On the Laba Festival, the mansion was rarely lively. Zhong Yuqing ordered people to cook Laba porridge and share it with each room, and she also ate some. However, at night, she suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain and the amniotic fluid broke. The situation was very critical.

Zhong Yuqing's delivery date was originally in the middle of the first lunar month of the following year, and Wenpo and the wet nurse had already arranged in advance to live in the mansion. However, because it was Laba Festival that day, Zhong Yuqing thought that there were still some days before the delivery date, and the border was in a war, and the supplies in the capital were in short supply, so she gave Wenpo and the wet nurse food and cold clothes, and allowed them to go home to celebrate the festival and reunite with her family, hoping that she would give birth to her own children in the future, so they would do their best.

There was no one in the house who knew how to produce for a while.

Zhong Yuqing was a man who had two children. Seeing that his condition was not good, he was not panicked. Instead, he forced himself to call his personal nanny Fu Pei, Butler Li, the second wife Zhang, and Xiahou Ze, who had not married yet, and reminded him to explain the follow-up affairs one by one.

In desperation, everyone forgot the unpleasant and vicious rumors in the mansion, twisted them into a rope, and took action one after another.

After receiving the order, Mr. Li sent three teams of troops out, one team rushed to invite the doctor, one team to pick up Wenpo, and another team to pick up the wet nurse; Madam Fu Pei was responsible for mobilizing the inner house and preparing the hot water, scissors, ginseng soup, clothing and other items needed for production in advance to ensure that Zhong Yuqing gave birth safely; Mrs. Zhang summoned all the children in the mansion to Yihetang where Mrs. Lin lived, and took people to take care of her; Xiahou Ze led all the guards in the mansion to guard each exit, not giving anyone with any opportunity to take advantage of it, and ensuring the peace of the family.

It was already the fourth day when Mr. Li brought his wife back with him. Zhong Yuqing was in pain for a long time and had already lost consciousness. However, when he was still a little awake, he told Madam Fu Pei to save her child if there was a critical situation.

That night, the entire Duke of Yue’s Mansion was brightly lit, and everyone was praying, looking forward, and worried, and their hearts were pulled into a wrinkled rag.

With everyone working together, when it was almost dawn, a baby's cry finally came from Songya Hall, breaking the tranquility of the night and bringing the dawn of dawn.

Although Zhong Yuqing fell asleep due to the long labor process and exhausted energy, he had no worries about his life.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It was also on this day that Nanqi Jingcheng, which had been frozen for three months, ushered in the first sunny sunny day, and the people in the city called it auspicious.

On the battlefield of Beiyuan, Xiahou Yuan led his soldiers to win the first victory, and won the first general of the enemy, capturing two thousand enemy soldiers, forcing Beiyuan to surrender and seek peace.

After the Beiyuan Kingdom withdrew its troops, the Xiyue Kingdom also handed over a letter of surrender due to insufficient food and grass supply in the rear.

When Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Tan led their troops back to the court, it happened to be the beginning of the New Year. Emperor Jing of Qi Dugu Ji worshiped the heaven and earth, and prayed to the ancestral temple and held a banquet in the palace. First, prayed that the cold disaster would pass as soon as possible, the weather would be good in the New Year, and the people would live and work in peace and contentment. Second, celebrate the triumphant return of the soldiers to the court and make contributions to defending the territory.

After Xiahou Yuan returned the military talisman, he drank three glasses of wine at the palace banquet. Before the banquet was over, he reported that the old emperor had rushed back to the Duke of Yue's mansion without stopping.

Seeing that the whole mansion was safe and sound, Zhong Yuqing gradually recovered his complexion under the conditioning of the doctor, Xiahou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at his thin and tender little daughter in the cradle, he felt both distressed and happy, so he named him Shu, which means to relieve danger and turn bad luck into good luck.

However, Xiahou Shu's name did not bring her good luck as her father expected.

