Chapter 281 Don't wait for no flowers to break the branches
On the first day of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Dalong Taiping, the New Year is auspicious, and the people of Dalong usher in a new year.
Compared to the Roman Kingdom, which had just ended after the war, Dalong was full of scenes of peace and prosperity.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Liu Mansion was filled with laughter and laughter. Of course, the laughter was occasionally mixed with the helpless curses of Young Master Liu.
As for the reason, it naturally has something to do with Mr. Liu’s precious daughter, Liu Luoyue. After all, no one in the entire Liu Mansion except Liu Luoyue dared to provoke Mr. Liu on the first day of the new year.
The head of the family is unhappy.
The whole family in the Liu Mansion ended their morning reunion dinner in a generally harmonious atmosphere. At about three o'clock in the morning, Liu Mingzhi estimated that in less than half an hour, the Liu Mansion would welcome many important officials from the DPRK and Central Government who came to pay New Year's greetings.
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Two years before he became emperor, Young Master Liu cheerfully received the ministers who came to pay New Year's greetings. Later, when he got used to hearing the same New Year's greetings from these old foxes, Young Master Liu felt a little boring.
Therefore, every year on the auspicious day of the New Year, when these important officials from the court came to pay their respects, Mr. Liu directly found some excuses and hid in the inner courtyard to seek some leisure time.
As for the reception of these important ministers paying New Year's greetings, Young Master Liu left full power to Qi Yun, his virtuous wife, who although she was not directly canonized as the current empress, was already tacitly regarded as the master of the harem by the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty.
Young Master Liu was sitting in the pavilion in the inner courtyard, cracking melon seeds and looking at Liu Zhenghao with a faint smile. Liu Zhengran and the other little guys eagerly held up the incense sticks and lit the firecrackers stuck in the snow.
When the incense burning with smoke was about to touch the fuse, Mr. Liu suddenly shouted loudly.
"boom!"
In an instant, a group of little guys were frightened. They didn't even have time to see if the firecrackers really exploded. They held their heads and screamed at each other like birds and animals and ran away.
After a while, a group of little guys huddled behind the pillars and looked towards the snowdrift with firecrackers stuck in it. Seeing the fuses on the firecrackers swinging in the wind, the group of little guys immediately reacted and sat facing each other with "angry" faces.
The smiling father in the pavilion snorted softly.
Young Master Liu turned a blind eye to the resentful looks of his children, which were "full of joy", spit out the melon seed peels and drank the tea carelessly.
What is the purpose of having children? Isn’t it just for having children to play with?
Or as the old saying goes, when there is no danger, father is the biggest danger!
Liu Lianniang, who was hiding behind the court pillar closest to Young Master Liu, looked at her father's unscrupulous appearance and waved her pink fist at him in a naive manner.
"Bad dad, if you keep scaring us like this, Lian Niang will ignore you. Sister Yunxin, brother Zhengran, let's continue setting off firecrackers and ignore our bad dad."
"Hey, that stinky girl betrayed you."
Young Master Liu muttered to the backs of a group of little guys, and subconsciously groped for the stone bench next to him. After groping for it several times, he finally found nothing.
Young Master Liu turned to look at the empty stone bench and shook his head with regret. In previous years, he would prepare a few firecrackers and keep them by his side. When he saw Liu Chengfeng and his older children setting off firecrackers, he would take advantage of them when they were not paying attention.
Throw a few behind them.
Today, this girl Yue'er made a fuss, and she actually forgot about this trouble.
"Please see the young master."
Young Master Liu turned around and looked at Liu Song, with a playful look on his face: "Coming?"
Liu Song nodded slightly and pointed in the direction of the palace gate: "Du Shangshu, Jiang Shangshu and their families are waiting outside the palace gate. How about it? Do you want the young master to personally receive them this year?"
Young Master Liu shook his head hurriedly, stood up, stretched and walked towards the elegant courtyard in the inner courtyard.
"The same old rhetoric is used every year. I am really too lazy to deal with it. If there are political matters, that's it. It's just for New Year's greetings and there is nothing to meet.
You go directly to inform Yun'er, she is busy again today."
"Yes, I understand, little one."
Qi Yun felt slightly sorry for him, Young Master Liu was just doing whatever he had to do like a normal person.
"Sister Ya, is my husband's light purple robe in the closet in your room? Please help me take it out quickly. After I put it on, I plan to go out for a walk."
Before Liu Mingzhi entered Qi Ya's boudoir, he shouted at the top of his voice, reached out and patted the melon seed shells on his body, and Young Master Liu walked directly into Qi Ya's room.
"Eh? Why is it you, Miss Ren? Where's Sister Ya? Are you visiting right after dinner?"
