Chapter 220 Why Did Ping Ning's Father Come to the Xu Family? [Thank You for Your Support! Goodbye! ]

"Master Sanqing! How can this kid from Beiliao be so cruel? I swear, he actually cut his own forehead! Doesn't it hurt?"

Wang Ruofu sighed in disbelief.

"In the eyes of the Beiliao people, you don't even have the courage to cut your own forehead. Who would believe the oath you made?"

The old lady finished speaking softly, looking away and continued:

"On the contrary, before, there were people from Bei Liao who swore allegiance to the Hou Mansion."

"Grandma, is she also a horse breeder in Northern Liao?"

"It's not Ma Guan'er, but a capable Northern Liao warrior. He changed his surname after becoming my father's personal guard."

Looking at the old lady's memories, Fang's mother on the side added: "Chu."

"pity."

As if thinking that her nephew was currently away at war, the old lady couldn't say unlucky words, so she stopped talking and waved her hand:

"It's all old stuff, I won't talk about it anymore."

Wang Ruofu smiled flatteringly after listening to the old lady's words, and sighed in his heart that this was the foundation of the founding nobles.

Although her Wang family has a father who is worthy of enjoying the Imperial Ancestral Temple, it is a rare thing not to mention seeing or hearing about the loyalty of foreigners like the Xu family.

The old lady looked at Hua Lan who was fanning her lovingly and asked:

"Hua'er, how is that brother?"

"Grandma, your great-nephew is climbing very fast now! Sister-in-law is always shouting Xu Xingdai, Xu Xingdai."

"Hahahaha, that's good."

The old lady said yes, but her eyes were staring at Hua Lan carefully.

Hualan felt embarrassed and turned to her mother Wang Ruofu for help. As a result, Wang Ruofu heard the old lady's words and looked at Hualan with eyes full of scrutiny and urging.

Wei Shu looked at Hua Lan who was embarrassed, with a look of joy and envy in his eyes.

Hua Lan said angrily: "Grandma, why are you and your mother doing this!"

This brought up Hualan's nephew, who looked at her without saying a word. Didn't he mean to ask her how her progress was?

"You have been married for more than half a year."

Listening to Wang Ruofu's words, the old lady said:

"Are you and your wife still friendly?"

"Um"

Hua Lan nodded shyly

"That's fine, grandma is just asking, don't be impatient."

"Yeah. By the way, grandma, I just talked. My Xiaowu had some contacts with Wang's brocade and silk shop before. No, their shop sent some fashionable materials."

Hualan waved her hand towards Cuichan, indicating to get it, and then continued:

"I saw it was a little different from what we had before, so I took some."

When the women of the Sheng family were selecting ingredients,

Xingguofang

Duke's Mansion of Qi

Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingyu, and Xu Zaizhang walked out of the study room of Qi Guogong.

Allowing the three of them to enter the study room expressed Qi Guogong's trust in these people.

The great place of study,

Even Princess Pingning's personal maid cannot enter without permission.

The three of them talked and came to the front hall where they were waiting for guests.

At this time, many people had come to the spacious and cool front hall.

In addition to the classmates from the Shengjia Book School, there are also a few more distinguished young people whom I have never met.

Several people came to the front hall. Qi Guogong wanted to train Qi Heng, so he didn't say much.

Qi Heng became the introducer at this time. He bowed his hands and said:

"Uncle Yu, Brother Zhang, and Brother Jing, these two are my cousins ​​from the Chai family, Chai Jin and Chai Bo."

Talking

There were two young men in luxurious and extraordinary clothes who raised their hands in greeting.

Among them, the young man named Chai Jin moved quickly and was very organized in his movements. After seeing Xu Zaijing, his eyes were full of eagerness to try.

The other few people are the side branches of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion.

Although the Marquis of Xiangyang is now strong and working hard every day, there is no harvest yet.

Princess Pingning is still the only Miaomiao in the Xiangyang Marquis Mansion. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the Marquis of Xiangyang sent these children to the Dragon Boat Festival banquet at the Duke of Qi's Mansion.

