Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 147

[Chapter 145]

Nangong Propaganda Room.

During the prosperous period of the Han Dynasty, the palace not far from the Taiji Hall was used as a daily living place for several generations of emperors to deal with government affairs after the dynasty.

Later, the Wild Emperor spent a huge amount of money and spent more than ten years to build the North Palace. After its completion, its gorgeous luxury is far superior to that of the Nangong.

After the Emperor of the Wild, the daily rationalization and living activities of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty were transferred to the North Palace.

The Nangong was gradually abandoned, and the Xuan room was changed to the Taichang Office.

After Wei Shao occupied Luoyang, he reopened the Xuan room as his temporary foothold.

Xiao Qiao knew that in these days of returning from Yanzhou, Wei Shao was very busy.

Le Zhenggong’s Northern Expedition was fruitless, and after vomiting blood back to Hanzhong on the way, he was depressed, so that the old wound recurred, and he died soon after.

Hanzhong Musu. After the funeral was completed, not long ago, the eldest son Le Zhengkai was proclaimed emperor, built the title of Da Liang, posthumously honored Le Zhenggong as the first emperor, and then sent a bitter insult to Wei Shao, vowing to avenge the founding emperor of Da Liang.

Le Zhenggong operated in Hanzhong for several generations, with Liangzhou as the center, from the west of Hangu Pass, widely occupying Qinzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou and other places, with many generals and wide generals, and the terrain of Huashan and Shudao as a natural barrier, although he is now dead, but several sons are not mediocre people, taking advantage of the situation to become empress, gathering soldiers and horses, and there is a great momentum to fight with Wei Shao.

Little Qiao waited for a long time on the side of the Yongdao outside the Xuanhu Room.

The discomfort of swelling breasts faintly appeared on the chest.

Reminding her once again, her daughter Philippe was still at home, waiting for her to return.

Finally there was a sound of footsteps.

She saw Li Dianweiquan and the others striding out of the room in a hurry.

When several people saw Little Joe, they froze slightly, stopped, and then walked over to greet her.

Li Dian said, “When will the female monarch arrive in Luoyang?” “Today

is coming.”

Xiao Qiao looked at the red palace door in front of him: “Can the Prince be there?” ”

Inside.”

Little Joe nodded slightly and went inside.

……

Gongsun Yang finally came out with Wei Shao, remembered something, and said to Wei Shao: “My mentor has already returned to the mountains, and when he heard that there was an epidemic in the south, he went south, passed near Luoyang, and learned that Zhang Bang was seeking medical treatment, so he entered the city.” General Wei is no longer in serious trouble, The teacher left early this morning, and I can’t stay…”

Wei Shao stepped over the threshold and suddenly saw Xiao Qiao on the other side coming, his footsteps stopped, his eyes fell on her body, he fixed a breath, and then sank his face.

Gongsun Yang looked up and hurriedly greeted him, saying, “Lady Jun’s road is hard, she just arrived in Luoyang today, why don’t you go to rest first?”

Xiao Qiao stepped up the steps, stopped in front of the two people, and said with a smile: “Thank you so much for sending someone to pick me up here.” I’m not tired. His gaze shifted

to Wei Shao, “Can Fu Jun stop for a while?” Wei Shao

said coldly, “If you don’t go back to Yuyang, what are you doing here?”

Xiao Qiao said, “I have something to say to my husband.”

Wei Shao lifted his feet and left.

Little Joe reached out and grabbed his sleeve.

Wei Shao looked down and looked at her small white hand that was tightly grasping her sleeve, and then raised his eyes to stare at her, revealing an annoyed look.

But those two small hands still tugged at his sleeve tightly.

“Only occupy the husband for a moment, do not delay things.” She said, not in a high voice, but firmly.

Gongsun Yang swallowed his spit and turned his face busily, “Why doesn’t the lord listen to the words of the female prince?” I’ll retreat first…”

He hurriedly saluted the two men, turned and left.

Wei Shao then froze at the edge of the threshold, motionless.

There was no one around. Only the huge incense tree in front of the temple, the crown cover ramp, a gust of wind passed, emitting a rustling tree groan.

Little Joe slowly let go of his hand.

“I just went to visit General Wei Liang. Ah Di and I walked together, and on behalf of my father, I asked General Wei Liang for his guilt. Wei Shao’s

gaze fell on the incense tree next to the Yongdao in front of the hall.

Xiao Qiao stared at his rocky face: “Fortunately, General Wei does not blame him.” Before I resigned, I said to General Wei that I hoped that he would accept my brother for training under the account. Thanks to General Wei for not abandoning it, he agreed. It’s just that without your nod, he doesn’t dare to make his own decisions.

Wei Shao turned his head violently.

“That’s what you can make at your own?” His tone was heavy.

“So I’m here to tell my husband to know.” Little Joe said, “There is no other intention. It’s just that now that things have passed in the family, it is expected that there should be not much to do in the next period of time, Adi is young, it is not appropriate to waste time, my family is ashamed of General Wei, let Adi listen to the general, whether it is leading a horse, or supporting the saddle, it should be.

Wei Shao stared at her.

Xiao Qiao met his gaze: “Naturally, stay or not stay, how long to keep him, and finally everything depends on your will.” Wei Shao was

silent for a moment, then suddenly lifted his feet, his sleeves blew the wind, and hurried down the steps, and the person had already walked under the fragrant tree.

Little Joe chased after him and stopped across from him, blocking his way.

