Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

morning,

In a very bright study,

Xu Zaijing was sitting behind the desk doing homework.

Under the eaves outside, amid the sound of melting snow and dripping water like rain,

"Wow~"

In the fish tank in the middle of the study, the goldfish flicked its tail and made some noise.

"Squeak~"

The door to the outside room was opened.

Qingcao walked in from the door carrying a tray.

After replacing the already cold tea on the table in front of Xu Zaijing, Qingcao whispered: "Master, I have already thought of a way."

"Tell me and listen."

Xu Zaijing put down his brush and looked at the green grass.

"I just said that I saw it when I was out shopping today. I thought the wood carving was cute, so I bought it for sister Xiaotao."

Picking up the teacup, Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded: "That's a good reason, but what about the scarf?"

Qingcao pursed her lips: "I went to the shop to buy some similar scarves. I just said that there are too many leather goods in our warehouse and the weather is cold. Hua and I wanted to make them specially for them."

"Young master, I will give the one you gave me to Xiao Tao alone."

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "I won't buy a scarf."

Qingcao was stunned.

"You go out and buy some leather goods, and Hehuaxiang and the others can just make a few."

Qingcao thought for a while, nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, Master."

"Go ahead."

After saying that, Xu Zaijing took a sip of warm tea.

Qingcao closed the door after going out.

Xu Zaijing calmed down and did his homework for a while.

"Xiao Wu! What are you doing?"

"Xiaowu?!"

A girl's call came from outside the house.

"I've met the eldest lady."

Yun Xiang's voice came to say hello.

"The little girl is so handsome! Has your young master ever bullied you?"

"Ah? Madam"

"Hahaha, I won't tease you anymore. Xiaowu!? Come out quickly."

Xu Zaijing had already heard who it was. With a smile on his face, he put down his brush helplessly, got up and walked quickly towards the door.

As soon as she walked out of the study room, she saw An Mei wearing a big cloak, lifting the curtain and stepping into the room with a smile on her face.

"Sister, why are you back? You didn't say anything in advance."

An Mei looked at her younger brother with a smile and said, "Why, you don't welcome me back? It's snowing, so of course I want to go to my parents' house!"

Ye'er, the female envoy who was following An Mei, quickly bowed and said, "I've met the young master."

Xu Zaijing smiled.

With that said, An Mei took off her cloak and handed it to Xu Zaijing who reached over, saying, "During my absence, have you bullied our raccoon slave again?"

Xu Zaijing: "Huh?"

"Ah what? Just now I came here with the raccoon slave in my arms. As soon as I got close to your yard, the raccoon slave jumped down and ran away."

Ye'er, who was behind An Mei, also laughed when he heard this.

"Sister, I go to school every day, so how can I have time to bully the raccoon slave? You have to ask it if it has done anything wrong?"

An Mei rolled her eyes, pouted her lips, and walked toward Xu Zaijing's study.

Xu Zaijing followed, and the female envoys Ye'er and Yun Xiang stood inside the door.

Walking to the study, An Mei said: "Xiao Wu, how do you raise the fish in this tank? They look so full of life."

As she spoke, Anmei picked up a handful of fish food on the porcelain plate nearby and sprinkled it in.

"It's all grass-fed."

Listening to Xu Zaijing's words, Anmei nodded and patted the fish food crumbs on her hands, then walked behind the desk, took Xu Zaijing's homework and looked at it, nodded and said:

"Well, I'm really working hard! Very good!"

Xu Zaijing smiled: "Sister, now your brother, I am a civil servant! How can he become a civil servant without practicing?"

An Mei sat down on Xu Zaijing's chair, patted the handle of the chair, and nodded with a smile: "Yes."

He looked around at the bookshelves in the room filled with books and stacks of used papers, and said, "I never expected that our Xu family would have two Juren and one Jieyuan."

While An Mei was talking, Hua Xiang came over holding a tea cup: "Girl, drink tea."

"Yeah, you're sensible!" An Mei said with a smile.

After taking a sip of tea, An Mei looked at her little brother who was standing beside Yushu Linfeng, and said with some emotion: "Hey, Xiao Wu, you have already won the lottery in a blink of an eye. When I was a kid, I touched your little face in the winter. It seems like it happened yesterday. generally."

Looking at Xu Zaijing, An Mei added: "People say they don't remember anything before the age of three. You must have forgotten it."

Xu Zaijing thought to himself, ‘That’s not necessarily the case! ', thinking about this, he touched his face and said with a smile: "Sister, why are you so sentimental?"

"Now think about it, you were much more sweet and obedient than the one in my family when you were a child! Alas."

Okay, Xu Zaijing understood why his sister was like this: she was worn down by her children.

Anmei waved her hands and then stood up. She walked out of the desk with her hands behind her back in a decent manner. After looking around, her eyes lit up. She walked to the window and said doubtfully:

"Xiao Wu, why do you still have chain armor in your study!? It looks really exquisite."

Xu Zaijing walked over, looked at An Mei who was touching the chain armor and said: "I received it when I was in the northwest, and I still haven't figured out who sent it. My clothes are thick in winter, so I will wear this chain armor if I have nothing to do. in clothes."

