Su Wan thought that she would get a strong response from the little girl in front of her when she mentioned Mrs. Wu Ninghou, but in fact, Doudou's attitude was very cold, she was slightly unhappy, but she didn't doubt Doudou's words, after all, people who look similar in this world are not necessarily related by blood.

What's more, in her concept, if there are a few poor relatives in the family, it must be hidden from outsiders, on the contrary, the powerful people have to work hard to get a little intimate with themselves, and push it out, isn't it sick!

But this is better, a little girl without a strong background, what if she is more beautiful, she can still continue to enjoy the taste of the stars holding the moon in Hangzhou Mansion, so Doudou is much more pleasing to the eye in her opinion, and regardless of whether people want to or not, she gently held Doudou's little hand.

Zheng Xinran is not very old, the so-called banquet is actually a meal, because of Su Wan's presence, everyone is extremely reserved, for fear of being underestimated by the nobles in Beijing, the banquet did not last too long, and Doudou had already sat in the carriage back to the house before the unitary.

According to the letter of appointment issued by the Ministry of Officials, the date of Yuan Zheng's official appointment in Qingzhou is April 15, which means that he must arrive in Qingzhou before early April. At this time, it is not yet the first month, and it seems that there are still more than two months to go, but if you think about it carefully, it is not like that.

From Hangzhou Mansion to Qingzhou Mansion is that Yuan Zheng alone with the guards and staff on horseback riding also for half a month, if the entire Yuan Mansion has to go together, how can it be calculated according to a month's time. What's more, after arriving in Qingzhou, you have to arrange family affairs, hand over official duties, etc., and it will take at least half a month to settle down and live normally.

After Yuan Zheng discussed with his staff, he set off for Shandong on February 20, leaving less than a month for everyone to pack their luggage and arrange trivial matters.

After the official handover was completed, Yuan Zheng seemed to have a lot less to worry about, but in fact, the real headache had just begun. Gu Chao has been in a very bad temper recently, and the people in Chaoyun Courtyard, even including Mama Jin, dare not put the two place names of "Shandong" or "Qingzhou" in front of her, and of course, no one dares to pack up for her.

Yuan Zheng now goes back to Chaoyun Courtyard every night to rest, and naturally he also found that Gu Chao has no sign of wanting to move out of this place, but he really doesn't have the spirit to quarrel with her anymore, so he goes with her.

Not to mention the old lady, although she was born in the capital and grew up in the capital, Zhejiang Bi is her ancestral hometown, and there are Xie clansmen in all state capitals, and she adapted to the climate and customs of Hangzhou not long after Yuan Zheng went to office, especially after nearly ten years of living here, she rarely even mentioned the capital.

Today's situation is very different, the old lady is no longer the Mrs. Hou in her early forties ten years ago, on the one hand, she is old and lacks energy, and she is really tired of traveling thousands of miles; On the other hand, Qingzhou Mansion is not familiar with the place, how can he bear to let her get used to the new environment again.

Yuan Zheng has not been treated by his mother in the past two years because of the matter of his heirs, how dare he mention to the old lady that he wants her to go to Shandong together? What's more, he knew in his heart that his tenure in Qingzhou this time would not be too long, and he planned to live in the local official mansion for a few years, and he didn't even bother to find another house.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. This principle is the same for everyone, not to mention their masters, even the subordinates will definitely not be able to adapt to it for a while.

In fact, from a practical point of view, since Gu Chao was unwilling to go to Qingzhou Mansion, it was better to let her and the old lady stay in Hangzhou and come to pick them up when Yuan Zheng entered Beijing. But everyone knew that they would never agree, and Yuan Zheng was also not at ease.

He thought about it in the study all afternoon, until Doudou had returned to the house, and he didn't even have dinner.

Doudou is also very unhappy, although she has eaten two meals in Zhengfu today, the little girls eat a very small amount of food, Rao is thick-skinned enough and she is not embarrassed to let go of the food, plus she was bumped by the carriage all the way, and the little belly is almost about to sing a big show.

She knew that her father had been busy lately, and he didn't go back to the inner courtyard to rest until midnight every day, and there must be a lot of delicious food left in the kitchen in the outer courtyard at this time.

In the past two years, Doudou has eaten too many times in the outer courtyard, and even the menu of each meal of Yuan Zheng is basically drawn up by her, so she is very familiar with several masters in the kitchen of the outer courtyard, and she comes and goes freely in the kitchen.

As soon as she entered the kitchen today, she knew that her father must not have eaten yet, and the carefully cooked delicacies were neatly placed on the desk. But if you really go back to the inner courtyard, you shouldn't have ordered someone to cook so many dishes, Doudou understands, my father hasn't eaten at all!

"Master Zhang, why hasn't Daddy eaten yet?" Doudou lifted the lid of a small stew pot, and inside was the fragrant ginseng chicken soup stewed for Yuan Zheng.

The chef surnamed Zhang smiled helplessly, "Second girl, you know the temper of the master, who dares to ...... if he doesn't order the food to be served."

"Okay, you tell someone to serve the food, and by the way, prepare an extra pair of dishes and chopsticks, and I'll accompany my father to use them." Doudou looked at the delicious food with all the color and flavor, and secretly swallowed his saliva, Daddy is really, if there is any big thing, I will wait for the meal, why can't I get along with myself.

She walked into the study lightly, only to see Yuan Zheng crooked on the chair looking through a book, looking very fascinated, but there was no light in the room, and it was obvious that he didn't look into it at all, holding a book and pretending to be!

"Daddy's eating, you've been reading books for thirty years, you really don't care about working hard at this moment! Today's ginseng chicken soup is stewed fragrant and thick, and there is that prawn, tsk...... Paired with the chef's secret sauce, it's so delicious that I can't describe it! Doudou snatched the book from Yuan Zheng's hand and pulled him up.

Yuan Zheng found that the study was already very dim at this time, rubbed Doudou's head and smiled deliberately: "Yuan'er, didn't you go to the banquet, why do you still look extremely 'hungry', is it because your father was demoted, and those guys have to let you eat enough?" ”

"Daddy-" Doudou pouted, "People are ladies, how can they eat Hesai in front of outsiders!" The two of them walked into the side hall with a smile, and Qing'er had already put the food in place.

The father and daughter had a meal together, which was naturally very sweet, and after the meal, Doudou changed his old habits, and did not force Yuan Zheng to go for a walk, but made a pot of good tea with his own hands, and pulled Yuan Zheng back to the study.

"Tell me, what's a bad idea again?" Yuan Zheng knows the second daughter the best, if he doesn't have something to ask for himself, where can he avoid a half-hour walk after dinner.

Doudou pouted and scratched his head, "Daddy, I want to apprentice." ”