After marriage and marriage, I became the favorite of the group

In the middle of the night, the snow fell silently.

In the bedroom where three charcoal pots were lit, on the soft cashmere blanket, Ruan Jiu was already sound asleep, with a peaceful smile on his face.

About to have a sweet dream.

He Lianzhu knew in his heart that Ruan Jiu must have dreamed of that "little junior sister" who didn't know who it was.

He glanced at Ruan Jiu again, pursed his mouth unhappily, turned over, rested his hands, and opened his eyes.

My queen is by my side, dreaming of others.

As he thought this way, Ruan Jiu smacked his lips behind him again.

He Lianzhu could almost imagine what kind of dream Ruan Jiu was having, he wouldn't have kissed someone else, would he?

He Lianzhu couldn't swallow the breath, sat up abruptly, looked back at Ruan Jiu, stretched out his hand to shake him awake, asked him to look at himself, and kissed him hard.

But he dared not.

If Ruan Jiu is woken up, Ruan Jiu will be angry.

If Ruan Jiu was angry, he would scratch his hair and then hug the pillow and beat him.

What serious consequences!

He Lianzhu shook the air violently with his outstretched hands, and then gave a "woof" to Ruan Jiu who was sleeping soundly.

He Lianzhu leaned over again and pressed a wet kiss on his forehead.

Ruan Jiu refused to let him kiss, but he insisted on kissing.

He Lianzhu kissed him several times, almost like a puppy "licking" Ruan Jiu's face.

Almost woke up Ruan Jiu.

He Lianzhu withdrew his hand and didn't dare to move again, but he still felt that it was not enough, he stared at Ruan Jiu for a long time with aggrieved eyes, then covered Ruan Jiu with the quilt, and got out of bed by himself.

He put on his clothes, picked up the story book that Ruan Jiu had read obsessively during the day, went outside, lit a candle, and prepared to study it.

I would like to see what kind of monsters and ghosts attracted Ruan Jiu so "fascinated".

With that in mind, he turned to the first page of the storybook.

Seriously, like opening a serious book to study.

Early the next morning, when the sky was getting brighter, Ulan yawned, and holding hot water, pushed open the door of the dormitory.

He lowered his voice, not wanting to wake up Ruan Jiu: "Your Majesty, it's time to get up..."

He stopped in front of the door, and He Lianzhu, who was buried in the text, raised his head, looked at him, and said calmly, "So it's already dawn."

Ulan asked in surprise, "Your Majesty didn't sleep all night?"

"En." He Lianzhu closed the script as if nothing had happened, took the serious book on the table, and covered the script.

He thought that his Chinese was good enough, but he didn't expect that it would take him all night to read this script.

Old Mr. Liu taught him Chinese, and he had read many books, even Ruan Jiu didn't know many rare characters, but he did.But this script, he couldn't understand it.

He clearly recognized many words, but he didn't know what they meant here.

What is admiration?What is love?He doesn't understand.

No wonder Ruan Jiu didn't let him read it, it turned out that he couldn't understand it at all.

He Lianzhu pushed the script back, got up and went back to the room to wash.

Ruan Jiu slept restlessly, always tossing and turning.Lying in a mess, clutching the tent in his hands, he was about to tear it off.

Through the curtain that was half lifted by Ruan Jiu, He Lianzhu could only see half of Ruan Jiu's face, the white jade-like chin, the slightly raised corners of his lips, and the small dimples at the corners of his lips.

He Lianzhu threw the clothes he had taken off onto the hanger, and pulled a new one to put on.

He thought, if only he could grow up quickly.

Maybe when he turns 16, he will be able to understand what the 16-year-old Ruan Jiu is thinking and dreaming.

But he is 16 years old, Ruan Jiu is 19 years old, what is Ruan Jiu thinking at the age of 19?Will he have to wait until he is 19 years old to understand?

He Lianzhu couldn't help complaining, why didn't Ruan Jiu wait for him when he was born?

He has been chasing Ruan Jiu very hard, but he seems to never be able to catch up, and he will always be three years behind Ruan Jiu.

This is really too bad. Thinking of this, He Lianzhu felt so sad that his heart tightened.

