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Chapter 208 Liang Yimu Returns to Beijing

"Come on, let's get dressed and greet grandma!" Liang Yimei, with Ying'er's help, put Jin'er in a big red coat with great effort.

Just after he breathed a sigh of relief, he turned around and saw the two sons stuffing their hands into their mouths. They quickly grabbed them and scolded, "I told you my hands are dirty, why are you still putting them in your mouths?"

The child opened his black eyes and yelled "ah, ah".

The three sons have been nearly four months old, and their hands and feet are moving freely, and they are becoming more and more naughty. Usually, they can't watch alone.

Hou Yunping named them: Qiao, Qian, Jin.

Hou Yunping shook the snow off his shoulders outside the door, changed into another coat before entering the inner room, and said with a smile, "Are they naughty again?"

When the children saw their father coming, they all showed smiles, and brother Jin even had arms, yelling "Ah, ah", but he was wearing too much and couldn't turn over, so he just turned his head to look.

Hou Yunping immediately picked him up, "Have you missed your father?"

Liang Yimei asked, "Why did you come back so early today?"

After General Hussars returned from victory, Yili sent Xing to the fifth prince to make peace. Because the road was blocked by heavy snow, the fifth prince had to stay in the capital. The emperor asked Hou Yunping to come out of the mountain to discuss peace with the fifth prince, so Hou Yunping always came out early Returned late.

Hou Yunping kissed Brother Jin, kissed the faces of the two sons, and said: "Everything that needs to be discussed has been discussed. Now the fifth prince is just playing in the capital. I called the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites." A few people came back with him."

Brother Qiao and Brother Qian climbed onto Hou Yunping's arms with great effort. Hou Yunping looked terrified, so he had to change his sitting position and wrap his three sons in his arms.

Liang Yimei looked jealous, she was with her son every day, but when Hou Yunping came, the children kissed him, and Hou Yunping laughed at her a lot because of this.

"Although the road is blocked by heavy snow, he grew up on the grassland. This kind of snow should be very long-term. How could he stay there for so long?"

Hou Yunping frowned slightly, "It should be a matter of repaying the gift. Every time we negotiate a peace, I will reward them with something to show my favor. This time the crown prince is in charge. His Highness thinks that since they are vassal states, it should be They paid homage to our court," Hou Yunping sarcastically flashed in his eyes, "it's just that many ministers in the court think that Yili Baxing and Tatars are uncivilized people, so why bother with them."

Liang Yimei is not surprised at all. In the 5000 years of Huaxia, doesn't this kind of thing happen often in China?In her opinion, the emperor and those ministers just want to show off, let alone the money that is not her own will not hurt her heart.

"That is to say, the gift has not been confirmed yet, so the fifth prince will not be able to leave?"

Hou Yunping nodded slightly, "The national treasury is so empty, Your Highness is not willing to give in no matter what, even the Imperial College is now quite critical of His Highness."

Liang Yimei rolled her eyes and said, "Don't they think that Yili Baxing is uncivilized? Then what's the use of sending gold, silver and jewelry? We should send some educational things so that they can learn our culture. Wouldn't it be better?"

Hou Yunping raised his eyebrows, motioning for her to continue.

Liang Yimei took out the Analects of prenatal education from the bedside, handed it to him and said, "Is there any uncivilized person in this world better than this?"

Hou Yunping was slightly taken aback, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

Ying'er came in and said, "Master Hou, madam, the time has come."

Liang Yimei hastily took Daxie to wrap up the three children, and hugged Brother Qiao herself. Hou Yunping immediately picked up Brother Qian and Brother Jin, and everyone was going to greet Mrs. Tai when someone reported outside: "Mrs. The lady is here!"

The couple looked at each other, and before putting the child down, Mrs. Tai came in, saw this scene, and said angrily: "I said earlier that the weather is cold, so I don't need to take the child there, I will come here by myself, you want to torment the child! "Speaking of distress, he stepped forward to hug brother Jin, "Good grandson, do you miss grandma?"

Ying'er stepped forward and asked, "Ma'am, where is the food?"

Liang Yimei glanced at Mrs. Tai who was playing with the child, and said, "Let's put it in the Dongci room."

Mrs. Tai let go of Brother Qian, and talked to Liang Yimei about going to pick up Liang Yimu tomorrow, "...You brothers and sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, bring the child to me tomorrow, and go out of the city to pick up Brother Mu."

"Yes."

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Hou Yunping wrapped Liang Yimei in a quilt and hugged her in his arms, "Is it still cold like this?"

Liang Yimei found a comfortable position, "It's not cold anymore, when do you think big brother will arrive?"

Hou Yunping looked at the sky outside, "It should be soon, I arrived at the station yesterday, and set off early in the morning, it's about the same time."

As soon as the voice fell, Liang Yilin's voice sounded outside. Hou Yunping placed Liang Yimei on the couch, and just about to get up and lift the curtain of the car, Liang Yilin jumped in, complaining: "It's really cold this year, I'm about to freeze outside Stiff."

Liang Yilin inspected around, there was a stove by the corner of the carriage, hot tea on it, his sister was wrapped in a quilt and sitting on the couch, but there was still a lot of space left in the carriage, he couldn't help admiring: "This carriage is well designed. Well, it looks inconspicuous from the outside, but there is a different world inside."

