Chapter 10: The Heart Belongs
Three days later, the Changping palace has resumed its former liveliness, after returning to the house, the king of Changping has been running around busy, Jiuyu alone all day long in the empty room, although the two only have the name of husband and wife, there is no husband and wife, but she still feels empty in her heart.
The king of Changping is outside, the world thinks that he will only visit brothels and drink flowers, in fact, he has been investigating the new prefect of Hezhou, the investigation has been more than half a month, the evidence that the king of Changping has is enough to dismiss him and investigate, the first official of Su Zisheng's office is the prefect of Hezhou who has just been brought up from a small place, has been detained and imprisoned, and confessed to his crimes.
Su Zisheng, who had been busy for several days, dragged his tired body back to the mansion, and the first thing he did when he entered the mansion was to ask, "Where is the princess?" ”
The little servant said respectfully, "The princess said that she knew that the prince would come back today, and she was busy in the kitchen at this time." ”
King Changping smiled, and the tiredness on his face disappeared in an instant.
When he came to the kitchen, he saw Jiuyu busy cooking in the kitchen, so he retreated left and right, quietly walked behind her, and then rushed out, startling Jiuyu.
"When did you come back?"
"There was so much movement outside just now, and you couldn't hear it?" Su Zisheng picked up a piece of chestnut cake on the table, put it in his mouth and chewed it. Jiuyu smiled, "How's it going?" ”
"Well, it tastes good, I didn't think my princess was so good."
"Your princess has a lot of things."
Su Zisheng smiled and leaned aside, looking at Murong Jiuyu who was cooking, and Jiuyu pushed him out, "There is a lot of smoke in the kitchen, you go and rest, it will be fine soon." ”
"I can help you."
"You big man, what else do you want to help me? Just don't mess me up here. ”
After a while, the maid came to the cabinet with all kinds of dishes, Su Zisheng sat at the table, already eager to try, Jiuyu sat at the table with her cheeks up, "Taste it!" ”
"You prepared this? You're really not tired. ”
"Anyway, I'm still your wife, isn't that what I should do." Jiuyu looked at Su Zisheng with a smile, Su Zisheng picked up a crab roe cabbage heart and put it in his mouth, and then said with a smile, "What good things did I do in my last life, and I have such a good fortune in this life." ”
Jiu Yu rolled her eyes, "Look at your cynical appearance, I didn't expect you to have an idea, I heard that you ran the newly appointed prefect of Hezhou?" ”
Su Zisheng nodded, "Yes, if I don't clean him up, I want the red-clothed September to make a move." It's troublesome, too. Hearing Su Zisheng mention the red-clothed September, Jiuyu choked unconsciously and coughed for a long time.
"What's wrong?"
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. In the boudoir, I have heard of the reputation of the red September. ”
Su Zisheng poured a cup of tea and handed it to Jiuyu, saying, "That's natural, in fact, I really want to see her true face." Hearing this, Jiu Yu couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, how could he have thought that the famous red-clothed September was now sitting in front of him like this, smiling and watching him taste the food.
"I ...... I want to ask you a question. ”
"You say."
"The wind wandering of the king of Changping is pretended?" Jiuyu held her cheeks and looked at Su Zisheng in front of her, Su Zisheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and then sighed softly, "Since you are already my princess, I shouldn't hide it from you, but if you know about this matter, it will be bad, you just need to know that I have never done anything to be sorry for you." ”
"Who wants you to be worthy of me?" Jiuyu's cheeks couldn't help but flush.
Su Zisheng, who wanders all day long, is not a playboy rumored by the outside world, and his disguise has always been just to help the emperor investigate the protection of officials and conspire to help the third prince usurp the throne. But this matter can't be mentioned to Jiuyu, if this matter is not done well, it will cause death, and it must be good if one less person knows.
Su Zisheng smiled slightly, didn't say a word, just looked at Jiuyu in front of him like that, Jiuyu was a little embarrassed to be seen, her eyes flickered and she didn't know where to look, so she lowered her head and said lightly, "If you don't eat again, it's cold." ”
The next night, when the red sleeves were making the bed for Jiuyu, they saw "Luo Shen Fu" under Jiuyu's pillow.
"Doesn't Miss dislike the wording of this book is too ornate and not true enough? Why do you like it so much now? ”
"Of course, it was different from today." Jiuyu picked up the book of "Luo Shen Fu" and read it slowly, and there were words in her mouth, "Dancing like a frightening dragon." There was a smile on his lips.
Red sleeves seemed to see through something, "But the prince likes it?" ”
"Begging for a beating, you have to let Bixiang clean you up, so that you can be honest?" Jiu Yu said with a flushed cheek, and then quietly put the "Luo Shen Fu" under the pillow and cherished it like a treasure.
After the red sleeves retreated, after a while, the knock on the door sounded again, Jiuyu got up and opened the door, and standing at the door was Su Zisheng, who looked a little haggard and full of alcohol.
"Why did you drink so much?" Jiuyu helped Su Zisheng into the room, Su Zisheng collapsed on the bed, Jiuyu let out a long sigh, poured a cup of tea for him, and then gently helped him up, "Slow down, drink some water." ”
Su Zisheng drank a little gently, Jiu Yu put down the cup in his hand, and was about to cover him with the quilt, but Su Zisheng grabbed Jiu Yu's hand tightly.
