Cui Qi felt very uncomfortable after hearing this and was speechless. It wasn't until late at night that Cui Qi got up and turned around, asking Lin Rong to take her to the corridor, saying: "Go back and rest, don't send her away."
Kingfisher followed Lin Rong and said silently: "Miss Sixth's temperament has changed a lot."
After enduring so much hardship, how can you remain unchanged? If you don’t change, you won’t be able to survive. Lin Rong bathed, changed clothes, and came out of the clean room. While wiping his hair, he said to Kingfisher: "The world is at peace, and everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River is also at peace. I would like to take a few people from the medical clinic to various counties and counties to personally draw illustrations of herbal medicines." Come on. The medicinal materials you encounter are either dried or prepared. If you encounter them in the wild, you may not necessarily recognize them. Many quacks often cannot tell the difference."
Kingfisher nodded after hearing this: "Yes, even Mr. Zhang can admit his mistakes sometimes."
Lin Rong then asked: "I want to ask you whether you should follow me or stay in Jiangzhou. If you stay in Jiangzhou, I will entrust you to Sixth Sister and ask her to find a good family for you."
Kingfisher shook his head and pointed to the box of gold, silver and jade treasures: "Why don't the county master reward me with some gold? I'll open a medical clinic of my own in the future."
The master and servant looked at each other and smiled, and did not mention it again.
For a while, Lin Rong put down the tent to sleep, but she spent seven or eight days with Ah Zhao. The child lay beside her every day, always smelling of sweet milk, and always pestering Lin Rong and chirping before going to bed. Regardless of whether they were understood or not, from the number of people in the hospital to the name of the dog at the door, the mother and daughter were never separated for a moment.
At this moment, Ah Zhao was gone. Lin Rong closed his eyes for a long time, but could not fall asleep for a long time. He simply sat up, lit a small lamp in the tent, and took out the notes he copied in Tianshui Pavilion during the day and read through them.
Suddenly he heard footsteps outside the corridor, and the door was pushed open with a creak. Lin Rong thought it was Kingfisher and saw that he had turned on the light inside, so he got up to check and said: "Kingfisher, go and have a rest. It's okay. I I can’t sleep much, so I just read a book.”
The footsteps stopped immediately after hearing the words. Lin Rong turned another page of the book, but did not hear the sound of closing the door. She felt strange for a moment. When she opened the curtain, she saw Lu Shen holding Ah Zhao, standing quietly three steps away from the bed. , the two of them didn't speak for a while, just looked at each other quietly.
Lin Rong sat up. It was she who spoke first and asked, "Did something happen to Ah Zhao?"
Lu Shen shook his head and carried Ah Zhao to the bedside. Lin Rong reached out to touch her forehead and saw that although her cheeks were red, she was not hot, she was just fast asleep.
Lu Shen then said calmly: "I don't know what you told her. She cried all night and refused to leave, so I had to hug her back."
What do you mean you don't know what I told her? These words seemed to be saying that she, Lin Rong, taught Ah Zhao something, made her cry and refused to leave, and called him Lu Shen back at the same time.
Lin Rong sneered, too lazy to pay attention to him, and carried Ah Zhao to the inside of the bed. Ah Zhao hummed unconsciously, opened his eyes, saw Lin Rong, and called out "Mother" in a daze. He was really sleepy, so he called out "Mother", closed his eyelids again, and fell into a deep sleep.
She didn't know what she was holding on to in her little hand, and it was sticky. Lin Rong took the embroidered handkerchief from the pillow and wiped it while asking doubtfully, "What's in her hand?"
Lin Rong thought Ah Zhao was asleep, but unexpectedly she heard the question. Although her eyes were still closed, she still replied: "It's pine nut candy." Her little hand also raised unconsciously: "Mom, you eat too...don't polite……"
Lin Rong laughed and patted Azhao on the back: "Go to sleep!" The candy stuck to the palm of his hand, and it was not clean after wiping it with dry silk cloth. He wanted to lift the quilt and get out of bed.
