Chapter 89: The Jiang Family (4)
Lian'er has been held by Xinyue, even if his nursing mother and mother come to hug him and don't let go, this little guy is upset, Xinyue hugged for a while, and felt that his arm was very sore, so he changed his hand, Lian'er was playing a game with him for Xinyue, and giggled again.
Chen is a person who has had two children, how can he not see the tiredness of Xinyue, so he thoughtfully said, "Xinyue, you sit on the chair and put Lian'er on your lap will be fine." ”
Crescent listened carefully and sat down where she had just been sitting.
A gap to turn around, Xinyue saw the Cheshire Lord standing outside the crowd, her face was not good-looking, Xinyue thought about it, the palace and the palace were discussing, saying that this Cheshire Lord wanted to marry His Royal Highness the King of Jin, so as long as there was an occasion for His Royal Highness the King of Jin, she would follow, and now she was holding Rong Ying's child, and the child was extraordinarily affectionate with herself, thinking that in her dream, she had also become another Chai Queen, it was better not to make too many enemies with her, after making up her mind, Xinyue lifted Lian'er up and handed it to the Cheshire Lord" The little girl saw that the county lord had been watching Xiao Shizi, could the county lord come and hug him? ”
Xiao Li was a little worried, glanced at Lord Cheshire, and saw that she had already walked in front of the new moon, so he didn't say anything.
Lian'er was lifted high by the crescent moon, so her hand had already loosened her neck, and she was picked up by the Cheshire Lord, defenseless, but he didn't cry in a hurry, but first glanced at the Cheshire Lord in a little panic.
Lord Cheshire tightened his arms, and gently took the child in his arms, Lian'er's body was warm, exuding the unique milk fragrance of children, and it was soft, Chai Bijun, who had never been smiling, also had a smile on the corner of his mouth, "This little son is really heavy." ”
Everyone's attention was focused on the Cheshire Lord, and Xinyue also took advantage of this time to relax and move, because he didn't dare to exert himself, and he was afraid that he would be too loose and lose Lian'er's arm, this holding the child is really a technical job, and it needs to be weighed repeatedly.
At this moment, someone outside spread the word, saying that His Royal Highness the King of Jin was coming in to give Li, and the two old ladies of Zhuang asked for peace, and the word had just arrived, and Rong Ying had already walked to the door.
He could be seen from where Crescent Moon was sitting, and he was also raising his eyes to see Crescent.
The two usually have nothing to do with each other in front of everyone, and they are tense in private. But this time, the two of them felt it, and they faced it very peacefully, Xinyue smiled slightly, even if it was a greeting, Rong Ying also nodded rarely.
A prince was waiting outside the door, everyone naturally did not dare to slack off, they all returned to their positions, stood and waited, only the Cheshire Lord, who was still holding Lian'er, was a little overwhelmed and hugged the child in his arms, Mama was ready to step forward, and Lian'er cried at this time.
Rong Ying frowned when she heard the cry, and when she walked in, she saw Chai Bijun strangling Lian'er. So his face was full of displeasure, and he said to the grandmother who bent down to salute him, "Bring Lian'er over, don't crumple the clothes of Lord Cheshire." ”
"Yes" Mama took Lian'er over, but he was still crying, Mama was a little cramped, turned her eyes to the people present for help, and finally fell in love with Xinyue, who was saluting her.
Xinyue frowned and glanced at Chai Bijun's face, which was not very good. But she also seemed to realize why Lian'er was crying, so she hung her hands in frustration.
Xinyue felt a pair of small hands and stretched out towards herself, but there was no way, Xinyue could only take Lian'er, who had been begging to hug her, into her arms again. As before, Lian'er leaned on her shoulder, as if she was suing her, sobbing, and Crescent Moon patted him on the back to get better.
And Rong Ying's attention was no longer on them, but refused to salute, "Old Madam Li, Old Madam Zhuang, don't come unharmed?" ”
"The prince is really tormented by the old body, and it is not a special day, and I bother the prince to come in person, if there is anything inconsiderate, please forgive the prince." Old Madam Li also bowed as she spoke, and politely invited King Jin to sit down.
