The sky was bright, Meng Ying opened her sleepy eyes, and her husband was beside her.
Just like a dream, now we really are husband and wife.
He was born in Youzhou, so he is a little different from people born and raised in the capital. His nose is high and his eyebrows are thick. When he is not smiling, he looks very majestic. Now with his eyes closed, his whole person is less sharp than in the day, and he looks like the boy next door.
Meng Ying moved her neck, and it turned out that one of his arms replaced the pillow. This was the arm for wielding a sword, thin and powerful.
The quilt only covered her waist, and there were several scars of varying depths on the exposed skin on her chest, which must have been left on the battlefield. Meng Ying touched the wounds with her fingers and felt a sense of distress.
The sword has no eyes and regrets that she should not have persuaded him to join the army.
The rubbing of his fingertips made Tao Huansheng, who had pretended to be asleep for a long time, unable to bear it any longer.
"do not move!"
Su's hand was grabbed, and Meng Ying instinctively retracted it.
Tao Huansheng pulled her to his lips and kissed her, making Meng Ying's face turn red.
Last night, Tao Huansheng's black eyes shone like burning fire, and his leopard-like figure was reflected on the wall, so tireless...
Tao Huansheng said hoarsely, "Why don't you sleep a little longer? It's still early?"
As he spoke, he used a beater to comb his wife's scattered hair. The black hair was pushed aside, revealing a section of her neck as white as jade. His throat tightened and he kissed the side of her neck with unfinished thoughts.
Meng Ying pushed him, but the strength disparity between men and women made this man unable to be pushed away like an iron wall.
"It's daylight..." There are so many servants at home, so getting up late will make people think blindly.
"There are no elders in the family, so we can get up whenever we want." After saying that, he put Meng Ying into his arms.
With her face pressed against her husband's chest, Meng Ying listened to the "thumping" heartbeat and was too shy to raise her head.
Tao Huansheng smelled the feminine fragrance of his wife's hair and couldn't help but rub his chin. Meng Ying hid twice and was caught again.
"General Tao, it's time for you to get up and practice your boxing when the rooster crows."
Tao Huansheng laughed: "Mrs. Tao, a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. I am not a fool."
Meng Ying had no choice but to glare at him.
Looking at his wife's cute little appearance, Tao Huansheng felt a fire in his heart again, but he also knew that it was indeed getting late.
"It's good to get up and have something to eat. I have something important to tell you."
After hearing that it was "important", Meng Ying wanted to get up, but her waist softened and she fell back again.
Tao Huansheng supported her with a big hand and said in a warm voice, "I'll wait for you, or call the maid in." Thinking of his restless hands and unscrupulous eyes, Meng Ying decided to call Hong Ling in.
Tao Huansheng got up, rolled up last night's middle coat, threw it aside, changed into dry clothes, turned around and called Hong Ling.
Hong Ling had been waiting outside the door for a long time. She responded and opened the next door. The smell in the room was overwhelming. Hong Ling was also an unmarried daughter, so she blushed.
Tao Huansheng changed from his tender expression just now and said seriously: "It's a pleasure to serve you, Madam."
"Yes." Hongling lowered his head and saluted. Half of the hot water in the copper basin was steaming, and there was a handkerchief on the edge of the basin.
Tao Huansheng looked back twice before leaving the room.
Meng Ying was shy and didn't let Hong Ling do anything. She took the handkerchief and wiped it herself. It was less sticky and she felt better.
Thinking about the important things Tao Huansheng said, Ninja felt uncomfortable and asked Hongling to change into a pink skirt. The beauty in the bronze mirror was extremely delicate and charming, with a charming look between her eyebrows.
Hong Ling helped Meng Ying go to eat. The meal was already laid out on the big Kang table in the west room next to the window.
Seeing Meng Ying come in, Tao Huansheng stood up to greet her, helped her to the seat with his own hands, and said to the maid: "You all go down first."
"Yes." The room full of servants bowed and retreated.
In addition to the commonly eaten vegetables, Meng Ying found that there was an extra soup, with red dates floating looming on top of the soup.
