Warm marriage

The weather is getting colder and the end of the year is approaching.Candidates who will take the exam next year at home study in the study every day.Jiang Suhuan took time to do her own work, occasionally staying in the Shangyi Pavilion to study cases, and occasionally going out to practice medicine with a medicine box on her back.

Passing by Jiang's mansion, Jiang Suhuan came and went in a hurry, gave Mrs. Jiang the medicine she had made, and left.

It has not been a short time since I came here, and there are only a few people who can be counted in Jiang Suhuan's heart.As long as they are all well, Jiang Suhuan has nothing to worry about, and he is still the paranoid pharmacist who devotes himself to studying pharmacology.

Elder Liang from the Shangyi Pavilion asked Jiang Suhuan when he would hit the blue card?

Jiang Suhuan couldn't help being surprised, did Elder Liang have such confidence in him?At the age of only 20 years old, he won the blue card. If he said it, he would be laughed out of his teeth.Even Jiang Suhuan himself didn't have the confidence, he waved his hand and said, "In a few years."

When the dust settles on Xia Junqing's side, and when he settles down by himself, it will probably be about the same.

Occasionally, the Lan family would call Jiang Suhuan to her side, and the mother and son would chat about things around them.Jiang Suhuan looked at Lan's face, always feeling heavy in his heart, and had a premonition that things were about to change.

But Jiang Suhuan was powerless and didn't know how to solve this situation.

After Xia Jun lightly chopped the firewood, he learned that Jiang Suhuan had gone to his mother's courtyard, so he excitedly went to find someone.

Seeing him, Lan's smile was gratified, and her words were full of intimacy and love.At this time, the family of three is happy.

"Seeing that you are sweating all over, you went to chop firewood again?" Lan was puzzled by Xia Junqing's new hobby. Now there is so much firewood in the small kitchen that there is no place to pile it up.

"That's right, I'll finish chopping soon today." Xia Junqing was quite proud of his skills in chopping firewood.

Jiang Suhuan smiled slightly and said, "I think our house will be flooded with firewood. Next time, you can do something else, like running around the yard or something."

"But the master said that chopping wood is the best exercise!" Xia Jun said lightly.

"Master? What master?" Lan asked puzzled, she didn't know that Xia Junqing had a master.

"Ah." Accidentally slipped his mouth, Xia Jun looked at Jiang Suhuan lightly and guilty. It was Jiang Suhuan who told him not to say it for the time being.

"Suhuan, are you hiding something from me?" Lan knew at a glance that this was Jiang Suhuan's idea.

"It's not deliberately concealing it. In fact, I'm afraid you will think too much." Jiang Suhuan said: "This master met Junqing when he was ill last time. He is a very good person and lives in Wulipo outside the city. He often Point out Junqing's articles, and let Junqing exercise by the way." As he said, he still didn't bring up Ren Jian's affairs.

"It turned out to be like this?" Lan Shi was not particularly angry when she heard the words, she said: "No wonder Junqing said that the imperial examination is the imperial examination. It seems that this master has contributed a lot. You should respect the teacher and don't forget thanks to his teaching."

Xia Junqing quickly said: "It's natural, my son will never forget it."

Jiang Suhuan also nodded, but he was not as optimistic as Xia Junqing, and things were really messed up.

"The end of the year is approaching, you should take the time to visit the revered master to be serious, I will ask Cheng Ying to pack a few presents, and you can take them with you," Lan ordered.

"Okay." The two dared not answer.

Xia Junqing was happy, at least her master had passed the enlightened path in front of her mother, and Lan's did not look down on this master who became a monk halfway.

This time I was ordered to visit the master, and brought a gift from Lan's, Xia Junqing was very happy along the way.

Jiang Suhuan couldn't help being affected, so let's take it one step at a time, maybe things aren't that difficult.

After hearing about Xia Junqing's mother, Lan Shi, Layman Yinshan was fascinated by the presents, but in the end he didn't say anything wrong and accepted them as usual.

"Please don't give these good things to your mother next time. If you don't need them, it's better to buy two jugs of good wine." He said with a smile.

