boudoir

Chapter 425 Unexpected
The people in the Huai'an Palace had all the purchases at the end of winter. After discussing with Qi Yunhao, Liuli appointed Fan Yun as the chief manager of the palace, who was in charge of all the internal and external affairs of the palace.Ji Jiao'er changed her name to Wang Jin, and took the post of Chief Manager of the Office of the Prince's Mansion.Lu Ke is in charge of the second sect.Li Xing was appointed as the president of the army, and Liu Wei was appointed as the commander of the guards.There are also two long officials appointed by the imperial court to serve Qi Yunhao exclusively.

Qi Yunhao has also been out with civil servants a lot recently, reflecting that the reason why the Dingbei Palace is easily led by the Mei family and the Zhongyonghou Palace is because the Dingbei King refused to take in his staff at the beginning.At the beginning, King Dingbei did not invite any of his staff because he made great contributions to praying for his family.

But for those who have reached a certain level of official status, having a few think tanks is definitely more beneficial than harmful. Now that King Dingbei has relinquished his military power, the Marquis of Huaining should have such a group.

So, hearing that Qi Yunhao had this intention, Lin Weiran recommended a fellow of his own, named Chen Han and Chen Qingshi.After Qi Yunhao met Chen Qingshi a few times, he had a deep talk with Liu Li, and then invited him to his residence.

This Chen Qingshi is about forty years old, a little thin, but with sharp eyes, a typical literati.

Liuli is not good at reading men's strategies, but she can read women.Mrs. Chen also brought her daughter into the mansion, Liuli left them to have a meal in the small flower hall, and invited Haitang to accompany them.

Mrs. Chen is about the same age as Chen Qingshi, her clothes are very neat and tidy, and she doesn't have any particularly expensive jewelry, except for a red gold and jade bracelet on her wrist, but it looks like it is also from a long time ago, so it doesn't matter Look flashy.

Ms. Chen's boudoir name is Cuizhi, she is 12 years old, she speaks and behaves very much like Shuhua when she was a child, she is not surprised by favor or humiliation.

A pair of parents who can teach their daughters like this must be strict with themselves on weekdays.

Liuli doesn't think Chen Qingshi can relieve Qi Yunhao's worries, as long as they can get their names right.

The Chen couple and their daughter stayed in the mansion, and after the housewarming banquet, they moved into the Huai'an Palace together.

Liuli likes Chen Cuizhi quite a lot, and often calls her to talk to her, and after a while, she feels that she is neither impetuous nor impetuous, and has a good demeanor for everyone.Presumably, he followed Chen Qingshi and traveled a lot between the various mansions and learned a lot, that's why he cultivated so peacefully.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was the third day of the twelfth lunar month, and Liuli began to recruit servants to move the furniture.In order to prevent the children from getting used to it, in the past few days, she asked the second mother Huang Yu to take the children to play in their respective yards to get acquainted with each other.By the way, take these naughty bags away, so as not to hinder Rui'er and the others to check things.

On the night of the fifth day of the fifth day, except for the bed and bedding, everything was finally moved.

On the morning of the sixth day of the lunar new year, the two houses opened their main doors to welcome guests from all over the world.

After breakfast, people from various prefectures in central Beijing rushed to the Huai'an Palace one after another. Looking at the majestic Huai'an Palace, King Dingbei felt deeply honored, and the smile on his face never stopped. He asked people to set up a porridge shed outside the east corner gate of the Wangfu, while urging Brother Qi Yunjing to entertain the guests, and at the same time, ordered Wu Zhong to summon the stewards of the mansion to help the Xiwangfu.

Because the Dingbei Palace is located on the right, it is called the East Palace for short, and the Huai’an Palace is located on the left, so it is called the West Palace.

Liuli was a well-deserved hostess this day, thanks to a group of good sisters who helped entertain the female relatives, she was able to deal with it calmly.However, although there were many guests, unlike other banquets, today's visitors came with a half-congratulatory and half-visiting mood. As long as there are enough guides, it is not difficult to handle.

Lu Muyang and the others had been invited by Liuli several times before they moved to the mansion, so it was very clear which road led to where.Liuli just needs to welcome the guests under the second door.

Before the luncheon, the number of guests outside the door gradually decreased. Liuli saw that all the important guests including Lu Zhao and Chen Yuan had already arrived, and was about to go back to the banquet hall to make arrangements, when a large black horse-drawn carriage suddenly approached from a distance, and when it reached the stone steps, it Stopped.

Liuli stopped, staring intently at the people who got out of the carriage.

He was a man in his forties, dressed in a silver silk gown with a straight skirt and a low-key black jade hairpin on his head. Although he was dressed as a literati, his figure was very tall and straight.Looking at his face again, Liu Li found that he was very well-groomed, with long eyebrows reaching into the temples, phoenix eyes slightly raised, straight nose, gentle mustache, and thin lips.Upon closer inspection, it looks a little familiar.

The man got out of the carriage, and stood at the foot of the steps with his hands behind his back, looking up at the door plaque, his expression very much like Qi Yunhao's usual way of looking at the sky with his hands behind his back.

Liuli's heart twitched, and she glanced at Fan Yun beside her, but she found that Fan Yun was already standing there in a daze.

"Three, third brother?!"

At this time, King Dingbei, who came back from inspecting the porridge shed outside the mansion, walked to the side of the stone lion, and was shocked by the man in Tsing Yi.

Liu Li had never heard that King Dingbei had brothers, Mrs. Tai only gave birth to a son and a daughter, and those concubine brothers had long been separated from each other.Where did this "third brother" come from?

"Wing Fei."