An Mei looked at the things in front of her thoughtfully, smiled and nodded:

"Well, you can be considered a wise man. You only need a mistress in this courtyard. I don't know which girl you will take advantage of."

Before Xu Zaijing, who was dumbfounded, could answer, An Mei said again: "By the way, why didn't you see that girl Qingcao?"

Listening to Xu Zaijing's answer of "She went out to buy something", An Mei nodded.

The two siblings talked for a while,

"Okay, it's almost time. Let's go to mother's place for dinner."

Anmei said and walked out of the study.

on the road,

An Mei looked at the younger brother next to her who was more than a head taller than her and said, "I don't know what my brother will look like in the future."

Xu Zaijing smiled slightly: "As the saying goes, a nephew is like an uncle, so naturally he is similar to me."

Hearing this, An Mei laughed: "I hope so! By the way, when I came here, I also brought a cart of hairtail fish that my mother-in-law's family sent to Beijing! From now on, Xiao Wu, you can eat whatever you want. How to eat."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Fourth sister still loves me!"

Looking at her younger brother who was smiling even more handsomely, and thinking about what her mother had said to her, Anmei felt a little happy, a little proud, and a little sad in her heart.

The earth dragon was burning, and it was very warm in Sun's house.

Anmei's son Hu Yanbi sat on the bed, looking around at the two cousins ​​who were teasing him, smiling from time to time.

Seeing Xu Zaijing entering the house,

Xu Xingdai rushed forward with a smile,

After hugging his two nephews, Xu Zaijing hugged his nephew again. Hu Yanbi smiled cutely after being kissed on the cheek in Xu Zaijing's arms.

"Okay, come and eat."

after dinner,

While Xu Zaijing was drinking a digestive drink and talking to his family, Hua Xiang walked into the room and whispered a few words to Xu Zaijing.

After listening, Xu Zaijing looked puzzled: "The old Marquis invited me to the Xiangyang Marquis Mansion?"

"Yes, sir."

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Tell the messenger and I will go there in the afternoon."

The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

Most of the snow has been cleared away, and snow water has wet many places.

There is still snow that has not melted in the corners on the top of each hall where the sun cannot reach.

Taking advantage of the heavy snow yesterday, the snow lanterns carved by the palace's craftsmen out of compacted white snow at night also changed their appearance.

In the palace of Concubine Rong,

The smoker on the thick carpet slowly floated white smoke.

Rong Feiyan sat on the embroidered pier nearby, listening to the conversation between her mother and sister.

"The imperial doctor has also checked the pulse, and it is indeed a happy pulse!"

Mrs. Fu Changhou said with a smile on her face.

Concubine Rong glanced at Rong Feiyan with a smile and said, "Okay, that's great! When Erlang has a child and becomes a father, he will temper his temper."

Madam Fuchang Hou said with a smile on her face: "Yes, in two days, I will go to the temple and Taoist temple to add some sesame oil and ask the gods to bless me to become a boy."

Concubine Rong nodded, looked at Madam Fuchang Hou, and said, "Mom, our family is not from a high background, and we didn't have any rules about morning and dusk before. I heard that you told Erlang before that his wife was pretending to be sick and being lazy?"

"If Feiyan hadn't hired an imperial doctor because she saw something was wrong, would you really want to punish her?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Fuchang Hou said with a somewhat unnatural face: "I, the Yourong family, always say that if these rules are not established, the Erlang family may look down on our Rong family and think that our family has no rules." The portal! Who knew she would have it so soon?”

Concubine Rong shook her head and said: "Er Lang's wife is also the legitimate daughter of the Duke's family. Now that she is pregnant, you should be more restrained from now on. Just forget about the morning and dusk matters."

Madam Fuchang Hou raised her eyes and looked at Concubine Rong: "But, I also asked, how can you not follow the rules when you are someone else's daughter-in-law in Bianjing?"

Concubine Rong shook her head and said, "What if Feiyan gets married and is treated like this by her mother-in-law?"

"I, Yan'er, am such a good girl, who dares to ask her to behave? I..."

Concubine Rong looked at her mother calmly: "What's wrong with you?"

"I will definitely call your father and ask for justice for Feiyan."

Madam Fu Changhou said with a glare.

"Mom, according to your theory, this second man's wife is pregnant, and you are still trying to control her, will they also want to knock on the door of our Rong family?"

"I don't know."

No longer paying attention to her mother, Concubine Rong looked at Rong Feiyan with a smile on her face and said, "How are you looking at your sister-in-law these days?"

Rong Feiyan smiled and said, "Sister, although my sister-in-law is not good-looking, she is a sensible person who knows how to advance and retreat, and her actions are quite orderly."

"I love my brother especially," Rong Feiyan smiled and said no more.

The Dou girl likes Rongxian very much.

Concubine Rong smiled, she was the one who made the decision on this marriage, and she was very happy to be able to do so, and continued to ask: "Your sister-in-law said she wants to give you the housekeeping rights again, Feiyan, what do you think? "

Rong Feiyan shook her head: "If my sister-in-law's family doesn't come in, I, the sister-in-law, will still be in charge of the house. Since my sister-in-law is pregnant, I'll just be there to help."

