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As soon as Zhou Ji saw Zhou Fu, he jumped up excitedly, ran over, took a dessert from the plate in Zhou Fu's hand and started eating.

Hua Lan let out a long sigh. She really couldn't teach this naughty boy any more. If she continued to teach him, he would be mad to death.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1124: The second day of the first lunar month, the plot begins

"Mom, my sister and I are going out to play."

"go Go."

Hearing Zhou Ji's words, Hua Lan waved her hands impatiently. She was so angry that she wanted to hit him after only scolding him for an incense stick of time.

Out of sight, out of mind. Just get as far away as possible.

Zhou Ji jumped up excitedly, took Zhou Fu's hand, and shouted, "Sister, let's go and play with grandma."

When passing by the yard, Zhou Ji shouted to Zhou Chen: "Dad, we are leaving."

Before Zhou Chen could say anything, the two of them ran away quickly. He could only smile and shake his head.

Getting up and going back to the room, Hua Lan saw Zhou Chen coming in and sighed in distress: "Sir, I really can't teach my stepbrother anymore. I think we should find a teacher to teach him well. Sister Fu is old enough now and can study with us. There are also the two children from my second brother's family."

Zhou Chen thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll find some time to look for it."

It is not impossible to open a private school in the Marquis's mansion, but it is not easy to find a good teacher, mainly because the children in their family are still young and have no stable personalities, so it is not easy to teach them.

"It will be New Year's Day in a few days, and you will be busy with things at home again."

Hua Lan said softly, "There's nothing to do. I've gotten used to it over the past few years. Do you want any changes at home this year?"

After Zhou Chen became the Marquis of Zhongjing, although his management of the Marquisate was not as strict as Zhou Yexiong's, it still had rules and regulations. He was much more lenient towards his half-brothers and sisters.

Except for specific days for ancestor worship, he did not make any harsh demands on them at other times, and allowed them to spend the New Year and other festivals with his wife.

However, Zhou Chen's second brother had moved out of the Marquis' Mansion with his young mother two years ago, and with the help of Zhou Chen, he got a position in the patrol camp.

The fourth brother still wanted to take the imperial examination, while the fifth brother wanted to follow Zhou Chen's example and join the army, but unfortunately, his mother was reluctant to let him go, and he eventually became a captain in the Western Suburbs Camp, which was a proper military position, thanks to Zhou Chen's relationship.

The new year is coming soon. On this year's New Year's Day, the government held a banquet in Jiying Hall again, and Zhou Chen also came to Jiying Hall to attend the banquet again.

At the banquet, the officials who were already quite old specifically mentioned Zhou Chen and talked about what happened in the past, which made many officials recall the scenes of that year. In a blink of an eye, nine years had passed.

The emperor thought of the past and asked Zhou Chen to write another poem. Zhou Chen had no choice but to obey the emperor's wishes and wrote another congratulatory poem, but it was not as loud as the last time.

It was supposed to be a good banquet, but someone with bad intentions brought up the issue of succession in a roundabout way, which made the official so angry that he turned hostile and left on the spot.

Zhou Chen was also speechless. It was New Year's Day, and yet he had to bring up this unhappy thing. If it were him, he would have walked away in anger as well.

The second day of January!

Hualan started packing after she got up, because they had already agreed that today was the second day of the Chinese New Year, and they would go to her mother's house to visit her grandmother and parents, so they started packing early in the morning.

In addition to Cuichan, Hualan now has a personal maid named Xing'er. She has only been with her for three years, but she is considered to be quite capable. She is nimble and has a sharp eye, and Hualan finds it easy to use her.

Since there were four of us traveling together, including two young children, the things we packed were basically the things of the two children.

After a busy day, Zhou Chen and his companions set out from the Marquis' Mansion only when the sun was already high in the sky.

The Sheng Mansion is quite lively today. The old lady's old friend, the wife of Grand Tutor Yu, came to visit the Sheng Mansion with her eldest granddaughter. Also visiting was the young Master Qi Heng from the Duke of Qi's family.

Old Madam Yu and Old Madam Sheng have a good relationship. They have met several times since Old Madam Sheng came to Tokyo. This also allows Old Madam Yu's granddaughter Yu Yanran to get along very well with Minglan, who is by Old Madam Sheng's side. They have become good sisters, and the two of them get together to talk whenever they meet.

Sheng Hong and Qi Heng were talking in the hall, while Old Madam Yu was talking to Old Madam Sheng in the side hall behind the screen in the hall, and Madam Wang was sitting at the bottom accompanying them.

Old Mrs. Yu said in a gentle voice: "Your family is really good, with so many sensible children. Old sister, are you healthy?"

Old Madam Sheng smiled and said, "Thanks to you, everything is fine."

Old Madam Yu said, "I am still in good health. I have always wanted to wait until Yanran gets married before returning to my hometown. You know what is going on in my family. I can't count on her biological father and stepmother."

"Don't worry. I quite like what our child Chen Ge'er said: 'Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, haha." Old Mrs. Sheng laughed.

Old Madam Yu was very surprised: "Could it be that you are talking about Marquis Zhongjing?"

