urge Zhao to marry

Chapter 240
Although Mu Zhaozhao said it lightly about this reward, Mu Zhaozhao felt a little distressed, "Damn, why are there nearly twenty maids in my yard?"

Not to mention raising so many people, eating and drinking their own food, just yesterday and today, it cost a lot of money.

"Thank you, son and concubine." The maids and women were all beaming.

They had a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner at Shi Anju last night, and Shi Zifei asked Mint to give each of them two packs of dim sum, one pack of brown sugar and one tael of silver.

I didn't expect to have two taels of silver on the first day of the new year. The master is really too generous.

Snacks and brown sugar can be used to visit relatives, and the money in hand is even more real.

When the other maids and women in Xuanpinghou's mansion heard about it, they felt even worse.

Although the wife gave out all the monthly silver before, there was nothing else at all, and it made no difference to them if the New Year was not over.

If everyone is the same, it is at best a loss in my heart.

But hearing Shi'an Juli's grand concubine, the other maids felt depressed: Everyone is from Xuanpinghou's mansion, but the difference is too big, right?

In particular, today they went to pay New Year's greetings to Mrs. Hou Yehou, and Hou Ye said that they had rewarded them, but they took the maid's red paper bag, and when they came back and opened it, they found that there were only ten copper coins in it.

Isn't this too confusing?

In the past, in the red paper bag, why were there silver peanuts for two renminbi?
Fortunately, Mrs. Hou can make a move.

When Qin Mu and Mu Zhaozhao came over, they met maids and mother-in-law who saluted and greeted them on the way, and the mint and perilla that followed them all gave a two-dollar silver peanut directly.

So much so that the maids and women who heard the news flocked to greet them with smiles.

Mu Zhaozhao could hardly keep the smile on his face.

How is this going?Why are everyone swarming like a vicious dog seeing a bone?

She was a little bit distressed for her money, and worried that the silver peanuts brought by her maid would not be enough, and the scene would be ugly.

Fortunately, Mint was clever, and felt that something was wrong, so he quickly went back to the yard and brought the remaining bag of silver peanuts.

In any case, today is the first New Year for the Crown Princess to enter the mansion, and she must not lose the chain at this critical moment.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, the main courtyard was already bustling with activity.

Not only the members of the Qing family were there, but even the old lady who had been ill for several days sat there dressed up.

In addition, Tongfang and the concubine of Xuanpinghou who rarely showed up were also there.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Mu Zhaozhao and Qin Mu were going to kowtow in front of their elders to greet them.

Qin Mu supported Mu Zhaozhao to kneel on the futon that had been laid out earlier, and after saluting and saying hello, Mu Zhaozhao also said a few auspicious words: "Grandma, happy new year, father and mother, happy new year, I wish you all a happy and auspicious new year."

The old lady said with a smile: "Okay, everyone should be happy in the new year."

After speaking, hand them a red envelope each.

Xuan Pinghou and Qing Xiangying also handed each of them a red envelope.

This is a big Chinese New Year, there is no requirement for the amount of money in the red envelope, it mainly depends on one's intentions.

Anyway, this big red envelope itself contains the best wishes of prosperity.

Mu Zhaozhao touched the fluttering red envelope, and couldn't help pondering in his heart: How much denomination of bank notes will they give him?

It is said that Madam wants to save face, so she should not give less, right?

Just as she was dazed, the two women moved the futon in front of the old lady of the Qing family and the others.

The corners of Qin Mu's slightly raised mouth quickly turned down, and he looked at his own father with indifferent eyes.

He didn't know whose idea it was, but he absolutely didn't want to kowtow to the Qing family.

It's not that he doesn't have his own family.

If he wanted to kneel, he would also kneel to the grandfather of the Meng family, and he was also willing to kneel and kowtow.

But the Qing family, I have never kowtowed to them in the past. Now that the Qing family is down, and they live in the Xuanping Hou Mansion, I still want to kneel down and kowtow to them to say hello to them. Is that really a dream?

Old Master Qing saw Qin Mu's face change, but he drooped his eyelids, stroked his goatee and said lightly: "Your Majesty has always looked down on our Qing family, but now our Qing family is down and out, and we are staying in the Xuanping Hou Mansion , it should be us kneeling down to pay respects to the prince."

As he spoke, he leaned on the armchair and got up tremblingly, as if he really wanted to kneel down and salute Qin Mu and Mu Zhaozhao to say hello.

Mu Zhaozhao was a little puzzled, why did Qing's family make such a fuss, after all, offending Qin Mu and himself would do them no good?

But no matter how stupid she is, she still understands that if they really kneel down today, things will be bad, and it will appear that she and Qin Mu are in the wrong.

After all, speaking, the Qing family is indeed Qin Yuexuan's natal family, and the natal family of Mrs. Xuan Pinghou.

Mu Zhaozhao had an idea, and hurriedly said, "Yuexuan, today is the first day of the new year, why don't you hurry up and bring your younger brother to pay New Year's greetings to your grandfather?"

Then he looked at Xuan Pinghou pleadingly: "Father, my cousin and I want to offer incense sticks to my mother."

Qing Xiangying's face changed when she heard this, she is still alive and well, the dead girl said that she would burn incense for herself, is she cursing herself to die?

Then he realized that Mu Zhaozhao was going to offer incense to Meng Yijing.

