Rui Xue sighed in her heart, watching TV series is also a long knowledge, at least she only glanced at it, and knew that this was a eunuch, who was waiting close to the emperor, so she hurriedly took two steps forward, saluted, and said, "It's the people's woman." ”

The eunuch looked even better, and even slightly flattered, stepped forward and returned a salute, before saying, "Madam, the slave Zhu Gui, by the will of the saint, specially came to pick up the lady's family into the palace to see the driver." ”

Rui Xue hesitated slightly, not that she doubted the authenticity of the eunuch and the soldier, but she couldn't confirm whether the tall one in the palace was the stinky boy she guessed.

Gonggong Zhu is the best at observing words and feelings, and when he saw this, he immediately stepped forward again and said in a low voice, "The saint asked me to give a message to Mrs. and Mrs., and the sage wants to eat Mrs. Steamed egg custard." ”

Ruixue's eyes lit up immediately, and she almost scolded with a sentence of "stinky boy", but when she came back to her senses, she quickly swallowed it back, and said, "Then I have to bother my father-in-law to go back to the village with me to get some ceremonial things." ”

When Zhu Gui came, he couldn't take a shortcut, but delayed the trip, for fear of missing the day of returning to Wudu, so he said, "Madame is afraid that she won't be able to stay for one night, so I took the salute and took the gifts, and we will go on the road immediately." ”

"Okay, just according to my father-in-law."

After the discussion was properly discussed, Rui Xue called the bolt to explain a few words carefully, and then took everyone to take the carriage that Zhu Gui had, all the way out of the city in the midst of everyone's discussions, and after the chickens and dogs of Yunjia Village jumped, he hurriedly picked up a few boxes of salutes, brought enough silver, and went to Beijing.

Yun Er Aunt was afraid that they would take care of the trouble on the road, so she hugged Ke Xin, only Xiao Ge'er and Yiran were left next to Rui Xue, and Niu Niu had to follow, the old lady was a little unwell, and she was left behind, Amber naturally couldn't go, Jian Wu and Qin Xin were not at ease, so they threw the chores they were in charge of to the old lady and Desheng, and went with the guards on the same road.

The Zhao family, big and small, accounted for two carriages, the last one was for Zhu Gui to rest when he was tired from the road, although this road was Xiaoxing overnight, it was all official roads, and the carriage that Ruixue's mother and son were sitting in was wide, but they did not suffer any crimes.

It's just that the farther south she goes, the more Ruixue looks at the hot panic of the soldiers with helmets and armor, so every night or when she is resting, she buys some mung bean rock candy with silver money, and asks a few girls to boil porridge soup to go to the fire and give it to everyone to eat.

This escort team was selected from the Imperial Forest Army guarding the palace, and most of the soldiers were born and raised around Huadu, and they were righteous and bold.

So, when Niuniu yelled that the car was boring, there would be soldiers who took the initiative to sit on the wheel, let the horse run with her, and the soldiers with children at home, loved the house and Wu, passed by the city, and bought some gadgets for the two children, so they were kind to each other, and along the way, they got along very well.

Soon, at noon on this day, everyone could faintly see the tall and heavy bluestone city wall of the capital, and the soldiers couldn't help cheering, even Zhu Gui had a smile on his face. He rode his horse beside the carriage, pointed to the city that was connected by black pressure, and said, "Madam, that place is Wudu." It seems to be very close, but in fact, it will take two hours to arrive at the earliest, but before dark, the miscellaneous family can also return to the palace to resume their lives. ”

"There is a father-in-law all the way."

"Don't dare, don't dare, this is the duty of a minion." Zhu Gui smiled and hurriedly said a few polite words, outside, he was a eunuch representing the emperor's orders, arrogant, no one would say how he was, but when he arrived in this imperial city and in that palace, he was a slave, holding his tail and polishing his eyes, in order to live a long time.

Niuniu lifted the curtains, tried to look into the distance, turned around and asked her sister, "Sister, does the big beauty live in the city ahead?" ”

Rui Xue was playing with her little daughter, and when she heard her sister's words, she called her to her and whispered, "Niuniu, if you see Brother Yu these days, you can't call the big beauty anymore, you know?" ”

Niuniu frowned, her size has risen a lot in the past two years, her body is slender, her eyebrows and eyes have also grown, seven points of a woman's delicateness, three points of simplicity and frankness originally left, mixed together, more beautiful than ordinary girls, such a frown and doubt, it is very pitiful.

"Sister, do you mean that the great beauty has changed, and he will be angry if I call him like this?"

Rui Xue hesitated for a moment, she didn't know how to explain it, she wanted to say that power is the sharpest double-edged sword in the world, easy to hurt people, and the most unconscious, modified herself, no one can guarantee that the original Brother Yu has been modified a few points, will he be as before, holding her arm and being coquettish, will he be happy to be chased by his sister with a stick, will he lose his temper because of gluttonous egg custard...

"Niuniu, let's call my brother when we meet..."

Niuniu is most afraid of her sister's silent appearance, how many times has the old mother and everyone in the family warned her that as long as her sister is silent, she will immediately run to pester her to talk, at this time, she immediately said, "Okay, I listen to my sister, sister, is there anything good to eat in Wudu, is there anything fun..."

