Zhao Yuanzhi ushered in the first rest of the return to Beijing after a long absence, yesterday he drank a few more glasses at the palace banquet, at this moment he woke up drunk and it was noon, listening to the sound of summer cicadas shouting on the branches outside, his brain was still muddy, he slowed down for a long time, before he got up from the bed, leaned on the side of the bed, raised his hand and softened his eyebrows.

He almost subconsciously pressed the futon that he brought up next to him, only to realize that Yang Baodai was not around.

And he didn't sleep in the welfare home since Yang Baodai left, he couldn't sit quietly in the place surrounded by Yang Baodai's breath, as long as he thought that person wanted to miss him, he felt very uncomfortable, and he was easy to get angry, he couldn't be angry easily, and Yu Shitai would say that he had power.

After sitting in a daze for half a quarter of an hour, getting used to the noisy cicadas in his ears, Zhao Yuanzhi turned over and got out of bed, he drank too much last night, just got up and walked, and staggered two steps slightly, the warm air spread in from outside, he picked up the teapot on the table and drank a few sips of cold overnight tea to his mouth, which was considered to have woken up and dozed off.

Outside, Li Tong listened to the movement inside, and whispered through the door: "My lord, the votes to be drawn up by the cabinet have been delivered, and the celebrant is in a hurry to approve the red, so that the adults can work hard and look at it first." ”

Now Zhao Yuanzhi is already at the helm of the cabinet in the practical sense, and many major national affairs have to go through his hands first, and he has to help the old emperor deal with many government affairs.

Zhao Yuanzhi pressed the bridge of his nose, his eyes sank for a long time, and his voice was still a little hoarse: "Okay, come right away." ”

The door was opened from the outside, and two pretty women walked in with their heads down, carefully waiting for Zhao Yuanzhi to dress and wash.

Now the girl in the mansion doesn't dare to think anything wrong about Zhao Yuanzhi, Zhao Yuanzhi's means of cleaning up the restless girl are still circulating in the mouths of various slaves, and this person dares to imprison the old lady, what else can't be done?

Xiao Si brought the food, Zhao Yuanzhi waved his hand to let the girl who wanted to comb his hair go down, picked up the hair crown next to the bed and put it on slowly, looking at the food on the table, he didn't have any thoughts at all, to be honest, if he didn't want to let Yang Baodai accompany him more, he really didn't want to waste time on eating.

He casually drank two mouthfuls of porridge and walked out, he has been resting in the study of the inner courtyard recently, only countless official duties can make him forget the troublesome things a little, not so much annoyance, but more accurate than crazy thoughts.

He approved the documents very quickly, and although he was scolded as a chaotic minister and thief, no one dared to say that he had handled Zhao Yuanzhi badly in state affairs. He did inherit Zhang Ge Lao's style, but his wrists were more ruthless and insidious than Zhang Ge Lao, his methods were more superb, and he was still an extremely calm and introverted character.

Now those who dare to provoke him are extinct.

Soon in the afternoon, the sun suddenly became bigger, the strong sunlight led to the summer cicadas on the trees outside to call more cheerful, and the shadows of the magpies' fingers on the window lattice fell on the screen of the mountains and rivers in the house, which was very pleasant and atmospheric, and had a summer feeling.

Zhao Yuanzhi had no intention of appreciating it, and looked at the excerpt in front of him who asked to open a mine.

Now that the treasury of the imperial court is full, if the mine is opened, I am afraid that it will cost the people and money, and the money will not fall much in the treasury, but if it is not opened, those who twist into a rope are afraid that they will desperately sprinkle in the Jinluan Palace, he thought for a long time, and pulled out the regional map from the vat next to him, he looked carefully for a long time, and then looked at the mining point attached to the back of the fold, and lowered his eyes and thought slowly.

Zhang Gui'er walked in softly, looked at the concentrated person and called softly: "Brother Yuanzhi? ”

Zhao Yuanzhi frowned and looked at a few mining points, took the pen and hummed softly, it was a promise, after thinking about it for a long time, he picked up the red pen and circled a place in the attached mining point, and found out what might happen in his mind, and made sure that the places that should be thought of were all within the scope of his control, and then they were put together and put aside.

