The second day of September is Yun'er's first birthday.

is different from the 100-day banquet in the Hou Mansion that was as lively and rich as that, Yun'er's first birthday banquet was only accompanied by Mei Zijin, Shui Qingqing, Sanshi Xiaoxi and 6 Lin.

But at the simple first birthday party, everyone's face was filled with the most joyful smile.

Yun'er was also wearing the little tiger's coat, and when she saw that everyone came to his house to play, she staggered around the house happily, shouting 'Daddy' and 'Daddy'.

Early in the morning, Shui Qingqing personally went to the street to buy vegetables, and when she came back, she went into the kitchen, rolled up her sleeves and began to be busy cooking. Xiaoxi was on the side to help her.

Mei Zijin also came to the kitchen, looking at Shui Qingqing, who was busy and hardworking, and said reluctantly: "Why do you need to cook by yourself, just leave it to the kitchen ladies to do." ”

Shui Qingqing made Yun'er's favorite glutinous pork ribs, and smiled at Mei Zijin with a satisfied face: "Does Master Hou know what my greatest wish in this life is?" ”

In the capital before, whether it was the Hou Mansion or when she returned to the Bai Mansion later, Mei Zijin rarely saw her smile, and it was even more rare to have a happy smile like this.

But since these days, there have been more and more happy smiles on her face.

But even so, Mei Zijin still can't get enough.

Looking at her smiling eyebrows and eyes, her good-looking fox eyes were bent into crescent moons, shining brightly, and the happiness on her face was almost full, which made Mei Zijin feel heartbroken and couldn't take her eyes off.

Therefore, one didn't hold back, he couldn't care about being in the kitchen, and he didn't care about her wearing an apron, and the oil stains on the apron would get on herself. Mei Zijin moved with her heart, couldn't help but step forward and press her on the stove, gnawed at her face, her fiery lips rubbed her lips, and then turned to her earlobes, with a hint of hoarseness in her voice, and asked in a low voice, "What is it?" ”

The heat between his breaths and his restless lips teased Shui Qingqing, making her blush instantly.

Her heart was pounding, Shui Qingqing wanted to reach out and push him away, but she had glutinous rice on her hands, and she didn't dare to wipe it on his clothes, so she had to let him bully, hugging and gnawing, almost crushing her.

Shui Qingqing was so anxious that she was about to cry, she glanced at Xiao Xi, who was peeling garlic outside the kitchen, and begged in a low voice with a blushing face: "There are still people outside, please let go of me quickly......

"I don't like you to call me Master Hou, it's too raw. Like them, you call me Brother Zijin. Come, call me to hear. ”

Shui Qingqing's face was about to be red and dripping blood, and she raised her eyes and glared at him in shame.

can be seen in Mei Zijin's eyes, but it is flattering, and the more he looks at it, the more he likes it.

"Xiaoxi's garlic will be peeled soon."

As she spoke, Mei Zijin's big hand moved to her thin waist and pinched it gently, and Shui Qingqing shivered with excitement.

She was so anxious that she was about to cry, and she was afraid that she would be seen by Xiaoxi and them, so she had to blush, and her voice was like a mosquito.

"Zijin...... Brother ......"

"Poof!"

Mei Zijin smiled from ear to ear, and brazenly made another request.

"Don't drive me away today, I'm going to sleep in your room and sleep with you!"

Shui Qingqing thought that he would let himself go when he called his brother, but he didn't expect that his requests were more than excessive.

She was about to scold him for being shameless, but her eyes saw that Xiaoxi had already got up with the peeled garlic, and she was so anxious that she said in a hurry: "I promise you, you let go of me quickly, Xiaoxi came in......"

At the last moment when Xiaoxi turned around, Shui Qingqing finally escaped from Mei Zijin's 'claws'.

Xiaoxi took the peeled garlic into the kitchen, and saw Shui Qingqing washing rice and steaming glutinous rice at the desk, and Mei Zijin helping her scoop water in the water tank, the two seemed to be working silently, but the atmosphere was obviously wrong.

Xiaoxi has not seen Hou Ye 'bullying' her young lady during this time, so when she saw the blush on Shui Qingqing's face that had not faded, and Mei Zijin's happy and proud look, she instantly understood in her heart, and said with a secret smile, I am afraid that Hou Ye will be dishonest again.

