There seems to be a corridor in front of the hall, as well as many rooms. Xiao Tao walked forward again, and couldn't see where the road would lead after all, and it was deep ahead, and it seemed that there was still a long way to go. Xiao Taoli thought about it for a while, turned around and went back the way he came.

Little Peach climbed the stairs. When you get inside, close the door. Drawers and bookcases have been restored to their original state. Xiao Tao covered her pounding heart, looked around and there was still no one, took out the chapter in her sleeve and looked at it repeatedly, and finally recognized the words on it, but her heart beat even more violently, her palm tightly held the chapter and covered it with her sleeve, walked down, returned to her room, and locked it in the small makeup box next to the bed.

Xiao Tao sat still, and only then did she relieve her heart, which had been tense just now, but her stomach throbbed for a while. After a while, the legs were hot and the skirt was wet. Xiao Tao clutched her stomach and shouted in pain: "Qingqing! ”

Qingqing rushed in, the little peach skirt in a light blue dress was full of filth, Qingqing had never seen this formation. Hurriedly shouted outside again: "Come on, come on." ”

A few older women came in, looked at the little peach, and knew that she was about to give birth. Li Yu had already arranged a midwife in Taiwan in case of emergency. At this moment, someone is busy informing the midwife, fetching hot water, and burning charcoal pots, and they are very busy.

Xiao Tao never knew that giving birth to a child was such a painful thing, and the sharp pain seemed to tear her whole body apart, so painful that she couldn't care about panting, breathing, or even thinking. There was only a tightness like a sharp pain. But the little guy in the belly refused to cooperate well, and he had tossed from the afternoon to the palm lamp, and the little peach had already sweated profusely to the point of collapse, and the child still couldn't be born.

The midwife's face was also a little pale, and she commanded in a low voice: "Come into the palace and invite the imperial doctor to come, I'm afraid it's a difficult birth." The subordinate hurriedly ran out and drove into the palace.

Xiao Tao felt that a long time had passed in a blur. It seems to have had a long, long dream. In the dream, there are bright peach blossoms from tree to tree, and she is wearing a bright red wedding dress and dancing like a light swallow in the falling peach petals. In her dream, there was no pain, no toil. And the long-deceased mother looked at her under the peach tree and smiled slightly.

Xiao Tao happily ran towards her mother, but every time she wanted to run to her, her mother was gone. Xiao Tao was so anxious that she wanted to cry, and she woke up with a spirit.

There was dim candlelight all around, and I thought it was late at night. There was no movement in the silence. Xiao Tao opened her eyes and slowly looked around, a woman was sitting on the edge of her bed holding her hand and couldn't hold back her tears, seeing Xiao Tao open her eyes, she showed surprise: "You finally woke up, scared me to death." ”

Xiao Tao held her breath for a while and said, "Lady, why did you come out?" What about children? ”

"Tell me more. You are really scared to death, and having a child has alarmed half of the people in Jinling. Last night, His Majesty sent more than a dozen imperial doctors to treat you overnight, and it was only after you and the child were saved. The child is fine, the little face is fun. The lady wiped her tears and stood up with a smile, "I'll show you it." ”

Only then did Xiao Tao realize that she had slept for a day. The lady hugged a big red swaddling baby, and Xiao Tao propped herself up and looked at the small, soft life. With just one glance, Xiao Tao's tears couldn't help but flow, all offended. It's all worth it. Xiao Tao forcefully encircled the child into her arms. It's her child, it's her child. She went to great lengths to protect the child she gave birth to. Xiao Tao gently put her lips on the child's tender face, tears were unbridled, and from then on she had the person she loved the most, and she was no longer alone.

Xiao Tao reached out and touched it, it was a boy. I was even more happy in my heart. Looking at the child's face carefully, he was too young to see the clues of his appearance. Xiao Tao's heart suddenly flew to the side of the person on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Will the child look like him? If one day. What will happen when he sees his child? When Xiao Tao thought of this, her heart beat uneasily.

With a child, Xiao Tao suddenly felt that life was all different. Before, her heart was empty and fluttering. But now looking at that soft and tender little thing, watching him grin, watching him pout and cry, watching him spit, it's all she has. All the thoughts about Zhao Guangyi were relieved when they saw the child in front of them. The child is around, as if he is around.

Xiao Tao named the child "Yuan", but did not take the word. On weekdays, he is called "Yin'er", because the child was born in Yin. The lady once joked that Xiao Tao was fortunate to be born in Yin, if this is born when it is ugly, it is still called "ugly"?

Xiao Tao said seriously: "You're right, you almost died when I gave birth to him, and I have to let him remember when he was born." ”

The streamer makes people old. In October of the fourth year of Kaibao, the Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty and stationed troops in Hanyang. It is adjacent to the Southern Tang Dynasty. So far, the south and west of the Southern Tang Dynasty are the territory of the Song Dynasty, Wuyue in the east, and the Yangtze River in the north. Li Yu fell into a real panic. There is a lot of land in the south, and without the advantage of terrain, it is easy for the Song army to attack from the south. Looking at the increasingly large territory of the Song Dynasty around the map, the Southern Tang Dynasty is like a caged bird in a circle. Qi Zhengxiu won the peace in the battle of Baiguxia back then, and I don't know how long it can last.