Rong Ying sat in the first position on the lower left, originally there was Xiao Li's sitting there, Rong Ying was not formal, and said to Xiao Li after sitting down, "In the past, when Lianyue was here, he often mentioned the Jiang family's and the ceremony with me, and said that this year was the little sister's merciful ceremony, and we said at the time that we would come to watch the ceremony together." Now, there is no way for Lianyue to come, so this king took Lian'er to congratulate the little sister on the gift. ”
Xinyue frowned slightly, remembering that in the past, in private, Rong Ying's cold and hard style, and in front of people he was always so soft, it seems that this Jiang family is very important to him, remembering that in his dream, this Jiang family for his accession, it can be said that the existence of sweat and horses, the little sister of the Jiang family, also married into the palace, and became the second only to Queen Chai. Presumably, it is rare to allow such an earnest invitation to buy people's hearts.
Rong Ying separated her gaze, glanced at Xinyue, and saw Xinyue's frowning brows at a glance, although she didn't express displeasure, she still raised her eyebrows.
The two have no intersection, Rong Ying and Li, Mrs. Zhuang and Xiao Li and other ladies talked for a while, and then they were ready to leave, when leaving, they wanted to take Lian'er away, but Lian'er was lying firmly on Xinyue's shoulder, Xinyue has been distracted, one side of the head, and thought that he was quiet, must be asleep, but found that the little guy was grabbing a strand of his hair, playing happily.
"Girl, give Xiao Shizi to the slave maid" The nurse bent her knees, wanting to take Lian'er back, Xinyue wanted to repeat the old trick and lift him up, but Lian'er grabbed Xinyue's hair and refused to let go, Xinyue was in pain, "hissed", and whispered to Lian'er, "Xiao Shizi, you should go back." ”
Lian'er naturally couldn't understand Xinyue's words, but just wrapped Xinyue's hair tighter and tighter between her fingers. Xinyue pursed her lips and said to Mama, "Mama, let's go to the back hall." ”
"Yes" Mama saw Xinyue stand up, and followed her out, who knew that outside the door, a cold wind, coming on, Xinyue was afraid that Lian'er would be affected by the wind, so she turned around and blocked the wind for him, and accidentally hit Rong Ying's left chest, and then lost her center of gravity. Rong Ying hugged her.
Xinyue heard Rong Ying's heartbeat, and his voice became more and more urgent, he grabbed his back, as if all kinds of emotions were surging in his heart, and finally returned to calm, Xinyue took a step back, and Lian'er in his arms was still playing, babbling in his mouth.
Crescent Moon bent her knees, "Thank you Lord Wang, otherwise the little girl will definitely wrestle." ”
Although Rong Ying didn't look back, she already felt the gaze behind her, and also kept a distance from Xinyue, "It's a gesture, it's this king, and I want to thank Xu Hounu for protecting Lian'er, it's so windy, and I also want Hounu to come out." ”
"Then the little girl will take her leave first." As he spoke, the crescent moon walked to the back hall without doing anything. The calmness of the two of them was so calm that the people who stretched out their hands to see this scene didn't know what to say, but Xiao Li said to everyone, "Mother, aunt, the meal is ready, please move." ”
"Let's go" Old Madam Li was the first to take a step, and the rest followed one by one.
Xinyue arrived in the back hall, Lian'er seemed to feel something, and pulled Xinyue's hair tightly in her hand, Xinyue smiled, touched his little face, and rescued his hair from his hand little by little, "Lian'er, you are so destined for me, this time I see me, I have butterfly-like jewelry on my body, but this earring will not be given to you, you are a boy's family, what are you doing with so much jewelry, come on, my aunt is leaving." ”
"Girl, give it to the slave" The nurse saw that Lian'er no longer had Xinyue's hair in her hand, so she stepped forward and took Lian'er from Xinyue's hand, Lian'er hung a small face, Xinyue could see that he was not a crying child, so, Xinyue touched his face again, "Good boy, my aunt is gone." ”
With that, Xinyue walked out of a wing room specially set up for Lian'er and walked towards the dining room.
