Ye Xianggao said in surprise: "Isn't Yang Lian already back to his hometown? Why does he still need me to help him?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "Ye Fu may be able to get peace by resigning and returning home, but that is not certain for Yang Lian and others. With Wei Zhongxian's style, he will definitely do something dirty to Yang Lian and others!"
"Well, I've written this down. If I can help, I will!"
Ma Xiaoquan stood up and hugged Ye Xianggao: "Then I won't stay any longer. Mr. Fu, please take care!"
"Um!"
...
After Ma Xiaoquan left, Ye Xianggao sighed deeply. In the past, he always thought that Ma Xiaoquan was an idle member who had no talent but was unable to serve the court. However, the events in recent years have greatly changed Ye Xianggao's view of Ma Xiaoquan.
Today, Ma Xiaoquan came to visit him, and Ye Xianggao couldn't help but regret it again and again.
"If you give me one or two years, I will definitely bring Ma Xiaoquan into the cabinet," Ye Xianggao murmured regretfully.
...
Time flies by quickly, and it’s the end of the year in a blink of an eye.
During this period, the court experienced a brief period of calm. Of course, the price of this calm was also obvious.
In just two months, the cabinet finally fell under the control of Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian was "interested enough" and gave the position of Cabinet Assistant to his "adopted son" Gu Bingqian. Wei Zhongxian also held other important positions, large and small.
Arrangements were also made one by one.
The Donglin Party members who were still serving in the imperial court, forced by Wei Zhongxian's now powerful power, had to either protect themselves wisely or remain silent temporarily to preserve their strength and wait for opportunities to act.
As for those who were neither members of the Donglin Party nor had much contact with Wei Zhongxian, they all chose to keep silent. No one was a fool. Everyone knew that talking too much at this time would definitely lead to crazy revenge from the Eunuch Party.
...
Ma's house, Mrs. Ma's bedroom.
Ma Xiaoquan held the letter from Ning Yuan in his hand and said with a wry smile: "No one from Ning Yuan will come back this year to celebrate the New Year. The Jurchens are becoming more and more dishonest."
Mrs. Ma nodded: "Hey, it's really hard on them! But it's okay, Beijing city is not much more peaceful than Ningyuan at the moment. Well, you can just fix the letter and let Ruiqing and the others guard the border!"
"I know, grandma! But grandma, if they don't come back, we still have to live a good life this year. It's just once a year, we can't fail, right?"
Mrs. Ma smiled and said: "The New Year is of course going to be celebrated. Well, it's just that after Qinghan left, that Huayue is also very good, so I thought, if you guys can't do it, just take the opportunity to get married?"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head: "Grandma, are you a little anxious?"
"Afraid?" Mrs. Ma glared at Ma Xiaoquan, "Are you not in a hurry? Originally, I had Feng'er who was with me when I had nothing to do. Now that I don't have a grandson at home, my old lady is very lonely. Besides, Yue
My son is older than Qinghan. As this woman gets older, it will be difficult for her to give birth, so you have to hurry up."
"Uh" Ma Xiaoquan smiled sheepishly, "Okay, it's just Yue'er's side. I'm afraid I have to visit her family. After all, Yue'er's identity..."
Mrs. Ma smiled and said, "We'll talk about this later. Give me a grandchild first!"
"Uh ok"
...
After leaving Mrs. Ma's bedroom door, Hua Yue happened to be at the door. Ma Xiaoquan greeted him with a smile, put his arms around Hua Yue's waist, and said, "What are you doing?"
Hua Yue's beautiful eyes flashed and she asked, "What did you say to grandma?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "You want to know? Hehe, grandma asked us to give him a grandchild as soon as possible."
"Disgusting!" Hua Yue punched Ma Xiaoquan's fist, then nodded and said, "I think so too."
"Ah? No, right? Yue'er, no matter what, if we get married, no matter what, we have to go to your house to propose marriage..."
Hua Yue shook her head and interrupted Ma Xiaoquan: "There must be opposition in my family to our union, so I also thought that if the rice is cooked, and the rice is cooked thoroughly..."
"Uh." Ma Xiaoquan secretly admired her. This woman was really bold if she made a calculation.
Hua Yue was surprised to see Ma Xiaoquan and said: "Ma Xiaoquan, there is one more thing..."
"What?"
Hua Yue said: "I know you are good to me, but you can't neglect Fangfang and Lisa, so...you have to get wet with both rain and dew..."
"Oh" Ma Xiaoquan deliberately pretended to be confused, "Yue'er, you mean, you want me to do that to all three of you, right?"
"Bah, bah, bah, I'm really annoying. I won't tell you anymore." Hua Yue broke away from Ma Xiaoquan and ran away in shame.
Ma Xiaoquan burst into laughter.
...
On the 30th of the fourth year of Tianqi's reign, during the day, every family was busy making final preparations. On the street, children were playing and playing with a bunch of candied haws in their hands.
After breakfast, Ma Xiaoquan led Hua Yue and the little girl from the Fang family to go shopping for clothes.
Hua Yue was too beautiful, and she herself resented the way strangers looked at her, so she disguised herself as an ordinary-looking woman. As for the little girl from the Fang family, although she looked pretty, her temperament was not good, so even if she was placed in the crowd
In the middle, it’s not that eye-catching.
Women all like beautiful clothes, especially in a bustling city like the capital, where they can get whatever they want. Although Hua Yue comes from a big family, it is the first time for her to go shopping and buy clothes in the capital, and the younger sister of the Fang family, that
Not to mention.
With Ma Xiaoquan paying the price behind them, the two girls didn't think much about it and just bought it without any worries.
Hua Yue picked up a robe, nodded and asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Would you like to choose two for Lisa?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "This depends on you, the wife of the chief manager of internal affairs and logistics."
Hua Yue blushed and said to the other girl: "Fangfang, tell the shopkeeper about this mink robe, we want it! Well, by the way, you can choose one too."
The little girl from the Fang family nodded: "Mrs. Yue, you are so kind!"
Hua Yue took the little girl from the Fang family's hand and said: "You're welcome, you are also a woman from the Ma family, so you have to dress up better. Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year's Day, it's very grand. As a woman from the Ma family, you can't be inferior.
, Do you understand?"
"Yeah!" The little girl from the Fang family nodded heavily.
...
Ma Xiaoquan nodded gently. He thought that after Li Qinghan left, the relationship between the women in the family would be in chaos. But now it seems that with Hua Yue, this will not be a problem.
Just when he was feeling proud, Ma Xiaoquan was suddenly tapped on the shoulder. He turned around and saw a beautiful woman with a little red hair.
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Girl, have you recognized the wrong person? We don't know each other?"
