Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 286
The children brought out by the indifferent Mr. Zhuang are really gentle, quiet and indifferent. Ma Min'er secretly sighed, seeing the big steward, Miss Shan, coming to call for dinner, she habitually looked at the door, and saw the servant next to Xia Zhen running away in a hurry Come in, and salute in front of her, "Reporting to the princess, the prince and some friends have gone to the restaurant for dinner, so don't wait for him."

She glanced at Zhuang Hao standing in the corridor, and asked the boy, "Did the lord say when he will be back?"

"Shen Shi."

"Okay, got it."

Zhuang Hao smiled.

Princess Rainbow has been standing beside the pair of daughters, "Play with your new friends!"

Xia Yifan played wildly with his younger brothers and sisters at first, but half an hour ago, after drinking water, he stood beside his mother and became more friendly, even if the second child pulled his arm, he would not stop playing .

Ma Min'er realized that her little kid also knows how to be shy and stop playing crazy, um, yes, she really wants to play with a good boy, thinking of this, she smiled, "Mr. Zhuang, princess, please—"

"Ma'am, you're being polite." Zhuang Hao smiled back.

"You two young masters, please—"

In this era, girls from rich and noble families can be called both mother and son-in-law, so Ma Miner called the children of Zhuang Hao's family sons, that's right.

"Thank you, Ma'am!" Zhuang Yiran returned the gift to her master with a calm and dignified smile.

Xia Yifan followed his mother and returned the salute to the other party, with a smile on his eyes, like a spring breeze!

The decent salute made Ma Min'er feel emotional again, and she couldn't help laughing and asked: "Princess Yunbao, why is your child so polite? Look at this behavior, it has left our child eighteen times behind." Street."

"Swing ten..." Yun Bao was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed happily: "Madam is still so humorous, but I didn't teach Yiran and Taoran in my family."

"That is……"

Yun Bao said: "It's either my mother's queen, or my elder sister. These two children are often picked up by them to play. I don't have to worry about traveling with Brother Hao."

Uh... Ma Miner blinked, "Two children are also willing?"

"I can't help it if I refuse. My mother, my sister, can think of anything in order to coax the two children to my side." Rainbow Dash spread her hands.

"Oh, alright!" Ma Min'er thought, one is the empress and the other is the eldest princess. They are both models of women in the Wei Dynasty, and the etiquette of the children they educate must be good. However, this temperament ... She still felt influenced by Mr. Zhuang.

When Ma Yue'er saw this pair of children, she also sighed in admiration. Just like her second sister, she wailed in her heart, how could such a good child belong to someone else.

In May, when the weather was getting dry, Ma Min'er arranged a table of light Huaiyang dishes in the kitchen, including stewed crab meat and lion's head, tofu soup, blanched dried shredded rice, fragrant rapeseed, squirrel mandarin fish, three sets of duck, and nine-turn large intestine , Yang Fang Tibetan fish and so on.

The children who had been skinning for a whole morning ate deliciously, and even Siwen's brothers and sisters of the Zhuang family were so attracted by the food that they stretched out their chopsticks repeatedly.

Ma Yueer smiled and asked: "Second sister, I have never seen you do this nine-turn large intestine and sheep side hidden fish before!"

"I learned it from Lord Huang's mother."

"Is it Huang Zhifu's mother?" Liu Zaicheng interrupted while eating.

"Ah."

"It's more authentic and delicious than the ones made in the restaurants in the capital." Liu Zaicheng did not hesitate to praise himself.

Ma Min'er smiled and said: "The rice field eel is going to be on the market, next time I'll make squid oil rice field eels for you, the smell of squeaking is so fresh that your tongues will fall off."

"Okay!"

Qing Zhu, the second-class girl standing by the table, quickly passed on what his wife said to the purchasing manager in the mansion, and asked him to go to Xicaogou to catch the freshest rice field eels.

Halfway through the meal, there was a sweet soup——Journeyed Noodles and Egg Drop Soup. It seemed like a simple meal, but everyone loved it, especially Zhuang Yiran, who only took one bite of each dish. , finished eating a small bowl, and after eating, the little intoxicated expression that was secretly reminiscing fell into the eyes of a certain young boy.

The sweetness of fermented rice glutinous rice, the softness of egg flower, there is a slight aroma of wine in the aftertaste, indulging in this bowl of sweetness, it is really beautiful, no wonder my father rushed to the Beijun Palace before lunch, and there were really good things.

