It was Chinese New Year's Eve in a few days, and the people who went out to study, do business, and pick up work had almost all returned home, and red lanterns were hung on the doors of every house, and brand-new couplets were pasted.

In the flow of people coming and going on the street, there are many more New Year's gifts, whether it is the big red blessing word pasted on the carriage, the festive veil hanging, or the big red box carried and held, all of which are silently proclaiming: It's the New Year.

In the Yu family's mansion, the mare, Ling'er, the head of the house who is not in a high mood, is also strongly commanding various matters.

The major stewards left one after another, and the flower hall was quiet. Ma Ling'er felt a little irritable just now, but now she feels empty again.

In the whole huge mansion, Yu Zhengran and her two masters, it is something that everyone envies, there are no in-laws to wait for, there are no sisters-in-law and uncles to worry about below, there are no harassments from all kinds of relatives and clansmen, and there are no aunts and aunts to obstruct the eyes......

But at this moment, she felt that this mansion was so empty, Yu Zhengran was busy all day long, even if she was in the mansion, she stayed in the study. However, men are like this, do you want him to go around the back house all day long? That's useless.

Originally, Ma Ling'er was very satisfied and nourishing, who didn't envy her sisters and girlfriends around her? It is said that the daughters-in-law in the capital, except for Nangong Miao, the wife of the Marquis of Yongping, are the best for her.

Yes, "except for Nangong Miao", she is not as good as Nangong Miao after all, this will always be the deepest pain in her heart. Just when the New Year was approaching, there was another news that Mrs. Yongping Hou was pregnant.

Thinking of this, Ma Ling'er's heart tingled again. She will be married for a year soon. There was no movement in the belly. Nangong Miao has only been back in Beijing for more than four months. I got pregnant......

In the study, Mr. Yu had just left the secret passage, and Yu Zhengran was stunned by a secret report alone, too many things shocked him, and he needed to digest it.

He didn't expect his father to collude with the Japanese people, he really didn't expect it. No matter what, they are also the royal people of the Great Zhou and the descendants of the Qi family. Even if my father is at odds with the emperor now and wants to seize the throne, it is also an internal matter of the Qi family, just like the children and grandchildren of every big family compete with each other for the family business. However, what is it that the Japanese people joined?

Mr. Yu said it was an expedient measure, but once the Japanese people were glued, was it so easy to get rid of them? The Japanese people have long been greedy for the prosperity and rich products of the Great Zhou, and it took Grandpa Taizu to beat the Japanese people down and surrender for decades.

Moreover, the Japanese are simply greedy and ferocious wolves. Once it gets a little bit of meat, how can it loosen its mouth so easily? At that time, Da Zhou, who had just finished the civil war, still had the energy to drive away wolves?

Yu Zhengran just learned that Lu Dao's father and the Japanese had planned a drama specifically targeting Qi Haoning in the south. What shocked him was not only the "cooperation" between his father and the Japanese people, but also Qi Haoning.

Qi Haoning's martial arts he knows, whether it was before Qi Haoning went to Yuecheng, or after returning to the capital to win the martial arts champion, they have learned many times.

However, it was written in this secret report that Qi Haoning kicked the senior brother of the Water Dragon King out of the ring with only seven moves. Seven moves? According to Mr. Yu, Senior Brother Water Dragon King's martial arts should be similar to Mr. Yu. In other words, Qi Haoning can defeat Mr. Yu within ten moves at most?

And if Qi Haoning wants to defeat Mr. Yu himself, he needs at least thirty or forty moves.

How can it be?

Even if the secret report said that Ouyang Yu, the owner of Guiyi Island, took Qi Haoning to retreat for half a month, it seems that he also taught Qi Haoning's master martial arts and sword technique to Qi Haoning.

However, the moves of martial arts may be practiced in a month or two, but the internal strength cannot be leaped overnight.

Yu Zhengran instinctively doubted whether the senior brother of the Water Dragon King had released the water, and Mr. Yu smiled bitterly: "According to the original plan, he was going to release the water, but he had to do it after seventy or eighty moves, otherwise wouldn't he lose face?" Unexpectedly, as soon as Qi Haoning made a move, he couldn't parry, where did he still think about releasing water? After hearing about it, the lord of Ouyang Island also reprimanded Qi Haoning's kindness. It can be seen that in the eyes of the Ouyang Island Lord, Qi Haoning can also make the other party more miserable.