Seeing Xiaoxi come in, Shui Qingqing blushed and hurriedly pushed Mei Zijin out, and said with disgust: "Master Hou should go out, with you, I can't turn around in the kitchen." ”

Mei Zijin said: "You haven't told me yet, what about your wishes?" ”

Shui Qingqing remembered what happened to Fang Cai, her face that had just faded from her blush burned again, she glanced at him, and said in shame: "I don't want to tell you." ”

Mei Zijin still wanted to stay on it, but Sanshi came over with Yun'er in his arms and said with a smile: "Master Hou, the son is looking for you." ”

In this way, the dignified Marquis reluctantly left the kitchen.

As soon as he left, Xiaoxi hid aside and couldn't help but laugh, and said: "Miss, listening to Sanshi, Master Hou is very angry in the barracks, and as soon as he enters the barracks, everyone is angry." It is said that there was a soldier before who couldn't stop hiccups, and when he saw Hou Ye going, the hiccups stopped - if everyone knew what Hou Ye usually looked like at home, I was afraid that everyone would not believe it. And if you let everyone see it with your own eyes, the appearance of Hou Ye in front of the young lady and the little boy, I am afraid that my eyes will fall to the ground......"

Shui Qingqing's heart was sweet, but her face was burned red, and she said angrily: "Even you are laughing at me?" It seems that I really have to find a mother-in-law for you as soon as possible and marry you. ”

This time, it was Xiaoxi's turn to be shy.

She couldn't help but think of Nameless, and then thought of Nameless and Liu Yin walking together, and said sadly: "Miss, I don't want to get married, I just want to follow Miss ......"

Looking at her appearance, Shui Qingqing didn't understand what she was thinking.

But Shui Qingqing knew that it was too impossible between Xiaoxi and Nameless, but she was afraid that it would be Xiaoxi who would be injured in the end, so she couldn't help but persuade: "Xiaoxi, what do you think of Sanshi?" Master Hou mentioned to me before that he intended to marry you to Sanshi. I think it must be Sanshi who is interested in you, and Hou Ye knows his thoughts before he comes to pull the strings for you - you are ...... What do you think? ”

Hearing this, Xiaoxi couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Sanshi in the courtyard, and said sadly: "Miss, Brother Sanshi is very good, and the girl in the city asked me to hand him a silk two days ago...... It's just that I don't want to marry yet, and I don't want to delay him......"

After that, Xiaoxi hesitated for a moment, and finally asked what she had always wanted to ask in her heart.

She looked at Shui Qingqing, plucked up the courage and asked softly, "Miss, the nameless brother has been away for so long and hasn't written to you again?" ”

Shui Qingqing shook her head and said sadly: "When he left that day, I asked them where they went, and he deliberately hid it from me, only saying that he might not see each other again in this life...... So, he won't write to me. ”

Xiaoxi's heart was sour, and she sniffed and smiled bitterly: "Presumably...... He and Liu Yin are living happily somewhere at this time......"

Shui Qingqing is really like Xiaoxi said, no name can find a quiet and beautiful place with Liu Yin like them, and the two live happily, but ......

Thinking of the depth and determination in his eyes when he left without a name that day, Shui Qingqing was inexplicably panicked, and always felt that what he was doing without knowing himself was very dangerous......

Thinking of the nameless, Shui Qingqing's thoughts couldn't help but drift away, until Xiaoxi reminded her that the water in the pot was boiling, she came back to her senses, thinking that today was Yun'er's birthday, and quickly retracted her thoughts, calmed down and cooked well......

The table made by Shui Qingqing is the most ordinary home-cooked food, simple meat, fish, chicken and duck, without those precious delicacies of the mountains and seas, but it feels warm, which is most suitable for such a day, the family sits together and eats happily without restraint, highlighting the preciousness of ordinary days.

After the meal was arranged, Shui Qingqing and Xiaoxi both went back to the house to wash off the smell of oil smoke on their bodies, and then changed their clothes and went to the dining room.

However, when the two of them came out after changing their clothes and walked to the door of the dining room, the master and servant both thought that something was wrong.

The courtyard that was usually quiet was filled with servants at some point.

Looking at the clothes, they are very familiar, and they are actually subordinates in the Marquis Mansion in the capital.

Shui Qingqing looked stunned, and when she saw Mother Ye guarding the door, she understood in her heart, and her heart tightened-

She didn't expect that Mrs. Hou would come to the border from the capital in person.

