Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 170
Seeing him walking slowly towards the table, everyone at the table got up and left the table to salute him, except Xia Zhen.

"Xia Zian, long time no see."

Xia Zhen's eyes also seemed to be smiling: "Yes, long time no see!"

Liu Zaili looked at Ma Erniang, "I want to chat with Zi'an while eating."

Ma Min'er immediately removed the bowl and chopsticks on Xia Zhen's left, "Miss Shan, change to a clean one."

"Yes, little master."

Shan Xiaodan immediately took out a set of clean new porcelain sets from the closet next to her.

"Junwang Yancheng, this way please—"

"Thank you, Er Niang."

Ma Min'er smiled: "You're welcome."

Xia Zhen's smiling eyes haven't changed, but the eyes in them are already cold. She actually wants to steal her Min'er, don't even think about it, let alone this life, next life, please stay cool and stay there.

Of course Liu Zaili felt Xia Zhen's hostility, so what, as long as Er Niang's heart is not on you one day, I will have a chance.

Ma Miner felt the flashes of fire between the two of them, and felt mentally exhausted. In modern times, she had colleagues or friends by her side, and was chased by several men. At that time, she just smiled and lamented how powerful he was. Only when you come to yourself will you know that the person you like chasing you is happiness, and the person you don't like chasing you is troublesome.

She howled secretly, Liu Zaili, Liu Zaili, there are so many famous ladies in the capital, why are you hanging on my crooked neck tree?
Seeing his daughter standing still, Ma Qifeng had no choice but to greet her, "Please sit down, Prince Yan—"

"Thank you uncle."

"Prince Yan Jun is too polite."

When Liu Zaili sat next to Xia Zhen, Ma Qifeng turned his head and greeted everyone to sit down, "We ordinary people don't pay so much attention to etiquette, please sit down as you please."

Everyone glanced at the two young dignitaries on the main seat, one was sitting solemnly, the other was smiling slightly, their attitudes could not be seen at all.

Ma Min'er felt a headache, and smiled at the crowd: "Everyone, it's cold, let's eat while the food is hot."

Ma Min'er is the future princess. After she said so, everyone dared to sit down. Ma Min'er also sat down on Xia Zhen's right hand, and said with a smile, "Beijun King, eat vegetables!"

Xia Zhen tilted her head slightly to look at the little daughter-in-law, "What was the name before, and what is the name now."

Uncle who is hard to serve, Ma Miner grinned: "Xia Zhen, do you want to eat, or I will eat it."

"Bring me a piece of braised lamb."

Ma Min'er stretched out her chopsticks and picked up a piece of braised mutton for him, but she turned her eyes to the crowd: "Everyone, please feel free, please eat while it's hot."

Under the signal of Ma Min'er, everyone started to eat dinner.

Liu Zaili's eyes were heavy.

The servant Qianye felt the master's low pressure, and hurried forward. At this moment, he didn't dare to ask or say anything, and carefully served the master. As long as Ma Min'er had served Xia Zhen with food, He barely moved, probably because he knew that the master didn't like the whole lamb banquet, so he only picked up some mutton in a wooden barrel. He thought the master would not eat it, but he lowered his head and ate it, secretly heaving a sigh of relief.

During the whole meal, Liu Zaili hardly said a word, there may be etiquette, not to mention that he is a favored son of the clan, and the rules of etiquette are royal, and he can't speak casually.

Xia Zhen felt Liu Zaili's cold disappointment and was secretly proud. Of course Min'er is my Min'er. Calling me by name and bringing me food is something only a daughter-in-law would do.

An originally lively dinner ended in such an atmosphere.

Liu Zaili and Xia Zhen sat in the living room for half an hour. Except for their personal attendants, there was no one in the living room, and no one knew what they were talking about.

When Xia Zhen returned to the guest room, Ma Min'er was waiting in the small wing room, and a large bowl of mutton was placed on the table of the Little Eight Immortals.

"How do you know I'm not full?"

"After dinner, everyone went to find something to eat. Of course I knew I was hungry."

"Liu Dezi is a spoiler."

Ma Miner shook her head and smiled, "Come on, eat quickly."

Xia Zhen sat down at the small table, "You didn't give it to Liu Dezi, did you?"

"No."

"Oh." Xia Zhen grinned.

Ma Min'er said: "However, his followers went to the kitchen to make porridge for him."

Xia Zhen frowned.

"Eat, eat!" Ma Min'er urged him funny.

Xia Zhen lowered her head again, picked up the chopsticks and ate the noodles. After a while, a big bowl was eaten, "Shu Tan—"

Ma Min'er took a towel and wiped his mouth and face, "Liu Zai is here, what are your plans?"

