Wishful Things

Xie Wuyang opened his eyes, there was a smile in his blank eyes that could not be dissipated in the future.

Seeing that it was the person in the dream, the smile felt much more relieved, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why don't you sleep for a while?"

"What time is it? Get up quickly, and you still have to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to serve tea—" Xu Mingyi urged, while breaking away from his arms, holding the brocade quilt in front of him, and reaching out to grab the clothes.

That arm took her into his arms again.

"Don't worry, my father told me yesterday that we can go after we leave the court... At this time, I must have already gone to court in the Golden Palace."

Xu Mingyi glanced at the sky outside the window, roughly calculated the time, and then lay down in peace.

Immediately, she thought of something again, and pulled him up.

"Then let's go to the emperor's grandmother."

The elders love the younger generation, but the younger generation shouldn't have no scruples because of this.

Xie Wuyang showed his smooth and beautiful upper body naked, and reminded with a helpless smile: "The emperor's grandmother hasn't gotten up at this time—"

Xu Mingyi grabbed a piece of clothing and threw it on him: "Then you can practice archery with me for a while."

After thinking for a while, he said again: "If you are really sleepy, just sleep a little longer."

Her own habits are not good enough to force him to be together.

"Don't sleep anymore." The man had already put on his coat neatly, looked at her, and said with a slight smile, "It won't be too late to catch up on sleep after returning from Shoukang Palace."

Faced with this meaningful smile, Xu Ming realized what happened last night, his face suddenly became hot, and he put up the wedding tent and got out of bed.

After practicing arrows, the two of them changed their clothes and freshened up again, dressed neatly, and counted the time to go to Shoukang Palace.

The air was slightly cool in the early morning, Xu Mingyi walked through the imperial garden and walked through the vermilion lacquer corridor with Xie Wuyang side by side in the princess concubine's clothes.

All the palace people they saw along the way avoided the two sides and bowed their heads to salute the two of them.

In the Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager was just about to use the court food, and she was both surprised and happy when she heard that her grandson and granddaughter-in-law had come.

The prince and princess walked into the hall and held tea with her to salute.

Looking at the couple kneeling in front of her, the Queen Mother couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, and sent a box of tea offerings that had been prepared earlier to Aoi from the hand of Sister Chunbai.

And left two people to eat together.

After breakfast, Xu Mingyi and Xie Wuyang did not leave in a hurry, but sat on the side talking with the old man about the family.

Tianmu and Tianwei also came along, and the Empress Dowager also gave meat to eat—after all, they are all juniors who have just married, so they must be treated equally.

"Tomorrow I have to go to the Ancestral Temple to offer sacrifices, and I'm busy...Today I will go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to pay my respects, and then I will go back and have a good rest." The Empress Dowager said with a smile.

Xu Mingyi and Xu Mingyi agreed "Yes" in unison, and when they were about to leave, they suddenly heard the palace servants singing loudly——

"The emperor is here!"

The Empress Dowager laughed in surprise: "Why did you still come to Ai's house... It's easier now, and you don't have to run to the Hall of Mental Cultivation anymore."

Saying so, he ordered Mother Chunbai to prepare a new pot of tea.

"The two of you are hardworking, and you came to Shoukang Palace early in the morning to grab some food." Emperor Zhaozhen said with a smile as soon as he came in.

Xu Mingyi and Xie Wuyang got up and saluted.

"Children (daughter-in-law) see father and emperor."

"The co-author knows that the two children are here at Ai's house." The Queen Mother smiled and said: "As a father, he waits for the children to serve tea. It's good for you, you are chasing after your daughter-in-law's tea!"

Emperor Zhaozhen laughed and nodded, with lines forming in the corners of his eyes.

Aunt Chunbai quickly brought new tea.

Xu Mingyi poured it half full and served tea as a salute.

"Okay, okay, let's all get up." Looking at the two children, Emperor Zhaozhen's eyes were full of joy from the heart. When he took the tea, Yu Guangnei seemed to be on the empty seat beside him, seeing that figure.

It was as if she was also looking at the two children with a smile on her face, looking at him, and nodded to him with a smile in her eyes.

Emperor Zhaozhen seemed to be afraid of disturbing something, turned his head slightly and silently, but still saw the empty side, without the slightest trace.

He clearly knew that this was just an illusion in his heart.