Qi Zhengxiu never came back. The Long Xiang army under his command was even larger. The naval defense line of the Southern Tang Dynasty stretched from Changzhou to Anhuikou, and Lin Renzhao, the defender of Anhuikou, was also a brave general, defending the Yangtze River defense line north of the Southern Tang Dynasty. But Qi Zhengxiu and Xiao Tao's correspondence is much more frequent, since having a child, Qi Zhengxiu will ask about Yin'er's situation in detail in every letter, often a few pages. And Xiao Tao's replies are often a thick stack, from Yin'er's toddler to babbling, they all talk to Qi Zhengxiu in every detail. Every time the farmer dies.

Xiao Tao's identity as an official prostitute is still the same, and the affairs of Huayuefang still need to be handled by her. But Huayuefang must not let Yin'er go, and it is not appropriate for people to know about the situation of a little peach and a child; Second, the kind of place in Huayuefang should not be contaminated by children. So Xiao Tao has been living in Taiwan, and she goes to Huayuefang every other day to take care of it. Li Yu also sent troops to watch the stage strictly, and from time to time he would go out of the palace to see Yin'er and Xiaotao, and sometimes he also took his wife.

Yin'er is four years old and has also started to be naughty. Running around all day, Qingqing couldn't catch up after his ass. Yin'er also has a lot of words, and sometimes the people in the house take children, and Yin'er also leans over to play with children. After playing, he kept asking Xiao Tao: "Mother, they all have a father and a mother, what about my father?" Mother, why hasn't Dad come back yet? Mother, what does Dad look like? They say Dad is a general, isn't it? ”

Xiao Tao didn't know how to answer, so she took Qi Zhengxiu's letter and showed him it: "This is a letter written by your father, you can read it yourself." ”

Yin'er pursed her lips, took the letter horizontally and didn't know a word, and began to cry: "Dad doesn't want Yin'er anymore"

Xiao Tao couldn't coax and coax, so she had to say: "That mother taught you to read, and you can see what your father and Yin'er said when you recognize the words, okay?" ”

Yin'er wiped her snot and agreed with a smile. began to learn to read with Xiao Tao. Yin'er is very smart, with a very high level of understanding, a word can be recognized a few times by a small peach, and it is simple and even able to write it on the ground with a small hand. Every time I learned a few words, I ran to pick up Qi Zhengxiu's letter, and it seemed that I still didn't know a few words, so I ran to find Xiao Tao to learn to read and write, full of motivation.

It's winter again, and the first snow in Jiangnan is very heavy, and it still accumulates on the ground, and it doesn't melt on the ground as in previous years. Early in the morning, Xiao Tao went to Huayuefang, and she bought a batch of new wine, and she wanted to take a look. Qingqing took Yin'er to walk on the ground, Yin'er picked up a dead branch and scratched it on the snow: "This is a child's character, this is a big character"

"It's a distant word, it's my name." Yin'er finished drawing the far word vigorously, and was about to talk to Qingqing, when she suddenly raised her head, and she didn't know when a man stood in front of her. The man's frost-white robe, covered with a cloak of brocade mouse hair, his hair was tied with a white jade crown, and his face was gentle, and he stood there with a long body.

Yin'er tilted her head and looked at it for a long time, pouting and asking, "Who are you?" ”

The man smiled lightly: "Who are you?" After speaking, he also looked at Yin'er carefully. Yin'er's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Xiao Peach, very delicate, and the eyes are shiny, which makes people can't help but sink into them with those eyes. And the chin and mouth are a bit like Zhao Guangyi, with the unique edges and perseverance of boys.

Yin'er poked the word "far" on the ground with a branch: "Oh, this is my name, do you know it?" ”

The corners of the man's lips raised: "Far? Yin'er nodded seriously, and the man then asked, "Then what's your last name?" It's just that this sentence is less confident, a little hesitant, and a little struggling.

"My surname is Qi." Yin'er said loudly, her little head raised upward.

The man's face was all stretched, like a spring blooming in the snow, and he looked at Yin'er's voice softer: "Then will you write?" ”

Yin'er took the branch and scratched it on the ground, the word Qi was a little difficult for him, he could learn his surname, so he knew, but he couldn't write it, he sketched it for a long time, and threw the branch to the ground in frustration: "Don't write it." After thinking about it, he raised his eyes and looked at Qi Zhengxiu, "What's your name?" ”

Qi Zhengxiu squatted down, picked up the branch thrown by Yin'er, and wrote on the snow one by one. Yin'er muttered: "Qi-Zheng-" Xiu still doesn't know him, and he can't read it.

"Repair." Qi Zhengxiu added gently.

Qi Zhengxiu? Yin'er's eyes widened, she looked Qi Zhengxiu up and down, and looked at it again, and then stretched out her little finger and pointed at Qi Zhengxiu with great uncertainty: "You are my father?" ”