Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 191
Logically speaking, after the first day of the wedding, the newlyweds should get tired of being together, but for a person like Xia Zhen, when he has time, come out of his grandfather's study, three generations of grandparents, the three men are not seeing guests , that is to see the steward, and the generals in the army. To be honest, I really don't have a moment to relax.

Xia Zhen wished that during the day, it would go straight to night, and after finally staying up until night, he strode towards his yard as soon as he left the place of work. If he was not decent, he would be able to run, but his status would not allow him to do so.

Ma Min'er has already sorted out her and Xia Zhen's clothes. If it wasn't for the wedding yesterday and the festive decorations in the room could not be moved, she would have put away all these red things.

"Young Madam, just stop and stop."

Since everyone called the general's wife his wife, Ma Min'er added a small word before the title.

Ma Miner smiled, "No, I didn't move, I just touched it."

Shan Xiaodan gave her a look that I couldn't believe, and was about to go out to ask when dinner was, when the host came back, lowered his head and stepped aside, "Master——"

Xia Zhenba stepped in, stretched out her hand, and signaled everyone in the room to go out.

Aren't you alone, Shan Xiaodan shrank his head secretly, and hurried out so as not to disturb the young couple.

As soon as the door was closed, Xia Zhen hugged Ma Min'er, the word N is omitted below.

After the marriage, Xia Zhen sat on the bedside with his little wife in his arms, "What are you doing this afternoon?"

"Clean up your clothes." Ma Min'er pointed to the small boxes and cabinets beside the bed: "It's all over there."

Xia Zhen followed her gaze and looked over, "Oh!" Seeing her clothes put together with hers, for some reason, she felt a strange feeling in her heart, and couldn't help stretching out her fingers to touch her temples, curling them together. The broken horns scattered because of the kiss, the movements are delicate and gentle.

"What about you, what are you doing this afternoon?"

"I met two officials who came to congratulate me, several soldiers in the army, and the gentleman who took care of general affairs, the steward."

"Sounds busy."

"Ah."

Ma Min'er stretched out her hand and stroked his eyebrows with her fingers, "No wonder the brows are full of exhaustion."

Hearing this, Xia Zhen raised the corner of her mouth, took her little hand and kissed it, "Min'er, we should have a tacit understanding tonight."

"We've always had a tacit understanding."

"I was talking about the night..."

Ma Min'er's face turned red. The two of them were in such a mess last night that they couldn't explain it. She patted his hand angrily, "You won't tell you, these things are on your mind all day, right?"

"No." Xia Zhen quickly denied.

"Ha ha... Drunk people say they are not drunk." Ma Min'er curled her lips.

"Haha..." Xia Zhen raised her head and laughed.

Outside the door, the girl on duty heard the loud laughter in the room, and she really couldn't match up with the North County King himself. When he entered the room just now, he was still as cold as if he wanted to chop off someone's head at any time. , just smiled so brightly and happily, the princess of the county is really capable, and she is really not a mortal.

King Ning asked to find his youngest son, but he couldn't find it after searching, "This child didn't even attend the banquet of Xia Zhen's wedding. Could it be that His Majesty asked him to go out to do some business?"

"It's possible." Concubine Ning said, "The Xia family didn't even ask when they saw us going, probably because they knew that Zi Li had gone to work."

"The Xia family's news is really well-informed." King Ning said this with a lot of meaning.

Princess Ning sighed: "Looking at other people's children getting married one by one, and those who have children have children, why is Zili so calm? What is he thinking?"

King Ning smiled: "Not the eldest son, there is no pressure, it seems that he will not get married until he gets tired of playing."

"Husband, you should persuade him to give birth to a son earlier and have a grandson earlier." Princess Ning said anxiously.

"Okay, I'll persuade you if I have a chance."

Shopkeeper Peng, who just came to the capital, originally found two small shops to sell jelly grass jelly, but was given to Mrs. Ma San by the shopkeeper, and Qiu Baiyan was too busy, so he didn't pay attention to the shop anymore.

In the afternoon, he told the big boss what he was doing, and then said: "Big boss, the little boss is married, and I'm not so busy. I plan to go shopping in Beijing recently and buy two small shops for business."