-

In a large restaurant in the capital, Xia Zhen sat at the head, holding a glass to the treater and smiling, "Thank you, Brother Zilin."

"You're welcome." Xiao Lin is nearly 40 years old, and the years have also left no marks on his face. If you are not familiar with him, you will never think that he is already a grandfather.

What... he... actually became a grandfather?Yes, he got married at the age of 17 and gave birth to a daughter. His eldest daughter, Xiao Xiaoyu, is 21 years old. She married the youngest son of Grand Master Feng, and the matchmaker was Ma Min'er who was far away in Liangzhou City.

Uh... God, is it true that if you marry early, everyone under the age of 40 can be a father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparent?I think so!Ha ha……

Liu Zaili and Xia Zhen, who were married late, are not much younger than Xiao Lin, and the eldest son is only ten years old, which is really incomparable.

"Come on, first of all, congratulations to Zilin for being promoted to the capital transfer envoy (from the third rank, in charge of all the wealth and wealth, and supervising the officials of each state)"

Xiao Lin smiled, stretched out the cup in his hand and touched it, "Thank you!"

Liu Zaili glanced at the two and clinked glasses together. For Xiao Lin, the thirteen mansions in the north, except for Xia Zhen's five mansions, the other eight mansions are already under Xiao Lin's control. A veritable official of the frontier, but he is still the emperor's Long Xingwei, controlling all the confidential affairs of the Great Wei Dynasty.

It's just... Thinking of this, he frowned. He didn't mind if the emperor kept his back, but the Sima family's food was so ugly that he didn't help the emperor suppress new nobles, such as Xia Zhen and Xiao Xiao, for nearly ten years. Lin... But he knows everything about the two of them. These two clearly have nothing, but in fact they have already become vassals of one party.

Xiao Lin didn't mind either, although the total of the eight mansions was not as powerful as Xia Zhen's five mansions, but he was convinced, who would let others have the ability to develop the three mansions that are not as good as the eight mansions into a strong agricultural mansion!

"In one more month, the wheat will be harvested in the north, so you can give me more seeds now." He is also actively developing agriculture, which is the real treasury.

"As long as you don't get spoiled by the Liao people, it's fine."

The answer to this... is like no reply. The people sitting here are all sensible people. No one knows the meaning of the higher-ups, but no one can stop the meaning of the higher-ups. They can only ask for blessings.

The three men seldom talked about real things. While drinking, they chatted about their past lives in the past few years, plus interesting things about their children. Before they knew it, they drank until one or two in the afternoon.

Drunk, Xia Zhen stood up with her hands propped up, "I'm going back, you two can talk slowly."

Liu Zaili grinned, "Brother Zilin and I have been in the capital all the time. I came today to chat with you. You have already gone back. Who else should I accompany?"

"Haha..." Xia Zhen smiled, "I invite you to Tianxiang Restaurant another day..."

"Stop, I just want to bring my wife and children to your house for dinner." Xiao Lin grinned.

Liu Zaili smiled coherently, "Me too."

Xia Zhen raised her brows, "There may be a brat in the family who can make a scene. If you don't mind making a scene, then just come over."

"How come, whose family didn't come from trouble."

"Uh..." Really, Xia Zhen raised her head and laughed loudly. When it comes to this, she can only agree.

-

In the afternoon of May, it was noisy and lively, and the carriage passed through the crowd in a low-key manner.

Sitting in the carriage, leaning against the wall of the rear compartment, Liu Zaili closed his eyes and rested his mind. Suddenly, the hidden guard entered the carriage gently, "Master, there is movement!"

"Is it big?"

The dark guard nodded.

Liu Zaili opened his eyes, "Send the news to those who want to know."

"Master, what should I do if there is no movement after delivery?"

"Then we don't move."

"Yes, Grandpa, I understand."

-

After crossing the street, Xia Zhen's carriage turned towards the direction of home. She was slightly drunk and her head hurt. Xiaowen handed the sober teapot, "Master, relieve fatigue."

"Yeah." He opened his eyes, reached out to take the teacup, took a few swigs, and the discomfort in his stomach got better.

Before Xiaowen could take the kettle, Jing Mo got into the carriage unknowingly, "Master, someone is following us."

"Have you found out who it is?"

"Who doesn't know, but they are related to that person."