However, Jiang Suhuan saw the shadows from the smile of the layman in Yinshan.

It's Chinese New Year, another year, and the courtyard of the Xia family's big house is still deserted.But when you open the door and go in, it looks warm and lively, because the master and servant are sitting together, making dumplings.

Xia Junqing's hands are the most clumsy, and he couldn't make a well-shaped dumpling for half a day.

Jiang Suhuan patted his hand: "You wait to eat, you don't have to worry about it here."

"Huan'er..." Xia Jun felt aggrieved, but he just didn't know how to make dumplings.

"Master, go wash your hands, it's almost finished anyway. Isn't it good for you to eat what Master Huan personally wrapped?" Even the maids are persuading.

"Yes, let's go." Jiang Suhuan drew a white line on Xia Junqing's cheek with a finger dipped in flour.

Xia Jun blinked lightly, and rubbed his cheek against Jiang Suhuan's face: "Give it back to you, hum!" Then he got up and ran to wash his hands.

The maids laughed and seemed to be in harmony in the room.

In contrast, although there are many people in the courtyard of Erfang, it is not as friendly as here.Between the several masters, there is more of a close relationship, and no one loves the other.

This year also passed so uneventfully. After the Lantern Festival, Xia Junqing was busy packing her luggage and going to Beijing to catch the exam.

Jiang Suhuan accompanied him, bid farewell to the two parents, and set off on the road.

About a month before the start of the exam, the two arrived in the capital with Xiao Si and Liu Wang.Rented in a small alley nearby, the examinee concentrates on studying, the pharmacist occasionally goes out to practice medicine and sell medicine, Xiaosi Liu Wang takes care of daily life.

One day Jiang Suhuan walked home, closed the door solemnly, put down the medicine box, and went to see the candidates at home first.

"What's wrong with Huan'er?" Xia Jun raised his head lightly, and found that his daughter-in-law's expression was not very good.

"Maybe we were followed by someone as soon as we went to Beijing. I just came back and found someone following me." Jiang Suhuan said in a deep voice.

"What?" Xia Jun was very surprised, it was the first time he had come into contact with the matter of stalking: "Who wants to stare at us? Could it be that..."

"It shouldn't be him." Jiang Suhuan knew who Xia Junqing was talking about, but it didn't make sense, he was always aboveboard, so there was no need to follow him.

"Then, you should go out less in the future, it will be bad if they plot something wrong." Xia Jun gently took Jiang Suhuan's hand and said that he didn't want him to go out again.

"It's not a solution not to go out." Jiang Suhuan sat down, patted Xia Junqing's thigh and said, "It's okay, don't think about it, or they don't have any malicious intentions." At present, it is not easy to affect Xia Junqing's state, and it will happen in a few days Will try it.

"Well, yes, we have been in Beijing for a month, otherwise we would have been out of order." Xia Jun said lightly, but he was somewhat affected, and his expression was not very good.

Jiang Suhuan regretted telling Xia Junqing about this, he held Xia Junqing's face and kissed him: "Don't think too much, relax these few days, and don't look at him all day."

Xia Jun said lightly, "Okay."

In order to relax Xia Junqing's nerves, Jiang Suhuan has been pulling him for the past few days, talking, laughing and making out, cooking together, cooking medicinal meals and so on.

All along, Xia Junqing's body has been adjusted by Jiang Suhuan, and Jiang Suhuan is very aware of Xia Junqing's physical condition.It's already at the best level so far, it's just a matter of playing on the spot and not making mistakes.

Jiang Suhuan's approach is indeed very effective for Xia Junqing.

Xia Junqing was originally a person who didn't hide his worries, he was easy to be cheerful after being coaxed a few times, and when Jiang Suhuan made fun, he couldn't stop laughing all day.

On the day of the exam, Jiang Suhuan sent him out and sent him into the exam room.

"After you finish the exam, let's go and have a full meal."

Xia Jun lightly complained: "I won't be able to eat or sleep well in the future, and the environment will be terrible."

Jiang Suhuan smiled and kissed the corner of his mouth and said: "Be patient and it will be over, good boy, go."

