"Your Majesty, there is nothing abnormal about the queen's body." When Chu Huai returned to the imperial study, Xia Yuan still maintained the posture he had just left, looking at the recital on the table without distraction.

"Well, that's fine."

"Your Majesty, you should rest early, don't get tired."

Xia Yuan smiled bitterly, "I haven't been to the Morning Dynasty in the past few days, and there are already so many government affairs to deal with that I can't do any more, if I don't deal with them at night, those ministers should come and knock on my door early tomorrow morning." ”

“...... Your Majesty, it's still important to be in shape. ”

"Thank you for worrying about it."

Chu Huai was silent for a moment before he tentatively said, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask for." ”

"What?"

"I want to ...... Now that the queen's body is well, I think the emperor can remove me from the post of imperial doctor. ”

"Young Master Chu, why do you say that?" Xia Yuan put down the pen in his hand and looked at Chu Huai.

Chu Huai scratched his nose, "I want to go back to Huaihua Valley." It was something that Master had left me, and I couldn't get rid of it. ”

"Master Chu, if you want to go back, just go back."

"But the emperor, I don't want to be bound by those so-called positions, so if I go back, my heart will still be worried about the imperial city, that feeling is really uncomfortable, and this time Huaihua Valley will be uncomfortable."

"Well, that's okay, since Ah Lan is fine, I don't have any reason to keep you anymore, if you want to go back, go back with peace of mind, don't worry about the affairs in the palace."

"Thank you to the emperor for your success, then the emperor will leave first."

"Well, I will always keep the house in the imperial city for you, if you want to come back and live there, just continue to live there, you can go back first."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xia Yuan rubbed his eyebrows and continued to focus on the fold, as for when Chu Huai left, he couldn't remember it clearly.

......

"In order not to make the emperor suspicious, after I proposed to the emperor that I would no longer be his imperial doctor, I actually went back to Huaihua Valley once, in order to hide people's eyes."

The carriage rolled over the soft snow, and the horses moved much slower for fear of being obscured by the snow.

However, the two people in the carriage were not in a hurry to hurry, and let the carriage move forward leisurely.

"No wonder you haven't been in the palace for so long, I thought you had forgotten about me."

"What do you think? How can it be. But Mandarin duck, you tell me the truth, when I went to the palace to see the queen that day, you really didn't hear my voice? ”

"Not really." Mandarin Duck shook his head, "In those days, I went to bed early because I felt bored, maybe I was used to hearing the conversation between Xiao Yuan and Ah Yu when I was sleeping, I was too sleepy to mistake your voice for Xiao Yuan, so I didn't wake up." ”

"That's a shame." Chu Huai pretended to look regretful.

"What's the shame about that?"

"Otherwise, you can still have a desire to see Xiao Baozi, and you won't make life so boring."

"If you tell me, won't this day be even harder?"

"I'll tell you something even harder." Chu Huai showed a mysterious smile, lowered his voice and said in the mandarin duck's ear, "Little Baozi has learned to walk!" ”

It's just that at this moment, Xiaozhi suddenly felt that the carriage behind him shook violently.

"What do you say! Oops" The mandarin duck got up suddenly, but hit her head on the roof of the car, she had to rub her head and sit down again, "Ling'er can walk?" ”

Chu Huai held back a smile, "You're so excited, the little bun just knows how to walk." ”

"Ling'er is really smart, and she has learned to walk."

"The little buns are so big, you can't walk anymore, right?"

"Twig!" The mandarin duck suddenly poked his head out of the carriage and ignored Chu Huai's words, but was soon frozen back.

"Huh? What's wrong Miss? The cold wind blew the twig's voice and sounded a little shivering.

"Can we hurry back to Huaihua Valley?"

"Oh, good!" Xiaozhi helped the deer velvet hat that was almost blown off, and narrowed his eyes, "Didn't you just say that you weren't in a hurry?" ”

"That's what Master said, I'm in a hurry!"