As soon as he went out, Xinyue saw Rong Ying ten steps away, he came in from another door, he was not familiar with this place, he could see Xinyue just by turning around, Xinyue frowned, walked a few steps quickly, walked out of the courtyard, and saw Jiang Yang who had just entered the door and walked towards the dining room.
When Xinyue saw him, if she was amnesty, the last person she wanted to see now was Rong Ying, and when she saw Jiang Yang at this time, the two didn't have to meet alone.
"Shi—" Crescent raised her voice, then changed her words, "General." ”
Jiang Yang heard someone calling him, paused, looked towards the source of the sound, and saw the new moon walking towards him, so he stood in place and waited for her, and when he saw her approaching, he said, "Xu... Crescent moon. ”
Both of them made a mistake in their titles, but because no one heard them, they were calm.
"General, the little girl is a little lost, and she is still bothered by the general to take the little girl back to the banquet." Xinyue put the broken hair on her forehead to the back of her head, and Jiang Yang nodded after hearing this, "I really want to go and say hello to my mother and aunt, let's go." ”
"General, the King of Jin is over there" Xinyue saw Jiang Yang's steps, and she was heading towards the place she had just come, so that the two of them would definitely meet Rong Ying.
Jiang Yang disagreed, "What's there, let's go, I'll send you." ”
"Yes" Thinking that with Jiang Yang here, Rong Ying shouldn't have done anything else, thinking about it, Jiang Yang and Xinyue walked to the courtyard in front of them.
"General, did you just come back from school?" Xinyue hadn't seen him at the ceremony just now, and he had come back in a hurry, and he must have come back from outside.
"That day from Liubaozhai, I didn't let Chai Shizi come to my command as a soldier, he made a fuss and said that he would come back after the New Year. But today he Lao Tzu personally escorted him, and in five days it will be the end of the year, and he will not be allowed to stay at home. Jiang Yang is a person who acts very freely and heartily, and when he talks about the things he encounters, he also comes eloquently, not in a hurry or slowly, and it is very comfortable to listen to.
"It's okay, the little girl heard Mrs. Zhuang say that your congratulatory gift has been delivered three days ago. The general really has a heart. ”
"Hey, don't talk about this, I'm bothering you to go on this trip today, it's almost the New Year, you are in Zhuangzi, there are a lot of things that need you to be busy."
"It's nothing else, it's just that I'm the first year there for the New Year, and I'm really in a hurry, I don't know when, what's in short supply, no, in addition to coming to participate in the merciful girl's ceremony today, I'm going to go to the West Market to buy some things later."
Jiang Yang listened and nodded, "I will send two small servants to you later, if you buy anything heavy, just call them, and then let them send you home safely." ”
"It's not necessary..."The two were chatting, and Rong Ying was already close at hand.
Jiang Yang's martial arts are very good, and he was a little surprised to find Rong Ying at such a close distance, but then he returned to normal, and saluted Rong Ying with his hands, "I've seen King Jin." ”
"General Jiang is exempt, this is just coming back?" Rong Ying's eyelids drooped, and the fog in her eyes was filled, as if she was angry, but she couldn't do it at this time.
"Yes, just got back from school. The prince is alone, where are you going? Jiang Yang straightened up and looked at Rong Ying.
Rong Ying looked at him fixedly, "This king just saw Lian'er from the backyard wing, and he is a little lost at this time." ”
"What a coincidence," Jiang Yang smiled and pointed to the new moon, "This girl is also lost." ”
"Girl? I don't know when General Jiang had such a big girl. Rong Ying spoke, with three points of sarcasm, who didn't know that Xinyue and Jiang Yang were discussing marriage, so naturally they wouldn't joke about their age.
"General Jiang is the younger brother of the little girl's father's friend, so he is naturally closer to the little girl. The little girl in front of her already knows how to go, so first..."
