Xia Ruan was going back to the door today, and the Li family was originally going to go to the gate to greet him in person.

But Cuiliu saw that Li had not rested well for the past few days, so she asked Li to wait in the house.

Xia Ruan is such a smart person, if the Li family is a little careless and says the wrong word, then Xia Ruan will take it to heart, and find out from it that they are hiding something about her.

Cuiliu and Li were afraid that Xia Ruan would know about it, so they planned to hide it for as long as they could.

Seeing that autumn is approaching, when the weather turns cooler, there will be less and less ice cubes.

But if you hide it today, how can you hide it from tomorrow?

Cuiliu took a deep breath, and then led Xia Ruan and Xiao Jiu towards the house.

Although the sky has cleared, because of the heavy rain last night, the air is slightly cool.

There is still rainwater on the flowers and plants in the yard.

Xia Ruan looked at Du Lan, and Du Lan quickly understood what Xia Ruan meant.

"Sister Cuiliu......" Duran stuck out his tongue and smiled playfully at Cuiliu, "Is that blue and white porcelain vase still in my room?" ”

Cuiliu stopped, thought for a while, and then nodded: "Yes." I was still thinking, why don't you bring this porcelain vase with you, I remember you used to like it very much. ”

Duran pretended to be embarrassed, and then stopped talking a little shyly.

This is what Nanting gave to the next person from the former Nanting, and when it was sent to her, it was a blue and white porcelain vase.

Nanting is Xiao Jiu's friend and a businessman from the mysterious Western Regions. At that time, Du Lan wanted to match Xia Ruan and Xiao Jiu, so Nanting sent something. Naturally, she accepted it. Later, she felt more and more that this porcelain vase took up too much space, although it was good-looking, but in her eyes, it was not as good as a few taels of silver.

When Xia Ruan got married, she didn't bring this porcelain vase.

Now in order to know something from Jia Hei's mouth, Duran naturally had to find an excuse to walk away alone for a while.

So, she thought for a long time before she thought of the porcelain vase that she had discarded......

Seeing Du Lan's appearance, Cuiliu couldn't help but smile: "I'll put it in the house for you, you can go get it now." ”

Duran also laughed: "Thank you, Sister Cuiliu." Thank you, Sister Cuiliu. ”

After speaking, he turned around and ran towards the Begonia Garden, where Xia Ruan used to live.

Look at Duran like this. Xia Ruan had a smile in his eyes: "Duran is spoiled by me. ”

When Cuiliu saw Xia Ruan say this, she comforted: "Third aunt, don't worry, Duran is a good girl." ”

"yes, I know." Xia Ruan smiled faintly. Follow Cuiliu and continue to walk towards her mother's yard.

These moves of hers. fell into the eyes of Xiao Jiu on the side. Xiao Jiu showed a hint of surprise on his face, and it disappeared in a flash.

The Xia family didn't have any relatives, so the people of the Li family came here to make up the numbers. Even Wen Zhonghuai couldn't help but follow behind Ang Lee. Come to Xia's house and take a look. In the past, Wen Zhonghuai had a lot of appreciation for Xia Ruan, after all, not every woman in the boudoir could make these choices like Xia Ruan. Over the years, whether in business or in dealing with people, Wen Zhonghuai felt that Xia Ruan was particularly suitable for Xiao Jiu.

As soon as Xia Ruan entered the house, he saw Li An glancing at Xiao Jiu with a displeased expression, and then snorted coldly. Ang Lee's actions made Xia Ruan couldn't help but wonder what kind of angry thing her husband had done to make her cousin so unhappy.

Li Changfeng, who was on the side, couldn't help coughing and reminded Li An, and Li An couldn't help but put on a smiling face.

For these, Li did not pay attention to it.

When Xiao Jiu and Xia Ruan entered the door just now, Xiao Jiu's walk was slightly slower than Xia Ruan's, and his eyes stayed on Xia Ruan's body. Li could see that the gaze in Xiao Jiu's eyes was very similar to the way she looked at Xia Fucheng back then.

Even, there was more love in Xiao Jiu's eyes than she did back then.

