Extra four: The prince

There is a small village a few hundred kilometers south of Lin'an City.

In April, when the mountains are full of flowers, in this village surrounded by mountains on three sides, in the afternoon, the women of the village like to gather together and chat under the big trees at the entrance of the village.

Not far from this big banyan tree, there is a family, four houses built in front and back, and a few livestock in the yard, this afternoon, there is a group of children, noisily towards this house, but after entering the yard, it is not noisy, the leader gently knocked on the door of the front room, "Teacher Yan, are you there." ”

After a while, the door opened, and a slender figure appeared, dressed in a long white robe, which looked like the teacher that these children shouted about.

The person called Teacher Yan looked a little pale, and the whole person looked very weak, he stood there, smiling kindly, "What's wrong?" ”

"Teacher Yan, the master in the school said that you are sick, let's take a look at you." Several children nodded in agreement, and one of the older said to the rest in a lesson-telling tone, "Teacher Yan is not feeling well, we should let him rest well, let's go back." ”

The children were very well-behaved, and after saluting Teacher Yan, they went out of the courtyard together.

He stood at the door and looked at the distant mountain, his pale face was more happy, turned to go back to the house, and saw a figure coming from the path from a distance, the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, and soon, the figure came to the gate of the courtyard, and greeted the women under the banyan tree not far away, and then entered the courtyard.

Seeing him standing at the door, the woman came over and hung the basket on the hook under the eaves, helped him in, and there was a touch of anger in her tone, "Didn't you let you rest and lie down, why did you get up again." ”

He listened to her and leaned on the edge of the bed, reached out and stroked her hair, which was simply wearing a silver hairpin, but she was particularly beautiful, "What did you pick up?" ”

The woman looked very happy, "I picked some beans in the field and came back, I saw the winter melon on the edge of the vine was almost ready, the third aunt next door said that she could pick it in two days, cut two pinches of leeks and came back, and dug up some yams, and when I just came back, I chopped some pork at the old butcher's house, and a piece of yam, stewed meat to eat." ”

The man listened quietly, and the woman said for a while, and suddenly reached out to cover his forehead, "Tomorrow Imperial Doctor Guan will come again, this time, you have to rest at home for a few more days before going to that school, otherwise, I won't promise you to teach again." ”

The man laughed, laughed to the fullest, looked at her insistence, and said helplessly, "Fu'er, I know what to do." Wei Fu went out to decoct him and wash the vegetables, Su Yanxun leaned there, and the gentle spring breeze blew in from the window, with a unique freshness in the countryside, which made his mind turn back to four years ago.

Four years ago, there was a fire in the Prince's Mansion, and he and Fu'er died by fraud, which he pleaded with his father.

At that time, even if he was deposed, the queen mother still refused to give up, only when he died and disappeared into this world, the queen mother had no reason to continue to persevere.

So he begged his father to let him cheat to death, let him leave Lin'an City, and let him die in front of the world, so that no one would use him as an excuse anymore.

When the Prince's Mansion was on fire, he and Fu'er were secretly taken out of the Prince's Mansion by Prince Ping and sent to this place, and then he learned the news that the Queen Mother was locked up and the palace power was seized.

He can't do anything, and he doesn't have the qualifications to ask his father for anything, everything he can do has already been done.

When he first arrived at this place, his body was still not well, originally he wanted Wei Fu to change his name and start his life again, and he didn't have to follow his sick son, but she was reluctant to leave.

He once thought he was going to die in this place, but after half a year, his body miraculously improved.

In order to facilitate the care, the father also filmed the imperial doctor disguised as a doctor in the medical hall to stay in the town, and once in half a year, it was a miracle in the eyes of the imperial doctor.

A year later, he was able to stand up.

Four years later, the woman who was busy in the kitchen had become integrated into the life of the village, washing her hands and making soup, and being able to do some farm work and grow vegetables like other women.

When it is empty, I do embroidery work and sell it in the town, and the price is not low.

Su Yanxun used to smile, he is now a person who wants to be raised by his wife, he eats and drinks for nothing, does not work, and wastes money on medicine.

Two years ago, when he learned that Xiucai, who had been teaching in the village for three years, was gone, and only an old and dizzy master was left, Su Yanxun decided to teach in the school.

With his knowledge, it is more than enough to teach a group of children, and Su Yanxun does not accept money, if he has a heart, he will share the burden for his wife and do some farm work, which is considered a reward, and he also hopes that everyone in the village who wants to study can come to the school, even if they are not allowed to prepare for the exam in the future, it is good to know some words

Maybe there is no need to think so much, the pressure in my heart is lighter, I face a group of children every day, and I greet them as simple villagers, there is no intrigue, there is no deceit, Su Yanxun's mood is better, and his body is stable.

This time, he was purely cold, and Wei Fu was worried, and ordered him not to go to the school until he was well, and told him that Aunt Niu next door also spoke to Uncle Niu like this, so he had to listen to her!

