Yongcheng, turned out to be Yongcheng.
With her straightforward temperament, if she were to marry her, it wouldn't be Jian Tian'er's misfortune.
Xiao Yichen couldn't see the lawsuit on her forehead. He put his arm around her shoulders and said, "She's not stupid. Can she be the same in her own palace as she is outside?"
That's all.
But Yongfu has only been married for how long, so...
Shen Nanbao sat on the stone bench frustrated, "What do you think, daddy? The China clan has gone back on their word. Is it possible that if we send another emperor over, they won't attack Daxuan?"
She looked at Xiao Yichen, trying to see a hint of denial in his eyes, but fell silent without thinking about him.
Shen Nanbao lowered his shoulders, "Isn't this just like filling a bottomless hole?"
She thought of Xiao Yichen's words just now, and thought of those sisters who might be forced to marry one after another. She couldn't help but rub her teeth again and again, "Those ministers talk about serving the country, the family, and the people, but as long as the fire If you don’t set your own hair on fire, why should you care about other people’s lives?”
Xiao Yichen rarely saw her so angry, but he was not surprised at all. After all, he had often heard how those imperial concubines treated her, and they always treated her sincerely, filling her desire for relatives.
Xiao Yichen stretched out his hand to hold her clenched fist, "You are absolutely right, but if you don't do this and let the Chi Na clan's cavalry trample you, the outcome may be even worse."
Shen Nanbao was noncommittal, but his eyes were deeply red, "I can't just watch my sisters jump into the fire pit one after another."
But so what if it can’t?
What could she do?
Don't talk about it now, even if she is still in the palace, she is just an emperor. How can she compete with the holy will?
Madam, she still cares about those things, but for Xiao Yichen, these are nothing more than the weakening of the country's strength and the weak soldiers and horses that lead to repeated defeats.
But when it comes to eradicating such hidden dangers, it cannot be accomplished overnight.
What's more, the Daxuan Dynasty looked at its strong military strength. There were six or seven hundred thousand people registered in the register, but after excluding the false records, the number of non-combat troops was less than half, and more than half of them were fake Yu, which could really be used. , there are simply very few capable troops to fight.
With such a force, Xiao Yichen was no longer willing to admit that it was indeed a mantis fighting against the China tribe, a nation that fought on horseback all day long.
The two of them had their own thoughts and ate the meal, naturally they were unhappy.
At nightfall, when he was about to go back to his house to sleep, Shen Nanbao finally revealed his plan, "I think if things are going like this, we might as well keep the marriage simple, firstly, to save money, and secondly..."
"Your sisters are suffering, but you are enjoying the blessings. You won't be so sorry, right?"
The spring cold had not yet broken, but as soon as the old man fell, the evening wind rolled the leaves and made him feel cold all over his body. Shen Nanbao couldn't help but shudder.
Xiao Yichen saw it with sharp eyes, took her back to the house, and ordered Feng Yue to gather a basin of charcoal fire and put it at Shen Nanbao's feet to warm.
The charcoal was ordinary charcoal, but maybe it was because the people around him were accustomed to using styrax. With the sound of roasting, bursts of clear fragrance filled the whole room. Shen Nanbao smelled it quietly, and his voice couldn't help but break. It's profound.
"I just don't want to laugh when they are crying. Although this will only reduce my guilt a little bit...but in the end, it will make me feel better."
Xiao Yichen glanced at her and said, "What I told you before, you didn't take it seriously at all."
Shen Nanbao was stunned for a moment and looked at him in surprise.
Xiao Yichen sat by the charcoal basin, his fine porcelain face reflected in the fire, half bright and half dark, "I told you before, don't think too much."
Shen Nanbao put her hand on the charcoal basin. The red light illuminated her palm prints clearly and made her palms particularly warm. "I didn't think too much, but I heard them say it so naturally." I feel so."
"I think it's okay to feel that way, but there's no need to wrong yourself because of them. If you don't get married in a glorious way just once, wouldn't you be very regretful when you look back on it in the future?
Furthermore, if you say so, you don’t want them to cry and you laugh, and you want everyone to share the same difficulties, then you are not allowed to go back to the palace to complete the unfinished marriage with the Sheng family? "
Shen Nanbao scolded him, "You're itching, are you trying to flirt with me?"
Xiao Yichen said no, "I sincerely tell you."
The eyes burned by the candlelight were as bright as stars that had fallen for a day. Seeing this, Shen Nanbao choked on his retort.
But even so, Shen Nanbao couldn't help but get distracted when he was doing embroidery by the window the next day.
When Mrs. Zhao saw her like this, she held down her crotch and said, "If you look like this, the flowers are not embroidered into one, but your fingers are full of needle holes."
Shen Nanbao met Mrs. Zhao's smiling eyes and whispered, "Grandma."
What happened yesterday? Old Mrs. Zhao Men Qing'er, not to mention Shen Nanbao, even she herself was there when she was grinding beans this morning.
Mrs. Zhao therefore said: "We are not determined to rush out in the next day or two. Since we can't make up our mind to do it, we will just relax by ourselves and go out for a walk to relax."
