MTL - Sweet Beauty-Chapter 38 wind chill
After the winter, the weather was getting colder quickly. On the third night when Zhao You led Liu An away, a heavy snow fell. By the early morning of the second day, the fields and roads were covered. Step down, even to the ankle.
Wearing a thick fox fur, Ashu held a stove in one hand and a skirt in the other, trotted across the snow-covered courtyard, climbed the steps and entered Deng Wan's house.
The doors and windows of the house were closed, and the ground dragon was burning. As soon as you entered, there was heat coming, which was completely different from the ice and snow outside. It was very warm.
Deng Wan was sitting on the low couch sipping the hot soup, and when she saw Ah Shu entered, she waved her hand to her maid to take off her fox fur and boots. On the table beside the table, there are hubing bean soup and several delicate side dishes.
As long as Zhao You is not around, Ah Shu will eat breakfast with Deng Wan every morning. It was exceptionally cold today, and in just a few short steps, the cold wind had scraped a few pinkish hazes from her white face.
The two of them ate two mouthfuls, and there was a servant girl outside who said through the door: "Madam, the queen, the king is here, and now it's in the front hall."
A Shu's hand holding the chopstick was immediately in the air, as if she couldn't believe it, and said in a daze, "Which king?"
The maid paused and replied, "King Xiao."
It was Liu Xiu.
Ah Shu's face suddenly paled a lot, she looked pitifully at Deng Wan, got up slowly from the couch, put on her fur and boots again, and reluctantly helped Deng Wan out to greet her.
She managed to spend a happy month in Handan and was feeling at ease, but Liu Xiu didn't know in advance, so he rushed over with confidence, which really made her even avoid early and have no chance to deal with it.
Especially right now, her brother is not at home, only she and sister-in-law are struggling.
There were a lot of snow and ice outside the house. Deng Wan was heavy. Ashu and her maid carefully supported her. They walked very slowly. Not long after they were discharged from the hospital, they met Liu Yu and others who were walking quickly.
Wearing a black cloak, he came all the way, with a vaguely tense expression on his face. He looked around, as if he was looking for someone. From a distance, he saw two figures, A Shu and Deng Wan, who were struggling to move forward. After a short pause, he stepped forward and confronted the two of them.
"Your Majesty," Ah Shu called out timidly, and smiled awkwardly, looking up to see a lot of cyan stubble on his smooth chin, as if he had been overworked for days.
Liu Yu's face became more tense, he nodded at her without saying a word, and only moved his gaze to the side of Deng Wan, whose belly was round and was about to bow, slightly surprised and waved: "I'm here in Zhao, and I need to deal with some official business. , I have to go to the government office after a short rest. Madam is inconvenient, so you don’t need to be polite, go back to rest quickly.”
Deng Wan was already struggling a bit, but after hearing the words, she pinched Ah Shu's wrist quietly, and the servants and maids led her back to the house.
A gust of cold wind blew across her face, Ah Shu shrank her neck and shivered, her face became more pink, the tip of her red nose twitched, she quickly covered it with her hands, and sneezed gracefully, causing her eyes to squeeze out. A watery mist.
Liu Xiu's dark eyes looked at her cute and pitiful appearance, the tension on her face loosened a lot, and the corners of her mouth showed a half-smile, and the life she gave birth to after not seeing her for many days also faded.
He reached out and rubbed the temples around her ears, loosened her well-tipped hair and said, "Where is your room? Go back first."
Ah Shu then took him back to her house.
When Liu Yu first entered her boudoir, she couldn't help but look around a little.
This is a very elegant bedroom. The room is very spacious, and the ground is full of warmth. There are five bronze lamps with wild goose and fish on the four sides. There are four high and low seating couches. The top is covered with mink fur. The wood lacquer vermilion bird flows the clouds on the screen, and the moire on the silk surface can be seen at a glance, and it was hand-painted by A Shu; the bedside behind the screen is also equipped with a box for makeup and so on.
Compared with this room, his dormitory in Chang'an and Xindu was really too simple.
He calmly retracted his gaze, and his gaze fell on the woman beside him with his head hanging all the time.
Suddenly getting warmer, Ah Shu couldn't help sniffing the tip of her nose, turned around to cover her mouth and nose lightly, and sneezed again. She took the handkerchief handed by Queer and wiped it carefully, took off the fox fur, took two deep breaths, and felt at ease. When he turned around, he met Liu Xiu's dark eyes.
She was stunned for a moment, and after a while, she remembered that she should personally serve him in dressing and grooming.
After a month of separation, she returned to the life she used to live at home, and she almost forgot that she was a married woman and should serve her husband well.
She hurriedly stepped forward again, reached out and untied the tie of the cloak on his chest for him, handed it to the maid, and slackly wrapped it around his waist and untied the belt for him.
This was a very common move, it used to be like this every day in Xindu. Today, when Ah Shu was approaching, he stretched his hand back, clasped her two wrists, placed them firmly behind his waist, made a hug, and then pulled her closer and pressed her tightly in front of him.
She looked up at him, her cheek supported.
He lowered his head and approached, kissing the tip of her red nose and her trembling eyelashes.
Ah Shu shuddered, bit her lip, and closed her eyes to let him kiss.
