At this point, almost everyone in the court has determined that there should be no suspense about the candidate for the crown prince. The third prince was abolished, the eldest prince and the second prince thought about it behind closed doors, and the fourth prince thought about it behind closed doors. Who else but him?

As the end of the year approached, officials began to become idle. Many officials in the various yamen of Beijing have already begun to take vacations. They have to be stationed on one side as long as they are officials. Usually, you have to apply when you go to a visit outside the jurisdiction, and when you go back to your hometown, it is also once a year or once every few years.

In December, Lu Sheng also asked the emperor to resign and return to Suzhou to reunite with his family.

Since the year before, I have returned to Suzhou every Chinese New Year. Although the Lu Mansion in Suzhou is small, it is the root of Lu Sheng after all. Although with Lu Sheng's financial resources, he can build another Yuzhu Villa in Suzhou. But after thinking about it, there is no need for that at all, the mansion rewarded by the imperial court is very good, and there is no shortage of anything that should be there.

Chinese New Year, of course, there must be a New Year's atmosphere. Sticking Spring Festival couplets, steaming rice cakes, and doing New Year's goods are all indispensable. After so many years of being busy in this world, I have lived from a person to a family.

The New Year goods distributed to the villagers, as well as the red envelopes for the children who came to pay their respects, were full of busy from Laba to Chinese New Year's Eve.

Lu Sheng's Suzhou Mansion was given by the imperial court, so a housekeeper who took care of the mansion, a cook, two helpers who washed the laundry and vegetables, and three handymen who cleaned the yard were all sent by the imperial court.

Although these people are not needed for the Lu Mansion, because Lu Sheng can not live in Suzhou for a few days when he goes back to Suzhou once a year, they need the Lu Mansion for these seven people.

This is also a policy of the imperial court, these housekeepers, cooks are either retired from the army due to injuries in the line of duty, or the widows of martyrs who died in battle. are all people who have contributed to the country, so they are arranged in Dayu's tens of thousands of mansions, receiving a salary to maintain their livelihood and doing what they can.

They are lucky to be arranged in Lu Mansion. It's not because Lu Sheng rarely comes back all year round, they can usually do whatever they want. But although Lu Sheng is in a high position, he has no shelf. He was always soft-spoken to them. If you change to another mansion, the people sent by the court will generally be disliked by the master's family, and you always feel that they are not your own people or something.

In the first few years, they were still cautious about Lu Sheng's family, but now they have already let go.

Bu Feiyan came with two maids, Lu Lifu also brought four, plus three small ones. The originally calm Lu Mansion also became lively for a while.

"Daddy—"

Lu Sheng is floating and floating in the Spring Festival couplets, fortunately, this is during the day, if this scene is at night, it can scare people to death. Have you ever seen a person floating around like a balloon at a height of half a meter?

As soon as the voice landed, a black-faced figure crossed the front yard like a harrier, lightly above the treetops, and landed straight behind Lu Sheng.

"Dad, look, the sweet potatoes I roasted with my own hands are fragrant, Dad, you can taste them......" said and took out two dark sweet potatoes from his arms, "One for you, one for your mother!"

"There's no aunt?" Lu Li, leaning against the door frame, looked up at the sky with a sad expression.

"Hmm......" Lu Ying lowered the other sweet potato in her hand to Lu Li, "How can there be no aunt...... This one belongs to my aunt. ”

Seeing that Lu Ying's face was covered with black ash, the expensive clothes on her body were not only black and numb, but also had a few burned holes. is going to change someone else's child, and the first impression when I see this scene is that this cub can't be asked anymore.

"Oh, my young master, why are you doing this? Come here, the slave will take you to wash up. Bu Feiyan's maid suddenly burst into tears of distress, the young master of our grandfather's mansion, how many sins have become a little beggar.

"Don't wash it for the time being, wash it before eating, and now it's clean and keep him before he goes to bed." Meatballs, where did you get this sweet potato?"

Lu Sheng looked at the Spring Festival couplets he pasted with satisfaction, he hadn't practiced calligraphy for several years, and the level of calligraphy had not regressed but had grown greatly. The words you write yourself, how to look at it and how to be satisfied.

"It's Uncle Cheng's house, I went to Shi's house with Mustard Seed to play, and Shi suggested that we roast sweet potatoes, Dad, haven't you seen it, we swarm twenty bees, one person hugs two or three to clean up the sweet potatoes of Cheng Er's house. Hehehe......"

"Didn't the stone have to cry?"

"Yes, but this person is really hard, obviously distressed tears are rolling, and he is still digging and saying that it doesn't matter, anyway, sweet potatoes are used to eat. ”

"Hahaha...... Then you say, when the second uncle Cheng comes home, will the stone be beaten?"

"It must be a meal of fried meat on a bamboo board. ”

"And then?" Lu Sheng looked at Lu Ying with a smile.

"So, I can't let the stone get beaten like this...... A sweet potato is only two cents, and his family has about a hundred sweet potatoes, so I gave him one or two silver. In this way, the stone said that the sweet potato was bought for me, and then I asked everyone to roast the sweet potato and eat it. ”

"Good job!" Lu Sheng nodded with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and touched the baby's head, "So...... Where did you get the money?"

Lu Ying's smug smile was fixed on her face, and her eyes were a little evasive.

"That's my New Year's money......"

"I remember that your red envelope and New Year's money were all collected by your mother for you, and the amount of red envelopes you received was not less than one hundred taels. What about the money...... It's all silver tickets.

It's also embarrassing for you to say that if you can take out one penny or two, you may have one hundred and two hundred taels, but it is more difficult for you to take out one, two, two and two.

