Chang'an, Duke Xu's Mansion.
"Your Highness, please try this."
"Your Highness, please give me a hand on your shoulder!"
"Your Highness, please don't be unhappy... How about I tell you a joke?"
"..."
Several maids gathered around Li Chengqian, trying every possible means to make him happy.
They were all slaves of Tiance Mansion, and they could also be said to have watched Li Chengqian and the others grow up. Now they were naturally very close to each other, without the slightest hint of indifference.
However, no matter what they said, Li Chengqian still looked glum.
Xu Fenglei had nothing to do about this.
Trauma takes time to heal. The larger the wound, the longer it will take.
And often, the person who loves you the most hurts you the most.
Li Chengqian was hurt by his father in that way and remembered the past, so naturally it was impossible to be happy. Being able to not cry was considered strong.
"Okay, don't bother him."
Xu Fenglei waved his hand and said,
"Just do the work."
"Go get some refreshing snacks, I'm a little hungry."
When the slaves heard this, they all nodded and dispersed.
"Chengqian."
Xu Fenglei looked at Li Chengqian.
"Um."
Li Chengqian hummed and said in a low voice,
"Master, I know you want to make me happy, and you must have thought of a lot of words to comfort me..."
"But I'm really..."
He said with a hint of crying in his voice.
"Who's going to comfort you?"
Xu Fenglei sneered and said,
"I want to ask you, do you still remember that girl on the grassland?"
"Tuduo?" Li Chengqian blurted out and looked up at Xu Fenglei.
Xu Fenglei winked.
Li Chengqian's face suddenly turned red and he lowered his eyes again.
"It seems that you are quite interested. It has been many years and you are married, but you still miss that girl."
Xu Fenglei laughed, patted his shoulder, tilted his head and said,
"How about... Master, go get it for you?"
"As long as you want her, I will arrange for someone to bring her immediately."
Li Chengqian couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this.
"It's been several years...she might have gotten married."
He whispered,
"I heard that Turkic women get married very early and very casually."
"If she is not perfect, then I...I don't want her."
Xu Fenglei laughed.
"Wouldn't it be better to be married? I'm really young and don't know how good a wife is."
He joked,
"Look at Cao Cao, he just likes wives. He doesn't have the status of a wife, so he doesn't look down on her!"
Li Chengqian pursed his lips, feeling helpless.
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore."
Xu Fenglei's expression became serious and he said,
"Master just said casually, we won't do anything immoral."
"Let's do this! I'll arrange for someone to investigate. If she's still a young lady, I'll bring her back to Chang'an. If her family wants to come, they can come with her."
"If you are already married and have a baby, then forget about her! Just treat it as a beautiful memory! First love... always ends like this."
"How about it?"
Li Chengqian:
"...There is nothing like first love."
"Master, don't talk nonsense."
"I have nothing to do with her."
Xu Fenglei nodded with a smile and said yes repeatedly.
"Then...if she really gets married, please ask Master to leave some money for her so that their family can live a better life on the grassland."
Li Chengqian said again,
"I remember that her father only wanted to live in Shuofang City. If possible, let them settle down in the city."
Thinking of the girl with slightly dark skin and an infectious smile, Li Chengqian actually had a smile on his face.
"Okay, got it."
Xu Fenglei also laughed and said to himself,
"We're already under the same bed, and we still say it's not our first love."
At this moment, he had successfully diverted the boy's attention, no longer thinking about his father who wanted to make him sad, but thinking about the girl who once brought him tenderness.
At this moment, a burst of cheerful footsteps came.
"Godfather, Godfather!"
"You're here! I haven't seen you for a few days!"
Before the person arrived, the voice had already been heard.
Xu Fenglei was already not surprised by this, but Li Chengqian turned his head in surprise.
However, he saw a little girl.
"Huh? Who are you?"
Wu Erya looked at Li Chengqian and said with some confusion,
"It looks familiar."
Xu Fenglei laughed.
"This is His Royal Highness, your brother."
He waved to Xiao Wu and said,
"Come here and say hello to the prince."
Wu Erya's eyes lit up.
"It turns out to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the future Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
She stepped forward, saluted Li Chengqian, and said carelessly,
"I've met the prince brother!"
