"The sour plums my mother picked before she passed away were finally eaten by me today, twelve years later."

In Hongyi House in Jiangpu, Li Qi, Mr. Hongyi, said this while holding a large, empty earthen jar with his eyes nostalgic.

"This is the saddest sentence I heard from my husband." Princess Lin'an stood by the door with a bowl of freshly made fish head and tofu soup in her hand, looking sad.

"We can't go back, Ah Luo! No matter you, me, or Xiao Shu, we can't go back." The fish soup exudes a delicious smell, but Li Qi seems not to notice it, still sniffing the remaining contents in the jar reluctantly.

The smell seemed greedy and nostalgic, and it took a long time to put down the earthen jar.

"Twelve years, it's another reincarnation. I feel like my heart is just like this earthen jar, empty with nothing left."

Princess Lin'an's maiden name was "Yuluo", so she was changed to "Aluo" by Li Qi. She put down the fish soup, pinched her ears with hot fingers, then walked slowly to Li Qi and whispered: "

For her husband, this was the taste of mother. When the disaster came, she knew that she would die, but she was not afraid. A few days before leaving, she worked hard to pickle sour plums, just to leave a portion for her husband.

Think about it."

She paused and then said: "It's a pity that neither I nor Xiao Shu like to eat it. But this is also a good thing, at least no one will steal it from you."

"Yes, Xiao Shu doesn't like eating it. She always thinks it's too sour." Li Qi looked at the empty jar and said with a dumb smile, "Actually, she doesn't know that these plums can be kept for a long time because they are pickled very sour.

.Ha, this is my old Li family’s unique secret recipe.”

Zhu Yuluo picked up the jar and asked Li Qi if he wanted to wash it. Seeing Li Qi shaking his head, he put the jar down again and sighed: "Over the years, this jar has been like your treasure. Every time I carefully take out one."

, immediately stuffed it tightly with a cotton pad, and then refused to eat it all at once, and cut it open with a knife, and only ate half of it."

"No, it is my treasure, and it is now." Li Qi said as he plugged the mouth of the jar tightly with a cotton pad again. "If it is not plugged tightly, the smell inside will evaporate."

"Ah Luo, you don't understand. This jar of sour plums represents my nostalgia for the good life in the past. I really don't want to eat it. Now that I have finished eating it, I feel empty in my heart, as if my past life has completely left me.

Like a fish out of water and unable to breathe."

"It's my fault. I should have asked my mother to teach me the art of pickling sour plums, but it won't help now." Zhu Yuluo helped Li Qi put the earthen pot back to the corner under the table, "Maybe it's just as you said just now.

Yes, we should all learn to move forward."

"Look forward..." Li Qi muttered silently, and suddenly his heart moved, "A Luo, tell me, will Zhang Fu treat Xiao Shu well?"

Since Li Qi came back from Tianlian Peak, this was not the first time he mentioned the whereabouts of Li Jingshu. Zhu Yuluo thought for a while and said: "I heard that Zhang Fu is the son of Zhang Yu, the most beloved general of King Yan, and he enjoys all the honors with him.

It’s no big deal.”

"This is exactly what I'm worried about." Li Qi frowned, "The king of Yan will win a great victory in Huaibei, and then cross the river to take advantage of the victory. I believe it won't take long to enter Beijing. Zhang Fu has made great contributions, and he will definitely be promoted to a higher rank in the future.

, if you are satisfied with your ambitions from now on and don’t take our little Shu seriously, won’t she have to be wronged?”

"How many of us women have never been wronged?" Zhu Yuluo said quietly, "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Since she has made up her mind not to go home and you are unwilling to accept the husband she chose, why bother?

Increases worries."

"Ah Luo is blaming me." Li Qi said with a bitter smile, "I blame me for always talking about the loyalty of my family and country and never standing in Xiao Shu's shoes and thinking about her."

