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Princess Pingning left the palace,

The female officer behind her was holding in her hands several exquisite generals' swords from the arsenal of the palace guards.

After a while,

The car arrived at the door of Chai's house, not far from the palace wall, and drove directly in.

When we arrived at the second gate, Chai Jin was already waiting here.

"Cousin, please excuse me."

"It's okay. You can take it in and pick it up later to see if you like it."

"yes."

With that said, everyone entered the backyard of Chai's house.

Let the maids stop at the door,

Chai Jin entered the house holding the hats and Princess Ping Ning.

"Zhengzheng, come and take a look."

Hearing Princess Pingning's voice, Chai Zhengzheng, who had bags under his eyes, walked out, bowed first and then looked at what his brother was holding.

After looking at it for a while, Chai Zhengzheng said:

"Look, it's too exquisite."

"ah?"

"Brother, how about I draw it before I bother my cousin again?"

Princess Pingning smiled and said, "That's fine."

Chai Zhengzheng closed his eyes and thought about what he saw that day, the boy taking off his head, and then he started to draw on the paper.

After finishing the painting, he handed it to Princess Pingning.

"Then I'll go to the palace again, Zhengzheng is waiting for me."

"Excuse me, cousin."

Princess Pingning entered the palace again and was told by the internal officials that the emperor had gone to the queen's bedroom.

Entering the palace,

The princess bowed and bowed:

"I have met my father and my mother."

The emperor looked at the drawing paper in Princess Pingning's hand and said, "Why, no girl from the Chai family likes it? Let me have a look."

Princess Pingning gave the paper to the imperial official.

When the emperor was looking at the picture,

Princess Pingning explained to the queen the reason why the Chai family wanted something.

The Queen of course knew the whole story of Miss Zhengzheng of the Chai family. If it hadn't been for Xu Zaijing, this girl would have spent an unknown amount of time in fear.

Thinking of the way Xu Zaijing entered the palace that day, the queen covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled slightly and said to herself: Who wouldn't be moved by such a handsome and cheerful young man who saves people?

The emperor looked at the drawing paper carefully. Naturally, he couldn't tell what level the Douchun was worn by, so he gave the paper to the chief internal officer and asked him to identify it.

When I saw the Queen smiling, I thought she was laughing at him.

Looking at the emperor's appearance, Princess Pingning joked: "Mother, why are you laughing?"

The emperor pretended to be serious and said: "Yes, why are you laughing?"

The queen had the pearl of wisdom in hand: "I see, you have to go to Yongyihou's house to find this thing."

Princess Pingning and the emperor looked at each other, and the queen picked up the princess who woke up and said:

"Call the prisoner. I have something to give you."

The emperor said to the chief minister: "Go quickly."

Quyuan Street

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

Next to the racecourse, next to Alan and Xun Shu's residence.

The palace official talked to Sun:

"Madam, I'm really sorry to trouble you. It's such a hot day. I can just do it myself."

"What's the official saying?"

Alan unlocked the door to the room and stepped aside, continuing to care for the horse.

The eunuch and Mrs. Sun smiled and walked in together.

Looking at the dazzling array of weapons, the internal officer said softly:

"Madam, I asked for the weapons and armor that Brother Rijing brought that day. What kind of armor are they?"

This sentence stopped Sun. She thought for a moment and said, "Wait a moment."

Soon, the groom and Alan were called over.

after a little while,

The internal official walked to the door and waved, and the palace people filed in, and then walked out holding the armor, armor, and cotton armor that Xu Zaijing wore for exercise on weekdays, and each person carried a fine steel mace.

"Madam, please tell Brother Jing that a new one will be sent to you tomorrow when the prisoner will be in charge. By the way, Madam, Brother Jing is in the Sheng family now?"

Sun nodded.

Shengjia Book School,

Zhuang Xueguo was eating ice cream cheese comfortably.

He glanced at the people in the school and said:

"Well, today we are going to talk about the word 'benevolence'. Changbai, you come first."

