Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 213
Xia Zhen defended his little daughter-in-law, and Xie Xuanqi was stunned for a moment. As a man, he also wanted to defend his woman like this, but... but never had the chance. Realizing that he had lost his composure, he raised his head and laughed: "Haha ...Xia Zian...I didn't bully your little daughter-in-law, you deserve it!"

Xia Zhen didn't respond to his words, but lowered her head and said to the little daughter-in-law, "Pick it yourself."

Ma Min'er shook her head, "You can't eat it, keep the seeds."

"There are so many, what are you afraid of." Xia Zhen didn't care.

Ma Min'er raised her face, "If there are no seeds left in this pot, we'll go to Liangzhou to search."

"Ah."

Watching the young couple interacting, the unmarried young lady sketched her future husband and son-in-law in her mind, hoping that they would be like the king of Beijun, who would be stern and majestic when standing upright, gentle and careless when bowing their heads, so that she could be happy Be treated with tenderness.

Why...why, the corner of Zhao Yuning's mouth was almost bitten, but her fiancé either looked at others or lowered his head. Anyway, he didn't look at himself. Could it be that he was worse than others?No, absolutely, don't talk about your status, even in terms of appearance and talent, you are the best among boudoirs in the capital. Otherwise, how could the proud Princess Ning come to her house to propose a marriage? The more you think about it, the more unwilling you are.

Yes, that's right, Liu Zaili lowered his head. If he continued to watch, he doubted that he could snatch Ma Miner away in front of many people. When he lowered his head, he tried his best to suppress his emotions. Why didn't I meet her first? To her, why... why...

Princess Yunbao was also sour, she pouted her little mouth, watching Xia Zhen's sweet mouth made her sour, she unconsciously moved closer to Zhuang Hao.

Zhuang Hao felt Yun Bao's small movements, woman... really wants to be like others in everything, and secretly shook his head, how his master Xia Zi'an and Ma Erniang have come to such a happy moment today, no one else knows, but he knows Well, the young couple lives in the same tacit understanding as the old couple, but after years of baptism, their love is not out of thin air.

I have to say that Zhuang Hao's evaluation is to the point, yes, Xia Zhen and Ma Min'er have known each other since childhood, their emotions can be so strong and real, it is through years of running-in, not like ordinary young people, To say love is sudden love, but the intensity of love is not necessarily tacit understanding.

How should I put it, for example, if Ma Miner bit half of a cherry tomato and put it in the mouth of ordinary men, they would definitely pick it up, especially in front of so many people, but Xia Zhen took it.

Ma Min'er is not a random person, she dares to be random, she can be random, it is all because the man behind her has a tacit understanding with her, knowing that he will definitely eat the other half of the cherry tomato, and he is not afraid of everyone's eyes, It allows her to freely and naturally release her true personality.

Liu Zaicheng saw that Ma Miner had eaten, so he reached out and picked one, quickly took out the handkerchief, wiped it twice, put it in his mouth, and bit it open, it was really smooth and juicy, "Delicious...delicious ..."

She was about to reach out to pick it up again, but Ma Min'er reached out and patted it off, "You're keeping the seeds, little lord."

"There are more than a dozen of them on this one tree, what are you afraid of if you eat one or two?"

"Isn't it better to save more seeds and eat more next year?"

"Uh..." Liu Zaicheng blinked, "It seems to make sense."

"of course."

Zhuang Hao didn't care, and still reached out to pick one, "There is a little greedy cat." He said to Ma Min'er, his eyes radiated a soft light that is unique to men, it was the light for Princess Rainbow.

Ma Min'er felt embarrassed, "Then...that, this is the fruit of Dafuma, you...you can do whatever you want." After finishing speaking, she stood beside Xia Zhen.

Seeing that Zhuang Hao picked one for her, Yun Bao was so happy that she almost flew up, "Brother Zhuang..."

Zhuang Hao took out a handkerchief and wiped it for her, "They say it's delicious, you pay for it."

"Yeah." Rainbow Dash nodded happily, quickly took the fruit and put it in his mouth, and bit it open, "This is definitely the best thing I've ever eaten in my life."

