It was a rare night where I could sleep in bed instead of being in the carriage. Everyone was very tired from the journey. After dinner, everyone immediately went into the house to rest.
Hongdou originally wanted to wait until Chengchun settled down before going to rest, but Chengchun looked at the black and blue under her eyes and quickly drove her away and let her go to rest.
Su Xubai took the medicine and was lying down now. Chengchun was not sleepy yet, so he sat aside and read a book.
About a quarter of an hour later, Su Xubai, who had been lying down, suddenly sat up. Cheng Chun quickly got up and walked over: "What's wrong?"
"Water!" Su Xubai said with some difficulty.
Because his tongue is paralyzed, he often speaks unclearly. Even in this case, it is very difficult for him to speak word by word.
Cheng Chun hurriedly went aside to get a glass of warm water and handed it to Su Xubai: "This is plain water. You can't drink tea yet, so you can only make do with it for now."
Su Xubai nodded, took the water glass and drank it in one gulp.
Chengchun stood there waiting for him to drink the water and then took back the cup: "You should rest quickly, we have to rush tomorrow!"
Su Xubai looked at Cheng Chun for a long time, then patted the place beside him: "Come here and sleep!"
"There's still a little bit left in this storybook, so I'll finish reading it. You go to bed first!" Cheng Chun looked at Su Xubai and smiled slightly, "I'll go to bed after reading it. You are a patient now. You need to rest more. Don't
wait for me."
Su Xubai shook his head and stopped talking. He just leaned on the bedside and waited for Chengchun to come over and sleep.
Seeing Su Xubai's stubborn look, Cheng Chun had no choice but to put away the storybook, turn off the lamp, and go to bed to rest.
Since Su Xubai became ill, Chengchun's attitude towards him has improved a lot, and he is not very resistant to sleeping in the same bed with him, but he still has to pile a few pillows in the middle of the bed.
"Are you afraid?" Su Xubai suddenly said.
In the darkness, Cheng Chun couldn't see his expression clearly. She thought for a long time and then laughed: "Why are you asking the same question as Meng Shaoqing?"
Su Xubai was silent. After a long time, he spoke word by word: "If you are afraid, then don't go back!"
Chengchun was stunned, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses: "What did you say?"
"If you are afraid of encountering what happened before, then we will not go back!" Su Xubai repeated it. His way of speaking was very stiff, but you could hear that he had worked hard to speak more clearly.
.
"Not going back? Why, are you willing to let me go?" Cheng Chun sat up and looked at Su Xubai in front of him, a little surprised.
"I can buy you a house in the suburbs of Beijing. You, your parents, and your brother can live there for a while. After I take care of things here, I will go back to Jiangnan with you." Su Xubai
He also sat up, and even in the dark night, he could clearly see Chengchun's eyes.
Chengchun looked at Su Xubai in front of her. Through the moonlight, she could vaguely see his eyes: "You don't want to be an official anymore?"
"I won't do it anymore!" Su Xubai smiled, "I don't have to be an official. If I didn't listen to my mother and didn't take you back to the capital, you would have continued to live in Jiangnan and you would never have suffered like this.
Pain, when everything is settled, let’s go back to Jiangnan together, okay?”
"Then why did you want to get the honors back then?" Chengchun suddenly asked.
Su Xubai didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Ten years of hard study in the cold window, let's forget it?" Cheng Chun looked into Su Xubai's eyes, "Su Xubai, I have seen you as an official, I have seen you fighting for the people, like that
You are very hard-working and handsome. You have studied for so many years and worked hard to gain fame, but you can’t do it just to avoid becoming an official!"
Su Xubai was silent.
"You are a good officer!" Cheng Chun laughed, "Really, this is not a compliment. Anyone who dares to break into the camp without any protection will definitely be a good officer in the future. Mr. Su, you shouldn't do it for me.
Such a woman should not give up your bright future for me, and let the poor people in the world lose a good official who can speak for them!"
"To me, you are much more important than them all!" Su Xubai held Cheng Chun's hand, "Ah Chun, you should know that I care about you very much. To me, there is nothing.
, no one can be more important to me than you."
"But Su Xubai, I don't want to bear such a reputation, and I don't want to be a disaster." Cheng Chun blushed, "Let's discuss it, you send my parents back, and I promise you, I won't run away, I will stay here
Jingjiao, you will be your official and I will be my concubine, okay?"
Su Xubai lay down and covered his eyes with his hands: "Chengchun, you don't have to be so sensible!"
Chengchun smiled and covered him with a quilt: "This is just the best way. It's not that I'm sensible. It's just that there is no better way at the moment, right?"
Su Xubai didn't speak any more, and turned his back to her, looking like he was about to sleep.
Cheng Chun knew that Su Xubai was unhappy, but she had no intention of letting go. Of course she wanted to go back to Jiangnan. The days before were very comfortable, but she couldn't bear it.
Su Xubai Hanchuang had studied hard for so many years, and he was also an ambitious person. He could obviously use his talents in the court, but he had to give up his red robe for her and go to Jiangnan to live a meaningless life.
She was unwilling to give up and couldn't bear it. She didn't want to ruin other people's ambitions because of herself, and she didn't want him to have regrets when he recalled this incident one day.
Cheng Chun slowly lay down and looked at the moonlight shining through the window not far away, his eyes gradually becoming firmer.
The cock crows and the sun rises.
When Chengchun went out, Meng Shaoqing had already harnessed the horse: "Why so early?"
Chengchun smiled and said nothing.
Meng Shaoqing was a little strange, so he came over and took a closer look, and then said with a surprised look on his face: "Why, you didn't sleep all night?"
Chengchun said helplessly: "I'm a bit confused about the bed, so I didn't fall asleep!"
"Recognize the bed? I see that you usually sleep quite soundly in the carriage, but why can't you fall asleep on the bed where you are lying flat on your back?" Meng Shaoqing raised his eyebrows slightly, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Maybe I'm not used to it. After all, I'm in a strange place. After all, I sit in a carriage every day. I'm used to it!" Chengchun laughed. "It's okay. I'll just sleep on the carriage later. After all, I
That means sitting inside!"
But Meng Shaoqing was reluctant: "No, I still feel something is wrong. Did you have a conflict with Su Xubai?"
"He took medicine yesterday and slept soundly. How can I have time to argue with him?" Cheng Chun curled his lips, "Don't think about it, I just accept the bed."