First Lady of the Crown Prince

Chapter 974 Husband and wife meet (Xiao Ji VS Xinyang Fan)

Every New Year's Eve, it is necessary to stay up all night, but it is impossible to stay up all night. After midnight, the sound of firecrackers in the capital gradually subsided, and the princess mansion also fell into silence.

 Gu Jiao came out of the bathroom after washing up. Xiao Heng was not asleep yet. He was sitting on the bed reading a book.

When the Princess Mansion was first built, fire tunnels were dug under the various courtyards and connected to the outside entrances. During winter, just burn firewood at the entrances of the caves to allow heat to flow into the house through the fire tunnels.

 Commonly known as earth dragon for heating.

The room was very warm. Xiao Heng was leaning on the head of the bed, one leg lazily stretched out and the other bent casually.

He only wore a thin white pajamas. The neckline of the pajamas was not adjusted and spread slightly casually, appropriately exposing his delicate collarbones, and above the collarbones was his **** Adam's apple.

 Even the Adam's apple is so beautiful.

 He looked very intently, and one could not help but feel an aura of asceticism.

Gu Jiao’s eyes straightened.

Xiao Heng turned a page of the book, as if he didn't know she was coming, and continued to pose.

The unsuspecting Gu Jiao was drooling. Her husband was so handsome anytime and anywhere. He really wanted to knock him down!

etc.

 There is a baby in the house.

 Gu Jiao looked at the cradle aside.

Huh?

empty.

 “Where is the baby?” she asked Xiao Heng blankly.

"Oh, you've finished washing." Xiao Heng seemed to have just realized that she was coming. He closed the book gracefully and calmly. His slender fingertips were like jade and fell on the book, lining the fine water-textured paper. Plant residue.

Gu Jiao took a sip.

Xiao Heng turned his head slightly, at a perfect angle, looked at her gently, and said without changing his face: "Jingkong said she wanted to sleep with her nephew and niece, so I took the baby over. There is a wet nurse on duty at night, so don't worry."

Your husband’s voice is also so pleasant, with a tingling sound that makes your ears feel like you are pregnant.

Gu Jiao came to the bed, climbed onto the bed with her knees bent, supported her small body with one hand, came to him, and took away his book with the other hand.

Xiao Heng looked at her helplessly, smiled, and asked knowingly: "What's wrong?"

Gu Jiao said seriously: "I want to eat you."

The corners of Xiao Heng's lips curled up, and he suppressed his smile, looking at her very calmly: "Didn't you say you were sleepy on the carriage?"

 Gu Jiao shook her head like a rattle: "I'm not sleepy now."

Xiao Heng's cold fingertips gently pressed on her moist lips, and said in a hoarse voice: "This is what you said."

“Yeah!” Gu Jiao opened her eyes wide and nodded!

Xiao Heng stroked her delicate little cheek, turned over and pressed her down, lowered his head and kissed her lips: "Tonight, you are not allowed to sleep."

 …

 The shy movement stopped just before dawn.

Gu Jiao was like a satiated little lazy cat, lying in his arms and falling asleep deeply.

Xiao Heng looked at the person in his arms lovingly, and couldn't help but kiss her red and swollen lips, and then he hugged her and fell asleep with her.

 The two of them slept until three o'clock in the morning.

The first one to wake up was Xiao Heng. Half asleep and half awake, he vaguely felt someone pressing down on the quilt. He moved his body and slowly opened his sleepy eyes.

Unexpectedly, what I saw was a cute little head.

 He was startled on the spot, and his whole body suddenly woke up!

 “Yiyi?”

 He recognized his sister.

Xiao Yiyi sat cross-legged on the quilt between the two of them, holding a small pillow of her own in her arms, holding her chin in one hand, looking at her brother without blinking.

Seeing this scene so early in the morning, Xiao Heng was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

He hurriedly opened the quilt and looked inside. It was okay, okay. He was afraid of catching cold before going to bed, so he put on clothes for himself and Gu Jiao.