Xiahou Shu was a premature baby, and he was thinner than his older brothers and sisters when he was born. There is a folk saying that he could not live for seven or eight. Xiahou Shu was born for less than nine months and was born in such a cold and cold season. He still choked amniotic fluid during the delivery process, and had serious illnesses and minor disasters. Xiahou Yuan and his wife invited all the famous doctors in the capital to treat it, but they did not improve for a long time.

Later, a Taoist priest passed by the Duke of Yue's Mansion and stood in front of the door and muttered to himself.

The concierge immediately recognized him as the crazy Taoist priest who had stopped Princess Xuanhe's carriage and said that the child in her belly was in danger. When he heard him chanting words like "destiny" and "great evil", he couldn't help but think of all kinds of strange things and rumors in the mansion over the past six months, and he was shocked. He was worried that the mad Taoist priest would mess around with the reputation of the newborn third girl, and he was afraid that there would be any evil in the mansion to cause trouble. He knew that he would not report it to everyone. He was unsure of his mind for a moment, so he invited the mad Taoist priest in and was in charge of the mansion, and he quickly reported it to the supervisor.

The manager did not dare to make a decision privately, so he continued to report it to Xiahou Yuan.

As a military general, Xiahou Yuan had countless enemy soldiers falling under his sword and never believed in the silence of the martial arts warlocks. But when he saw the mad Taoist priest not asking much, he told the strange things that had happened in the mansion in the past year and the birth date of Xiahou Shu, he couldn't help but start to wonder.

The mad Taoist priest didn't care about Xiahou Yuan's attitude and other people's doubts at all, and did not say much about anything else. He only said that Xiahou Shu's fate could not withstand this wealth that was so scattered, and he had to be sent to the Taoist temple to practice in order to survive the misfortune and maintain peace forever.

After saying that, he turned around and left without taking any penny.

After the mad Taoist priest left, Xiahou Shu was sick for more than half a month and cried day and night. Zhong Yuqing had just finished giving birth and suffered a lot of losses and had to take care of the sick child. He was so thin that he lost his human form.

Xiahou Yuan could not bear to his wife's suffering, nor did he want the rumors to continue to spread, so he had to cry and let someone send Xiahou Shu away.

So Xiahou Shu, who was less than half a year old, was sent to Boyun Temple, not far from the capital.

It was amazing. After Xiahou went to Boyun Temple, he was indeed free of disasters and had a good energy day by day. When he was two years old, he became a white and round glutinous rice dumpling. It was not until she was eight years old that Xiahou Chong unfortunately died on the Beiyuan battlefield. The Xiahou clan suffered many attacks and assassinations. Xiahou Yuan suddenly remembered his young daughter who was far away in Boyun Temple. He did not want his daughter to be wandering away and could not return home. He ordered Xiahou Shu to be taken back to the Duke of Yue's mansion despite rumors.

On the way back to Beijing, Xiahou Shu was full of joy, but he didn't expect to be ambushed by an assassin on the way.

At that time, he went to pick up her guard. The leader was Zhuang Hua, who was a very handsome and agile man. As soon as Xiahou Shu saw him, he felt inexplicable trust in him.

Zhuang Hua really deserves her trust and protects her with all his strength.

However, there were many people who stabbed the guests, and most of them were quickly knocked down. Zhuang Hua was also shot by an arrow, and blood kept flowing out along the wound, dyeing the collars on his chest red, but he didn't say a word.

That was the first time Xiahou Shu saw the real killing, and he was in a state of frightened and confused.

The assassin rushed up one after another. Zhuang Hua was worried that he could not protect Xiahou Shu, so he carried her from the carriage and hid her in a bush, and he drove the carriage to the cliff...

Half asleep and half awake, Xiahou Shu seemed to be pinching his throat tightly by memories and dreams, in pain and struggle, but he could not escape.

