Chapter 168: Consummation
Chu Xi looked at the woman who was holding Lin Fu's hand and carefully helping her out of the carriage, and after a while, she finally laughed shallowly.
The woman looked extremely quiet and gentle, which was completely opposite to the lively and mischievous nature of the green sandalwood. She doesn't look very good, but she is very attractive, and her eyebrows and eyes are full of tenderness.
"Be careful." After Lin Fu carefully helped her down, he took her hand and walked over together, there was no sadness or joy on his face, only relief after the passage of time.
"Qingyu is still in the court, and he will come back later." Chu Xi leaned against the door, wearing a cloak on her body, and now that she was out of confinement, Aunt Fu would not be pressing her in the house all day long.
Lin Fu bowed his head and introduced the woman next to him with a smile: "This is Qingwan." ”
"I've seen Madame." She blushed slightly and bowed her head.
Chu Xi looked at her and chuckled: "There is a beautiful person, clear and graceful." Good name. ”
Qingwan's face became redder and redder, her complexion was extremely white, and her face was red, which was the kind of good-looking that was white and red.
Lin Fu didn't say how much love there was in his eyes, but at least it was quiet, he was not as cold as before now, and he would laugh.
After entering the house and sitting down, Lin Fu said the plan.
"The outside of the city is ready, just wait for the day of the 100-day feast, and we can leave." Lin Fu said, and looked at Qingwan after speaking: "Qingwan's father is a businessman, and a large number of caravans are already waiting outside the city, so everyone can go together and will not be discovered." ”
"Okay." Chu Xi bowed her head, and as she was talking, she heard the sound of children talking in the yard, Qingwan looked over curiously, and saw a little boy walking forward silently with a calm face, and a little girl in a pink dress chasing after her, and couldn't help but cover her lips lightly: "That child is the same as her husband before." ”
Lin Fu was slightly stunned, raised his eyes to look at Mu Ming walking in the courtyard, and chuckled: "Madame laughed at me." ”
"The concubine doesn't dare." Qingwan hurriedly lowered her head, but the smile in her eyes seemed to overflow.
Chu Xi looked at their husband and wife, and just let out a long sigh in her heart, and it happened that Xiao Fu'er came over in a hurry at this time.
"Miss, I barely cried the nurse again." Xiao Fu'er was sweating profusely.
"What's wrong?" Chu Xi looked at her anxious appearance and asked with a smile.
Xiao Fu'er made it clear after a long time, but it turned out to be a reluctant child, he was born to be active and tight, and he ate a lot, so he was extraordinarily stocky, and he didn't usually like to cry, he loved to sleep and eat, a nurse was not enough to feed at all, and Yun Songyi's child was born earlier than him, but he was twice as big as he was, and Chu Ji sometimes wondered if this child was born by himself.
After Xiao Fu'er finished speaking, she heard Aunt Fu's voice outside: "You will take the little boy for a few more days, and you will leave after only two days, and the salary is not easy to settle......
"Don't get paid, don't get paid." The nurse hurriedly walked outside, for fear of staying.
Seeing this, Chu Xi also had a headache, this is already the thirteenth nurse invited, and when he gets older and older, he may become a little chubby.
Xiao Fu'er looked at her distressedly and said, "Miss, what can I do, I barely haven't eaten enough, and I'm going to cry again when I turn around." ”
"Let's look for it again, go to the surrounding counties and find it, as long as the milk is sufficient, there is no disease, and the salary will be doubled." Chu Ji said, but when he turned around, he had to leave with reluctance, so he had to hold on to the ground for four months before he could eat some complementary food other than milk.
Xiao Fu'er left in response, just as Mu Ming and Yao'er also came in.
"The princess and concubine, Brother Mu Ming said that he wanted to see Da Zhuang, and Min Min also wanted to go." Yao'er grinned, holding a handful of red and blue wildflowers in her hand.
"Who is Da Zhuang?" Qingwan was puzzled, but Mu Ming spoke: "Da Zhuang is reluctant." ”
Hearing this, Qingwan bent her eyes and laughed again.
Seeing this, Chu Xi simply asked people to hug Mian Mian over. Looking at Aunt Fu's arms staring at the reluctance of looking around with big round eyes, Chu was embarrassed.