After everyone sat down,

The dishes from the chef of Duke Qi's mansion were brought out like water by the female envoys from the Taipan Department.

Qi Yiqiu took his chopsticks and signaled that the banquet should begin.

Except for the side branch son Lang of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion, the rest of the people were not restrained.

While eating and drinking, we talked.

Qi Yiqiu also studied when he was young, but unfortunately he failed to pass the national examination, so he really liked Gu Tingyu.

Whenever Gu Tingyu finished speaking, Qi Yiqiu would always look at Qi Heng. When he saw that Qi Heng was listening attentively, he smiled.

Afterwards, Qi Yiqiu left the table. With him around, the young people couldn't let go no matter what they said.

Because everyone here except Chang Feng is the legitimate son of each family,

Therefore, Chang Feng unexpectedly started chatting with the young men from the Xiangyang Marquis branch.

The young man from the Marquis of Xiangyang had no intention of chatting with Gu Tingyu, Xu Zaijing and others.

Seeing this scene, Princess Pingning, who was observing behind a screen and curtain in the front hall, shook her head.

She understands what her father, the Marquis of Xiangyang, means, but the son who adopts the Marquis of Xiangyang will have a heavy burden in the future, so he doesn't need to be too flattering, but he still needs to have the color of his eyes in daily life.

Chatting with Chang Feng was certainly comfortable, but if something happened at the level of Marquis Xiangyang that needed help, Chang Feng would not be able to help.

In modern terms, it is ineffective social interaction.

When Princess Pingning was about to leave,

On the table, Chai Jin stood up, held up a glass of wine and said:

"Brother Jing, I have often heard Brother Heng say your name before. I didn't expect to see you after so long."

Xu Zaijing also stood up quickly, raised his wine glass and said, "Brother Heng didn't say anything bad about me, right?

Qi Heng on the side quickly waved his hand, causing Gu Tingyu and Zai Zhang to laugh.

"No, no, Brother Heng always praises you, saying that you practice martial arts hard every day and study diligently. There is also a magical horse at home that makes people want to look at it."

When Chai Jin said the last sentence, Qi Heng hurriedly pulled his clothes.

"Brother Heng is right."

Gu Tingye nodded.

"I won't hide it from Brother Jing. I practice martial arts hard every day in my hometown in Cangzhou. I rarely have any opponents. I don't know what our future will be like."

Xu Zaijing raised his glass and said: "Brother Jin wants to come to my house, just post next."

"Okay, then it's a deal!"

With that said, Chai Jin drank up the wine in one gulp, and Xu Zaijing did the same.

After seeing the scene in the front hall,

Princess Pingning had a thoughtful look in her eyes, and after taking another serious look at Xu Zaijing, she turned and left.

On the table,

Gu Tingyu looked at the few disciples from the same sect who were chatting enthusiastically with Chang Feng, and secretly shook his head.

An hour later,

The table dispersed, and after everyone sat in the front hall and talked for a while, everyone left one after another.

On the way back to Quyuan Street,

Many of them were people returning from a banquet.

When the two brothers entered Sun's yard, they drank the hangover soup and listened to an interesting anecdote that Sun learned from Mrs. Wu:

A few days ago, there were vegetable farmers and melon farmers selling fruits and vegetables outside Donghua Gate.

An internal official who went shopping with his adoptive father in the palace unexpectedly met his biological parents, whom he had not seen for many years and who were supposed to be thousands of miles away, while shopping for groceries.

At this time, we are taking out food at Donghuamen.

But the official didn't dare to admit it. It was his adoptive father who saw the clues through his eyes that were red from crying, and only found out about it after some questioning.

The old internal official pretended not to know what happened and patronized the vegetable stall the next day.

During the chat, I found out that this family had survived with the money from the internal official's prostitution, and their life had been good over the years. Although they had a son, they still cared about the internal official who had sold his body.

So he came to Bianjing, hoping to find his prostituted son and let him know that there were relatives waiting outside.

After understanding the whole story, the old internal official reported the matter to the internal official Huaibao.

Huaibao's master was the emperor's chief internal official.

"After His Majesty found out about this, he didn't say anything else. It's just that a few days later, the internal official got a job as a guard of incense in a temple outside the palace."