Resolutely walking into the line of examinees, Xia Jun turned his head to look at Jiang Suhuan lightly, seeing Jiang Suhuan still standing there, his heart was very stable.

Exams last for several days, and eating and drinking are all inside, which is a very hard work for scholars.

Fortunately, Xia Junqing is not a weak scholar, his physique and condition are so good that when others can't bear to faint, he is still relaxed.At most, I just complain about the bad environment, bad food, and no wife by my side.

On the day the exam was over, Jiang Suhuan came to the door early to wait.Once he saw a candidate being carried out, he went to have a look very worried, and found that it was not Xia Junqing who continued to wait in peace.

When the time finally came, the candidates came out one after another.

A lake-blue figure quickly ran towards Jiang Suhuan.Compared with the other candidates who looked distressed, Xia Junqing was particularly abrupt, he was so lively and energetic that it was outrageous.

"Huan'er!" Carrying miscellaneous examination equipment on his back, Xia Jun lightly threw himself in front of Jiang Suhuan.

"..." Jiang Suhuan felt that he had been hit by a small guided missile and was almost injured internally.He took a few breaths before smiling and asked, "How do you feel?"

Xia Jun muttered softly: "It smells bad inside, smell me quickly, does it smell?"

Jiang Suhuan sniffed it, nodded and said, "It really stinks."

"..." Xia Junqing was shocked, and hurriedly urged: "Let's go back quickly, I want to take a shower and change clothes."

"Okay." Jiang Suhuan smiled and pulled him home.

After returning to the rented home and helping Xia Jun gently wash off the dirt and smell, Jiang Suhuan asked him again: "Is this exam difficult? Are you sure?"

Xia Junqing felt relaxed all over, and said with a tired look beside Jiang Suhuan: "It seems to be the same as before, I can't say."

"En." Hearing his answer, Jiang Suhuan didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, he had already finished the exam, and the result would not change anyway.

"When are you going to eat the Manchu Banquet?" Xia Jun shook the people around him lightly.

"You only think about this?" Jiang Suhuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Huan'er, did you lie to me?" Xia Junqing's eyes were watery. During his exams, Man Han Quan Xi kept thinking about it in his heart and became a spiritual pillar.

"Okay, I didn't lie to you, I'll go tomorrow." Jiang Suhuan made the bed for him, and said: "You take a day off first, everything will be discussed tomorrow."

"Yeah." Xia Junqing was also tired, and soon fell asleep snoring after lying down on the bed.

It was almost evening when he woke up, Xia Jun woke up and started to eat dinner.Jiang Suhuan was by his side, eating satisfactorily, warm and at ease.

"It's good to have Huan'er here." He looked at Jiang Suhuan and smirked.

"Eat." Jiang Suhuan brought him some food, urging him to eat more.

"Other candidates also have wives to accompany the exam, but none of them are as good as me." Xia Junqing seemed to have heard a lot of gossip, and said it one after another, as well as anecdotes from previous years, and so on.

"If you get into the first list and a girl from the official family takes a fancy to you, what will you do?" After hearing a bad story, Jiang Suhuan also asked him.

"Of course I refuse, I already have Huan'er." Xia Jun said lightly.

"What if that girl's father is very powerful and wants to take away your fame?" Jiang Suhuan asked again.

"So powerful?" Xia Junqing still shook his head and said, "Then I don't want any girls, I just want you."

Jiang Suhuan raised the corners of his mouth and kissed the prospective Jinshi's lips: "I'm really afraid that you will enter the officialdom for a pure little rabbit like you."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Huan'er is here." Xia Junqing also kissed him back, and praised him by the way.

"Okay, I'm not tired anymore, drink this bowl of soup." Jiang Suhuan personally brought a bowl of medicinal soup for Xia Jun to drink lightly.

"What kind of prescription did Huan'er prescribe? This soup is not bad at all, and it's delicious." Xia Jun said as he sipped it lightly.

"The prescription for nourishing the body is stewed with meat and bones, of course it is delicious." Jiang Suhuan said.

"Then you have a drink too." Xia Jun gently moved his lips to his, looking at him sincerely.