People who practice martial arts in the rivers and lakes cherish their martial arts reputation just like birds cherish their feathers, and they don't want other aspects of their faces, and they will definitely not care about this aspect. Back then, the White Lotus Gongzi was snatched from the hostages by Shujie, and he no longer came out of the snow mountain all these years. Some people say that before he is sure to defeat Shujie, Bai Yinglian will not appear on the rivers and lakes again.

The name of the senior brother of the Water Dragon King naturally cannot be compared with that of the White Lotus Prince, otherwise he would not agree to "release the water" and lose to a fledgling eighteen or nineteen-year-old hairy boy for the sake of a huge temptation. As for Qi Haoning once killed the Stone Dragon King, there are still many people who don't care too much, Qi Haoning has so many soldiers, and he is the son of Prince Yong, who dares to take credit from him? Besides, the Stone Dragon King doesn't have a name in the rivers and lakes, but he just gathered a group of pirates/

Even if you agree to sacrifice your name in exchange for temptation, you still can't let yourself "lose" too ugly. So at the beginning, the senior brother of the Water Dragon King will still try his best to fight, so that everyone can see his strength, so that after the most luke, he can still say that he is too easy to fight, and he accidentally made a mistake before losing, right?

was defeated in seven moves, and the loss was ugly, which really cannot be the result of "releasing water".

However, Yu Zhengran really couldn't believe it.

Could it be that Qi Haoning, like him, absorbed the internal force of others? Not only one or two, but also all martial arts masters with deep internal strength? No! Not to mention that the kind of exercise that absorbs other people's internal force does not exist in this world, it was a complete coincidence that he was able to absorb a master's internal force in the first place, and he almost went mad because he was counterattacked.

Yu Zhengran was in chaos, his feelings for Qi Haoning were already very complicated, and now they are even more complicated. both envy and jealousy; The people who were happy about their father finally laid a nail next to Qi Haoning, but also worried that something would happen to him; For a while, I thought that if Qi Haoning was gone, even if the little fairy didn't keep watch, it would take a few years before he could marry again, so he bought him more time and opportunities; After a while, he was heartbroken and irritable because he thought of Qi Haoning in case of "accidents", and even thought about how to warn those people that they should only use Qi Haoning and not hurt him......

Yu Zhengran felt like he was going crazy! He needs to get out of the rut and go for a walk. Breathable.

I just approached the flower hall of Director Ma Ling'er. I heard Mother Lin beside Ma Ling'er talking: "Madame, no." The old man has always had a good relationship with the Marquis of Yongping, and there is no reason to give the New Year's gift of the Marquis of Yongping's mansion out of the palace, and it is not good if outsiders know the Tao. ”

Yu Zhengran frowned, and made a silent gesture to the maid who was about to report inside.

Soon, I heard Ma Ling'er respond angrily: "This Nangong Miao just didn't have a good heart, isn't she pregnant?" I still don't know if it's a man or a woman, and you need to show it off like this? Look at it, what 'many sons and many blessings' rice cakes? Just a piece of pastry. Is it necessary to have such a name? Isn't it just to be sarcastic about me? ”

Mother Lin shook her head helplessly, her master was in a demonic obstacle, drilling such a senseless horn tip. However, he still persuaded very responsibly: "Isn't the New Year's gift to be auspicious and joyful? Qiaoweiju's pastries are not only good-looking and delicious, but also have good names, who doesn't know what to do? Why else would everyone like to give away Qiaoweiju's dim sum as a variety of celebratory gifts?

You forget, Qiaoweiju has a dim sum called 'Shilin Chengcai', when that dim sum was launched, Mrs. Yongping Mansion was still in Yulin Town, and there was no round house, can you say that they are showing off that they will be happy to get Lin'er?

