Chapter 85: Leaving the Palace for a While
Su Changan got up as soon as it was light today.
Outside, Xuan Xia and others had just gotten up and were cleaning the yard. They saw Su Changan yawning and holding a wooden sword to start practicing sword skills.
Several palace maids looked at each other, somewhat stunned.
After all, Miss Chang'an is always lazy and doesn't get up until noon. It was only the day before yesterday because Miss Li was coming that she got up a little earlier.
But he got up today, even earlier than the day when Miss Li came. I felt like she had changed her personality or something.
Even though Mao Mao had just returned this morning, he was still startled when he saw Su Changan yawning and about to practice swordplay. He even wanted to run up to Su Changan and take his pulse to see if he was sick.
But I saw that Su Changan had already started practicing with the sword.
I knew I couldn't disturb you, so I just let it go.
But he still ran to the backyard to see if the herbs he had hung out to dry were less, in case Su Changan was too hungry and ate some of them.
Su Changan naturally didn't know what Mao Mao was doing, and he continued to swing his sword according to the [Yi Wei Ting] technique.
I don’t know if it’s because I practiced calligraphy yesterday or because I’ve become more proficient at it.
Su Changan felt very smooth when swinging the sword today. He could inexplicably feel that the strength he exerted when swinging the sword was more even than yesterday, combining both hardness and softness.
Especially since it has been less than an hour and a half, the number of swords used today is enough.
Yan Ruyu and others on the side were watching Su Changan practicing with the sword and were secretly amazed.
After all, Su Changan is making progress every day, maybe it's because he started from a low point, or maybe he is really talented.
After all, the reason why Su Changan got up so early today was actually because he was going to leave the palace today.
But he also promised the empress that he would write the sequel to Dream of the Red Chamber today, and he couldn't delay the time that belonged to the two of them alone in the evening.
So time was actually quite tight, so Su Changan got up at first light that day.
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What surprised Su Changan was that just when Su Changan said he wanted to practice calligraphy, four palace maids from Xunxia took the initiative to offer to accompany Su Changan to practice calligraphy.
This made Maomao on the side look at the four of them in surprise, and even asked directly, "Are you crazy?"
However, Su Changan immediately thought that Xia Xia and others must have come to read the sequel of "Dream of Red Mansions".
Before Su Changan started practicing calligraphy, he asked Yan Ruyu to find the empress and tell her that he would be leaving the palace today.
It's not that I need the Empress to make any arrangements, I just want to inform her.
After all, Su Changan has the [Xia Long Fu] and can enter and leave the palace freely.
Sun Shang Gong also gave a brief introduction when handing over the sign on behalf of the empress.
The name of the badge is [Xia Long Fu], and there are only three people in the entire Great Xia who have it, one of whom is Mu Xu, the current chief academic officer of the Imperial College.
Another one is the former Protector-General of the Imperial Guards and now the Jiedushi of Shuchuan.
Another one is Su Changan.
However, Su Changan's badge has greater authority, because the first two people are not allowed to enter and leave the harem at will.
But according to Palace Lady Sun, Su Chang'an's badge allowed the late queen to enter and leave the palace freely before she was crowned queen.
When Yan Ruyu came back, she naturally brought the note from the empress.
But when I came back and saw Su Changan still practicing calligraphy, I could only wait.
After all, Su Changan seemed to be practicing calligraphy, but in the eyes of a swordsman of her level, it could be seen that Su Changan was doing more than just practicing calligraphy.
After all, who practices calligraphy?
There is a vague sense of drawing a sword in the tip of the brush.
Although weak.
But creating something from nothing is the hardest.
But now, Su Changan has it. If he can keep steady and pull out the "knife" in one go, then he will have achieved his goal.
With the intention of knife.
Officially started practicing sword skills.
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What puzzled Yan Ruyu was that her mother never seemed to worry that Su Changan would not have his own sword intent, but was more worried about whether Su Changan could figure it out.
Think of this enlightenment.
Yan Ruyu looked through the window at the beautiful woman being painted like a swimming dragon under the brush, feeling helpless, because she couldn't figure out what her mother wanted Su Changan to understand.
But just like before, when Yan Ruyu thought of this, she was too lazy to think about it anymore.
