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Chapter 338 Old Tea New Taste
Half a month after the death of Emperor Chonghua, the first memorial to invite the crown prince to ascend the throne was announced to the world. Although Chen Zerui prevaricates it by citing filial piety as the most important thing and having no intention of managing the government, everyone knows that this is just a signal.

By the time all the officials of the court kowtowed, the crown prince's accession to the throne was already a certainty, and no one could raise any objections.

All the officials were no longer in the palace to observe the filial piety for Emperor Chonghua, once Zhong Xinglian was released, the first thing he did was to rush to the fourth room to find Zhong Xingyan, he rushed into the courtyard with strides, and heard the melodious laughter coming from the house.

When he heard that the person in the house was Zhong Shi, Zhong Xinglian stopped, he was a little unable to move, especially when he heard Zhong Shi's teasing words, besides soreness, there was also a weak jealousy in his heart .

They are all from the Zhong family, and they all have the surname "Zhong", so why is he inferior to Zhong Xingyan?
How much more effort would he have to be able to compare with Zhong Xingyan?
Thinking resentfully in his heart, Lu He happened to see Zhong Xinglian standing there when he came out of the room, and was startled. Just as he was about to turn his head and report to the room, Zhong Xinglian saw her, "What are you looking at? Aunt and grandma Are all four there?"

"My maid greets the second master. The eldest aunt and the fourth master are here. Does the second master want the slave to report?" Lu He shrank back as she spoke, Zhong Xinglian looked at her for a long time, then nodded, "I'm still talking nonsense ?”

Lu He immediately saluted, turned and returned to the house, and hurried in, "Auntie, Grandma, Grandma, Second Master is here."

Fanyin was listening to Zhong's talking about the affairs in the palace, when suddenly Zhong Xinglian was stunned, "Are you sure it's the second master? Not the second grandma?"

"It's really the second master. The maidservant went out and saw him coming in. He should be looking for the fourth master, right?" Lu He looked at Zhong Xingyan who was staring at the child, "Fourth master, why don't you go and meet him?"

Mrs. Zhong didn't like Zhong Xinglian, so she snorted coldly and said, "Why are you here? Why didn't you let Mrs. Fang come to see your nephews and nieces? How could he, a big man, come into the house to watch the children? He always claimed to be the most respected in the Zhong family. Older men don't understand this at all, so what's the difference between young and old!"

Zhong's voice was not deliberately lowered, so he could definitely hear it clearly from outside.

Sanskrit tugged at Zhong's hand, motioning her not to say any more to avoid embarrassment, looked at Zhong Xingyan and said, "Maybe it's not to see the child, but I should have something to do with you, or you should go out and have a look."

Zhong Xingyan was indifferent, his eyes were still fixed on the child, and he moved his place after a while, "I'll go and see, what can I do, I don't even know where the third brother is now, I guess he doesn't want to see me for the rest of his life .”

"You didn't ask for it yourself, go quickly." Zhong stared at him blankly, seeing the scar on her own brother's face and feeling distressed, until Zhong Xingyan left, Zhong was full of emotion and complained:

"It's just that worrying. Look at the scars on his face. His originally handsome face has been ruined."

"It's a matter of time to recover after applying the medicine." Fanyin couldn't help thinking for a while when he thought of Fang, "But I haven't seen my second sister-in-law since I gave birth. Have any of you seen her?"

"She hasn't come all this time?" Zhong was startled and angry, "She really doesn't want this face anymore, she wasn't there the night you gave birth?"

Sanskrit shook his head to express his ignorance, but Liang's mother on the side interjected, "That night when the old servant came, he met the second mistress. She seemed to be going back to the second room, and the fourth mistress was not ready yet."

"It's too much, it's too much, where is Zhong Xinglian? Let him wait for me for a while, I want to ask him what he wants, the women in his yard can't manage well, he still doesn't care about the Zhong family's affection , no matter how bad the relationship is, you should always take the lead at critical moments, and leave when things are in a hurry? I used to think that Fang was more reasonable than the third daughter-in-law, but now it seems that I am blind!"

"Auntie, you'd better take a break. Now that the fourth master is back, why do you need to worry about it? If you have that kind of heart, why don't you help us think about these two children, what name should we choose? Say yes You can only enter the genealogy after one year old? What kind of rule is this, I don’t understand, please tell me.”

Sanskrit changed the subject, and Zhong glared at her, "Who told you this?"

"I heard what the third sister-in-law said." After Fanyin finished speaking, Zhong Shi also nodded seriously, "It is true that there is such a saying. It is because the child is young, so it is officially entered into the family tree when it is one year old. This is also the rule for my children."

Fanyin pouted, "It's actually because of this reason, our two little babies must be healthy and healthy. When they are one year old, they might run into the ancestral hall."

"Fourth grandma, no matter how much you expect the little masters to grow up, you can't talk nonsense, run away at the age of one? How can there be such a reason." Feng's mother laughed at her, and Sanskrit was not angry, "I'm not allowed to have a good time. ? I'll just say it, just say it."

"Okay, okay, this old slave can't afford to offend you." Mama Feng turned her head and saw Mama Liang muttering there with her head lowered, as if there was something on her mind that she couldn't figure out, "What's wrong with you?"