He calmed down, sat up from the quilt, tucked Gu Jiao into the quilt while she was still sleeping, and asked Xiao Yiyi, "Why are you here? Are you still holding this?"

 He was referring to her little pillow.

Little Yiyi chirped and said: "Because starting from today, I will move here and live with my brother and sister-in-law!"

 He frowned strangely: "What do you mean?"

Little Yiyi stood up, stood upright on the bed, and bowed deeply to Xiao Heng: "Mom, I'm going to find my father. From now on, I will ask my brother and sister-in-law to take care of me!"

  Xiao Heng: “…!”

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, his mother, who had followed the rules all her life, actually left the whole family and traveled thousands of miles to find her husband? !

What happened to this world! !

 …

It rarely snows in the eastern part of Zhao State, and this year is an exception. Coupled with wars and natural and man-made disasters, the people's lives suddenly became difficult.

Princess Xinyang traveled incognito. She sat in an inconspicuous carriage and opened the window from time to time to see the scenery along the way.

The closer we get to the border, the more depressed the streets become. The doors of shops are closed, and people begging can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Some of them have even frozen to death.

 “Princess, stop looking.” Yu Jin advised.

Princess Xinyang sighed: "Is this what fighting is like?"

She is a royal princess who grew up in the capital city of Haiyan and Heqing. The fief she owns is also the most prosperous and stable place in Zhao Kingdom. She has never experienced the cruelty of war.

Yu Jin closed the car window for her. She knew that the princess looked unkind, but was actually kind-hearted. When she first encountered disaster victims, the princess would always give generously.

 It’s just that as the number of disaster victims increases, their financial resources become less and less, and they can no longer help these victims.

Not wanting to make the princess feel depressed, Yu Jin hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Princess, we have arrived at Li County. This is the county closest to the border. Thirty miles further east, we can reach the Marquis's military camp."

Princess Xinyang said calmly.

Yu Jin secretly smiled.

The carriage continued to move forward. It was almost noon and they were hungry. Yujin asked the coachman to stop at a small inn that looked relatively clean.

The conditions here are incomparable to those in the capital. The water you drink is sandy, the rice you eat is rough, and even the salt used in the dishes is coarse salt, giving it a slightly bitter taste.

Yu Jin gave Princess Xinyang a piece of green vegetables with chopsticks: "If I had known it would be so hard, I wouldn't have advised you to come here."

Princess Xinyang said nothing and started eating with a frown.

 While eating, there was a burst of noise from the street outside, followed by the crying of women and children.

 “Let’s go and see what’s going on.” Princess Xinyang said.

"Yes." Yu Jin left the inn and came back with a sullen face not long after. He said helplessly to Princess Xinyang, "A beggar frightened the horse while trying to grab a bun that fell on the ground. The horse's owner whipped him several times. . The women and children were common people passing by and were struck by the whip by mistake."

 “Are you injured?” Princess Xinyang asked.

Yu Jin said: "The beggar was beaten up and seriously injured. The woman and child were slightly injured."

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman's aggrieved and angry cry came from outside: "How can you beat people in the street? Is there any law left?"

"Go and have a look." Princess Xinyang put down her chopsticks and put on her veil in time.

As soon as she stood up, a male guest in his early thirties at the next table persuaded him leisurely: "Looking at the accents of the two of you, you must be from other places, right? In addition to people from the government, there are actually people who are willing to come these days. It's really rare in Li County. I would like to advise you two to mind your own business, so as not to get yourself involved!"

The old man at the other table also spoke seriously: "Yes, you can't afford to offend the guy outside, so just leave it alone."

Yujin asked politely: "Old gentleman, do you know the origins of the group of people outside?"

The old gentleman sighed: "They are not from Zhaoguo, but from Dongyi tribe."

The world is divided into six parts, but apart from the six kingdoms, there are many large and small tribes and small tribes, such as the Turks in the northern part of the Jin Kingdom, and the Dongyi in the eastern border of the Zhao Kingdom.

