On a summer night in July, the moon hung in the dark sky, and the sky was full of sparkling stars, like the Milky Way paved with fine quicksand lying on the blue sky, and the gentle warm breeze gently blowing, as if mixed with the residual heat of the daytime sun.

Today, on the day when Qin Yuan's eldest brother Xue Musheng returned home, because Xue Musheng made great contributions to the southeast army, Qin Yuan and Qingcang and the up and down of the Xue family were sitting around the dining table to celebrate their achievements, and there were a full thirty-two dishes on the table, no matter from the color of the dishes or from the fragrance of the dishes, everything was exquisite and delicious, not inferior to the palace dishes.

At this time, Qing Cang raised his glass to Xue Musheng and said, "Today is the day when Mu Sheng returns victoriously, and I will use wine to catch the wind for you." Then Qing Cang raised his head slightly, drank the wine, and saw a young handsome man sitting next to General Xue suddenly get up, picked up the wine glass and said humbly, "Weichen Xie Emperor." Then he drank the wine with his head held high.

Qing Cang then smiled with satisfaction, and said in a joyful and powerful tone, "The southeast army has been bothering my dynasty for many years, when my father sent elite generals to go, they failed to defeat the southeast, and it has been a big trouble for me for so many years, and now the southeast has finally been exterminated, I am really very happy, I want to reward Mu Sheng, and Mu Sheng will accept the order." ”

I saw Xue Musheng hurriedly get up and leave the table, and bowed verbally towards Qing Cang, and then said in a solemn tone, "Weichen has the order." ”

"Xue Musheng, the lieutenant general of the fourth grade Anyuan, pacified the enemy in the southeast, worked hard, fulfilled his duties, and was virtuous, and was hereby promoted to the general of the second-grade Fujun, rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and silver, and admired this."

As soon as this holy decree came out, no one on the table showed a look of surprise, even General Xue, who had always been calm, could not hide his excitement and surprise at this time, you must know that Xue Musheng is only twenty-three years old this year, so young he has won the rank of second-grade military general and the same level as General Xue, which is rare in all dynasties, and the Xue family has produced such a promising heir, how can General Xue not be happy?

Xue Musheng's face was solemn and serious, and he kowtowed deeply, "The minister bows to thank the emperor for his grace, and the minister will be loyal and filial to the country in the future, and live up to the emperor's expectations." ”

Qing Cang was in a good mood at the moment, and raised his lips and smiled, "Take a seat, General Xue, and when you enter the palace tomorrow, you will pass on my will today." General Xue bowed his head slightly solemnly, "Yes, the minister obeys the order." The emperor used Mu Sheng so much, and the ministers were really flattered, and the Xue family should serve the emperor loyally in the future. ”

Qing Cang then smiled with relief, "For so many years, General Xue has not only served the country sincerely, but the sons born to him have also guarded the frontier, I have seen all these in my eyes, and now that Mu Sheng has made great contributions, how can I wronged Mu Sheng." General Xue bowed slightly, and said with a smile, "It is right for the ministers to serve the country, but the emperor is not to blame the ministers for talking too much, the emperor has made this will, I am afraid that the court will ......."

General Xue then stopped talking in embarrassment, Qing Cang knew what General Xue was going to say, and then smiled indifferently, "The southeast has been eyeing me for decades, and I have fought with it for decades, and I have sent countless generals who have not been able to calm down, and when I sent military generals to the southeast, all of them were full of reasons and promises, only General Xue took the initiative to recommend Mu Sheng to go at that time, Mu Sheng was only eighteen years old at the time, General Xue was willing to give up for the country, and others dared to say something?" ”

Qin Yuan smiled at this time, and echoed softly, "If you think about it carefully, the concubine hasn't seen her eldest brother for five years, and she has been busy guarding the frontier all these years, so she must have no marriage."

It's only been two months, and now Qin Yuan's belly is bigger than before, wearing a dark pink bandeau and wearing a butterfly gauze skirt, the skirt that hangs straight to the ground can't hide Qin Yuan's round belly, faintly exuding a kind of maternal beauty.

Mu Sheng looked at Qin Yuan and smiled gently, "Yes, I haven't seen my sister for five years, and now I am a big girl to be a mother." ”

"Yes, my sister is pregnant with an heir, and my eldest brother has to work harder, and now my sister doesn't even know what her sister-in-law looks like."

As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed, and Qing Cang smiled, "What's so difficult about this, now there are many beautiful ladies in the capital, Mu Sheng has a crush on which one is straightforward, and I immediately issued an order to match." Qin Yuan said with a smile, "The emperor may not know the eldest brother of the concubine, back then my father said that he persuaded the eldest brother to accept a young lady, but the eldest brother refused, he had to take state affairs first, and now he is thirty in his twenties, and he is not afraid of being laughed at." ”

Mu Sheng smiled faintly and said, "It's just that I haven't met the person I like." At this time, the second lady on the side said with a smile, "Marry a good lady, and you will fall in love in the future. The old lady bowed her head again and again, "Famous ladies are naturally not bad, Yuan'er is right, you are now twenty or three, the marriage should really be urged, the old man is still waiting to hold his grandson." ”

Mu Sheng said with a smile, "Hehe, don't worry, old lady, grandson work hard, and strive to add a big fat grandson to you next year." This made the old lady laugh with a smile, and the atmosphere was very harmonious for a while, Qing Cang, General Xue and Mu Sheng talked about state affairs in a low voice, and the women of the four circles naturally couldn't talk about it, so they all talked to each other in private.

