Wen Yi sat in front of the dressing table and combed her hair, in a good mood. She didn't have to go out today, she just stayed at home, she didn't comb any updo, she didn't wear a crown, so she sent the girls out, dressed herself up in person, pulled a fallen horse bun as she liked, and inserted a few hairpins inlaid with blood - Liu Dongxing once said that she had a fair complexion, and she looked particularly good when she wore red jewelry - and wore a pair of very red coral bead earrings, wiped a layer of light fat powder, and then picked out a pink silk flower and inserted it behind the bun.

She rarely dresses up so carefully on weekdays, but today she suddenly became interested, and even took out a begonia red embroidered gown to wear in order to match the jewelry on her head. This gown was originally made when she was newly married, the color is slightly too gorgeous, not quite in line with Wen Yi's usual preferences, since Liu Dongxing set out on the expedition, it has been pressed at the bottom of the box, and it is autumn now, and the summer gown is a little too thin, she didn't think about it, but at this moment she suddenly felt that it was the best to wear it. Hengzhu wants to stay at home today, as long as she is careful, there will be no chance of cold, so she put it on, and with an apricot-colored moonlight dress, the whole person is radiant, as delicate as a rose in May.

Liu Dongxing lifted the curtain, looked into the room, and when he saw her dress, he leaned against the door with a smile and said, "Yo, where did this fairy daughter come from?" How did you get to my house? ”

Wen Yi was a little embarrassed, lowered her head and blushed and said, "Won't it be too glamorous?" Or...... Shall I put on my usual clothes? ”

Liu Dongxing hurriedly shook his head: "It looks so good, let's wear it like this, we are newly married, and it is appropriate to wear it like this." He walked over and hugged her waist, leaned into his ear and lowered his voice: "This color makes you whiter, why don't you wear it like this at night?" ”

Wen Yi's face was red, her ears were hot, she lowered her head and was silent, and suddenly heard footsteps outside the door, followed by a voice that moistened her heart: "Uncle, big * milk, there is a guest coming." She hurriedly turned around and broke away from him, ran to the corner of the house, and then stomped her feet and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense, and don't be afraid to let people hear" Then she cleared her throat and raised her voice: "Who is coming?" ”

Liu Dongxing just smiled, and didn't care that there were people outside, so he came over and kissed her neck. Outside Runxin didn't know, and replied honestly: "It was Second Master Ning from the Bachelor's Mansion who came, saying that he came to visit the uncle's injury." ”

Wen Yi weakly slapped Liu Dongxing's back, and finally beat him to let go of himself, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and raised his voice: "I know, you asked Second Master Ning to be invited to the living room outside to serve tea, and Uncle and I will go over." Liu Dongxing hugged her waist and complained: "Brother Ning is really blind, and he doesn't look at what time this is coming, what are you doing here to disturb us?" Wen Yi's face turned red, and she slapped him again: "Don't talk nonsense, quickly change your clothes and go out to meet people" Liu Dongxing just hugged her and refused to move.

Runxin outside hesitated for a moment, suddenly blushed, turned his head and ran, and met Binglan and Hexiang with a soup cup in a smile, and stopped them: "You want to go to the room, don't enter the house first, report outside, and wait for the uncle's grandmother to say it's okay before going in." Bing Lan looked ignorant: "Why?" Hexiang tugged at her sleeve and smiled at Chong Runxin and said, "I know, sister, don't worry." Runxin blushed and went in the direction of the second gate.

Wen Yi heard it clearly in the house, ashamed and angry, and complained to Liu Dongxing: "It's all you, now the whole family knows what you and I are doing in the house, in broad daylight, and I am not afraid of other people's jokes, what kind of housekeeper will I have in the future?" ”

Liu Dongxing said nonchalantly: "What are you afraid of?" We are husband and wife, and we are in our own room, we can be intimate if we want, can others manage it? Whoever wants to gossip, call them to come to me. Wen Yi approached again and said with a smile: "Don't be ashamed, weren't you quite happy last night?" ”

Wen Yi was so ashamed that she almost lowered her head to the ground, gritted her teeth again, and gnashed her teeth: "In this case, how dare you say it so casually?" I'm not as thick-skinned as you."

Liu Dongxing smiled: "What is this?" You haven't seen it, I don't know how many more explicit words are in the barracks, and I've already considered the word. ”

Wen Yi glared at him, turned around and walked to Xinuan Pavilion, took out two small blue and white porcelain bottles from the top cabinet at the end of the kang, uncorked the bottles, poured some medicinal juice on Supa, and wiped them on his face.

Liu Dongxing shrank his head: "What is this for?" ”

Wen Yi said angrily: "You lied in front of the housekeeper yesterday, and if you want to go out to meet guests today, you naturally have to make this lie come true, otherwise you, the elder brother, will expose the brother on the spot as a liar, and your face is not good-looking."