Ma Qifeng said: "Okay, you can figure it out, if you can't make up your mind, discuss it with Xiaoyou."

"Xiaoyou asked me to ask you, when will we return to Yunshui? If the time is still long, we will make it more detailed. If the time is short, we will start a small grocery store."

"This..." Ma Qifeng said: "Min'er wants me to stay in Beijing for a year or so."

Shopkeeper Peng was stunned for a moment. He could stay with his son for a longer period of time, but his wife and children would not be able to take care of him.

"Brother Peng, do you think I should stay here or return to Yunshui?" Ma Qifeng asked.

"This... well, staying in Beijing has its benefits, and returning to Yunshui has its benefits."

"Oh, why do you think the same as me." Ma Qifeng pursed his lips, as if he had made up his mind: "Then stay in the capital for a while, and go back at this time next year."

Shopkeeper Peng nodded after a while, "Okay, since the boss has made a decision, I'll write a letter and tell my wife, children, and children at home, and I'll go back this time next year."

Ma Qifeng nodded, "Let Xiaoyou arrange Yunshui's affairs."

"it is good."

The next day, the sky was still dark, and the Xia family got up early. Today, they were going to enter the palace to thank them, and Ma Min'er would be officially conferred the title of princess of the county. It was inevitable to be busy and nervous.

Mrs. Xia felt the tension of Mrs. Sun: "Daughter-in-law Zi'an, don't be nervous, just do it with your heart."

"Thank you grandma."

Mrs. Xia took a closer look at her grandson-in-law. She was wearing a dignified princess court dress, embroidered with gold silk and large peonies, and the red skirt was embroidered all over the floor. The coat was light gray silk, and a dark red brocade belt was wrapped around her waist, with a piece of fine silk inlaid in the middle. Hetian Meiyu, with a transparent blue pendant on the corner of her skirt.

A brocade-like long hair is tied into a moon-falling hairpin with a red jade coral hairpin, and a row of hanging glass curtains are inserted under the hairpan. A light makeup powder is applied on the goose-shaped face. She is slender and graceful. , exuding a natural smell.

Mrs. Xia nodded secretly, turned her eyes, and glanced at the daughter-in-law standing next to her son. She was incomparable to the grandson's wife, really... Suppressing her dissatisfaction, "My lord, the auspicious time has come, let's enter the palace as soon as possible."

Xia Renyong nodded, led his son, daughter-in-law, grandson and grandson-in-law into the carriage, and went straight to the direction of the palace. After getting into the carriage, he secretly thought that he would have a great-grandson in the near future, haha... Thinking of this, he Just secretly laughing, secretly cheering for his grandson, hurry up, hurry up, my Zi'an!
What a big palace, the golden glazed tiles are shining brightly in the sun. The two dragons on the cornices, with golden scales and armor, are vivid and seem to fly into the sky.

This is the first time that Ma Min'er has been so close to the king in this life.Looking at the awe-inspiring palace hall, my heart was both nervous and excited, and I leaned against Xia Zhen unknowingly.

Xia Zhen seemed to feel the uneasiness of the little daughter-in-law, and turned her head to smile at her, meaning, follow me, don't panic, everything is for the husband.

Ma Min'er's uneasy heart was instantly soothed, she was no longer nervous, and even had the time to look at the scenery around her from the corner of her eye.

The exquisite pavilions, the quiet and beautiful corridors, the big rockery and the water lotus pond are all amazing, especially the carved dragon built around the wall and roof ridge, with its scales and claws dancing and its whiskers flying, as if to It seems to be flying away, it really is a royal family, with extraordinary style!

I don't know how long I walked, and finally arrived at the place where I had an audience with the emperor.Since the emperor lived in Ma Min'er's house when he was king of Jin, they were considered acquaintances.

In the main hall, Emperor Yuantai sat on a dragon chair. The bright yellow court clothes were embroidered with the pattern of Tenglong, with a round collar inlaid with gold silk, and wide sleeves inlaid with dark auspicious clouds. His pupils shone with the brilliance of a mature emperor, and he looked slightly at the courtiers who came to thank him, with a faint smile on his face.