Wei Shao finally stopped, “What else do you want to do?” The tone was questioning and impatient.

He was half a head taller than Little Joe. The two stood facing each other like this, and Little Joe looked up slightly, staring at his face.

“I know that you hate my Qiao family for repeatedly reneging on their promises, and even more hate me for being vain and vicious to you, called husband and wife, and secretly guarding against it.” I want to tell you what is in my heart, so that whether you listen or not, I must say it.

“I had a terrible nightmare a long time ago. In the dream, the two families of Qiao Wei were married, and my Qiao family married a daughter to you as a wife, however, the hatred between the two families was not resolved as desired, you were bent on revenge, and in the end none of my family members were spared, or died directly at your hands, or died indirectly because of you.

She closed her eyes and opened them.

“I married you with such a nightmare that I had experienced in my previous life. After marriage, I was careful not to take a wrong step. Gradually, the relationship between you and me finally broke the ice, but at that time, no matter how good you were to me, your words and deeds always made me feel deeply stressed, just like the life, death, blessing, and misfortune of me and my family, all between your joy and anger, not to mention the dreams that I could not get rid of. “In

that case, I want my family to be strong.” Not to be an enemy of you, but to think that if one day, when the affection between you and my husband and wife can no longer maintain the status quo of stealing security, my family will be able to protect themselves. Even if it is like a praying mantis arm as a car, it is better than sitting still, as I dreamed of, sitting and waiting. Wei Shao

didn’t look at her originally.

Slowly fix your gaze on her face.

He stared at her, his eyes dark and his brow furrowed.

“All I ask for is the word peace of mind.” She said slowly.

“Today you and I have reached this point, and you scolded me for being deliberate, and it was not wrong. It’s just husband, under such circumstances in the past, why do you and I talk about communicating? If I have no heart, how can I trust me to trust you with all my life and that of my mother’s family? “Even

at this point, I still don’t think I was wrong to do that.” It’s just that I didn’t think at the time, and later, my husband, you would make such a step backwards for me and give me the promise I wanted. Now you hate me, and it’s human nature.

“I did lose you, and you chased me to the outskirts of Xindu that night with complete sincerity.”

Saying this sentence, her cavity was stuffy, and the breasts on her chest seemed to follow her emotions, and suddenly the milk seemed to gush out, swelling and pain.

She leaned over and let out a long sigh of relief, waiting for her emotions to calm down a little.

“I came to apologize to you. For me once led you to be sincere to me, you gave, but I myself did not give equally.

“If, in the past, I entered your house with the heart of a daughter, then from now on I will be your wife, The Mother of Philip.”

When she finished speaking, there was silence around her.

Milky yellow incense wood tidbits drifted from between the canopys of the trees in the wind, silently staining the top of her hair and on his shoulders.

Wei Shao was motionless.

“Philip is almost three months old, and he is very affectionate, and I think about her day and night. I left and went back to Yuyang on the road.

Little Qiao said suddenly, nodded slightly at him, and turned away.

The face that didn’t see blood, and even a smile that couldn’t completely hide the haggard color, turned around in front of him.

Wei Shao seemed to have just returned to his senses, looking at the back of the departing azure pavilion in front of him.

She walked faster, faster and faster.

It was as if in just a blink of an eye he had disappeared at the end of the palace path.

……

The carriages were still parked outside the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial Palace.

Xiao Qiao, accompanied by Chunniang, quietly left Luoyang, just like when he came.

At the beginning of June, she successfully returned to Yuyang.

As soon as he entered the door, despite the fatigue of the journey, he changed his clothes, quickly washed his face and hands, and immediately went to the north house.

After more than a month of not seeing, Philip seemed to be a little bigger, with a pair of beautiful round eyes, and at first it seemed that he did not recognize Little Joe, but just looked at her.

“Little Lady, your mother has returned!”

The nursing mother was anxious and kept reminding her.

But Philip still didn’t seem to recognize her.

Little Joe held out his hand to Philip. Her fingers were immediately caught by her, clutching them tightly.

Her strength was great, and the mother and daughter’s skin touched.

“Philip—”

Little Joe looked at his daughter’s pink cheeks without blinking, and called out her name.

Philip immediately recognized the soft familiar voice that his mother had, and immediately became joyful, his mouth was chattering, his little arm was shaking, and he reached out his other hand to Little Joe, and the blessed old silver bell on his wrist made a pleasant slight tapping sound.

Little Joe immediately took her daughter, took her small body in his arms, and greedily smelled the familiar faint frankincense that emanated from her body.

All the tiredness and bitterness disappeared in an instant. A heart full of soft pity and regret.

After giving birth, her milk was a lot and sweet, and Philip seemed to prefer to eat her mother’s milk, so although Mrs. Xu had prepared two nursing mothers before, it had always been Xiao Qiao who fed herself.

After going out, she was reluctant to cut off her daughter’s milk, and under the guidance of Chunniang, she would regularly exclude every day to avoid weaning due to swelling for a long time.

At this moment, he finally took his daughter back into his arms again, and the milk gushed out again.

As if smelling the scent of frankincense from her mother, Philip immediately leaned towards her chest.

Little Joe took the warm towel and gently wiped it again, nursing her daughter.

The small hand of the flesh of the fibula clutched the hem of little Joe’s clothes tightly, closed his eyes, swallowed in a big mouth, swallowed with a loud grunt, and after eating, fell asleep in little Joe’s arms.

[End of This Chapter]