The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 33

Sure enough, as Song Chen said, at the beginning of June, the capital sent an imperial edict calling him back to Beijing to receive the reward.

On the night when the imperial decree arrived, Song Chen explained to Chu Xue, "This time I will stay in Beijing for about a month at most. I just plan to take you there, but for the convenience of the road and less people, you should take a maid first. Let's see who is good to take, we will go out the day after tomorrow."

Chu Xue was a little surprised, and asked him: "Will the prince not take the princess back? And Sister Yun, Ningning's health has been much better recently, and you don't want to take them back to see?"

"Yeah." He nodded and looked at her, "I'm running back and forth, and I won't live there for long, so I won't take it with me, I'll just take you there, aren't you happy?"

She was startled.

Of course she was happy, although it was only a month, but she was able to spend time alone with him, there were not so many idle people around her, she didn't have to go to greet his first wife every day, reminding herself that she was just a concubine.Although it was only a month, she just forgot about it and regarded him as her own husband, of course she was happy.

She nodded with a smile.

In fact, Song Chen had another plan for this arrangement.Recently, the situation in Beijing is delicate. I am going here to receive a reward, and the crown prince's land enclosure case has already been revealed. If I really take the whole family with me, the suspicious father may think of him. I heard that a few days ago in the imperial study, The old man had questioned Chu Lin once, so at such a critical moment, he had to hold his ground and keep a low profile in front of his father, which was by no means a bad thing.

As for Chu Xue, since he only left for two months last time, she was punished for one month. It is difficult for him to guarantee that if he keeps her again this time, what kind of hardships will she have to suffer, and even if Xu Jinhe really let her go again? She suffers, and he has no way to interfere too much. For his first wife, he has indeed had a relationship with him for more than ten years; Xu Jinhe's face.

In this way, the best way to protect Chu Xue right now is to bring her by his side.

Also, the last time we separated for two months, if it wasn't for the daily errands, he would miss her terribly when he was free. Although he has reached this age and is no longer a romantic boy, it is ridiculous that for him He said that the bowl of Acacia spirits was too spicy, and he couldn't stand it.

Because Song Chen confessed that he could only take one maid, Chu Xue thought about it and decided to take Yanling away.Ruyue's temperament is calm, and she is not very conspicuous on weekdays. In addition, last time Song Chen spoke, Xu Jinhe should not touch her.

When she mentioned this idea the next day, Ruyue also agreed with it. After all, there is only one month, and there is still a need to keep someone to watch the house, and once Xu Jinhe leaves, Chu Xue is not in any danger, let alone follow Song Chen, Yanling alone is enough.

On the sixth day of June, Song Chen took Chu Xue and set off for the capital.

There were few people accompanying them, they were all dressed casually along with the two masters, and there was enough time reserved on the road, the two of them plus the guards and maidservants, there were a total of twenty or so people, traveling in chariots and horses at a leisurely pace. easy.

Song Chen has always liked micro-services, especially in Yanzhou's own territory, but he has no plans to work on this trip, and he does not take the official route to live in a post house. He just ordered carriages and horses to shuttle between ordinary towns, and happened to encounter a lively market. He also took Chu Xue out of the car for a walk.

At Chu Xue's age, she still likes fresh girls. After leaving the secluded boudoir of her natal family, she enters the high mansion in the palace, like a captive bird, without any freedom.Ever since the Lantern Festival took her to see the lights, Song Chen knew that she also liked to be lively, so he took this opportunity to let her see more of the fireworks in the world.

Chu Xue was naturally happy.Although it wasn't enough to cheer, the smile that couldn't be concealed on his face for the past few days was enough to prove it.This is actually the day she wanted to live when she was a child. She doesn't have to be locked in the room to learn piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, four books and five classics. She can travel around and broaden her horizons like a man. Now he is by her side. If there are no things in the past, What a happy person she must be now...

After being in a trance for a moment, she hurriedly shook her head in her heart again. If there were no past events, the person she would marry should be brother Nianxiu, not the Song Chen in front of her.It is said that misfortune and good fortune depend on each other, so it must be her blessing to meet the man in front of her after going through that catastrophe.

Seeing her looking at the scenery outside the car with a smile on her lips, Song Chen put down the book in his hand, and sighed: "It seems that I took you out this time, it's the right thing to do, it's rare to see you so happy all day in the mansion. "

"No way." She turned to look back at him, "As long as I see the prince, I will be very happy!"

"And what about when I'm not around?" he pressed.

She thought for a while, then blinked and said: "When the prince is not around, I will wait for you quietly, there is nothing wrong with me."

"Really?"

"Ah."

She smiled and nodded, but saw his eyes were deep, and he pulled her into his arms, "Why do I feel so sad when I can't see you?" He stared into her eyes, as if probing. : "Xue'er, do you know how to manipulate mind? Otherwise, how can people be so inseparable from you?"

