Is the emperor cremated today?

Chapter 7

"Husband, when did I become so weak that you are so worried that you don't want me to go out?"

It was meant as a joke, but it made Fang Shuhuai stunned, and an inexplicable bitter feeling arose in his heart, which made him not know how to answer her.

Seeing that he seemed to be in a daze, she pulled his arm and said, "Why are you in a daze again! Did you hear what I said?"

He shook his head, looked up into the distance, his voice was a little hoarse because of the long-lasting bitterness, "Perhaps that time I fell into the water really scared me!"

Seeing that he was a little depressed, she was even more puzzled. She just fell into the water and was immediately rescued. She woke up the next day, so how could he be so scared?Did something else happen that she didn't know about?

"Husband, do you have something to hide from me?" She hesitated and asked tentatively.

Hearing this, he smiled, afraid that she would think too much, so he leaned over and whispered in her ear: "Yes, I just want to lock you up so that only I can see it."

After speaking, he printed a kiss on the shiny earlobe.

Xu Miaoyin shivered, and raised her eyes shyly to see if the two girls behind her had seen it. Fortunately, the two girls lowered their heads, as if they hadn't seen the scene just now.

But Yuchun and Yuqiu, with their heads down, couldn't help feeling in their hearts: They didn't see anything, they didn't see the master kissing the girl, and they didn't see the girl hitting the master's chest with a small fist.

Fang Shuhuai held her shy little fist with one hand, and pulled her forward, hoping that this quiet moonlit night would be longer.

And Xu Miaoyin, who was distracted, didn't think of the doubt that arose in her heart anymore.

In the afternoon of the next day, the carriage was prepared outside the gate of Xu's mansion, and the two masters were only waiting for the two masters to pedal.

Qin Zhan stood aside, always feeling that someone was watching him, and when he turned his head, he saw the driver smiling at him honestly, and said, "Hey, Qin Zhan!"

Qin Zhan looked at him without moving, waiting for his next words.

The coachman Fushou laughed so obscenely, he really looked like Boss Qin, he couldn't hold back a word with three sticks!
Qin Zhan's ears twitched, and he looked towards the gate, and saw Fang Shuhuai and his wife leaving the gate hand in hand, and his wife was wearing a veiled hat.

Looking at the street not far away, Xu Miaoyin felt a long-lost feeling.

During the years when Xu's family had an accident, she was busy running around asking for advice, and it had been a long time since she walked the streets so leisurely.

Fang Shuhuai wanted to help her into the carriage, but saw her sideways looking at the street for a long time, the veiled hat blocked his sight, making him unable to see her expression clearly at the moment.

That sense of uncertainty made him tense his body and clenched his fists, wanting to turn around and take her back to the mansion.

Fortunately, Xu Miaoyin only thought about it for a moment, and helped him get on the carriage without noticing his strangeness.

Fang Shuhuai took a deep breath, relaxed his tense body, and stepped into the carriage.

When Xu Miaoyin entered the carriage, she realized that although the entire carriage was spacious, there was only one vent through the door that came in, and the usual small windows of the carriage were closed.

Is this a new style popular in Yangzhou City after I haven't been out for a long time?

After Fang Shuhuai came in and sat down, and ordered Fushou to go, she asked, "Is this carriage a new style? Why doesn't it even have a small window?"

Fang Shuhuai flashed his eyes, smiled and said: "That's right, the ladies are afraid of the sun, so they sealed up the small windows, and worried about the stuffiness, so they put ice under the seat to keep it cool. Not afraid of getting sunburned."

Although it is a bit cooler with ice, why do I always feel that he is talking nonsense?

Seeing his frank face, he didn't ask any more questions, what kind of carriage should he take.

The corners of Qin Zhan's mouth twitched slightly as he rode along with him all the way, and couldn't help feeling his stomach, what a popular style, this is the result of his hard work all night!

The carriage swayed all the way, passed through the busy city, and arrived at the canal pier.

Most of the workers on the wharf sell their labor for a living, and most of them are strong laborers from their families who work here. Not far away, there is a thin figure asking the foreman if he can work here.

The foreman saw that he was thin and thin, with little flesh in his arms, so he wanted to dismiss him casually, but he didn't want the young man to be stubborn, saying that his sister was dying of illness and begging him to take him in. The foreman got impatient and asked someone to take him in. The young man pushed away, and while struggling, the young man almost ran into the carriage of Xu Miaoyin and the others.

Fortunately, Fushou pulled the reins in time, so that the thin young man did not die under the horse's hooves, but the carriage suddenly stopped, causing Xu Miaoyin in the carriage to bump into the wall of the carriage suddenly.

In the carriage, Fang Shuhuai held Xu Miaoyin's body steady, watched her rubbing her forehead, and saw that her full forehead was instantly bruised, her eyes turned cold instantly, and asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"

Cold sweat broke out on Fushou's forehead, and he replied, "My lord, a beggar bumped into me suddenly."