Mama Liang was suddenly asked, but she didn't react immediately. Zhong Shi and Fanyin also looked at her. Mama Liang smiled awkwardly, and she had to say, "I just remembered the night when my fourth grandma gave birth, and I suddenly met on the road. I got off the carriage in the Zhongfu and went out, it seemed like I was going to the southwest, but I asked the third grandma, and the third grandma said she didn't know about it, just thinking about it felt strange."

"The carriage in Zhongfu?" Zhong looked at Fanyin suspiciously, but Fanyin spread his hands, "How could I know?" Looking at Mother Feng, "Do you know?"

Mother Feng's face was very ugly, "Do I need to check this old slave?"

"It must be investigated!" Zhong made a decision immediately, "I originally wondered how the news of pregnant Liu's twins got out, but they were not born at that time, and the outside world couldn't find out who did it. It's the people inside the Zhongfu, I want to see who is so vicious, and actually stretches out his hand to his family, it's not an exaggeration to cut him into pieces!"

Fanyin pondered for a while, stroked the cute little faces of the two children, and thought about the danger of that day, she finally nodded in agreement, "Check!"

Zhong Xinglian and Zhong Xingyan walked to the study room, and before they could sit down, he immediately accused Zhong Xingyan, "Fourth brother, you came back without saying hello, do you still think of me as your brother?" Did you take it seriously? Do you know? Just because you suddenly took the heads of the kings of Xixia to sacrifice to the emperor, how long have I been dragged by the prince for interrogation?"

"But I don't know when I ask three questions. I'm like a fool. You didn't see the smiles of the officials around you. I wish I could get into the cracks in the ground when they laughed."

Zhong Xinglian saw that Zhong Xingyan had no reaction, and said excitedly: "Why don't you speak? You did!"

"Are you done blaming?" Zhong Xingyan casually poured tea by himself. Seeing that there was cold water in the study, he couldn't help but go to the door and open the door, summoned the maid to make tea, and then turned back to look at Zhong Xinglian, "Second Brother , are you so angry because I didn't tell you the news of my return, or because I made you lose face in front of the crown prince?"

"You...what do you mean? Tell me clearly!" Zhong Xinglian's lips trembled angrily, and Zhong Xingyan looked at him there, "Did I delay you?"

"You bastard!"

Zhong Xinglian became furious, "You are slandering me."

"Then why didn't you ask my two children first when you entered the door, but said something like that first? I was also very upset." Zhong Xingyan paused, nodded and said: "Yes, just upset."

Zhong Xinglian looked around and sighed, "Fourth, are you still blaming me for becoming a quartermaster? I have already explained this matter clearly to you and the third. It was all arranged by the King of Yue. I don't know at all. Now I'm not human inside and out, so I won't say anything!"

"Second Brother." Zhong Xingyan's expression turned cold, which made Zhong Xinglian's heart tremble, but Zhong Xingyan's voice made him even more frightened, "This is the last time I will call you Second Brother, and I hope you still have this last name." Zhong'zi, if you still have the Zhong family in your eyes, even if you don't mention the Zhong family, you still have your father in your heart, please do it yourself, if you want people to know, unless you do nothing, no one will do what you really do do you know?"

Zhong Xinglian looked at him dumbly, the cold resentment and injustice in his eyes were something Zhong Xinglian had never seen before.

Why is there still a hint of unbelievable sadness there?

Zhong Xinglian blinked, he thought he was wrong, but Zhong Xingyan smiled instantly, and returned to his previous indifferent appearance, "By the way, you gave me the tea that the maid made just now, but I I'm not a tea lover, I originally planned that when my second elder brother came to see me, we'd catch up and have a drink, but I didn't expect it to sink for so long, and the tea was already tasteless, but I forgot about it."

"I just hope that the maid will not be as confused as my daughter-in-law. It's better to get new tea." Zhong Xingyan clicked his lips, looked around the study, and said with emotion: "Now I'm quite happy, with sons and daughters. Daughter-in-law, I am content, hehe, I am content."

"Fourth brother, why did you give up your military achievements to third brother?" Zhong Xinglian suddenly mentioned Zhong Xingqi, Zhong Xingyan was not surprised at all, "Because he is my third brother."

"It's that simple?" Zhong Xinglian didn't believe it, Zhong Xingyan nodded, "Yes, it's that simple."

"Fourth Master, Second Master, tea is here." The servant girl's voice sounded at the door, and Zhong Xingyan summoned the servant girl to enter.

Although the tea was brewed well, the servant girl didn't know how old it was, and used tea leaves that had been placed for a long time.

Zhong Xingyan drank it into his mouth and spit it out, "It's really old tea, but it's okay, although it doesn't taste like tea, let's taste the past years. At that time, we were three brothers, and we seemed to be very young. I You and the third brother are always fighting, and you are the one who persuades the fight every time, and once the third brother didn't stop punching you, and you were almost beaten to death by your father..."

Zhong Xinglian lowered his head and took a sip. Although the tea was already dry and tasteless and even hard to drink, his heart was very, very heavy...

(End of this chapter)