Turing wore a mask unique to each of the twelve demon kings of the earthly branch, which his father once wore as well.

Ruan Yuan and Hua Xun also took off the mask on their left shoulder and brought it to their faces, and the three of them glanced at each other, remembering the masks on each other's faces. The masks of Ruan Yuan and Hua Xun are just ordinary black copper masks, and the only thing that can distinguish them is the pattern engraved on the forehead of the mask, and the masks of the two are engraved with stomach pheasant and winged fire snake respectively.

Turing reached behind his back, touched the long sword he was carrying on his back, and was the first to rush out. Nighttime movements can't make noise, so everyone can't ride horses, and all choose to walk. Through the dark night, a team of ghosts in the dark night quietly touched the road.

The back hall of Nian Ci Garden was filled with the laughter of a family of three, and there was a wooden table covered with brocade in the hall, and the delicious food on the table had entered the stomachs of the three people, and the huge back hall was illuminated by hundreds of candles, but it was also even more empty.

The old lady sat on the main seat, Zhao Xiu and Wang Miao sat on the left and right, she looked at the whole table of food, and then looked at the two people sitting beside her, first put down the chopsticks, then shook her head and sighed.

"Huh?" The first thought in Zhao Xiu's heart was, "This old lady, what tricks are you going to play again" Zhao Xiu deliberately kept silent, and Wang Miao on the opposite side also saw Jiang Wanqing showing a rare gloomy face, and was so frightened that she put down her chopsticks.

Seeing that no one was talking, the old lady could only speak by herself: "There are thousands of people in this palace, but there are only three of us in our family." I'm probably getting old and starting to like the excitement, but when I calm down, I still feel tired and panicked. ”

As soon as Jiang Wanqing said a few words, Zhao Xiu knew what he wanted to express. When you mention people, you must say that you have no children, sure enough.

Jiang Wanqing looked at Wang Miao's cautious face, and smiled at Wang Miao: "Miao'er, I said mine, you eat yours, you don't have to put chopsticks to listen to me, you're full." ”

Wang Miao nodded unnaturally when she heard this, then picked up the chopsticks and ate carefully.

Jiang Wanqing looked at Zhao Xiu and said, "You and Miao'er have been married for several years, why don't you want a child?" Can you two see each other once in a month? ”

Zhao Xiu took out a green vegetable leaf from the warm pot, dipped it in the yellow dipping sauce and stuffed it into his mouth, because there was something in his mouth, so the voice of the voice was very strange. "Woo, how old are Miao'er and I, woo, the two of us are still young."

"Hey, what you're busy with every day, you never let me know. Okay, I'll listen to you and don't bother you, but I have to make a request for you. Jiang Wanqing looked at Zhao Xiu, whose mouth was full of color, and said helplessly.

Zhao Xiu licked his lips, "You say what you say." ”

"There are only three people in our family, it doesn't matter if you come to see me or not, I don't need you to accompany me. But Miao'er takes care of the palace alone, so can't you go back to the West Courtyard often? Isn't it. ”

Zhao Xiu nodded hurriedly, with a serious expression and a sincere face. Jiang Wanqing continued: "By the way, let my mother hold her grandson as soon as possible, and our Zhao family must also have a queen." When Jiang Wanqing said the last sentence, her eyes looked at the dishes on the table, and it was not just Zhao Xiu. Jiang Wanqing's every move was in Zhao Xiu's afterglow, Zhao Xiu was compliant on the surface, but in fact, he already had his own considerations in his heart.

Wang Miao couldn't eat it anymore, and the more she listened to it, the more she felt that Jiang Wanqing's words didn't seem like she said to Zhao Xiu, but like she said them to herself. Staying after is not only Zhao Xiu's business, more responsibility seems to be on her.

Wang Miao didn't dare to speak, and then secretly looked at Zhao Xiu, this time, she didn't expect Zhao Xiu to be looking at her with a smile. What made her blush the most was that Zhao Xiu's smile was so weird.

Jiang Wanqing said: "I don't want to talk about the two of you, I'll just say it again, you two just remember it in your mind." ”

"Mother, what you said, we must remember it in our hearts, you can rest assured." Zhao Xiu said

"Yes, mother, we have all your teachings in our hearts." Wang Miao said.

Jiang Wanqing smiled and nodded, full of relief, looking at the two children in front of her, she suddenly felt extremely happy.

At this moment, Zhao Xiu's heart is too complicated, Zhao's mother's words seem to be accidental, but in fact they are inevitable, but it is precisely these words that remind Zhao Xiu. The whole Liaozhou is to mention him again, he has no heirs, if something happens to him, then where should these two women go? He can't have any surprises!

Jiang Wanqing said: "Mother has one more thing to tell you." On the side of Wansheng Academy, I want to add some meat to the children's meal. It's getting cold, too, and I want to add a few extra clothes for the kids. But this one child is easy to say, there are tens of thousands of children in Nanning, and this amount of money is huge. You'll see if you can get a little bit out. ”

Wanshengtang was originally a free school proposed by Zhao Xiu, in order to allow all children in Liaozhou to have a book. Jiang Wanqing likes children, so she took on the position of the president of Wansheng Academy.

Jiang Wanqing suddenly mentioned this, Zhao Xiu didn't react and changed it, and was stunned for a while.

