home in the end

Chapter 223
"Mother, open the door quickly, why did you shut Brother Hao out?" Brother Hao knocked on the door vigorously with his mouth pursed.

The two people in the door came back to their senses, and Mrs. Wang walked forward to open the door in three steps and two steps at a time. Brother Hao rushed into her arms and said aggrievedly: "Mother, why did you put Hao on the door?" My brother is locked outside? I still want to listen to the story..."

Wang's facial expression softened, and she hugged her son pitifully and said, "It's my mother's fault. Let's go to bed now, shall we?"

Brother Hao nodded happily, and saw his father behind him by mistake, shrank his body suddenly, and glanced at him stealthily.

Li Xuanran felt a little sore in his heart, and felt a little dull pain. He opened his mouth, and Wang lowered his eyebrows and said: "Third Master, it's getting late, I'm going down to rest first." He took Brother Hao and left.

Li Xuanran watched them leave, Brother Hao looked back curiously, and asked Wang: "Mother, why is father here?"

Wang said with a smile: "Your father has something to ask mother."

Brother Hao let out an "oh" in disappointment. Thinking that her son had never been close to his father, Mrs. Wang felt a little pity in her heart, and held her son's hand even tighter.

Li Xuanran disappeared for a few days from that day, and when he reappeared, he was in Hou Yunping's study.

Hou Yunping frowned at his half-dead look, "Since the matter has been discussed, you can live a good life with her."

Li Xuanran smiled wryly, "How can it be that simple? Let's not say that we have been strangers for the past few years, and I have even ignored Brother Hao. It's just that I don't know what to do about Wanxin. How should I put it, she did save my life back then..."

Hou Yunping was a little annoyed by Li Xuanran's mother-in-law's temperament, and interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "This is not the reason for her to do evil, don't forget, brother Hao's health is not good until now, think about what His Highness has suffered all these years. what crime..."

Li Xuanran's expression changed, and he lay on the recliner with his eyes closed and said nothing.

Hou Yunping stood up and said, "Think about it for yourself, I promised Brother Qiao and the others, I will accompany them out to watch juggling today."

The scene of his son hiding in Wang's arms flashed through Li Xuanran's mind, and he said enviously: "The three boys are not afraid of you at all..."

Brother Zhuo and the others got impatient for a long time ago, stretched their necks and looked towards the yard, Mrs. Tai looked at the sun hanging in the sky, frowned and said: "What are you doing with such a big sun, can you stay at home with grandma? "

Brother Qiao was a little hesitant, so Brother Jin happily clapped his hands towards the yard and shouted, "Daddy, Daddy!" Brother Qiao hurriedly looked over.

When Hou Yunping heard the cries of the children, his heart suddenly softened, and he stepped forward quickly. Just as he called out "Mother" to Mrs. Tai, the three children stepped forward and surrounded him.

Hou Yunping picked up Brother Jin and threw him into the sky, Brother Jin immediately shouted happily, Brother Qiao and Brother Qian shouted enviously: "I want it too, I want it too!"

Mrs. Tai blamed: "The old ancestor said that you should have grandchildren but not children. You are breaking the rules of the old ancestors."

Liang Yimei persuaded: "What's the matter? In our own family, only our mothers know about it. Master Hou is not like this in front of outsiders."

Mrs. Tai also said that after all, the son will only have children in his thirties, so it is inevitable that he will love him more.

Hou Yunping tossed them one by one, and then took their hands to say goodbye to Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai looked at their backs and frowned slightly: "It's the hot summer now, if you want me to say it's better to stay at home, I always run outside, and I'm sweating when I come back."

Liang Yimei tried Brother Chen's body temperature, and she was also a little troubled. Since the last time the family went shopping, the three boys fell in love with going outside, and they would pester Hou Yunping to go out from time to time, and Hou Yunping doted on them again. Just go out for a while, and now anyone in the capital who sees three identical milk dolls with a group of people out for shopping behind their backs will know that they are the three young masters of the Changping Hou Mansion.

The three children became more and more courageous. Once when Hou Yunping took them out, they met old subordinates in the army. They said a few words, and the three children slipped away. So many guards watched, and they insisted I can't look down on them, thanks to their fame in Beijing, the three children asked for a bunch of candied haws, but they didn't have the money to pay, and the man was also very good, and took the children back to the Marquis of Changping. Mrs. Tai was shocked Jumped, checked the child up and down, and rewarded the man with 100 taels of silver, saying that if he still sees three boys wandering outside alone in the future, send them back, and there will be a big reward!
This incident spread all over the capital, and now the three children are stared at by so many people as soon as they go out, it is even more difficult to go away without anyone noticing!

When Hou Yunping came back, she was scolded by Mrs. Tai. At that time, Liang Yimei was taking care of the newborn brother Chen, and it was Mrs. Chen who came to see her, so she knew. Because of this, Liang Yimei didn't talk to Hou Yunping for more than half a month.

The three children hadn't gone out for three months, and it was because they were crying so much this time that Mrs. Tai let go.

Although Liang Yimei would not detain the children in the house, she did not want them to be exposed to the outside world at a young age.Liang Yimei thought for a while and said, "Mom, why don't we go to Xiyuan to escape the summer heat, it's getting hotter and hotter now, brother Chen is still young, I don't dare to put too much ice in the house, Xiyuan is indeed naturally cool , it’s a bit far away from the capital, and it’s getting late after coming back and forth…”

Madam Tai's eyes lit up, she nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, today is worse than hitting the sun, we will go tomorrow." In this way, the three boys will not be able to go out and wander around anymore. Madam Tai still has lingering fears about what happened last time !

