Shen, the shadow of the candle has dimmed, the crying child has sunk into a sweet dream, and a mother who hums softly is still waiting quietly.

In those long years, Su Wanzhen has been waiting for her husband's return with her life. And when the long-lost husband came to his side, they didn't even have time to say a few words of gossip, and the posts of the visits of the officials of the DPRK and China kept coming in.

If you change the wind and strength, you can make your temperament disappear, or find a way to dodge, but Lu Dongli needs to take care of the overall situation everywhere, he has military power outside, even if he doesn't have the ability to close the relationship with the important ministers of the court, he must not offend people. As a result, the warm moment of reunion between the husband and wife after a long absence was destroyed again. He had to come forward to socialize, Su Wanzhen was inconvenient to meet guests, but their home was too small, not as deep as the wealthy Gao Valve, and there was a difference between inside and outside. Su Wanzhen had to take the child back to her bedroom and close the door to avoid suspicion.

The noise outside, shouting and laughing, made people upset, but she was not annoyed, but she was secretly worried about her husband. Although their husband and wife do not care about luxury and wealth, they welcome guests in such a cold courtyard, which is only afraid that people will look down on them and hurt their husband's face.

Although before the husband went home, he had expected that this kind of thing might happen, and he quickly hired a few servants to respond to the emergency, but he was still worried that the greeting was not thoughtful enough, and he was unable to run the house, which made people despise the husband.

Thinking like this, she couldn't sit still, but fortunately, her beloved son cried from time to time, which divided her mind and made her less worried. I had to gently hold the toddler and pat it lovingly, and hum a song quietly.

In this way, the night was kept deep, and the candles were about to run out, and when the children fell asleep, the noise outside gradually faded, and there were distant footsteps, and some people said goodbye loudly. I think these officials, big and small, should also be gone, and the husband should also send the guests out of the door at this time. Then she put down the child, opened the door, summoned Shen'er over, and told her to go and prepare hot water immediately.

Lu Dongli cheered up. When the last official was sent out of the door, he was actually so tired that his bones were about to fall apart.

He was called back to Beijing, all the way to the horse, Xiaoxing overnight, when he arrived in the capital, he immediately entered the palace, wore a full set of formal clothes to meet the driver, went to the banquet, the banquet in the palace is easy to go, eat a meal, the stomach must not be full. People must be tired enough, and the subsequent solo performance is even more exhausting. I finally got home, and I didn't have time to take a breath. A large number of customers came to the door one after another. In order to show politeness and respect, he had to dress up again, talk and laugh and drink, and finally hold on until everyone was gone, and he felt more tired than guarding the city for three days.

People are tired like this, of course, they want to take a good rest, and naturally walk to the bedroom. The door opened as he approached. Under the candlelight, the gentle woman chuckled and asked, "I'm back." ”

Lu Dongli smiled slightly. Step into the room.

Su Wanzhen raised her hands and gently undressed him, her face was in the light, with a faint warmth: "Are you tired?" ”

"It's fine."

With that pair of gentle hands, he went to the hairpin for him and took off the crown: "You have made meritorious contributions to the country, and you should have guests like clouds." ”

"In fact, it's just the usual correspondence of officialdom, I have some slight merit today, the emperor intends to reward it, and they will inevitably come to catch up with the excitement, come over to set up friendships, recount the past, and give some gifts by the way. Just now, some people said that my house is too small, not in line with the general atmosphere, there are too few servants, and I have lost the style of a scholar, and I insist on choosing a mansion for me and accepting servants......"

laughed so lightly, resounding in the warm room: "You must have to refuse, if you really want to live in such a big house, and don't accept a bunch of servants, I'm afraid that we won't even be able to clean it, and our officials will really not be enough." ”

"I'm going to refuse, but it's really hard to refuse."

With such a slender hand, he untied his belt, went to his long coat, wrung out the hand towel in hot water with his own hands, and watched him wash away the dust and exhaustion on his face.

"Speaking of which, before you come back, people often come to the door to give gifts."

Lu Dongli let out a low "oh".

"After you have won a battle and made meritorious contributions, some relatives in the past will inevitably come and go often, and some local officials who are said to be the same year or have served together with you will also come to give gifts. By the way, His Royal Highness King Rui has also sent people to give heavy gifts many times. Su Wanzhen raised her head and smiled, "I'm not good at being too face-saving, those who are delicate and worthless, I accepted them, and the valuables were returned to the original owner." ”

Her smile was serene and serene, as if there had never been many, many years of separation, and this night was exactly the same as any night they had spent together before.

She always waited for him until late at night, never complained, no matter how late he returned to the room, she just smiled faintly and asked, are you back?

He always smiled slightly, and she gently asked him if he was tired.

She always served him to change his clothes and groom him, and took care of him to sleep peacefully.

Every night, she was like this, undressing and washing him, and talking softly to him.

Year after year, he was busy with government affairs, worried about the people's family and country, and many times, a whole day, getting along and talking with his wife was just a few words in the morning and evening.

However, every day, every night, she treats him as gently and attentively as ever.

Tonight, it seems, is no different from any other night before.

She undressed him, she washed his dust, she was tired for him, she was worried about him.

After such a long separation, she never cried bitterly, she did not rush to say goodbye, she refused to tell how much she missed and was lonely, she didn't even dare to indulge herself, and greedily looked at his face a few more times.

She didn't want any overly agitated behavior to make him feel the slightest bit guilty and uneasy.

It was as if nothing had happened, all the time had not passed, and she was doing what she used to do for her husband every night. Seeing that Lu Dongli had washed his face and cleaned his hands, he smiled and pushed him to sit down, squatted down and took off his boots for him.

All the time, what she said, Lu Dongli should do anything, what she wanted to do, Lu Dongli cooperated with her, but his eyes were firmly fixed on her from beginning to end.

She kept her head down and busied, but she didn't notice it.

It was only at this time that Lu Dongli gently stretched out his hand and stroked his wife's long hair as gently as water, and his voice was low and soft: "Wanzhen, in the past two years, I have suffered you." ”

Su Wanzhen's movements suddenly stiffened, and then slowly, she gently leaned her head on Lu Donglian's thigh, and for a long time, she didn't move again.

She had no voice, no movement. There was only something lukewarm, quietly soaking through the soft fabric. The hot temperature made Lu Dongli's voice tremble slightly: "Wanzhen." ”

And she, without answering.

She just kept the same posture of kneeling at her husband's lap and leaned her head on his lap, where there was such tangible warmth.

East Fence, East Fence, you're back. You're finally back.