"Ha ha……"

Ma Min'er thought it was because she couldn't help laughing, but found that the only one who dared to laugh out loud was Da Fu Ma Jie Xuanqi, and he said, "Come on—"

"Master Fu Ma—"

"Pick three for Madam, and distribute the rest to King Yancheng and Luoyang..." Xie Xuanqi ordered to his servants.

Ma Min'er listened to his name, and curled her lips secretly, why is it so difficult to leave a seed?

Seeing Ma Min'er's small movements, Xie Xuanqi smiled and said, "Sister and brother, don't be discouraged, there are still two pots of this red fruit?"

"Where is it?" Ma Min'er, who was listless, regained her spirits immediately.

"Haha..." Amidst the loud laughter, Xie Xuanqi thought, this is a woman who is nourished by a man and lives a wanton and happy life. Unknowingly, she looks at Xia Zhen. How could this idiot love her mother-in-law so much?

Just as Ma Min'er was about to ask where the two dishes were, the eldest princess called for someone to eat.

You can't hang on to others, right? Before leaving, Ma Min'er looked at the cherry tomatoes again, hoping that there are seeds, so that next year I can eat one more fruit.

Not only Ma Miner stared at the red fruit, but many people stared at the red fruit before leaving. Is it really so delicious?This is what ordinary girls think.

Everyone looked at Hongguozi, but Liu Zaili didn't take a look. He walked out of the greenhouse with Dafu Ma Jiexuanqi, chatting and laughing, as if he wasn't the one who was silent just now.

Liu Zaicheng clicked his tongue, unwilling to give up, and stretched out his hand to pick it up, but was blocked by Ma Miner, "Little prince, it's time for lunch."

Liu Zaicheng stared at her, "It's not your family."

"It's not yours either."

"you……"

Xia Zhen glanced at him, and he immediately faltered and left the greenhouse angrily.

After a while, there were only guard servants left in the warm shed, as well as the little steward who was in charge of picking the fruit. It was quiet, as if there had never been any excitement.

The banquet in the Princess Mansion is of course not low-standard, and there are many dishes. A meal lasts until after one o'clock in the afternoon before it breaks up. After the breakup, everyone goes to the hall to eat.

Banquets are divided into men and women, and places for digestion are also divided into men and women. I don’t know if the same repels or attracts opposites. It’s just men. Some talk.

It's different when women are together, they don't have much to chat with, some don't know each other well, and some don't dare to chat with each other, the atmosphere is not so warm.On the contrary, there were quite a few women surrounding the eldest princess. It could be seen that they all went to find out their favorite husband for their own sister or sister-in-law.

At this moment, the eldest princess is not so serious, she seems much more approachable, and she nodded happily to the one who is close to her eyes, "Okay, turn around, I will ask the mother to help you."

"That's really thanks to the princess."

……

Zhao Yuning was sitting not far from the eldest princess. For some reason, seeing the easy-going appearance of the eldest princess, she immediately thought of the three red fruits, which must have made the princess feel better.

Not to mention, Zhao Yuning really guessed it. The eldest princess received the red fruit specially picked for her by Master Fu. From lunch until now, she has been in a good mood.

She sighed, opened her palm, and there was a red fruit lying in her palm, which was given to her by her fiancé, so she was also in a good mood, although the way of giving the fruit was not as good as that of the Xia couple... No, It's embarrassing for them, and those young couples who love each other in public are ashamed to death, I really don't know how to be ashamed.

It's time to appreciate wintersweet flowers, and the princess who is in a good mood leads everyone to the plum forest.In the cold winter afternoon, everyone wore cloaks and walked through the long aisle to an open woodland. What came into view was wintersweet trees, clusters of flowers swaying in the cold wind, emitting bursts of fragrance. The elegant fragrance floats to people's noses with the cold winter wind, which is really refreshing.

Unexpectedly, the male guests were already at the edge of the plum grove, and they were reciting poems against each other: "There are several plum blossoms in the corner, and Ling Han blooms alone!"

"Haha, there are no corners here, only forests." Liu Zaicheng was a shambles, and the wonderful artistic conception instantly became a playful scene.

"You... Zicheng, come here..." The interrupted young master laughed and scolded.

"Come here, I'm afraid you won't succeed." Liu Zaicheng coughed, "Bao Jian's edge comes from sharpening, and plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold."

"Haha..." Everyone laughed when they heard his poem, "Zicheng, does your grandfather read this sentence in your ears every day?"

