Xiao Shiji took Du Hengshuang's hand and came to the door of the middle hall.

The entrance to the nave is a high threshold.

Xiao Shiji turned his head to look at Du Hengshuang's embarrassed little face, pursed his lips and smiled, bent down and reached out to pick her up.

The adoptive mother who followed on the side hurriedly stepped forward to take Du Hengshuang over, and said in a loud voice: "Young Master Xiao, let the slave come." ”

Xiao Shiji did not act recklessly, and carefully sent Du Hengshuang to his adoptive mother's arms, and advised: "Be careful, this threshold is high enough." ”

Du Xiancheng smiled and beckoned to Xiao Shihe at the door, "Brother He, come and sit." ”

Xiao Shiji crossed the threshold with a smile, came to the middle hall, saluted the people in the room, and sat next to Xiao Xiangsheng.

The adoptive mother took Du Hengshuang and came to the bed where Long Xiangye and Fang Yuniang were sitting opposite each other, bent down and saluted: "Madam, Mrs. Xiao." ”

Du Hengshuang smiled sweetly at Long Xiangye, "Hello aunt." Then he looked at Long Xiangye's high bulging belly and asked loudly, "Does my aunt have a little brother hidden in her belly?" ”

Children speak freely, but they are also the most effective. Therefore, pregnant women generally like to ask those children who are less than three years old whether the child in their womb is male or female.

It was not the first time that Du Hengshuang said that Long Xiangye was a boy in his belly, so Long Xiangye loved Du Hengshuang even more, smiled and took a gold-inlaid jade lock plate, personally hung it up for Du Hengshuang, and praised: "Shuang'er is only two years old, but this is articulate, and her speech is like pouring a walnut car, and she is grunting." ”

Fang Yuniang even regarded Du Hengshuang as a treasure, and hurriedly took Du Hengshuang from her adoptive mother's arms, sat down on her chest, and asked her with a smile: "Have you had breakfast?" ”

Du Hengshuang felt a little hungry at this time, turned his head to look at the main seat over there, and shouted, "Dad! Frost is hungry! ”

Du Xiancheng heard that his bones were crispy, and he hurriedly came down from the table with a small bowl of safflower, put it on the small square table above the bed, and said to Du Hengshuang: "This is a hundred-year-old soup specially prepared for our frost, drink a bowl first, and please a good fortune." ”

Long Xiangye Zhilu said that the authentic 100-year-old soup here is made of pickled vegetables, which is actually not healthy, and it doesn't seem to be good for two-year-old children to eat, so he smiled and said: "Just take a bite, this soup is more suitable for children's tastes with fresh vegetables and vegetables." ”

Fang Yuniang hurriedly said: "It's made with fresh vegetables." The cook in our kitchen specially used the shepherd's cabbage grown in her own vegetable garden and chopped it, and then added spring bamboo shoots, stone fungus, stone hair, sea seaweed, smallpox mushroom, sand fish, sea fall, stone cassia, shrimp kui wax, and then chicken juice, sheep juice and quail juice mixed together, and stewed for a day and a night. ”

Long Xiangye listened to Fang Yuniang's words, and the corners of her eyes twitched. - Oh my God, where is this vegetable soup? This is Buddha jumping over the wall, is it good!

Looking at Du Xiancheng concentrating on feeding his daughter, Long Xiangye's brows frowned slightly.

Although it is said that the daughter should be rich and the son should be poor, which is the way for people like them to raise children, but it is absolutely rare for the Du family to raise their daughters to this point. - It is estimated that even if she is a princess in the palace, she is only living a similar life as Du Hengshuang, but she is just more noble than her, and maybe she is not as free as her......

After Du Xiancheng fed a bowl of 100-year-old soup, Xiao Shihe came over with a small plate of dumplings and said, "Shuang'er, eat two more long-lived dumplings, be healthy and live a long life." ”

Du Hengshuang hurriedly opened his mouth, "Feed Shuang'er with my brother!" ”

Xiao Shiji smiled and picked up a small dumpling and gently put it to her lips, "Eat slowly, don't choke." ”

Long Xiangye's brows furrowed even deeper, but he still held back his thoughts and didn't speak.