"I can only go to Liangzhou in advance." Xia Zhen replied.

Ma Min'er asked, "When are we leaving?"

"Prepare for tomorrow, the day after tomorrow."

Ma Min'er let out a sigh of relief, "It's the only way, you all stay here, it will affect my father's life."

"Little days?"

Ma Min'er said: "Yeah, entertaining you big guys all day long, my father is nervous and can't live his own life."

Xia Zhen grinned, "Let's go to Liangzhou as soon as possible and live our lives, so why do Liu Dezi like to go?"

"Well, yes, he does what he likes to do."

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In the backyard, Liu Zaili sat behind the single sofa again, and the secret guard rushed in, "The county king, Lingshi County, Xia Zhen's people saw us go, went to the gold mine that was explored, and were followed by our people .”

"Catch them and bring them to the Emperor."

"Jun Wang, you mean to let the emperor rule the North County King..."

Liu Zaili said coldly: "Don't worry about things you shouldn't care about."

"Yes, the king of the county." The dark guard clapped his hands and disappeared into the room instantly.

The staff came out from the dark, "Jun Wang, do you want to attack Bei Jun Wang?"

"It's not about doing anything, it's just for the emperor to look at him." Liu Zaili smiled.

The staff member pondered, as if he suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, "I understand what the king of the county means."

"It's good if you understand." Liu Zaili said, "Tomorrow, you arrange someone to go to the Lingshi County Gold Mine."

"What about you, the county king?" the aide asked.

Liu Zaili's eyes dimmed: "I'll go to Liangzhou City to have a look."

"The county king wants to go with them?"

Liu Zaili narrowed his eyes and smiled: "No."

"The king of the county means..."

Liu Zaili said proudly, "Don't you think I came tonight, Xia Zhen was very surprised."

"Jun Wang, the little one understands, and the little one will make arrangements immediately."

Ma Min'er went to her father's wing and told him that Xia Zhen was leaving the day after tomorrow.

"Min'er, isn't this too fast?" Ma Qifeng couldn't accept it for a while.

Ma Min'er said flatly, "Father, you also saw that Liu Zai came here because of him. If he doesn't leave, you can't live a peaceful life."

Ma Qifeng sighed deeply: "So Dad doesn't like life in the capital, but he likes to plant a few acres in the countryside and live a quiet life with his children. I didn't expect you to go to the capital one by one when you grow up."

"Father, you are here to help us guard the countryside, and when we are old, we will be your company."

Ma Qifeng shook his head and laughed: "When you are old, I will be buried in the ground long ago."

Ma Min'er curled her lips: "Father, there is an old lady in the village who is almost a hundred years old. She came to our house for a wedding and brought wedding candy back to her 80-year-old daughter. Why can't we."

"Haha..." Ma Qifeng was amused by his daughter's words, "I hope I can live to be a hundred years old and bring you candy."

"Of course, Dad." Ma Min'er took his arm, "Dad, you should be happy. Other parents expect their children to fly out of their nests. If your children did it, you should be happy."

"Oh, that's the way it is said, it always makes me sad when it's my turn to say goodbye." Ma Qifeng sighed.

"Father, we will meet again in June."

"Okay, dad knows, dad is looking forward to June."

"Hee hee, Dad, let Xiao Wu accompany you." Ma Min'er let go of her father's arm, walked to the side of the crib, and stretched out her hand to tease my younger brother, "Little Fifth Brother, I will trouble you to accompany Dad, if he is depressed, You just make him laugh, you know?"

The two-month-old Ma Xiaowu can't hear what you are talking about. The task of this baby is to eat and sleep, eat and sleep, and don't care about anything.

"Father, look, look, the corner of his mouth is grinning, as if he is smiling."

Ma Qifeng glared at his daughter, "How can a two-month-old baby laugh?"

"Father, really, really, I just saw it..."

……

When Ma Miner returned to the room, Ma Yueer hugged her pillow and waited on her bed, "Second Sister, I will sleep with you tonight."

"Okay." Ma Min'er smiled, "I'm going to take a shower, and I'll be right over."

"Okay!"

During this period of time, when she is not tired during the day, Ma Yueer will sleep with the second sister. If she is busy during the day, she will not disturb her and let her rest. Just now, the second sister was supposed to rest, but Yan'er heard Xiao Shan say that they When she was about to leave, she hurried over to talk to the second sister.

The next day, Ma's family was in a state of chaos again. Ma Qifeng prepared a lot of food for his daughter. If it wasn't for the shortage of carriages, he would have moved all the things that were going to be sold in the shop to her.

