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Chapter 443: Rising Star [Thank you! Goodbye! 37k version owed]

The population of Bianjing city exceeded 1.5 million.

On the Cold Food Festival,
So many residents have no fire to cook.
At night,

It seemed that the air in the entire Bianjing seemed to be a lot fresher.

Quyuan Street,
Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

In the main hall of the Matron,

The dining table was laid with tempting braised dishes and refreshing and crispy cold dishes. The maids were placing the cold noodles with meat sauce carefully prepared by the cook of the marquis's mansion on the table.

When students Xu Zaijing and Zai Zhang entered the room, everyone took their seats.

During the meal, maids served warm lamb wine to go with the meal.

Sun waved her hand to let Hua Lan, who had stood up to serve, sit down. She looked at Xu Zaijing, who was being rolled up by Hua Xiang, and said:

"Jing'er, the day after tomorrow is Qingming Festival. Will the school be closed?"

"Mother, the scholar is going out of town with his friends on the Qingming Festival, so the school will be closed for the next two days."

Sun nodded and said, "That's good. Tomorrow I will go to your maternal grandfather's house to visit the grave with your aunt. Your sister-in-law will also go back to the Xie family. Zhang'er will accompany me, and Jing'er, you will accompany your sister-in-law."

Sun glanced at Hualan and said, "Then we can accompany Hualan to Yuqing Temple to burn some incense.

"I know, mother."

Zai Zhang said while looking at his son Zhong Ge'er with a smile.

Xu Zaijing also nodded in agreement.

After hearing what his grandmother Sun said, Xu Xingdai looked at his uncle Xu Zaijing with a happy expression on his face, and his mind was full of beautiful imaginations of going to his grandfather Xie's house tomorrow to play "Fei Fei" with his uncle.

After a while of eating,
The nanny beside Sun lowered her head and walked in through the door curtain lifted by the maid.
The nanny's face was full of smiles. She bowed to the Xu family members who came over and said with a smile: "Madam, the Lu family just sent someone to bring good news. The princess and her child are safe!"

Hearing this, Sun also smiled and asked, "Have you appreciated the reward?"

"Madam, I have rewarded you with one tael of silver."

"it is good!"

Turn around,

The morning light is faint,

I can vaguely see that there are quite a few clouds in the sky today.
In the racecourse, a figure in armor was waving a long spear.
From time to time, the sound of spears breaking through the wind could be heard.

In the wooden house nearby,
The three maids in Xu Zaijing's courtyard were standing at the door of the house, expectantly.
When he saw someone appear in the corridor leading to the racecourse at the second gate, Hua Xiang pointed and whispered, "Here they come!"

Yun Xiang shouted to the center of the field: "Master, the baby is here."

"understood."

The voice of the man with the helmet came over in a muffled voice.

Qingcao turned around and walked towards Yin Bo, who was wearing new clothes in the house.

After a while

Xu Zaijing handed the long spear in his hand to Alan who was walking over, and let Xunshu and three maids help him take off his armor.

After removing the armor,
Xu Zaijing walked towards the wooden house.

inside the house,

Qingyun and Huaqing stood aside.
Yin Bo, dressed in new clothes, was overjoyed and held the swaddling clothes in each hand.

Looking at the baby who was over a month old in the cradle, Yin Bo's one eye was full of love and affection.

"Master, let me take a look."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded to Hua Qing, who was quite tall and saluted him, then extended his hand to his master.

Xu Zaijing has several nephews, nieces and nephews, and he is not a green hand at raising children.

Yin Bo handed the swaddling clothes in his arms to the baby with confidence.

Seeing Xu Zaijing holding two babies in his arms, Qingcao and the other three maids hurried over to take a look at the babies.

"Sir, they are so good looking."

Qingcao couldn't help but sigh.

Hearing the praise for the child, Hua Qing, who had a mark on her face, couldn't help but laugh.

Subsequently,

Uncle Yin gave Qingyun and Huaqing a big red envelope, which was considered a gift from their elders.

The gift given by Alan and Xunshu was a pony puppet that they carved themselves with a knife using precious wood left over from the renovation of the mansion.