At this time, a voice sounded: "When the daughter-in-law came, she was discussing with A Yuan. After working for a few days, she wanted to go to the imperial mausoleum to pay homage to her mother, but she still had to ask for permission from the emperor—"

Emperor Zhaozhen was slightly startled, then nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, I will hand this matter over to the Ministry of Rites later."

Xie Wuyang turned his head and glanced at the person beside him.

He hasn't discussed this matter with Zhao Zhao yet...

The Empress Dowager looked relieved, but when she looked at her son again, she said, "Since you came after your daughter-in-law's tea, why didn't you see your change of mouth?"

Emperor Zhaozhen was stunned—he just wanted to drink his daughter-in-law's tea quickly, but forgot about it!

The original prepared things are still in the Hall of Mental Cultivation!

Look at him doing it, stupid!

Emperor Zhaozhen smiled ashamedly, and casually took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to the palace man: "Keep this Zhaozhao first, and I will make another one later, and ask someone to send it to the East Palace!"

Xu Mingyi was stunned.

"Father, my daughter-in-law can't accept this—"

This jade pendant is too heavy, it is the emperor's personal belongings, seeing it is like the emperor's presence.

"It's all family items, what can't you keep?" The queen mother smiled and said: "He himself forgot to bring the gift of reformation, so he should be fined twice! Take it quickly!"

Emperor Zhaozhen also smiled and said: "The queen mother is very right. They are all family things, so there is nothing to be particular about."

Xu Mingyi didn't refuse anymore: "Thank you, Father."

This home is really a small home.

And since His Majesty came, she and Xie Wuyang did not leave in a hurry.

After the whole family shared lunch in the Shoukang Palace, the young couple were just driven back to the East Palace by the Empress Dowager to rest.

The next day, after the Taimiao sacrificed, they began to prepare for returning home.

Everything is in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Etiquette, and there is not much work for the two of them, but it is inevitable to get up early.

The Xu family has prepared a lot for this.

Up and down, very busy and happy.

Especially Dongyang King, he got up early in the morning to choose his robes, trim his beard, and asked someone to take out the gold inlaid jade belt that he hadn't worn for a long time.

"The old man is much happier than the day the girl came out of the cabinet." A servant said in the corridor.

This is an implicit statement. To be precise, on the day the girl came out of the court, the old man's demeanor was no different from that of an enemy coming to the door-they were even prepared to resist the old man's order and snatch the girl back.

Another servant gave him a blank look: "Isn't this nonsense, one is the girl leaving, the other is the girl coming back, which one do you think makes the old man happier?"

"Hey, it's true!"

The old man's state is not accidental either - up to Xu Jin and his wife in Shiziyuan, down to Xu Mingshi, they all have the word "happy" engraved on their faces.

Early in the morning, Xu Mingshi brought people to wait outside the gate of the mansion.

After waiting for a full hour, a servant came to report that the carriage had entered Qingyunfang, and he immediately and subconsciously wanted to go to meet him, but after walking two steps, he hurriedly stopped—be calm.

It wasn't until the carriage came to the gate of the mansion that the boy went forward pretending that he had just come out to greet him, and raised his hand to salute: "I have seen His Royal Highness, and I have seen the Crown Princess."

Xu Jin, Xu Yun and his wife also came out quickly.

"It's not a good day today, it's windy, let's go and talk in the hall!" Cui urged with a smile.

A group of people went to the front hall, talking and laughing all the way.

Tianmu also led Tianwei to follow behind Xu Mingshi. Hearing the two birds muttering, Xu Mingshi turned around curiously—what did you say?

Is Tianmu praising him with Tianwei?

Seeing this scene, Xu Mingyi couldn't help saying from the bottom of his heart—well, he should be praising, praising others for their stupidity, and how they still care about weaving waistcoats.

It was rare for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to get drunk during this homecoming banquet.

He was so drunk that he was almost unconscious, so Xu Mingyi could only take him to rest at Dongyang Palace overnight. That night, after leaving the grandfather's study, the mother and second aunt dragged her to talk for a long time before the old lady's chatter in her ears disappeared.

"You know that you don't drink well, why do you toast to your grandfather repeatedly?"

The next day, when he boarded the carriage leaving Dongyang Palace, Xu Mingyi asked in the carriage.

The people sitting there were refreshed, and there was no sign of being drunk at all. Hearing Xu Mingyi's question at this time, he said casually: "It's rare to have a good time, let's get drunk once."

Xu Mingyi was dubious.