Sudden?Hmph, it was a bit of a coincidence to choose the day when he took people out.

He told Qin Zhan in a deep voice, "Go and have a look."

Xu Miaoyin was a little surprised to see Fang Shuhuai's face so cold that it was about to freeze. It was the first time they saw him like this in the year since they got married.

Seeing him rubbing his forehead with a sullen face, he said softly: "Actually, it's nothing. Just go back and ask Yuqiu to rub some medicinal wine for me. Don't be nervous."

He raised his eyes and saw her looking at him softly, so he also hooked his lips and smiled.

After a while, Qin Zhan reported across the carriage: "My lord, the boy wanted to work at the dock, but was dragged out by the foreman, and then he hit the carriage, but although he was dressed in rags, he looked fair and innocent. It is the lost young master of some rich gentry."

Fang Shuhuai heard the words, and said casually: "Since it is the lost young master, Qin Zhan, you can accompany that young master to look for it and see which one is lost."

Qin Zhan took the order and picked up the struggling young man and disappeared into the crowd.

Xu Miaoyin agreed with Fang Shuhuai's approach very much. Since he had already ordered Qin Zhan to help the young man, she didn't say anything, and she just waited for her father who was about to come back.

And Fang Shuhuai played with her fingers with downcast eyes, with a little carelessness.

If you want to follow his path, it depends on whether he is willing or not.

This episode was quickly forgotten by Xu Miaoyin due to the arrival of the merchant ship from Xu's family. She happily prepared to get off the car to meet her father, but was stopped by Fang Shuhuai.

"Hey, did you forget what you promised me yesterday?" He teased.

The memories of the garden last night instantly flooded her mind, and then two red clouds floated on her cheeks, and she sat back down with her eyes lowered.

Her shy demeanor aroused his eyes, and he couldn't help it for a while.

Just when he was about to do something, Fushou reported from outside the car that the Patriarch had already disembarked.

He regained consciousness, his throat rolled, closed his eyes and stopped looking at her, took a few breaths, and got out of the carriage.

Xu Miaoyin sat in the carriage with her eyes downcast, but her heart was beating like a drum, and she could feel his scorching breath approaching her just now.

It's okay to be in the boudoir, but this is on the pier where people come and go, not to mention that Dad is coming soon, since he wants to...

No, he didn't think of anything...

The more she thought about it, the hotter her face became, she simply put on the veil again, she had to take it easy.

After calming down a little, he heard Fang Shuhuai and his father's greetings intermittently coming from outside the carriage, but after a while, seeing Fang Shuhuai returned to the carriage, the carriage started to move and headed for the city.

Xu Miaoyin didn't see her father getting into the carriage, so she asked, "Daddy, why didn't he go with you?"

Seeing that she had put on the veiled hat, Fang Shuhuai smiled dumbly, so shy.

Afraid that she would be bored, he took off the veil for her, with a smile in his eyes, but a very serious tone, "Don't worry, father is fine, it's just a hard journey, so I prepared another carriage for father."

Seeing that what he said was serious, but there was a teasing look in his eyes, he glared at him, then turned sideways and stopped talking to him.

Who was to blame, not him!

Seeing her somewhat angry face, Fang Shuhuai laughed dumbly, and shook his head silently, feeling that it was all he wanted in this life for her to talk to him lively and sweetly at this moment.

Xu Miaoyin is not such a petty person, and when the carriage arrived at Xu's residence, she and Fang Shuhuai talked and laughed again.

Helped by Fang Shuhuai, he got out of the carriage, looked behind the carriage, but did not see his father's carriage, only saw Qin Zhan report forward: "The head of the family changed his way to the bank temporarily, Madam, don't worry."

Xu Miaoyin felt relieved, seeing Qin Zhan came back so quickly, she thought of the young man and asked, "But did you help find his family?"

Qin Zhan replied: "On the way back to the city, I happened to meet his family members who were looking for him. Return him, and the villain will come back."

Xu Miaoyin nodded and told him and Fushou to rest by themselves, then walked back to Lanyin Academy with Fang Shuhuai.

After going back to Lanyin Academy for a short rest, she went to the kitchen again, ordered some dishes that her father liked to eat, and then returned to Lanyin Academy.

Seeing that she was like a spinning top, Fang Shuhuai had to do everything by himself, so he tried to persuade her to rest for a while, and if he had something to do, he could just order the servants to go, but seeing her happy look, he let her go!

Xu Miaoyin carefully prepared a table of dishes, but she didn't see her father returning home. Fortunately, before the dishes were cold, she finally saw Xu Rennian's figure.

Seeing that her father's energy and spirit were the same as before, she finally felt more at ease, and when the meal was over and the maid was serving tea, she asked, "Dad, is your trip going well?"

