Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 195 Xiaobie wins the newlyweds

Chu Ying drew a picture of pink lotus chrysanthemum, with layers of petals, delicate and charming.

When Emperor Minghui saw the painting, he showed his approval, hugged Tangtang and praised: "Yingying's painting is not bad."

Chu Ying looked at Lu Mingyu with a smile, and said sincerely: "My sister-in-law taught me well. If I didn't learn a lot from my sister-in-law, I wouldn't even dare to make a fool of myself in front of the emperor."

"It's just that you have a sweet mouth, obviously you have talent." Lu Mingyu gave her sister-in-law a bad look.

Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty finished his tasting, called Liao Shou over, and joked: "I just saw that you went to Yingying's to appreciate paintings. Didn't you have a headache when you looked at brushes, ink, calligraphy and paintings before? You don't want to appreciate your calligraphy and paintings. Why are you interested in paintings today?" gone?"

Liao Shou widened his eyes and looked at Chu Ying in a panic.

Chu Ying hadn't noticed the deep meaning revealed in Emperor Minghui's words, because Emperor Minghui was talking to Liao Shou, she subconsciously looked over, and unexpectedly met Liao Shou's panicked black eyes, Chu Ying was stunned, Followed by a sudden reaction!
If Liao Shou didn't like calligraphy and painting, why did he just go to see her painting?

Recalling the feeling of being stared at by others, Chu Ying's face turned red, fearing that people would notice her strangeness, Chu Ying quickly turned around, walked by the window and said apologetically: "My handkerchief is left there , I'll go over and look for it." He walked away quickly, fearing that Liao Shou's wrong words would be spotted by his sister-in-law, and it would be even more embarrassing, because she couldn't explain the short conversation with Liao Shou just now.

Liao Shou is a rough guy with a thick skin. He might still feel guilty when Chu Ying is here. Now that the little girl ran away for some reason, Liao Shou said confidently: "I didn't want calligraphy and painting before because I thought it was useless. Gold is still valuable, so I started to learn, the second girl was painting over there, and my hands were itchy, so I leaned over to look at it for a while."

Emperor Hui of Ming Dynasty had already achieved his goal of exposing his thoughts, and now he was only focused on having fun. He raised his chin at Chu Ying's painting of pink chrysanthemums, and asked him, "Then tell me, how much money can this painting of Yingying sell for?"

Liao Shou pretended to look at the painting for a while, and said directly: "I don't know for sure, at least 100 taels."

Lu Mingyu couldn't help laughing, she lowered her head and smiled.

Liao Shou glanced at her, and couldn't help muttering in his heart, did he say less?

"Okay, you go back first." The man has met and said it, and he has turned his mind to let the woman know. If Liao Shou stays here, the niece may be unhappy. After all, the rules and taboos are there, Ming Hui The emperor waved his hand and dismissed Liao Shoudao.

Liao Shougong excused himself, and when he walked out, he turned his head towards the south window.

With only his own family left in front of him, Emperor Ming Hui asked his niece in a low voice, "What does Ah Nuan think of Liao Shou?"

Lu Mingyu didn't pretend to be confused, and said with a slight smile: "Lord Liao is young and talented, and he is also a famous person around the emperor's uncle. Of course he can be called a good son-in-law. It's just Yingying's marriage, and we have to wait for her elder brother to come back and let him decide. I'm not good at making decisions." She can't make the decision either, since Chu Ying still has Mrs. Tai, her own grandmother.

Emperor Ming Hui nodded, squeezed Tangtang's little hand and said: "I know, I just want to remind you first, if you think Liao Shou is okay, then you don't have to think about marriage proposals from other families."

"Uncle Huang really cares about Master Liao." Lu Mingyu murmured softly.

Emperor Minghui looked at the pretty and lovely niece opposite, and said with deep meaning: "I also care about Shijin, and I also saw a well-matched lady for Shijin, but I didn't expect that before I opened my mouth, he first put my niece It's settled, and I'm caught off guard."

Lu Mingyu blushed, and took advantage of the opportunity to resign: "Uncle Huang will bully us, I'd better hug Tangtang and go home quickly, I won't come here in the future."

It was indeed getting late, and the niece refused to eat in the palace, so Emperor Minghui did not force her to stay, so she reluctantly missed Tangtang and his wife.When Lu Mingyu was wrapping Tangtang's cloak, Emperor Ming Hui ordered Guo Yong to fetch two sets of newly made colored inks and give them to Lu Mingyu's aunt and sister-in-law.

Colored ink is a rare thing, Lu Mingyu led her sister-in-law to thank her sweetly.