"Bah bah, not at all."

"Haha...we don't believe it."

……

"It's really lively!" The eldest princess led all the young ladies and women to Da Fuma.

Dafu Ma Jiexuanqi smiled and said, "Jin'er——"

"Ziqi——" the Eldest Princess' tone and demeanor at this moment were different from that of the morning, and seemed much gentler.

Xie Xuanqi narrowed his eyes slightly, with a smile: "Let everyone do as they please."

"Okay." The eldest princess turned around and said to the crowd, "Everyone can do whatever they want."

"Yes, princess."

Although the young ladies agreed with their mouths, their eyes were on Yijun's young masters.

Ma Miner said to Yun Bao and Feng Luoyao beside her, "Let's go to admire the plum blossoms."

"Okay, by the way, pick some wintersweet flowers and go back to make tea." Feng Luoyao nodded.

"Well, let's go."

Xia Zhen was about to follow up with Ma Min'er, and Ma Jie Xuanqi smiled and said, "Brother Zi'an, you stick to your wife every day at home, and you don't come out to have fun with your brothers?"

Lifting her feet in the air, Xia Zhen looked at Xie Xuanqi, then at her little daughter-in-law, blinking her eyes...

Ma Min'er flicked her little hand, meaning, if you're outside, just hang out with men, don't follow behind your wife's ass, look, you've been seen as a joke, turned around and ran away with a sneaky smile.

Feng Luoyao bowed to these big shots and quickly followed Ma Erniang.

Rainbow Dash wants to be with her sweetheart, looking at Zhuang Hao, he always has a decent smile on his face, making it impossible to see what it means, pursing his mouth, "Second Mother, wait for me." Putting on the cloak Just follow up.

"What about you, everyone?" Xie Xuanqi asked all the ladies with a smile.

Zhao Yuning glanced at Liu Zaili, and saw that his face was pale, and he didn't intend to walk with her, so he could only salute, "We're going to admire the plum blossoms too." After speaking, he turned and walked to the side.

All the young ladies saluted these gentlemen one after another, and then left with Zhao Yuning.

The eldest princess said to the young masters, "I'll sit in the small pavilion in front."

"Be careful of catching a cold." Xie Xuanqi warned.

The eldest princess smiled at her man and left.

Finally, the women were dismissed, and the men let go of their condescension and laughed, "If I hadn't just had lunch, I would really like to have a barbecue next to Merlin."

"Yeah, why didn't I remember it earlier?"

"That's right, my God, it shouldn't be too much fun to have a barbecue by the forest full of flowers."

……

All the young masters sighed for a long time, and felt that they should not have lunch. Wouldn't it be fun and interesting to have a barbecue by the forest, chatting and chatting, unconsciously, 'things of a kind flock together, people form a group'.

The crowd dispersed in twos and threes, some people went to get close to the little lady on purpose; some people came to make friends;

While chatting with the young masters, Liu Zaiwen glanced quietly at the other end of the plum grove. Grand Master Feng's granddaughter Feng Luoyao was picking wintersweet flowers with Princess Beijun.

She is a powerful woman who punches four noble young masters, can he get close to Feng Luoyao as he wishes today and make a good impression on her?
"Ziwen, what are you looking at?" Someone asked Liu Zaiwen not listening to them.

"Oh, it's nothing, just look at the scenery and plum blossoms."

"What's so good about winter plums? Come back in January or February next year, and the plum blossoms in the forest to the east will be really beautiful."

"Yes, plum blossoms are much more beautiful and artistic than wintersweet."

Liu Zaiwen smiled slightly, looked away, "Come on, let's find a wintersweet plant, how about writing a poem?"

"Of course, let's go..." Several people with similar interests went to Meishu to compose poems.

Liu Zaicheng likes to be with Ma Erniang the most, he has already jumped up to Ma Erniang, "Erniang, I will pick it for you."

"Thank you, little prince!"

A little lady heard it nearby, and couldn't help but say, "My lord, I don't even want to give you red fruits in the morning, and you even pick plum blossoms for others, that's why!"

"It's nothing if you don't eat the red fruit. I heard that they were beaten."

"Oh, yes, I remember."

"Zicheng, what are you doing? They beat you, you help them smash restaurants, you don't give you red fruits, you help them pick flowers, why are you..."