Looking at the person who walked to his table with a cup of tea, Zhao Yuanzhi finally raised his head and asked lightly: "Did you see Baoyuan yesterday?" The mother-in-law said that you have gone to see the doctor? Are you not feeling well there? ”

Zhang Gui'er knew that Zhao Yuanzhi had arranged unimportant eyes to stare at her, and she would not monitor her affairs excessively, nor would she not ask anything at all, which could be regarded as her protection and protection, she lowered her head and smiled softly: "It's just a little problem with the girl's family." ”

Zhao Yuanzhi said with concern: "There is no small problem in the girl's family, you will also be a mother in the future, if you don't take care of it well, you will suffer if you give birth to a child." He hopes that Zhang Guier will live a stable and undisturbed life.

Zhang Gui'er nodded, Zhao Yuanzhi is a person who watched him grow up, the first time he saw Hong Xiao's colic, he still took himself back to find someone to deal with, she continued to answer Zhao Yuanzhi's question just now, "I thought I hadn't gone back for a long time, so I went to incense my father, he didn't know where he knew that I was in the Zhang family, I didn't want to see him, I had to pull me to talk." ”

Zhao Yuanzhi looked at her little girl with a smile, recently her body has finally gotten better, but she has lost a lot of weight, he specially instructed the small kitchen to change the tricks to cook for her, but she can't eat the small round face before, and finally Mama came to her and said that it is estimated that her body is long and shaped, and she began to draw strips.

He looked at Zhang Guier wearing an orange pomegranate skirt, with a small bun and a white hairpin, which was indeed much more beautiful, and the Danqing who had been hanging in the study with his wife in the past became more and more like. It is said that Zhang Gelao's original wife was also a famous beauty in the capital back then.

Zhao Yuanzhi didn't continue to ask more, Zhang Guier finally came out of the grief of losing his father, and there was no need to mention some words, he continued to ask, "Good and decent, why did you come to me." ”

"Oh, I've finished reading the travelogue I took in your study before, so I'll change it for the next volume." Zhang Guier took the scroll and handed it to Zhao Yuanzhi.

Zhao Yuanzhi waved his hand, continued to take the unfinished fold, and said to her: "Go and change it yourself, take whatever you want to see." Tan Miao insisted on watching Gou Er's burial in person, so she went to Qinghua Town with the burial procession, Yang Baodai was not there, this person had a temper with Yang Baoyuan again, and it was really boring to stay in the yard alone, he was riddled with things every day, and only occasionally called her to ask about knowledge, in the end, she was the only daughter of the great Confucian Zhang Ge, and she couldn't insult the word talented woman.

Zhao Yuanzhi slowly looked at the excerpts, and swept the people who were sitting next to him reading quietly, and said lightly, "I looked at your housekeeper's account book last month, some of the accounts were not done, and I will let the account manager tell you in a while, you can still use my family to give you practice in the past few years, and when you marry Yang Baoyuan, his family's business has a huge amount of money every day, if you make a mistake, but something will happen." ”

Zhang Gui'er was still slightly embarrassed when she heard the first half of the sentence, and her eyes became a little cold when she heard the second half of Zhao Yuanzhi's mouth, and she said silently: "I have no future with him." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yuanzhi put the wolf in his hand on the pen stand, got up and walked to Zhang Gui'er, touched her head, and said to her seriously: "No matter what happens to me and Bao Dai, I will let you marry Yang Baoyuan in style, Gui'er, very few people in the world can marry their beloved man, Gui'er, although you don't have a father, but you still have me as a backer, your father protected me in the most bumpy years, I will protect you for the rest of your life." ”

This is his promise to his mentor.

Zhang Guier's marriage he has thought about it very thoroughly, compared to marrying a huge hairpin family outside the tune, there are in-laws, there are concubines, and from time to time there are a few aunts who have a room, Yang Baoyuan is completely the best candidate, the two of them are halfway childhood sweethearts, Yang Baoyuan has him to teach the first class and the first is naturally not a problem, the two are also considered to be the right family, and Zhang Guier married is the main mother, Yang Tofu is an extremely easy person to get along with, and when the time comes, there will be the Sheng family and the Zhao family to be relatives for her, who dares to look down on her?

Zhang Guier closed the book and looked at Zhao Yuanzhi, who was like a brother, who was touching his head.