He Lianzhu put on his clothes, washed up, did some boxing in the yard, then had breakfast, got into the carriage and left the city.

Mr. Liu will ask about the content of the book he talked about yesterday, and give him advice in the way he taught Liang Guotai earlier.

He Lianzhu sat in front of his husband, with his back straight, neither humble nor overbearing, and answered fluently.

Mr. Liu nodded slightly with a smile on his face: "Not bad."

It was hard for him not to admit that He Lianzhu was a talented student he had taught, he was a born king, an iron tree growing from the cracks in the northwest desert.

He Lianzhu still had a calm look on his face, and said "Thank you sir".

He thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Sir, the student doesn't understand a word."

"You said."

"What is 'Huanai'?"

He Lianzhu's expression was as usual, but Mr. Liu stayed still.

He is young and doesn't know the taboos of adults. If he knew, he wouldn't ask everywhere how to make Ruan Jiu have a baby. What's more, this time, he didn't know how to explain this word at all.

Old Mr. Liu lowered his head, coughed twice, and said perfunctorily and inappropriately: "The king's love will benefit the common people."

He Lianzhu waited for him to say something more, but didn't want him to stop talking.

"that's it?"

"that's it."

Mr. Liu frowned, and suddenly had an ominous premonition: "Where did you see this?"

"Ruanjiu recently read the words in the book."

"You...don't learn from him."

Old Mr. Liu raised his forehead, the future emperor's talent he cultivated vigorously, was actually led away by Ruan Jiu wantonly like this.

Ruan Jiu was tying pretty little flowers to the branches of Ironwood.

The "culprit" Ruan Jiu didn't get up until it was three o'clock in the morning. He procrastinated to eat breakfast, then lay down on the bed again, and picked up a new book.

Ulan was sitting next to him, sewing with a piece of rabbit skin and a needle and thread.

Ruan Jiu was a little tired from reading, so he turned to look at him, and saw the needle and thread flying in his hands.

"Wow." Ruan Jiu sighed, "Ulan, you know how to make clothes."

"Yeah." Ulan kept moving, "In a place like Xiyuan, of course you have to do it yourself."

"It's amazing." Ruan Jiu put down the script, leaned over to look at him, "What are you doing?"

Ulan smiled, tied a knot, tore off the end of the thread, turned the rabbit fur over, and put it on Ruan Jiu's head.

It's a hat with bunny ears.

Ruan Jiu raised his eyes, touched the rabbit ears hanging on both sides, and was a little surprised: "You made them for me?"

"That's right." Ulan put back her hat, "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the queen can't live without new clothes."

Ruan Jiu touched the tip of his nose: "Eighteen they will prepare for me..."

"They prepared it for the little prince. Of course, they also prepared it for the queen. I asked the king for instructions, and the king asked me to choose a pile of "wool". There are still a few months, when the whole body is finished, the queen can wear it."

The hat was not ready, and Ulan continued to thread the needle.

Ulan thought, the king is young and doesn't understand these things at all.Although the queen mother has recently regained her heart for Ruan Jiu, she is from Liang after all, and if she wants to give clothes, it must be Liang's clothes.

And Ruan Jiu has been here for more than half a year, and he only has one piece of clothing, which is the one he wore when he got married.

It won't work, of course not.

Ruan Jiu was really happy, and said with a smile, "Then thank you, my concubine."

Ulan smiled, but didn't answer.

Ruan Jiu watched him do needlework swiftly, watched for a while, and asked casually: "Ulan, I don't know your background, how old were you when you became a concubine?"

"." Ulan replied, "My hometown is a small tribe to the west of Bijiu. The name of the tribe is Ulan, which means violet in the oasis."

"Then why are you called Ulan?"

"I didn't have a name at first, but after I was captured, they called me that."

Ruan Jiu nodded.

"I used to work in the palace. Later when the king ascended the throne, the great witch gave orders to the king, saying that the king's life was murderous, and he should not approach women. But according to the usual practice, when the king ascended the throne, he had to choose two concubines."

Ruan Jiu asked: "So I chose you?"