Xia Zhen's eyes were tightly closed, "A running dog."

"Grandpa, we..."

Xia Zhen raised her eyes: "I don't like conspiracy!"

"Master..." Jing Mo looked at the master in surprise, "What do you mean?"

"Give them a chance to assassinate."

"Master..." Xiaowen and Jingmo turned pale with shock at the same time.

Xia Zhen raised her forehead lightly: "Why, don't you have confidence in the people you have cultivated over the years?"

"Master, but this is the capital after all."

"So what?" Xia Zhen said coldly, "Do we have to prepare like a training exercise every time we experience an incident?"

Xiaowen and Jingmo pursed their lips, that's right, they have accompanied the master to this day, there is nothing to guard against, and they can only respond to all changes with the same.

"Exposing myself is to make Min'er and the children less dangerous, do you understand?"

Xiaowen nodded unknowingly, "Yes, Lord." After reaching out for the water glass, he sat in the corner of the carriage and prepared secretly.

-

Xiao Lin was sitting on the top floor of Huaman Building, and also received a message from the hidden guard, "Master, they are going to attack."

He squinted his eyes, and tapped the small desk next to him with his fingers, again and again, very rhythmically.

"Master, if that person succeeds, then the north..."

Xiao Lin glanced at his staff, "Do you think that without Xia Zhen, I can become the envoy of the North Road?"

"Grandpa, why not?"

Xiao Lin snorted coldly, "The Holy Majesty uses me to check and balance Xia Zhen. If something happens to him, I will also withdraw from the north."

"Grandpa, how come?"

Xiao Lin said indifferently: "Don't forget, His Highness the Crown Prince is almost 30 years old, and the matter of the throne is still a long time away. The Empress has already started planning for him to lead practical affairs."

"However, the empress can definitely seek a prosperous Jiangnan for His Royal Highness."

Xiao Lin raised his eyes to look at the skin, and said disdainfully: "What kind of brains are you, Jiangnan has long been the practice place for the prince's relatives, you actually..."

"Small... I think that the empress is playing tricks, and she asked the king of Wu to be the consul, but she actually paved the way for His Highness the crown prince."

"Hmph, it's indeed paving the way, but it's not the way you think it is."

"Little... I'm so stupid, please tell me clearly."

Xiao Lin stood up lightly, with his hands behind his back, "The empress is as intelligent as a man, and for the sake of her two sons, it can be said that she has done everything she can."

The staff carefully pondered what the master said, and finally understood, "It turns out that the queen first asked King Wu (the queen's second son was titled) to support His Royal Highness the crown prince financially, and secondly, she used the wealthy Jiangnan to compensate the second son who could not ascend the throne."

"Yes."

"The little one understands that King Wu controls the prosperous south, and His Royal Highness the crown prince guards the turbulent north. Using turbulence to train his ability, he will become a master of imperial power."

"Ok!"

God, it turns out that in the past ten years without knowing it, the empress has done so much for the two sons-in-law, "Then..." What about Concubine Xiao's son?The staff looked at the master.

I want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, Xiao Lin took a deep breath, he didn't want to embrace anyone to become something, he just wanted to live a rich life, but...he looked towards the palace, since his sister gave birth to the prince, it seems that his future has been decided Life.

-

Xia Zhen returned to the mansion and saw Zhuang Hao who was waiting, "I heard you are in Xicaogou?"

"That's right!" Zhuang Hao said with a smile: "You never thought that the Xicaogou you run has become my paradise."

Xiao Lin patted him on the shoulder, "Just don't waste the good space."

"Of course, the green mountains and green waters in that place are really pleasant." Zhuang Hao asked with a smile, "When are we going?"

Xia Zhen sighed, "I'm afraid I won't be able to go."

Zhuang Hao's smiling face calmed down, looked around, no one was there, and said softly, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Xia Zhen pinched her eyebrows: "Maybe I really need your help."

Zhuang Hao looked at him seriously, "You..."

"I can only protect myself."

Zhuang Hao nodded, "I understand! What are you going to do?"

"I..." Xia Zhen looked up at the sky, "I believe that crisis is opportunity!"

The men are discussing major issues in the study room, and the women are chatting in the small living room, uh... forgot, the men do not include Liu Zaicheng, he leads a group of children to play wildly in the garden corridor, becoming the king of children.

