Qiu Chen eased slightly. If so, what Huo Feibai said is reasonable. The carriages that the children rode in when they went to school were all de-marked, and the accompanying personnel also deliberately disguised their identities. However, if you go out on the street, it is possible that the identity of the vehicle and the accompanying person will be revealed.

"Well, it's also a coincidence, once Man'er met an old woman who fainted from heat stroke on the street, so he rescued him, and happened to be seen by Master Huo......" Qin Zheng said lightly.

Although Man'er followed Old Man Mu to practice medicine in Renhetang, he was wearing men's clothes, and if he wasn't a caring person, he wouldn't know Man'er's identity.

Qiu Chen asked, "How does he know that Man'er knows how to heal?" ”

Seeing his wife's face change suddenly, and even the hand holding it in his palm subconsciously grabbed him, Qin Zheng was slightly surprised, raised his hand and patted the back of his wife's hand in relief, and said, "Master Huo didn't say anything else, just praised Man'er's medical skills." ”

However, she didn't say anything, nor did she ask anything, just stared at Qin Zheng's eyes, waiting for Qin Zheng to continue.

Qiu Chen's pupils shrank suddenly, and unconsciously, the faint smile on his face disappeared. At the same time, her brain was racing rapidly, and Huo Feibai's family background was transferred out - Huo Feibai was the eldest son of Huo Chengzhi, the governor of Liaodi, who lost his mother at the age of six, and once gave the daughter of Xu Hongwen, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace, as his wife, but that Miss Xu had a difficult birth in the second year after marriage, and the boy she gave birth to did not live, and now Huo Feibai is alone and has no children. As soon as he heard the mention of Aman, Qiu Chen subconsciously thought of Aman's marriage and thought that Huo Feibai had no children, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Zheng held the edge of the bathtub with his hand, his wife's little hand stroked his back and brought a slight itch, raised his hand to catch the little hand that was making trouble, Qin Zheng turned around, looked at his wife's calm and innocent eyes, his eyes softened a lot, and said, "At today's banquet, Master Huo asked about Man'er......"

In the steaming heat, Qiu Chen wiped her husband's sturdy back with a wet towel, and then her fingers involuntarily stroked the deep or shallow scars on her back. The deepest one runs almost diagonally across the entire back, all the way to the waist...... This was left behind by Qin Zheng when he went to Nan Chen.

Qin Zheng didn't say anything immediately, but took his wife's hand and got up, walked into the clean room, and asked his wife to bathe and wipe his body for him.

Qiu Chen naturally knew this, she just didn't understand why Qin Zheng mentioned Huo Feibai to her today. However, she couldn't ask at this time, so she could only wait patiently and wait for Qin Zheng to tell her herself.

The Liao region of this era was not the same as modern Liaoning Province, but also included a large area in the eastern part of modern Inner Mongolia and a part of the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, less than 400 miles from the nearest part of the capital. The governor of Liaodi commanded the military power of Liaodi, and he also controlled more than 100,000 troops, which was almost the same as the number of garrisons in the northern border pass, but the geographical location under his jurisdiction was more critical than that of the northern border pass! If the governor of Liaodi moves his army south, he can reach the capital in a few days at the earliest...... Yang Jingyong has great ambitions, if he wants to ascend the throne, the support of the governor of Liaodi is naturally extremely important, and it is best to win it over, and if he can't win it, he will definitely find a way to get rid of it, and there is absolutely no room for vague luck.

Qiu Chen nodded.

"Well, I see." Qin Zheng agreed, holding his wife's arm tightly, "King Yong intends to collect these two ...... You also know that the slaves are just going back, and the Liaodi Governor controls Gyeonggi in the north, which is extremely important. ”

Qiu Chen nodded: "I seem to have mentioned to you, Huo Fei Baixi is in business, and once went to Nanmar Lake to buy lotus roots as a businessman, and I ran into it once." Later, I heard that I also bought water chestnuts and water chestnuts in the lake...... You also know that there are many water chestnuts planted in the south, and no one has planted them around the capital or even in Nanzhili, which is a relatively rare thing. ”

Qin Zheng's gaze turned away from his wife's face, and he shook his head as if he was a little tired: "It's nothing...... Huo Gongzi is just familiar with the second brother, saying that he knew the second brother when he was in Anyang. ”

"I know, what, what's going on?" Qiu Chen's heart was calm, and the tone and expression that naturally responded were also naturally calm.