An extremely rare smile appeared on Zhao Yuanzhi's face, and he said softly, "Don't worry about Yang Baoyuan slacking you off with power, he can have today just to marry you." He looked at Zhang Gui'er's sluggish appearance, patted her head, and said, "I have something to go out, if you like it here, just stay here, don't touch the things on the table." ”

"Can I stay here by myself?" Zhang Gui'er looked at the person who got up and suddenly spoke.

Zhao Yuanzhi picked up the coat next to him and looked back at her, and said very indifferently: "You are my sister, naturally you can." He walked out and said to the guard: "Stay away, don't scare her, and put Yan Ci into the waiting." ”

Li Tong followed behind him and asked in a low voice: "My lord, are you going to Ouchi?" For the small ones, go and arrange the frame. ”

Zhao Yuanzhi glanced at Li Tong, was silent for a while, and then ordered: "Prepare the car, let's go to Sheng's house." ”

Let Yang Baodai leave her for half a month, he has to go and pick people back, he specially asked for a few days to rest, thinking that Yang Baodai's due date is these days, he promised her wife, she must be there when she gave birth, and he remembered what he promised her.

Sheng Family Mansion.

Looking at Zhao Yuanzhi who came to the door in person, the porter still invited people to the main hall according to the convention, served tea and tea fruits, and said respectfully: "Today, the master and the two young masters are not here, the little one is going to invite the third grandmother to come out, but this point of the third milk should be feeding the little young master, if the elder is not in a hurry, please wait, if you are in a hurry, the little one will send someone to the yamen to find a young master to come back." ”

Now the capital knows that Zhao Yuanzhi and Yang Baodai have reconciled and left, although the people of the Sheng family are afraid of Zhao Yuanzhi, they have no past stammering and enthusiasm for him, as long as the rules are not wrong, it doesn't matter if they are enthusiastic or not.

Zhao Yuanzhi nodded, it was rare to have a problem with a slave, took a sip of tea, and asked directly, "Is my wife okay?" ”

Xiao Si laughed when he heard this, and said: "Our third grandmother has already told her, Zhao Ge Lao is no longer her Yang family's aunt, and there is no need to tell the Yang family's girl." With that, he withdrew.

***

In the quiet mansion in the backyard, Yang Baodai walked down from the ghost door, after a few days of conditioning qi and blood is much better, her own physique is better than that of ordinary women, at the moment she is leaning on the pillow on the bed, and tells Chao Chao to open the windows in the house, and she can't go out during confinement, so it's midsummer, and she can open the window to see the scenery and enjoy the sunshine.

Yang Baodai held the lovely daughter in her arms and teased, and Grandma Sun sat on the little vulture next to her, holding a cloth tiger in her hand and dangling on the big eyes of the little doll's newborn deer, smiling: "Sister Chun is so beautiful, but it is rare to have a child who inherits the advantages of his father's and mother's appearance, and I don't know how beautiful it will be in the future!" ”

Yang Baodai gave her daughter Sister Chun a nickname.

Yang Baodai played with her daughter's little hands with a smile, her eyes were full of joy, she rubbed her daughter's cheek with her face, and said to Grandma Sun: "Look, she is smiling at me!" ”

Chao Chao walked over and echoed: "It's a pleasing sister, the third young master Sheng wants to kiss the doll when he sees it!" ”

Yang Baodai has made up her mind to take the child back to Qinghua Town to raise, and she wants to keep the child away from the rights and wrongs of the capital.

"Where's my sister?" Yang Baodai gave the child to Grandma Sun and let her hold it to feed, this child is very eating, she is not enough alone.

Chao Chao said: "Give Hua En medicine in the side pavilion." ”

Yang Baomei was coaxing Hua En to take medicine in the side pavilion, watching Hua En hide behind Yang Tofu, her eyes were cold: "Daddy, grab someone for me, it's still half a month!" I warn you, your father is not at the mansion today, be careful that I beat you! ”

Xiao Si walked in from outside and reported that Zhao Yuanzhi was coming.

Yang Baomei hadn't spoken yet, and Yang Tofu, who helped her hold her daughter, immediately put on a straight face and said viciously: "He's embarrassed to come!" It's true that my Yang family is making tofu, and he can handle it! Shameless thing! ”

"Dad, what are you going to do!" Yang Baomei looked at the Yang Tofu who put Hua En on the Luohan bed and immediately said urgently.

