Happy Little Scholar

Chen Guogong Mansion.

Although night has not yet fallen, the entire Chen Mansion is already full of joy.

The mansion is decorated with lights and colorful decorations. Guests are all present, chatting and laughing with each other. Servants and maids walk through the mansion, serving delicious food and wine, and the atmosphere is full of celebration.

For the Chen Mansion, today is a more lively festival than the New Year, Lantern Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Your humble servant greets Lord Chen."

"Today there is only Chen Qing, not Lord Chen."

"It's been a long time since we last met. Congratulations on Lord Chen's promotion."

"Today is my little sister's birthday. Let's not talk about this. Sit over there..."

"Lord Qin is so honored to be here. I'm sorry for not welcoming you... Cui Liu, take Madam Qin to the women in the inner courtyard..."

...

The Chen family has a high status in the court. It can even be said to be very important. This is not only due to the reputation and relationship of Duke Chen in the past. Both brothers of the Chen family hold important positions in the court. One is a secretary, and the other is now a minister. Anyone who is invited to attend today's banquet has some flattery.

Chen Qing personally welcomed several important guests, then turned around and frowned, saying, "It's already so late, why haven't the third sister and second brother come back yet?"

A servant said respectfully, "My lord, the second master went out to pick up the third lady a long time ago, and for some reason, no news has come back yet."

"The banquet is about to start, send someone out to check."

"Yes!"

Chen Qing gave an order, and the servant immediately withdrew and ran out of the mansion quickly.

In Yangliu Lane, Miss Chen San walked out of the yard, smiled at the two women, and said, "Thank you for your hospitality today. I am sorry to bother you..."

Wan Ruoqing bowed slightly and said, "You are too polite. It is just a simple meal."

"Although it is a simple meal, it is worth all the fine clothes and delicacies."

Miss Chen San looked at Li Yi standing behind her, and took her eyes off for a long time, saying, "It's getting late. We should go back after disturbing you for so long."

"Be careful."

Chen Chong helped her down the steps and looked back at Li Yi. His brows still frowned, but there was no strong smell of gunpowder before.

"Zuimo, I'm going back too." Zeng Shichun smiled, and then turned and walked towards the alley.

When the powerful minister of the Ministry of Revenue and Chen Jishizhong separated at the alley, they looked at each other again, exchanged some information, and got on the carriage.

In the courtyard, Li Yi and Zeng Zuimo sat on both sides of the stone table. Seeing the third lady again today made him feel a little uneasy again.

The Chen family has always been the most solid force of the Shu King's line, and it is also a force that he and the eldest princess cannot avoid in the future.

However, the Chen family is different from the Cui family, the Yu family, and the Qin family. The Li family owes too much to the third lady Chen. Although party disputes have been cold-blooded and ruthless since ancient times, if he really uses any means to achieve his goal and let her suffer even a little harm, even if the final goal is achieved, he will never be at peace in his heart for the rest of his life.

This matter still needs to be considered in the long run.

Zeng Zuimo put a cup of tea on the table in front of him, looked at him, and said softly: "Are you still thinking about Mrs. Chen?"

Li Yi took a sip of tea and nodded slightly.

She thought for a moment and said, "This matter... is not your fault."

Li Yi shook his head, "But it is still related to me."

Old Fang's head had already poked in twice. Li Yi looked up and said, "It's getting late. I..."

She nodded, "Well, you can go back."

"I have a lot of things to do in the next few days. I may not have time to come." Ruyi's due date is less than three months away. Li Yi doesn't plan to let the old lady and those women take her to pray to the Buddha all day long. He paused and said, "If there is anything, If it's urgent, just send someone to find me. The new house is not far from here. You should know where it is, right? "

"Then..., wait a minute."

She was stunned when she heard it, hesitated for a moment, and then said something, turned around, walked back to the room quickly, and soon came out, handed something to Li Yi, and said: "It's not well made, not as good as Sister Ruoqing..., if you don't like it, throw it away."

Li Yi looked at the small baby clothes in his hand. It was indeed not as beautiful as Ruoqing's, but compared with the one she made before, it was already a world of difference.

Her sewing skills were like her cooking skills. It was incredible that she could make such great progress in such a short time. It was enough to guess how much effort she had put in this aspect these days.

"Let me see." Li Yi grabbed her left hand, and sure enough, he saw a lot of dim red spots on her slender white jade fingers.

This time she rarely broke free. Seeing his slightly distressed look, a smile appeared on her face, and the faint pain in her hand was not so painful anymore.

At the door of the room at the back, a figure had already walked out, but after seeing the situation in the courtyard, he slowly retreated.

Li Yi was a little touched, but also a little angry. When the words came to his lips, he just sighed and said, "Don't be so stupid in the future."

She shook her head and said, "It's always right to learn more things. Besides, I have to make a few for my children in the future."

"That's true." Li Yi nodded and said, "But you have to be careful. Who is like you? You hurt your hands when making clothes. Anyway, it's still early. If you work slowly, you will have a lot of clothes by then, which saves me from buying them outside."

She lowered her head slightly, feeling a little disappointed. Yes, all she could do was to sew a few small clothes for his and Miss Liu's children.

Subconsciously, she wanted to pull her hand back from Li Yi's hand, but he held it tighter.

Li Yi looked down at her and asked, "Do you like to have a son or a daughter? I think a daughter is better, but it's not up to us. We still have to rely on luck when the time comes..."

Hearing this, her body trembled, and then her face immediately turned red. She struggled harder to get rid of Li Yi's hand, "Who, who wants to have a child with you..."

Li Yi could only see a figure running away in panic, and said helplessly, "Why are you running? Later, later, it's not now..."

Some things are vague, and if you don't say it or break that layer of paper, it will indeed save a lot of trouble.

But this is very unfair to her, and as a man, he is not responsible enough.

The timing is not right, but he has a lot of things to do in the next few days, and it is difficult to meet again. Li Yi thought about it for a long time and still felt that it would be better to say these words.

"Miss, what are you doing in the quilt? Are you cold?" In the room, Xiao Cui stood in front of the bed, looked at the figure who was huddled in the quilt, and asked in confusion.

She listened carefully and heard a low sobbing sound coming from the quilt.

"Miss, are you crying?"

Her face immediately showed panic, and she said anxiously: "Did Mr. Li bully you...Miss, don't cry, I'll go find him now!"

"Don't!"

A figure jumped up from the bed quickly, Zeng Zuimo grabbed Xiao Cui's arm, his face tearful, and shook his head repeatedly: "Don't go, it's not his fault, it's me..."

Xiao Cui asked in confusion: "But Miss, why are you crying..."

"Because, because..." She stared out the window in a daze, then took Xiao Cui in her arms and whispered: "Because today's dumplings are so delicious..."

The girl's face showed an extremely surprised expression, because the dumplings were delicious, she cried like this, in the past ten years, she didn't realize that the young lady actually liked to eat dumplings so much...

In the courtyard, a figure sat at the stone table in a daze, looking at the full moon that had risen in the sky, with a smile on his face, and his eyes as clear as a pool of clear water, but flashing a little crystal.

Sitting in the carriage, Lao Fang looked back into the carriage and sighed, "Son-in-law, you are so wise. It's too much trouble to have a boy and raise him to adulthood and find him a wife. I also think it's better to have a girl!"