jing's would not have died of exhaustion.

"How is the fifth sister now?" Since Taohua prescribed a prescription to Jiang Danhua last time, Xiaoshi has never come to look for her again, and she has not asked what the Ou family's affairs have developed.

Jing's has always been well-informed about these things, and even if Jiang Lianhua has no intention of inquiring, she knows more than Taohua: "The fifth sister is recovering well, but after the little moon, Mrs. Ou went to find the eldest aunt, saying that she really can't discipline the fifth sister, so it's better to get married." ”

"And leave?" Momoka was stunned for a moment. If you want to reconcile and leave, why did Mrs. Ou dispose of Tingquan?

Jiang Lianhua smiled slightly: "Naturally, I don't really want to make peace with ......" just to scare Xiao Shi and Jiang Danhua.

But this trick is really useful. After all, Jiang Danhua did his own trick to get rid of the child, and the Ou family has been passed down for several generations, and losing a child is like cutting off half a life. Therefore, Mrs. Ou said that she wanted to reconcile and divorce, and Xiao's was really a little panicked - although he divorced his wife, but when this matter spread, what kind of reputation did Jiang Danhua have? With such a temperament, even the child in the belly can be tossed away, which family dares to marry?

Jiang Danhua was still hard-mouthed at the beginning, and he had trouble with European Airlines twice in Xiaoyue. At that time, it was not easy for the young husband and wife to live together, and it was not obvious that Ou Hang lived in the study, until he was out of the small moon, and Ou Hang still did not move back to the room to live, and Jiang Danhua was a little weak-hearted. Before she could succumb, the Ou family had already sent her back to the Jiang family on the grounds that she was going back to her parents' house to recuperate.

At this moment, the mother and daughter were really panicked. European Airlines is a young jinshi, and now he is doing a good job in the Hanlin Academy. Because he was the youngest jinshi in that department, and he was a high-ranking scholar, the emperor also remembered him in his heart, and he could often play the prelude to the emperor, and his answer was also very much in line with the emperor's wishes, which could be regarded as very promising. If Jiang Danhua leaves the Ou family, it will be difficult to find such a family affair.

And this matter of separation, there is a Chen Yan in front of him. At the beginning, he also married into the Hanlin family, and then went home with Li, and now he is back in Wuxi to keep filial piety to the Cao family. With Jiang Jun here, Jiang Danhua will not be to the same extent as Chen Yan, but it is difficult to find a better relationship with a divorced woman to remarry, which is a fact.

In this way, after Jiang Danhua stayed at home for three days, he quietly went back by himself without waiting for someone from the Ou family to pick him up.

"I heard that since the fifth sister went back, she will honestly learn the rules...... Jiang Lianhua has nothing to say to Jiang Danhua, in the past, Mrs. Ou taught her the rules, she refused to learn well, until now the children are tossed, and she is willing to let go of her body to learn the rules. But this is not that time, there is a time to bow down and be small, how can it be like a good student to learn, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along? I heard that Mrs. Ou's rules are stricter now than when she first entered the door.

While the two were talking, the maid over there brought tea. Nowadays, flower tea is gradually becoming popular in the capital, and today's wedding banquet is used in pearl orchid tea. Who knew that this tea had just been served, and Taohua only felt that the aroma was so strong that it was evil, and her chest suddenly felt a little blocked.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Lianhua carefully noticed that Taohua's face had changed slightly, and hurriedly waved her hand to ask the maid to remove the tea, "Do you not like this tea?" How about changing Longjing? "I knew that Taohua was also doing flower tea business in Wuxi, especially on the Li family's wedding Zhuangzi, which planted Zhulan and tortoiseshell flowers, and I specially used this Zhulan tea today, but I didn't expect Taohua to seem to like it.

"No, it's not about tea...... As soon as the tea ended, the aroma faded, and Taohua felt that her chest was evacuated, and she quickly thought about it, and found that Xiaori should have come three days ago.

"Then this is ......" Now Taohua is not what she was worth when she was a girl at home, even if Jiang Lianhua is indifferent and ignores the world, she doesn't dare to neglect Taohua.

Taohua waved her hand, pressed her right hand on the vein gate of her left hand, and carefully examined it. Although Jiang Lianhua is not married, she is not young, and she doesn't know anything, so she can't help but be happy when she looks like this: "But is it happy again?" "Speaking of which, Brother Xu is more than a year old, and it's time to have another child.