As long as they are married, she has nothing to worry about.

Li still remembered that he was dissatisfied with Xiao Jiu a long time ago. This person is not only a concubine, but people outside are rumored to be cowardly and incompetent, and the Li family has always been afraid of letting his daughter go on his own path, so he has also refused Nan Xiao's proposal again and again. But now, Li has discovered that many of the rumors are actually not true. So for Xiao Jiu is concubine, she also selectively forgot about it.

"Have you lived in the past few days?" Li waited for Li Changfeng to leave with Li An and Xiao Jiu before trying to ask his daughter, "Is Aunt Lin a good person to get along with?" ”

Xia Ruan replied with a smile: "I'm fine, I'm used to everything." Mrs. Lin is a good person, she didn't let me go to say hello for the past few days, and when I came back, she asked me to bring something to you. Mother, don't worry about me, you have to take care of yourself. ”

"You girl, Aunt Lin won't let you ask you to be safe, so you won't go?" Li Shi was a little anxious, "Does she not like you?" What can I do? ”

The Li family inevitably thought too much, after all, in the Xia family all these years, she also knew some sophistication.

Aunt Lin is Xiao Jiu's biological mother, although she is only an aunt, there is only one person alive among Nan Xiao's elders. Therefore, if Aunt Lin doesn't like her daughter, then in the inner house, her daughter's status is also a little aggrieved.

Li naturally didn't want his daughter to suffer a little grievance.

She is a selfish mother.

What Li was thinking in his heart, Xia Ruan naturally knew.

She chuckled helplessly, and then shook her mother's hand: "No, mother." Mrs. Lin told her subordinates that she liked to be quiet, so she didn't let her daughter go to say goodbye. In fact, Mrs. Lin asked her to send some medicinal herbs to her daughter to replenish her body. Before her daughter got married, she fell ill. Therefore, Aunt Lin asked her daughter to take good care of her body, so she was exempted from these etiquette. ”

Aunt Lin has never been an eventful person, so she has been a little aggrieved in Nanxiao over the years.

Because Nanxiao's people have always bullied the soft and feared the hard.

Now that Nan Xiao's people are left, Aunt Lin and her children are left, and she naturally hopes that the children will live well.

Therefore, Aunt Lin didn't even interfere in anything in the house. Let Xia Ruan call the shots in everything, and also to let people know Xia Ruan's status as soon as possible.

For these, Xia Ruan is very grateful.

She is very concerned about Xiao Yuanxi's affairs, and it is somewhat because Aunt Lin is good to her. And Xia Ruan felt that Xiao Yuan would definitely be able to speak in the future, she had been reading medical books with Du Ruo, hoping that one day she could do what she thought.

After all, Aunt Lin's life was too hard, and her eldest son was forced to marry the Zhang family as a concubine, and later went crazy.

The youngest daughter was dumb and half-deaf.

The youngest son has gone......

Fortunately, Xiao Jiu is angry, otherwise Aunt Lin will live her life. I'm afraid I'm going to have to suffer forever.

Li Shi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." That's good. ”

Xia Ruan got closer to her mother, and she clearly saw that there was some dark shadow under her mother's eyes. Although it is coated with a thick layer of rouge, it can still be seen clearly.

Is something going on at home?

Otherwise, how could my mother have insomnia.

Xia Ruan remembered Du Lan's words, Du Lan's encounter with Cuiliu in the medical hall. It has always made Xia Ruan feel nostalgic. Mother's mind is the same as before. No matter what happens. I always want to protect her, so I have to hide a lot of things from her.

Thinking of this, Xia Ruan couldn't help but whisper tentatively: "Mother." Later, the daughter will go and see her father. I didn't see him on the day I got married, so I should take my uncle to see him. ”

Li's face showed some astonishment, but he quickly laughed again: "No need, your father has had a cold these days, if you are sick, you and your uncle." You also know your father's temperament, he is always a bit aggressive when he speaks. Today is a happy day, and it will not be good if you lose your interest. ”

When Xia Ruan saw her mother say this, she had no choice but to nod and say yes.

After all, my mother's words are all reasonable.

