Chapter 597: Be prepared for danger in times of peace (1)
The painted bridge is covered with willows in the mist, the green curtains are draped in the wind, and the clouds and trees surround the embankment.
In the pavilion by the waterside, a couple who looked very noble were sitting together.
There was no one around, so the man held the woman in his arms, "Ali."
Zhu Fuli shifted her gaze from the knot in her hand and her quiet eyes fell on his face, a hint of smile appearing between her cold brows.
Yan Tinglan smiled, met her gaze and kissed her on the lips, "Nothing, I just wanted to call you and ask, do you want to go out for an outing tomorrow?"
"Yes." She lowered her eyes and tied the knot on her hand next to the jade pendant on his waist. Seeing that he was looking at her without blinking, she lightly grasped his collar with her fingers and kissed the corner of his lips.
As expected, he looked even happier.
Yan Tinglan couldn't help it, he held the back of her neck with his hand, smiled and pressed his lips against hers, biting them gently.
She closed her eyes and leaned into his arms, feeling his sudden yet expected kiss, her long and thick eyelashes trembling slightly.
After a long moment, he pulled away, looking at the blush at the corners of her eyes, and kissed her again, stroking her back to help her breathe more.
She blinked her wet eyelashes at him and leaned her head on his shoulder.
After a while, Yan Tinglan took out his coat and put it behind her, patting her on the back, "Go to sleep if you are tired, I will carry you back to the house later."
She nuzzled his cheek and fell asleep against his neck.
"Host." The voice of the Pearl of All Worlds suddenly came from my mind.
"Yeah." Yan Tinglan responded lightly and carried his sleeping wife into the room.
They had just arrived in Yangzhou today, and after lunch they sat in the pavilion, but their daughter, who was at an age when she had plenty of energy, went out to play.
Yan Tinglan took off Zhu Fuli's outer robe and held her in his arms to lie down for an afternoon nap.
Wanjiezhu, who was sitting on Sui Zhao's shoulder in the carriage, curled his lips.
It had fallen asleep, but the dog host shook it awake and asked it to follow An An. She asked it to notify him when she returned so that An An wouldn't see it doing anything inappropriate for children.
Although it is said that it cannot stay too far away from the dog host, it was later discovered that it can leave as long as the dog host tells it to.
When they arrived at their residence in Yangzhou, Sui Zhao lifted the curtain and jumped out. Shuang Xu, who was behind her, took the things she bought at the market and followed her out of the carriage.
"Miss, wait for me."
Sui Zhao took the food he bought for his parents from her hand and said, "Let's go."
The secret guard who was following in the dark hid in a corner of the mansion in a few leaps when no one noticed.
After entering the mansion, he did not see the person he wanted to see. He also saw that his parents' door was closed, so he knew that they were taking a lunch break. Sui Zhao took the food back to his room.
"Shuang Xu, I'm sleepy. I'm going to take a nap. You should go and have some rest too."
"Okay, Miss, call me if you need anything."
After getting up from lunch break, Sui Zhao went to look for his parents carrying a paper bag. Seeing the door was open, he knocked before going in.
Yan Tinglan and Zhu Fuli were drinking tea inside.
"Mother, Father." She called out and placed the paper bag in front of Zhu Fuli, "Mother, I bought some famous local food for you and Father, please try it and see if it tastes good."
Zhu Fuli tapped her forehead and said, "Okay, we'll go out and play as soon as we get to Yangzhou. Do you want to take a nap?"
"Yes, mother, hug me." Sui Zhao hugged her affectionately, sniffing the faint rose scent on her body, and replied with a smile: "I came to see you after waking up. It is said that Yangzhou is full of pearls and silks. Today I see that it is really worthy of the reputation. Mother and father can also go for a walk. The scenery of Yangzhou in March is just right."
"Then I will go with your father in two days. Do you want to come with us?" Zhu Fuli lowered his head and tucked the loose hair on her cheek behind her ear.
"Okay." She hugged Zhu Fuli and acted coquettishly for a while, then stepped back and sat down.
Yan Tinglan had already opened the paper package and poured Sui Zhao a cup of warm tea, "Drink it."
"Thank you, daddy."
Zhu Fuli picked up a piece of hard sesame candy from the paper bag, put it into his mouth and bit half of it, "Not bad."
Seeing Yan Tinglan smiling at her, she fed the rest to his mouth, "Try it too."
"Okay." He wiped her hands with a handkerchief.
Zhu Fuli looked at his daughter and said, "Tomorrow your father and I will go for an outing. Do you want to come with us?"
"Yes, when I went out, I heard that there would be a lantern festival tonight. It should be fun. Do you and Dad want to go out and take a look?"
"it is good."
"I'll go too, but I won't follow you. I'll take Shuang Xu with me." As a considerate daughter, she didn't want to disturb her mother and father's time alone.
"It's up to you. Be careful. There are a lot of people here."
"knew."
After talking for a while, Sui Zhao left his parents' room, and suddenly a dark shadow appeared in front of him.
"Your Highness, there is a letter from the capital."
Sui Zhao was already used to it, so he answered the letter and said, "Thank you."
"I don't deserve it." The secret guard disappeared quickly again.
Sui Zhao opened the letter as she walked. The content of the letter was simply that her brother missed her and her parents again, and asked them to go back and read it when they remembered him.
At the same time, he angrily wrote several pages of ink to scold some court officials for talking nonsense and not doing their work. After using his father's methods to punish them, he wrote about the sweet love between him and his sister-in-law.
Sui Zhao curled his lips. He didn't dare to write these words to his father, so he could only write to her.
What I write to my parents is to ask about their health and mood, and also to say I miss them.
She entered the house and asked Shuang Xu to find a pen and ink to write a reply to Yan Chengfeng. After handing it to the secret guard, she took Shuang Xu out of the house again.
"Miss, where are we going?"
The streets were crowded with tourists and there were constant shouting on both sides. Sui Zhao looked around and said, "Teahouse, have some tea."
She pulled Shuang Xu to her side and said, "Do you want to eat something? I'll buy it for you."
"I want to eat sugar-roasted chestnuts." Shuang Xu's eyes lit up.
"Then let's go." Sui Zhao pulled her into the crowd.
Soon, the crowd began to clamor.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Otherwise you will bear the consequences!" A voice that sounded quite fierce rang out.
The crowd moved aside, and the vendors quickly wrapped up the goods on their stalls. Someone murmured in dissatisfaction: "He took advantage of the power of others and trampled on so many stalls."
"It's not just the stalls. Last time, the horse stepped on an old woman and broke her back. I heard that old woman passed away two days ago."
Sui Zhao was taking the chestnuts handed over by the vendor when he heard the hurried sound of horse hooves. He turned sideways and his hair was blown up by the wind.
She raised her eyes to look at the person on horseback leading the group. He was a man in brocade clothes, and on both sides were people dressed as guards.
Shuang Xu quickly picked up the child who was eating snacks in the middle of the street and was looking at other stalls without moving.
The three horses galloped away quickly, the sound of horse hooves faded into the distance. Sui Zhao listened to the discussions around him and had some thoughts in his mind.
The people on the street gathered again, condemning the crimes of the man on the horse.
Shuang Xu came back and said, "Miss, do we have something to do again?"
Sui Zhao handed her the chestnut, picked one out and put it in his mouth, "Maybe, you can ask about it later."
"it is good."
I thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly the sound of horse hooves came closer and the crowd hurriedly made way.
The tall horse came up to Sui Zhao, and the man on the horse looked down at him and said, "You, raise your head."