a pillow in autumn

During the New Year's Eve, all the officials from Hezhou visited the mansion one after another, Shen Xianxun blocked them all, only saying that Zhou Mubai wanted to rest, and the housekeeper brought in gifts from various mansions. The practice, if they all retreat, they will have to think more.Xianxun had no choice but to ask Shuyao to take the key to the warehouse, and asked the housekeeper to bring the man-made book to put it away.

Other yellow and white things are nothing more than that, among them is a Jade Buddha about two feet high, exquisitely carved, the Buddha's body is solemn and precious, but a pair of eyes are looking forward.Mu Bai looked at the novelty, so he stayed in the Nuan Pavilion to enjoy it.Xian Xun said, this is a custom of the Dayan Kingdom outside the Great Wall, presumably because Hezhou is adjacent to the Dayan Kingdom for border trade, and traders often collect products from various countries and sell them on both sides.Mu Bai said in surprise, you know all of this, but there are still things in the world that you don't know?

Xian Xun pursed her lips and smiled, sitting in front of the desk and unfolding a scroll, "Nine Nine Cold Dispelling Pictures" is halfway through the painting, today's sunshine may not be very good, but Xian Xun's heart is bright, a plum blossom is blooming angrily under her pen.Mu Bai leaned on the bed, watching her frowned and penned, a ray of light spread from behind her, and her waist-length hair was covered with a thin layer of gold.There are small ears hidden in the thin gold, with curved auricles and a round pearl hanging on the earlobe.Mubai's gaze flickered, the pearly luster unfolded in her gaze, she saw her rosy lips, the corners of her lips raised slightly, like the sweetness she dreamed of one night.

Sensing her gaze, Xianqian turned around and saw that she was staring at him intently, with an unusual flush on her face. She stopped writing and walked to the bed, leaning over to look at her: "What's the matter? But where is it?" Not feeling well?"

Mubai watched as she raised her hand, put it on his forehead, checked the temperature, sat on the bedside again, and took his hand. The slender hand was very soft, and the fingers were as juicy as a few spring onions, which were in harmony with his own. Hands with thin calluses that have been trained to bow and horse all the year round are completely different.

She was thinking wildly, Xian Xun couldn't help but blushed when she saw that she didn't speak, just staring at herself, and when she was about to let go, Mu Bai held back his hand even tighter, only to hear her foolishly say: "Xian Xun ..."

"Ok?"

"You are so pretty."

After waiting for a long while, she never expected such a straightforward sentence, Xian Xun's face turned red.She lowered her head, looked at the hands they held, and didn't know how to answer, but Mu Bai said to himself: "Do you remember what I told you when we got married? I said, I have a It's a secret, but I don't know how to tell you."

Xian Xun suddenly heard what she said, so she raised her head, and Mu Bai was looking at her with serious and persistent eyes.She nodded very lightly, and then heard her continue: "This secret is a matter of life and death. In the past few days, if you think about it...if you think about it...you already know it. Although I don't know how you know it, " She said with a smile, with a bit of innocent naughtiness, "But you know the painting style of a foreign country very well, and there is nothing in the world that you can hide from you." Xian Xun smiled, and Mu Bai pinched her The soft hand said again, "At that time, I thought, no matter what, I can't implicate you, and then I thought, if you have someone you like, why not just let you go."

The courtyard is spacious, and the sunlight in the courtyard has already begun to slant. Shuyao and Siyuan are watching a few girls kicking shuttlecocks on the porch, and occasionally glance into the inner room. The cold air in the deep winter is gradually dissipating. I heard the two masters talking in a low voice in the room. There was a wind, but the voice could not be heard clearly.

Xian Xun's fingertips slid across Mu Bai's palm like a flower stamen floating in the breeze, a little itchy, she said softly, "Do you still think that way now?"

Mubai shook his head, and the smile on his face became clearer: "Now I feel that, even if you have a lover, I don't want to let you go. You have married me, and from now on, I will be yours." Lover."

"Overbearing." Xian Xun scolded her, then squinted her eyes and smiled, "Why don't you want to let me go?"

"Because you have already lived in my heart."

After the Lantern Festival, the Hezhou Mansion was back to busy, and Zhou Mubai had already healed up, and he often led several sons and daughters to run around between states and counties to supervise the affairs.Shen Xianxun was afraid that she would be cold, needless to say the cotton-padded jacket, every day before going out she had to put on a big mink wind collar with her own hands, and asked the people following her to prepare more hand warmers, Shen Yan and Shen Lan laughed at her It's going to be wrapped into rice dumplings!Shen Youtang also laughed, His Highness and his sister reconciled as before, wrapped in rice dumplings is much better than being frozen alone in Dongnuange.

All matters related to the defense of the border town were in place, but the improvement of the bricks for the city defense was still progressing slowly. Mubai personally went to investigate in the earth dam where the brick kiln was opened, and the Ministry of Officials and the local officials gathered around to discuss, but they were still unable to do anything.

After working for seven or eight days in a row, I managed to come back early this day, and just outside the other courtyard, I saw Xiao Guozi happily greeted the door, holding the rein for her and saying: "Your Highness, Xiao Tuanzi is back, He also brought Imperial Physician Pei here, saying that he wanted to diagnose the concubine's happy pulse!"

diagnosis!happiness!pulse!

Zhou Mu jumped up on his forehead, dropped the crowd and ran back to the backyard, just passed the gate of the ceremony, and ran into a girl, both of them yelled, hey!The man exclaimed in surprise: "Is Your Highness alright? Why are you running in such a hurry?" The voice was so familiar, Mu Bai stood still and looked at her, and it was indeed Siyuan. He rubbed his chin and said, "It's okay. Your family Where is Miss?" Siyuan smiled and said, "Miss is in Xinuang Pavilion." Seeing that Mubai walked away, he hurriedly shouted from behind: "Your Highness, please slow down, Miss can't run away." It's okay if you don't bark, this time As soon as he shouted, all the maids and women in the yard looked over, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, Mubai felt his forehead explode again, coughed, walked around a few clusters of flowers and trees, and went straight to Xinuang Pavilion .