"I'm useless, and I'm also a father who can protect his daughter!" Yang Tofu stayed in this sentence and strode outside.

Yang Baomei sighed, hurriedly beckoned the girl to come in and look at Hua En, and ordered in a low voice: "Don't let Bao Dai know who is coming outside, one by one, cover my mouth tightly!" Thinking that Yang Baodai almost had a difficult birth, Yang Baomei couldn't wait to tear Zhao Yuanzhi apart.

In the main hall.

Zhao Yuanzhi had a hangover and a little headache, leaning on the chair and resting with his head closed, but he made up his mind that he would invite Yang Baodai back today no matter what.

"Zhao Yuanzhen! You bastard! Yang Tofu walked out angrily from behind.

Zhao Yuanzhi saw his father-in-law coming, and hurriedly got up to ask for luggage, and before he finished saying that his father-in-law was okay, he was pushed hard by Yang Tofu, and he heard Yang Tofu scold him angrily: "White-eyed wolf!" Chao Qin Muchu's livestock, messing with flowers and grass, my Yang family was blind at the beginning before marrying their daughter to you, what are you going to do, you get out of me! Far away from my daughter! ”

Zhao Yuanzhi was stunned: "······ Father-in-law, I don't understand what you're saying. "What is Qin Muchu, what is the flowers and grass? He looked at Yang Tofu sincerely, "Father-in-law, I have a sincere understanding of Bao Dai, I came to welcome him back today, she is in labor these days, I am his husband, I naturally want to accompany him, and please take me to see her." ”

Yang Tofu was even more angry when he heard this, pointed at Zhao Yuanzhi's face, and said angrily, "You just want children, right?" In your heart, my girl is a thing to find a family heirloom for you, right? You, you-" Yang Tofu is an honest and honest man, and he can't scold much vicious words, "You get me out!" ”

"Father-in-law, I have never been displeased with Bao Dai for five years without coming out, how can I pass on the ancestry." Zhao Yuanzhi looked at Yang Tofu in a good voice, took a step forward, and said calmly: "Father-in-law, did you listen to what the outside said?" The heavens go up again—"

"You still have the face to say that the sky, you are shameless, my daughter left your Zhao family on the front foot, and the girl in the Shilang Mansion is not clear with the girl in the Shilang Mansion on the back foot, Zhao Yuanzhi, you touch your conscience and say, are you a personnel! You are, you want to be a and want to set up a torii! You let me go, my Yang family has nothing to do with you! Yang Tofu was not calm anymore, he regretted running too fast without that brick or something.

If he could, he really wanted to beat up this uncle who was responsible for his daughter!

Zhao Yuanzhi reacted and immediately pleaded out: "I am innocent with her, she deliberately used her innocence to make a name for herself and spread the words that I had an affair with him, father-in-law, I still say the same thing, and the divorce book is not my wish, Yang Baodai is still my wife, even if there is a divorce book, the marriage book I concluded with her is still archived in Fuzhou·····

"Our family naturally knows how to send people to do these future things, and it will definitely not delay Zhao Ge Lao's marriage and continuation." Yang Baomei strode in from the outer courtyard, raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhao Yuanzhi with an unshaven in his eyes: "If Zhao Ge Lao is here for official business, if you are in a hurry, you will go to the Yamen of the Inspectorate to find Sheng Heng by yourself, if you are not in a hurry, I will send someone to find it, if it is for other things, I am very sorry, you and our two families no longer have any personal relationship, and Zhao Ge Lao also has a book, since we are scattered, we will break it completely!" ”

Zhao Yuanzhi hurriedly said, "Me and the waiter's family-"

"Shut up!" Yang Tofu scolded angrily, and his eyes were red with anger: "Zhao Yuanzhi, if you still have a sincere heart for Bao Dai, you will not allow the news of the Shilang Mansion girl and your peach blossom to spread all over the capital, what qualifications do you have to say that you love my girl here, and you are qualified to ask your wife who has been separated from you to go home with you, your mother killed someone, you are also an official, you are still the person in charge of the cabinet, don't you know that the law of this dynasty pays for killing people!" Gou Er treats you as a brother, and when someone dies, you will have a hasty half of the funeral, so next time your mother kills Bao Dai! For the sake of your career, do you want to cover up again! ”

