Because most of the people in the group rode in a horse-drawn carriage, the speed naturally could not be compared with riding a horse.

On the side road, Zhuo Ping'an made trouble again - he suddenly rushed out of the carriage and fell to the ground on the side of the road, although he was not injured because of the thick snow, but he also scared the county lord of Qingjiang a lot, and finally coaxed him back to the carriage, and then he was afraid that the same thing would happen, but he didn't dare to hurry.

So it was almost a time to enter the city at the time when the gate was closed.

After entering the city, the county lord of Qingjiang was in a hurry to take his son back to the house, so as not to have more twists and turns, so he asked Song Yixiao to send Nie Wuying back to the eldest princess's mansion.

Since Song Yixiao arrived at her mother-in-law's mansion, she naturally had no reason not to visit her mother-in-law - after such a delay, when she returned to Yanguo's mansion, it was dark.

Before, a guard came back to report the news first, and Zhao's mother, Jin Xun and others were all facing him at the second gate, and when they saw Song Yi, they all came up with a smile and said goodbye: "Madame is back!" ”

"How?" Song Yixiao said sensitively when he heard this, "Is there something in the house?" ”

"It's not a big deal, it's just that Cui Miao has been on a hunger strike for the past two days, saying that she must see her grandfather or you." Mother Zhao looked at the left and right idlers, and then whispered, "It's just that grandpa is busy like something now, who dares to report such trivial matters?" You're not there before. ”

Song Yixiao understood what she meant: she deliberately didn't tell Jian Xubai, lest she was not in the house, Jian Xubai's heart softened, and she was caught by Cui Xuan and made something happen.

She was very satisfied with the nurse's caution, and smiled slightly: "Did you tell her about this situation?" If it's cold today, if you don't eat one or two meals, it won't be as tight as it was in summer. ”

"Naturally." Mother Zhao frowned, "But she is more and more determined not to eat - the slave maid looks, she thinks that you are not here, something is going to happen to her, and the slaves and maids can't explain it to the grandfather!" ”

Song Yixiao pondered for a while and said, "Check it out, did someone reveal the news that I was not in the mansion to her?" Otherwise, she has not been under house arrest for a day or two, and she will not go on a hunger strike in the morning or night, but this will be a hunger strike? ”

Mother Zhao was stunned and said, "It shouldn't be, right?" Cui Miao has been detained in the backyard, and now the backyard is full of our people, who are not familiar with her, and know more or less what she does, it would be good not to bully her, who will reveal the news to her? ”

In fact, Song Yixiao thought the same thing, but she always felt a little suspicious, so she said: "Maybe the older ones won't, but those little girls who are only in their early teens may have soft hearts and easy to coax?" Look at her being detained in the courtyard and not allowed to come out, only that I, the housewife, deliberately punished her! ”

"The slave will do it later!" Mother Zhao said awe-inspiringly, "If there really is such a thing to eat inside and outside, it must not be left in the house!" ”

Song Yi smiled and nodded, and then asked, "Will Husband be at home?" Is it ahead or not? ”

"If Grandpa is in the mansion and knows that you are back, how can he not come to pick you up in person, with what kind of busy method he has?" Jin Xun snickered when he heard this, "Grandpa didn't know that you came back today, but you went to where to eat!" ”

He also said, "Two days ago, He Fu sent someone to send some wild game caught on the Zhuangzi, and the people who came joked with our disciples, saying that because the grandfather had eaten in He Mansion for three days during this period of time and came back, the cooks in their house have been trembling recently, and they dare not be lazy and slippery, lest the grandfather is used to eating good things, and they are not good at their craft, so that Lord He will lose face and will definitely be punished!" ”

Song Yi smiled and scolded: "Lord He is the official of the husband, and the husband goes to the He Mansion to do serious things, where is it just for food?" What's more, the husband is not an impolite person, no matter how unappetizing he is, he will not openly dislike the food in Shangguan's house! You little hooves are talking nonsense here! ”

Jin Xun was not annoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "As long as Mrs. knows that if there is no you in this house, grandpa will not be too lazy to come back!" The slave and maid were scolded a few times, and their hearts were also happy! ”