Changbai thought for a while and was about to speak.

Qingyun said at the entrance of the courtyard:

"Pedant, someone from the palace is looking for Brother Jing."

With that said, the palace official showed his head behind Qingyun.

The scholar waved his hand.

Xu Zaijing hurriedly walked out of the courtyard, looked at the familiar official and asked, "Are you from the Queen's Palace? What's the matter?"

The official unfolded a piece of white satin and said, "Brother Jing has a good memory, please don't move it!"

After saying this, he asked Qingyun to hold him up, while the internal official traced Xu Zaijing's body shape with a brush, then bowed and said:

"Brother Lao Jing, please draw some eyes."

Xu Zaijing had a question mark on his face, but he still picked up the brush and drew a pair of cross-eyes on the white satin.

The official covered his mouth and smiled, then bowed and left the Sheng family, leaving Xu Zaijing and Qingyun confused.

Returned to the school,

Chang Feng glanced at Xue Xue,

He asked in a low voice: "Brother Jing, what does this official want from you?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head:

"I don't understand either."

The officials hurried back to the palace.

Showed the satin with Xu Zaijing’s figure drawn on it,

Then the master craftsmen who will serve as supervisors get busy.

Some are busy chiseling wood,

Some are busy repairing some corners of the armor.

The emperor went to deal with state affairs,

Princess Pingning and the queen played with Princess Yue'er for a long time.

When the internal officials brought the finished product,

The queen looked at it and said, "Put it on and see the effect."

"Yes, concubine."

Then the officials put the things they brought from the Xu family one by one on the wooden doll that was the same height as Xu Zaijing.

Looking at the final appearance, Princess Pingning said: "The Queen Mother is still clever."

The Queen nodded and smiled and said: "Looking like this, it's still very majestic! Here are the eyes Brother Jing painted, let me see."

As a master craftsman, he naturally understands proportions. When he saw Xu Zaijing's 'work', he deliberately enlarged it.

The officer embarrassedly pulled down the neck guard of the infantry armor.

Where the eyes should be, a pair of big cross-cock eyes were revealed.

Princess Pingning and the queen looked at it and couldn't laugh or cry. The queen said:

"This witty boy."

Princess Pingning said:

"Mother, don't tell me. This armor looks scary at night when it's dark. It's quite interesting when paired with Brother Jing's painting."

The queen looked at the armor-clad puppet, which looked very powerful with a pair of maces stuck on its waist, and nodded.

"During the previous winter, the ear protection that was popular in Bianjing and looked delicious was also painted by him, right?"

Princess Pingning nodded:

"That's what the queen said!"

"Then, I will send the queen mother to Zhengzheng?"

The queen nodded.

Chai family,

Chai Jin and his sister were sitting in the house,

These days, Chai Zhengzheng's sleep has not been good. Although the doctor prescribed a soothing decoction, she stopped drinking it after drinking it once.

Chai Jin asked his sister the reason,

Chai Zhengzheng said that after drinking the soothing decoction, he had nightmares and tried to wake up but couldn't, so it was better not to drink it.

Looking at his sister who was distracted and didn't want to know what she was thinking, Chai Jin said:

"How come my cousin has been gone for so long?"

Chai Zhengzheng also nodded and looked outside.

"Sister, you can go out when your father and mother arrive in Bianjing. In a few days, when the weather gets cooler, we can go to Madam Wu's polo field to play."

Chai Zhengzheng smiled at his brother.

Seeing the smile, Chai Jin felt slightly relieved.

"Sister, don't think too much! My cousin said that the only people who know about this matter are the Gao family, the Xu family and Xiao Zhao, the head of the Imperial City Department."

"Brother, have the bodies of Mammy and Qingxue been found?"

Chai Jin paused and said in a low tone:

"Found it. The thief was frightened by Brother Jing. Chief Xiao Zhao found out as soon as he asked."

"I can go see it."

Chai Jin shook his head and said:

"You can't go!"

