rebirth [rebirth]

Both Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze didn't like extravagance, and they didn't ask people to rebuild gardens everywhere, and there was no need for them in Hongdu, they just lived in Prince Shen's Mansion.

Yu Jia did not stop all the way, directly entered from the main entrance, and came to the front of the back house.

Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze got out of the car, seeing that Ning Yuanwei and the palace people had already performed their duties, they nodded slightly at Eunuch Xi, and walked directly in front of the old concubine.

She is now at the age of knowing her destiny, but her long hair is still black and shiny, only her temples are as white as snow, showing a bit of age.

"Auntie, long time no see." Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze said in unison.

The old princess reached out and patted their shoulders, and said with a smile: "The two majesties still look so heroic. When you come to the house this time, you will just stay for a few days. All those miscellaneous things are left to the ministers. Your Majesty It’s been a lot of hard work all these years.”

Xie Mingze accompanied her to the back house: "That's natural. We came to Hongdu this time just to have a good time in this water town for a few days. Do you have any good places to recommend?"

Speaking of playing, the old concubine has gained a lot of experience in the past few years, so she said, "It's easy to handle, hug me!"

Because there are relatives here, they reserved half a month in Hongdu, and in the first few days, they hurriedly received the courtiers' family. After doing dozens of urgent matters, the two finally got free.

They ordered the two cabinet ministers to stay in Prince Shen's Mansion to handle political affairs, while they themselves changed into simple attire and left Prince Shen's Mansion with Eunuch Xi and a team of Ning Yuanwei.

This time, he was going to Hetang Town, fifty miles outside Hongdu City.

Hetang Town is famous for its four-season lotus. The so-called four-season lotus actually has a longer flowering period than ordinary lotus, and it blooms from April to October every year.

Hetang Town is a water town, with waterways extending in all directions as its streets, and the common people rely on willow-leaf boats to go out. It is a veritable water town.

The season they chose happened to be in the blooming period of the lotus.During these months of each year, red and purple lotus flowers bloom in various colors on the wider river channels, and the scenery is too beautiful to behold.

Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze rode out in the morning and arrived at Hehua Town at starry night.

Because the town has beautiful scenery, it is very attractive to tourists, so there are many inns and restaurants in the town, and the most distinctive one is the boat house.

As soon as a group of twenty or so people entered the archway of the town, they saw the endless white lotus and green leaves in the river, swaying gracefully and gracefully under the light of the bright moon.

Eunuch Xi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the boat house has been fixed, and someone was sent to clean it up yesterday, so we can go to bed now."

Rong Jingxuan nodded, then turned to ask Xie Mingze: "Are you hungry? Should I find a restaurant for supper first, or go back directly?"

Xie Mingze looked at the alley on the left, and saw that there were still lights and people, so he said, "It's rare to come out, it's okay to have some snacks."

Rong Jingxuan nodded, got off the horse with Xie Mingze, and walked into the town with only Eunuch Xi and two guards.

All the restaurants and restaurants in Hetang Town are on the same street, facing the inn street across the water. Although they close late at night, it will not affect the rest of the tourists in the inn, which is very smart.

"I remember the county magistrate's surname is Zhang?" Rong Jingxuan asked.

Xie Mingze nodded: "Well, he is a second-class Jinshi who has been in business for 13 years. He was not too old when he was in the list. He should have just reached his full age by now."

Rong Jingxuan walked into the alley side by side with him, and listened to the diners chatting inside, and couldn't help smiling: "It's still good."

He said it was acceptable, which was considered a good compliment to his courtiers.

Xie Mingze silently wrote down the name of Hetang Town, and then Rong Jingxuan grabbed his hand: "Look, there is a Hongdu snack here, and there are quite a lot of customers. How about we try it?"

"it is good."

As soon as the two of them entered, they saw a little errand rushing over: "A few guest officers, please, the master chef who eats during the day is off work, and now the small shop is only for supper, sorry, sorry."

Rong Jingxuan nodded, and pulled Xie Mingze to sit by the water, leaning against the railing to admire the moon.

Xiao Er served tea, and handed over a food list: "I just ordered river prawns recently, and the small fried river prawns in the store are fresh and delicious, you two have a try?"