The last part of the journey was spent in the gossip of the sisters, before dark, everyone finally arrived in front of the city gate, which looked at it from a distance was just a black city wall, and up close, it turned out to be a large piece of bluestone three feet long and one foot thick, stacked one by one, until it was nine zhang high, and the middle was tightly seamed, and it was a whole, which made people can't help but marvel, too majestic, too shocking.

Zhu Gui took out his waist card and showed it to the soldiers guarding the city, and then entered the city with the carriage and horse.

At this time, the night covers the whole city, but there are still many pedestrians on the street, and most of the shops on the side of the road are still doing business.

A few soldiers rode on horseback and shouted to drive away the pedestrians, and soon everyone turned onto a very spacious and quiet street, Rui Xue guessed that this should be near the imperial city, this road is probably for ministers to go to court or royal people to and fro.

Sure enough, after another quarter of an hour, the convoy stopped outside a fence again, and the guards who checked it were stricter, and even knocked under the carriage with a spear, for fear that someone would be hidden, and was awakened from a sound sleep, crying and holding his mother before letting go.

Rui Xue faintly heard that Zhu Gui seemed to blame the soldier for a few words, at this time, the little commander who led the soldiers all the way to the guard, hit the horse to the car, hugged his fists and said, "Mrs. Chen, the front is the imperial city, the small ones can't be escorted with you, this way thanks to Mrs. care, I thank Mrs. on behalf of the brothers." ”

Rui Xue stretched out her hand in the small box on the side of the soft couch, took two fifty taels of silver, put them in a purse, and then handed them out along the window, and said with a smile, "Lord Commander is polite, it is our mother and son who should thank you brothers, I have some scattered silver here, my lord took the brothers to have a glass of wine to relieve fatigue." ”

The commander was stunned for a moment and wanted to excuse himself, but Zhu Gui had already walked back, so he smiled and said, "Commander Zhao take it, we won't delay here, let's go first." ”

Commander Zhao hurriedly took it, and felt heavy and happy, and thanked him again and again.

The carriage entered the door, walked for a long time, twisted and turned, and finally stopped, Zhu Gui was outside the car, and said respectfully, "Madam, please get out of the car." ”

At this time, Chunhua Xia He, who was sitting in the back car, ran forward, put a footstool, Rui Xue stepped on the car, turned around and hugged Yiran, Jian Wu rushed to hug Brother Xiao'er, it was when I didn't know where to go, the carriage had been driven aside, revealing a very familiar courtyard gate on the left, Rui Xue was slightly stunned, and when she saw the plaque hanging high on the lintel, the word "Zhao Mansion" was written, and suddenly, she felt as if she had returned to her home.

Chunhua and Xia He were young, and they couldn't help but exclaim, but they immediately covered their little mouths in panic.

Zhu Gui saw everyone's appearance, his expression was very proud, and he said with a smile, "Mrs. Chen, please come in, the slave will retreat." With that, he took two steps back, and then disappeared without a trace.

Ruixue took a deep breath, smiled on her face, and beckoned everyone, "Let's go, go home." ”

Everyone entered the courtyard gate, and saw that the workshop, study, and stable were the same as their own, and they couldn't help but exclaim again and again, and when they entered the inner courtyard, they were even more happy, even the osmanthus tree planted in the corner of the courtyard was the same, which really made people wonder if they were in a dream all the way, and now they woke up, or at home.

Rui Xue looked at the lights in the main room and the west wing, groaned slightly, and said, "Jian Wuqin takes care of the two children, and Niuniu takes Chunhua Xia He to make dinner." ”

Niuniu seemed to understand something, and the obedient dispersed with the crowd.

Rui Xue pushed open the door of the west wing, and heard that there seemed to be movement in the north room, so she shouted, "Brother Yu, is it you?" ”

There was silence for a long time before someone replied, "Sister, it's Brother Yu." ”

Rui Xue immediately pushed the door and stepped in, her eyes suddenly turned red, her younger brother who she missed day and night, was wearing the clothes she had sewn with her own hands, sitting at the table and writing, as if he had never left the house, as if he had just listened to the story she told, and was busy transcribing it and giving it to Da Zhuang Heizi tomorrow.

Unfortunately, after two years, he was taller, and his slender figure had become much stronger, and the light of the oil lamp made his eyes glisten with tears, Rui Xue half-hung her head, her hands clenched tightly in her sleeves, and her shoulders began to tremble.

Wu Yu thought that his sister was crying, so he immediately panicked, threw a pen and paper and ran over, and asked in a falling voice, "Sister, sister, don't cry, it's all..."

He was only halfway through his words, and he felt a hard slap on the back, he was slightly stunned, and the next slap fell again, Rui Xue was really angry, thinking of the past two years, she was so worried, thinking that this stinky boy actually hid such a big thing, the anger in his heart couldn't be suppressed, and his subordinates crackled and scolded.

Wu Yu shouted two sentences before, and then hugged his sister's arm and cried, Rui Xue couldn't shake him off, and finally hugged him, and the two sisters and brothers cried together.