A Timely Wife

How much Chengdong liked goat milk at the time, and how much he loathes it now. He was the one who asked Li Ruoshan to drink a bowl every morning. When it was his turn to drink it, he would rather drink it. Tangyao also didn't want to drink goat's milk that was full of fishy smell, but unfortunately, he couldn't decide this kind of thing by himself.

Pinching his nose, frowning, and enduring his nausea, Cheng Dong poured goat milk into his stomach in one gulp, then immediately stuffed a piece of snack into his mouth, and then let out a breath as if he had come alive.

Li Ruosong has gotten used to Chengdong's routine recently, took the bowl Chengdong handed over, wiped Chengdong's mouth with a cloth towel, and said: "You can eat at home by yourself at noon, I have some things to do, Probably won't come back."

Cheng Dong asked casually, "What's the matter?"

Li Ruosong hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should say it or not. Seeing Li Ruosong's expression of hesitation, Cheng Dong asked, "What happened? Is it convenient for you to tell me?"

"That's not true. Anyway, you will know sooner or later, so I'll tell you directly, so that you don't have to think too much after hearing it from others." Li Ruosong's eyes flickered, and he continued: "The imperial court opened Enke. .”

"Enke? Does that mean the imperial examination is about to start?" Cheng Dong asked.

"Yes, the day will be in the middle of next month." Li Ruosong replied.

Cheng Dong counted the days and said, "Is the imperial concubine in the palace born?"

"Birth, prince, has been established as prince." Although Li Ruosong's tone was very calm, Cheng Dong still heard something unusual from it.

"Did something happen?" Chengdong had an intuition that something bad had happened, there was no reason, he just felt that Chengdong was not someone who could hide his words, so of course he asked directly.

Li Ruosong paused, sighed, and said, "Father of Zhou Nuyuan, leave."

"Gone?" Cheng Dong didn't react for a while, but after a few seconds, Cheng Dong realized, "Gone?

died? "

Seeing Chengdong's surprised face, Li Ruosong nodded lightly, and said, "We have just received the news, the Zhou family, I'm afraid only Zhou Nuyuan and Jinyan are left."

"What? How did this happen? What happened?" Cheng Dong was startled, and subconsciously wanted to sit up.

Li Ruosong quickly stretched out his hand to help Chengdong up, supported Chengdong's waist with one hand, and quickly grabbed a pillow and put it on Chengdong's back with the other hand, "Don't worry, take your time, don't hurt yourself^" Chengdong's belly is already a little big, and the belly of seven months is bigger than the belly of ordinary women who are pregnant for nine months. Chengdong suspects that he has two fetuses stuffed in his stomach, otherwise it is unreasonable to be like this. Thinking of modern twins Not necessarily a good birth, in this ancient times when there was no caesarean section, I don’t know if I can give birth to the child safely, if one fails, one corpse and two lives, no, three lives are possible.

Although Chengdong himself thought about eating less, lest the fetus grow too big and give birth to be more painful, Li Ruosong also thought so, but neither of them could resist Chengdong's strong appetite, it was really because of his own willpower. Be firm, but the opponent's strength is too strong, and no one can stand the feeling of being hungry.

In view of Chengdong's big belly, and the possibility of twins that Butler Zhang said, the Li family's protection of Chengdong has gone up several levels. Li Ruosong was a little cautious at first, but now He was even more trembling, for fear that something would happen to Cheng Dong if he didn't pay attention.

"I'm fine, let's talk about the affairs of Zhou Nuyuan's family first, why is Zhou Nuyuan now, Prime Minister Zhou, how could this happen."

As Chengdong talked, his eyes turned red. Maybe it was because he had a child. Chengdong's heart was much softer than before. Hearing this kind of thing in the past was just uncomfortable in his heart, but now he shed tears at every turn. Chengdong Sometimes I can't stand myself.

"Well, actually, we haven't told you about this because we were afraid that you would be like this. About last month, a brother and several nephews of Zhou Nuyuan had an accident on the way back to Fuling. Encountered robbers, a group of more than 30 people died, and the youngest nephew, who seemed to be only four years old, also died on the road.

After the news spread back to the capital, it was heard that Zhou Cheng had vomited blood on the spot, and since then he has been sick for a while, but within ten days, he was gone. The people couldn't find anything wrong with Prime Minister Zhou. When they were worrying, news came out from the palace that there was a beautiful woman who intended to poison the imperial concubine and was caught on the spot. Although she died, she let the imperial concubine She was frightened, gave birth prematurely, and gave birth to a prince.

Coincidentally, this beautiful girl had something to do with Prime Minister Zhou. Now, Prime Minister Zhou will be accused of murdering the prince. "

Cheng Dong sighed a long time, and said: "There is nothing wrong with wanting to commit a crime. Maybe they arranged this so-called show girl to discredit Prime Minister Zhou."

