Hello Chang’an

The two of them randomly came to the bamboo forest and walked slowly along the winding path. The breeze in July was no longer dry. Yao Xia mustered up the courage and asked proactively: "You asked Her Royal Highness the Princess to come forward? You...you both I also wanted to, why did I wait until today to..."

Chang Sui'an, who was just thinking about how to speak, went blank for a moment.

He didn't ask his mother to come forward. He had no idea what her mother was doing today. He was looking for an opportunity to talk to his mother, but his mother had already guessed it...

But there is no need to explain this matter, otherwise it will appear very disrespectful. Besides... Yao Xia said... "ye"?

Chang Sui'an raised a hand and gently scratched his forehead, with an irrepressible smile on his lips.

Yao Xia lowered her head and couldn't see his expression. She just whispered again: "I, I want to ask you something..."

Chang Sui'an recovered from her silent giggle and hurriedly said: "Actually, I... I didn't know what you meant before, I was just waiting for you to pick... I thought this way, I would save you from embarrassing yourself by opening my mouth randomly. ”

Yao Xia widened her eyes slightly and said "Ah" - waiting for her to pick? Why did he think she dared to pick on him? Is this the way an imperial concubine chooses an imperial husband? But how could she, Yao Xia, have the confidence to perform in such a big way?

Chang Sui'an asked her back: "Since you... don't hate me, why have you never said a word to me?"

"There is such a huge gap between my family and yours..." Yao Xia also told the truth: "I'm not sure what you want, so naturally I'm afraid of being laughed at."

She is no longer a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. Even if she doesn't care about herself, she still has to take care of the dignity of her family.

Moreover, it seems that if you really like someone, you will feel inferior. It is clear that she has never felt bad about herself before.

"I don't have a good family background, and I'm not as outstanding and determined as my cousin..." Yao Xia commented on herself: "My temperament is not demure, my talents are not outstanding, and my appearance is just ordinary."

In comparison, the person she likes is much more powerful. Even if his family background is not mentioned, he himself is very outstanding, whether it is his will, courage or military achievements and official positions.

She rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, but couldn't find any good qualities. She had no idea what she should bring to match him.

So she could only think that if she really couldn't wait, after he arranged a marriage with the girl next to him, she would sort out her thoughts, stop harboring delusional thoughts, and think about how to live her life well. No matter what, she still had to live a good life.

"But I don't think you are ordinary at all, and so what if you are ordinary..." Chang Sui'an said seriously: "You are upright, brave, kind, and optimistic... I feel very happy as soon as I see you, which is also amazing. "

Yao Xia raised his head and looked at him: "So you think I do look ordinary, right?"

"..." Chang Sui'an almost stumbled, stopped, and quickly shook his head: "You are also very good-looking!"

"Who are you kidding?" Yao Xia said: "I have seen countless beauties, so I naturally know that I am not a beauty."

"Then..." Chang Sui'an said weakly: "At most I can only say that you and I have different visions."

Yao Xia: "Then your taste is not that good. It's not half as good as mine."

Chang Sui'an was very determined: "I think it's good."

A smile finally appeared on Yao Xia's lips and she continued walking forward.

Chang Sui'an followed her and said seriously: "I wish you didn't think I was stupid."

"Where are you stupid?" Yao Xia: "Stupid people cannot win so many battles, and stupid people will not feel stupid."

"No, I'm really stupid..." Chang Sui'an felt a little ashamed: "I never thought about your worries and your situation."

He never judged others based on their status, and he never thought that she would doubt herself and retreat due to the disparity in family background.

Chang Sui'an: "It's my fault. I should have said it earlier."

"It's not too late." Yao Xia: "I feel now that words spoken later will last longer."

If not, they might not be able to recognize their thoughts so clearly.

Chang Sui'an: "Then..."

Yao Xia: "Then..."

The two of them said "that" almost at the same time and looked at each other at the same time.

Facing Yao Xia's eyes that were full of anticipation and hesitant to speak, Chang Sui Anli said: "Speak first!"

Yao Xia: "Then when you meet the Holy Spirit from now on...can you take me with you occasionally?"

"...?" Chang Sui'an was stunned for a moment. Seeing that she was still waiting for her answer, she quickly made an assurance: "Of course it is possible!"

Yao Xia finally showed a satisfied smile, feeling like a double happiness.

The anxiety and sourness she felt for many days dissipated at this moment. She walked forward, quietly closed her eyes, and secretly thought in her heart - Thank you God for being so kind. She will be a good person and will be a good person. If she does a lot of merit, please be sure to believe that she will be the person who knows how to cherish blessings the most in the world!

