Rebirth of the Abandoned Concubine: The Poison Goddess Doctor

Chapter 343 Birthday Banquet, Duke Qi Returns to Beijing
From spring to summer, little Si Ning has been able to toddler, occasionally uttering a few mothers, although the pronunciation is not accurate, but it can make adults very happy.

There is still no news from Qi Changjin, but to everyone's relief, Yingchu has returned to her previous appearance after the Lantern Festival.Even if the people sent out to look for Qi Changjin never brought back good news, she could still face it calmly.

Soon it will be Emperor Ming's birthday. In previous years, Emperor Ming would hold a simple birthday party. This year, the birthday coincides with the [-]th birthday. The country is peaceful and the people are safe and the weather is good. With the advice of his courtiers, Emperor Ming decided to organize a lively birthday banquet.

Emperor Ming sent people to the western borders to preach the decree and invite Duke Qi to return to Beijing.

The news spread to Duke Qi's mansion, and everyone was very happy. Duke Qi has not returned to the capital for ten years. Now there is no male master in Duke Qi's mansion. Although the young lady manages the family well, she is a woman after all. Suddenly there is a backbone.

Yingchu is not happy, the Qi family is in a delicate situation now, the old Duke is in Xijiang, and their family will be safe and sound, once the old Duke returns to the capital, the emperor can let the old Duke Has been stranded in the capital.

The Qi family is the uncrowned king in the western borders. In the past, the emperor relied on the Qi family to resist the Western Regions, so he had to endure it. Now the chaos in the Western Regions will last for five years or decades, and the emperor will not take this opportunity to take back the Qi family. When will the military power in my hand wait?

It has always been a trick that every emperor is good at, and the Ming emperor has done this kind of thing more than once.

However, the emperor's imperial decree has been issued, and he has to obey it.On the second day after receiving the imperial decree, Qi Guogong led a group of personal soldiers, and immediately went north with a congratulatory gift dedicated to Emperor Ming.

On the day Qi Guogong arrived in the capital, Yingchu, Qi Anru and Qi Anlin went to the gate of the city to greet him.

Qi Guogong's personal soldiers could not get close to the place twenty miles away from the capital. Qi Guogong only brought dozens of entourages to escort congratulatory gifts to Beijing.

Yingchu hasn't seen this grandfather for more than ten years. Qi Guogong's hair is already gray, and the years have left deep wrinkles on his face. Maybe it's because of a long journey, his face looks a bit tired, but his waist is straight. The straight, majestic eyes are also very energetic, but if you look closely, you can see obvious vicissitudes from inside.

Qi Anru's memory of Qi Guogong is even weaker. The only impression he has is that his grandfather is a serious person, very strict with his elder brother, but very fond of himself.

It was only when Yingchu went forward to meet him and called Grandpa Guo that Qi Anru followed up uncertainly, tentatively calling grandfather.

Qi Guogong got off his horse, his eyes swept over the two of them, and finally settled on Qi Anru, his majestic voice revealed a bit of gentleness: "It's Anru, she has grown so big, she looks very much like your mother."

Qi Anru suddenly had a sore nose, and all the confusion and doubts disappeared immediately. He looked at his only blood relative with admiration: "Grandfather, Anru misses you so much!"

Qi Guogong had no expression on his face, but his eyes softened a lot.

Qi Anru held back her tears, introduced Yingchu and said, "Grandfather, this is Yingchu's elder sister, brother's wife."

Yingchu saluted respectfully: "Yingchu has met grandfather."

Duke Qi nodded, and looked carefully at Yingchu for a while. He was far away in Western Xinjiang, and he had heard about this granddaughter-in-law's deeds. Just looking at her appearance, she couldn't tell that she would be a woman with strong wrists.

Qi Anru asked the nanny to bring Sining over again, and said with a little guilty conscience: "This is the child of brother and sister-in-law, and his nickname is Sining."

Qi Guogong looked at Si Ning, slightly startled, puzzled and surprised.

"Grandfather, look," Qi Anru said with a smile, "Sining looks a lot like my aunt and cousin Nuan Yan, her eyes and nose are carved out of the same mold."

That's why he was surprised and confused, how could Chang Jin's child be like the Qi family...

Yingchu said: "Grandfather has had a hard time traveling, let's go back and rest first, and we will talk again after dinner in the evening."

"Yes, let's go home first." Qi Anru grabbed the old man's sleeve without any fear, "Grandfather, I will cook by myself tonight and make a table of delicious dishes. Let grandfather taste my cooking skills!"

Looking at the granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law who warmly welcomed him home, the wrinkles on Qi Guogong's face seemed to melt away, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, go home!"

Everything in the capital is both familiar and unfamiliar to Duke Qi, only Duke Qi’s mansion has not changed much.

The first thing Qi Guogong did when he got home was to visit his deceased wife in the ancestral hall. Yingchu and An Ru waited outside and did not go in. They could vaguely hear the voice of the old Duke from inside, as if he was telling the old lady. experience in recent years.

They stood outside quietly for a while, then left quietly.

In the evening, the family had a sumptuous dinner. The old man liked the babbling little Si Ning very much. The old man who had never held his son and grandson in his life held his great-granddaughter carefully in his arms and fed her as lightly as possible. She eats.