"The pulse is still shallow, and I can't be sure of ......" but this reaction should be correct.

Jiang Lianhua laughed: "This is congratulations." Taohua said that it was not very accurate, probably eight to nine and ten, "Why don't you wait for your grandfather to come over and give you a pulse diagnosis?" "Just in case.

Momoka smiled bitterly. Pregnancy at this time is really not a good thing for her.

Mrs. Jiang came with Jiang Xi, and as soon as she arrived, she heard that Taohua might be pregnant, so she immediately sat down to check her pulse. Both hands were diagnosed, and she asked her about her small days, and then said: "Eighty percent is there." ”

Jiang Xi was suddenly overjoyed. His daughter was married to the county king's mansion for more than a year before she became pregnant, although he also felt that he was too young, it was better to get pregnant later, but after all, Shen Shu was not young, and it was time to spread out. For this, Jiang Xi didn't listen to some gossip, but fortunately, Taohua won the man in one fell swoop, which can be regarded as blocking everyone's mouths. But there is only one Brother Xu, in the end it is still a little thinner, and now Brother Xu is more than a year old, and it is the right time to get pregnant at this time.

"I'm happy, why are you frowning......" Jiang Xi himself was so happy that he spun around on the ground, "Brother Xu is also older, and it is time to add a younger brother and sister to him." ”

At this time, Jiang Lianhua had arranged Taohua into her own room, and even the maids who were waiting were sent out, and there were no outsiders, so Taohua didn't have to hide it: "But in this way, I can't go to the northwest with the prince." "When she was just pregnant, no matter how good her health was, she didn't dare to run to the northwest, after all, going out in this era is not as good as her previous life, and the carriage can even be bumped out of the overnight meal, let alone the child.

"This, this is also ......" Jiang Xi was happy, he didn't expect this at all, and when he heard his daughter say this, he couldn't help but feel worried, "Zhengming went to the northwest by himself, and he didn't have anyone to take care ......of him" It is said that if there is such a thing in other families, most of the wives will arrange someone to take care of it, but it will be changed to their own daughter - forget it, the son-in-law is going to fight, and there are no women in the army, so naturally there is no need to arrange any maids and concubines.

It seems a little sorry for my son-in-law when I think about it like this, however...... People's hearts are always biased, aren't they?

"Taking care of it is a trivial matter...... "In the past, Shen Shu was in the army, and it was not the same. It's just that this battle is not easy to fight, and Taohua really wants to accompany him.

Shen Shu was also busy preparing to leave for the northwest today, and he didn't come over until the banquet, and when he heard the news that Taohua was pregnant, he also smiled, and he didn't care about sitting in front of him, so he went straight to the back. Jiang Xi was still a little worried when his daughter said that, and when he saw Shen Shu also smiling, he was relieved, and he avoided it after only saying a few words, and gave the house to his daughter and son-in-law.

"I knew that there was joy, these days shouldn't have kept you busy." Shen Shu saw that there was no one in the house, so he couldn't help but reach out and hug Taohua, "But what do you feel uncomfortable?" ”

Taohua slapped his hand lightly: "This is in the second sister's house, don't move your hands." "It's not in the county king's mansion.

But having said that, this time the fight was not heavy at all, and it was almost the same as the shooting, Shen Shu didn't feel it at all, and said to himself: "Let's go back after sitting down at this table today, although it is my uncle's great joy, in the end, your body is important, and I don't care if I want to come to the second aunt." "Jing is the most shrewd person, and when he encounters this kind of thing, he will only smile on his face, and he will never have any opinions because of their husbands and wives leaving early.

Taohua was a little depressed: "In this way, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the northwest with you." ”

"Naturally, you can't go!" Shen Shu made the final decision, "You are pregnant, how can you hurry, and how can you go to work in the ambulance team?" It just so happened that I didn't worry that Brother Xu would stay in the capital alone, but if you accompany him, I will be relieved. ”

Momoka lowered her head and didn't speak. Shen Shu put his arm around her waist and whispered, "Don't worry, I've fought many battles with the Northern Barbarians, you just wait for me to triumph at home." ”

"Swords and guns have no ......eyes," Taohua said, feeling unlucky, "I'm just waiting at home, and Brother Xu, waiting for you to return victorious." "But this year's battle is really not going to be good.