Ren Qingrui looked at Young Master Liu who was standing by the door with a surprised expression. She placed the teacup in her hand heavily on the table and snorted: "This is Sister Ya's room, not your room. I
Why can't the girl be here? Are you so surprised? "
"Hey, you've only had enough food for a few days and you dare to talk to this young master like this? This is indeed not my young master's room, but the place you are stepping on now is my young master's home!
As a guest, you dare to talk to the host like this. Are you not afraid that my young master will get angry and kick you out to fend for yourself?
You have to have the attitude of being dependent on someone else, and you have to learn to be gentle, so as not to be disliked by your in-laws' family when you leave the government."
Ren Qingrui's expression immediately became a little embarrassed, her beautiful face glanced at Liu Mingzhi gloomily, she stood up and walked out the door, clasping her two index fingers tightly.
"You...you will bully me. At worst, you will treat me as a tenant living in your house. Can't I just give you money every month?"
By the way, I've been busy working at your Gua stall for more than a year, but you haven't even given me half a copper in wages. Those wages will be treated as the rent I paid before, and we can be considered as settled.
I will give you the remaining rent every month, and I will go back first."
"Hey? Sister Qingrui, why did you come out? It's so cold outside. Sister has brought you the pattern you want. Come into the room and pick out which style you like better!"
"Sorry to bother Sister Ya, I suddenly remembered that the stove in the room was not ready, so I went back first. Those fancy girls will come to pick it up another day."
"Isn't it just that the stove is not cooking? Sister, just ask the maid to help you take care of it. Come in quickly."
Ren Qingrui looked at Qi Ya who was smiling softly, shook her head with red eyes, and walked quickly towards the arch of the courtyard.
"Thank you very much for your kindness, Sister Ya. I'm already quite troublesome, so I'm sorry to trouble others anymore. I'm going back first. I'll come to visit you another day, Sister Ya. I'll take my leave now."
"Hey, sister Qingrui, why are you in such a hurry? Pay attention to the snow under your feet."
Qi Yamei looked at Ren Qingrui's hurried figure disappearing at the arch with her beautiful eyes, shaking her head and walking towards the room muttering to herself.
"We were still talking and laughing when we came here! Why did the moment I turned around, I changed into a different person... husband... husband? When did you come?"
Young Master Liu retracted his gaze from the door, looked at Qi Ya who looked surprised when he saw him, and smiled bitterly.
"I just sat down, and I didn't even have time to take a sip of the cup of tea! Where were you just now?"
Qi Ya nodded clearly, walked to the front of the stool, sat down, put a few pieces of embroidery in her hand on the table, picked up the pot and poured a cup of tea for Liu Mingzhi.
"Sister Qingrui just came to my place. She said she wanted to borrow some patterns for sewing purses from me to compare with. Sister Qingshi, sister Wei'er and others borrowed all the patterns for me, so I had to let them
Sister Qingrui was waiting in the room and went to get it from them first.
Who would have thought that Sister Qingrui would look like a completely different person this time I came back, and all the tricks I asked her to pick back were..."
Qi Ya's pretty face was stunned as she spoke. She looked at her husband thoughtfully, nodded with a half-smile, and placed the teacup in front of her husband.
"Husband, drink tea!"
"So that's it, but I remember that the purse Ren Yatou is wearing is still new! Why do you need to sew a purse again? It seems you are still too busy."
Qi Ya looked at her husband's wandering eyes with narrow eyes, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"Maybe you want to kill some time. Husband, why are you here?"
"Come and change some clothes. Is your husband's light purple robe here?"
"Yes, husband, please wait a moment, I will help you get it."
"Um."
Qi Ya stood up and walked behind the screen. Liu Mingzhi casually picked up the embroidered handkerchiefs and looked through them a few times.
"Sister Ya, what kind of flowers are the patterns on here? They look a bit like cherry blossoms, but some don't look like them at all. Are they new varieties of flowers and plants?"
"It's just cherry blossoms. It's just that the embroidery on my body hasn't been finished yet, so it looks a bit specious."
Liu Mingzhi couldn't help but think of the beautiful figure that he had not seen for a year and would never see again in the future. He put the embroidered handkerchiefs back to their original places with melancholy eyes.
"After you finish the embroidery, leave one for your husband. It's time for your husband's handkerchief to be changed."
"I know, I will help you change your clothes after you come over to the screen."
Liu Mingzhi put down his tea cup and walked behind the screen. He looked at Qi Ya's robe on her arm and raised his hands.
Qi Ya immediately leaned forward to undress her husband. When she took off her husband's robe, Qi Ya looked at the frayed purse on Liu Mingzhi's waist and smiled helplessly.
"Husband."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"Sister Qingrui has such a considerate heart!"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"It's not interesting. I just want to remind you, my husband, not to wait until the flowers are gone."