inquired about the matter of the young master of the Min family, and naturally handed it over to Ning Nianzhi. Tongcheng and Yuncheng are not too far apart, and it only takes four or five days to go back and forth. If this family affair can be successful, Yuan Xiu will not be considered a distant marriage, and if there is anything in the future, he can directly send someone to send a letter to his family.

In less than three days, she called Yuan Xiu and Yuan Min to go to the old lady's yard together: "I asked people to inquire carefully, this family business can be regarded as a good family, what about the young master Min, he has a gentle personality and talent, the fly in the ointment is that the Min family is a businessman, if the third sister enters the Min family, I am afraid that the children and grandchildren will not be able to enter the office in the future." You have to wait for another opportunity, but the Min family is really asking to marry, and there is no one in the room of the young master Min, so far, it is very clean, and my sister does not have to worry about the inner house when she enters the door. ”

Yuan Xiu is from the little girl's family, and when she heard someone in the room, her face turned red, and she almost buried her head in the floor with her head down.

The old lady smiled and said, "What's so shy about this, seeing that you're going out, you have to know these things in your heart." I think this Min family is very good, although when the emperor was the first emperor, it was said that businessmen were not allowed to enter the government within three generations, but maybe the new emperor ascended the throne, and this law would be changed? Even if you don't change it, it's not a big deal to go back and change your household registration. ”

Buying thousands of acres of fertile land, and then transferring the family's business to one person, will this little young master Min be able to come out soon? The methods are all thought up by people, and when there is no shortage of money and power, there is naturally a way.

"This look, although it is not good, but it is also very good-looking, by the way, has the third aunt ever shown you a portrait?" Ning Nianzhi asked with a smile, Yuan Xiu nodded, and his voice trembled slightly: "When the matchmaker came to the door before, he brought a portrait. ”

"Have you ever taken a fancy to it?" Ning Nianzhi hurriedly asked, Yuan Xiu's face was better, he twisted the handkerchief in his hand and didn't reply, just this reaction, Ning Nianzhi could see it, he must have taken a fancy to it, otherwise, he would have objected a long time ago.

"Since you like it in your heart, then you can handle this matter later, just wait for this national filial piety to pass." The old lady said with a smile, the country is filial piety for a year, and it is just when the original Chengzong and the original step-ancestor will also be filial piety, and there will be three marriages in a row.

Thinking about it, look at Yuan Min again, Yuan Min will be fifteen years old next year, and there is a ceremony, just thinking about it makes me feel a headache, but fortunately it has been separated, and then each family can do its own thing, if there is no separation...... The old lady glanced at Ning Nianzhi's belly, anyway, she resolutely couldn't let her granddaughter-in-law get tired.

"What kind of man does Sister Min like?" Ning Nianzhi turned his head and joked with a smile to the fourth girl Yuan Min, although Yuan Min was young, his temperament was more hearty than Yuan Xiu, tilted his head and smiled: "I like a man like my eldest brother, a man who stands up to the sky, can respect his elders, can take care of the weak, and can protect his wife and children, if there is a big brother like this, I will marry immediately." ”

"Don't be ashamed, you have to be willing to marry if you say you want to marry." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, Yuan Min raised his chin and was very proud: "A girl like me, good-looking, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and such a family background, as well as my grandmother and brother and sister-in-law who love me, shouldn't they be in a hurry to beg me to marry?" ”

The funny old lady laughed, and Yuan Xiu also laughed and joked with her: "I am indeed proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I only know a little bit about everything." ”

"Third sister, don't expose my old bottom, although you just know a little bit about everything, but it's okay to take it out and fool outsiders." Yuan Min hurriedly said, and looked at Ning Nianzhi again: "Grandmother, sister-in-law, you all have to help me keep it secret." ”

"That's natural, you learned this painting skill from me, if I go out and say that you haven't learned it well, people will say that I can't teach it." In this way, when you go out in the future, if anyone asks about this painting, you just say that you are blind and no one teaches you, okay? Ning Nianzhi raised his eyebrows and said, Yuan Min hurriedly made a sad look: "I already knew that my sister-in-law must be disgusted that it is too embarrassing to have such a stupid sister as me as a student, so she doesn't want to be my husband, right?" ”

"You see that?" Ning Nianzhi sighed: "Hey, if you had seen how good it was, I would have been able to refuse this errand." ”

There were three girls and four girls here, talking and chatting with Ning Nianzhi, Ning Nianzhi was really relaxed. About half a month later, the news from the capital was quickly delivered.