"This is for you..." Jiang Suhuan had no choice but to take a small sip and said to him, "Drink it quickly, I have my medicinal soup."

"Oh." Xia Jun smiled lightly and finished the bowl of medicinal soup.

The next day, Jiang Suhuan really took Xia Junqing to eat the famous Manchu Banquet.I heard that there is only one restaurant in the entire capital that serves this dish, and there is no place for it if I go too late.

Xia Junqing dragged Jiang Suhuan out early in the morning, so excited, but not nervous about his exam results at all.

"It's too wasteful for two people to eat a table full of dishes." Jiang Suhuan carefully reduced the portions to a suitable level, saving a lot of money.

It's not that I feel sorry for the money, it's just a waste.

And Xia Junqing didn't want to be disturbed by others, so he didn't even bring Liu Wang with him when he went out.

"Take it home if you can't finish it, and give it to Liu Wang to taste." Xia Junqing said while eating, looking very satisfied.

This is not a private room, but the lobby on the second floor, and there are many tables around.It can be seen that many of them are candidates for this year, and some of them are familiar to Xia Junqing.

"Huan'er, look over there, there is a man with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes." Xia Junqing noticed it by chance, and quickly pointed it out to Jiang Suhuan.

"Huh?" Jiang Suhuan looked and indeed saw a suspicious person, but the person left quickly.

"He's gone, forget it." Xia Jun said lightly, they were only two people, and they were not familiar with each other in the capital, so there was nothing they could do about it.

"Well, it's okay, eat slowly." Jiang Suhuan picked up the food for him, and at the same time pricked up his ears to listen to the noise around him.

"Master Yu is the chief examiner this time... He has a political disagreement with Lord Wang. One has a pragmatic and hard-nosed style, while the other has a flexible and detached style. I don't know what will happen to the students selected by them. Will it affect it?"

"Isn't there still a kind Master Zhang?"

"..."

After eating the reduced version plus the incomplete version, Jiang Suhuan and Xia Junqing had no intention of staying outside, so they went back directly.

Not far from the restaurant, a person bumped into him, almost hitting Xia Jun lightly.

Jiang Suhuan grabbed him in time, and went to look at the person who hit him, but he had already run away.

"Huan'er, do you see this?" Xia Jun gently took a note from his belt.

"Huh?" Jiang Suhuan unfolded it, and there was an address written on it, but no signature.

"This...is telling us to go find him?" Xia Jun asked suspiciously, "Who could it be?"

Jiang Suhuan thought for a moment: "Go and see, maybe you will know."

There is a certain danger, but if you don't go, the enemy is in the dark and they are in the light, and they will not be able to guard against it. It is better to find out the situation directly.

Jiang Suhuan dragged Xia Junqing to turn left and right in the alley, and asked many people to find the right place.

A man wearing a cloak raised a corner of his hat and smiled at them. It turned out to be Lord Yu.

"It seems that I guessed wrong." Jiang Suhuan said, he had excluded Mr. Yu before.

"Come here." Master Yu took them to a private house, which was really a small house for ordinary people, but they turned a blind eye to them, it seemed that they belonged to Master Yu.

"My lord invites us to meet at this time, it seems to be against the rules." Jiang Suhuan sat down and said.

"It's because it's not in compliance with the rules, that's why this happened." Master Yu took off his cloak and sighed, "It's not a bad thing at all, but it's sneaky like a thief, haha."

Xia Junqing was very puzzled: "Why is your lord looking for us?"

Master Yu looked at him, and sighed with dewy eyes: "It's so resembling, if it weren't for this resemblance, I wouldn't dare to recognize him."

Mentioning the fact that Xia Junqing looks like a princess again, Jiang Suhuan said: "Didn't your lord say that you are only sextile?"

"Hehe, it's not about being like a princess, but about being like the princess and her concubine, who is Junqing's grandma." Master Yu told an even more shocking fact: "And I am the princess's real uncle, and I am Junqing's uncle." Uncle."

Xia Jun was so surprised that he held Jiang Suhuan's hand and forgot to let go, and said to Master Yu in a daze, "What are you talking about, you are my uncle?"