"Mother, Your Majesty is asking the eunuch to go out of the palace to run errands. Can his parents see him at any time?"

Sun looked at An Mei and nodded: "That's true. But there are other reasons."

An Mei looked at her mother blankly,

Xie and Hua Lan were about to speak, but Sun stopped them and said, "Let her think more."

Anmei stroked her fingers that were about to become calluses, looked at her brothers and the female envoy beside her, and said hesitantly:

"Mother, what do you mean is that this official has concerns and can easily be coerced by others using his family members?"

Hualan saw that Anmei had realized it. After getting Sun's nod, Hualan said:

"That's it. After all these years, I can still recognize my parents, that is to say, this official."

"The biggest concern in my heart is his parents!"

Xie held her son Xu Xing in her arms and said:

"The officials' parents have a son, but they still come all the way to Bianjing to look for him. They must have had no choice but to sell him."

"This internal official has a family, but his errands in the palace should be over."

Xu Zaijing on the side said:

"Sister-in-law, I heard from my cousin that the internal official Huaibao seems to have relatives in Bianjing. How come he..."

"Xiao Wu, the parents of that eunuch have passed away. He was raised by the eunuchs in the palace. The nephew is just trying to keep the family alive."

After the Dragon Boat Festival,

In the palace,

The emperor's personal chief official narrowed his eyes slightly and listened to the report.

"Grandpa, there are many junior officials discussing this matter."

"Do you want to know what the junior officials are saying?"

"Yes, and several junior officials' memories of their family members were tricked out."

After hearing this, the chief minister said calmly:

"These heartless people, please don't stay in the palace."

"Yes, Grandpa."

After saying that, the chief minister turned around and entered the emperor's study room in the palace.

In the study of Emperor Zhou,

The Marquis of Xiangyang, who was older than the emperor, was dragging his lame leg and talking to the emperor.

The Marquis of Xiangyang and the Emperor had a fateful friendship.

The crippled leg was an injury sustained to protect the emperor during the bloody turmoil when the emperor ascended the throne.

"Oh my God, you old bastard, how old are you? You still believe in the nonsense that this girl Ping Ning said?"

"Your Majesty, please take pity on me, an old bastard!"

"Go, go, go! I still have state affairs to be busy with!"

The Marquis of Xiangyang immediately knelt on the ground and hugged the emperor's leg:

"Your Majesty! You have a son and a pillar of the country, but you can't ignore the old minister. I am already so old, look at my beard."

The emperor heard the subtext:

‘Your Majesty, we, the monarch and the minister, were in the same boat before! Why don't you tell me the secret recipe when you have a son? ’

The emperor closed his eyes and tilted his head. How could he have any secret recipe for giving birth?

Then the emperor suddenly had an idea and looked at the Xiangyang Marquis who was hugging his legs.

The emperor scratched his face with his index finger and said, "You rascal, you don't want me to ask the queen for mercy for you, do you?"

"Your Majesty is wise."

"You, you only know how to do these roundabout things. Okay, I promise you."

"Woo woo woo, thank you, Your Majesty!"

As he said that, the emperor waved at the eunuch who wanted to run over to help Xiangyang Marquis, stopping the eunuch from coming to help.

Then, the emperor smiled and stretched out his hand to Xiangyang Marquis on the ground.

This posture,

just like the young emperor who had just ascended the throne and faced a bloody storm, in the study, stretched out his hand to the young Xiangyang Marquis who hugged his legs and stopped him from acting on impulse and promised.

Xiangyang Marquis was also a little stunned,

then smiled and held the emperor's hand.

"It's still as heavy as it was back then. How dare you rush out when I pulled you up?"

"I've said this several times, but Your Majesty doesn't believe it. At that time, I was held by Your Majesty's dragon claws, and in an instant, I was full of strength."

The emperor smiled and shook his head. This old Gu seemed to have forgotten that before he rushed out, he shouted that he would die before Your Majesty.

"Your Majesty, what do you think I should send you?"

"Of course, it's something precious, rare, and sincere. They don't lack ordinary gold and silver."

