Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

In Qiushe, my maternal uncle and aunt gave my nephew new gourds and dates.

The treatment of Xu's parents and grandchildren in the Xie family is similar to that of Pingmei's son.

When I came back, my pockets were filled with small gourds and dates.

And in the Sheng family,

When Hualan and Zai Zhang got off the carriage early in the morning, Wang Ruofu who came to greet them was also very happy:

"Zai Zhang! Why are you here? Come into the courtyard quickly! Come into the courtyard!"

As he spoke, Wang Ruofu smiled from ear to ear and approached Zai Zhang.

Sheng Hong on the side smiled and stroked his growing beard.

Pingmei returns home today, and Zai Zhang should entertain her sister and nephew at home.

The only reason why I could accompany Hualan back to Sheng's home was to care for others.

Welcoming Zai Zhang and the others into the Shou'an Hall, the old lady looked at the couple with eyes full of smiles.

We had breakfast together in the hall,

Sheng Hong asked Changbai Changfeng to go to his study with Zai Zhang to study calligraphy together.

After Changbai stood up, he glanced at Hua Lan with relief and said:

"Brother-in-law, I haven't been back these days. My sister seems to have gained weight."

Sheng Hong, who was walking in front, nodded in agreement.

Zai Zhang looked at Hua Lan curiously and asked, "Is there any?"

Hualan, on the other hand, was left in Shou'an Hall talking to the old woman and Wang Ruofu.

After telling my grandmother and mother about what happened in the Xu family,

Wang Ruofu suddenly said:

"Hua'er, it's been almost a year since you got married, but there's still no movement in your stomach!"

"mother!"

Hualan looked at Wang Ruofu with some embarrassment.

"The official is studying now, how can he do it too often! And now that the Xu family has an eldest grandson, I don't need to be so anxious!"

Wang Ruofu frowned and said: "Your sister-in-law has a son, what does it have to do with you! It's only right that you have a son!"

Looking at Hua Lan who pursed her lips, the old lady said warmly:

"Your mother is a little anxious, but she is right! You can't let your husband indulge in this, but you can't ignore it completely! The old lady of the He family told me something before."

Listening to what the old lady said about the couple’s life in London,

Hua Lan blushed and kept nodding her head, showing that she was taught.

Before noon, Zai Zhang said goodbye to the Sheng family and hurried back to Quyuan Street.

I didn’t have lunch at Shou’an Hall.

Hua Lan ate in the front hall with her parents, siblings,

Before returning to Xu's house in the afternoon, Wang Ruofu looked at Hua Lan, who was more beautiful than before at home, and said:

"You must remember clearly what your grandmother said!"

"Mom! I remember it clearly!"

"Well, come on, get it!"

As he said this, Wang Ruofu stuffed the gourd and dates into Hua Lan's hands.

Sheng Hong looked at Hua Land with a smile and said:

"I hope that next year, your father and I can become grandpas."

After saying that, he also gave the things to Hua Lan.

Behind them were Chang Bai and other children of the Sheng family. Even the youngest Chang Zhu was held by Fang's mother and handed Hualan gourds and dates.

Hua Lan put these into his sleeves and got into the carriage.

Wang Ruofu, who was beside the carriage, supported Liu’s mother and said with her head raised:

"Hua'er, if you're fine, come back often! Do you understand?"

Hua Lan was in the carriage. After wiping his eyes, he opened the curtain and nodded with a smile.

Xiangyang Houfu

Princess Pingning took Qi Heng back to her parents' home.

Although I was not in a hurry, I still had breakfast at the Marquis Mansion in Xiangyang.

Although the Marquis of Xiangyang is not young, he is still in good health.

In the morning,

After letting the pregnant concubine come out to meet Princess Pingning and Qi Heng,

The father and daughter took Qi Heng around the spacious Hou Mansion.

When we walked near the ancestral hall of the Marquis of Xiangyang,

The Marquis of Xiangyang stood under the tree, looked at the exposed eaves of the ancestral hall, and whispered to Princess Pingning:

"Ning'er, the children born from these two concubines, regardless of whether they are male or female, will be recorded under your mother's name. In the genealogy, they will be your biological siblings."

Princess Pingning nodded.

"If they are both daughters, then we will hire sons-in-law."

"Father, why are you talking about this? You can just take care of it yourself."

Looking at his daughter glaring at him, the Marquis of Xiangyang smiled and said:

"Aren't I afraid that I won't survive until then? You will still have to worry about it then."

