The warm and soft touch made Zhou Youchen feel dependent in a trance. And the people behind him, from time to time, sighed softly, which made him even more confused.

Why did she do this to him? And who is he? Where is this again? What was that faint, uninterrupted noise outside?

Zhou Youchen's mind was like a mess of paste, sticky and chaotic, and he turned his head stiffly, wanting to see her face, but she kept her head down.

Suddenly, there were a few muffled thunders faintly in the sky, and it seemed that it was going to rain.

Meng Xilan snuggled up behind Zhou Youchen and listened to the drizzle with him. The cool breeze, accompanied by a cool drizzle, completely washed away the boring heat.

The two of them hugged each other quietly, but it was even warmer.

It was late at night, the rain stopped, and Meng Xilan and Zhou Youchen shared their clothes.

They hadn't been so close for a long time, however, Meng Xilan quickly fell asleep. They had been a couple who had shared a bed for twenty years, and she had long been familiar with his existence.

Zhou Youchen beside her couldn't sleep all night.

He couldn't sleep, staring out the window with a blank gaze, watching the rain fall from the sky.

Where does this water come from?

Zhou Youchen was stunned all night, and when Meng Xilan woke up in the morning, he found that he was sitting alone under the porch, still sitting in the position of last night.

Baozhu was waiting for dispatch in the outer hall, and when he saw that Niangniang was awake, he walked in lightly.

Meng Xilan asked her softly, "When did His Highness wake up?" ”

Baozhu didn't stay at the vigil last night, so she didn't know, she handed over the tea for gargling: "The slave doesn't know either." However, when the slave and maid were outside, they saw His Highness sitting there all the time. ”

Meng Xilan rinsed her mouth, then got up and went to Zhou Youchen's side, and slowly knelt down.

Her gaze followed his, and she couldn't guess what he was looking at.

"Chen'er......" she called him softly, "What are you looking at?" ”

Zhou Youchen didn't answer, just looked at the ground fixedly.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Meng Xilan turned around and told Baozhu to prepare breakfast. "It's good to be light, don't make too much of it."

Orb nodded yes.

Meng Xilan stroked Zhou Youchen's back and said softly: "Your Highness, don't always sit here. Let's go out for a walk......"

As soon as her words fell, Zhou Youchen suddenly moved his finger and pointed to the grass that had just emerged on the ground.

After the baptism of rain last night, a lot of new grass has emerged on the ground, tender green and tender, like slender and soft fluff.

Meng Xilan was slightly stunned, and then turned her eyes to look at him, his eyes were ignorant and confused, and he tilted his head slightly, like a child who didn't understand anything.

Jiao Changqing's decoction made him lose his mind, so he didn't know anything, not even the grass growing on the ground......

Thinking of this, Meng Xilan's heart sank slightly, and then smiled and gently grabbed his hand and touched those immature grasses: "This is the grass." ”

Zhou Youchen opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound.

He's a man who can't even speak now.

Meng Xilan sighed softly, gently pressed her forehead to his forehead, and whispered comfortingly: "It's okay, take your time, I will teach you slowly." ”

Recalling that year, she once taught Zhou Youchen to write by hand. Now she can still re-teach him everything he needs.

Just a few days after coming to the palace, Baozhu clearly noticed the change in Niangniang's mood. Niangniang accompanies the emperor almost every day, talking to him, enjoying the scenery with him, and eating and living with him.

One day, she couldn't help but ask, "Niangniang, do you want to live here permanently?" ”

Meng Xilan was drinking tea, listening to her question, she raised her eyes slightly, and her eyes did not look at her again, but looked at Zhou Youchen.

"It's cleaner than the palace, and the palace likes it very much."

Baozhu naturally thinks that this is good, but the capital is the capital in the end, and it is the place where Niangniang leads the harem and strategizes.

"What? You don't like it here? Meng Xilan took another sip of tea.

Baozhu shook his head again and again: "The slave doesn't have it, and the slave and the maid like it here." ”

She wanted to speak and stopped: "The slave maid is just worried about the things in the palace......"

Meng Xilan comfortably drank a bowl of tea, and said, "This palace is not worried, what are you worried about." The emperor concentrates on political affairs, and the palace does not need to worry, and the queen of the harem controls the overall situation, and the palace does not have to worry. As for the extrauterine ...... And Soshoji. ”

Although she was not in the capital, her "eyes", "ears", and the most powerful subordinates were all left there.

"That lady is going to accompany His Royal Highness all the time......"

Meng Xilan raised her eyes and looked at Zhou Youchen again, his movements were no longer so stiff.