The matter of the throne has been settled. Before the emperor died, he indulged several other princes, wanting them to expose more hole cards, and at the same time made a way to deal with it. The first is to ensure the safety of the prince, and then to arrange manpower to prepare for a catch.

Although the crown prince did not have military power, the people who led the troops were specially selected by the emperor, and they were only loyal to the prince after listening to the emperor's orders.

The eldest prince made a fuss in the mourning hall, saying that there was no holy decree, and his father must have been dissatisfied with the prince before he died, so he didn't say a word, he was the eldest son, and he should inherit the throne.

The second prince was also unwilling, counting the various dissatisfaction with the eldest prince in the court before the first emperor, and trying to trip the eldest prince, then he was the eldest son in name.

The three princes are fanning the wind on both sides, in order to make the scene more chaotic, and they are fishing in troubled waters. In the case that these three people didn't pay attention, the bold four princes had already held hostage a group of concubines in the mourning hall, oh, no, now they are the queen mother and the concubine, and whoever is disobedient will be hacked to death.

At this time, it is time to show the queen's mother, not too much of the queen's ability. can be in the back position for decades, and can teach the prince very well, the queen mother is not a vegetarian, first disturbed the attention of the four princes with words, and then a grandmother bravely pounced and knocked down the four princes, the guards shot in a hurry, and the four princes died.

This matter not only solved the four princes, but also shocked the other noisy princes, it is obvious that the palace maids and grandmothers in this palace are all obedient to the queen, and the guards in this palace obey the prince, and it is very unwise for them to want to take hostages or something.

The rest of the princes immediately retreated, wanting to go back first and find another way.

But in a good situation, how could the prince give up? Immediately asked Ning Zhen to lead people to surround the palace, and no one was allowed to enter for seven days, and then, as soon as the first seven days passed, he immediately ascended the throne.

Fortunately, there is enough grain reserves in this palace, otherwise, so many princes and grandchildren, as well as female dependents, as well as court officials, and Mrs. Xuan, there is really a possibility that a few will starve to death.

As soon as the crown prince ascended the throne, other people who wanted to chirp crookedly had no excuses. But this matter is not over, the idea of rebellion has not been dispelled, so the new emperor ascended the throne, and it was a series of means, first imprisoned the eldest prince, by taking the second prince and the third prince's sons-in-law into the palace, and finally under the pretext that the funeral of the former emperor was not done properly, a group of people were pulled down to change their own people.

It was another ten days before the dust settled.

After reading the letter from the Ning family, Ning Nianzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and said to Yuan Dongliang next to him: "As long as the Ning family is fine, speaking of which, the Ning family is fine, and the crown prince succeeds to the throne, then Ning Wangfu, isn't it going to suffer?" ”

Yuan Dongliang waved his hand indifferently: "What happened, you don't know it, with the old lady of the Ning family, it is bound to keep the bloodline of the Ning family, Ning Fei is lucky, this time I am afraid that I will come out of the Shuiyue Nunnery." I hope she really woke up, otherwise, she wouldn't have been so lucky in the future. ”

Ning Nianzhi nodded, thought for a while, and couldn't help but say: "I thought that the third princess supported the crown prince, but I didn't expect that she only ate the three princes, and there was actually a matter of three horses here, a good princess......"

Now that he has failed to win the heir, he must not be as noble as before.

There are also four princesses, and her biological brother was also defeated, although she is still a royal princess, but she has never been very harmonious, and she can even be said to be the brother of the enemy, and her status is definitely not as good as before.