Xie Mingze took the bowls and chopsticks handed over by Eunuch Xi, and said with a smile, "Sounds good, fry a catty for us, and a can of sauced radish and old duck soup, well, old vinegar and peanuts are also good."

Rong Jingxuan said: "Let's have some Sydney Chuanbei white fungus soup, why did I hear that you were coughing last night, do you have a fever?"

Xiao Er was still stupid and memorized the names of the dishes beside him, but Xie Mingze blushed.

It is still inconvenient to talk about this topic in front of outsiders.

Rong Jingxuan also reacted, and touched his nose embarrassedly.

They are used to staying in the palace, no matter the ministers or the royal relatives, they all know the relationship between the two of them.

Naturally, they don't have so many scruples when speaking normally. Besides, only others should be cautious in front of them, but they absolutely don't have to.

But when I was away from home, I forgot.

Xiaoer is only sixteen or seventeen years old, how could he understand this, and he said after hearing this: "Guest officer, you are really knowledgeable. My family's white fungus soup is simmered for two hours on a low fire. It is absolutely fragrant and delicious."

"Hahaha, okay, give everyone a share." Rong Jingxuan couldn't help laughing out loud.

Xie Mingze couldn't hold back his face, so he also laughed.

It was rare for the two of them to come out, so Rong Jingxuan was not polite, and ordered a portion of almost everything, even Xiaoer said that enough was enough and he couldn't eat anymore, and he still refused to give up.

After he finished ordering, Xie Mingze added: "Please tell the chef that each dish is only served for one person at our table, and the rest can be given to that table."

Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Okay, no problem, just wait a moment, come as you go."

His procrastinator is long and loud, but he is very good at attracting guests.

Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze were left sitting in the corner on the railing by the river, smiling face to face.

They had no other guests besides their own, so Rong Jingxuan didn't hesitate anymore, and reached out to hold Xie Mingze's.

"Okay, Ze, it's alright if I'm wrong." For some reason, the older Rong Jingxuan was, the more he liked to learn from Douding.

That coquetry is just perfect, not only in the bedroom, but occasionally in the tent, he always has a little bad taste.

Xie Mingze was simply overwhelmed, often before he finished a sentence, he was already defeated and would respond to every request.

"No...it's nothing." Xie Mingze took a sip of tea, his eyes wandering, "The child is still young, don't scare him with nonsense."

Rong Jingxuan secretly smiled smugly, but when he looked up again, he looked serious: "Sure, sure, I'm used to it."

While the two were talking, the food was served.

Probably they were from a wealthy family, so the dishes served on Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze's table were more delicate. Although each dish was small, it was very beautifully arranged.

After running for a day, they were really hungry, so they didn't talk nonsense, and told Eunuch Xi and the guards to eat quickly, and clinked a small glass of sweet-scented osmanthus wine with Xie Mingze here.

The river prawns are delicious, the peanuts are sour and refreshing, the white fungus soup is not sweet but very glutinous, and the walnut crisps will fall off as soon as you bite.

Naturally, this supper was very comfortable.

After the two finished their meal, they walked along the river to the boat house they rented.

People near the water hang red lanterns, which are reflected on the river to form a fiery red color.

The water is rippling, and the river lights are shining, like the Milky Way in the sky, and it is also a fairyland on earth.

The crickets hid in the grass and chirped softly, and the birds fell into a deep sleep in their nests.

Rong Jingxuan took Xie Mingze's hand and shook it gently with a little force.

"Aze."

"kindness?"

"Nothing, I wanted to call you."

"Jing Xuan."

"kindness?"

"I called you too."

Rong Jingxuan turned his head away and smiled at Xie Mingze.

"If we are children of ordinary people," Rong Jingxuan paused, with a smile in his voice, "then I will definitely learn a craft and open a small business to support myself in the future. And you will definitely be able to read and practice calligraphy. Qingqing was admitted to Jinshi and became a parent."

"Then we've known each other since childhood?"

"Must have known each other since childhood."

"Then it's impossible for us to be together. You will probably marry the lady of the boss's family. As for me, Mr. Xiangye will definitely value me and beg me to be his son-in-law." Xie Mingze said slowly.

Rong Jingxuan couldn't help laughing out loud: "What book did the South Library present to you recently? It feels like it's all vernacular books."

