Yin Ru stood in place, watching the two dusty figures go out hand in hand, natural and harmonious. They were shoulder to shoulder, and there wasn't even a little space in between.

After Shen Shu came in just now, in addition to saluting Mrs. Dingbei Hou and Mrs. Tai, his eyes only fell on Taohua. She only had time to call her cousin, and she never had a chance to say the second sentence, and Shen Shu didn't even look at her much.

Sure enough, it's the one my cousin picked himself...... Yin Ru thought a little stunned, at this moment, she could no longer comfort herself with "Jiang deceived her cousin, sooner or later her cousin will understand".

Taohua didn't know that Yin Ru's psychology had changed like this, and her attention was now all on Shen Shu: "Why did you come back today?" "He is training outside Duzhou City, and there is still some distance from Yanzhou City.

Shen Shu smiled nonchalantly: "Hurry up and come back." "The distance is certain, it depends on how you go, set off in the middle of the night, and hurry up at this time, if you start again at dawn today, you will have to spend the night on the way.

Taohua reached out and touched his cheek: "Why is your face blown...... "This must have been washed with water and not wiped clean, and it was blown by the wind." In the end, the days in the barracks are hard, and the fifteenth day of the new year is a man, so he will not be so careful. In addition, the wind in the northwest is hard, and it blows like a knife on the face, but it doesn't make the face like this.

Cicada clothes followed. There can be no women in the army, Shen Shu entered the barracks, she couldn't follow to serve, she could only stay in the Dingbei Hou Mansion. When she heard that Shen Shu was coming back today, she immediately came out of the courtyard to greet her. She knew best what the northwest was like, and it was not the first time that Shen Shu had been blown by the wind in the camp, so when she came out, she had already taken a bottle of face moisturizing cream and wrapped it in her sleeve.

If it was as before, she and Dieyi should welcome Shen Shu into the house at this time, fetch warm water to wash their faces—no hot water—and then cover the emollient grease in her palms until they are warm, and then apply it carefully. Dieyi inevitably complained about the first and fifteenth years of junior high school, thinking that they were not well served, and Shen Shu would laugh and defend the two guards, saying that the camp was not so particular about Yunyun. In short, the room was full of their voices, full of lightness and warmth.

But now the situation is completely different. Dieyi got carried away from learning nursing, and as soon as she returned home today, she followed the Imperial Doctor Gu to Shantang to treat a few children who were suffering from wind and cold. And Shen Shu was accompanied by Taohua, and surrounded by the maids who were married by the Jiang family, but there was no place for her.

Cicada Yi's hand grabbed the small bottle containing the grease in her sleeve, and she didn't feel that the cold bottle hurt her palms, but followed the person in front of her.

However, the people didn't seem to see her in their eyes at all, some brought hot water, some brought grease to wipe their faces, busy and organized, and there was no confusion because of the absence of her.

"The water shouldn't be too hot." She heard the princess say this, and put her hand into the water to try it, just as she had done before, "Use the bath beans sparingly, just wash them a little, don't rub them too hard." ”

Cicada Yi unconsciously held her breath, waiting for Shen Shu to answer as usual: "How can it be so delicate." He had answered her as he had done so many times before.

But it wasn't what she heard. Shen Shu stood with a smile, and didn't mean to wash his face: "You wash it for me." ”

Mint and Kikyo lowered their heads together, Kikyo was so young that she didn't hold back and laughed, and then she was glared at by Mama Zheng and dragged her out.

Mint was calmer, and he could still hold his expression, put down the basin with a wooden face, and stepped back. Retreated to the door and pulled the cicada's clothes: "Sister, let's go to the kitchen and have a look." ”

What's so nice in the kitchen. Shen Shu has his own small kitchen in this courtyard, but today is the family feast of the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and the food has already been prepared in the big kitchen, just waiting for the Dingbei Hou father and son to come back for a while, and there is no need to do anything in the small kitchen.

