Section 13: Reunion

Chen Shu did not go to the station to pick up Long Qian. She didn't go, and neither did the rest of the wives. In the past two days, Chen Chao has repeatedly done her persuasion work, persuading her to accept Xu Si's existence. When the seriousness of the topic was elevated to the status of the two sons, Chen Shu compromised and stopped crying.

In this world, the world is essentially dominated by male power. Chen Shu can't deny this. Chen Shu's personality is inherited from her parents and inevitably influenced by her uncle. Although the extremely virtuous aunt has always regarded her uncle as heaven, her uncle loves her aunt very much and has never had the idea of taking a concubine in her life.

And what about her husband? In some respects, he was even more "excessive" than his uncle. For example, washing feet, the aunt regards washing her husband's feet as her own obligation, but Long Qian never lets herself do it. After getting married, he did everything he could, as long as he had time, he would do it himself. When he was in Yizhou, he not only washed his own clothes, but also his son's clothes and even her underwear. Chen Shu couldn't accept it, but he thought it was right. Chen Shu felt that his respect for himself was from the bottom of his heart, he never scolded himself, all the housework was handed over to himself, he estimated the family's expenses and the military salary was handed over to himself at his disposal, and he never put a piece of silver in his own pocket. Some of the natural powers of men, such as drinking and smoking, are extremely controlled by the husband, who rarely smokes, and does not drink alcohol at home. As for eating, it is even more casual, what to eat when you catch up, and after many years of marriage, Chen Shu can't even tell her husband's favorite tastes. In her opinion, her husband is almost perfect, and there is nothing that makes her dissatisfied.

My aunt told her more than once that he spoiled you too much. Spoiled you, you have to be blessed.

Suddenly, the image of her husband in her heart collapsed. If that letter only aroused her suspicions, now it was completely different. During the three years of his southern expedition, there was a beautiful woman who accompanied him.

She had never been jealous, and she couldn't sleep at night when she was tortured. Yesterday, the uncle called her and her two sons to visit the West Garden with Deng Qinghua, and the uncle asked with great interest about the origin of the allusions to those buildings, and also went to Yingtai, which is said to have imprisoned the Guangxu Emperor for more than ten years, and the two sons were very excited, but she was in a trance and had no interest.

And it used to be so yearning for the royal palace and the legendary fairyland-like royal gardens. According to Deng Qinghua's words. The Xiyuan where she is now has always been a place for the royal family to avoid politics and listen to and relax in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is also called Xiyuan Sanhai. For the first time, she learned that the "sea" here was an abbreviation of the Mongolian word "haizi", which means water. Xiyuan Sanhai is divided into three regions by two bridges, south of the Centipede Bridge is the South China Sea, and north of the Jinao Yushu Bridge is the North Sea. The West Garden is just too big. followed Deng Qinghua around. However, I looked at parts of the China Sea and the South China Sea. Beihai simply didn't have the strength to go.

The residence Lu Shan chose for her is located in the south of Zhonghai, which is a Western-style two-story building named Haiyan Hall. It is said that the area of Haiyan Hall was originally the residence of Cixi. It's called Yiluan Palace. But in 1901, when the Eight-Nation Coalition occupied Beijing, it caught fire and burned down. After Cixi returned to Beijing, she renovated it and built this Haiyan Hall on the original site. Deng Qinghua considered that the building was relatively new, and there were electric lights and Western-style toilets, so he settled them here.

In front of Haiyan Hall is a large number of east-west buildings such as Wanzi Corridor, Jinggu, Yi Nian Hall, Qinzheng Palace, etc., where the generals of the Northern Army and the guard troops live, to the north is the Huairen Hall, Fuchang Palace, Yanqing Shan large building complex, and then to the north is the Regent Mansion that has just started, and now it is naturally suspended. The residences of Lu Shan and Ning Shijun are in the Jinggu and Yi Nian Hall in the south, not far from here. Further south is the South China Sea, from the Qinzheng Palace to the south through a suspension bridge, on the Yingtai where the Guangxu Emperor was imprisoned for more than ten years, there is also a large number of pavilions. Because her husband had told him many times about the sad emperor, Chen Shu pressed her troubles and went to Yingtai to "visit" with great interest, except for a few servants, there were no people living there, Xiangluan Pavilion, Hanyuan Hall and Yingxun Pavilion were all seen, and the two sons liked it here, Xinghua actually said that it was better to live here, and probably the two little guys were fascinated by the sparkling South China Sea. Chen Shu felt that the emperor who died of illness last year was not at a loss, living in such a picturesque place, eating and drinking, what was the sadness?

"What nonsense! It's unlucky here. Chen Chaochao listened to the tiger's words, and raised his face to reprimand the two grandsons.

Tiger Head and Zhenhua didn't dare to say anything. Chen Chao looked at the South China Sea, his face solemn. Chen Shu immediately thought that the children did not understand history, let alone the bitterness and despair of Guangxu in captivity (in fact, she did not understand either). However, thinking that the poor emperor could only live on this island, Chen Shu seemed to appreciate a sense of awe that she had not comprehended before. People in the world yearn for power, but they don't know that those who once held great power lose power, they are really not as good as free and easy ordinary people.