This girl doesn't know how to write the word "fear of life", she looks like a social cow.
"Hello sister."
Li Chengqian looked at this lively, cute and pretty little sister, and smiled and said hello.
Although the two met for the first time, Li Chengqian was Xu Fenglei's apprentice and Wu Erya was Xu Fenglei's goddaughter, so they naturally recognized each other as siblings and were very close to each other.
"Girl, are you coming to my place to catch the autumn wind again?"
Xu Fenglei stroked Wu Erya's braid, smoothed her open hair, and said with a smile.
Unexpectedly, Wu Erya put his hands on his hips and said confidently:
"is it not OK?!"
"Okay, okay! Hahaha... this girl." Xu Fenglei smiled brightly.
Wu Yatou's temperament is different from any of his other apprentices or younger brothers.
She just has a sense of arrogance, and she walks like a wind!
But it will never be annoying, and on the contrary, it will make people feel cute - of course, appearance also plays a big role here.
After all, beauty is called coquettishness, and ugliness is called weirdness.
"Actually, Principal Yuan asked me to bring you a message."
Wu Erya naturally sat on Xu Fenglei's lap, scratched the cakes on the table and put them into his mouth, saying,
"He said his uncle found it, on the small green hill in the suburbs."
"I asked you to visit me together tomorrow. His uncle often travels around. If you don't go tomorrow, he might run away again."
Xu Fenglei nodded.
"got it."
He pinched Wu Erya's plump face and said,
"Girl, I heard that your grades have dropped recently and you can't even get first place in the exam?"
"What's going on? Didn't you say you learned casually before? Why are you in a higher grade and don't have enough stamina?"
Wu Erya couldn't help but snort when he heard this.
"Why didn't I get the first place in the exam? It's just that I don't want to be the first one! I have been the first one for many years, but I feel invincible and lonely. Standing on the top of the mountain, I felt cold, so I came down to take a look at the scenery of the world."
She said arrogantly.
Hearing this, Xu Fenglei grinned.
Even Li Chengqian couldn't help laughing——
Is this girl so proud?
"Those guys only know how to memorize things by rote. What's the use?"
Wu Erya hummed,
"Look! Next time I take the exam, I will keep them far away so that they can't even smell my farts!"
Xu Fenglei: "Hahaha..."
Li Chengqian: "Hahahaha, sister, you are so cute!"
Both of them couldn't help but laugh!
Li Chengqian, who was originally sad and depressed, now started laughing because of Wu Erya's arrival.
He likes Master’s house so much!
This place is more lively, interesting and warm than the East Palace!
Even if you have pain in your heart, you can find healing here.
…
Tai Chi Palace.
"Mother! Mother..."
A half-year-old child rushed to Changsun Wugou's bedside and opened his arms.
"Hey, Zhinu, why are you here?"
Changsun Wugou stood up slightly, showed a smile, and said,
"Come, come to mother's arms."
She hugged her son and felt her little son's moist lips kissing her face, and she felt very happy.
When he looked up, Li Shimin also walked in.
"The child slave cried and called for his mother, so I brought him here."
He sat on the edge of the bed and said with concern,
"I didn't disturb your rest, did I?"
Changsun Wugou shook his head and rubbed Li Zhi's armpit, making him giggle.
"I only eat and sleep here. I rest all the time. How can I be disturbed?"
She smiled lightly and said,
"I wish you would come more often, maybe... one glance would be enough."
Li Shimin frowned.
"No nonsense!" He said solemnly, "You must be good! You can still see a hundred thousand eyes, a million eyes!"
Changsun Wugou did not argue, just smiled and nodded, teasing his son.
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and asked:
"Chengqian came here before, saying that he wanted to ask you to go to Amnesty for the World, and he also wanted to build more temples to pray for me, but I refused."
"He won't go looking for you again, will he?"
Li Shimin was startled.
Guanyin's words undoubtedly made Li Chengqian's explanation more realistic.
"Er Feng?"
Changsun Wugou looked at Li Shimin and said with some confusion,
"what are you thinking about?"
She looked at Li Shimin with an expression that seemed a little unnatural.
"No, it's nothing."