They were too skinny to move, so they lay down in the small pavilion to rest. Xia Yichen was so tired that he was sweating all over his head, and he didn't forget to boast: "Xiangyan, your father is so kind, he allows you to play with anything."

"Of course!" Someone praised Dad, and Liu Xiangyan was proud, "Would you like me to lend you Dad for a few days?"

The brat who was about to nod his head in agreement quickly shook his head: "Oh...don't...don't..."

"Hey, didn't you praise my father well?"

"No, no, my mother will beat me up."

"Oh, so you're afraid of being beaten!" Liu Xiangyan looked clever, "Actually, I'm also afraid of being beaten by my mother."

"Ah, really!"

"Yeah, my mother beats me every day, and the chicken feather blanket looks like it has eyes, staring at my butt, never missing a single time."

"God, my wife is too..."

……

It turned out that there was an old lady of the same style in the world, and the two seven-year-old children seemed to have found a soulmate, lying on the stone table, chatting away.

Boys talk about spanking, but what do girls talk about?The two little girls, Liu Ruoyan and Xia Yirong, didn't talk much, they were playing house, holding wooden pots and pans, cooking for a while, playing with boiling water for a while, it was very interesting.

11-year-old Zhuang Yiran sat next to the two little girls, and reasoned that she should take them to play, but she found that she had never played with the things the little girls used to play.

In her memory, she was either learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or learning to be a director of a house, or a female character worker, but she had never played 'play house'. Watching them play, she couldn't tell what it was like.

Zhuang Taoran was accompanied by the eldest son of the Xia family, a 12-year-old eldest son, who was knowledgeable and gentle, "Listening to Brother Yifan's poems and sentences is as timeless as Jiangnan, but he is not at all open-minded. It's really..."

"Contradictions? Is it..."

"It seems...a little..." After all, he was only nine years old, and Zhuang Taoran was quite modest as a young boy.

Xia Yifan smiled and said: "That's right, my master said, he grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, and now he is living in the north. Meaningful and open-minded are together."

"I see."

Xia Yifan admired him a lot. He was three years younger than himself, but he had much more insights and knowledge reserves than himself. He realized that he should work harder, otherwise he would not even be able to compare with a nine-year-old boy.

Zhuang Taoran didn't expect that he would become the driving force for others' progress, so he continued to discuss with him the interesting incidents in Jingzhong College.

-

Xia Xian was learning how to deal with the accounts of the inner courtyard with Xing'er. She had already finished a section and was thinking about it by herself. Suddenly, the girl next to her came over and whispered in her ear, "Er Niang, the eldest son sent a servant to call you and say yes. A little guest wants you to accompany me."

"Little guest?" Xia Xian thought for a while and said, "Could it be Mr. Zhuang's daughter?"

"The servant doesn't know, anyway, the servant is letting the servant pass on the message."

If she hadn't been disobedient and was punished by her sister-in-law to learn accounts, she should have gone to accompany the guests, and now she can take this opportunity to sneak out to play.

Standing up, she smiled flatteringly, "Aunt Xing, Fan...er said to let me accompany Mr. Zhuang's eldest daughter."

Xing'er raised her head, glanced at her, understood, reached out and took the notebook she was studying just now, it was barely okay, knowing that there was a guest, she couldn't hold back her heart, nodded, "Well, let's go."

"Thank you, Aunt Xing."

Xia Xian ran out happily.

-

During lunch, Zhuang Yiran met Xia Xian and saw that she was very lively. After digesting food, when she came out to play, she seemed to go to her sister-in-law to take care of the house. Now seeing her coming, she nodded politely, "Miss Xia—— "

"Yi Ran—" Xia Xian said with a smile, "You don't mind if it's called like this." Like her sister-in-law, she doesn't like being called Niangzi Niangzi, it's not nice.

"Okay, I'm younger than you."

Xia Xian suppressed her smile. She was afraid that her cheerful personality would scare them away. She tilted her head and looked at the two little girls who were lying on the edge of the stone table playing 'play house', and said with a smile: "They are five years old. That’s all we can do.”

Zhuang Yiran nodded in agreement, smiled without saying a word.

"My yard is worth a thousand years, do you want to take a look at Yiran?"

Anyway, idle is idle, Zhuang Yiran agreed, "Okay!"

Someone played with her, and she was about the same age. Xia Xian was very happy, took her little hand, and quickly went to her small yard to play on the swing with her new friend.

