The Mansion of Wei is also called Zhan Yuan, which was once the residence of Zhu Yuanzhang, and was given to Xu Da, the first hero of the founding of the country, to show his favor.

After Ma Sanbao announced the decree, the Xu family in the ancestral hall shouted long live, and Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, received the decree.

Ma Sanbao said with a grin, "Congratulations to Wei Guogong's family on their reunion, today coincides with Chinese New Year's Eve, it's really a double happiness." ”

The Xu family is a new dynasty upstart, there is no foundation, there are four tablets in the ancestral hall, which are Xu Da's parents who died when he was a teenager, and then the original Zhou family and the stepfamily Xiao Xie.

Miaoyi kowtowed to the four tablets and made incense, which can be regarded as recognizing her ancestors and returning to her ancestors.

Xu Da opened the family tree, wrote her name on the position of the eldest daughter, and said: "Your nickname is Feng'er, and now that you have grown up, it is not good to call this milk name again." Originally, the name given to you was called Miaoxin, but the name Miaoxin has the same name as your former father-in-law, the father of Zen Master Daoyan, and collided with your predecessors. Zen Master Daoyan wrote to me and said that he hoped that I could keep the name Miaoyi, and I promised him, and from then on you will be called Xu Miaoyi. ”

At the mention of her father-in-law, Xu Miaoyi felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Xu Da said: "I have waited for you for ten years for my father, and I finally hope you go home." It doesn't matter if you forget about the past, come, meet your family. ”

Seeing a room full of "family", Xu Miaoyi suddenly understood why her cousin Zhu Shouqian scoffed at her father Xu Da's "deep love".

Zhu Shouqian's father, Zhu Wenzheng, has no other than his life, and only has the wife of Da Xie.

And Xu Da claimed that his mother Xiao Xie was the only love of his life, but this did not prevent him from taking concubines one after another and having children with different women.

Today's Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet recognized relatives, Xu Miaoyi recognized two brothers, three sisters, and eight aunts!

The eldest son Xu Huizu, his biological mother Aunt Wang served Xu Da before Xiao Xie married in, and then Xu Huizu was crowned the son of the Duke of Wei. Now Zhan Yuan has changed her name to Mrs. Wang, not Aunt Wang.

In fact, in order to show the identity of the son, if the wife has died, the concubine who gave birth to the son will generally be corrected, and the identity of the Duchess of Wei and the lady of Yipin will be sealed. But the Duchess of Wei in Xu Da's heart has always been Xiao Xie, so although Mrs. Wang has a transcendent status in Zhan Yuan, she has always been condescended to the position of the side room and cannot go further.

Mrs. Wang, as an elder, gave her a set of ruby head jewelry.

Xu Huizu, the prince of Wei, has already married a wife, and his wife, Chen, was born in a scholarly background, elegant and demure, and is the wife of the prince and the wife of Yipin.

Chen took Xu Miaoyi's hand and said, "Every time your eldest brother talks about you, he has to cry and sigh, saying that he was lost at a young age, what is the plan for three meals?" Where? Fortunately, my mother-in-law blessed you with the spirit of heaven for ten years, and finally looked forward to returning home. ”

The mother-in-law in Chen's mouth of course refers to Yao Miaoyi's mother, Xiao Xie, although Mrs. Wang's identity is also precious, but from a legal point of view, she is a side room after all, and she cannot be regarded as Chen's serious mother-in-law.

Xu Miaoyi observed Mrs. Wang from the corner of her eye, but Mrs. Wang just twitched the corner of her mouth, the smile on her face remained unchanged, obviously very profound.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Chen's belly and said with a smile: "Today's double happiness is all thanks to the blessing of your mother-in-law - if you fight harder, I'm afraid the family will have three happy days." ”

The implication is that the young couple Xu Huizu and Chen quickly gave birth to a child.

Xu Miaoyi is a female doctor, and she is used to seeing the intrigue and all kinds of selfishness at the mansion gate, so it must be Mrs. Wang's mother-in-law's score that often puts her mother-in-law in front of Chen, and Chen also finds an opportunity to fight back against Mrs. Wang, reminding her of her duty to guard the side room - my mother-in-law is Xiao Xie, the Duchess of Wei on the tablet of the ancestral hall!

Xu Miaoyi was like a mirror in her heart, so she didn't bother to care about the secret fight between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and all kinds of eyebrow lawsuits, with a smile on her face, pretending not to understand.

Chen's face instantly stiffened, and then he changed the topic with a smile, "Big sister, come to meet your three sisters, they are all people who are as bright as flowers, and the four of you sisters must get along in harmony in the future." ”

"Sister-in-law, and me. Big sister, call the second brother, I'll give you a greeting gift. Xu Zengshou, the youngest son of the Xu family on the side, squeezed over with a smile, he was in a good mood these days, because he beat up Wei Guogong's third son Deng Ling in the first few days, and his father Wei Guogong not only did not reprimand him, but gave him a lot of New Year's money! Reward him for standing up for his sister.

Today, I heard that Deng Ling's sister Deng Ming was a side concubine to King Qin, and I suddenly felt that the cycle of heaven and reason was unpleasant, and the retribution was unpleasant, hum, it was a family shame to have a sister who was in the side room, and I would dare to be rude to my sister again after seeing this Deng Ling.

