Chapter 373
After the Dragon Boat Festival, things were busy, and the matter of Sanbao's adoption was also put on the agenda.

Because Lin Rong, Yao Shu and their children had already separated from their hometown, there was no need to inform the Lin family. They just set up a table of wine in Xie's mansion and invited relatives of the Yao family and other friends. Adopted the three treasures to the Xie family.

From then on, the name "Lin Shen" also became "Xie Shen".

But in the eyes of the children, nothing has changed.Xie Qian is very busy these days, staying in the palace for several days in a row, even Ah Zhi's classes are suspended, so San Bao still lives in Yao's house, with his brothers and sisters.

At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the people in the capital more or less understood the government affairs, and they often talked about the affairs of the court and the harem.Yao Shu had a restaurant in his hand, and he could clearly feel from the conversations of the guests that the court was going to make big moves these days.

She stayed in the restaurant for a whole day that day, and went home to have dinner in the evening. After the children were asleep, she lit an oil lamp at the table, holding the Nine Links that Ah Si usually played with in her hand, and solved them.

As she explained, her thoughts gradually drifted away, and the movements of her hands stopped.

After an unknown amount of time, the door was pushed open with a "squeak", Yao Shu came back to his senses suddenly, and found Lin Rong walking in from the door under the moonlight.

Seeing Yao Shu sitting at the table, he was a little surprised: "It's late at night, why haven't you slept yet?"

Yao Shu looked at him quietly. She was familiar with every line of his face and every detail of his facial features on this man who had slept with her for so long.

At the junction of the cold moonlight and the warm candlelight, his handsome face revealed an extraordinarily gentle expression.

Yao Shu forced a smile, and said, "I slept a lot during the day, and I'm not sleepy now."

Lin Rong was silent for a while, walked up to Yao Shu, stretched out his right hand, and stroked her hair: "I'll sit with you for a while."

He didn't sit down, but stood beside Yao Shu, letting her lean her head gently on him.

There was silence between the two.

The heat from the man came continuously, Yao Shu sniffed the familiar smell from the tip of his nose, and his throat felt a little astringent for a moment.

She wrapped her hands around the man's lean and strong waist, and buried her face in his arms.

After a while, his voice was a little hoarse, and he asked her in a low voice, "Ashu, have you heard about it?"

Yao Shu's face was hidden in Lin Roe's arms, so he didn't bother to cover up his deep sadness, and said in a muffled voice: "The news spread all over the capital, of course I heard about it. Some said that there was already a fight in the Northwest, some said Some say that the imperial court will send the princess to marry, and some say that the general will leave in a few days... No one can tell what it is."

Lin Rong's warm palms covered Yao Shu's shaved hair, gently stroking along her black and smooth hair.

The man whispered: "It's not that serious. It's just that there are some troubles in the northwest again, and they want some money and food for picking troubles."

Yao Shu raised his head and looked at Lin Roe: "Didn't you say that the border has never fought a war in the past few years? Why is there trouble again?"

Lin Rong's deep eyes reflected the candlelight, as if the starry sky was far away, but warmer than the cold stars.

He comforted Yao Shu in a low voice and said: "Our spies came back with news, and the situation is not too bad. There was chaos among the Turkic people, the leader was assassinated, and many people died during the change of power. Now the second Turkic is succeeding. The prince has always been a main fighter, and he has big ambitions, he just wants money, food, gold and silver, but he actually wants to start a border war."

Yao Shu's loose arms suddenly tightened again, hugging him tightly.

Lin Roe's voice was still so deep and melodious: "Ashu, the border is like this, it's normal to stop and stop."

She did not speak.

He also heard him say: "Nowadays the situation in the court is very tense. The emperor has no children. Since the imperial concubine left, there has been a surge of people in the previous court, all of whom want to force people into the palace. The family is intertwined. The emperor exerted pressure, and he would not be able to persist for long. If His Majesty retreats at this time, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles."

Yao Shu's voice was muffled: "So you are going to fight and make military achievements, so you can stand in the court and help him resist pressure?"

Most of the real power in the court is in the hands of aristocratic families, and these people have different ideas; Jiang Ning cares about the border, and doesn't care who is sitting on the dragon chair; only Xie Qian's faction is the emperor's cronies.