Li Shimin shook his head and concealed,
"He didn't come to see me. He probably listened to your words and was thinking of other ways..."
The eldest grandson Wugou nodded slightly.
"This child... I am definitely sick because of his illness."
She sighed softly,
"It's all my fault. This body is really useless."
"Child slave, child slave... you have to grow up quickly, mother wants to see you grow up."
Li Zhi was still crawling around on his mother's hospital bed, unaware of what his mother's confession to him meant.
"Can you please stop saying these depressing words?"
"May I beg you?"
Li Shimin felt sour and his eyes were red again.
Every time Changsun Wugou said these words, he felt like he was giving instructions to future generations, which was really unbearable!
"Okay, okay, I was wrong."
Changsun Wugou tugged at the corner of Li Shimin's clothes, stuck out his tongue and said,
"Actually, I feel a little more comfortable today."
"Sun Zhenren's medicine is still effective, but the effect is not as obvious as before. You may need to take it slowly."
When Li Shimin heard this, his expression softened a bit.
He scratched his wife's nose and said pretending to be angry:
"Look, isn't it developing in a good direction?"
"You women are always like this, you know that you scare yourself, and people are scared to death by themselves!"
"You have to think better in the future, do you hear me? I want you to hear with both ears, don't let it go in with one ear and go out with the other!"
As he spoke, he held Changsun Wugou's ears while repeating it twice.
Poof.
Changsun Wugou was amused by Li Shimin's actions and couldn't stop giggling.
Li Zhi, a silly child, giggled when he saw his mother laughing. Mother and son smiled at each other.
When Li Shimin saw the two of them smiling, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and finally started laughing.
The family of three was enjoying themselves and the atmosphere was extremely warm.
"It would be nice to be like this forever."
Changsun Wugou murmured, as if talking in his sleep.
"Okay, I will bring my little slave here to play with you every day."
Li Shimin said with determination,
"Our family can always be happy!"
The eldest grandson Wugou tilted his head slightly and leaned into his husband's arms.
"Have you finished taking care of your father's funeral affairs?"
she asked softly.
Li Shimin nodded.
"It's almost done. Let me leave everything to the people below. I don't want to have to worry about it anymore."
He responded,
"After that it was back to normal life."
"Let's take a good rest... By the way, do you want to go somewhere to play? I will take you there."
Changsun Wugou shook his head.
"There's still a war going on, how can we go out and play?"
She said angrily,
"When the time comes, people will say that I am a demon queen who is messing with the government."
Li Shimin rolled his eyes.
"This battle is almost over. Duan Zhixuan's retreat is not ugly."
He hummed softly,
"It can be considered a victory! We defeated all the way to the Tuyuhun King's City, and the beating made Murong Fuyun run away with his head in his arms!"
"This time he knows the power of our Tang soldiers. He probably won't dare to harass the border again. We can live a peaceful life for a few years."
"The environment in recent years is not as bad as in the early years. At that time, there were disasters every year, but now there is a bumper harvest every year!"
"I have fought for half my life and worked hard to run the country. Finally, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, so I can't enjoy it anymore?"
"Say it! Wherever you want to go, I will take you to the ends of the world!"
From the moment his eldest grandson Wugou fell ill, Li Shimin had some regrets in his heart.
I have been busy with government affairs in these years, and I owe a lot to my family, especially my wife. Although I am in a palace, I often cannot even provide basic companionship.
Not to mention traveling together and going out to relax.
Now he deeply realizes how important Guanyin Maid is to him! In the next few years, he plans to put down his government affairs and spend more time with his wife and children!
Traveling around the mountains and rivers, keeping healthy and nourishing your emotions is the first priority in the future!
"Hey...what the end of the world."
Changsun Wujia laughed and said,
"I would be very happy if you could go boating with me in the palace."
“I don’t like to go because it’s too far and the journey is tiring... I once wanted to go to the beach, but I think it’s unlikely.”
"Just hang out in the sea pool, okay?"
Haichi is just a lake in Tai Chi Palace. Compared with the real ocean, it is as small as a drop of water.
But she didn't have such a big extravagance. As long as she could be with her husband, even if it was just wandering on the sea pool, she would be satisfied.