After a series of events in Jiming Mountain, Xu Miaoyi is currently the most familiar with this second brother Xu Zengshou, and called the second brother, Xu Zengshou really took out a yellow, orange and orange gold collar, which was inlaid with pink tourmaline stones.

Xu Da nodded secretly, this gold collar should have cost most of his younger son's New Year's money, it seems that Zengshou is really attentive to his sister.

Xu Miaoyi wore a golden lock rewarded by Queen Ma around her neck, and it was not good to wear the gold collar again, so the palace maids on the side took the collar and put it in the box.

In addition to giving her clothes and jewelry, Queen Ma also gave two pairs of palace maids, a nurturing grandmother in the palace, these five people are well-trained, advanced and retreated, and it is clear that they are adding luster to Xu Miaoyi's face to show the royal favor.

My brother and sister-in-law have seen it, and then there are three younger sisters.

The second lady Xu Miaoqing, beautiful appearance, as her name suggests, has a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, and her body also exudes sandalwood that burns when copying scriptures and meditating.

"Big sister." Xu Miaoqing saluted in a proper manner.

Now it's Xu Miaoyi's turn to give a gift. The palace maid stepped forward with a tray covered with red velvet satin, and there were three identical gold-inlaid gemstone hairpins on the tray, all of which were carefully prepared for her by Queen Ma in advance, and the three younger sisters had the same meeting gifts, so as not to be suspicious of favoritism.

Queen Ma thought about everything for her, and Xu Miaoyi was a little grateful in her heart.

The third lady, Xu Miaoxi, has a pair of big and round eyes like cat's eyes, the smile on her face is like a clear stream, lively and cheerful, and she always has a smile on her face, "Big sister, I am Miaoxi, I was always pestered to play with you when I was a child, you think I am clumsy, I always sneak out and don't take me to play." ”

Xu Miaoyi actually remembers this sister Miaoxi who is like a fart, no matter what she does or where she goes, Miaoxi will always follow her reluctantly, obviously the most afraid of wriggling little insects, but she follows her against her will to play the big snail race.

Xu Miaoyi smiled faintly: "Oh? I don't remember. ”

Xu Miaoxi affectionately held Miaoyi's arm and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I have a good memory, I remember those things clearly when I was a child, I'll tell my eldest sister, sister, don't think I'm verbose." ”

The eldest patriarch Xu Da was happy when he saw that his sisters were harmonious, and said: "Miaoxi, talk to your sister more about the family in the future, after a long time, maybe I can help your sister recall some of the past." ”

Xu Miaoxi smiled coquettishly: "Yes, but Daddy wants to promise me that you will be at home in the first month of the year, and take us out to play more." And next autumn, remember to take the time to take the four of us sisters to Hangzhou Qiantang River to watch the tide, you have been talking about this for five years, and the appointment is broken every year, which is strange. ”

In the past ten years, Xu Da's mood has never been so good today. He laughed heartily and said, "Well, my father will not miss the appointment this time." ”

Xu Zengshou quipped on the side: "Daddy is eccentric, they are all children of the Xu family, why only take my sisters and not me and my eldest brother?" ”

The youngest fourth lady, Xu Miaojin, was only ten years old, underweight, childish, with snowy skin, like a porcelain doll, she held her cheeks with both hands and made a shy face action:

"The second brother is thick-skinned and competes with our sisters for favor. You are a man, it is convenient to go out, don't think we don't know, you and Chang Sen of Kaiping Mansion go to Hangzhou every year. ”

was exposed by the fourth sister for the "crime", Xu Zengshou quickly denied it, "How can you go every year?" Chang Sen and I studied in the main hall of the palace, and once the university scholar Song Lian lectured on Zhang Ruoxu's "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", and on a whim, he took us down to Hangzhou to see the beautiful scenery of "the bright moon and the tide on the sea". ”

Under the children's jokes with each other, the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet in Zhan Yuan is a brother, brother, sisterhood, father and son, and a peaceful atmosphere. Finally stayed up until midnight, removing the old and welcoming the new, Xu Da was full of fun, and actually took his children to the snow to set off fireworks.

In the crackling roar, the fourth lady Xu Miaojin said loudly: "Big sister, it would be nice if you came back early."

Before, my parents and aunts never allowed us girls to get close to the fireworks, and we all sat in the warm pavilion from a distance to watch the fireworks. When you go home, it's all different, and Daddy's smile today is more than the previous ten years combined! ”

The third lady on the side, Xu Miaoxi, teased: "The fourth sister is used to deceiving people, you were just born ten years ago, what can you remember?" ”

Xu Miaojin puffed out his cheeks and said, "Anyway, I haven't seen my father smile much since I can remember." You have a good memory, did you say that Daddy was very different today? ”

Xu Miaoxi said: "Of course, the big sister is back." ”

The colorful fireworks reflected the smiles and faces of the sisters around her more beautifully, but also unpredictable, Xu Miaoyi looked at the three sisters who hugged her tightly, but the soles of her feet were as unsteady as stepping on cotton, and she had a sense of being in a dream. This is her home, her "family"?

It's as if when you wake up from a dream, this qiē will disappear. It is like morning dew, and when it sees light, it is extinguished.