The fourth princess has no choice, who let it be her own brother? Even if she wanted to take refuge with the prince, the people on the prince's side would not believe it. Only the choice of the third princess, Ning Nianzhi is a little incomprehensible, her mother and the queen are very close, it is said that she doesn't have to do anything, if the prince succeeds, she can naturally follow the light, if the prince fails, anyway, it is not his own brother, and he will not suffer too much loss, why did he get involved in the matter of winning the heir?

"Greed is not enough." Yuan Dongliang couldn't help but pinch Ning Nianzhi's arm: "If the crown prince succeeds, she will be the eldest princess at most, if the third prince she supports wins, then she has the skill of following the dragon, maybe she can follow the example of Guantao?" ”

"Chen Ajiao was deposed and retreated to Changmen Palace, what is there to emulate?" Ning Nianzhi was puzzled, Yuan Dongliang smiled: "You are getting more and more lazy to use your brain now, although Chen Ajiao was deposed, but in the early stage, the scenery of the Chen family, even the emperor had to retreat." What's more, with the example of Chen Ajiao, the third princess probably thinks that she will not be as stupid as Princess Guantao, and let her daughter be pampered and proud? ”

"Anyway, it's someone else's business, so there's no need to investigate too deeply." Yuan Dongliang said with a smile and touched Ning Nianzhi's stomach: "How do you feel now?" ”

It's been three months, Ning Nianzhi looked down at the hand, and shook his head: "I don't feel anything, as before, sometimes if I don't watch out, I almost forget that I am still pregnant with a child." This kid is much easier than Brother Guang'er's time. ”

Brother Guang happened to enter the door, and when he heard his mother say his name, he immediately swayed his little fat body and came over, grabbed Ning Nianzhi's thigh and looked up, the little fat man's eyebrows and eyes looked like Ning Nianzhi, but elsewhere, it was almost a copy of the original Dongliang, the old lady liked it like the same thing, and she couldn't wait to wake up in the morning to see Brother Guang.

At this time, he blinked his big eyes and asked Ning Nianzhi in a milky voice: "What did my mother tell me to do?" ”

"What did Brother Guang'er do just now?" Yuan Dongliang was born behind Ning Nianzhi, Brother Guang was startled, and hurriedly withdrew the little fat hand on Ning Nianzhi's knee, and made a serious appearance: "If you don't do anything, just go...... See if the flowers are blooming, and when they do, give them to your mother. ”

The elders love the child, so they are naturally reluctant to discipline it, although Ning Nianzhi can be ruthless, but he can't stand being looked at by the old lady complaining, so this matter of disciplining the child fell on Yuan Dongliang, who is very capable of doing it.

A few years ago, because Brother Guang'er was not serious when he was eating, Yuan Dongliang beat people up. The little fat man was very afraid of Yuan Dongliang from then on, and when he saw Yuan Dongliang's face tight, he hurriedly stood up in an orderly manner.

At this moment, I thought I was looking at Yuan Dongliang secretly, and when I saw him with a smile on his face, I breathed a sigh of relief, moved to Yuan Dongliang, and stretched out my hand to hug him: "Dad, ride a big horse?" ”

Yuan Dongliang raised his hand to pick up the little fat man, put it on his neck, and circled around the room, Ning Nianzhi couldn't help but smile and said: "In the past, you also said that my grandmother and I were too spoiled by Brother Guang'er, and you yourself are no better, you go outside and ask, see who is the father, can put the child around his neck like this?" ”

Yuan Dongliang pouted: "That is, those high-ranking families are blind and exquisite, don't you often go to the streets?" Didn't you see that ordinary people are all fathers, putting their children around their necks? What is there to see about the father and son? It can't be displayed generously, it has to be hidden, is it interesting? ”

Brother Guang'er didn't understand, hugged Yuan Dongliang's head and laughed, and stretched out his little fat hand and nodded: "Daddy, there and there." ”

