Unconsciously in winter, Chu Xuan had almost forgotten about the concubine, but it was Su Xintang who reminded him that he remembered that he had promised the other party to marry Leng Er before the New Year's Festival.

Because Leng Er lost her parents since she was a child, and she was the slave maid that Dong Zhiyuan gave to Chu Xuan at the beginning, she was helpless and had a low status, so the etiquette procedure for accepting concubines was relatively simple. On the day of the wedding, Chu Xuan only invited less than a hundred civil and military ministers, and set up a few tables of banquets in the side hall.

Since it was the emperor's banquet, the ministers naturally did not dare not give face, and it was almost dusk when the banquet ended.

Chu Xuan didn't drink much tonight. Seeing that night was about to fall, he walked towards Su Xintang's dormitory as usual, accompanied by a few chamberlains, and when he came to the door and was about to push the door, he suddenly remembered that he should go to Leng Er's side tonight.

At the door of Su Xintang's dormitory, there were seven or eight palace maids carrying lanterns, and Chu Xuan whispered to one of them: "If Niangniang can't sleep, you can go to Concubine Leng to report it." The concubine Leng in his mouth is Leng Er.

The palace maid nodded and said a promise, and Chu Xuan turned around and left, and went to the new house on Leng'er's side.

Leng Er's dormitory was not far from Su Xintang's dormitory, and Chu Xuan came outside the hall not long after. The two palace maids who were keeping vigil pushed open the temple door, and he walked in slowly.

This dormitory is much smaller than Su Xintang's, but perhaps because there are too few furnishings, it still looks a little empty at a glance.

Directly in front of her was a bed with a red curtain, and Leng Er was dressed in a wedding dress and sat on the couch with a red hijab. There were a few stools and a sandalwood table under the bed, and there was nothing else on the table except for a pair of lit dragon and phoenix red candles and a pair of blue and white tea sets, which looked shabby.

Seeing this, Chu Xuan suddenly felt a little pity, walked to the side of the bed and gently lifted her hijab.

What appeared in front of me was a small face of melon seeds that was slightly flushed, with eyes like clear water and skin like clotted fat. Because of her shyness, she buried her head very low, not daring to look at him squarely.

I have to say that Leng Er has a different style after dressing up carefully, Chu Xuan was slightly surprised in his heart, he hardly paid much attention to his servant girl on weekdays.

"Leng'er, I ......" Chu Xuan only felt a little dry mouth, paused, and said, "I feel sleepy." ”

Leng Er understood, got up from the couch shyly, leaned over and took off the soap boots for him, then opened the door of the temple and ran out in a hurry.

Chu Xuan was wondering what she was going to do, but not long after, he saw her come to him with a basin of hot water, lowered her head, and wiped herself seriously.

Chu Xuan was suddenly moved, and at this moment he suddenly remembered that Leng Er had taken care of him for more than a year, so he pulled his foot out of the basin, touched her head, and said distressedly: "It's not too early, let's rest quickly." ”

As he spoke, Chu Xuan reached out to wrap his arms around her waist, then carried her to the bed, turned his head and blew out the red candle in front of the bed. Acacia and pillows, a night of spring supper, no problem.

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As the New Year arrives, Kyoto begins to be lively again, whether it is ordinary people, merchants, or princes and nobles, every household is lit up with lights and firecrackers.

Calculating his age, Chu Xuan is now eighteen years old, his two wives are each one year younger than him, and Leng Er is a little younger than Su Xintang.

In the eighteen years of Chu Xuan's life, only this year's New Year Festival was the happiest. During the day, they either invite the courtiers to drink and play games, talk about state affairs, or visit the garden with two wives to enjoy the scenery, play and play, and at night they are even more happy, hugging the right and the left, leaning on the red and green, and the real gods are also envious.

But after the New Year, Su Xintang suddenly felt unwell, often nausea and vomiting, dizziness and weakness. Chu Xuan thought she was sick at first, and was very anxious, so he hurriedly asked the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat her.