Mint pulled her and dragged her out, and said with a smile when she covered the door: "Sister, there is a princess in it, so we don't have to worry about it." In the past, she also felt that Dieyi had no rules, lest she would contradict Taohua, but this cicada looked more peaceful. Who knew that when she sent the makeup shop to the Anjun Wangfu in the capital, she would be seen by the Jing family, and since then she has been staring at the cicada clothes. As a result, I don't know if I don't stare at it, I was startled, and sure enough, Dieyi is a simple temperament that leads to the end of the intestines, but how suspicious this cicada clothes looks.

Cicada Yi reluctantly smiled at her: "What my sister said is true." However, the princess has also been busy outside for many days, and if she comes back, it will be so hard - if it is spread out, it will not be said that we are slack, but that the princess is not noble, not like the princess's pomp. ”

Mint sneered in his stomach, but said, "Look at what my sister said." Dingbei Hou Mansion is the strictest in governing the family, who dares to casually spread the master's affairs. Besides, whether the princess is noble or not, she doesn't look at these things. There are many people who come to stretch out their hands for clothes and open their mouths for food, if you say that this is considered noble, my sister asked the people in the northwest if they were convinced. ”

Cicada clothes are stupid to ask the people in the northwest. At this time, Taohua is the living Bodhisattva in the minds of the people in the northwest, who says that she is not good, those who have children to plant pox will definitely attack her. You don't see that the families of the patients who died in the quarantine area a few days ago were still crying outside, but now there is no movement.

Holding his breath, Cicada Yi could only smile and said: "Naturally, no one talks about it in the northwest, so I am afraid that it will be spread to the capital and be said by the palace people." We are lazy, but we are tired of the reputation of the princess. ”

She carried the people out of the palace, and Mint had nothing to say. The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother are both windless and will rise three feet of waves, and this worry cannot be said to be untargeted. However, she keenly felt that Cicada Yi didn't really say this for Taohua's sake at all, so she couldn't help but hold her breath again, and sneered: "Even the door of the Hou Mansion can't be passed out, how can it be passed to the capital?" Unless someone can't see the princess well, and deliberately talks nonsense outside. It's just that if such a person finds out, the Hou Ye and Mrs. will not let her come! ”

Mint said, turned around and left. Cicada Yi raised her eyes and swept it, and the bellflower was gone, leaving only a Zheng Mama standing in the preparatory room under the porch a little farther away, and when she saw her, she smiled at her and seemed very friendly: "What else is the matter with the girl in cicada?" ”

Cicada Yi has always been wary of this Mama Zheng, and when she heard this, she could only say: "It's nothing, I'm just afraid that the prince will have some orders." ”

Mama Zheng said with a smile: "It's going to be dinner in a while, even if the prince wants to come to the house, he is not in a hurry at this time, the girl in the cicada clothes will go back to the house to rest first, these days the princess is outside, and you have to take care of the miscellaneous things in the yard, and you are really tired." ”

This is lying with an open eye. Taohua is outside, and the things in the yard are indeed taken care of by cicada clothes as before. However, Shen Shu is not here, and the entire Dingbei Hou Mansion is busy planting pox and guarding the Beiban, how can there be many things to keep Cicada Yi busy? In fact, she is uncomfortable these days, so she has to keep making needlework for Shen Shu, and even the new account to be hung next summer is almost embroidered.

There was a crisp laugh in the room, mixed with a few men's whispers, which could not be heard clearly, but the joy in the laughter could not be misunderstood. Cicada Yi only felt as if her heart had been pierced by a silver needle used for embroidery, and only a small bead of blood oozed out, but the pain penetrated deep into the muscles and bones.

Mint brought two plates of dim sum from the other side, and just saw Cicada Yi leaving with his head down, and couldn't help pouting: "Who is this for?" "The prince is in the house, but he can't see her like this.