The carriage finally under the constant urging of the mandarin duck, the days of rushing were stiffly shortened to a few days, the forest in front of the Huaihua Valley was not far in front of him, and the mandarin duck's heart was constantly rising when it was close to the Huaihua Valley.

"It's finally here." The mandarin duck half-lifted the curtain and looked out, and the excitement in his heart could not be expressed in words.

"Look, I'm going to tell you that you're going to feel even harder." Chu Huai hugged her hands, crossed her legs, sat on the edge of the mandarin duck, and looked at her with a somewhat restless appearance, which really felt funny. It's really interesting to stay with mandarin ducks, and even the mood will become inexplicably good.

"You know I'm going to care, why are you telling me?"

"Didn't you tell you what you wanted to know?"

Along the way, the mandarin duck even stopped Xiaozhi from going to the inn several times, or even started knocking on the door before dawn, disturbing the two of them who couldn't rest at all, so they had to follow her.

"Master! It's here! It's here! The mandarin duck frantically shook Chu Huai's sleeves, wanting him to look out the window with him.

"Alright, alright, I know it's coming! Loosen up! Chu Huai wanted to open the mandarin duck's hand, but because she was her own apprentice, he could only gently pat the back of her hand.

Before the carriage stopped, the mandarin duck had already jumped off the carriage, and stumbled at the moment of landing, so startled that Chu Huai reached out to help her, but fortunately, the mandarin duck himself had already stood firm. He withdrew his hand.

"Yikes! Miss is back! The one who spoke was Ah Le, who she hadn't seen for a long time, she became more delicate than the last time she saw the mandarin duck, her long hair was loosely tied up at the ends, and the whole person looked more like a lady.

"Ah Le? You've gotten better. ”

"Really!" Ah Le held his face with one hand, his cheeks were slightly red, "Thank you Miss for the compliment, sure enough, Miss is more beautiful." ”

"By the way, Ah Le, do you know where Ling'er is now?"

"You're talking about the little kid that Master Shu brought back, right? He should be playing with Master Shu now, and he wants me to give you a shout? ”

"No, I'll just go find them myself."

"Miss, I'll take you there! It's not a very easy place to find, and if you're not familiar with the back mountains, it's easy to get lost. ”

"Hmm...... That's fine, I can't wait to meet Ling'er. ”

Ah Le handed the herbs in his hand to the little branch who happened to walk to the side, "Quick! Xiaozhi, I'll leave it to you here, I'm going to take Miss to the back mountain! ”

"Huh! Sister, how can you do this! I've just come back! You're going to let me do the work! Even if you don't take Miss to the valley master, you can take Miss there! Twig's wails gradually dissipated behind the two of them.

Ah Le was also very happy after seeing the mandarin duck, and even his steps on the stairs became much brisker.

"Ah Le, why are you so happy?" The mandarin duck looked at Ah Le, as if he had seen himself many years ago, and he was so carefree, and his mood couldn't help but improve.

"Naturally, I was very happy to see Miss. I like Miss the most! ”

"Is that so, thank you for liking me."

"Miss doesn't have to be polite with me."

About half an hour later, the mandarin duck turned his head and saw the courtyard where he used to live.

The mandarin duck pulled Ah Le, stretched out his hand and pointed to the courtyard that peeked out of the bushes and asked, "Ah Le, is that courtyard now inhabited?" ”

"How so? This is a yard reserved for the young lady, how can anyone else live there? Naturally, it's been empty for Miss. ”

"That'll be fine."

"Does Miss need to live in the valley in the future?" Ah Le looked behind the mandarin duck, but didn't find that she was carrying any bags, and couldn't help but wonder if she was about to leave again, "Will you stay in the valley for a while this time?" ”

"I think so, in the recent past, as long as Master didn't say anything, I should have lived here."

"Great, can I come to play with Miss often?"

"Of course."

