His face stiffened, like a piece of crumpled paper.
A ray of light leaked in from the propped-up window, which happened to hit Xiao Yichen's pursed lips, but those glass-like eyes were facing away from the light, as if they had rolled into the darkness, making it difficult for people to see clearly what was true or false.
But there is no need to see it clearly. When it comes to this realm, it has reached a dead end. There is no other way to go except to continue.
Shen Nanbao therefore stopped talking and just poured a cup of tea silently.
The sound of gurgling water was as clear as a string of beads. At this moment, Xiao Yichen finally revealed his golden voice, "If you didn't tell me, I would know you went to Xinle Tower just by looking at the plate full of spicy food..."
Xiao Yichen paused and laughed angrily, "I haven't given birth to a baby, so why haven't I heard a baby cry? After all, I've been here in Gongzhou for so long. I can't tell that these are all from Xinlelou. Signboard, I heard people say that when you make these on the first day, you have to make hundreds of them."
There was a joke in his tone. Shen Nanbao listened, but only said "hmm", "But if the window paper is not pierced, the light that comes through will always be vague. Light can do this, but people can't."
As she spoke, she raised her eyes to face the light with a faint smile on her face, "Master, do you think this is true?"
After saying these words, there was a moment of silence in the room, which made the roaring wind and waves outside the window seem particularly noisy.
Xiao Yichen didn't answer yes or no, but the hand holding the chopsticks clenched silently, "I did hide it from you."
In fact, she had known that he was hiding it from her before coming, but when she actually heard this, Shen Nanbao's heart still couldn't help but his smile was still soft, delicate, gentle and approachable, "My father-in-law promised me that no matter what happens, You won’t hide anything from me.”
Her voice was light and fluttering, like a floating dust bag, and it instantly tightened Xiao Yichen's heart. He hurriedly held Shen Nanbao's hand, "I said this indeed from the bottom of my heart. I never thought that I wanted to hide it from you, but this is..."
"I know that the father-in-law said this sincerely, and I have never questioned the sincerity of the father-in-law when he said this."
Shen Nanbao gave a wry smile, "But after that, no one can say for sure."
Xiao Yichen's heart tightened and he wanted to refute, but the words came to his throat and he swallowed them back.
What could he say?
Say no?
But he did hide it from her.
If you say yes, then doesn’t your so-called sincerity sound ridiculous?
Xiao Yichen rolled his throat, "I shouldn't hide it from you, but I won't hide it. Firstly, I'm afraid you won't agree. Secondly...it's also the official intention."
Dad?
What does this have to do with dad?
Shen Nanbao was stunned for a moment, "So... Sir, are you saying that our coming to Gongzhou was secretly authorized by our father?"
Xiao Yichen was surprised, "You don't know?"
He is such a fine person. After saying this, he lowered his eyebrows and said, "Chen Fangyan, he didn't tell you anything?"
Shen Nanbao was very honest and shook his head, "Like you, he doesn't think it's good that I know."
This is also true. Xiao Yichen listened, but he snorted sourly, "It's not his turn to feel..."
Turning his eyes, he saw Shen Nanbao looking at him calmly, and couldn't help but stop talking.
As for Shen Nanbao, he had thought through all the previous things just now.
It was strange that they could leave the palace so easily.
When Youguidao came to Gongzhou, he seemed to have taken root.
Shen Nanbao slowly rubbed his fingers on the side of the cup and asked slowly, "Grandpa also knows about this?"
Xiao Yichen nodded, and when he saw that her brows were darkening a little more, and her throat was so dry that it was like smoke, he couldn't help but licked his lips, "Grandpa, I know that we bumped into each other by chance, and I didn't mean to tell him. As for the officials. ...You want me to take you out of the palace because I feel guilty for your mother and concubine, and I see that you are subject to the saint's calculations everywhere in the palace, so you specially sent me to escort you out."
"Not really..."
Shen Nanbao took a sip of tea and said, "It's because my power is growing day by day."
He didn't make any objections, but Shen Nanbao knew that he was right, so he turned his hand and put the tea on the table, "Before I left the palace, I witnessed my maid asking Sister Yongfu to marry me. I had no information before, so I thought it was... My father has been ill for a long time and has become a coward. Now that I hear what you say, I feel that the marriage was my intention. After all, wasn’t sister Yongfu’s marriage recommended by my mother-in-law?"
Shen Nanbao paused, "In other words, the entire Gyeonggi Province is already ruled by her maid, the Sheng family."
In fact, he didn't expect Xiao Yichen to have any answer, but seeing him sitting silently by the side, Shen Nanbao couldn't help but feel a knot in his throat.
For dad, as far as how deep the relationship is, we have only been together for a year, not to mention he is still an emperor, and no matter how thick the blood is, it can't overcome the ravines in between.
But for some reason, at that moment, Shen Nanbao suddenly remembered the first time, when his father was lying on the couch, separated by a curtain, calling him a good boy sadly.
Shen Nanbao endured the soreness of his nose and murmured, "I want to go back."
"no!"
Xiao Yichen suddenly stood up, and Ang Zang's body was pressed down by a large shadow, covering Shen Nanbao's face without a trace of light.