Seeing her staring at the soup in a daze, Tao Huansheng pursed his lips and smiled, saying: "I know you are shallow-skinned. This is the tonic soup I asked the cook to make for you. Be good and have a bowl."
Meng Ying pretended to be angry, "You want to tell everyone in the house..."
"I want to tell everyone in the world!"
Meng Ying reached out to tear his mouth open, but she was pulled into her arms and "eat tofu."
Finally, Tao Huansheng fed him two bowls of soup, ate some soft noodles with shredded chicken, and said "I'm full" three times before Tao Huansheng stopped.
"You should be fatter..."
Meng Ying knew what he meant and refused to eat anything, which only made Tao Huansheng laugh.
"What are you talking about?"
Tao Huansheng finally stopped joking and said seriously: "Your life experience has been found out."
"ah!"
Meng Ying stood up in surprise, and was helped by Tao Huansheng to sit down again. He took her hands and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."
Meng Ying finally looked calmer. She had been waiting for a long time, but now that the answer to the mystery was about to be revealed, Meng Ying felt uneasy.
"I...my father, who is he?"
"Your father is the third son of Meng Yi, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice. His name is Meng Xiao, also known as Meng Sanlang. Your mother is the niece of Mrs. Wu Tai of the Marquis of Anding, and her maiden name is Xu Ying."
Even though Meng Ying was prepared, she was shocked. She never expected that Mrs. Wu was actually her great-aunt.
"No wonder Nanny Ruan excused me at the spring banquet that day, and then stood up for me. It turned out to be like this."
Tao Huansheng nodded, "Your mother was also married to the Meng family through Mrs. Wu's matchmaking. However, something unexpected happened. The next year, the Meng family was implicated in the rebellion of the King of Qi. All the men were beheaded and the women were sold.
Your mother was pregnant at the time. She wanted to save you and leave blood for the Meng family, so she went to the Anding Prefecture to plead for mercy. However, Mrs. Wu was afraid of being implicated and stood idly by. In the end, your mother was bought by a businessman in Qingzhou. As for why she was later found in
If I gave birth to you alone in the temple, it would be unknown."
After Meng Ying heard this, two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks, and she was choked with sobs and could not speak for a long time.
Tao Huansheng held his wife in his arms, and he and his wife wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and comforted her: "My mother-in-law endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden to save you. Now that you know your life experience, no matter what you want to do, your husband will make the decision for you."
Meng Ying's heart was filled with mixed emotions, as she realized that Mrs. Wu, her benefactor for two lifetimes, was actually related to her by blood.
Logically speaking, he should hate her. If she hadn't stood by and watched, his mother might not have died early, and he wouldn't have had to live as a sojourner since childhood.
But after two lives, she is no longer the resentful little girl she was before. Now she is more grateful to be able to live another life and stay with the one she loves. This life is enough. As for everything in the past,
She didn't want to worry about it anymore.
"Ying'er, if you want to seek justice from the Wu family, I..."
Meng Ying shook her head, "The past is in the past. I just want to look forward. I only hope that the people I love are safe and healthy. As for the past, let it go with the wind."
"Ying'er, if you have such a wife, what more can you ask for!" Tao Huansheng's big, calloused hands touched his wife's tender breasts, and he felt that his chest was full.
Meng Ying looked at her husband's doting eyes, and felt ripples in her heart. It would be great if they could only have each other, but it didn't happen.
"Where is the girl sent by the Queen Mother? You can't leave her alone like this. If you offend the Queen Mother, you will lose more than you gain."
Tao Huansheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you want?"
"Of course I will take him to the back house and serve my husband together."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Huansheng's face turned cold.
Meng Ying chuckled, "Everyone is afraid that my wife will be jealous, why are you doing the opposite now?"
"You're not jealous at all?" Tao Huansheng frowned slightly.
"Am I less jealous than I was yesterday? It's just that you and I are of the same mind. How can someone else get involved?"
