Strange Tale of Qingluan

A few days later, after rectifying the imperial court, Su Zhongming became the king of a country from an ordinary vagabond, and returned to the old life of correcting papers until midnight, and his work and rest time were reversed day and night. Zhezi, he has no complaints or regrets.

September, early autumn, after noon on a certain day.Su Zhongming lay lazily on the grass, with the back of his head resting on Li Xuan's back, covering his forehead and eyes with a piece of remnant lotus leaf. After a moment of silence, he said for no reason: "It seems that either I was killed or the people waiting were about to die. , I think it's better to hire a royal assistant."

Li Xuan was holding the book to read, even after hearing this, he just replied leisurely: "How do you know if your royal assistant is reliable or not?"

Su Zhongming immediately took the lotus leaf away from his face, raised his upper body, and blurted out: "So!" He smiled, and added, "I plan to ask you to be my assistant, what do you think?"

After the words fell, Li Xuan stood up, closed the book, and walked straight into the corridor.

Seeing this, Su Zhongming hurriedly got up, followed behind him, and asked: "What's going on?"

Passing by the small pond, the flowing water falls from the rockery into the mouth of the pond, making a clattering sound. The water is mixed with the green leaves that have just left the tree and the peeling off flowers, as if they are willing to be hairpins and walkers, dressing up the "Luoshen" in the pond.

Li Xuan's voice seeped into the natural voice, turned into ripples, and slowly swayed: "No."

Su Zhongming hung the remnant lotus leaf back on his shoulders, and said patiently, "Isn't it? You don't even do such a good job?" After thinking about it, he raised his stake and said patiently, "I'll pay you! One tael of silver a month! What a treat!"

Li Xuan stamped his feet, shook his head to express his refusal, then turned around, and opened his lips to offer his own conditions: "I don't expect such treatment, but if you do it with me every time, I will help you once, maybe you can consider it."

Hearing these words, Su Zhongming's heart skipped a beat, his cheeks blushed, and he blurted out: "Your request is too high, I can't afford it..."

Suddenly a figure floated in front of them, it was a maid who bowed to the two of them, and said softly: "The Queen Mother has a summons."

Su Zhongming was slightly startled, so he threw away the remnant lotus leaves in his hand, and quickly followed the maid to Wan'an Garden, the Empress Dowager's bedroom.

Walking in the long and narrow inner corridor, it was only ten steps away from the threshold, but suddenly a baby crying sounded through the air, and Su Zhongming was startled when he heard the sound, and rushed into the room, yelling "Xiao Zhen".

Shi Chaojing had just come out of the Lige with a scarlet swaddle, but was startled by the cry, and said helplessly, "Why didn't you call someone when you came? Barging in recklessly, you will almost scare the old man to death." One child!" After saying those words, he shook the swaddle gently, and soothed the crying baby in the swaddle.

But the baby ignored it and kept crying.

Su Zhongming took the swaddle and asked, "Did you cry when you were hungry?" Then he coaxed the baby.

Shi Chaojing replied: "I ate it just now, I don't know why I just cried, I thought it was sick, I saw it to the imperial doctor, but he said no."

It's not hungry or sick, maybe it's because you feel bored after staying in the house for too long?

Su Zhongming thought to himself, after thinking for a moment, he called Li Xuan behind him: "The child's father."

Hearing this, Li Xuan stepped forward and stood by Su Zhongming's side.

Su Zhongming handed the baby back to Shi Chaojing, and asked Li Xuan for something: "Bring that book."

Li Xuan didn't understand what he meant, so he obediently took out the book and put it in Su Zhongming's hands, but the moment he handed it over, he regretted it, and regret was useless, so he could only grieve and watch his book be torn off. Page.

Su Zhongming's method of tearing the book was crisp and neat. He tore off a complete page from the book at once, and then folded it into a paper airplane that Li Xuan had never seen before.

"Xiaozhen, don't cry, the father gave you a fun thing, look!" Looking back at the baby in the swaddle and smiling, Su Zhongming raised his right hand holding the paper plane high, and threw the paper plane towards Huang Liang. go.

Soaring in mid-air, with the wind around the house before falling to the chair, it was just a short toy show, the baby in the swaddling miraculously stopped crying, burst into laughter, and kicked his feet happily.

When the paper airplane landed, Su Zhongming picked it up and gently stuffed it into the baby's hands. The baby excitedly grabbed the paper airplane, opened his mouth and smiled even more happily, saliva overflowed from the corner of his mouth, but he didn't know what to care about, and moved his calf excitedly pier.

Su Zhongming picked up the infant baby again, walked outside, and only said to the baby: "Good boy, my father will take you out for a while, don't cry anymore."