When Lu Shen saw it, he stood up and twisted a wet cotton cloth into the clean room next to him and handed it over. Lin Rong glanced at him, wiped the cotton towel, carefully wiped Ah Zhao's hands and face, and finally said: "Don't feed her so much candy in the future. There is no good way to treat cavities in children."
Lin Rong's tone was not good. After hearing this, Lu Shen just said: "I know!"
When Lin Rong saw him like that, he didn't know what had happened. It was not as ridiculous as the previous few days. Just when he was about to ask him to go out, he suddenly felt uncomfortable in his throat and coughed twice.
Lu Shen stood up, poured hot tea and handed it over. Lin Rong didn't take it, and looked at him coldly for a while. Then he took the tea cup, took a sip, gently used the tureen to stir up the foam on the tea leaves, and asked: "You Do you have something to tell me?"
Lu Shen sat on the edge of the bed, neither saying yes nor no, and was speechless for a long time.
Lin Rong couldn't help but snorted: "You were never like this before!" He felt bored again, so he turned around and said he was even more boring.
He put the teacup aside and said, "Since you have nothing to say, I have something to ask you. I wonder if you would be willing to answer my questions and answer my questions?"
Lu Shen took the tea cup and took two big sips. The feeling that something was wrong all over his body seemed to have subsided a little, and he said, "Ask me!"
Lin Rong raised her eyes and asked, "Did you order Sister Six to write this letter to me?"
Lu Shen didn't answer. When Lin Rong's face became impatient, he whispered: "A smart person doesn't have to wait for others to tell him to do something." He lowered his eyes, not daring to look at Lin Rong. Rong's eyes, reached out and gently pinched Lin Rong's fingertips, paused, and said: "Eleven, I want to see you, I want you to come to Jiangzhou, I want you to always be with A Zhao, and always be with me. By my side, I want you to go back with me and be Azhao’s mother and my wife.”
After saying that, he pursed his lips and sat there motionless, as if waiting for the sentence to be pronounced.
Lin Rong did not withdraw her hand, but still held it lightly. After being silent for a while, she said: "Why should a man worry about having a wife? If he can take it, he can let it go. This is what you said yourself. You shouldn't be like this." .”
Lu Shen raised his head, stared up, and asked, "What if... what if I say I can't let go?"
Lin Rong groaned softly, but was not angry. He asked quietly: "Are you going to break your promise again?"
Lu Shen stopped asking this question, remained silent for a long time, and said dullly: "How dare I! I won't even hold that old man in Tao Mansion accountable for his crime of deceiving the emperor, and I will send him to Luoyang as a gift."
He, Lu Shen, was used to being unruly and unruly, how could he ever swallow his anger like this? According to his past temper, the old man would definitely be sent to prison and tortured. How could the old and young in that house end well? The old man was so disgusted with him, but he was so jealous that he couldn't touch him.
As soon as this started, the rest became easier to say: "There is no such thing as choosing a queen or establishing a concubine. I asked people to write the brochure and post the notice, but I just wanted to give it a try. Just you?"
The notices and announcements, and the fourth girl from the Yuan family also came to visit. They were so sincere that Lin Rong believed this matter. When Lu Shen said this, he couldn't help but look surprised: "What next?" What are you trying? What’s there to try?
Lu Shen smiled mockingly: "After all, he is worthless because he took advantage of Azhao."
Lin Rong smiled helplessly and said nothing. Suddenly, a strong wind blew open the window and the pines and cypresses planted in the courtyard began to sway softly.
Both of them turned their heads to look at each other for a moment, only to hear the sound of the wind. Lu Shen suddenly sighed: "The trees are like this, how can people be embarrassed!"
Lin Rong was silent for a while and said, "My throat feels uncomfortable. Please pour me another cup of hot tea."
