Xu Shiqiu thought about many possibilities.

The letter that Duanwang wrote to himself may be that there is something going on in the eldest brother's family, but it is inconvenient for the eldest brother to tell him that he needs Duanwang, an elder, to come forward.

It is also possible that something happened to his sister, and King Duan took the opportunity to write a letter to him to remind him, wanting him to remind his sister again.

Xu Shiqiu thought about many possibilities, but he didn't expect that in this letter, King Duan actually asked if he could prepare to return to Beijing.

And in this letter, King Duan said very clearly that if he is ready to return to Beijing, he will hand over to him all the military power that his father was in charge of next year.

Even hinted at him at the end that the Holy One had always been thinking about him.

Regarding this, Xu Shiqiu did not believe it.

Xu Shiqiu didn't know if King Duan wrote this letter, whether it was King Duan's temptation or King Duan's sincerity.

Thinking of what Ye Shuo said when he came here, Xu Shiqiu preferred the latter answer.

But in the next moment, he thought of the identity of King Duan again.

King Duan is the younger brother of the Holy Lord, as a royal lord, would he do such a meaningless thing?

Xu Shiqiu was originally a suspicious person, and he usually thinks a lot about nothing, let alone today.

He couldn't figure it out for a while, and King Duan also said in the letter that the matter was not in a hurry for the time being, and after learning from Xu Nuanwen that the lady of Xu Shiqiu's family was pregnant, he even indicated that he could wait until the lady gave birth before deciding whether to go to the capital.

Because Duanwang explained this in his letter, Xu Shiqiu decided that after thinking about it for a while, he decided not to think about it in advance, and waited until the year passed.

It's just that Xu Shiqiu didn't expect that within two days, Ye Shuo sent a letter to himself through Xu Jun.

Ye Shuo's letter said something that King Duan did not say, Master Xuanling, who gave him the order at the beginning, returned to Beijing some time ago and was invited by the saint to enter the palace to give the order.

Master Xuanling calculated that there would be a turmoil in the royal family from the end of next year to the year after next, and the person who could solve this turmoil had something to do with Xu Shiqiu.

Master Xuanling could only calculate that the person who could solve this turmoil had something to do with Xu Shiqiu, but it was not the Xu family's big house, second room, and Xu Nuanwen's family.

So in such a situation, the saint asked King Duan to secretly write a letter to Xu Shiqiu, wanting him to return to Beijing.

Shengshang and King Duan didn't know, but Xu Shiqiu subconsciously thought of his little lady after seeing Ye Shuo's letter.

He is already convinced that the little lady is blessed, if there is really a person who has something to do with him who can solve this royal turmoil, then this person can only be the little lady of his family.

But Xu Shiqiu didn't want Dong Shu to be involved in these things.

He was reluctant to let the little lady get involved in these things, and he was not willing to let the little lady think about these things.

But he really wanted to go back to Beijing.

Because of this incident, Xu Shiqiu was embarrassed for two days, and had to inform Mrs. Xu of the matter.

"Mother, what do you think of this?" Xu Shiqiu is also very difficult to do, he is not familiar with Master Xuanling, but his mother is more familiar.

But compared to the royal family, the weight of his family is naturally weaker, "Mother, do you think Master Xuanling can really calculate it?" ”

Xu Shiqiu is very worried about one thing now, if the royal family knows that his little lady is a blessed person, will they forcibly take the little lady away from him?

But he could not say these words now, because the little lady sat beside him.

Although she would eat dried fruit with her head down and not pay attention to what he and her mother were saying, as long as she was mentioned, she would definitely notice.

Old Lady Xu understood what he meant as soon as she saw Xu Shiqiu's expression, she looked at Xu Shiqiu and bowed her head slightly, and said: "This thing is very likely to be true, I don't think it's a matter for you to avoid it all the time, it's better for you to go to the capital next year." After saying this, Mrs. Xu paused for a moment and continued: "I don't think the royal family will do what you want. It's really not good, wait until next year when I go back to Beijing with you and ask Master Xuanling about it. ”

Mrs. Xu will know Master Xuanling, and it was also when Linggu Temple was rebuilt that she donated a lot of money.

Although it is not as good as the royal family, it is also very good in the homes of the nobles and eunuchs in the capital.

In addition, Mrs. Xu has been worshipping Buddha for many years, and every time she discusses Buddhist scriptures with Master Xuanling, she can talk very well, so she will say such things.

Xu Shiqiu saw that his mother opened her mouth to promise this matter, so she did not mention it again.

It's just that he knows in his heart that he is afraid that he will really take the little lady back to Beijing next year, and after returning to Beijing, he may not be able to come back.

Then in this way, his now peaceful life will be shattered.

But there was no way for him to escape this.

Because of the two letters he received from the capital at the beginning of the month, Xu Shiqiu was attracted to his heart, and he didn't notice the passage of time.

When Dong Shu told him that tomorrow would be the New Year's Eve, Xu Shiqiu came back to his senses, looked at Dong Shu and said, "These days, my husband has neglected my mother." As he spoke, Xu Shiqiu lowered his head and dropped a kiss on Dong Shu's forehead, "Does the lady feel wronged?" ”

"I know that Xianggong has been thinking about things recently, and he didn't deliberately ignore me, so I won't be wronged." Dong Shu looked at Xu Shiqiu's pair of crescent moon eyes, and at first glance, he had something to say.