Mama Zheng was still standing upright under the porch, frowning slightly at Mint: "These words are not what we should say, after all, she has served the prince." "A few maids from the Jiang family guarded the cicada clothes as if they were beasts of the flood, which should and should be, and should not and should not.

said that they should be, they are all princesses, so they naturally have to think about the princess. In the future, it is probably inevitable for the prince to accept side concubines or concubines, but now the newlywed Yan'er must not be allowed to covet it at will, at least until the princess gives birth to a concubine.

said that it shouldn't, because now after all, they are also from the county prince's mansion, and the prince is also the master, if they are too unkind to the people around the prince, wouldn't it make people see that the prince and the princess are two factions? Moreover, this cicada clothes have served the prince since she was a child, even if the prince didn't take her to heart, this affection is also indispensable, if they do too much, what if the prince is displeased and angry with the princess?

This pampered thing, Mama Zheng has seen a lot in the palace. Today's favor crowns of the six palaces, and tomorrow it will be abandoned like a piece of, which is just a matter of the superior turning his palm. Of course, the princess of the county is capable, but the woman still relies on her husband's love in the house. The old man of the Jiang family did not take a concubine, even the two masters on the other side of the long house were about the same, so these girls who married the Jiang family thought less, and probably didn't expect that the identity of the prince of the county was different. But they didn't want to, but she had to think for the princess, leave a line for everything, and only then would they see each other in the future.

Mint stuck out her tongue when she was told by Mama Zheng, but when she heard the laughter in the house, she became happy again: "The prince rushed back in such a hurry, it must be for the princess." ”

Mama Zheng couldn't help but show a smile on her face. The so-called little farewell is better than the newlywed, the prince and the princess are both newlywed and small, so they naturally miss it tightly. I'll talk about it later, it's a good thing that the husband and wife have a strong relationship at this time: "Be quiet, don't disturb the inside." I don't think there's a need to rush this snack in. ”

Mint covered her mouth, and the two stepped back again, and went into the auricle lightly. Naturally, someone will eat it.

Inside the house, Shen Shu didn't know that the snack on his lips flew away again. But he didn't care, because he was lying on Taohua's lap now, relaxed, as if lying on the clouds, what kind of snacks did he care.

"Alright." Taohua carefully smeared the ointment on his face and touched it gently, "I'll prepare something for you when I go back, even if you go to the camp, don't be so careless, just wipe your face after washing it, it won't take much time on weekdays." "The wind in the northwest is too hard, the weather is cold, and Shen Shu's face is still a little frozen, so if you don't pay attention to it all the time, it may cause your skin to ulcerate.

Shen Shu exaggerated his tongue at the terrible consequences she described: "It's so dangerous." I didn't know before, what if I really had a bad face? ”

Taohua smiled and gently pinched his ear: "I don't know how heavy it is!" If you have a rotten face, you can't see people. Shen Shu also had a little frostbite on his ears, and it was really pitiful to look at the red and purple hair.

Shen Shu took her hand and whispered, "The princess doesn't want me if you have a bad face, right?" ”

Taohua wanted to say of course not, but the words somehow became: "I will naturally cure you." ”

Shen Shu squinted his eyes and laughed, with a little cunning in his expression, which provoked Taohua to pinch him again: "Speaking of which, when are you free?" I said before that I would give you acupuncture, but if you do it, you can't stop, and you can't do it for three days of fishing and two days of drying nets. ”

Speaking of business, Shen Shu also got upright: "It depends on what happens to the Beiban side." "It's really not up to him to decide whether to fight or not, it depends on what the barbarians have in mind.

Taohua pondered for a moment: "Is it okay for me to go to Duzhou City with you after the New Year?" It just so happens that I also want to train a group of nursing staff and practice a few times in the barracks so that they can be useful when the war starts. ”

Shen Shu hesitated for the first time: "This--there is an order in the army that there shall be no women......"

Taohua snorted lightly: "This is the northwest." I heard that when the Northern Barbarians attacked the city in the past, many women from various families came to bring soup and water to help take care of the wounded soldiers, and even some people went up to the city wall to help defend the city, but is it true? "The so-called no women in the army is because we are afraid that the sergeants will be distracted and miss the training and fighting, but the field ambulance team is mostly women, so we have to gradually reverse this concept.