At night,

Zhao Fang had fallen asleep,

The emperor sat beside the huge bed:

"Ahem, there's something."

The queen looked at the female official who was fanning her daughter in the cradle and said, "Be a little smaller."

The female official squatted down to indicate that she understood.

"Your Majesty, just tell me."

"Marquis Xiangyang came to me today and asked for the secret recipe for having a son."

The queen was stunned for a moment, then rolled her eyes and said:

"This old rascal, he doesn't say anything clearly, but likes to beat around the bush. He just wants me to agree to give a gift to Xu Jiajing's son! Just give it."

"After all, it involves Fang'er and Yue'er, and he is not sure about your thoughts."

"Humph, Marquis Gu has been seeking medical treatment and medicine but to no avail, so he started praying to gods and Buddhas."

"I also prayed to gods and Buddhas at the beginning, using two approaches at the same time."

After the Dragon Boat Festival,

Xu Zaijing took a day's class at Sheng's academy,

and when he returned to the Marquis's mansion in the evening,

his mother, Sun, handed him a note.

The note was from the Marquis Xiangyang's mansion, and was forwarded by the Duke of Qi's mansion.

The main content was: Marquis Xiangyang likes fine horses, and heard that the Marquis Yongyi's mansion has four divine horses, so he wanted to come and see them.

The reason why Sun gave the invitation to Xu Zaijing was that now that the Marquis of Yongyi and the eldest son were away, it was not easy for the women to entertain guests, so they had to let the two brothers come out.

And the two Bei Liao dragon horses were given to Xu Zaijing by the emperor, so the focus was still on Xu Zaijing.

Looking at her little son who nodded, Sun suddenly remembered the words of Princess Pingning who sent the invitation: Sister, you don’t need to prepare anything, father just came to see the horses and our brother by the way.

Xu Zaijing naturally regarded this as a trivial matter, just to see the horses, what could it be?

Just at Chenshi (7 am)

Sheng Family Academy,

Qi Heng and the Xu brothers’ seats were vacated.

Zhuang Xueji shook his head helplessly and said:

“You ask for leave when you have something to do, really”

And at this time in Quyuan Street,

the stalls on the street were neatly arranged,

the streets were cleaned and sprinkled with water.

Xiangyang Hou nodded proudly at the scene and thought to himself: It seems that the Xu family does not know that I am here to give gifts, so if they do not know, they will not directly refuse. Very good!

Arriving at the front door of the Xu family,

Xu Zaijing was already waiting at the steps at the door. When he saw the ten carriages covered with thick cloth following the horse of Xiangyang Hou, he hurried to help Xiangyang Hou lead the horse and said:

"Grandpa Gu, please do not dismount, just ride in directly."

Xiangyang Hou was about to say something, but suddenly he nodded and said: "Okay, then I am rude! The convoy behind, follow."

As he said, everyone in Xiangyang Hou's mansion filed into the house under the gaze of passers-by such as Chu Zhan.

Sun brought her two daughters-in-law and knelt down to greet Xiangyang Hou at the second gate, and Xiangyang Hou also bowed on horseback as a return gift.

Arriving at the racecourse,

the racecourse had been tidied up,

horse servants Alan and Xunshu were taking Liju, Liju's son, and two dragon horses for a run.

Marquis Xiangyang came to see the horses, which was originally just the reason for Marquis Gu to come to the Xu family, but when he saw the two Beiliao dragon horses, he came to the racecourse and got off the horse.

He climbed over the wooden fence with a nimble move that an old man shouldn't have

Xu Zaijing followed Marquis Xiangyang over the fence,

and quickly chased after Marquis Xiangyang and shouted:

"Grandpa Gu, please slow down."

When he came to the four horses, Marquis Xiangyang's eyes were full of light, and he seemed to have forgotten what he was doing this time.

After watching and caressing the four horses in the racecourse for three quarters of an hour, Marquis Xiangyang finally let out the rare energy in his heart.

He slowly remembered other things about this visit to the Xu family.

At this time, a steward of the Xu family told Sun about the things at the racecourse, and Sun said to herself: "It turns out that the old marquis really came to see the horses"