Without thinking about it, I knew that it must have been Mei Zijin's request that was folded to the capital, and Mrs. Hou learned the news that he was going to stay at the border pass.

Therefore, this time, the old lady took the trouble to come to the border in person, did she come to Xingshi to ask for the crime, or did she come to pick up Mei Zijin back to Beijing in person?

Shui Qingqing, who was nervous, pressed the panic in her heart and entered the house, and sure enough, she saw Mrs. Hou sitting on it with a stiff face and a lot of age.

It turned out that since Mei Zijin was seriously injured in the last attack, the old lady was so anxious that she fell ill, and immediately sent two aunts, Tang Qianqian and Lan Qin, to take care of him at the border.

Later, when he learned that he was seriously injured and did not wake up, the old lady burned incense and worshiped the Buddha at home every day, begging the Bodhisattva to bless him so that he could wake up as soon as possible.

Later, in the battle of Tongguguan, he was defeated and became famous and shocked the world, and the old lady finally put his mind at ease and began to look forward to him going back in the capital every day.

However, in the end, he only waited for the news that he was going to guard the border pass......

For a moment, the old lady felt that the sky was about to fall.

You must know that Mei Zijin has never had an heir. And after this border battle, after he almost died in distress, the old lady felt the urgency of the heir, and looked forward to marrying Princess Leyi after he returned to Beijing in triumph this time, and then let the aunts in the back house get pregnant, and spread the branches for the Mei family.

Therefore, when she learned that he was unwilling to return to Beijing, Mrs. Hou was anxious.

And at this time, Princess Leyi and Tang Lan, the two aunts, found the old lady at the same time, and cried to the old lady in unison, the Hou Ye left everything in the capital and stayed at the border pass for the sake of the county lord of Guanqing......

Therefore, after learning the real reason why Mei Zijin stayed at the border pass, the old lady was angry, and she didn't care about the hard work, and traveled thousands of miles to come to the border pass in person to find Mei Zijin......

When Shui Qingqing entered, Mei Zijin, Sanshi and others were already kneeling in front of the old lady.

Old Madam Hou, who was working hard, could not hide the tiredness on her face, but her eyes were extraordinarily majestic, and when she saw Shui Qingqing coming in, her eyes fell on her, and her eyes sank.

Shui Qingqing's heart trembled, and she hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down in front of the old lady.

The atmosphere inside the room was extremely oppressive, as if the air was frozen. Everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak, and the old lady didn't say a word when she entered the house, but looked at Mei Zijin who was kneeling in the front with sad eyes, and her expression couldn't hide her sadness.

Suddenly, there was a dead silence in the originally lively and harmonious room!

In the end, it was Yun'er who broke the silence of the room.

Yun'er, who is just one year old, is half a head taller than children of the same age, walks early, and knows how to read the eyes of adults early.

Therefore, he watched Mei Zijin, Shui Qingqing and the others all kneel, everyone didn't speak, and he also stood quietly beside Sanshi, obediently, holding a pair of big black grape-like eyes, looking at this, and looking at that.

But the child is a child after all, and after a long time, Yun'er couldn't stay still, so as usual, she pouted her little buttocks, staggered to Mei Zijin's side, and grinned at him and shouted: "Daddy-"

The child's milky voice was like a fresh breeze, instantly blowing away the dull air in the room and making everyone gasp.

In front of the old lady, Mei Zijin hugged Yun'er into her arms, and after a heavy 'um' sound, she finally raised her head and said earnestly to the surprised old lady: "Mother came from afar, and it was really hard to be dusty." It is the son's fault that the mother worries about her son. But today is Yun'er's first birthday, and after eating this meal, the son will receive punishment from his mother! ”

Hearing this, the old lady's shocked description was even more shocking!

She looked at Yun'er standing beside Mei Zijin, and couldn't believe that this well-behaved child who could shout and leave, like a little adult, was actually her former little grandson Yun'er!

When Yun'er was carried away from the Hou Mansion by Mei Zijin, he was less than half a year old, and he was still a baby who didn't understand anything in swaddling clothes, but he didn't expect that more than half a year had passed in the blink of an eye, and he would be able to walk and call Daddy!

The natural blood and family affection, as well as the company of half a year, made the old lady reluctant to Yun'er in her heart.