Liang Yimei was taken aback, "Didn't you ask Lord Hou?"
The daughter-in-law respected her son's wishes, so Mrs. Tai was naturally happy, and said with a smile: "No, I have made a decision on this matter, and now I will ask someone to pack things. I will tell Xiao Wu when he comes back tonight."

Liang Yimei nodded.

Hou Yunping knew that Mrs. Tai had a bitter summer, so naturally she had no objection, but the three boys were very upset, so Liang Yimei put her arms around Brother Qiao's shoulders and said: "Xiyuan is so big, there are not only water but also mountains, and there are oranges on the mountains," Liang Yimei said. He casually turned his head and asked Hou Yunping: "The oranges on the mountain should be edible, right? I said to pick them last time but I forgot."

Hou Yunping was amused in his heart, but he said seriously on his face: "Yes, not only oranges, but also pears can be eaten. I heard from the stewards that there are a lot of apricots on the mountain..."

The eyes of the three children lit up, and they ran out and shouted, "We're going to pick fruit!"

Liang Yimei pursed her lips into a smile, and cast a sidelong glance at Hou Yunping.

Hou Yunping's heart moved, he grabbed Liang Yimei, bit her ear and said with a smile: "I helped you, you must thank me."

Liang Yimei blushed and pushed him, "I'm telling the truth, how did you help me? Let go, what should I do if someone sees me?"

"Where is anyone else..."

Liang Yimei saw that Ying'er and the others had gone out at some time.

Hou Yunping hugged his little wife horizontally, and Liang Yimei muttered: "I have to get up early tomorrow..."

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We set off before dawn, but when we got to Xiyuan, it was just in time. When the three little guys got into the car, they still half-closed their eyes and slept in the car. When they got there, they happened to be at their best. .

The three little guys climbed out of the carriage in short clothes, and chatted excitedly as they watched the mountains not far away gather together.

Liang Yimei carefully hugged Brother Chen, and Mrs. Tai said: "Hurry up and go in before the sun is still hot!"

The people in Zhuangzi had been waiting by the side for a long time, and they heard that they were going to wait for the masters to get into the sedan chair.

The triplets pestered Hou Yunping to pick fruit, Liang Yimei said with a straight face: "There are still a lot of things to pack today, the adults are not free, you have to take the little brother with you, are you going to throw the little brother aside? "

The triplets looked at Brother Chen hesitantly, and Brother Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Well, then we're going to pick fruit tomorrow."

The child knows how to take care of his younger brother at such a young age, Mrs. Tai was very happy, and quickly agreed: "Okay, okay, okay, we will go to pick fruit tomorrow, and I will ask your father to take you there."

The triplets cheered and were about to go up to say hello to the fourth brother, but there was the sound of horses running behind them. They looked back and saw four or five carriages coming towards them. Liang Yimei was taken aback. It's very big, so there's only their family around here, who is this?
Hou Yunping and Mrs. Tai, however, recognized the groom who was driving the carriage as someone from Fuguo's mansion. The carriage was sure, and Li Xuanran jumped out of the carriage. Brother Hao opened the curtain, saw the triplets, his eyes lit up, and he waved his hand and said : "Cousin Qiao, Cousin Qian, Cousin Jin!"

The triplets screamed when they saw Brother Hao, and ran towards him without their mother.

Li Xuanran carried Brother Hao off the carriage, Brother Hao blushed, his eyes sparkled and he whispered "thank you" to his father.

Li Xuanran patted his head and said, "Go and play with your cousins."

Brother Hao responded and hugged the triplets together.

Mrs. Wang got down from the carriage behind, and the couple came to greet Mrs. Tai. Li Xuanran said, "Mother, it's a bitter summer. It's just that our family's Zhuangzi won't live for a long time. Mrs. Wang and I said to clean up first, Brother Hao. My son has never been to Xiyuan, but I heard that my aunt is here, so I brought him to see the world."

Mrs. Tai was naturally happy, "Where is the need to clean up? How about asking your mother to come and live with me, Zhuangzi is very big, are you afraid that there will be no room to live in?"

"That's a good relationship. I'll ask the steward to go back and ask my mother later."

However, Liang Yimei always felt that there was something strange. The Zhuangzi of the Li family and the Hou family were similar. Like the Hou family, there were people guarding the Zhuangzi, so why should they clean up separately?And there is no reason to call a master to clean up.

Hou Yunping nodded to Li Xuanran, stepped forward to support Mrs. Tai and said: "Mother, let's go in first."

Mrs. Tai responded, ordered people to look after several children, and then went to Zhuangzi.

After settling down, Hou Yunping teased Li Xuanran, "What? Figured it out?"

Li Xuanran wryly smiled and said: "You're right, Mrs. Wang didn't have a big fault, it was a mistake. Back then, I was worried that Hui Niang would be in charge of the housework by herself, so I sent my bodyguard back to help her at home. Dealing with some matters, who would have thought that he would encounter an ambush on the way back, and the things brought back by the servants would be delivered safely, no wonder she and Wanxin misunderstood me!"

Hou Yunping frowned, "Don't you even know that your personal guard was killed?"

Li Xuanran blushed slightly, and said in a low voice: "When I came back, I heard that Wanxin had died, and another maid said that she was poisoned to death by Hui Niang. I was in a lot of confusion, and I inevitably missed some things."

Hou Yunping just sighed, and didn't want to blame him anymore.

Li Xuanran coughed lightly, and said: "The main reason for coming to Xiyuan this time is Brother Hao, he is a little timid, I think he will be more cheerful when he and Brother Hao are together..."

Hou Yunping was well aware of this, so he didn't point him out, and nodded, acquiescing to his participation.

(End of this chapter)