Mrs. Zheng couldn't defeat the little boy Bai Jingxing, but Mrs. Liu didn't agree very much. She still felt that her nickname was the best, so she took her hand and looked at him, "Look at his round eyes, and the ends of his eyes are slightly raised.
Does it look like my great-grandmother’s kitten?”
The kid Bai Jingxing went up to take a look, but his brother was sleeping with his eyes closed, so he didn't notice.
But she refused to admit that she didn't see it, so she nodded and said, "It looks like it."
Mrs. Liu then smiled and said, "That's why my great-grandmother gave him the nickname Wuyuan. In our family, only the eldest sister is called Jie'er, okay?"
Bai Jingxing became happy when he heard this and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, what will I call my sister if I have one in the future?"
Mrs. Liu: "Let's wait until you have a sister. When you see what she will look like, there are so many good names in the world. Are you still worried that your sister doesn't have a good name?"
The eldest sister thought so, so she happily lay down beside the crib and called him, "Wuyuan, Wuyuan, when can you go to the garden with me to play?"
Mrs. Liu touched her little head and said: "It's still early. You play with Dabao'er first. Next year he can go to the garden with you to play..."
After coaxing her great-granddaughter, Mrs. Liu wanted to settle the score with her grandson and asked Zhou Man, "Where is the Supreme Good?"
Zhou Man: "He went to the Yamen."
Madam Liu was stunned, "Didn't he ask for leave?"
Because Zhou Man gave birth, Bai Shan took five days off to stay with her at home. This was only the fourth day and she would not go to the office until the day after tomorrow.
Zhou Man said: "He said I was fine and went to the Yamen, but I suspect he went to the palace to complain."
Bai Shan has grown up, and without the filter of youth, he will naturally no longer do things like openly complaining, so he entered the palace to plead guilty.
I went to take care of my vacation first, then finished the official duties at hand, and finally went to Tai Chi Hall.
The other two people in the same office were silently watching Bai Shan leave. They waited until his back disappeared before sighing, "It's good to be young and full of energy."
"He's very smart. I've just finished reading one letter, and he has already dealt with two." They firmly refused to admit that it was a matter of IQ, and that it was a matter of age.
They were so powerful when they were Bai Shan's age, that's right!
Bai Shan took the time to go to Tai Chi Hall to ask for an audience.
This time is when the emperor is about to relax. He is a little tired physically and mentally, but has not yet taken a break for lunch. This time is not long, usually between a quarter of an hour and a quarter of an hour.
During this period of time, the emperor would "lazy up" and take advantage of the situation. If there were ministers in the study, he would talk nonsense to them. If there were no ministers, he would talk to Gu Zhong, or even Li Lang and others.
When Bai Shan was working as a scholar in Zhongshushe and accompanying him, he often pulled him into gossip.
So Bai Shan came to see him with the book, and the emperor called him into the palace.
The matter Bai Shan brought was not big, and he already had some opinions on how to deal with it, but he thought the emperor should make a decision.
The emperor quickly made up his mind, and then left Bai Shan to chat, "I heard that you have a new son?"
"Yes," Bai Shan said with a smile on his face, "I took a shower yesterday."
The emperor was very satisfied, nodded and said: "Yes, yes, you and Zhou Man are both smart and good-looking. Let's have more children."
He now likes good-looking and smart children.
Bai Shan responded, hesitated for a moment, then lifted up his robe and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask Your Majesty to explain my guilt first."
The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Guilty? Did you get into trouble?"
Bai Shan lowered his head and said: "The heat is coming in the capital, and your Majesty doesn't feel well at this time of year. I don't want to make your Majesty angry or worried, but I'm afraid I will make your Majesty angry this year."
The emperor raised his chin and motioned for him to continue.
"I have a family matter that may cause trouble in the court. I will first ask for culpability. I also hope that Your Majesty will not be too angry when the time comes, so as not to hurt your body."
The emperor disliked his verbosity and asked anxiously: "When did you, like Liu Shangshu and others, have to prepare for something for a long time? Come on, what's the family matter?"
Bai Shan then said with a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty knows that I and Mr. Zhou made an agreement when they got married. In the future, the second child will inherit the surname of his maternal grandmother and inherit the Xia family."
After some thought, the emperor understood that Bai Shan and Zhou Man had an eldest daughter, and the eldest son they gave birth to was their second.
He sat up slightly and asked enthusiastically: "You don't want to, but Zhou Man insists, so you and your wife start a fight, and you have to fight from home to the court?"
Bai Shan: "..."
He paused for a moment and then reported back: "I and my wife have already chosen the name of the child. The name is simply Mu, Xia Mu! However, the clan members were present at the third bath yesterday, and they have strong objections to the surname of our eldest son."
When the emperor heard that Bai Shan and Zhou Man had the same opinion, but had different opinions from the clan, he became a little disappointed and said, "Oh, what, they want to sue the court?"
Bai Shan was silent. The emperor thought for a moment and then nodded and said: "Yes, the eldest son's surname is indeed inconsistent with the patriarchal law, but whether it is a big deal or a small matter, logically speaking, if you and your husband are willing, your parents and elders will have no objections either.
, you can make your own decisions; but the clan insists on taking care of it, but it can do so, after all, it has to do with etiquette and law."
"Exactly," Bai Shan said immediately, "but I can't break my promise, and I don't want to break my promise, so if this matter gets serious, Your Majesty will definitely be troubled, and I will be guilty."
The emperor curled his lips. This was obviously a plea to complain to him. After all, he knew about this matter at the time and had gone through the process in the imperial court.
He thought for a moment and then said: "Okay, I understand."
The emperor thought of something and couldn't help but ask: "Who will inherit your title in the future?"
Bai Shan said silently: "Your Majesty, if my title is reduced to one rank, what do you have left?"
The emperor thought about it, smiled and asked, "In the future, if you make great contributions, you will naturally be promoted again. Who will inherit it then?"
Bai Shan thought for a while and then said: "It depends on the situation. If the boy named Bai wins my heart, I will give him priority to inherit. If he fails, I will give it to whichever child I like."
He paused and then said: "I have no brothers or sisters since I was a child. Since I was born, everything in the family belongs to me, so I don't have to worry about fighting for family property. However, my wife has many brothers and sisters in her family, and there are many conflicts in daily life. My brother
The sisters-in-law occasionally get angry and quarrel with each other, but they never compete for the family property. Therefore, I think that my children in the future should be able to focus on earning family property from outside instead of competing for the family property."
He said: "If this is the case, it would be better to scatter all the family property, accumulate merit, and let them earn their own money."
These words touched the heart of the emperor. For the first time, he and Bai Shan felt like they were the same father. He sighed: "Yes, but my children and grandchildren are all people who feel pain in my heart. Naturally, I also want them to succeed, but really
I can't bear to let them suffer.
Regarding Xia Mu's surname, a book friend reminded me yesterday that I looked at the front and found that the first sentence where "Chengsi" appeared was indeed the second son. It was a clerical error on my part because I was always thinking about the second child, Zhou.
The order of Man and Bai Shan's children was also determined during the outline. I also know that it is usually difficult for the eldest son to have his last name. I chose to set it this way because I wanted to express that in the hearts of Zhou Man and Bai Shan, boys and girls are the same.
, maybe it’s not possible in the social environment, but at least in their hearts they really think so