Zheshu

Chapter 101 Familiar figure

The next day, a heavy rain poured down in the capital, as if it had washed away all the lingering heat from the previous period.

Early in the morning, Shen Changsheng changed into clean clothes as usual and went to find Zheng Luo and Xia Rao. They were going to the palace today to thank him, and he himself was going to the palace to study.Thinking of yesterday's gentle Shen Qing and lovely An An, the smile on his face gradually widened.

Zheng Luo tidied up extremely clean today, wearing a dark blue robe embroidered with bamboo leaves, tied up her hair with a sapphire crown, and Xia Rao also changed from her simple attire in the past, and changed into a dark blue robe embroidered with white butterflies She wore a wide-sleeved long dress with a mutton fat jade pendant tied around her waist, a flying fairy bun, and four or five steps of pearl flowers on the hairpin. She was as beautiful as someone walking in a painting.

Chang Sheng always felt that he was superfluous to follow at the end, but luckily he saw Shen Qing soon.

She just came out of the morning court, and the heavy hair ornaments on her head were taken off. An An also woke up from the drowsiness of the morning morning. Seeing Changsheng coming, she was very happy, "Brother Changsheng, you are here."

Seeing him calling himself elder brother, Shen Changsheng blushed a little, and saluted shamelessly: "His Royal Highness."

An An didn't care so much, took his hand and said: "Let's go to Aunt Ling'er, Aunt Ling'er has delicious shortbread."

Shen Changsheng turned his head to look at Shen Qing in some embarrassment, but saw Shen Qing nodded towards him, and then happily followed him out.

Seeing that the lively An An had left, Shen Qing breathed a sigh of relief, carefully supported her stomach and sat on the soft bed, and looked at the two with a smile: "Why come here in such a hurry, why don't you take a good rest?"

Xia Rao's face was flushed all the time, and when she saw her teasing herself, she laughed: "I was still worried that the servants around my empress would not be able to handle it, so I came here in a hurry."

"Really?" Shen Qing went to see Zheng Luo: "Is it because you are too unrestrained and scared Xia Rao?"

Zheng Luo immediately shook his head seriously: "No, I have read medical books, and I know that there should not be too many times in one night, so..."

"Okay!" Xia Rao hurriedly interrupted him, blushing: "How can you be presumptuous in front of the empress with what books you read all day long?"

Zheng Luo looked at Shen Qing puzzled, and Shen Qing just smiled.

Seeing that he hadn't reacted yet, Xia Rao quietly pinched him, and waited for him to cry out before saying, "Mother, he said he wanted to go out and play with the prince."

Naturally, Zheng Luo would not disobey Mrs. Zheng's words, so she nodded quickly.

Shen Qing didn't force him, let him go, then patted the seat next to him: "Sit here." Then she ordered Ming Rou to make tea again.

Xia Rao didn't stick to these etiquette, and sat down at the side, looking at Shen Qing's swollen belly, her lips raised.

Shen Qing said quietly: "It will be a bit uncomfortable for the first time, but it will be fine later, only in this way can you have a baby."

Xia Rao's face turned even redder: "Your Majesty, why do you always say this?"

"Isn't An An anxious to have a younger sister? I can't do it myself, but it has to be yours." Shen Qing was also very helpless, mainly to see if Xia Rao really liked this relationship with Zheng Luo, but it seems that , she still likes it.

Xia Rao smiled: "The prince's childish words, why do you take it seriously?"

Shen Qing looked at her with a smile: "I'm mainly worried about you."

Xia Rao suddenly understood, her nose sore.

Shen Qing raised her hand to hold her, and smiled lightly: "It's been so many years, now only you and I are left, and the days to come will be long, since you have me backing you, then you must live your life as you want, Don't be a little bit reluctant, okay?"

Xia Rao nodded, looked at her sincere eyes, and then smiled.

The wind from outside blows in, with a hint of wet fragrance, I turn my head and look out of the window, the delicate flowers have been knocked down to the ground by the wind and rain this morning, and the bare branches are also shaking with the wind.

