[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 494

The infighting in Burning Quinoa, because of the accident in Yanzhou, has eased a lot in the past two years.

However, Liu Xixun, who was supported by the Weiyuan Marquis, delayed his promotion because he missed the opportunity to go to the border to make meritorious contributions - in the past two years, the Wei Yuanhou has tried every means to support him, and recently the Taiwei has deliberately promoted him in order to show favor to the Weiyuan Marquis, and now he is just a Fengche Lieutenant from the fifth grade.

But Liu Xixun has a cheerful temperament, although at the Manzhou banquet held for his eldest son Liu Keng, almost all of his old friends who came to congratulate him had higher official positions than him, but he still smiled and did not see the slightest frustration. However, because Liu Xixun was calculated, Liu Youzhao, the clan brother who replaced him to Donghu to make meritorious contributions, and thus jumped several levels in a row, although he was proud of his career, but I don't know why, his expression today is a little gloomy, and he seems to be unhappy.

The guests who came to congratulate were curious in their eyes, and they had to discuss it in private.

This is the front yard.

In the backyard, because Liu Xixun's parents are in Donghu, the people who came to congratulate him were all juniors and juniors. A cadre of female dependents don't have to wait in front of the old ladies, after watching the protagonist Liu Keng, who was sleeping soundly, congratulated Song Xiyue, and took advantage of the fact that the banquet had not yet opened to chatter and get close.

Wei Changying asked the nurse to take Shen Shuguang to play with Song Xiyue's eldest daughter Liu Jing'er, and she made time to talk to her cousin: "I don't think you look good today, aren't you tired for Keng'er's full week?" You must take care, Jing'er and Keng'er are still young, and they all rely on you! ”

Song Xiyue looked red from a distance today, which was very in line with the joyful spirit of Aiko Manzhou, but if you look closely, you can find that this complexion is decorated with fat powder. In fact, she is dark green now, and she is even thinner than before she left the cabinet. Originally, she looked very similar to Wei Changying, but after Wei Changying gave birth to two children, her whole body was plump, and now her cousins are standing together, and they don't look as similar as before.

After listening to Wei Changying's words, Song Xiyue pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "It's okay to make Cousin Wei worried, it's actually nothing, it's just that Keng'er had a little cough two days ago, and I was worried, so I lost a little weight." ”

"Keng'er coughing?" Wei Changying frowned slightly, and asked with concern, "Then he is now?" ”

"It's already fine, I just brought him over, and my cousin also saw it, didn't he sleep peacefully?" Song Xiyue smiled quietly and said, "The doctor I asked before also said that it was just a cold, but I didn't feel at ease." ”

Wei Changying is also a mother, and she has deep feelings about this: "Children are the meat that falls from our bodies, they are a little bad, we just know that it is okay, how can we not worry about it?" It's just that you can't worry too much, after all, your body has been a little weak in the past two years, and if you don't take care of yourself, how can you take care of Jing'er and Keng'er? ”

"What my cousin said is, I don't want anything now, I just want my two children to grow up safely." Song Xiyue sighed lightly, "Don't let those messy people and things disturb them." ”

Wei Changying's eyes moved, and he looked at the people around him who were all talking to each other, and his sisters were all credible subordinates, so he said in a low voice: "But seeing that Keng'er was born, is there someone in the backyard who is restless?" ”

"No matter how restless they are, they are just concubines." Song Xiyue shook her head and said softly, "On the parents-in-law's side, because of Keng'er's landing, there is a lot less gossip. What I'm worried about now is the situation, cousin, look at the world now, although we are women's families, we often hear the news of civil uprisings here and there, Jing'er and Keng'er are still young...... Thinking that they might be in troubled times, I think I ...... Alas! ”

Wei Changying comforted: "So you are worried about this? It's just that you are also confused, although it is said that it is not peaceful today, and you are watching the soldiers rolling, but people like us, where can they be despised in troubled times? When he said this, he suddenly felt very familiar - after thinking about it, he remembered that a year before he left the cabinet, when he was punished by his mother to kneel in the court, his younger brother Wei Changfeng persuaded him to say the original words.

Recalling her mother's home, Wei Changying couldn't help but have a moment of trance.

Fortunately, Song Xiyue also paused before speaking, and said quietly: "There is a saying in the market that it is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world." Although people like us are not as desperate as ordinary people, they are still at ease in times of peace and prosperity after all! ”

"Who wouldn't want to be in a peaceful and prosperous world?" Wei Changying patted the back of her hand lightly and said, "But in troubled times, we can only live well!" Compared with Li Shu and those small scholars in remote places, our identity is already blessed by God. "Even if it's the royal family, in this troubled world, it's actually not as safe as the Dashi clan like them.

Song Xiyue wanted to say more, but Shi Yu suddenly ran over and whispered: "The second grandson asked the maid to come and ask the young lady to come over quickly." ”

Wei Chang Yingqi said: "What's wrong? ”

Song Xiyue was a little worried: "Is Jing'er naughty and bullying him?" "Although Liu Jing'er is a girl, and she is more than a year younger than Shen Shuguang, her temper is not very good.

When Wei Changying came to visit last time, she saw Liu Jing'er grabbing the fruit in the fruit bowl and smashing people, and Song Xiyue refused to stop even scolding.

So at this moment, when they heard Shi Yu coming over to call someone, they all thought that Liu Jing'er had beaten her cousin, and the two of them hurriedly stood up together.

