Chapter 228: Go Home

Cheng Xuyi's eyes were bright, full of smiles, and she nodded again and again, the winter solstice family banquet that night was the first time she appeared in front of everyone as the third miss of the Cheng family, her sister-in-law, so beautiful, so warm, standing behind her, her hand on her shoulder, so warm, let her body melt all of a sudden, she explained her so casually and affectionately: "...... The eldest young grandmother and the second young grandmother will be handed over to you, you have to help your sister-in-law take good care of it. Her heart settled down warmly.

Xu Shi was happy, emotional, and chattering for a long time, and carefully picked out the clothes to be worn tomorrow with Rose, got up to leave, paused again, thought about it back and forth, and couldn't think of anything else missing, before getting up and leaving the house, along the dark and silent garden path, to his own room.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, before the delivery of the New Year, King Cheng took his family and dozens of cars to return to the capital and entered the palace of King Cheng, King Cheng, Princess Yang of Cheng, Concubine Xu, eldest daughter Zhou Wanruo, and the second son Zhou Shixin hurriedly changed their dresses and got into the car to ask for a meeting at the palace gate.

King Cheng went straight to see the emperor, and Princess Cheng Yang took the side concubine Xu and others to Yuncui Palace to meet Cheng Guifei.

Princess Cheng and the others were invited to meet very smoothly, Concubine Cheng welcomed to the door of the main hall, very warm and thoughtful to entertain a group of four, and even insisted on keeping them for dinner, but King Cheng failed to see the emperor, the chamberlain passed the word, the emperor was not happy, and it was not too late to see the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve.

King Cheng stood at the gate of the palace for a moment with full of anxiety, got into the car, and ordered to go to the Jingbei Palace.

Early in the morning of the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Cheng Ke rushed into the city gate with a dusty flying horse, and went straight to the palace gate to ask for the emperor, and presented the letter of the Qin Cha Yin.

After a while, a very neat little chamberlain rushed out, bowed down, and invited Cheng Ke with a smile on his face.

"Lord Shizi, the emperor let you in"

Cheng Ke was in high spirits, took a small gold coin out of his purse, raised his hand and threw it to the waiter,

"I've got you"

As he spoke, he didn't wait for the waiter to lead him, and strode straight inside, and the waiter caught the golden bill, and while hurrying to follow, he smiled and said funny:

"The prince hasn't been in the capital for a while, this gold bill, the small ones are a lot less, and the hands are back for a while, and the net loss is coming, but I look forward to the prince coming back as soon as possible."

Cheng Ke laughed in a very good mood, tore off the purse on his body casually, and threw it to the waiter,

"It's all given to you, it's not the back of your hand, it's a clumsy hand, there are a lot of flower heads here, you beware of other people's even gear molds, and you can't even keep your pants when you lose."

The waiter smiled and sighed, the two talked and laughed all the way, and soon entered the emperor's Qinzheng Hall to deal with political affairs, Cheng Ke stood in front of the palace, bowed his head and straightened his clothes, the waiter turned him around, reached out to help him stroke the back of his clothes, Cheng Ke hung his head slightly, respectfully went up the steps, and the waiter standing at the door passed through, Cheng Ke heard the response in the hall, hurriedly lowered his hands, respectfully entered the Qinzheng Palace, and walked to the imperial couch and knelt down loudly.

"Get up, don't knock, it's empty under that brick, you remember it, it's good every time"

Cheng Ke hurriedly stood up and said with a silky look:

"Just think about it so carefully, the emperor still has to puncture it, so next time, can this brick still be used?"

The emperor laughed, put down the cup in his hand, nodded and said:

"Okay, I agreed to you, you did a good job on this errand, you know how to do it, you didn't set fire to me everywhere, I was thinking about how to reward you, you fancy this, just right, I let you take advantage of it, this brick, reward you for your exclusive use"

Cheng Ke knelt down neatly, kowtowed loudly on the empty brick and thanked him, got up, and said with a smile:

"I thought the emperor was going to be punished, but I didn't expect there to be a reward"

The emperor squinted at him, his face sank, and he snorted heavily,

"You're too foolish, that Xu Shengrong...... What do you have to do with such a thing? ”

The emperor reproached heavily, Cheng Ke shrunk his shoulders, and was about to speak, but the emperor raised his hand to stop him,

"Don't quibble with me, there is no one else in this matter except you"

Cheng Ke drooped his shoulders, hung his head and didn't dare to speak anymore, the emperor stared at him for a while, picked up the cup and drank a few sips of tea, his voice calmed down,

"Along the way, you rushed back day and night?"

"Yes, I want to go home quickly and accompany my parents for the New Year."

"Hmm."

The emperor's countenance softened,

"In the end, I am much more sensible than before, and I can finally understand some of my parents' hearts, okay, this matter behind the North Third Road, I let Yan Xiangtong take care of it, you go, hand over the errand to Yan Xiang, just go back and have a good rest, out of the fifteenth, and then go to the ministry to see things."

Cheng Ke was overjoyed, he knelt down and kowtowed, and was about to withdraw, but the emperor seemed to remember something, raised his hand to stop him, and gently commanded:

"Go and see your aunt leave the palace again, she has been worried about you."

Cheng Ke hurriedly agreed, lowered his hand and withdrew from the palace gate, and strode towards Yuncui Palace.

Cheng Ke came out of Yuncui Palace, and hurriedly asked Yan Xiang to hand over the messenger, came out and got on the horse, and galloped back to the Runan Palace, surrounded by the same dusty servants, long-term attendants, and guards.