Liu Zaicheng was just about to start swearing, but when he saw that it was the granddaughter of the old King Huai, he just stared, "I want you to take care of it."

"I don't care what you do, I just think you are a bit thick-skinned."

"I'm too lazy to care about you."

The granddaughter of Old King Huai shook her head and gathered her cloak, "It's really an unreasonable little overlord's menstruation." After speaking, she turned to the other side, disdainful to go with them.

"Er Niang, ignore them, they will be jealous of me picking flowers for you."

Being hostile by others, Ma Min'er was not in a good mood. Hearing Liu Zaicheng's words, she smiled, "Yes, ignore them, let's go, let's pick flowers."

The picked wintersweet flowers are dried and made into wintersweet flower tea, which can be brewed alone or mixed with tea leaves. It has a strong aroma and has the effect of relieving cough and asthma.

Secondly, it can also be used as an ingredient for cooking, such as adding some when cooking fish, shrimp, tofu or making soup. It is not only delicious but also fragrant, which is very good.

The Eldest Princess sat calmly in the small pavilion, which was covered by curtains, and inside was a charcoal brazier, which was as warm as spring. When she heard the sound of silk and bamboo outside, she asked, "Did you call the actor?"

A servant immediately replied, "Yes, Eldest Princess, the lords are carrying out the order of flying flowers, and called the singer to come over to cheer."

"These young people are really noisy, and they are not afraid of the cold outside."

The old mother smiled flatteringly: "Princess, who among these young gentlemen doesn't want to show off in front of the little ladies so that they can find a wife."

"That's true." The eldest princess leaned on her forehead, closed her eyes and rested her mind. If it weren't for the flower party, she would have taken a nap at this time, and she would be sitting here to enjoy the breeze.

Finally when the opportunity came, Mei Ruoer went to Meilin with several other actors, and she was very excited when she saw the young masters. She walked carefully behind the other actors with her pipa in her arms, lowered her head, and glanced around from time to time.

Wandering among the flowers, the cold wind blows through the plum grove, like soaking in the sea of ​​fragrance, the whole body is full of fragrance, Ma Miner just wanted to find a poem to fit the scene, when a voice came, "I want to look for fragrance but I don't want it. Nowhere to be found!"

Following the voice, looking up, it was actually Liu Zaili. She nodded and smiled politely, then turned to Rainbow and said, "The wintersweet here doesn't seem to be blooming very much, let's find another one."

"Okay." Liu Zaili is a celebrity in front of the emperor, she knows, Yun Bao also smiled at him, "Uncle Yan, let's go pick winter plums."

Liu Zaili stretched out his hand and picked the plum branches from the tree beside him. There were three or two wintersweet flowers on it, dotted with stars, just like his own mood.

"Brother Zili—" Finally waiting for his sweetheart to walk through the snow alone to find plums, Zhao Yuning happily trotted up to her, put his hands in front of him, his little face flushed nervously.

Liu Zaili, who was in a waning mood, asked indifferently, "Didn't you go to pick plums?"

"I...look at the plums, but don't pick them."

"Chop a few branches and put them in the porcelain white beauty dendrobium, which looks good."

The sweetheart said it was pretty, but Zhao Yuning didn't pick it, "Then... Brother Li, you... help me break some branches."

"Yes." Liu Zaili turned around and folded the wintersweet branch.

Oh my god, brother Zili folded it for me personally, I want to keep it in the beauty den, always...

The Mei Lin of the Princess Mansion is located in an open area in the north of the mansion, and the back wall stretches out to a natural hill in a meandering manner. Apart from the palace, there are three other palaces on this hill. The fifth place is this In the princess mansion, other mansions are qualified to have such an open area as a small hill.

The small hill to the north of the Princess Mansion is surrounded by walls and guarded by soldiers. Logically speaking, there will be no security issues. In fact, since the Eldest Princess got married and moved to the Princess Mansion, she has never encountered any assassins.

The Princess Mansion held a flower viewing party, and all procedures were followed by rules. How many more people should be added, how many guards should be added, all were customized, nothing special, nothing slack, everything was done step by step.

"Okay... well sung..."

