Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 403 Why was I the one who got beaten? [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you words]

Youshi (after 5 p.m.)

"唏伦~"

"Woohoo! The horse is running!"

The boy's imitation of the sound of horses neighing and talking echoed throughout the palace.

“Haha~ ah~ hahahaha~”

The little girl's cute laughter could also be heard.

A brocade quilt was spread on the thick carpet.
Zhao Fang took off his shoes and crawled on all fours on the quilt.

There was also a pretty little girl on his back, laughing heartily.

"Ouch, the horse is tired."

"Brother, please take a rest."

The little girl on Zhao Fang's back hurriedly wiped Zhao Fang's forehead with her sleeve and called out in a baby voice.

I felt so distressed when my own sister wiped my sweat like this.

Zhao Fang felt like his heart was about to melt. He raised his body slightly, imitated the neigh of a horse, and quickly climbed up on the quilt.

During the process, there were also sudden stops or bumps.

In such a bad situation,

The little girl on his back always hugged his neck and screamed.

Beside the main hall,
The emperor looked at his only son lying on the brocade quilt, pulled his beard and curled his lips in disgust.

When he looked up, he saw the queen looking at him.
The emperor quickly smiled and said, "Haha, Fang'er really loves his sister."

The queen smiled.

The eunuch bowed slightly and walked over with the memorial in his hand: "Your Majesty, Lord Gu just brought in the memorial."

"Well."

The emperor reached out, took it, unfolded it and began to read.

After reading the memorial, the emperor looked at Zhao Fang who was still playing with a slight smile, and his smile was much more sincere than before.

After laughing, the emperor took the memorial and walked to a desk not far away and wrote a few words.

After it gets dark,
The food was laid out on the table in the palace.

The emperor sat at the table, glanced at Zhao Fang who was eating, then looked at the queen and smiled.

"What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

The queen asked while touching the corner of her mouth.

"It's okay. I just remembered the memorial that Dalang from the Gu family gave me."

"Oh! But what interesting things were said?"

The emperor nodded and said, "Gu Dalang asked to go to Xingzhou."

"Xingzhou? Gu Dalang has little experience, how can he go to a big city like Xingzhou?" said the queen.

The emperor waved his hand: "Hey! Xingzhou is a big city, but it just experienced an earthquake and now everything needs to be rebuilt. Going to Xingzhou is not a good job!"

The Queen nodded: "Your Majesty, do you want to approve this?"

The emperor shook his head and said, "I plan to send him to Dingzhou (now Shizuishan)."

"Gu's eldest son is still a little immature, I plan to let him gain more experience! In the future, he will have the opportunity to shoulder the burden of the twenty-two states of Yuan, Bai and Gao."

“Isn’t this the most interesting thing?”

The Queen looked over and said, "Huh?"

The emperor nodded affirmatively: "This memorial also said that he was entrusted by his father-in-law to report to me, saying that Xu Jiawulang's contributions in the north should be put aside for the time being."

The queen was stunned. After a moment of thought, she looked at Zhao Fang who was looking up.

After looking at Zhao Fang, the queen looked at the emperor again.

Seeing the thoughtful look in the queen's eyes, the emperor nodded slightly in affirmation.

"But will this make Jing'er feel bad? His Majesty also said that Jing'er risked his life in the mountains."

The emperor nodded and said, "Gu Dalang said in his memorial that he had asked the boy from the Xu family! The boy from the Xu family said that regardless of merit, he wanted to focus on the imperial examination!"

The Queen sighed, "Silly child!"

The emperor curled his lips: "If he is stupid, then there is no smart one."

Zhao Fang nodded: "Father is right, Brother Jing is not stupid."

The queen glared at her son and said, "Eat!"

On the second day,
morning,

clear sky,

Chai family,

Qiushengyuan,
Moon Gate,
Mrs. Chai came in wearing her newly made autumn dress and accompanied by her maid.

Looking at the fallen leaves on the ground in the yard, Madam Chai stopped and frowned: "How does Yunmu do things? How dare the maid in the yard be so lazy? She doesn't even sweep the floor?"

A maid behind Madam Chai said with a bad look on her face, "I'll go ask right away."

Madam Chai waved her hand and walked away, saying, "No need! I'll go ask myself."

As he said this, he walked towards the main house in the yard.

"My lady is here!"

The maid at the door hurriedly passed the message and lifted the curtain.

Entering the main house,
Yunmu and Fuyi, who were standing at the door, bowed hurriedly and said, "Greetings, Madam."

Mrs. Chai asked unkindly, "Where is your daughter?"

"Madam, the young lady is painting in the inner room. She said she wanted to paint an autumn scene in the yard, and she didn't even let the servants sweep the floor."

Mrs. Chai took a deep breath and walked into the inner room with a much better look on her face. She saw her daughter standing in front of the window, occasionally drawing a few strokes on the drawing paper with a pen.

