"What is the Sanding Formation?" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but ask.
Su Xingran glanced at him and introduced: "The Sanding Formation is a formation that can advance, attack, retreat or defend. Depending on the number of opponents and their strength, the offensive and defensive posture can be changed at any time, or three people can join forces at the same time to learn from each other's strengths. Use the weak to attack the strong!”
"Haha, then these smelly Taoist priests are no longer invincible!" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help laughing.
"Invincible in the world, why didn't you blow me up to death!" Su Xingran glanced at Chen Xiaomu and overcame him.
When Chen Xiaomu heard this, he seized the opportunity to use the topic and boasted: "Honey, look, I'm not bragging. Each of these three people has been practicing martial arts for at least ten years, but in the end they were beaten by me. A weakling who can't afford four taels is sent to the west with a small explosive bag!"
Su Xingran nodded and agreed: "Husband, your explosive pack is indeed a good thing. It can be said to be invincible on the battlefield and frighten the enemy! But it has one biggest flaw, that is, it is too powerful and cannot be distinguished in close combat. It is very easy to accidentally injure one's own people when clearing the enemy."
Chen Xiaomu didn't have time to think and blurted out: "Don't be afraid. In the future, I will find ways to develop long-range explosive delivery carriers such as aircraft and missiles. By then, I will no longer be afraid of hurting my own people."
"What are aircraft missiles?" Su Xingran looked at Chen Xiaomu in surprise and asked, because she had never heard the name of such a thing.
"Oh!" Chen Xiaomu was suddenly startled, and then realized that he had spilled the beans unknowingly. His mind suddenly changed and he said vaguely: "Let Feng Yuan go?"
Su Xingran nodded, "Let it go."
Chen Xiaomu gestured with his hands and said: "It is much larger than the kite. It is an instrument that people can control after flying into the sky!"
"Is this utensil also made of paper?" Su Xingran asked dubiously.
Chen Xiaomu scratched his head with his hands and said vaguely: "This, it should be!"
Su Xingran asked in confusion: "Can a paper utensil lift people to the sky? Aren't you afraid that the paper will be blown by the wind and fall down halfway? Besides, if you take people to the sky, what if you offend the gods living in the sky?"
Su Xingran was like a curious baby, asking a series of questions to Chen Xiaomu in one breath. Chen Xiaomu was really a big brother at this time. He knew that he had to explain to Su Xingran the history of the development of scientific and technological civilization for more than a thousand years in just a while. , it was simply harder than kicking off the sky, and besides, he couldn’t explain his own unbelievable origin to Su Xingran. Chen Xiaomu made up his mind and decided to muddle through the matter with vague words, otherwise Su Xingran would face the next question. There will be more and more!
Chen Xiaomu paused for a moment and said with a smile: "Honey, to be honest with you, these things I mentioned were all what I dreamed about last night. It's just that I didn't dream about the links you asked about, so I can't answer them. Come up!"
"Dream about it?" Su Xingran couldn't help but was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Chen Xiaomu with suspicion and asked, "Can you dream of someone with a nose and eyes like this? Did you even name the objects in the dream?"
"I don't know either. Anyway, that's how I dreamed about it!" Chen Xiaomu said helplessly.
At this point, Su Xingran had doubts in her heart, but she couldn't ask any more questions. At this time, the sky outside had turned dark unconsciously, and the female officer Furong and her two maids lit a few red candles. After coming in, three more maids walked into the room with trays in their hands. There were two or three dishes on each tray. The maids picked up the dishes from the trays and put them on the table one by one, and then put them on the table. Two pairs of bowls and chopsticks. After everything was done, the female officer Furong wished the two of them good luck and said: "Your Highness the Princess, Prince Consort, please have a meal.
