After more than five years of separation, the first meal back at the Imperial Master's Mansion from Fangcun Mountain was filled with no laughter and laughter, and the whole room ate in a dull mood.
Li Hongxiu took Ye Zhiqiu and Mu Mu to the kitchen to help wash the dishes. The master went back to the house to rest. Li Xiaoxue leaned on Li Ye, and Shangguan Qiu Ming hugged Lin Yueru.
The teacher cleared his throat, looked at Li Ye and said, "After dinner, go to the living room to make some tea. We will have a chat and then rest. You still have homework to practice in the afternoon."
"You have some homework to practice just after you came back?" Lin Yueru stood up and looked up at her husband, a little surprised.
Li Ye rushed to reply for his husband: "I haven't seen you for a long time, sir, and I have many questions to ask."
Lin Yueru smiled and said: "It's naturally good that you are willing to work so hard."
The three of them walked and talked and returned to the front of the hall. The husband lit the small stove and prepared to boil water.
Li Ye looked at Li Xiaoxue and said, "After my sister came to the Imperial City, did you go shopping with your brother on the streets? If you have time some other time, my brother will take you two to play together."
Li Xiaoxue nodded and said: "Master's wife took us out to play a few times. Brother Qiu Ming and I both like to go to Sister Hua's place to play. Brother, you can also take me to her place to play someday."
"That's right, Qiu Ming also likes to go to Sister Hua's. Sister Mu Mu, Sister Xiaoxue and I all like to eat the peach blossom cakes there." Shangguan Qiu Ming looked at Li Ye with big bright eyes.
"I'll take you to the flower shop owner another day and buy some more. You can eat them slowly, but don't damage your teeth."
Li Ye reached out and touched Li Xiaoxue's head and smiled.
Lin Yueru looked at Li Ye, thought for a moment, and asked in a solemn voice: "Ye'er, did you have a fight with Wushuang?"
Li Ye was stunned, shook his head and said: "I haven't seen my senior sister for ten years, how could I quarrel with her? I just passed by and saw her and Master Xu. I stayed for a while and then rushed to the imperial city."
Lin Yueru was startled. She was attentive and had already discovered that something was wrong with Li Ye, and now it seemed that her guess was correct.
He asked anxiously: "Shuang'er and Mr. Xu didn't let you finish your meal before leaving?"
Li Ye shook his head, nodded again, and said with a wry smile: "There were several of us along the way, and they all had urgent business. Since I saw Senior Sister, I naturally wanted to leave with them."
Mr. Lao Shen was sitting at the table making tea, washing the cups and pouring hot water on the pot.
"These two are ignorant, how come Mr. Xu is also confused! You have been separated for almost ten years, and you have to have a meal anyway, so you are allowed to leave on an empty stomach?"
Lin Yueru was a little angry.
Seeing that Lin Yueru was angry, Li Ye quickly replied: "Auntie, don't be angry. Senior sister has her own practice, and I have my own practice. Even though we are not together, it doesn't matter."
As if to answer Lin Yueru's doubts, the gentleman who was pouring tea looked at Ye Zhiqiu and said quietly: "Some things cannot be explained clearly in one sentence. You will understand it in a few days."
Li Ye also knew what his husband meant, and it was a matter of sealing the canon three days later.
In his opinion, there was no joy at all, only deep uneasiness. After all, it would not be long before he would follow the army to southern Xinjiang.
The battlefield is an unfamiliar concept to him, and he has no grasp of it.
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, and the gentleman poured tea for Lin Yueru.
He said: "Cultivation is a very personal matter, so don't worry about these juniors."
However, Lin Yueru became more and more confused after listening to her husband's unconvincing explanation.
Shangguan Qiu Ming yawned in her arms. Lin Yueru looked at Li Ye and said, "Forget it, let's do this for now. Sister Hongxiu and I will go to the Royal Academy in a few days."
After saying that, she carried Shangguan Qiuyue and walked into the house. She didn't even have time to take a sip of the hot tea that her husband poured for her.
Li Ye looked at his husband and said with a grin, "There are a lot of troubles."
The gentleman frowned, pointed to the tea cup on the table and said, "Drink two cups and then go to rest. I will start a new practice in the afternoon."
Li Ye nodded and said with a smile: "Disciple will not let you down."
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Li Ye went to rest, and Li Xiaoxue ran to the kitchen to play with Mu Mu. As soon as he arrived at the door of the kitchen, he heard Ye Zhiqiu say: "I wonder what will happen if Lin Yueru finds out?"
Li Xiaoxue ran in and took Mu Mu's hand and said, "Sister, come with me to build a snowman in the yard."
Mu Mu glanced at Li Hongxiu, waved to Li Xiaoxue, and the two of them left the kitchen and ran to the yard.
"What else can we do? The boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge. Your Li Ye has already figured it out. Why are you still struggling as a mother?"
Li Hongxiu clapped her hands and took out her silk scarf to wipe her hands. He smiled and said, "Sister, let's go sit in the living room. The gentleman has probably made tea and is waiting for us."