Realizing that his tone was a bit urgent just now, Chai Jin said softly:

"Don't worry, they have been laid to rest, and their families are taking care of them. They will not be missing cigarettes."

"Besides, our Chai family will treat grandma's children and grandchildren well."

"Qingxue, her home is far away in Xiaoliangshan, and I don't know if anyone is still home."

Seeing Chai Zhengzheng's sorrowful and pleading eyes, Chai Jin hurriedly said:

"Okay, okay, I'm going to inquire. I'm going to inquire. If I have any news, I'll tell you."

"I don't know when my cousin will come back. Could you please take a nap for a while?"

Chai Zhengzheng hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Lying on the bamboo couch, Chai Zhengzheng closed his eyes, while Chai Jin hummed a Cangzhou tune and fanned his little sister with a fan.

Perhaps Chai Zhengzheng actually fell asleep because his brother was there.

But before Chai Jin could be happy, he saw his sister startled and woke up again.

"Brother, how long have I slept?"

"It's been a quarter of an hour, let's sleep some more."

At this time, Chai Bo came over and said, "My cousin is here!"

"Brother, did you find what I wanted?"

Princess Pingning's voice came: "I found it. Zhengzheng, please stay away first."

When Chai Zhengzheng entered the inner room, Princess Pingning waved.

The officials hurriedly entered the courtyard.

Assemble the puppets in the house,

Then put Xu Zaijing's things on the puppet.

Finally, the internal officer glued the eyes in the pocket and covered them with a neck protector.

Then insert the two fine steel maces into the leather buckles on the back of the armor.

The Chai brothers looked at it and nodded, it looks good!

The officials left the courtyard.

"Zhengzheng, come out."

Chai Zhengzheng walked out and smiled as she looked at the armor standing upright in the room and the bag with red feathers on it.

Princess Pingning said:

"The Empress said that unworn armor is not good, so she went to the Xu family to find one that their Xiaowu often wears for exercise."

Upon hearing this, Chai Zhengzheng stared with an unknown look in his eyes.

"I didn't choose anything else. I paired it with this pair of fine steel maces. I heard that these maces are 'good weapons', and the door god also has them."

"My queen is also looking forward to helping you."

The Chai brothers nodded as they listened.

"Cousin, Zhengzheng would like to thank the empress and your love for me."

"Okay, I will definitely tell you."

Chai Jin said hesitantly: "It's fine during the day, but it looks a bit a bit weird at night."

Princess Pingning smiled and walked to the armor.

No one else in the room understood what this was about, until the princess pulled down the neck guard that covered her chest.

Revealing the cross-eyes inside.

The majesty of the armor and the funny look in the eyes,

There is a strong contrast between cuteness.

"This, who painted this?"

"Its original owner"

"Hahaha, really."

After Princess Pingning left the Chai family,

The two brothers Chai Jin walked back to Chai Zhengzheng's house.

The three brothers and sisters took their seats, Chai Jin said:

"Zhengzheng, do you remember that you wrote to me last year and asked me who the noble young man who defeated the Northern Liao clan in a series of battles in the Great Dynasty was very popular in Cangzhou Residence newspaper?"

Looking at his sister's interested eyes, Chai Jin said: "Here, he is also its original owner."

After the three of them chatted for a while about ‘offering golden arrows’, the brothers left the house.

Chai Zhengzheng lay on the bed under the service of the only female servant.

Under the candlelight,

Chai Zhengzheng looked at the upright armor not far from the bed and said in his heart: What my brother said is true, it does look majestic and a bit scary.

But suddenly he thought of those cross-eyes, Chai Zhengzheng smiled slightly, and suddenly he was no longer afraid.

Chai Zhengzheng fell asleep and dreamed again,

In the dream, those thieves who had harmed the maids and servants at home were like wild beasts and they were attacking again.

Chai Zhengzheng became panicked instantly and was about to scream when several golden arrows suddenly appeared out of thin air and pinned the beasts to the ground or wall.

