Knock –

Knock –

The morning bell that spread all over the streets and alleys rang again, the morning sun rose in the east, and the people in Chang'an City lived as usual, except for some more soldiers wearing Xiliang military armor on the street, there seemed to be no difference from the past.

Four or five days have passed in the blink of an eye, the wind and rain have stopped, the court has calmed down, everyone is secretive about the events on the eighth day of the sixth month, and Chang'an City has not set off any storms. Rumors spread outside, and the court naturally refuted or ignored it, and the official announcement stated that Song Ji died of illness due to hard work, and the new monarch also succeeded to the throne according to the etiquette law, and there was no problem on the surface; When Xu You, the king of Su, arrived in Chang'an, the entire Guanzhong was stabilized.

In the back house of the palace, Xu Buling opened his eyes in the sound of cicadas, turned his head to look, Ning Qingye was lying on his arm with his back to his side, his hand holding his clothes tightly, even in his sleep, with a bit of helpless coldness on his face.

In the past few days, in order to avoid the limelight, Xu Buling did not go out, and everything was handed over to the prime minister of the current dynasty to arrange. Xu Buling stayed in the palace, except for discussing business with the staff, most of the rest of the time was spent in the back house, telling stories to Xiaowan, and spending the moon and the moon in the early night.

Ning Qingye has a cold personality, and she doesn't want to deal with Xu Buling, but she can't talk about it, the emperor was killed by Xu Buling, and she doesn't know if there is an undercurrent outside, so she doesn't dare to run out alone to wander around, so she can only be teased by Xu Buling, and she is slowly getting used to it after a few days.

Xu Buling looked sideways carefully for a moment, Ning Qingye woke up, and when he saw that the hand holding her was released, he hurriedly turned to the innermost, and snorted coldly towards the wall: "Get out." ”

Xu Buling smiled at the corner of his mouth, put the thin blanket on Ning Qingye's back, got up satisfied, and after washing, he came to the garden of the back house.

In the past, when Xu Buling lived in Chang'an, the garden was not well cared for, and it was idle for another year, and now it looks little different from wasteland.

Cui Xiaowan has a serious obsessive-compulsive disorder, and likes to be clean, early in the morning of the second day after coming, she found a small shovel and scissors, seriously weeded, pruned flower branches, and worked hard for four or five days, and has cleared the open space of three zhang square, neat and meticulous.

At this time, the early sun had just risen, Cui Xiaowan squatted on the lawn and used a small shovel to transplant the crooked flowers and plants to a suitable position. In order not to stain the skirt, the skirt was lifted up and sandwiched between the knees and the stomach, and the two white legs were exposed, so squatting......

Xu Buling has eaten many 'losses', and when he saw the steamed buns at a glance, he knew that it was not good, raised his eyes to look at the clouds in the sky, and said:

"Miss Cui, get up so early?"

Cui Xiaowan was very serious when she was working, and when she heard the voice, she raised her head and found Xu Buling standing in the corridor, pulling down her skirt to cover the little white shorts embroidered with peach petals, and smiled with crooked eyebrows:

"You're being honest today."

Xu Buling stood with his hands in his hands and smiled: "That's nature." ”

Cui Xiaowan lowered her head and continued to fiddle with the flowers and plants: "I boiled porridge in the morning, boiled too much, and put it in the dining room, you go eat it, so as not to waste food." ”

“……”

Xu Buling blinked, glanced at Cui Xiaowan, but couldn't see any expression on her, nodded and said, "Thank you", turned around and came to the dining room.

There are two small porcelain bowls on the table in the dining room, which are lean porridge, which looks full of color and flavor, obviously not boiling too much, but specially prepared, and prepared for the early night.

Xu Buling's heart was warm, and he was not polite at the moment, and sat down at the table to taste Xiaowan's thoughts. It's just that before the bowl of porridge was finished, a shout came from outside the weeping flower door:

"Little Prince!"

Men are not allowed to enter the back house, Xu Buling stood up when he heard the sound, walked quickly to the door of the hanging flower, and looked at the palace guards standing outside:

"What's wrong, there's something urgent?"

The palace guard stepped forward and said softly: "Little prince, Mrs. Cui of the Cui family came over, and she didn't say anything about her intentions, but she just said that she came and took a look." Mr. Yue couldn't figure out what it meant, so he asked the humble post to ask the little prince, is it a send-off or? ”

"Mrs. Cui?"

Xu Buling looked back at the back house, hesitated, turned around and said, "Entertain first, I'll ask." ”

"No."

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After a while.

Mrs. Cui, who had a little gray hair, let the maid stay in the living room and came to the back house alone.