Mian Mian is not afraid of life at all, and he is happy to see anyone, of course, this has to be on the premise that he is full.
Chu Ji took him, looking at his waving little hands, his heart also softened.
Lin Fu followed and watched, not knowing what to think, until there was another babbling sound outside.
"No, I want to leave with you!" Yun Songyi ran inside while crying, and Zheng Yun followed behind so much that his throat was dry: "Yi'er, you believe me, I really didn't have eye contact with that Ju'er and Cuicuimei." ”
Yun Songyi didn't listen, she felt that Zheng Yun couldn't help but steal, and her heart was sad as if she had lost the whole world.
When Chu Ji saw them coming, she hurriedly asked Aunt Fu to go to the side with Mian Mian in her arms.
"What's wrong?"
Yun Songyi came up and began to wipe her tears and accuse Zheng Yun of her crimes, but Chu Ji knew that she should be suffering from the depression mentioned by the imperial doctor, qi knots, and depression, but fortunately, Zheng Yun has always been patient.
After coaxing for a while, she was better, Chu Xi saw that the weather was good today, and said with a smile: "Why don't you go boating?" It just so happened that the hibiscus was blooming, so we just went to have a look, picked some lotus seeds, and let people dig up fresh lotus root stew. ”
"Good!" Xiao Fu'er was the first to agree, and Mian Mian on the side didn't know what was going on, and grinned.
When they saw this, they laughed and went out together.
A large family from the Lin Mansion came out to visit the lake to enjoy the flowers, which was an ordinary thing, so no one cared, only said that they were good fortune.
Chu Yi walked in front with the child, Yan Yi carefully guarded her, and Xiao Fu'er followed behind to make trouble, although Yan Yi ignored her.
Yun Songyi only cared about teasing, and refused to pay attention to Zheng Yun for half a minute, still thinking that he had a leg with Cuicui.
On the contrary, it was Lin Fu and Qingwan who walked hand in hand at the back, a little more tranquil.
In the afternoon, the sun is setting in the west, the weeping willows by the lake are also shading, and a few white water birds are skimming over the endless lake, the breeze blows, and the lotus flowers that cover the river are also gently swaying.
Chu Xi let people take the children to watch on the shore, and she took Yun Songyi and a few people on the boat, passed through the lotus flowers, and slowly walked slowly on the clear lake, accompanied by the refreshing fragrance of flowers, sitting comfortably on the stool placed at the bow of the boat, and there were boat ladies on the boat who took lotus hearts to make tea, and the days seemed to have become slow.
They didn't travel long before they saw a magnificent ship coming, standing at the bow of the ship, it was the emperor Zhao Ke who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and next to them stood a silver-haired Lin Qingyu and an envoy from Fanbang.
Seeing this, Chu Xi planned to make the boatman turn around, but another person came out of the cabin, and one of them had a big belly.
Chu Xi didn't see it clearly, but Xiao Fu'er exclaimed first: "It's green sandalwood!" ”
"Shh......h That's the Queen Mother of Fanbang. Yun Songyi said busily.
"The Queen Mother?" Xiao Fu'er was puzzled: "Why does it look exactly the same as green sandalwood?" ”
Yun Songyi looked at Lin Fu and his wife sitting at the stern of the boat, and then looked at Chu Xi, who only smiled faintly: "Where did Yan Yi go?" ”
"It's like I'm going to catch the fish in the lotus pond, and I said I'm going to use it to stew white and thick crucian carp soup for Miss." Xiao Fu'er's attention was immediately diverted, and when Chu Ji saw this, she smiled and didn't say more.
"Boatman, turn the bow of the boat." Chu Xi smiled faintly.
The boatman answered, quickly turned the bow of the boat, and went in the other direction.
From a distance, Lin Qingyu saw Chu Xi leaving, and smiled faintly: "Your Majesty, the lotus flower is almost over, it's time to lead the Queen Mother back." ”
Zhao Ke turned his head and glanced at the green sandalwood and the queen's mercy who came out, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow is the 100-day banquet, you are ready, do you need me to help you again?" ”
"No need." Lin Qingyu smiled, and when he looked at Zhao Ke, the eyes of the two seemed to be clashing, and after a while, Zhao Ke waved his hand: "That's it, you really can't hide your thoughts, and I can already deal with the things that I want to deal with now." ”
Lin Qingyu smiled and arched his hand: "Thank you for the emperor's favor." ”
"I don't want to take care of you, but if I don't care for you, I don't see a good end." After Zhao Ke finished speaking like a joke, he turned his head and left.