It took a long time before she realized that this was the Duke of Yue’s Mansion. She was in her room, without a ghost-faced man, without the feather arrow of unknown origin, and without blood.

And she is no longer the little girl who was powerless back then.

Qingfeng Pavilion where Xiahou Shu lived is the backest yard in the east gate, with only a scoop and a bamboo forest between the middle of the school. When you enter the gate, you will see a huge water tank with water lilies planted inside. There are several colorful koi under the water lilies. A wooden rack is laid along the wall, and the vines of wisteria climb up along the wooden rack, with leaves layered. When flowers bloom, there are flower curtains full of fragrance in the courtyard.

There are three upper rooms in Qingfeng Pavilion, all of which are used by Xiahou Shu alone.

There is a round wooden table in the middle of the house, accompanied by four wooden stools carved with magpies climbing plum blossoms; there is a light green crooked vase with flowers on the left, and a chessboard on the right, and the chess piece is not finished. The east house is a study room, with a set of carved sandalwood desks, with fine pens, inks and paper neatly placed on the table. Behind the desk is a carved ash chair, with several paintings hanging on the wall behind it, painting simple flowers and plants. Although it is not a famous work, it is also elegant. There is a guqin near the window, with thin white silk covers on the piano; there are a row of ash bookshelves and ancient shelves standing against the wall, and there are not many books on the bookshelf, most of which are

It is a piano score. There are only a few unique porcelain vases and carvings on the ancient shelf. The west room is Xiahou Shu's boudoir. A folding screen of sandalwood is placed at the entrance. Bai Juan, who decorates the screen, embroidered with light pink flowers, which contrasts with the bead curtain hanging from the roof, and is gentle and agile. A soft gauze tent is hung on the pineapple wood carved embroidery bed near the north, and a moon-white embroidered sachet containing petals and peaceful fragrance is tied on each corner. The light pink embroidered quilt and pillows are neatly placed on the head of the bed; on the dressing table in the southwest corner are several boxes of powder and a large and exquisite jewelry box, which are simple and elegantly arranged without losing the beauty of a woman.

There is an ear room on both sides of the main room for maids and mothers to live on duty. Yunxi lives in the ear room on the east side.

It was quiet outside the house, and the temperature inside the house was just right, and it was the time to sleep well late at night.

Xiahou Shu chose to live here in the first place, hoping to be closer to the school and sleep a little longer before going to school in the morning. Unexpectedly, after living there for several years, he found that at night, this place became the quietest place in the mansion. Almost no one would come here except patrol guards.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was still no movement outside. I thought Yunxi was sleeping heavily, and she didn't even hear her screaming so loudly in the main room.

In an instant, Xiahou Shu felt a sense of loneliness and melancholy as the long night was long and there was no one to accompany him.

However, this thought just flashed by and was soon destroyed in the darkness.

She sighed silently and rubbed her forehead gently with her fingers. At this moment, she couldn't sleep anyway, so she simply took the outer clothes from the side and put them on casually, lit a light in the dark, and then walked to the window to open the window, trying to scatter the depression in her heart.

The window was opened, the moon was cold in front of the window, and the bamboo shadows were swaying. A row of tall cypress trees were like loyal guards, guarding motionlessly around the yard.

A breeze blew, and I walked into the room along the open window, and the room was cool in an instant.

Xiahou Shu closed his eyes and quietly felt the gentleness of the breeze blowing, but he felt a bit strange smell of wine in the wind.

Where does the wine smell come from in the middle of the night?

Only a wall is the Xiahou Family School. There should be no one at this time.

Xiahou Shu narrowed his eyes and subconsciously looked in the direction of the wind. He saw a familiar figure sitting on the rockery behind the bamboo forest. He held the wine pot in the other hand, drinking it in one mouthful, which was very comfortable.

"Have you had a nightmare again?" Xiahou Yi smiled and raised the wine pot in his hand from afar. "Are you interested in taking a sip?"

Chapter completed!