"Hey, the so-called sending the Buddha to the west, General Jiang is still with this king, send Xu Hounu to the dining room, what if Xu Hounu gets lost again and falls?" Rong Ying's last sentence seemed to be squeezed out of between her teeth, Xinyue pursed her lips, gritted her teeth and said, "Thank you for your kindness, no need." ”
As he spoke, the new moon stepped forward, and after taking a few steps, she met Fei'er, who had come to look for her, and the two of them walked together to the dining room.
Walking to the dining room, Chen was already waiting for the new moon, and had reserved a place for the new moon by his side, "Come, sit here." ”
The new moon was not easy to postpone, so he sat down, and as soon as he sat down, Chen asked, "Why have you been there for so long, and the food will be served soon." ”
Xinyue smiled, "I was going to go and go back, but Xinyue was not very familiar with this Hou Mansion and took the wrong road, but I just met General Jiang in front of the courtyard gate, and it was General Jiang who brought Xinyue over." ”
"Really? What a coincidence. Just what about others? Chen raised his voice, drawing the attention of the crowd again.
As he was talking, there was a rumor outside, Jiang Yang came over.
"Aunt, mother, you see that they are about to become a family, the two of them still avoid suspicion, just now Xinyue got lost in the courtyard, and Brother Yang was sent to the door, and this is still coming in separately." After listening to Chen's words, the smile on Old Madam Zhuang's face deepened, since the death of her second daughter-in-law, when had she seen Jiang Yang so eager for that woman.
As he was talking, Jiang Yang walked in and said, "Please say hello to my aunt, mother, and sisters-in-law." ”
"Come in, why are you here so late" Xiao Li smiled, asked people to prepare chairs, Jiang Yang sat down after thanking him, and explained, "The army is busy, so there is a delay." Mercy, uncle apologizes to you, but I heard my mother say that you like the gift I gave you? ”
"Yes, yes, Uncle gave it to Mercy's pony, and Compassion liked it the most." Speaking of gifts, the pity sitting at the other table couldn't hide the joy.
"It's not a pony anymore, it's three years old, and it's going to be an adult this summer. You must practice diligently and tame it during this time, so that it can recognize the Lord and carry you all the time. It's a beautiful horse, and when the time comes, take it to your husband's house, and let your husband look up so that he can see you. Jiang Yang likes compassion very much, and the gift he gave her was the same as his own niece.
"Brother Yang, you just let her be wild, a good girl, it's not proper to ride a horse." Although Xiao Li said this, he couldn't bear to be harsh when he saw the smile on his daughter's face.
"Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong. Since the founding of our great sainthood, there has been a queen on horseback, and Empress Zhang was pregnant with Taizong for six months, and she also galloped to help Taizu. Speaking of which, women riding horses are still a rule that has been handed down since then. "Chen's own daughter also likes her own horses, even if she is married, she still has to run horses every month.
"That's right, girls can ride horses, so they should exercise." Mrs. Li also recognized that she was a good horseback rider.
Old Madam Zhuang also nodded, and when she saw the crescent moon sitting on the side in a regular manner, she was a little empty, and asked, "Can the crescent moon ride a horse?" ”
Xinyue nodded, "Yes, when I was young, I had to be taught by my uncle with Shan'er and Yao'er's two younger sisters." It's just that I didn't ride well, and a few days ago, I fell off my horse and broke a rib. However, although this horseback riding is dangerous, it also inspires the little girl to practice her riding skills, and when she is waiting to heal her injury, she will go to the racecourse to practice diligently. ”
"Sister Crescent, let's go together then." Mercy thought that Crescent Moon would say that horseback riding was dangerous, but in the end, hearing her say so deepened her affection for Crescent Moon.
After hearing this, Xinyue nodded, "Okay, let's have a game then." ”
"What breed is my sister's horse?"
"It's Tsutsuma." Crescent said with a smile.
"Oh, Tsushima? Liang Guo's Dunma? Saying this, it aroused Jiang Yang's interest, "You are a girl, you actually rode such a tall and strong horse, not bad, not bad." Jiang Yang doesn't often praise others, and this is good to say two in a row, but it seems abnormal.
