Sweet Beauty

Because she understood that Ah Shu was only two months after giving birth, her whole body was still weak and sensitive, Liu Xiu exercised extra restraint and observed her condition from time to time. Seeing that she had no discomfort or abnormality, she gradually became more comfortable.

After a long time, when the two of them gradually rested and their remaining feelings were still strong, they lay down on their backs, panting calmly.

Liu Xiu put one arm around her and caressed her smooth back contentedly, as gentle as a child.

Ashu narrowed her eyes like a cat and rubbed it lightly. After a long while, her mind became clear, but she suddenly remembered something: "Husband, when I gave birth to a blue bird that day, I suddenly heard what my husband wanted to say to me?"

Recently, she was weak, and she was busy taking care of Qingque, so she had no time to think about other things, and now she was sending Qingque to the nurse.

The darkness in the room was not illuminated by the dim lights. Liu Yuben was a little sleepy. Hearing her words, he was stunned for a moment before suddenly opening his eyes.

On that day, he was impulsive and wanted to tell her directly about Liu Xian's death. Later, when she gave birth, he delayed it, and then he had to confine himself to support his body. He ordered others not to discuss the matter in front of her. Later, he was busy with political affairs. , and he never mentioned it to her again.

Now that I suddenly talk about it, I can't delay it any longer, so I thought about it and said, "Ah Shu, there was an emergency that day, I'm afraid you were worried and didn't say it in time."

He turned to his side, hugged her tighter, and said solemnly: "Ashu, after you know Liu Xian's throne, he was downgraded to King Chenliu. I originally sent someone to send him out of Chang'an to the back cover. Not long after Jing Zhaoyin, he was robbed and killed by bandits..."

His voice gradually fell, and he just stared at Shu, who was still closing his eyes, a bad premonition welled up in his heart.

After a few moments, Ah Shu opened her eyes, looked at the folding screen not far away, and said quietly, "How is King Chenliu?"

Liu Xiu's Adam's apple moved silently, and said hoarsely, "He has died, and none of the people who accompanied him that day survived."

He said, bowing his head eagerly to kiss her forehead: "Don't worry, I have ordered someone to be buried well, and I will never smear the name behind him."

Ashu twitched the corners of her lips, and there was a bit of sadness in her eyes: "He has no close relatives, so I will thank my husband for him."

Hearing this, Liu Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I promised you to keep his life, but it was not my fault."

The lonely smile on Ah Shu's cheeks faded a little, she raised her eyes to look at him quietly, and asked, "Husband, who did this?"

Liu Xiu met her dark, bright and calm eyes, silent for a moment, and said, "What the bandits and bandits did."

Ash was quiet.

"yes?"

"You also know that now the war has been decided, but thieves and bandits are still rampant everywhere and need to be rectified slowly."

Ah Shu said "uh", pulled the corner of her lips, gently pushed him away, sat up slowly, and put on her clothes and wanted to get out of bed.

Liu Yu was in a hurry, and Gulu got up and grabbed her wrist: "Where are you going?"

The skin on that wrist was delicate and silky, making him feel like he was about to slip out of his hands, so he hurriedly squeezed it tighter and didn't teach her to escape.

Ah Shu didn't look back at him, just let him grab his wrist: "My body is sticky, I'm going to take a bath."

"Oh." Liu Yu's heart dropped, and he let go, "Go, do you still have strength? Do you want me to carry you over there?"

"No need."

After all, she got out of bed and walked away.

Liu Xiu looked at her back, and for some reason, she felt a sense of loss in her heart. After she fell back on the bed, she gradually felt a little stuffy.

…

Ah Shu stayed in the bathing room for a long time, Fang Phiyi came out, but she did not return to Liu Yu's side, she just sat in front of the dressing room, smeared sweet-scented osmanthus oil on her black hair, and combed it carefully.

Liu Xiu stared at her with her arms on her pillow for a long time, but she couldn't wait for her to take the initiative to lean over, so she had to lean forward and hug her from behind.