Sitting on a chair nearby, holding the tea that Yunmu offered, Madam Chai looked at Chai Zhengzheng and said, "Zheng'er, what is there to paint in this season of falling leaves and withering flowers?"

Chai Zhengzheng turned his head and smiled sweetly at his mother, then turned back to continue looking at the wall tiles in the yard and the sky in the distance and said, "Mother, you are wrong! The poet once said, 'Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely. I say that autumn is better than spring!'"

"My daughter feels that this autumn day is indeed better than the spring morning!"

Madam Chai blew on her tea and said, "It's already past the beginning of winter, and it's still autumn? Humph! If I don't come back to the capital, I wonder if you can beat the spring morning."

Chai Zhengzheng paused, pursed his lips, and continued to add a few strokes on the drawing paper with a smile.

"This morning when I went to the Taoist Temple in the north of the city to pray, I ran into the wife of the Marquis of Xuanmen."

Chai Zhengzheng listened to his mother's words and nodded.

"While we were having vegetarian meals together, I heard from the wife of Marquis Xuanmen that someone was asking about the family of Earl Shoushan."

"Mother, how did this Marquis know this?"

"Because her sister-in-law is from the Huang family of Shoushan Earl." Mrs. Chai said.

Chai Zhengzheng stopped painting and said "oh".

"I heard that it was entrusted by the old lady of Duke Lian!"

"Mother, is the Lu family going to arrange marriages for their children?" Chai Zhengzheng looked over with a smile.

There was a hint of smile in Madam Chai's eyes, but she still shook her head with a straight face: "She said it was because of Madam Xu's request. Doesn't the Huang family have a little daughter named..."

Chai Zhengzheng was stunned: "Meng Jie'er."

"Correct!"

"Young Master Xu and Young Master Lu are sworn brothers, so naturally, they can ask for a favor."

"Ma'am, please stop teasing our girl!"

The nanny standing behind Mrs. Chai spoke up.

Hearing this, Chai Zhengzheng looked over in surprise.

Madam Chai put down the teacup and glanced at the nanny who grew up with her unhappily, then said, "I won't tease you anymore. I heard that it was your good sister, Miss Gu, who asked the question."

"Sister Tingyi?" Mrs. Chai nodded.

"But mother, I haven't heard that Gu's Erlang has been engaged yet! If Gu Erlang hasn't been engaged yet, how can we arrange a marriage for Sister Tingyi?"

"Zheng'er, I'm just trying to find out a few things now. I don't know whether the postage stamp will be changed or not!"

"Mother, do you think this will work?"

"It's hard to say! I heard from the wife of Marquis Xuanmen that the son of the Shoushan family had been engaged before, but unfortunately, after the incident at the Zhongqin family,..."

Mrs. Chai shook her head.

Chai Zhengzheng pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows. She had heard about what had happened to the Yuan family in Cangzhou before.

After coming to Bian Jing, with so many noble ladies as friends, she knew things better.

"Mother, I heard from someone that the daughter of the Duke's family was a favored concubine and was not very happy with the Huang family when they were engaged! It just so happened that the Yuan family had that incident, so they took advantage of it to make a fuss."

"It seems that she got engaged to the son of the Duke of Anguo!"

Mrs. Chai smiled and said, "Have you heard about this? It seems that you have quite a few good friends!"

Chai Zhengzheng smiled.

She had been watching the competition between the Jin warriors and the Bian Jing boys on the polo field on the Wu Tower before. She had a bad relationship with the girls from other dukes' families, so naturally they would talk about it during their conversation.

"Mother, what do you think about this?"

Mrs. Chai looked at her beautiful little daughter and said earnestly:

"In the peaceful days before, the civil servants naturally had a brighter future!"

"But now, Your Majesty has conquered the Baigao Kingdom! The Northern Liao and Jin Kingdoms look more like they are fighting each other."

"Your Majesty may want to conquer those two countries in the future. There is a way out for the noble military officers!"

"Especially, the Huang family's brother is still serving under the Duke of England, and is highly valued by the eldest son of the Zhang family! With a title and a future, I think it's a good marriage."

When Chai Zhengzheng heard this, he nodded with some relief.

"Zheng'er, what about you?"

Chai Zhengzheng was stunned, then looked at Mrs. Chai helplessly.

"Do we really have to keep waiting?"

"Mother, are you so anxious to marry me off?"

Madam Chai shook her head: "Don't worry! Even if I raise you until you are twenty years old, with the reputation of our Chai family, mother can find a good marriage for you! Even if I raise you for the rest of your life, it's fine!"

Chai Zhengzheng walked up to Mrs. Chai with emotion and rested his cheek on his mother's legs.

Madam Chai touched Chai Zhengzheng's black and smooth hair and whispered, "The nanny beside me has checked it."

Chai Zhengzheng said in a muffled voice: "Mother, what are you looking at?"

