Pei Yuanxiu was silent for a while, and said slowly: "It's much better." ”

"That's good."

Li'er breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Li'er was frightened yesterday, I saw Aunt Ruoshi so uncomfortable, and I thought she was going to be like last time." ”

I glanced at her, but she seemed to suddenly remember something, pursed her lips, and then turned and leaned to the window.

The atmosphere has still not been eased in any way.

Pei Yuanxiu and I sat quietly opposite each other, even if his eyes were gentle and his breath was calm, it could not bring any comfort at this moment, on the contrary, the sound of the monotonous wheels hitting the stone road made this already boring journey incomparably longer and more boring.

Fortunately, no matter how long the journey is, there is an end.

When we finally heard the sound of the river surging in the distance, and the carriage stopped, Pei Yuanxiu got out of the carriage first, and after he hugged Li'er, he turned around and stretched out his hand to me.

I reached out, was held tightly by him, and then got out of the car half-helped and half-hugged.

As soon as I stood still, I looked up and saw a ship docked on the pier. Unlike the few huge sea ships that docked yesterday, this one is smaller, but the sophistication and comfort are more than that. From the bow to the stern of the boat, there were guards lined up neatly, looking particularly solemn, and when Li'er looked up, he immediately opened his eyes in surprise and said "wow".

She turned around and asked, "Is that what came to pick me up?" ”

Pei Yuanxiu and I were both silent for a moment, and then nodded.

At this time, I saw a team of people walking down from the boat, and Wu Yanqiu.

When he saw the two of us, he smiled and stepped forward to salute: "I've seen my son, I've seen my wife." ”

Pei Yuanxiu also bowed his hand: "Lord Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

I smiled at him too.

I'm not surprised that Wu Yanqiu is still staying in Jiangnan now, and I'm not surprised that he came to this dock to greet Li'er today, after all, Pei Yuanhao's approach yesterday has actually greatly exceeded, you must know that if you were on the dock yesterday, even if there was a person, wielding a knife, or shooting a cold arrow, he could kill this Ninety-Five Supreme!

Perhaps, sometimes, there is no way to regulate some things with etiquette, reason, or human status, or any kind of rules, after all, what he saw was his daughter who had been separated for many years.

But, after sobering up, I guess he returned to Yangzhou last night, must have been asked by some old ministers, old scholars to kneel, after all, the emperor is the foundation of the country, he is in danger like this, although life and death is a person's business, but the life and death of the emperor will implicate the situation in the Central Plains in the future, and it is more likely to implicate the life and death of thousands of people.

So today, he obviously came to his senses and didn't go to this dock by himself.

Even, I don't guarantee that he will be on this ship.

After Wu Yanqiu greeted us, he leaned down and smiled gently at Li'er: "Miss Li, please get on the boat." ”

Li'er nodded, but did not step forward immediately, but raised his head to look at us, and said, "Daddy wants to go together?" ”

Pei Yuanxiu shook his head.

"Why?"

"Daddy has a lot of things to do, and I don't have time to play today."

"Oh......"

Li'er pouted with some regret, and then turned to look at me.

But before she could speak, Wu Yanqiu next to her had already stepped forward with a smile and asked, "Madam, do you want to go together?" ”

“……”

I was stunned.

Originally, the rhetoric I prepared was almost the same as Pei Yuanxiu's, Li'er was going out to play, and it was inevitable that we would both go together, and it was almost inevitable, it was impossible for Pei Yuanxiu and I to set foot on the boundary of Yangzhou again, especially when Pei Yuanhao was in Yangzhou!

But now, it was not Li'er who invited me, but Wu Yanqiu.

No, not even Wu Yanqiu!

He's just a waiter, and he can't do his part, so it's Pei Yuanhao who asked him to pick him up, so of course it's Pei Yuanhao who let him open this mouth!

My face sank.

Not only me, but Pei Yuanxiu's face also sank slightly.

And Li'er, who was standing on the side, didn't feel the entanglement change at all, but said to me happily: "Yes, does my mother want to go together?" ”

"I ......"

"Yangzhou is fun, when I was in Yangzhou with my third uncle before, I saw a lot of interesting things and a lot of delicious food."

“……”

"Mother, can you go together?"

Feeling her hand on my sleeve and gently shaking it twice, I didn't speak, just slowly raised my head and looked at the ship docked by the dock.