Fortunately, Shi Yu shook his head: "No, the second grandson went to find Miss Jing'er, but Miss Jing'er didn't want to play with the second grandson, but went to the greenhouse with Miss Gu Jiasun to see the peony flowers." However, the county lord of Chengxian happened to see the second grandson, and he liked it very much, beckoned the second grandson to his side, and teased the second grandson with several other ladies and young ladies to play. ”

The Miss Gu family Sun that Shi Yu said is Gu Sheng, the daughter of Princess Linchuan and the concubine Gu Wei. Because Liu Xixun's official position is not high now, and his close elders are not in the imperial capital, most of the guests invited today are former colleagues and good brothers in the clan. And because these people are young, they don't have many children, and they are not very old. If Shen Shuguang is already an older person inside, like Shen Shuxie, who is still in his hands and needs to be taken care of at all times, Wei Changying, like several other mothers, simply didn't take it out.

Therefore, the children of Liu Mansion today, in addition to Liu Jinger and Liu Keng, there are only two guests among the guests, Shen Shuguang and Gu Sheng.

This Gu Sheng, Wei Changying took a picture when he arrived. The little girl's appearance is a little regrettable, and she followed her mother and did not pass on to her father's handsomeness. Although because of pampering, the skin is delicate and white, but other than that, it is lackluster and the facial features are flat. I'm still young now, and I don't look very cute, and when I want to grow up, I'll be like Princess Linchuan, and it's hard to be called a beauty.

But this little girl has a good temper, gentle and soft, quiet, before she arrived with Princess Linchuan, to the elders in the backyard women, was not annoyed by being teased, very polite.

Maybe it's because of this that I can play with Liu Jinger.

Song Xiyue knew Gu Sheng a little better, and knew that this was a rare girl among relatives and friends who could get along with her daughter, so she was relieved to hear that they went to see the peony flowers together. asked with concern: "Then why does Guang'er want you to call your cousin?" ”

"The second grandson is afraid that the county lord of Chengxian will really take him back home." Shi Yu said a little ridiculously, "So while perfunctory to the county lord, I sent my maid over to ask the young lady for help." ”

She roughly said what happened: It turned out that Shen Shuguang had a lively temperament and was clever, and after being called to his side by the lord of Chengxian County, he not only answered fluently. He was in high spirits, and took out the sweet words he had practiced when he coaxed his grandmother and mother to like them, which in turn made a group of aunts and aunts laugh from ear to ear.

The county lord of Chengxian was separated from her husband for three years after marriage, and she was reunited at the end of last year, and there is no news so far, so she likes children very much. was amused by him, stretched out his arms to put his arms around him, and couldn't put it down: "Good boy, you are so cute, your aunt really hurts you to the heart, but how can you be willing to go home with your mother later?" Why don't you just go with your aunt? You still have a younger brother to accompany your mother, you, just accompany your aunt! ”

Hearing Shi Yu say this, the two cousins who had already sat down to ask the truth couldn't help laughing, and Wei Changying said: "The county lord is so coaxed, he is afraid that he will be forcibly taken away by the county lord?" ”

Shi Yu smiled and said, "Our second grandson is so smart, how can he be afraid?" ”

But he said that when Shen Shuguang heard this, he didn't feel scared, but said categorically: "Don't go!" ”

Lord Chengxian smiled and asked, "Why?" Your aunt must love you more than your mother! ”

"But my aunt can't protect me from being beaten." Shen Shuguang pursed his lips and said, "I was painting red in my father's study yesterday, and I accidentally stained the calligraphy of my father's favorite predecessor, and my father will definitely beat me when he comes back!" ”

The people who teased him with the county lord listened to it, laughed out loud, and said one after another: "Then you have to go with your Aunt Chengxian, you hide in your Uncle Gu Shi's house, won't your father be able to beat you?" ”

Shen Shuguang said: "My father said that he was going to beat me, and it was useless for me to hide anywhere." But my eldest brother said that my father was afraid of my mother, so I could only count on my mother to protect me. ”

Everyone was staggered by this childish remark, and even said that it was a pity that Shen Zangfeng went to Yanzhou to quell the chaos, otherwise he would immediately send someone to the front yard to ask him, he was so young and promising, it turned out that he was afraid of guilt to the point that even his nephew and son knew about it?

The county lord of Chengxian started to tease Shen Shuguang's heart, and said: "Then let's not tell your father where you are, when your aunt goes back later, she will quietly carry you into the carriage and not let your family know." Then your father will not be able to find you. ”

Because the county lord was still holding Shen Shuguang when he said this, Shen Shuguang was worried that the county lord would really not tell anyone and quietly "kidnap" himself away - this kid had a lot of eyes, humming and chirping and not expressing his position to the county lord, so he had time to take advantage of the county lord to talk to people, but he called Shi Yu, who was beside him, and asked her to come over to ask her mother for help, so as not to be tied up by the county lord Chengxian.

After listening to what happened, Wei Changying and Song Xiyue both laughed and fell, and Song Xiyue pushed her sister who was still sitting still: "Guang'er is waiting for your cousin to save your life, cousin, are you still smiling?" It's too late, and the county lord really snatched Guang'er away...... Ha ha! ”

"He was held in the arms of the county lord, can he hide it from the county lord when he talks to Shi Yu?" Wei Changying pressed the handkerchief to the corner of his eyes and said, "This is a smart boy." I don't know what the county lord is smiling at now. ”