Xu Zaijing also gave the two babies a pair of wine cup-sized pure gold zodiac pendants with the same zodiac signs as the two babies.

He handed the two babies back to Yin Bo. After everyone looked at them for a while,
Xu Zaijing said, "Go ahead. Mother should be waiting for you in the house by now."

"Yes, son."

Qingyun and Huaqing, holding their child, left the wooden house and walked towards the inner courtyard.

Xu Zaijing went to the stable to check on his mount before returning to his own yard.

March is coming soon.

The grape vines in the yard have sprouted green buds, which is pleasing to the eye.

The large fish tank, which used to be wiped clean by green grass, was also moved out of the house.

The Xu family is still cooking in the kitchen.

The smoke from the stove floated out of the chimney.

Together with the white steam pouring out of the windows and doorways, it became the smell of fireworks in the air that was blown away by the morning breeze.

It's time (after ten o'clock in the morning)

The carriages of the Marquis' Mansion left Quyuan Street one after another.

One goes west to Xishuimen, and the other goes south to Xiaozhifang.

Small paper mill,
Viscount Xie's family, Xu Zaijing did not come to the Xie family very often. The most recent time was because of the heavy snow in recent days. Xu Zaijing and his brother walked to the Xie family to deliver coal and food.

Looking at the Xu family's carriages and horses, especially Xu Zaijing,
The elderly doorman of the Xie family had a friendly smile on his face.

The Xu family is a real relative. Even in bad weather, they still come to visit the Xie family and help them. As a long-time servant of the Xie family, the old man has a great affection for the Xu family.

Madam Xie and the third daughter who was engaged to the Earl Xiong family were standing at the second gate with their maids.
In addition to the maid, there was a man and a woman standing behind the two men.
The woman was dressed like a woman and looked unfamiliar, but she looked somewhat like my eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Xie.

The man, Xu Zaijing, had been seen outside the imperial palace. He was the brother-in-law of the eldest brother Zaiduan, who had helped Northern Liao deliver two dragon horses and two horse servants to Bian Jing. He was also the son of the Yi family in Zhending Prefecture.

Seeing how intimate these two people were, Xu Zaijing knew the identity of this woman. It was ninety-nine percent likely that she was the eldest sister of the Xie family who married far away in Zhending Prefecture.

Seeing the carriages and horses coming in,
The mother and daughter came over with a smile.

Xu Zaijing got off the horse beside the carriage, looked at the Xie family and bowed, saying, "Aunt Jin is safe, Sister Fang'er, Sister Rui'er is safe, and Brother Yi is safe."

Mrs. Xie smiled and nodded, and the woman and Rui Jie'er bowed.

The brother of the Yi family also smiled and nodded: "Wu Lang, long time no see!"

"Grandma, aunt."

Xu Xingdai got out of the carriage, called out to people with a smile, and opened his arms towards Madam Xie.

After being held in Mrs. Xie's arms, Xu Xingdai looked at the unfamiliar eldest sister of the Xie family with some curiosity.

Xu Zaijing's sister-in-law, Mrs. Xie, also came out of the carriage. Seeing the woman behind Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Xie was startled and shouted with a smile on her face, "Big sister."

There are three girls in the Xie family, whose names are Fang, Fei and Rui. Xu Zaijing's sister-in-law is the second.

Xu Xingdai, who had never seen his aunt before, smiled and called out to the woman, "Aunt."

The eldest sister of the Xie family, who was being held hand by Xu Zaijing's sister-in-law Xie, smiled and said, "Dai Ge'er is really smart and sensible."

"Thank you for the compliment, Auntie."

Listening to Xu Xingdai's words,

Everyone at the second gate started laughing.

"Come on, let's go into the yard."

Mrs. Xie held her grandson in her arms and spoke to Xu Zaijing.

Then, the female elders came in front,
Xu Zaijing and Yi's brother followed behind and walked towards the Xie family's backyard together.

Rui Jieer, who was walking in front, had already held Xu Xingdai in her arms.
She glanced back and said to Xie beside her, "Second sister, why didn't my niece come?"

