The six princesses were newly mourned, and Emperor Du lost her daughter-in-law, and the phoenix was sick.

Emperor Chenghua loved his favorite concubines, and ordered that the wives of all officials of the third rank and above would take turns to flow into the Guanju Palace to serve the sick.

Within a few days, there were rumors in the palace that the imperial concubine and the lady of the Ministry of Justice, Bai Qin, had a very happy conversation, and the rewards in the palace were sent to the Bai family in waves.

Bai Sheng visited the Marquis Mansion many times, and finally invited Qin Rou back to the house.

It is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the family gathers in Xinghe Hall for a reunion dinner.

Mrs. Bai is in the right position in the high hall, full of children and grandchildren, and her face is full of love and kindness.

Qin Rou was dignified and graceful, with a wide smile on her face, as if the previous mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not harmonious and the husband and wife had not been discordant.

The atmosphere was just right, and the servants hurriedly came, "My aunt and my aunt will return home with my young master and young lady." ”

The old lady was pleasantly surprised and looked at the door expectantly: "Please come in." ”

Bai Sheng was also surprised, got up and left the table and said, "Mother wait a minute, my son will go to meet my brother-in-law." ”

The old general Shen died in battle, and the wife of the Shen family also died of illness two years ago. In addition, the border war has not been going on in recent years, Shen Rui has not been in Beijing for a long time, and in previous years, Bai Qingping took his children back to Baifu for a banquet.

But this year, Shen Rui was at home, he was reluctant to move around with the Bai family, and no one came to the mansion to spread the word earlier, because the old lady thought that her daughter's family would be in the general's mansion today, and she couldn't bear to disturb their husband and wife reunion, so she didn't send someone to invite.

Chen said with a smile when he saw the opportunity: "My aunt and my aunt's wife are in love, and it is rare to return to Beijing, so I took Shikai Shiyan to accompany the old lady in the house to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival, which shows filial piety, and the old lady is really a blessing." ”

"Yes, originally the six princesses died, the saint and the imperial concubine were sad, and even the banquets in the palace were low-key and simple, and the mansions in Beijing were even less interested in ceremonial music and fireworks. I didn't even invite the troupe at home, and I still felt bored, but Aunt Qiao and Qingping came back. ”

The old lady was overjoyed, she hadn't seen her son-in-law for a long time.

Bai Jinghao sat in the middle of the young lady, thinking of what Jinzhu said to him not long ago, and couldn't help but look towards the door.

According to Qiao's mother, after her mother left Beijing, she went to Yingchuan to inquire about her life experience, so how did she and General Shen meet, and will General Shen know about her mother?

Thinking about it, Bai Sheng had already led Shen Rui and Bai Qingping into the hall.

And they all stood up and saluted.

Qin Rou walked over from the table, bent her lips and greeted: "My aunt and my aunt are back, but I can look forward to the old lady." ”

Bai Qingping is as full of pearls as ever, but it is more gentle and charming than in the past. Shen Rui was heroic, wearing homely clothes, not very luxurious, and his face was a little serious.

The couple saluted the old lady.

The old lady smiled from ear to ear and hurriedly invited them to take a seat.

Bai Sheng values this brother-in-law very much, but for many years, their relationship between husband and wife has been weak, and his identity as an uncle is useless, and he can't get close to him, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to come to the door today.

During the banquet, Bai Sheng was positive and enthusiastic.

Bai Jinghao only felt that the eyes cast by Shen Shikai were extremely hot, and he didn't hide it.

Bai Jinzhu next to her called her softly: "Eldest sister, my uncle hasn't been at home for many years, and he suddenly came here today, how can I think I have ulterior motives?" ”

Although Bai Jinghao also felt the same, he still replied with a normal face: "Uncle is the aunt in the house, and it is very common for me to come back to visit the old lady in the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Bai Jinzhu disagreed, "This is just on the surface, the eldest sister is so smart, can she really think so?" ”

Bai Jing ignored her.

After a while, Shen Rui really proposed that he had not returned to Beijing for a long time and wanted to meet the juniors in the house.

Bai Xuan is the eldest son, and when he heard this, he hurriedly led his younger brother Bai Heng and Bai Kun from the second room to come forward to pay a visit.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was established for only a hundred years, and in these years, there were vassal kings who raised troops and rebelled, and there were enemies outside the country.

The Guixun family has insight into the holy will, and they no longer only know how to train their children and grandchildren to study and take the imperial examination, but they are all both civil and military.