Li Ruosong smiled coldly, and said: "We can all understand things, who can't understand, the ridiculous thing is that our emperor has completely forgotten that he ascended the throne when he was young, and it was Zhou Chengxiang who withstood the imperial court. The pressure in the court has suppressed the queen mother's idea of ​​listening to the government behind the curtain. It was also Prime Minister Zhou who gave him all the rights to be in charge of the government after his wedding. He has been a wise king for decades.

Prime Minister Zhou’s body has not yet cooled completely, our emperor has already ordered the house to be ransacked, it’s a pity that the eldest brother of Zhou Huyuan, the number one scholar who was famous in the capital, was forced to hang himself by force, and his innocence has been proved. In order not to be humiliated, more than a dozen family members swallowed all the poison and calmly died under the leadership of Zhou Nuyuan's sister-in-law. It is a pity that Prime Minister Zhou spent his life serving the country and the people, and no one collected the body after his death. "

Speaking of this, Li Ruosong's eyes were cold, he glanced at Chengdong, and suddenly asked: "Dong'er, do you think such a court is worthy of my loyalty?"

Chengdong was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said softly: "In the place where I am, there was a war that almost wiped out our entire family decades ago, a small country, but only a few months. It beat our imperial court to pieces and took up half of our country, but that was the case. The top leaders at that time were still giving in and compromising. Those high-level officials were still spending their days and drinking without thinking about state affairs, but there were also some officials who were doing their best to protect themselves the people of the jurisdiction.

Ruosong, I don’t know if I’m right or not, but this has always been my truest thought. Being an official should not be for the court or your family, but for the common people, so that the common people can live a better life , Just like what we are doing now, there are armed forces like Yanwutang to protect the safety of villagers, education like Yueweitang to make villagers understand things, caravans so that villagers can earn money to live, and farming to let villagers They can have food and not be hungry. Think about it, what kind of life they lived when we first came, and what kind of life they have lived for more than half a year, you should be very clear.

Think about your grandfather, father, and even Ruoshan. Everyone has changed a lot compared to before. Do you live a good life? If you become an official in the future, at a small level, it is for yourself to live up to the words of the saints you have learned, and at a high level, it is for the people under your rule to have shelter in troubled times. Isn't it the most basic and the most important idea you should have if you want to be an official?

I used to hear people say that three years to clean up the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver, where did the money come from, isn't it all accumulated by the people's fat and anointing, and the honest officials are like this, what will those corrupt officials look like, I simply dare not imagine.Ruosong, I hope you can understand that being an official is never for any court, but for the common people. We ordinary people are living too hard. Being an official does not make decisions for the people. Why not go home and sell sweet potatoes, Ruosong , your loyalty must be for Da Chu, for this country, for the people of this country, not for the person sitting on the dragon chair, even if that person may be Ruoshan in the future. Li Ruosong listened to Wan Wandong's words and said thoughtfully: "What Dong'er means is that you don't have to be loyal to the emperor to be patriotic. Loyalty to the emperor doesn't necessarily mean patriotism, does it?" "

Chengdong's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's right, that's what it means. Look, if the person sitting on the dragon chair is a wise ruler, loyalty and patriotism are the same, but if it's a foolish ruler, won't your loyalty to the foolish ruler be helping the evildoers?"

Li Ruosong nodded in agreement. He seemed to have suddenly figured out the problem that had been bothering him in the past. The depression that had been lingering between his eyebrows for the past few days was swept away. Li Ruosong smiled, and suddenly said seriously Said to Chengdong: "Fulang, I am going to take Ruoshan to participate in Enke, I am afraid that I will have to leave home for a while."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Dong smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll wait for you to come back at home."

Li Ruosong held Chengdong's hand, looked into Chengdong's eyes, and said, "If my departure from home goes well this time, I will definitely be back within a month. If it doesn't go well." Li Ruosong paused and said, "No If it doesn’t go well, I will definitely come back. Don’t worry too much. If you have anything you want to eat on weekdays, you can talk to your mother or grandmother. Don’t wrong yourself. Wait for your husband to come back. There are rewards, but if you lose weight, you will be punished as a husband."

Hearing this, Cheng Dong looked at his stomach, and said with some concern: "I don't think I can gain any more weight. If I keep gaining weight, the child will be stuck in it."

Li Ruosong touched Chengdong's head and said, "Don't talk nonsense, we two still have a lifetime to live. You must be fine, I will be fine, and our children will be fine in the future, and our family will be fine by then." life."

"Well, we're all fine." Cheng Dong nodded, smiled gently, and held Li Ruosong's hand instead.