-

In the evening, Ma Min'er prepared a sumptuous dinner. Friends and relatives who hadn't seen each other for a long time had a hearty meal. After eating, it was not too late for adults, but it was too late for children. They all stayed.

Using the militarized management during the school's military training, boys are allowed to live in two rooms in one room, and girls are also allowed to live in two rooms in one room.

The children of Liu Zaicheng's family are okay, they are usually tough, but the children of Zhuang's family are gentle girls and boys, they are a little...

Zhuang Hao is happy: "Yi'er, Tao'er, I dreamed back at midnight, how many times I wanted to go back to the military camp to experience the happy time living with my comrades-in-arms, don't stick to things and experience the life of a military camp-like dormitory. It’s also a way of experiencing life.”

"Yes, father."

"Yes, father."

After hearing their father's emotion, the two hesitant children followed suit.

"However, I won't live here anymore." Zhuang Hao looked towards Princess Yunbao, "I'll go back with your mother, and come back tomorrow."

"Father..." Zhuang Yiran was puzzled.

"We are adults, if we can, we should try our best to go back home."

The two children were not entangled, and nodded, "Okay, father, mother, then be careful on the road."

"Well, I know for my father."

Yun Bao is a princess, so she can't stay at will, but Liu Zaicheng and Ma Yue'er are relatives, so it doesn't matter how she stays, they live in the guest house, and throw the child to the second sister and second brother-in-law.

Liu Zaicheng even easily rolled on the bed a few times, "Yue'er, if we leave the two naughty things at the second sister's place, maybe we can have a third child."

Ma Yue'er, who was applying her face, heard it, walked to the bed, raised her foot and kicked him, "I want to give birth to you, but I won't give birth."

"Why?" Liu Zaicheng dodged and rolled into the bed, and asked puzzledly, "You're still quite young!"

"If I give birth to a monkey cub, don't I really become a yellow-faced woman? If I don't give birth, I will definitely not give birth."

Liu Zaicheng curled his lips, "Look at you, your face is so delicate and your waist is so slender, it looks like a woman who has given birth to two children, just like a little lady."

"Bah..." Liu Yue'er snorted, "I feel like I have wrinkles at the corners of my eyes.

"There... there, why didn't I see it?" Liu Zaicheng crawled to the side of the bed again, sat up straight, stretched out his hand to pick the corners of his wife's eyes, and looked at the eye lines.

"What are you doing?" His wife threw his hand away, and he didn't get angry. He fell on the bed again and raised his legs. It doesn't matter if his wife wants it or not, as long as he wants it, it's fine!

Haha ...

-

Military training-like management, the first point is not to bring servants and servants, but to wash, change clothes, sleep, and turn off lights by yourself.

The Zhuang family's siblings have a good temper and strong acceptance. After Xia Xiaoren's apprentice——the lamp was pulled out a little bit, it didn't bother anyone on the first night, but the two children of the Duke of Luoyang were younger in age. The second is that they are really squeamish and know nothing, but fortunately they are very curious. Although everything is not done well, they don't care about it, and they find it interesting. After a lot of tossing, they fell asleep.

Whoever makes the skin so excited all day and falls asleep when he is so tired, it is really interesting to talk about whether he recognizes the bed or not.

Xia Zhen came to see the children as usual, but tonight, he couldn't see his daughter, so he had to let his wife do it for him.

Zhuang Taoran always felt that his father knew how to love children better than men from other families in the capital, but when he was awakened by the sound of footsteps sleeping in a strange place, he quietly held his breath, opened a slit of his eyes secretly, and found that the King of Beijun was giving The son on the opposite bed covered the quilt and lowered his head to kiss his forehead. After the kiss, he looked at it with a smile for a while before leaving.

He thought he would leave, so he walked to his bedside suddenly, and pulled the quilt for him, and kissed himself, right? Just as he was thinking wildly, the king of Beijun lifted his footsteps and left gently.

Uh... I really thought too much, I'm not his son, Zhuang Taoran laughed, and suddenly felt that there are people in this world who have received more love from their father than himself!

-

After working hard all day, Xia Zhen finally got everything tidied up. Then Xia Zhen entered the bedroom, washed up and went to bed, "I was going to see my grandfather tomorrow morning, but now Master Fu's child is here..."