Lin Qingyu bent his eyes and looked up at Zhao Ke's back, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. The incumbent has never been trusted, but the reason why Zhao Ke can sit firmly in this position is because he has a more long-term vision and is more confident.
After a brief exchange with Zhao Ke, Lu Tan came over and looked at Lin Qingyu.
She and Lin Qingyu rarely talk to each other, but now that they meet, they have a lot of emotion.
"I have persuaded my father that he will not fight again."
"Then thank you Queen Mother." Lin Qingyu smiled, seeing the cat's eye spar she still had on her wrist, she didn't speak.
Lu Tanwaner: "Are they all okay?" ”
Lin Qingyu naturally knew who she was asking, but she didn't know as if she didn't know, and said with a smile: "Ji'er and Miss Yun have just given birth, and Lin Fu has also married a wife." He wanted to tell her that everyone was fine and that she didn't have to feel guilty.
Lu Tan lowered his eyes and smiled: "That's good." ”
When her words fell, she choked up slightly, Lin Qingyu raised her eyes and looked at the boat that turned her head and left, there was a couple sitting in the stern of the boat, they looked at each other and smiled, their smiles were very gentle.
"They all want you to do well."
Lu Tan didn't know that Lin Fu would suddenly say this, but his eyes suddenly became wet. The afternoon wind accompanied by the fragrance of lotus flowers, blowing a trace of cyan scattered in her ears, she raised her eyes to look at the blue leaves, and the shackles in her heart seemed to be untied at once.
Her eyes were full of tears, but she looked at Lin Qingyu with a smile: "I understand, and I will be relieved eventually." ”
Lin Qing was foolish, didn't say more, and left.
Lu Tan turned around and stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the beautiful scenery in the wind, slowly closed his eyes, and then let go of his hand, only lowered his head and stroked his stomach, and laughed softly: "Child, you will definitely understand why your mother did this, right?" ”
On the boat, Yun Songyi was so graceful that Yun Songyi had just dropped lotus petals that he had picked up from the water, and he was having fun with the water droplets, and turned his head, but found that Lin Fu, who was still laughing, suddenly burst into tears, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief to carefully wipe his tears, and asked softly: "Husband, what's wrong?" Didn't you get a good night's rest last night? ”
Lin Fu looked at the gentle woman in front of him, smiled, raised his hand to caress her little face, and said softly: "Well, go back in a while, you have to rest for a while." ”
"Okay." Qingwan bent her eyes and handed him the lotus petals in her hand: "You smell it, it's fragrant." ”
Lin Fu took it, lowered his head, nodded immediately, and laughed.
At the moment when he lowered his head, Qingwan turned his head and looked at the red figure standing on the bow of the boat in the distance, the woman he had always kept in his heart and dreamed of mentioning at night was her?
"What's wrong?" Lin Fu saw that her expression was wrong, and hurriedly asked.
Qingwan hurriedly came back to her senses, laughed, raised her hand to grab his sleeve, and laughed softly: "Husband, it's good to have you." ”
Lin Fu's heart moved slightly, and when he saw her hand in the palm of his hand, he smiled: "It should be said that it's good to have you." ”
Yun Songyi listened from the side, looking at Zheng Yun, who was standing on the shore holding the child and waving to him wildly, the corners of his mouth raised a big arc.
One afternoon, the lotus root was also bought, the lotus was also picked, and after going home, Aunt Fu sat down slowly on a large table of dishes, all of which were taken from the lotus flower of this lake, so Xu Jihe simply gave it a name, and it was called 'Hibiscus Banquet'.
At the long table, there were more than a dozen people around, and almost all of them were there except for the Hou Ye and his wife, who never came back.
Zheng Yun looked at the table full of people, and suddenly sighed at the falling leaves, a big man stood up and raised his glass to everyone, but choked up and said, "Everyone raise a glass!" ”
"Raise a glass, toast to the past." Lin Qingyu stood up.
