Shu Blossoms

Chapter 173 Be a Handmaid
It's just out of the first month, and the night is still very cold.

After living here for several months, Zheng Wei still couldn't get used to the dryness and coldness here, and she couldn't help shivering with her hands in her arms.

Regarding Zheng Wei's explanation just now, Xiao Yucheng's eyes were deep and his expression remained unchanged, he didn't know whether he believed it or not.

Tuoba Yu smiled and nodded, as if he believed it.

But Zheng Wei saw that there was something hidden behind his expression that she couldn't see through.

This little fox seems to be getting more and more invisible.

She curled her lips, and regardless of what they were thinking, she ran to the stove to warm up the fire, muttering, "Isn't everyone sleeping on a kang in winter in the north? How come such a big Zhuangzi doesn't even have a kang."

Xiao Yucheng heard that he wanted to find a cotton padded coat for her to wear, but this was obviously Tuoba Yu's temporary residence, without any clothes.

Tuoba Yu naturally heard her muttering, and said with a wry smile: "I don't come here often, and the one who came today was suddenly not prepared in advance, so the room is naturally colder. Besides, I usually sleep with a lot of anger and am not used to warm kangs." .”

This is an explanation, after saying that, he took off the fox fur cloak on his body and put it on for Zheng Wei.

Zheng Wei felt a little warm all over her body, and she was a little embarrassed, but she was too cold and didn't refuse, she wrapped herself warmly in the cloak, closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Naturally, she didn't see Xiao Yucheng's expression at this time, he looked at the cloak on Zheng Wei's body showing a little loneliness, and clenched his hands into fists.

Tuoba Yu looked at the satisfied look on the little girl's face, and the smile in his eyes became a little warmer, and when he turned his head, he saw Xiao Yucheng's strange behavior, and he couldn't help raising his eyebrows provocatively.

Xiao Yucheng looked back coldly without showing any weakness, his eyes gradually became firm again.

Tuoba Yu approached him and whispered: "I'll just say that that person is this girl!"

It took Xiao Yucheng just a moment to understand what he was talking about. On the Lantern Festival, he asked who told him that in those countless wars, there was not a tiny bit of those great achievements for the most innocent and poor people.

He didn't say that that day, Tuoba Yu guessed it was Zheng Wei, he didn't have time to get confirmation from himself.

Today, from his expression just now, Tuoba Yu confirmed his guess.

Seeing the smug smile on his face, Xiao Yucheng squinted his eyes and said, "Aren't you just having bad intentions!"

"So what? Although she's a bit younger, I can wait! And do you dare to say that your Dazhou Mission has no intention of making a marriage when it enters Pingcheng?"

Tuoba Yu didn't hide his intentions in front of Xiao Yucheng at all, if he wasn't afraid of scaring this girl away and thinking about the future, he would have brought this girl back to the mansion long ago.

"wishful thinking!"

Xiao Yucheng sneered, not to mention that Great Wei and Great Zhou regarded each other as Yi tribes, and the blood feud between the two countries cannot be dissolved by a single friendship.The monarchs of the two countries are both ambitious monarchs, and the two countries believe that there will be no long-term peace.

Moreover, with Emperor Zhou's disposition, the eldest princess loves Zheng Wei so much that she will never allow Zheng Wei to marry in Wei.

After thinking about the relationship here many times, Xiao Yucheng calmed down, otherwise he really couldn't help Tuoba Yu to beat him up.

Hearing Zheng Wei who almost caused a fight in that room sighed quietly, "I will never come to the north in winter again, it's too cold! If only I could make this stove smaller and hold it in my arms."

Tuoba Yu laughed at her, "Hold the stove in your arms before it burns you."

"No, just make a thicker copper stove and wrap it with a quilt."

Zheng Wei gestured, Tuoba Yu and Xiao Yucheng listened very carefully, thinking about the appearance of that small copper furnace in their hearts.

"Too far away, little fox, what on earth are you willing to do to save Luo Yan?"

She warmed up, and asked Tuoba Yu what she said just now.

"Since you call me little fox, it is of course useless. What can you come up with that is worthy of my rescue Luo Yan? After all, this is going to offend His Majesty."

"I'm pretty good at it, do you think there's anything I can do for you?"

Now she wants money but no money, power but no power, she really doesn't know what she can do.

Tuoba Yu took a good look at her, and said with a smile: "You are good enough to be a guard, but my side is much better than yours. I am a younger woman, or you can be a handmaid by my side." , can you do something like washing, cleaning, and sweeping?"

"you dare!"

Before Zheng Wei could react, Xiao Yucheng became impatient, and he knew that this person didn't make up his mind, and dared to humiliate Princess Dazhou like this.

Tuoba Yu was not in a hurry, he stood up and walked to the door and said, "Don't worry, think about it slowly. It's getting late, I'll go back to the city first. Just come here and send a letter after you've made up your mind."

After finishing speaking, without giving Xiao Yucheng a chance to reason with him, he got up and left the house, disappearing into the night.

Zheng Wei also followed Xiao Yucheng back to the farmhouse.

It was slightly dawn when they returned, and the peasant woman had already got up to cook for them, and she had to go to work in the fields after breakfast.

Zheng Wei didn't feel sleepy either, and she didn't want to go into the house and listen to Xiao Yucheng talking about herself, so she ran to the kitchen to add firewood for the peasant woman.

The farmer nodded at her with a smile, and was very interested in not asking where they went last night.

"Sister-in-law, are you not afraid that our people staying here will hurt you?"

Zheng Wei was roasting by the fire and suddenly looked at the peasant woman's bright face illuminated by the flames and asked.

"We took the money. If it weren't for the money you gave, we would have starved to death." The peasant woman said with a smile.

Zheng Wei asked suspiciously: "Does Tuoba Yu ignore you?"

"Who?"

The peasant woman asked subconsciously in confusion, "Life is difficult these days, and there is not enough food for the family, so who can control others."

"Aren't you from the Third Prince?" Zheng Wei changed his address.

"That's a person from heaven, how can we know each other?"

The peasant woman shook her head and smiled, that doesn't look like a fake.

Zheng Wei was even more puzzled, if it wasn't Tuoba Yu who helped them find a place to live, it was Uncle Amu?

"Who arranged for us to live in your house? He should have told you in advance!"

"Oh, you are talking about the benefactor in Zhuangzi."

The peasant woman had a grateful look on her face.

"Then who is your benefactor?" Zheng Wei hurriedly asked.

"He is a very handsome man, and he lives in the Zhuangzi in front of him."

It seemed that the peasant woman didn't know which family the gentleman belonged to, but most likely it was Tuoba Yu or his subordinates.

"Is he your benefactor? Can sister-in-law tell me about it?"

With nothing else to do, Zheng Wei felt in the mood to listen to stories.

"Five years ago, my son just turned 13, and someone from the government came to arrest Ding. I was afraid that he would never come back after going to the battlefield, so I wanted to take him away. There is a river behind the village, and the winter is over. There are many people walking on the ice. My child also ran there that day, but the ice cracked and the child fell in. Fortunately, the gentleman walked there with his guards.”

The peasant woman was lost in memory, Zheng Wei was surprised, and quietly approached the peasant woman and asked: "So your son is still alive?"

The peasant woman said with tears in her eyes: "Alive, my benefactor helped to fish up my child and showed it to the doctor. My child was finally rescued. The ancestors accumulated virtue, and the benefactor rewarded my child with a bite of food. The benefactor is an errand follower."

(End of this chapter)