"Veteran Xia Shiyong asks His Majesty to rest—"

"Chen Xia Zetao pays respects to the Holy Majesty—"

"Chen Xiazhen, please be safe—"

……

The Xia family greeted the Holy One one by one, and when Ma Min was a child, he took a special look at her, the indescribably rich little lady, "Zian, your wife seems to have grown up a lot compared to Yunshui."

Xia Zhen didn't expect the emperor to bring up the old affairs. It was for face, and she quickly kowtowed, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Yuantai stroked his beard and nodded, "Get up."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The Xia family all saluted.

"Xia Aiqing—"

"The old minister is—"

Emperor Yuantai asked: "How does it feel to let your grandson get married in Beijing?"

"Return to the Holy One, very good."

"Oh, where is it?"

"Going back to the Holy One, everything is fine there, with the mighty Long En of the Holy One, and the lively scene with so many people, everything is fine."

"Haha..." Emperor Yuantai laughed loudly, "That's fine, I'm afraid you won't get used to the capital."

"Report... Your Majesty, if it wasn't for your grandson, the old minister would really... really feel uncomfortable."

"Really."

"Yes, my lord."

Emperor Yuantai still had a smile on his face, and said, "Madam Xia——"

"The concubine is—"

"Take your daughter-in-law and grand-daughter-in-law to meet the queen."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Mrs. Xia quickly thanked her.

The servant stepped forward and led the three generations of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Xia family to meet the empress.

Ma Hui'er didn't expect that she would be able to reach the Queen's Palace, so she almost shed tears of excitement, and Lu Yi said: "Your Majesty, don't cry and make up, let's go quickly, if you are late, you will be rude and you will be punished." .”

Ma Hui'er nodded, and followed the eunuch in charge to the Queen's Palace who came to guide the way, "The concubine kowtowed to the empress, the empress is a thousand years old."

The queen looked at the newly favored Ma Jieyu in front of her, with no expression on her face except for dignity: "Get up."

"Thank you Queen Empress."

"Give a seat."

"Yes, empress." The maid brought a small round stool to Ma Hui'er, she thanked her again, and finally sat down halfway, thinking to herself, why did the empress ask her to come here?
When he saw the Xia family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Ma Min'er, he realized that they had entered the palace to thank her, and the queen called him over as a routine matter, why was he so stupid and didn't expect it.

But seeing Ma Min'er, Ma Hui'er was in a particularly good mood. To be careful, her treatment in the palace is closely related to her husband. To put it bluntly, she has to use her husband to climb up, and they will all be prosperous together. , all hurt.

The three generations of the Xia family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law paid respects to the empress. The empress was in her early 40s and was well maintained. She sat on a carved pear wood seat, holding a white jade lotus porcelain cup with one hand, and holding the lid with the other. , Don't be angry and prestige.

Seeing Mrs. Xia salute, she handed the cup in her hand to the maid, and stretched out her hand to help the old lady, "Old lady, please get up, please get up—"

"Thank you, ma'am!" Mrs. Xia thanked the queen.

The queen smiled and said: "Madam, when I saw you, I remembered that the old general led an army to break through and rescue Ai's family. I am really grateful to the old general."

Mrs. Xia hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you are being polite, this is the duty of a courtier, but it makes you suffer, Your Majesty, you are a model of the Great Wei Dynasty."

Not to mention, Mrs. Xia is quite good at talking and flattering, talking about the empress with a smile, and talking happily.

As a result of the happy conversation, the Xia family was treated to a meal by the emperor. As for what they ate, it didn't matter, what was important was that the emperor treated the Xia family after a period of time.

Xia Shiyong, who had always been somewhat disappointed, was happy and satisfied. On the carriage home, he kept nodding, "Yes, yes, the attitude of the Holy One has finally eased."

The Xia family went back. That night, Emperor Yuantai turned over Ma Hui'er's signboard and stayed in Ma Jieyu's palace. The next day, not long after he left, the Chief of Staff sent an order, "Ma Jieyu Accept the order—”

Ma Hui'er quickly knelt down to accept the decree: "Welcome to the imperial decree—"

"The third-class Jieyu Ma's family is now granted the second-class Shurong, hereby!"