Walking to the Bogu frame, he reached out and touched something that he couldn't touch in the past, and there was a burst of laughter. Although Ning Nianzhi didn't quite understand where this happiness came from, when he saw him smiling, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

Yuan Dongliang said again: "I hope this time it's a little girl, and she can look as beautiful as you, not to mention sitting on her shoulders when the time comes, let me hold her up and crawl on the ground when the time comes." ”

Ning Nianzhi glanced at him: "What nonsense, do you spoil children like this?" ”

"Why not, how do we live happily in our own house, but don't look at what the rules of other people's homes are, these rules and etiquette or something, that is, for outsiders to see......" Before he finished speaking, he heard someone coughing at the door, and when he turned his head, he saw Mama Tang standing there with a tense face: "Young master, the young lady has a body, look, when will you move out of the study?" ”

Yuan Dongliang smiled embarrassedly: "What, I'm not talking about Mama, Mama is different from those people, Mama has real skills, and she is not the kind of rigid and stubborn, the rules are such a thing, let's show it in front of outsiders, in front of my own family, don't care too much, Mama, do you say this is the reason?" ”

A smile flashed in Mama Tang's eyes, and she accepted it when she saw it, although her own girl regarded herself as an elder, but after all, she was an outsider, and it was not easy to lose the face of the eldest young master. He saluted Ning Nianzhi and said with a smile: "The third lady sent her grandmother over, saying that she heard that the young lady was happy and sent some things to replenish her body, and she went to the old lady's side and was coming here. ”

Ning Nianzhi hurriedly asked people to come in, and it was the grandmother who had to be used by the third lady's side, with a round face and a smile, as soon as she entered the door, she congratulated her, and said: "Look at Madame's face, this walking posture, this time it must be a little young master." ”

Yuan Dongliang's face stinked all of a sudden, and the grandmother was a little confused, Ning Nianzhi couldn't help but smile and asked, "How can you see it from the posture of walking?" ”

"If you are pregnant with a girl, you will swing your arms when you walk, and if you are a boy, your stomach will fall, and you will like to hold your belly when you walk." The grandmother hurriedly said, Ning Nianzhi didn't believe these words, and said that if it was a girl, a pregnant woman would be more beautiful, she was ...... Well, when I was pregnant with Brother Guang, I was swollen later, and it was really not good-looking.

"I've borrowed your good words." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, and Mama hurriedly waved her hand: "These are old sayings, and they have nothing to do with slaves and maids, that is, slaves and maids don't say it today, and there are always people in Ming'er who say that slaves and maids are just begging for words." Our lady learned that the young lady had a body, and she wanted to come and see it in person, but it was not a coincidence, the eldest young master accidentally fell when she went out two days ago, and our lady was worried about the fire, and she had a pimple on her face, so she asked the young lady to forgive me. ”

"I'm a junior, where can I work and the third aunt come to the door in person? My cousin's fall, is it serious? And the third aunt, have you ever looked at the doctor on her face? I haven't been out in the past few days, but I didn't know that something like this happened, hey, I should have gone and seen it myself. ”

The grandmother hurriedly waved her hand: "It's not serious, it's not serious, the young lady is heavy now, but don't go out, otherwise, our lady will be even more anxious and worried." Our young master is just a broken foot, and the doctor said that it will be fine if you raise it for a month. The arms on Madame's face will also take half a month, and when the time comes, our Madame will be able to go out, and she will definitely come to see Madame in person. ”

"You have to talk to the third aunt when you go back, I also think about her in my heart, so I can relax and take care of her." Ning Nianzhi hurriedly said, Mama gave a gift she brought, there are medicines suitable for pregnant women to raise the fetus, snacks, and some rouge gouache: "This is what our wife specially bought for pregnant women, if the young lady goes out or something, she can use a little." ”

Ning Nianzhi thanked the third lady for her kindness, and asked Tingxue to go to the kitchen to bring some soup that the are good at, although the return gift was a bit casual, but it was this casualness that could make the third lady happier, the more casual it was, the more it showed that she was regarded as her own person. If she returns a gift of the same value, then she will have no place to cry.