Su Yanxun smiled, his wife was more integrated into such a life than him.

In the kitchen, Wei Fu fried the medicine, let it cool down and brought it to him to drink, Su Yanxun smelled the smell and was a little disgusted, Wei Fu laughed and scolded him, "I didn't blink my brows when I drank the medicine before, but now what's the matter." ”

"The smell is too strong." Su Yanxun drank it in one gulp, his frowning brows had not eased, Wei Fu wiped his mouth for him, "It's not that the smell is too strong, it's that the more you live, the more you go back." ”

Su Yanxun smiled, Wei Fu went out to see the stewed meat, he walked outside the house, picked up the dustpan on the chicken coop, and helped her feed the livestock.

Wei Fu came out of the kitchen, and was amused to see him like this, and went over to snatch the dustpan from his hand, "Come on, you go back to the house, and you will be able to eat later." ”

After re-frying another pot of medicine to drink after dinner, the two of them had a simple dinner, and it was slightly dark, and Wei Fu accompanied him for a walk in the village.

The people in the village all know that the couple who moved to the vicinity of the village four years ago, the man is very knowledgeable, but his health is not very good, he can't see anyone when he first comes, and he only saw him out of the house after a year, the woman's temperament is extraordinary, and it is not an ordinary family at a glance.

This young couple, no children, but very kind to everyone, two years ago this man was teaching in the school, when he was not restrained, the people in the village liked them more, and they sent them something from time to time, the man's health was not good, so he relied on a woman, how difficult it was.

No, when they came back from a walk, Wei Fu had a basket in his hand, and the big basket contained everything, eggs, cakes, freshly picked vegetables, and tofu.

Su Yanxun stretched out his hand to take it for her, but Wei Fu didn't let her, Su Yanxun sighed, "Fu'er, I'm your husband, it's your man, can't I help my wife get this basket, then what else can I do." ”

Wei Fu turned his head to look at him, Su Yanxun just stared at her, and soon she was defeated, gave him the basket, Su Yanxun took her hand again, and walked in the direction of home

The next day, the imperial physician came over, the people were better, and they had to recuperate for a few more days, and told them some things about Lin'an City, the emperor abdicated to the crown prince, became the emperor, and took the queen mother to play everywhere, the fourth princess got married, but this day seems to be not going well.

Su Yanxun was silent and did not speak, Li Yuan was the sister of his mother's compatriots.

After a long time, Su Yanxun looked at Imperial Doctor Guan, "I can't care about this for a long time." "He lives his own life, he just wants to help, but he can't help anything.

Three years ago, he was just able to go to the ground, and there were rumors in Lin'an City that the Zhao family and the queen united with the Tang general to force the palace to rebel, and also sent people to kill his father.

Then there was the news that the Zhao family was sentenced and the queen mother committed suicide in prison.

What he begged was what the queen mother had done in the past, and after that, he Su Yanxun said at the time, what to do, what to do.

Imperial Physician Guan did not tell him that the Emperor Taishang and the Empress Dowager would soon come here to see them, and sent Imperial Physician Guan away, Su Yanxun looked at the village that had not changed in the past four years, and the world outside had already changed greatly, the father and emperor abdicated, and the third brother ascended the throne, and it was a new first year.

Wei Fu walked over and stood beside him, Su Yanxun reached out and hugged her, "Fu'er, do you still want to go back." ”

"No, it's good to stay here."

Su Yanxun smiled, "Can that lady promise me to let me go to the school for an hour tomorrow afternoon." ”

Wei Fu also smiled, "No, three days of rest is three days, not one less hour, otherwise, I will collect all your pen, ink, paper and inkstone." ”

Two months later, Su Qianyang took Jiang Ruyin to this village, the two of them were ordinary people's clothes, got out of the carriage, or Guan Taiyi led the way and knocked on the door, in the courtyard, Wei Fu was drying clothes.

As soon as he saw Imperial Doctor Guan coming in, his eyes followed behind him, and he was stunned, and he was about to salute, Su Qianyang raised his hand to signal her, "No need to salute." ”

Su Qianyang glanced into the room, "Xun'er." ”

"Xianggong has gone to the school, I'm coming back soon, please come inside." Wei Fu didn't know what to call Lu Dao after thinking about it, Jiang Ruyin looked at her and smiled, "Don't worry about anything, it's just a title." ”

Su Yanxun came back at noon, and he was also startled, as soon as the father and son sat down, they had endless words, Jiang Ruyin pulled Wei Fu out to ask some about them in the past few years, had lunch, and helped clean up together.

They stayed in the village for three days, Jiang Ruyin and Wei Fu left time for the two fathers and sons, and on the day they left, Su Qianyang told Jiang Ruyin that the decision was the right one.

The carriage gradually moved away, Su Yanxun pulled Wei Fu to stand at the entrance of the village and watched, until the carriage was out of sight, Su Yanxun pulled her back, "Let's go home." ”

"Well, go home."