Not wanting to talk about this heavy topic anymore, he shifted his question: "What did you originally want to do before you became the imperial grandson?" ”

Seeing that he stared at me, I deliberately relaxed the atmosphere and teased: "You don't want to be a carpenter, you can see that you are doing a good job in the carpentry work in our Orchid Garden." Then he grinned, "I love nonsense, I didn't do that carpentry work at your request, who gave you a lot of ideas." I haven't asked you yet, why do you have so many strange thoughts in your head, just like this floor heating, not to mention me, even the imperial grandfather has never heard of it, and I will quickly ask the craftsmen to do it for the imperial grandfather after the year. ”

The full moon of the yen was a small year, and there were only a few days left to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve, so it was not appropriate to start construction again, so it was decided to press the matter until the new year.

But, "I'm asking you, how did you turn the conversation on me?" ”

Ah Ping smiled and said with a blank face: "It's just some thoughts when children are ignorant, do you still want to listen?" I raised my eyebrows slightly: "Why don't you listen?" You haven't told me much about you, but even if it's embarrassing, you can amuse me. ”

"Daughter-in-law, you bully me."

"Okay, let's sell less cute, let's talk about it." I didn't mean to test him, I just wanted to hear that what he said would be different from what Yan Qi said. After a pause, I heard him say slowly: "When I was young, I longed for the outside world, just like a bird in a birdcage, always thinking that one day I could fly high and breathe in the fresh air outside. So I wanted to travel outside and learn more, but then I ...... My father died young, and those things were far away from me. ”

Ah Ping is a person who values love and righteousness, and when he talks about his father, he may not be as sad as he was at the beginning after a long time, but the bitterness in that tone can't be hidden, and he doesn't hide it in front of me.

He said that these things are actually the price to pay for growth, and he has been living under the royal wings, and his life can be said to be comfortable, so there are many ideas that seem unrealistic now.

What is a cage? This era used to be a cage for me, it separated me from my family, no matter how much I missed it, there was no room for maneuver, but now where do I still use this place as a cage? Even this palace, which I was so afraid of, walked in and found the Orchid Garden, a quiet place to stay. So a lot of things are man-made, Ah Ping is the master of this palace, I don't have to choose, so I have to adapt to it, but in the process of adaptation, I still adhere to the principle.

Even if the road in the future will be very difficult, then I will grit my teeth and stick to it, because there is love in my heart.

I took Ah Ping's hand and sat down, and whispered, "Ah Ping, tell you a story." Once upon a time, there was a turtle that had been kept by its owner for many years, and the turtle liked damp and dark corners and would never go to the owner's room for the night. But from a certain day, it always crawled to the master's room, and when the master went to bed, it got up and was close to the edge of the bed, and at night it crawled back and forth like the sound of people walking, and the owner sent it outside and climbed back again, and the owner laughed at it and said that it was not okay. Later, the owner got used to the turtle crawling into the room, but one night he couldn't hear the turtle crawling, and the owner felt very unaccustomed, and got up early the next morning to look for the turtle, but found the turtle in the corner quietly dead. ”

Ah Ping couldn't help sighing when he heard this, but blurted out: "Did you raise that turtle?" You must be sad. ”

I was slightly stunned, a little puzzled: "I didn't say who this master is, how can you guess it's me?" ”

Ah Ping replied sneeringly: "Your tone and wording sound peaceful, but there are feelings hidden in it, if you just tell me a story, you don't have to." ”

In the end, he was the closest person, and he could hear some fluctuations in my speech, and he didn't hide it from him: "Well, I picked up the turtle from the ground, and I didn't have much effort to take care of it when I raised it, so I threw it into the house and fed it occasionally." But after so many years, when I saw it lying quietly in the corner motionless, I suddenly felt so sad. It's sad because for the last few days, it actually kept saying goodbye to me, and I didn't know it. ”

This incident did not happen in this era, but in my distant memory, and this is the first time I have talked to Ah Ping about something related to that era. In exchange, he talked to me about my dreams as a teenager, and I told him about the past when I was young.

He comforted me and hugged me, put it to my ear and said, "Don't be sad, Lan, it said goodbye to you, although you don't know, but didn't you let it stay in the room?" That's the best response for it. Does it have a name? ”

"Yes, it's called slowly."

