When Huo Xi woke up in a daze, she realized that the boat had arrived at a small town in Songjiang County.
The Mu family is saying goodbye to the Huo family and preparing to leave.
Yan, the consort's biological mother, took her grandson Mu Jie and thanked Yang: "Thanks to your help last night, my family was able to spend the night safely. Thank you very much."
The prince-in-law half hugged the princess and nodded to Huo Erhuai: "Jie'er has returned to the capital for the first time. It's rare to have a friend you can talk to. I have time to take your two sons to my house to play with Jie'er."
Huo Nian didn't have any concept of class hierarchy yet. After hearing this, he took his little brother's hand and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I will come and play with you next time! You can come and play with me when you are free. I will take you fishing and netting."
, and also teach you how to swim in the water."
Mu Jie nodded repeatedly, and the two children held their little hands reluctantly.
There were several carriages parked on the shore, and Li Yi and a group of servants were waiting for them to get on the carriages.
Mu Yan walked behind, took out something from his arms, and handed it to Huo Xi while avoiding others: "If you have any trouble, you can use this jade to come to Mu's house to find me."
Before Huo Xi could react, something was forced into his palm, and his tentacles were cold.
When I lowered my head and took a look, I saw that the fat was white and delicate, and it turned out to be a rare and good jade.
I wanted to give it back, but when I looked up and saw the other person's expression that he couldn't shirk it, he thought that a piece of jade from a wealthy family was nothing, so he accepted one piece of jade, and there was no psychological burden on him if he accepted another piece.
Although this jade cannot be eaten or drunk, it is difficult to sell it, and giving her some gold will make her happy. But, this is a golden thigh in front of her, so she cannot make the noble master unhappy.
So she happily accepted it, quickly put it into her sleeve, and smiled at him and thanked him.
No one saw this scene, but the prince consort happened to see it when he turned back to look for Mu Yan, and his pupils shrank.
The Mu family landed ashore, quickly boarded the carriage, and left.
The prince-in-law settled his aunt, wife and children, and placed his horse beside Mu Yan. "Why did you give away that personal jade pendant that your grandfather specially made for you? And also gave it to a boy?"
Mu Yan did not explain.
He just said: "She saved my life twice. If it weren't for her last night, I might not be alive anymore. Even if I'm lucky enough to be alive now, I will inevitably be scolded by the emperor after returning to Beijing. The days to come will be like walking on thin ice, and there is no telling what good or bad luck will happen.
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"Just give me some other gold and silver items. There's no need to give me that jade pendant."
"My grandfather once said that I should repay the kindness of others with a spring of water. If someone saves my life, I should repay it with my life. It's just a jade pendant."
Mu Xin sighed: "Let's just give it away. Last night was really thrilling. Did you ask anything?"
"I was about to tell my fourth uncle." Da Ma walked up to Mu Xin and whispered to him.
After hearing this, Mu Xin paused: "What! Are you right?"
"It's not just once or twice. It's possible that you made a mistake once, but do you think you made a mistake every time?"
"This, this actually gives rise to a disobedient heart!"
Mu Yan sneered at the corner of his mouth, his disobedience was not new.
"Maybe only if I die can I take advantage of her heart."
"You... Yan'er, don't think so. Since your father brought you to the Southwest when you were young, taught you personally, hired famous civil and military teachers for you, and led you step by step, the Southwest will naturally be handed over to you.
In hand."
Mu Yan sighed, it was hard for me to survive the hard work of my grandfather and stepfather. There are many people who are eyeing this piece of fat in the southwest.
"My uncle doesn't have the means of my grandfather and father. The Jun family is a big local family in the southwest. They are deeply intertwined and have been intermarried with the local chieftains for decades. My uncle still has to rely on the Jun family. It is also good to have good relations with the local chieftains and other ethnic groups.
Your Majesty’s intention.”
"Having said that, His Majesty has made frequent moves to southwest Yunnan in the past few years to prevent my Mu family from growing bigger. On the one hand, he has allowed my family to marry the royal family and rely on them to benevolent, but at the same time, he has been guarding against everything..."
"Fourth uncle, no words."
Mu Xin looked around and whispered: "Fourth uncle understands. Yan'er, you... didn't expect your path to be so difficult. Don't worry, fourth uncle will support you. I will tell the princess about this."
If she was summoned to the palace to talk, what we met last night was just a water thief who stole people's money."
"Um."
The group entered the town and met up with Geng, Mu Wang and others who had arrived in the town first. After a short rest, they took the overland road again and returned to Beijing.
On the Huo family side, Huo Erhuai, Yang Fu and others stayed up all night. There was the princess and her family on the boat. They all went to the fast boat where Mu Yan sat and stayed overnight.
Now I don't plan to take a break, I still want to return to Beijing as soon as possible, for fear of encountering something else on the way.
Huo Xi let them go in to sleep, and he went to the stern of the boat and raised the oar board.
Huo Nian was holding food at the stern of the boat, eating it, feeding her a mouthful, and accompanying her at the stern of the boat. He pestered Huo Xi and told allusions to characters in Mengqiu.
Huo Xi was confused when he asked: "Where did you get so many and why? Write down all the reasons. Next time, my sister will find a gentleman for you and give you a good answer."
I don’t know what happened to my grandfather’s family. If my grandfather is still alive, I can correspond with my grandfather in the future. It would be great to have my grandfather teach me about Nian’er’s homework.
"Sister, after returning to Beijing, do I really want to go to school? Can I not go? I like to fish on the boat with my parents."
Pi Xiaozi was holding the bowl with food in his hands, and he lost his energy when he heard that he was going to school.
"You can also go fishing after studying. You have learned the skills, but what do you want to do? You also need to be able to read scales and calculate accounts when fishing. You don't mean to buy a lot of fields after making money from fishing, and then ask for help.
People will plant the crops, and you and your mother will go to the countryside to collect rent?"
"If you don't study, you won't even be able to count how much rent the tenant gives you. If you have to sign a contract with the tenant, what if you can't understand it and are cheated? Can our rent be recovered?
"
Pi Xiaozi blinked his eyes, that would not work. If you get money from fishing, you have to buy land. Buying land and then collecting rent would not work if you were cheated.
"How many years will it take to study?"
"After reading it, if you think it's good enough and you are more capable than others, then come and tell your sister that you don't want to read anymore."
"Okay. Then I'll go to school."
"Yes, that's how you behave. You see, Mu Jie is more than a year younger than you, and he can already read and write big characters."
"I can also read and write big characters."
"Everyone can memorize the entire Three Character Classic, can you?"
Pi Xiaozi instantly withered: "That's because I didn't go to school. If I had gone to school, I would have memorized it."
"Yes. We Nian'er is so smart, how can we be worse than that kid Mu Jie? That is absolutely impossible."
"Well, that's absolutely impossible!" He patted his chest, being deceived by his sister and aroused his desire to win.
After a while, he raised his head again and asked: "Then after I enter the school, can I still go fishing with my parents?"
You brat, you just know how to fish.
"Yes, the school doesn't have classes every day. You take a break every ten days. Can't you go fishing with your parents on the days when you don't have classes?"
"Okay, then I'll go to school and learn some skills first. I want to be the smartest kid in the fisherman's family, and no one can compare with me!"