Li Xuan also followed out of Wan'an Garden, followed Su Zhongming slowly, and entered the Imperial Garden.

In front, there is an old tree with a thick trunk, and the branches on the left and right sides are also very strong. A rocking chair woven with rattan hangs from the left branch. Su Zhongming went straight forward, sat on the rocking chair, and swayed gently In the rocking chair, the baby in the swaddle was smiling happily, stretched out his fisted hand from the swaddle, and waved it gently in mid-air.

Li Xuan stopped in front of Su Zhongming, looked at the paper airplane in the baby's hand, and couldn't help blurting out the wonder in his heart: "Just to make him happy, even my book was destroyed."

Su Zhongming didn't care at all, he just said: "Between the son and the book, the son is naturally the biggest, and it will be fine if you ask someone to mend the book."

Li Xuan said helplessly: "How do I fix this? I just haven't read the page you tore up." Looking at Su Zhongming's expressionless face, he hurriedly added an explanation, "Don't think I'm narrow-minded. Regardless of the children, I just..."

Su Zhongming lowered his head and saw that the baby had calmed down, so he quickly interrupted Li Xuan: "Hush! Don't talk, Xiaozhen is going to sleep."

Hearing this, Li Xuan immediately leaned forward, looked down, and saw his son with a round and bulging face like a steamed stuffed bun closed his eyes, and fell asleep soundly with his little fists.

After staring at his son for a long time, Li Xuan suddenly whispered: "Tell me, who will he look like when he grows up?"

Who else can I be like?Of course it's me!Beautiful babies are generally like mothers! ... No, I am Big Daddy! ——Su Zhongming thought happily in his heart.

Unexpectedly, without waiting for Su Zhongming to answer, Li Xuan simply answered his own question: "It must not be like you."

Su Zhongming rolled his eyes at Li Xuan in dissatisfaction, and blurted out in a low voice: "Nonsense! You are obviously like me!"

Li Xuan then said: "Why are you angry? I also heard from those girls. They said that their eyes and nose look like mine." Then he pointed to the baby's eyes and small nose, and then pointed to his own. eyes and nose.

Su Zhongming looked down at the baby's facial features, then looked up at Li Xuan's facial features, and said stubbornly: "It doesn't look like it, it just doesn't look like it! It doesn't look like..."

Li Xuan knew his temperament well, so he didn't care about him, he couldn't help but look at him again, and then at the baby in his arms, he couldn't help lowering his head, a gloom suddenly crossed his face.

Seeing this, Su Zhongming asked, "What's the matter, are you suddenly unhappy?"

Li Xuan said calmly: "No, I just thought of my mother. I don't know if I have already had children and grandchildren with another man? Or maybe, she is not alive?"

Su Zhongming was slightly stunned, but only asked: "If the child she had with that man was still alive, would you recognize her?"

Li Xuan didn't answer, just turned his face away.

Maybe not...

This past was a huge trauma for him, and he definitely couldn't accept such a mother and half-brothers and sisters...

Su Zhongming also turned his face to the side, looked at the scenery in the distance, suddenly something flashed through his mind, and immediately said: "By the way, there is something I want to discuss with you."

This just moved Li Xuan's sudden gloom out of his mind, and he asked concerned: "What's the matter?"

Su Zhongming said bluntly: "You also know that it is thanks to Yan Ying that our son came into this world. After the child was born, she even dared not report it or take a second look. Seeing her like this, I feel quite Poor, so I want to help her find a husband, what do you think?"

Li Xuan thought for a while, but only said: "I'm afraid it depends on whether she likes it or not."

Su Zhongming got up and said bluntly: "Actually, what I'm most worried about is that everyone in the court knows that Xiaozhen was born from her womb. Young men probably won't want to marry a woman who has given birth to a child, let alone her Just to give birth to a child with you instead of me."

Li Xuan also felt that this made some sense, so he suggested: "I think it's better to call her here first, and ask her before talking."

Su Zhongming nodded in agreement, responded with a soft "yes", and went back with Li Xuan, met an eunuch on the way, and ordered to see Yan Ying.

The two strolled, and just stepped into the vestibule of the bedroom, they saw a man's figure wandering under the tree in the distance.Su Zhongming recognized that it was Yi Yeqing, so he called 'Ah Qing'.

Yi Yeqing turned her head, cupped her hands, and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty."

Su Zhongming asked: "You were wandering around here just now, what's going on?"

Yi Yeqing replied: "It's about recovering the lost land, and I'm here to report to His Majesty."

Recovering the lost land... It turned out to be a matter of recovering the lost city.

Su Zhongming understood, so he said: "Let's go in and talk about it, Yan Ying will come later."

Yi Yeqing was slightly stunned, then took a step forward, and followed Su Zhongming into the bedroom.

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