"When was the princess born?"

Chu Yuan curled his lips, "Before and after the Lantern Festival." ”

Jiang Ni told him that due to the special constitution of men, basically the child is mature at eight months, and it can give birth in September.

Su Ruhe smiled slightly.

A large part of the reason why he agreed to Nie Siran to come to Xiangcheng was because he learned that Chu Yuan was here.

"Can I wait for the princess to give birth to the baby before leaving?" Su Ruhe turned his head and asked hesitantly.

He was very curious about the baby that Chu Yuan was carrying.

Before that, he had never known that men could have children.

For this reason, he also went to search for ancient books, but there was no record of a man giving birth to a child in the book.

After thinking about it, Su Ruhe guessed that it should be related to the princess's personal physique, and he wanted to know very much what this baby was like.

Nie Siran stared at his amber light-colored eyes, "You can stay as long as you want, and I'll take you to Xiangcheng to play at this time." ”

Chu Yuan also hoped that he could stay longer, and he was concerned: "When Su Gongzi left Yancheng, do you have any documents to pass through the city?" ”

Lu Guo clearly stipulated that local officials were not allowed to leave their territories without authorization, and they had to obtain documents to pass through the city.

"Nope." Su Ruhe said in his slow and calm tone, without the slightest nervousness or fear in his words.

Nie Siran: "It's okay, wait for the prince to come back, and let the prince make one for him." ”

"Okay." Chu Yuan stood up and said with crooked eyebrows: "Big brother and Su Gongzi will rest for a while, and I will go to find my grandfather, he is listening to the play in the backyard." ”

"Well, do I want to send you there?" Nie Siran stared at his stomach and stood up as he spoke.

"No, they're all there." Chu Yuan laughed softly, although his belly became bigger, his limbs were still slender and well-proportioned, and when he walked out, his back was slender and his temperament was warm.

When I went out, there were snowflakes falling outside again.

Le Shu tied his cloak, and when he raised his eyes, he found that Chu Yuan was looking at the thick snow under the steps with his eyes down.

"Does the princess miss the princess?" Leshu looked at him and asked in a low voice.

Chu Yuan stretched out his foot and touched the white snow with his toes, and the sound drifted down with the falling snow and blew away in the cold wind.

"I haven't heard from you for five days......"

Leshu: "The prince must be on the way back, maybe he was delayed by something, but the slave believes that the prince will definitely come back." ”

Chu Yuan exhaled a white breath, and there was no smile on his face, "Maybe." ”

He knew that he shouldn't be in a hurry, but he couldn't help but think about the days in his heart.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Nie's Mansion became particularly lively.

After lunch, the family gathered in the hall, Nie Yanwen and Nie Xuxing were writing couplets, Chu Yuan accompanied Jiang Ni to cut window flowers, and Nie Siran hung red lanterns in front of the door.

Su Ruhe's hands were injured, and Jiang Ni asked him to supervise Nie Siran and asked him not to hang the lantern crookedly.

In the evening, everyone sat together to make dumplings again.

Nie Siran put a copper plate beside Su Ruhe.

"You help me watch the dumplings, Daddy steals my dumplings every time."

Jiang Ni raised his eyebrows and strongly condemned, "I took it to cook and feed it to the dog, and wrapped it so embarrassed to serve it?" ”

Nie Xuxing washed his hands and walked over, "Xiao Su, you help us keep an eye on it, don't let him put the dumplings on our side." ”

Su Ruhe straightened his back, which made him pay more attention than the first time he stood in front of Emperor Hongjia.

"Okay."

The feeling was unfamiliar and made him a little uncomfortable.

Everyone was talking and laughing about making dumplings, and the atmosphere was relaxed, only he quietly put his legs together and sat in a somewhat restrained posture.

Directly opposite him, sat Nie Yanwen.

The Prime Minister, who was not smiling and solemn and cold, was making dumplings with flour on his hands at the moment, and secretly stuffed small copper coins into Chu Yuan's hands.

The grandparents and grandchildren got together and put the copper wallet into the dumplings, as if no one had found it, and deliberately marked the dumplings, Su Ruhe saw clearly, the creases of the dumplings wrapped in copper coins were slightly different from other dumplings.

"What's the fuss?" A flour-stained hand suddenly reached over and wiped it on the right side of his face.

The white face instantly turned into a little flower cat, and he stared at Nie Siran with a quiet face.

"Make your dumplings well, don't bully others." Jiang Ni took out a brocade to help Su Ruhe wipe it clean, and turned his head and slapped Nie Siran.

"Xiao Su's hand is still injured, I can't beat you, I'll bake it for Xiao Soda."

Nie Siran slapped his father, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a light smile flashing on Su Ruhe's face.

Nie Siran waited for a while, and when everyone else was chatting, no one paid attention to this side, he leaned towards Su Ruhe, tilted his head and winked at him, smiling casually.

"Master Su, my father never beat me, he slapped me for you, what do you say?"

Su Ruhe: "I think Uncle Jiang did the right thing. ”

"We are also friends who share adversity and adversity, why do you turn your elbow out?"

