XXXIV. Rehabilitation
It's easy to change a person, and you don't need any reason.
Princess Yue had a dream that night, dreaming that she fell from a high cliff, sweated, and woke up. The next day, many found that she had become a slave and maid, and that she no longer had to be served, and that she had personally boiled decoctions and anointed the horses. This made the slaves astonished, quite uncomfortable, and worried that they had done something wrong, and that the princess would not be reassured by what punishment they would receive. They knelt and begged the princess of Yue Guo not to do this kind of work done by slaves and maids, but the princess of Yue Guo did not let them interfere at all, once anyone decocted the medicine and boiled the soup, she would be furious and pour out the soup on the spot. She was tormented again. For her, serving Xiao Hengde is her privilege, and no one is allowed to touch it.
There are a lot of people who come to visit Xiao Hengde, and they have to receive more than a dozen people every day, coming and going, so it's not lively, it seems that Xiao Hengde has not committed any crime, but has made meritorious service and has just been injured and came down from the battlefield.
At this time, the princess of Yue Guo became an authentic housewife, inviting guests, shouting for warmth, and doing her best as a housewife.
The emperor also came, and the princess of Yue Kingdom had just fried a jar of medicine, with an apron tied around her waist, and her hands were stained with charcoal ash, and she hurriedly ran out to greet her.
Yelu Longxu couldn't help but laugh when he saw it.
The princess of Yue was laughed inexplicably and asked the emperor what he was laughing at?
Yelu Longxu smiled: "In the past few days, I have heard a lot of stories about you, saying that you are boiling soup and decoction at home, how can I not believe that the princess of Yue Kingdom will do these jobs?" If she doesn't beat people with a whip, she will be Amitabha? Who would have thought that I would really see an alchemy boy today. ”
Princess Yue Guo said: "The emperor is still laughing, you don't know how badly he was injured, he has been lying for several days, and he can't move, those officials are really good." ”
Yelu Longxu smiled: "Don't blame those officials, they are still light, only the flesh and skin, and it is not uncommon for others to break the bones, besides, this is not very good, you can be together every day, you can serve the husband with all your heart." I don't think it's for the horse to be injured, will your princess of Yue Kingdom become so gentle? So close? ”
The princess of Yue Guo said: "Your Majesty, don't say anything nice, people don't know if they appreciate it." ”
Yelu Longxu said, "Why are you so grateful to him, and he is still not grateful?" ”
The princess of Yue Guo said, "I don't want him to be grateful to me, as long as he gets better soon, I will thank the Bodhisattva." ”
Yelu Longxu said, "How is he now?" Take me to see him. ”
Xiao Hengde was lying on the bed, and when he saw Yelu Longxu coming in, he wanted to get up and struggled. Yelu Longxu quickly stepped forward and held him down, and he lay down again.
Seeing that his body was covered with ointment, the wound had begun to scab, and the purple-black scars were fading, Yelu Longxu said, "How do you feel?" Does it still hurt? ”
Xiao Hengde said: "The minister's body doesn't hurt, but his heart hurts." ”
Yelu Longxu said: "Still feeling sorry for Yelu Kingdom? ”
Xiao Hengde said: "It's not a pity, it's a sadness." ”
Yelu Longxu sighed: "I am also sad, but the law of the country is intolerable, who made him irrational." ”
Xiao Hengde said: "It's all my fault, it's irrational." Originally, Agu and the others had already fled, and they were almost at the Jurchen realm, and Yelu Guoliu had already given up the pursuit, so I insisted on chasing them again. ”
Yelu Longxu said: "You are indeed responsible for this, but you have done a good job, you are jealous and hateful, you are a man, and the Queen Mother likes you." ”
Xiao Hengde's eyes lit up and said, "The Queen Mother thinks I'm doing a good job?" ”
Yelu Longxu nodded and said: "Yes, the Queen Mother said that Xiao Hengde has a straightforward temperament, dares to act, and can't tolerate sand in his eyes, he is a man." ”
Xiao Hengde said: "The Queen Mother really said that? ”
Yelu Longxu said, "Then there is still a falsehood? ”
Xiao Hengde said: "Then why did she punish me? ”
Yelu Longxu said: "You don't know the Queen Mother, in the Queen Mother's heart, the law of the country is the greatest, and then there is family affection, don't think that you are a relative of the Emperor and the country, and you are worthy of the Queen Mother's appreciation, the Queen Mother will open up for you, that is impossible, even if I make a mistake, the Queen Mother is not polite." ”
Xiao Hengde listened and stopped talking.
Yelu Longxu said, "Why don't you speak? ”
Xiao Hengde said: "The minister has a belly to say, I don't know how to say it. ”
Yelu Longxu said, "Since you don't know how to say it, then don't say it, I will come to ask you." ”
Xiao Hengde said: "The emperor asked casually. ”
Yelu Longxu looked at the princess of Yue Guo who was standing on the side and said, "Is the medicine decoctioned?" ”
The princess of Yue Guo suddenly woke up and said, "Yes, I am still decocting medicine, so I shouldn't be confused." "Let's run out quickly.
Yelu Longxu looked at the back of the princess of Yue Kingdom and said, "How does the princess treat you?" ”
Xiao Hengde said: "Grace is as deep as the sea. ”
Yelu Longxu said, "Grace is as deep as the sea? Why isn't love as deep as the sea? ”
After waiting for a long time, Xiao Hengde didn't say anything.