"At first, that girl Wushuang was just like Dongfang Yu'er, but she was tired of Ye'er and had a good relationship. I didn't expect that when they reunited ten years later, they only drank a pot of tea in a hurry. Could it be said that time will really change the two of them? ?”
"But in my eyes, Ye'er has obviously not changed anything, except that she has grown taller."
Ye Zhiqiu sighed quietly.
"Who said time won't change two people? Three years ago, before Mu Mu came back with me, she followed Ye'er all day long and couldn't leave him for a moment. It's only been three years since we were separated, and today she doesn't even call anyone. , do you think you are angry?"
Li Hongxiu muttered as she walked.
The two came to the living room, where the husband was sipping tea from a teacup in his hand.
When he saw Li Hongxiu and two others coming in, he took two cups and poured water into them.
Ye Zhiqiu glanced at Li Hongxiu, sat down next to the table, and sighed: "Mumu has grown up and knows how to be shy. Maybe she has never understood her relationship with Ye'er before. In her heart, Ye'er My son is not as simple as my elder brother."
After speaking, she picked up the tea that her husband poured for her and blew gently.
"Why didn't I understand this?" Li Hongxiu patted the table.
He smiled and said: "This little girl has grown up and has her own little thoughts. She actually hid it from me to see if I don't take care of her."
The husband glared at her, then went to the bookshelf to get a book and held it in his hands.
"Then what should we do next? Should we tell Ye'er Ming? Or should we tell Mu Muming? In my eyes, there is no difference between Mu Mu, Ye'er and Xiaoxue."
Ye Zhiqiu looked a little anxious.
Li Hongxiu, who was picking up a cup of tea and drinking water, thought for a moment, glanced at his man, and shook his head.
He smiled bitterly and said: "Don't let any of us say anything about this. Let them make trouble on their own. Li Ye has something serious to do next, so we can't let this nonsense delay the serious matter."
After hearing what Li Hongxiu said, Mr. Li finally showed a slight smile on his face.
Putting down the book in his hand, he looked at Ye Zhiqiu and said, "It turns out that Ye'er didn't come back so soon because some situations happened and he was needed... You and Master, don't worry about him or ask him. You will understand in a few days that after all, he has to walk his own path in life, and none of us can take his place."
"Some things, if you miss them, you will miss; some people, if you miss them, you will miss them for life. But whether it is joys and sorrows, it is everyone's own choice, just like Li Mingzhu chose to break off the engagement. How old was Ye'er then? He didn't even frown. Without even frowning, I agreed to Li Mingzhu’s request.”
Sir, take your time and come one by one.
"Isn't this life easy? He and Wushuang are childhood sweethearts." Ye Zhiqiu said quietly.
"Because life is not easy, you must cherish it! If you don't know how to cherish the people in front of you and cherish blessings, how can you face those unknown ups and downs?"
The husband spoke calmly, without any sadness or joy in it.
Li Hongxiu patted Ye Zhiqiu's hand and said, "Children as old as Li Ye are still like flowers in the greenhouse, unaware of the cruelty and dangers of the world."
"You know, this kid was ambushed by a killer on the back hill of the Great Buddha Temple. From this point of view, they are simply living in two different worlds."
The teacher nodded and said calmly: "If you have never experienced a life-and-death fight, you will never understand the pain. Let alone others, it is you Hongxiu. I'm afraid you haven't killed anyone since you started practicing, right?"
In the eyes of the husband, is his woman nothing more than a flower in the greenhouse?
Li Hongxiu was stunned and pondered for a long time, then nodded, looked at her husband and said, "Husband, it turns out that I am also a flower in the greenhouse. I have been living under your protection all these years..."
Ye Zhiqiu listened to the conversation between the couple and laughed self-deprecatingly: "If we compare it with Ye'er's experience, wouldn't the Master and I be the same, living in a greenhouse all the time?"
"That's pretty much it." Li Hongxiu smiled.
"Now I finally understand why that kid always surprises people, because he is always afraid, which forces him to keep rushing forward. The monster we talk about turns out to have shed countless more sweat and blood than us. People."
The husband clapped his hands and praised: "After so many years, you finally figured it out. You should be happy."
"It's just a hard night. I didn't expect that he has been suffering and suffering all these years, and he has to hide it from us for fear that we will worry."
Ye Zhiqiu frowned tightly in discomfort, as if he had a pill in his mouth.
Seeing Ye Zhiqiu's uncomfortable look, Li Hongxiu softly said something that shocked Ye Zhiqiu.
Even many years later, when she and Li Hongxiu talked about today's incident again, they still felt sad.
"If he hadn't suffered all the hardships in the past, he wouldn't be able to shine so brightly one day."
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Just after midnight, after a short sleep, Li Ye came to his husband's study, only to find that Mu Mu was also guarding the door of his study.
Li Ye was a little surprised, looked at her and said, "Would you like to go in together?"
Mu Mu frowned and said, "Is it okay?"
"Why not?" Li Ye took her little hand and pushed open the study door.
I saw that my husband was already carrying the book in the room, and there were several books on the desk. Li Ye took Mu Mu's hand and came forward to take a look: "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Thirty-six Strategies", and "Detailed Explanation of Weapons" were presented to Li Ye before.
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