Shen Rui is a person who loves martial arts, although the Bai family was a family of poetry, books, rites and music in the past, but Bai Qi is brave and has long been famous in Beijing. He couldn't help but ask a few questions, Bai Xuan was familiar with military books, and his answers were fluent.

Shen Rui rewarded him with a Ugin dagger and gave him time to go to the martial arts training ground in the suburbs to have a look.

Bai Qian thanked without arrogance or impatience: "Thank you uncle for your attention, my nephew will go often, and I hope my uncle will give me more guidance." ”

Shen Rui liked him very much.

Qin Rou's face was full of pride, and even Bai Jinyao, who had been silent for many days, was honored and happy for her brother.

When Bai Heng was asked, Shen Rui asked about some archery skills, obviously hearing about his deeds on the racecourse of the princess's mansion a while ago.

Bai Heng also dealt with it properly, and Shen Rui also gave him a Ugin dagger, so that he could go to his martial arts training ground often.

The smile on Qin Rou's face gradually stiffened, and she looked at Bai Heng thoughtfully.

Bai Sheng's twin sons were both praised, and their faces were full of relief.

Old Madam Bai was very happy to see that her son-in-law had finally begun to care about her children and grandchildren, and naturally he would be promoted in the future.

Bai Qingping's face was full of confusion, her husband never asked her about her mother's family, what happened today?

The third young master, Bai Kun, has just turned fourteen, and he likes to have fun on weekdays, and when he is asked, he has a lot of beautiful words, but few words are useful.

His mother Chen's face was embarrassed, and the second old man Bai Teng also had a gloomy expression.

Shen Rui was upright, he only let him study hard, and didn't give anything.

The three sons withdrew, and the elders said some compliments to each other.

Shen Shikai, who couldn't bear it, called "father" as if reminded, Shen Ruicai looked at the old lady again, and said with a smile: "Yesterday, the queen mother rewarded many palace satin jewelry in the house, and there was only one girl in the house, Shiyan was the only girl in the house, and she has always been close to the cousins of the Bai family. ”

Shen Shikai retracted his eyes, pursed his lips and lowered his head.

Shen Shiyan smiled lightly beside her, and Bai Qingping saw that their father and son were like this, as if she suddenly understood something, and her face was incredible.

The old lady was overjoyed, and when she was about to call her eldest granddaughter to lead her sisters forward, her granddaughter Bai Jinyao had already taken the lead in standing up.

Bai Jinyao stepped forward and said, "The nieces thank my uncle for his love. ”

The old lady had no choice but to say again: "Be quiet, and bring your sisters and your second sister closer to greet your uncle." ”

Bai Jinghao stood up, she and Bai Jinzhu walked in front, and Bai Jinlin and Bai Jinse from Xifu walked behind, standing behind Bai Jinyao.

"It's that I don't often live in the capital, but I can't even recognize my wives and nieces, so let's start with my eldest niece." Shen Rui straightened his face.

Mama Su walked over in person, stood beside Bai Jinghao and said, "Auntie, this is the eldest granddaughter of the old lady, Miss Jinghao." ”

Bai Qingping had anxiety on her face and stared at her husband tightly.

Shen Rui raised his eyes, his eyes gradually condensed, and he suddenly stood up, opening his lips as if he wanted to shout, but he closed them silently, and only looked at her fixedly.

Bai Qingping saw that her husband was out of shape, and said, "It's okay, don't come to get anything and retreat." ”

Bai Jinghao stepped forward and was grateful: "Thank you uncle and aunt." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Rui asked, "What's your name?" ”

The Bai family looked at the scene in front of them curiously.

"Master, don't you remember, this is my eldest brother's eldest daughter, her name is Jinghao, she used to be sick and didn't come out often, and she hasn't been to the house much, you may not have seen it."

Bai Qingping barely maintained a smile and finished speaking, and then urged Bai Jinghao to retreat.

Shen Shikai saw that his father was distracted, lest he forget his intention, so he stood up and said urgently: "Wait." ”

"Shikai, sit down." Bai Qingping warned her son.

Shen Shikai only hurriedly called Shen Rui, "Father, father, you still have something to say." ”

Although Shen Rui said that he had a bad relationship with Bai Qingping, he loved his children very much, even if there were many doubts hidden in his heart, he reminded him like this, in the end, he remembered serious things.

He looked at the old lady and Bai Sheng, "Today's festive reunion, I want to take advantage of this good day to propose to my eldest brother for my family lineage, and hire a good niece as a daughter-in-law." ”