"A companion is like a tiger?" He looked down at me with a burning gaze: "You think so too?" ”

I just smiled and didn't answer his words.

In fact, this was originally a common saying in everyone's mouth, but for some reason, he became serious, looked into my eyes and said, "Why do you think so?" ”

I smiled faintly and said, "The emperor is high, and he can kill and kill with a word, even if the husband is in a high position, isn't it the same?" As soon as the emperor is happy, the reward is the high-ranking officials, if the emperor is not happy, he is afraid that he will be imprisoned and destroyed; How many people can afford such blessings and misfortunes, climbing high and falling heavy? ”

He looked at me, his eyes a little cold: "You say that, as if you don't want me to be an official?" ”

“……”

"Do you still want me to be an ordinary person?"

I thought for a while, smiled and said softly, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with being an ordinary person." ”

“……”

I raised my eyes to look at his uncertain expression, and said: "At least, I won't worry about it every day, I don't know when the emperor is unhappy, he may have to be punished or a catastrophe will come, my husband goes out every day, and I don't have to worry about you encountering the conspiracy and calculation of the court." How good it is for a family to live an ordinary life. ”

When he heard this, he didn't feel happy at all, his face sank slightly, and after a while, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he said, "What if I'm a poor man? It's only enough to eat a full stomach after hard work every day, and it's okay if you're so poor that your family is surrounded by walls? ”

I smiled and said, "It's good if your heart is not poor." ”

The smile on his face slowly faded, he said no more, closed his eyes and sat there motionless.

I don't know if he was suddenly angry or what, and I didn't speak again, and the two of them sat quietly in the carriage, listening to the monotonous sound of wheels, until they returned to the annex of the state capital.

As soon as the carriage stopped, he opened the curtain and walked down, and did not turn back to pick me up, but coldly left the sentence "Send Madame back to the room", and left without looking back.

I was helped out of the car by the driver and the people around me, looking at his back, frowning slightly, at this time Yang Yunhui was standing in the gate, about to say something, but it seemed that he also saw that his face was not good-looking, and he didn't say anything, just looked at him, and then looked at me, with an expression on his face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

At this time, Yuan Yichu had already entered the study and closed the door.

Yang Yunhui walked over with his arms crossed, looked at me with a smile, and said in a somewhat joking tone: "Madam, what's wrong with you and adults?" When I went out in the morning, I was still happy, why did I come back like this? ”

"I don't know." In fact, I was also a little depressed in my heart, but outside, I still had to take care of his face, and said: "I don't know what's going on, he's like this." ”

Yang Yunhui looked at the closed study door, looked at me again, and said with a smile: "I give my wife a piece of advice." ”

"What?"

"Adults are in high positions and have a lot of things to worry about, so don't worry about adults because of some meaningless little things. After all, Mrs. is in charge of family affairs, but there are only a dozen people, and adults are in charge of world affairs, not a dozen people can be counted. ”

After saying that, he left with a smile.

I stood in place and looked at Yang Yunhui's back, then turned my head to look at the closed door of the study, and felt a faint depression in my heart, and after a long time, I sighed and went back to the room.

Yuan Yichu had a cold war with me, and he didn't come to see me again after that, and he didn't have a word of explanation, although the cold war between me and him was only a housework, but his special status in Yangzhou, housework has become different. The entire Yangzhou Annex fell into a depressing atmosphere, and the people who came and went to do things were cautious in their words and deeds, and they didn't even dare to take a breath of atmosphere, and even the maids who came to serve me the next morning were cautious, as if they were afraid of provoking me.

Although I was not very happy, I had nothing to say to them, and after I had finished grooming, because I was going to take a boat later, they added another big coat to me, and a girl followed me and carried Li'er in her arms, and served me out of the door.

Walking outside the gate, there was already a convoy waiting here, this time Yuan Yichu and I did not sit in the same carriage, but separated, I didn't bother to pay attention to those things, so I got into the carriage by myself, the carriage was very well arranged, I sat inside with Li'er, listened to the commotion outside for a while, and finally started to walk.

The carriage walked along the long street for more than half an hour, arrived at the wharf, and before the curtain was opened, it smelled the fishy smell of river water in the air, and when he got off the car, he saw a vast smoke wave in front of him, and a tall ship stood in front of him, shrouded in a faint mist blown by the center of the river, like a mirage.

Everywhere on the wharf, there are guards guarding each other, and there are also many guards standing on the deck of the big ship.

This kind of formation is really a bit big, but Yuan Yichu is a Qincha who went south, which is not excessive.