He reached out and plucked the grass, placing it in his palm and rubbing it gently.

"This palace was originally going to accompany him to the end of his life. As a husband and wife, I always have to grow old with him! ”

She's done what she needs to do, and now, she just wants to do what she wants.

Baozhu was silent when he heard this, packed up the tea bowl, and quietly retreated. When she walked a few steps and turned around again, she saw Niangniang holding His Highness's hand and smiling softly.

The trees are full of flowers, and the appearance of the two holding hands and looking at each other is so ethereal.

Such a leisurely day always passes quickly.

From June to October, and from October to December.

No one in the palace thought that the Emperor Taishang and the Empress Dowager would stay in Xikang Palace for nearly half a year.

In fact, before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Changsheng personally brought the queen to see his mother and wanted her to return to the palace.

Meng Xilan shook her head and refused, she said a few words to Changsheng, and asked him to go to the garden to see his father.

Zhou Youchen is no longer as stiff and slow as leaving the palace, he is no different from ordinary people in his actions, and he is no longer stunned when he looks at people, and he can say one or two words.

Goodbye to his father, Changsheng's heart was mixed, he knelt down to his father and bowed to him.

"Father, the son is here."

Zhou Youchen was wearing a white robe, his long black hair was only tied with a hosta, his expression was solemn, he looked at him with lowered eyes, and said slightly: "You...... You ......"

He still couldn't say the whole thing, but hearing his father speak again still surprised Changsheng.

Zhou Youchen's eyes looked at him without waves, without any emotion, which showed that he couldn't recognize him at all.

"You...... You ......" Zhou Youchen said this word over and over again, Changsheng's face was full of puzzlement, and he was about to ask, when he heard his mother say behind him: "He wants to say, who are you?" ”

Hearing this, Changsheng stood up, looked at his mother and said, "Father still can't recognize his son......"

His tone was a little melancholy, and Meng Xilan stroked his shoulder: "Although he can't recognize you, he is very comfortable now." ”

This place is more suitable for Zhou Youchen than in the palace, and this is also the reason why Meng Xilan is determined to stay.

As the end of the year approached, good news finally came from the palace. The queen is happy, and the pulse is stable.

Meng Xilan soon got the news, and although she was happy in her heart, she was also worried.

She looked at Zhou Youchen opposite and said softly: "Chen'er, we are going to be grandfathers and grandmothers." ”

Zhou Youchen raised his eyes to look at her when he heard this, although he couldn't understand the meaning of her words, a smile faintly appeared between his eyebrows.

Meng Xilan saw that he would smile, and her heart was slightly astringent.

She sat beside him, pillowed on his shoulder, closed her eyes and recuperated slightly, and suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart, only to feel that this quiet and leisurely day seemed to be slowly coming to an end.

……

In the middle of winter, all the palaces are busy preparing for the festival.

Xie Zhenzhen was pregnant for the first time, and she was very careful in her every move, and because of the inconvenience on her body, she was not so concerned about everything in the palace. She didn't want others to interfere, so she relied more on Song Qing'er, who was a concubine.

Song Qing'er is a delicate person, who has been in the palace for many years, and when it comes to empirical means, it is beyond the reach of others.

Before the New Year, there is still a batch of rewards to come down in the palace. Song Qing'er considered it as appropriate, and made small adjustments to the rules in various palaces.

Her attitude towards the harem concubines has always been a bowl of water, so Zhou Yan'er and the others also listened to her, and even intended to woo her.

Song Qing'er's overtures to them just responded lukewarmly, and she had no intention of getting close. She is a concubine anyway, and there is a queen mother behind her to rely on, so there is no need to get too close to the juniors.

Now, the younger sister is ten years old, her eyebrows and eyes are gradually growing, and she has a girlish atmosphere in her gestures.

Although she was only ten years old, there were already people outside the palace who were worried about her marriage. My sister is the only daughter of the emperor, although she is not as favored as the eldest princess, but she is also a noble princess.

The princess is slim and elegant, and there are naturally indispensable people around her.

My sister is older, and in addition to learning homework every day, I also have to start learning embroidery female red, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which is very hard.

There are not many pianists in the palace, and Song Qing'er took a fancy to Shen Dan beside the emperor at a glance. In fact, she did it on purpose, just because Shen Dan was picked up by the Queen Mother.

After Shen Dan followed the prince, she rarely had the opportunity to play the piano again, and her piano skills were not as good as they were back then, and she didn't expect that the concubine would value herself, so she was a little flattered for a while.