Oh my god, my god, Ma Hui'er almost fainted from joy, kowtowing again and again, "Thank you, Shengshang Longen, thank you, Shengshanglong..."

Fang Yuyuan glanced at Kowtow Ma, "Clean up and move to Xiuluan Palace."

"Yes, thank you, Majesty, thank you, Eunuch!" It was near the Queen's Palace, and it was much more lively than here.

Immediately, the queen knew about the emperor's conferment, and the nurse next to her said softly, "Your Majesty..."

The queen lowered her eyes, gently pulled out the spoon in the teacup, "Hold her up."

"My lady..."

"Don't you understand?"

"Yes, the old slave knows!"

On the third day, Ma Min'er returned home. Since it was a free love, Ma Min'er didn't worry about returning home etiquette and gifts, and slept until dawn with her arms around Xia Zhen.

As expected, Mrs. Xia had already prepared all kinds of gifts for her granddaughter-in-law when she returned home, and asked the stewards and servants to load the carriage, which was full and stuffed into three carriages.

The young couple went back to Ma's house happily. The autumn sun was shining brightly in September, which made people feel more happy. The carriage was driving on the street in autumn. The sky was so high, the clouds were so light, and the sunny place made people feel a little bit Dazzling, there is a feeling of being wrapped in warmth by the small wind, or the whole body is coated with a layer of warm taste. The wind is light and the clouds are calm, and the warmth seems to flow between the sky and the earth.

Inside the carriage, Ma Min'er nestled in Xia Zhen's arms, looked out at the sky through the carriage window, was deeply attracted by such an autumn day, "I really want to get out of the carriage and take a walk."

Xia Zhen lowered her head and smiled: "Now I can only enjoy the sunshine in the garden at home."

Ma Min'er pursed her lips, "What about a month later?"

"Maybe."

"perhaps?"

"Ah."

Ma Min'er thought for a while and said, "I can pretend to be a kid and go shopping, how about that?"

"You can figure it out."

"Then do you agree?"

"Well, but you must come out with me."

"Yes, dear brother Zhen."

With Xia Zhen's consent, Ma Min'er was extremely happy, and the occasional little frustration disappeared immediately, and she looked out of the car window happily again.

In the leisurely way, the carriage stopped suddenly, and Xiaowen shouted outside: "Who is blocking the way?"

The steward in the opposite carriage also got out of the carriage, cupped his hands and said modestly: "Your Excellency is..."

"Didn't you see it?" Xiaowen said angrily.

The steward followed Xiaowen's gaze to look at Zuwei on the carriage, "So it's the King of Beijun, offended!" After finishing speaking, he turned his head quickly and waved the carriage to the side.

"I said, do you know how to walk? The road is facing the sky, and each side walks halfway. Why do you squeeze to our side to make way?" Xiaowen stepped forward impatiently and shouted.

The steward turned around and looked around, "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, our carriage is used to going to the left."

"Keep to the right, don't you understand? If you don't know what to do, get the hell out of here."

"Yes yes yes..." The steward bowed again and again in shame.

There are pavements on both sides of the street. Pedestrians and merchants are all attracted by the carriages that are heading towards each other. Seeing one side shouting, the other side is modest, everyone whispers, "This is the carriage of the North County Prince's Mansion, who is the carriage over there?" Home?"

"It seems to be the king of Changshan County."

"Oh, it's the Changshan County King who made friends all over the world with his writing?"

"Yes, that's right."

"I heard that he is humble. Even the king of the county is very low-key. He rarely uses the sign of King Huo's mansion when he goes out."

"That's it, you can get a glimpse of it by looking at the steward just now."

"It really is extraordinary."

Xiaowen watched the other party move the carriage slowly, then looked up at the sky, almost missed the auspicious time, and took another step forward, "I said, can you hurry up?"

"Yes, yes, immediately..." The other party's steward wiped his head, as if sweating from his brow, but the driver of the carriage moved slowly.

"Hurry up!"

"I'm sorry, my lord. My master said that when crossing the street, you are most afraid of hurting pedestrians. This carriage can't be rushed, so please be safe."