Thousands of miles away, Ji Rui is rushing towards the capital with his people on horseback. The Dongyang County King's rage at the beginning has gradually turned into compromise and enjoyment. At least his daughter and son-in-law are always by his side to serve him. After many years, and now seeing the scenery and landscapes all the way all the way, his mood is getting better and better, and his mentality is gradually relaxing.

After walking for half a month, they rested in a county not far from the capital. They all lived in an inn, and almost knew all the news about their contacts.

The diners in the lobby were discussing the marriage that happened half a month ago.

"It's our empress who has the courage, not only saw through the trick of that Princess Ji Ya, but also made the officials donate so much money to help our people."

"This is the blessing that God bestowed upon us. I heard that the empress has given birth to a prince, and now she has a big belly. If she gives birth to a daughter this time, it will be a great blessing."

The common people were discussing one after another, all laughing and laughing.

Ji Rui and Zhang Xiaofang glanced at each other and smiled.

"Have you heard that the two county kings who went to Mongolia to marry each other will follow the two princesses to Beijing tomorrow. I heard that the empress will go to the city gate to greet her in person."

"Really, then can we meet the empress?"

"Then you have to be in the capital to see it." The man said hurriedly, but laughed again: "I'm going to the capital overnight, for no other reason. On the day when the emperor went out for an expedition last time, the empress's carriage and horses almost passed away. I kicked the bitch and the child, and it was the empress who rescued their mother and child by herself, so I will definitely go there and kowtow to thank you."

When the people below heard it, they immediately burst into laughter: "Where does the empress know you? She doesn't even know who you are when you go."

"That's okay, I'll just thank you for my kindness." The man laughed, and the few people chatted lively, and they toasted and clinked their glasses before they broke up. No one noticed that there was a man in white clothes sitting in the corner The man in the hat.

The shopkeeper brought him food and wine, and said with a smile, "Master, the carriages and horses you want are ready."

"En." He only responded in a low voice, and threw a handful of silver from his sleeve, but the silver was stained with blood.

The shopkeeper was startled, and then he saw clearly that there was a bloodstain on his waist all the time, and he was probably seriously injured: "My lord, do you want to call you a doctor?"

"No need." The man said lightly, got up, but staggered and almost fell, he managed to hold on to the table, then stood firm, stumbled and went out.

Hearing the sound, Ji Rui raised his head to look at the figure, but he always felt a little familiar.

"What's wrong?" Seeing him frowning, Zhang Xiaofang asked hastily.

"I always feel like I've seen that person before." Ji Rui said, Zhang Xiaofang also followed his gaze, but only saw a white figure getting into the carriage.

"Did you read it wrong? There are many people coming and going here, many foreigners." Zhang Xiaofang wondered.

Ji Rui shook his head, not sure in his heart, just in time for the meal prepared for Duke Dongyang, they went upstairs.

King Dongyang's complexion improved a lot. He sat on the side of the bed and changed his medicine. Although the arrow that had penetrated his abdomen hadn't been taken out yet, it seemed that the continuous bleeding had stopped.

"Is it very lively down there?" Duke Dongyang laughed.

Zhang Xiaofang nodded, with a little pride: "What about Shen Qing, now she is very powerful." Thinking of the days when she traveled with Shen Qing, she still misses it very much.

Seeing her appearance, the King of Dongyang County smiled, and sighed softly as if thinking of something: "If Xuanyuanli hadn't thought about this empress and was not in a hurry to attack Da Wei, maybe he could really be a good Nan Lord of the Edict, it's a pity that he has suffered too much, and he will inevitably want to ask for it back, but it's a pity that he paid himself in the end."

"Life has been infatuated with love since ancient times..." Zhang Xiaofang also sighed softly, she knew how much Xuanyuanli liked Shen Qing, but he was too paranoid and never saw his heart clearly, otherwise there would not be so many twists and turns .

Ji Rui looked at their father and daughter and sighed, suddenly remembered the figure just now, and was stunned: "Is Xuanyuanli's whereabouts unknown?"

"Yes." Zhang Xiaofang nodded, and suddenly understood: "You don't think that figure just now is Xuanyuanli, do you?"