The three of their mothers left, Emperor Minghui stayed with Lu Yun for a while, and then sent Lu Yun to rest in the house. He sent someone to call Liao Shou to Qianyuan Palace.Looking at the older and loyal courtier who finally had a hint of spring in his brows, Emperor Minghui asked while flipping through the memorial: "Yingying Huizhi Lanxin, I have probably seen through that you are interested in her, what are your plans next?"

Liao Shou raised his head in shock, "Her, how did she see through it?" Could it be that the emperor said something to her later?

"Do you think everyone is as stupid as you?" Emperor Ming Hui snorted, glanced at him, and continued to review the memorial.Liao Shou is definitely not stupid when it comes to big things. So far no one can take advantage of him. It's just about love between men and women. Judging by his performance today, he is really lacking.

The emperor's attitude was so affirmative, Liao Shou couldn't calm down anymore.Before, he hesitated and wondered whether he should ask her, but now everyone knows, he took the initiative to move over, but there was no further movement, it seemed inappropriate, what should I do if she misunderstood him as the kind of romantic boy who casually approached little girls ?
Go to the Duke's Mansion to propose marriage?

It seems to be too fast, and Chu Xing hasn't come back yet, so it's useless to propose marriage now.

Although he didn't know why Emperor Ming Hui wanted to take care of his marriage, Liao Shou replied honestly: "Wait, when Chu Xing comes back, I will find out what he has to say." Chu Xing is willing to kiss him more...

Emperor Ming Hui hummed, and finally warned: "I have helped you get married. Whether you can succeed in the future depends on you. If you can't marry Yingying, I will not care about you in the future."

Liao Shou knew it was a shame, he lifted up his clothes and knelt down, thanking him loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En!"

Emperor Ming Hui looked at him, said everything that should be said, and sent him off.

Liao Shou knelt without moving, rubbed his big hands, and said with a shy face: "Your Majesty, did the second girl take away the painting? If she didn't take it away, the Emperor rewarded my minister too, right?" He couldn't understand calligraphy and painting, But he likes her paintings, and he can really ask for them. When he gets home, he hangs them in the bed and reads them several times every night.

Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty acted with discretion. If Chu and Liao had officially married, he would let Liao Shou get his wish. How could he reward a courtier with the calligraphy and painting handwritten by a lady?If the marriage fails and Liao Shou accidentally leaks the news, Chu Ying's reputation will be damaged.

After glaring at Liao Shou, Emperor Minghui said coldly: "Go back and copy "Nvjie" five times, and hand it over to me tomorrow morning."

Liao Shou was dumbfounded. He only started to read and write after he was taken in by the emperor, but he had never read "The Female Ring". What is that?
Liao Shou didn't get the painting of his sweetheart, but was fined to copy things. Liao Shou walked away dejectedly.

On the way back to the Duke's mansion, Lu Mingyu whispered a joke to his sister-in-law, "The emperor asked Mr. Liao how much your painting is worth, and Mr. Liao just opened his mouth and said 100 taels. It can be seen that he also thinks that Yingying's paintings are good. Yingying is not allowed to be free again in the future." modest."

Chu Ying's face turned red.She only paints because she likes it, and to pass the time. The elders praise her to encourage her. If she really hangs it outside, it will be good if she can sell it for more than ten taels.Before, she suspected that Emperor Ming Hui said that Liao Shou didn't understand calligraphy and painting, but he was just talking casually, but now it seems that Liao Shou really doesn't understand.That is to say, he really came to see her at that time.

He is a big man, look at her, yes, does he like her?
Chu Ying's heart beat faster and faster.She seldom goes out usually, and has never seen a few foreign men. This year, many people came to the house to propose marriage, because of her status as a girl in the Duke's Mansion. After all, those men have never seen her. She knows Liao Shou. A man who might like her for who he is.

It's just that Liao Shou is cold, he seems to be colder than his eldest brother, will he also like people?

"Yingying, what do you think of Mrs. Liao?" Lu Mingyu stared at her sister-in-law for a while, seeing that Chu Ying's face was slowly returning to white, she asked curiously.

Chu Ying understood what sister-in-law meant, she pursed her lips slightly, lowered her eyes and said, "I only heard my elder brother mention him a few times, so I don't know how he is."

This was very ladylike, Lu Mingyu smiled, and didn't ask any more questions, at least until Liao Shou said something, she didn't intend to spy on my sister-in-law, lest Liao Shou didn't do anything in the end, and my sister-in-law was upset.

At the end of November, Chu Xing captured Huainan King Li Fu in a barren mountain in Nanzhong, and immediately escorted him to Beijing.Along with the news of success, there was also a letter from Chu Xing to Lu Mingyu's family. In the letter, there was only a short sentence written on the back of the paper:

When I come back, I will have children.

