Xu Qingan was wearing a new robe, and his face was full of smiles.

"How many times has the prince walked over?" The steward couldn't help but ask the people around him.

"It seems like three times."

Another said, "Four times!" ”

The steward rubbed his eyes, and it seemed that he was not to the point of being dizzy with old eyes.

Should I praise the prince? The steward was a little embarrassed, for fear that after he praised him, he would get out of control, and in the future, whenever there was any trouble, the prince would come to him.

Bitter also.

When he was in the Hou Mansion, Hou Ye would dangle in front of him as long as he was happy, he had to keep his eyes open every day, stare at Hou Ye carefully, immediately find out what was different from Hou Ye before, and then praise him vigorously.

He was really tired of this matter all his life, and he heard that the eldest lady married to the southeast and needed manpower, so he finally squeezed in to be a companion, but he didn't expect to meet the prince here.

Won't he be able to escape in this life?

The steward had just made up his mind, and as long as the prince came over again, he would come forward and praise him, so that there would be a moment of silence afterwards.

"Steward, you take a few people to the inner courtyard to have a look, a few young masters are turning the sky in the garden."

At today's banquet in the house, several wives and wives came with their sons, so there can be no mistakes.

The steward hurried into the inner courtyard.

In the inner courtyard, the ladies and wives looked apologetically at the pool in front of them, and a shallow pond was built under the corridor of the Song Mansion, and a few koi fish were raised in it, and those koi were very beautiful, swimming happily in the pool, but now the pond in front of them was muddy, and several children were covered with muddy water on their bodies and faces, although they were pulled by their mothers, their eyes were still staring at those fish.

"No ...... spitting beads"

"No ......"

The wives didn't know what the children were talking about, so they apologized to Xu Qinghuan again and again: "Grandma Song, I'm really sorry, these children are so unruly, they run over to catch fish if they don't pay attention to it." ”

Saying this, several subordinates lowered their heads: "It's our negligence, the little masters said...... said that Uncle Song fell in the garden, and we were in a hurry to take a look, but we couldn't find anyone. Then these little masters ran away in the blink of an eye.

Xu Qinghuan smiled and comforted several wives: "It's good that it didn't hurt." ”

After speaking, Xu Qinghuan instructed Chen's mother to take the children to change clothes, but fortunately, the weather is warm now, and the water on the body will not catch a cold.

Xu Qinghuan fell on the pond again, the pool is very shallow, the water is not over the children's calves, the eldest son of the Yao family is five years old, tall and big, and takes the lead in leading the children into the pool to catch koi, don't look at these children are not very old, they just caught the fish, and when the steward found out, these children were pulling the fish mouth and pulling something out of it.

Xu Qinghuan was very curious, what those children were looking for, and there was no trace of Brother Chen, just now these children were still talking around Brother Chen.

Xu Qinghuan looked at Feng Yan, and Feng Yan said, "Madam, don't worry, Meng Lingyun is not far from the uncle, if there is something, he will already bring it to him." ”

Xu Qinghuan was still a little worried and wanted to go to the garden to have a look, but he saw a small figure walking towards him.

"Mother." Brother Chen walked up to Xu Qinghuan with small steps and saluted, and then took Xu Qinghuan's hand.

Xu Qinghuan breathed a sigh of relief, Brother Chen was still wearing the same clothes as in the morning, and his face and body were still very neat.

Xu Qinghuan reached out and touched Brother Chen's smooth little face: "What did you do?" ”

"Watching the birds in the corridor," Brother Chen pointed not far away, looking up at his pretty little face, "Mother has been busy for the past two days, and I have helped my mother feed them." ”

"Brother Chen is so good." Xu Qinghuan touched the top of Brother Chen's head.

After the children changed their clothes, Xu Qinghuan let Brother Chen go over and instructed the steward: "Follow the children, don't look at their young age, it's just the time to be naughty, just play, don't have any damage." ”

The steward answered, and immediately chased after him with a few people.

Mrs. Yao stepped forward and said: "It must be Brother Xin's fault, he is not at home on weekdays, unlike the uncle in the house who is so well-behaved in his actions, sitting and lying, and the etiquette is also thoughtful, and he has always greeted people with a smile." ”

Brother Chen is very similar to Lord Song when he was a child, he had a good temper, and he was relieved, Brother Chen never did anything about climbing trees and walls when his brother was a child, and even his mother said that she was really blessed.