Princess Pingning looked at the Marquis of Xiangyang angrily and said:

"Dad! If you keep saying this, I will go back to Qi's house."

"Okay, okay, no more talking."

The Marquis of Xiangyang hurriedly laughed and said:

"Let's go to the warehouse and see if there's anything good for Brother Heng."

"You two go, I'll go see my mother."

The Marquis of Xiangyang raised his eyebrows and looked at Qi Heng and said, "Let's go! Let's go."

Separate Princess Ping Ning,

Looking at Qi Heng beside him who was hesitant to speak, the Marquis of Xiangyang frowned and thought, and then said clearly in his eyes:

"Brother Heng, what's wrong? If you have anything to say, just say it."

Qi Heng looked back at Buwei who was following him and his mother who had walked away, and whispered:

"Grandpa, do you have, ahem, a female envoy like the one you gave to Brother Jing?"

"No more. How can it be so easy to find fair-skinned, beautiful and smart twin angels!"

After saying that, the Marquis of Xiangyang thought about Hua Xiang and the sisters. At that time, it was because he had no children that he sent her away without hesitation. ,

Now that his concubine is pregnant, he still feels a little bit regretful.

The Marquis of Xiangyang and Qi Heng's ancestors and grandsons sighed quite similarly.

"Grandpa will make it up to you for having such a young elder in the future. Come on, you can choose whatever you want from the warehouse."

Qi Heng seemed to be used to seeing the Marquis of Xiangyang like this, and nodded calmly.

In the palace,

The natal families of each concubine entered the palace early in the morning.

At Hou Rong's house in Fuchang, Mrs. Rong and Rong Feiyan also arrived at Concubine Rong's bedroom early in the morning.

Concubine Rong is about to give birth now. Although her belly is big, it does not affect her movements.

Concubine Rong and the Marquis of Fuchang are looking forward to having a prince in their belly.

Because, no matter what happens in the future, at least he will be a prince, and the glory and wealth of the Rong family will be settled.

If it were a princess, that wouldn't be good.

Rong Fei used her hands to protect her belly. She looked at Rong Feiyan who was touching her belly and said:

"Mom just now said you haven't eaten enough lately?"

Rong Feiyan nodded:

"I've had a bad appetite lately."

Concubine Rong looked at Rong Feiyan who lowered his head and pondered for a while and said, "You must have met the Xu family girl, right?"

"Sister Pingmei and Anmei?"

"Um."

Concubine Rong continued:

"A noble girl with such a figure is what the noble family likes best. A weak woman like Liu Fufeng will not be able to have children at first sight. Tsk tsk, even our mothers would not like her."

"Even if it's not because of this, for your own sake, if you don't have good health, how can you survive if there is an illness or disaster in the future?"

Rong Feiyan nodded and said, "Don't worry, sister, I will eat well when I get back."

Concubine Rong hummed and touched Rong Feiyan's hair lovingly.

Afterwards, they did not stay for lunch, and the Rong family left the palace in the morning.

In the Queen's Palace,

Several eldest ladies from the Cao family of Marquis Tuoxi entered the palace.

Zhao Fang was given new gourds and dates sent by the Cao family, hoping to bring good luck to the nephew of the Cao family.

Listening to the queen's explanation of the relatives' behavior, the clever Zhao Fang looked at the queen and said:

"Mother, when my sister gets married, can I give this to her child?"

Everyone in the hall laughed after hearing this.

The emperor in the palace also laughed heartily for a while,

But looking at the joy in the palace,

I don’t know what I thought of, but I had some thoughts in my eyes.

In the morning,

A reward was given in the palace to the consort Lu's family, the third wife of Duke Lian's family.

The internal official didn't say anything, he just brought some rewards from the palace to the princess who married into the Lu family.

The emperor is also the elder of this princess’s natal family

Lu’s parents-in-law,

Accompanied by the guards of the Duke's Mansion and his mother-in-law, he also arrived at Li's house.

The second day after the incident, the old lady of the Li family went to see her daughter and grandson. After hearing what happened, she was extremely scared.

After she came back, she told her youngest son that if Zong Ge'er was gone, her daughter would have a hard time living. If she didn't seek death, her heart would definitely be dead.

To this day, I haven’t seen my daughter and grandson for almost half a month.

Today, the daughter-in-law of the Li family did not return to her natal family, because most of her natal families were in prefectures and counties hundreds of miles away from Bianjing.

There are two large tables of delicious food in Li's courtyard.

The old lady of the Li family asked the men to take a seat by themselves.