The next day, the fourth lady followed and sent a celebratory gift, and the third lady is different, the fourth lady prepared her own hand made a hundred children's account, the child embroidered is lifelike, sitting and lying frolic, people look at it and want to change it immediately, look before going to bed, look at it after waking up, maybe you can give birth to a child with the same as the tent.

The old lady was afraid that she would be tired of Ning Nianzhi, except for those close to her, no matter who came to the rest, she was only stopped by Mama Tang.

Last time, Ning Nianzhi didn't have such a big battle when he was pregnant with Brother Guang'er, but this time there were suddenly many more people to visit, Ning Nianyi was still a little confused at first, but then he came to the holy decree, and he understood - the new emperor ascended the throne, even if Yuncheng was far away, it was also somewhat affected. The Ning family has made great contributions, and Yuan Dongliang is the son-in-law of the Ning family, these people either want to inquire about the news, or they want to curry favor with Ning Nianzhi.

This holy decree is to promote Yuan Dongliang. From the positive third product, the positive second product is mentioned. Originally, the old man handed over the affairs of the general to Ning Nianzhi, which was the transmission of the head of the original family. Now, it is the recognition of the imperial court in this regard.

Even if the old man wants to change his words at this time, it is useless, the second-grade general of the imperial court, the general of Zhenxi, this status will not be shaken by anyone in the future.

In a blink of an eye, it was more than half a year, ten years of pregnancy, and just after eating moon cakes on the evening of August 15, Ning Nianzhi began to start. Yuan Dongliang was still nervous, listening to Ning Nianzhi's suppressed cry of pain inside, he almost couldn't control himself and rushed in.

But the old lady and Mama Tang guarded, but they didn't let him succeed.

Probably because this is the second child, the child was born in less than an hour. With the child's crying, Mrs. Wen shouted happily inside: "Congratulations to the old lady, congratulations to the eldest young master, the eldest young lady has given birth to another young master!" ”

Yuan Dongliang was a little depressed, but thinking about it, it's okay to have a son, and if he has more sons, he will be able to better protect his sister in the future. So he craned his neck and looked inside: "Where is my daughter-in-law?" How's it going? Why didn't you hear her? “

Wen Po hurriedly said: "The young lady is a little tired and is resting. “

He also said: "Little master is so blessed, the fifteenth year is not over yet, and those who are born on the fifteenth day of August will definitely not worry about food and clothing in the future, and it will be a blessed life." ”

The old lady couldn't close her mouth with joy, and said that the red envelopes for Wen Po and the doctor were all one hundred taels, but these two people were very happy, and the words of congratulations were poured out one by one.

Yuan Dongliang was impatient to listen to this, so he sneaked into the delivery room while Mama Tang was not paying attention. Let's look at Ning Nianzhi on the bed first, Wen Po has already cleaned up, but she is still a little embarrassed, her face is a little pale, her eyes are tightly closed, she looks very weak, Yuan Dongliang pinched her hair and pulled: "It's so painful to give birth to a child, why don't you give birth in the future?" Hey, but we don't have a daughter yet, so let's have another one? But what if it's not a girl? ”

Ning Nianzhi couldn't hear it, he muttered to himself for a long time before he turned his head to look at the swaddling clothes next to him, and sighed twice, he was uglier than Brother Guang'er back then, and he didn't know who he would look like when he grew up. I want to reach out and touch it, but I'm afraid that I will startle the child, and if I cry, don't I have to wake up and read it? So, after hesitating for a while, I still didn't stretch out my hand.

"I hope that the future will be more handsome, so that I can marry a daughter-in-law in the future, I am afraid that I will not be able to talk about a daughter-in-law if it is too ugly." Yuan Dongliang muttered, Mama Tang came in with a basin of water, and saw him kneeling on the edge of the bed, opening his mouth, but closing it again, forget it, anyway, when Brother Shengguang was born, this person didn't shy away from it, and now let's talk about letting him out or something, I'm afraid he will still find a chance to come in, so let him stay aside.