This is the first time Chen Xiaomu and Su Xingran have dined alone in the princess mansion since they got married, or it can be said that he and Su Xingran have dined alone in the princess mansion. Chen Xiaomu looked at the table. In addition to peach, apricot, plum and jujube, there was a platter of candied fruits. , there are also fried quails with fresh bamboo shoots, stir-fried lotus root slices, shrimp soup, braised lamb, wine-cooked catfish, charcoal grilled lamb legs, six hot dishes, the staple food is oil cakes and soup cakes, not only the portions are large, but the plates are also large , the table was almost full, and there probably wouldn’t be enough food for ten more people.
Su Xingran picked up a roast leg of lamb and put it into the celadon bowl in front of Chen Xiaomu. He smiled and said: "Husband, I heard that someone wanted to attack the princess's house in the past few days, so I didn't let them serve wine. I was really afraid of you. Something happened while drunk!"
In fact, Chen Xiaomu could drink well before he traveled through time. He could drink a whole pound of 60-degree wine every time. Therefore, as early as when he was in college, he had a mantra: gargle half a pound of wine with a pound of wine. I can walk on a wall with wine, but I won’t walk with half a kilogram of wine. But after he traveled to this ancient society and drank this sour drink, which had about the same alcohol content as beer, and he called it horse urine wine, he almost didn’t care about wine. I have developed immunity, and I don’t even want to touch the wine unless I have to.
Su Xingran's words played into his heart, and he smiled and said: "Wine is a poison that penetrates the intestines, so it's better not to drink it."
"Okay, husband, let's eat more vegetables." Su Xingran said as he picked up a few chopsticks of fish, mutton, bamboo shoots, etc. and put them into Chen Xiaomu's bowl.
Seeing that the dishes in his bowl were all piled up, Chen Xiaomu said half-jokingly: "Your Highness, you are not afraid of keeping your husband full. Besides, there are so many dishes that neither of us can finish! You know, it won't hurt if you eat it." It hurts!"
Su Xingran glanced at him, put down the chopsticks in her hands, and said, "Don't say anything else, just say it."
Chen Xiaomu also put down his chopsticks, looked back at the female officer Furong and several maids who were standing behind him, and said: "Honey, look at this big table of food, we are the only ones eating here, and the weather is so cold, wait until we finish finishing , I guess the dishes are almost cold, so why not let them eat them together while they are still hot, so as not to waste them."
As soon as Chen Xiaomu finished speaking, before Su Xingran could speak, the expressions of Furong and several maids changed, and they quickly bent down to salute him in fear: "Prince Prince Consort, please spare us, just to lend me some courage, maids." I don’t dare to eat at the table with the princess and the consort!”
Chen Xiaomu disapproved and laughed and said: "Look at how scared you are, who made this to break the rules? Why don't you just have a meal as soon as possible! I don't believe what other laws have been broken!"
Su Xingran, who had not interrupted until now, said quietly: "This is a crime of transgression in this dynasty!"
"What!" Chen Xiaomu thought he heard wrongly and looked at Su Xingran in surprise with wide eyes.
"That's right." Su Xingran nodded affirmatively and said: "Husband, this is not only a crime of trespass in our country of Zheng, but also can be punished according to the laws of various countries today."
"Could it be that just because he had a meal with us, he could be found guilty of trespassing?" Chen Xiaomu still didn't believe it and asked.
Now Su Xingran felt strange and asked: "Husband, isn't this the case in your Chen Kingdom's court?"
"This..." Chen Xiaomu was speechless for a moment when he was asked, and in the end he could only vaguely say: "It seems to be there, but I haven't seen it."
Su Xingran smiled and did not ask any further questions. She turned to wave to Furong and the maids, and said with a smile: "Since my husband has spoken, you all come and sit down!"
Furong hurriedly declined: "Princess, the maids don't dare!"
Su Xingran's face straightened up, and she said angrily: "What dare you! Remember, in my Princess Qingfeng's mansion, as long as your husband asks for something, you must do it for me, and you are never allowed to push back. Otherwise, it would be disobedience and disrespect!”
