Dong.

Qingdeng moved his stiff feet, silently retreated two steps, retreated out of the earth, returned to the door, and gently closed the door, blocking Tianzhangyuan back to the back of the door.

He looked straight at the door panel in front of him and thought to himself:

——I probably saw it wrong.

He took a deep breath with an "exhaust" to calm the shock in his heart.

After his mood calmed down, he pushed open the door again—

"My husband, welcome back!"

The same words, the same scene... Tianzhangyuan knelt on the entrance hall, smiling like a flower, and greeted him enthusiastically, like a newlywed wife.

Dong.

Qingdeng replicated the actions he had just done—retreating, closing the door, taking deep breaths—as if it was a reversal image.

About 5 seconds later, he pushed open the door again.

"My husband, welcome back!"

Dong.

Back, close the door, and take a deep breath.

When he opened the door for the fourth time, he heard no longer "Welcome back", but the other party's scream of anger:

"How many times do you have to do it again!"

I saw that Tianzhangyuan no longer knelt down, but stood up, put his hands on his hips, bit his teeth lightly, his cheeks flushed, and he looked as if he was ashamed of shame.

"It's hard to say such things to you with shame! You have asked me to repeat so many times! Do you like to hear me say 'Honey, welcome back' to you?"

After hearing this, Qingdeng apologized half ashamed and half helplessly:

"Sorry, I was just... scared..."

When you come to a strange house, you suddenly see that the current queen mother shouted to you like a newlywed wife, "Honey, welcome back"... Anyone will be scared.

Qing Deng subconsciously bit the tip of his tongue and repeatedly confirmed that he was not dreaming.

"Your Highness, why are you...what do you want?"

He asked, sweeping his eyes and looking up and down at Tianzhangyuan.

The blue kimono, the beige belt... The clothes she wears are all common goods, with ordinary styles and rough fabrics.

Perhaps because her hair was too short, she did not comb her hair, but instead combed her hair into a short ponytail as usual.

During the Edo period, wives who already had family often combed their buns.

As for the unmarried girl, she often combs Shimada's hips.

Before marrying Aoden, Sanako and Awu often showed themselves in the form of "Shida Kidney".

After they became "Juzunako" and "Juzunako", they no longer combed their hair buns.

In addition to the wrong hairstyle, at first glance, the carved Tianzhangyuan really looks like an ordinary wife who can be seen everywhere.

After hearing Qing Deng's apology, the annoyance and shame on Tianzhangyuan's face quickly dissipated like a tide - it seemed that she was not really angry.

Seeing Qingdeng asking for the purpose directly, she chuckled a few times:

"Sheng Qing, have you ever played 'play house'?"

"I played a few times when I was still young."

"Just play! Sheng Qing, I hope you can play house with me for a long time, I will pretend to be a wife, you will pretend to be a husband!"

“…Ha?”

"I hope you can play house with me for a long time..."

"No, I heard it, don't have to repeat it again."

Whenever Qingdeng said "Ha?", the other party always thought he had poor hearing - he just habitually expressed his surprise with "Haa?".

"Your Highness, you, you..."

Because I was too shocked, my tongue was knotted and I couldn't even speak smoothly.

It was not until a while before he gradually recovered:

"Your Highness, can you give me a reason?"

“Why do you want to play ‘play house’?”

"And you have to dress up like that...so special relationship."

Tianzhangyuan had its head tilted, its mouth bent, and its eyes narrowed into thin slits.

Qingdeng was so familiar with this smile - this was the other party's signature smirk.

"Well... it would be too boring to tell you the reason directly."

"I'll tell you the answer after you finish playing house with me."

"Of course, I don't plan to force you."

"If you are not happy, you can just leave."

"But...if you abandon me, I may cry with sadness."

After saying that, she pretended to raise her arms, covered her sleeves, and looked pitiful and moaning.

Immediately afterwards, she raised her cunning gaze from time to time, and passed through the top of her sleeve, secretly glanced at Qingdeng to observe her reaction.

——What kind of thing is this? "I don't plan to force you"...

Qing Deng twitched the corners of his mouth, and black lines appeared between his forehead.

Although he was confused, he... strangely, he didn't feel bored.

As soon as he came, he had long been used to being fooled by Tianzhangyuan.

Secondly, at this moment, there was a hint of... I was eager to try it out.

——I just wanted to know what she wanted, so I wanted to cooperate with her. That's all, and I have no other ideas.

After thinking firmly, he no longer had to worry.

"I understand, please give me some advice!"

He spoke quickly... without a trace of hesitation.

After saying that, he neatly removed the two swords from his waist and handed them to the other party.

"Huh...hey?hey?"

Tianzhangyuan was frozen in place, looking at Qingdeng in panic, looking at him at a loss.

"What's wrong? Your Highness, don't tell me now. It's all fake to want to play 'play house' with me."

"Dangdang, of course it's not fake! I won't use such a thing to make you fool. I just... just... your impatient look makes me a little... scared..."

"Ha? Am I impatient?"

Qingdeng blinked his eyes and looked innocent.

He feels quite good about himself, both in his expression and manners.

"You don't have the awareness of this... Alas, forget it..."

Tianzhangyuan sighed softly, then reached out to take Qingdeng's two swords with a complicated expression, and then carried them back to the room.

When the husband returns home, he will hand the sword to his wife first, who put the sword on the knife holder - this is a common interaction between the Wu family couples in the Edo era.

Taking advantage of the place where the sword was placed in Tianzhangyuan, Qingdeng took off his straw shoes, took off his hat on his head, and stepped across the entrance.

While entering the house, he looked around and carefully inspected the house.

Like its appearance, the interior of this house is equally ordinary and has nothing special.

However, although it is very ordinary, there are all things you should have.

The living room, bedroom, kitchen... are all available.

Qingdeng came to the hall and scanned it.

Apart from a round table and a cabinet, there is no other furniture in the hall.

He folded a cushion and sat down at the round table with his knees bent.

As soon as he sat down, the breath of Tianzhangyuan came back.

"Sheng... Xiang, my husband, please have tea!"

She brought a cup of hot tea and a plate of taro soup, and handed it to Qingdeng with a solemn manner.

[Note·Tao soup: It is made by adding chestnuts and sugar to Ryukyu taro (i.e. sweet potato) and boiling, and then cooling.]

It is obvious that she is still not used to the title of "hunter".

In fact, not only was she not used to talking, but Qingdeng was not used to listening.

Whenever he heard Tianzhangyuan say "Honey" to him, Qing Deng would feel goose bumps all over his body, and a lot of cold sweat appeared on his waist and spine.

"My husband, have you had a meal?"

"not yet."

Because Tenzhangyuan repeatedly emphasized yesterday that "at noon tomorrow, go to Noon No. 6, 8, Michome, Michome, Yokoto left Edo Castle and headed straight to his destination after handling many matters.
To be continued...