Xie Mingze said helplessly: "Didn't you also look at it, and commented to others that 'eight ranks cannot go to court, please respect the facts, and submit it after repairing'."

"I just flipped through a random book, and it turned out that Shangxiang, the daughter of a high official, was not accompanied by a maid, and she was supported by a scholar she didn't know when she sprained her ankle. Then the high official's family disagreed, and the scholar went to take the Jinshi exam. After becoming the number one scholar, he directly became an eighth-rank official, and went to court every day..."

Speaking of that novel, Rong Jingxuan can't stop talking.

There was nothing right from the beginning to the end, and I don't know if Mr. Nanshuguan has ever attended a government school.

Xie Mingze said: "With so many mistakes, you still insist on reading it? And replying one by one? Later, the curator of the South Library told me that the gentleman was so ashamed and angry that he vowed not to write any more articles until he finished reading "Da Chu Official Records."

Rong Jingxuan raised his eyebrows and scratched the palm of his hand with his fingers: "An article writer should read a lot, and many books in the Nanshu Library are sold in bookstores everywhere. At his level, it would be good not to let him go home and write couplets." gone."

"Pfft, okay, you're right."

"Well, come to think of it, even if we are of ordinary background, we can still be together? You know that there are many sailors in Haizhou who are married to brothers. Many of them went back to their hometown without getting married, so they lived with brothers."

"But we are a small merchant and a small official, how can we become brothers?"

Rong Jingxuan glanced at him: "I said yes, so why don't you want to marry me?"

Xie Mingze leaned over and bumped his shoulders with him: "Okay, okay, I'm married to you, is it over?"

Only then Rong Jingxuan smiled: "You said, no matter what kind of people we become in the next life, we will be together."

"it is good!"

The two chatted all the way to the boat house. They said it was a boat house, but it was actually a two-story exquisite building boat.Another palace official came to make arrangements ahead of time, and Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze boarded the boat to take a look, and immediately felt that it was very comfortable inside.

The floor was covered with thick carpets, and the bed was replaced with brocade quilts brought by themselves. Rong Jingxuan took a rough look, and even the lamps on the boat were replaced with the most common style in the palace, and all the furniture that could not be replaced were replaced with Covered by brocade, it looks very harmonious.

Xie Mingze looked back at Eunuch Xi: "Not bad."

Chief Xida's face was full of red, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's words are what the little one should do, so the little one should order Shangshui?"

Xie Mingze waved his hand, and Eunuch Xi stepped back quickly.

The two changed into soft shoes at the door, and dragged them into the cabin: "It's not bad, how many more days shall we stay?"

Xie Mingze shook his head: "The water is too damp, we are not used to living at this age. Let's just stay here for one day, and find a hotel to stay tomorrow."

Rong Jingxuan smiled helplessly, so he could only say: "Okay, okay, remember to tell Xiaoxizi later."

After a while, the water was on the water. Although the conditions on the boat were limited, who was Eunuch Xi?He is No.1 in front of the imperial court!Not to mention that I bought a new bathtub and brought it up, and I also brought the fragrant pancreas that the two majesties are used to, which is everything.

This time even Rong Jingxuan couldn't help laughing and said: "Xiao Xizi, you really deserve it, thank you!"

Manager Xida was so excited that he couldn't speak, stammered his loyalty, and then floated out of the cabin.

Before leaving, he closed all the doors and windows tightly, for fear that a little wind would get in.

The two looked at each other, Rong Jingxuan smiled and said, "Look, Xiao Xizi is so considerate, she only prepared a bathtub."

Xie Mingze was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he said: "If this boat comes up with two bathtubs, it will not sink."

Rong Jingxuan stood up and took off his clothes as he walked: "Come on, I don't dislike you, let's take a simple wash together and go to bed early."

Xie Mingze: "...I despise you."

Rong Jingxuan smiled and jumped on him, pulling his belt.

"Hey, why do you dislike me? I'm afraid you love me to death." He leaned into Xie Mingze's ear and blew.

Xie Mingze dodged to the side, and pushed him with a smile: "Okay, okay, stop making trouble, you smell like river prawns, let's talk about it after taking a bath."