"Talk nonsense, be careful about your monthly money next month!" Song Yi smiled and pointed at her forehead, and scolded with a smile, "Mother Zhao, you are getting used to her more and more unruly!" ”

Mother Zhao is not very accustomed to Jinxun - she has always felt that Jinxun is not as stable as Zhiqin, and when she heard this, she said aggrievedly: "If it weren't for the courage that Madame gave her, how could she dare to ridicule you?" ”

The master and servant and his entourage talked and laughed to the back hall, Qiaoqin served tea, Song Yi smiled, and asked about the things inside and outside the house these days, Mother Zhao and the others smiled, and told them in 1510-

During this time, the backyard was relatively peaceful, except for the green and ethereal hunger strike, everything else was just trivial things.

Jin Xun deliberately said: "Sister Zhiqin, we go to see it every day, this time the little maid who is serving is quite eye-catching, the slave maid has gone there several times, and you can see that they are all serving Sister Zhiqin, unlike the slack of the previous two." ”

Song Yi smiled and said: "Go back and reward those two little maids with something, teach them to continue to serve with heart, I will not treat them lightly." If not, don't blame me for giving them rules! ”

Everyone was busy, and Mother Zhao said: "There's nothing going on ahead, it's just that Miss Xie didn't know that you went to Zhanchun Pavilion, and you came to visit two days ago and pounced on it - when you left, you mentioned a sentence: Qiu Shangshu of the Taoist Ministry seems to have been eyeing our grandfather recently, and it is because Grandpa has been extra busy these days." ”

"Why is this old guy so annoying?" Song Yixiao was not happy when she heard it, although she didn't dare to fully trust Jian Xubai now, in the end, it was the husband who knotted her hair, and her husband, her cousin, was so stubborn and unreasonable, how could she not be disgusted?

She frowned, flicked the bracelet on her wrist and asked, "Do you know what reason he will choose to trouble his husband?" ”

"The slave vaguely heard that he was impeaching the grandfather for being unfilial to the old lady!" Zhao's mother's face is not very good-looking, husband and wife are one, if Jian Xubai is successfully impeached and her reputation is ruined, what kind of face can Song Yixiao have?

"Unfilial?" Song Yi smiled incredulously and said, "Before, we got married just to make my grandfather happy, not to mention this." Although my grandfather is far away in Sangzi, the New Year's gift has already been sent, and it has doubled compared to previous years - the letter of greetings is also a draft that has been revised again and again, and it is always considered to be dedicated, why is it not filial? ”

Mother Zhao showed a helpless look: "Qiu Shangshu said that although the old lady has three sons and four grandchildren, the title has been passed to the grandfather, and it is obvious that the grandfather inherits the heir - so the grandfather should also be the most filial!" The old lady was unwell before, but the grandfather only crossed his brother to get married, which was simply perfunctory! He thinks that the grandfather should resign immediately, and take you back to his hometown to serve the old lady, until the old lady dies, and then he can be full of filial piety before he can go out! ”

Song Yi laughed angrily: "He would say my husband!" He was so filial, why didn't he immediately turn himself in when his parents died. Exhausted, so that I can go down to Jiuquan to serve?! I am greedy for life and afraid of dying for so many years, but I have the face to say that others are not filial! ”

- If this surnamed Qiu were just an ordinary court official, Song Yixiao would definitely question him like this in person!

Helplessly, this is not only Jian Xubai's cousin, but also the queen mother's nephew, no matter how annoying Song Yixiao is, he can only say angry words!

When she spoke angrily, her face became gloomy: "This old guy is so vicious!" ”

Although Qiu Shuxia's words are heartbreaking, they are not unreasonable strictly - in the allusion of "sucking gangrene and licking hemorrhoids" in ancient times, the emperor asked Xingchen: "Who loves me the most in the world?" ”

Xingchen replied: "Prince Moruo." [Note]

Although this answer is suspected of being a good seller to the prince, it is also impeccable: the emperor has passed the whole world to the crown prince, and the prince has received the deepest favor and the most respectful heart, and it is also a matter of course.