Concubine Rong nodded approvingly: "You are right."

At this time, Concubine Rong's personal female officer walked in,

He whispered in Concubine Rong's ear: "My Lady, Princess Pingning has entered the palace."

Concubine Rong looked at the personal female officer in confusion, in her eyes, "Queen Ping Ningxue entered the palace, do you still need to report this to me?" ’ look.

The female officer hurriedly continued to whisper: "The little eunuch who saw it said that Princess Pingning's face was not very good-looking in the Queen's Palace."

Concubine Rong nodded: "How did this little eunuch see this?"

"Going back to the empress, she said that she was told by the palace official next to the empress to go over to clean the ashes, and that's when she saw it."

After the female officer finished speaking, Concubine Rong looked at Rong Feiyan thoughtfully and said, "When Erlang comes off duty, ask him to inquire about what happened in the capital recently."

"Yes, sister."

in the palace,

Princess Pingning looked at the queen and said, "Queen Mother, the little eunuch who came in just now looks a little unfamiliar. Which palace is he from?"

The Queen, who was walking slowly in the main hall, said: "Concubine Rong, over the years, the Rong family has some connections in the east and west of Hebei!"

Princess Pingning nodded understandingly.

The Queen continued: "Ping Ning, are you saying that there is something fishy about the Beizhou Tongjian incident?"

"Mother, this Mr. Dong is an old friend of the Duke's Mansion. He just moved to Beizhou two years ago."

"I visited the Duke's Mansion before. I heard that the Duke said he was cautious and progressive. He fell into the river after drinking too much. He didn't believe it."

"Especially since Mr. Dong was entrusted by the Duke to help his father, Marquis of Xiangyang, explore Beizhou."

The Queen took a deep breath, sat back on the Luohan bed and said, "President Xiao Zhao from the Imperial City Department sent someone to Beizhou to investigate, and said there was nothing unusual."

Princess Pingning said: "Mother, the Zhang family also worked in the Imperial City Department. Is it possible that the person in charge of Xiaozhao has been deceived?"

"Do you want to talk to my father and send another group of people?"

The queen shook her head: "You know that after the death of Queen Guo, the Zhang family was able to recover. After that, it operated on Hebei West Road for many years. If we send people there, what can we find out?"

Princess Pingning: "The queen mother must be on guard against others."

"Well, Ping Ning, you are interested! Leave the rest to me."

"Yes, Queen Mother! Then I will retire."

Sitting on the Arhat chair, watching Princess Pingning leave the palace door, the queen's hand on the handle of the chair slowly tightened.

The personal female officer on the side said worriedly: "Your Majesty."

The queen took a deep breath, released her hand and waved, "It's okay."

1st quarter (after 3pm)

Xiangyang Houfu,

In the study,

Xu Zaijing looked at the Marquis of Xiangyang in surprise: "Old Marquis, are you saying that someone is plotting to kill the imperial official? But what evidence is there?"

The old Marquis of Xiangyang also looked unhappy: "It's just a guess, but something will happen sooner rather than later. It will happen after my son-in-law takes care of it."

"Wulang, you are still young and have not encountered any conspiracies! But this time the old man of the Qi family died, the old man is here."

The Marquis of Xiangyang pointed to his nose: "I smell conspiracy."

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Then you always ask me to come here just to remind you?"

The Marquis of Xiangyang shook his head slightly and said: "Hebei West Road is behind the northern front. I don't just want to remind you."

Xu Zaijing narrowed his eyes slightly, realizing the seriousness, and said urgently: "Old Marquis, this matter is not trivial! Why don't you talk to His Majesty?"

"Wu Lang, you are too young and have never seen Concubine Zhang being favored back then! And what can I say without proof or evidence?"

"But Wulang, you were chased and killed by that man, so you should be suspicious."

Xu Zaijing nodded.

evening,

The emperor returned to the queen's chamber.

Looking at the empress with a straight face, the emperor smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

The queen stood up, bowed solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, I sincerely request your Majesty to ask the Zhang family brother to withdraw from the imperial guards of the palace."

As soon as these words came out, the emperor's smile disappeared instantly, he flicked his sleeves and said, "It's unreasonable."

The queen closed her eyes, calmed down and said, "Your Majesty, something happened to Beizhou Tongjian."

"What's there to say about a Tong Xuan who drank and drowned? Is the Queen just angry with someone who hasn't been around for so long?"

The queen's chest heaved violently and said, "I don't dare, but it's hard for Fan'er to grow so big. I don't allow Fan'er to be in any danger."

"Can I allow Fang'er to be in danger?!" the emperor asked with a straight face.

"Your Majesty!" The queen knelt on the ground and said, "That's it. I will beg your Majesty not to allow the Zhang family brother to enter the inner court! If you don't agree, I will ask you to be the queen."

"You!" The emperor looked at the kneeling queen incomprehensively, took a few steps back and forth impatiently, took a few deep breaths and said, "Okay! Okay! I won't let him enter the inner court."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the queen kowtowed.