Knowing that Su Xintang was pregnant, Chu Xuan was so excited that he danced, if he hadn't been worried that the other party was pregnant, he almost wanted to hold her and run in the imperial city. On the same day, he held a banquet in the imperial city, entertained the ministers, and made the good news public.

Since then, Chu Xuan has simply spoiled Su Xintang as the empress, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as 'afraid of melting in your mouth, and afraid of breaking it in your hand'. Not only did she send hundreds of palace maids and attendants for the other party to summon her, because she had planted a lot of ancient trees outside the palace before, and there were birds and birds crying at night, which made it difficult for her to sleep peacefully, so Chu Xuan ordered someone to cut down all the ancient trees in the imperial city.

After a few more days, Su Xintang suddenly felt that it was too boring to stay in the palace, so Chu Xuan promised to pick a good day and accompany her to the suburbs to be bored. Chu Xuan didn't plan to take Leng Er there, it wasn't partiality, he just wanted Leng Er to stay and help him deal with the music. However, due to Su Xintang's repeated insistence, he finally took Leng Er on.

After the Hanama Festival, the weather in Kyoto is a little milder. Chu Xuan took care of the affairs of the government, picked a day, and led Su Xintang, Leng Er, as well as a few palace maids and guards, out of the city gate of Kyoto, and came to the wild to play and enjoy.

It was the early morning, and everyone raised their eyes to look, but they saw that between the suburbs of Beijing, the high willows sandwiched the embankment, the soil paste was slightly moist, and the sky was wide, as if the hooves were out of the cage.

The thin ice on the river had just melted, and the waves were gradually brightening, and the waves like fish scales were one after another, shining brightly, as if the mirror box had just been opened, and a cold light suddenly shot out of the box. The water was so clear that you could almost see the bottom of the river.

On both sides of the riverbank, there stood countless willows, the willows were about to stretch but had not yet stretched, and the soft tips were scattered in the wind, which was very lovely.

The mountains in the distance also seem to have been washed by melting snow, which is both bright and charming, like the hair of a beautiful girl who has combed her hair after washing her face. At this time, it is the return of spring to the earth, and there is joy everywhere.

At this time, there are not many tourists who go out of Beijing, but those who draw water to make tea, hold wine glasses and play songs, and ride donkeys to hang out can be seen from time to time, most of these people are the children of the nobility in Kyoto, but Chu Xuan doesn't know any of them.

Seeing the beautiful scenery, he was overjoyed, so he walked slowly between the dirt roads under the willows, hugging his two wives on the left and right, humming an unknown tune as he walked.

The three of them were all dressed as ordinary rich and noble families, and the dozens of attendants behind them were also dressed in coarse cloth and short brown. It is because others don't know their identities, but they are secretly envious in their hearts, and they don't know which noble son married such two fairy-like wives.

Chu Xuan and the others walked all the way along the riverbank, and they didn't know how long they walked, but they saw that there were fewer and fewer people outing along the way, and they didn't know why.

Seeing a young man dressed as a nobleman coming from a distance, Chu Xuan stepped forward and asked, "This son, I don't know where to go, why are there fewer and fewer pedestrians?"

The man looked at Chu Xuan for a moment, and then said, "Is this brother Tai also from Kyoto?"

Chu Xuan nodded, and the man couldn't help but sneer: "Look at you dressed in silk and satin, I can't imagine that you don't even know this, in front of you is one of the three forbidden places of the Southern Yuan Dynasty - Xuan Luolin, that forest is not only gloomy and terrifying, I heard that there are many demons and monsters, and those who go in have not come out alive, who has the courage to approach? Even if I am so bold, I only dare to come here." ”

Regarding the three forbidden places in the Nanyuan Continent, Chu Xuan had heard of it, but he only knew that there was a Xuanhuang Mountain in Beiliang, but he never knew that there was also a Xuanluo Forest in the Zhou Kingdom.

Su Xintang said: "Husband, since it is a forbidden place, let's go back." ”

Chu Xuan naturally didn't dare to take his two wives in, thanked the man before, and led the group to fold.