Chapter 871: The upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked
"Husband, I will come back as soon as I leave."
Liu Mingzhi glanced sideways at the snow outside the pavilion, quickly picked up the oil-paper umbrella on the side and put it in the beauty's hand.
"Yun'er, the wind and snow outside are getting bigger and bigger, don't forget to bring your oil-paper umbrella."
Qi Yunmu glanced at Liu Mingzhi tenderly, and smiled gently at the side.
"Thank you, husband. I'll pass first."
"Okay, let's go!"
Qi Yun nodded with a smile and walked towards the outside of the pavilion with light steps. Her graceful figure gradually disappeared into the snow curtain that was flying in the sky.
Not long after Qi Yun left, Qi Ya looked at Young Master Liu with a sweet smile.
"Husband, the wine is warm."
When Liu Mingzhi heard Qi Ya's words, he immediately threw the sweet potato peels in his hand into the bamboo basket, got up and walked towards her.
"Sister Ya, please give me the jug, and I will personally pour wine for the old man and my father-in-law."
Qi Ya chuckled and nodded, elegantly passing the warmed wine in front of Liu Mingzhi.
"Husband, please taste it slowly first, and then warm up a few pots of it."
Young Master Liu took the jug with a smile, turned around and walked to the stone table to put the jug in front of Liu Zhi'an. Qi Run and Qi Run poured a glass of warm wine one after another.
"Old man, father-in-law, you have worked hard on the journey. Let's drink a few glasses of wine to relieve our fatigue and get rid of the cold."
Then, Young Master Liu returned to his seat, sat down, and poured a few more glasses of wine in succession.
"Mother, mother-in-law, you two should also have a few drinks.
The wind and snow are so strong, a few glasses of wine can just warm you up."
When Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Qi heard what Mr. Liu said, they both chuckled and picked up a glass of wine and placed it in front of them.
"Hey, my mother knows."
"Zhi'er, you can just sit down. You don't have to keep pouring wine for us."
"Okay, my son-in-law understands."
Liu Mingzhi picked up his wine glass and turned to look at the three princesses, the queen, Liu Chengfeng, Ren Qingxin and the others and waved.
"Yan'er, Lian'er, Sister Shan, Wanyan... Ren Yatou, Yiyi, Chengfeng, this is for you guys.
If anyone wants to drink, just pick up a cup yourself."
"Hey, my sisters know it."
"Sister, I understand, thank you Daguoguo."
"Thank you daddy."
Liu Mingzhi nodded and blew on the steaming wine in the wine glass. He smiled and gestured to Liu Zhi'an, Qi Run and the four elders.
"Old man, mother, mother-in-law.
I’ll give you a drink, my dear, and I’ll do it first as a token of my respect.”
"Drink together."
"Drink together, drink together."
Liu Mingzhi drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and when he was about to pick up the jug to refill himself with a glass of wine, Liu Yaoyao quickly stood up and took the jug over.
Liu Yaoyao held the wine bottle and walked to her father's side with a chuckle and stopped.
"Dad, Yaoyao come and pour some wine."
When Liu Mingzhi saw that his daughter had already picked up the wine bottle, he said nothing and happily pushed the wine glass over.
Liu Zhi'an put down his wine glass, leaned forward and raised his hands above the stove next to him, rubbing them casually a few times. He looked at Young Master Liu and rolled his eyes angrily.
"I, your mother, your father-in-law, your mother-in-law, and we are not outsiders, why are you so polite.
Seeing you like this makes me feel uncomfortable everywhere in my body."
Mrs. Liu also echoed and said softly: "Zhi'er, your father is right. Why are you so polite among the family?"
When Liu Mingzhi heard the words of Liu Zhi'an, Mrs. Liu and the old couple, a helpless smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Mother, you are doing your child an injustice by saying this.
My children, I am not being polite to you, but I am worried about your health.
It's winter, the wind is biting and the weather is freezing.
You have been working hard in the cold wind for so long, and your bodies must have been exhausted.
Baby, don’t I want you to eat more food to replenish your body?”
Mrs. Liu looked at her eldest son's helpless expression and nodded quickly.
"Zhi'er, you are serious, because my mother wrongly blamed you."
"Mother, don't talk about this anymore."