"This is true...... "The women in the northwest are so spicy and capable, once the battle starts, it is a trivial matter to send food and water, and when the war is urgent, there are really people who directly rush to the city wall and meet the enemy in short combat." It is said that there was a Mrs. Hou in Dingbei Hou Mansion before, whose martial arts were no less than her husband's, not only able to defend the city, but also to charge into battle.

"What's more, this is going to exercise, and it's not like living in the barracks every day in the future." Taohua pouted, "It's not just women, I also want to use wounded soldiers." "Every year in the war, there are many people who survive but have broken arms and legs, and can no longer be soldiers, but they don't know what to do, so they have to rely on small chores to make ends meet. The Dingbei Hou Mansion also tries its best to help such people, but there are many monks and little porridge, and not all of them can take care of it.

"Wounded soldiers can also learn?" Shen Shu turned over and sat up, a little excited.

"Of course, it depends on whether they can learn it." Taohua nodded and said, "But in this matter, as long as you are willing to study hard, I rarely see someone who can't learn." "It's not that they learn how to heal the sick, it's just that they learn how to nurse. In my previous life, some of the nurses in the hospital had never even read a book, but they still cared well.

"That's great!" Shen Shu slapped his thigh hard, "Taohua, if you can let those wounded soldiers learn to nurse, you will be a great achievement!" ”

Taohua snorted softly and deliberately turned her head over: "Why, isn't it a great achievement that even the pox cultivation technique is not as good as this?" ”

"No, no, no." Shen Shu hurriedly took her hand, "That is not only a great achievement, but a great virtue, you are for the benefit of the people of the world." But the wounded soldiers ......"

Taohua turned around with a smile: "I know, I'm kidding you." "Whether it's pox or the field care team, it's not her originality, so she's a little embarrassed to hear people compliment her like this.

"I know you'll understand......" Shen Shu whispered, putting Taohua's hand on his face. It's really strange that a woman who grew up in Jiangnan has been pampered and pampered by her father for more than ten years, not to mention that she has never seen a sword soldier, and she is afraid that she has not even heard a few stories about the war, but she is miraculously able to truly understand him. This is God's arrangement, or maybe his mother, who died young, prayed for him in heaven to bless him with such a wife.

There was silence in the room for a while, the heat in the copper warm scent flowed softly, and a pot of daffodils was placed on the windowsill, and two white buds bloomed, and the fragrance was slightly sweet, which made people intoxicated.

"Imperial Physician Gu received a letter from Liu Zhijing a few days ago." Taohua and Shen Shu leaned side by side on the head of the bed, their hands clasped together, and their ten fingers moved back and forth, entangled and entangled.

"Imperial Physician Gu is a kind person." Shen Shu smiled meaningfully, pinched Taohua's fingers between two fingers, and scratched her palm by the way.

Momoka sneered. The doctor's hand was already flexible and sensitive, and she was afraid of itching, so Shen Shu's calloused fingers scratched her so much that she straightened her hand back: "Tell him to go back to the capital, it's annoying." ”

"That's your future brother-in-law." Shen Shu frowned with a little disgust, "Do you want to leave him a way?" ”

"What qualifies a deserter!" Taohua sneered, "You don't have to wipe what he did before, as for the pox matter later, since he didn't do anything, of course he won't get any credit." And that Imperial Doctor Li is the same! If I have the credit, I might as well leave it to Langzhong in the northwest. ”

"I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart." Shen Shu sighed, "It's just your sister - why did you promise such a family." ”

"She likes it herself, so she doesn't need to say more." Taohua said lightly, "Anyway, she is also a Hanlin, and she can drill camps, and she will have a bowl of rice to eat in the future." Looking back now, she felt that Liu Zhijing suddenly ran away to invite himself to the northwest, and it was very likely that Cao or Jiang Yanhua gave him the news. No, the Cao family doesn't have this brain, it can only be Jiang Yanhua.

"Speaking of which, they're appropriate." The so-called is not a family that does not enter the door, in the future, Jiang Yanhua will marry, and the couple will camp together.