Lu Shen knew she had something to say, so he stood up and poured tea over, but saw that she only held it in her hands.
After a while, Lin Rong took a sip of hot tea and then said: "I have thought a lot these days, about you and Azhao. Sometimes I am shaken, wondering if I am too cruel to Azhao. For You, you have a bad temper. Compared with before, you have been more tolerant to me during these days. Although some of your words were unpleasant, you didn't do anything to me. It's just...it's just that I love myself more than anything else. Too much love for Azhao..."
At this point, Lin Rong seemed to feel guilty and paused: "You used to be a prince, but now you are the lord of the world. Your wife must please you, flatter you, take your joy as her joy, and your sorrow as her Sad. Thunder, rain, and dew are all your kindness. There can be no resentment. You know, I am not that kind of person, and I can’t become that kind of person. While I still have the heart, while you still think about it a little bit. The so-called old relationship, it is better to make a decision than to regret it in the future. I don’t want to go back, and I don’t want to live the same life as before."
Lu Shen's heart suddenly hurt, as if it was pricked by needles. The pain deepened every time he said a word. He could only retort in silence: "You once said that I am not a good father. It shows that you know people well." That's not true. Are you going to die like this in the future? We've been apart for three days, so we should look at each other with new eyes. You've been away for three years, how do you know that I won't change?"
Chapter 99
How do you know I won't change? It was extremely difficult for Lu Shen to say this. It's a pity that Lin Rong has no interest in changing others, let alone confidence. Trying to change an adult's established outlook and personality was boring and ignorant in Lin Rong's eyes.
Lin Rong withdrew his hand and said calmly: "Anyway, I have finished what I have to say."
Lu Shen didn't listen, and held Lin Rong's hand tightly and said, "But I haven't had time to say what I want to say."
"Before your accident, I wrote a letter to you. As long as you are willing to come back, I told myself that there is no need to pursue the past matters. You accepted the letter and said you would come back, but I received the news that your shipwreck has occurred. Since your accident, , there is not a day in the past three years when I don’t hate myself. I dream about it at midnight, and I always think that if I force you to stay by my side and don’t expel you back to Jiangzhou, I will make you hate me, and I won’t let something happen and kill you. Jiangdi. If I didn't force you to give birth to Azhao, would you still stay in Yongzhou and wait for me to pick you up? But, let me know how much God has treated me, you are still alive."
He reached out to touch Lin Rong's brow and lightly said, "You are still alive and can still smile and talk to me, then the rest of the things won't matter at all."
As he spoke, he paused: "But, I am greedy after all. I used to treat you moody and moody, nothing more than... I just hated you for not having me in your heart, hating you for not caring about me at all, hating you for not caring about me at all. Willing to respond to me. The love in bed is lingering, but you just feel bored. I neglect you and abandon you, but you don't care, but feel comfortable. Eleven, I won't accept it."
As he spoke, he slowly slid to Lin Rong's chest and pressed his heart: "Whether you are Cui Yun or Lin Rong, I only want your heart."
Lin Rong's eyes opened slightly, slightly surprised, as if in disbelief. The big hand with distinct joints pressed on his heart, as if he could hear his own heavy heartbeat. He remained silent for a long time and said: "You are indeed too greedy. There is nothing in this world." , not everything will go as you wish..."
Before he finished speaking, he asked Lu Shen to interrupt, hold Lin Rong's hand and put it on his heart: "Don't say these words to me, say them with this heart."
Lu Shen looked at Lin Rong and said word by word: "I can wait, people's hearts change people's hearts. If your heart is cold, I can warm it up. If it doesn't work in three years, then five years. If it doesn't work in five years, then ten years."
Lin Rong tilted her head. She suddenly wanted to tell him that her heart had never been warm, so why was it so cold?