Then, a man wearing golden armor and a red feather on his pocket appeared in front of her, using his mace to scatter the things she was most afraid of in her dream one by one.

When the dream turned into the morning of that day, the person in front of me took off his clothes and wiped his sweat.

Chai Zhengzheng thought about the young man's handsome face that day, smiled slightly, and waited for him to turn around.

The man turned back,

But it is a fighting cock.

Chai Zhengzheng woke up dumbfounded, but it was already dawn.

Quyuan Street

In the sound of crickets in the early morning,

Xu Zaijing came to the racecourse,

The room on the sidelines has already been opened,

Xu Zaijing walked in,

Looking at the empty wall, Xu Zaijing shouted: "Master! Master! Our home has been robbed!"

Qingcao, who was following, hurriedly ran over to see what was going on.

"What kind of thief? Your things were given away by the madam! Didn't the madam tell you?"

Xu Zaijing chatted,

Although he left the ancestral hall with the Queen's "rescue", Mrs. Sun still got angry with him like last time and ignored him.

"I should get you new ones today. Let's practice something else."

After Xu Zaijing finished his morning practice and went to Shengjia Book School,

Dengzhou, thousands of miles away,

A Dengzhou navy warship slowly docked.

Hu Yanjiong got off the boat,

Looking at his father on the shore, Hu Yanjiong hurriedly walked over, followed by a falconer holding a pair of falcons and a Pan family servant holding a pair of geese in a cage.

"Father, why are you here?"

Listening to Hu Yanjiong's words, Hu Yanhai smiled bitterly and said, "Come on, let me tell you slowly."

After walking for a long time,

Arriving at the Dengzhou navy station,

Hu Yanjiong was still in disbelief: "Father, are you saying that our family's title is gone?"

"Um."

Hu Yanhai sighed and said:

"Well, your mother and I thought they were just reselling some rare things from Liaodong, but we didn't expect that. I won't tell you anymore."

"Father, actually, that title has nothing to do with our fifth house, it's just me and..."

"The Xu family has not decided on your marriage, and thanks to their blessing, your father and I can still serve as officers in the Dengzhou navy."

"Then my maternal grandfather's family had some complaints because of my mother. How is it now?"

Hu Yanhai smiled and said: "Now? Do you know who the commander of the Dengzhou navy is?"

Hu Yanjiong shook his head.

Hu Yanhai said: "It is the Duke of Qi who is famous in Bianjing."

"Huh? That means you still have the final say on the Dengzhou navy now?"

Hu Yanhai nodded: "Today, the imperial court only recognizes the exchange of the entire Jin Kingdom's items with the Pan family."

Hu Yanjiong's eyes lit up as he felt a little uncomfortable just now.

"Go back to Bianjing,"

It’s almost Chinese Valentine’s Day,

As in previous years, there are many vendors selling mills, water floats, and rice noodles on the streets.

The prosperous family in Jiying Lane,

Ushering in a turning point, several eldest ladies from the Feng family and Changxing Bofu family came to visit.

The ladies all bought a lot of the little things mentioned above as gifts.

Wang Ruofu welcomed his relatives into Shou'an Hall.

Mrs. Sheng quickly stood up.

After everyone sat down and had tea, they started chatting.

The two relatives came mainly to thank the Sheng family and Wang Ruofu for sending them the news.

"Oh, old madam, my official said that my father-in-law has already walked to the door and almost went in to receive him! It was really dangerous."

The old lady said: "It would be great if I could help."

Everyone sighed again about the Huyan family. It was obviously such a good opportunity to be promoted to the top nobles, but in the end, the title was ruined alive.

After the children of the Sheng family came to school, they came over to greet them, so naturally they were praised.

At the end of the conversation, the topic was the upcoming banquet at the Duke of Qi's mansion.

Several eldest ladies estimated that almost most of the noble officials and family members of Bian Jingxun had received the message.