"I'm afraid it is!" Ji Rui quickly went downstairs to find the shopkeeper: "Where is that customer with blood on his hand going?"

The shopkeeper was startled by him, and tremblingly said: "Yes... I am going to the capital."

"The capital!" Ji Rui gritted his teeth and looked at Zhang Xiaofang: "You wait here for Zheng Luo to come over, and I will go to the capital first."

Knowing the urgency of the situation, Zhang Xiaofang didn't stop him, and immediately asked someone to lead his horse, but said worriedly: "You are not in good health, you have to do what you can."

Seeing her biting her teeth slightly, Ji Rui smiled and raised her hand to gently pinch her little face: "Don't worry, nothing will happen to me, I still want to marry you."

Zhang Xiaofang's face turned red suddenly, and she raised her bright eyes to look at him: "I gave you the dowry, how dare you not marry me!"

Ji Rui raised a big smile, then turned and left.

In the capital, in an inn closest to the city gate, Yeluhan looked at the people below, and said coldly, "Are you ready?"

"Ready." The man nodded, but hesitantly said, "Are you really going to do this? Your Majesty has never ordered it. If someone finds out, it will lead to a war between the two countries."

"What do you know?" Yeluhan snorted dissatisfiedly: "Ji Wuhuan is headstrong, and Shen Qing is just a woman who can play tricks. Without the fetters of this woman, Ji Wuhuan can go further. Ben The general thinks very clearly, what kind of woman do you want for a man? Only power is the most important thing. When he takes care of Nanzhao and destroys Dayan, what kind of woman does he want? He will be grateful when the time comes mine,"

Hearing what he said, the people below did not dare to talk nonsense.

Yeluhan walked to the window, watched the people below who were constantly preparing for the next day's marriage team to Beijing, and sneered: "Do you think you are really gods, able to make decisions for everyone? If you dare to give my woman to others, I will You dare to make your woman a dead soul."

At this time, Shen Qing, although people stared at Yeluhan, but thinking that Mongolia and Wei had married, he thought that Yeluhan would not do anything. After all, when he first met him, he was still honest and honest.

In the afternoon, An An went to take a nap after lunch. Chang Sheng refused to rest. He practiced martial arts in the courtyard. I have practiced well.

Xia Rao personally guided him, and Zheng Luo went to reconcile with Zhang Xiaofang, but in the past few days he suddenly caught cold and couldn't ride a horse, so he was delayed for a long time.

As for why Zheng Luo caught a cold, Xia Rao explained that the bathing time was too long. Shen Qing looked at her blushing face and didn't ask any more questions.

Calculating the time, the child is almost seven months old, and his belly is getting bigger day by day, making Shen Qing feel tired and panicked. After the time when he just started eating and throwing up, now he feels hungry when he smells the smell of food .She still took the initiative to control her diet, but this little guy An An was too filial, did she want to sneak some pastries in her sleeve and bring them to her?

She leaned on the soft bed and complained to Ling'er, while Ling'er carefully tended to the flowers in the vase.

Her eyes are getting better and better, so good that she can see the world clearly, but she is no longer willing to go out of the palace, except to come to her own place, and stay in Ji Che's palace, not going out for a whole day.

"Sister-in-law, does it look good?" She looked at Shen Qing with a smile.

Shen Qing smiled and nodded: "Ling'er is really talented, why don't you go back and learn embroidery, and embroider a small purse for my unborn little princess."

Ling'er smiled and said nothing, and continued to tend the flowers and plants.

It's not that she doesn't want to, it's just that there is still so much time, and she can't wait to see Ji Che.

After arranging the flowers, I talked with Shen Qing for a while, then made an excuse to go back, and took out hundreds of paintings that Bai Jiche had drawn, and looked at them one by one.

Mammy stood on one side, feeling very distressed: "Girl, your eyes are good, don't get tired."

"En." Ling'er responded softly, but instead of putting it away, she looked up at her: "Nurse, is there a portrait of him?"