"You..." Xiaowen wanted to curse, turned his head and looked at both sides of the street. At some point, many people had surrounded him, and he swung his whip towards the empty space, but was stopped halfway, "My lord—— "

Xia Zhen looked at the other party's carriage, still stuck in front of his carriage, and the road on the right was empty, with heavy eyes, standing still.

Seeing that the king of Beijun had got off the car, the steward of the other party hurried over to greet him, "I have seen the king of Beijun..."

Xia Zhen didn't respond, but looked at the carriage behind, and saw a gentle and elegant young man getting off the carriage, holding a paper fan and the hem of his robe, and got out of the carriage, "I'm sorry, King Beijun—" as he walked, he cupped his hands.

Xia Zhen narrowed her eyes slightly, "The King of Changshan County."

"I didn't expect to run into the King of Beijun on the street. It's a great honor to meet—"

"All roads in Beijing keep to the left?"

Prince Changshan smiled slightly, "This is not the main street, it is a one-way street, there is no distinction between left and right."

"That's right." Xia Zhen looked at the space on the right again, and smiled.

"For a long time, when turning this street corner, my servants have been on the left side of the road, blocking the king's way, I'm really sorry!" Changshan County King said as he cupped his hands and said to the crowd watching the street corner: "Please give way, everyone. Tell my carriage to turn around quickly and make way for the county king."

A county king, who is so modest and polite, who doesn't give face, everyone backed up one after another, the groom flicked his whip twice, and the carriage quickly moved to the right lane.

"Thank you, everyone!"

"The king of the county is too polite." Someone in the crowd said, "As expected, he lives up to the reputation of Mr. Wen Yu."

"Yeah, sure enough, the person is named after his name, gentle and courteous, and he is an example of a literati."

……

The Changshan County King smiled modestly, and bowed his hands to Xia Zhen, "Don't disturb the County King, please——" After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to please.

Xia Zhen smiled again, raised her hand and said, "Thank you very much." After speaking, she turned around and got into her carriage.

A small episode of friction that might have occurred was resolved in an amicable manner.The streets were full of people again, and it was back to normal.

Seeing Xia Zhen getting into the carriage, Ma Min'er asked, "Know him?"

"I know there is this person, but I have never dealt with him before."

"It sounds quite polite, but it's not common among royal relatives and rich and powerful people."

Xia Zhenen let out a cry, raised the curtains and looked outside, the other carriage had already left slowly, looked deeply, then retracted his eyes, and when he faced the young wife, he returned to normal, "In Beijing, the rich and powerful, once caught A lot, not surprising."

"That's true." Ma Rumin said with a smile, "Be careful next time you go shopping."

"That's not necessary." Xia Zhen said.

"..." Ma Min'er raised her eyebrows, "Brother Zhen means, with your thighs, I can be as easy as I want?"

Xia Zhen reached out and patted her on the forehead, "Isn't being a husband enough for you?"

"Enough!" Ma Min'er hugged Xia Zhen's arm with both hands, giggling.

At the gate of a certain house, the low-key carriage that had collided with Xia Zhen stopped. The gentle, modest and courteous King Changshan got out of the carriage, and someone came up to wait on him immediately. The nobleman's demeanor was undoubtedly revealed at this moment. When he sat in the study in the courtyard, he held a high-quality white porcelain cup and sipped tea lightly.

After a while, someone dared to step forward and reply, "Master, I found the person who took the sheep by the hand."

"Who is it?" Prince Changshan asked gracefully.

"Yancheng County King."

"Liu Zaili?" The elegant Changshan County King raised his eyebrows instantly.

"Yes, sir."

Prince Changshan put down the cup in his hand and thought for a moment, "Could something happen that I don't know about?"

"Master, on the day of Xia Zhen's wedding, Prince Ning and his wife both went, but the King of Yancheng County, who fought for the emperor together with Xia Zhen, did not go."

"It's really interesting!"

"Master, do you want us to check?"

"Investigate, of course, how can such an interesting matter not be investigated?" Changshan Junwang raised his eyes, his face was full of smiles, but his eyes were extremely deep.

