The night Xie Xun came to the General's Mansion, Qin Rushuang took her children back to Prince Huai's Mansion with him.
The gold, silver and jewelry were left in the general's mansion.
After Qin Rushuang left, Mrs. Qin from the General's Mansion excused herself to being unwell and closed the door to thank guests. The General's Mansion was like an iron barrel and no one could go in to investigate.
In the palace of Prince Huai.
After what happened to Gu Meiren, of the three good concubines left in the house, only one, Zhong Meiren, was still alive.
She seemed to be stimulated. The day after Gu Meiren's death, she came to ask Qin Rushuang to lead her to practice and go to a nunnery in the suburbs to end her life.
Qin Rushuang thought for a while and agreed.
This belle has a close friendship with her, and she also had some evil intentions when she was in the palace before.
She really couldn't sympathize with such a person, so it would be better to send her to a nunnery. At least she would be in no danger for the rest of her life, even though she would be a Buddha.
After seeing off Miss Zhong, the palace of Prince Huai was completely quiet, and Qin Rushuang was the only woman left in Xie Xun's back house.
It was still some time before Xie Xun asked Zhu Sha to demote himself to the imperial city army. Xie Xun asked the housekeeper to get the topographic map of the palace and went to Qin Rushuang.
"This is the topographic map of the palace. I don't want to keep the few vacant courtyards. You can think of changing them into gardens, or razing them all to the ground. In short, don't leave any courtyards.
Already.
Qin Rushuang gave him a strange look and said, "How can a dignified palace not even have a side courtyard? What if guests come in the future?"
Xie Xun was silent for a while, and under Qin Rushuang's eyes, he slowly said, "I don't dare to stay in this side hospital. You took three concubines for me in one breath. If you keep them any longer, you will never be angry.
Come back and come back to find three more troubles for me."
He was really scared, and he finally cleared away all the unnecessary women around him. He just wanted to be affectionate with Qin Rushuang, and he didn't want any more twists and turns.
When Qin Rushuang heard what he said, she remembered how she had taken a third concubine for him out of anger. Now that times had changed, she thought of her original decision and felt a little funny.
"My lord, please stop being willful," Qin Rushuang glanced at the drawings, pointed to one of the side courtyards and said, "Just keep this side courtyard. Your lord, you can live in it by yourself and just renovate it."
"It's better to level the remaining two yards, plant a piece of grass, sit on a few swings, and raise a few ponies. When the child grows up, he can learn riding and shooting in this open space.
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Xie Xun nodded. If anyone disagreed, he would make arrangements immediately.
But when he ordered the housekeeper to carry out the construction, he was cautious and asked the housekeeper to bulldoze the side courtyard where he lived.
Not only that, but on the grounds that the study needed to be renovated, the small couch in the study was also removed.
The housekeeper moved very quickly. During the day, Qin Rushuang was in the main courtyard listening to what was going on outside. When he was preparing to rest at night, he saw Xie Xun sneaking into his courtyard.
Qin Rushuang gave him a strange look and said, "It's so late, and the king doesn't go back to his yard to rest, so why are you here?"
Xie Xun spread his hands and said helplessly, "It seems that the housekeeper made a mistake in the drawings, and my side courtyard has been bulldozed. Now I have nowhere to go, so I can only stay at your place."
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Will Qin Rushuang believe his lies? Of course not.
If a worker even pushes the entire yard wrong, then there will be no need to eat this meal in the future.
But Qin Rushuang was not willing to let him succeed so easily.
"Whose craftsmen did you invite this time to make the work look like this? Call them all here and I want to question them!"
Xie Xun walked to the house regardless, sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and said shamelessly, "How do I know? I bulldozed the yard. Maybe I ran away after seeing that I pushed it wrong. Anyway, he was
It's gone. How about I look for it for you tomorrow morning so that you can vent your anger by scolding them?"
Qin Rushuang was amused by his shameless appearance. While the two were talking, the child who was originally on the bed also woke up.
The baby was very obedient. He didn't cry after waking up. Instead, he looked at Qin Rushuang and then Xie Xun with his eyes wide open.
After the child could crawl, Qin Rushuang ordered the carpenter to install a guardrail around her bed. When the child woke up, she actually held on to the guardrail and stood up slowly.