The nanny gritted her teeth, shook her head slightly, Ling'er frowned slightly, but she heard the nanny say: "The emperor is somewhat similar to the eldest prince, and the emperor is a good painter, why don't you draw a picture for you when he comes back? "

Ling'er's eyes revealed a little anger, and she nodded.

When Shen Qing heard these words from Mammy back and forth, she sighed softly in her heart, looked at Mammy who was wiping tears, and said softly: "Don't worry, I have sent someone to send a letter to the emperor. If it is possible, he will definitely Come back quickly."

"Thank you, Ma'am." The nanny saluted, and then went back to serve.

After the person left, Shen Qing let go of the smile on his face, leaned against the soft edge a little tiredly, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Ming Rou watched from the side, quietly covered her with a thin quilt, and sighed in her heart.

An An came in from the outside, and before she could speak, she was carried out by Ming Rou: "Prince, can I play with you, please?"

An An looked at her puzzled: "What's the matter, mother?"

"The empress is tired." It's the government and relatives, and now I'm still pregnant with my child, so I can't seem to be too busy with so many things, so I fell asleep when I had some free time. There will be Mongolian and relative missions tomorrow. into Beijing.

An An nodded sensibly: "Then An An will wait here for mother to wake up."

"Okay." Seeing that he was sensible, Ming Rou also laughed, and asked someone to bring pastries and toys to accompany her.

It was not until dinner time that Shen Qing was woken up, and Xia Rao and Chang Sheng also came to say goodbye.

Shen Qing opened her sleepy eyes and looked at the two with a smile: "The left and right Zheng Luo are not in the mansion, you can rest in the palace."

Xia Rao didn't bother to run, Chang Sheng looked at Xia Rao and nodded, and then nodded.

Everyone ate together at dinner, and the royal family has a rule of not talking when eating or sleeping, but Shen Qing is too lazy to abide by this rule at the moment.

An An obediently ate a small bowl of soup, and bit into a few more milk cakes, feeling extremely satisfied.

Changsheng was somewhat restrained, he would only eat whatever the lady in the palace gave him, and he would never stretch out his chopsticks by himself, without any unscrupulousness.

Shen Qing saw it, and smiled lightly: "It would be a waste if this table can't finish eating, but I'm full right now, what should I do?"

Changsheng was startled, originally wanted to save it for tomorrow, but when he thought that this is the imperial palace and there is not much food left, he said softly, "Don't worry, Madam, Changsheng can finish it."

"Really? Then thank you very much." Shen Qing said with a smile.

Xia Rao didn't know Shen Qing's intentions, but now that Changsheng is practicing martial arts every day, his appetite has increased a lot, so it's okay to eat more, she just said: "Eat as much as you can." She didn't say anything about it. The unfinished dishes will be rewarded to the palace people, so as not to prevent the child from deliberately not eating.

After a meal, An An took Changsheng to play for a while, and was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, and then asked, "Nurse went home, hasn't she come back yet?"

Shen Qing thought of the nanny who sent her away some time ago, and chuckled lightly: "How about sleeping with your mother tonight?"

"Really!" An An's eyes widened happily, and she didn't miss the nanny at all.

Ming Rou was worried: "Your Majesty, the prince can't sleep well, if he kicks you in the stomach..."

"It's okay, he must take good care of his sister and not kick her randomly, right?" Shen Qing asked with a smile.

An An quickly promised: "An An will not move."

Shen Qing raised her lips, as a response.

Xia Rao also took Changsheng down to rest. They are considered master-student relationship now, and Changsheng is also very happy to learn from her, but Shen Qing thought about it, and she still needs to invite a few more masters to teach. Since Changsheng likes it, naturally he should try his best Let him learn more.

After An An washed, she got into Shen Qing's bed and carefully wiped her belly: "Mother, when will my sister come out to play with me?"

"Soon." Shen Qing saw that he looked strong, but he was actually a small body like a soft ball, and his heart softened into a puddle of water. I don't know if Wu Huan came back and saw An An like this. so surprised?
Shen Qing kissed An An on the face: "Sleep."

"Yeah." An An was sleepy very quickly, forced her eyelids to smile at her, and fell asleep quickly.

