Chapter 43 Surprise for the princess
The ancients said that "the feelings of being close to the hometown are timid", but Li Xiu did not feel this way at all. Instead, he was very excited. He had just learned to ride a horse and ran wildly like a joy, leaving Princess Pingyang's team far behind. However, seeing him tilted around on the horse's back, many soldiers from the Detachment of Women were worried about him, worried that he would fall down and be trampled to death by the horse.
"Sister Yuechan, the New Year is over. When will the master come back?" In Li Xiu's yard, Liu'er asked Yuechan, who was washing clothes, while slapping the quilt with a stick. The weather is good today, so they took out all the bedding at home and washed all the clothes they should wash.
"It's coming soon. Uncle Liu said that it was spreading in the capital that the Turks had already retreated? As long as the Turks retreated, the master would probably be back." Yue Chan wrung out a piece of clothing with difficulty, raised her hand and wiped the sweat channel on her forehead with her wrist, and then stroked the mistress who wanted to go forward to make trouble.
Last time, Ma Ye kidnapped Li Xiu like a robber, which scared them. He originally wanted to report to the official, but later someone from the princess's house explained it, and they understood what happened. They stayed at home safely during this period. However, Liu Er was talking about Li Xiu's safety from time to time. Although their master and servant had not been together for a long time, there were few people as kind as Li Xiu.
"Bang!" Just as Yue Chan finished speaking, she suddenly heard a loud sound from the gate. A horse broke through the gate and rushed in. Then the knight on the horse coughed in a very embarrassing manner, "Cough cough~, why is this broken horse not obedient? You asked you to stop, but you accelerated me. Who would you kill?"
"Master!" Hearing the familiar voice of the horse, Liu'er was the first to react, waving the wooden stick in her hand and greeted her. The horse that Li Xiu was struck by his "amazing riding skills", otherwise he would not have knocked the door directly. Now he saw a little girl waving the wooden stick and rushing towards him. The horse was frightened again. With a long neigh, he jumped up with one person high, lifted Li Xiu off the horse's back, and then turned his head and ran away.
"Oh~, my waist!" Li Xiu was thrown to the ground behind his back, almost hurting his waist. Fortunately, the young man's bones were resilient, so he did not break them. However, this also gave him a severe lesson, and he swears in his heart that he must practice riding well. If he doesn't practice well, he will slaughter and eat the horse just now!
"How are you, Master? Are you hurt?" Liu'er was also startled by the sudden change. When she reacted, she hurried forward to help Li Xiu up and asked with concern.
"It's okay, lord, I was so happy just now that I couldn't control my horse. Liu'er, you have to believe it. This is just an accident. Don't tell others, do you know?" The first thing Li Xiu did when he stood up was to tell Liu'er not to talk nonsense. It was so embarrassing just now. Fortunately, there were no outsiders here, so just tell Liu'er and Yuechan not to talk nonsense.
"Yeah ~ Liu'er knows that even the Turks were defeated by the master, so this time it must be an accident!" Liu'er also lit her little head as if she was eating rice, and she didn't know whether she believed it or was a fake.
"I have seen the master!" At this time, Yuechan also suppressed her smile and saluted Li Xiu. She didn't expect that as soon as Li Xiu entered the house, she gave them such a big "surprise".
"No need to be polite, huh? Where is the mistress?" Li Xiu suddenly asked. During those days in the military camp, the mistress he missed the most. Although he couldn't speak, he was particularly considerate when he was with him, especially when he would rather go hungry than eat the extremely unpalatable food in the military camp, he missed the fat mistress even more.
"Why did it disappear in a blink of an eye?" Yue Chan said strangely at this time. When she was washing clothes just now, the mistress always came up to make trouble, but now she can't find it.
"Woooo~" At this moment, I suddenly heard a mistress' whimper, and then a little black head poked out from the crack of the living room door. When I saw that it was really Li Xiu outside, I jumped out happily, spread out four little fat legs and ran towards Li Xiu. It turned out that it was so scared that it was hidden by Li Xiu's behavior of breaking into the door.
"Haha, I've gained so much weight just after the New Year. If I eat it, I'll become a pig!" Li Xiu picked up the mistress and said intimately. Then he suddenly thought of something again. His face changed and asked Liu'er, "Liu'er, the mistress hasn't fallen into the toilet these days, right?"
"No, I'm very careful, and the mistress is also very smart. I have never approached the toilet since last time." Liu'er waved her hand quickly. She had been taking care of the mistress during Li Xiu's absence.