However, Qiu Chen was also worried, after all, she and Huo Feibai were innocent, and there was nothing to worry about at all.

Qiu Chen's heart jumped...... Qin Zheng'er's appearance seems to be a little unusual. Could it be that Huo Feibai and Qin Zheng are talking nonsense?

Lowering his head and looking into his wife's eyes, Qin Zheng's gaze examined, and suddenly asked, "The eldest son of the Huo family, the governor of Liaodi, came over today......

Noticing that Qin Zheng's arm tightened slightly, Qiu Chen finally stopped letting it go, raised his head and said with a smile: "The smell of wine in your body...... I asked the girls to prepare hot water, you go wash and change your clothes! ”

Qin Zheng's big hands slowly stroked his wife's back, gently dropped a few kisses on his wife's hair, and then slowly retreated around his wife's waist, sat down on the wooden couch, and sat down with his wife in his arms.

Exhaling lightly, Qiu Chen stretched out his arms around her husband's sturdy waist, nested her body into the arms of the strong smell of wine, and pressed her cheeks against the mass embroidery on the man's chest, doing nothing, just relying on it, it seemed to be extremely reassuring.

Qiu Chen frowned, smiled helplessly, and softly hugged her husband's long stretched arms in his arms, and the hot breath and kiss immediately fell on the bun above his head.

Removing the coat on his body and throwing it on the coat rack in the corner, Qin Zheng's eyes were fixed on his wife's face, his hand waved at his side, and several girls who were waiting in the house lowered their hands knowingly and retreated.

After a while, Qin Zheng sent the two princes and guests back to turn back, Qiu Chen got up again, and looked at Qin Zheng, although he still had no expression, but the eyes that looked at her were obviously a little different...... As soon as you look at it, you can tell that you have a sense of alcohol.

The guests of all sizes were sent away, and Qiu Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

Worry is worry, not long after, news came from outside, saying that the two princes said goodbye, she could only put down the three children, hurriedly went over to stare at the two princes to send the two princes away, and in turn, the Tang brothers also came to say goodbye, Qiu Chen saw the two children, and put the fish caught by the children in baskets for the children to bring, as well as Mr. Tang's favorite hibiscus lotus seed cake and chestnut cake, and the rose shortbread and sugar roses that Mrs. Tang liked Qin Shi also brought to the children.

Correspondingly, the three children were not as clingy to her as Brother Yun when she was a child...... Qiu Chen was also faintly worried, he couldn't spend more time taking care of the children, would the children not be close to her in the future? Speaking of which, the children of many large families in this era are closer to the nurse than to the biological mother!

Compared with Brother Yun'er's time, Qiu Chen paid much less to these three children. First, there are more children and not enough energy, and secondly, they can't breastfeed in person, so they naturally have a lot less time to take care of them, plus Qin Zheng is at home, Qiu Chen can't sleep with the three children in person, and he has to allocate some energy to take care of his husband...... After various reasons, I have less time to accompany my three children to take care of my three children every day, and sometimes I come over a day to compensate for a while.

The three children had been breastfed and fell asleep, Qiu Chen sat on the children's kang, raised his hand to touch this little hand, and stroked the other little face, full of soft love, but inevitably a little guilty.

After washing up and changing into comfortable home clothes, Qiu Chen was able to find time to go to the West House to visit the three Chang'er brothers and sisters.

It was tense and busy here, and Qiu Chen didn't have time to pay attention to the side for a while. After staring at the people, cars, and horses all ready, Qiu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and resigned from Yixuan's mother and daughter and returned to Mu'en Courtyard.

In this way, the matter of Yixuan leaving Beijing and returning to Changqing County the next day was decided. Naturally, they were busy inside and out, preparing cars and horses, and arranging send-off personnel...... This season, the canal has been frozen and cannot be sailed, and Yixuan's mother and daughter can only take a carriage if they want to go back to Changqing. Although the speed of the carriage was faster than that of the boats, the road was very bumpy, and this had to be properly arranged.

After lunch, Old Man Mu and Imperial Physician Wen arrived one after another, Qiu Chen temporarily put aside other thoughts, looked at Yi Xuan intently and asked for a pulse, and took over Old Man Mu and Imperial Doctor Wen agreed on the same opinion, both said that Yi Xuan's fetus was firmly seated, as long as it did not fall or touch, it was not too intensely stimulated, and there would be no hindrance on the road.