In short, it was enough for her to see Su Changan making progress in his sword practice every day. She couldn't interfere in other matters. Even if she figured it out, she couldn't interfere.
Su Changan didn't know what Yan Ruyu was thinking.
He only knew that he was practicing calligraphy today and finished it in one go!
Just like yesterday, I relied on [Yi Wei Ting] to write, and the writing was exceptionally smooth according to the strength with which I swung the knife.
Although there is not much improvement in the handwriting, it is very comfortable.
Xuan Xia and others beside him were not in a hurry to watch.
There were four people, one was helping to grind, one was standing by waiting, and the other two were carefully drying and putting the books away neatly, for fear that the pages would be mixed up and they would not be able to read them in sequence.
Maomao knew that she would be leaving the palace today, and she was so happy that her face was full of joy that others could see. She was busy packing up the things that she usually put away and was reluctant to use.
Almost two hours later.
Su Changan finally finished writing and exhaled. He could clearly feel that his [Yiwei Ting] seemed to have improved, but he still stopped at the third stop.
But when he saw that Xuanxia and others had collected a large pile of papers, and then he looked at himself and saw that he had written six more in one breath, Su Changan smiled slightly, looked at his own handwriting, thought for a while, and did not feel embarrassed to ask Xuanxia and others.
After all, we have only been together for less than half a month. I feel a little embarrassed to ask people to say that my handwriting is beautiful when it is so ugly.
Out of the study door.
Su Changan noticed that Maomao had already packed several large bags and was standing at the gate of the yard with an excited look on his face.
Yan Ruyu came up with the note from the empress, looked at Su Changan and said, "Maomao originally planned to ask for leave from you today and go home. Knowing that we were leaving the palace, she prepared those things."
Su Changan was helpless, but didn't say anything. He took the note from the empress that Yan Ruyu was holding.
"The poem was given to Mu Xu. The old man, who had 1200 clever eyes, immediately guessed that you were advertising your rouge shop, but he didn't say anything. He just said that this poem would make many girls fall in love with it. Humph, you should be more careful when Su Da, a talented woman, leaves the palace."
Looking at the contents of the note, Su Changan smiled slightly. Very good, she is still my sarcastic and jealous wife.
Yan Ruyu watched Su Changan put away the note and said, "I have arranged everything. In public, only you, Maomao, Zhou Qianhong and I will go out. The people from the Chixia Army will follow us secretly. And the outside has been arranged as well. The Su Mansion didn't know when you would finish practicing calligraphy, so they didn't notify you. They just told you that you would be back today."
After that, he added: "Mao Mao wants to go home, so I also sent a few people to protect her secretly."
Su Changan nodded. When it comes to caution and arrangements in this regard, Yan Ruyu is still professional.
Now that everything has been arranged, we can set off at any time.
Su Changan naturally stopped talking about anything else.
I just told Xia and the others to keep the manuscript carefully after reading it, as His Majesty would come to see it in the evening.
When they heard that the empress wanted to look, Xuanxia and the others suddenly remembered this and were afraid to look.
After all, I can't see this thing before Your Majesty.
So I quickly put it away carefully.
When Su Changan saw it, he didn't say much, but just went back to the house to clean up.
After all, I wanted to travel in a low-key manner.
Therefore, the carriages arranged were not those of the Chixia Army.
Su Changan and Maomao were sitting in the car.
Look at the cat's happy face, and then look at the big and small bags of things.
Su Changan said, "Mao'er, I have a question."
Maomao looked at Su Changan, the joy on her face disappeared and she looked alert.
Su Changan pretended not to see it and asked, "Last time I asked you why you were afraid of your sisters, you didn't answer me yet."
Upon hearing this, Maomao turned her head away and completely ignored Su Changan.
Su Changan saw it and said, "Mao'er, I am the one who can decide whether you can go back this time, so I advise you to look straight at me!"
Maomao immediately showed an unhappy look on her face, then she sighed and looked at Su Changan helplessly and said, "Because I'm the youngest, it's natural that I'm the target of their bullying."
Su Changan said "Oh", but looking at Maomao, he wanted to ask if Maomao's home was the place he imagined. If so,
Su Changan was very curious!
But after thinking about it, I decided not to ask. After all, it was somewhat inappropriate to ask this question.
