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This time, Nangong Qiu didn't stop him again. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIt was very late when Shen Ruoyu returned home; Qiu'er prepared a hot meal as before and waited for him. He could only tell her apologetically that he had already eaten with the Son of Heaven, Wei Guogong and Mr. Fang.

Qiu'er's expression was a little gloomy, and she and Dou'er took the food back to the room without saying a word.

Shen Ruoyu felt uneasy and said, "Qiu'er, what are you doing with it?" I can sit with you, haven't you eaten yet? ”

Nangong Qiu smiled faintly: "No need, I wasn't hungry originally." ”

"Nonsense again, when is this all this, can you not be hungry? Wait for me every day so late, you're going to get sick hungry. Look at how thin you've been now? ”

"I can't really eat it." Nangong Qiu lowered his head and said softly, "When are you leaving?" ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "The day after tomorrow; Something isn't ready yet. ”

"The day after tomorrow," Nangong Qiu repeated vaguely.

Shen Ruoyu pulled her to her side and sat down, and asked, "What wish did you make today, tell me about it?" ”

Today is the first day of the fourth month, and Nangong Qiu asked him in the first two days, saying that he wanted to go to the temple with the wife and young lady of the Liu family to make a wish, and asked him if he agreed.

Nangong Qiu blushed and muttered, "...... Can't tell you ......."

This is a little bit of the shadow of the innocent and cute Qiu'er when she was naughty in the past, but just this little bit makes him cherish it even more.

He smiled and said, "Okay, don't say it; If you have any little secrets hidden in your heart, I will guess sooner or later. ”

She grabbed his hand and looked at him with some hesitation: "Ruoxiao, then...... Then you...... When will you be back? ”

Shen Ruoyu sighed: "I can't say this. A few months if it's short, maybe a few years if it's long. However, you can rest assured, no matter whether this Northern Expedition is won or lost, I will definitely be able to come back. ”

"That'...... Can you prepare it at home tomorrow? Or do you have to go to the Governor's Palace? ”

Shen Ruoyu stroked her beautiful sideburns and sighed: "Qiu'er, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to be outside all day tomorrow, and I guess I won't be able to come back for dinner......"

Nangong Qiu lowered his head, fingers tugged at the placket of his clothes, and muttered:

"It's okay, I'll just wait for you to come back...... I can wait. ”

Shen Ruoliao felt a trembling pain in her heart. He carried her to the bed, Nangong Qiu reached out and unbuttoned him, reached into his collar, felt the red rope tied around his neck, and pulled out the white jade of the moon rabbit.

"I'll give you another one," she said softly, "I asked for a peace charm in the temple today, and you have to go to the battlefield and bring a peace charm, which is more useful than this." ”

Shen Ruoyu held her hand and grabbed the small moon rabbit into the palm of his hand.

"Silly girl, there is your heart on it, and it works better than peace charms. Unless I'm dead, no one will try to take it from me. ”

He lulled her to sleep. Nangong Qiu had to wait for him to wash his face and loosen his clothes, so he cleaned himself up and lay down with him.

As soon as he lay down, he felt that something was wrong. The pillow seemed to be placed off-aligned, and the shoulders and neck were a little dangling. He reached out and moved the pillow, but it was not dangling, but something was right under the pillow, and it was holding his head.

He raised his head and reached under the pillow, but was grabbed by Nangong Qiu.

"You...... What's wrong with you? She asked in alarm.

"I don't know; Something seems to be holding me back. ”

"No...... No, there could be anything. She said in a panic, grabbing his hand.

Shen Ruoyu looked at her suspiciously, and suddenly her heart moved.

"Goblin, you must have done it, right? What did you stuff under your pillow? ”

He pulled out his hand and lifted the pillow without saying anything; I saw that the sheet was thickly bulging, and something was under the mattress.

"It's still hidden so deep, what kind of baby?" He smiled and sat up, about to lift the mattress.

Nangong Qiu panicked, pounced on him, and took his hand.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, you don't care-"

Shen Ruoyu took a pinch on her itchy tendons, Nangong Qiu shuddered, let go of him, rolled onto the bed and laughed. Shen Ruoyu lifted the bed and reached out to touch the thing, but he was stunned for a moment.

A statue of Guanyin in green jade.

Nangong Qiu stopped laughing, got up, and lowered his head shyly, not daring to look at him.

Shen Ruoyu looked at this Guanyin statue and was a little puzzled.

"This is the peace charm you asked for?" He couldn't laugh or cry. "You're a little fool. Peace charms are all carried with you, where are they tucked under the mattress? A statue like this is not a peace charm at all, but like—"

He suddenly stopped, realized something, and hurriedly looked down.

Guanyin in his hand has a round face and a plump body, holding a chubby baby in his arms.

Shen Ruoyu was stunned for a moment, raised his head, and looked at Nangong Qiu. Qiu'er lowered her head, pursed her lips tightly, picked at the sheets with both hands, and her face was flushed, as if on the day of the wedding, she was sitting in the red bed of the cave room wearing a bridal dress and bridal makeup.