Where did the Xuanling Bracelet in your hand go?"

"It's still my father's discernment. Actually, I don't have any money, but if I don't give the stone to relieve the siege, I'll really cry. Everyone is a good partner, and it's important to have fun, so I was in a hurry and turned the Xuanling bracelet into a silver ingot. ”

"Well, the Xuanling bracelet itself is indeed a silver ornament, but it is a gift from the emperor, and it is also engraved with seventeen runes of the astrological city, and its craftsmanship and runes are worth no less than one thousand taels. You loser kid, you can crush two thousand taels with such a pinch. ”

"Didn't Dad say a thousand taels?"

"Isn't there a premium for the emperor's gifts? Why do you want to crush them?"

"I want to take the Xuanling bracelet directly, does he dare to accept the stone?"

"Heh......" Lu Sheng took out a money bag from the bad walk and carefully tied it to Lu Ying's waist, "I can still think of my father and mother when I roast sweet potatoes, filial piety is commendable, this is a reward for you, go!"

"Huh-" Lu Ying crossed the top of the tree like a fluttering eagle, and several ups and downs disappeared again.

"Are you too used to him? Just a few days after you came back, you were like a wild monkey, and you were so knowledgeable when you were in Chuzhou......

"Who can not have a bear child's childhood...... Na, the son's filial piety must not be disappointed. I don't know if his roasted sweet potatoes are as authentic as I was back then. ”

"Brother, I remember that the sweet potato was brought back from overseas by you seven years ago, right?" Lu Li pinched the crispy sweet potato skin and gently opened it, and the golden sweet potato exuded a strong aroma.

On the twenty-seventh, Shen Ling also came from the capital. The family is finally reunited.

Last year's New Year, there was only Lu Ying as a child, and this year's New Year added a boy and a girl.

"Lu Sheng, have you made any big moves in Xuantian Mansion recently?" After the meal, Shen Ling and Lu Sheng went out for a walk to eat, and Bu Feiyan and Lu Li took their children to Suzhou City to enjoy the night market.

Even if all the customs of the people during the New Year, there are always people who are forced by life to still work on Chinese New Year's Eve. It's like the New Year's night market, the colorful lights on the streets, and the family feast waiting for the major restaurants to come over. Someone's laughter must be behind someone's dedication.

"It's not a big move, is it? I've been on vacation for a month. Lu Sheng asked suspiciously.

"Are you investigating Uncle Chengguo?"

"Well, I received two cases, and they both seemed to be involved with him. ”

"Uncle Cheng Guo is the uncle of the Fifth Prince. ”

"Even if it's your own uncle, I won't bend the law for personal gain, Shen Ling, you know who I am, there are some things you shouldn't ask. ”

"My uncle? Shen Ling rolled his eyes, "Haven't you thought about why someone would sue Uncle Cheng Guo at this juncture?"

"This question is not for me to consider, I only think about whether it is true or not, whether there is such a thing. That's all!"

"Well, I heard you've been collecting Heavenly Treasures lately, right? All of a sudden, why did you become interested in this kind of thing?"

"Love, okay. Lu Sheng thought about it, but still didn't tell Shen Ling the truth. The matter of refining magic weapons, Lu Sheng plans to hide it forever. Where did those magic weapons come from? What a good reason for this, lest people know about them and be remembered.

"When the five princes attacked Bailie, they encountered a strange thing, three thousand soldiers were trapped in a maze, and they were still spinning in place after walking for three days and three nights. After that, I still relied on arrows to guide the way, and then walked through the forest, and found a natural treasure land, with phoenixes dancing and white tigers leaping. ”

"Getting to the point. ”

"The five princes have a strange stone, which boils when it meets water, burns when it encounters soil, dissolves when it dissolves in fire, and breaks when it is close to gold. ”

"Don't bribe me. ”

"It's not a bribe, I stole it from the mansion of the fifth prince after I knew it. Now it's mine. ”

"You'd better just say what you want to do. ”

"I lost my mother when I was a child, and Concubine Chen regarded me as her own. When I was young, it was Concubine Chen who gave me the missing maternal love. Even before Concubine Chen died, she didn't close her eyes until I arrived.

Uncle Cheng Guo is Concubine Chen's only brother, and I hope that even if you find conclusive evidence, you will wait until the position of the prince is determined before arresting him. ”

"The case has been put aside for the time being, and the investigation will continue after the Chinese New Year. At the beginning of March, the new imperial examination was established, and the dust settled at the end of March. By March, I might not have had the hard evidence. ”

"Thank you. ”

"It's really not the Fifth Prince's request for you?" Lu Sheng looked at Shen Ling in a daze.

"I don't tell the truth in front of women, but I never tell lies in front of my brothers. ”

"Well, I believe you!" the corners of Lu Sheng's mouth hooked slightly, "That's ...... Ahri, she's back. ”

"Oh, it's done so quickly, okay, let's go back. ”

"Ahri seems to want to surprise you. ”

"I said that high martial arts skills are beneficial, and nothing can be hidden from your ears and eyes. What surprise does she want to surprise me? Tell me, Ahri is a little ...... sometimes. It's confusing, and her surprise is sometimes hard to swallow. ”

"It's nothing, just sneak up on your eyes from behind and play guess who I am. Lu Sheng looked ahead and said in a tone like a breeze.

"Uh......" Shen Ling's body trembled.

"What...... When?"

"Just when you say that you didn't say a few words of truth in front of a woman. Don't you feel it?"

"Shen Ling—" An angry lion roar almost exploded close to Shen Ling's ears.