However, Song Qing'er recognized him, and for this matter, she specially asked the emperor.

"Shen Dan is the right-hand man by the emperor's side. Of course, Bengong didn't dare to snatch her away, but I just hoped that she could take the time to teach her sister. ”

Back then, Shen Dan relied on his piano skills to enter the emperor's eyes.

Changsheng has always loved his sister very much, and when he heard this, he naturally nodded and agreed: "The concubine trusts Shen Dan, and I naturally want the beauty of an adult." ”

He nodded slightly to Shen Dan: "My sister is young, you can teach it slowly." ”

Shen Dan smiled and curtled: "The slave obeys." ”

Learning the piano is a hard job, when Shen Dan was learning art, he once wore out all ten fingers and bled nonstop.

Shen Dan didn't dare to be too strict with Her Royal Highness the princess, but he was afraid that she would not succeed in learning, so he had to judge the situation every day and act cautiously.

My sister is smart by nature, and she is not too squeamish, so she has put a lot of effort into learning the piano.

"When the queen mother comes back, I will play the piano for her myself."

Shen Dan's heart moved slightly when he heard this. The Queen Mother has been away from the palace for a long time and has not returned for a long time.

"Your Highness is so diligent, Niangniang will be very happy to see it."

Hearing this, the younger sister looked at her with a smile and said, "Well, the mother concubine said, the queen mother is coming back." Because the royal sister-in-law has a baby in her belly......"

Such an understatement stabbed Shen Dan's heart slightly. Yes, the queen is pregnant, which is indeed a great joy.

After the queen became pregnant, the emperor spent more time with her, especially in the past few months, they have been together almost every night, but so what...... Chu Ansheng still sends the decoction of the child every day.

The emperor's favor is as sweet as honey, but it still can't melt the sourness of swallowing bitter medicine every day.

Shen Dan's slightly changed expression attracted the attention of her sister, she stopped with ten fingers, blinked and asked her, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Shen Dan came back to his senses when he heard this, and hurriedly smiled to cover it up: "The slave didn't ...... Your Highness has been playing the piano for a long time, so it is better to take a break. ”

The younger sister was as careful as a hair, but she didn't tell the truth, recalling that she mentioned the queen in the last sentence, and she vaguely understood something.

The mother concubine said that the women in the palace, even if they look proud on the surface, are full of melancholy behind their backs. Xu is Shen Dan is the same......

At this time, Changsheng took care of the political affairs at hand, and went to Kunning Palace to visit Xie Zhenzhen, who was resting in bed.

The feeling of becoming a father is very complicated, and in addition to joy, it is even heavier. He is only eighteen years old now, and he still doesn't know how to be a good father?

After Xie Zhenzhen became pregnant, she didn't like to go out, and she either sat or lay down every day, for fear of moving the fetus.

Changsheng stepped into the hall and saw her leaning lazily on the couch, her eyes closed, as if she was asleep.

He didn't want to disturb her, so he sat down quietly beside her, and waved his hand to signal the palace maids behind him to retreat.

Xie Zhenzhen had already noticed it, and when she opened her eyes, she still pretended to be surprised: "Why is the emperor here?" Concubine ......"

Changsheng pressed her upright body, smiled faintly and said, "I'm here to see you, don't move." ”

Xie Zhenzhen smiled like a flower, held his hand, covered his lower abdomen, and said, "The concubine is still thinking about when the emperor will come?" I didn't expect the emperor to come, this is really heartfelt. ”

"How's the queen doing? Is it still uncomfortable today? ”

Xie Zhenzhen saw that his tone was concerned, and his heart was like soaking in a honey pot, indescribably wonderful.

"The emperor is so worried about the concubines, and the concubines' bodies are naturally better."

Changsheng nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, how about I go out for a walk with you?" ”

Jiao Changqing said that the queen is pregnant for the first time, and bed rest is essential in the first three months in order to consolidate the fetal gas. But now, the most dangerous time has passed, and she should also get out of bed and walk around, lest the fetus be too big to give birth.

Xie Zhenzhen nodded in agreement, took his arm, and went for a walk in the courtyard together.

"Your Majesty, the concubine has something I want to talk to you about......" After walking for a while, Xie Zhenzhen suddenly spoke, her tone hesitant, as if she was in trouble.

Changsheng's expression was gentle: "You say." ”

Xie Zhenzhen paused, stood up in front of him, held his hand and said, "What the concubine wants to talk about is the marriage of Her Royal Highness the Princess......"

Changsheng raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.

My sister is only ten years old, so it's too early to talk about marriage now?