Shen Shu naturally knew it, and lowered his voice and said, "There is an emperor in the capital, you don't have to worry too much." What's more, although this year is difficult, there is also a benefit, there will be no shortage of military salaries, food and rice...... "In previous years, the reserves of the Northwest Army always couldn't keep up, and the military department and the household department either deducted this or delayed that. According to the news from the Marquis of Dingbei, not only was the military salary paid in the first half of this year in time, but some people also paid for the lower-level officers out of their own pockets, which is a good thing that is rare in a century.

"What is the emperor's idea?" Taohua really can't touch the emperor's pulse. The assassin incident in the palace was in an uproar, although the assassin was not seen at all, but the palace people and chamberlains in the palace were dealt with a group, and the queen mother was still "scared" to get out of bed, and the queen led the concubines to take turns to serve the sick.

When such a major event happened, Fang Qian, the commander of Jin Wuwei on duty that night, was of course unable to escape the blame, and was immediately removed from his post and the former deputy commander was promoted to temporarily fill his vacancy. And Concubine Yuan Shufei and Zhao Chongyi spent more time in illness than other concubines, and most of them were still arranged at night, and now they are also quite suffering. Even Lu Ying, although Brother Hui needs to be taken care of, he also has to come to serve the sick.

The matter of the concubines is a trivial matter, the problem is that Fang Qian was removed, and the inner palace is equivalent to a layer of protection for the emperor, what is the emperor's idea?

Shen Shu listened to the outside. Jiang Lianhua has always been thoughtful, although Taohua was arranged in her own house, the maids in this courtyard were all sent out, and now only Mint and Yuzhu are guarding in the outhouse. Shen Shu lowered his voice: "The emperor said that with the manpower in the capital, they can't mess up." "Otherwise, why did Yu Dang do everything possible to borrow the emperor's hand to go to the northwest to compete for military power?

"But the far water doesn't save the near fire...... Taohua couldn't think of how the party was going to use the Northwest Army to do anything to the emperor in the capital.

Shen Shu pondered for a while: "It's not good to say about this matter now, it's difficult for them to do it in the capital, so the emperor asked me to go to the northwest, which also means to act at the opportunity." Naturally, the emperor is also risky to do this, which makes Shen Shu a little surprised - the emperor has endured it for more than ten years, and it seems to be as stable as Mount Tai, and he is unwilling to do one thing if he is not completely sure, and once he takes risks, his boldness is also a little shocking.

However, Shen Shu felt that he should not say these words to Taohua. His wife had just become pregnant, and when she should raise her baby with peace of mind, she was going to go on an expedition, which was enough to bother her. Something else just worries her more.

Taohua knows her own affairs, and she can guide the country when it comes to medical skills, but when it comes to politics and military, she doesn't know anything. Besides, the emperor obviously has his own plans, so what is the use of her saying so?

"I don't understand any of this, it's just that you're in the northwest, so take care of yourself."

"I will." Shen Shu held her hand and gently covered her lower abdomen, "I still have to come back to see you and Brother Xu, as well as the one in your belly." Looking at coming out so early to toss, I'm afraid it's a son again. ”

Taohua was amused by him and laughed: "You know it's a son again, I want a daughter." "Brother Xu is full of energy, twelve hours a day doesn't seem to be enough for him to toss, if he has the same son again, he feels like a big head when he thinks about it.

Shen Shu smiled very good-naturedly: "My daughter is naturally good." If you were born like you, so much the better. Although Brother Xu came out of Taohua's belly, he was born more like him, including his slightly dark complexion. If there is a daughter like Taohua, Shen Shu thinks it is very beautiful when he thinks about it. And the daughter must be more well-behaved and pleasing than the son, even if she is older, she doesn't have to carry it around her neck, but holds it in her arms, a small ball of fragrant and soft, how interesting it should be......

Since he couldn't go to the northwest together, Taohua couldn't help but prepare a lot of things, so that Shen Shu could only set off with some of them first, and Yin Zhongxing and others followed the rest to catch up.

On the day Shen Shu set off, the weather was a little cloudy, as if it was going to rain. Taohua sent him out of the city until she reluctantly stopped the carriage and watched him gallop away on horseback. This is the first time that the two have parted since they got married, although they had also treated the epidemic separately in the northwest before, and then one was fighting on the front line, and the other was ambulating in the back, but after all, they both knew that they were in the same place. Now this parting is thousands of miles away, and there are not a few months that I don't want to see at all.