She frowned slightly, and looked at him with a half-smile, but saw him slowly lowering his head. Just as his lips were about to cover his lips, she understood, and suddenly turned her head to avoid it, letting him pounce on him. empty.He was a little annoyed, and just as he was about to go forward again, he saw her giggling and pointing out the window.

In the midsummer season, the car curtains have been replaced with thin gauze curtains, and they are all lifted up to let in the wind, and the accompanying guards are all riding around. Following his actions just now, the people on the horses have all turned their heads to the side. outside.He sighed lightly, pinched her waist, and sat upright again.

On the third day of departure, it was about to leave the boundary of Yanzhou. At about You o'clock in the afternoon, the carriages and horses came to a place called Yanxiapo. Song Chen ordered everyone to stop and rest, and he led Chu Xue to sit down on the hillside. .

The hillside is not too high, but it is flat and open. There is a waterfall in the valley in the distance. There is plenty of rain in midsummer, and the waterfall is rushing happily. Seen from their distance, it looks like a wide jade belt hanging in the mountain.Chu Xue had seen the waterfall in Yingyue Mountain when she was a child, but this waterfall in front of her eyes was even more magnificent. She was amazed by the beautiful scenery, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses, and sighed: "This place is so beautiful!"

He was still looking directly at the valley in the distance, as if he was in a trance, "There are beautiful scenery everywhere in China. If there is a chance in the future, I will take you to see them one by one."

Although this was a promise that was unlikely to be fulfilled, she was satisfied and leaned into his arms full of tenderness.

After a long time, she said softly: "I know that the master is not mine alone, but in my private heart, sometimes I secretly hope."

He lowered his eyes, watched her curling eyelashes flicker, watched her lips open and close, heard her self-deprecating chuckle, and continued: "I sometimes think, if I was born more than ten years earlier, I would have given birth earlier." When I meet you, will I be the only one? I know it's silly to think so, no matter when I meet you, there will be more beauties in the future, and I will only grow old slowly... After a pause, she said again: "I only hope that one day when I grow old and ugly, I can still think of the present now and then, and I will be satisfied."

It was rare to hear her express her heart so earnestly. He listened slowly, feeling emotional in his heart.

The political marriage formed when he was young, like him, like the rest of his brothers, and even like his ninety-five-year-old father, they, the noble royal family, have never had the right and reason to resist.For the alluring imperial power, they all chose to accept it, so even though there was no love, he still chose Xu Jinhe, the daughter of Duke Pei Guo, to be his concubine, and had two sons with her, giving their eldest son the title of inheriting his throne point.

Later, he was enfeoffed in Yanzhou, and he once again chose to marry Li Jiaoyun, the daughter of the magistrate of Yanzhou, as his side concubine in order to stabilize his power. Although Jiaoyun was demure and gentle, he knew that she was still not the one he wanted.

Maybe in this life, he won't meet him, and in the next ten years, he put all his energy on managing his fiefdom and strengthening his own strength.As for Xia Wanyin, he was indeed attracted by her appearance, so after being drunk that time, he brought her back to the mansion and gave her the name of concubine, but in the next few years, the purple peony garden was indeed just for him to relieve his body. The place.

He once thought that maybe life is like this. There are three women in his house, some are dignified, some are gentle and quiet, and some are beautiful. I have no thoughts or interests.

But until that day, he met Chu Xue.

This fate seemed to be given to him by the sky. For the first time, he discovered that there was actually a woman in this world who could enter his heart so easily and make his life change unconsciously.He began to smile for no reason, began to miss her often, and began to have endless sweet words to tell her that she was the quietest part of his heart, the woman who wanted to be cared for with all his tenderness.

And she just asked, if she was born more than ten years earlier, would he belong to her alone?
He really couldn't guarantee it.

As a prince who grew up in the palace, he couldn't guarantee that he would give up his rights and temptations to marry the woman he loves.

But there is no if in this world.

If it is just an excuse for the weak to find for their own incompetence.

Now that we have met, there is nothing if.What's more, he is her husband, and she is his own woman, a woman he can love.

He smiled slightly, "Xue Er asks this, do you believe me or yourself? Could it be that I am just a shallow and lustful person in your heart?"

In the far horizon, the sun had already set to the west, and the sky was full of brilliant haze. She stood up, stared into his eyes seriously, and then said softly, "Your king should be like a rock, my concubine should be like cattail grass, and cattail grass is tough." Like silk, like rock, there is no transfer.”

He held her hand with a soft but firm voice.

"A rock never moves."

She leaned into his arms again, looking at the waterfall in the distance.

It would be great if it could be like this forever!
(End of this chapter)