The growth of a family is not an overnight thing, and it cannot be relied on by one person. The fact that the Marquis of Yongning can have its current status in Shangjing has a lot to do with the fact that Xiao Chengkun and Xiao Huai both married high-ranking nobles.

Just like Wu Yangbo said, Xiao Chengkun is a brave and resourceful general, but this general is still a mud leg to put it bluntly, and he has no background in the family. If he had found Xiao Yiyuan's grandmother early and brought her to Beijing, it would have been difficult for them to train Xiao Yiyuan's father to be a person like Xiao Huai.

If you can't become a person like Xiao Huai, you won't be able to marry the palm beads of the Guogong Mansion. Without the Guogong Mansion, after Xiao Huai's death, it won't be long before the Yongning Marquis Mansion will decline.

Of course, the marriage between the families is mutually beneficial, and Xiao Chengkun and Xiao Huai also brought benefits to the Wuyang Bofu and the Tang State Mansion.

Tang Shuyi gave Uncle Wu Yang and Mrs. Wu Yang Bo a reassurance, no matter what, it would not affect Mrs. Laohou's status in the Yongning Hou Mansion, although this person was dead.

When she came back from Wuyang Bo's Mansion, Tang Shuyi asked people to take out the account books of the Hou Mansion, and she took Xiao Yuzhu to re-examine it, so that she knew it in her heart. is still the same sentence, as long as she is reasonable, she is absolutely generous.

The next day, Xiao Yisheng followed Lin Yong and Niu Hongliang and set off for southern Xinjiang together. Tang Shuyi asked Xiao Yiyuan to stay in the Hou Mansion for a few more days, although the second prince was imprisoned, who knows if he would send someone out to retaliate?

Xiao Yiyuan naturally understood, and settled in the Hou Mansion very cooperatively and honestly, and on the side of Shanglin Academy, Tang Shuyi asked Steward Zhao to ask for leave.

Although he didn't have to go to the academy, Xiao Yiyuan insisted on studying hard until late at night every day. His courtyard is next to Xiao Yuming's courtyard, and every night when he reads at night, he can hear the sound of Xiao Yuming practicing martial arts in the courtyard.

Today is the same again, he is reading by candlelight, listening to the sound of whirring next door. He couldn't help but be curious, didn't they all say that the second son of the Yongning Marquis Mansion was a gentleman? Could it be that the gentlemen in Beijing are also working so hard?

He got up and walked out, and when he came to the gate of the courtyard next door, he saw that the courtyard door was wide open, and the lights inside were bright, and Xiao Yuming was holding a knife and wielding it seriously. He didn't know anything about martial arts, anyway, looking at Xiao Yuming like this, he felt very powerful.

And his two long-term followers are also practicing boxing next to him.

Looking at the three people in the courtyard, and then thinking about Xiao Yuchen, who was training outside, and Mrs. Hou, who was able to handle things easily, he felt that the entire Yongning Hou Mansion seemed to gather a momentum, an upward force.

He thought that with this momentum, the Yongning Marquis Mansion would be able to prosper for a few more decades.

"Why don't you sleep?"

Xiao Yuming's voice pulled back his thoughts, Xiao Yiyuan came back to his senses, and saw Xiao Yuming put away the knife, took the towel from the little girl's hand, and came to him while wiping the sweat on his face.

"I'm tired of reading, go out for a walk." Xiao Yiyuan said.

Xiao Yuming snorted, leaning on the courtyard door casually with a lazy look, "How did you come to Beijing from southern Xinjiang?" ”

He was very strange, Xiao Yiyuan and they had no money, how did they come from southern Xinjiang, which was thousands of miles away.

"When I came, my family gave me thirty taels of silver," Xiao Yiyuan said in a calm tone: "Sometimes I walk on my legs, and when I am tired, I spend money to hire a carriage." ”

"You two are pretty good, too." Xiao Yuming said sincerely.

He couldn't imagine how he had lived after walking thousands of miles with only thirty taels of silver in his pocket. But Xiao Yiyuan smiled, "It's nothing, and the body is much better than before." ”

Xiao Yuming saw that he was so optimistic, and his impression of him was a little better. At this time, I heard Xiao Yiyuan say: "You are also very powerful, you practice martial arts so hard every day." ”

Xiao Yuming shrugged his shoulders, "If you don't practice, you can't do it, you'll be pressed and beaten." ”

Xiao Yiyuan was stunned, he couldn't imagine that anyone would be so bold and press the son of the Hou Mansion to fight. But seeing that Xiao Yuming didn't want to say more, he didn't ask. The two chatted a few more words, and then went back to rest.

Xiao Yiyuan went back to the courtyard where he lived, and the little servant who had been waiting for him in the past few days came over and asked if he wanted to prepare a bath soup. He nodded and said yes, and the little guy immediately went to make arrangements. After a while, the little servant came over and said that the bath soup was ready, and he got up and went to the bathroom.

As he walked, he asked the little guy, "Why can't I see the second son during the day?" ”

The little servant glanced at the courtyard next door and said, "The second prince is now the long-term follower of General Xiang." ”

Xiao Yiyuan was stunned again, and then suddenly, Xiao Yuming's long-term follower is definitely not an ordinary long-term follower. He thought of Fang Daru and said that his acceptance of Xiao Yuchen as an apprentice was the result of Mrs. Hou's use of means. These two sons are the long-term followers of General Xiang, won't it be the same?

He suddenly envied the three brothers and sisters of Xiao Yuchen, they had a mother who thought about them everywhere and was not inferior to a man's mind.

On the second day, he got up early, read the book for a while, and then brought breakfast over. After breakfast in his room, he began to read again, and he spent most of the day reading, but occasionally his eyes or shoulders were tired, and he would go out for a walk.

After reading the book for a while, he felt some pain in his neck, so he got up and walked out of the yard. The scenery of the Hou Mansion is very good, not far from the yard where he lives, there is a small bamboo forest, these days when he is tired, he likes to go to the small bamboo forest for a walk.

Before she reached the edge of the bamboo forest, she saw a kite floating from the other side of the wall from a distance, and at the same time there was a girl's voice, and there was a voice she knew, it was the voice of Xiao Yuzhu, the young lady of the Hou Mansion, and the other was unfamiliar.

He didn't care, and continued to walk towards the bamboo forest, but then the kite slowly fell, and finally hung on the wall, and then he heard the voices of two girls talking:

"I'll pick it up."

"No, just step on the rockery and climb the wall to get it."

"It's too dangerous."

"It's okay, I'm telling you I'm amazing, you wait for me to get the kite."

......

Then, Xiao Yiyuan saw a girl with a goose egg face and big eyes coming out from the other side of the wall, and then the eyes of the two collided, the girl was stunned, and then immediately turned her head and said, "Why is there someone I don't know in your family?" ”

Xiao Yuzhu, who was standing under the wall, heard Tang Anle's words, thought about it, and said to her with her mouth: "Xiao Yiyuan." ”

"Oh oh, I see." Tang Anle understood Xiao Yuzhu's mouth shape and said.

And Xiao Yiyuan stood below, watching the girl twist her head and talk to the people below, the beads on her head tinkled with her nodding movements, as if she was as agile as that person.

At this time, the girl turned her head, looked at her and smiled, "Xiao Gongzi, help me take down the kite." ”