The imperial study room is elegant and elegant.

The emperor who ascended the throne with iron blood has always been majestic and indifferent.

But at this moment, Xiao Tingchen could not ignore the deep affection and longing in his eyes.

He sat on the couch and picked up a chess piece, "My mother is the boat girl from a small family in Jiangnan. She died many years ago."

He lied.

"Ship Girl?"

"yes."

The room was quiet, and only the crisp sound of chess pieces falling on the chessboard were heard.

Xiao Tingchen looked at the chessboard and the emperor's chess pieces were already in a mess.

What is he thinking?

What does he have to do with his mother?

After all, the emperor could not continue playing the game of chess. The emperor covered his eyes with one hand and signaled Xiao Tingchen to retreat.

When Xiao Tingchen gave the retreat ceremony and retreated to the threshold, he heard the emperor say lightly:

"After the triumph, come back and tell me the story of your mother."

"……yes."

...

In the restaurant in Chang'an City, Sujiu couldn't finish so many dishes, so she asked the shopkeeper to help her pack it and planned to take it back to her house for dinner.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Girl, it costs one or two taels of silver to pack."

"One tael of silver?"

Sujiu was surprised.

No wonder everyone says that things in Chang'an are expensive, so you can just pack it casually and you will need one tael of silver. When she was a maid, one tael of silver was enough for her to spend several months.

She looked at the delicious dishes on the table in entangled manner. She couldn't bear to waste them. She said with a shameless face: "Pack it for me, and keep it... on the head of the Imperial Commander Xiao Tingchen. He has a small villa at the end of Yanxing Street, and you can send someone to pick it up."

"Okay!"

Su Jiu walked alone on the way back to the Duke's mansion with two big food boxes.

At least the emperor was concerned about the relationship between the king and the ministers for many years and did not take back the mansion, so she had a place to stay.

The mansion is empty.

She came to her mother's courtyard, and Lu Jiaoyi sat on the steps under the eaves, crying violently.

Looking up, she saw Su Jiu. She immediately picked up her crutch and pointed at her, "Su Jiu, I asked you to make breakfast, where have you been?! I've been hungry for a day and cried!"

Su Jiu handed her the food box and said, "Eat it."

The aroma of the food made Lu Jiaoyi ignore everything else and immediately opened the lid and feasted.

Su Jiu sat down beside her and whispered: "Lu Jiaoyi, our mansion is too poor to lose its roots. You have many daughters in Chang'an, but what kind of friends can you borrow money from us?"

Lu Jiaoyi bit the crispy chicken legs, but she didn't continue to pretend to be Su Jiu, and said honestly: "I used to walk sideways in Chang'an City. To be honest, there were no friends, but many people offended."

Su Jiu looked at her in a complicated way.

She shouldn't have asked.

Lu Jiaoyi threw away the chicken bones, "Su Jiu, don't you make incense? Why don't you go and sell incense?"

Su Jiu's heart moved slightly.

After a long time, Lu Jiaoyi had enough food and drank, patted her on the shoulder, "Think about it carefully! Sister, I will be filial to my father for so many years on your behalf, and I will work hard without any credit. You have earned money, but you have to support me! I will take away the remaining food tomorrow, anyway, you have eaten it outside."

She picked up the food box and left without hesitation.

Su Jiu looked at the messy ground.

Lu Jiaoyi didn't even give her a bowl of porridge.

The girl stood up in silence and stepped into the bedroom to take care of her mother.

At night, she returned to Jiangheting with a lantern.

It is actually feasible to sell incense, but she has no capital and can't even make a incense ball.

She rummaged through the cabinets and found that she really had no money.

Just when she was feeling uncomfortable, the girl suddenly looked at the bed.

She took out a scroll from the depths of the bed.

With the faint lights spread out, the beautiful peach forest on the scroll, and the vague beauty, the silk skirt rotates, and the waist is bent and dances.

This is the painting that Rong Zheng gave her.

Su Jiu's little heart thumped, not because of emotion, but because of excitement.

Rong Zheng’s paintings are very valuable. She sells them outside. Wouldn’t it be a big income?

After washing, the girl lay on the couch holding the scroll.

Because she solved a troublesome thing and was too tired today, she quickly fell asleep.

The night wind blows open the carved window, and a black shadow appears outside the bed tent like a ghost.

Xiao Tingchen lifted the curtain and stared at her from a high place.

With the moonlight, he clearly saw the girl's lips simply rising, and probably dreamed of something good.

And she still hugged a scroll in her arms.

He pulled out the scroll and saw the content on the painting. The peach blossom eyes instantly burst into a strong sense of hostility!

Even when she was sleeping, she held the paintings that the wild man drew for her. Isn’t it enough that the Rong family insulted her?!

Xiao Tingchen threw away the scroll, lifted Su Jiu's bedding, and lay in familiarly.

The girl was wearing a thin bedding dress, holding her in her arms soft and sweet, and felt very good.

His breathing was a little rapid, and he suddenly bit Su Jiu's lips.

The girl woke up from her sleep and saw that there were actually someone around her. She was about to scream, but Xiao Tingchen covered her mouth hard.

He pressed her under him, "Don't call me."

Su Jiu nodded in panic.

Xiao Tingchen let go, "I will go to the suburbs of the city tomorrow morning and take 100,000 soldiers from Shenwu Camp to Yan State. Xie Rongjing will also go."

The news came too suddenly.

Su Jiu forgot about what he had just bullied him, and Ruanruan asked, "What are you doing in Yan State?"

"fight."

"ah?"

Xiao Tingchen touched her tender face, with deep eyebrows and eyes, "Is he still thinking about Rong Zheng?"

"No."

"Then you just hugged his painting..."

Su Jiu pushed him away and sat up, pulling up the bedclothes loose under his shoulders, "His paintings are valuable. I plan to sell them tomorrow and use the silver as capital to do incense business."

Xiao Tingchen's eyebrows and eyes immediately stretched out.

He held her in his arms, "You marry me and I will raise you."

As he spoke, his eyes were peeping at the girl's delicate body from a high place.

The girl in her prime has loose bedding. From his perspective, she can clearly see her white and slender neck, as well as the two snow-white marks that are faintly visible under her wide collar.

I don't know how it feels to play with it.

A wolf light flashes in the man's eyes.

At his age, ordinary men have already taken a lot of concubines.

But he waited for someone to grow up, and hadn't even tasted the meat, so he occasionally ate some meat residue, which made him thirsty...

His gaze was too hot, and Su Jiu was a little scared from the bottom of his heart.

She refused to ask him to hold her, hugged her soft pillow in the corner, with a serious face, "My father and brother went to the frontier, and there was no one in the family to make decisions. It would be a day to talk about the marriage later."

Xiao Tingchen's eyes lit up, "I'll talk later?"

Su Jiu was stunned for a moment, not understanding why he suddenly became excited.

She watched the man approach her little by little, and her face turned pale. She hugged the soft pillow tightly, but she didn't know that this little pitiful look fell into Xiao Tingchen's eyes, making him want to bully her more and more.

Xiao Tingchen caught a chicken and easily grabbed her into his arms.

His knees were strongly pushed open the girl's slender legs.

With rough and wide palms, she familiarly held Su Jiu's ankles and easily spread her legs to the maximum extent.
Chapter completed!