On the bow of the ship, there seemed to be a person standing behind the guards in the palace, but he did not stand in the most dazzling position on the bow of the ship as he had done on the huge sea ship before, but stood quietly behind the crowd, peering at everyone on the dock with his dark and deep eyes.

Perhaps, just one person.

I settled down, and then smiled and said to Li'er, "Mother is not going." ”

"Why?"

"Because, there are still a lot of things that need to be dealt with by my mother in the house, and after leaving for so long, my mother has to do it."

"Oh......"

Li'er pouted again and looked at me again: "Isn't it okay for a day?" ”

I smiled and shook my head, "Not really. ”

Li'er sighed.

I reached out and rubbed the top of her head, then raised my head to Wu Yanqiu on the side, smiled and said, "Along the way, I will bother Lord Wu to take care of Li'er." ”

He glanced at me with a complicated expression, but immediately smiled: "Madame is serious, and the matter of leaving Miss should be the first priority." ”

I smiled and told Li'er "Don't cause trouble to others" and "Don't run around", she listened to them one by one, agreed, and then asked me: "Then, will my mother and father wait here for Li'er to come back?" ”

"Of course," I said, and also glanced up at Wu Yanqiu: "Mother and Daddy will pick you up here, you remember to promise your mother, you won't run around, and you will definitely come back obediently." ”

Wu Yanqiu understood my voice, and stepped forward with a smile: "Son and Mrs., please rest assured, the master has already ordered, today's official affairs are piled up in the study, and they will be dealt with on time." ”

“……”

It means that it is a private matter to accompany the child, but private affairs will not disturb the time for him to deal with his state affairs after the end of the day.

After receiving such a guarantee, I can't say that I was completely relieved, I was somewhat relieved, and then Li'er followed Wu Yanqiu, I watched her walk on the huge sampan, and a few very young, but smart-looking maids came to serve her, and as soon as she boarded the boat, a familiar hand came out of the boat, and reached out to hold her little hand.

It's Pei Yuanhao.

Looking at him from afar, he changed into a blue and white robe today, with a jade-colored belt around his waist, and a jade pendant that he couldn't see the shape underneath, and even held a moonlight fan in one hand. It was a dress that I had almost never seen when I had been around him for so many years, and it looked extraordinarily leisurely, but it was a wonderful sense of disconnection from his usual calm and introverted, even with a bit of gloomy and ruthless temperament.

However, maybe it's because when he looks down at Li'er, his eyes are too gentle, and when he looks at Li'er and smiles, his smile is too gentle, and he is not too abrupt when he is dressed like this.

They both looked at each other and smiled, then they both turned back to look at us on the dock.

Pei Yuanxiu and I stood on the pier, neither of us spoke for a while, just looked at them quietly, until Li'er held him with one hand and waved the other hand happily at us, I barely smiled a little and waved at her.

Pei Yuanxiu on the side also waved his hand.

Then, as the two of us put our hands down, his hand slowly reached over and took mine.

The eyes of the man on the boat were still dark and deep, and he couldn't see any change in his expression at this moment, only after the people around him stepped forward to say something, he took Li'er by the way, turned around and walked towards the cabin.

When he finally looked back at us, Pei Yuanxiu took my hand and used a slight force.

The boat slowly turned around and headed towards Yangzhou.

We on the dock, still standing there silently, I watched the boat get farther and farther away, and the boatman's horn on the bow of the ship gradually disappeared into the murmuring of the river, and after a while, on the wide river, the boat was only a small shadow, moving forward in the thousands of sparkling waves reflected in the sunlight.

At this time, Pei Yuanxiu turned his head to look at me and said softly, "Let's go back." ”

I didn't speak, and after a few more looks, the ship had disappeared into the mist.

Only then did I look back at him and nod my head slightly.

The hand he was holding me didn't let go, and at this time, he kept leading me to turn around and walk, and the two of them walked until they came to the carriage, and he still held my hand with one hand, and supported my waist with the other, and helped me into the carriage.

Then, he himself came up.

Soon, the coachman raised his whip and whistled loudly in the air, and the carriage began to move forward slowly, the wheels clattering against the stone pavement, and the sound of the clatter was incessant.

But this time, without the fuss of Li'er, without her involvement in the middle, he and I sat on one side of the carriage, which was already very wide, and a large space was vacated in the middle, as if something intangible, nameless, ran between the two of us.

Invisible, and famous, is silence.

I felt like he had something to say to me, and I had a lot of questions to ask him, but it seemed like both sides were waiting for each other to speak first, and it was a stalemate.

Everyone wants to break, but no one does.