"It's okay, Zhuang Hao is not an outsider. Tomorrow, I'd better go to Ma Zhai to see the old man first. This is the most basic courtesy."

"Oh, I see." Ma Miner breathed a sigh of relief, "When are we going back to the north?"

"It won't be long."

Ma Min'er just asked casually. After all, she hadn't been to Beijing for eight years. She thought the emperor would keep them for another three to five years. She was surprised to hear Xia Zhen's answer: "Didn't you comfort me?"

"No."

"What's going on? Could it be that the emperor has figured it out?"

"Sleep, I have everything."

"Oh." Whenever the man replied like this, it meant that he was planning things and didn't let himself worry. Ma Min'er stopped asking, hugged him, and put her head into his arms, "Then you can sleep too."

"Ah."

His wife fell asleep in his arms. Xia Zhen seemed to be asleep, but his mind was full of all kinds of things in the capital. He was walking on eggshells. After all, he even brought three children here, so he didn't give himself a way out.

-

Zhao Yuning has been sitting under the lamp waiting for her husband to return, and he didn't come back until midnight, "Zi Li—"

"Why haven't you slept yet?"

"If you don't come back, I won't be able to sleep."

Liu Zaili didn't say a word, he stood in front of his wife and let her change clothes. After taking off his robe, he said, "Go to bed first, I'll wash it right away."

"Ok, I will wait for you."

"Ah."

Seeing that her husband was the same as usual, Zhao Yuning finally let go of the heart that was suspended yesterday, turned around, took off his cloak, sat on the bed and waited for him to come out of the shower.

Splashing... The sound of water bursting into her ears was very pleasant, she secretly said, all she wanted was this kind of life, as long as brother Zili was by my side, everything would be satisfied.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Yuning felt that it took a long, long time. Fortunately, when her eyelids were fighting, her husband came out, rubbing her wet hair with a towel, and seeing that she was still awake, she was taken aback, "Why don't you sleep, it's getting late gone."

"If you don't sleep, I can't sleep."

Liu Zaili stopped talking again, Zhao Yuning wanted to get down to the floor and wipe his hair, "No, I'll sit by the bed, you come and help me."

"Okay." Asking myself to help, Zhao Yuning's heart was jumping with joy. Her Zili always seemed very cold, and it was rare for her to help with things. Now she was finally able to let herself do something for him, and she was very happy.

One was sitting on the bed to help someone wipe their hair, one leg was on the edge of the bed, half-closed his eyes, thinking about something.

The whole room was quiet, no one spoke, but the woman didn't care, as long as she saw him sitting beside her, she would be very happy.

I don't know how long it took, "Okay..." Zhao Yuning turned his head from behind him to the front, smiling.

Liu Zaili looked back at his wife's smile, and looked at her in a daze.

"Zi Li—"

He took his wife's hand on his shoulder, turned around and looked at him, with a look of emotion in his eyes, "Ning'er..."

"... Zi... Li..."

The gauze curtain was blown by the wind, and inside the bed, the middle-aged couple also moved with the wind.

-

The next day, Xia Zhen and his wife, Liu Zaicheng and his wife took their children to Ma's old house to visit the 70-year-old Ma Chengzu and his wife.

Mrs. Ma San had already received the post from Ma Min'er the day before, she led the servants to tidy up the house quickly, staring at the man standing at the door to welcome the Beijun Wang's family.

Ma Yue'er is in the capital, and she brings her husband and children here on holidays and New Year's Eve, so she is quite familiar with Mrs. Ma San, "Third Aunt—"

"Yue Niang, you are here!" Mrs. Ma San was excited.

Ma Qimeng's face was indifferent, he was not close to the members of the old Liu's family before, and he still is, waiting for them to perform the junior ceremony.

Ma Min'er didn't care about it, and took a step forward with Xia Zhen, and made a junior salute, "Third Uncle...Third Aunt..."

"Third Uncle...Third Uncle..." The couple saluted together, and then asked the children to come forward to salute.

"Third Grandfather, Third Grandmother..." The three children saluted together in crisp and polite voices.

"Oh, these little babies grow so fast, they're all so big!" Mrs. Ma San smiled with creases in her eyes, giving people a kind feeling.

The second child Xia Yichen thought, it seems that the third grandmother is easy to get along with.