Liu Mingzhi directly picked up his kuaizi, picked up a chicken leg for each of Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Qi, and put it in the bowl.
"Mother, mother-in-law, please hurry up and eat some food."
"Okay, okay, don't just worry about us, eat it yourself!"
"My child, eat it now, my child, eat it now."
"Husband, the wine is now warm."
"Okay, okay, sister Ya, please sit down and eat too."
"Hey, I know it."
Qi Ya first placed jugs of wine on the stone table, then walked to her seat and sat down.
"Yaoyao, you should go back and sit down.
Your Aunt Ya has warmed up the wine, so father and your grandfather, we can just drink it ourselves."
"Yeah, yeah, my daughter knows."
Liu Mingzhi picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then picked up a piece of roast duck leg and ate it by himself.
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, and son-in-law are welcome. You can eat whatever you want."
"I know, I know."
"In-laws, let's have a drink."
"cheers."
Young Master Liu, who was enjoying a sip of wine and a bite of food, seemed to have thought of something and quickly turned to look at Mrs. Liu.
"Mother."
Mrs. Liu put down the porridge bowl in her hand and raised her eyes to look at Young Master Liu.
"Zhi'er, what's wrong?"
"Mother, why didn't Mingli, Mingjie and the others come to the capital with you?"
When Mrs. Liu heard her son's question, she gently wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief a few times with a smile.
"Zhi'er, it's not that Mingli doesn't want to come to the capital with us, but sisters Song Xin and An Xin are pregnant again.
For the sake of the health of the two sisters, your father and I didn't let Mingli and his family come back together.
At the beginning, Mingli planned to let Song Xin and An Xin and the two sisters stay in Aurous Hill, while he brought Yuan Qin back with us.
Your father and I discussed it carefully and felt that something was wrong with this.
Therefore, there is no intention to agree with Mingli."
When Liu Mingzhi heard Mrs. Liu's answer, his face immediately lit up and he smiled happily.
"That's it, that's it.
It seems that it won't be long before we have a new addition to our family.
A great joy, this is a joyful and congratulatory event!"
"Zhi'er, Mingli asked my mother to tell you that because something happened for a reason, he really couldn't get away and come to the capital.
I hope you, my elder brother, won’t be offended!"
Young Master Liu picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, shaking his head with a smile on his face.
"This brat is being polite to me, my elder brother.
I just didn't know beforehand that siblings Song Xin and An Xin were pregnant again.
If I knew, I definitely wouldn't agree with him.
He could also think of leaving Song Xin and An Xin in Jinling while he brought Yuan Qin and Yuan Qin to the capital.
This brat, I really don’t know what he is thinking.”
Mrs. Liu chuckled, nodded, and said softly: "As long as you understand Mingli's difficulties."
"Mother, my child must understand. My child also has a wife and children, so he naturally understands the difficulties of Mingli."
"That's good, that's good."
"By the way, mother, what about that brat Mingjie? Why didn't he come back with you?"
Mrs. Liu frowned slightly and shook her head helplessly.
"This brat, since we parted ways in Miao territory, he has insisted on following this girl Xuan'er to travel around the world.
No, it's been almost two months now, and he still hasn't gone back.
The same goes for Xuan'er, a stinky girl. Wei Niang doesn't know where the two siblings are now!
On the way to Beijing, Wei Niang was still thinking that since the two siblings had never been to Jinling, they might come to you.
When I hear what you say, I will know that all my thoughts are in vain."
Liu Mingzhi frowned subconsciously, picked up the pot and poured himself a glass of wine.
"During this period, didn't they write a letter to say they were safe?"
Mrs. Liu shook her head helplessly, looked at Young Master Liu and said softly: "I've written it. A month ago, Mingjie sent a letter home. The letter said that he and Xuan'er were traveling in the mountains in Tongzhou at that time.
Playing in the water!
As for now, it's been a month, and who knows where the two siblings have gone."
Liu Mingzhi took a sip of the drink and smiled with a soothing brow.
"Mom, you just know how to write a letter to say you are safe.
Now that Mingjie is in his early twenties, it would be good for him to go out with Xuan'er and see the world."
When Mrs. Liu heard what her eldest son said, she immediately slapped the kuaizi in her hand on the table in annoyance.
"You also said that he is already in his early twenties now.
If you want to go out and explore, it’s okay, and if you want to see the world, it’s okay.