"She is so young and is being looked after by a wet nurse!" replied Mrs. Xie.

"Why did Wulang follow me today?"

Mrs. Xie, who was walking in front with her eldest daughter, heard the conversation and turned back to say, "Your second sister is going home with Dai Ge'er today. His father is the prince of the Marquisate, so naturally he has guards to follow him, but most of the Marquisate's personal soldiers are now in the northwest."

Sister Rui nodded.

Xu Zaijing pretended not to hear the previous conversation.
He just turned his head and said to the brother of the Yi family: "Brother Yi, why are you in Bianjing today? My family didn't receive any news before you came."

The Yi family brother smiled slightly and said, "The Imperial City Department has transferred officials from the north to the capital. My wife and I just arrived at the small paper workshop early this morning."

"I see! Brother Yi is here to study in Beijing?"

The brother of the Yi family nodded and said, "I guess so. After retaking Baigao, there have been some changes in the prefectures in the north close to Bei Liao. There were letters from the capital saying that many Buddhist monks and women from Bei Liao have entered the borders of our Great Zhou."

"Is this the name of a spy from Northern Liao?" Xu Zaijing asked.

"Yes, a spy at the lowest level."

The Yi family brother continued: "We came to Beijing to learn how to identify those Northern Liao spies and to serve as attendants in the palace."

Xu Zaijing nodded: "This means that people like Brother Yi who are selected will be given important positions."

"Hehe, I dare not say that." The Yi family's brother smiled and waved his hands.

"I've seen many rising stars on my way south from Zhending Prefecture! I've seen several amazing ones in Beizhou alone. They are the ones who should be valued."

The two walked inside while talking.

Chai family
Qiushengyuan,
"Dongyu Garden? This is a good place! I heard from Tingyi that the flowers and plants offered in this garden in previous years can compete with the breeding garden on the northwest outer city!"

As he spoke, Chai Zhengzheng picked up a piece of candied fruit from the porcelain plate and put it into his mouth.

Yun Mu said:
"I heard from the Zhang family's maid that it was Miss Feiyan from the Rong family who went to the palace to look for Concubine Rong, and that's how she got the chance to enter the garden!"

Chai Zhengzheng ate the candied fruit and said:
"Oh? There is also this matter? When the list of successful candidates is announced in a few days, will the students who passed the imperial examination this year also hold a banquet in Dongyu Garden?"

"Yes girl."

Zi Teng walked in after opening the door curtain and said to Chai Zhengzheng:

"Miss, Madam said that an old friend of our family is coming to visit us, and she asked you to prepare to meet the guest."

Chai Zhengzheng was stunned: "What old friend?"

"This slave doesn't know."

Chai Zhengzheng nodded, took the handkerchief handed over by Fu Yi, wiped his hands, and stood up.
After tidying up, when I went from the backyard to the reception hall,
Chai Zhengzheng happened to see Chai Jin adjusting his sleeves while walking towards the outer courtyard.

"Big brother!"

"Zheng Zheng? Are you going to meet the guests too?"

Chai Zhengzheng nodded: "Brother, what old friend is mother talking about?"

"He is the brother of Zhang family in Beizhou." Chai Jin looked at Chai Zhengzheng's puzzled expression and continued, "Their ancestor was a general of the Great Zhou Dynasty and had some friendship with our ancestor."

Chai Zhengzheng and Chai Jin walked together, and after thinking for a while, they whispered, "When the current emperor first ascended the throne, was there a favorite concubine in the Zhang family?"

Chai Jin: “Yes, it’s their house.”

This Zhang family has nothing to do with the British Duke Zhang family.
But thanks to the influence of his ancestor who was a general,

He has considerable influence in the army on the western route of Hebei to the northeast of Bianjing.

As the brother and sister walked, Chai Zhengzheng suddenly said, "Brother, father and mother shouldn't have any other plans, right?"

Chai Jin was stunned, and looked at Chai Zhengzheng beside him and said, "I don't know about your brother."

(End of this chapter)