At this time, when the second lady and Qin Yuan were holding hands and laughing, the third lady whispered to the fourth lady on the side, "Look at the bracelet on the arm of the second lady, is it the one that Concubine Hui wore on the day she entered the mansion." At this time, after the fourth lady carefully weighed it, she said in a vague way, "I didn't pay attention to this, but the second lady has been wearing this bracelet for a long time, and I think it was also after Concubine Hui entered the house." ”

At this time, the third lady smiled sweetly, "The color of this bracelet on the second lady's hand is really translucent, I don't know where to find it." Without waiting for the second lady to speak, Qin Yuan preemptively said, "It was given to the second lady by this concubine." ”

"What Concubine Hui gave must be excellent, no wonder it looks so exquisite." , and then the third lady lowered her eyelids, her eyes full of indifference.

The dinner lasted for two hours before it ended, Qin Yuan held her round belly, held the frost arm and walked slowly, the second lady followed aside, Qin Yuan looked ahead, and didn't look at the second lady and said, "The eldest lady has been out of the house for more than two months, and now the second lady is only the acting lady." ”

The second lady behind her looked a little embarrassed, "The concubine has been planning in secret, although the eldest lady was sent out of the Xue Mansion, she is still the eldest lady of the Xue family in name, and the concubine also needs time to strategize." Qin Yuan suddenly snorted coldly, "Hmph, this concubine is now seven months pregnant, and her days in Xue Mansion are numbered, if you don't hurry up, this concubine can't help you." ”

"Yes, the concubine understands."

At this time, a maid hurriedly walked to the second lady's side and said hurriedly, "Second lady, Qingqiu accidentally fell into the water, and now she has been rescued by the emperor." As soon as these words came out, the second lady was taken aback, if it was usually a maid who fell into the water, it would not be a big deal, but now that everything is related to Qingcang, it will naturally become a burning thing, "Why did the good Qingqiu fall into the water?" The eldest lady is not in the mansion now, what is she doing running out so late? ”

The maid hurriedly shook her head and said, "The slave doesn't know, the second lady, you better go over and take a look." The second lady then leaned over slightly towards Qin Yuan and said, "Concubine Hui, the concubine can't send you back, you have to be careful when the night is dark." Qin Yuan nodded, "Go get busy." ”

The second lady immediately turned around and hurried away, and the dyed frost on the side said at this time, "Master, this maid was rescued by the emperor, why don't you go over and take a look?" Qin Yuan still paced forward, and said indifferently, "No need." ”

When Qing Cang changed his clothes and returned to the bedroom, Qin Yuan had already gone to bed in the bedroom, Qing Cang was afraid of waking Qin Yuan, so he lay on the bed slowly, the night in July was hot, Qing Cang just covered a shallow silk list, Qin Yuan slowly opened his eyes at this time and said, "Are you back?" Qing Cang smiled softly and scratched the bridge of Qin Yuan's nose, "It turns out that you haven't slept, and I don't dare to breathe because I'm afraid of disturbing you." ”

"The concubine thought you saved the beauty and won't come back tonight."

This remark caused Qing Cang to be a little displeased, "I just happened to pass by, and I saw a maid who fell into the water because of suicide and saved her, you also eat this vinegar?" Qin Yuan glanced indifferently, "The concubine is not jealous, if the concubine was jealous, she would have rushed over a long time ago." ”

Qing Cang smiled softly, stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Qin Yuan, and lowered his head slightly to see the burn scar on Qin Yuan's left chest, and the dark coffee color "Cang" was prominently displayed on the snow-white skin, which was particularly conspicuous, Qing Cang's brows suddenly wrinkled in distress, and he raised his hand to touch the scar and said, "But do you still hate me because I hated you like this at the beginning?" ”

Qin Yuan slowly closed her eyes and spit out a word lightly, "Hate." ”

Qing Cang hurriedly explained, "Yuan'er, you have to know that I can't accept that my woman has other men in her heart. Qin Yuan then raised her hand to cover Qing Cang's mouth, and said indifferently, "Don't say it, it's late at night, go to sleep." Qing Cang took Qin Yuan's arm, "Look at it, I'm angry again, if you don't get angry, just burn the word Yuan on me." ”

After hearing this, Qin Yuan suddenly smiled, opened her eyes and said, "How dare the concubine touch the emperor's golden body, the concubine still has to keep her life to raise the child." ”

"Heh, it's not like you haven't moved my body, that slap still hurts."

Qin Yuan suddenly smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, don't be poor, go to sleep, what time is it, the concubine is waiting for you to be very sleepy now, and the concubine is already sleepy." Qing Cang then hugged Qin Yuan tightly, Qin Yuan's high and bulging abdomen was against Qing Cang's lower abdomen, Qing Cang stroked Qin Yuan's stomach and said lightly, "Okay." ”

The two of them then slowly closed their eyes, their faces were relaxed and soothing, since that time Qin Yuan used her body to block Qingyu's sword, in the past two months, the situation between the two of them in the past has now been eased, at least now the two of them have abandoned their boredom with each other, but they still refuse to let go of the past.