Meng Qingyun also put down the teacup and said to Jiang Fang: "Now everyone in the capital says that His Royal Highness King Qi is good at being flexible, shrewd and capable, and favored by the official family. ”

"Today, I saw that it was so."

Li Xiaoqi smiled and said, "These words sound reasonable. ”

Jiang Fang sighed: "Don't tease me." Like today, these people are just people who are in a hurry to burn the cold stove and tend to be inflammatory. ”

Li Xiaoqi said: "The official family has a word first, and the heir will be announced on the Wanshou Festival." Now there is only half a month left before the third day of the first month of August, but the official family has never shown his mouth. The Chinese military forces of the DPRK asked around, and even my father was anxious and hesitant every day. ”

Jiang Fang: "Since the official family doesn't want anyone to guess, they have naturally made a decision. ”

Meng Qingyun tilted his body in his direction, and said mysteriously: "I really chose you, right?" ”

Jiang Fang shook his head: "I am casual by nature, and I always act according to my own temperament and preferences, the official family has said a long time ago that they will not choose me." ”

Meng Qingyun said: "But now that you are famous, isn't it the official family who is behind it?" ”

Jiang Fang: "That's the way the official family doesn't want to see Jiang Yan stand out, so it's just a way to balance." ”

Meng Qingyun and Li Xiaoqi looked at each other.

Li Xiaoqi thought for a while and said: "I guessed according to my father's daily remarks and my master's understanding of the official family, and the official family is afraid that there is already a candidate of their choice." ”

Since he doesn't like Jiang Yan, he naturally won't choose him; said that he would not choose you, but he lifted you out to check and balance. ”

"I'm afraid it's for the real people to cover up."

Jiang Fang waved his hand: "No matter what, we'll see in half a month." As long as the dust settles on this matter, the civil and military officials will naturally be at peace. ”

Speaking of which, Jing Neiguan came to report.

"Saburo is back."

Sure enough, after a while, Jiang Shu came in by jumping through the courtyard, followed by several internal officials, all holding things in their arms.

"Seventh brother! Sister Meng! ”

Jiang Shu happily greeted Li Xiaoqi and Meng Qingyun, and showed them the gifts he got in the palace one by one.

Yao Guifei gave a small jade horse and a handmade clothes; Concubine Min Shufei gave a gold collar and two boxes of snacks; The rest of the concubines also gave small gifts.

Only the official reward is more special, it is a seal, engraved with four words "Xianshou Hengchang".

Jiang Fang took the seal and fell into deep thought.

Meng Qingyun and Li Xiaoqi didn't care at first, they only followed Jiang Shu to look at his gifts, and then brought the gifts they brought to him, Jiang Shu was really happy, holding Han Gan's painting with one hand, and lingering on the stationery supplies sent by Meng Qingyun with the other.

When they looked back at Jiang Fang again, they found that he had been holding this seal all along.

Li Xiaoqi said: "Erlang? What's wrong with this seal? ”

Jiang Fang came back to his senses, looked at him, looked at Meng Qingyun again, and said in a very slow and slow voice: "This seal was carved by the official family himself. ”

Jiang Shu said happily: "Yes, when the official gave it to me, he said that it was engraved by him." ”

Jiang Fang looked at his little face faintly: "When Concubine Yao gave birth to a prince, the official family gave the name Jiang Pu on the spot. It's a pity that the prince died before 100 days, and the official family was heartbroken, so they guarded the prince in front of the bed for a day and a night, and carved this seal with their own hands. ”

"The four words of Xianshou Hengchang are the biggest wish of the official family to the prince, and it is also the biggest regret."

He stroked Jiang Shu's cheek and said softly: "Now that the official family has given it to you, they also hope that you can be safe, healthy and live a long life." ”

Meng Qingyun and Li Xiaoqi glanced at each other, and they both felt the special meaning of this gift.

Is it really just a wish for peace and health?

Although Jiang Shu is only eleven years old, his understanding of human affairs and sophistication has long been close to that of an adult. The smile slowly faded from his face.

He looked up at Jiang Fang and said, "Brother, the official family likes me very much, right?" ”

Jiang Fang nodded: "I like it very, very much." ”

Jiang Fang lowered his head, thought silently for a while, and then raised his head again: "Actually, I also like the official family very, very, very." ”

Jiang Fang smiled faintly, touched his head, and said to Jing Neiguan: "It's not too early, you can prepare the birthday banquet." ”

Jing Neiguan hurriedly responded and went down to call the kitchen for a banquet.

Jiang Fang said to Jiang Shu again: "Go, take all your gifts back to your own house, change your clothes, let's have lunch together and celebrate your birthday." ”

Jiang Shu laughed again, said "um" vigorously, and ran away with the seal and Han Gan's painting, and the internal officials and attendants behind him followed with gifts.

Meng Qingyun and Li Xiaoqi both looked at Jiang Fang.

Jiang Fang said with a smile: "Our brother's parents died early, and Shu'er was raised in the palace, but I am afraid that the official family has long been regarded as a father." ”

Meng Qingyun and Li Xiaoqi's hearts were tumbling like stormy waves.

Shu'er's birthday banquet was very lively.

Everyone seems to have forgotten about the seal.

The dining room of the Qi Wangfu tried its best to make the birthday banquet simple and grand, plus the crabs brought by Meng Qingyun, accompanied by Jinhua wine, people couldn't help but feast.

Even Jiang Shu was encouraged by Jiang Fang to drink a glass of wine.

According to Jiang Fang's original words: "If you can drink, you are an adult." ”

As a result, Shu'er spoke with her tongue wide for the rest of the whole time.

He didn't speak as neatly as ordinary people, and his tongue was numb, and he couldn't speak clearly. One moment he said that he liked today's gift, and then he said that he wanted him to live in the palace often, and then he said that he still liked to be with his brother.

Hearing Meng Qingyun and Li Xiaoqi, they didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

When the luncheon was over, Jiang Shu was carried to sleep by Holly, and Meng Qingyun and Li Xiaoqi also said goodbye together.

Back at the Mengzhai Mansion in Longjin Bridge, Meng Qingyun waited for Mengjin to be on duty.

As a result, after Mengjin was on duty today, a colleague took a concubine and invited everyone to drink, and he didn't return home until late at night.

After wiping his face and changing his clothes, Meng Qingyun served him a cup of hangover soup.

Meng Jin's cheeks were red, and he drank the hangover soup before he said, "What did you just say?" ”

Meng Qingyun sat next to him, across a small coffee table, and said, "I said, in the hearts of the official family, the heir may have been selected." ”

Meng Jin looked at her daughter in shock: "I don't even know about this kind of thing, where did you hear about it?" ”

Meng Qingyun told Jiang Shu about today's birthday, the official family rewarded him with a seal, and what kind of meaning was behind this seal.

"Daddy, does this seal feel like a representative?"

Meng Jin took the hangover soup, thought for a long time, and finally spit out a mouthful of turbid breath held in his chest.

"Official, it's really courageous!"