Although Brother Xu heard from his mother that his father would go to a far away place and would come back for a long time, a child who was less than two years old knew how long "a long time" was. Just watched Shen Shu walk away, he turned around and asked Taohua, "When will Daddy come back?" "He's still thinking about riding a big horse.

This sentence almost brought out Taohua's tears, and he quickly hugged his son, put his face on his little head, and waited until the wetness in his eyes was dry, and then said: "It's always the end of the New Year, and the peach tree in front of the window has bloomed." ”

The peach tree in front of the window, Brother Xu knows. This year, there were pink flowers and green and red fruits, but my mother picked one for him, and it was sour and astringent when he bit it, and it was not delicious at all. But the tree is now almost losing its leaves, and it doesn't look like it's about to bloom......

Brother Xu was sitting there still thinking about when the peach tree would bloom, and the carriage had already driven back to the capital, and before he arrived at the county king's mansion, the chamberlain guarding the door ran out to greet him: "Princess, Prince Cheng is here again." ”

"What is she doing again?" Yuzhu raised his eyebrows as soon as he heard this, "Didn't you see that the prince was not at home, and he came to entangle again?" ”

The waiter guarding the door said: "Slave and maid, the princess seems to be quite happy." "I've been here a few times before, probably to impress the princess, but every time I have a bitter face, as if I came to mourn, and even they looked unlucky. Today is actually happy, I wonder if the sun is coming out of the west.

Yuzhu was also surprised when he heard it: "Quite happy?" "This is really daytime, isn't it looking for someone who has passed by?

Taohua was in a bad mood, and she didn't bother to guess: "You take Brother Xu to change clothes, and I'll go see her." "Anyway, no matter why he came, Brother Xu resolutely refused to let Prince Cheng see it.

Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng sat in the flower hall. She was really unpopular, and even the maids who were waiting in the hall, although they stood with their heads down one by one and seemed respectful, they didn't bother to step forward, and even changed the tea more slowly than in the past.

But Prince Cheng didn't care, and even the tea didn't move at all when it was placed there, just looked out of the door, only to hear Taohua's footsteps and stood up, greeted Taohua and said, "Brother and sister, I'm sorry for you." ”

Taohua came to see her without even changing her clothes to go out, and her shoes were still stained with dust outside the city, and she was too lazy to talk to Prince Cheng about any etiquette, so she only said lightly: "My prince has just set off for the northwest, I don't know where the joy comes from?" "Do you know how to speak human language, the husband and wife have just separated, which one of you is happy?

Prince Cheng didn't mention Shen Shu at all, and only smiled: "My brother and sister still want to hide it from me, you are happy again!" ”

Yuzhu lowered his head and rolled his eyes, snorting like a mosquito: "What's the matter with others......

Although her voice was low, the hall was silent, and she also heard this sentence from Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng. It's just that at this time, she didn't care about talking to a maid, and said with a smile on her face: "Brother and sister, I said a long time ago, you are young and easy to raise, and this son will always have it." It's not as good as our house......" As he spoke, the smile was gone, and he pinched the handkerchief to wipe his tears, "My life is hard, and my two sons have not been saved ......"

Taohua knows what she's happy about at this time, does this mean that if she has another son, she will be able to pass on Brother Xu to Prince Cheng's mansion?

"Prince and Princess Cheng should go back to her house and cry." As soon as she thought about this, Taohua suddenly sank her face, "My prince has left Beijing, and I also want to raise a baby, and I am ready to close the door to thank guests." If there is nothing to do, the princess does not have to come to the door again. ”

"Hey, hey-" Prince Cheng hurriedly put away her handkerchief, only to see that the corners of her eyes were rubbed red, but there was no half a tear, "Brother and sister, I see that your baby must be a son again, that Brother Xu-you look, this is the end of the year, our prince is the first year, and he can't even have a person who puts incense on it......"

"Sending off!" Taohua turned her head and left, not wanting to say a word.

Prince and Princess Cheng still wanted to come over and pull, but the maids who were waiting in the flower hall surrounded her, and only said: "The princess, please, the slaves and maids will send the princess ......" and hugged her out.

Taohua pulled her face back to her room, and after a while, Yuzhu ran back: "The people on the door look, Prince Cheng's carriage is going to the palace." "This is to find the Queen Mother and the Queen again.

Taohua sat with a calm face for a moment, and clenched her fists: "The queen must be going to make a fuss about this matter......"