Jiang Wanqing saw that Zhao Xiu was hesitant, and felt that this matter was very difficult, so she hurriedly changed her words: "There is no hurry in this matter, the children eat very well every day, and they are not bad for that bite of meat." ”

Zhao Xiu shook his head and smiled: "Mother, this thing is easy to do, isn't it money, and things that can be solved with money are not difficult in my place." When I turned around, I asked Meng Xin to drop five thousand taels of silver from the treasury. ”

"By the way, five thousand taels is enough, right?" Zhao Xiu asked.

"That's enough, that's enough, these children's families are not all poor households, the people of Liaozhou have been living well in the past two years, and every family has let their children come to the academy, and few of them can't eat or wear warm clothes. Five thousand taels is more. Jiang Wanqing smiled from ear to ear, she felt that it was very difficult, but it was solved by Zhao Xiu's words, and she was a little proud in her heart.

The three of them hadn't eaten much of the food on the table, and there was still most of it left, but all three of them had their stomachs full. The sky outside the house was completely transparent, and the cool air from outside gradually penetrated into the house.

Wang Miao sat on the seat and didn't say a few words in total, in front of Zhao Xiu, she was always afraid that she would say the wrong thing and make Zhao Xiu angry. So she simply stood up and said, "Fifth brother, are you staying in the West Courtyard tonight?" Wang Miao asked cautiously.

Zhao Xiu nodded.

Wang Miao smiled and said to Zhao Xiu slightly: "Then the slave family will leave the table first and go back to the west courtyard to clean up." ”

Zhao Xiu asked, "Have you eaten well?" ”

"Uh-huh." Wang Miao had peach blossoms on her face, her face was slightly red, and she was very sensitive to Zhao Xiu's sudden concern.

Zhao Xiu nodded and said, "Okay, you can go first, I'll talk to my mother here for a while, and I'll go back in half an hour." ”

Wang Miao bent her knees slightly again, pressed down, saluted Jiang Wanqing, and then changed and retreated. As soon as she came out of the door, her face couldn't help but be full of happiness, how could she not be happy? Zhao Xiu said that he wanted to stay, obviously because he was going to live in his Cuixiu Garden tonight.

Although Cuixiu Garden and Nianci Garden are both in the West Courtyard, they are a little far away. Wang Miao walked in front, followed by Wang Huan, Wang Ma and a few maids.

The palace in the night was slightly silent, a candle was lit on both sides of the path, Wang Miao walked happily, and there was indelible happiness on his face.

"Wang Huan, back to Cuixiu Garden, you hurry up and fetch water, really prepare hot tea, hot water, and towels." "Yes"

"Mother Wang, you go to the kitchen garden, prepare the glutinous rice balls that His Royal Highness loves to eat, remember to prepare less, eat too much at night, it is not good for the stomach, prepare a bowl of belly soup, a plate of ten yuan soup." Wang Miao commanded as he walked.

"By the way, Wang Huan, is the stove I asked you to prepare ready yet?"

"Ready."

"Hurry up and order someone to send it to the old lady, the weather is going to get colder, the old lady has been in poor health, the weather in Nanning is also said to change, if the sky changes, let people immediately raise the stove."

"Yes," Wang Huan replied. Seeing Wang Miao so happy, Wang Huan was also beautiful, she knew that when it was really critical, she couldn't do anything wrong, His Royal Highness Cheng Wang's temper was really frightening.

Wang Miao didn't even know herself, she was walking faster and faster, and she was getting lighter and lighter, as if she was a little fluttering.

On the Nian Ci Hall, the lights are bright. Zhao Xiu's mother and son laughed while eating.

"Son, you are the head of the family, it stands to reason that I shouldn't care about you, but there are some things you have to understand, as the old saying goes, 'Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world' This first step is the Qi family, if you can't even take this first step, what else do you say? Anything is empty talk. ”

"The mother taught that the child was indeed negligent."

"Are you content, Miao'er has been married into our family for four or five years, which day is she not doing her best? My mother-in-law has seen it all. I really don't understand, what does she think is wrong with you? ”

"No, I'm just ......"

"It's good if you don't have it, then treat her well."

Zhao Xiu seemed speechless, so he had to agree: "Okay, I'll listen to my mother." ”

"That's right! Stay in the West Courtyard at night and accompany her well. Jiang Wanqing worries about these two children every day, and even when the two of them meet several times a month, she has to worry about it.

Jiang Wanqing said: "I heard that you dealt with a few grandmothers in charge in the West Courtyard yesterday?" ”

Zhao Xiu nodded, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and wanted to stop.

Jiang Wanqing said: "I also know about those few people, Miao'er is still a little tender, and the affairs of the entire West Courtyard are controlled by these principals, and it is inevitable that I will be in a miasma, and it should have been rectified a long time ago." ”

Zhao Xiu didn't speak, just nodded vigorously.

Jiang Wanqing continued: "I heard people chew their tongues and say that you killed Peng Chen's two grandmothers? ”

"Ahem, cough, cough" Zhao Xiu choked on a strong cough all of a sudden, looked up at the deep doubt in Jiang Wanqing's eyes, and quickly explained: "People chew the root of their tongues, do you believe it too?" What does it mean to get killed? Hahaha" Zhao Xiu laughed.

Jiang Wanqing is middle-aged, Fanghua has passed away, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes make her unable to get rid of the torture of time. She is nearly half a hundred years old, and she naturally has the ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood, but she can't tell whether what Zhao Xiu said is true or false. But just based on a mother's perception of her child, she felt that things must not be as Zhao Xiu said.