"Alas, I really envy Xiaozhi, I can live next to Miss's yard, if I also live next to Miss's yard, I can see Miss every day."

"Next to my yard? Is there a place for people to live on the edge of the courtyard? ”

"Of course there is, otherwise who will take care of the young lady's daily life?" Ah Le was bouncing on the stone steps, but she didn't look like she was panting at all, she seemed to have endless energy, obviously the mandarin duck was so tired that she didn't want to speak, but she was still full of energy, "It's just that Miss shouldn't know that there is not only this courtyard on the mountainside, but there are also a few houses for us to live in the woods." ”

"No wonder when I lived there, I often saw twigs, because he lived there too."

"Miss, if you hold on a little longer, you will soon be able to see the top of the mountain."

"I didn't think this mountain was so high!" The mandarin duck was really tired from walking, so he stopped and stood there to rest for a while.

"That's because you've never been to the top of the mountain, and if you get used to it, you won't feel so high anymore." Ah Le, who had already walked away, saw that the mandarin duck stopped, so he walked back to her side and stood in place with her, "Miss's physical strength is really poor. ”

Even Ah Le couldn't help but want to say something.

"If you stay in the palace all the time, you naturally lack exercise, and it is inevitable that this will happen."

The mandarin duck stood on his knees for a while, and then continued to walk up with Ah Le.

But fortunately, when the clouds finally dispersed, the mandarin duck could already faintly see the outline of a house.

The two sides of the walk from the beginning of the walk were full of all kinds of strange plants, all of which some mandarin ducks had never seen before, and some even exuded an indescribable smell.

"These are all medicinal materials that the old valley master is proud of, they can only grow on our spiritual mountain, if they are changed to another place, they will definitely wither within three or five days after planting. Some of them are poisonous, miss, don't touch them! Ah Le had already seen through the doubts in the mandarin duck's heart and explained to her out loud.

"Poisonous?" The mandarin duck hurriedly withdrew the finger he was about to touch.

"Well, it's just that I don't know which ones are highly poisonous, and these herbs here have always been taken care of by the valley lord himself."

"Master, won't he be poisoned if he touches it?"

"Didn't the young lady valley lord tell you? The lord of the valley, he is invincible to all poisons. ”

"Poison is not invasive?" The mandarin duck even wondered if he had heard it wrong, "Is there really someone in this world who can be invulnerable?" ”

"I don't know about others, but the valley lord has grown up under the feeding of various herbs from the old valley lord since he was a child, and there is no way to take those poisons against him after a long time. Yes! Miss! We're here! Ah Le ran outside the house, and when he was about to knock on the door, the door had already opened from the inside.

This directly startled Ah Le, she patted her chest and muttered, "Scared me to death, scared me to death, how can you be so quiet, Master Shu!" ”

"I'm sorry, Miss Ale, I scared you, Xiao Sheng just walked through the door, and heard someone coming, so in order to avoid having to open it again later, he opened the door first." Shu Shan held up his staff and bowed shallowly to Ah Le. Yu Guang happened to catch a glimpse of the mandarin duck standing behind Ah Le, "This is the mandarin duck girl?" How did you get here? ”

"Master Forgiveness." The mandarin duck saluted Shushan, approached a little closer, and said, "I want to come and see Ling'er." ”

"Little prince, he just fell asleep......"

"Auntie!"

Before he could finish his words, he heard a milk sound behind him.

I saw Xia Ling, who still had saliva marks on her face, staggered out of the house barefoot and opened her hand towards the mandarin duck.

The mandarin duck hurriedly trotted two steps and picked Xia Ling up from the ground: "Ling'er is so cold, why are you barefoot, what if you catch a cold." ”

"Auntie!" Xia Ling wrapped his little short hand around the mandarin duck's neck, and kept rubbing the mandarin duck with his face, "It's not cold." ”

"Nonsense, even though your feet are cold, aren't they cold?"

"It's not cold! See my aunt! It's not cold! ”

The mandarin duck was afraid that the temperature outside would freeze Xia Ling, so he hurriedly carried him into the house.