"Hey, you said..." In a good mood, Yao Xia's expression became vivid again, and she slowly returned to her "nature". She asked Chang Sui'an in a low voice: "You said that your majesty and the guardian prince will give birth to each other in the future?" How good-looking do you have to be, kid?”

When she thought that such a beautiful child would be born... God could tell her. If she hadn't vowed to be a person who cherishes blessings, she would have wanted to rush to reincarnate.

Of course, it was just a thought. After all, her merits were still very shallow. Such great luck would never come to her.

Chang Sui'an doesn't attach much importance to the word "good-looking". His focus is: "...must be very smart, and will definitely be a wizard among wizards."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look forward to it: "I can teach martial arts by then!"

"There is no need for you to teach me. I think it should be taught by the prince himself. You should teach yourself well..." Yao Xia said, her voice stopped suddenly, her cheeks heated up, and she looked away.

Changsui An never squints his eyes, seemingly not understanding it, but he is already over 10 years old, how could he really not understand it?

He wanted not to respond, but he felt that it would make it appear that he understood, so he quickly added: "You are right."

After that, he was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he quickly added: "I mean, it should be taught by the prince himself - that's right!"

However, it seemed that the description was getting darker and darker, both of their faces turned red, and the atmosphere was still weird after all.

Yao Xia's fingers were also twisted and turned red. After a while, she quietly turned her head to look at the young man beside her. After all, she still thought boldly - her future children should also be very good-looking, right?

Chang Sui'an developed a keen awareness on the battlefield. When he noticed that she was looking at him, he turned to look at her. Their eyes met. Yao Xia stopped dodging and smiled, revealing a pair of tiger fangs.

Chang Sui'an couldn't help but laugh along with her.

The bamboo shadows are mottled and swaying, and the birds are chirping like music. Being among them makes people's mood light and lively.

That night, the eldest princess returned to the Zhongyong Hou Mansion. Shi Shiran sat down and said two words to Chang Kuo: "It's done." What was done?

Oh, she went to work as a matchmaker for Yao Tingwei's niece today.

Chang Kuo reacted, but he became even more angry for no reason. Originally, he had the Yao family as his company, but now the only ones who were difficult to deal with were the brats from his family. How could he not be angry?

"How come other people can get things done by just pulling on their red threads, but I'm busy writing and drawing but still can't come up with a single stroke?" Chang Kuo resisted the urge to scratch his head crazily.

Li Rong Youyou rolled her eyes: "I've finished these two strokes, and you're still wandering around in your dream."

Chang Kuo turned to look at her: "What do you mean?"

Li Rong narrowed his eyes: "Fortunately for the son you raised with your own hands, the father hasn't noticed the clues yet? If my daughter-in-law drinks the tea later, I'm afraid you still have to point to the bowl of tea. Ask me what this means?"

Chang Kuo didn't bother to retaliate. He rolled his big eyes and suddenly came back to his senses: "You mean, these two children... see each other?"

"When did this happen?" Chang Kuo thought hard: "I haven't seen each other very often! Why..."

After thinking about it, I couldn't help but wonder: "You can't be like me... and just fall in love with him once you meet him?"

Li Rong raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

Facing her clearly proud and arrogant eyes, Chang Kuo straightened his clothes: "What are you looking at? I'm not talking about you..."

The next moment, someone grabbed my ear: "Which one is that? Huh?"

"...jealous woman! Let go!"

Lao Kang, who was just about to go in to ask for an audience with the Marquis, heard this and said, "What a crime, I can't even see it." He silently backed out.

The marriage between Qiao Yubai and Chang Sui'an was decided one after another, which made many people who focused on this very sad.

Recently, Wei Miaoqing was busy bringing a group of friends to Yao Xia's house to interrogate Yao Xia about what happened.

At the same time, as the emperor's wedding approached, those who came to congratulate him arrived in the capital one after another.

Among them were old people from Jiangdu who had not been able to come to watch the Emperor's ascension ceremony before, such as Shen Sanmao, Zheng Chao and others.

Shen Sanmao came to congratulate him, but he also brought his own good news.

Shen Sanmao got married. They got married in the winter months of last year. They informed the emperor of the matter in advance before getting married. This time he came to Beijing and brought the good news that his wife was pregnant.

In the Manlu Palace, Shen Sanmao had tears of excitement in his eyes. After performing prostrations to see the Emperor, he was given a seat. When he talked about his wife and daughter at home, there was a look of peace and contentment on his face that could not be concealed.

Shen Sanmao is already forty years old. In the first half of his life, due to his background and experience, he never got married.