Chu Xi then got up and raised his wine glass: "Toast to tomorrow." ”
"Toast to ****** War!" Zheng Yun choked up, and after being glared at by Yun Songyi, he smiled, and Yun Songyi also got up: "A toast to everyone." ”
Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all, and the night of July seemed to have just begun.
Before dawn, the city gate was opened, and a group of carriages left the capital, accompanied by the cry of children.
Zhao Ke stood on the city tower and looked at the carriage that was moving away, and exhaled softly: "Let's go." ”
"The Lin family is all gone." Others arched their hands.
Zhao Ke stood still like this, until the carriage completely disappeared from sight, until the sky began to whiten.
"How is the old general Yang and the young general's side?" Zhao Ke asked.
"All is well."
"What about Zheng Yun and the Zheng family?" Zhao Ke said again.
"The fold has already been handed over, and the Zheng family plans to evacuate all of them from the Central Plains, and they will not come again." The others said respectfully.
The corners of Zhao Ke's mouth raised slightly, and the light in his ordinary eyes instantly became sharp and deep: "Remove the people who are staring at them." ”
"But the emperor, in case ......"
"There will be no case, these people are all affectionate and sexual, if they say they will not come again, they will not come again." Zhao Ke smiled faintly.
Others responded, and the first rays of sunlight in the morning came out of the sky at this moment, which seemed to remove all the haze and wake up the entire capital, and Zhao Ke seemed to have the imperial aura that Zhao Xuanyi had never had.
"Have you found Lord Han's residence?" Zhao Ke turned around and walked to the other side of the city wall and asked.
"I found it, but do you want to go down?"
Zhao Ke shook his head slightly: "No need, when the matter is negotiated, I will go in person." ”
The sun has risen, and the capital has begun to come alive again.
Yun Songyi rushed to the city gate early, but Chu Xi and the others had already left.
Zheng Yun hugged her and smiled, "Don't worry, we'll see you again." ”
Yun Songyi turned his head and threw himself into his arms, choked and nodded, the separation always makes people feel sad.
They turned to leave, only to find a man with a broken leg lying at the base of the city wall not far away, the man in ragged clothes, and his hair was scattered on his face, making it impossible to see his appearance, but his face was unusually white.
Yun Songyi looked at it and felt pitiful, so he asked someone to take some broken silver, then turned around and got into the carriage and left.
When the man heard the sound of silver falling into the bowl, he hurriedly pulled away his hair and opened his eyes to see, and when he saw that it was really silver, he laughed, and crawled forward with the silver in his hand: "Go and buy good wine, good wine!" ”
The people next to him looked at it, and they all sighed: "You said that this Yunkang, Yuan is also a noble son who spends a lot of money, how did he fall into the way he is now, hey......"
"It's not, it's easy to get into the old lady's house, and after being broken leg, she was swept out of the house."
"Hey, don't say it, don't say it, it's all sin."
……
Yun Kang didn't seem to care about these words at all, and only muttered wine in his mouth, wine ......
After Chu Ji left the capital, the carriage was much slower, and Lin Qingyu knew that Zhao Ke would not chase after him anymore, so he simply walked forward in the form of touring the mountains and rivers.
After seeing the mountains, wading through the water, and sitting in a leisurely boat, I finally arrived at Lituo Island, but this place is more beautiful than Chu Xi imagined.
The water here was blue, there were trees and flowers everywhere that she had never seen before, and the people here were full of joy.
Mrs. Hou had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw them coming from a distance, she ran over with red eyes, and without waiting for Lin Qingyu to speak, she hugged Chu Xi: "It's hard work." ”
Chu Xi felt the distress in her tone, her heart warmed slightly, and she laughed softly: "Mother......"
As soon as she finished speaking, a small milk voice came from behind her, babbling and not knowing what to say, anyway, in the past two months, Mian Mian has become more lively and stocky, and has a strange hobby, as long as Chu Xi speaks, he will babble and follow the study, Aunt Fu said that this is a personal essence, and it will be terrible to grow up in the future.
Hou Ye and his wife looked at Mian Mian, their big eyes were very similar to Lin Qingyu, but their mouths were more like Chu Xi, and the whole person was like a little fairy child, so cute that the two of them couldn't wait to take out their hearts.