Shen Nanbao looked at the patterns on the little bandage and sat there for almost a whole morning. He didn't even finish embroidering a single flower. If he continued like this, he would just sit there. So he listened to Mrs. Zhao's words and took Feng Yue to make a plan. Go look around.
But he had something on his mind and could run whatever he wanted. When Shen Nanbao saw this, he led Fengyue to Xinle Tower.
Gongzhou is far away from the capital and close to the innermost part of the mountains and rivers, so it has not been affected by the war, and it still looks like it is in the prosperous times of Haiqingheyan.
As a result, the Xinle Tower was filled to the brim, and there were no empty seats at a glance.
Shen Nanbao couldn't help but laugh when he saw that Feng Yue's moves were like fish eyes, and she was wandering around since she came in. "I heard the waiter from Jinyin Shop say a while ago that this is the most famous restaurant in Gongzhou. They say they have the best plum cheese in the world.”
Fengyue listened and chuckled.
Coincidentally, at this time, the salesman with a turban on his shoulders came up to him with a smile on his face, "That plum cheese is a craft that our master learned from the palace when he traveled to Gyeonggi Province. I heard that it is the favorite of the officials." Food, my dear lady, you think, the most noble people in the world love to eat, isn’t it the best?”
These words were like no other. Feng Yue was afraid of touching Shen Nanbao's hurt, so she quickly smacked her lips and said, "Then let's have two bowls and let's see how good they are." "
He said "Okay" and then said: "We not only have plum blossom cheese, but also other delicious ones, such as spicy chicken, mushroom liver paste soup, hot and crispy, mapo tofu..."
The names of the dishes came out one after another from the sales outlet, which made Fengyue frown even more, "I just heard you say these few dish names, and I didn't hear anything else. On the contrary, it's spicy, so I heard it." Enough is enough."
Only then did Guo Bai look emphatically at Shen Nanbao and the others, and smiled again, "Young lady is from out of town," he said again, "Young lady, you don't know, our Gongzhou It’s rainy and humid, and it’s easy to get paralysis. You need to eat these numbing and spicy foods to get rid of the moisture in your body. So people here in Gongzhou like spicy food. Madam, since you are from Since you’re from out of town, you’re not used to eating these things, so the little one recommends to you our almond tofu, Taibai duck and rock sugar sesame pork elbows.”
Shen Nanbao looked at Feng Yue's shining eyes and smiled, "That's it, here are two more bowls of plum blossom cheese."
Guogai said "Okay" again and extended his hand to guide them to their seats.
Because they were young ladies, it was difficult for them to appear in public, and although their clothes were not very eye-catching, the materials were of the best quality, and their conversation did not look like poor masters, so they sold them. Together they were led upstairs to the private room.
As the door closed, the bustle of people outside was blocked out, and the room seemed to have fallen into another silent world.
Shen Nanbao, who had just been betrayed, returned to the hall at this time, and the smile on his lips was somewhat suppressed.
Seeing this, Feng Yue hurriedly pushed the tea she had just bought to Shen Nanbao's hand, "Sister, it's useless to think about these things. These are not things we can solve."
yes.
To be said to be the hidden spear in the house and the bright sword among women, she might be able to give it a try and compete.
But if it was necessary to go to the battlefield and fight to the death, with blood flowing everywhere, she could only watch helplessly.
Even though she is still the Emperor Ji now, the most she can do is to say a few words in front of her father, or like Yongfu Yongcheng, be sent to the China clan for a short respite.
Somehow, Shen Nanbao remembered what the saint said to Yongfu.
"You are the Emperor Concubine of the Daxuan Dynasty, and even more so the Changdi Concubine. You were born to protect the people of Daxuan from being invaded by foreigners! It's not just you, Yongle, Yongcheng... they are all. Because you use what you eat. , all the privileges we enjoy are squeezed out from the pockets of the people of Daxuan!"
Shen Nanbao held the teacup and pursed his lips tightly, leaving no gaps.
Feng Yue was afraid that she would get too deep in her thoughts and get sidetracked, so she interrupted her with a loud voice, "Sister, don't think about it anymore. It's better to get married soon. You still have a lot of embroidery to do."
Shen Nanbao didn't say anything, but took a sip from the cup, opened his mouth and was about to say something, when someone came in holding two cups of plum cheese.
The partition was decorated with lens-like patterns. As soon as it was opened, yellow sunlight flashed into Shen Nanbao's eyes, causing her to close them tightly in an instant.
When she came back to her senses and opened her eyes, plum cheese was placed in front of her.
Beside the blue-white porcelain jade cup is a pair of well-jointed, slender hands. Unfortunately, there is a fly in the ointment, the fingertips are covered with thick calluses.
Shen Nanbao only took one look and was stunned.
She slowly raised her head and looked at the person.
The moment their eyes met, Shen Nanbao felt like he had become a golden dead leaf in autumn, light and airy.
She heard her own murmur as thin as a mosquito's moan, "Chen Fangyan."