The man turned sideways calmly and greeted King Dingbei in a gentle tone.His expression was so relaxed, it looked like he was talking to him just now.

"Third Brother!"

King Dingbei stepped forward quickly, his throat rolled, and he looked very excited. "You, when did you come to Beijing?"

Liuli quickly went down the stone steps and walked to King Dingbei's side.Fan Yun and the others also cheered and followed.When he reached the man, Fan Yun silently bowed and bowed.

With a slight smile on his face, the man turned around and said to Dingbei King: "I arrived in Beijing yesterday. I heard that Hao'er is moving today, so my mother specially sent me to Beijing to have a look."

King Dingbei held his left hand tightly, nodded with red eyes.Then he said to Liuli: "This is Nantian Ye's third master, your mother-in-law's brother, and Hao'er's uncle, hurry up and pay a visit!"

Liuli suddenly realized, no wonder she felt that this person was very similar to Qi Yunhao, so she didn't bother to think too much, and hurriedly saluted.

Ye Huaichang smiled and said, "Is this our Ye family's niece and daughter-in-law?"

There was a little pride in his words, even though Liuli saw him for the first time, she also developed a good impression of him. "Uncle please come in and take a seat!"

King Dingbei personally took Ye Huaichang's arm and entered the gate with him.

Liuli hurriedly asked Fan Yun to notify Qi Yunhao.

Qi Yunhao was accompanying Lu Zhao inside, and everyone who was sitting there was surprised when they heard that Nantian Ye family had come. Lu Zhao said: "The Ye family and you and I are related by marriage for several generations. You are not happy. Hurry up to meet him?"

Qi Yunhao led people out immediately.

The two met under the second door, Qi Yunhao knelt down and called his uncle, the elegant Ye Huaichang couldn't help but blushed, helped him up and said: "You have status now, so you don't need to be polite." After looking at him once, He nodded again, and went to the inner courtyard with him.The hand holding Qi Yunhao along the way never let go.

When they arrived at the main courtyard, a group of veterans who had old acquaintances with the Ye family had already greeted them in the corridor. Ye Huaichang greeted them one by one.

The Nantian Ye family is a powerful family in the court, even Ye Huaichang, who is not an official, is welcomed by everyone.

Liuli really didn't expect Mrs. Ye Jiatai to send Ye Sanye here, so the whole day was full of wind, and Princess Ye was close to a myth in her heart. The excitement can be imagined.

After the banquet, King Dingbei and Ye Huaichang had an in-depth conversation in the study for the whole afternoon. After coming out, King Dingbei's eyes were red, but Ye Huaijing's eyes were more relieved and relieved.

King Dingbei summoned Qi Yunhao and Liuli to the study of the East Prince's Mansion to talk, and said to them: "I have sent someone to bring your uncle's luggage into the mansion, and I want to keep him in the mansion for a while. Hao's daughter-in-law You have to take care of yourself."

Liuli immediately said: "My daughter-in-law dare not fail the prince's entrustment."

Seeing Ye Huaichang looking at Qi Yunhao after speaking, knowing that the uncle and nephew should have something to say, he took his leave and returned to the West Mansion.

King Dingbei wanted to keep Ye Huaichang to live in the East Mansion, so Liuli and Mu ordered people to clean up the Danfeng Pavilion on the east side of Rongxi Hall. This place is close to the inner lake in the back garden, and the scenery is the most beautiful in the Dongkua courtyard. One of the nice yards.

Qi Yunhao didn't come back until late at night, and Liuli had just finished packing her clothes when she came back.Judging by his bright eyes, he knew that he was satisfied with what he had said.

Qi Yunhao said that he had written to the Ye family when he was young, but unfortunately the Ye family did not reply, so he never contacted again.He should have always been somewhat dissatisfied with the Ye family.But Liuli felt that there must be other inside stories, especially after hearing about the past between Princess Ye, Emperor Xian and King Dingbei.

This time the Ye family took the initiative to come over, and it is good to be able to explain these questions clearly.

Qi Yunhao said: "My uncle said that they never received my letter. On the contrary, they have been inquiring about my news and looking forward to my letter. When the second and fourth uncles went to Beijing to report on their work, they also I used to visit the Qi Mansion, but every time I was blocked by Mrs. Mei on the grounds that I was not in the mansion."

Liuli looked at him and asked, "Then do you believe it?"

He paused, and said: "I didn't believe it at first, so I went to the main room to meet Mrs. Mei just now."

Liuli's heart tightened, "What did she say?"

"She admitted it."

Qi Yunhao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "She admits that whenever someone comes to the Ye Mansion, she will use various reasons to evade. She even acts in the name of the old man. At that time, the old man was often away, and how many times did my uncle come?" After returning home, I naturally believed it. In fact, I also remember that when I was a child, when I went to the palace, I once saw a person at the late emperor's place. He seemed to be the second uncle. He was very excited when he saw me and wanted to hug me. Shi was scared, and ran away when he saw a stranger. Later, it was also because of this that I wrote to Yefu."

Liuli held his hand tightly, and said softly: "I also believe that the Ye family who can raise such a pure and kind mother will not be so cold-blooded and indifferent to you. Grandma is old, if It's not about you, and I won't let uncle go to Beijing in person."

Qi Yunhao stared at the ground and said: "But why has she ignored me for so many years? Later, when I grew up, she didn't let anyone come to Beijing."

Liuli understood the grievance and injustice in his heart. After thinking about it, she said: "The Ye family is a big family, maybe it's because they have been busy with family affairs these years and just didn't take care of it."

Qi Yunhao remained silent.

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