When Chen Wenlin returned home, it was already time for dinner. It happened that Chen Yuanheng also went down to the yamen, and the family sat together and ate affectionately. Bai Shi was satisfied and said: "If you can be like this every day, your son and daughter-in-law are in front of you, and you can eat together, how good it would be." ”

Chen Yuanheng smiled.

After the meal, the family went to the flower hall to chat while drinking tea, which is the habit of the Chen family, but Mei Ying is not used to it. Chen Yuanheng didn't care, and asked, "Lin'er, why did the emperor talk to you for so long?" ”

Chen Wenlin said: "I didn't ask about the situation in Nanyang, but when I was interested, I asked someone to bring a map over, and while looking at the map, I asked about the situation in Nanyang, and I unconsciously talked about it for a long time." It can be seen that the emperor is very happy. ”

These words are the affairs of the imperial court, Mei Ying felt that she really shouldn't listen to it here as a woman, but her mother-in-law didn't leave, but listened carefully, Mei Ying hesitated, thought about it and said, "I'll go see if the tea is burned?" ”

When that's done, you're going to quit. Chen Wenlin and Chen Yuanheng didn't care. What else to say, Bai Shi understood, and said with a smile: "Mei Ying, you just arrived at our house and don't know the rules of our house. Even when it comes to the political affairs of the imperial court, our family just asks the maids and servants to go down, and I, your sister-in-law, and your sister Wen Hui all listen to it together and discuss it together. After all, the political affairs of the imperial court are also related to those of us women in the inner house, and women who do not understand political affairs are not able to manage the family well, and they cannot be good and virtuous helpers to their husbands. If your sister were here today, you wouldn't have to speak to your father. She must have been the first to ask Wenlin. ”

Mei Ying was a little embarrassed when she was poked with her heart, but when she heard her mother-in-law say this, she was very surprised, this family is really different from ordinary families, and her father never talked about these court things at home. Moreover, she has received a Confucian education since she was a child, and she pays attention to not listening to incivility, not looking at incivility, and women cannot participate in politics. Where can I accept it all at once. I can't figure out if my mother-in-law is testing her, or if it's really like this.

Chen Wenlin hurriedly said: "Mei Ying, what my mother said is true. That's how our family is. You went to see if the water for boiling tea was boiled to avoid it, right? These are the things that the maids do. Where do you do it yourself? Just listen here. If you have a different opinion, you can also bring it up. Let's talk about it together. One person counts short, two counts long. ”

Mei Ying was shocked when she heard this, not only did she have to let herself listen. Also involve yourself in the discussion. Are these things in the court that women can participate in?

Before she could react, her mother-in-law Bai said: "The emperor is happy with you, where are we in the queen, those concubines in the harem are constantly fighting openly and secretly, I was impatient, so I made excuses, didn't wait for you, and came back directly with Mei Ying." It's good that we're back, or we're waiting for you, when will it be? ”

Chen Wenlin said with a smile: "The emperor keeps asking, just thinking about answering, I racked my brains, where can I have time to send you a letter." Besides, although Mei Ying entered the palace for the first time, I was very relieved to have her mother with her. ”

Bai smiled.

Chen Yuanheng continued to ask: "Where does the emperor prefer to ask?" ”

Chen Wenlin said: "The emperor asks a lot about crops. I also asked a lot about the construction of our four cities, and also asked about the situation of the local aborigines. ”

Bai said, "What about those natives? Every time you say that you want to exterminate the natives, I am terrified, especially your sister, why is that murderous so great? Or a girl? ”

Chen Wenlin said: "Those natives are lazy to eat, they are not good at work, and they are jealous of our life, and often come to make trouble, but they are relatively backward, and most of them do not even have decent weapons. So, when you fight us, it's really not an opponent. Now we need slaves everywhere, and I am reluctant to kill them, so I try to let them be captured alive and then exchanged them with my eldest brother's slaves. However, my sister is really bloody, and her walls are covered with indigenous heads every day. Looks weird. ”

Mei Ying couldn't help but cry out "ah". After calling it out, I realized that it was too rude, and hurriedly said, "Father, mother, I am rude." ”

Bai Shi smiled and comforted: "Good boy, don't be afraid, Lin'er is here to scare you." Come and do it by my side. ”

Mei Ying hurriedly sat down beside Bai Clan.