In the same way, although Jian Pingyu has three sons and four grandchildren, he passed on the title to Jian Xubai, how can Jian Xubai not honor this grandfather the most?

If Jian Xubai is in a high position at the moment, and he is also in an important position, he can still say that he has been in a dilemma of loyalty and filial piety since ancient times - but he is only seventeen years old, he is only a five-grade official, and he is too far from the indispensable standard of the imperial court!

Although Zhao's mother didn't say it, Song Yi smiled and thought that Qiu Shuxia would definitely seize this point and vigorously criticize Jian Xubai for being dispensable in the court, but he was attached to power and refused to return to his hometown to fulfill his filial piety!

"No wonder he said that he had to attend the next day's court meeting, he must have been afraid that he would be caught by that old guy if he was absent!" The more Song Yixiao thought about it, the more distressed he became, "The situation is so tricky, he also personally took someone to Zhanchun Pavilion and stayed for one night, even if he is young and strong, how can he not work hard when he is running around like this?" ”

After being silent for a long time, Song Yi smiled and narrowed his eyes: "When will the husband come back?" ”

Mother Zhao was about to answer, but there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a simple and white voice sounded on the corridor: "Madame is back?" When did you come back? Why didn't anyone go to Hefu to talk to me! ”

"Just got back!" Song Yixiao hurriedly got up to greet him, and saw that he took off the fox fur and handed it to his subordinates as he entered the door, and saw a lot of snowflakes on his coat, and couldn't help but say, "You have snow!" I didn't wear a coat when I rode a horse, did I? ”

"That thing is very troublesome, the horizontal and vertical clothes are in the way, and the robe inside can't be wet." Jian came over with a smile and shook her hand, and the corners of his eyes swept away—the people around him immediately retreated with interest—he immediately sat down with the corner of his robe, hugged his wife to his lap, pressed him in his arms and kissed her fiercely, before he raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Do you miss me?" ”

Song Yi smiled and slapped his fist on his chest: "I don't want to at all!" ”

"Don't want to?" Jian Xubai smiled playfully when she heard this, and the hand that was gently rubbing her cheek suddenly slipped down dishonestly - Song Yi smiled and refused, but the gap in force between the two was too big, she struggled for a while and was about to suffer, so she hurriedly forgive: "I don't want to do it at all-it's strange!" How do you sex. So anxious? I can't hold my breath at all! Don't listen to what people say! ”

Jian Xubai was satisfied, pointed to his cheek, and said with a smile: "My sex. Urgent? I can't hold my breath, you're still here to be coquettish with me? As he spoke, he deliberately glanced into the inner room.

"It's not serious!" Song Yi smiled and blushed her cheeks, turned her head and kissed him on the face, raised her hand to straighten the placket of the clothes that had just been messed up below, straightened her face, and said, "I just heard that Qiu Shuxia can't get along with you again?" ”

Jian Xubai didn't care when he heard this: "When did he get along with me again?" ”

"This time, you still have unfilial piety to attack you?" Song Yixiao couldn't hide her worry, "How is this matter now?" ”

"That was a few days ago." Jian smiled vainly, "It's hard for him to think of such a reason, but I asked him on the spot, if I go back to Sangzi to serve my grandfather, then what do my grandmother and father think I should do?" After all, the emperor's grandmother has the grace of nurturing me, and my father and mother have the grace of life to me, is it possible that these three treat me with kindness worse than my grandfather's inheritance of my title? Or does he want to cut me in four, one for each person? ”

Song Yi laughed and said, "Then what did he say later?" ”

"At that time, in the court, the emperor's uncle came out to round the scene, and he didn't say any more." Jian Xubai pinched her cheek and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I have my own plans for these things, and I can't afford to lose!" ”

The two frolicked for a long time before they got up to tidy up their clothes and ordered someone to come in and serve.

After the subordinates came in, Ji Su stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, I just received a report from the door, saying that Old Lady Duanmu is suffering from wind paralysis and will come to the imperial capital to seek medical treatment in the next year!" ”

The original shallow smile on the corner of Jian Xubai's mouth suddenly froze, and he said after a while: "Got it." ”

[Note] Everyone should know the story of Deng Tong and Emperor Wen of Han, right?