The Spring Festival is coming soon, and at this time, every household has already begun to get busy, preparing New Year's goods, writing Spring Festival couplets, and buying new clothes.

Even if the Nanyang Mansion has never lacked goods for these years, the rules handed down by the ancestors cannot be broken, and they are even busier than other families.

At this time, the palace was already in full swing, and even the ice and snow in Cheng'an winter could not bury it.

Sweep the dust.

"Dust" and "Chen" homonym, the New Year dust has the meaning of "dust cloth new", its intention is to sweep all the poor luck and bad luck out of the door. Although everyone is convinced that there cannot be a trace of bad luck in the palace, it is always implicated.

Steward Yuan's face was full of redness, looking at the busy figure in the mansion, his face couldn't help but bloom, thinking that the prosperity of the Nanyang Mansion was inseparable from his own hard work, and even his own efforts accounted for a large proportion of it.

"Steward, steward. A maid called and strode in.

Steward Yuan frowned slightly, and waited until the maid got closer before pretending to be annoyed and shouted: "What kind of body is it to shout and scream? Is there no rule again? Or do you have to tell me to smoke you a hundred boards to be comfortable?"

Everyone in the palace knows that the more ruthless this fat steward is, the more he will not blame him, but if one day this steward looks at you with a blank face, you will suffer. At this time, Steward Yuan was angry, but I was afraid that he was quite happy in his heart.

The maid knew this, and after quickly sorting out her clothes, she stuck out her tongue at Steward Yuan, "My lord, the slave has something to report." ”

"Huh?" Steward Yuan picked up the shelf, snorted from his nose, and motioned to continue.

Where did this maid know the meaning of Steward Yuan's faction, thinking that he hadn't heard Daqing, and said, "My lord, the slave has something to report." ”

Steward Yuan was angry for a while, secretly scolded the stinky girl who had no eyesight, cleared her throat and said, "What's the matter?" Suddenly, I didn't know what I remembered, and quickly asked, "It can't be related to His Highness!"

The maid hurriedly replied, "The steward is really wise!"

Steward Yuan scolded himself with a crow's mouth, and then asked, "What happened to the ancestor?"

"That. . . That one.. The maid hesitated.

"Oh, you can't do it?" Steward Yuan was very anxious in his heart, and threw down a sentence casually, "Could it be that His Highness is going to kill people and sacrifice to the sky again?!"

The maid nodded hesitantly.

After finishing my crow's mouth, Steward Yuan only felt a chuckle in his heart, and suddenly half of his enthusiasm was cold, "Why is this ancestor going to kill again? Who is he going to kill this time?"

The maid was about to answer, but she couldn't say clearly, and finally replied: "I can't tell you for a while, so my lord, you should come with me to take a look." ”

Where do you dare to stay here longer, if you see the blood light in the mansion at this time, it is a bad omen, if something really goes wrong, wouldn't you be unable to eat and walk around? Steward Yuan hurriedly trotted all the way into Jiang Lili's yard, directly pushed open the door and crashed in, seeing Jiang Lili holding a knife and gesturing left and right, he didn't care about it anymore and hurriedly rushed up and hugged Jiang Lili's thigh, crying and shouting: "Your Highness! Impulse is the devil, think twice before acting! You just spare the little one for the sake of your lady's face!"

As soon as the words fell, he heard a burst of laughter, and Jiang Li's eyebrows fluttered and he said to Su Su: "If you see it, I will say that this stupid thing will look like this, you still don't believe it!"

Su Su giggled, "How did I know he was so stupid!"

Steward Yuan didn't know why for a while, and when he raised his head, he saw that the maids on the left and right in the courtyard were covering their mouths and smiling, and suddenly it was clear in his heart that Jiang Lili was playing with him!

It's too disrespectful, Steward Yuan hurriedly got up from the ground, glared at the maid who reported the news earlier in annoyance, and said in his heart Even if His Royal Highness calls you, you have to give me the truth.

The maid held back a smile and quickly turned her head.

Although Steward Yuan was extremely embarrassed on his face, he was actually relieved in his heart, and he was glad that Jiang Lili was making a joke at this time, otherwise he would have been really unlucky. Steward Yuan rarely knew some of the limelight, and heard that His Royal Highness was about to take the life of His Royal Highness in that spring pavilion a few days ago, and although he was born with a blessed face, he couldn't provoke this Jiang Lili at all.