Jiang Suhuan was silent, Master Yu immediately exposed Xia Junqing's identity, and he didn't know how to start a conversation.

"Master Yu, it seems that you are also an insider, why don't you tell us the ins and outs of this matter."

Master Yu didn't intend to go into details, he said: "The most important thing right now is that the princess is about to run out of fuel, I hope you go to see her." He looked at Xia Jun lightly, and told him very seriously: "Although you are The son of the princess is destined not to be able to recognize his own mother, you can only be Xia Junqing."

Xia Junqing was still immersed in the mystery of his identity, unable to think at all.

"Master Yu, why is this?" Jiang Suhuan asked.

Master Yu caressed his beard and sighed: "At the beginning, Junqing was sent away because of the royal family dispute. The princess' mother concubine and the emperor are at odds, and it has reached the point where water and fire are incompatible. She died and failed. She was executed by the first emperor, leaving the innocent princess behind. Twenty years after the incident, the emperor has ascended the throne, and he still reuses my Yu clan, but he clearly told the princess that she cannot leave the royal blood." There are many things in it. However, Master Yu did not say that it was about the replacement of old and new at that time, and the filth and people involved in it cannot bear to be elaborated.

"Then, Junqing's biological father?" When it comes to royal family disputes, Jiang Suhuan would not naively think that Xia Youzheng died in the vortex of the Xia family's struggle for power.Compared with the royal family strife, the Xia family is nothing.

"He, he is the most innocent person among them." Master Yu sighed, and said after a long time: "He is Ren Jian, the former Xia Youzheng."

"You said, he is Ren Jian, my father?" Xia Jun murmured softly, unbelievable, his father is still alive?

"Yes, you are the princess and Ren Jian's child." Master Yu looked at Xia Jun and said lightly, with blood in his eyes.

"Why did this happen?" Xia Junqing didn't have any feelings about the sudden appearance of the princess. What he felt sorry for was his father and mother: "Then what is my mother in Lianzhou, who has raised me for more than [-] years?"

"..." Master Yu was speechless when faced with his question: "Junqing, we are the ones who are sorry for your adoptive mother and your father."

"...My father, what about him now?" Xia Junqing hurriedly asked.

"He is in the princess mansion, and the princess is lingering on her sick bed. Before she dies, her last wish is to see you." Master Yu said, "Don't hate her. You are all poor people. No one is right or wrong. Isn't it pitiful to see your parents and children?"

Xia Jun was silent for a long time, with a sad face: "Since you know that I am her biological child, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Master Yu said: "This is... your father's request. Your father loved your adoptive mother deeply, but the child your adoptive mother gave birth to was stillborn. In order to save your life, I will completely conceal your identity. Send it to your adoptive mother as her own child."

"So you didn't recognize me for more than twenty years? Make me think that my father is already dead? Now that my mother is about to pass away, let me go to see her?" Xia Jun trembled slightly, feeling unable to accept this fact.

Jiang Suhuan had no choice but to hug him tightly, and comforted him anxiously: "Junqing, don't do this, think about the best. You have two mothers who love you, and many relatives, as well as me, don't be sad!"

Xia Jun leaned lightly on Jiang Suhuan's shoulder, and couldn't help crying: "I'm not sad, I just pity my mother and miss my father all his life, but it turns out that we have been concealed." Isn't it the Lan family who has been hurt the most by this matter?

"My mother has a filial child like you, and she doesn't regret it. We can still be filial to her for the rest of my life." Jiang Suhuan comforted, wiping his face for him: "The most important thing right now is to see your father and mother, no matter what, They gave birth to you."

"..." Xia Jun was sad for a while, then nodded with a wooden face.

"One more thing." Master Yu said: "I have read Junqing's article. Although he has the qualifications to be ranked first, Junqing is destined to keep a low profile. When the emperor is in power, he can only be a magistrate."

Jiang Suhuan and Xia Junqing didn't care about this matter. Their original intention of obtaining fame and fame was to become stronger and fight for their own foothold.The most important thing right now is not these.

"Alas..." Master Yu put on his cloak, took the two of them to dress up in disguise, and then secretly entered the princess mansion.