Seeing Su Xingran's anger, Furong and several maids looked at each other, and sat down on the round stools beside the table with their buttocks tilted timidly. Although they sat down, everyone was extremely reserved. There were two maids. It was shaking so hard that I couldn't even hold the chopsticks! The rest of them held chopsticks as if they were superfluous things, so they dared to stretch out their hands to pick up food.
Seeing this situation, Chen Xiaomu couldn't laugh or cry. In order to make these people relax, he smiled at Su Xingran and said, "Honey, how about I tell you a joke?"
Su Xingran was stunned. She didn't know what kind of medicine Chen Xiaomu was selling in this gourd. Why was she eating her meal? She suddenly thought of telling a joke. However, when she saw the several maids at the table sitting on pins and needles with fear, Seemingly understanding Chen Xiaomu's intention, he said happily: "Husband, please tell me, I am all ears."
Chen Xiaomu looked at the maids sitting at the table and smiled gently: "I tell this joke with a condition. If anyone can hold back his laughter after hearing it, I will award him a silver tattoo of ten taels. If he can't hold back his laughter, "It's coming from the sound," Chen Xiaomu pointed to the large plate on the table and said, "Everyone must eat at least ten mouthfuls of food. It's not okay to eat less."
As soon as Chen Xiaomu spoke, the curiosity of several maids led by Furong was immediately aroused. Su Xingran clapped her hands and shouted: "Husband, you have to count me in."
Chen Xiaomu nodded, "Of course you have to be included. Let me start the story. There was a tiger looking for food in the woods. While walking, he stepped on a long snake hiding under the leaves. The snake became violent after eating it. , raised his head to face the tiger and took a bite. The tiger was accidentally bitten by a snake, and it was terribly painful. He lowered his head and saw that it was a fat snake that had bitten him and was running away. He quickly chased after him. Although this snake was not swimming slowly, , but the one without legs can outrun the one with legs! What’s more, it still has four legs. It was about to be overtaken by the tiger. At this time, a pond appeared in front of it. The fat snake panicked and plunged into the pond. This made the tiger very angry, and said bitterly: "You bit me and you still want to run away. I just haven't arrived for lunch yet, so I'm planning to take you for lunch. Now I want to see how you can hold it in the pond." How long, then the tiger confidently lay down by the pond and waited, waiting for the fat snake to be unable to hold it in the water and come up to throw itself into the trap. However, after waiting for a long time, it saw a turtle slowly coming out of the pond. Climbing up from the water, the tiger quickly swooped forward and held the turtle down with his claws, and said proudly: "Now I see where you are running, kid. Even if you put on the vest, I will recognize you!"
"Pfft," Su Xingran just picked up the noodle soup bowl and took a sip of the soup, and all the soup spurted out. Furong and several maids were stunned for a moment by Chen Xiaomu's turn. It happened that one of them looked to be only thirteen years old. The four-year-old maidservant, probably out of curiosity, couldn't help but timidly asked, "Prince-in-law, does this snake turn into a turtle when it puts on the vest?"
This time, the laughter of several belated maids was suddenly ignited by this little maid, and they couldn't help but laugh "chi, chi". Su Xingran even burst into tears. Even Chen Xiaomu himself was attracted by the naivety of this little maid. His words made him burst into laughter, but the little maid opened her big, watery eyes, looking first at this, then at that, fluttering, looking completely innocent and cute.
Su Xingran picked up the wet wipes on the table and wiped her tears, pointed at the little maid and smiled: "Xiaowen, you little girl really made me laugh to death!"
Hearing this, Xiaowen quickly stood up from the round stool, bent down to Su Xingran and said, "You deserve to die, my maid, for making Her Royal Highness the Princess almost die from laughter!"