"That's good. You two have to prepare the bath water first. I'll go to the Princess Villa. I'll take a bath when I come back!" Li Xiu immediately ordered and walked out with his mistress in the military camp. There was no condition to take a bath in the inn. On the way back, he took a bath in the inn in Ningzhou. However, not only did there be no soap, but there was no pancreas, so it was impossible to wash it clean. So the first thing Li Xiu did when he went home was to ask Yuechan and the others to prepare the bath water.
There is a small river in front of Li Xiu's house. After passing the small river, there is Lijiazhuang. A road just passed by Lijiazhuang. This road led to the princess's villa. He just threw away the main force and ran back first. When he came to the side of the road, he happened to see the princess' convoy slowly coming.
Li Xiu was riding a military horse before, and he would return to the team after running away. Li Xiu saw his disobedient horse at a glance. He immediately stepped forward and turned over again. He learned how to ride a horse with Master Ma on the way back, but he could only jog, and there was still a big gap between riding and charging.
"Is there the home of Li Xiaowei?" At this time, Princess Pingyang opened the car window and looked at the small courtyard by the river a hundred steps away and asked Li Xiu. Although she was a neighbor, Princess Pingyang had never paid attention to Li Xiu's side before.
"Yes, although the yard is not big, it's still very comfortable to live alone!" Li Xiu replied with a smile on his horse, but the mistress in his arms then called out twice, as if reminding Li Xiu that he was also a member of the family.
"Hehe~, this puppy in Li Zhengwei's arms is very cute. Did you raise it?" Princess Pingyang also noticed the mistress at this time. She smiled in surprise. The mistress took a bath almost every day, so she looked very clean and chubby, looking like a small black meat ball. This kind of furry little thing almost killed women, and Princess Pingyang was no exception.
"It's called a mistress, a very naughty little guy. If the princess is bored, she can also keep a pet to relieve boredom!" Li Xiu suggested with a smile.
"Forget it, in comparison, I prefer to grow flowers and plants. If I raise a naughty little guy, it will ruin all my flowers and plants." Princess Pingyang thought about it for a while but shook her head and said, "She is actually a very quiet woman without wearing armor. She is usually a very hobby for playing with flowers and plants.
When Li Xiu heard this, he suddenly remembered the first greenhouse he built, just to raise flowers and plants for Princess Pingyang. He smiled and said, "Haha, I forgot about this princess's hobby, but Princess, you have to thank me!"
"Thank you? What do you thank you?" Princess Pingyang said in confusion at this time.
"Uh? Didn't Uncle Ma tell you?" Li Xiu was stunned for a moment and asked again.
"What do you tell me?" Princess Pingyang was even more puzzled. She had no idea what Li Xiu was talking about.
"I understand, Uncle Ma is planning to give you a surprise!" Li Xiu suddenly understood that when the greenhouse was built, he seemed to have heard Ma say that he wanted to give the princess a surprise. It is estimated that when he was in Qingzhou, he never told Princess Pingyang about the greenhouse.
"Surprise? What surprise? Li Xiu, tell me quickly!" Princess Pingyang also said anxiously at this time.
"Haha, princess, wait patiently. Since Uncle Ma is not here, I will give you this surprise. If you know in advance, it would not be a surprise!" Li Xiu deliberately kept a secret and said, "If Princess Pingyang saw that the flowers and plants she liked remained green, she still didn't know what she would be happy like?
Seeing Li Xiu not saying this, Princess Pingyang was also helpless. At this time, the convoy was about to arrive at her villa. However, Princess Pingyang suddenly discovered that strange "houses" were built on a farmland east of the villa. The reason why these houses were strange is that the walls of these houses were of different heights, and the roofs on the roof looked like they were silk, which was a bit too luxurious.
"Li Xiu, what are the houses used for?" Princess Pingyang asked immediately. Although Li Xiu was not from the Princess' Mansion, her intuition told her that Li Xiu must know the purpose of these strange houses.
"Haha, this is also a secret. You will know later, the princess!" Of course, Li Xiu could not tell the princess that were greenhouses now, otherwise Princess Pingyang would be able to guess what the so-called surprise was immediately.
The convoy soon arrived at the gate of the other courtyard. Princess Pingyang's carriage was the first to enter the other courtyard, and the rest of the matter was naturally handled by others. Li Xiu also followed the princess' carriage to the other courtyard and went to the inner house. Originally, men were not allowed to enter here, but Princess Pingyang thought of the surprise in Li Xiu's words, so she did not let Li Xiu leave.
When Princess Pingyang got off the carriage, Li Xiu did not let her go back to her room to rest, but asked several female guards to carry her to the garden next to her. Princess Pingyang discovered that there was also a strange house in her garden. At this time, Li Xiu came to the door of the house, then turned to her and smiled at her, "Princess, please see, the surprise you prepared for you is here!"
Chapter completed!