"Daughter-in-law, it's really worry-free for you to choose a name." Hearing Ah Ping say this, I couldn't help laughing, "It's just a turtle, it's awkward for you to give an elegant name." As a result, he said, "You don't just name animals, you can also name people." ”

I crossed my willow waist, "You mean to say that the name I gave Yuan'er is not good?" Is there anything worse than yours? Fat and round, did you give it to you? His eyes immediately twinkled, and he said, "I'm talking nonsense, playing around with you." ”

Snorted softly, he had no say in the name. And "slowly" wasn't originally called this, it was called "m", but I couldn't tell him the English alphabet, it was impossible to explain.

It was said that it was a vigil, but after that, they couldn't hold back their spirits, and some of the people in the hall went back to sleep, while others fell into their chairs and dozed off. I saw that Yun Gu was so tired that she couldn't even open her eyelids, so I hugged Yuan'er over and sent her to sleep.

As a result, Ah Ping and I both got up with panda eyes the next day, because we were tossed by Yuan'er's kid. He peed for a while, put on a clean diaper, and Ah Ping held him in the bed to play, but after a while, Ah Ping screamed, shouting that the stinky boy had pooped. I didn't need him to shout, I also smelled a strange smell, and when I walked over and saw that I really wanted to bang the two men.

The small one pulled the poop and laughed happily, the big one was startled, and the most important thing was to rub the poop onto the mattress, and then the whole bed was stinky.

The child's father was assigned by me to get the bathtub and hot water, and in this case he must have to wash his whole body. After washing and changing the hot water, I want to let Ah Ping operate it, and I have to clean out the bed. But when I tore off the dirty mattress and turned around, I saw that the floor was in a mess, and the man who was not very old was actually playing with his son.

As soon as his heart came up, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Zhu Yunwen!" ”

Both the older and the younger were shocked, and when they turned their heads, their watery black eyes looked at me at the same time. I can already foresee that I am going to become a in the future, because I have two children who are not growing up.

The next morning, because I had to rush to Fengxian Hall and Concubine Aping's side to greet the New Year, it was impossible to make up for sleep, and when I met Yan Qi, I also knowingly asked, "Didn't you both sleep last night?" Yuan'er is born, so you don't have to work so hard. ”

I grinded my teeth, and Ah Ping snorted softly behind me: "Xiao Qi, if you are envious, I will throw the green lotus on your bed tonight." ”

Yan Qi's face immediately turned red, and he couldn't speak: "Gong...... Childe, don't talk nonsense, I don't have anything to do with Green Lotus. However, Ah Pingyun lightly threw a sentence: "There's no such thing, after waiting for tonight, it's also such a thing as raw rice cooked rice." When I heard this, I also joined in the ridicule: "Maybe Yan Qi doesn't like our green lotus?" I don't think it's appropriate, such a well-behaved girl as Green Lotus, you have to find a candidate for me, there should be no shortage of handsome talents among the courtiers. ”

Yan Qi stopped talking, and looked at Ah Ping with a blank eye, and I also looked at him, waiting for him to take over.

Ah Ping's eyebrows stirred waves, and the corners of his mouth curled up and said: "There are naturally handsome talents, such as Lord Zhang of the Ministry of Rites, who is only thirty this year, and there is only one original room in the family, and the green lotus will definitely be able to be a side room when he marries in the past; Another example is Lord Li, who has not married a wife since he was over forty; There is also Lord Ouyang, whose wife died early, and there is only one concubine in the room. ”

Yan Qi's face changed, and he stomped his feet and said, "Childe, the son you gave an example of either a wife who has already married a wife or a wife who has died, how can Lu He marry such a person?" I took advantage of the victory and asked, "Then who do you think Green Lotus should marry?" ”

"Anyway......" Yan Qiyi was speechless, "In short, you can't marry those people who Gongzi has exemplified." ”

"I don't marry anyone." Suddenly, there was a voice from behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw that Green Lotus had been standing at the door of the hall for some time, and it seemed that he had been listening for a while.

It's rare that today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and I saw that she changed into a dark green Luo skirt, which was cut by me a year ago. She has never been reluctant to wear it, and she didn't take it out until today, and her braids have been combed with a new hairstyle, which not only looks good.

Her gaze fell from me to Yan Qi's place, and she instantly lowered her eyes again, "Your Highness, the slave doesn't want to marry, she just wants to follow Niangniang's side forever to protect Niangniang." ”

I always say that she is a stupid girl, but in fact, she is not stupid, but she has a simple and upright personality. I don't like to talk in front of others, and I'm not afraid to make jokes, so I can say anything. Because of this, I don't know if she really has any intention of Yan Qi, I glanced at Ah Ping and then walked over with a smile and took her hand and said, "Just now Yan Qi was making trouble, don't take it seriously stupid girl." Go, come with me. ”