Don't be careful, ma'am. I heard that in the annual gifts given by the Yongping Marquis Mansion every year, the dim sum is the same. It's the same for everyone. You've only been married for less than a year, and who's going to sarcastically mock you? There are many people who are happy after two or three years of marriage. Madam, let's keep this snack, the meaning is good, and it's just the New Year's Day, and it's also joyful, isn't it? ”

Ma Ling'er hesitated for a while, still a little unwillingly, and said: "I still don't want to see it, it just so happens that several of my nephews and nieces like their snacks, so let's send them back to General Huwei's mansion, and keep other things for the master." If the master asks about the starting point, he will say that he will send it back to my mother's house to honor my grandfather and father and mother, and he will not care if he thinks about it. ”

"Who says I won't care? Everyone in the house knows that I like Qiaoweiju's dim sum the most. Yu Zhengran stepped into the door with a smile on his face, "At this time of year, I look forward to the New Year's gift of the Yongping Marquis Mansion." If Madame wants to send snacks back to Mafu, I will ask people to go to Qiaoweiju to queue up to buy them. Yu Zhengran was in a very unhappy mood at this time, but his surface skills were good, and he forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, trying not to see the displeasure on his face.

Ma Ling'er didn't expect Yu Zhengran to suddenly appear, which was very embarrassing, and she didn't expect that he would not save face for himself at all, and he would leave the snacks he said he would send back to his parents' house in front of his subordinates.

Isn't it just a box of snacks? If you want to eat, it's not that there is no chance, after the Chinese New Year, it will be a week or two fast, and three or four months later, and Qiaoweiju will be launched one after another.

He wants to eat her in the future and won't stop him, but at this moment, he is depressed in his heart, and he has all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred for Nangong Miao, and he doesn't want to see it.

But how can such a reason be said? She hasn't conceived a child for so long, and Yu Zhengran hasn't changed at all, she is as gentle as when she first got married, and she has never asked for any aunt to have sex or anything like that. Now, she said that because she was jealous of Nangong Miao's pregnancy, he couldn't eat this "more sons and more blessings" rice cake in front of him?

Ma Ling'er felt that she had been greatly humiliated, and the person who humiliated her was herself, because she could not conceive a child. Growing up so big, she has never been so embarrassed, even if she was rejected by Xia Shujie back then. Because of Xia Shujie's refusal to her, except for her grandfather and parents, as well as the emperor and the concubine's aunt, no one else knew the way, not even Xia Shujie himself.

Yu Zhengran made a face to Mother Lin, and Mother Lin hurriedly went out, leaving Yu Zhengran and his wife.

Yu Zhengran gently hugged Ma Ling'er, he likes to talk like this, so that he doesn't have to look at Ma Ling'er, and Ma Ling'er can't see his eyes.

Yu Zhengran was as gentle as ever: "Ling'er, we will have children, you don't have to worry." Actually, it's a year or two late. I don't want a child yet, lest he come and steal your attention from me. Ling'er, a few of our colleagues who have a good relationship with Yongping Hou have to give him advice after trying new snacks every year. During the Chinese New Year party, everyone will make poems to describe the taste or appearance of the dim sum, if I don't taste it myself, it will be easy to be discovered, that is not good. ”

Ma Ling'er was shy and sweet at first, and her heart was soft, and then she heard Yu Zhengran's explanation. felt that Yu Zhengran handed her the ladder. Nature went with the flow: "Okay, okay." Zhilu said that you are greedy, don't rob your snacks, lest you can't make poems when you get it, blame me for being greedy for your snacks and send them back to my parents' house. ”

Yu Zhengran smiled: "How come? But my husband is really a self-aware foodie, and I have this little hobby. You don't know how to do it, I also asked the Marquis of Yongping for a specially customized birthday cake, don't make it in the curie, ask them to make it in the kitchen of the Hou Mansion. Those who have not eaten it do not know what to do. Compared with the dim sum made in Qiaowei Curie's kitchen, it is a little worse after all. ”

Ma Ling'er pointed to a large food box on a few pieces and said, "Take it, take it, don't say that I mistreated you as a foodie." ”

Yu Zhengran laughed: "Madam doesn't like it, so I'll take it away." Such a large box is enough for me to eat for several days. ”

Yu Zhengran carried the food box and walked away with a smile, Mother Lin looked at Ma Ling'er with a spring and shy face, and sighed secretly: Only the master can easily resolve the knot in Mrs. Madame's heart in a few words. Except for Mrs. Yongping Hou, his wife is really the best woman.