I'm afraid she is deliberately trying to find an excuse so that she can stay at home overnight?

When she was about to speak again, she saw that the other party seemed to sense something was wrong, lifted the curtain of the car to take a look, and asked her, "Zhao Zhao, where are you going?"

"Dingnan Palace."

"At this hour, why go to Dingnan Palace?" Xie Wuyang asked subconsciously.

Xu Mingyi smiled and said, "Of course it's tea."

Husband and wife should be mutual.

He loves her family so much, puts himself in her place and thinks about everything, so naturally she should do the same.

Besides, even if it wasn't for him, she should have thought about it just because Wu's elders treated her so well.

Wu Chao came from the Wu family, and the Wu family taught him to raise him for eighteen years——

He called his grandparents and parents for eighteen years, and she deserved a cup of tea.

Everyone in the Wu family never thought that the two would come over suddenly.

At first, when I heard the report from the doorman, I thought it was a mistake.

The waiter was welcomed to the front hall, and King Dingnan in the outer study put down the secret letter in his hand and passed away.

"It's a busy time these days, so there's no need to come here on purpose." Dingnan King, who drank his grandson's daughter-in-law's tea, was as solemn as ever, but anyone could tell that the old man's tone was more of a kindness that was rarely shown in the past.

"It's all here, why are you still talking about it..." Mrs. Dingnan Wang smiled and said, "If there is nothing important, I will stay for lunch before going back."

"Yeah, let's go after lunch." Mrs. Xu agreed with a smile, her eyes still a little red.

Although she has regarded Zhaozhao as her daughter-in-law from the bottom of her heart since a long time ago, she never expected to be able to drink such a cup of tea.

Just like now...

After lunch, I can still take a walk in the garden accompanied by my daughter-in-law...

Mrs. Dingnan Wang was also full of joy and comfort.

It's really great to have a granddaughter-in-law!

She decides.

It was originally planned to return to Ningyang in five days... let my husband go back alone.

It must be known that she has always been in poor health, how can she stand up to the bumpy road at her age?

As I was talking, I felt a bit of a headache.

Turning to look at granddaughter-in-law again...

Well, much better.

From this point of view, she is bound to stay in the capital for a long time to recuperate.

A group of people walked slowly in the garden in the afternoon.

The Celestial Eye widened its eyes at the corner of a path——

As the saying goes, enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

And Big Bird came to the door today, he was swaggering and full of confidence... Usually two cats beat him one, but this time, it also has a helper!

It was for the purpose of elated!

But... why are there a group of little soldiers behind these two cats? !

Seeing Tianfu Tianjiao leading a group of kittens rushing towards it, Tianmu flapped its wings and took Tianwei to escape.

wait!

Come back next time, it also needs to bring soldiers!

...

The one who came earlier than the Tianmu Xiaobing belonged to Xu Yun's family.

The day the child was born was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

It's a boy.

On the same day, the old man came to see, and Xu Yun and his wife asked the old man to name the child.

The old man who just got a good report from the border waved his hand and said, "Let's call him Xu Mingsheng!"

Plain and simple - win more battles!

As for the nickname, he won't get involved, he must give the child's parents a chance, right?

Xu Yun thought for a while, thinking about the joke that the two of them said "I just want to drink your Laba porridge" in the bridal chamber when his wife married him that day, and thinking that the child was born on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. suggested——

"How about calling it Laba?"

After finishing speaking, the confinement daughter-in-law who was sitting on the bed smiled at him, and then pointed in the direction of the door——

Xu Yun understands.

I understand, this means to let him get out.

In the end, the child's nickname was decided by his wife.

It’s not called Laba——

It's called gruel.

Xu Yun didn't dare to raise any objections, but looking back at the fact that he was kicked out that day, he seemed extremely aggrieved.

During Wu Jingying's confinement, he missed Tianfu very much, so he sent someone to the Dingnan Palace, and forcibly captured this thing that had a wife and forgotten his mother, and slapped it several times.

It was extremely difficult for Tianfu to break free from her grip. After looking at the baby in the cradle, he searched around the room, even under the bed.

"What are you looking for?" Wu Jingying asked puzzled.

Tianfu jumped to the side of the cradle, gestured with his paw, his eyes were full of surprise: "Meow meow?"

—You only gave birth to one in this litter? !

Wu Jingying inexplicably understood its meaning, and couldn't help but feel severely embarrassed.

