"When the husband repaired the old mansion of the Fan family in his early years, he quietly built a secret room in the mansion. Your Daddy is hiding in a secret room, and no one can see it. Si'er was frightened by my appearance and said timidly.

I clearly remember that at that time, Yu An had just returned to Xinjiang from Tianshu, and Zhao Ying asked for credit for him in front of the monarch, in addition to the official position of guarding the capital, the monarch also gave him another Fan's old mansion. Zhao Ying's original intention was to ask the people to repair the house, and then ask their family to move in. But on such a hot day, Yu An insisted on repairing all the rooms by himself. At that time, I thought that he was new to Xinjiang and didn't want to attract attention, but I didn't expect that he had already planned to open a secret room in his house. Who is he trying to protect against? What is the plot?

When Si'er saw me in a trance, he was a little anxious: "Ah Shi, are you angry with me?" It's not that I didn't tell you this on purpose, I only found out that I had such a strange room in my house when I saw your father that night. It was not right for the husband to secretly build a secret room from the Zhao family, but their Dong family had suffered great disasters before, and he was afraid that if something happened to him in the future, at least Dong Shi would have a place to hide first. The sky doesn't fall, it's best. If the sky falls, you can't smash the child. ”

"Si'er, Dong's affairs and my father's affairs, we will talk about them later. I'm just going to ask you one more thing now, and you must tell me the truth. I put aside all the speculations about Ann in my heart and held Si'er's hand tightly.

Si'er was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "What do you want to ask?" As long as I knew, I would have told you. ”

"Before you leave Xinjiang, you have no shirt to go to your house to find Tai'an?"

"Looks like I've been here twice."

"What are you going to do?" My heart jumped to my throat.

"I don't know, the two of them just locked up in the room and talked, my husband didn't let me serve, and I didn't even send water. What's wrong? ”

"Nothing." Wuxian really went to find Tai An, and he must have discovered another secret on the map of Gong Ning's organ a long time ago, so he didn't go to Zhifu alone that night, Yu An also went. In order to save Ah Quinoa, he entrusted his life and death to Yu An......

"Ah Shi, your face is so ugly, do you want to lie down and rest for a while?" Si'er looked at me worriedly.

"I'm fine." I untied the heavy robe on my body, and reluctantly pulled out a smile and said to Si'er, "Let's go, there is a charcoal fire in the inner room, let's sit down and have a good chat, I will tell you all about my life experience, and you can also talk to me about Yu An." ”

"Oh my God, you're pregnant!" Si'er stared at my belly hidden in my robe, stunned.

Guarding a charcoal fire and looking at the snowfall in a window, I told Si'er everything about myself and Wuxian. After she heard that Di Nu's son was the son of Manu in Fuzhong, she never said the word "negative heart" in front of me again. I don't know if she really forgave Wuxian in her heart, but she didn't blame me for anything. In the past, she was most afraid that I would be pregnant, and she told me thousands of times, and although the warning words were ugly, she also said a lot. But now that I do have a child, she has erected her feathers and guarded the child in my womb with all her heart like a mother bird guarding a chick. She blamed me for not knowing the way of motherhood, not knowing how to raise a fetus, and blaming me for not knowing that a weak body can't survive the pain of childbirth.

After that, Si'er began to be busy in and out every day, taking care of me carefully, and at the same time personally going to the kitchen twice a day to cook light meals for Quinoa. I knew that she was forcing herself not to stop, because as soon as she stopped, even if it was only for a moment, I could immediately see in her eyes her thoughts about An and Dong Shi.

I can't go back to the Jin Kingdom, and she can't go back.

The grievances between the Dong family and the Zhao family, the grievances between Handan and the Zhao family, I have said everything I can say. But the same thing, Si'er heard Yu An say it, and heard Zhao Ji say it, just as she was completely lost in our completely different words. I feel sorry for her who stumbled into this terrible world, but she feels sorry for me who has been living in this terrible world.

As the days passed, the end of the year approached, the cold north wind of winter froze the waves of the river, and after three days of heavy snowfall, we finally saw the sunshine that we had not seen for a long time. The soft, white snow thickly filled the courtyard, the flat snow shimmered with golden shreds, and the snow cave where the palace maids had stepped on deep footprints revealed a charming faint blue. Wrapped in a wolf's fur and holding the stove, Ah Quinoa looked at the snow at the door. I went to the kitchen with my four sons to steam rice, soak locust flowers, and plan to make a few sweet summer flower dumplings for him to eat. It was cold, and Quinoa was in pain all over her body, and she didn't eat a bite of food last night.