Liu Dongxing smiled at this time, and smeared it on her face, and finally simply snatched the handkerchief from her hand and wrapped it around her wrist. He put on the coat handed over by Wen Yi again, then straightened his clothes slightly in front of the mirror, and winked at Wen Yi: "I'll go, wait until I send people away, let's continue when I come back." "Walk away.

Wen Yi's face was flushed, she stood there, neither walking, nor sitting, and finally her heart was crossed, she put the porcelain vase away, closed the cabinet, and calmly called someone: "Didn't I order me to make soup?" Where's the soup? ”

Liu Dongxing went to the outer hall, Liu Dongning had been waiting there for a while, holding the tea cup, as if he had something on his mind, as soon as he heard the footsteps, he looked up, but he was stunned.

Although Liu Dongxing is fine, it is true that he has suffered a lot of injuries, so his face is still a little pale, and he still has bandages around his wrists, and there is a faint smell of medicine on his body. Liu Dongning secretly screamed ashamed in his heart, in fact, he really thought that Liu Dongxing said that he was injured, but it was just an excuse.

The brothers met the ceremony, Liu Dongxing cordially beckoned Liu Dongning to sit down, and asked him about his health in the past few months, and apologized: "On your big day, my brother is far away in the border and can't rush back to congratulate him, I am really ashamed, and I ask Brother Ning not to be surprised." ”

Liu Dongning hurriedly said: "My brother is busy fighting for the country, how dare my brother blame him?" Besides......" Thinking of the family affair he married, he smiled bitterly, "What is the joy or not, it's just ......like this."

Liu Dongxing raised his eyebrows, but when he didn't hear anything, he greeted Liu Fu and his wife's body again, and said: "During dinner last night, the second uncle and second aunt sent a housekeeper to invite me to go, because there are still elders in the family, and the meal has already started, so I really can't go away." The second uncle and aunt didn't blame me, did they? Because my injuries have not healed, it is inconvenient to go out, Shangguan gave me a few days off, and when my injuries are better, I will come to the door to greet the second uncle and aunt, please Brother Ning Don't laugh at my brother's rudeness. ”

Liu Dongning naturally didn't laugh, and also said a few words of condolences, asking Liu Dongxing to recuperate from his injuries and not go out in a hurry. After he finished speaking, he hesitated again before saying, "Brother Xing, do you know...... My father is now a university scholar? ”

Liu Dongxing hurriedly said: "I have heard what your sister-in-law said, what is going on?" Although the name of a university scholar is decent, but other people's families are university scholars, and they have not delayed the serious messenger, how can the second uncle be this university scholar, but he lost the position of Shangshu? But he offended the Holy One again? ”

Liu Dongning didn't expect him to be so honest, so he stopped hesitating, and said directly: "Brother Xing can also see it?" At first, my younger brother didn't understand that after his father took the appointment, he was just secretly angry at home, but he refused to show it on his face. Until the past two months, there have been people in the court who have visited him, some say that he is derelict in his duties, some say that he is covering up corruption, and some even say that he is plotting against him...... The Holy One became colder and colder to his father day by day, but his father couldn't find the reason at all...... Originally, my father still had a few arms in the court, but somehow, now they are all estranged, and only the uncle of the Gu family is willing to associate with our family, but he was able to gain a firm foothold in the court by relying on his father's momentum, and he can't take care of it, so what can he help? My father always said that when Brother Nian Xing was there, he also helped him come up with ideas, so when he saw that you were back, he hurriedly asked you to go over and ask for advice, but he neglected the etiquette. Brother Xing, don't blame him. ”

Liu Dongxing was happy in his heart, but his face was not revealing at all, and he sighed: "This is too much to look up to me." I'm just a little military attaché, and if I ask about the war, what can I know about the court? Besides, I've just returned to the capital, and I don't know a lot about it. However, the second uncle and the saint have been in love with the monarch for many years, and it stands to reason that it shouldn't come to this point, what did the second uncle do? He has always been a pure minister in the past, and his status is stable, but in recent years, he has thought too much about it, but he has lost his former detachment, could the saint be annoyed with him because of this? ”

Liu Dongning was stunned when he heard this, where did he know this? can only say: "Since Brother Xing has an idea, why don't you help your father with details?" ”

Liu Dongxing said: "I don't know anything, how can I refer to it?" You are at home, haven't you heard anything from your second uncle? For example, he suddenly changed from a scholar to a scholar, there must be a reason, right? This appointment seems to be a promotion on the surface, but it can be seen that the saint still attached great importance to the second uncle at that time, so how could there be so many things behind? Did the second uncle accidentally do something wrong? ”

Liu Dongning thought about it again and again, and praised him for not paying attention to these things, but he really couldn't remember it, so he could only tell the confession he knew: "I really don't know the inside story, but ...... I heard my mother mention a few words, as if they had something to do with my aunt and uncle......"