But, you should at least resolve your life-long issues first, right?
I’m in my early twenties, I’m in my early twenties!
He is so old, yet he has not even started a family yet!
Every time your father and I mention his life-long events, this brat either pretends to be deaf or mute, or pretends to be ignorant.
Or just run away and we won't see him for a few days.
No matter what your father and we say, he just doesn't care about his own affairs.
You got married so late back then, at least when you were nineteen years old, Yue Yun'er got married.
This brat is actually later than you.
I'm in my early twenties, but I'm not in a hurry at all.
I didn’t know that I was the one who made the mistake in my previous life and gave birth to two bastards like you brothers.
No, it's most likely not my fault.
Maybe the problem lies with the ancestral graves of your old Liu family.
Bastards, each one more bastard than the last."
Young Master Liu looked at his mother with the corner of his mouth twitching, and pinched the tip of his nose angrily.
What's the situation? I just casually mentioned why my third brother didn't come to the capital.
How could a fire burn my body?
If I had known that I would get burned, I would not have mentioned my third brother Liu Mingjie even if I were killed!
"Mother, if you want to say third brother, just say third brother. What does this have to do with my child?"
"Why doesn't it matter? The third child became such a bastard because he learned from your elder brother."
Young Master Liu scratched his head with a depressed expression and silently drank the drink in his hand.
Come on, why don’t I stop talking?
Seeing Mr. Liu's depressed expression, Liu Zhi'an picked up a piece of beef and put it on the plate with a smile.
"Madam, the scolding is too mild. These three bastards must be scolded severely."
Mrs. Liu had just picked up the bowl of porridge. When she heard Liu Zhi'an's words, she immediately glared at her angrily.
"Old man, just shut up.
You, the old Liu family, each have their top beams crooked and their bottom beams crooked.
When Zhi'er and his brothers are like this, don't you, the father, have no responsibility at all?"
As Mrs. Liu spoke, she turned her head and glanced at Qi Ya, the third princess, Murong Shan and the other sisters.
"Ya girl, Yan'er girl, Wanyan girl, do you think this is what it looks like?"
Qi Ya, the Queen, her sisters and others looked at each other with strange expressions, smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Uh! Uh! Yes, mother is absolutely right."
"It should, it should be."
"Mother, you are absolutely right. My daughter-in-law agrees."
"Daughter-in-law..."
"..."
If it were in front of outsiders, Mrs. Liu would naturally not dare to lose Liu Zhian's face.
However, there was no outsider present today, so Mrs. Liu naturally had nothing to say.
Even Qi Run, Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Liu did not treat them as outsiders.
The two parties have been married for decades, and they visit each other every now and then to learn about each other's homes.
Who doesn’t know who yet?
Liu Zhi'an's face froze, and he picked up the wine glass and gestured to Qi Run with an angry expression.
"In-laws, drink, drink."
"Yeah, let's drink!"
Young Master Liu saw the embarrassed look on his old man's face, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and started to drink from the wine glass.
"Sister Ya."
"Hey, husband?"
"You can help me get another bottle of wine for my husband..."
Before Young Master Liu finished his sentence, Qi Yun's anxious voice suddenly came from outside the Snow Viewing Pavilion.
"Husband!"
"Husband!"
Liu Mingzhi quickly put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up and looked outside the snow viewing pavilion.
"Yun'er, what's wrong?"
Young Master Liu glanced around and saw Qi Yun and Liu Song rushing towards this side against the wind and snow.
Qi Yun couldn't even afford to put away her oil-paper umbrella, so she hurriedly walked into the snow viewing pavilion.
"Hoo—husband, girl Jingyao has given birth."
Young Master Liu's face was stunned, and he subconsciously said in surprise: "What? Yun'er, what did you say?"
Qi Yun directly raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the East Palace: "Husband, I said that girl Jingyao is about to give birth."
"When did this happen?"
"Back to husband, just now I ordered Yu'er to go to the East Palace to call Chengzhi back. Before Yu'er had time to leave, Liu Song hurried to the inner courtyard with several palace ladies.
Those palace maids told me that girl Jingyao is about to give birth."
As soon as Qi Yun finished speaking, everyone in the pavilion stood up.
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and glanced in the direction of the East Palace, then tightened his cloak tightly.