Lin Rong had no more sex to talk about. She just felt sleepy and yawned. Seeing that he was still sitting on the edge of the bed, refusing to leave, and fearing that he would be stupid, she coaxed him like he was coaxing Azhao: "Okay, you Go out and wait, I'm sleepy and want to sleep." After saying that, he closed the curtain, blew out the lights, and left Lu Shen alone sitting on the edge of the bed.
I don't know how long I sat there, but I could only hear the quiet chirping of insects and frogs in summer, and the wind gradually stopped. Lu Shen sighed and had no choice but to go outside. The night was already very deep at this time, the candles and lamps were out, there were only a few stars outside the window, the room was dark, and he couldn't see his fingers. He walked across the threshold in a daze, and he didn't know what he bumped into, and it hit his feet, which made him feel painful and numb. , and did not dare to speak out. He stood there for a while, then walked out with one light step and one heavy step.
There was a small beauty couch outside. Lu Shen was quite tall and couldn't lie down at all. He could only half-lean there, closing his eyes to rest, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. After a long time, he suddenly heard his daughter's voice inside, and there was a faint candlelight. He stood up and brought a glass of water in. He saw Lin Rongzheng wiping Ah Zhao's sweat while gently asking her: "What's wrong? Are you thirsty?"
Ah Zhao still had his eyes closed, as if he was still sleeping, and he was just humming quietly, not knowing what he was talking about.
Lu Shen stood there, silently handed over the water, and said: "She is thirsty, just give her some water."
Lin Rong took it and carefully fed him half a glass of water. As expected, Ah Zhao stopped talking, turned over, and continued to sleep.
Lin Rong looked at the water leak in the corner and saw that it would be dawn in more than an hour. She had not slept well these days. She asked Ah Zhao just now to make a fuss. At this time, she was no longer sleepy, so she simply put the book under the pillow. Picked it up and flipped through the pages.
Lu Shen refused to leave, and sat there for a long time. He suddenly asked: "There are many talented people from Jiangdong, and they are the most prosperous poets. The first one is the Jiang family in Huzhou. Taifu Jiang is also an old man in the literary world. This time he is inspecting the river, all the officials." The workers all recommended a scholar named Jiang Minxing, saying that he has considerable experience in river management. He is also young, only eighteen years old. You have been practicing medicine for many years, but have you ever heard of this man? Is he really talented in river management?"
Lin Rong glanced at him strangely, and then heard Lu Shen add: "The river is overflowing, and it is even worse during the rainy season. Millions of people along the river are suffering deeply. The imperial court allocates no less than a million taels of silver to regulate the river every year. If we can really find it, It is indeed a blessing for the people to have a capable minister to control the river."
Lin Rong closed the book and thought for a while: "There was a man called Jiang Minxing. I saw him holding books on river management and going to the field to investigate, and almost fell into the river and drowned. But he seems to be in his twenties, right? "
Lu Shen said: "The name written on Gao's body is eighteen, which is not yet the crown."
Lin Rong groaned: "The Jiang Minxing I know said that he is twenty-one years old. I guess he is not alone."
Lu Shen sat there, his face stiff, he couldn't help snorting, and stopped talking. Lin Rong just thought he was baffled. Who was he showing off to in the middle of the night?
He didn't say anything nice right away: "Is there anything else? Go out if you have nothing to do!"
Lu Shen had no choice but to come out again, sit on the couch for a long time, and half-closed his eyes in a daze.
When Lin Rong woke up the next day, Lu Shen had long disappeared. Kingfisher came in with hot water and reported: "County Master, Junhou went out before dawn and said he would run along the river for a while. I will come back and have breakfast with you."
Lin Rong just sat there without hearing anything and went to the clean room to wash up. As soon as she came out, she saw Ah Zhao had woken up and was sitting on the bed with a smile on her face, calling her: "Mother!"
Lin Rong sat by the bed, and while dressing her, he told her: "It will be a bit cold if the wind blows in the morning, so be careful of the cold."
Azhao leaned on Lin Rong's shoulder and asked with a treacherous expression: "Mom, did daddy ask you last night?"
