Shen Rouning could probably understand Grandma Chen's choice, but she couldn't comfort her.

"You don't want that." Grandma Chen smiled weakly: "Being able to marry him, having a good year of this year, my life is worth it." Although I can't accompany him to the end, I have some regrets. ”

"But you can't be too greedy."

She was unwilling, angry and hateful, but in the end she let go of those indifferent emotions. Those negative emotions can't help her get better, but they will only make her last days full of gloom.

She didn't want that.

In the last of her life, she didn't breathe, and she had to spend it with great cherishment.

"Cousin-in-law, let me tell you about my travels." Shen Rouning said: "I have painted a lot of paintings, please take a look at my cousin-in-law." ”

Shen Rouning softly recounted what she had seen and heard along the way, and she said it in detail, as if she was painting the paintings with her heart. Grandma Chen slowly fell asleep, Shen Rouning pressed the corner of the quilt for her, walked out of the room, and looked at the blue sky above her head in shock.

In the afternoon, Chen Houyun came back from the yamen, saw Grandma Chen, and came to Banyuexuan to find Shen Rouning.

"My cousin came just in time." Shen Rouning showed Chen Houyun her paintings from the afternoon: "Do you think my painting is good?" ”

On the screen, it is in Shen Rouning's memory, Chen Houyun and Huang Youxiang looking at each other by the release pond of Leiyin Temple. At that time, the friendship between the two people was born, a little faint, and flowing, which made people can't help but smile when they see it.

Chen Houyun was a little stunned.

After a long time, he spoke: "Ah Ning, is this for your cousin-in-law?" ”

Shen Rouning nodded: "It's a little bit of comfort for my cousin-in-law." "There's not much she can do. Draw a few paintings, but still do what you can.

"She's going to love it." Chen Houyun wanted to touch Shen Rouning's head as before, but his broad palm was frozen in mid-air, looked at Shen Rouning, and sighed softly: "Ah Ning has grown into a big girl." ”

She just stood in front of him in the same way, but his hand couldn't touch it. Without being reminded, he immediately realized that such an expression of action was already inappropriate.

Shen Rouning was a little uncomfortable. Immediately, she smiled slightly. Deliberately took a half-step back to dodge the range of his palm. Said deliberately: "So, my cousin can't touch my head anymore." ”

Chen Houyun couldn't help laughing.

He grew a little beard and looked a little tired, but still warm and gentle. Because of that little beard. He's a little more sedate. It makes people feel extra reliable.

"Cousin-in-law, she is in this disaster. Is it really impossible to get by? Shen Rouning was very unbearable.

Chen Houyun nodded slightly: "It's going to be difficult, and there is little hope." ”

"My cousin is so nice." Shen Rouning didn't know what to say. It shouldn't be that way. A person as good as Huang Youxiang should be happy for a long time.

"The world is impermanent." Chen Houyun pressed Shen Rouning's shoulder. "Don't think too much. She's not too upset, and if you want to be with her, you should be more relaxed than her. Otherwise, if you are sympathetic and sympathetic, it will be difficult for her heart to be happy. ”

"I see." Shen Rouning nodded.

She cleaned up her mood, poured tea for Chen Houyun, sat down opposite the two, and asked, "Is my cousin busy lately?" ”

"Although the Northern Expedition was relatively smooth, the follow-up to stabilize the people's hearts and establish rule was even more cumbersome but important." Chen Houyun said: "There are not enough officials in Daqing, and it turns out that there are few good magistrates in Beijin, so all departments are very busy. Anmin is more troublesome than fighting. ”

"I've heard that my grandfather is likely to be knighted...... Is it true? Shen Rouning couldn't help asking.

"The world is decided, and my grandfather's strategy is indispensable." Chen Houyun nodded: "The reunification of the north and the south is a big event...... When the saint returns to Beijing, in terms of meritorious deeds, there should be many more lords in Daqing. It is indeed possible that the grandfather will be knighted. But the initial idea of his plan came from me, and he was afraid that he would not accept the reward. But when that time comes, he can't help it. ”

"Is it my cousin's ploy?" Shen Rouning was a little surprised, and hurriedly said, "Can you talk to me?" I don't know what happened yet. ”

Chen Houyun said simply, "...... I'm three yuan and the first, it's already a big celebration. If my grandfather told the truth, then I would be held too high, and it would be disadvantageous in all aspects. Moreover, I only made a preliminary assumption, and I really carried out such a rigorous plan in its entirety, and achieved such good results, which is the credit of many people, and cannot be said to be the work of one person. ”

Chen Houyun Sanyuan and the first have already had a great reputation. He is only in his twenties, and what he needs is to move forward step by step in a down-to-earth manner, so that he can stand tall and stable in the future, rather than climbing to the sky step by step with miraculous feats and becoming a target, and the foundation is difficult to stabilize.

"Moreover, my grandfather has a stubborn personality, if there is anything that angers the emperor in the future, he has these down-to-earth feats, and the emperor must respect him." It's not that Old Man Chen has been an official for many years, and those daily credits are often ignored. But the strategy he contributed to the unification of the Northern Expedition cannot be ignored in any case.

"Besides, my grandfather is already ready to grow old."

This sentence surprised Shen Rouning very much. She hurriedly asked a few more questions, and Chen Houyun replied gently. He stayed in Banyue Xuan for half an hour before he walked out, and after a few steps, he saw someone wandering and called out.

"Third brother?" Chen Houyun asked, "Are you here?" ”

Chen Houwen hurriedly lowered his head, quickly raised it again, glanced at Ban Yuexuan behind Chen Houyun, and said, "I...... Is the eldest brother from his cousin? ”

Chen Houyun's brows moved slightly, and he nodded: "I talked to Ah Ning for a while. ”

"Oh." Chen Houwen lowered his head, and the person was distracted again.

Chen Houyun motioned for him to follow him out. The two of them walked in silence for a while, and Chen Houyun suddenly spoke: "Third brother, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Chen Houwen seemed to be frightened, and he was flustered for a while before he spoke: "Big brother, do you think your cousin and aunt are very similar?" If you see your cousin, will you immediately think of your aunt? ”

Chen Houyun shook his head thoughtfully: "Their mother and daughter do have some similar faces...... But it's not like seeing one and mistakenly remembering the other, right? He stopped, turned back to Chen Houwen and said, "Third brother, if you have any questions, you might as well talk to me." ”

"I ......" Chen Houwen blushed, and said after a long time: "I think I have some sisters, but I always think of my aunt immediately and immediately feel that I shouldn't have such thoughts...... I don't know what's wrong...... I ......" (To be continued......