He sighed, put the statue of Guanyin on the table, returned to her, looked into her eyes, and asked softly:

"Qiu'er, do you really—do you really want to have children like that?"

Nangong Qiu pursed her lips and said nothing, tears were about to flow out.

Shen Ruoliao hugged her into his arms and said helplessly:

"Silly girl, how many times have I told you, we don't have children, it's not your problem, it's not Guanyin Bodhisattva's problem, it's useless for you to ask for this thing to come back."

Nangong Qiu finally couldn't hold back her tears, and said with a sob: "I know you don't want it...... But why don't you want it...... I'm going to live well, I'm strong, I'm going to be fine......"

Shen Ruoyu said: "I know, Qiu'er, it's not that I don't want it, but not now." I'm so busy, I have to go out to fight, and I don't know when I'll be back when I'm gone, and I don't have anyone around to take care of you. If you're pregnant with a child, how can I be relieved? What's more, if I do have a child, I must be by his side from the moment he is born, at least for his entire childhood. For a child, when he is young, it is unfortunate to be without a mother or a father by his side. So, let's wait; We're all very young. ”

"What year and month shall I wait for?" Nangong Qiu said, "Is there still a time when you are not busy?" How long will this battle be fought, year after year, until we all become gray-haired old men and women? ”

"No, it won't; You can rest assured. Anyway, at least you should believe in the ability of King Yan; If this civil war drags on for too long, it will be he who will really suffer. Therefore, he will definitely do his best to let the war end as soon as possible. When the war is over, when I return home in peace, and I don't have to run away for months on end, I'm sure the first thing I will do is have a baby with you. ”

Nangong Qiu said softly: "Ruoxiao, have you thought about it, what if King Yan wins?" So what do we do? Will you still be alive? Will he forgive us? ”

Shen Ruoyu was silent for a long time. He was most afraid to think of it. Because, he knew that it must be King Yan who won in the end.

He replied in a somewhat reluctant whisper, "If he wins—he will not forgive us, at least not me." So, we have to wait - you know, wait until the war is over. If the imperial court wins, then there is hope for everything. If the court loses, I will be glad that I didn't let you have a child, otherwise, you ...... You know, dear. ”

"But you don't understand." Nangong Qiu said, "It's because I don't know who loses and who wins, so I can't wait-if King Yan wins, maybe he will kill you and kill me; But at that time, we didn't even have a child, and I'll regret it. ”

There was a long silence in which they looked at each other. Then, Shen Ruoyu sighed softly:

"Qiu'er, of course I understand your mind. But it's not as simple as you think. Actually, I've thought about it for a long time, and you know why I don't tell you all the time? I'm afraid to make you think about the consequences. If King Yan wins, I will definitely die; If I hadn't died on the battlefield, then after he entered the capital, it wouldn't have been as simple as killing me. For example, you know how Sapphire died, right? Not only him, but also his whole family, his friends, his friend's whole family, and other people who couldn't be beaten by the eight poles—this was what Emperor Gao did, and King Yan did the same thing completely. Only the current Son of Heaven can't do it; He, his grandfather, and his fourth uncle are two different people. That's why he's been bullied to this point. For me, there is no way back now, I must help the Son of Heaven defeat the Yan army and keep his throne, otherwise under the nest, there will be eggs, even if there is a child, will he be able to keep it then? ”

Nangong Qiu cried sadly: "Why did you choose to help him? If you had been following King Yan, how happy would you be now......"

"Qiu'er, let's stop talking about this, okay? Now that I have chosen, I have never regretted it, and I am ready to do it. In the present days, I just want to cherish every day and every moment with you, and I don't have to worry about what will happen in the future...... It's useless to worry about it......"

"So what do you mean...... If King Yan wins in the future, then our life will be over, and I will never see you again, and I will never be able to give you a child again......"

Shen Ruoyu thought for a while and said with a smile: "Qiu'er, I seem to be discovering more and more that you are really a pessimistic little fool. Why must he be the one who wins? Besides, even if he really wins, the first thing I think of is not how to die, but how to escape with you - with my ability, as long as the timing is right, I should always have eighty percent certainty of escaping from the palm of King Yan, right? Once he escapes from the capital, where can he find it from now on? Of course, there is also a premise for this, that is, I don't want to let King Yan reimburse me on the battlefield before the war is over. ”

Nangong Qiu finally stopped her tears: "That shouldn't be; Your skills are so good, even thousands of troops can't beat you. ”

"I have that great ability, what else do I have to worry about whether King Yan will win or not? I'll tell you, I can't die not because I have the ability, but because I'm a prison soldier -- even if the general dies on the battlefield, the prison army can escape alive. ”

He continued to talk nonsense for a while, and with great difficulty coaxed Nangong Qiu to feel better, and then he was willing to sleep.