Yujin asked suspiciously: "Aren't Dongyi colluding with bandits and fighting against the imperial army? Why can Dongyi people run rampant in our county town of Zhaoguo?"

 The man in his early thirties said: “We’re going to negotiate peace!”

Princess Xinyang frowned: "Negotiating peace? Who made the decision!"

 The emperor did not issue this edict!

Her aura was so strong that she intimidated everyone present for a moment.

The old gentleman was the first to come to his senses. He looked at Princess Xinyang and Yujin up and down. They were dressed simply, but they had an extraordinary bearing. They were simply dressed. They must not be nobles from the capital, right?

 impossible, how could a nobleman from the capital come to a place like this?

 He calmed down and said, "Of course it is what Marquis Xuan Ping meant."

Yujin argued: "How could Marquis Xuanping negotiate peace with a small barbarian tribe? That's what Marquis Xuanping does!"

The old gentleman did not answer, but the man in his early thirties spoke. He sneered and said: "Isn't this because Dongyi presented a beauty to Marquis Xuanping? It is said that she is the pearl of Dongyi, and the king of Dongyi loves her most. My little daughter. The little princess of the Dongyi tribe is sitting in the carriage escorted by the group of people outside. Now you know why I stopped you from going to die?"

Yu Jin looked at her master worriedly: "Princess..."

Princess Xinyang’s eyelashes trembled, and a bone-chilling chill emanated from her body.

Yujin looked at the few people and said seriously: "Marquis Xuanping already has a wife, and he will not do anything to disgrace Princess Xinyang."

The man smiled: "Marquis Xuanping is a romantic by nature, and his relationship with Princess Xinyang has long been inseparable. What's more, the little princess of Dongyi is so beautiful that no man can be moved by her sight."

 Princess Xinyang went out with a dark face.

 “Mrs... Madam! Madam!”

Yu Jin took out a piece of broken silver from his purse and put it on the table, and chased after it anxiously.

Both the old gentleman and the man looked at the silver, and paused for three seconds. Then they stood up to take the silver as their own. The young man quickly came over and stuffed the silver into his arms first.

 Then he took out a dozen copper coins and ran to the counter: "Shopkeeper, the check is settled over there."

 The old gentleman and the man curled their lips in disappointment.

 The Dongyi people left, the women and children left, and the injured beggar was helped by his companions.

Princess Xinyang looked at the streets that had become empty again, and an unknown fire burned in her heart even more.

 She carried her skirt and got into the carriage.

Yu Jin followed her timidly, sat down next to her, and asked tentatively: "Princess, don't take it to heart. They don't know the Marquis. They just made it up out of thin air."

Princess Xinyang said coldly: "Does he still have to fabricate his temperament?"

Yu Jin smiled dryly and said, "Isn't it that you and your husband were at odds in the past, so you don't want to be a real couple with him?"

Princess Xinyang said coldly: "I haven't said that I want to start over with him now."

Yu Jin whispered: "Oh. According to this, it is not too much for the Marquis to mess around outside."

 Princess Xinyang swung the knife at her.

Yujin’s hair exploded and she hurriedly said: “But he will definitely not do this!”

 Princess Xinyang closed her eyes: "Let's go."

Yujin asked in a low voice: "Shall we continue to the military camp?"

Princess Xinyang said calmly: "Go back to the capital."

Yujin’s expression changed: “Princess!”

Princess Xinyang leaned on the cushion on her back again, closed her eyes and rested her mind: "I have made up my mind, no need to say more."

“…Yes.” Yu Jin agreed bravely.

What a pity.

It was clear that we were only one step away from meeting the Marquis, so why did something like this happen?

 The driver turned around and headed back.

Yu Jin tried to persuade her several times, but Princess Xinyang was determined not to change her decision.

Thinking about it, it’s not surprising. It was not easy for the princess to put down her dignity and go all the way to find the border gate. When she suddenly heard such news, it was inevitable that she would feel discouraged.

