Pork rib soup with fresh bamboo shoots, sweet and sour lotus root slices, spiced beef, and lotus leaf chicken brought from Tongxin Building......

Even though the prince of Dingbei and his entourage had gone north to return to Beijing yesterday, the Xie family's meal today was still sumptuous, and a small table was almost full. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xie Zhaolin took a bite of the lotus root, and his gaze once again casually swept over Master Xie's pale face, and then stayed on the empty seat next to him.

Why didn't my mother come out to eat?

She wanted to ask what was going on, but glancing at Master Xie's unhappy expression, she thought it might have something to do with it, and finally retracted the idea.

What Xie Zhaolin didn't know was that when she was looking at Master Xie, the other party was also looking at her.

For her performance of wanting to speak several times but finally enduring it, Master Xie was also very surprised. I have the impression that this daughter is a personality who can't hide anything, why does it look a little deep these days?

Maybe she didn't know about it. Shaking his head, he continued to eat the dishes that Aunt Liu gave him.

Speaking of Aunt Liu, perhaps because Mrs. Xie was not at the banquet today, she was extremely active, serving vegetables to the old man vigorously, and her voice was also very soft.

It's just that the smell of fat powder that can be smelled across the table makes Xie Zhaolin suspect that there is no more spice in the dishes his father ate, and he doesn't know if there is more spice in the dishes.

Because Aunt Liu was extraordinarily active, it made the big girl Huan Holly, who was standing on the side in charge of the cloth, a little overwhelmed.

So Xie Zhaolin called her over and asked her to go to the kitchen to load some dishes that she hadn't eaten, and prepare to bring them when she went to see Mrs. Xie later.

It's been a few days since she was reborn, and some time ago, because her body hadn't been well enough and Qian Yuanyuan, she didn't think it was strange that her family was alienated and indifferent to her.

Actually, it's funny, after all, she has lived here for seven years, why does she look strange and difficult to adapt to now?

Speaking of which, I still have to blame Aunt Zhang for teaching her since she was a child, so that she has developed such a personality that looks old and understands the facts, but is suppressed and introverted, and doesn't know what she wants.

So it's time to do your filial piety today!

Xie Zhaolin took a breath and knocked on the door of Mrs. Xie's room, followed by Hongqing who was holding a four-layer food box.

After a while, someone came to open the door, it was Mrs. Xie's personal maid Huan Ruying, Xie Zhaolin asked softly, "Has Mother rested?"

Ruying shook her head and took Xie Zhaolin to the room.

Because there is no window, the light in the room is a little dim, and on the pear blossom wooden table is a bottle of underglaze multicolored black flowers full of flowers, on which is inserted a bouquet of freshly picked peach blossoms, spreading fragrance in the air.

Mrs. Xie sat at the wooden table, one hand supporting her head and closing her eyes, and the rose-red gold-painted peony brocade robe relieved her tiredness.

"Why doesn't my mother lie in bed to rest?" Xie Zhaolin called out and sat down closely.

Mrs. Xie opened her eyes when she heard the sound, a loving smile bloomed on her face, she moved the embroidery stool closer to Xie Zhaolin, grabbed one of her hands and put it on her knee to caress it, and asked with concern, "Has your father reprimanded you?"

Xie Zhaolin shook his head****: "Why did my father reprimand me?"

Mrs. Xie breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and said with a look of annoyance: "Alas, I owe it to me." Yesterday I went to Mafu to discuss the matter of no longer engagement, but I didn't expect that Ma County had already put their baby son in the ancestral hall to think about it. ”

Did you think about putting Ma Wenbin in the ancestral hall? It shouldn't be that you didn't help yourself for the Spring Festival. This matter has now been spread outside, and Ma Xianling and his wife have no reason not to know.

"Yes, the Ma family is really shameless, what does this mean? It's like Second Miss, you've married into the Ma family!" Ruying was indignant on the side, and obviously followed Ma's house.

Originally, Ruying was absolutely not allowed to interject when the master was speaking, but this time Mrs. Xie did not open her mouth to reprimand, thinking that it was also because what they said was indeed reasonable.

It is unheard of to lock a son in the ancestral hall for the sake of his daughter-in-law, let alone a girl who has never even been engaged to a parent! The Ma family's move is indeed inappropriate, and they do dare to do it!

If this move had been put in the past, Mrs. Xie would probably be very happy and feel very face-saving. But now, she doesn't want to marry this in-law, and the Ma family's move is a little annoying.

What is it? It's naked/naked persecution, what do outsiders think about his Ma family's doing this? I must think that this family business is a certainty! What does Ma Wenbin think? She must have hated her daughter even more.

The Ma family lowered their posture and punished their eldest son, but the Xie family said no, whose fault is it in the eyes of outsiders? The fault of the Xie family!

The husband doesn't like his wife, no matter how much the father-in-law and mother-in-law support the daughter-in-law, what's the use, it's still an empty shell!

Therefore, this family business is now not knotted, and it cannot be completed if it is not knotted. No wonder Mrs. Xie was so depressed.

Xie Zhaolin listened to what she said just now, although it was a little unexpected, she didn't say much, she just asked Hongqing to open the food box, and she took out the food inside one by one before she spoke.

"Mother didn't come to dinner at noon, and I don't know if they made you something sweet. This is my mother's favorite soup with fresh bamboo shoots and pork ribs, and it's still hot. ”

The pork rib soup is scooped out and served in a white porcelain bowl wrapped in silver filament, and it is still steaming and fragrant with meat, accompanied by fungus and bamboo shoots, which makes people's appetite move and appetite.

Mrs. Xie looked at Xie Zhaolin with satisfaction, feeling that her thoughts that her daughter had suddenly become indifferent a few days ago were all delusions.

She's still her own little padded jacket!

So Mrs. Xie took a sip of soup, stroked Xie Zhaolin's hair, and comforted her: "Yilin, don't worry, your mother will never let you marry Ma Wenbin." It's just that you have to grasp the prince of Dingbei, you have to grasp the opportunity to see off like yesterday, why did you go to Jingxin Nunnery!"

Hearing her tone, Xie Zhaolin knew that the eldest lady was going to put her on Xia Yuchen again, and it seemed that it was better to say it first.

Who knew that she had just finished saying that she had no intention of Xia Shizi, and Mrs. Xie had a frightened expression on her face.

"Don't you like that young general next to him? That kid wasn't bad. But Yilin, Mother Rong said something frustrating, he is a military general, and he is still in charge of the Northern Desert Campaign, the Northern Desert people have always been savage and good at fighting, and I don't know how many soldiers of the Daxing Dynasty have died at their hands! I'm afraid this major general is..."

I'm afraid that if you accidentally die on the battlefield, you will have to be widowed!

Xie Zhaolin naturally understood what she meant, and said with a funny face: "Where did my mother see that I belonged to him, but it is true that he has a life-saving grace for me." Yesterday I was negligent, and I don't know if I will have a chance to repay him in the future. ”