Lin Rong didn't react for a moment and was puzzled: "Begging me? What do you want from me?"
Azhao nodded: "Yes, of course I am begging you. We have agreed, please come back to Luoyang with us. I originally told Dad that when he begs you, he must wake me up. . Well...it's a pity that I fell asleep...he didn't wake me up..."
When Lin Rong heard this, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and did not reply to her words. Ah Zhao had no choice but to twist around and twist into Lin Rong's arms to act coquettishly: "Tell me, tell me..."
Lin Rong pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What does it mean to beg?"
Ah Zhao thought for a while, knelt on the brocade quilt, bowed his hands, and whispered: "Please, please."
When Lin Rong heard this, she laughed heartily. Ah Zhao leaned into Lin Rong's arms embarrassedly, leaned on her shoulders, hugged her neck, and asked, "That's how I beg you! Is this what Dad begged you for?"
Lin Rong laughed for a while, then stopped, nodded her forehead, and asked, "Where did you learn this? Do you often beg others like this?"
Ah Zhao looked around and saw that the maids and servants were all outside, and Aunt Jingqin was standing far away, holding up the window. Then he lay down next to Lin Rong's ear and whispered: "I tell you, don't say yes." I said that. My uncle and I went to see Little Red Horse that day, and I saw him begging for a sister like this."
Lin Rong took the comb, combed it slowly for her, and asked, "Which sister?"
Azhao shook his head: "I don't know him. My uncle told me not to tell anyone else. He also said that as long as I kept the secret, he would give me the little red horse and send it to Luoyang for me."
Lin Rong then laughed: "How did he know that you are a talkative person who can tell ten people but never nine. Who else did you tell?"
Ah Zhao was not ashamed at all, but rather proud: "Dad, mother, nanny..." He counted seven or eight people in a flash, and then stopped: "No more. However, I told them, Don’t tell anyone else.”
Lin Rongxiao: "Then you can't get your uncle's little red horse." He dressed her up, hugged her and washed her, sat down at the table, ordered someone to pass the breakfast in, and took her A bowl of meat porridge was placed in front of Ah Zhao.
Azhao stopped asking people to feed him, and slowly ate spoonful by spoonful. Remembering what happened, he asked: "Just tell me, did you ask me?"
Lin Rong smiled and didn't answer, just picking up the fish bones for her. Lu Shen came in from the outside and heard Ah Zhao acting coquettishly and laughing loudly: "Why are you begging your mother here again? Are you thinking about going to see the lanterns or flying a kite? You are old enough. Wait until you come back." Once you get to Luoyang, you have to study in Mongolia."
Ah Zhao snorted, seemed a little angry, and asked blankly: "It's not me. I'm asking, did you ask your mother to go back to Luoyang last night..."
Except for Kingfisher, all the people in this room were palace servants brought by Lu Shen. Although she didn’t know who Lin Rong was, she knew Lu Shen’s identity. He was holding boxes and tea, and he could hear the word "begging" for a moment. , all stopped in shock.
However, Lu Shen's expression did not change. He hugged Ah Zhao in his arms and reached out to pinch her nose: "Why are you so inquisitive at such a young age?"
Although Ah Zhao didn't understand what "inquiring about things" meant, the tone was not a good one. He snorted, turned his head and muttered: "Dad, you stink too much."
Lu Shen came back from somewhere, his front and back were wet with sweat, and he looked very energetic. After hearing this, he had to put Ah Zhao down and touch the top of her hair. He turned to look at Lin Rong again, and saw that the smile on her face had faded. She called out to Ah Zhao: "Come here quickly, let's eat some more fish."
He didn't even look at himself, he didn't say a word to himself, he just pretended that he didn't exist. He couldn't help but talk a little, turned around and entered the clean room, took a shower and washed himself. Ling changed his clothes. When he opened the door curtain and came out, he saw that there was no one at the table. Ah Zhao and she didn't know where they had gone.