One day at dawn, what the Ma family welcomed was not the son-in-law and daughter returning home, but the king of Luoyang County.

"Little prince, what are you..." For his daughter's return, Ma Qifeng had been waiting in the main hall early, and when he saw the porter leading him over, he was so surprised that he quickly stood up and saluted him.

"Master Ma, you don't have to be too polite, just sit as you please, sit as you please..."

Even though Ma Qifeng is an honest man, he was also confused by his random behavior. My daughter and son-in-law came home, what are you doing here!

Liu Zaicheng didn't care about these things, he didn't know how to sit on the chair, and said casually: "I haven't eaten breakfast yet, do you have anything to eat, get me some."

The boy from the Chen family who was serving by Ma Qifeng's side——Maozi said quickly, "I'm going to find Si Niang, and I'll come back to my little prince immediately."

Hearing Si Niang, Liu Zaicheng's eyebrows moved: "Let her cook the best and delicious food for you."

"Yes, little prince." Mao Zi hurried to the backyard.

Since there was a banquet at noon, Ma Yueer was already busy, and was discussing the meal with Aunt Shan and Aunt Niu, when Mao Zi unexpectedly came over, "What's the matter?" She thought her sister and brother-in-law had arrived.

"The little prince is here, and he said he didn't have breakfast, so let me get you something delicious."

"Little... who is it?" Mayue'er didn't turn her head around.

"It's the little prince who was the best man for my uncle last time."

"He..." Ma Yue'er finally understood, that guy is going to marry his sister, "Why is he here?"

Mao Zi shook his head, "The little one doesn't know, but he confessed that he wants to eat delicious food."

This guy is unreliable, Ma Yueer frowned, and looked at Aunt Shan and Aunt Niu.

Aunt Niu hurriedly said, "Why don't you get a big bowl of boiled dried shredded rice and a plate of steamed stuffed buns with crab roe?"

Ma Yueer nodded, "Okay."

Aunt Niu worked on the knife herself, and after a while, she quickly made the breakfast and let people take it out.

Mao Zi hurriedly went to the main hall and said to the host: "My little prince's breakfast is ready, it's in the dining room."

Ma Qifeng stood up, "My lord, please—"

Liu Zaicheng put down his crossed legs, and followed to the dining room. Ma Yueer was talking to the maids about the noon banquet, when she heard footsteps, she glanced over and saw that her father was coming with the little prince, so she hurriedly avoided the side, When he came to the front, he bowed to him: "Little prince..."

Liu Zaicheng grinned, "Did you cook the breakfast yourself?"

Ma Yue'er didn't understand what he meant by asking, "My family's breakfast!" she answered vaguely.

Liu Zaicheng was taken aback for a moment, then grinned, "Is it delicious?"

"Of course it's delicious." Ma Yue'er was a little dissatisfied with his question, but suppressed her emotions.

Liu Zaicheng didn't care how the little lady reacted, and hurriedly sat down at the dining table, and his servant brought him chopsticks, "Huh, is it Huaiyang-style breakfast?"

"Yes, my lord, it's a bit bland, I don't know if it suits your taste."

"Light is good, light is good." Liu Zaicheng almost said, my lord, I ate a lot of fish and meat last night, and my whole body was greasy, so I wanted to eat something light. I don't know why, but I didn't say it. , As for what it is, it will have to wait for time to verify.

Seeing him eating breakfast with his head down, Ma Yue'er dragged Dad outside the restaurant, "Dad, didn't you invite him?"

"Of course not, even if you ask, you may not be able to invite it."

"What a strange person." Ma Yueer glanced into the restaurant, and then asked: "Sister, they are probably coming soon."

"En!" Ma Qifeng said, "I have asked Xiaoyou to wait at the door."

At the gate of Ma's courtyard, Fu Xiaoyou looked at the intersection eagerly, but his thoughts flew a little far away. Xiao Dan is now the servant of the princess, and I am still in charge of the big boss, so how can I marry Xiao Dan? Separated?It's really a headache. By the way, I want to see Xiaodan in the future, isn't it difficult!

Fu Xiaoyou was really sad.

(End of this chapter)