As soon as we spread lotus leaves in the bronze retort (1) and put rice from the Yue Kingdom, we heard that someone came to the butcher in charge of the kitchen, saying that the witch ministers in the palace had made a fortune, and that Uncle Zheng was going to leave for the capital in two days, and asked the butcher to prepare the food on the road.

After the temple people left, I hurriedly told Si'er a few words and hurried to the residence, and sure enough, I met a happy Asu on the way. Ah Su asked me where I went, and the palace maid who accompanied me immediately answered respectfully for me. I asked Uncle Zheng if he wanted to return to the capital, and Ah Su nodded happily: "Our business is done, Uncle Zheng has promised to go to Liqiu next spring to make an alliance with the princes." ”

My heart was cold, but I didn't dare to show anything on my face: "Now that the matter of the alliance has been decided, should we go back to Linzi now, or go to Xinzheng with Uncle Zheng?" ”

Ah Su grabbed my hand and said with a smile: "It's not us, it's me and your father who want to go back to Xinzheng with Uncle Zheng first, and then go back to Linzi to tell my stepfather the good news." You and Quinoa are here in peace. The warm soup here can ventilate qi and blood, and Quinoa's legs and feet are afraid of cold, so it is best to stay here for the winter. You can rest assured that your father has left a secret guard here, and no one can hurt you and the child. When you give birth in the late spring of next year, I will definitely come to accompany you. Ah Su was talking, and I saw Zhao Ji standing not far away at a glance. When Zhao Ji saw that I saw him, he walked over. Ah Su saw that it was him, so he said that he wanted to prepare his bags and left quickly with the palace maid.

"Congratulations to Handan-kun, you finally got what you wanted." I gave Zhao Ji a light salute.

Zhao Ji looked down at me, opened his mouth and exhaled a breath of white air, but did not speak. After a while, when I thought he had nothing to say to me, he suddenly said, "In the next few months, Ah Quinoa will have to take care of you." When you are heavy, you should also remember to recuperate, and don't always stay awake in the middle of the night and sit in the yard blowing the wind. ”

"Lao Handan Jun is worried, bad habits are not easy to change." I know that I have been living under his nose all these days, but I don't know that his eyeliner is asleep at night, but his eyes can still see everything.

"It was not easy for your aunt to give birth to your brother, and I was afraid that you would follow her, so I had sent a letter to Chen Pan to send the midwife who was good at delivering the baby in his house. You know how to do it yourself, and you should prepare it early. I have something out there, so don't worry too much about it. After Zhao Ji finished speaking, he walked away.

I turned around and called him and said, "Uncle Zheng hasn't let go of his mouth for several months about attacking Jin, what did you say to him in the end to change his mind?" ”

"Do you think I've been persuading Zheng Bo to attack Jin for the past few months?" Zhao Ji turned to look at me.

I'm noncommittal.

He smiled lightly and said, "Daughter, remember, people's hearts cannot be twisted. The things that seek the heart need to be timely, trendy, and affectionate, in order to win in the invisible realm. In the past few months, I talked with Zheng Bo about the marriage between the two countries, and talked about the salt and iron trade between Qi and Zheng in the next three years, but I didn't mention anything about the Jin. Do you know why? ”

"Why?"

"Because I'm waiting for someone to die. When he dies, Uncle Zheng will naturally listen to me. ”

"Who died?" I stared straight into Zhao Ji's deep eyes. The sun moved through the treetops, and the world in front of me suddenly became very bright and bright, and a gust of wind in the direction blew down large patches of crystal jade dust from the snow-covered roof, Zhao Ji smiled at me and turned to leave.

I stood there for a long time, and let out a white sigh.

Zhao Ying died, and the man who had galloped through the Jin Dynasty for decades and was made of copper and iron died.

The last straw that pressed on Zheng Bo's heart fell, and the sound of the drum of the Great War of the Seven Kingdoms had already sounded. Troubled times, the real troubled times that Shi Mo said, have they come?