It's just that Mrs. Yongpinghou's background is no worse than that of her own wife, and her appearance is stronger than that of her own wife. The husband who marries is stronger than his own master, and even the heirs are faster than his own wife. complained that his wife was fighting with her, and drilled the tip of the horns.

On the other side, Yu Zhengran, who walked out of Ma Ling'er's yard, immediately darkened his face, handed the food box to Zuo Qing, who reached over, and said coldly: "Put it in my study, no one is allowed to touch it." With that, he left like a gust of wind.

Zuo Qing shook his head, he knew that Mrs. Lu Dao had provoked her master this time, and she actually wanted to send the snacks sent by the Xia family out of Lu.

Only he knows that every time he uses these snacks, he is smiling and in a good mood. For what? Isn't it just because these dim sum are made from the kitchen of the Yongping Marquis Mansion? Ye feels like a snack with Miss Xia, right?

In fact, Zuo Qing really felt sorry for his father, he obviously liked the girl of the Xia family so much, and secretly did so many things for her, but he had to marry another woman, and then watched the girl of the Xia family marry Prince Yong's son.

Zuo Qing hopes that the lord will succeed quickly, but what woman does his father want when the time comes? Even if the girl of the Xia family is already married, wouldn't it be enough to change her name and surname incognito and raise her in another courtyard, which dynasty and generation have this kind of romantic affair, right?

Two days before Chinese New Year's Eve, Shujie finally returned home, his face was a little tired, but overall, his spirit was still very good. As soon as Shu Jie entered the hall, he smiled at Shu Yao, the brother and sister had the same mind, and Shu Yao immediately understood the content of the eldest brother's smile. She knew that she didn't have to worry about Qi Haoning's side, and her eldest brother must have made arrangements.

It's good that Shujie rushed back, and neither Mrs. Jin nor Nangong Miao asked him where he had been in the past few days. This is a naturally formed rule that is not explicitly stipulated in the Lianghou Mansion, as long as Jin Xida and Shujie do not take the initiative to say, neither Mrs. Jin, Nangong Miao, nor Shuyao and Shuwen will ask about their whereabouts. Anyway, if one of them doesn't come back for dinner, or just disappears for a while, the other will say. Even if he doesn't say it, as long as he is calm, the others will be at ease.

When Jin Xida came back from the palace at night, he saw that Shujie just looked up and down, and asked lightly: "Are you back?" Is it still going well? Shujie nodded and replied, "It's going well, it's all confirmed, and it's all arranged." ”

Jin Xida smiled with satisfaction: "Very good, eat, eat, if you don't come back, your grandmother and your daughter-in-law will not let me eat." ”

Nangong Miao was "aggrieved" and said: "Grandmother and daughter-in-law haven't asked for the past few days, where are they not allowed to eat by their father-in-law?" The daughter-in-law would not dare to be so unfilial. ”

Jin Xida pouted: "You didn't ask, but you don't eat well, and you all look at me so aggrieved, how can I eat?" ”

Shuwen, who spoke the same voice as his father-in-law, hurriedly supported it with actions: "That's it, the atmosphere at the dinner table has always been weird these days, and I, like my father-in-law, haven't eaten well." ”

Shu Yao sneered: "How can I look at you eating the best?" I haven't seen you miss a meal. ”

Everyone laughed, and Shuwen replied confidently: "I'm not here to drive you to eat more?" The eldest brother said that when he was away from home, the task of honoring his grandmother and father-in-law and taking care of his sister-in-law and sister was all on me. ”

Shujie patted his younger brother on the shoulder and smiled, "Isn't it? The burden on our Wen'er's shoulders is heavy. Wen'er did the right thing, you can't let them skip eating, if you eat well, they will naturally follow. ”

Shuwen raised his head proudly: "That's it, the eldest brother is just going to do things." When I was done, I would naturally come back. I don't even know what you're worried about. This year is the first Chinese New Year in Beijing. Big brother will rush back anyway, right? ”

Shuwen looked at Shujie's eyes with slow confidence and pride, since he was a child, Shuwen has been close to his eldest brother Shujie, when he was six years old, the family had a sudden change, and the eldest brother was the pillar of the whole family, and he and his sister relied on. For so many years, the eldest brother has been the best in his mind. It's a big hero, it's his pride, and it's his goal. Shuwen's current day and night efforts are to become a civil and military champion like his eldest brother, this is what he said when he was six years old, and he remembers it well.