After Du Hengshuang finished eating a plate of small dumplings, she couldn't be fuller anymore, so she broke away from Fang Yuniang's side and went to the bed to play with her celadon puppy toys.

Fang Yuniang and Long Xiangye were sitting on the bed, eating and chatting with a few plates of exquisite side dishes.

Xiao Xiangsheng and Du Xiancheng drank a few glasses of wine, and they talked more.

"Go down first. We don't want anyone to serve here. I'll call you when I need it. Du Xiancheng waved his hand and drove the maid who was waiting in the house out of the house.

The two of them talked about business over wine and food.

Although Xiao Shiji is young, he also listens to it with relish.

After a few people finished eating, it was almost evening.

The old lady of the Xiao family, Gu Shi, had already sent someone over to urge them to go home.

Xiao Xiangsheng had no choice but to get up and say goodbye, "Today thanks to our frost, we eat happily." Brother Ming'er is the east, and invites Brother Du, younger siblings, and Shuang'er to enjoy the light together. ”

Du Xiancheng promised to send them out of the house in person.

Long Xiangye took Xiao Shihe to sit in a gold-inlaid treasure cart, and followed Xiao Xiangsheng's tall horse to walk slowly on the street.

At this time, it is already dusk, and the streets are bustling with pedestrians, rubbing shoulders one after another, and all kinds of fragrant cars and BMWs are coming and going. The Xiao family's car, which seemed to be worth a lot of money, was like a drop of water embedded in the sea on the streets of the entire Chang'anfang City, and it disappeared completely.

Long Xiangye leaned on a few cushions in the car, and smiled lightly at the prosperity of the street market through the gauze curtains.

turned a corner and came to the square where the Xiao family lived.

A group of people crowded one after another, gathered around the place where the government often issued notices to watch the excitement.

"What's going on? - Xiao Xing, go and take a look. Xiao Xiangsheng instructed his entourage.

Xiao Xing took the order and left, came to the notice board and looked at it for a while, and then came over with a smile and replied, "Master, it's a great event!" ”

"Oh? What a big event?! "Xiao Xiangsheng is a little curious, the great joy of the government? - That's a surprise.

Xiao Xing smiled and said, "Our Emperor is going to open the palace door to choose a concubine." ”

Xiao Xiangsheng was stunned for a moment, "You say it again?" Did I hear me right? ”

"That's right, that's right! It is the notice in the palace that says that the emperor has been on the throne for a year, and now the four seas are peaceful, and the world is one, and the emperor also wants to Mu Ze Quartet and spread branches and leaves for the royal family, so it is a special metaphor for the world, so that the state capitals will stop marrying for half a year, in order to prepare for the royal family to be elected. First, he went to a wealthy family and an official eunuch to 'hire' noble daughters, and directly entered the palace as concubines. Then there is the selection and recruitment of innocent women from good families to serve in the palace. "Before Xiao Xing followed Xiao Xiangsheng, he was a poor talent, who was born in a poor family and couldn't go further in the officialdom, so he followed Xiao Xiangsheng, a big salt merchant, as a staff member.

Xiao Xiangsheng's brows were furrowed, his face was a little gloomy, and he waved his horsewhip, "It has nothing to do with us, let's go back first." ”

The next day, Du Xiancheng brought Fang Yuniang and Du Hengshuang to Xiao Mansion as guests, and was specially called by Xiao Xiangsheng to talk in the outer study.

"Your Majesty wants to hire a noble girl as a concubine? Still picking? - Isn't it?! Du Xiancheng's eyes widened, "Where did you learn about the Tao?" ”

"The notices are out. Don't you even read the notices? Xiao Xiangsheng glanced at Du Xiancheng.

Du Xiancheng smiled and touched the back of his head, "I'm too lazy to look at it, I don't dare to be interested in that thing." ”

Xiao Xiangsheng walked around the house with his hands behind his back, "Everyone knows that our Emperor His Majesty can surpass his eldest brother and sit in this position of the Ninety-Five Supreme, just because he resolutely pursues the principle of 'monogamy' in front of the Queen Mother. ”

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The background of this dynasty is about to come out......