Yelu Longxu said, "How can you be husband and wife? Is there only grace and no love between you? ”
Xiao Hengde sighed: "I'm afraid the princess's mistress won't be able to repay it in this life, I will always owe her, and I am not qualified to love her." ”
Yelu Longxu said: "I see that you have not taken a fancy to the princess, do you have other women in your heart?" ”
Xiao Hengde said: "It is a great blessing for every man to be favored by the princess, why can't the minister look down on the princess?" It's just that the minister doesn't deserve her liking. ”
Yelu Longxu said: "We are now a family, I married your sister, you and Pai Yi married the princess of Yue and the princess of Wu, I hope you will be kind to the princess of Yue and work together to govern the Great Khitan." ”
Xiao Hengde said: "What the emperor said is that the ministers must live up to the emperor's expectations. ”
At this time, the princess of Yue came in with the medicine, came to the bedside, and said, "It's okay, it's not confused, come, Hengde, drink it quickly." "Let's talk about it, reach out and help Xiao Hengde.
Xiao Hengde struggled to sit up, reached out to take the medicine bowl, Princess Yue didn't give it to him, picked up the spoon, and said, "Don't move, I'll feed you." ”
Xiao Hengde said softly: "I'll come by myself, the emperor is still here." ”
Princess Yue said: "The emperor is not an outsider, he is your brother-in-law, what is there to be embarrassed about?" ”
Yelu Longxu laughed when he heard this, and said, "What Xiao Hengde said is that I am in the way here, so I will leave and not delay you taking medicine." ”
After speaking, Yelu Longxu walked out of the door, Xiao Hengde drank a sip of the medicine fed by the princess of Yueguo, and just swallowed it, Yelu Longxu turned around and came back and said, "Xiao Hengde recuperates well, get better quickly, I still have important things for you to do." ”
Xiao Hengde choked on a mouthful of medicine and coughed non-stop.
The princess of Yue Guo said: "Your Majesty, why don't you finish what you have to say, you have to choke people?" ”
Yelu Longxu didn't say anything, but laughed and walked away.
Xiao Hengde said to the princess of Yueguo: "Give me the medicine bowl, you go and ask the emperor, is there another war?" Then I have to take care of my illness, and I will go into battle to kill the enemy. ”
The princess of Yue Guo stuffed the medicine bowl into Xiao Hengde's hand and said, "You know that if you go into battle to kill the enemy, go into battle to kill the enemy, you don't have anything else in your heart?" ”
Xiao Hengde took the medicine bowl and said, "The emperor has returned to the palace, shouldn't he give it away as a courtier?" ”
The princess of Yue Guo left Xiao Hengde and went out to catch up with Yelu Longxu.
Yelu Longxu turned around and asked, "Xiao Hengde asked you to chase me?" ”
The princess of Yue Guo said: "He asked if there was going to be a war?" ”
Yelu Longxu smiled, "I knew what he was going to ask." This 'war idiot', you go back and tell him that the south is ready to move, and you want him to recuperate and recharge his strength, so that he can kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. ”
When Xiao Hengde heard the news, he wished he would get better one day. Originally, he refused to drink the medicine, saying that the medicine was too bitter and difficult to swallow, but now he urged him to drink the medicine, and he used to take the medicine three times a day, but now he has to drink it five times a day before he stops. The princess of Yue Guo was afraid that she would hurt her body by drinking too much, and she couldn't resist Xiao Hengde, so she had to secretly dilute the medicine and serve it to him.
Despite this, after two days, Xiao Hengde got off the ground, boxed in the courtyard, and after a few days, he began to draw a bow and shoot arrows.
The princess of Yue was naturally very pleased, thinking that she was thoughtful in her service, and the more diligent she was in serving tea and water.
Finally able to get on the horse and gallop, Xiao Hengde couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart, after a while, he hugged the princess of Yue Guo and couldn't help crying, and kissed her countless times, almost suffocating her.
The princess of Yue Kingdom almost melted, and at first she trembled in Xiao Hengde's hot kiss, which came so suddenly that she couldn't believe it, thinking that she was dreaming. By the time she understood that all this was not illusory, she was dizzy, happiness really came, as if everything was predestined, and at this moment, she melted.
Xiao Hengde's body is really better, and he is stronger than before, riding a horse and galloping across the endless grassland. The princess of the country always couldn't catch up with him, which made her very annoyed. Finally catching up, Xiao Hengde ran away like another gust of wind, as if deliberately opening up a distance between them, so that she could never get close to him.
The princess of Yue saw that he had deliberately avoided her, so that she began to doubt the authenticity of her happiness, but when she gave up chasing him, he stopped again and walked slowly with the horse, as if waiting for her.
In the end, the princess of Yue Guo was too tired, so she simply dismounted and found a soft lawn to lie down. When Xiao Hengde saw it, he also dismounted and lay on the grass, just far away from the princess of Yueguo.
After all, after recovering from a serious illness, Xiao Hengde fell asleep soon after lying down. After a long time, the princess of Yue Kingdom saw Xiao Hengde lying motionless on the grass, she shouted twice, but he didn't respond. She got up and leaned over gently, only to see Xiao Hengde with his eyes closed tightly and a slight snoring sound in his throat. He was indeed asleep.
The princess of Yue Guo looked at this man, the sun shone on his body, his face was still a little pale, and the sunlight did not bring much blood to it. Princess Yue Guo had mixed feelings in her heart, yes, the man in front of her was so exciting to her, but she felt that this man seemed to be nothing, and he had never existed. He had always been cold to her, barely taking her in his eyes, let alone in his heart. Even so, she felt that she couldn't leave him for a moment, even if she was wronged, she was willing.
The princess of Yue Kingdom gently lay down beside Xiao Hengde, next to his body. A man's breath came from his body, and the princess of Yue Guo greedily inhaled it. Suddenly, she felt that she had become lighter, as light as a floating cloud in the sky, floating in the blue sky.