After this little interlude, the huge carriage fell silent again.
Xia Tan'er obediently walked to the seat next to Dong Lingjiu and sat down.
She straightened her clothes, and subconsciously protected her lower abdomen with her left hand. She swept her long and white right hand from Dong Lingjiu's eyes, took the empty cup in front of Dong Lingjiu's eyes, placed it in front of her, and then gently pinched the handle of the teapot. .
He lifted the teapot and tilted it slightly.
Green tea flows down into the empty cup.
The tea soup is refreshing and fragrant.
“Good tea.”
Xia Tan'er sniffed the fragrance, and her tense body suddenly relaxed.
The troubles of the past few days are all forgotten with this cup of tea.
Dong Lingjiu turned his head slightly and glanced at Xia Tan'er.
Seeing Xia Tan'er showing a calm smile.
The corners of his mouth that had been depressed for many years could not help but rise at this moment.
It's a pity that this touch of joy had disappeared without a trace when Xia Tan'er raised her eyes.
"Uncle Nine Emperors, please have some tea. Thank you Uncle Nine Emperors for helping me today."
"Um."
Dong Lingjiu freed his hand and tapped the tea table.
Xia Tan'er placed the cup of tea just within reach of Donglingjiu.
After that, he stopped talking, just silently holding his cheeks on his knees and looking at the scenery outside the opposite car window.
"Don't drink?"
"Um?"
"Don't drink tea?"
Xia Tan'er really didn't expect that someone like Dong Lingjiu would actually care about whether she drank tea or not.
Facing someone who cares about me so much.
Xia Tan'er has always treated the weasel with an unkind attitude toward the rooster as it wished him a happy New Year.
There is no way, this is the only way to protect yourself from getting hurt.
"As soon as you smell it, you can tell that this tea is not extraordinary. I'm afraid it's priceless in the market. Tan'er doesn't know how to taste tea, so I'm afraid that the kindness of Uncle Nine Emperors will be wasted."
Aventurine's lips curled up nine times.
Xia Tan'er really can't even tell lies.
Just by smelling the tea, I knew that the tea was marketable and priceless, yet he actually said that he didn't know how to taste tea.
"It's not enough, and there's no need to cherish it for me."
"Thank you Uncle Nine Emperors for your kindness."
The words were spoken, but Xia Tan'er still sat there motionless and did not pour herself a glass.
Alas, talking too much brings tears to my eyes.
If you are not pregnant, it is inconvenient to drink tea.
She wouldn't leave such a good tea soup without enjoying it.
She likes tea the most.
When Dong Lingjiu saw this, he stopped mentioning the matter.
He just picked up the cup of tea and put it into his mouth, took a sip and put it down again.
Immediately, the carriage fell into silence again.
The wheels rolled, pressing against the bluestone slabs, making bursts of creaking sounds.
About half an hour later, the carriage finally stopped.
At this moment, Xia Tan'er remembered that she still didn't know where the carriage was going.
"Uncle Nine Emperors..."
Xia Tan'er tentatively spoke.
Dong Lingjiu put down the book in his hand and looked at the person opposite him silently.
The invisible pressure made Xia Taner breathless.
It's really hard to talk to people in high positions.
"Uncle Nine Emperors, the carriage has stopped... you should be where you want to go."
Dong Lingjiu withdrew his gaze.
Move the tea table aside.
He straightened his clothes, stood up, hunched over, and walked to the door of the carriage.
The moment he lifted up the car curtain.
Dong Lingjiu looked back at Xia Tan'er.
"You come down too."
"I?"
Xia Tan'er didn't wait to ask.
Dong Lingjiu's figure has disappeared.
Xia Tan'er silently raised her head to the sky and lamented.
"Who am I meeting?"
Of course, I would never dare to say this in front of Dong Lingjiu.
After Xia Taner finished complaining in her heart, she accepted her fate and stood up holding on to the car wall.
"Baby, let's endure it a little longer. When mother finds a suitable house and divorces the damn Prince Jin, we will move out and live there. We will never suffer this kind of lack of fame again."
Xia Tan'er touched her belly gently.
She took a deep breath, fearing that she would lose her balance and fall.
At an extremely slow speed, he climbed out of the carriage.
But he just stood still.
But he was surprised and overwhelmed by the all-too-familiar sight in front of him.
A large plaque with the three characters "Prime Minister's Mansion" engraved on it is hanging in the middle.
On the steps of Zhumen, the guards are separated.
All of a sudden, all the bad memories came to mind.
Xia Tan'er's heart couldn't help but throb.
The pain of being stabbed in the back by her parents and brothers actually made it difficult for Xia Tan'er to breathe.
She suppressed the discomfort in her heart.
He looked up at Dong Lingjiu, who was standing next to him with his hands behind his back.
Finally I couldn't help but ask.
"Why did Uncle Nine Emperors bring me here?"
"Today is your day to come back. You should come back."
"Go back...?"
According to the custom in Dongling, isn't it necessary to return home three days after the wedding?
Counting the hours, I have already missed it.
Xia Tan'er really didn't understand what Dong Lingjiu meant by this move.
But she didn't want to explore, let alone ask Dong Lingjiu.
If possible, she would like to say goodbye to the source of all these troubles completely. She and the child in her belly would just find a courtyard and live a good life again.
"Thank you very much, Uncle Nine Emperors, for sending me back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Uncle Nine Emperor Emperors is busy with personnel, so I'd better go back to the mansion early."
"Um,"
Dong Lingjiu nodded.
Back on the carriage again.
Xia Tan'er didn't go in either. She just stood outside and watched the carriage leave.
Seeing this, Shaoqing raised the curtain of the car and asked inside.
"Master, Miss Xia didn't go in. She was still standing outside, as if she wanted to watch us leave."
"Let's go."
"yes."
Shaoqing lowered the car curtain and nodded towards Xia Tan'er.
He knocked on the car body again.
The driver listened and turned the car around.
After a while, the carriage disappeared at the end of the street.
Xia Tan'er looked at the afterimage of the carriage and breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and looked at the majestic Prime Minister's Mansion, silent for a long time.
She shook her head and smiled to herself.
About to turn around and leave.
Sudden,
There was a sharp pain in my lower abdomen.
Xia Tan'er's body seemed to have been completely drained of strength.
The whole person softened instantly.
Such a sudden situation made her panic and completely forget about her medical skills, and she only thought about being saved.
She dragged her two extremely heavy legs up the steps step by step.
Until his hands touch the door of the house.
Xia Tan'er knelt on the ground and knocked on the towering door with almost all her strength.
Once, twice, three times... but no one responded.
The heart that was still beating was completely frozen.
Xia Tan'er's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and she collapsed on this busy street.
Inside the mansion.
As a mother, Lu Yimo was extremely anxious. She wanted to go out several times to take Xia Tan'er back to her room to recuperate, but she was blocked by the Prime Minister one by one.
"Madam, I have told you several times that Tan'er deserves this cold shoulder. You are not allowed to go out and bring her back to the house."
Xia Lingfu, who was standing aside, also echoed.
"That's right, mother, who allowed Tan'er to snatch Mo Qing's Prince Jin first and turn Mo Qing from the upright Princess Jin to an equal wife? Not only did she lose the face of the Prime Minister, she also hurt Mo Qing's feelings. I cried my eyes out for a long time."
"Today, Quan should teach Tan'er a lesson and let her know that Mo Qing has to give way to everything. After this experience, Tan'er will definitely not make such a mistake again in the future."