Shen Shu laughed, turned sideways and hugged Taohua into his arms, and whispered: "That's right, it's not a family, don't enter a family, you enter my house, it means that we are a family." "Like-minded, like-minded, husband and wife are like this, what more can a husband ask for.

Since Taohua said that Liu Zhijing was annoyed, Shen Shu's actions were of course very fast. Before Liu Zhijing's letter to Gu Cong could be heard, two guards from the Dingbei Hou Mansion came and loaded him into a carriage and sent him back to the capital in the name of "escort". As for Imperial Doctor Li, he was ignored and still let him live in the post station, unable to reach the world or the ground.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Liu Zhijing returned to Liu's house.

History is always strangely similar. Last year, he also came back from Lantian and Luonan at the end of the year, and he didn't even have a carriage, and his face and ears were red from the cold wind. But at that time, he was full of faith and hope, and he did not feel tired or cold at all.

But this time, it was clear that he was sitting in a well-rounded carriage, the wind could not blow and the rain could not blow, and the two guards were also very polite to him along the way, and even arranged a small servant to serve him, I don't know how many times more comfortable than the last time, but his heart has always been heavy, and he only feels that his back can't be straightened.

"Son-" Mrs. Liu ran out excitedly when she got the news, but saw that her son was helped out of the carriage and had a cane under his armpit, and was immediately frightened, "You legs, what's wrong?" ”

One of the guards replied: "Liu Hanlin was knocked down by a frightened horse in the northwest and broke his leg. ”

The guard's tone was flat, but Liu Zhijing felt like he had been slapped in the face. Now he could be sure that King Anjun must have known about the shocking horse, and all his calculations and careful thoughts were spread out in front of the husband and wife, as if they had been stripped of their clothes, and there was nothing to hide.

"Shocking horse—" Mrs. Liu's eyes widened in horror. Occasionally, there are horses in the capital that are frightened and rampant in the downtown area, or which lawless children gallop at will, and she has seen things that kill and injure people, and she only felt pitiful at that time, but now she feels terrible when it falls on her son.

"Mother, let's go into the house and talk about it. These two are the guards of the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and they need to be entertained-" Liu Zhijing couldn't look at the exaggerated expression on his mother's face, he only wished that there was a gap in the ground that he could get into.

"Thank you, Liu Hanlin." The two guards bowed slightly, "Don't work, Liu Hanlin is resting, I will go to the military department to hand over the fold and say goodbye." ”

Before Mrs. Liu could react, the two guards withdrew with the little guy, jumped into the carriage and left, leaving Liu Zhijing alone in the courtyard, standing on crutches.

"This, how can this be so-" Mrs. Liu hurriedly stepped forward to support her son, "How can the Dingbei Hou Mansion behave like this, without knowing the etiquette at all!" You are the brother-in-law of King Anjun, and you are going to the northwest to help them treat the epidemic, and you have to work hard if you don't think about merit......"

"Mother, don't say it." Liu Zhijing couldn't wait to fly back to the house immediately to close the door, "Close the door quickly, I can go by myself." "The treatment of his injuries during this period is good, and his leg is already half better.

Mrs. Liu hurriedly closed the door and turned back excitedly: "I heard that the princess of the county has made some pox in the northwest, and now it has been reported to the palace, and the emperor said that if the northwest is completed, this pox will be planted everywhere in the future, which is a great credit!" Fortunately, you can definitely share the credit for going back this time, right? ”

It's really a pot that can't be opened. Liu Zhijing was irritable for a while, and blurted out: "What credit do I have, I broke my leg when I entered the northwest, and I have been recuperating outside since then." ”

"Huh?" Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment before she reacted, "This, this is not your fault, it's all bad for the northwest horse!" Anyway, you also ran along, the princess of the county is for her sister's sake, and she wants to say something nice to you, right? ”

"Say no more!" If it weren't for Jiang Yanhua, although he didn't have credit, at least he wouldn't have broken his leg. Liu Zhijing's frustration that had been accumulated for many days finally vented, and he smashed his fist on the kang table, lifting the teacup and jumping, "At the beginning, I really shouldn't have decided on this family business!" ”