Lu Mingyu read the letter, half of her body went limp.Having children actually means giving birth to children, but the word "education" also has the meaning of education and upbringing. The couple have a son, and they can just raise a daughter. Does the "bearing children" in front of it have any deep meaning?

If it were when they were just married, Lu Mingyu would never think of Chu Xing that much, but after being married for so long, Chu Xing has more and more tricks at night, and Lu Mingyu really doubts that the word Chu Xing really has bad intentions.

But no matter what Chu Xing thinks, Lu Mingyu is looking forward to her husband coming back soon.Helplessly, Nanzhong and the capital are thousands of miles away, and Chu Xing escorted Huainan King to be unable to ride fast. I am afraid he will not be able to return to Beijing until the end of the year. Chu Xing wrote in his letter that he should try to return before New Year's Eve.

And the capital has entered the twelfth lunar month, and all the houses and houses are busy, starting to calculate the accounts at the end of the year and preparing for the new year.

At this time, the richer the family, the more village heads and storekeepers coming in and out of the door.In the Duke's Mansion of Chu, Lu Mingyu wanted to see the stewards who took care of her own dowry and the dowry of her deceased mother-in-law, as well as the stewards of Zhuangtou in various places in the Duke's Mansion. She almost sent another one away, and she was so busy that she didn't have time. Think about it.

Finally, it was almost time for dinner, and the stewards who were visiting Beijing wisely didn't come to the door at this moment. Lu Mingyu heaved a sigh of relief, and went back to the backyard and lay down on the bed.She has been here these days, Caisang and Lanyue skillfully stepped forward to rub her arms and beat her legs.

"Bring tea..." Her body felt better, and Lu Mingyu was thirsty again.

Picking mulberry hurriedly went to bring tea, came back and said with a smile: "This is the great business of our Duke's family. The housekeeper's wife of the other family wants to be busy, and there is no Zhuangzi shop for them. Madam will not be tired after thinking about the money." She was extremely envious in her heart, and she also thought that there was so much money that she didn't bother to care about it.

Lu Mingyu had never lived in poverty in her two lifetimes, so these words could not comfort her. After drinking a bowl of tea, Lu Mingyu stood on the ground and stretched her waist. Missing her daughter, she sent someone to pick her up.Tangtang had been obediently playing with the wet nurse all morning, and when she finally saw her mother, the wet nurse came in, and the little girl happily reached out to her mother to hug her, yelling, wondering if she was calling her mother.

"Tangtang is getting heavier and heavier. When your father comes back, let him hug you every day." Lu Mingyu kissed her daughter and went to eat on the warm couch outside.The little girl is nine months old, she can eat complementary food, she sits obediently on her mother's lap, and eats deliciously every bite.

After the meal, Lu Mingyu coaxed her daughter to sleep. She was too busy and couldn't take it easy, so she asked Caisang to bring over the annual gift lists she received this morning.

Caisang quickly took the gift list.

Lu Mingyu leaned on the bed and watched, there were those in Grandpa Zhuang's mansion, and those in Cheng'enhou's mansion...

Seeing those in the Liao Mansion, Lu Mingyu's heart moved, and she looked at them one by one.After reading it, Lu Mingyu was a little dazed, and asked Cai Sang to find the Liao Mansion's gift list for last year's New Year.This time it took a long time to pick mulberries, so I gave her an old gift list. Lu Mingyu compared the two and found that Liao Shou added [-]% more gifts this year.

Looking at the extra [-]%, there are actually several pots of chrysanthemums.

Lu Mingyu smiled, it seemed that Liao Shou was very satisfied with his sister-in-law.

Feeling happy, Lu Mingyu collected the gift list, then kissed her daughter who had fallen asleep long ago, and fell asleep peacefully.

When I got up in the afternoon, when arranging the annual gift from my family, for the Liao Mansion, Lu Mingyu let the steward continue as usual.

Busy and busy, the end of the year is getting closer, and Chu Xing has not returned to his home on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, but he has already arrived in Jizhou, and he will definitely be able to catch up with the New Year.Her husband was not at home, and Lu Mingyu still slept with her daughter at night, the little girl was warm, and it was much more effective to stick to her bosom than Mrs Tang.

In a deep sleep, his face suddenly turned cold.

Lu Mingyu woke up suddenly, and saw a black shadow in front of the bed at some point!
Lu Mingyu was most afraid of the dark shadows at night, and she was about to shout out in fright, but just as she opened her mouth, a big hand covered her mouth, "Ah Nuan, it's me."