Cheng Ke dismounted at the gate, and ignored the gatekeepers who rushed out in groups, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the courtesy, and threw the horsewhip to the distant mountains casually, and commanded without looking back,

"Reward"

Cheng Ke bypassed the shadow wall and ran straight to the second gate.

In the second gate, Li Xiaonuan was wearing a dark purple silk silver fox cloak, with bamboo green, cicada wings and other girls, and he was already standing there waiting for him.

Cheng Ke raised his eyebrows, looked at Li Xiaonuan with surprise on his face, hurried over, and didn't care about the girl who was standing in the yard, at this time, he couldn't see that there were other people in this yard, he reached out and grabbed Li Xiaonuan's hand, and said distressedly:

"You are most afraid of the cold, what are you waiting for me here on such a day? Hands are a little cold. ”

"Yesterday my father said that you came home today, and your mother was looking forward to it early in the morning, and at this time, I was in a hurry and died, and if you didn't come back, I would be ready to go to the city gate."

Li Xiaonuan looked up at Cheng Ke, pouted and said with a smile,

"You've lost a lot of weight, and you're getting darker, and when your mother sees it, I'm afraid I'm going to feel distressed."

"Well, aren't you distressed?"

Cheng Ke let go of Li Xiaonuan's hand, wrapped one hand around her waist, looked down at her, and asked seriously with a smile, Li Xiaonuan raised his eyebrows, and nodded seriously,

"Of course, my heart hurts the most"

Cheng Ke's eyes were shining, his eyebrows were dancing, and Zhu Qing had already beckoned everyone, retreating, far behind the two.

The two of them chattered and laughed, and they didn't sit in a sedan chair, and walked all the way into the main courtyard from the second gate.

The princess had been waiting under the main eaves porch for a long time, looking out anxiously, and Chuncao was by the princess's side, looking out anxiously.

Li Xiaonuan accompanied Cheng Ke into the weeping flower gate of the main courtyard, under the tearful gaze of the princess, Cheng Ke walked along the verandah, a few steps to the door of the main house, the princess grabbed Cheng Ke who was holding a long salute, and tears flowed.

"How did my son get so thin?"

Li Xiaonuan hurriedly stepped forward, and Cheng Ke supported the princess one by one, and said with a smile:

"Mother, it's cold outside, let's talk when you come inside."

The princess nodded again and again, her eyes were only staring at Cheng Ke, holding his hand and not letting go, the two sat on the couch, Chuncao hurriedly made tea and brought it up, Li Xiaonuan took it and put it on the couch. The princess shed tears and reached out to stroke Cheng Ke's cheek, Cheng Ke raised his eyebrows slightly, hid his upper body back, slowly rubbed back, pulled out his hand, reached out to pick up the cup and said:

"I was thirsty, I came back to meet the saint, the emperor asked me to go to see my aunt and then go out of the palace, and when I came out, I confessed to Yan Xiang on a mission, and I came back in a hurry, and I didn't even bother to drink a cup of tea."

The princess was distressed, and commanded repeatedly:

"Hurry up, do you have ready-made bird's nest porridge and ginseng soup? There are also snacks, to be hot, this cold day, and just come back, cold things can not be eaten, and ......"

"I don't need to be hungry, I've eaten in my aunt's palace, just drink tea, I don't talk to my mother much, is my father in the outer study or the inner study?"

Cheng Ke drank all the tea in the cup in one gulp, got off the bed, and was about to go out, the princess looked at her son distressed and reluctant,

"In the inner study, let you go there to find him when you come back, and you will eat in the mansion at noon? Or go out to eat? ”

Cheng Ke hesitated, his eyes swept over Li Xiaonuan, Li Xiaonuan looked at him, and said with a soft smile:

"Ye just go and get busy, don't worry about my mother, these days, I accompany my mother to eat lunch."

"Well, I'll eat here at noon and spend time with my mother."

The princess was overjoyed, watched Cheng Ke withdraw from the door, and hurriedly commanded:

"Hurry up to the kitchenette and tell them that the fish must not be served, and fry a few pigeons with your heart, and ......"

"Mother, sit wide, I'll go to the back kitchen to have a look, that fish mother loves to eat, how can I not do it? Just put it far away from the master, I'll go settle down. ”

"Go ahead, let's make more of Xiao Ke's favorite food, look at it, it's all thin like that...... Go, go, go. ”

The princess was busy responding, waving her hand to signal Li Xiaonuan to hurry over, Li Xiaonuan smiled and bent her knees to withdraw, and went to the small kitchen behind to watch people arrange food.

At noon, Li Xiaonuan and Cheng Ke accompanied the princess left and right, Li Xiaonuan was engrossed in taking care of the princess, the princess was preoccupied with taking care of Cheng Ke, Cheng Ke was looking at Li Xiaonuan, and the three of them were busy eating.

After the meal, the princess and Cheng Ke said a few words, and seeing him yawning and looking tired, they hurriedly sent the two away,

"Let's go back quickly, wash well, and go to rest quickly"

Cheng Ke had already stood up and retreated, aiming at Li Xiaonuan who also retreated, and then raised his feet and walked out of the house.

Cheng Ke walked out slowly along the hand-copying verandah with his hands behind his back, Li Xiaonuan was half a step behind him, and followed all the way out of the main courtyard

The second watch, before twelve o'clock. Let's go grocery shopping and cook first, the weather is good today.