Madam Wang said with a smile: "Yes, you don't know, in our family, only mother calls me Marquis like this now."

Old Madam Sheng pretended to be pretentious and said, "What's wrong with the Marquis? Even if he is the Marquis, he is still my nephew's grandson and my grandson-in-law."

"Grandma is right. No matter how I behave outside, I am always a junior in front of you."

A sudden voice was heard and everyone looked over in surprise. They saw Zhou Chen and Hua Lan walked into the hall. Immediately, everyone sitting in the hall stood up, including the old lady and Sheng Hong.

"Oh, they're back, everyone is back." Old Mrs. Sheng shouted with joy on her face.

Zhou Chen walked into the hall and bowed to Sheng Hong: "Father-in-law."

Then he turned to Old Lady Sheng and Madam Wang and said, "Grandmother, mother-in-law."

Then he saw Old Madam Yu and bowed, "Old Madam Ci'an."

Old Madam Yu had nothing to do with Zhou Chen, so she returned the greeting and called him Lord Zhou.

Sheng Hong's face was full of smiles. He had always been proud of his eldest son-in-law Zhou Chen. Now Zhou Chen was the Marquis of Zhongjing, and his status was much higher than his, so he never acted like a father-in-law in front of Zhou Chen.

Qi Heng had studied in the Sheng Mansion's private school for several years and had met Zhou Chen many times. He bowed to Zhou Chen very respectfully, and Zhou Chen did not put on airs and naturally returned the greeting.

He couldn't say that he had a good impression of Qi Heng, but he didn't have any bad feelings towards him either. Overall, Qi Heng could be considered a gentleman. What he was criticized for in the plot was his first love relationship with Minglan.

Hualan walked in holding the child. The old lady greeted her happily and carefully took Zhou Xu in her arms.

"Oh, mother, please go slower, Xu Ge'er is not light now."

Mrs. Wang was very frightened. Zhou Xu was already over one year old. She was afraid that the old lady would hurt herself or drop the child.

The old lady held the child for a few times and then handed the child to Madam Wang. Madam Wang held the child with a smile on her face.

Hua Lankong made a move, bowed to the elders, and was then pulled over by Old Madam Sheng and Old Madam Yu to talk.

Zhou Jiren was a little boy with big brains. He knew almost everyone here and greeted them one by one. But before he could finish his greetings, he was pulled away by Rulan.

"Step-brother, come on, I'll take you to play chuiwan."

"Okay, okay, Fifth Aunt, Sixth Aunt, let's ask her to come along."

Zhou Ji and Hua Lan have been to Sheng Mansion many times. They have a very good relationship with the playful Rulan, and they also like their sixth aunt who lives next to their great-grandmother.

"She's over there. I'll take you to her."

Rulan had been bored here for a long time, and now that her little nephew was here, she finally had an excuse to escape, so she quickly pulled Zhou Ji to call Minglan to play with them.

Wang Ruofu saw Rulan running away with her grandson in a blink of an eye, and said helplessly: "This child."

Because of the arrival of Zhou Chen and Hua Lan, the atmosphere in the room became much more lively. Sheng Hong also came over and sat down, and also asked Zhou Chen to sit down.

Watching the two old ladies talking to Hua Lan, Sheng Hong approached Zhou Chen and asked in a low voice: "Shuyuan, I heard that the banquet at Jiying Hall yesterday was very lively?"

Ever since Zhou Chen inherited the title and became Marquis Zhongjing, Sheng Hong and his wife have become more polite. They no longer call Chen "Brother" or "Sanlang" like the old lady did.

Zhou Chen replied in a low voice: "It was because of the issue of establishing an heir. The emperor was so angry that he left immediately. Father-in-law, please pay attention to the big court meeting after the holiday. I think Han Da Xianggong and his men will definitely make trouble for the emperor after the court meeting."

Sheng Hong sucked in a breath of cold air, and his heart beat faster. He was a very timid person and never dared to get involved in the matter of establishing an heir. When faced with such a thing, he only thought of running away as far as possible.

"I understand. As a close minister of the emperor, you should be careful. I heard that Prince Yong and Prince Yan have tried to win you over. You must not get involved."

As Sheng Hong spoke, he was also looking around. Even though they were at home, he was afraid that others would hear his conversation with Zhou Chen.

"Don't worry, father-in-law. I know about it and will never get involved."

Zhou Chen knew very well that the reason he could hold on to the position of commander-in-chief of the cavalry was because the government valued him and never involved him in the matter of establishing a crown prince. If he got close to Prince Yong or Prince Yan, the government would not be at ease letting him continue to stay in this position.

"Old Master Yu will be here soon. You can toast him a few glasses then."

"I understand, father-in-law."

Old Madam Yu at the head of the table kept praising: "Lord Sheng and Madam Wang are so lucky. The children they raised are all more promising than the others. Unlike our family, we get angry when we mention them."

Madam Wang was so pleased with the compliment: "No, you are praising me too much. It's not as good as you say."

Old Madam Yu smiled and said, "Madam, you are too modest. Everyone in Tokyo knows that Madam Sheng of the Marquis Zhongjing's mansion is dignified, generous, beautiful and decent. Isn't this all taught by Madam?"