Chen Wenlin said: "Where am I scaring people, it is really Qingchun City that kills the most among the four cities, if I am not from the family with Hui'er, I wonder if she has a grudge against those natives?" ”

Chen Yuanheng frowned and thought for a while and said, "I haven't seen Hui'er for more than two years. Why don't we find a time to go to Luzon for the New Year, first, to see Hui'er, and second, to see the foundation of our family in Luzon. ”

Bai asked: "I can go away, but my lord, you have a lot of affairs in your yamen, can the emperor let you go?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said with a smile: "After the last time His Majesty Wenlin saw me, the emperor once summoned me. Asked me a few things about promoting the new crop. Now the north has promoted corn, cotton, and sweet potatoes. Jiangnan and other places have been promoted very well. But these add up to less than the production of grain overseas. Therefore, the emperor is already very interested in this place where grain is produced overseas, and he is about to send someone to take a look. I offered to take a look. The emperor said that when the autumn harvest of Dachu is over, there is no work to do in winter, so he will send me and a few officials of Sinong to Xinguang City and Luzon for a walk. ”

Chen Wenlin was very happy and said: "That's good, we can be reunited this year." ”

Bai was also very happy and said, "We can also meet our grandson together." ”

Chen Yuanheng smiled slightly.

The family discussed it again, and Chen Yuanheng suddenly said: "Actually, not only is the emperor interested in overseas affairs, but the crown prince is also interested there. ”

Chen Wenlin said: "Yes, last time, I had dinner with the prince, and the prince asked a lot of questions, and he was really interested, but he was not for crops, he was more from a strategic point of view." ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "The prince is becoming more and more incomprehensible, and he will definitely grow into a Ming Jun who is not inferior to the emperor in the future." However, such a Ming Jun is not easy to serve. ”

Mei Ying was a little surprised to hear them lash out at the prince like this. But seeing that Bai and Chen Wenlin didn't care, they hurriedly suppressed the shock in their hearts and continued to listen.

Chen Wenlin said: "No, although he still misses my old feelings, it is no longer possible to call him a brother like before, that is, Liu Jingyuan, who he trusts the most, is now cautious and respectful in front of him." ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Speaking of Liu Jingyuan, this time the emperor is going to send us to Nanyang, and the prince also recommended it, and Liu Jingyuan also went with him." Yesterday Liu Jingyuan met me in the yamen. He told me that if he went with him then, he wanted to take Mingzhu and the child with him. Mingzhu misses Wen Hui very much. ”

Bai said with a smile: "They have the best relationship since childhood. When she was in Anseong, Wen Hui had so many friends, how many are left now? Since Wang Yaozhen entered the prince's mansion, she has been separated from Wen Huisheng. After Li Shuyu entered the prince's mansion, there was no one in front of him, and he was no longer with them, and he was going to become an enemy. The sisters of the Lan family, an elder sister married into the Wang family, although she is still better with Wen Hui Mingzhu, but due to the reasons of her mother-in-law's family, she slowly became separated. My sister is even more excessive, after marrying into the Li family, she completely listens to Li Shuyu and doesn't associate with us anymore. Fortunately, Meizhen's sister Qiaozhen has always been in contact with Wen Hui and Mingzhu. It's a pity that Qiaozhen married a little far away, not in the capital, and there are even fewer of them together. There is also Huang Tingzhen's daughter Huang Yuyan, who originally played less, but after a long separation, the natural relationship faded. Counting up, there are only two sisters, Mingzhu and Wen Hui. ”

Bai Shi continued: "Mingzhu suffered so much when she was a child, and now she can be regarded as bitter and sweet, and she is very good to marry. Jingyuan has always been very good to her, and her mother-in-law and father-in-law listen to her for everything. She has a rich dowry, and took over the business of her in-law's family, in recent years, relying on sea trade, getting richer and richer year by year, there are already a lot of tea farms in Jiangnan, not to mention, some heirs were difficult in the past few years, and now they are all right, and they have children, what a blessed person. The happiest thing is my sister Hu, now she not only has to take care of the hospital, but also takes care of her two grandchildren, although she is busy, but she is very happy. I looked at it with envy. Although I also have grandchildren and granddaughters, I am not in front of me, so I am really anxious. ”

Everyone laughed.

Mei Ying listened attentively, it turned out that Liu Jingyuan's wife Mingzhu also suffered when she was a child, and she would have the opportunity to ask Chen Wenlin what the situation was in the future. Also, my mother-in-law likes children so much, she is still very young, and her father-in-law is also in his prime, the relationship between the two is very good, and there are no concubines, why are there only three Chen Wenlin brothers and sisters? Now that the children have grown up and the grandchildren have all been born, they are still not pregnant, is there anything she doesn't know, it seems that there are many questions to ask Chen Wenlin......

Bai continued: "It's best if Liu Jingyuan and his wife can go with us. We were reunited when we arrived in Nanyang. Okay, it's not too early, Wen Lin and the two will return to the door tomorrow, I have everything ready, and I also invited Wenchang from the mansion and Wen Hao to accompany me. and Bai Jiachuan from my mother's side is also accompanied, there should be no problem. By the way, there is also Liu Jingyuan. With Jing Yuan here, I can rest assured that his intelligence and ability are all first-class. ”

Chen Wenlin said: "It's not to go to the battlefield when you go back to the door, what kind of intelligence and ability do you use, mother, you can rest assured." ”

After speaking, he took Mei Ying to say goodbye to her parents and went back to her small yard. (To be continued......)

ps: Thanks to the demon 71 for the double monthly pass.