On the third day, at dawn, Xia Zhen took his daughter-in-law and set off for Liangzhou City. At the intersection of the official road, Liu Zaili said goodbye to him.

"Prince Liu Jun is returning to the capital?" Xia Zhen asked intentionally.

Liu Zaili smiled: "Not necessarily, it might be the Xiangzhou government." After speaking, he stared at the opposite person with smiling eyes.

Xia Zhen smiled, "I want to invite the king of the county to visit Liangzhou Mansion. Is it free?"

Liu Zaili said meaningfully: "It's not sure yet, if the emperor doesn't urge me, maybe I can really go there for a visit. Then, you have to do what the landlord wants."

"That's natural."

Liu Zaili raised his eyebrows suddenly: "It won't be the same as last night. Guarding against me is the same as guarding against thieves."

Xia Zhen half-smiled and half asked: "Then, is King Yan a thief?"

"Haha..." Liu Zaili raised his head and laughed loudly, "If I were a thief, I would also be a stealthy thief."

Xia Zhen smiled, "It's a pity that since ancient times, little thieves have never had a good ending."

Liu Zaili narrowed his eyes and smiled: "That's not necessarily true."

Xia Zhen's eyes turned cold, and she cupped her hands and said, "It's getting late, let me go." After speaking, she raised her hand, turned around, and took her daughter-in-law's arm into the carriage on the official road.

Liu Zaili's gaze was like the cold rain in February - cloudy and cold.

It wasn't until she left Pingding County that Ma Min'er felt better from her depression.

"What's the matter?" Xia Zhen hugged the little daughter-in-law, saw her relieved, and stroked her shoulder.

"Hey, you two big brothers fought, and I didn't even say goodbye to my father and sister."

"Why am I fighting with him?" Xia Zhen looked disdainful, "If it wasn't for the fact that he is a son of the clan, I would have ignored him."

Ma Min'er pursed her mouth, but said nothing, and she had nothing to do with Liu Zaili.

Xia Zhen said in shock: "Now you know that the descendants of the royal family are quite annoying."

Ma Min'er, who was in a daze, didn't expect Xia Zhen to say such words, turned her head, stared at him blankly, and suddenly covered her mouth and smiled.

"You...what are you laughing at?"

"Haha..." Ma Min'er couldn't help but see Xia Zhen jealous, mother, I'm so ridiculous.

Xia Zhen raised her eyebrows, "Don't laugh."

"Hee hee...Okay, don't laugh." She said not to smile, but Ma Min'er still laughed so hard that her branches trembled wildly.

"I can't cure you yet." Xia Zhen blushed with embarrassment, and stretched out her hand to squeak the little daughter-in-law.

After the creak...hehe...still omitting the N word, it wasn't until the stop was called outside that a couple of young people woke up from the lingering.

At the beginning of March, the group finally arrived at the new city of Liangzhou Prefecture. At this moment, after more than half a year of construction, the new city has the appearance of a prosperous city in Guannei. Not only that, but also has a unique style that the city in Guannei does not have.

Relying on mountains and eating mountains, the main frame of buildings in Xinliangzhou City is still mainly made of stone. The roofs of some shops are combined with wood and stone, which makes the once dark and low houses glow with novel and unique charm.

Not to mention the Beijun Prince's Mansion, which covers an area of ​​nearly [-] mu, with the majestic and beautiful Yufeng of Beishan in the north and the open plain in the south, it is magnificent and majestic.

The chubby Liangzhou Tongzhi Lord Sha bowed his back, "My lord, the official completion of the mansion will be at the end of September."

Xia Zhen replied majesticly: "Do the details carefully."

"Yes, my lord!" Sha Tongzhi raised his chubby face, "Your lord, let's do it in detail. I want to invite some skilled craftsmen from the south of the Yangtze River. Whether it's wood carving or stone carving, they are more detailed than our northerners."

Xia Zhen nodded, "Well, it's doable."

"My lord, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money." Sha Tongzhi accompanied him carefully.

Xia Zhen turned her head to look at him, "Give Mr. Wei a check on the previous account. If it's all right, I'll pay you three levels of money to hire a craftsman in advance."

"Yes... yes, my lord, I'm going to sort out the account book and show it to Mr. Wei."

"En." Xia Zhen said in a low voice, which made Sha Tongzhi move unconsciously in fright, and then backed away quietly.

After all the officials in Liangzhou City retreated, Ma Min'er looked at the majestic Beijun Palace, "Xia Zhen, how much can we live here? Are you planting trees for future generations by doing this?"

Xia Zhen glanced at the Beijun Prince's Mansion where the big frame had been drawn up, and smiled lightly, "No, we will live here for a long time."