Xiao Yichen couldn't see her emotions clearly, but he could feel her depression. He took a breath and said, "I hid it from you just because you know it. You must know that you must go back, but our escape was secretly authorized by the officials, but Just secretly, if you can't get on the stage, why do you fight against the saint? What can we do when we go back like this? Fight against the saint? Or go to get married? What's more, have you forgotten how you came out? You are not afraid to go back and deduct a "blasphemy" from you. The crime of "royal face"? "
He wanted to persuade him slowly, but at the end of the sentence, he couldn't stop the fire in his heart, and his tone suddenly became fast, which made Shen Nanbao stunned for a moment. After he was stunned, he laughed silently and slowly.
"You do not know what I mean."
She met Xiao Yichen's staring eyes and said, "As you said, I escaped from the palace privately, and if I went back so hastily, I would get a fight at best, or my life would be killed at worst. So, if you want to go back, you have to..." Make up for your mistakes.” "
How much power does this need to make up for this fault?
Shen Nanbao could clearly see his curiosity, but said, "Can you let me take care of your rice shop? Anyway, I am idle."
What's wrong with this.
He was worried that no one would help him.
but……
Xiao Yichen glanced at her, his eyes piercing people's hearts, "Do you want to steal food and obtain military merit?"
Shen Nanbao didn't make any excuses, but pushed the gold-rimmed plate in front of him with his hand, "The food is almost cold, let's eat it first. There will be so much work to do later, right?"
After going around and around, I finally came back to where I was.
Xiao Yichen's face, which had been slack just now, suddenly became wrinkled. He wanted to say something, but looking at Shen Nanbao's smooth and flat face, thinking back to Fang Fang's conversation, he just shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about the ear room tonight." He wasn't even allowed to sleep in the study.
What's more, it's just a plate of food.
He goes into battle and is not afraid of swords, swords, horses, leather or corpses. Why should he be afraid of this?
As soon as he thought about it, Xiao Yichen took out his chopsticks and steadily picked up a piece of spicy food to put into his mouth.
This time, Shen Nanbao didn't stop him, and watched him quietly as he took several mouthfuls. When his mouth was red and swollen, as if there were two sausages hanging from it, she pursed her lips and let out a long sigh, "No matter what happens in the future, You can’t hide the reason from me anymore.”
His mouth was still burning and hurting, but Xiao Yichen didn't care and shook his head hurriedly, "Never again."
That's how it ended.
The servants who had served the two of them cautiously the day before were relieved to see the two of them chatting and laughing as usual that night.
After all, if the head of the family is harmonious, the servants like them can't live easily.
There are things that servants care about, but Shen Nanbao, with Xiao Yichen's approval, simply dressed up the next day, put on a jade-colored short jacket, and went to the rice shop with Xiao Yichen.
The waiter, dressed in a faded hemp brown shirt, still greeted me with a smile on his face, "My boss, madam."
It's hot, and the shop is like a steamer,
The waiter's clothes were soaked with sweat, and they were tightly wrapped around his body, causing them to get in trouble every time he moved. However, this did not prevent him from diligently holding up the cattail leaf fan to blow the wind, smiling while doing so, "It's hot in the hall." "My wife, please come and sit in the inner room and have a sip of herbal tea, so you won't get the heat."
Xiao Yichen, as for Xiao Yichen, looked at the four walls and finally said: "I asked someone to bring the ice cream at noon. I didn't pay attention when I bought it. I only saw that the shop was square, but I didn't realize that the floor was made of wooden boards and could not withstand the sun. "
The wooden planks are not as good as the bluestone paving that can cool the main room. On the contrary, no matter how hot it is outside, the inner room can be warmed up.
It's just a rice shop. Most people come here to stock up on food when their families are short of food. It's not like a gold and silver shop. They still have to wait for the guests to wander around and pick their goods. It doesn't take half a cup of tea to get the goods. gone.
The waiter thought so in his mind, but did not dare to say it. He only said: "My boss is very considerate, but the younger ones are thick-skinned and thick-skinned. How can they afford such a good thing as the Bingjian..."
As a result, before he finished speaking, Shen Nanbao on the other side also agreed, "There's no need to be so prepared. I won't stay here all day long. Bringing ice collectors to Ottawa will increase expenses. Don't make much money by then." , I have a lot of achievements, and it makes people laugh at me. Besides, I am a delicate master."
Only then did the waiter say something, "Madam, what are you doing..."
Xiao Yichen said: "This is your future customer."
After saying this, the waiter immediately changed his words and said, "Madam, you want to come to our rice shop to be a customer?"
Seeing Shen Nanbao nod his head, the waiter had a smile on his face, "That's the honor of our rice shop. In this case, we can't skip the ice mirror, not to mention that we don't need much ice every day. Even if you use it, isn’t it worth it to make you feel comfortable, Madam? Not to mention that we will also benefit from it, right?”
The waiter is the waiter, and he speaks beautiful words that make people happy.
As for Shen Nanbao, he thought so after hearing this, so he stopped worrying and allowed Xiao Yichen to make arrangements.
Seeing that everything was settled, Xiao Yichen said he would come at noon and asked Shen Nanbao not to come over to deliver lunch, and then took a carriage and rushed to the blacksmith shop.