After agreeing to gather together at the Duke's Mansion of Qi State, the ladies took their leave one after another.

The seventh day of July,

On the night of Chinese Valentine's Day,

Just like last year, Xu Zaijing and his brother borrowed the eldest brother-in-law's supplies to worship Kuixing in front of the Qiqiao Building.

Later, Mrs. Sun took her daughters-in-law and her daughter to beg for luck.

Anmei had been feeling a little depressed these days. Hua Lan teased Anmei with the news that she had heard from her father, Sheng Hong, that Duke Qi was in the name of Hu Yanhai, and that all the business was in the hands of Anmei's future mother-in-law, the Pan family. Anmei smiled.

At Zhu's house, Xu Zaijing's aunt said that there were more children and it was lively. The Ni family's children were taken to Zhu's house by Ni Qiqiu, and they begged for luck together. Mrs. Ni also prayed that the officials in the distance would be safe.

The Sheng family also set up a begging tower.

In order not to beg for luck like last year, Mo Lan specially asked Chang Feng to catch a few more spiders for her and put them into several wooden boxes, and also wrote the word "Mo" on the wooden boxes.

Not to be outdone, Ru Lan caught more spiders than Mo Lan and also marked them.

Only Minglan took two small wooden boxes from Wei Shuyi. The unmarked ones were hers.

In the courtyard of Chai's family, there is also a small begging tower. In front of the building are enshrined Mohelegu banana fruits and other things. There is also a wood-carved walking puppet.

Chai Zhengzheng closed his eyes and prayed silently. When he opened his eyes, he wanted to look at Qingxue beside him like in previous years, but she stopped.

After placing the small wooden box containing the spider, Chai Zhengzheng returned to the house.

The Rong family's begging for cleverness was a bit noisy.

Because Rongxian was personally sent back by Mr. Yu, the magistrate of Xiangzhou,

After I came back, I ate the stir-fried pork on bamboo boards that was given by Concubine Rong from the palace.

The executioner at that time was a tall and strong internal official, and every blow made Rong Xian lose his voice in pain.

On this night of begging for luck, Rong Feiyan could hear her brother's cries of pain and ouch.

On the morning of the eighth day of July, Minglan happily opened her wooden box in front of Qiqiao Building.

Inside both wooden boxes are beautiful spider webs.

She hurriedly gave one to the old lady and one to Wei Shuyi like a treasure.

Ru Lan has two net builders, and Mo Lan has so many wooden boxes but only one net builder, which is better than last year. It can be considered a success in begging for luck.

When the two girls from the Rong family and the Chai family opened the wooden box, they both had smiles on their faces.

In the Kang family's courtyard, the offerings in front of the Qiqiao building are a bit shabby, and the people enjoying themselves seem to be from last year.

Kang Zhaoer and his three siblings held their breath and opened the only worn cardboard box.

Looking at the round spider webs inside, the three of them jumped up happily and hurried into the house to find their little girls.

On the tenth day of July,

It's time (ten o'clock in the morning)

Outside Yongtai Gate in the northeast corner of Bianjing,

The Duke of Qi and his wife welcomed the Chai family master and his wife who had come from afar into Bianjing City with smiles on their faces.

The two families had a large fleet of carriages, and the servants and women were also very brightly dressed, attracting the attention of many people in Bianjing.

When the servants of the two families were asked about it, they all replied politely: We are from the Chai family of Cangzhou and the Duke of Qi.

When I meet old people who are knowledgeable about business and history, they often say secretly that the Chai family is the real wealthy family in Dazhou.

The Chai family entered the Chai Mansion near the palace.

After a day's rest,

On July 12, the Duke of Qi posted another message.

South Lecture Hall Lane

Rong's mother came to Rong Feiyan's Huixueyuan and said:

"Yan'er, the Duke's Mansion has sent a message. The Chai family has come to Beijing, and their girl has also come to Beijing!"

"We have to go take a look then. I heard from your sister that the Chai family is amazing!"