Master Hou, Master Hou, it’s not that I won’t help you, it’s God’s will.

However, just as the carriage was about to leave Li County, something unexpected happened - they went to the inn to change horses, and unexpectedly ran into a group of Dongyi people, and they even fell in love with the same horse as them.

The little princess of Dongyi stepped out of the carriage wearing a veil. The girl's body was slim and graceful, exuding a youthful vitality from head to toe. She also had a pair of moving eyes, looking forward to the flight, and the autumn water was shining.

 She is indeed the most beautiful woman in Dongyi.

Princess Xinyang wore a bamboo hat and a long veil, revealing only a faint outline of her face, and her face could not be seen clearly.

 The two women met in a narrow road at the inn.

The little princess of Dongyi said arrogantly: "I want this horse, you choose another horse."

Princess Xinyang said seriously: "Everything must be done on a first-come, first-served basis. I want the one first, and you choose another horse."

The little princess of Dongyi chuckled and said: "Does it mean first come, first served? I have more money. I will pay double the amount you pay!"

Princess Xinyang's eyes were cold: "It's great to be rich, but it's great to be young? You have money, do you think I don't?"

What does ˆ˜ have to do with youth? This man talks so strangely.

Little Princess Dongyi looked at her suspiciously, stretched out her hand, and coldly snorted: "Take out the money you have!"

Yu Jin whispered beside Princess Xinyang: "Princess, we have almost exhausted the investigation."

The little princess of Dongyi said to the postmaster: "Give her her money back! I bought the horse!"

"Yes! Yes!" Yi Cheng couldn't afford to offend Xuan Pinghou's "sweetheart", so he hurriedly stepped forward and returned the two silver coins to Yu Jin.

 Princess Xinyang’s aura is in full swing: “You dare!”

Yi Cheng was so frightened that he shivered!

The little princess of Dongyi said angrily: "Why are you so mean! Do you know who I am?"

Princess Xinyang sarcastically said: "I know, the daughter of Dongyi, who is in favor of Marquis Xuanping, is just a small tribe, but she dares to call herself a princess, and she overestimates her own capabilities!"

"You!" the little princess of Dongyi was angry, "I don't hit women! You kowtow to me and admit your mistake! I will forgive you!"

Princess Xinyang said coldly: "It's better if you kowtow to me and admit your mistake!"

The little princess of Dongyi was so angry that she stamped her feet and said coquettishly: "If you don't eat the toast, you will be fined with wine! Come here! Teach them two a lesson!"

 Eight Dongyi guards swarmed up and surrounded Princess Xinyang and Yujin.

Little Princess Dongyi smiled proudly and said, "Are you afraid? It's not too late to beg for mercy now—"

　　Halfway through the last word, a strong figure fell from the sky.

 No one could see clearly how he moved. In the blink of an eye, eight Dongyi guards fell to the ground!

The little princess Dongyi looked at the guard who fell on the ground in disbelief: "This is impossible, this...you...what kind of magic did you do! Give it to me!"

 The remaining twelve people also rushed towards Princess Xinyang and others.

 But how can these people be Long Yi’s opponents?

 Long Yi effortlessly beat them to the ground.

Long swooped in front of the little princess Dongyi. The little princess Dongyi looked at the masked man in horror, who was so fast that only an afterimage was left. She was so frightened that she could hardly speak.

Long Yi rolled his eyes, raised his finger, and flicked her forehead, causing her to fall to the ground.

Princess Xinyang walked toward her step by step and looked at her condescendingly: "Now, do you still want to rob other people's things?"

Little Princess Dongyi wiped her tears and said angrily: "Who are you? Why do you bully me!"

Princess Xinyang looked at her with sharp eyes: "I am Princess Xinyang of Zhao Kingdom, the wife of Marquis Xuanping, why am I bullying you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt two eyes that could not be ignored falling on her.

She subconsciously looked back and saw Marquis Xuanping standing in an open space not far away, staring at her in shock.

  This is the word count for two updates.

 (End of this chapter)