"Yes, at that time the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager each chose one. The Empress Dowager chose Getulu, and the Empress Dowager chose me."

"Ah..." Ruan Jiu hissed, "I can understand choosing you, and choosing Getulu. It seems that the Empress Dowager has disliked He Lianzhu since then."

As soon as he finished speaking, Geturu came in, and he said dissatisfiedly: "The queen speaks ill of me behind my back, I heard it."

"No." Ruan Jiu quickly explained, "I just said... Getulu is not suitable to be a concubine."

He was confident and pointed at Ulan: "Look at her, the concubine is an example, she is sewing clothes for me, how about you?"

Getulu stepped forward: "My incompetent concubine brought a letter from home to the queen."

Ruan Jiu's eyes lit up: "Is it sent from Liang Guo? Why is it at your place?"

"I went out to do errands, and I happened to meet the messenger who sent the letter, so I brought it back for the queen."

Ruan Jiu got up from the bed: "Show me quickly!"

Getulu reached out to take out the letter from his bosom, but he just put his hand in his bosom and asked, "Am I a competent concubine?"

"That's right, Tulu is my concubine."

Geturu was so tired of him that he shivered for a while, and hurriedly handed him the letter, and stepped aside.

Ruan Jiu took the letter.The letter sent from Yong'an has become a little wrinkled after traveling thousands of miles.

He didn't care, he looked at the envelope first, it was sent from home, written to him by his brother, very familiar handwriting.

He greedily read the envelope twice before opening it.

The letter was a thick one, mainly asking how he was doing, and there were many things that I didn't have time to tell him at the time, and some things that need to be paid attention to now.

It is not easy to send a letter from Yong'an. It can be seen that it took several days for my brother to write this letter.

Ulan and Getulu looked at Ruan Jiu who was reading the letter seriously, looked at each other again, and smiled.

The queen is still a child.

Ruan Jiu read the letter slowly, reading each page two or three times, but saw the last page.

He frowned and looked at it more seriously, as if he wanted to engrave every word in his heart.

Ulan glanced at him again, did not disturb him, and continued to work with his head down.

Suddenly, Ruan Jiu cheered and rushed forward to hug him: "Ah!"

Ulan quickly raised her hands: "Needle, queen be careful of needles!"

Ruan Jiu let go of him, and rushed to hug Getulu again: "Ah!"

"Queen, what...how?"

"My brother is coming! My father and mother are coming to see me!" Ruan Jiu let go of him, picked up the letter on the next page, and read it carefully again, almost wanting to read the contents of the letter, let him Everybody knows.

The elder brother said in the letter that his health has improved recently, and he has not seen him for so long, and he really misses him so much. During the Chinese New Year, the whole family came to see him.

Holding the letter, Ruan Jiu was so ecstatic that he ran around the room several times in a row.

"what!"

Ulan and Geturu looked at each other again, Naidi shook his head and let him go.

Then Ulan found that Ruan Jiu got out of bed without any outer clothes or shoes, quickly put down the things in his hands, and chased after him with a cloak: "Queen, put on clothes."

Ruan Jiu was surrounded by a thick cloak, so he didn't feel cold, but just smirked at others: "My brother is coming!"

"I know, I know." Ulan raised his hand, "Put on your clothes first."

When He Lianzhu came back at noon, Ruan Jiu was not obsessed with the script, but was eating candied fruit.

"This is delicious, my brother will definitely like it. Ulan, write it down."

Ulan nodded and said, "Yes, queen."

Ruan Jiu ate another one, looked up and saw He Lianzhu came back, cheered again, flew forward, and hugged him.

"Little pig! My brother is coming! My father and mother are coming to see me!"

He Lianzhu hugged him, pressing his cold face against his cheek.

Ulan was already used to it. From the moment she received the letter, Ruan Jiu had to repeat this action whenever she saw someone.

He Lianzhu suddenly became a little nervous and asked, "When are they coming?"

"When I wrote the letter, it was in August. They said that they were already preparing, and they would definitely arrive before the Chinese New Year."

"Then, what should I prepare?"

"Ah?" Ruan Jiu paused, not quite understanding, "What are you going to prepare?"