"What?" Everyone in the room, except Su Xingran, was stunned by the unimportant words of the little maid named Xiaowen. Just now, the room was still full of laughter, but in the blink of an eye, they were all silent, looking at each other, and Furong pulled her away. After passing Xiaowen, he was about to bend down and salute Su Xingran, say a few kind words for Xiaowen and cover up. Seeing this, Su Xingran waved her hand gently and said with a gentle smile: "This little girl is so cute. I like her. Let her be my personal maid from now on!"
When the female officer Fu Rong heard this, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and pulled Xiao Wen out from behind her, and whispered: "Xiao Wen, why don't you thank Her Highness the Princess quickly!"
A seemingly tense incident passed with Su Xingran's understatement. The maid Xiaowen also got a blessing in disguise and became Su Xingran's personal maid. You must know that since the previous personal maid Furong was named the seventh in Princess Qingfeng's mansion by the court, After becoming a female official, the position of personal maid next to Su Xingran has been vacant. Furong also helped recommend a few, but in the end Su Xingran declined them all.
Chen Xiaomu here happily greeted everyone to eat, otherwise the food would have been really cold. After Chen Xiaomu told a joke above, the maids relaxed a lot. Although they were still restrained, they all dared to start taking the initiative to pick up the food.
After finishing the meal, Chen Xiaomu had just put down his bowls and chopsticks when the guards outside the door came in to report that Captain Lu and Captain Li were outside asking for a meeting. Chen Xiaomu turned to Su Xingran and smiled: "Honey, there are a lot of things going on outside these two days, so you should rest first. I’ll go take a look and come back.”
"Husband, shall I go over with you and watch?" Su Xingran stood up from the round stool and reached out to grab the Fengming Sword from Furong's hand.
Chen Xiaomu shook his head, "No, you stay in the house to recharge your batteries. Our Princess Mansion is very likely to encounter very difficult opponents in the past few days. I will let you take action then."
Su Xingran said stubbornly: "I won't show up, I will just follow you secretly, and I will never let others notice."
Chen Xiaomu patted Su Xingran on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Honey, don't worry! Lu Yi, Li Gui and I went to the Princess Mansion Guards to check the status of the night's duty. We don't leave the Princess Mansion, so what's the danger?"
Su Xingran thought for a moment, handed the Fengming Sword to Chen Xiaomu, and said, "Husband, take this sword with you. Go early and come back early. I'll wait for you in the house."
"Okay." Chen Xiaomu was afraid that Su Xingran would pester him again, so he agreed immediately and took the sword.
Outside the hospital, Lu Yi and Li Gui were shivering in the cold wind. Fearing that they would stomp their feet too loudly and scare the princess inside, they had no choice but to move around in circles to keep themselves warm as much as possible. It turned out that the two of them had already He came here, but when he heard the guard on guard saying that the Lord of Guards and the Prince Consort were having a meal, he asked the guard to wait until the two of them had finished their meal before reporting back. Unexpectedly, the two of them had eaten the same meal for more than half an hour!
Seeing Chen Xiaomu coming out of the courtyard, the two of them hurriedly came over to complain, "Your Highness, it's too cold this night, and it froze us to death!"
Chen Xiaomu glanced at them and asked, "Have you two had dinner?"
Lu Yi and Li Gui nodded repeatedly and said, "I've eaten, but I stayed outside for too long and the cold is a bit unbearable."
"Okay, let's talk while we walk." After Chen Xiaomu finished speaking, he took the lead and walked forward. Lu Yi and Li Gui hurriedly followed him.
The three of them walked across the wooden bridge in front of the courtyard and came to the second gate of the Princess Mansion. They met Wang Wu who was running out of breath. It was dark at night and they almost collided with Chen Xiaomu who was walking in the front. Fortunately, Chen Xiaomu reacted quickly and stepped aside to avoid it in time.
Chen Xiaomu immediately lowered his face and scolded: "Captain Wang, can't you walk with your eyes on?"
Wang Wu didn't bother to explain, and said incoherently: "Your Highness, there is a fight between two groups outside the princess's residence, and it seems that both sides are very good at martial arts. Now they are indistinguishable!"