Chu Xi looked at the old couple concentrating on coaxing, and then looked at Mu Ming and Yao'er who were standing aside and smiling, the corners of their mouths were slightly raised, and Lin Qingyu also stretched out his hand to her: "Madam, let's go home." ”
Chu Xi looked at his palm, raised his eyes and smiled, as bright as the sun here.
In the blink of an eye, three years of quiet and happy days passed, and in a large courtyard full of flowers somewhere, an eleven or twelve-year-old girl was so happy that she couldn't straighten her waist, pointing to the doll who was putting flowers in her mouth and chewing not far away, and laughed: "Look at you, people say that you are a genius, why do you even put flowers and plants in your mouth?" ”
"You didn't let him put it yet!" A young man dressed in black on the side with a cold face said coldly.
The girl grinned and glanced at him: "Brother Mu Ming, I am teaching Da Zhuang, you can't be pampered and arrogant, you must know that there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky." ”
Mu Mingfeng's eyes were slightly raised, and he only looked at the little boy in front of him, who was less than four years old but was very cute, and showed a loving smile like an old father, which gave Yao'er on the side goosebumps.
Reluctantly finished chewing the flower in his mouth, turned his head to look at Yao'er, his eyes narrowed like a fox: "Sister Minmin, this flower is poisonous, I'm afraid I'll ...... in three hours."
Before he could finish speaking, Yao'er had already run to him like a whirlwind and lifted him upside down, shouting with a crying voice: "Quick, spit it out, how can it be poisonous, I have seen my puppy eat, it's okay......"
Mian Mian was constantly patted on the back by her, coughed for a long time, and then came over, snatched Mian Mian from Yao'er's hand, put him on the ground, and sighed: "What are you lying to her about." ”
Mian Mian's face turned red, and he looked aggrieved: "She lied to me first." ”
"Liar?" Yao'er reacted immediately, pretending to be vicious and glaring at Mian: "Lin Dazhuang, Lin Dazhuang, see that I don't pick up a layer of your skin today!" ”
Reluctantly took a look, and suddenly looked at the admiration pitifully: "Brother admire, I'm afraid of ......"
Hearing this, he reluctantly pulled him behind him: "You go first......"
"Good!" Mian Mian looked at Mu Ming to stop Yao'er, then turned around and grinned, and walked out. But before he could run out of the yard, he bumped into a person, and when he looked back, he laughed: "Aunt Xiaofu'er." ”
Xiao Fu'er now pulled up the woman's bun, looked at him and covered his mouth and smiled: "What are you doing, your father is looking for you, saying that you are angry with a teacher again." ”
"It's not that I'm angry, it's that my husband can't teach me anymore." Barely confidently raised his little face.
Seeing this, Xiao Fu'er smiled and shook her head: "Okay, come with me to see your mother, your Aunt Yun is here today, and she brought a full ......."
"What! Full is also coming? "Mian Mian is very afraid of this little girl liar, she really follows her father, very domineering, although the person is cute, even this temperament is too lively.
"What about Uncle Yan Yi, are you going to the Central Plains today?"
Xiao Fu'er looked at his big blinking eyes, where he still didn't understand his thoughts, and crossed his hands on his hips: "Your mother is about to give birth to a sister for you, you can't run anymore." ”
"Aunt Xiaofu'er, you are the best, I will go out to see the sea, and I will definitely not run." He took Xiao Fu'er's hand and sprinkled Jiaojiao, Xiao Fu'er looked at it, and his heart softened: "Okay, then you go and come back quickly, don't be greedy." ”
"Okay." Mian Mian was about to run away when he heard the words, but before he stepped out of the gate of the Lin Mansion, he saw Yun Songyi coming over with Manman, and the toddler son of the Lin Fu family, hiding his face and wailing: "Why are there so many little children......"
"You're not a kid too." When Chu Xi came out of it, he saw that his legs were dishonest and wanted to run out.
As soon as Mian Mian heard Chu Xi's voice, he turned his head with a smile, but before he finished speaking, he looked at Lin Qingyu, who came with four or five subordinates, and began to retreat with wide eyes: "Dad, mother......"