"My husband said this himself, I didn't mean it." Zhu Yuluo took out two porcelain bowls and began to serve soup, "However, if the fourth child really takes power, what does your husband want to do? We still have to fight against him.

After all? After all, Xiao Shu is from Lao Si’s side, so this will make it difficult for her to do it.”

Li Qi said solemnly: "The Holy Emperor is in his prime, and there is a prince born. Even if King Yan comes to Beijing in the name of Jingnan, why does he come to power? Does he dare to kill the king? The late emperor is still watching him under the Purple Mountain.

!”

"Alas, you still don't understand the fourth child." Zhu Yuluo shook her head and said, "Whatever he wants to do, he must do it regardless of the cost or by any means necessary."

"Then we just let him do whatever he wants?" Li Qi asked back.

"What can we do?" Zhu Yuluo put the fish soup in front of Li Qi. Before Li Qi could move, he heard a "meow" and a half-orange and half-white tabby cat jumped up to the windowsill nimbly.

, jumped up to the table again along the window sill, and sniffed fiercely at the bowl of fish soup.

This was the big cat named "Youzi". Because he was often fed by Zhu Yuluo, he was not afraid of people. He only glanced at Li Qi tentatively, as if to say: "If you don't eat, I won't be polite."

"

Li Qi touched the back of Yuzi's neck, and the latter immediately wagged his tail excitedly, dove into the soup bowl, and ate heartily, even his beard was covered with soup.

"If King Yan dares to kill the king, I will go to the capital and protect the emperor until the last moment."

"He can really do it. I'm not joking."

"I'm not kidding either."

The room fell into silence for a moment. Zhu Yuluo and Li Qi looked at each other, as if they wanted to read each other's thoughts from each other's eyes. Only Yuzi licked the fish soup and made a "snoring" sound.

After a long time, when Yuzi finished a whole bowl of fish soup and screamed with satisfaction, Li Qicai whispered: "I am not seeking the name of eternal loyalty, I just feel that the people in the world are in chaos, and someone must correct their character."

My father is the founding hero of the country, and I am the prince-in-law. If I don’t lead the world, who will dare?”

"You are trying to trick me with your arms!" Zhu Yuluo stared at Li Qi closely and said in a trembling tone, "What about me? What about Xiao Shu? You are not afraid that I will be left alone and suffer the loneliness and longing.

The torture? Just like you lamented the sour plums today, in a few years, will I also lament, why has it been twelve years since the last time I tasted the fresh fish caught by my husband? "

"Xiao Shu has found her favorite home, hasn't she?" Li Qi sighed, "As for A Luo, you yourself said just now that no woman is immune to injustice."

Zhu Yuluo gritted her teeth, tears welling up in her eyes. Yuzi sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the room, gave up the idea of ​​basking in the sun on the windowsill, and ran into the grass and disappeared.

"If my husband is really determined to pledge his life to the country, he should kill me first. When the time comes, we will be buried together, and we will be together for a lifetime." Zhu Yuluo turned around and took off the sword hanging on the wall.

"Jiangnan", he pulled it out with a "swish" sound, and the cold light shone everywhere.

This "Recalling Jiangnan" and Li Qi's sword "Meeting Happiness" were both dowries purchased by Zhu Yuanzhang for Zhu Yuluo, so the cold front was extremely cold and murderous intent was immediately apparent.

"Why are you doing this?" Li Qi waved his robe sleeves, reached out to grab the sword, and returned it to the sheath. His eyes shot out of the window toward the river in the distance.

"You can say that I have a weak heart as a woman." Zhu Yuluo closed the window with a snap, "But in this matter, I am just petty. Is it wrong to prevent my husband from committing suicide?"

Li Qi was waiting to say more when he suddenly heard a familiar voice outside the door.

"What mom said is not wrong at all, I don't allow dad to go." The door was pushed open, and Li Jingshu strode in, repeating: "I don't allow dad to go!"
Chapter completed!