It smells like river prawns...

Rong Jingxuan got up stiffly, and secretly smelled it on himself... Indeed... just after supper, it naturally smelled that way.

He was standing there blankly, but Xie Mingze quickly took off his clothes and started washing them in the wooden basin next to him: "Okay, I'm just kidding you, why are you still in a daze? Come here, wash and go to bed early."

Under the light, his body exuded a soft light, and Rong Jingxuan only felt his heartbeat getting stronger and stronger, and his whole body was about to tremble.

No matter how many years, no matter how many times he saw him, this person was always the most beautiful in his eyes.

Even though they are now middle-aged, with wrinkles on their faces and sporadic gray hairs on their temples, every time he looks at him, he feels so moved.

The Rong family has long-term love, love, and unswerving determination.

When the two of them soaked in the bathtub, there was no need to elaborate on what happened next.

Only the koi in the river were startled by the gently swaying boat and quickly hid under the lotus leaf. The frog on the lotus leaf stuck out its tongue and stared blankly at the boat with its big round eyes.

In the lotus pond, the red shadows are swaying and sparkling.

The next morning, Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze were woken up by shouts from outside.

The residents of Hetang Town live by the river, and when the sky is dim, there are people selling breakfast on boats.

After Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze walked out of the cabin after washing, they saw a white-haired mother-in-law in her sixties sitting deftly on a willow-leaf boat making wontons.

Water was boiling in the pot, gurgling and steaming.

The mother-in-law naturally knew that the people who lived in the boat house were rich and distinguished guests, so when she saw the two of them, she smiled and shouted, "Do you have morning tea, young man?"

Both Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze are in their forties, and it is a good experience to be called a young man.

Anyway, I was hungry, so Rong Jingxuan sat by the railing and asked, "Okay, what does grandma have to eat?"

The mother-in-law was smiling, and kept wrapping wontons in her hands: "Fresh shrimp wontons, steamed buns, and tea eggs. Wontons cost ten, buns eight, tea eggs two, and side dishes can be eaten as you like."

"Okay, let's have two of the same, and add coriander to the wontons, grandma." Rong Jingxuan also said specially.

The mother-in-law started to get busy, rolling wontons and shouting to her son, "Azi, serve buns and eggs to the guests."

His tall and big son hurriedly put down the boat pole, came over to wipe his hands and took food.

The mother-in-law seems to be a very talkative person. Seeing the two of them sitting together, she asked, "Is the young man a brother?"

Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze looked at each other, and rushed to say, "That's right, we are Qi brothers."

The mother-in-law was stunned, but quickly realized: "It's the same as a husband and wife. Since you have a contract, you have to live with each other wholeheartedly."

This time it was Xie Mingze who was stunned, and he smiled: "Thank you grandma, we have been together all this time, and we didn't marry a wife."

The mother-in-law nodded, and made a bowl of wontons fragrant: "That's the reason, no matter who you live with, you can only be with the other person. Azi, what did you say? What kind of heart?"

Ah Zi looked at his mother helplessly, then turned his head and smiled and apologized to the two guests: "Mom, I wish to have someone with one heart and never leave each other."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The mother-in-law beckoned him to serve wontons, and waved her hands at the two of them with a smile, "Young man, grandma wishes you to be united forever! Just give the bowl and steamer to any shop in the town. They say it belongs to Grandma Liu. .bye."

Rong Jingxuan stood up rarely, and waved to him: "Goodbye."

A gust of wind blew by, bringing the aroma of wontons. Xie Mingze picked one up, took a bite, and the soft and springy river prawns slipped into his mouth. It seemed to have the unique sweetness of the lotus pond.

Rong Jingxuan sat beside him, shoulder to shoulder, and finished the breakfast in silence.

The wontons are very fragrant, the soup is very hot, and the heart is very warm.

"Are you happy?" Rong Jingxuan asked.

Xie Mingze held his hand and replied with a smile, "Happy."

In the first year of Xinchu's Kaisheng, the founding emperor Rong Jingxuan appointed Xie Mingze, the son of Duke Zhongjing, as queen, and later changed his name to emperor.When Yuan and Dijun died, the title of Dijun was permanently sealed.

In the 380th year of Xin Chuli, there was only one person.