Hehe... Second Xia, why don't you look at yourself as a bully and make others feel that you are difficult to get along with?
The boss of the Xia family is holding his five-year-old sister by the hand. Not only does he look more blue than blue, but he also has a pair of charming peach blossom eyes. His hair is tied on the top of his head and he is crowned with jade. Under the half-hidden sunlight at the door, the aristocratic breath rushed towards his face.

In addition to his good looks and good figure, Mr. Xia has another bright spot in his personality. Since he was trained by his father, he has gradually grown into a gentle, stable little warm boy who will bend down and listen patiently to his sister's whispers.

This pampering action once softened the hearts of all the ladies and daughters-in-law in Liangzhou City, and everyone sighed, ouch, he is the eldest son of the king of Beijun, the proud son of heaven, he treats his little sister better than mother-in-law and ladies. There is still patience, it's really... the little girls who have been harmed all secretly promise that if they can find such a husband, even death is worth it.

After Xia Zhen's family saluted, Liu Zaicheng also brought his family to salute, but was stopped by Mrs. Ma San, "You have just been here, so don't be so polite!"

Finally, after the greetings were over, Mrs. Xia led everyone into the main hall, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Ma Chengzu and his wife, the old lady Long Zhong.

If you look at children, you can see teenagers from a baby, which proves that the days are moving forward, then you can look at the elderly, and you can understand how time passes in a blink of an eye.

Nearly eight years ago, when his sister got married, Ma Min'er and Xia Zhen went to Beijing to visit Ma Chengzu. At that time, he was not old enough to sit in a chair and watch people for a long time before he could react.

"Grandfather——" Ma Min'er couldn't bear it, knelt down on both knees, and gave the old man a big gift.

Xia Zhen saw his wife salute, and he followed suit, reaching out to help his wife who was crying with emotion.

"She...she...is..." Ma Chengzu asked the old woman beside him, shaking his hands covered with age spots.

Mrs. Ma was in good spirits, afraid that he might not be able to hear her, she yelled loudly: "The second child of Lao Liu's family..."

"Old... six... old six..." Ma Chengzu opened his mouth halfway, raised his forehead slightly, and thought hard, "Old six!" Finally remembered, "how is he?"

"Father is fine, he is fine!" Ma Min'er covered her crying mouth.

"Oh..." Hearing the good answer, the old man seemed relieved, and then looked at the young woman kneeling in front of him, "You are..."

"I'm the second child, Miss Min!"

"Miss Min?" The old man couldn't remember again.

After Madam Ma sighed, she shouted: "You forgot, your wrist joints and leg bones hurt, and you used a strange medicine from the Western Regions, and that medicine was brought by Minniang!"

"Oh..." As if remembering it, the old man grinned happily, "That medicine is good, that medicine is good..."

Ma Min'er cried so much that she couldn't help herself. At this moment, the sufferings of her father's first half of her life and the deity's childhood, seemed to disappear into the dust of the years like ashes.

After another call, everyone's emotions stabilized along with Ma Miner's. Mrs. Ma wiped away tears, "Thanks to Miner, with your care these years, our life in Beijing is not bad."

Ma Min'er shook her head, "Third Aunt, you are welcome. I am so far away, so I can take care of you."

Mrs. Ma San sighed, "I don't know anything else, but I finally know that you let Mr. Xiao take care of Qi Meng, so these years, few people came to your uncle to cheat, and our life is good. "

Hearing what his wife said, Ma Qimeng changed the direction of his buttocks sitting on the stool, not daring to look at the crowd.

I didn't expect Xiao Lin to be such a good friend, to take care of him for so many years, it's really difficult for him, it's really hard to take care of such an inconspicuous little person who has no interest in him, without heart.

Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Mrs. Ma San looked outside, then glanced at Ma Min'er quietly, thought for a while, then pursed her lips and said: "Brother Hui is now a doctor in the Taixue ( Taixue is the highest institution of learning in the Wei Dynasty, and the Ph.D. is the same as that of the teachers in the first-class universities), probably because they are busy, and it seems that they will not be able to come back."

"It's okay, we're still in Beijing, and we still have a chance to meet."

"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Ma San quickly got up and took everyone to lunch.

No matter what you eat, the atmosphere is not bad. After eating, I sat with Ma Chengzu and his wife for a while, and didn't stay for dinner. "Come over with Sister Mei in a few days."

"Okay." Mrs. Ma San was very happy, "Brother Zhao is now the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and I heard that he is very valuable to the Holy One."

