The Li family in the northwest is a big clan in the northwest, and has been guarding the northwest frontier for generations, and has brilliant achievements and immortal achievements in resisting foreign enemies and resisting the invasion of southern Xinjiang.

The children and grandchildren of the Li family have practiced martial arts from generation to generation, and protecting the family and defending the country is their sense of mission in their bones.

Although it is an unwritten rule for the military attaché's family to settle in the capital, the Li family has always guarded the border and has not recruited anyone into Beijing for two generations. The emperor's sudden action can be described as of great significance. ”

Meng Jingke glanced at Wenchang: "In your opinion, what is the emperor's purpose in doing this?"

"First, Gu Beihou's power is increasing day by day, and the Min family is too far away in the south, so the emperor can only hold on to the Li family in the northwest to balance his forces. The second is that the emperor is not worried about the Li family... Wenchang paused, "The Li family's popularity in the northwest is too high, and the so-called high merit covers the master." This time, General Li defeated the foreign enemy by a great victory, and there would be no major war in the northwest border pass for five years, and the emperor must be happy and worried in his heart. Just look at the reward, and you will know the bright reward and the hidden punishment. ”

Meng Jingke got up from his seat and walked to the map that hung on a wall, the clearest and most detailed map in the country.

He looked at the map and didn't speak for a long time, and Wenchang didn't urge, and watched silently with him. The two looked at the map, as if they had seen the turmoil and changes of the government and the opposition in the next ten years.

Meng Jingke patted the place in Liaodong Mansion, turned around and asked Wenchang: "Which house did the emperor give to the Li family?"

Wen Chang was not a little surprised by this unrelated words, and said calmly: "A house in Que'er Hutong, next to East Street, was originally the mansion of the former general Shouyi, and the big house is also new, which is a good place to be quiet in the middle of noisy. ”

Meng Jingke found the place from another map of the capital, "General Shouyi's Mansion." ”

Wen Chang said with a smile: "The emperor's temper is as good as ever, and he loves to beat people. ”

"I will write now, and you will send someone to deliver it before the messenger. Find another batch of craftsmen, the Li family will definitely send someone to repair the house, you prepare in advance, and work will start as soon as the people arrive. ”

Wenchang said: "I ordered to go down before I came to see you, the craftsman is easy to find, but let the emperor know, will he be unhappy?"

"It doesn't matter, the emperor hates to let the Li family enter Beijing tomorrow, the faster the action, the better. ”

Wenchang nodded, "Okay, I'll hurry up." ”

After receiving the holy decree, the Li family in the northwest began to move to Beijing, but everything was complicated and the road was far away, and when the Li family arrived in the capital, it was already three months later. At this time, the capital has passed the scorching summer and entered the coolest and most comfortable golden autumn of the year.

Qin E began to look forward to it from the time she knew the news, Li Lao Taijun was the last relative of the Shen family, listening to the description of the second grandmother, Lao Taijun was a very strong and decent character.

Qin E is convinced of this, the Shen family is upright, both men and women are iron-clad, and they are warm-hearted. My aunt and grandmother are the daughters of the Shen family, so she naturally sits up straight.

Unlike her joy, Old Madam Qin and Qin were in a rather bad mood. Especially the old lady, who kept a straight face all day long, and when she saw Qin E, she even raised her nose and eyes, and did not have a good word.

The second grandmother quietly complained, "The old lady is very afraid of our old lady." ”

This made Qin E very surprised, "They have met?"

"The capital is so big, who didn't know anyone when I was a girl? But I don't know the specifics, I was still young at the time, and my eldest sister knew a lot about Mrs. Shen at that time. ”

The sister in the mouth of the second grandmother is the grandmother who hanged herself. The eldest mother was serving with Mrs. Shen back then, and later when the Shen family got married, she was sent to the Shen family. The second mother and sister were more than ten years apart, and their daughter died before the full moon, and she was taken by the grandmother to be Qin Yan's nurse.

Qin sent someone to call Qin E, and Qin E rushed to the small study and saw Qin staring at the portrait of her mother in a daze.

"What did my father call me for?"

Qin came back to his senses and put away the portrait with some embarrassment. Qin E stood silently to the side, just as if she hadn't seen anything.

"The Li family in the northwest moved to Beijing a few days ago and settled down, and a banquet was scheduled for the third day of the first month of next month. They posted a post and asked me to take you and Yan'er with you. Qin suddenly remembered: "Oh, you may not know very well, the old lady of the Li family is your grandfather's sister, that is, your aunt and grandmother. ”

"Then I'll go back and prepare, and follow my father to be a guest on the third day of the next month. ”

Qin shook his head and said, "No, no, it's not the third day of the next month, it's tomorrow." Your aunt and grandmother have made a separate post, and I want to see you in advance. ”

Father's expression looked obscure, and Qin E suddenly realized that her aunt and grandmother had not invited her father to go.

My aunt and grandmother had a problem with my father.

It must be because my father drove my mother to Liaodong Mansion and let my mother die in a foreign country.

Qin E looked at her father who was sitting in the Taishi's chair, and felt very happy in her heart.

After so many years, someone finally spoke out for their mothers and gave them a head.

Before they met, Qin E was already pleased with her aunt's grandmother's strong style.

Early the next morning, Qin E and Qin Yan packed up. The old lady left Qin Xuanqiang behind on the grounds that she was unwell. Qin Yan snorted coldly when she knew this, and her disdain was overflowing. Qin E was helpless and pulled her into the carriage.

When I was about to arrive at the Li Mansion, I saw a few people waiting at the door from a distance. A slender young man with a jade-like face greeted him first, and said through the curtain: "Younger brothers and sisters are here, I am your eighth cousin Li Qiong." The old lady has been looking forward to you for a long time, and I will pick you up to meet her. ”

A warm current surged in Qin E's heart. When they returned to the Qin Mansion, they didn't even come out as a decent steward. The Li family sent their children and grandchildren out to greet them, and the warmth and coldness of the relatives can be seen.

Qin E took Qin Yan out of the car, "Meet the eighth cousin, there is the eighth cousin who has been waiting for a long time." ”

"This is Yuan Niang, my brother and sister, you don't need to be polite. Li Qiong glanced into the car, "Brother Xuan didn't come?"

"Grandmother was a little uncomfortable, so she left her son to wait. ”

Li Qiong smiled and didn't ask any more, "The old lady must be in a hurry, let's go in quickly." ”

Qin E and Qin Yan both wore hoods and entered through the gate, and a soft sedan chair was prepared inside. Qin E was a little embarrassed, Li Qiong smiled: "The house hasn't cleaned up yet, it's messy, it's still comfortable to sit in a sedan chair." Besides, it's a long way to get to the old lady, one is tired to walk, and the other is too slow, so don't shirk my cousin. ”

Qin E and Qin Yan sat in a sedan chair at this time, watching Li Qiong walking beside her, touching the Li family's thoughtfulness and care for them, and sighing at the Li family's strictness in educating their children and grandchildren.

You must know that the children of the capital are more gentle, and there are many people who are more pampered than women. A simple young student like Li Qiong is really rare.

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