Therefore, even if she was angry in her heart, the old lady saw Yun'er's sake, and then thought that today was his birthday, and she didn't want to touch Yun'er's moldy head, so she suppressed the anger in her heart, and sighed: "Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, Yun'er is one year old - come over and let grandma see you." ”

Seeing that the old lady had extinguished her anger, Mei Zijin led everyone to get up, hugged Yun'er and sent it to the old lady.

The old lady picked up Yun'er and sat in her arms, thinking about what he had done when he was in the Hou Mansion before, her eyes were wet, and she wiped her tears and scolded: "Little thing with no conscience, grandma has taken you for so long, and I haven't seen you come back to see grandma once after leaving...... It's secretly grown so big, it seems that the clothes that grandma made for you are all too small to wear......"

Yun'er looked at the old lady ignorantly, and didn't seem to understand what the old lady was talking about, so she just turned around and pointed at Mei Zijin with her chubby little finger, and called 'Daddy' in a milky voice.

The old lady was slightly stunned, but the next moment she understood, and her face froze, "You're telling grandma that he's your father, right?" ”

Shui Qingqing saw that the old lady's face was wrong, so she hurriedly stepped forward to take Yun'er from the old lady's arms, and said in a panic: "The old lady is angry, Yun'er has only called her father since she learned to speak...... And he's not sensible yet, so he's been screaming nonsense......"

Shui Qingqing knew that Mei Zijin didn't care about Yun'er's identity, but since the old lady already knew that Yun'er was not a child of the Hou Mansion, how could she accept Mei Zijin as his father?!

How can you recognize a child of unknown origin as a son?!

After listening to Shui Qingqing's explanation, the old lady's expression became more and more gloomy, and Mei Zijin's face also changed, and her heart was even more painful-

Yun'er obviously only called him alone to be 'daddy', not at all like Shui Qingqing said.

But he also knew that Shui Qingqing said this in order not to make his mother angry.

However, even so, he did not want to hear her say such things against her will.

Therefore, without waiting for the old lady to speak, Mei Zijin had already said in a deep voice: "No, Yun'er is not screaming randomly, he has always called me, I am his father." ”

Hearing this, the anger that the old lady had just suppressed burned again!

She looked at Mei Zijin with an anxious face with a cold eye, and said coldly: "I don't want my own children, but I recognize other people's children - what a big deal!" Could it be that the incense of our Dingguo Marquis Mansion is about to be broken here with you? Do you have the face to face the ancestors of the Mei family? ”

After that, the old lady stood up angrily, her eyes swept over the table full of food, and then looked coldly at Shui Qingqing, who was pale and ashamed, and finally her eyes fell on Yun'er in her arms, gritted her teeth and endured the words on her lips, and said coldly: "It seems that the old body is not here today." You should celebrate the child's birthday first - if there is anything, the old body will slowly settle accounts with you in the future! ”

The last sentence, the old lady said to Mei Zijin, but it also made Shui Qingqing's whole body fall into an ice cave......

The old lady brushed her sleeves away, leaving a room full of people stunned.

After a while, Shui Qingqing endured the sadness in her heart and beckoned everyone to sit down for dinner, but pushed Mei Zijin out.

From the appearance of the old lady, Mei Zijin was obviously uneasy.

Shui Qingqing said with a smile: "You go and see the old lady, she just came to this pass, and she has worked hard, but I'm afraid that now she doesn't even have a place to settle down and rest, you go and help her take care of it, and talk to her well......"

I haven't seen her for a few months, and Mei Zijin has obviously seen that her mother is old, and her sideburns are whiter, and she is haggard, and she is very reluctant to feel guilty, but-

He said sadly: "But today is Yun'er's birthday, he has been waiting for me to celebrate his birthday, if I leave like this, he will definitely be sad......"

Shui Qingqing's heart was bitter, but she smiled lightly, raised her eyes and looked at Mei Zijin who was embarrassed, and said softly: "Didn't Master Hou ask me before, what is my greatest wish?" My wish is to be able to be by Yun'er and Hou Ye's side year after year, and accompany you to spend every birthday with you. ”

Mei Zijin was moved in his heart, and said movingly: "So ......"

"So in order to make my future life, I can accompany Hou Ye and Yun'er to spend it, Hou Ye don't care about this lack at this time, take good care of the old lady, talk to her well, and let the old lady be angry...... Yun'er, I will help Hou Ye say good things, after all, he is young, and he will not be angry with Hou Ye......"