Maomao said, "Because it's right over at Anpingfang, it's very close. I'll be back soon after I go back, and I'll be waiting for you at the palace gate, so you don't need to worry about me."
Su Changan was stunned. "Anpingfang?"
Maomao sighed, knowing that she had to say it, so she said, "I am an orphan picked up by the dance troupe. My sisters are dancers in the troupe. Don't think that I grew up in the red-light district."
Hearing this, Su Changan looked at Maomao with some sympathy.
Maomao looked at Su Changan and said, "Don't feel sorry for me. I have had a good life since I was a child. There is nothing to feel sorry for. Besides, I have poisonous snakes to play with every day. I am happier than other children!"
Su Changan looked at the cat's expression and smiled with relief.
The cat clicked its tongue.
Su Changan asked, "But do you have enough money? Or will these things be enough?"
Maomao glanced away, looking hopeless: "No, I can't bring any more money. If I bring any more money, they will think I make a lot of money and then ruthlessly rob me. I also left the more than one thousand taels you gave me in the house and didn't bring it out."
Su Changan blinked, thought for a moment and asked, "How about we go to your house some other day? After all..."
Stare~~~
When Su Changan said this, he saw Maomao staring at him with an unhappy look on his face.
So he immediately changed his words and said, "I was just kidding."
After hearing Su Changan say this, Maomao turned his head.
Su Changan was also helpless.
But after Maomao sighed, she didn't look at Su Changan and whispered, "Another day, if they haven't left, we can go together."
Su Changan heard: "Yeah."
But just after she finished speaking, Maomao glared at Su Changan reluctantly: "But when you go there, don't tell them who you are. They only know that my friend is a maid in the imperial kitchen."
Hearing this, Su Changan smiled and nodded: "Okay."
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Arrived at the palace gate.
Although Yan Ruyu said that she had arranged people to protect Maomao, Su Changan thought about letting Zhou Qianhong accompany Maomao back.
But Maomao rejected it very harshly.
Then he left with the big package on his back.
Su Changan and the others were helpless, but they didn't say much and headed straight towards the Su Mansion.
Old Master Su had received news from Yan Ruyu early on that Su Changan would be coming back today.
The old man immediately found Su Zifeng and asked him to prepare the dishes.
But at the same time, he also knew that it had to be done in a low-key manner, so he asked Su Zifeng not to tell anyone and at least tell his family.
This also made Su Wan'er, Su Zhaoxin and others run to the door to wait for Su Changan as soon as they finished class at the private school.
But I have been waiting for several hours since morning, but still no one has appeared.
Su Wan'er was fine. She took a book and sat on the steps to read. However, at the slightest sign of trouble, she immediately looked up at the intersection, but there was no one there. Naturally, she sighed and continued reading.
But I couldn't continue reading the book after tossing and turning, so I just held the book in my arms and kept staring at the intersection.
Su Zhaoxin was at the bottom of the stairs, looking around. He wasn't impatient at all. He just kept asking his sister questions like "Will something happen?"
But after asking so many questions, Su Wan'er got annoyed, so she slapped and kicked him a few times, and Su Zhaoxin immediately became obedient, continuing to run back and forth at the bottom of the stairs, waiting anxiously.
At this moment, Su Zhaoxin even climbed onto one of the two stone lions at the foot of the mansion steps and looked into the distance.
Su Wan'er glanced at her brother, too lazy to pay attention to the conspicuous bag, and continued to stare at the intersection.
The wind in early winter was still a little chilly, causing the girl to shrink her body involuntarily, but she was careful not to let the book in her arms get wrinkled. Her big eyes looked at the intersection with some sadness, wondering why her elder sister hadn't come yet.
Sudden
Around the corner, a carriage came into the girl's sight, different from the ones she had just seen.
But when she saw that the person driving the carriage was Yan Ruyu, Su Wan'er immediately stood up and ran down the stairs like a flash.
Su Zhaoxin naturally saw it clearly. After carefully getting down from the stone lion, he also ran towards the carriage.
When Yan Ruyu saw the two little guys, she naturally told Su Changan.
Su Changan lifted the car curtain, smiled when he saw Su Wan'er running towards him, and got out of the car. Su Wan'er threw herself directly into his arms.