Ashu rolled his eyes, turned sideways quietly, avoided his arms, and said softly, "The hot soup is ready, husband, let's take a bath."

After saying that, he put the comb back into the dressing table, got up from the couch, went straight to the door, turned his back to him, and said, "I'll go see Qingque."

Liu Yu froze in place, turned his head to look at her with her head lowered slightly, her hand was already on the door, and her whole body stiffened.

He walked quickly behind her, held her shoulders, his voice tense, and asked, "child, what's the matter with you?"

Ah Shu still didn't look back at him, she just replied in a low voice, "It's nothing, just thinking about the blue bird."

Liu Yu couldn't bear it any longer, grabbed her shoulders and pulled her over, frowning uncomfortably, and asked, "Ah Shu, what's the matter?"

Ah Shu's bright eyes stared at him for a long while, and then her eyes suddenly turned red: "Husband, near Jing Zhaoyin, you have 100,000 soldiers and horses to restrain you, what kind of mountain bandits dare to stand in the eyes of the new emperor? Under the robbery to kill the princes and kings of the clan?"

"Why do you want to lie to me? When you have the world, you can't tolerate the abolition of the emperor. How can I not understand this kind of truth? It's just that he is only twelve years old. You don't want him to go to the fief, but stay in Chang'an. It's okay to be banned. Even if..." A Shu said, tears finally fell from her red eyes, and her voice was full of nasal sounds, "Even if your husband breaks his promise and doesn't save his life, why bother to lie to me?"

Liu Xiu was shocked, only to feel a tightness in his throat.

After a long while, when she was about to walk away again, he hugged her, buried his face beside her neck, took a deep breath, and said, "Ashu, it's my fault, I'm just afraid of your heart. Ci, it's too sad to know..."

Ashu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, raised her hand and gently pushed him away, and said in a trembling voice, "I'll go see Qingque."

After all, without waiting for him to respond, he walked away in a messy manner and entered the side hall.

In the side hall, Qing Que had slept for more than an hour, and at this moment woke up again, crying in the arms of her wet nurse.

Ah Shu felt distressed when she heard it, and quickly stepped forward to take it: "Give him to me."

She always remembers the regret that she didn't have a mother's upbringing when she was a child, so this child has been coaxed by her since she was born for more than a month. Crying.

Sure enough, Qing Queben burst into tears, and when she returned to her mother's arms, she held her, patted her back, kissed her cheeks, and hummed a song softly, coaxing her softly, and soon stopped crying and lay down. On her mother's shoulder, she quietly sucked her thumb, while the other hand stretched out from time to time to touch her mother's chin, and a cute smile appeared on her small face.

The wet nurse smiled and said, "The boy and the mother are really close, and the maid is really happy for the queen."

Looking at the child's innocent appearance, Ah Shu's red eyes gradually curled up, revealing a gentle smile.

"I'm afraid this child can't leave me. I'll stay here today."

The wet nurse raised her eyes in surprise, thinking that she was just like His Majesty, she clearly wanted to sleep with her in the bedroom, how could she have to sleep here alone after more than an hour?

The nurse said carefully: "The side hall is small, can you send the boy to the bedroom?"

Ashu shook his head: "No need, I'm staying here with Qingque. He cries at night and needs to breastfeed. Don't teach him to disturb His Majesty's rest."

The nurse had to hear it.

Liu Yucai had followed closely, and was standing by the door looking at the mother and son in the room. After seeing Ashu smiling at her son, she felt sore, guilty and regretful.

At this time, when she heard that she did not want to sleep with him, her heart became more and more uncomfortable, and she felt a little angry, so she said: "I will sleep in Xuande Hall, you should take Qingque back to the sleeping hall."

After that, he turned and walked to the Xuande Hall on the side.

Ah Shu didn't speak, and when he left, she went back with Qingque in her arms.

…

For several days, Ah Shu did not wait for Liu Yu to be as sweet as before.

Liu Yuben felt a little guilty, and did not dare to persecute her, but he was also feeling sullen in his heart, and it was difficult to persuade him any more. After talking a lot, Shu got up on her own and went to the Xuande Hall on the side.