After Xu Shiqiu saw that she had something to say to herself, she kept turning a corner to guide her, and sure enough, it didn't take long for Dong Shu to look at Xu Shiqiu expectantly and said, "Xianggong, I heard that there will be a lantern festival in the county after the New Year, can you take me there?" ”

Xu Shiqiu didn't expect Dong Shu to say this, he paused for a moment and then looked at her helplessly and shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't work." Dr. Du said that you gave birth in early February, and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is almost a few days, so I am afraid that you will not be able to go out to the county.

There are a lot of people in the county's lantern festival every year, and if you are pregnant, if you are crowded by a crowd, how can this be good? ”

If the lanterns were in the village or in the town, Xu Shiqiu might take Dong Shu to see them, but not in the county.

Dong Shu instantly showed a sad look as soon as Xu Shiqiu opened his mouth.

But she also understood that what Xu Shiqiu said was right, she was a person who was about to give birth, and she couldn't go to the county to see the lanterns.

Xu Shiqiu originally thought that Dong Shu would open his mouth to him to see the lanterns on a whim, but two days later, he found out that something was wrong.

It seems that the little lady is very sad about not being able to go to see the lanterns.

"Lady, why do you really want to see the lanterns?" Xu Shiqiu didn't understand a little, if he just wanted to see the lanterns, he had already seen them on August 15 before, could it be that there was something he didn't know?

Dong Shu didn't hide it from Xu Shiqiu after hearing Xu Shiqiu's inquiry, and said directly: "I heard before that lanterns can be placed during the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. If you write your wish on the lantern and let it float away with the river, your wish will come true. I saw that Xianggong had something on his mind recently, so I thought about going to see the lanterns, and then wrote a lantern that 'Xianggong's wishes come true' and let them go. ”

Dong Shu said seriously, but Xu Shiqiu, who heard her words, was stunned.

He didn't expect that the little lady wanted to see the lanterns for so many days for him.

"Lady, it's really my blessing to be able to marry you." Xu Shiqiu looked at Dong Shu and said this seriously, and after seeing Dong Shu hanging her head a little shyly, he reached out and took her into his arms, "Lady, I am indeed thinking about things these days, but I promise you now that before you give birth, I will no longer think about those things, and only concentrate on accompanying you." Xu Shiqiu said these words, and decided to prepare a lantern festival for the little lady himself.

Xu Shiqiu initially considered holding the lantern festival at home, but after thinking that there were so many people in the family, he finally set the location of the lantern festival in the open space outside his house.

There is a large vacant land outside the Xu family's house and there is no home, Xu Shiqiu first asked Xu Jie to measure the land outside, and finally spent an hour to make the lantern festival venue he designed.

Xu Shiqiu used his best efforts to design the lantern festival without Dong Shu, but because he couldn't leave Dong Shu to get too close to others, he had to inform Xu Jie and others of his arrangements by letter.

Not only that, Xu Shiqiu also asked Dong Lei to go to Xiahe Village to inform him, hoping that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the villagers of Xiahe Village could also make their own lanterns and come to Xu's house to participate in the lantern festival.

If the villagers from the nearby villages want to participate, they can come and see it, even if they don't make lanterns.

With the efforts of everyone in the Xu family except Dong Shu, more than 100 lanterns of various colors were finally made before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Dong Lei also brought good news to Xu Shiqiu, and every household in Xiahe Village also made dozens of lanterns during this time, but what Dong Lei didn't say was that most of the raw materials in these lanterns were bought by him from Dong Miaopo's house and sent to each family.

Dong Lei did this because he saw that Xu Shiqiu cared about Dong Shu and wanted to hold a lantern festival for Dong Shu.

He felt that as Dong Shu's cousin, he must support Xu Shiqiu at this time.

Even the old lady Xu, in these days, also took the servants in the courtyard to make twenty lamps, and even drew pictures and words on the lanterns with her own hands.

It's just that no one could have imagined that they had prepared everything, but Dong Shu couldn't see this lantern show.

Because when the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was not yet bright, Dong Shu launched.

This is Dong Shu's first childbirth, and when she felt that her stomach hurt in a daze, she thought she was dreaming.

Xu Shiqiu, who was still sleeping next to her, heard the 'hum' of the little lady next to her, and opened her eyes to find that something was wrong with her.

Dr. Du said to Xu Shiqiu when he entered the first month of the new year, although Dong Shu would not give birth until early February, there were also many women who gave birth when they were nine months pregnant.

Dong Shu was conceived at the end of March and the beginning of April, and today, it is also nine months old, and it is normal to start.

But despite this, Xu Shiqiu didn't expect that Dong Shu would launch on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

At this time, Xu Shiqiu naturally didn't have the heart to think about the Lantern Festival anymore, he got up quickly, walked outside the house directly with his clothes on, and shouted a few times.

Li and Ling Xiang, who heard the movement, soon woke up, one boiled water and the other went to ask for Dr. Du.

After making sure that they were all acting according to the plan, Xu Shiqiu returned to the house and prepared to wake up Dong Shu.

What made Xu Shiqiu panic was that he opened his mouth and called many times, but the little lady didn't open her eyes.