While eating here, Qiu Chen has been vigilant, making people pay attention to the movements on the other side. However, after the meal, all that came over there was the news that Ah Fu and Junyan were praised by King Fu of Yong, Huo Feibai and Hu Yang, and the mother-in-law who passed the message didn't even mention it.

After eating a meal, Qiu Chen naturally added several kinds of dried vegetables to Yixuan's preparations, especially dried eggplants, except for Yang Jingyong, who asked for five catties, and the remaining ten catties were brought to Yixuan.

Yi Xuan raised her eyes and looked over, and the two mothers looked at each other and laughed with relief. But isn't it, in the eyes of a mother, every child is a piece of meat that falls from her body, how can there be anything bad?

Qiu Chen nodded: "There is nothing bad about the child, it's just that the temperament is different." It's good to be stubborn, it's good to be stubborn, it's good to be ......."

No matter when, although it is hard for a woman to get pregnant and give birth, after the past, all kinds of memories are extremely beautiful and proud...... It's a bit of a rambling story. Yi Xuan couldn't stop talking about the first three children in front of her, and she stroked her stomach for a while and sighed: "This is not a big toss, I think it is also a good temper." ”

Yi Xuan agreed approvingly: "Isn't it, Mingwei didn't hurt her mouth at all when she was a child, except that her stomach grew day by day, she didn't notice any difference, Zhixian was different when he was a child, and he almost couldn't even drink saliva in the first three months......"

Qiu Chen smiled understandingly, and also looked at Yi Xuan's stomach and said: "The nine sons of Longsheng have their own advantages, and the babies have different temperaments, so you are naturally different now!" ”

Yi Xuan subconsciously put her hand on her slightly bulging lower abdomen, and said lovingly: "Mingwei and Zhixian Zhide are not like this, I don't know what's wrong with this, sometimes I can't help it!" ”

When Qiu Chen saw that she saw it, he no longer endured it, he simply let go of the smile again, and only stopped laughing for a while, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief in one hand, patted Yixuan with the other, and said, "What's so shy about this, when you are so shy, it's normal to be partial to anything!" ”

Yi Xuan looked over consciously, and when she saw Qiu Chen's face, she couldn't help but smile, and she understood it after thinking about it, and said with a slight blush: "The few dishes made by my sister-in-law today are really delicious......

Qiu Chen's eyes rolled, and the smile on his face finally couldn't help it.

Thinking in my heart, two kinds of buns were also delivered, the eggplant dry oil squeaked and fragrant, the flavor is unique, and the taste is chewy; The steamed buns with three fresh leeks are fragrant and delicious...... Yixuan was already full after eating a big fish head, smelling the aroma of the buns, she couldn't help but take a dried eggplant bun and eat it. This time, I couldn't hold it back, I ate two, and I couldn't eat it anymore, so I stopped, but my eyes were still uncontrollable to look at the eggplant dry buns!

This chopped pepper fish head is fragrant and spicy, Yixuan has not eaten it before, and she doesn't like to eat it so much...... Qiu Chen saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, 'sour and spicy girl', is Yixuan's baby a daughter? Speaking of which, Yixuan already has two sons and a daughter, and Ming Wei is looking to say that she wants to marry herself, and it would be good if she had another daughter to be a little padded jacket!

The two pairs of mother and daughter laughed and began to use lunch, and the staple food of various dishes was served, Qiu Chen and Aman had a taste for several kinds of Zhuang household meals, while Yixuan and Mingwei preferred to concentrate on delicious fish dishes, especially chopped pepper fish heads, Yi Xuan loved it so much that one person ate almost half of the fish head.

Aman shook Qiu Chen's arm in disagreement: "Mother's ......"

Qiu Chen couldn't help laughing, looked back at Yi Xuan, and said: "When I see that Mingwei is an honest girl, she can't lie, just the two of them stand in front of her, but anyone with a discerning eye can see which one is naughty and playful, Mingwei is mistaken, I'm afraid no one will believe it!" ”

Ming Wei saw that Ah Man was pitiful, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask for guilt: "Auntie, don't blame Sister Man'er, it's Ming Wei who is playful and pulls her sister to accompany me." ”

"Still thinking about next time?"