The black figure bent down and said to her in a low voice, the voice was the gentleness she was familiar with, but it was a little more eager.

Lu Mingyu's unspoken exclamation was first blocked by him, and then swallowed back by herself.She lay there blankly, the hand slowly loosened, and she didn't move until his figure swayed, as if he was about to leave, then Lu Mingyu suddenly raised her arms to wrap his arms around his neck, crying into his arms drill.

In fact, she couldn't complete this action with her own strength alone, but she just touched his neck, and the man seemed to know that she would do this, his big hands held her shoulders almost at the same time, hugged her into his arms, bowed his head and kissed her she.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, he just came in from the outside, he was covered with cold air, his face, lips and even the big hands holding her were cold, but Lu Mingyu didn't care, she tightly coiled his neck, not thinking about why her husband who was supposed to be in Jizhou was so early Back, don't think about how he came in quietly, Lu Mingyu grabbed him with both hands, and responded desperately.

After half a year's absence, he hugged her delicate and soft body again, smelled the fragrance of roses on her body that made him linger in his dreams, Chu Xing also forgot to see if his daughter was in bed, and forgot to worry about whether she would be cold, he Eagerly pulling at her shirt, the tall body that was attacked by the cold night caught fire in an instant.

He pressed towards her like a mountain.

He forgot to ask his daughter, but Lu Mingyu remembered the little girl lying inside, and hurriedly reminded him, "Tangtang is inside..."

Chu Xing immediately stood back on the mountain, and a pair of strong arms also pulled her into his arms.Lu Mingyu's jacket had already been ripped away by him, but she didn't feel cold against his hot chest, she just asked him in a low voice: "Why don't you take a look at Tangtang first?" After being away for so long, he must have missed his daughter , especially the little girl changes almost every day.

"I want to see it, I'm afraid you'll be cold." Chu Xing's chest heaved and heaved, the room was too dark, and he vaguely saw a small shadow in the bed. Chu Xing knew it was his daughter. He wanted it very much, but the daughter fell asleep , It's okay to watch it later, at this moment, he misses his wife in his arms even more, and he doesn't want to waste a moment when he thinks about it.

"Ah Nuan, bear with it." Picking up his delicate and petite wife, Chu Xing went straight to the clean room, and he didn't forget to put on a coat for her before leaving.

Lu Mingyu was not cold at all, leaning against him relyingly, the corners of her mouth slightly curled up.

She likes him to be eager because she is anxious.

The earth dragon was also burning in the clean room, but the earth dragon seemed to be particularly prosperous tonight, and Lu Mingyu was sweating all over after coming in for a while.Chu Xing was also hot, so hot that he didn't say anything except "A Nuan", he didn't tell his wife how he survived this month, he didn't tell his wife that he wanted her to come back early, and he would have to rush back to Jizhou in the dark .

He doesn't want to waste time talking, he prefers to do it himself.

After all, Lu Mingyu couldn't hold back, and several broken sounds came out from between her fingers.

It was the sound first, and finally the person couldn't hold on, and almost fell down. Chu Xing noticed it, picked her up, and let her lean against the wall.

"Cold..." Lu Mingyu complained softly, the wall was too cold.

Chu Xing quickly hugged her and walked to the side. After turning around, he couldn't find a warm place for her to lean on, so he just kept hugging her.

Lu Mingyu was worried that he was tired, so she told him to hurry up like a mosquito.

Chu Xing thought she was still cold, although he was reluctant, he still did as she wished and beat the drum to withdraw the troops.

Lu Mingyu was so weak that she didn't even have the strength to climb his shoulders, she was carried back to the warm tent by Chu Xing like a child.

Chu Xing wanted to help her tidy up first, but Lu Mingyu shook his head and moved inside with difficulty, letting Chu Xing lie down first to keep warm, lest he get sick from hot and cold.His wife was gentle and considerate, Chu Xing nodded, and lay down with her. After lying down, he habitually hugged her into his arms and kissed her forehead, "Ah Nuan, I miss you so much."

"Thin." Lu Mingyu caressed his face lightly and greedily, she couldn't see clearly, but she felt it. Just after she finished speaking, she felt a scar at the corner of his eye. Lu Mingyu burst into tears instantly, and asked him choked with sobs: " How did you do it? Does it still hurt?" How dangerous was the injury so close to the eye?
"It's made by a branch, it's better soon, but it may leave scars forever." Chu Xing said in a relaxed tone.He often goes to the battlefield, this little injury is nothing to him.

But Lu Mingyu was terrified, buried her in his arms, and cried, "You are not allowed to leave our mother and daughter behind..."

(End of this chapter)