He read the book of sages since he was a child, the way of a gentleman, the first time he was forced to run out of the Gu Mansion over the wall, it was the time of the cold winter wax moon, although he was wearing a jacket, but in the end he still could not withstand the biting cold wind of winter, the Gu family and the Yong'an Hou Mansion are separated by a few streets, because the weather is cold, there are only a few loose hawkers on the street who are braving the cold and plan to sell a few more gadgets, and scrape together enough money to buy a few warm clothes for the children at home.

He ran along the way to the Yong'an Hou Mansion, his hands and feet were so cold that he could barely feel the sensation, and it took a long time to knock on the cold door like a black iron, perhaps because Sima Ming in the mansion suddenly had smallpox, afraid of infecting the smallpox, the little guy who came to answer the door did not open the door, but shouted through the door: "There is a sudden epidemic in the house, and it is inconvenient for the Hou Ye to see guests." ”

I was afraid that the little guy was leaving, so I stopped the man with a trembling figure: "I want to see your little marquis." ”

I have been taken to Yong'an Houfu by Sima Ming a few times, and the little guy heard my voice and called out in surprise: "Young Master Zhiqing? How did you get here when it snowed so much? ”

I was a little shivering by the cold wind outside, and my voice trembled a little, "I heard that the little marquis has smallpox, so I wanted to come over and see, how is he doing now?" ”

The man in the door replied with a crying voice: "The little marquis has been in a high fever for a few days, and the doctor in the house said that if it burns like this, even if people survive by luck, they will inevitably be stupid." ”

Because of his words, I seemed to be so cold that even my heart felt uncomfortable, "You open the door and let me in," ”

When the little guy in the door heard this, he was also embarrassed: "Young Master Cousin, it's not that I won't let you in, it's really that this disease is too dangerous, and Master Hou has ordered that outsiders are not allowed to enter." ”

"It's okay, I'm not afraid."

The little guy inside the door was worried that he would be infected with the cold wind by the cold wind outside the door, and persuaded him: "Young Master Cousin, the weather is too cold, why don't you go back first, maybe the little Hou Ye will be well in a few days, and it will not be too late for you to come again." ”

I was afraid that the next time I saw her, she would not be the same as before, so I patted the door without giving up, "You open the door, let me in, and I will look at him when I go in, just one look." ”

Although the little guy in the door was a little unbearable, he also knew the seriousness of the matter, and said ruthlessly, "Don't embarrass the villain, go back quickly." And there was no sound.

But after a while the door opened, and I realized that my affairs had alarmed the old marquis, who was afraid that I would freeze out of the house, so he called someone to bring me into the house, and prepared a stove for me and a bowl of herbs to suppress smallpox. As soon as my body regained its warmth, I ignored the maids in the house and went to Sima Ming's courtyard.

I heard the conversation between the doctor of the Hou Mansion and the Hou Ye and his wife: "The Hou Ye and the lady don't have to worry, although the high fever has not subsided, but they can finally feed the medicine, which shows that the medicine that was poured in before has worked, and you can retire for a period of time after the fever."

Master Hou and Mrs. thanked them gratefully, and the fear in my heart dissipated.

Mrs. took care of Sima Ming day and night in the hospital bed for a few days, and now I learned that Sima Ming would no longer be in danger of life, as soon as I relaxed, I passed out by relying on Hou Ye, and with the help of Mrs. needing to recuperate, I volunteered to take care of Sima Ming, and it was also during that time that I knew that Sima Ming was a girl.

But he never mentioned it to anyone, he knew his mind very well, he wanted to protect her, take care of her, and let her have no worries in this life, so he studied hard, won the top prize in high school, entered the court as an official, got his father's appreciation, became the head of the Gu family, became the prime minister, and it only took ten years.

Sima Ming slept really darkly, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the stars in the sky, Sima Ming didn't come back to his senses for a while, until he heard the sound of crackling dry wood burning, and then sat up suddenly, and saw Gu Zhiqing sitting by the fire roasting a pheasant with a golden surface and bubbling oil, and the fragrance of the chicken immediately aroused Sima Ming's empty stomach and protested.

I don't know if Sima Ming's stomach protested too loudly, which attracted the attention of Gu Zhiqing, who was in a trance, and looked at Sima Ming looking at the roasted eight-ripe pheasant, his eyes flashed, and he saw that Haradazi was about to overflow from the corner of his mouth, and smiled helplessly: "You can eat it while waiting." ”

Only then did Sima Ming retract his appearance of being hungry and asked, "Cousin, why don't you call me?" ”

"I didn't call you when I slept soundly, don't you like this? I just watched the night view and went back. Gu Zhiqing saw that the meat was almost roasted, so he tore off a piece and handed it to Sima Ming.

"Thank you, cousin." Sima Ming took the meat handed over by Gu Zhiqing, ate it in a big gulp, and took a bite of it was tender and juicy, the only fly in the ointment was that it had a hint of sweetness, and there was no other taste.

"There is no seasoning, the taste may be worse, if you can't eat it, you won't eat it, let's go back and eat."

"No, the taste is just right, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and juicy." Sima Ming said vaguely while nibbling on the chicken legs, Sima Ming quickly finished gnawing the chicken legs in his hand, "Cousin, give me another piece." ”

Gu Zhiqing tore off another piece and handed it to her, looking at Sima Ming, who was eating with relish, and said with a smile: "I think you are really hungry." ”

Sima Ming chuckled.

It was already late at night when the two of them returned to Gu's mansion on the first night, and Sima Ming was already in good shape with his feet, so he didn't let Gu Zhiqing toss, who knew that early the next morning, Sima Ming's feet were swollen and even hurt when he went to the ground.

Xu is Gu Zhiqing didn't see her out for breakfast for a long time, and he came to call her because he was worried about the injury on her foot, probably because he was afraid that the Xiangfu would have a lot of mouthful, so he called his cousin, "Are you up?" ”

"Up, up." Sima Ming endured the pain in her ankle and opened the door for Gu Zhiqing.

Gu Zhiqing waited outside the door for a short while, before Sima Ming opened the door, and seeing that her face was not very good, he asked, "Why is your face so bad, but is it so uncomfortable?" ”

"It's just that my feet still hurt a little, so it's not in the way." Sima Ming was afraid of causing Gu Zhiqing to worry, so he didn't say anything in detail.

But Gu Zhiqing became nervous: "Does it hurt?" I'll ask the doctor to show you. ”

"It doesn't hurt much, I'll just apply a warm compress." Seeing that Gu Zhiqing had been entangled in this matter, Sima Ming deliberately changed the topic and said, "Does my cousin have anything to do with me?" ”

"I just sent a letter from Qing Qi." Gu Zhiqing said and handed a letter to Sima Ming.

Sima Ming thought it was another letter from his mother urging him to go back, but he was a little surprised when he saw that the handwriting on it was not familiar to him, but he really didn't expect that someone else in Qingqi would write to him besides the family letter, and he also sent it to the Prime Minister's Mansion on purpose.

Sima Ming opened the envelope and took out the letter folded in half, with only a few words written on it: Mrs. is seriously ill, return quickly.

Gu Zhiqing saw that Sima Ming's face was even worse after reading the letter, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Cousin, I'm going back." Sima Ming's anxious eyes were red, and he said a word without a beginning or an end, and then limped towards the gate of Gu's mansion.