In the blink of an eye, it was spring again, and Dongyang Palace held a hundred-day banquet for Ah Congee.

At the banquet, King Dongyang suddenly became interested and wanted his little grandson to catch Zhou.

Xu Yun was puzzled—didn't that only happen when he was one year old?

But seeing my father's big slap...

So, as always, pay attention to filial piety.

Although the old man did it on a whim, there was a reason for it—this little grandson of his, although only a hundred days old, can already be seen to be much stronger than ordinary dolls, able to eat, sleep and stretch, and can startle when he cries. Half of the palace.

Such a doll with extraordinary qualifications, a hundred days and a week is not too much, right?

The old man did what he said, and he never paid attention to the eyes of others.

The red silk carpet was covered with all kinds of small objects. The chubby little doll stretched out two bulging hands and grabbed the same object with one hand.

He held a small wooden sword in his left hand.

In the right hand is a book - a closer look, it is a book of war.

The little baby held it in his hands and refused to let go, babbling and babbling.

Everyone around laughed and even claimed that they praised the general for having successors.

Xu Mingshi stood aside and watched, and suddenly he was stunned.

Xu Mingyi, who was sitting in the chair, also looked at the doll thoughtfully for a while, and then said to Xu Mingshi, "Didn't you say you put a hat on Ah Congee?"

Xu Mingshi suddenly came back to his senses.

He took over the tiger-head hat he made himself from the servant boy, and put it on for the little baby who was held in the arms of the old man.

Then, he said, "Sheng'er, put on the tiger-head hat and become a majestic general when you grow up."

"Oh!" The little baby pursed her round mouth as if responding to him.

Xu Mingshi grinned, but couldn't help but turn his eyes red.

Sister is right, we will meet again if we are destined.

...

Not long after Ah Congee's 100-year-old banquet, Xie Wuyang and Xu Mingyi were "driven" out of the capital.

It was Emperor Zhaozhen who chased them away.

Xie Wuyang refused at first, thinking that he still has a lot to learn quietly, and it is really not suitable for him to leave everything behind and go out for fun as a prince.

Emperor Zhaozhen heard repeated questions——

What to learn? You are so good, what else do you want to learn?

Do you have a clear understanding of your own excellence?

Can you leave some life for others?

Can you give the ministers a little room to work hard!

Besides—

You don't want to go out yourself, don't you want to take your wife for a walk and have a look?

The mountains and rivers are far and wide, and the beautiful scenery of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, while he is young, while his father can still work for a few more years, let's go for a walk.

Moreover, walking on the road itself is the best practice and experience.

...

One day in April, the late spring was bright and beautiful, just right for a trip.

In the morning light, the two rode side by side, and the horseshoes stepped on the green short grass in spring, and the breath of green grass was fresh and full of vitality.

Overhead, two large birds flitted across the morning light.

"Where are you going first?" Xu Mingyi, who was wearing a man's robe, sat on the horse and asked.

Xie Wuyang answered her with a smile: "Go slowly, stop when you want to stop."

"Hmm!" Xu Mingyi raised the corners of his mouth and looked towards the bustle of flowers and plants in front of him.

But there are a few places she must go.

I want to go to Yangzhou and see the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.

Go to Huizhou to see the mountains and Yongning Mansion to see the sea.

In autumn, I went to Xi'an Mansion to see the ginkgo trees all over the city.

There are also those big rivers, high valleys and urn valleys in the second uncle's paintings.

By the way, I heard that the shadow puppetry in Shunde and Hejian is very exquisite...and there is donkey meat to eat!

Everywhere I went, I went to find some delicious and fun things.

Listen to the local customs, visit the shops, farmland and dams.

Take what is good, remember what is wrong, and try to change it step by step.

There is always a way out.

The roadside is green with willows, and the flowers and plants are flourishing.

Two figures drove their horses between them, and their straight figures were gradually submerged in the depths of spring.

The enlightenment of the prosperous age begins with a single step.

...

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——End at 04:13 am on August 3, 2021.

After finishing this chapter, you can watch the sunrise.

May you all be prosperous and happy.

May the motherland prosper and the mountains and rivers be safe.

There can be no one else at this point, right?

Haha, good morning everyone~

In this early morning, Chongxi and Zhaozhao say goodbye to everyone for the time being. During the unwritten time, they will still move forward beautifully and tenaciously.

Thank you for your company along the way.