She sat down with her daughter and daughters-in-law. The old lady picked up the glass of fruit wine and said:

"The daughters-in-law are far away from home. Today's meal is the same as in previous years. It is made for the daughters-in-law. Come and have a drink with us."

Mother-in-law, sister-in-law and sister-in-law raised their glasses one after another.

Afterwards, everyone was talking, and as they talked, they talked about how Li Jie was very drunk and was carried out of the carriage by Xu Jiaerlang, who was like a normal person.

Mrs. Li Jie even imitated his fragmented appearance the next day.

This made the ladies present laugh, and the atmosphere was happy,

Everyone also had a tacit understanding and did not mention the consequences of the Lu family's second concubine and the Lu family's concubine.

After Mrs. Fuchanghou returned home, she was not idle either.

He took Rong Xian and Rong Feiyan, who were not yet married, back to their parents’ home.

Didn't miss lunch either.

The young man who was learning a craft from the Li family's craftsman team was the cousin of the eldest lady of the Rong family.

Arriving at my grandfather’s house,

Among the cousins, Rongxian is naturally the most powerful. He drank with his uncles,

Then he led his cousins ​​to talk in the hall.

"Cousin, are you really incompatible with Wu Lang of the Xu family?"

Rong Xian raised his eyebrows proudly and said:

"That's natural, how do you know that?"

He briefly talked about what happened that day.

"So, these days, I have been working with the Li family's team in the Xu family."

"Hiss? Oh?"

Rongxian looked at his cousin in surprise, rolled his eyes and called the boy to his side. After whispering a few words,

After a while, a screen was erected in the hall.

Rong Feiyan brought her cousins ​​to the neighborhood.

I definitely wouldn't have paid attention to these things before, but since the Rong family gave birth to a noble concubine, my maternal grandfather's family also started to pay attention to it.

Rong Feiyan is naturally the most outstanding among the cousins, but the cousins ​​have no idea at all.

Because I don’t know how many times I have been told to do so by my elders, I know that it is impossible for me.

"Brother Jing, does he really get up early every day to exercise like in the legend?"

Listening to Rong Xian's question, the cousin nodded and said, "It's true. When we went to repair his stable, we could see him exercising every day. It's so cruel."

The girls on the other side of the screen lowered their voices and listened to his words when the cousin spoke.

These days,

The news that Xu Zai Jingyong rescued the grandson of the duke's family was abuzz, and most of the girls in Bianjing took this new news as a topic of conversation.

Some girls will imagine Xu Zaijing rescuing people under that volcano,

There were also girls who were cousins ​​of the Rong family, looking through the screen at Rong Xian among the crowd.

Rongxian listened to his cousin's words,

I took out the dates given by my uncles from my pocket, took a bite and started eating.

Looking at my sister behind the screen,

Rongxian asked a few questions from time to time about how far away it was, how big the place was, and which direction the door faced.

The question was all about the front yard where guests are received.

Most people who have been to the Xu family can see that this cousin has nothing to keep secret.

Rong Feiyan on the other side of the screen,

Seeing her brother looking over, she quickly turned her head. After noticing Rong Feiyan's gaze, she felt a little embarrassed to look at her cousins.

Rong Feiyan did not curse secretly like she did when she was a child, but lowered her head and continued to peel the pomegranate in her hand, listening intently to the words on the side.

When it was almost peeled, Rong Feiyan gently broke open the pomegranate, kept a piece for herself, and distributed it to the female envoys and cousins ​​around her.

Her maid said it was okay, but the cousins ​​were a little surprised.

When the cousins ​​went back, they also told their parents that sister Feiyan of the Rong family had grown up.

Went back to Nan Lecture Hall in the afternoon.

Entering the snowy courtyard,

"Xibu, give him the embroidered fan cover that my brother asked for."

"Yes, girl."

Saying that, Rong Feiyan laid out a piece of white paper.

Ningxiang hurriedly walked aside and began to grind the ink with drops of water.

Rong Feiyan took out a rabbit-hair brush from the pen holder, closed her eyes and recalled it carefully, and then began to draw on the white paper.

Today, Chai Zhengzheng and his brothers accompanied his mother, Mrs. Chai, back to his maternal grandfather's house.

Mrs. Chai’s mother’s surname is Cheng.

Her grandfather was a concubine separated from the Cheng family of Duke Cheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and her grandmother was the daughter of a scholar.

Although he was not allocated much property and his family was not well off,

However, Mrs. Chai’s father (Chai Zhengzheng’s grandfather) became a Jinshi under the guidance and supervision of Mrs. Chai’s grandmother.