"Oh, grandfather, that can't be given to her!" Qi Anru hastily stopped the old man, who was about to feed a small piece of beef into Si Ning's mouth.

The old man gave up the beef and took another lion's head, Qi Anru quickly said, "You can't give this to her either!"

The old man who had never brought up a child was immediately annoyed when his granddaughter sang against him, "Did you just stare at these dishes without seeing her? Why don't you give it to her if she wants to eat it!"

Qi Anru then patiently told him that children have weak stomachs and cannot eat such things, so let him feed Sining soup.

As a result, two spoonfuls of the old man's three spoonfuls were always fed to Si Ning's face, and little Si Ning was very respectful to his great-grandfather.

Yingchu watched from the side, smiling all the time.The old man was very strict with his son and grandson, but now he was easily turned into soft fingers by a great-granddaughter.

Within two days of the warm days, the old Duke was busy receiving his colleagues who came to visit, and then it was Emperor Ming's birthday.

The birthday banquet was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and many officials who had been sent outside came back to celebrate the emperor's birthday. Seats were placed from the Hall of Supreme Harmony all the way to the Gate of Supreme Harmony. All officials and wives of rank five and above were lucky enough to attend the banquet.

At this time, the banquet hadn't started yet, and the hall of Supreme Harmony was already full of people. Courtiers and wives were gathering in groups to talk and laugh endlessly.

As soon as Qi Guogong arrived, several colleagues immediately greeted him warmly and surrounded him.

Yingchu saw Mrs. Xun and was about to walk over to say hello when a person beside her quickly walked towards her.

"Yingchu!" Qiao Shuyan called out.

"Young Master Qiao," Yingchu saw him and smiled at him, "Long time no see, don't come here without any problems."

It is true that Qiao Shuyan and Yingchu have not seen each other for a long time. Compared to when Qi Changjin was here, they met less frequently. After half a year, they only occasionally met outside a few times. Qiao Shuyan did not deliberately go to her.

Qiao Shuyan still has guilt in his heart. Even if Qi Changjin left his last words to ask him to take care of Yingchu, he would only secretly pay attention to and help Yingchu. Friends' wives should not be played with.

However, it doesn't mean that he really forgot Yingchu.Seeing Yingchu's bright smile at this time, Qiao Shuyan immediately felt a lot of joy in his heart, and his tone became more relaxed: "Who said I'm fine, my hair has turned gray without you seeing it. The past six months have been miserable."

As soon as he returned to Beijing at that time, he disobeyed the emperor's will at the dust-cleaning banquet. The emperor didn't say anything, but he was very unhappy in his heart.

Then there is the sensitive issue of military power. He has long made up his mind not to let go, which naturally displeased Emperor Ming even more. However, with the strong recommendation of Grand Master Qiao and other important officials, after some twists and turns, the 20 troops he brought back from the northern region finally returned. his hands.

Now everyone who sees him will shout General Qiao.Because of this, his already exuberant love luck blossomed even more brilliantly, and the entertainment in the officialdom made him very annoying.

Yingchu chuckled, the officialdom is indeed a bondage for Qiao Shuyan, but he is no longer the handsome young man he used to be, and he has shouldered the heavy responsibility he should have.

In the past six months, Grand Master Qiao had a smile on his face every day, comforting Lao Huai.Probably the only thing that makes him anxious is that his son is still not sure about getting married, and other people's great-grandchildren have embraced several, and his grandson hasn't been seen yet.

They were talking, and Princess Yanhua walked over with the help of Mrs. Qiao.

Although Princess Yuhua didn't marry Qiao Shuyan, she still lived in Qiao's mansion. Mrs. Qiao didn't like her status as a foreigner at first, but after getting along for a long time, she found that Princess Yuhua was not only talented and beautiful, well-educated, but also very gentle and virtuous. She is very respectful and filial, and Mrs. Qiao gradually treats her like a daughter.

"Shuyan, what are you wasting your time here? General Lu and the others are looking for you, hurry up!" Mrs. Qiao had a bad tone as soon as she spoke, and she drove Qiao Shuyan away with a bad face.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Yingchu with an unkind expression, and said sarcastically: "General Qi's bones are still cold, you don't stay at home to observe filial piety, but you come out to show your face and strike up conversations with other men. I have never seen a shameless woman like you!"

Qiao Shuyan frowned: "Mother, please be careful with what you say! Besides, Changjin is just missing, so don't speculate!"

Seeing that her son was protecting this vixen, Mrs. Qiao's expression became even uglier: "I don't need you to teach me! What are you still standing here for, why don't you go!"

There were already people looking this way, Qiao Shuyan didn't want his mother to embarrass Yingchu, so he said, "Mom, come with me."

Mrs. Qiao sneered and said, "What? Afraid I'll eat this vixen? If you don't marry Yuhua, you're so nice because you're fascinated by this vixen! You don't care about your sister's life for her, and now you're doing the same to me. attitude!"

After all, the matter of Qiao Xiyue has always been a knot in Mrs. Qiao's heart, and she has never forgiven Hua Yingchu.

His hidden thoughts were just opened up in front of Yingchu by his mother. Qiao Shuyan felt a little embarrassed, and his face sank: "Mother, this is the palace, and this is the emperor's birthday banquet! You want to destroy me and Yingchu so much. reputation?! So you feel happy?"

(End of this chapter)