Xu Rennian took a sip of tea and replied with a smile, "Successful, the road above the canal is unimpeded, and the food has arrived in Liyang without any problems, and the Jinshui village has not used any brains to rob food, you can rest assured! "

"How did Dad know that Jinshui Village would rob food?"

She never mentioned the food robbery in Jinshui Village with her father, a thought flashed through her mind, but she couldn't grasp it so quickly.

Fang Shuhuai picked up the tea at hand, coughed lightly, glanced at "Xu Rennian", took a sip of tea and said, "I told my father to beware of people from Jinshui Village. It is clearer than me, I guessed it a long time ago, and redeployed it again."

"Xu Rennian" smiled awkwardly, and then echoed: "Yes, your father and I have been in business for many years, so we have already made preparations."

Seeing that Xu Miaoyin was still suspicious and wanted to ask something, she showed a tired face, and continued: "Miaomiao, Daddy is tired, let's talk about anything tomorrow, you and Shuhuai go back to rest. "

After speaking, he got up and left the Flower Hall, and returned to Minghui Hall.

Seeing his father's tired face, Xu Miaoyin didn't ask any more questions, and watched him leave the flower hall, then returned to Lanyin Academy with Fang Shuhuai.

The lanterns on the corridor were shaken by the night wind, causing the figures in the corridor to sway along with it.

Xu Miaoyin looked at the swinging lanterns, and talked about the family life with Fang Shuhuai, "Daddy seems to be really tired, husband, we should share more for him in the future."

"it is good"

"There hasn't been a happy event in the family for a long time, and Yuchun and Fushou's marriage can also be arranged."

"Well, it's up to you."

"She has been with me since she was a child, so I will prepare more dowry for her."

"no problem."

"Daddy seems to be different today than before."

"..."

"Why didn't you answer?" She asked angrily.

I don't know how he listened to her words because he was absent-minded.

Fang Shuhuai hooked the corners of his lips unnaturally, and smiled with a guilty conscience.

Seeing that his expression was the same as that of his father just now, he didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.

Angry at his absent-mindedness, laughing at him for only pretending to be innocent in an attempt to get away with it.

"Didn't you notice that Daddy is different from usual? That tone seems to have some youthful... heroic spirit."

Under the night, Fang Shuhuai's eyes darkened, and he said casually: "You think too much. In my opinion, my father is just not confused. It is natural for some young men to be heroic. Could it be that in Miaomiao's eyes, my father is already a dying man?" No way."

Xu Miaoyin had to admire Fang Shuhuai's eloquence and fallacies, she was really convinced.

He sighed: "Husband, since I have been persuaded by your fallacies."

Fang Shuhuai said proudly: "No matter what I say, I am also a scholar, and I am still lacking in literature and knowledge."

Xu Miaoyin smiled, took his arm and continued walking.

Fang Shuhuai slowly put away the smile on his face, his cold face was even more gloomy under the flickering lights.

Late night
Fang Shuhuai opened his eyes and looked at Xu Miaoyin who was sleeping in his arms, got off the bed lightly, put on a shirt and left the inner room.

Seeing that Qin Zhan was already waiting outside, he gently closed the door, signaled Qin Zhan to follow and left Lanyin Academy.

The two came to the study, and after a while, Qiao Zhi also came.

Qiao Zhi put away his usual hippie smile, and with a solemn expression, he knelt down in front of Fang Shuhuai, "This subordinate knows his mistake, please punish me master."

Fang Shuhuai glanced at him, without distinguishing between emotions and anger, and said indifferently, "Do you know where your mistake is?"

Qiao Zhi lowered his head, and the cold sweat fell, "One mistake, I shouldn't have let my feet get carried away in front of the madam, and the second mistake, I didn't obey the order, and almost ruined the master's affairs."

Fang Shuhuai walked to the window, and said coldly: "Huh, you're so cute! If Xu Rennian is still useful now, your punishment will be left after the matter is completed. As for the border guards, if anyone you send in has any Too bad, if I can't get the key evidence, then I can only let Yuqiu go."

Hearing this, Qiao Zhi panicked, and raised his eyes to look in Fang Shuhuai's direction, only to see him standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, unable to see his expression clearly.

He lowered his eyes in a slumped manner. He has followed his master since he was a child, so he knows the master's uncompromising temperament.

This time it was my own carelessness, it was his fault, how could I let my sister make it up to me!
"This subordinate will definitely not have a next time. If there is another crime, this subordinate will apologize with death!" With some determination as if death was at home, Qiao Zhi stood up, turned around and strode out of the study.

During this process, Qin Zhan didn't say a word, and stood with bowed head respectfully from beginning to end, waiting for Fang Shuhuai's instructions.

After a while, Fang Shuhuai walked back to the desk and sat down, with a casual tone.

"What's wrong with that boy?"

Qin Zhan looked up at him, then bowed his head and replied respectfully: "That young man is the first prince."

(End of this chapter)