After establishing a foothold in Jiangdu, no one knew the name of Manager Shen soon. When the new emperor ascended to power, Manager Shen became a big shot in the entire Huainan Road who had to show courtesy.

As a lonely big shot, some people inevitably sent beautiful concubines, and some people lined up to marry off their daughters to become the wife of the Shen family, but these were all declined by Shen Sanmao.

When the news spread that Manager Shen was getting married, almost everyone craned their necks to find out. They wanted to see what kind of outstanding background this new lady had, or what kind of one-in-a-million looks she had.

But what makes people disappointed and puzzled is that the new lady comes from a humble background and is just an ordinary-looking woman. To be precise, she is a widow with a baby girl.

The widow is from Jiangdu, her surname is Ye and her given name is Qiao Niang.

Everyone was extremely curious about the new lady. Some people laughed privately and said that this woman must be very skilled in skills. Therefore, during the wedding banquet, they would inevitably want to take a second look and explore a few words, and also discuss how to make a big fuss. The same goes for the bridal chamber.

However, before the toast, Shen Sanmao, who has always been smooth in the market, smiled and said to a group of guests who liked to laugh: "A certain wife is cunning and shameless, but a certain wife is upright and kind. I hope you don't joke around, so as not to disturb me." Housewife and child. 】

This sentence made everyone immediately stop talking nonsense, and only smiled in surprise, "Manager Shen also has times to protect his shortcomings", but they had to look at this lady squarely.

Half a lifetime of experience has made Shen Sanmao want a stable and practical life rather than flashy beauty, and in his opinion, his wife is indeed very good.

Qiaoniang lost her husband in her early years and was one of the first women to go out to work after Jiangdu encouraged women to go out to work. She endured a lot of cold ridicule, supported herself and her young daughter with her own hands, and then opened a breakfast shop. Shen Sanmao often went to that shop to have breakfast. This self-reliant, brave, hard-working and tenacious woman was covered in Every advantage deserves to be appreciated and respected.

In Shen Sanmao's words, marrying Qiao Niang was his blessing and a talisman given to him by God.

Everything he got now often made Shen Sanmao feel unrealistic. This was one of the reasons why he refused to become an official in the first place. He often felt as if he was floating in mid-air. The moment he returned home and saw his wife and daughter, he felt like he was there again. Feeling rooted.

He also told the emperor that if his wife hadn't been pregnant and inconvenienced, she would have gone to the capital together to congratulate her.

After saying this, Shen Sanmao realized that his words were too trivial. Feeling a little scared and ashamed, he asked His Majesty the Dragon Body with concern, and then asked: "Why haven't you seen the Prince Protector?"

Li Suining smiled and said, "He has gone to inspect the military affairs of the world on my behalf, but he has not yet returned to Beijing."

Shen Sanmao was stunned and couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart. He still came too early. He should just seize the day and work in the workshop until the last day.

Prince Renhusheng hasn't come back yet, why is he anxious?

I can only sigh in admiration: "The blessing of the country, the blessing of the country..."

With such a pair of great couples, why should Dasheng not be prosperous?

Shen Sanmao left the Ganlu Palace with admiration. On the way out of the palace, he met Chang Sui'an who entered the palace.

Shen Sanmao's eyes lit up and he hurriedly bowed deeply to Chang Sui'an.

Chang Sui'an felt that this person looked familiar. After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized: "It's you!"

Chang Sui'an had never stayed in Jiangdu, and her impression of Shen Sanmao was that he first pretended to be a Taoist priest to sell duck eggs from other countries, and then pretended to be a doctor and a child to extort money from him, defrauding him twice a day, and then being sent to Ningning. In the initial stage of being knocked unconscious, put into a sack and thrown into the village to work.

As for the subsequent events related to Shen Sanmao, I only heard about them vaguely, which was far less profound than the initial impression.

Facing his former benefactor Bole, Shen Sanmao saluted again with shame and gratitude.

Chang Sui'an didn't mention the old things too much and asked in a low voice: "I heard from A Che that you were the one who invented the engine flying fire? This thing helped a lot in defeating the Beidi Tubo!"

"I dare not take it seriously. This is not the work of one villain, but the work of many craftsmen." He said, clasping his hands in the direction of Ganlu Palace: "As for the first contribution, it must be His Majesty's wise decision to build a workshop in Jiangdu."

Speaking of gunpowder, he also brought a lot of wedding gifts to His Majesty from the gunpowder mill.

Shen Sanmao said goodbye to Chang Sui'an with a smile and went to count and arrange the gifts.

Within the walls of the vermilion palace, golden osmanthus has begun to form green spikes of flowers, and it will only take half a month to present the fragrant autumn fragrance to the capital. (End of chapter)