When Qin Rushuang saw that the child was awake, she wanted to go over and hug him. However, before he could reach the child, he suddenly saw the child tilting his head and looking at Xie Xun, and suddenly called him daddy.
He only uttered one syllable, but he shouted it very clearly, leaving Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun stunned on the spot.
The child now occasionally calls her mother, but she doesn't know when she will also call her father.
And Xie Xun only felt that the child's soft and waxy body was calling straight into his heart, giving him a feeling of joy reaching the sky.
The smile on his face could hardly be concealed. He walked to the bed in three steps and two steps at a time. He held the baby's little hand and coaxed him and said, "Did you call me daddy just now? Call me again."
The baby tilted his head and looked at him, but he never made another sound, as if the "Dad" he just said was not from him.
But both Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun knew that they clearly heard the child calling daddy.
Xie Xun was already so happy that he didn't know what to do.
I kept coaxing the child to hear him scream again, but the child was playing with his little hands and made no more noise.
Seeing how the father and son were getting along, Qin Rushuang's idea of letting Xie Xun find a place to sleep elsewhere also faded away.
The child should indeed spend more time with Xie Xun. There are some feelings that a mother like her cannot replace.
Blood is thicker than water. The child is important to her, and it is equally important to Xie Xun. The child needs both mother and father.
Xie Xun teased the child for a while, then realized that Qin Rushuang had been standing behind him, watching the two of them silently.
He felt a little wary and said shamelessly: "I'm going to sleep here tonight, and I want to sleep with the baby."
That eager look made Qin Rushuang couldn't help but reflect, did the father and son spend too little time together on weekdays?
"I didn't let the prince go. I was joking just now. The prince will sleep here tonight."
After Qin Rushuang finished speaking, she walked to Xie Xun and started teasing the child together.
It's rare for a baby to have his father and mother by his side. When playing with him, his little face turns red with excitement and he giggles from time to time. It's so cute.
Xie Xun put his hands under his waist and lifted him high, then lowered him, raised him again, and lowered him again. The child seemed to particularly enjoy the experience of surprise and let out little exclamations.
Once he raised it a little higher, he suddenly said "Dad" out of his mouth.
Xie Xun's hand just stayed there, holding the child up. After a while, he put him down.
Xie Xun turned his head and glanced at Qin Rushuang, who was looking at her with a smile.
"You heard it too, right? He just called me daddy."
Qin Rushuang smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, I heard it too, he just called you daddy. In fact, these days I have asked the wet nurse to teach him to say some simple words when she takes him with her. Mom has learned it, daddy.
But I have never heard him call me, and today must be the first time."
Xie Xun couldn't help but put the child in his arms and pressed his face tightly against his soft hair, as if he was holding a treasure in this world.
After being in trouble for so long, the child was a little tired. Now it was quiet. He seemed to feel safe lying in Xie Xun's arms, and his eyelids were a little twitching.
Qin Rushuang walked to the two of them and whispered, "Your Majesty, the child is also sleepy. Let's go to bed early."
That night, the family of three fell asleep in silent happiness.
But at this time, the General's Mansion received an uninvited guest.
After Gu Meiren was sent to the General's Mansion, Mrs. Qin ordered the General's Mansion to be under martial law.
General Qin seemed to have realized something. He never went out to drink and entertain the birds again. He stayed with Mrs. Qin without leaving home, and even patrolled around the mansion from time to time.
But after all, he was old. Even though he was a military commander, he would sometimes lose energy in his later years.
So late that night, a black shadow quietly entered the east wing of the general's mansion.
In the east wing, Gu Meiren, dressed in white and wearing a veil, had just blown out the candles and was getting ready to rest.
Although she didn't have any skills, she was much more vigilant than ordinary women. She felt the wind outside the window move slightly, and she couldn't help shouting in a low voice: "Who?!"
At this time, the candles in the room had been blown out by her. After she finished speaking, the door creaked.
A black figure appeared under the moonlight.
The man was wearing a black night jacket and a black gauze mask. His voice was a little hoarse, but he was familiar to Beauty Gu.
"It's me. I'm still a little worried, so I came to see you."