The maid holding the hot water entered and was surprised to see this situation. Zhao's servant girl's impression of Ah Shu still remained in the time when she was a Jiao Er before she got married. This time, she came back alone, and now she suddenly sees her leaning against King Xiao, and it's really uncomfortable.
In a panic, she dropped the copper basin on the ground and made a sound before awakening the two of them.
Liu Yu let go of the person, turned his head and coughed lightly. If nothing happened, the maid who couldn't advance or retreat came over, took a towel that was twisted in the hot water and wiped his face: "I'm going to the government office, this behavior. Come on business, don't delay."
She hadn't asked him where this behavior came from, but he said it twice with seriousness, as if he was afraid she wouldn't know.
Ah Shu's cheeks were still flushed, and she only said, "Naturally, the official business of the king is important." But she murmured in her heart: When did she delay his official business?
Liu Yu changed his robe, drank a cup of hot syrup, and ate two mouthfuls of warm hu cakes, before putting on his cloak again to go out.
Before leaving, he seemed to inadvertently stopped and asked, "Why don't you see your brother today?"
Ah Shu pulled up his robes for him again, and said, "Two days ago, the Crown Prince really entered Handan to find the absconded Prime Minister Zheng Xu. These two days, Brother Ah is leading the Prince to search among the farms."
Liu Xiu's eyes flashed, the corners of his lips slightly raised, and he reached out and stroked her cheek: "I'll be back in the evening."
After saying that, he strode into the snow.
Ashu touched the cheek that he had just touched, turned around and went back to the house, packing up the pitiful luggage he brought.
However, two clothes and a hat to keep out the wind and rain, it seems that he has been on the road for several days, and he should not stay for many days.
She breathed a sigh of relief, remembering what he said before parting, and her heart came up again.
By the evening, Liu Yu had not returned, but Zhao You and Liu An had returned from the farm.
Ah Shu was surprised when a servant outside came to announce the time.
In the daytime, when Liu Yucai came, she sent someone to look for her brother to report the letter.
Deng Wan was inconvenient to go out, only Ashu went out to the hospital alone to greet her.
In the twilight, there were crowds of people inside and outside the gate. Zhao You had a solemn expression when he dismounted from the horse. Behind him, Liu An, who came out of the carriage, had a strange flush on his face. Crunching snow came.
Ashu was taken aback.
Zhao Yousu said: "The weather is cold, and the prince caught the cold, which caused the cough and asthma." He said, ordering Liu An to be sent into the house as soon as possible.
If it is an ordinary sturdy husband, if you feel a little cold in winter, you only need to take medicine and cultivate, and there will be no serious problem. But Liu An was different. He was frail when he was young, and suffered from cough and asthma. He held a medicine jar for many years, and he got better when he became an adult. Although he hasn't committed a crime for nearly two years now, he is still weaker than ordinary people.
When he walked by A Shu's side, he deliberately stopped, a shy and happy smile appeared on his delicate and flushed face, panting and said to her: "A Shu, I am an old disease, you had a childhood illness. I have seen it. Junshan is too nervous. I have already taken the medicine, and I have also asked the medical staff to take a look. It will be healed in a day or two, so don’t worry.”
He said so much in one breath, it was very difficult. As soon as the voice fell, he couldn't help but gasped for a while to cover his mouth and coughed violently, and it stopped after a long while.
At this moment, Ah Shu didn't care about him calling her by her own name. A few days ago, he stood by the courtyard wall, enduring the cold and waiting for her for a long time, and his heart tightened.
Liu An had a cough and asthma, she knew it, but she didn't remember it that day.
This disease is the most avoidable cold. He fell ill today, and I don't know if it is related to that day.
She bit her lip, and couldn't bear to treat him like that day without pretending, with sincere worry in her eyes, and said, "Prince, you—that day was mine, I'll teach you to catch a cold."
Liu An hurriedly waved his hand, and coughed again, his eyes were red from the cough, and then he said, "It's not your fault, it's me who wanted to apologize to you. Apologize for my cousin."
Ah Shu was about to persuade him to go back to the house quickly, when she heard the words and said, "What's wrong with you? Since Zheng Ji has already gone, how can I care more? Prince, it's cold outside, let's hurry back and take some medicine to rest. "
Zhao You frowned at the side, and was waiting for the servants to continue to support him, but saw that he was still stubbornly staying where he was, not moving.
The servants did not dare to forcefully pull them, so they had to stay for the time being.
He looked straight at A Shu: "A Shu, if you really forgive me, then just call me A Shu like you were young?"
These words were as absurd as a young child, which made Ah Shu very uncomfortable.
She had said it so clearly just now, and she didn't blame him at all, so how could she forgive him? Besides, the two had only met a few times before, so how could they ask her to call him by his nickname in public?
In the eyes of the uninformed, he also said how close the two of them used to be.
She was in a dilemma, and was reluctant to say more, let alone look his expectant eyes.
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came: "The prince has already contracted the disease, why didn't he go back to the house to take good care of him, and still be frozen here? Aren't you afraid that the disease will worsen?"
Everyone looked at the sound, and it turned out that it was Liu Yu and others who had returned on a horse.
There were so many people going in and out just now, and no one noticed the trot of horses' hoofs. At this moment, he had already approached the front. Without a word, he got off his horse, handed the reins to the servants, and strode forward. Without waiting for Liu An's answer, he waved his hands and directed everyone to send him back. In the house, the posture was exactly the same as that of the male master in Caifu.
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