When the two children left, it was getting late, and the maidservants served the old lady to wash and sleep.

After the little maids retreated, Mama Rui asked worriedly: "What's wrong, the young lady's eyes were red when she left, is it for our third son?" ”

The old lady said calmly: "In the end, they are still a group of young children, Rong'er and Fuyi are, and so is Hanzhi." Don't worry, children will always grow up, and they won't disappoint. ”

In the Qingqiu Pavilion, Fu Yi and Zhu Rong sat silently opposite each other, and each ate all the food in the bowl, and soon after the meal, Ping Luo sent someone to find his younger brother to talk, the couple looked at each other, didn't say anything, and Zhu Rong left.

Citron and Cuizhu were very worried, and as soon as the son left, they gathered around and asked if the couple had quarreled.

Fu Yi shook his head: "We are just tired, tired and lazy to speak, when you don't want to talk, there is someone who is willing to be by your side quietly, how good." ”

Cuizhu pulled the citron, retreated together, and said outside the door: "What the young lady means, let's not talk too much, right?" ”

Citron suddenly realized and sighed: "Hey, I know that it is so easy to live a life of stopping, she is a hard life." ”

In Yichun Xuanli, Ping Luo and Ping Rui and several guests from the Fuzhong discussed with Zhu Rong about the fire in the manufacturing department of the Ministry of Industry, how to deal with the follow-up pension and settlement, and how to strive for a lighter punishment for Zhu Rong without embarrassing the emperor.

The brothers discussed until midnight, Zhu Rong obeyed the eldest brother's arrangement, and when he returned to Qingqiu Pavilion, Fu Yi had already fallen asleep.

He sat on the edge of the bed for a long time before blowing out the candle and lying down, the people around him did not drill into his arms as usual, thinking about worrying and scared for two days, Fuyi did not sleep well, she was also very tired.

The result of the discussion between the eldest brother and everyone tonight is that he will strive for a trip to Zhu Rong and avoid the limelight after leaving Beijing for a year and a half, and naturally the errand must be drudgery, and the courtiers can no longer criticize and accuse, and when he returns to Beijing in the future, everything will start again.

Zhu Rong closed his eyes, and the only thing that the eldest brother was worried about was whether Fuyi wanted to go with him, and asked him to come back and discuss it with the two of them.

There was a sudden movement around her, and she woke up, and could feel her carefully getting up, and soon after she got off the ground, there was a slight sound from a teapot, and she drank a cup of tea happily, and then stood at the table, and let out a long sigh of relief.

As soon as Zhu Rong wanted to speak, he walked to the door again, retreated from the little maid who was on duty at night, and heard her say: "It's okay, I'll go to sleep after the wind, you go down." ”

But after a cup of tea, I didn't see Fu Yi come back, Zhu Rong got up to look, only to see Fu Yi sitting on the threshold of the bedroom, leaning against the door frame, tilting his head to look up at the night sky, not moving.

He turned to fetch his clothes, walked behind Fu Yi, and put them on for her.

"Brother Rong?"

"Don't catch a cold, it's not over the Dragon Boat Festival yet."

Zhu Rong did not persuade his wife to go back to the room, but sat down beside her, and Fu Yi naturally leaned into his arms.

"Do you like the moon to be bright and starry, or is the sky full of stars without the moonlight?" Zhu Rong said, "Do you remember the night sky on the border of Zanxi? ”

Fu Yi said: "Remember, the sky full of stars, as if you can pick it off at will, I didn't expect that at night, you can also feel what the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields." ”

Her hand crossed an arc in the night, which was the night sky she saw at the border: "It's not like the sky in the capital, it's square and flat, and what is in front of you is what it is." ”

Zhu Rong said: "Big brother wants me to leave Beijing for half a year to avoid suspicion, let me discuss it with you." ”

Fu Yi didn't think twice: "Naturally, I will go with you, and I will do it there, but now that the eldest sister has put the matter of female education on hold indefinitely, what am I doing at home?" In addition to teaching the girls to study, it is to take care of housework, but there is a sister-in-law in housework, do I do it or not? ”

Zhu Rong's chin rubbed lightly on Fuyi's bun and said, "The last time I was so desperate, it was when I watched our children being carried out of the camp wrapped in a white cloth, and I watched you lying unconscious on the bed...... I thought I wouldn't go through this kind of pain again in my life until I stood on the fire, and the people below lifted the corpses out one by one......"

Fu Yi pressed against Zhu Rong's lips: "Brother Rong, don't say it." ”

Zhu Rong gently took his wife's hand away and held it in his palm: "Seeing the country change hands and follow the new monarch to look down on the world, I thought that I was so great, and I thought that I could already take the place of my father to carry this family and the major affairs of the court." In the end, the so-called ambition is nothing more than always competing with my father, trying his best to do so many things, just to prove that I am better than him. ”

Fu Yi listened quietly, and put her ear to her husband's chest, and the strong and steady heartbeat gave her a little steady.