Xia Ling's two shoes were neatly placed on the side of the bed, and the thick quilt was lifted off a corner, and after he heard the voice of the mandarin duck, he hurriedly lifted the quilt and got off the bed, and ran out before he even had time to put on his shoes.

The mandarin duck stuffed him back into the quilt, "Why don't you sleep well?" ”

"Because I heard a voice." Xia Ling flashed his big eyes and looked at the mandarin duck's face, "Why didn't my father and mother come?" ”

"Because they're busy."

"Don't you have time to see Ling'er?" Xia Ling lowered his head.

"After all, it's the emperor and the queen's mother, and Ling'er, when I see them in the future, I want to call my father and mother, do you know?"

"Well, but it's enough to have an aunt now!" Xia Ling raised his head towards the mandarin duck and showed a big smile.

The mandarin duck didn't speak, but hugged him.

It's so cute!

......

Chu Huai walked slowly to the top of the mountain at this time, and after the door of the house was open, he walked in directly, standing on the side of Shu Shan, and happened to see the mandarin duck holding Xia Ling into his arms, and kissed him promiscuously.

"She really likes little buns."

"Lord Chu Gu, you're here. The little prince is so cute, who doesn't like it? ”

"I just didn't expect that she, a person who hates the queen to death, can like her children so much."

"After all, it's because the little prince is cute. It would be nice if Xiaosheng's younger brother could be so cute. Shu Shan's face couldn't help but show a look of envy.

"If you want to, Master, just give birth to one."

"Master Chu Gu, don't make a joke about Xiaosheng, Xiaosheng is alone, where do you let me go to give birth?"

"Then hurry up and find a lady, and you will have a good life."

"You laughed and forgave the evil at home, and the lady should be scared away." Shu Shan couldn't help laughing, if you have a day at home, you don't want to have any happy days to live.

The sound of the conversation between the two finally attracted the attention of the mandarin duck sitting on the edge of the bed, she tucked the corner of the quilt, glared at the two of them, walked in front of the two and pushed them out, and closed the door behind her casually.

"Master! If you and Master Shu want to talk, come outside and talk, but don't quarrel with Ling'er to rest. ”

"Mandarin duck, you really look like a mother who protects her children now."

"Even if I'm not Ling'er's mother, then I'm also his aunt, isn't it a matter of course for me to protect him?" Mandarin duck blushed at what Chu Huai said, but she didn't want to admit that there was really nothing wrong with what Chu Huai said.

"Yes, yes, you're right." Chu Huai nodded perfunctorily, "I asked Xiaozhi to bring some food, do you want to eat together?" ”

was told by Chu Huai, and the mandarin duck remembered that he had been patronizing the road since the morning, and the dripping water was not exhausted, and his stomach was still empty until now.

"Nature." As soon as her words fell, her stomach rang as if she agreed with what she said.

The air became very quiet for a while, and there was an atmosphere called awkwardness.

"Poofha!" Chu Huai was the first to laugh out loud.

Immediately afterwards, Shu Shan on the side also covered his mouth, although he didn't laugh out loud, but there was a smile in his eyes.

Ah Le had already turned her back and was squatting in the corner not doing something, but from her shaky shoulders, she could tell that she was trying to hold back a smile.

"Master!" The mandarin duck's face turned red, her hand clenched into a fist, and it slammed directly into Chu Huai's shoulder.

But Chu Huai was holding the shoulder that was hit by her, and still couldn't stop laughing: "I'm sorry, Mandarin Duck, you let me slow down a little, I really can't help it, you are so interesting, hahahaha!" ”

"Master, if you laugh again, I'll ignore you." The mandarin duck is angry and wants to get out of the house.

"Okay, okay, don't laugh, don't laugh." Chu Huai hurriedly put away his smile and rubbed his cheeks.

I feel like I'm swelling and hurting when I laugh......

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