As Cui Xiaowan's biological mother, Mrs. Cui was obviously very distressed about this little daughter, and her longing and urgency in her eyes were undisguised, and she walked quickly through the verandah, and soon arrived outside the garden.

Xu Buling waited in the verandah, because Cui Huailu's attitude has changed greatly these days, and he is more enthusiastic than Gongsun Ming, and Xu Buling's sense of the Cui family is naturally very good.

There is no long-term grudge between the big families, as long as the interests are the same, they are friends, seeing Mrs. Cui coming, Xu Buling made a very polite junior salute:

"Mrs. Cui."

What happened in the Taiji Palace, even Mrs. Cui didn't know, but as the concubine of the gate valve family, she could know what happened on the eighth day of the sixth month with a casual guess, and she saw that Xu Buling was still a little panicked and nervous in her eyes, and she bowed:

"Your Royal Highness, the prince of the world, is very polite, huh...... I came here to ask about Xiaowan......"

"Mother, I'm here."

Before he finished speaking, there was a crisp shout from the garden next to him.

Mrs. Cui shook slightly, she hadn't seen her daughter for many years, but her voice was definitely audible. She hurriedly looked, but saw Cui Xiaowan standing next to the bonsai with her back to pruning the flower branches, dressed ordinarily, like a maid in the house.

"Xiao Wan ......"

Mrs. Cui was shocked, and hurriedly ran into the garden, and raised her hand to hug Cui Xiaowan.

The mother and daughter reunited, and Xu Buling was embarrassed to interrupt, so he left the verandah silently.

Cui Xiaowan's expression didn't change much, she turned her head and said softly:

"Mother, what are you crying for? I'm not dead. ”

Mrs. Cui knew her daughter's temperament, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and stood next to her to look carefully:

"Xiaowan, you haven't suffered these days, have you? You left Peach Blossom Valley suddenly, but your second uncle and mother were in a hurry......"

Cui Xiaowan smiled: "I'm fine, the emperor wants to kill me, so I ran out, otherwise I won't leave." ”

Mrs. Cui didn't comment on the messy calculations back then, but she just looked up and down, shushing the cold and asking for warmth.

Cui Xiaowan pruned the flower branches, and after listening for a while, she asked:

"Dad asked my mother to come over, right? If you want to come, you'll be here the next day. ”

"Uh......"

Mrs. Cui choked on her words, stood next to Xiao Wan, thought about it, and sighed lightly: "Xiao Wan is still so smart. My mother didn't want to bother you, but your father's temperament you know, and he was full of mundane things, and he didn't feel good about it, so he instigated his mother all day long, and asked his mother to come over and take a look at the situation......"

Cui Xiaowan's expression was flat: "What do you see?" See if I slept with Xu Buling? ”

Mrs. Cui's expression froze, she knew that forcing Xiao Wan to enter the palace made Xiao Wan very dissatisfied, but as the daughter of a family, lifelong events have never been something she can control.

"Xiaowan, don't blame your father, he is also thinking about the Cui family and the Wang family, there is such a big family behind him, and sometimes there is no way to ...... the master of the house."

"It's all gone, don't mention it."

"Oh......"

Mrs. Cui pursed her lips, hesitated, looked back at the corridor, and saw that Xu Buling was not there, so she stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Xiaowan, you and Xu Buling are together, what is the relationship now?" ”

Cui Xiaowan blinked her eyes and said very seriously:

"I'm his aunt, oh yes, now it's a widow's aunt. Xu Buling is a true gentleman, how could he bully the orphans and widows of the first emperor. ”

？？

Mrs. Cui's eyes were inexplicable, and she pondered for a little before she wondered:

"You and Xu Buling...... Two people live in the back house, and he treats you as an aunt? ”

Cui Xiaowan turned her head: "Then what should he take me for?" ”

Mrs. Cui was dumbfounded for a while, and thought for a while: "Actually, the queen has died a long time ago, and you have already left the palace, so you have nothing to do with the queen." It's the first time I've seen you want to get along with a man day and night, if you have that heart......"

Cui Xiaowan's expression was calm: "I used to be the queen, and I finally came out of the palace and spared a big circle, if Xu Buling became the emperor, wouldn't he go back again." And Xiao Qi is the main house, and I am a concubine at most. It's not appropriate to be a good queen, and she tosses herself into a concubine, what do I want? ”

“……”

It seems to be the same......

Mrs. Cui had nothing to say, hesitated for a moment, but still sighed:

"Forget it, Xiaowan is happy, she can do whatever she wants. You've all died once, and your father tossed him around, you don't have to worry about it. ”

"Thank you, mother."

"Alas......"

Mrs. Cui shook her head, skipped the topic that Xiao Wan didn't like, and chatted about gossip again......