Ma Min'er smiled a little, "Yes, my cousin-in-law is very capable!"

"Da Lang is not bad either. I heard that he is the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture."

"It's okay!" Ma Min'er smiled modestly.

-

When Xia Zhen and his wife returned home, Zhuang Hao and Zhao Yuyan were already waiting in the main hall.

"Why is Mr. Zhao free?" Ma Miner asked with a smile as it was not the time to go to the office.

"I happened to be out on business."

Ma Min'er took the children and bowed to the uncle, "When will you take a rest?"

"a few more days."

"When the time comes, ask cousin Mei to bring the children over to play."

"it is good."

"Then I won't bother you men chatting, we're going back to the backyard." Ma Min'er smiled.

Ma Yueer and his wife greeted Zhao Yuyan and went back to the backyard.

Ma Min'er joked, "Liu Zaicheng, women and children go back to the backyard, why are you following?"

"I..." Liu Zaicheng snorted, "I'm an older child."

"Haha..." Ma Min'er couldn't hold back, and laughed loudly, "You still know!"

"What, I have self-knowledge."

"If your son and daughter were not here, I would have to cut you a few more words."

Hee hee... Liu Zaicheng smiled proudly, "Then I have to thank my son and daughter!"

-

Xia Zhen led Zhuang Hao and Zhao Yuyan to the study room, and the three of them sat around the desk. At first, no one spoke.

Zhao Yuyan pursed his lips, and opened his mouth first, "My lord is determined to move the Sima family?"

Xia Zhen raised her eyelids, "Yes."

Zhao Yuyan looked at Zhuang Hao, "Mr. Zhuang has been in Beijing longer than me." It means he knows better than me.

Zhuang Hao shook his head: "I'm not on a job, I'm not as good as you." He was telling the truth.

Xia Zhen looked at the two of them, "Either we don't move the Sima family, or if we move, we have to hit it with one blow, otherwise, we will be backlashed."

Zhao Yuyan breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Since I was transferred to the capital, I have been thinking and paying attention to collecting evidence of the Sima family's crimes, but nothing is enough to sway the emperor."

"all?"

"Ah."

"You mean those?"

"Corruption, bribery, private malpractice, extortion of officials and peddling titles, everything is involved, but Sima Wanli is very careful, and seldom gets caught. Even if he is caught, it is a small matter, which is the default unspoken rule in the officialdom. You can't move him."

Zhuang Hao said: "Master Zhao is right. In the entire officialdom, officials protect each other and restrain them. It is very difficult to move the Sima family."

Xia Zhen snorted coldly, "Of course you can't do these things, but..." He has a trump card.

"My lord, you have..."

Xia Zhen didn't reply, she waved her hand lightly, and a hidden guard came out, "Master——"

"This is the secret guard I stayed in the capital. He has something in his hand that will prevent the Sima family from turning over."

Zhao Yuyan looked at the dark guard.

-

On the third day of Ma Min'er's visit to the capital, Mrs. Jiang, who is in his 70s, came to ask for fun, "Don't bother me!"

"Master, Xia Zhen and I planned to visit your old man in two days, but you came by yourself."

"Hey, don't tell me, it really is my grandfather, and I will go to see my grandfather the next day..."

Ma Min'er quickly took his arm with both hands, "Master...Master...I was wrong, I admit it..."

"How do you admit your mistake?"

"Hee hee, master, how do you want me to admit my mistake?"

"You ghost girl."

Seeing that Master Jiang was in good spirits, Ma Min'er was quite happy, "Master, why don't you go for a tour?"

"Do you think my old bones can still run?"

"You are old winged and motivated, with aspirations for thousands of miles..."

"Tsk tsk... flattery is useless, hurry up and give me something delicious..." Feng Jiangyi scolded with a smile.

Ma Min'er smiled and introduced her son and daughter to the master, "Come here quickly, and show respect to grandpa."

"Mother, is this the old grandpa you often praise?"

"Yeah, that's him, a scholar, a great statesman, a great reformer..."

"Stop it...Smelly girl, don't you want to be so exaggerated!"

Ma Min'er said deliberately: "Master is such a person!"

"You..." Feng Jiangyi looked at the children snickering, really angry and helpless, "Don't be silly, just call me a gluttonous old man."

"how come!"

"Yes, grandpa!" Mr. Xia saluted gently.

(End of this chapter)