However, although she said yes in her mouth, the doubts in her heart became bigger and bigger. There must be a reason why her mother was reluctant to let her see her father at this time.

No matter how much my mother doesn't like my father, the two have been together for so many years, according to my mother's temperament, it is estimated that the two of them will make do with this in this life. No matter how sorry my father was for their mother and daughter, he would always be her Xia Ruan's father in name, so she should go back to see her father.

But the mother made excuses at this time and told her not to go.

How could Xia Ruan not doubt it.

Xia Ruan bowed her head and was silent, she hoped that Duran could find out what was going on from Jia Hei's mouth.

After all, she didn't want her mother to be sad and uncomfortable, and she didn't know it.

In her previous life, her mother hid it from her too well, so when her mother died, she still didn't know about the Yue family.

If she hadn't gone to Yue's house in person in this life, she wouldn't know why Tang Jingxuan's mother would hate her so much.

Some things, perhaps in the dark, are predestined.

……

Xiao Jiu and Li An and his son sat in the west living room, and Wen Zhonghuai watched the three of them talk about things in the court, and suddenly felt bored.

He had long been tired of hearing these things.

In fact, Wen Zhonghuai wanted to know about Nanting from Xiao Jiu's mouth.

In the past few days, the eldest prince is about to be deprived of his rights by the emperor, and the ministers who are very close to Cinnabar are even more uneasy, as if the hunter is waiting for the prey to enter the trap.

But why they were so excited, Wen Zhonghuai couldn't guess clearly.

After all, this group of people neither stood behind the Great Prince, nor did they completely follow behind the Sixth Prince, so what good would it do them for the Great Prince to be seized of power?

Wen Zhonghuai couldn't see the reason clearly......

What made Wen Zhonghuai even more curious was that Cinnabar suddenly appeared in the capital in the past few days, and after a few days in the capital, Nanting, who was very close to Xiao Jiu, also appeared in the capital again.

If it is said that cinnabar is a divine dragon that sees the head but does not see the tail, then this Nanting is even more mysterious.

He and Xiao Jiu have known each other for so many years, but they have never seen Nanting clearly.

The appearance of Nanting this time, Wen Zhonghuai thought it was quite interesting.

"You're still saying it's not your fault?" Li An trembled angrily, "The matter over there in Huai'an, if it weren't for your talking, how could the emperor let me go?" Do you know that I'm not the only one over there in Huai'an? ”

Li An raised his voice at this time, so that Wen Zhonghuai had to look at it again.

At this time, Li An abandoned his usual calmness and looked unhappy at Xiao Jiu, like a child.

Wen Zhonghuai knew. I really don't blame Ang Li for this matter, after all, the matter on Huai'an's side is still a bit tricky for Ang Lee.

However, this matter was asked by Li Changfeng to Xiao Jiu to do it.

Xiao Jiu naturally couldn't refuse.

After all, if this thing is done, it will help Ang Lee too much in his career.

It's just that this time Princess Qinghe is said to also go to Huai'an.

What is Li An worried about, except for Li Changfeng, he and Xiao Jiu all know about the people in the room.

Because Li Changfeng is here. Naturally, what Li Ang said was not too obvious.

Xiao Jiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Li An. Then he asked softly, "Why can't you go?" If Huai'an's affairs can end smoothly, and when you come back, you will be a second-class master, what a good opportunity? I don't know how many people want to go. ”

Li An saw that Xiao Jiu said so lightly, and his anger trembled even more.

Xiao Jiu actually said. Is this a good opportunity?

Li An couldn't understand what was going on in Xiao Jiu's head. In the past few days, Princess Qinghe has been getting more and more painful. If it weren't for the fact that Mo Yan's background was too low, it was estimated that Princess Qinghe would not be surprised to marry Mo Yan in the future.

Whether Mo Yan can be a horse master or not has nothing to do with him. It's just ink......

Ang Lee heard the name. I have a headache.

At first, when this person met him, he kept asking Ang Lee if he remembered him. Li An was polite at that time, so he told Mo Yan many times that he didn't remember Mo Yan, to be precise, they hadn't seen it at all.