"But you have the Beijun Palace in your capital, and the Beijun Palace in Xing'an City, so we can live here!"

Seeing the innocent and lovely expression of the little daughter-in-law, Xia Zhen laughed happily.

"Beijun Wang, excuse me!"

Xia Zhen suddenly withdrew her smile and looked at the burly man in front of her.

"I'm sorry, King Beijun, I heard that you have come to Liangzhou City, I'm so excited, I came here to greet you."

"Prince Yelu!"

"My lord can still remember me, it's really not easy." Yelu Haorong bowed, with a somewhat haughty look on his face.

Xia Zhen's arrogance did not give in too much: "There are not many people who can draw with me, Xia Zhen, of course I remember."

The haughty Yelu Haorong's complexion changed a bit, these words reminded him that he was defeated by his subordinates.

While paying attention to the strangeness of the men, Ma Miner was quite surprised. She seemed to see a woman who looked very similar to Ling Ruya. She was wearing the clothes of the people of the Jin Kingdom—hu shirt and wonderful clothes, with a veil , wearing a luxurious white fur sable fur cape, the whole person looks noble and domineering.

Xia Zhen looked to the side, and Huang Junyao hurried forward, "My lord, the officer just withdrew, and as soon as he turned to the road ahead, Prince Jin asked the officer to introduce him."

"I don't know if Prince Jin is being introduced, what is it?"

Yelu Haorong sighed slightly: "Of course I came here for the food."

"It's not yet time to fail."

"There is no green or yellow in our grassland." Yelu Haorong said.

Xia Zhen asked: "Then what do you give in exchange for food?"

"I heard that you are short of cattle and carts to pull goods."

"Then you can change it at the market."

Yelu Haorong shook his head: "I know that if you trade more than the number of farm cattle in your Great Wei country, you will be jailed. I don't want to sell them in batches, which is slow and tiring. Why don't you do business with the King of Beijun? After one transaction, how many save trouble."

Xia Zhen looked at Huang Junyao, "You can do this for me."

"Yes, my lord."

Xia Zhen smiled, "Since Prince Jin is so sincere, I will be the host and invite you to visit Long'an Restaurant."

"Thank you, my lord!"

"You're welcome."

Xia Zhen took Yelu Haorong to Long'an Restaurant, Ma Miner bowed lightly, "My lord, I won't go!"

Xia Zhen knew that Ma Min'er didn't like to attend these banquets, and was about to nod her head when the beautiful woman next to Yelu Haorong said, "Madam, it's just right for me to accompany the prince, and you to accompany the prince, why don't you go?" Is it because you haven't changed into good clothes?" After speaking, she put the back of her hand against her delicate lips and deliberately looked at her cotton and linen horse skirt.

Ma Min'er likes dark cotton and linen skirts, so this outfit looks old-fashioned in people's eyes at this time, but in fact, upon closer inspection, it is a caramel color with a very strong texture.

Listening to the accent, Ma Min'er felt that this person was like Ling Ruya instead of her, because she spoke Han Chinese mixed with Jin Guo dialect, which seemed to be very pure, unlike the pronunciation of people in the pass.

But Ma Min'er forgot that some people are gifted in language, they will integrate into the local language environment in a short period of time, and they can speak pure local dialect.

Ling Ruya wanted to see her cousin's expression when he saw her, but she sneaked a few times, and her cousin didn't seem to know her, and she had no expression at all.

Xia Zhen whispered softly, "Don't want to go?"

"En." Ma Miner nodded.

"Then don't go." Xia Zhen smiled brightly and raised her head, "Come here, take the princess back to rest."

"Yes, my lord."

Yelu Haorong's expression was nothing, he had already found out that this woman was indeed his future princess, and in their Dajin Kingdom, before they got married, it was normal for the husband to travel with his fiancée a lot.

Ling Ruya's expression turned blue. In the past, she had never seen her cousin treat this woman face to face. Today, standing in front of her, how could she not be jealous, how could she not be angry? Delicate and lovely, leaning against the golden prince.

Bringing a beauty by your side is a sign of a man's ability to the people of the Jin Kingdom, Yelu Haorong put his arms around his concubine's slender waist, "My new concubine—Jin Luya.

Xia Zhen's face was pale, with a polite smile on her lips, "Prince Jin, please—"

"My lord, please—" Yelu Haorong loosened the beauty's slender waist, and bowed in return.

Xia Zhen and Yelu Haorong walked in front, chatting as they walked.

Ling Ruya followed behind, and turned her head unwillingly to look at the back. Ma Miner was turning her head, and their eyes collided.

(End of this chapter)