Chapter 42: The Flat Wife

"Akiba, why are we hanging these little red lanterns at the head of the bed?" He Anyue pointed at the lantern in Akiba's hand with her finger.

"This is our custom, we have to hang it at the head of the bed before the New Year, to ensure peace and blessing in the coming year." Autumn leaves smiled, in the past two days of contact with He Anyue, Autumn leaves really found that Mrs. is a very simple and lovely person, who has not experienced the world and is well protected.

"Oh, what about this little chubby doll at the bedside?" He Anyue picked up the jade carved portrait and touched it.

"Ahh Akiba blushed and explained in a low voice, "It's... Asking for children. ”

He Anyue looked at Autumn Leaves blankly, "Can you give birth to a baby in bed with this?" ”

"It's not..."Akiba didn't know how to answer, after all, she was also a yellow flower girl.

"Master Hou knows, madam, ask Master Hou."

"Okay." He Anyue put down the jade carving and jumped out of bed, "Ah, it's all red, lanterns, bed curtains, couplets, so beautiful." ”

"Yes, the Chinese New Year is the most lively." After the autumn leaves were cleaned up, he walked to He Anyue's side.

"Besides, there is a very lively market on the first day of the new year, have you skated on the ice, ma'am?" Autumn leaves are in high spirits.

"No, what is ice skating?"

"This... It is estimated that Master Hou will accompany you when the time comes, and you will know when the time comes. ”

"Hey, that's great." He Anyue sat on a recliner.

"Madame, shall I go down and get you some pastries?"

"Uh-huh." He Anyue closed her eyes and rested, completely unconcerned about the fact that she had already eaten fat.

Autumn leaves walked for a long time, and He Anyue had a dream.

"Xianggong..."He Anyue looked at Zhuo Ran crying, covered in injuries.

Zhuo Ran turned his back to him and snorted coldly, "Pretending to be Murong Fu deliberately approaching me, do you still want to be able to get out of here alive?" ”

He Anyue was shocked, "No... I didn't know anything was going to happen. ”

Zhuo Ran didn't talk to him again.

"Someone, drag him down." Zhuo Ran's voice was like what he had heard in the bathroom that day, and he had his back to He Anyue, unable to make out the expression on his face.

"Don't..." He Anyue fell in a pool of blood, shouting Zhuo Ran's name, but unfortunately, no matter how he shouted, Zhuo Ran didn't look back at him.

The last scene in which He Anyue was frightened awakened was when he was locked in a dungeon, and a man stabbed him in the chest with a sword in the dark.

"No-" He Anyue was awakened by fright, panting and looking ahead.

"What's wrong?" Zhuo Ran sat on the sidelines and looked at him with a smile.

The scene in the dream was too realistic, so that He Anyue couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams.

"Xianggong...", he shrunk aggrievedly, away from Zhuo Ran, and sobbed quietly.

"I didn't lie to you... I really didn't lie to you..."He Anyue muttered quietly.

Zhuo Ran looked at him like this, and hurriedly sat down and held him in his arms strongly.

"Well, you didn't lie to me, what's wrong with you? Having a nightmare? ”

"I dreamed... You're letting people drag me down... And then... A man killed me with a sword. He Anyue hugged his neck and hid in his arms and cried.

"Good... I wouldn't do that. Zhuo Ran put his arms around him and comforted, "No matter what you do wrong, I won't do that to you." ”

"Really?" He Anyue looked at him with teary eyes.

"I swear, or I'll cut off my children and grandchildren." Zhuo Ran scratched his nose.

"Hmm..." He Anyue thought of something, and pulled Zhuo Ran to the bedside.

"Akiba told me that as long as you put this little chubby doll here, you can have a baby." He Anyue pointed to the little chubby doll who was smiling happily.

"Stupid," Zhuo Ran smiled and hugged him into his arms.

"Won't your family tell you that?"

"No, it won't." He Anyue shook her head.

"No wonder..."Zhuo Ran grabbed He Anyue's hand, pulled him to the side of the chair, and asked him to sit down.

"We won't have a baby, so if I want to continue the incense, I have to go to a concubine and let a woman have a baby." Zhuo Ran squatted in front of He Anyue, looking at him with straight eyes.

"Yes." He Anyue nodded.

"So... On the day of the Chinese New Year, I will accept someone to be my equal wife. ”

"Hmm, who is it?"

"Well, you should have seen her."

"Was it one of those women that day?"

"Yes." Zhuo Ran looked up at He Anyue's expression.

"Oh." He Anyue nodded obediently.

"There is a person in it, who is my cousin, and I need to marry her in order for my power to be stable in the court." Zhuo Ran stroked his hair.

"Well, what is a flat wife?" He Anyue looked at him.

"It's a person of the same status as you in this mansion in name."

"Oh."

"Well, you understand me, right?"

"I don't understand." He Anyue shook her head and looked at Zhuo Ran, "Do you love me?" ”

"Of course, how can I marry you if I don't love you?" Zhuo Ran looked at He Anyue.

There is no way, he does need Zhuoya's father's power, because recently the emperor intends to weaken the power of his relatives, he bears the brunt, this is one aspect, another aspect, he married a man as his wife, which made the queen very unhappy, so in order to spread the branches, he also needs to marry a woman as a wife to check and balance, and another, he wants to see He Anyue's reaction. After all, although they have been married for more than a month, as soon as he came to the mansion, he married a wife again, which was a big blow to him, so he had to obediently get involved in the intrigue between women, and he wouldn't think about leaving.

"But, if you love me, why do you want to marry another woman?" He Anyue looked at Zhuo Ran, "If you love someone, don't you only need one couple in your life?" Both Dongfang and Jun'an said this to him.

"But... You also have to understand that you can't continue the incense for me, and unfilial piety is great. Zhuo Ran stood up.

"I understand, but I don't understand why you can love two people at the same time." In He Anyue's world, marrying a wife is an expression of love.

"I don't love her, I only love you."

"Then why did you marry her? Isn't it unfair to her? ”

Zhuo Ran looked at He Anyue, "Stop me from acting like this, are you afraid that her arrival will involve you in the struggle of women, can you do anything for your own ease?" ”

"I didn't think so, what is a woman's struggle?" He Anyue lowered her head.

"Murong Fu, don't mention this matter today, no one can change the matter of his wife." Zhuo Ran shook his sleeves and left.

He Anyue watched him leave without hesitation, "Since you can't change it, why did you have to discuss it with me at the beginning." ”

Akiba had been standing at the doorway and listening to their quarrelsome conversation, lowering her head and not daring to look at the angry Zhuo Ran.

It's not fair to Mrs. to have a wife so soon, and it makes other people think of Mrs.

What if those women collude to bully Madame for the sake of the tiger.

Zhuo Ran naturally couldn't think of this, he was angry because he thought that Murong Fu would agree, but he didn't expect him to find a reason to question himself, and the most terrifying thing was that he had no reason to refute. He was annoyed, but he couldn't help it.

"Master Hou, if you leave Madame's room, this will make other people..." The servant on the side lowered his head, not daring to say what was going on.

"Whatever they think, men and women, like women, can't be petted, and once they are petted, they will go to heaven." Zhuo Ran shook his sleeves.