Lin Qingyu bent his fox eyes, which were exactly the same as him, and laughed: "Lin Chang'an, did you blow up the small warehouse in the Liu family's Dongyuan next door?" ”
Mu Ming hurriedly came, and before he could breathe, he hurriedly said, "I blew it up." ”
"Who let go of the dog raised by Mrs. Liu's family on East Street?"
Reluctantly, Mu Ming hurriedly said, "It's me." ”
"Freshwater fish ...... raised by Master Huang on West Street"
Mu Ming: "It's my ......"
"The snake ...... that crawled into Miss Liu's house in South Lane"
Fine sweat appeared on Mu Ming's forehead: "It's still me ......"
"And ......" Lin Qingyu lined up one by one, he had only been gone for a few days, and he was reluctant to make a mess on the island.
Chu Xi looked at Mu Ming, then at Mian Mian, who lowered his head, and stepped forward and said gently: "Mian Mian, you are a man, how did your mother teach you?" ”
Mian Mian's little hand clenched tightly: "But mother, Mian Mian is afraid that his father will be angry." ”
Chu Ji looked back at Lin Qingyu, Lin Qingyu sighed helplessly, stepped forward to pick him up, pinched his round little face, and said, "If you don't know what you're wrong and make it again next time, Daddy will naturally be angry." ”
When Mian Mian heard this, he asked pitifully: "Then Mian Mian knows that he is wrong, won't Daddy be angry?" ”
"You mean, these are all made by you, not by Mu Ming?"
"Hmm." Reluctantly nodded, but he was relieved in his heart, anyway, his father said that he would not be angry......
But after he finished thinking about it, Lin Qingyu threw him to the attendant behind him: "Take it down, and be locked up for three days!" ”
Mian Mian looked confused, and said that he didn't care.
Chu Xi did not stop Lin Qingyu, and encouraged this child to be too clever since he was a child, sometimes he was too clever, and now if he is not guided correctly, he doesn't know what to do when he grows up.
"Reluctantly, think about what you did wrong." Chu Xi comforted softly, and looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Will the mother be reluctant because she is not obedient?" ”
"Naturally not."
"That's good." Hearing this, Mian Mian raised his fleshy little hand to wrap around Chu Xi's neck, rubbed her face with his little head, and said in a milky voice: "Mian Mian likes her mother the most." After a pause, he said: "I also like Daddy, I like Brother Mu Ming and Sister Minmin......"
"And me." He was dressed in a blue shirt, with silk flowers tied to his head, and a pair of big eyes full of curiosity.
Reluctantly glanced at her eyes, and hurriedly turned his head to let the guards hold her and confined her.
Chu Ji looked at the children with a gentle smile, let out a long sigh of relief, looked at Lin Qingyu, and said, "Since the children have been settled, when will we leave?" ”
"Naturally, now." After Lin Qingyu finished speaking, he hurriedly greeted someone: "Quick, set off immediately, don't let Lin Changan's stinky boy find out!" ”
Yun Songyi also bent his eyes and waved his arms happily: "Let's go!" ”
Mu Ming looked at the few adults who had been thinking about going out to play all day in the past few years, shook his head helplessly, and took the initiative to stay behind to take care of the noisy children.
When their backs were far away, they were about to turn around and leave, but Mian Mian and Yao'er had already come out with a small burden.
"You ......"
Yao'er hurriedly made a gesture of booing and said, "Let's go, let's go to the Central Plains." ”
"Nakahara?"
"Hehe, let's call the east and west, and the bottom of the kettle will be drawn." Mian Mian smiled slyly, watched the backs of Chu Xi and the others disappear, tightened the small burden on his body, and followed Yao'er to pull out a docile little mare that was no more than half a person tall from the stable, turned over and was about to get on the horse and leave.
Mu Ming had no choice but to step forward and pick up his tall horse, taking advantage of the fact that the people in the house were not paying attention, he took the two small ones directly to the outside of the house, listening to the cheers in his ears, his eyes were also bent, and the corners of his mouth were raised high.
When these children went out again, the old Hou Ye Lin Zhu laughed loudly, looked at Mrs. Hou beside him, and said, "Follow Qingyu or reluctantly?" ”
Mrs. Hou patted the gold, silver and jewelry of a carriage in the carriage and laughed: "Of course it is my precious grandson who follows me!" ”
"Okay, let's go!"