Qing Xiangying forced a smile, pretending to be a loving mother: "Didn't you just pay respects to my sister yesterday? You child is too naive. Now that you are pregnant, how can you often go to the ancestral hall?"

Mu Zhaozhao didn't intend to go to the ancestral hall originally, but just to resolve the current embarrassing situation, so he lowered his eyebrows and said pleasingly: "Mother is right, I am not sensible."

Immediately, he reached out to take a few exquisite purses from Mint's hand, and urged Qin Yuexuan with a smile: "Second brother, hurry up and greet your grandfather, and when you do, I, my sister-in-law, will also prepare it for you New Year's gift."

Qin Yuexuan really wanted to say that he had kowtowed to his grandfather before, but now being urged by Mu Zhaozhao, he knew in his heart that the only way to resolve this embarrassment now was to kowtow to his grandfather again.

Logically speaking, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Qing family can also be regarded as Lord Hou's father-in-law, and Qin Mu should kowtow to the Qing family.

But all these years, Qin Mu never gave big gifts to the Qing family.

Similarly, Qin Yuexuan did not give big gifts to the Meng family.

It seems that there is a tacit agreement, but why does the Qing family want to break this tacit agreement now?
Mu Zhaozhao took advantage of Qin Yuexuan's kowtow to the old master Qing again, quietly looked at the old master Qing, and saw that his complexion was not right, and he was wearing extra thick clothes in a room with earth dragons, just like that, his complexion was also It's a little weird.

She subconsciously glanced at Qin Mu.

Qin Mu nodded slightly to her with a serious face.

Old Master Qing really didn't embarrass his grandson. After Qin Yuexuan kowtowed, he handed him a red envelope.

At this moment, Mu Zhaozhao gave the purse to the sisters of the Qin family and Qin Yuexuan. Of course, she also didn't leave the Qing family's concubine daughter who was not out of the cabinet.

The last big red purse is for Yulan's son, Qin Han.

When Mu Zhaozhao saw the cute child, his voice became much gentler: "My brother, good boy, this is given to you by sister-in-law, brother Han, let's play with it!"

Because Qin Han is a bastard and is not seen by his wife, it is not easy to live to this day.

Qin Han, who is already two years old, looks pink and cute, but is very shy. When he saw Mu Zhaozhao giving him a purse, he hid in Yulan's embrace in shame.

Mu Zhaozhao handed the purse to Yulan: "Bring the third son to our Shi'an residence when you have time."

It was speechless to say that Tongfang who gave birth to children would usually be mentioned as aunt, but Qing Xiangying didn't want to, so they remained Tongfang, and now Mu Zhaozhao couldn't even address them.

Yulan took the purse and held her son's grateful body: "Thank you, Princess Concubine."

Qing Xiangying was happy when she saw the concubine's shameless appearance, but when she looked at her own father, there was a little sadness in her eyes.

Not only Doctor An in the mansion, but also doctors invited from outside, also said that my father didn't have many days left.

It can be said that Dad is able to hold on to come out today because he has the will to die.

If it wasn't for Mu Zhaozhao's quick reaction before, and his father really knelt down for them, then he wouldn't survive tonight. It was rumored that Qin Mu forced the old man of the Qing family to kneel down and salute him, and then the old man Qing was sent away angrily. Life.

Then Qin Mu would be accused of unfilial piety, and would not be able to secure his position as the eldest son, nor would he be able to secure his position as the fourth-rank commander of the imperial guards.

After all, how can there be an unfilial son who is mad at his stepmother and father by his side?
If you are not loyal or filial, how can you swear to protect the Holy One to the death?

But now that Mu Zhaozhao is so messed up, I'm afraid he won't find a chance to plant Qin Mu again.

It's a pity that she can't blame her son, because he really doesn't know.

Only she, father and elder brother knew about this matter.

Seeing that her father was a bit unable to hold on in the armchair now, she felt very sad and uncomfortable: "Everyone go back and have a rest first, and we will have lunch together later."

After finishing speaking, he asked Xuan Pinghou to go in first, saying that he had something to discuss with him.

As soon as they left, two women stepped forward to help Mrs. Qing to leave.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yulan quickly said something to Mu Zhaozhao: "Concubine Shizi, stay away from the old man, he is hanging with ginseng soup and tonic."

After finishing speaking, he took a few steps back with his son in his arms, and left with another Tong Fang Fangyun.

Mu Zhaozhao's whole body trembled, and he finally understood why Mrs. Qing was so abnormal today. It turned out that he hadn't lived long.

Mother, she still underestimated the wickedness of people's hearts. If she wasn't clever, Qin Mu might be tricked to death by Mrs. Qing.

As for the consequences, even if Mu Zhaozhao didn't know the law very well, he knew that the position of Qin Mu's son was a bit mysterious.

Anyway, Mu Zhaozhao is also a villain at heart, and suspects that Qing's family knows that their dowry is rich, and they want to use the dying person to blackmail them.

After returning home, Mu Zhaozhao told Qin Mu what Yulan had said, and he was a little anxious: "What should I do? The current old Mrs. Qing is willing to cut himself to pieces. It is a struggle before death. I dare not meet him anymore. Who I know they will come up with some vicious methods to touch porcelain, but we can't just go there, right?"

(End of this chapter)