After Aunt Zhou gave birth to her daughter, she took good care of her during confinement. Her face, which used to be sallow due to farm work, became white, tender and rosy, making her look several years younger.
In the past few days, Zhang Qiuhe and Wang Qiu went to Qingzhou County to donate rice. The incense shop needed someone to keep an eye on it. Aunt Zhou was worried. She would come every day, but she would go back after a few hours.
There is a shopkeeper and a waiter in the shop, so she doesn't need to guard them all the time.
She sat at the counter, lowering her head and calculating, looking at the account book. The wind blew slightly through the book in her hand, and she flipped through it for several days. ?.?????.ℂ??
Aunt Zhou used an inkstone to press the booklet, stood up and went to the shelf where the incense towers were placed. She picked them up one by one, smelled them, and then placed them away.
The emperor stood by the big tree more than ten meters away from the incense shop and looked at the people in the shop.
His eyes were wide open, his hands were clear, and his steps seemed to be stopped by something, unable to move forward.
"is her?!"
The emperor marveled in his heart. In addition to surprise, there was also a hint of disbelief in his eyes.
He stared at her in disbelief for a long time, his eyes gradually turned red, and he murmured, "Zhou'er..."
Aunt Zhou checked the goods in the shop and found no one outside the shop.
The emperor took a step forward, his eyes filled with tears, and prepared to enter the shop.
At this moment, the third prince holding the child came out of the back room. While walking, he coaxed the crying child in his hands: "Come, come, our little darling misses his mother~"
Seeing them coming, Aunt Zhou quickly put down the scented dew in her hand and kissed the pink baby in his hand, "Didn't you just fall asleep? Why are you awake now?"
The Third Prince held the little one in his arms with a gentle smile on his face, "I don't know why, but this child was sleeping well just now, and suddenly he started crying as if he was frightened. I think it's because he misses you. , so take her for a walk."
Aunt Zhou took the child from his hand and patted the child's back gently.
The little baby looked around with a pair of big grape eyes. He quickly calmed down and curled his fingers in Aunt Zhou's arms.
The third prince smiled and said: "Look, I really miss my mother~"
The little baby twirled his fingers, arched his eyebrows and smiled.
The fleshy cheeks are so red that it makes people want to take a bite at the sight of them.
Aunt Zhou held him in her hands and coaxed him, and said with a smile: "I think he is hungry, why don't we go home first and let Xiao Chen and the others watch the shop."
The third prince held the mother and daughter in his arms, squeezed the little baby's palm, and responded softly: "That's fine, it just so happens that you can't be too tired."
Aunt Zhou's body and bones are pretty good. Even after giving birth to a daughter at this age, she recovered faster than an ordinary woman.
The third prince was afraid that she would have to work hard, so he would make nourishing food for her every day.
When Aunt Zhou was in confinement, she was really tired of eating, so he changed his tricks and made her nourishing, sweet and not greasy pastries.
Aunt Zhuang would always joke: "In the future, if Madam doesn't want to be an incense shop, she can open a tavern. This craftsmanship will definitely become popular."
Aunt Zhou was very moved after hearing this.
You must know that when they were young, the third prince and the emperor were caught when they wanted to go to the kitchen. The emperor was afraid that they would bump into each other.
On weekdays, there is always someone to take care of you when it comes to dressing and grooming.
After coming to Cheng'an County for so long, the third prince has trained himself to be a master chef.
The third prince took Aunt Zhou and the child on his arm and got into the carriage together.
The emperor hid behind the tree and looked at everything that had just happened. His face was pale, his waist was hunched over, and his blood-red eyes were bulging, as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant.
"It's him, it's him!"
He clenched his fist and smashed it against the tree, gritting his teeth and trembling all over.
"Queen, Queen, I have been looking for you for several years, but you are here with my brother and you, and you have given birth to an evil son!"
The emperor said viciously, then coughed violently, and finally spit out a mouthful of blood. He could no longer stand and leaned against the tree.
As the carriage gradually moved away, the emperor gradually regained his composure.
He stood on the street like a ghost, staring in the direction the carriage was leaving.
After a long time, the secret guard slowly came behind him, "Your Majesty, who is that?"
The emperor's eyes were cold and he replied: "Old friend."
The secret guard had never seen the Queen, but he had seen her portrait, and he had guessed something in his mind. Seeing that the emperor was unwilling to say anything, he did not pursue the question any further.
The emperor said seriously: "Buy me a house near Zhou Mansion in Cheng'an County."
The secret guard was surprised. He had already found this person, so why did he still want to buy a house near the two of them?
He didn't ask, he just obeyed what the emperor said.
The emperor saw his doubts and said coldly: "I can't be anxious this time. If I am anxious, I will scare them away. If I look for it then, I'm afraid I won't find it."
The secret guard saluted and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor had too many questions in his mind. He wanted to know what the relationship between the queen and the Zhou family was, where his three sons were now, and he also wanted to know when the queen was with the third prince.
He has to figure it out.