"My Yang family can't afford to climb your uncle!" Yang Tofu said and stuffed an envelope in his arms into his hand, and his tone was very intense: "This is the fifty taels of silver tickets you hired at the beginning, and none of our family have moved, and we will return it to you as it is!" Please also exchange my daughter to me as it is, and in the future, my girl will have nothing to do with you Zhao Ge Lao when she marries and has children. ’

Zhao Yuanzhi's eyes sank, and he said coldly, "Dad, she is my wife, how can I allow her to remarry!" ”

"What? I will allow you to hook up and play in the flowers, my girl is now an upright and innocent girl, you get out of me! Don't show up in front of our house! Yang Tofu has never scolded people like this in his life, thinking that Yang Baodai almost died of childbirth, and this person was still drinking in Shilang's Mansion, he was even more angry and sad, and said loudly: "Zhao Yuanzhi!" My Yang family has nothing to do with you! You are not my Yang family's aunt anymore! ”

Yang Baomei supported the angry Yang Tofu to stroke his back, looked at Zhao Yuanzhi, and said sharply: "Elder Zhao Ge, you are not leaving, are you waiting for me to let someone bombard you!" ”

Do you really think you dare not hit him!

Zhao Yuanzhi felt that he was extremely wronged, but he still remained calm: "I want to see Bao Dai, she is willing to see me, but you are not allowed." ”

He saw his wife last time, even if Yang Baodai hated him so much, it was impossible not to see him!

"You're too embarrassed to mention her! When you took Miss Shilangfu to visit the jewelry store, did you ever think that you would meet Bao Dai! Yang Tofu roared.

Zhao Yuanzhi was stunned, and it took a long time to turn his head to look at Yang Tofu, and his tone was a little uncalm, "What did you say!" You said Bao Dai also went that day!? What about her?·····"

Zhao Yuanzhi didn't dare to think about it, and was about to walk out of the front hall and head towards the back, but a few Xiao Si had already stopped him, and Li Tong, who followed, immediately pulled out the long sword in his hand to open the way for the master.

"Zhao Yuanzhi, you are against the sky! Dare to draw a knife in my Sheng family's mansion! Yang Baomei sighed.

"I want to see my wife, and it has nothing to do with you." Zhao Yuanzhi's patience was completely exhausted, in fact, he had very little patience with anyone other than Yang Baodai, especially since he hadn't looked at his wife for a long time.

At this time, Chao Chao walked in from outside, looked at Zhao Yuanzhi and lowered his luggage, raised his eyes and said, "Young Master." ”

Zhao Yuanzhi twisted his eyebrows.

Chao Chao stepped forward, bowed to him, and said in a dry tone: "I'm here to pass on Madame's words, Madame said that she only believes in what her eyes see, and the young master's words don't need to be said more. ”

Zhao Yuanzhi frowned, completely unable to accept the words of the court, and asked coldly, "Where is Madame?" ”

Chao Chao raised his neck: "Madam said, her affairs have nothing to do with the young master from now on." She paused as she spoke, and became bold: "Young master, Madam is now a person with a body, please don't stimulate her." "The Sheng family covered up Yang Baodai's production very well, and Zhao Yuanzhi was drunk that day, and he missed the opportunity to know most likely.

Hearing this, the fingers in Zhao Yuanzhi's cuffs trembled slightly, and after a long time, he waved his hand, Li Tong withdrew his weapon, Zhao Yuanzhi looked at Chaochao, and said slowly for a long time: "You tell Madame, I will still come, if she gives birth, she will definitely send someone to call me." ”

He didn't dare to provoke Yang Baodai at this juncture.

All he had to do was know that his wife was safe.

Chao Chao did not answer.

"And." Zhao Yuanzhi looked at Yang Tofu and Yang Baodai back to his senses, and his voice sounded faintly: "He Lishu was brought by Baoyuan with my private seal, if I really want to investigate······ So no matter what the outside says, I hope my father-in-law and eldest sister understand in their hearts that Bao Dai will only be my wife. ”

He said and took out a silver ticket of five thousand taels from his cuffs: "My wife has borrowed it for a long time, and I hope to smile if it is not enough, just send someone to say it." ”

Yang Baodai is his wife, and it is impossible for him to let go in his life.