"The maids around him, whether it was Qingcao or the twins sent by Marquis Xiangyang, were all virgins."

Chai Zhengzheng suddenly raised his head, and his cheeks turned visibly red.

She stood up and looked at the nanny behind Madam Chai shyly, then looked at Madam Chai, stamped her feet and lowered her head and said, "Mother, you, I, ouch! Why are you telling your daughter this?"

As he said that, he stood up and left.

Madam Chai grabbed Chai Zhengzheng's hand, pulled her back and said, "Zhengzheng, mother, I am telling you this because I want to tell you that you have a good eye!"

Chai Zhengzheng lowered his head and said nothing.

"But the mistresses and ladies in Bianjing are not blind either."

Chai Zhengzheng moved her head, and the jewelry on her hair began to jingle.

"Now that he's engaged, I've stopped thinking about it and let my parents decide."

Jiying Lane

Outside the Sheng family's gate,
Zai Zhang and Qi Heng were riding horses not far ahead.

Gu Tingye and Xu Zaijing rode side by side on horseback.

Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye who looked depressed and angry and said, "Brother Ye, what's wrong? Who offended you? Are you going to drag me to beat someone up now?"

"It seems that this hatred is very deep!"

Gu Tingye nodded irritably.

"Which family? Is it the Anguogong Tan family that Brother Feng mentioned?"

Seeing Xu Zaijing's inquiring eyes, Gu Tingye shook his head and said angrily, "Shoushanbo Huang's family!"

Xu Zaijing thought for a moment and said, "Tsk, the Huang family. Don't they have only one son and one daughter? It seems that the eldest son of the Huang family came back to Beijing with me."

Gu Tingye nodded: "It is this engaged thief who is likely to marry into my family."

Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye and said hesitantly, "Is it Sister Yi?"

Gu Tingye nodded unhappily.

Then, Gu Tingye turned his head to look at the withered trees on the side of the road and breathed a sigh of annoyance.

suddenly,

Gu Tingye turned his head again, looked Xu Zaijing up and down, and said to himself: "Humph, you are not worthy!"

Xu Zaijing: "I, am not, Erlang, what are you talking about? What do you mean I am not worthy?"

Gu Tingye replied irritably: "Nothing!"

Xu Zaijing: "Oh!"

Xu Zaijing said "Oh", somehow irritating Gu Tingye. Gu Tingye panted and looked at Xu Zaijing and said:

"Brother Jing, we grew up together. When Sanniang was little, she was held by Aunt Sun. How could you! Alas!"

Xu Zaijing was stunned and said innocently: "Erlang, what's wrong with me?"

"Can't you just try harder? Go away."

Xu Zaijing: "Uh, what are you going to do?"

Seeing Gu Tingye's wandering eyes, Xu Zaijing was stunned. He stared at Gu Tingye with a stern look and said, "No, Gu Tingye, you don't want me to marry Tingyi, do you?"

"Why? No?! How is my sister not worthy of you!"

Gu Tingye had just finished speaking when he felt his neck tighten before he could react. He was already leaning on the horse's back and was being strangled by the neck and pulled into Xu Zaijing's arms.

Feeling the strength around his neck, Gu Tingye slightly stuck out his tongue, and at the same time used both hands to try very hard to push Xu Zaijing's arms away.

Above his head, Xu Zaijing's hateful voice came:

"Gu Tingye, you filthy monkey! I have been watching Tingyi since she was a baby! Aunt Bai treats me like her own son! Tingyi is my biological sister, you bastard!"

Feeling the tighter embrace, Gu Tingye's eyes went dark as he patted Xu Zaijing's arm, while he uttered a few words:
"Ahem, Jing'er, I was wrong, I was wrong, let go."

"huhuhuhu"

His neck relaxed, feeling the comfort of air entering his lungs again, Gu Tingye looked at Xu Zaijing and rubbed his neck:
"Brother Jing, since you treat Sanniang as your own sister, shall we go and beat up the boy from Shoushanbo's family?"

Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye unhappily and said, "What did they do to you? You beat them up? You look like you've already made up your mind."

Gu Tingye: “He”

Xu Zaijing shook his head and said, "Your marriage hasn't even started yet! No matter what, we have to wait until your marriage is settled before Tingyi's marriage can be put on the table."

"If you beat someone up for no reason at this time, wouldn't that make you an enemy?"

Gu Tingye rubbed his neck and said, "It was after I heard about this that I felt that he was not pleasing to the eye!"

Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye: "What if she is a good match like Brother Yu?"

Gu Tingye: “I”

Xu Zaijing sighed and said, "With the connections we have in Bianjing, what can't we find out? And with Aunt Wu here, do you really think our mothers are just decorations?"

"Then we can't just do nothing, right?" Gu Tingye replied.

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "We can be friends with Huang's brother!"

Gu Tingye nodded with bright eyes: "Yes! This way we can get him drunk."

"See if he's a good guy!"

(End of this chapter)