"It's back, ma'am, the handsome man is back!"

Wang Rong, who was busy in the kitchen himself, immediately turned around when he heard this excited voice. She knew that even if Du Shiyi returned to Beijing, she couldn't go back to her private house immediately, but wanted to enter the palace to see Her Majesty, so she could only let Du Youlin go to the post house to greet her first, and wait at home by herself, using these busy preparations to dilute the unforgettable thoughts. If you are lucky, maybe the Son of Heaven will summon Du Shiyi today, and if you are unlucky, you may delay it until tomorrow, or even longer. Therefore, seeing Chengying who rushed into the door and hurriedly stepped up to support herself, she didn't care about being angry that she was not too old to walk, and immediately walked out with the other party.

As soon as she left the kitchen, she saw the familiar and unfamiliar figure. She and Du Shiyi met and fell in love with each other as a young man, and it took many years to achieve positive results in marriage, and then they were accompanied by each other for many years, and they have been helping each other to come over, but in the end, it is inevitable that they will be separated. Now that she looks at herself in the mirror, there are inevitably silver threads between her sideburns, and he is the same, and the few horizontal lines between her eyebrows are like knife carvings, which are a sign of years of hard work.

Wang Rong didn't notice that Chengying had quietly let go of his hand and retreated, and Du Youlin, who followed Du Shiyi in, had already smeared oil on the soles of his feet, and only the two of them were left in the huge courtyard. She stood there for a moment, and then stepped forward, and when she reached her husband, she raised her hand and rubbed her rough cheek, and suddenly laughed.

"It's not like in a dream."

Du Shiyi also smiled: "What is I like in my dream?" ”

"You in your dreams will always be so young, always so energetic, and always so unafraid." Wang Rong saw that Du Shiyi gently grabbed his hand, so he leaned on him, "It's just that you in your dream are not as warm as you are now...... Sometimes I think, fortunately you built the city of Anbei Yatent, otherwise, it is so cold there, and it is winter for half of the year, how can you stand it? ”

"Mo Niang, the real golden branches and jade leaves, can stand it, what can't I stand it?" Du Shiyi stretched out her hand to hold her in her arms, and only after a while did she whisper, "Marrying a restless man like me will hurt you." Others only see you as Mrs. Qin Guo, living in a mansion with a halberd in front of the door, hugging before and after entering and exiting, and calling Bainuo, but they don't know what you have done silently for me behind your back, and how much fright you have beared. ”

Only then did Wang Rong break free of Du Shiyi's hand, stood up straight and took two steps back, and his eyebrows and eyes revealed the determination that he was like when he was a girl: "Du Lang, to this day, your thoughts have not changed?" ”

Du Shiyi knew what Wang Rong was asking, so he nodded slightly. Wang Rong knew this, but he still couldn't help but feel nervous, and the next moment he saw that Du Shiyi was still wearing the official uniform that His Majesty had seen in the palace, and remembered that the place where the two met at the moment was actually in front of the kitchen, she remembered that she was usually at home and was a little embarrassed, but then she stepped forward and gently pushed him.

"Let's go, you go back to the room first to change your clothes, and wait up and down to kowtow to your master."

Today's Du Mansion is so much bigger than before, and the tooth soldiers and entourage that Du Shiyi brought back this time can all accommodate it, and the servants and maids used in the family are also quite a huge number. Among them, except for the official slaves and maids given by the palace, most of them are private slaves and maids found by Wang Rongtong guò through safe channels, all of which were prepared by Chibi in advance, and there is no doubt about their loyalty and origin. Wang Rong said that he was waiting to meet his master, but there were only a few people who were really qualified to let Du Shiyi take the time to meet him personally. Among them, there is the old Qiu Niang.

Although she has no husband and no children, now that the brothers and sisters she raised back then have started a family, Du Shiyi is even more prominent and noble, and Qiu Niang is as proud as if she sees her children. Therefore, when Du Shiyi personally held her hand and invited her to sit down, her face was full of happy smiles.

"Every time I hear people in Chang'an talk about Lang Jun, I feel proud and happy. However, no matter how good it is outside, it is always not as good as Chang'an, and it is not as good as Fanchuan Duqu. Qiu Niang didn't know any big truth, she only knew that although Wang Rong was an excellent housewife in the eyes of her subordinates, even if she was a good mother in the eyes of her children, she would always have a stunned expression on her face in the past few years of staying in Chang'an, so when she said this, she couldn't help but clench Du Shiyi's hand heavily, "What's more, Mrs. and Xiao Langjun and Little Lady are here, how can Lang Jun bear to be outside all the time?" ”

Du Shiyi could only be speechless. He could only gently stretch out his hand and hug Qiu Niang, and then Wang Rong stepped forward to divert the topic for him. When Du Xianhui came to the door with Cui Peng not long after, he faced his former nephew and current son-in-law, and naturally had a different understanding. Just as Cui Jianxuan boasted when he first talked about marriage, Cui Peng has the advantages of Du Guangyuan and Du Youlin brothers, with a gentle temperament but not soft, Du Sanniang is also very good to Du Xianhui, a niece and daughter-in-law, so good that Du Xianhui's face does not show the sorrow of marrying her in-laws, and she is as radiant as before.

