Chapter 20: Ordinary Couples
After returning to Beijing from the palace, Qinghejun and Shen Liangdi got a wishful word in the palace at the palace banquet, and Qinghejun got a lot of this kind of thing since he was a child, but it is not very unusual, and now Shen Liangdi's wishful thinking that he personally rewarded today, but it is different, wishful, naturally it is only rewarded to the person who is satisfied, is this not obvious? Besides, except for the princess who got one when she got married, and the one who got one when the princess gave birth, there was no one else. Now that she got this wishful hand, everyone looked at her differently, and her Shen Liangdi's small life was more comfortable, until the end of the epidemic incident, I heard that in the whole process, only Shen Yun had been serving Xiao Cong, and he had been groaning and not speaking, Queen He thought he was moved, thinking that he valued Shen Yun very much on weekdays, and was about to say a few nice words of patting the ass according to his wishes, but who knew that he suddenly said: "Zitong, you choose two good little ladies to come out, Take it with him when you go to see him in the palace in a few days. ”
Empress He was stunned on the spot when she heard this, and was thinking about which the emperor was singing. But I heard him say again: "It doesn't matter how the two of them love me, but Cong'er is the prince after all, he was young and ignorant in the past, and I also relied on him, but this epidemic has reminded me that he is not young, if there is another case in the future, and there is no child under his knees to entrust, who will this thousands of miles of rivers and mountains be handed over?" ”
Queen He said in her heart, hey, you old fox really thinks far enough, who will it be handed over? Isn't it good to hand it over to the third child?
Although she thought so, she didn't dare to say it, so she could only agree: "Your Majesty is right, but this should be rewarded for that child as usual, Your Majesty looks at this..."
After pondering for a while, Jinshang said: "The women of the East Palace, they have all made great contributions in this anti-epidemic, so let's reward them together." ”
As soon as these words came out, Queen He was stunned again, what kind of reward is this, but she also knows that he has always said the same, so she has to do what she says.
After Queen He saluted and said goodbye, Wang Zizhen was summoned and said: "When the time comes, you will choose a few good things to replenish your body, send them to the child together, and then go and inform Chen Jingxing, telling him to do his best when he regulates the child's body in the future." ”
Shen Yun was originally very resistant to the matter of shoehorning Xiao Cong's two women today, but when she saw the gift list that Wang Zizhen handed her alone, she suddenly understood his painstaking efforts. After all, he is old, and he hopes that there will be successors to the country he has built, so what is the fault? As for the reward, in the eyes of others, her status in the East Palace has not changed, this prince and concubine are not sealed, but they don't know that Mu Xiu will destroy her in the forest, hiding her in the middle like today, and only letting her secretly benefit is not the best arrangement.
She thought so, and suddenly thought of her relatives, once upon a time, everyone held her in the palm of their hands, their love was in the light, like the sunshine in the sky, giving her the courage to struggle in the dark, and in later life, there are often many silent care, like the undercurrent underground, giving her the strength to fight against the wind and snow.
As for Cheng Ze's undisguised preference, it is probably the best salvation for all suffering.
Therefore, when she heard him call to Ah Yan in her dreams, she would be so disheartened, and when he said those love words to herself, she fell so easily into his tenderness.
It was only one day later that Shen Yun couldn't help but ask him, "What did you see in your dream that made those two grandma screams so sadly." ”
Xiao Cong was silent for a long time before he said to her: "I just remember that she said a lot to me, and then she fell to the bottom of the cliff, and the bottom of the cliff was full of flaming magma, and I wanted to hold her, but I couldn't even touch her sleeve." ”
"And what did she say?" Shen Yun asked.
Xiao Cong shook his head, "I thought about it for a long time after I woke up, but I couldn't remember a word. ”
Shen Yun thought for a while, and then asked: "Zhao Niangniang once came to see me, and she mentioned it to me, after I left that day, she went in to see you, and you took someone's hand and shouted Qingqing?" ”
Xiao Cong coughed a little embarrassed, "Is there such a thing?" I haven't heard her mention it. ”
Shen Yun sneered: "Hmph, what is there to mention?" Instead, I'll chop off your paws and feed them to the dogs. ”
Xiao Cong was not annoyed, he only held her in his arms, and said cautiously: "Okay, good, if the mother is happy, you can chop me up." ”
Shen Yun broke free, stared at him and asked, "Then what did you dream of me?" ”
Xiao Cong's eyes flashed, and he hugged her tightly in his arms again, and said, "It's nothing." ”
How could he tell her that there was a bridge on the cliff that Ah Yan fell off in her dream, she suddenly appeared on the side of the bridge, with an iron chain on one wrist, and was dragged by a blue-faced and fanged half-beast to cross the bridge, and he hurried up to hold her other hand, and the half-beast also dragged her to the other end of the bridge, and her wrist was strangled by the iron chain and bloody, and finally even a lot of blood flowed out of her mouth, and she couldn't bear to let go of her hand for a while, she was dragged by the half-beast to the other end of the bridge, disappeared, and shouted "Qingqing, Qingqing", While running over to chase, the bridge that seemed to be close in front of me couldn't even touch the railing at this time...
Shen Yun listened to his pounding heartbeat, and knew that it was not a good dream, and muttered, "Hmph, I don't dream of expecting me to be well." Then he stretched out his hand and put his arms around him, and asked no more questions.