Shen Qing hugged him well, there was moonlight tonight, shining in through the gauze window, falling on the ground, it was as if a room was sprinkled with silver ash, it was surprising.

Early the next morning, the two county kings set off to the capital, and Shen Qing was also waiting early.

The people below looked at her standing on the city wall, wearing a red robe and a golden phoenix crown. The morning light fell on her white jade-like face, making her facial features softer and more beautiful.The breeze blew up her clothes, as if she was a fairy about to transform into a feather, which made people dare not desecrate her.

The Mongolian and pro-envoys arrived very quickly, not to mention the red makeup, but the tall horses also gave a glimpse of how powerful the Mongolian cavalry is.

Shen Qing waited quietly, but she always felt that there was an extraordinarily hot gaze on her. She frowned slightly, and looked behind her, but there were only people in the city, and there was no difference at all.

Yuan Ye followed in a low voice and asked, "Ma'am, what's the matter?"

Shen Qing frowned slightly, shook her head: "It's okay."

She watched the chariots and horses approaching, and then supported Mingrou's hand and walked down the city wall, and her eyes seemed to disappear.

But in the inn not far away, Yeluhan never thought that his plan would be disrupted by someone who appeared suddenly.

"Are you crazy!" Yeluhan looked at the signal flare in his hand. If the signal flare was released, the fact that he arranged a bow and crossbow here to shoot Shen Qing would definitely be discovered. By then, the marriage between Mongolia and Wei would also happen. destroyed.

"It's you who are crazy. Did you kill her without thinking about the consequences?"

"Consequences?" Yeluhan snorted softly: "Who will find out that I did it? And it's just a woman, do you think Ji Wuhuan would really fight Mongolia for her? Impossible, he has supreme power, no would want to lose it so soon."

"You don't know him too well." The visitor smiled faintly, and a trace of satisfaction seemed to appear on his pale face: "She deserves Ji Wuhuan's everything for her."

"You..." Yeluhan was angry at first, and then sneered: "Xuanyuanli, what about you, a woman who has caused you this far, is it worth your life to prevent me from killing her? You are for her, but even Nanzhao It's gone, don't you hate it?"

"Hate?" Xuanyuan Li thought of her, and then smiled again: "I used to hate, but as much as I hated before, I love her now."

Yeluhan doesn't understand his so-called love. In his eyes, a woman is just a plaything, and if she can't get it, she will be destroyed.

He glanced at Shen Qing, who had already slowly walked down from the city wall. Once he walked into the crowd, his success rate would decrease, and he immediately scolded: "Don't do it yet!"

"You dare!" Xuanyuan Li yelled loudly, but the wound on his waist seemed to be split open, and the blood kept gushing out, making his complexion pale, and he didn't even have the strength to stand still.

Yeluhan snorted lightly, picked up the knife in his hand, and knocked down the flare in his hand lightly.

"I'll let you see with my own eyes how she died!" After finishing speaking, he pushed him directly to the window, but he didn't expect him to start shouting regardless of his own danger: "Qing'er, it's dangerous!"

Yuan Ye was the first to hear the sound, and saw the flying arrow in time. He raised his hand and knocked down the arrow, but his arm was sore from the shock due to the power of the arrow.

"Your Majesty, hide quickly!" Yuan Ye hurriedly said, and soldiers and guards from all around surrounded him.

Shen Qing recalled that figure just now, and the memories sealed up by her came flooding in like a tide. They met at the beginning of the year, relied on each other for ten years, and the massacre at Meiyun Pavilion and the two-year-long battle. It flooded into her mind, and she even saw Xuanyuanli pushed out of the window by Yeluhan at a glance.

Xuanyuanli naturally also saw her, saw the complexity in her eyes.He finally smiled. It turned out that she didn't hate him at all.Whether it's resentment or hatred, it's fine, as long as she still remembers the past, remembers all the good things they had before he made a big mistake.

When Ji Rui arrived, it was already too late to pull Xuanyuanli away, he only looked at Yeluhan who was in a hurry, his expression darkened: "General Yelu, where else do you want to go!"

(End of this chapter)