"It would be nice to go back in time......". There is no going back to the past, she can only accept reality. After returning to their new home last night, Chen Chao talked to her again in the middle of the night, and she promised that as long as that person obeyed the rules, she would accommodate her.

He will be in Beijing this afternoon. Deng Qinghua originally asked her to go to the station, saying that Li Wenxiu and others would also go, but she still played a petty role and didn't go, that was a man's business, what kind of fun did I have with a woman? In fact, she also misses her husband very much, for three years, she has met countless times in her dreams, and she has worried about him countless times. Now that they are about to be reunited, there is one more person by his side that she doesn't want to see.

Chen Shu sat on the verandah and looked at her two sons playing in the yard in a daze, thinking wildly. Since marrying him, she has enjoyed special respect, which was given to her by his subordinates, of course, because of him. This respect grew day by day, and she was embarrassed to be called her mother for the first time, but then she accepted it calmly. Mengshan Army is his army, of course he is the master of the army, and now that he has captured the world, she can enter this royal palace as the master. The main mother, the main mother, as long as his identity remains the same, he is no matter how many women there are, she is still the main mother! He is the only one who can take away her identity!

But she still couldn't accept that he had another woman! For the first time, her uncle told her about the "seven outs", and jealousy was one of them. Why can't a woman be jealous, but a man can have three wives and four concubines? Because this world is originally for men. Everything she had now, including the cutlery that fascinated her during the meal, was given by him. Without him, she is Chen Jiaya's alternative village girl, who doesn't like women's popularity, doesn't bind her feet, and lets the villagers point fingers behind her back. It was he who changed everything about himself, in Shandong, in Jinan, who dares to laugh at her Tianzu now?

The sound of a car sounded outside the gate, and the two sons shouted, and they ran out of the gang together, Xinghua ran while shouting, "Daddy is back, Daddy is back." When he left, Xinghua was only three years old, and he couldn't remember his father's appearance anymore, so he often pointed to his photo and asked, "Is this my father?"

Father and son nature. Even if the child doesn't remember it, he will be excited about his father's return. She stood up, she wanted to go out the door, and went down the steps, but she stood still, he must have brought that woman, how should I face it?

Until she saw her husband holding a son in one hand and entering the courtyard door with a smile, "Shu'er, how are you?" His hearty voice was still so kind. Since he got married, he has been calling her like this.

Chen Shu's tears welled up in her eyes. With tears in her eyes, she tried to look behind him, except for Adjutant Ouyang and his uncle, who had not seen him for three years, there was no woman.

"She didn't come! That's great! Chen Shu suddenly relaxed.

"Why are you crying? Uncomfortable? Long Qian put down Zhenhua, but still hugged the second Xinghua, "Shu'er, aren't you used to it?" ”

"It's not." Chen Shu wiped her eyes and stared at Long Qian, he had lost a lot of weight! Suddenly, she remembered what her uncle said: He was seriously ill in Changsha.

"How are you? Nothing to do? ”

"Am I not doing well?"

"Uncle said you were sick in the south......"

"Ha Luha, it's all right. Oh, this is the home that Tsinghua chose for us? Don't show me? ”

"What's the disease? What's going on? ”

"If a person eats whole grains, how can he not get sick? It's okay, it's all right. What about you, okay? Aunt Xiaozhi, didn't they come? Long Qian took his wife's hand, "You've lost weight." ”

"Commander, you rest first, Commander Lu has set up the banquet in front, I'll take a look." Ouyang Zhong said softly.

"Okay, there you go." Long Qian waved his hand to the adjutant.

It's great that she didn't come! Chen Shu kept thinking about that woman in her mind, and she couldn't listen to Long Qian's words, so she didn't answer what she asked, but Zhenhua, who seemed to be very popular, helped her mother answer her father's question.

"It's not easy. I became a little adult. I heard that you have read a lot of books in the past three years, what kind of books are they, tell me. ”

"Don't say it, he is obsessed with reading, and even Xiao Zhi admires what he learns," Chen Shu's love for the steady and sensible eldest son is more than the naughty and stubborn second son, "The tiger head doesn't need you to worry about it, you should take care of your second son." ”

"Ha Luha, isn't Xinghua naughty? Piss off your mother? Long Qian laughed, "How old is he, he is already a naughty age." I'm as old as him, definitely naughty than him, and I'm beaten by my father no less......" Long Qian suddenly stopped, he really dreamed of his parents in the car last night, and woke up sad. How happy it would be if Mom and Dad knew what they have achieved today!

"What's wrong?" Chen Shu was shocked to see the tears in her husband's eyes.

"I think of my parents, it's fine. It's not too early, Lushan and they have prepared a banquet, let's go over early, you and I will toast to Wenxiu and them, we are fighting on the front line, you stay at home and worry about being afraid, it is not easy. (To be continued......)

PS: Two changes today.