Chu Yuan inadvertently raised his eyes, and saw that the two of them were very close, Nie Siran had a smile in his eyes, and he was talking to tease Su Ruhe, but he didn't know what he whispered, Su Ruhe's face seemed to be forbearing, and he pursed his mouth and ignored him.

He smiled, lowered his head and quietly made dumplings.

In the evening, the wind and snow became heavier and heavier, and the north wind howled outside the house, leaving only a white expanse between the sky and the earth.

At three o'clock, Nie Siran came back covered with snowflakes.

"How?" Nie Xu walked forward and asked urgently.

Nie Siran knocked down the snowflakes on his body and said in a low voice: "No, the soldiers guarding the city ran for thirty miles and didn't see anyone." ”

Nie Xuxing's eyes sank.

Nie Siran also put away his usual smiling face, and the corners of his mouth pursed slightly, "When I came back, the city gate was already closed. ”

When the words fell, the whole room looked at Chu Yuan worriedly.

Lu Ronghuai did not come back.

This cognition was clearly imprinted in everyone's minds, but they didn't dare to say this sentence in front of Chu Yuan.

"Let's eat, don't wait for him." Chu Yuan stood up with the table, turned around and walked towards the dining room alone.

Before eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, according to custom, each person had to eat an even-numbered bowl of dumplings, and Jiang Ni brought Chu Yuan a bowl, which contained four.

"Yuanyuan, try it." Jiang Ni sat beside him, "You don't have to finish eating, just take every bite, and keep your stomach for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." ”

Chu Yuan stared at the four dumplings with different shapes in the bowl and smiled.

"Okay."

He picked up the dumpling and bit it down, and his teeth bit a hard object, which was a copper coin.

"Wow, Yuanyuan is so blessed, Yuanyuan will definitely be happy all year round this year, and good luck will always accompany him." Jiang Ni waited for him to spit out the copper coin, and after seeing the inscription on the copper coin, he patted Nie Xuxing on the shoulder.

"Here's your copper coin, hurry up."

Nie Xu Xing took out a palm-sized brocade box from his sleeve according to his words.

"This is a peace buckle made by my own hands, and I give us a blessed Ah Yuan, who is safe every year."

"Thank you, father, I love it." Chu Yuan took it, and his autumn eyes could not hide his smile.

After that, he ate two more copper coins.

They are Jiang Ni and Nie Yanwen's.

Jiang Ni directly gave him a box of gold beads, and Nie Yanwen gave him a precious one-of-a-kind book.

After eating a meal, Chu Yuan received the most gifts.

He looked at the gift boxes on the table, and his heart felt as if it had been filled, and it was about to overflow.

In the warm room, everyone sat together to celebrate the New Year, drinking tea and chatting with melon seeds, talking about the interesting things they had experienced, and bursts of laughter sounded.

Chu Yuan looked at the picture in front of him, and there was a faint wetness in his eyes.

"Yuanyuan, why are you crying?" Jiang Ni hurriedly put down the teacup.

Jiang Ni paid special attention to him tonight, he was making a cup of tea, and when he turned around again, he saw Chu Yuan lowering his head, and a crystal teardrop quickly fell on the hem of his clothes.

If it weren't for his sharp eyes, he probably wouldn't have found this tear.

"What's wrong?" Nie Xuxing also walked towards him, "Are you feeling unwell?" Don't be hard, you have a big belly, follow us to keep vigil and hurt your body. ”

"Yes, Ah Yuan, don't keep vigil, go to bed early."

"Xiao Ni gives Yuanyuan a pulse."

Chu Yuan raised his hand to wipe away the tears in his eyes, and a soft smile flashed in his clear eyes, "It's okay, I'm just so happy, don't worry about me." ”

Nie Siran was helpless, "Why are you still crying happily?" ”

Chu Yuan: "This Chinese New Year's Eve is very happy, with everyone with me, in the past, every year for the New Year, it was me and Leshu, this year...... It's like in a dream, and happiness makes me feel unreal. ”

Leshu stood behind him and nodded vigorously.

They live a very lonely life every year, with no red envelopes, no blessings, no Chinese New Year's Eve rice and dumplings...... There were only two people looking at the moon in the sky, telling stories to pass the night.

"Every year after that, we'll spend it together." Nie Xuxing didn't expect this kid to have such a hard time, and after glancing at Jiang Ni, he silently thought in his heart that he would be doubly good to him in the future and make up for the suffering he had suffered over the years.

Chu Yuan was really embarrassed now, he hid behind Jiang Ni with a red face.

"After pregnancy, my emotions are a little uncontrollable, let's continue to chat, I really don't have to worry about me."

"Okay, let's drink some water, and if you're sleepy, go to sleep first."

"Daddy, I'm not sleepy, I want to keep vigil with you, okay?" Chu Yuan hugged Jiang Ni's arm and made a rare squeeze.

Jiang Ni couldn't resist at all, and according to his wishes, he also brought cards to pass the time.

As soon as the time comes.

The outside instantly became lively, and all the people who were keeping the New Year ran out and began to set off firecrackers and fireworks in their yards, laughing and celebrating the arrival of the New Year.

Fireworks all over the city rose in the air, blooming one by one, making the night gorgeous, and under the white snow in winter, the sound of prayers was heard in the ears.