"Master is back." The two little girls stood outside the door, watching her coming from a distance, hurriedly opened the curtain, and Mu Bai walked in. The girls in the room just put down their refreshments, and Shuyao was holding hot tea, sipping Xun took the tea and handed it to Mu Bai: "Why did you come back so early today?"

Mu Bai took a sip of tea before saying: "Most things are in order, only the improvement of the city bricks is a headache. I have tried all the methods I can think of. The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Labor have clear rewards and punishments, and even the Ministry of War has sent Many people tried to help, but it still didn't work."

"From the source to the finished product, how many processes are there? The more people in charge, the easier it is to engage in favoritism and fraud. Can the process be simplified?"

Mubai shook his head and said: "The clay used for firing city bricks needs to take ancient soil two feet deep under the kiln, let it shine in the sun in an open refining field, and be eroded by snow and rain. After half a year, the clay will loosen and be crushed by craftsmen. , sieved, leaving only the fine and dense pure soil, and the pure soil was repeatedly smelted five or six times to make it into a thick mud before it can be made into a billet, demolded, and then fired in a kiln, cold billet, rusted, etc. Until the iron is added to the top of the kiln to drink water, and finally cooled out of the kiln, there are dozens of processes before and after, and it is impossible to do it without one step.”

Xian Xun nodded and said: "It's really hard for them." Seeing that Mubai pinched his eyebrows, he stepped forward and rubbed the acupuncture points on her temples, "It's hard for you too. Hearing you say that, you know You have put in a lot of hard work." Mubai put his head sideways on Xian Xun's hand, the palm was warm, she squinted her eyes comfortably, and Xian Xun leaned against her, slowly intertwined and tightened his hands, wrapping her around between two hands.

The girls had already avoided going out, and the room was silent for a while.After a while, Mu Bai said: "Xiao Guozi said that Imperial Physician Pei is here?"

"Well. Hezhou mansion sent a report back to Ruijing. When the mother heard that you had fallen into the ice cave, she hurriedly urged the envoy of the imperial hospital to send someone over. Imperial doctor Pei has always asked for a safe pulse for you, so she invited you to Hezhou It just so happened that Xiaotuanzi was about to leave, so he came with him."

The ground dragon in the cabinet was extremely warm, and both of them were only wearing ordinary thin padded jackets. At the beginning of dusk, and before the lamps were lit, the room was a little foggy.Hearing this, Mu Bai turned around and wanted to speak, Xian Xun was hugging her, this time turning around, Mu Bai's lips brushed past the softness of Xian Xun's chest, both of them were stunned for a moment , the soft touch reached from her lips to the tip of Mu Bai's heart. She raised her head and looked at Xian Xun in a daze. Even through two or three layers of clothes, Xian Xun was still startled. Daring to move, Mu Bai felt her nervousness, and her heart beat fast, wondering if the earth dragon was too hot, a thin layer of sweat broke out on her back.

Both of them didn't know what to say, so as to relieve the embarrassment, Siyuan's voice sounded in the outer room at the right time: "Miss, Miss, Imperial Physician Pei is here, and I want to give you... um... Please take a pulse."

Xian Xun bit her lip, let go of Mu Bai's shoulder, Mu Bai stood up, her face was red, her heart was a little flustered, and she was overjoyed, she raised her voice, "Please wait a moment, Doctor Pei." See Xian Xun Still twisting around, he took her hand and walked to the dressing table, and helped her brush her hair, but she couldn't fix it anyway, so Xianyi pushed her with a blushing face, and took a rhinoceros comb to let her hair down , and tied a simple bun, and picked a golden phoenix hairpin in the makeup box to fix the bun.Waiting for her to get up, Mu Bai unfolded the brocade and cotton coat in his hand for her to put on, and took a gold embroidered soft fur coat and tied it on her, and then came out together arm in arm.

Seeing them, Pei Dongcheng greeted the prince and concubine first, then Mu Bai helped him up, and knelt down to listen to the emperor's and queen's orders, which were probably the words to take care of your body due to the severe cold in Bianzhou.At the end, I heard Pei Dongcheng say again: "Your Majesty and the Empress heard that His Highness had fallen, and they were very anxious. The Empress directly said that you should not be allowed to go to such a far place. Jing, His Majesty read the mansion newspaper and wanted to invite you back, but the Crown Prince said, Hezhou has done all the work, Princess Rui is here too, so His Majesty and Empress do not need to worry too much."

After hearing this, Xian Xun bowed again. Pei Dongcheng looked at the two of them, his face was a little uncertain, he wanted to laugh and sigh, and finally he said with a sneer: "The Empress invited the father-in-law of Xiaotuanzi into the palace, and asked The prince and concubine are used to spending money on food and clothing in Hezhou. At that time, the ministers were also in the palace with the envoys. The father-in-law of Xiaotuanzi said that the concubine seemed to be not eating well a few days ago, and the empress was straight. Dao, maybe...you're happy...and worried that Hezhou doesn't have a good doctor, so I ordered my ministers to come, uh...for the two of you, um, please be safe."

It was so easy to finish speaking after stumbling, but there was no response for a long time, Pei Dongcheng quietly raised his head and took a peek, only to see Prince Rui and Princess Rui standing, their faces flushed to the ears.

The author has something to say: I received a mine from a crying skeleton, thank you~