Tao Huansheng then turned from anger to joy, dusted his sleeves, and said: "My wife has been feeling restless recently. That woman took the initiative to go to Dabei Temple to pray. I ordered her not to come back until she has been there for three years."
"Ah?" Meng Ying's mouth opened and she couldn't close it. That was a gift from the Queen Mother.
"Ah, what, is your husband resourceful?" After saying that, he gently scratched Meng Ying's nose.
"But, Queen Mother..."
"Yesterday, the Ministry of War already revealed the news that the guard of Shazhou died suddenly, and Mr. Liu Ge recommended me."
"Shazhou is a bitter cold place. If you change from a guard in the capital to a guard in Shazhou, wouldn't you be promoted openly and demoted secretly?"
"Having said that, I'm tired of the scheming people in the capital. Although the sandbank is bitter and cold, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. Aren't you and I free and easy?"
Seeing her husband so excited, Meng Ying also became happy, "Well, I will prepare the shop and let them prepare it. If they can move it, they will move it. If they can't move it, they will sell it and leave with the money."
After saying that, he got up and went to get the account book.
Looking at his wife's sparkling eyes, Tao Huansheng felt like a fire was burning in his chest.
"The imperial edict has not yet been issued, so there is no need to rush." Tao Huansheng stopped his wife's waist from behind and blew hot air into her ear.
Meng Ying realized the "danger" and turned around to run away. However, before she could take a step, her feet were already off the ground. A handsome face magnified in front of her eyes. The smile was both good and evil. She hugged her towards the inner room.
Go.
"Let go, the sky will be bright and clear."
"Madam, don't think too much. My husband was overworked last night, and now I just want to catch up on some sleep."
Meng Ying believed what he said and saw a ghost, but no matter how hard they struggled, they were still carried onto the bed, and the layers of curtains fell down.
Three days later, the imperial edict was handed down, appointing Tao Huansheng as the guard of the sandbank, and set off immediately.
Half a month later, Tao Huansheng and his family were accompanied by more than twenty carriages. All the soldiers of the General's Mansion, except the old, weak, sick and disabled, followed.
On the day of departure, Meng Ying's best friend Qiu Yan came to see her off with her infant child in her arms. Thinking of this farewell and the possibility of meeting again, Qiu Yan couldn't help but shed tears on her clothes.
Meng Ying, wearing a white fox fur cloak, hugged the child, held back her tears and advised: "Take care of yourself, we will meet again one day."
Tao Huansheng and Wu Botang stood looking at each other, but neither said a word.
In the end, it was Wu Botang who said with a solemn face: "Treat her well. If you give her any wrong..."
"Thank you, Mr. Wu, for your trouble. My wife is the love of my life." After saying this, he looked at Meng Ying, his eyes full of doting.
"Hmph, that's good. If I knew you treated her poorly, I would take her away even to the ends of the earth!"
"You won't see that day!"
The two grown men were fighting, while the two sisters over there were already in tears.
"General, the time has come!" Dongsheng urged from the front.
The whole team was ready to go. Tao Huansheng supported his wife and said goodbye to his friends.
*
In the 20th year of Hongyuan in the Wu Dynasty, Emperor Wu died and was passed down to his eight-year-old son.
The new emperor was young and his reign was Xinyuan. Lord Shen, the richest man in the cabinet, controlled the affairs of the state. The court sold officials and titles, and corrupt officials were rampant.
For a time, people all over the world were excited, and some people rose up in rebellion.
In the third year of the New Yuan Dynasty, Shazhou declared itself a city. The city owner was named Lin Song. Under his rule, there were frequent business trips to Shazhou and the people became prosperous.
It is said that he had a beautiful wife who gave birth to three boys and one girl.
At this point, it has become a good story to get married at an auspicious time.
Conclusion
To readers:
This is the first book signed by Xiaobai, but the collection and recommendation situation is not ideal. However, because some friends are reading it, Xiaobai decided to write the story in full.
The story is not perfect. Xiaobai thanks everyone for your support. I will sum up my experience in the future and hope to write a good work for everyone.
Finally, I wish you all a good mood every day! Goodbye!