Madam Wang smiled even more brightly: "No, no, Hua'er is like this because of mother's good teaching. I dare not take credit for it."

Old Madam Sheng smiled and said, "It is because you gave birth to me well that I can teach you well."

"Ha ha……"

Zhou Chen listened to them talking and glanced around casually. Suddenly, he saw a black handkerchief on the ground where Qi Heng had just sat.

He frowned slightly. Why did this scene feel a little familiar? When she noticed Sheng Molan standing up, she immediately realized that this was the plot at the beginning of the drama.

Thinking about the turmoil caused by this handkerchief and what Molan did.

Zhou Chen waved to Cui Chan who was standing next to him, and after Cui Chan came over, he whispered something to her.

Molan glanced around the hall and found that no one noticed her actions, so she quietly stepped back and came to the place where Qi Heng had just been. She lowered her head and prepared to pick up the handkerchief on the ground.

But at this moment, a hand picked up the handkerchief first, causing her body to stiffen suddenly.

"Fourth Miss, is this your handkerchief?"

Cuichan picked up the handkerchief, placed it in front of Molan and asked.

Molan's expression was stiff. She opened her mouth to admit it, but she didn't have the courage.

At this moment, Qi Heng hurried in, saw the handkerchief in Cui Chan's hand, and said hurriedly: "I'm sorry, this is my handkerchief."

Cui Chan immediately returned the handkerchief in her hand to Qi Heng: "I'm sorry, young master, I thought this was the fourth lady's handkerchief."

Molan hated Cuichan in her heart, but she reacted very quickly and explained to Qi Heng: "Young Master, I just saw this handkerchief and thought it might be dropped by you, so I was just about to pick it up and return it to you."

Qi Heng did not doubt it, he bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, luckily I found it, it would be troublesome if the handkerchief was lost."

Naturally, their movements were noticed by others. Sheng Hong stood up and walked over to ask what happened. When he found out it was just a small matter, he didn't take it too seriously.

A small storm was easily resolved by Zhou Chen.

Sitting back at her seat, Molan's face turned very ugly. She felt that all her good fortune was ruined by Cuichan. But she had no place to vent her anger. Cuichan was the personal maid of her elder sister Hualan. Even if she had great abilities, she couldn't touch Cuichan, and couldn't even scold her.

Seeing Molan's ugly face, Zhou Chen shook his head. It's not that children raised by concubines are bad, but that Lin Qinshuang herself has big problems, so how can she raise good children?

As the eldest brother-in-law of the Sheng family, he came to the Sheng family many times, but he had only had a few contacts with Sheng Molan. Now Molan has been completely led astray by Lin Qinshuang and learned all the tricks of a vixen. Even if such a woman becomes the eldest lady, she is destined to be unable to show up in public and achieve anything.

In the evening, the retired Grand Tutor Yu really came to the Sheng Mansion. He was very happy to see Sheng Hong and Zhou Chen.

Although Old Tutor Yu was a civil servant, he had no opinion about the nobles. Instead, he praised Zhou Chen very much, especially the fact that Zhou Chen won the first place in the imperial examination that year but did not take part in the imperial examination again. He sighed repeatedly, saying it was a great pity.

Zhou Chen also had great respect for the old Grand Tutor Yu, and the atmosphere was quite lively as they toasted each other.

Qi Heng also found an excuse to stay for dinner, and during the meal he respectfully asked Old Master Yu a few questions about the imperial examination.

Perhaps because of his age, Old Master Yu had a sense of being a teacher. He told Qi Heng, Sheng Changbai and Sheng Changfeng, who were going to take part in the imperial examinations soon, about his experience in the imperial examinations. The three of them listened very carefully.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1125 Remind Minglan, Punish, and Admonish

After the meal, Old Master Yu and his family were the first to leave. Old Master Yu was in a good mood today and drank a lot of wine. He was even supported by a servant when he left.

Minglan reluctantly said goodbye to her good sister Yu Yanran. After seeing Yu Yanran off, just as she was about to return to Shou'an Hall, she saw Qi Heng and Buwei appear in front of her.

"Little father-in-law."

"Sixth sister."

Minglan was cautious and looked reserved. Qi Heng drank the wine, his face slightly flushed, and his eyes were smiling.

Although Qi Heng wanted to talk more with Minglan, Minglan was still very cautious. She didn't dare to have too much contact with Qi Heng and ran away after just a few words.

"Girl, the young master seems to treat you differently."

Xiaotao, the maid next to Minglan, is a foodie and naive, but she also feels that Qi Heng treats Minglan a little differently.

Minglan quickly retorted: "Xiao Tao, don't talk nonsense. The young master and I were classmates. The young master is a kind person and treats me and my fourth and fifth sisters the same."

Xiaotao tilted her head: "I think it's different."

"How dare you laugh at me, you damned little peach."

The two of them walked towards Shou'an Hall laughing, but before they entered, they saw Zhou Chen standing at the door and quickly saluted.

"Master Hou."

"Master Hou."