"What's the point?" Mrs. Zhuang specially created an opportunity for the two of them to speak.
"This Liang country's horse, from his northernmost cold land, only at the beginning of breeding, specially domesticated those long nose, nose wings thick cold-resistant horses, this kind of horse training, tall, uniform muscles, strong endurance, running far, steady and fast, is a good war horse, when Brother Xu had one, was the first time he went to the battlefield, personally captured, we children, are begging him to find us one, my current mount is the descendant of Brother Xu's horse."
"Mine too" Xinyue smiled when she heard him mention her father, and then couldn't help the sadness in her heart, her smile was really unstable, which Jiang Yang saw in her eyes, and said with some shame, "Hey, look at what I said about this." ”
"The good speech made the new moon unhappy. Aunt will punish you. In Xinyue's impression, Mrs. Li was not very optimistic about herself, and when she spoke suddenly, Xinyue was not sure what she was going to do for a while.
"Yes, my nephew is willing to take the punishment." With that, Jiang Yang stood up.
"Grandmother, Uncle Punishment took us to the horse race, to the horse race. I also met Sister Crescent's Tunma, and it was not as magical as the little uncle said. Mercy clapped his hands and suggested.
"Since it's your birthday today, I'll listen to you." Old Madam Li looked at Jiang Yang, "Yang'er, did you hear that?" ”
"Here, my nephew has to go to school every day, where is the time?" Jiang Yang wanted to shirk.
"Today is the day of the seal, from today until the sixteenth, the court is on vacation, and your camp has also been halved, so naturally there is time." Mrs. Zhuang immediately betrayed her son.
"Okay, you even dare to fool your aunt and me, then punish you for this, take the new moon and go to the horse with mercy."
"Yes" Jiang Yang looked at his mother with tears and laughter, wondering in his heart if he really betrayed himself like this?
Xinyue hung her head, this matter was for, and it started again, but since she had agreed with Jiang Yang to do this scene, it would be like this.
"Great, when the time comes, the little uncle will take Brother Heng, he will not be able to ride a big horse, I want to see how he gets out of trouble."
"Your brother Heng rides much better than you." Heng'er is Jiang Yang's only son, the last time Xinyue saw him on the road outside the Shangqing Palace, a ten-year-old child, riding on a half-grown horse, with a decent appearance.
"All go, all go." Old Madam Zhuang's mouth couldn't close when she smiled, and at this time, someone outside said, "Second master, the two masters and uncles in front of you are waiting for you to come over for a banquet." ”
"Oh, I'll go over now," Jiang Yang said, and said to the women, "Then I'll go first." ”
Jiang Yang walked extremely fast, quite a martial artist, and walked out of the spacious dining room after a while.
Seeing that Xinyue was still staring at him, Chen asked Xinyue in a low voice, "Xinyue, let's whisper, you just have to say, what do you think of Brother Yang, is it much better than those frivolous boys?" ”
Xinyue looked at the ladies around her, all pretending to be unintentional, but she was listening with her ears, what is this whispering, but Xinyue had to answer this question, but not too explicitly, so she had to nod lightly "Xinyue thinks, it's not bad." ”
"If you think it's good, get along well. I think you are also a sensible person, Yang'er's temperament will definitely not treat you badly. Mrs. Li couldn't help but say.
"Sister-in-law, what you said is too straightforward," Old Madam Zhuang blushed when she saw Xinyue lowering her head.
"It's all a family, of course it's good to go straight, Xinyue, don't you say?" Mrs. Li revealed her bold and cheerful side.
Crescent Moon lowered her head, still daring to speak. It caused Li to laugh for a while, "Not bad, not bad." ”
"Mother, aunt will serve the food." Xiao Li saw that everyone was happy, and asked at the right time.
"Come, serve the food, today is a good day, a good day should eat some good, eat more." Old Madam Zhuang was also happy in her heart and said to Old Madam Li.
As soon as the words fell, in the laughter of everyone, the mother-in-law and maids came with the prepared meal.