Xu Qingan was wearing a new robe, with a smile on his face.
"How many times has the prince passed by?" the steward couldn't help but ask the servants around him.
"It seems like three times."
Another said: "Four times!"
The steward rubbed his eyes. It seemed that he was not suffering from vertigo.
Should I praise the prince? The manager is a bit embarrassed, because he is afraid that after he praises him, he will get out of control, and the prince will come to him if there is any trouble in the future.
Bitter.
When he was in the Marquis Mansion, the Marquis would hang out in front of him whenever he was happy. Every day, he would open his eyes wide and stare at the Marquis carefully, immediately find out what was different about the Marquis from before, and then praise him vigorously.
.
He was really tired after having been doing this all his life. He heard that the eldest lady was marrying in the southeast and needed help, so he managed to squeeze in as a roommate. Unexpectedly, he met the prince again here.
Will he never be able to escape in this life?
The steward had just made up his mind. Whenever the prince came over again, he would come up and praise him, so that he could have a moment of peace afterwards.
"Steward, please take a few people to the inner courtyard to have a look. Some young men are causing trouble in the garden."
Today there is a banquet in the mansion. Several ladies and ladies are here with the young master, so nothing can go wrong.
The steward hurriedly walked into the inner courtyard.
In the inner courtyard, the ladies looked apologetically at the pool in front of them. A shallow pond was built under the porch of the Song Mansion, and several koi carps were raised in it. The koi carps were very beautiful and swam happily in the pool.
I swam away, but now the pond in front of me was turbid, and the children's bodies and faces were covered with muddy water. Although they were being pulled by their mothers, their eyes were still staring at the fish.
"No spitting beads..."
"No……"
The ladies didn't know what the children were talking about, so they apologized to Xu Qinghuan again and again: "Grandma Song, I'm so sorry. These children are so unruly. They come over to catch fish if they don't pay attention."
After saying this, several servants lowered their heads: "We were negligent. The young men said... that Uncle Song fell in the garden. We hurriedly went to see him, but we couldn't find him." Then these young men blinked.
He ran away in no time.
Xu Qinghuan smiled and comforted the ladies: "It's fine that it's not hurt."
After saying that, Xu Qinghuan told Mother Chen to take the children to change clothes. Fortunately, the weather is warm now, so they won't catch a cold even if they get wet.
Xu Qinghuan's eyes fell on the pool again. The pool was very shallow, and the water barely covered the children's calves. The eldest son of Yao's family, who was the leader, was already five years old. He was tall and tall. He took the lead and led the children into the pool to catch fish.
Koi, despite the fact that these children were not very young, they caught the fish anyway. When the steward found out, these children were picking up the fish's mouth and taking something out of it.
Xu Qinghuan was very curious as to what those children were looking for, and there was no sign of Brother Chen. Just now these children were talking around Brother Chen.
Xu Qinghuan looked at Feng Chu, and Feng Chu said: "Madam, you don't have to worry, Meng Lingyun will never leave the uncle's side. If anything happens, he would have reported it to me long ago."
Xu Qinghuan was still a little worried and wanted to go to the garden to take a look, but saw a small figure walking towards this side.
"Mother." Brother Chen walked up to Xu Qinghuan with small steps, saluted, and then took Xu Qinghuan's hand.
Xu Qinghuan breathed a sigh of relief. Brother Chen was still wearing the same clothes as in the morning, and his face and body were still very neat.
Xu Qinghuan reached out and touched Brother Chen's smooth face: "What did you do?"
"Watching the birds in the corridor," Brother Chen pointed not far away, looking up at his pretty little face, "My mother has been busy these two days, so I helped her feed them."
"Brother Chen is so good." Xu Qinghuan touched the top of Brother Chen's head.
After the children had changed their clothes, Xu Qinghuan let Brother Chen go over and told the steward: "Follow the children. Don't look at their young age. It's time for them to be naughty. Just play and don't cause any harm."
The steward agreed and immediately chased after him with a few people.
Mrs. Yao stepped forward and said, "Brother Xin must have been the cause of the trouble. He is usually restless at home. He is not as well behaved as the elders in the house, who behaves in a well-mannered manner and always welcomes people with a smile."