In the middle of the court, after discussing with the ministers, Liu Yu decided to raise his troops north to fight the Xiongnu in mid-February.

At the beginning of the level of the territory, the border fires rose again, and the soldiers could not help but gear up again. They practiced diligently every day.

Liu Yu was also very busy. In addition to his daily affairs, there were still many new officials to be appointed, and because he had to personally recruit, he had to negotiate back and forth with all the ministers before the decision was made. Immediately afterwards, before the expedition, he had to choose generals from the war, and repeatedly entered the army to patrol. He also had to open an altar to worship, and pray for the longevity of the country and the victory of the war.

After everything is settled, it is time to set off again.

That night, after he and Guo Qu and others explained everything before the war, Fang Tibu went to Changqiu Palace.

Ah Shu had already slept, but Qing Que woke up for a while, then got up to breastfeed. At this moment, he coaxed him back to sleep, humming a song lovingly beside his little bed.

Liu Xiu was exhausted. After pushing the door in, he forgot for a moment, only to feel a softness in the bottom of his heart. After a long while, Fang lightly walked over, hugged her from behind, closed his eyes and leaned his face against her cheek, whispering softly. Said: "Little boy, don't be mad at me anymore, okay? You are already the mother of Qingque, how can you still be as self-willed as a boy? This is indeed my fault, but I also have difficulties. If not, In the future, if there are people like that Liu An who want to coerce the deposed emperor to cause trouble again, what should we do?"

His tone was gentle, but what he said made her heart tingle.

She let out a weak sigh and struggled, but without breaking him away, she turned her head to the side and said, "Go outside, okay?"

Liu Xiu only thought she had subdued, and hurriedly followed her will, hugged her out of the inner room, and when he got outside, he leaned over to kiss her.

During the entanglement, Ah Shu suddenly reached out and pushed again.

He was in a state of confusion, he couldn't help frowning, and said in a hoarse voice, "Son, what's wrong? Are you still mad at me?"

There was some dissatisfaction in his words now.

The tip of A Shu's nose was slightly sour, and she turned her face away from his approaching face, and said, "Husband, don't you understand? I'm angry, not because you didn't keep your promise."

Liu Xiu frowned, "Why are you angry?"

A Shu's face turned pale with embarrassment: "I was angry because my husband didn't tell the truth that day. When I came back from Chang'an that day, I said that it was already my exacting request to ask my husband to let the emperor go. Keep your promise, if you explain it to me clearly, will I still be indiscriminate, regardless of the overall situation, and blame my husband indiscriminately?"

"But my husband lied to lie to me!" Her delicate and beautiful face was bleak, her lips trembled slightly, and her voice gradually became lower, "I...it took a long time to convince myself that I will rely on my husband wholeheartedly in the future. , husband like this, teach me in the future... how can I dare to trust you again?"

Liu Xiu stood in the same place, as if struck by lightning, with a gloomy expression on his face, staring at her for a while, as if unable to return to his senses, and said after a long while, "Why on earth do you not want to tell you?"

He took a step back, sighed deeply, shook his head and said, "Ashu, I have always known how fragile your trust in me is. If you hadn't always remembered that day in Weiyang Palace, you would have stood with me without hesitation, I have to be suspicious all the time, what position do you place me in in your heart."

"I don't want to tell you, just because I'm afraid that it will break your heart, and I will lose you when I return to where I was. Now, it looks like this..."

He stepped back again and again, Junxiu's face was no longer gentle, full of complex and painful expressions, he stepped out of the hall, looked up at the bright moon, and whispered: "My heart is also fleshy, I love you to protect me. You are all sincere, but I will also be tired and discouraged."

After saying that, he didn't dare to look back at her, he just waved his hand to make the accompanying servants back away, and walked away alone.

The bright moonlight shines on the blue bricks through the open door, like silver frost.

It is spring, and the night wind is fragrant with flowers.

Ah Shu stood there, sniffing the fragrant aroma on the tip of her nose, but she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

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