In the early winter of the twenty-fifth year of Jing'an, Xu welcomed his first daughter as he wished. At the full moon banquet of this little lady, it was diagnosed that the second grandmother Li was pregnant, and all of a sudden the Zhongguo Mansion could be described as a double happiness.

The old lady has recovered from Xie Fang's affairs, plus two granddaughters-in-law, one is alive and the other is there, which makes the old lady feel a lot more energetic. And his second son Xie Xiao will return to Beijing next spring to report on his work, and his third son Xie Ze has already passed the word back, and he will come back with his family for the New Year this year. So the old lady was very happy, although this year's autumn banquet was not held because of Xie Rong's marriage, but the full moon banquet of the little great-granddaughter was lively.

Wisteria stood in the room, holding a large glass of water in her hand, and took a sip very comfortably. Squinting her eyes and looking at the snowflakes outside through the window, she was a southerner in her previous life, and she was very unaccustomed to the weather in the north when she first came here last year, and half of the winter was spent in a cold. But this year is different, the body is strong, and it has adapted to the climate of the north. Looking at the snowflakes flying in the sky and drinking the ginger brown sugar water specially prepared for her by Cai'er, Wisteria felt a little satisfaction in her heart.

The marriage between the second young master of Yunjun Wangfu and Xie Fang was proceeding in an orderly manner. Since Xie Fang made a marriage, he completely cut off some flower parties, banquets and the like outside, except for the good invitations of the family, such as the Xu family's sister-in-law Jian Yingrong gave birth to a second son, the old lady's sister-in-law, the old lady's sister-in-law, the old lady Zhongwubo, the old lady's birthday, and so on.

In addition, Xie Fang only continued to learn the female celebrity in her own home, and twice a week followed the palace grandmother specially invited by the family to learn the rules, no matter what, Xie Fang is going to marry the palace, and this etiquette cannot be sloppy. When she was sick for a while, Jiao Niang and Ru Niang came to visit twice, and Xu Xiu also came to visit. What is surprising is that Xie Xuan, the concubine of Xie Hao, the second master of Huai'en Houfu, also came alone once.

By the time Xu's daughter Sister Meng'er was able to hold her upright, Li's fetus was also stable. The Zhongguo Mansion welcomed back Xie Ze's family lively.

As mentioned earlier, although Xie Ze is a concubine, he grew up next to the old lady, and his biological mother has been serving since the old lady was a young lady, so in the eyes of the old lady, there is no difference between him and his own son, and he is a filial piety, so the three brothers of the Zhongguo Mansion get along very well.

Xie Ze is Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old today, with a rough face, tall, different from the elegance of Xie Yuan, the prince of Zhongguo, and his body is full of traces of hammering in the barracks all year round. Mrs. Xie San stood with her husband as if she would be put into it by him, a very typical southern woman, petite and delicate. Xie Ze's eldest son, Xie Wei, is now an official under his father's account, and he has not returned this time with his wife and children. Coming back with the second son Xie Fu and the second son-in-law, as well as two daughters, a concubine and a concubine, the concubine Xie Yun is eighteen, and she will marry next year, and the concubine is fourteen, called Xie Ying.

On the night when Xie Ze's family arrived, the pine oil lamps in the courtyard of the old lady's pine crane garden reflected the whole garden as if it were day. There were snowflakes floating outside the window, and the house was full of laughter. The family is divided into men and women, and there is no screen, Brother Lang took Brother Yue, and Xie Fu's son and daughter ran all over the ground, and the old lady sat on the top while holding the hands of the third daughter-in-law, while looking at the children with a smile.

Xie Fang fiddled with the coral bracelet in his hand, while talking to Xie Ying beside him, unlike other families, Xie Ze's two daughters, the concubine is a person who doesn't like to talk, just sit there and listen to them with a smile, but the concubine Xie Ying is a lively person, and she went with Xie Fang in a few words, and the two of them are the same age, so they are quite close to each other.

When Xie Fang talked about Xie Ping angrily, Xie Ying immediately said: "Sister Fang, I think you are too good-natured, you wait, this kind of person can't be blindly angry with her, you have to outwit, let's sum it up, don't you want to eat ancestor rice together for the Chinese New Year this year?" I have to make her ugly.

One sentence came to Xie Fang's heart, and he begged the old lady to let Xie Ying live in the garden. This is also a matter of indifference, seeing that the old lady ordered it, Xu Shi hurriedly asked Baoping to arrange it without mentioning it.

After the meal, Xie Ze saw that although the old lady was still in good spirits, she was old, and she hung her head frequently, so she kowtowed and retreated with her wife and children.

Tan took Xie Ze's daughter-in-law to their residence, but Xie Ze and Xie Yuan came to Xie Yuan's study in the northeast corner. Xie Ze looked at Xie Zhong, who was about to invite Xie Fu out of the garden together, and whispered, "Zhiyuan is also here." ”

Xie Zhong bowed his hand to Xie Fu, whispered a few words to Xie Yi, and followed the third uncle and his father to the study. The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the handrails on both sides of the small wooden bridge leading to the study had accumulated a thick layer, but the bridge was very clean.