After that, Shui Qingqing hardened her heart and pushed Mei Zijin down the steps.

Mei Zijin's face was full of guilt, and he held Shui Qingqing's hand and said, "You have worked hard today, and Yun'er still has to rely on you to coax you...... I'll be back soon, and I'll make up for Yun'er in the evening. ”

Shui Qingqing let go of his hand with a smile and said softly: "Master Hou, go quickly, don't make the old lady wait for a long time." ”

Shui Qingqing, who returned to the house, couldn't see a trace of sadness on her face, happily beckoned everyone to eat, and giggled at Yun'er.

In this way, because the old lady became dull in the house, it became lively again, and Yun'er forgot to chase after Mei Zijin because of her mother's amusement, and the first birthday banquet was spent in the same lively joy as usual......

After eating, the people cleaned up the table, and 6 Lin sent Shui Qingqing and Yun'er back to the house.

Shui Qingqing knew that he had something to say, so she asked Xiaoxi to carry Yun'er, who was tired and asleep, into the house, and turned to 6 Lin with a solemn face: "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

Even if Shui Qingqing was smiling together from the beginning, 6 Lin knew that everything was just her forced smile.

Sighing heavily, 6 Lin said: "The county master is mentally prepared, since the old lady can come to the border in person, I am afraid that she will be tied with a rope, and she will also tie Zijin back to the capital, so ......"

"I know!"

Shui Qingqing smiled bitterly and said softly: "The old lady has come here thousands of miles away, and she must have taken the Hou Ye back with her...... Moreover, Hou Ye is the head of the Hou Mansion, and he should stay in the Hou Mansion......"

6 Lin looked at her and worried: "In that case, what is the plan of the county lord?" Will you come back to the capital with us? ”

Shui Qingqing's heart was uncomfortable, her eyes were even more painful, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

In her heart, here, she can feel that she and Mei Zijin have become a family. But once they go back to the capital, in addition to many obstacles and crises, there are too many constraints between them, such as each other's identities, the existence of Yun'er, and even the daughters of the Hou Mansion, as well as the royal princess Le Yi, who is about to become Mrs. Hou......

And if she returns to the capital, the war between her and Empress Chen and even the crown prince Li You will continue, and at that time, it will inevitably affect him......

After a thousand turns of thought, Shui Qingqing had a headache, and her heart was even more confused, and she said, "I don't know ...... myself."

On the other side, watching Mei Zijin chase out, the anger in the old lady's heart really subsided a lot.

Seeing that Mei Zijin was busy preparing a house for herself to rest, the old lady said coldly: "I don't plan to stay here for a long time - you immediately pack your luggage and return to Beijing with your mother!" ”

Although she had already expected the purpose of her mother's visit, hearing the firm words of Mrs. Hou that could not be refuted, Mei Zijin still trembled in her heart, and then lifted her robe and knelt down in front of the old lady, pleading: "I beg my mother to fulfill it, let me stay at the border!" ”

The old lady didn't expect that at this time, he was still so obsessed, her whole body trembled with anger, and she pointed at him and scolded: "Do you want to stay in such a desolate place for the rest of your life?" When did you become the marquis of Dingguo, who is dignified in Jin, to come to guard the border passes? What are your intentions? ”

And to the old lady's heart-wrenching questioning, Mei Zijin was speechless, and only after a while did he slowly say word by word: "My son has experienced life and death several times, and the more he sees through the impermanence of the world, the more he sees through the impermanence of the world, so for the rest of his life, he just wants to do what he likes with the person he likes......

"Oh, it's a good sentence to do what you like with the person you like!"

The old lady laughed angrily and said coldly: "For the sake of such a woman who remarries, do you want to give up the century-old glory of the Hou Mansion and abandon your relatives, just to accompany her for the rest of your life in this desolate place?!" ”

"She is happy and happy, but have you ever thought that the other ladies in your house, they married you, and looked forward to their husbands coming home day and night, but in the end, their husbands abandoned them for a woman who had married and had children, and the good years were buried in the back house of the Hou Mansion like this, isn't your behavior selfish and cruel!"

Old Madam Hou's words fell on Mei Zijin's body like a hammer, and also smashed on Shui Qingqing, who came to ask for guilt outside the door.

And the sentence 'Jiao husband remarries' made Shui Qingqing feel like she was struck by lightning, and her whole body was cold......

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