This night, accompanied by his wife, children, and family, Du Shiyi was slightly drunk, and when he came to his senses, he found that he was lying on a warm bed, and someone was breathing evenly next to the pillow. He looked sideways at his wife, who was clearly sleeping soundly, and couldn't help but reach out and play with her long hair, which was still as smooth as silk, but his heart suddenly drifted away.

Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, in this world, you can't keep your family safe if you don't retreat bravely from the rapids!

Early the next morning, Du Shiyi got up early as usual when she was in Anbei Yatent City. After washing, he danced the sword to recuperate, and then went to the back of the gallop road and rode for a while, and after sweating profusely, he went back to the house to change clothes, and then accompanied his wife to breakfast. It's rare to return to Beijing, even if he has the heart to accompany his wife and children more, but he still has to show his head for necessary entertainment, but this time, those who are too lazy to deal with it, he doesn't plan to be perfunctory anymore, and even the invitation of Zuo Prime Minister Li Shizhi, he directly refused. That night, when many of the posters that had been personally screened by Du Youlin were sent to him, he noticed that several of them were eye-catching.

"Wei Jian? And this is ...... Yang Zhao? ”

Du Shiyi didn't want to have anything to do with anyone related to the prince, and he didn't want to touch the Yang family either. But over the years, there have been fewer and fewer allies who have been able to gain a foothold in the imperial court, which also means that the circle of influence he runs is mainly outside, so he threw two posts on the big case.

"Youlin, you write a reply letter to Wei Jian for me, informing me that I have been feeling unwell recently and it is inconvenient to go out to meet guests." Du Shiyi saw Du Youlin nodding without hesitation, he knew that the young son understood this, and he had already hurried to see the people he should visit. So, after muttering for a while, he said, "As for Yang Zhao, you send a safe person to tell him, I will recuperate at home and not go out." ”

Wei Jian heard Du Shiyi say that it was inconvenient to go out to meet guests, so he thought that Du Shiyi deliberately refused. He is now the secretary of the Criminal Department, even if he has the entrustment of the crown prince Li Heng, he is not willing to be too low. But Yang Zhao is different. After many years of mixing in the lower classes, he easily heard Du Shiyi's voice, and came to see him in the afternoon of the next day. Sure enough, although many scholars tried to recommend themselves through the path of Du Shiyi, they were all blocked from the door, but he walked into the gate of the Du family very lightly after being informed.

When he stood in front of Du Shiyi, who he had seen many times and was by no means a stranger, Yang Zhao unconsciously became nervous, and it was no different from when he was in front of Li Linfu. Back then, he was just a miscellaneous soldier, but Du Shiyi was a Chengdu order, and it is understandable that they are very different from each other; But he is now a Duzhi Langzhong, and Wang Jiao is a judge, how can he be regarded as an upstart in the court, but he is still like this in front of Du Shiyi. He faintly gave birth to a kind of anger, but that anger disappeared after coming into contact with Du Shiyi's gaze.

"After many years of absence, Yang Langzhong is now in charge because of his financial plans, which is really gratifying." After Du Shiyi smiled at this as his opening remarks, seeing that Yang Zhao hurriedly bowed his body and didn't dare to say anything, he continued, "However, although I have never dealt with Wang Jie, I also know that he is not a person who is tolerant and elegant. Therefore, if you work under him, you might as well give more credit to your boss. ”

Du Shiyi actually reminded him to be careful of Wang Jie, and instructed him to let the other party do a little, Yang Zhao suddenly felt light. Realizing that what he came to ask for today would be a little accurate, he agreed and then said tentatively: "Du Dashuai has been out of town for many years, and his merits are brilliant, and I have always admired him very much. But now that the DPRK and China are complicated, the ups and downs are uncertain, although I am soft-spoken, but if you have any relatives and friends who need to take care of you, you might as well tell me, and I am willing to help. ”

This Yang Zhao really has a big appetite!

Du Shiyi suddenly realized that behind Yang Zhao's so-called words, he wanted to take advantage of the situation to show favor to others. He didn't poke it either, and after thanking him with a smile, he shook his head and said: "A gentleman is not a party, I have been away for many years, and I don't have many relatives and friends in the court, that is, Wang Xiaqing and others." They have always been stable, and they don't offend people much, so they don't need me to take care of them, and I understand your kindness. ”

Yang Zhao was choked back by Du Shiyi's sentence that a gentleman is not a party, but he was not discouraged, and he tried to test for a long time, and found that Du Shiyi was still inaccessible, so he got up and retreated. As soon as he left, Du Shiyi's expression turned cold.

He just wanted to see how Yang Zhao was now, and now it seems that he is really good at drilling. If the jade slave remains in the palace, sooner or later he will step into that established trajectory and will never be able to break free again! He could have made a false deal with Yang Zhao, but the Yang family would not want to get down when they were on this boat, and he didn't want to get on it. Even if he doesn't care about his reputation as much as he did when he became a celebrity, he won't be so casually corrupted!