After a long while, Xiao Cong stabilized his mind, stroked Shen Yun's hair and said: "Qingqing, everyone has asked me to take care of my body these days, and it is rare to be idle, what do you want to do, I will accompany you." ”
Shen Yun was overjoyed when he heard this, raised his head and said with a smile: "There are a lot of things I want to do, are you with Your Highness?" ”
Xiao Cong smiled and said, "Do what you say." ”
Shen Yun said with some loss: "I want to do what ordinary couples do with you, laundry and cooking together, farming and fishing, watching the sun rise and moon sink together, walking all over the rivers and mountains together, and tasting all the world's delicacies." Can these highnesses accompany you? ”
Xiao Cong thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "Laundry and farming are exempt, according to the current situation of the two of us, I am afraid that we will be carried back after a few tosses, but it is still okay to go to Zhuangzi to live for a few days and relax, you let Luoying prepare, I will explain a few words to them, and we can set off tomorrow." As for traveling all over the rivers and mountains, tasting all the world's food, this can only wait for the coming days, in short, I promise you, I will take you out for a walk at every opportunity, okay? ”
Shen Yun pursed his lips and smiled when he heard this: "Are you so honest?" I'm just joking, you can just say a few words of vernacular, can't you just coax me to finish? ”
Xiao Cong pinched her face and said, "When did I coax you to play, when was it not a mother's words, and I did it?" Rao is like this, he is still trembling, for fear of upsetting his mother, where do he dare to say anything. ”
The next afternoon, the two of them got on the car to Huangzhuang on the outskirts of the city, and they stopped all the way, and they didn't feel tired.
Shen Yun and Xiao Cong were drinking porridge and eating side dishes, while watching Luo Ying lead the people to clean up in a hurry, and when they finished drinking the porridge, Luo Ying came over to take away the dishes and chopsticks, and then led everyone to retreat.
Shen Yun, as usual, and Xiao Cong read a book under the lamp for a while, but no one came to serve and freshen up, so he couldn't help but look outside a few times with some confusion.
When Xiao Cong saw it, he put down the book and said with a smile: "Didn't you say that you want to be like an ordinary couple, why do you always want to wait for others to serve?" Now I can only bother the lady to serve her husband by herself. ”
Shen Yun listened, and went to the kitchen to boil water with a smile, and said, "Langjun, you are used to being served, and you are always waiting for others to serve." ”
Xiao Cong originally followed her to the kitchen to help her make a fire, but when she heard this, she said curiously: "Shouldn't this wife serve her husband?" ”
Shen Yun poured a scoop of water into the kettle: "Usually so, but there are always exceptions." ”
Xiao Cong lit a fire, came over and hugged her waist and said, "Oh? Who's the exception. ”
Shen Yun mixed the water, covered the pot, and sat by the fire with him: "Do you remember Sister-in-law Gu who sells wontons?" Seeing Xiao Cong nodding, she continued, "She used to tell me that she was the best man in the world, so I asked her how to do it, and she said that although he couldn't earn back the gold and silver, he never made her hungry, although he didn't know poetry and songs, but what he said always made her smile all day long." Every day before going to work, she always prepares morning food for her, and simmers it in the stove, so that even if she sleeps late, she can eat hot things when she gets up, and when she finishes it, she does not mess with her co-workers, but goes home early to make dinner for her, and when she finishes eating, she will do all the housework such as washing dishes and laundry, and she will take her hand to go for a walk on Moshang to eat. When she was pregnant, she didn't let her do anything, and soaked her feet every night, she originally thought that this was just a special treatment in pregnancy, but she didn't expect that after the child was born, he would still be like this. For this reason, others laughed at him, saying that he did not marry a mother-in-law to go home, but married an ancestor, but he did not care about it, I married my mother-in-law back to love her well, not to let her come to me as a servant. Alas, if it weren't for seeing that Sister-in-law Gu couldn't do anything when she was old, I really couldn't believe that in this world, there would be such pure feelings, regardless of your value to him, just because you are you, it is worth his heart. No wonder Sister-in-law Gu would say that such a good man, even if she took an emperor to exchange for her, she wouldn't change it. ”
Xiao Cong listened to her narration quietly while stirring the fire, and when she finished speaking, she held her face and said with some sadness: "What should I do?" What the lady said, she can't do it for her husband. ”
Shen Yun pursed his lips and smiled after hearing this: "Who asked you to do this, I just want to tell you that women are not born to serve you men." Besides, turnip greens have their own loves, and even if you take ten emperors, I won't change it. ”
After she finished speaking, she estimated that the water in the pot was already hot, and she was about to carry it, but Xiao Cong had already picked up the pot with one hand, and took her hand with the other hand and said: "The lady has said everything about this, and today I have to wait for your husband to freshen up." ”
In the next few days, they were really like ordinary couples, they woke up early and went to the mountain to watch the sunrise together, woke up late to make morning food together, went to the field to pick vegetables in the morning, and went to the lake to cook tea and fish in the afternoon. The two of them made a meal together to enjoy, and after they were finished, they walked hand in hand to Moshang, watching the sunset and the crows crying. At night, it is natural to gamble on books and pour tea, and the red sleeves add fragrance.