"Today...... It's my mother's sacrifice day. But I can't burn a stick of incense for her. ”
Jiuyu wondered in her heart, aren't the king of Changping and the emperor the same mother? Shouldn't his mother be the queen mother? How can you say that today is the day of the mother's sacrifice?
"My mother is a former concubine, which is why I like "Luo Shen Fu". My mother hanged herself, I was taken by the current queen mother to raise, since I was ten years old, I have no mother, do you know the taste of sending people under the fence? ”
At this moment, Su Zisheng has lost his former heroic appearance, he looks like a poor abandoned child, Jiuyu has been taking care of him all night, Su Zisheng's hand has been holding Jiuyu's hand tightly, the next day, the sky has just dawned, Su Zisheng slowly opened his sleepy eyes, and suddenly felt a headache.
Looking at the sleeping Jiuyu beside him, Su Zisheng seemed to remember what happened yesterday, he gently stroked Jiuyu's hair, Jiuyu slowly raised his head and rubbed his eyes, "You're awake." ”
"Yesterday, thank you for your hard work."
Jiuyu shook her head, "It's okay. Then he yawned, "Can I sleep a little longer?" ”
Su Zisheng slowly leaned on the side of the bed, stretched out his arm, and looked at Jiuyu with a slight evil smile, Jiuyu rubbed his eyes, "Don't make trouble." ”
"Sleep here or don't." Su Zisheng closed his eyes, and in desperation, Jiuyu set up a bedside and leaned on Su Zisheng's arm, Su Zisheng hugged Jiuyu into his arms with all his might, and at this moment, Jiuyu's cheeks were already flushed, as if it was difficult to breathe, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the two of them fell asleep like this. Until the third pole of the sun, the red sleeves pushed the door in to clean, and when he saw this scene, the basin in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.
Jiuyu and Su Zisheng were awakened by this voice.
Seeing the stunned red sleeves in front of her, Jiuyu suddenly felt embarrassed, and immediately got up and explained, "It's not what you think." Red Sleeves, listen to me. ”
"Miss, you don't need to explain it to me. I know everything, I know everything. ”
Without waiting for Jiuyu to speak, Su Zisheng yawned and said, "If you understand, you don't need to clean it today." ”
"Yes! I...... I'll go out. Red sleeves immediately closed the door and fled in a hurry, Jiuyu turned around, pouted angrily at Su Zisheng who was sitting on the edge of the bed, and shouted, "Su! Child! Sheng! ”
Su Zisheng leaned against the window and smiled evilly, "How is it?" ”
"You...... You...... If you do that, they will be misunderstood. ”
"Misunderstanding? You're my wife, and now we're in the same room, what's the problem? Don't say that nothing happened to us, even if it's ......" Su Zisheng slowly got up and approached Jiuyu step by step, Jiuyu was forced into a corner, there was no way back, Su Zisheng smiled and looked at her flushed cheeks, "Even if there is really something, it is justified." Am I right? ”
Jiuyu clenched her hands tightly, and after listening to Su Zisheng's words, she tried her best to adjust her breathing, then smiled slightly, and hit Su Zisheng's abdomen with one palm, making him scream in pain.
"Murong Jiuyu! You murdered your own husband! ”
Jiuyu walked to the table and poured a cup of tea, "What?" Who told you to be unreasonable? ”
"Hey! You and I husband and wife, how can I be unreasonable? ”
"On the day of the wedding, you and I have already agreed, aren't we?"
Su Zisheng sighed, and then said lightly, "You are like this because you have a person in your heart who can't let go." After saying this, he seemed to see a sad story in Jiuyu's eyes, and Su Zisheng seemed to understand something, and then nodded secretly, "It's okay." ”
Jiuyu looked at the back of Su Zisheng pushing the door and leaving, she felt a little distressed, she told herself more than once that she was now the princess of Changping, and the man in front of her was the man she should be with in the future, but she still couldn't forget the person who swore to herself against the mountains and rivers, she didn't know what she thought, she admitted that she wanted to do something for Su Zisheng, but if she couldn't completely forget Pei Qianhao, it would be unfair to Su Zisheng.
After Su Zisheng left Jiuyu's room that day, she stayed in Mrs. Mei's room for a continuous day, which fueled her arrogance even more, and she didn't take Jiuyu seriously.
After March, when it was time for Jiuyu to go home to visit, Su Zisheng didn't say anything after returning home, and asked the little maid to send the gifts sent to Murong Mansion to Jiuyu's room, Jiuyu sat alone for a long time, got up and came to Su Zisheng's door, and after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't knock on the door.
At this time, Su Zisheng just opened the door and walked out, and saw Jiuyu standing at the door, with a puzzled face, "Why haven't you gone back yet?" ”
"I ......"
"What's so hard to say?"
"You've been with me for so long, don't you even go home with me?"
Su Zisheng paused, "I...... There have been some things recently, and I can't get out of it, so I'll send someone to protect you when you go home. Jiu Yu nodded suddenly, "You pay attention to your body, don't be too tired." As soon as Jiuyu's words fell, Mrs. Mei walked out of the cabinet, "Princess Jin An." Seeing this, Jiuyu lowered her eyebrows and smiled, and then lowered her head and turned to leave, Su Zisheng sighed slightly, he didn't dare to look at her, her back was a little desolate.