。。。

After watching Steward Yuan's round body trot out of the yard, Su Su sighed boredly, "It's really boring, I'm afraid that next time this Steward Yuan won't believe it, and there will be no more fun." “

"What's so boring about this?" Jiang Lili sneered, "Don't you just like this kind of life of eating, sleeping, and eating?"

Su Su snorted, "Do you know the reason, but how can I be happy after living like this all day? You see my belly has gained a lot, if I continue like this, won't I be fat to death?"

"Then you will practice swordsmanship. “

Su Su laughed, "Forget it, I'll continue to eat and sleep, sleep and eat." ”

Knowing that Su Su was answering this way, Jiang Lili didn't bother to pay attention to it. At this time, a maid next to him said: "Miss, there will be fireworks in Ancheng on the fifteenth day of the first month, and there will be river lanterns and lantern riddles... ”

Before the maid could finish speaking, Su Su shouted in surprise, "Really?"

"Nature is true!"

Jiang Lili knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly walked outside the courtyard, but just halfway through, he heard Su Su shouting, "Jiang Gou, let's go see the lanterns during the Lantern Festival!"

Jiang Lili snorted coldly, "Don't go, what's so nice about the lanterns?"

"Go! You can guess the lantern riddle!"

"I'm going to go, I'm not going, if you lose it, don't blame me for not reminding you!"

Su Su was angry for a while, suddenly rolled his eyes, and sneered: "I know, you don't dare to go because you haven't read the book and can't guess those anagrams!"

"Fart!" Jiang Lili turned around, "Can Lao Tzu guess it?" Even if a hundred lantern riddles are placed in front of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu can guess it, but he just doesn't want to guess!"

"You just blow it. Su Su turned around, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the table and swallowed them unhurriedly, "You can only talk, can you guess if you really put it in front of you?"

"You don't believe me?"

"It's strange that I believe you!"

"Okay, you wait, wait until the fifteenth of the first month. Jiang Lili's angry face suddenly turned light, "When you wait until the fifteenth day of the first month, you will come back with a few lantern riddles to see if I can guess correctly." ”

After that, Jiang Lili didn't pay attention to Su Su's shouting, walked outside without looking back, and muttered This kind of agitation method dares to fiddle in front of me??

As soon as I walked out of the yard, I met green ants.

"Your Highness. ”

"What's wrong?" Jiang Lili plucked out his ears.

"Madame said she wanted to see you. ”

"Come on, she's not so boring," Jiang Lili waved her hand impatiently, "Is that old man here again?"

The old man in Jiang Lili's mouth refers to Qin Shuzhen's biological father, Qin Qian, the former prime minister of the Great Sui, that is, Jiang Lili's nominal grandfather. Since the day he got Jiang Lili's cold eye in the plum garden, Qin Qian had to come to Nanyang Wangfu every day to wander around for a while, saying that he was coming to see his daughter, but in fact, he wanted to be close to Jiang Lili in the name of this.

After all, it's his grandson, and he hasn't heard from him for more than ten years, and it's all false to say that he doesn't want to miss it.

Jiang Lili really didn't give Qin Qian a good look, in fact, Qin Qian fiddled with the style of an elder every time he met Jiang Lili, and that posture seemed to be half a point if Jiang Lili didn't kowtow to him.

In fact, it is no wonder that Qin Qian was originally the prime minister of the Great Sui Dynasty, and he was a literati who had read the books of sages and sages, and even if he successfully retired now, a large number of people bowed to him to show goodwill. Not to mention that the older a person gets, the more stubborn he becomes, and because when he first saw Jiang Lili that day, Jiang Lili scolded him and ruined his face, and he always felt that if he took the lead in showing favor to Jiang Lili, wouldn't he lose the dignity of the elder and the younger?

And Jiang Lili was originally an unruly person, where would he catch a cold with this kind of thing? So the two of them were at a stalemate, with white eyes and blue faces.

Jiang Lili didn't care, he didn't think about how good a relationship he wanted to get along with this old man. But it really hurt Qin Qian, how could his grandson, who he hadn't seen for more than ten years, not want the two to live in harmony and enjoy a peaceful family?

Hearing Jiang Lili ask like this at this time, the green ant smiled awkwardly and nodded again.