Entering the main room of the study, an old servant of sixty or seventy years old walked in with a tea tray, followed by a little boy, the old servant put the teacup in the tea tray in front of the three people, and the little boy in the back filled the cup with the big teapot in his hand, and then the two of them withdrew silently as when they came in.

"Xie Hai is back too." Xie Ze took a sip of tea.

"Oh~ when did it happen?" Xie Yuan went to see Xie Zhong after listening.

The son did not listen to the rumors that were staring at him and came back, but only knew that he was also going back to Beijing this year. And according to the news that his son got, because they started late, they couldn't get to Beijing three days behind the third uncle" Obviously, Xie Hai avoided the information network of the Zhongguo Mansion.

"He's coming back, but he's coming back for two days. In three days' time, they will reappear in the large army that has returned. Xie Ze continued. It is rare for Zhiyuan to be able to accurately grasp these itineraries of his. ”

"He really has the ability, you are the emperor personally recalled to return to his life, but he only returned to Beijing last year to receive the emperor's appointment, but I don't know what name he came back in this time? Also, who did he go to see when he came back sneakily away from everyone? Xie Yuan said as he looked at the third brother.

"It was Hong Hai's idea, and he had to be named General Zhongwu this time, and Hong Hai was behind it. When he returns to Beijing at this time, Hong Hai must have something to say to him in person. ”

"What? The military department is still in the book Honghai? How is this possible, that Hong Hai is the maternal uncle of the fifth prince and the brother of the current queen. How could this Xie Hai have anything to do with him. Besides, he sent the girls in the clan to be concubines to King Duan, and later married his only daughter to the eldest son of Yunjun Wangshu. The third child, I can't see through this, what is he going to do? Which side did you fall to? ”

"Hmph, big brother, we all underestimated Xie Hai. beat a small angry bag, so that everyone pitied him, and even the marriage was done by himself. In just a few years, he let Huai'en Houfu hold it up and down like an ancestor, and I think he is too ambitious. ”

"Third Uncle, are you saying that Third Uncle Xie is actually the person of King Jing, the Fifth Prince?"

"It's hard for me to say now, although we are both in the northwest, we have different jurisdictions, and he is mainly responsible for dealing with the nuisance of the Xiongnu and the Turks. However, I have to go more to the Miaojiang side, so we are bounded by the northwest, one south and one north.

"But since your father brought the letter, I know that after he came back to meet the saint last year, he said that he moved Huai'en Houfu to send his daughter to Duanwang's Mansion, and even hit Sister Fang with the idea, I feel that this matter is not simple. Xie Hai's ability to come so far is enough to show that he is a thoughtful person, how can he make this matter clear? Therefore, I still need to get more information to know whether he is Duanwang's party or Jingwang's party. Xie Ze was extremely careful to tell Xie Zhong what he thought.

"Although the saint is still in good health now, I heard from the doctor that there were too many injuries left during the battle for the throne back then, and they were just maintained, so I was afraid that it would be difficult to clean up if an introduction was introduced. The crown prince is a fictitious person, although he assists the emperor in handling government affairs every day, he has to be called to be trained every few days. The fourth prince, King Wuying, is stationed in the northeast with military power, and His Royal Highness King Jing has the support of the queen mother and Hong Hai behind him, not to mention King Duan, who has been operating for so many years to the concubine, and he does not shy away from his own purpose. As for the other princes and princes, there is no need to mention them.

Xie Zhong heard the third uncle say this, so he straightened his posture, this is clearly analyzing the shape of the current imperial court, although the prince of Zhongguo is not inclined to which prince or prince, but some things are not a matter of whether you participate or not, but a question of you have to choose.

"So, there are two possibilities." Xie Yuan stood up, took two steps back and forth, and then said, "If Xie Hai is King Jing's party, then he must have won Hong Hai's trust by walking so close to Hong Hai, and he deliberately made the move of sending the sect girl as a concubine, so that King Duan also thought that he had successfully subdued Xie Hai." The second is that he is actually Duanwang's person, and if he can enter Xie Hai's eyes, it must be Duanwang who is secretly pulling the line, because everyone knows that what Duanwang lacks most is military power. So he can walk between the two people in power without shying away from it, which is really a good way. But what does he mean by marrying the Yunjun Palace, could it be that the Yunjun King has also made his position clear? ”

"King Yunjun is a fool, let the good king of the county not do it, and let the woman point fingers there. An An shares to find a stable family for his children, no matter which prince finally ascends to that position, he will definitely be able to be his idle county king in peace, but he jumped up and down from the Hu family, in the woman's opinion, is the position of a son more important than the life of the whole family? Xie Ze finished speaking fiercely, and then asked, "Big brother, how did you agree to Sister Fang to marry?" ”

Xie Yuan glanced at Xie Ze and didn't squeak. Xie Zhong cleared his throat and said, "Third uncle, it's a long story, and my grandmother and father are also impatient. ”