Without waiting for He Lianzhu's answer, he took He Lianzhu's hand: "Then help me taste the candied fruit."

No matter it is in Daliang or in Guiwu, the winter before the warmth of spring and the renewal of Vientiane is always a festival.

Jiwu's calendar is similar to Daliang's, and this festival is called New Year's Day in the Jiwu dialect.

Near the end of the new year, even the not-so-busy Xiyuan City was very lively.Slaughtering cattle and goats, brewing wine and making sugar, the smell of wine and meat is wafting all over the city.

Mr. Liu gave He Lianzhu a vacation and asked him to go back to study.

Ruan Jiu ran around with Lachlian Zhu, set off firecrackers and had snowball fights, making noise like a puppy rolling in the snow every day.

More often, Ruan Jiu pulls him, ready to meet family matters.

Cleaning the house and getting ready to eat, Ruan Jiu decided for a long time to decide which clothes he would wear. He Lianzhu changed several clothes by him before making a decision.

A few days ago, the queen mother sent someone to pick him up and He Lianzhu, saying that they would go back to Shangjing for the New Year.

Of course He Lianzhu refused to go, so the envoy put his hope on Ruan Jiu, but Ruan Jiu refused because he wanted to come over for the sake of his family.The envoy left alone.

Ruan Jiu made all the preparations and waited for the family to come.

Sometimes he would run up to Xiyuan City Tower to have a look, but apart from the white snow, there was no trace of people in sight.

It was not a very wise decision to come to Jiwu in winter. It was too cold and it was very inconvenient to travel.

Ruan Jiu was a little worried, but couldn't help but look forward to it.

The elder brother said that he was in good health, and he should be much better, so he thought of coming here.It will definitely be arranged at home.

Ruan Jiu stood on the tower with a hand stove in his mouth, looking into the distance.

The cold wind was bleak, and he was willing to go back when He Lianzhu came over and told him to go back.

He moved, but nearly fell.

"The feet are frozen."

He Lianzhu hugged him and carried him down the tower.

Back in the bedroom, He Lianzhu put Ruan Jiu on the bed, helped him take off his shoes and socks, and rubbed his feet first.

Ruan Jiu didn't feel uncomfortable, and kept smirking: "Please, little pig."

He Lianzhu feigned anger and said: "You will freeze and get sick again."

"No, I don't feel cold at all."

"Really." After He Lianzhu said something, he lowered his head and continued to rub his feet.

When he didn't speak, Ruan Jiu spoke again.

"I don't know when they will come. I think I have been waiting for a year."

He Lianzhu looked up at him, saw the smile on his face, and felt embarrassed to speak.

In fact, in the past few days, the snow has been falling more and more heavily, and the road is almost blocked.He once sent someone to ask the soldiers stationed in the east, and in such bad weather, there were no Liang people who wanted to come here.

He didn't dare to tell Ruan Jiu, for fear that Ruan Jiu would be sad, but at the same time he had a little hope in his heart.

Maybe the Ruan family really has a way to come here, is it their own concern?

Ruan Jiu continued: "It would be great if I could fly there. My brother didn't give me a letter of approval, which made me wait on the tower every day."

He frowned and moved his feet: "I really have to wait until that day, little pig, you must hold me. If I am happy for a while, forget that I am standing on the tower, and just lift my feet and run out, it will be bad."

He Lianzhu responded: "Well, I will hold you back."

"That's good, I don't know where they are now." Ruan Jiu suddenly remembered something, retracted his feet, jumped to the ground, and ran out while calling "Ulan".

Fortunately, when it was colder, He Lianzhu asked them to spread blankets on the ground, otherwise Ruan Jiu would make a fuss like this, and one day his feet would freeze off.

Ulan responded from the outside: "Queen."

Ruan Jiu poked his head out: "Are you ready for the fox fur socks to warm my brother's feet?"

Before Ulan could answer, He Lianzhu hugged Ruan Jiu's waist from behind and pulled him back.

"He's ready."

Ruan Jiu turned around: "How do you know?"

"You have asked him five times, and I have listened to him for the fifth time."