But even so, in addition to showing a lonely expression, Mo Yan would continue to approach him.

Ang Lee is somewhat disgusted with people like Mo Yan.

After all, Mo Yan is a man, and he has hands and feet, why should he be Princess Qinghe's male pet for a little right? Li An subconsciously looked down on such a man, especially recently Li An also heard that Mo Yan and Cinnabar knew each other before, and he felt that Mo Yan was a monster.

Such a person, he feels disgusted when he looks at it more.

But the matter of Huai'an, he has to solve it personally.

Qinghe Gong is going to Huai'an, so Mo Yan will naturally follow, and when the time comes...... Li An rubbed his brows, feeling that Xiao Jiu had given him a big problem.

"I don't want to go." After waiting for a long time, Li An held back a sentence and came out, in front of his father, he naturally couldn't lose his temper with Xiao Jiu, "Otherwise, you let my lobby brother or second cousin go, I see that they really want to go to Huai'an." ”

"Presumptuous." Li Changfeng put the teacup in his hand on the table, his eyes showed a fierce light, "You know how to play all day long, and live in a daze." Now let you do some small things, if you can't even do this thing, what career will you take? ”

As soon as Li Changfeng spoke, Li An was like a defeated rooster, and he didn't dare to speak anymore.

Ang Lee was somewhat afraid of his father.

He didn't listen to his father at first, and went to the Western Regions alone, but later he was poisoned on the way back to the Western Regions, and his father asked people to pick him up. But when his father arrived, he was already sick because of the poison, and finally returned to the capital to raise it for a year. But this memory in the Western Regions has been completely forgotten.

So up to now, Ang Lee has no memory of the Western Regions. The only thing that can be remembered is clumps of red and blooming safflower Lycoris.

He went to the Western Regions with all his might, but in the end, it was like this, and he almost lost his life.

Li An naturally didn't dare to think about anything else, nor did he dare to refute his father's words.

Huai'an's affairs are indeed beneficial to him, but they are a little troublesome to deal with.

After the matter in Los Angeles was resolved, many people still rushed to the capital. Naturally, the capital could not accommodate so many refugees, so the emperor ordered these people to be sent to Huai'an. Now the queen mother's body is not as good as day by day, and the emperor is not thinking about doing something good at this time to accumulate blessings for the queen mother, so he is ready to send a court official to Huai'an to deal with the affairs of these refugees.

Li Cheng and Li Tu were very interested in this matter at first, after all, the affairs of Huai'an were handled well, and it was inevitable that they would be promoted to the rank of knight after returning. Princess Qinghe went to Huai'an, but also to appease the people, to be so close to a princess, the opportunity is even less pitiful.

After all, Princess Qinghe is the emperor's favorite princess, and everyone hopes to be good with this princess.

Even if this princess's style is not very good.

Power is a seductive thing.

Seeing Li An like this, Wen Zhonghuai quickly changed the topic. Said to Xiao Jiu: "Master Hou, I heard that in the past few days, a lot of merchants from the Western Regions have come to the capital?" ”

In front of outsiders, Wen Zhonghuai rarely called Xiao Jiu 'Ninth Brother'. For Li Changfeng, Wen Zhonghuai is also a little wary.

After all, Li Changfeng is a person, Wen Zhonghuai feels a little scary.

"Hmm." At this point, Xiao Jiu replied to Wen Zhonghuai affirmatively, "There are a lot of people here, and some of them went to Huai'an." ”

When Li An heard the word Huai'an. I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Let him go to Huai'an. Could it be that there is something else going on?

For Xiao Jiu, Ang Lee actually has too much dissatisfaction.

This person always has a smile on his face, but it is obviously a smiling face, but it makes people feel distant. And. He is a member of Nan Xiao. But he can stand in a higher position than Dong Xiao. What's even more outrageous is that Xiao Jiu is obviously just a concubine.

Who would have expected that he had no one to help in secret. was knighted so quickly.

Li An used to think that his father was an unfathomable person, but now when he sees Xiao Jiu, he feels the same way.