But apart from Xie Qian being in a high position, neither Lin Zhi nor Yao Chao had grown up yet, not to mention those in the Hanlin Academy who had just won Jinshi in their current subjects.

Therefore, Yao Shu's question has already hit the point.

Lin Rong was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Ashu, the emperor's first son cannot be a power of any noble family. Besides, even if it is not for the emperor, if the frontier war starts, I can't stay out of it."

Yao Shu didn't speak or move.

After a long while, Lin Zhi gently pulled her away, and saw that pair of sparkling and beautiful peach blossom eyes, which were now completely red.

The man panicked for a moment: "Ashu, what's wrong, don't cry..."

She wiped away the tears from her eyes on Lin Rong, then raised her head, smiled and said, "You read wrong, why am I crying?"

Lin Rong naturally knew Yao Shu's thoughts, she didn't want to go to the battlefield by herself, but——

"Now not only His Majesty needs me, but the border also needs me, Ash, you understand, right?"

Yao Shu bit his lower lip and said nothing.

The emotion in her eyes clearly said, if I need you and the children need you, will you still go?

But she never asked.

"I won't let you get into a dilemma." Yao Shu looked into Lin Roe's eyes and said, "However, you have to promise me one thing."

Lin Zhi said seriously, "Ashu, tell me."

Yao Shu grabbed Lin Roe's clothes unconsciously with both hands, and Tao Hua's eyes flashed with reluctance, and he quickly pressed it down again.

She said softly: "You promise me that you will return safely—the children and I are waiting for your safe return."

Lin Rong pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Don't worry, you will be safe. Besides, the war has not started yet, there is still some time before the battle, so don't worry too early."

Yao Shu sighed, the annoyance in his heart couldn't be dispelled, but he didn't want to burden Lin Rongping.

She just said sullenly: "If you don't go today, you should go tomorrow. Isn't it a quick thing to go to war?"

Lin Rong rubbed Yao Shu's hair, and whispered in her ear, "Okay. Don't worry about it, huh? How is the business of the restaurant and cloth shop these days, but it's going well?"

Yao Shu nodded, glanced at the sleeping children behind him, and said softly, "Everything is fine. However, there is one thing..."

Lin Rong sat down beside him and began to listen to Yao Shu.

She glanced at him, as if debating whether to speak out.

"What's the matter? Huh?"

Yao Shu smiled, shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's not an important matter, I can handle it myself."

She originally wanted to talk about Du Heng's visit to Buzhuang a few days ago, but the tired look in Lin Zhi's eyebrows still made her feel distressed, and she refused to worry about him anymore.

Lin Rong took a serious look at Yao Shu's expression, seeing that she really had no intention of saying anything, he said, "Okay."

Yao Shu gently hugged his waist, and said in a low voice, "Okay, let's rest early. Do you have to go to the palace tomorrow morning?"

The man yawned, nodded and said, "Go and replace the second brother. The northwest has been in chaos these past few days, and there has been a lot of noise in the hall. Fortunately, the harem is still clean now, and the pressure on me and the second brother is less."

These days Lin Zhi came home later and later, Yao Shu often saw his tired appearance, no matter how many troubles he had in his heart, he refused to tell him.

She gave a low "hmm", stretched out her fingers, rubbed the center of Lin Roe's brow lightly, and said, "If it's too late, we can stay in the palace. Isn't second brother and uncle like this?"

Lin Rong closed his eyes, feeling her cool fingertips pressing down on his brows that hadn't calmed down in the past few days, and even his breathing slowed down.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly came back to his senses, only to realize that he had fallen asleep sitting up.

Seeing that Yao Shu was still by his side, Lin Rong said in a hoarse voice, "Ashu, I'm sorry, I'm too tired. Are you sleepy? Go to sleep."

Under the light, her hairpins have all faded away, and her pretty face has no makeup, making her look more gentle and charming.

She smiled and said, "If I'm sleepy and tired during the day, I'll just go home and rest. It's not too late. But you, when you're on errands, you should always keep your spirits up. I just hope you can rest for a while..."

Saying that, Yao Shu pulled Lin Zhi up, and prepared the washing water while he was changing his clothes.

It is clear that they get along very normally, but the two feel that if they can spend the rest of their lives like this, they will probably be happy...

(End of this chapter)

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