"Dongping Palace?" Liu Dongxing raised his eyebrows, "I heard that the king of Dongping can't get along with the saint for the affairs of the domain, but isn't the second uncle rarely in contact with the palace?" How could he be implicated? ”

"I can't figure it out, in the past, the Queen Mother was always closer to our family in the face of her uncle, but now she is much colder. Mother complained of illness again, and she didn't enter the palace for more than a year to ask the Queen Mother for peace......" Liu Dongning blushed, knowing the reason for his mother's illness, "Originally, the Yao family still had dealings with our family, but in the past few months, they have even refused to accept the festival of the Mid-Autumn Festival on Qixi Festival." I once quietly asked an old servant who was married by my grandmother back then to go back to Yao's house to inquire, as if it was ......" He secretly glanced at Liu Dongxing, "It seems that the Queen Mother was angry that her aunt married into the royal family as a concubine as a concubine......"

Liu Dongxing interrupted him: "This can't be what happened back then, outsiders don't know about it, but since the Holy Lord has decreed marriage, how can he not know?" Besides, after the princess passed the door, even the eldest son was born, and it was only at this time that this kind of thing was mentioned, it was obviously deliberately causing trouble, not to mention, Mrs. Yao's wife had already straightened out to fill the house, if the princess and the second uncle said that they were step-family concubines, it was not impossible, who would be picky about such a trivial matter? Besides, if it's just for the princess and the second uncle's concubine, what will the Yao family do if they alienate you? After all, you are the flesh and blood of the Yao family, and they will be separated from you, unless you have disrespect for the Yao family."

Liu Dongning's face flushed, and he lowered his head sneeringly: "I guessed this, I can't really ...... it."

Liu Dongxing slowed down his face and said softly: "Brother Ning, how can things in the court be so simple?" The saint used to value the second uncle, is it because the second uncle is the descendant of the Liu family? Our Liu family does not have that decent second uncle will be alienated by the saint, there must be other reasons, if it is because of the Dongping Palace, you will tell the second uncle, when it is broken, it will be broken, don't be implicated. The king of Dongping is the saint's own sibling, and there is the queen mother in the palace. The king of Dongping has no domain, he is still a decent prince of the dynasty, and the dignity of the princess and the prince will not be compromised in the slightest, but don't commit the holy taboo because of this little thing, in the end, this is all a royal matter, we are foreign ministers, why bother to get involved? ”

Liu Dongning was very convinced, and only nodded yes. Liu Dongxing added another fire: "I was going to ask the second uncle and aunt for peace, since something like this happened to your family, it's better for me not to see the second uncle for the time being." Although I am just a small person, my subordinates also lead the soldiers, so that the saint knows that the second uncle is also related to the military power, wouldn't he be more and more suspicious? When this level passes, I will make amends to my second uncle. ”

Liu Dongning hesitated a little when he heard this, Liu Dongxing didn't wait for him to understand, and continued: "By the way, my appointment may come down soon, if you are still in Beijing, you have to ask for a few more days off, if you go abroad to serve as an official, then you have to arrange a trip, we have to go back to our hometown to worship our ancestors." It is said that you have been married for a few months, and you have not visited the ancestral hall, which is not in line with the clan rules, you go back and ask the second uncle and aunt, it is inconvenient to see the party, if it is convenient, it is better to go back with me. You can also take the opportunity to avoid the affairs of Kyori, if there is a ...... Going back to my hometown to study is also a way out. ”

Liu Dongning was stunned when he heard this, although he was already convinced, but he didn't dare to make a decision on such a big matter, and hurriedly said: "I'll discuss it with my father when I go back." After a pause, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother Xing, I used to read history books, and I have heard the words 'retreat as advance', you said that my father is in such a situation now, if he takes retreat as advance, and temporarily goes home to recuperate, will it make the saint change his mind?" ”

Liu Dongxing blinked and said with a smile: "This is also a method, but I can't say whether it's suitable or not, and the second uncle has to make his own decision." But don't talk about this kind of thing yourself, you don't have to ask the second uncle to scold you, wouldn't that be cheaper for your younger brothers? ”

Liu Dongning sighed secretly in his heart, but he was also a little grateful: "Thank you brother for mentioning it." ”

The brothers talked for a while, Liu Dongxing showed fatigue, Liu Dongning saw this and hurriedly said goodbye, Wen Yi got the letter in the inner courtyard, and had already made a gift and asked someone to send it out for Liu Dongning to take home.

Liu Dongning thanked him a lot, came out, and sighed secretly: "My brother and sister-in-law are really kind people, and my father and brother are really villains and have the belly of a gentleman." Then he found that he said that his father was a villain, and secretly said that he was ashamed, so he helped the little girl to get on the horse.

At this moment, a carriage came from outside Yangjiaer Hutong, stopped in front of him, and the curtain of the car was lifted, revealing the anxious and worried face of his wife Wen Xian, who was stunned: "Why are you here?" ”。.。

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