Chapter 98 Northwest
After Li Zheng returned home, she quickly took off her imperial robes and lay down on the bed. "Phew, I'm so tired. I won't go even if you ask me to."
A Yue, who was packing clothes nearby, heard this and said, "Madam, you are talking nonsense again."
"Oh, but this is really tiring." The weight on his head and the clothes on his body weighed at least ten kilograms.
A Yue saw Gu Chenze come in and quietly left. Li Zheng was still unaware and was still mumbling to herself that she would never go again.
Gu Chengze found it funny. Seeing that her scalp was covered with red marks, he felt distressed and reached out to gently massage her scalp.
Li Zheng hadn't opened her eyes yet and thought it was A Yue. "Okay, A Yue, come a little further forward. It hurts a lot in the front too." Li Zheng felt it and pinched forward again, which made her feel even more comfortable. "When did you learn this trick?"
“It’s only now available.”
Li Zheng's lips curled up. When she asked him to move forward, she knew it was him. Li Zheng closed her eyes and thought about what they had said at the banquet today. "Do you think Turkic will really come?"
Gu Chengze lowered his head and thought for a moment, "I will come."
Li Zheng felt disappointed when she heard this. The world had finally been stabilized and the people were finally about to live a good life, but the Turks were about to come.
Seeing her disappointed face, Gu Chengze explained, "The Turks don't know how to grow crops. They invade when there's a food shortage in winter. This is a common occurrence." Moreover, the Turks are very cunning and will just rob and run away.
"Alas," Li Zheng sighed. She knew the fundamental reason was low grain production, but she only had medicine, no sweet potatoes or corn. Furthermore, when she was in the south, she often visited the market and bought imported goods, but she hadn't seen any improved varieties. Perhaps it wasn't the right time yet.
"Who do you think the emperor will send to attack the Turks?" Li Zheng thought that there was a shortage of people in various places at that time, and she didn't know who would be sent.
Gu Chengze stopped kneading his hands. Li Zheng saw that he had stopped and thought that something was wrong, so she opened her eyes and asked him, "What's wrong?"
"A Zheng, I think I will ask for permission to go to the northwest after a while." This matter has been on his mind for a while, and he made this decision after thinking about it for a long time.
"Okay, I wonder if the northwest is fun." Li Zheng looked indifferent, but rather yearning.
Instead, he looked surprised, "A Zheng you..."
Before he could finish his words, Li Zheng rolled her eyes at him, "What? Do you think I like the capital? There are too many rules here. Every day it's either one party treating you or the other. I'm almost fed up with it."
Although she said it with a relaxed look, he still had a worried look on his face, "But the capital is much better than the northwest. The northwest is bitterly cold."
Seeing this, Li Zheng stopped talking and stood up to look at him. "Then why did you go to the Northwest? You know the Northwest is not a good place."
"A Zheng, after arriving in the capital, I realized that this was not what I wanted. Dealing with one thing every day could take several days, which made me helpless." Dealing with those civil officials every day, arguing with each other, the longer he stayed, the more he missed the happy days before.
Li Zheng knew how he felt: his ambitions were limited here, and he was constantly hampered. "But I'm just like you. I'm not happy here either." She, too, longed for a time when they could be alone.
The two looked at each other for a long time and smiled at each other.
In the end, the responsibility of attacking the Turks fell on General Hao, the result of a struggle between the two sides. Because General Hao was neutral, he was not on anyone's side. After this incident, Gu Chengze wanted to leave the capital as soon as possible. Although it was a newly established dynasty, it seemed that nothing had changed. It was still the same, only the people had changed.
It was already February when General Hao brought back the good news. Xiaobao could run and talk. It was also around this time that Gu Chengze petitioned the Emperor for permission to go to the northwest. After Gu Chengze left, the Emperor, for some reason, issued an imperial decree the next day approving the request.
"Your Majesty, I obey!" Gu Chengze accepted the imperial edict, knowing full well that the Crown Prince had instigated this. He looked towards the capital, thinking that another major change was imminent. The sooner he left, the better.
Gu Chengze saw Li Zheng coming over with a lunch box, so he quickly went over to grab the box and supported her, "You're pregnant, why are you still so careless? What if you get tired?" It's true that Li Zheng was found to be pregnant during the Chinese New Year. Although it's only been more than three months now, Gu Chengze is very nervous.
Li Zheng saw his nervous face and waved her hand, "It's okay, I was like this when I was pregnant with Bo Ge'er. I'm not that delicate."
Gu Chengze was not around when Li Zheng was pregnant last time, so this time he wanted to spend more time with her to make up for the days he was not with her before.
But if Li Zheng knew about this, she wouldn't be happy to accompany her like this! This can't be done, that can't be touched, it's even more terrifying than Yu Mama and A Yue combined.
Seeing that she didn't take it seriously, Gu Chengze wanted to say something else, "Mom, mom, look at the butterfly I caught!" but was interrupted by Bo Ge'er who had just returned from catching butterflies.
Li Zheng quickly called her son over to stop Gu Chengze from nagging again. "Come, let me see you." Gu Chengze felt helpless. He didn't expect her to be so naughty. What else could he say? He could only look at his son.
"Look, Mom." As soon as Bo Ge'er opened his hand, the butterfly in his hand flew away. It was a very beautiful butterfly, colorful. Bo Ge'er is now over one year old, with fair and tender skin, which is very lovable.
Li Zheng was also very respectful, "Wow, Brother Bo is really amazing!"
Bo Ge'er immediately put on a proud expression. Seeing this, Gu Chengze patted him and scolded him jokingly: "Who did you learn this from, kid?"
Bo Ge'er was not afraid of Gu Chengze. Seeing that his mother was not in a good position, he hugged his legs and said, "My uncle taught me." Naturally, he exposed Li Zhu. Li Zhu, who was in class, suddenly sneezed and touched his body. He thought that he was not wearing enough clothes. He had to drink some ginger soup when he got home, otherwise he would have to take medicine.
Seeing that Bo Ge'er showed no remorse for betraying Li Zhu, Li Zheng asked, "Will your uncle be unhappy if you say this?"
"Ah!" Bo Ge'er stopped listening and immediately covered his mouth, saying, "I didn't say anything." Then he ran away.
Li Zheng and the others watched Bo Ge'er running away and said, "Run slower."
After laughing, Gu Chengze looked at Li Zheng's belly and felt a little worried. He was about to get up and go to the northwest, but it was not appropriate for her to travel quickly with such a big belly.
"A Zheng, why don't you go after you give birth to the baby?"
Li Zheng refused without a second thought when she heard this. "No, it's almost a year since I gave birth and finished my confinement. Besides, it's not convenient for a newborn to ride in a car. I have to wait until he's a year older, which means two years. I might as well go while my belly isn't too big."
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