Aman pouted and muttered his mistake: "Hey, it's my daughter's thoughtfulness, I won't dare next time!" ”

Qiu Chen tilted the little girl on her nose and face, and raised her hand to point on her forehead: "You are used to being crazy, and you don't want to think about your sister who has always been quiet, where can she be like you as a crazy girl, but you took your sister to the window to blow the cold wind, and it has been blowing for so long...... In case you let your sister suffer from the cold, see how I punish you! ”

Touching the hands of the two children with concern, it was okay, not too cold. Aman took the opportunity to wrap his arms around Qiu Chen's arm and came up, and said coquettishly: "Mother, Sister Mingwei and I are both wearing handguards and holding smoked balls, where is it cold!" ”

Qiu Chen didn't know Yi Xuan's thoughts, he only looked at the two girls in front of him, Aman's facial features were bright and bright; Mingwei's facial features are delicate, graceful and beautiful, all of them are at the age of flowers and bones, with pink and white skin, clear eyes, red lips and white teeth...... It's really pleasing to the eye, and you like it when you look at it.

Yi Xuan looked at her daughter with infinite joy and couldn't help but sigh secretly. Seeing that her daughter has reached the age of saying goodbye, and then follow her out of the capital, this family affair will be delayed. In a blink of an eye, I saw the sister-in-law who had pulled the warm hands of the two girls, who was raising her hand to sort out the distribution of her sideburns for Mingwei, and her eyes were full of love and pity...... Yi Xuan's mind turned, and she quickly made up her mind, and entrusted Mingwei's family affairs to her sister-in-law, she believed in her sister-in-law's ability and vision, and believed that her sister-in-law really loved Mingwei's girl.

Aman and Mingwei two girls fished by the fence, and they also had a harvest, a few small white fish that were not too big were raised in the basin and served, and the faces of the sisters were blown by the wind as if they were dyed with rouge, and they were flushed into a piece, which made them smile more and more like flowers, and they were very happy.

Mama Lin agreed, and ordered from below.

Turning around, Qiu Chen instructed Mama Lin: "After eating, you will send someone to ask Imperial Doctor Wen to ask him to diagnose the pulse of the second aunt and grandmother." Please come over too. ”

The two sisters-in-law were talking, and the mother-in-law in the kitchen came up to inform them that lunch was ready. Qiu Chen ordered to put lunch in Wisteria Xuan, and then ordered someone to recall the two girls, Ah Man and Ming Wei. Yixuan was helped by the girl into the clean room to wash.

The girl-in-law next to Yixuan saw that her grandmother was so close to Mrs. Hou, and she was secretly surprised and happy at the same time, her grandmother was a concubine, and she couldn't count on her mother's family, but now she can be so close to Mrs. Hou, which will definitely be of great help to the future of her young master. The young grandparents are rich and prosperous, and they have a good life for those who are dependent.

It is an ordinary custom and tradition to exchange gifts during the New Year's holidays, but this list was in Yi Xuan's hands, and the care and thoughtfulness reflected in the meticulous and thoughtful period made her extremely moved. Now that she realized her sister-in-law's concern and thoughtfulness, Yi Xuan simply let go, and took the gift list to discuss with Qiu Chen about giving gifts to her superiors and subordinates.

These things that Qiu Chen took out also happened to supplement the deficiencies of the things that Yi Xuan brought, such as relatively high-end tonics, perfumes, etc., plus the jewelry and silk that Yi Xuan bought, it was enough to give gifts to the general boss; The more critical boss can add a more expensive glass bowl. Those who are closer to each other can add Beijing specialties and Houfu dim sum. To return the gifts to those squires, it is enough to take two pieces of silk and two specialties of the capital, which is thoughtful and decent. Qiu Chen is not good at saying to his face that Yixuan is not enough to buy things, and giving these things can be regarded as a euphemism, Yixuan's mind is smart and he understands it at a glance.

This era is different from modern times, where online shopping is convenient, and you can easily buy specialty products from all over the world while sitting at home. In this era, transportation was extremely underdeveloped, not to mention that some ordinary villagers had never been out of the village in their lives, even wealthy squires, and many had never been far away. Even though Changqing County is only 400 miles away from the capital, most of the local squires have never been to the capital! Let Yixuan bring some Beijing specialties back to give them away, it is completely not how much money is spent on special products, just the label of "brought back from Beijing" is enough, as for the self-produced dim sum candied fruit, there is also a "Houfu production" name, which is different from the Beijing specialty. Just think about it, if it weren't for Yixuan being the daughter of the Qin family, where would a small county magistrate go to find dim sum in the Jingbei Hou Mansion? It's those chief officials of Nanzhili, who can take out a box of dim sum with the seal of the Marquis Mansion of Jingbei to entertain guests, which is also a matter of double face! It's not relatives or close friends, but I don't have homemade snacks to deal with.