I stood on the dock with Li'er in my arms, the wind was also stronger, and I frowned slightly, and hurriedly stretched out my hand to protect the child, at this time Yang Yunhui walked out of the crowd and said to me: "Madam, the adults arranged for you to get on the boat early and have a good rest." ”

"Where's your lord?"

"I'm still talking to the people in Yangzhou Mansion."

"Oh?" I glanced back, and sure enough, in front of another exquisite carriage, all the officials at all levels of the Yangzhou Mansion walked up cautiously, bowed inside, and I didn't bother to listen to the scenes of officialdom, so I nodded, Yang Yunhui waved his hand, and a few guards and maids immediately came out of the surroundings to serve me on the boat.

I was walking forward, and halfway there, I suddenly heard some strange sounds from the crowd behind me, and I looked back again.

Yuan Yichu had already gotten out of the carriage at this time, and those officials all came up, all with flattering expressions on their faces, and one of the officials with the highest rank said something with a smile, and with a wave of his hand, he saw several young and pretty women behind him walking up, hugging a tall and beautiful woman in front of him, and Ying Ying bowed down.

I frowned, stopped, and heard Jiang Feng send the woman's soft voice: "Meet Lord Qincha." ”

The official smiled flatteringly: "My lord, this is the most famous dancing girl in Yangzhou - Mei Niang, her dancing posture is a must in the south of the Yangtze River." This time, the adults came to Yangzhou, and the lower officials and others failed to entertain the adults well, so they let her serve the adults all the way back to Beijing, and they could also relieve the boredom of the adults on the way. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Yichu looked down at the woman and said, "Raise your head." ”

The dancing girl called Mei Niang slowly raised her head, revealing a snow-white melon seed face, a pair of beautiful eyebrows as thin as spring willows, and a pair of affectionate eyes below, although it is not stunning, but it has a bit of Jiangnan women's unique charm, graceful posture, convex, just standing there, clothes in the wind, revealing an indescribable temptation.

The corners of Yuan Yichu's mouth hooked up a faint smile, and he glanced at those officials: "I have a heart." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

He glanced at the eyebrow girl again, smiled, and said, "Get on the boat." ”

After saying that, all the officials knelt down to greet him, and I looked at him, and then at the delicate figure behind him, and without saying anything, I continued to walk towards the boat.

When I got on the ship, I found that there was a hole in the sky, not only did it have exquisite and comfortable cabins, but also a hall for watching songs and dances, and a study room for handling official business, as if a mansion had been moved on the ship.

As soon as I got on board, someone came to meet me and served me into my cabin.

The cabin was very comfortable, and I carefully placed the child in a cradle at the head of the bed, and after so long in the carriage, I was already sleepy, and after sucking my little finger, I fell asleep, while I sat at the head of the bed, feeling only tired.

Leaning on the head of the bed, listening to the noise outside, I fell asleep unconsciously, and when I woke up, I was woken up by the sound of Li'er crying loudly in the cradle, I hurriedly walked over to pick up the child and coaxed it, and there was already a maid outside the door and said softly: "Madam, madam? ”

My head was still a little drowsy, so I could only sit back on the edge of the bed with the baby in my arms and say, "Come in." ”

The two maids walked in, saw my tired face, and Li'er was crying, and hurriedly asked, "Madame, is there anything wrong with you?" ”

"It's fine." I smiled, Li'er just cried probably because she woke up and didn't see me, so she yelled, I hugged her and patted gently, while whispering in her ear, the child was also well-behaved, and quickly stopped crying, sobbing and pulling my clothes, with a look of grievance on my little face.

The maid asked me again, "Madame has rested for so long, but do you want to have dinner?" ”

I asked, "Did I sleep for a long time?" ”

"Well, it's been a long time."

"It's been a long time?" I turned my head to look out the window, but no, it was already dark outside the window, and the ship had already left the port, and the sound of gurgling water was ringing in my ears, like the sound of a river.

I smiled: "I've really slept for so long, no wonder I'm a little hungry, so you can just bring me some soup and rice." ”

"Yes."

The two agreed, one stayed to take care of me, the other turned around and opened the door to go out, as soon as I opened the door, I heard a commotion outside, just now Li'er had been crying and didn't pay attention, as if someone was talking about something on the other side of the cabin, I asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The two maids looked at each other and said, "Madame, go over and have a look." ”

Seeing their expressions, as if something was difficult to say, I thought about it, put Li'er back in the cradle, and asked one to stay and take care of the child, and let the other follow me out the door.