Therefore, as long as he is sure that the eldest brother is on a mission, not a sudden disappearance, Shuwen is not worried, he believes that the eldest brother has that ability, and he also believes that the eldest brother is for their families. will protect himself. The eldest brother has always taught him to protect his family. First of all, protect yourself.

Shujie hugged Shuwen's shoulder, looking happy and happy: "Of course, you are the most important thing to the eldest brother. "All fame and fortune are false, only the closest relatives in front of him are real, they are his flesh and blood, his wife and children, and his father-in-law and grandmother who treat their three brothers and sisters as their own. Only when this mansion is safe and sound, can he have the heart and strength to go outside to realize his ambitions and complete his father's legacy of loyalty and patriotism.

After all, like his father, he still puts his family first. Sometimes, when he thinks of the stories of those big heroes, he also despises himself in his heart. However, it can't be helped, he is not selfless enough. Again, there are many talents available to the imperial court, but for his family, he is unique.

So, he thought of someone who might be vying for the throne. As long as anyone dares to be unfavorable to his family, let alone not sitting in that seat, even if he sits down, he will be desperate for his family, he Xia Shujie is not a person who will be stupid.

Shujie narrowed his eyes, he was unwilling and would not get involved in the battle for succession, but ......

Shu Yao suddenly felt the cold breath emanating from her eldest brother's body, and couldn't help but feel a chill: What happened again?

Jin Xida quickly felt Shujie's mood change because he had a bottom in his heart, and said with a busy smile: "Okay, hurry up and eat, everyone is relieved today, but we have to make up for the losses that we didn't eat well a few days ago, right?" "Some people are just restless, but they are not easy to bully.

Shujie came back to his senses, and couldn't help but blame himself for "being too composed", but fortunately, his father-in-law found out quickly and didn't let him continue, which aroused the suspicion of several other people, and quickly echoed: "Exactly, grandmother eats, father-in-law eats, we all hurry up and eat well, then again, I have been eating out for the past few days, I am really uncomfortable, and the meals outside cannot be compared with what we cook in the kitchen." ”

Shuwen said proudly: "Of course, since Mo Niang pointed out the kitchen, several of our cooks can become chefs in big restaurants." Speaking of Mo Niang, Shuwen's high mood also suddenly fell, I don't know what happened to Aunt Lu Dao? It's time to get home, right? The caravan of the Nangong family separated from Mo Niang when they arrived in Ancheng, but the father-in-law and eldest brother both said that when they arrived in Ancheng, their aunt would be safe.

Shujie sat next to Shuwen, and suddenly knew what his younger brother had thought, and said with a smile: "Isn't it?" When Mo Niang comes back from her uncle's house, we will also open a restaurant to ensure that business is booming. By the way, father-in-law, I heard that the review of the old case of the Yun family that you are responsible for has made great progress, hasn't it? ”

Sure enough, Shuwen's attention was quickly attracted, and his eyes lit up as he looked at Kim Heeda.

Jin Xida said with a smile: "That's right, Lord Shang Shuniu of the Ministry of War actually found an eyewitness back then, and suddenly pushed the progress of the review a big step forward. Hehe, that person was still a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy back then, and now he is also a handful of years, just because General Yun saved their family back then, this time he knew that the imperial court was reviewing, and he found the official office. It's also a coincidence, and it happened to be met by Lord Niu at the door of the mansion, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do...... Hehe" There are not many people who obstruct the review of this case, and even the emperor is shocked. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm embarrassed to say I'm sorry, Yaoyao was going to code words at home all day today, but the work was not arranged, so I went to the company and only coded 6,000 words so far. It's a pain in my head at this time, I owe 6,000 words, and I add more pink 50, a total of 9,000 words, try to make up for it these days, and I must make it up within this week, right? I'm really sorry, Yaoyao doesn't want to break his promise and get fat!