Qiu Chen patted her hand and said with a smile: "Although the things made by yourself are not worth anything, you can take out your hands and have different intentions." The specialties of the capital, those squires who have few people going out should be rare. ”

Eyes swept over the list, Yi Xuan's eyes couldn't help but turn red, raised her eyes to look at Qiu Chen, and could only choke out in her voice: "Sister-in-law......"

Looking at the Beijing specialties at the back, they are indeed the specialties of the capital, in addition to the special products purchased from outside, there are also all kinds of dim sum, candied fruits, and candies made in the house themselves. Although the value is cheaper than the previous ones, it is clear that it has been carefully selected and carefully considered. Even if the cost is not too much, it is rare to have this meticulous and meticulous thought, not to be sincere, where will this thought be spent!

The gift list is very long, and at the beginning, as Qiu Chen said, it is the production of her own workshop, including Poria cocos ointment, deer turtle longevity ointment, filial piety loquat ointment, and Wuzhen Guiyuan ointment produced by the pharmaceutical workshop...... There are perfumes and soaps from the soap workshop...... There is also a set of glass bowls produced in the glass workshop. The price of the tonic medicine in front is already expensive, and the fragrance dew in the back is also a luxury, not to mention the last glass object, a bowl is taken out for dozens of taels of silver!

After saying a few words, Yuegui came back with a silver-wrapped gold gift list, Qiu Chen nodded with a smile, and motioned for Yuegui to give it directly to Yixuan.

Qiu Chen smiled and patted her hand: "It was originally prepared for you, but I didn't expect you to go back so soon...... It's just some of the products in your own workshop and the specialties of Beijing, since you want to go back, it's okay to take them back and give them away. ”

"Sister-in-law......" Yixuan exclaimed, with some shame on her face.

As he spoke, he turned around and instructed Yuegui: "You go and bring the list of things I prepared for my second aunt and grandmother!" Laurel bent his knees and walked away.

The eldest son of the Zhai family is also a county parent in Changqing, and he doesn't have to worry too much about dealing with the squires in his county. Since Yixuan purchased these more valuable things, she thought that it was also a New Year's gift to her boss. It's just that these big road goods just have no characteristics, and the value is not high or low, which is embarrassing, and the gifts of the nobles in Beijing are still very good, and they are really used to give gifts between superiors and subordinates, and these things are a little insufficient. However, it is obviously inappropriate to say it so bluntly, Qiu Chen looked at the list, silently considered it in his heart, and only raised his eyes to look at Yi Xuan after a while, and said with a smile: "Second sister is really a good eye, these things are just popular in Beijing this year, and it is excellent to bring them back and give them away." ”

Qiu Chen didn't shirk either, and agreed with a smile. Soon Yixuan asked someone to bring the list and handed it to Qiu Chen. Most of the new styles of silk and jewelry that Yixuan brought back were the more popular ones in Beijing, but there were not many special products or anything.

Yi Xuan smiled and nodded: "Okay, just me and Mingwei Niang, there are not many things to clean up...... It's just that I have prepared some things to prepare to go back to the Boxing Exchange, I don't know what else is missing, or, I will ask people to bring the list, and my sister-in-law will be affected, so I will consider it for me? ”

The mother-in-law retreated, Qiu Chen leaned on the big pillow and muttered silently, looked up and saw Yi Xuan's concerned gaze, so he smiled and said, "These two have never had much contact with our family...... However, since he was invited by the prince, it has nothing to do with us, so I don't want him. Looking at your complexion, presumably the pulse is also good, Ming'er will leave for home, can the luggage be packed? ”

Qiu Chen blinked and said lightly: "That's it, it's not much of an obstacle." You go and listen to the errand, and if there is anything, you can report it in a hurry! ”

"Mrs. Hui, I heard that the two princes invited me, but I don't know which prince invited me...... Do you want to inquire about it clearly? The mother-in-law outside the door replied.

Qiu Chen was quite surprised when he heard this, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately asked, "These two don't seem to have much to do with our family, why did they suddenly come to the door today?" ”