Brother Chen is very similar to Mr. Song when he was a child. He had a good temper and made him worry-free. Brother Chen never did the things that his brother did when he was a child: climbing trees and climbing walls. Even her mother said she was really lucky.
A few people were about to go back to the house to talk. Xu Qinghuan was about to leave when she noticed a bright thing flashing not far away. She walked over and found a small earring lying in the middle of the bluestone road. She
Kneel down and pick up the earrings. The other end of the earrings is connected to a half-length string.
Xu Qinghuan remembered that when he was a child, he stole his mother's earrings and went fishing with his brother, and his brother even told Brother Chen about it.
It can't be such a coincidence.
The earrings were hers and were made into fishhooks.
In addition, she caught a glimpse of what seemed to be the kind of talisman paper used by real people floating in the pond.
No one else can get these things, unless Brother Chen was here just now.
But those children just told them in unison that they didn't see Brother Chen.
Xu Qinghuan turned her eyes to Brother Chen again. She didn't notice just now that half of the corner of Brother Chen's clothes was deliberately folded up. If she guessed correctly, the corner of his clothes must be wet. In addition, only the shoes and socks were wet.
Not immune either.
Xu Qinghuan told Yin Gui: "Take the uncle to change clothes later."
She suddenly discovered one thing, they didn't like to behave badly in front of others, they were able to get into trouble in an orderly manner, and they could persuade others to cover up for them, but that was not all the Qi family's temperament.
Xu Qinghuan returned to the flower hall, where the female relatives were talking.
"The imperial court is determined to go to war with the Tatars this time. It has mobilized soldiers and horses from various garrison stations and requisitioned a lot of military resources from our southeast."
"Watching that battle makes me feel nervous."
"There is nothing to panic. These matters will be resolved sooner or later. Is it possible that we are waiting for the Tatars to fight again until Zhou Dynasty comes?"
"indeed."
Xu Qinghuan walked into the house, and the female relatives looked at Xu Qinghuan one after another.
"Madam has been to Northern Xinjiang and knows the situation there. Is this battle not easy?"
Listening to the words of the female family members, Xu Qinghuan nodded slightly. The emperor was mobilizing his troops and generals in this way, ready to go, as if he was going to fight the Tatars to the death.
Everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty was very confident about this battle. It seemed that the Great Zhou troops would be overwhelming when they arrived in the northern border area, but things were not as everyone imagined.
"Let's go to the banquet first." Xu Qinghuan invited the female relatives to the banquet. After the banquet, she had to ask the female relatives to do some things, including medicinal materials and food.
They have to mobilize the military resources they have prepared for many years.
After a busy day, Xu Qinghuan returned to the house.
"Mother."
Brother Chen's little head was looking into the room with a strange expression on his face.
Xu Qinghuan waved and Brother Chen ran into the house.
"Mother," Brother Chen dove into Xu Qinghuan's arms, "I...during the day...were also over there at the pond, I..."
It turned out that he came to her to admit his mistake.
Xu Qinghuan said with a smile: "I know everything. If you want to fish, just tell me and I will take you to the garden." She has been really busy in the past two years and sometimes ignores Brother Chen.
Brother Chen shook his head, and then raised his head after a while: "I... uncle said... using that talisman will make fish spit out beads. I don't believe it... uncle just showed it to me... I..."
So those kids go to the fish's mouth and pick something out.
Xu Qinghuan couldn't help laughing: "What do you want those beads for?"
"My uncle said that seeing those beads will bring good luck. I want my mother to wear them," Brother Chen said and looked at Xu Qinghuan. "Is my mother going to travel far? I saw my mother in charge packing the boxes."
How come this kid knows everything?
"How long will it take for mother to come back? Will father be there too?" Brother Chen's voice was clear, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes, "Can you take me with you?"
Xu Qinghuan's eyes lit up. She went to Northern Xinjiang with Song Chengxuan a few years ago and didn't think much about it. But now she couldn't let go of Brother Chen.
She was about to speak.
"elder sister."
Xu Qinghuan raised her head and saw Xu Qingyue opening the curtain and walking into the room. Qingyue had a somewhat anxious look on her face and looked at her intently.
After marrying Qi Defang this spring, Qingyue moved to Changzhou and often comes to Fuzhong to help her.
