Si Haochen also knew Lie Yan's temper and was always wary of Lie Yan getting angry. However, they got along well with each other.
"Now that I've collected the fare, I'm going to get on the bus." Mingruo touched Lieyan's horse's head.
Lieyan kicked his horse's hooves on the spot a few times, probably acquiescing.
Mingruo planned to sit behind Si Haochen, just like driving someone on an electric bicycle, which was fine. But Si Haochen stretched out his hand to pull her onto the horse's back, and held her firmly in his arms. Mingruo's back stiffened for a moment, this posture
...Isn't it a little too intimate?
Si Haochen pinched the horse's belly, and Lieyan started running, and Ah Yi quickly followed. This secret passage was very long, and it took almost a quarter of an hour to run before it stopped. Mingruo only felt Si Haochen's arm move, and then
A rumbling sound was heard, and the stone wall that originally blocked the way forward slowly opened.
Si Haochen took the lead. Ah Yi passed through the stone gate and activated the mechanism, and the stone gate gradually closed again.
Today is the Moon Festival, and the moonlight is very bright. After passing through a small patch of gentle hills and woods, there is a flat official road in front of me, and a carriage is parked on the roadside.
Si Haochen reined in his horse, and Lieyan stopped in front of the carriage. The person who was originally sitting on the carriage stepped forward and saluted: "See you, Master. Madam."
"Yes." Si Haochen got off the horse, turned around and hugged Mingruo off.
Mingruo took out another handful of licorice candies and fed them to Lieyan. Lieyan ate them happily, and Mingruo rubbed his head again: "Thank you for your hard work."
Lieyan snorted and shook his big horse's head, as if to say - you're welcome!
Si Haochen took off the harness and patted Lie Yan on the back: "Let's play."
"Now that the city gates are closed, it can't go back, right?" Mingruo was a little worried.
"It's coming with us." Si Haochen got on the carriage and reached out to pull Mingruo into the carriage.
"Will Lieyan get lost?"
"Even if you get lost, it won't be lost." Si Haochen rolled his eyes at Mingruo, who was worried.
"That's true." Mingruo nodded sincerely, he really didn't know the way.
"Heh." Si Haochen got into the carriage.
Mingruo was startled as soon as she entered the carriage. This was the carriage she took into the imperial capital. The carriage was covered with snow-white furs, and fist-sized night pearls hung from the four corners. There were two coarse cloth bundles placed in the corner not far from the door.
, there are pillows and a brocade quilt inside.
Si Haochen took off his boots, took off his cloak and robe, and hung them on the hangers.
Then he walked in, laid out the brocade quilt and leaned on the pillow: "What are you doing standing there? Close the door and come here."
"Oh." Mingruo closed the carriage door first.
Then he also took off his outer clothes and shoes, walked over to Si Haochen and sat down.
"Master, are you ready to go?"
"Let's go." Si Haochen responded.
The carriage started running without any bumps, but the clatter of horse hooves was particularly clear in the quiet night.
"Want to sleep?" Si Haochen turned his head and looked at Mingruo.
"You go to sleep first, I'm not too sleepy yet." Mingruo looked at the pillow and quilt and twitched the corner of his mouth. The pillow and quilt were both very big, but there was only one.
"Well." Si Haochen covered the luminous pearl with silk cloth, but did not sleep. Instead, he opened the window of the carriage.
Moonlight poured into the car through the window sash. Mingruo looked over and saw a full moon hanging high in the dark blue night sky, illuminating the surrounding clouds.
Mingruo suddenly said: "Your name is the scenery outside the window, right?"
Si Haochen's eyes shimmered in the moonlight: "Yeah."
His mother-in-law once said that the bright moon shone in the sky on the night he was born, so his father gave him this name.
"It sounds good and looks good." Mingruo lay on the pillow, which would be more convenient for admiring the moon.
Si Haochen also lay down and pulled the quilt over Mingruo and himself: "Your name is also very nice."
"Oh." Mingruo is very indifferent to her name. It is neither poetic nor cute.
It's not even the intention of the parents or grandparents. Because, in the Ming family, as long as a girl with a bird feather birthmark is born, she is called Ming Ruo. Moreover, from the moment she is born, she is recognized as the future head of the family, and the whole family is devoted to it.
strength to cultivate.
"Didn't you want to go to Jiangnan before? We can go to Jiangnan in three days." Si Haochen lay on his back on the pillow.
"Are Flame Heart Lotus Seeds in Jiangnan?" I thought this trip was a business trip, but I didn't expect it to be a tourist trip?
"It's just passing by, and you can't go to the famous state capital." In fact, passing through Jiangnan is a bit far, but he still chose this route. "When I come back, I can go to Huzhou, Changzhou or Ningzhou to see it. My king
The fiefdom is there."
"Ah...your fiefdom is in Jiangnan?" Mingruo looked at Si Haochen in surprise. In her world, there is a saying that 'Su Changshu is the most powerful person in the world'. I heard from Zisu that Jiangnan, where her hometown is, also
Very wealthy.
"Yeah." Si Haochen responded.
"Why would the emperor allocate such a rich place to others as a fief?" No matter who becomes the emperor, he will naturally hold the granary and commercial center in his hands, how can he give it to others.
"The Emperor gave it to me before he abdicated. Dan Xu was so angry that he became ill for a month and almost died..." Si Haochen had a smile in his eyes.
"..." If I were such a partialist, even if I were Emperor Danxu, I would be angry to death.
Si Haochen raised his hand and closed the window: "Go to sleep."
"Yeah." Mingruo closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly.
Si Haochen also closed his eyes, listening to the breathing gradually becoming even and long beside him. This was the first time since they got married that they had 'sleeped in the same bed' together.
When Mingruo woke up, she found that the carriage had stopped and Si Haochen was not in the carriage. Mingruo got up, folded the bedding and put on her outer clothes. She opened the window and the carriage stopped by a creek.
A fire was made and dry food was roasted there.
Si Haochen's hair had been tied up and he was washing his face by the stream. The round-faced Shishi was holding a handkerchief and the toothbrush Mingruo tinkered with next to him.
Mingruo opened her bag, took out the washing basket she had prepared, and got out of the carriage.
"Madam." When they were away from home, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Ah Yi and Fifteen changed their names to master and madam.
Apparently, she was going to have a 'picnic' for breakfast this morning. Fortunately, she had already made preparations: "Go to the car, take down the small red clay stove, and use that small copper pot to boil a pot of water."
"Yes, ma'am." Ah Yi put away the dry food and went to move the cooking stove.
Si Haochen had already washed up. Mingruo placed the small bamboo basket in his hand on the stone by the stream, opened the lid, and put the toiletries neatly in the basket. There was no need for anyone to wait on him, so it was very practical and very convenient.
convenient.
After Mingruo finished washing, she put the washing basket in the car and dried the used handkerchief on the handle of the basket.
"Madam, the water is boiling."
"Okay, I'll be right away." Mingruo took out the oatmeal and meat floss she had taught Lithospermum to make from the bag.