"I'm not going, just leave the old man there. ”

Jiang Lili waved his hand and was about to leave, but the green ant hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness should go for a trip, after all, it's your grandfather." “

Jiang Lili sneered, "Come on, didn't you see his style? His nose seems to be the best in the world? According to my temperament, I didn't give him a punch in the nose, even if I can afford to look down on him, and ask me to stick his cold ass with a hot face?"

The green ant sighed helplessly, and suddenly asked, "By the way, Your Highness, you were with the prince in the Spring Pavilion that day... Nothing went wrong. ”

Jiang Lili pursed her lips and said nothing.

That day, Jiang Lili really had a hard fight with the King of Nanyang, of course, the result was obvious, Jiang Lili was beaten badly. King Nanyang couldn't move half a point from beginning to end, just relying on the murderous aura accumulated by his perennial conquest made Jiang Lili suffer a lot.

Although he didn't answer, Jiang Lili couldn't help but have some curiosity when the green ant said this, so he asked, "By the way, what realm is the King of Nanyang now?"

"Lord Wang. The green ant replied with admiration: "The prince has already stepped into the realm of supernatural powers in the past ten years, and now he is afraid that it is the pinnacle of the supernatural realm." “

Jiang Lili was a little confused, "Divine Realm? What do you mean?"

"You don't know?"

"Where can I know?"

The green ant smiled dumbly and explained: "The twelfth floor of the Qi Refiner, the Eight Mountains of the Martial Artists, and the Seven Fruits of the Buddhist Family, and the Ten Confucians, in fact, they are talking about the realm of these four cultivation systems. The realms of these four monks are different depending on their paths. For example, if a qi refiner asks for immortality, he needs to clear his mind and calm his qi, so he has more realm of fourfold heart cultivation than a martial artist. The truth is the same, this Buddhist family of seven fruits, Confucianism is very strong, and it is precisely because of the differences. “

Jiang Lili was impatient, "You can't get to the point, I'm just asking you what the Divine Power Realm is, what are you doing with me so much?"

The corners of the green ant's mouth twitched, and he explained: "Because their respective cultivation systems are different, their respective combat power is not easy to divide. For example, when a martial artist meets a qi refiner, he always likes to replace the realm of a qi refiner with the realm of a martial artist, so that they can compare the difference in their combat power. Therefore, the realm of the martial artist is used as the benchmark, from the fifth mountain to the eighth mountain, it is called the dragon elephant realm, the ascending Xuan realm, the divine power realm, and the realm of my realm. These four realms only compare combat power, not others. Just like a martial artist can reach the extreme realm after he goes out of the realm of Ru I, and after the Qi Refiner reaches the eleventh floor of the Great Convergence Dao, he has the combat power of the same realm, but he still needs to cross the twelfth floor to enter the extreme realm of the Qi Refiner. “

Jiang Lili nodded, and then asked, "Then why don't you count directly from the first mountain?"

"Because it's not easy to calculate, although the realm of the Qi Refiner and the martial artist is similar and easy to understand, but some of the Buddhists are monks who knock on wooden fish, and some are warrior monks, and the realm of the two may be the same, but the combat power is very different. For example, Haoru was studying for the first four points, in order to support his heroic spirit, but in fact, he didn't have any combat power at all. And when it came to the fifth point, the courage suddenly appeared, and he jumped to the combat power of the fourth mountain. Tell me how to count if you start from the first mountain?"

Seeing that Jiang Lili was still puzzled, the green ant explained: "The so-called different paths to the same end, monks, scholars, martial artists, and qi refiners are far from each other at the beginning, but the more you go to the back, the closer they are, and the fifth mountain is the watershed!"

Jiang Lili was finally able to understand, and his heart was like this, but he raised his head and looked at the green ant's "do you understand" look in his eyes and was annoyed again, so he said: "Then the king of Nanyang is the martial artist of the seventh mountain!"

The green ant frowned slightly and nodded, "That's right, it's just that after the fifth mountain, everyone is used to using those four realms as a display of combat power, so... ”

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Lili snorted coldly, "In that case, why don't you just say that he is the Seventh Mountain?

The green ant opened its mouth wide, and for a moment it didn't know what to say. Seeing Jiang Lili striding forward, he hurriedly asked, "Why are you going?"

"Didn't the old man come to scold, I'll go and scold him, lest he feel unhappy!"