A few people were about to go back to the house to talk, Xu Qinghuan was about to walk away, but found a bright thing flickering not far away, she walked over and found a small earring lying in the middle of the bluestone road, she squatted down and picked up the earring, and the other end of the earring was connected with a half-cut cord.

Xu Qinghuan remembered that when he was a child, he stole his mother's earrings and fished with his brother, and his brother told Brother Chen about it.

It can't be such a coincidence.

The earrings were hers, and they were made into fishhooks.

Beyond that, she caught a glimpse of what seemed to be a real person's runic paper floating in the pond.

No one else can get these things, unless Brother Chen is here just now.

But those children told them in unison that they hadn't seen Brother Chen.

Xu Qinghuan set her eyes on Brother Chen again, she didn't pay attention to it, half of the corners of Brother Chen's clothes were deliberately folded, if she guessed correctly, the corners of the clothes must be wet, in addition, I am afraid that shoes and socks will not be spared.

Xu Qinghuan instructed Yingui: "I will take the uncle to change his clothes in a while." ”

She suddenly discovered one thing, she doesn't like to lose her manners in front of people, she is also organized when she causes trouble, and she can persuade others to cover up for them, but it is not all the temperament of the Qi family.

Xu Qinghuan returned to the flower hall, and the ladies were talking.

"The imperial court has made up its mind to start a war with the Tatars this time, mobilized the soldiers and horses of the guards in various places, and requisitioned a lot of military funds from our southeast."

"It's nerve-wracking to watch that battle."

"There's nothing to panic about, these things have to be resolved sooner or later, and it's hard to wait for the Tatars to fight again in the Great Zhou."

"That's right."

Xu Qinghuan walked into the room, and the ladies looked at Xu Qinghuan one after another.

"Madame has been to Northern Xinjiang and knows the situation over there, isn't this battle not easy?"

Listening to the words of the female dependent, Xu Qinghuan bowed slightly, the emperor dispatched troops like this, ready to go, as if he was going to fight to the death with the Tatars.

The whole of the Great Zhou Dynasty is sure of this battle, as if the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be like a bamboo when they reach the northern Xinjiang, but things are not what everyone imagined.

"Let's go, let's go to the feast first." Xu Qinghuan invited the ladies to the banquet, and after the feast, she had some things to ask the ladies to do, including medicinal materials and food.

They have to mobilize the military funds they have been preparing for many years.

After a busy day, Xu Qinghuan returned to the house.

"Mother."

Brother Chen's little head looked into the room, with a strange expression on his face.

Xu Qinghuan beckoned, and Brother Chen ran into the house.

"Mother," Brother Chen plunged into Xu Qinghuan's arms, "I...... During the day...... Also on the other side of the pond, I ......"

It turned out that he was looking for her to admit his mistake.

Xu Qinghuan smiled and said: "I know everything, if you want to fish, just tell me, and I'll take you to the garden to play." "She has been a little busy in the past two years, and sometimes she ignores Brother Chen.

Brother Chen shook his head, and only raised his head after a while: "I...... Uncle said...... Using that talisman will make the fish spit out beads, I don't believe it...... Uncle will do it for me...... I ......"

So those kids go to the fish's mouths and dig something.

Xu Qinghuan couldn't help laughing: "What do you want those beads for?" ”

"Uncle said, I am blessed to see those beads, I want my mother to wear them," Brother Chen said and looked at Xu Qinghuan, "Mother is going to go far away, I saw the housekeeper's mother packing up the cage." ”

This kid knows everything.

"How long will it take for Mother to come back? Will the father go too? Brother Chen's voice was crisp, and his eyes showed a little reluctance, "Can you take me with you." ”

Xu Qinghuan's eyes were hot, she followed Song Chengxuan to Northern Xinjiang a few years ago, she didn't think about it so much, but now she is reluctant to look at Brother Chen.

She was about to speak.

"Sister."

Xu Qinghuan raised her head, only to see Xu Qingyue open the curtain and walk into the house, Qingyue had a somewhat anxious look on her face, and a pair of eyes looked at her fixedly.

After marrying Qi Defang this spring, Qingyue moved to Changzhou, and often came to Fuzhong to help her on weekdays.

"What's going on?" Xu Qinghuan said.