When her father was an official in Cangzhou, Mrs. Chai, as the youngest eldest daughter,

She was attracted by the then head of the Chai family and his wife, and after some matchmaking, she joined the Chai family and became the eldest wife of the Chai family.

Now Chai Zhengzheng's grandfather has become an official at home, and his four uncles are all serving as officials in Bianjing.

In the past, when Mrs. Chai was in Cangzhou, the journey was long, and she would definitely not be able to return to her parents' home these days. Most of the time, Chai Jin's brother and brother in Bianjing would go to the Cheng family.

Today, the entire Chai family is here.

Chai Zhengzheng's four uncles also married from Bianjing families. However, because all the Chai family members came today, Chai Zhengzheng's four aunts did not return to their natal families.

So Mrs. Chai, who got off the carriage, was startled by the four sisters-in-law in front of her:

"Here, what are you doing, sisters-in-law?"

Cheng’s parents-in-law said:

"It's not because you want to come back, little sister. I haven't seen you for many years! You came in a hurry last month and didn't say much!"

"There are four of us together! Let your nephews go back by themselves. We women don't have gourds or dates anyway."

Mrs. Chai looked at her sister-in-law who was speaking and smiled:

"Then, sister-in-law, you have missed out on the fun that a large group of sisters from the Feng family have gathered together."

"Not bad this time. I can only grow ears if I go today! If I go back in a few days, I might hear more detailed gossip."

Hearing this, the other three ladies laughed.

The Feng family of Duke Cheng was well-informed, and Mrs. Chai knew about it when she was still in her boudoir.

Chai Zhengzheng's aunt was also mocking herself, because although the Cheng family mentioned a girl who married into the Chai family, it was also true that the four men of the Cheng family were not of high official rank.

Most of the people they married were girls from the right families. The one who came from a good family background was the eldest daughter-in-law of the side branch of the Feng family of Cheng Guogong.

The other three are mostly the legitimate daughters of low-ranking civil and military officials from small families.

Therefore, when the Chai family held a banquet at the Duke of Qi's mansion that day, the presence of these few people was very low.

In terms of understanding of the nobles of Bianjing, it is naturally incomparable to Mrs. Wu.

While talking, everyone entered the backyard of Cheng's house.

When Mrs. Chai came back to Beijing to visit the Cheng family before, Chai Zhengzheng did not come with her. Today he stayed with his mother and grandparents to talk for a while.

Perhaps the following is the topic of women,

The girls were sent to play in the backyard.

Chai Zhengzheng has been in Cangzhou all year round and rarely has time to play with his cousins. With his vague memory, he can still recognize a few older cousins.

Others need to be introduced to her to know which uncle's family they belong to, what their ranking is, and what their names are.

Fortunately, although Chai Zhengzheng has a noble status, he is not arrogant and mostly listens when talking to his cousins.

"Ah? The Korean public servant Goro is a good young man who is willing to do charity?"

"It's not bad, but I heard that he is a bit playful and often goes to Mrs. Wu's polo field."

On the other side, a girl from the Cheng family said:

"There's nothing wrong with being playful! We've never been there even once!"

"By the way, you just said that Marquis Ningyuan and Marquis Yongyi are related?"

Hearing Chai Zhengzheng's question, a girl from the Cheng family asked doubtfully:

"Huh? Who said that?"

"Did anyone say that?"

Chai Zhengzheng: "Yes, or no?"

Seeing Chai Zhengzheng's confused look, the girl hurriedly said: "Yes! The eldest daughter-in-law"

"Zhengzheng, weren't you playing with their legitimate daughter that day? Didn't you ask?"

"Oh! Not familiar!"

(In the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, Gu Tingyi, who was accompanying Mrs. Bai to receive her cousin from the Yang family with a fake smile, sneezed.)

After Chai Zhengzheng asked a few questions in surprise from time to time, the conversation involuntarily turned to the relationship between the families in Bianjing.

"Is the Yongchang Marquis Mansion related to our family?"

"Cheng Guo Gongfu."

"How many relatives does the Xu family of Marquis Yongyi have?"

Listening to the cousins ​​talking,

Suddenly a girl said:

"Hey! Zhengzheng, you forgot even if you didn't ask me. Let me take a look at it!"

"Well, in my maternal grandfather's family, there was a cousin named Ni, but he died young. His daughter seems to have married a viscount."

Chai Zhengzheng: "Yeah! What next?"

"This Viscount's surname is Zhu. I heard he is the nephew of Marquis Yongyi."