The green ant smiled, and his heart was really a child.

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East Courtyard, Qin Shuzhen's Pavilion.

"Why hasn't this kid come yet?" Qin Qian anxiously paced left and right in circles.

Qin Shuzhen was a little amused, "Your grandfather and grandson quarrel as soon as they meet, but in the end, you are still in a hurry, can't you say something nice?"

"! I'll give him, say good things to that deflated calf?" Qin Qian's eyes widened like copper bells, "You don't know how he scolded me in that plum garden, if I give him the stairs, won't he want to ride on my head and?"

"Lili, that kid is this kind of character, you don't know, how many good words can he say out of his mouth?"

Qin Qian shouted, "If he doesn't say good things to me, then who is he going to say good things to? I'm his grandfather, don't you know the truth of respecting the old and loving the young?"

"But you think of him as your grandson, but he doesn't treat you as your grandfather. Speaking of this, Qin Shuzhen sighed.

Qin Qian naturally knew that his words had made his daughter panic, so he snorted and didn't speak again.

Qin Shuzhen sighed helplessly, turned around and poured a glass of water for Qin Qian, "It's done, don't be angry, when the time comes, you give him a good face, I can't say that he can get close to you a little, it's better than the two of them staring at each other." “

Qin Qian didn't want to give in, and muttered in a low voice, "It also depends on whether his attitude is good or not!"

Qin Shuzhen smiled and shook her head.

Since there is still a future, the two of them calmed down and ate tea slowly, and from time to time they saw a hurried maid walking by with a hairduster, Qin Qian sighed, "It's really lively in your palace." ”

"If you think it's lively, let's stay here. Qin Shuzhen said with a smile: "Anyway, you live alone, and there are people here to take care of it, so I feel more at ease." ”

"I don't have such a great blessing!" Qin Qian's face turned cold, and he asked, "Then the turtle grandson is back?"

"Who?" Qin Shuzhen was stunned.

"Who am I, you're still asking? Isn't it Su Yonglie's turtle grandson?"

Su Yonglie in Qin Qian's mouth refers to the king of Nanyang.

"The prince has been back for two or three days, but he has been busy with business outside during this time, and he will have leisure time after two days tomorrow, so will you have a drink with him then?"

Qin Qian blew his beard and said, "I'll drink with him? I'm a bad old man now, he's the king of Nanyang now, how prestigious? Can you have a drink with me? I don't have this blessing." ”

"Dad~" Qin Shuzhen said coquettishly: "What do you always say these things for?How many years have passed since this happened?"

"It's also his fault for many years!" Qin Qian became more and more angry, "I didn't agree with you marrying him at the beginning, but how did I know that this thing actually made the emperor issue a holy decree? Can you see if you are bullying or not? But for the sake of him being really good to you, I pinched my nose and admitted it, but I didn't expect him to give birth to that kind of fork more than ten years ago! Do you think he looks like a husband and a father?"

Speaking of this, Qin Shuzhen sighed, "I don't blame him for that." ”

"Don't blame him, do you still blame me?" Qin Qian sneered, "As a marshal, you can let your own camp be infiltrated by the remnants of the enemy country? That is really capable! If you win a battle, you will look down on the enemy? Besides, without you, the outcome of that battle is still unknown!"

Qin Shuzhen clenched the teacup, "Dad, can you stop talking about those things again?!"

Qin Qian sighed and stopped talking.

Qin Shuzhen's face was full of apologies, and she opened her mouth but didn't say anything.

Qin Qian pondered for a moment and then said, "No matter how much he has to do, tomorrow I will ask him to go to my house and kowtow to me! If he doesn't come, I will write a book and scold him to death!"

A thick smile suddenly bloomed on Qin Shuzhen's face, and she called her father.

"Daddy, what daddy, if you treat me as your father, can you get along with this deflated calf at the beginning?" Qin Qian snorted coldly, "I should have known that I should have had an extra daughter back then, and at this time, I can also spend the winter in Yangzhou warmly, it is better than staying in Cheng'an, which is freezing in the cold and suffering!"

Without looking at Qin Shuzhen's face again, Qin Qian looked at the busy subordinates outside the window and sighed, "Sweep the dust, where is the dust? If I hadn't read this bullshit sage book back then, I'm afraid I would have become a Buddha by now!"