……

From time to time, applause came over. Ma Miner looked at the wintersweet flowers in the cloth bag, and then looked at the wintersweet flowers, which seemed to be a little far away from the crowd, and hurriedly said to Liu Zai, who was still climbing branches, "My lord, let's go and listen to the little song."

"Aren't you going to pick it up?"

"enough."

"Okay." Liu Zaicheng flicked his hands, turned around and walked up to Ma Min'er, and reached out to take the bag in her hand, "There are so many without realizing it?"

"Yes, thank you, my lord!"

"You're welcome, Xiao Wang, I will come to your house to eat food made of these flowers."

"welcome."

Hearing Ma Erniang welcome him, he just grinned when he was dazzled by the sudden attack before him, "What...what's going on?"

Princess Mansion, Ma Min'er couldn't believe her eyes, she would see an assassin here, and she didn't have any weapons on her body, but then again, whoever comes to someone's house will bring a weapon.

Turning over, she pushed Feng Luoyao and Princess Yunbao behind the tree, rolled on the spot, avoided a wave of swords, lay down on the ground, broke plum branches on the spot, and used it as a weapon.

Liu Zaicheng was guarded behind him by his bodyguard, and he finally realized, "Ah... ah... there are assassins..."

Xia Xiaoren flew to Ma Min'er like flying, the knife in his hand immediately confronted the enemy, and there was a sound of fighting.

"Help... help..."

……

Liu Zaicheng shouted until now, except for his own hidden guard, no one stepped forward. Ma Miner felt that something was wrong, so she straightened up and looked into the distance. The whole Meilin was actually full of people in black.

God, there might be a hundred or ten men in black who came prepared. She was worried about Xia Zhen, so she ran towards the crowded place, only to see Yun Bao and Feng Luoyao.

Rainbow Dash is a princess. She has expert guards around her, and she seems to be able to protect herself.Feng Luoyao is the granddaughter of the grand master, and she also has guards, so she seems to be able to protect herself, but it seems that this self-protection seems to be a bit difficult.

Ma Min'er had no choice but to stop. When she stopped, Xia Xiaoren would stop, and the two of them would be within her circle of protection.She looked worriedly and anxiously into the distance, it shouldn't matter if Xia Zhen was shocked.

It's a pity that the situation doesn't seem to allow her to think too much, and all the little ladies from the aristocratic families flocked here, screaming so loudly that their ears almost exploded.

It was so sudden, without any warning, that the assassin actually appeared in Meilin, the Princess Mansion. Xia Zhen responded and ran towards his little wife. Unfortunately, these men in black didn't let him go as he wished, and entangled him in groups, making him unable to get away body.

The same was true for Liu Zaili, all his thoughts were on Ma Erniang's side, and while eagerly swinging his sword, he went straight to Ma Erniang's place, and was also entangled by the black-clothed assassin.

And the other nobles, who have seen such assassination scenes, cried for their father and mother, hugged their heads and ran away.

In the pavilion, the eldest princess who closed her eyes and meditated suddenly heard the sound of fighting, and before she could yell out, a few young men from aristocratic families who had escaped fell into the curtain, "It's not good, princess, there are assassins, many, many... "

"what happened?"

When these aristocratic sons answered, they shivered in fright and shrank aside.

The Eldest Princess hurried to the pavilion and opened the curtain. It was completely dark outside, "Come here... come here, call the guards."

"Yes, Princess."

……

If it wasn't for Xia Zhen and Liu Zaili who had many masters around them, Ma Min'er reckoned that many nobles would have died in this flower fair, but then again, if it weren't for Xia Zhen and Liu Zaili, perhaps the assassins wouldn't have Come to the princess mansion without real power.

From this point of view, it was right for Xia Zhen and Liu Zaili to stand up for the sons and daughters of the aristocratic family. Who would let the assassins greet them all?

Xia Zhen and Liu Zaili stood in front of Ma Min'er. She took a breath when she had time, and in a blink of an eye, she realized that Feng Luoyao was no longer behind her. ...Yaoyao..."

"Young Madam, don't bark, the King of Changshan County is by her side."

"What?" Ma Miner exclaimed.

"What's the matter?" Xia Xiaoren was puzzled if someone helped her to break down the burden.

"Where is it?" Ma Min'er was so anxious that she was sweating, Yaoyao is her future sister-in-law, how could she let others be a hero to save the beauty.

(End of this chapter)