Looking at Su Zhaoxin behind him, Su Changan looked at Yan Ruyu and said, "Help me stop him."
Yan Ruyu had no choice but to continue treating them differently as usual.
However, after jumping off the carriage, he reached out without any hesitation and pressed the tiger boy's forehead to prevent him from getting close to Su Changan.
Su Changan looked down at Su Wan'er, whose smiling face was red from the cold, and said with a smile, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Su Wan'er originally thought about not crying, because if she cried, her elder sister would be sad and her illness would not be cured.
But now, after hearing Su Changan's voice, she couldn't help crying: "Not long, just a little while."
Su Changan pinched Su Wan'er's face and helped her wipe away her tears. Looking at Su Wan'er, he felt that this child was very adorable.
Su Wan'er wiped her face again, looked at Su Chang'an, moved her lips, thought for a long time, but couldn't say the words she had accumulated for many days. Looking at Su Chang'an, she couldn't help asking: "Are you feeling better?"
Su Changan nodded helplessly: "Much better."
Su Wan'er grinned, and it was obvious that she was really happy.
Su Changan held Su Wan'er's hand and looked at Su Zhaoxin who was struggling to break free from Yan Ruyu's hand: "Su Zhaoxin."
Su Zhaoxin, who had been struggling there for a long time, heard Su Changan calling him and immediately looked over. When the little thing saw Su Changan, its eyes turned red.
Yan Ruyu let go of her hand.
Su Zhaoxin immediately rushed towards Su Changan.
But when she was a few steps away from Su Changan, she suddenly stopped and asked cautiously, "Are you allergic to me today, big sister?"
Su Changan nodded.
Su Zhaoxin felt a little aggrieved, but still said, "Then I'll stand here."
Su Changan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He held Su Wan'er's hand and waved at Su Zhaoxin.
Su Zhaoxin immediately understood and ran over with a grin on his face.
Holding Su Wan'er's left hand and letting Su Zhaoxin hold his sleeve with his right hand, the three of them walked towards the Su Mansion.
Yan Ruyu and Zhou Qianhong followed behind.
Looking at the three people in front of her, Yan Ruyu smiled slightly, feeling happy for the two little ones.
Su Zhaoxin looked up at Su Changan, who looked very pretty at all times, and said with a smile, "Big sister, my sister and I made a hairpin for you. We learned it from the second sister."
Su Changan looked at Su Wan'er.
Su Wan'er glared at Su Zhaoxin, but when she saw Su Chang'an looking at her, she said shyly, "I did, but it's not very pretty, not as good as my second sister's. I thought I'd give it to you once it's done and looks good."
Su Changan smiled and said, "How can what Wan'er did not look good?"
Su Wan'er felt even more embarrassed, but still looked up at Su Chang'an: "Then I'll go in and show it to you, but don't wear it, it's very ugly."
Su Changan smiled and looked at Su Zhaoxin: "I heard that you started learning Kung Fu?"
Su Zhaoxin looked at Su Changan in astonishment and even gasped, thinking, my goodness, how come my elder sister knew such a secret thing.
But since Su Changan asked, Su Zhaoxin didn't hide it and nodded, "Yes, I learned it. I just wanted to see what was suitable. I practiced for a few days and felt that my boxing skills were pretty good. But I also studied."
Su Wan'er nodded: "Yes, I read. Although I read slowly, I read."
Su Zhaoxin immediately said: "Not as good as Wan'er, you don't know big sister, Wan'er is very powerful, that Mr. Shuiyun from the last poetry meeting..."
Su Zhaoxin talked incessantly, talking about how Su Wan'er was accepted as a student by Mr. Shuiyun, and also about how Yuan Ruxi taught Wan'er swordsmanship.
But at the gate of Su Mansion.
Because of the reports from the sharp-eyed servants, Su Zimu, Su Zifeng, Su Liushi and others who knew that Su Changan had returned had already arrived at the door.
Looking at Su Changan holding his younger brother and sister’s hands.
Su Liu hurried down the steps and walked towards Su Changan, her face full of joy and worry.
Su Changan saw this, let go of Su Wan'er and Su Zhaoxin's hands, and bowed to Su Liushi, "Mother."
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Ps: I’m asking for some monthly tickets, it’s the end of the month.
Ps: No other PS today.
(End of this chapter)
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