At night, the moon and stars are sparse.
After Zhu Di and his son had enough to eat and drink at Yang Xuan's place, they lay on the deck chair in the yard with Yang Xuan and basked in the moon.
This is a rare free time.
"Nowadays, the whole court has been messed up by that little bastard Jianwen. You can't hide."
"You have to help me straighten out government affairs and make government orders clear from top to bottom."
Zhu Di said.
"This is natural." Yang Xuan nodded and continued:
"However, it is not suitable to make any big moves at the moment. We should focus on recuperating and recuperating."
"In addition, we still have to clean up the mess left by the Jingnan War."
"The pressure on you is not small at all!"
"It's good if you know." Zhu Di said.
Beside him, Zhu Gaoxu looked at his father and then at Yang Xuan, his eyes turning again and again, not knowing what he was thinking.
The youngest Zhu Gaosui next to him yawned and asked Zhu Gaoxu in a low voice: "Second brother, when will we go back?"
"Does your father want to stay here tonight?"
"If you want to know, then you should ask your father!" Zhu Gaoxu said angrily when Xiao Lao San interrupted his thinking.
The third child felt bored and did not dare to talk back to his second brother, so he said dullly: "I don't dare."
"What are you two arguing about?" At this time, Zhu Di's voice came.
"Dad, the third child said he was sleepy and wanted to go back to sleep." Zhu Gaoxu sold the third child directly.
The latter's eyes widened and he looked at his second brother in disbelief.
It's like saying: I am your brother!
Zhu Gaoxu: What I’m selling is you, my biological brother!
"Sleep, sleep, sleep, just know how to sleep." Zhu Di said with a dark face. Fortunately, it was night now and his face could not be seen clearly.
"Okay, it's getting late, I should go." Zhu Di stood up, patted Yang Xuan on the shoulder and said.
"I'll see you off." Yang Xuan also stood up immediately.
Send Zhu Di and his son away and return to the room.
An Qing helped Yang Xuan take off his coat and asked, "Do you want to take a bath? Xiuhe has prepared hot water."
"Wash it!" Yang Xuan said.
After eating hot pot in the evening, I worked up a sweat. It was also good to take a bath and relax.
Hot water has been put in the tub, and a layer of flower petals is floating on the water.
Xiuhe has been waiting here for a long time.
She skillfully helped Yang Xuan take off his clothes, and after he entered the tub, she picked up a towel and wiped his back.
Nearly twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and now she is no longer in her prime, and is already a woman of nearly forty.
She was serving Yang Xuan as usual, and suddenly felt her hand being grabbed.
Her body trembled, and the next moment she heard Yang Xuan's gentle voice.
"Thank you for all your hard work over the years."
"Serving the master is a slave's duty." She quickly calmed down and replied.
She is very satisfied with her life. Ever since she came to this home, her master has treated her like he did every day for more than ten years. Even though she is now a mature woman, her years are gone.
But the master still didn't dislike himself.
Although she has no status, it is much better than other concubines.
What else could she ask for?
The only thing I hope for is to stay with my master for the rest of my life.
Yang Xuan closed his eyes slightly and sighed in his heart that time passed so quickly.
Xiuhe is no longer young.
Xiuhe, a gentle, intellectual, and reserved woman. Over the past twenty years, day after day, year after year, Yang Xuan has long been accustomed to having such a woman by his side.
Even he didn't realize when this woman occupied a place in his heart.
He looked down at his still young body and couldn't help but let out a wry smile.
"Master, are you worried about anything?" Xiuhe asked in time.
"It's a matter at court." Yang Xuan made an excuse.
"Oh." Xiuhe stopped asking.
She grew up in the palace, so she naturally knew the taboos.
After wiping Yang Xuan's back, she walked to the side and helped Yang Xuan wipe his arms.
Yang Xuan let her play around, while his eyes fell on her face, motionless.
A strand of black hair hung down, swaying from side to side as she moved.
Bo~
At this time, the water vapor stained on the blue hair condensed into water droplets, dripping into the bathtub, causing ripples.
Xiuhe raised his hand to tuck his black hair behind his ears. When he looked back, he met Yang Xuan's eyes.
She suddenly blushed to her ears.
After all these years, when Yang Xuan stares at her, she still can't help but blush.
Yang Xuan couldn't hold back, grabbed her and pulled her into the tub.
Xiuhe exclaimed, shyly: "Old... Master..."
"You are getting more and more rare!" Yang Xuan took him into his arms and said with a smile.
Xiuhe felt warm in her heart.
Every time she saw the wrinkles on her face deepening, she would worry and be afraid.
"Master, no...don't..."
"What don't you want?"
"I want to be rare with you right now."
With a burst of laughter, the water in the tub splashed outside.
The whole floor was wet.
…
After taking a shower, Yang Xuan felt refreshed.
Returned to the bedroom.
An Qing was not asleep yet. She was leaning on the bedside, holding a book and reading. When she saw Yang Xuan come in, she asked, "Why are you back? I thought you were going to stay at Xiuhe's place."
There was no jealousy in her heart. Wasn't this how she had been here all these years?
"She's too tired, let her have a good rest!"
Yang Xuan said, walked to the bed, lifted up the quilt, and got into bed.
"Isn't it because you are as strong as an ox?" An Qing gave Yang Xuan a roll of his eyes.
"Then what should I do if my cow just didn't have enough to eat?" Yang Xuan approached An Qing's ear and whispered.
An Qing said nothing, just put away the book in his hand and lay down.
"What does it have to do with me? Go to bed quickly." She said in a low voice.
Seeing this, Yang Xuan chuckled and got into the quilt.
It's just that the quality of the bed has never been very good, and it always makes a creaking sound at night.
I don’t know what’s going on!
…
The next day, Yang Xuan packed up early and entered the palace to meet Zhu Di.
Although he slept a little late last night, he was in good health and full of energy.
Come to Wuying Hall.
I saw that Zhu Di had been busy for a long time.
He raised his hand and pointed to the chair, indicating that Yang Xuan should sit down and wait for a while.
Yang Xuan was not in a hurry and sat down aside.
After a long time, Zhu Di finished what he was doing and waved all the attendants in the palace to go down.
Yang Xuan realized that Zhu Di was afraid that he had something important to tell him.
Sure enough, the next moment, Zhu Di looked at him seriously.
"I have a question. I wanted to ask you last night." Zhu Di spoke.
"What's the question?" Yang Xuan asked.
"Where did Jianwen go?" Zhu Di asked.
"Jianwen is dead, everyone in the world knows it." Yang Xuan replied.
"No, he is not dead." Zhu Di shook his head and said, "I have checked all the burnt corpses in Qianqing Palace, and none of them belong to Jianwen."
"I've also had people secretly investigate during these days, but there's no clue at all."
"I think you should know."
"I only know that Jianwen is dead."
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