Hou Yunping smiled slightly, handed him a cushion, took the teapot on the stove and poured him a cup of tea, "You came here on horseback?"

Liang Yilin nodded, "It's almost Chinese New Year, and the department is very busy, so I can only take half a day off. I'll come here on horseback as soon as I arrive at the office." Liang Yilin looked at his sister who was hunching his neck, and said with a frown: "Didn't I tell you not to come? You don't even come out of your room at this time."

Liang Yimei pouted a little aggrieved: "I miss my elder brother!"

Liang Yilin felt a headache immediately, and felt some sympathy for Hou Yunping who was sitting across from him.

Hou Yunping listened attentively, and said with a smile, "It seems to be here!"

Hou Yunping wrapped up Liang Yimei's coat, and when the three of them got out of the carriage, they saw a group of people riding horses in front of them, wearing a blue coat and a black coat was Liang Yimu.

Liang Yimu also saw them, clasped his fists at the person beside him, and rode over on horseback.

Hou Yunping whispered in Liang Yimei's ear, "That man is Shishilang from the Shen family."

Ou Guifei's former fiancé?
Liang Yimei turned her gaze back and found that it was a refined man in his 30s.

Hou Yunping stuffed Liang Yimei back into the car, and went up to meet Liang Yilin together. Liang Yimei saw them walking towards Shen Shishi together through the gap, and said a few words before turning back.

Back home, Liang Yimu kowtowed to the five grandpas and five grandmas, and washed up before he had time to talk to his younger siblings.

"I brought back some local products. My sister will divide them up later. I will send someone to Brother Zheng and the others tomorrow. The set of Miaojiang clothes is for my sister. Didn't you write about their clothes last time?" Are you curious? I asked someone to buy you a set, and a whole set of silver ornaments, see if you like it."

Liang Yimei opened it curiously.

Hou Yunping asked, "...why did you get together with Shen Shishilang?"

Perhaps because he has been in the army all year round, Liang Yimu seemed more forthright, and said indifferently: "I met him in Fujian. I heard that he was returning to Beijing to report on his work. He is informal, and he comes and goes. I think everyone can talk about it. We're traveling together, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just that Shen Shiyi hasn't returned to Beijing for seven or eight years. I didn't expect him to return to Beijing to report on his work in person this time."

Liang Yimu didn't know about these things, he was most concerned about Liang Yilin's marriage, so he asked carefully about the situation of the Mu family, and he was relieved when he heard that his younger brother had met Miss Mu's family, and that he was the one who fell in love with him. When he heard that the object of his younger brother's betrothal was General Dingyuan's daughter, he was really afraid that it was his younger brother who made the marriage for him.

After Liang Yimu breathed a sigh of relief, he happily asked about the preparations for the marriage.

The atmosphere in the Shen family halfway across the city was not very good. Mrs. Shen looked at her youngest son kneeling at the bottom with a livid face, took a deep breath and said, "Say it again!"

Shen Shiyi straightened his back, lowered his head slightly and said, "My son said that Qiniang and Shiniang's marriage is decided by the son. I hope mother will stop interfering!"

Old Mrs. Shen choked in her throat, pointing at Shen Shishi and being speechless, Mrs. Shen stepped forward to give her a little worry, but Mr. Shen looked at Shen Shishi disapprovingly and said, "Eleventh Eleven Brother, don't say a few words, mother has not been in good health since the beginning of winter!"

Worries flashed in Shen Shishi's eyes, but when he thought of his wife's request and the marriage just mentioned by his mother just now, and thought of the big daughter he held in his hands, he still straightened his back and didn't say a word.

Master Shen frowned when he saw it.

The inner room was strangely quiet except for the panting of Mrs. Shen.A servant girl's voice came from outside: "Nurse Chang is here!"

Hatred flashed in Mrs. Shen's eyes, but she still motioned for the eldest daughter-in-law to let her in.

Nanny Chang didn't seem to see what was going on in the room, she just bowed and said: "The old ancestor set up a meal in the yard, saying that the family is finally reunited today, and we should also have a reunion dinner, so we asked our servants to invite the old lady , Eldest Master, Eleventh Master and Elder Madam."

Grandpa Shen breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to persuade: "Mother, let's talk about it when you come back. Grandma called, so I can't let grandma wait for us."

Mrs. Shen calmed down the anger in her chest, nodded, supported Mrs. Shen's hand, without looking at Shen Shishi who was kneeling, and left on her own.

Elder Shen stepped forward to pull him up, and blamed him: "It's not that you don't know mother's temperament, just let her go, and the one who confronts her like this, in the end, it's not the siblings and two nieces who suffer the most?"

Bitterness flashed across Shen Shiyi's face. She didn't know that she had to give up just once, and it was a major event related to her daughter's life. How could she let it go?
"Brother, am I really born to my mother?"

"Eleventh!" Master Shen shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Otherwise, why is there such a big difference?"

Grandpa Shen was tongue-tied, what could he say?It can't be said that grandma shouldn't have brought you by her side to raise you, so that now mother is using you to get angry with grandma, right?
Saying this sentence is saying something wrong with the two elders.

"There are no wrong parents in the world, and the eleventh brother should restrain his temper!"

(End of this chapter)