"Oh." Ruan Jiu scratched his head, "I don't remember."

"Come and sit down and put on your fox fur socks."

Ruan Jiu gestured that everything was fine: "Okay, Your Majesty."

In this way, Ruan Jiu went to the top of the city tower every day to see, and immediately told Ulan what he thought of, which was basically something he had asked several times.

However, He Lianzhu and Ruan Jiu's "concubines" are not optimistic in private, and it is even more unbearable to see Ruan Jiu looking forward to it all day long.

Getulu said: "Maybe it's really not coming. The snow has been falling more and more these days. The eldest son of the Ruan family has such a bony body that it is difficult to travel far. The weather is so cold..."

Ulan said: "Even if you don't come, write a letter, the queen is waiting every day."

"Even if you write a letter, how can you deliver it?" Getulu said again, "The letter written in August was not delivered to the queen until November. If I hadn't brought it here, I'm afraid it would be delayed." for a long time."

"Won't you make insinuations and tell the queen, how heavy is the snow this year? Are they likely to come?"

"I told you, the queen has to listen too."

Hou He Lianzhu said: "In the past few days, you should be careful to say a few words to him, so as not to make him feel too sad."

The two "concubines" responded in low voices.

At this time, Ruan Jiu poked his head out from the room: "What are you talking about? Can we have dinner?"

"Okay, Geturu and I will go get ready right away."

Three days before New Year's Eve, under the persuasion of Ulan and Getulu, Ruan Jiu seemed to be able to accept that his family could not come to celebrate the New Year with him.

Several people breathed a sigh of relief, but Ruan Jiu was a little depressed.

After dinner this day, Ruan Jiu went to bed early.

The cold winter always makes people sleep soundly.Snowflakes fell on the snow, making a rustling sound.

He Lianzhu slept until midnight when he was suddenly woken up.

Getulu whispered outside: "My lord, can you come out for a while?"

He Lianzhu got out of bed, put on his clothes and went out.

Ulan was also there, and the three of them went outside, talking while standing under the eaves.

It was still snowing, and the clouds obscured the moonlight.

Geturu looked perplexed, and called out, "Your Majesty."

He handed a crumpled letter to He Lianzhu: "The Ruan family said that the eldest son will write a letter to the queen again in September, and the road is blocked by heavy snow. This letter..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a loud noise.

The three of them looked back, but without the moonlight, they couldn't see anything clearly.

It should be that the snow has crushed the dead trees or the palace that has been in disrepair for a long time. There are not many people living in the palace, and there are no people living in the dilapidated palace.

"This letter has been delayed for a long time, and it was delivered just now." Geturu said, "I didn't dare to open it, but the people of the Ruan family said that when the eldest son wrote the letter, his health became ill again, so the Ruan family ..."

"Probably not ready to go at all."

He Lianzhu took the letter and pursed his lips: "I'll give it to you tomorrow..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a very small voice from behind the door: "Are you really coming?"

He Lianzhu turned his head to look, and saw that the door was ajar, and Ruan Jiu was standing inside the door, wearing a furry jacket, with long black hair hanging down his shoulders, covering his face. color".

The tip of his nose was red, not sure if it was frozen red but from crying.

But several people didn't know how to answer, so they chose to remain silent.

"I thought you guys were teasing me these days."

Ruan Jiu lowered his head, rubbed his eyes indiscriminately, and was speechless again.

None of the people in front of him wanted to admit this sentence, and none of them wanted to be this villain.

Ruan Jiu was sleeping soundly, when suddenly a loud noise outside woke him up.He found that He Lianzhu was not there, so he wanted to come out to have a look.

Coincidentally, I heard Getulu talking.

He can already understand the words.

If only he couldn't understand the words now.

I can't blame my elder brother. When my elder brother is not in good health, I write to him immediately.

Blame him for being so stupid, it was snowing so much, and he still thought that his family could come to see him.

Ruan Jiu's nose was red, his shoulders were trembling, and when he spoke again, his voice was trembling, and he asked again: "Are you really not coming?"

Helian Zhu hugged him into his arms.

He was silent for a long time: "I'm sorry."