Zhu Rong knew very well what he was talking about, and this incident made him see himself thoroughly and clearly.

"Fuyi."

"Hmm."

"Me, can I start over?"

"Why don't you come back to Kishu with me?"

Zhu Rong lowered his head and looked at Fuyi: "Back to Kizhou?" ”

Fu Yi said: "Now that the prince can develop new artillery fire in a bright and bright way, it is better to go to Kizhou and follow the prince from scratch, otherwise in state affairs, what do you think is enough to atone for your sins, and why do you choose what you want to do?" ”

Zhu Rong said: "But to go back to Kizhou, it is a great treatment, in the eyes of the eldest brother, I can only go to the poor mountains and bad rivers to support the people." ”

Fu Yi shook his head and said: "You have been pampered since you were a child, how do you know the suffering of the common people, and how do you understand the despair and helplessness of those people who live by the sky." How long will it take, a year and a half is not enough to change decades or even hundreds of years of poverty, just this thought, you take it for granted, it's not me arrogantly accusing the eldest brother, the eldest brother is also young after all, and he is a rich child like you. ”

Zhu Rong smiled helplessly: "But you are smaller." ”

Fu Yi said: "But I am a civilian, and I am not like you. ”

Zhu Rong was silent.

Fu Yi said: "Whether you go to the land of poor mountains and bad waters, or Kishu, or continue to stay in the capital, any result of this matter, there will be people who stand up and oppose it, in this case, in the room of choice, is it not good to do what you are good at?" ”

"Do what you're good at?"

"The prince has been looking forward to the new artillery for a long time, and if he can do it himself, he will be even happier." Fu Yi said, "And I can go back to my mother's house to live for a year and a half, and think about my own future." ”

"Your future?"

"In the current situation, I will lose the trust of my eldest sister tomorrow, and the matter of female studies will be postponed indefinitely, and I understand more clearly that I am not only my eldest sister's beloved younger sibling, but also a chess piece in her hands as a queen." Fu Yi said, "There are a lot of things in my heart that I can't understand, just like you, I suddenly saw my own incompetence and insignificance, I used to feel that I was indispensable everywhere, in fact, I am nothing." ”

Zhu Rong shook his head: "Don't be presumptuous, you ......"

Fu Yi continued: "Fortunately, we didn't attack the duchess, otherwise I would not be able to find myself in my life if I became a duchess." ”

"Fuyi, it's not what you think."

"Brother Rong, I want to go home."

Zhu Rong asked distressedly: "Because of my business, or because the eldest sister wants to exchange children with the second sister-in-law that scared you?" Fuyi ...... You should know that this family has long been inseparable from you. ”

Fu Yi shook his head: "No one can live without anyone, not to mention that we will come back, we have to serve grandma, we have to take care of our younger brothers and sisters, it is a year and a half, not to mention ......"

Zhu Rong's gaze was solemn: "What? ”

Fu Yi said bluntly: "Kaijiang said, if it weren't for the arrival of the holy car that night, you would have to venture into the fire, at that moment, did you think about me?" ”

Zhu Rong's eyes trembled, and his heart beat violently.

Fu Yi said: "I've thought about it, but can I put it down?" “

Zhu Rong shook his head vigorously: "No, Fuyi, I ......"

Fu Yi said calmly and firmly: "Zhu Rong, there will be another time, you will die, a hundred times, if you come back alive, I will go." ”

That night, Zhu Rong stayed awake almost all night, opening his eyes from time to time to look at his wife beside him, he had experienced so many things, and for the first time, he was wrong when he was afraid that he would lose his support if it was not because of life and death.

But the next morning, he was about to go up to the court to face the responsibility he had to bear, and sent him to the door, Zhu Rong walked a few steps and turned back, holding his wife's hand.

Fu Yi sneered: "Okay, I'm not angry, and you don't want to make trouble opening up the territory, at least I'm grateful." ”

Zhu Rong said: "When I come back, we will talk about it again, don't worry, I won't be embarrassed." ”

Fuyi smiled gently, smoothed her husband's clothes, and said, "Disperse, go to the palace gate to take a look, and bring grandma back." ”

Zhu Rong said: "I hope that the grandparents and grandchildren can speak well, the temperament of the eldest sister is difficult to change." ”

Fu Yi smiled: "We have to believe in the eldest sister and grandma." ”

In this way, after sending her husband away, Fuyi went straight to the inner courtyard, where the old lady had already combed her hair and prepared to change her clothes, and Fuyi took the comb and dressed her grandmother with her own hands.

"Grandma, we're going back to Kishu." Fu Yi put on a jade silver hairpin for his grandmother and said, "Can you agree?" ”

The old lady turned to look at Fuyi: "How long will it take?" ”

Fu Yi said: "A year and a half, at the longest two or three years will definitely come back, Brother Rong went to Jizhou to learn skills from the prince and jointly develop new artillery, in fact, one or two years is not too long." ”

The old lady sighed lightly: "You have already discussed? ”

Fu Yi nodded: "But if you don't agree, we will consider it again." ”