Li Changfeng frowned, then held the teacup and thought for a while: "This time things are a bit strange. The matter over there in Los Angeles has obviously been resolved, why do these people still want to come to the capital? It stands to reason that among these people, there should be no people from the Western Regions. ”

Wen Zhonghuai sighed: "Speaking of which, it's all the fault of the little general of the He family. ”

After Song Enpei returned from Los Angeles, the general guarding the pass in Los Angeles was replaced by someone from the He family.

There will be someone from the He family in Los Angeles now, which is a bit unexpected by Wen Zhonghuai.

After all, the current He family is no longer the He family of the past. However, this little general, it is said that he still has a lot of military merits on his body, and he looks more like a pawn in the army that the He family planted many years ago.

But if it is a chess piece, the little general's approach is not like what a sane person should do.

Los Angeles has always had a lot of exiles from the Western Regions enter, in order to prevent spies from the Western Regions from mixing in the refugees. Daqin's side has already stipulated how many people can enter Daqin every year. As long as this number is exceeded, then no matter what the excuse is, the people of the Western Regions who want to enter Great Qin will not be able to enter the territory of Great Qin.

But this little general of the He family did this outrageously.

Because the drought was resolved, a large number of people from the Western Regions poured into Los Angeles. It was clear that the number of people stipulated by Great Qin had already exceeded the quota of Great Qin, but the little general of the He family let these people enter Los Angeles, and also wrote a note to tell the emperor, saying that he had mercy on these poor people, and if they were driven out of the land of Great Qin, they would definitely be dead.

For these traitorous fugitives, after being caught, these people will starve to death in the Nixi Kingdom.

Because, what they have done, they have betrayed the country.

Emperor Jianguang had not yet given a clear answer to this proposal, and the little general of the He family began to take in these exiles endlessly.

This also led to the fact that many of the displaced people who went to Huai'an came from the Western Regions.

Although Emperor Jianguang was angry, in order to accumulate blessings for the Queen Mother, he did not pay much attention to these.

However, just because he doesn't pay attention doesn't mean that others don't pay attention.

Li Changfeng and Xiao Jiu both noticed that the people from the Western Regions who had recently entered Great Qin were several times that of previous years.

If this continues, they can't guarantee that no spies will sneak in.

Therefore, at this time, Li Changfeng asked Xiao Jiu to tell the emperor to let Li An deal with this matter.

After all, he is Ang Lee's father, and some things are really difficult to come forward.

"I know what to do." Li An heard the meaning of his father's words, and the originally angry look on his face was much better, after all, this matter was indeed a little strange.

Now is the time when Great Qin is uneasy, and he will not allow any mistakes.

The atmosphere in the room was a little heavy for a while.

No one continued to speak, just held the teacup and drank tea.

……

At that time, in the Begonia Garden, Duran looked at Jia Hei with a stunned expression.

Her eyes widened, "What do you mean?" The lord has been gone for a long time? Where did he go? Did Mrs. send the old man back to Dongyang County? How could it be ......"

Jia Hei was so frightened that he almost took the initiative to cover Du Lan's mouth, but because of the difference between men and women, Jia Hei glared at Du Lan anxiously: "You can be quiet, Madam doesn't allow us to say it." Do you remember the little breeze in the front yard? She was beaten by her wife for talking nonsense in private, and she is still lying in the house. ”

Jia Hei felt that since the young lady got married, the lady has become more and more careful, and the management of her subordinates has become more and more strict.

It's hardly like a lady's style.

What happened inside, Jia Hei also didn't know.

But it was true that he hadn't seen his master for a long time.

In the past, when the weather was a little better, the old man would always let him go to the courtyard for a while, drink some good wine and talk to him.

But in the past few days, not only has the old man not come out to walk around, but the yard where the old man lives is often dark.

If the old man is really sick, then he should also be on the side.

But Mrs. let him go to the outer courtyard, which made Jia Hei have to wonder if the master had done something excessive, and was directly sent to Dongyang County by his wife.

After all, what the master sometimes says is really annoying. (To be continued......) (To be continued......)

PS: I'm Daifa-kun, and the author is not there.