Started to get rich after exile

Chapter 154 Hehe Meimei's Family
On the first day of the new year, we came together to pay New Year greetings. Officials from the frontier fortress and some big families wanted to take this opportunity to visit King Yanbei, and discussed staggering the time to deliver the posts.

When Hebai came out yawning, Steward Yu handed two greeting cards to her.

He Bai: "?"

Manager Jade replied with a smile, "This is a greeting card sent by the prefect next door. I want to wish the prince a happy new year."

"Give this to my sister-in-law? What are you giving it to me for?"

"The prince and princess are not awake yet."

"Huh?" He Bai glanced at the sky in disbelief, "What time has it been and they haven't woken up yet? Impossible! Are they turning on the stove behind our backs?!"

"No..." The smile on the corner of Steward Jade's mouth became a little weird, "Yeah... but it's normal. We servants shouldn't bother us, but there will be guests coming to the house later, and the prince and princess are not here. The young master is too young, so you have no choice but to step forward."

He Bai avoided the manager Yu, she didn't want to entertain the guests, and shouted to wake them up. Manager Yu gave a look, and the two little maids next to her quickly stepped forward to stop her, but they were blushing and hesitating and couldn't explain. .

Seeing that he couldn't call anyone, He Bai glared at them with dissatisfaction and put his hands on his hips, "What can't you say directly? What on earth did they do behind our backs last night and they haven't gotten up yet? And Aunt Cai didn't Wake them up? I usually have to lift my quilt when I sleep for an extra quarter of an hour. How can you treat them with such double standards? It's too much!"

No matter how dissatisfied He Bai was, she would just show off her anger. The servants were not afraid of her getting angry even though the thunder was loud and the rain was small.

Manager Yu pushed her to the front hall with a smile and said perfunctorily: "It's nothing! You are still young, it doesn't matter if you don't understand. Sooner or later you will understand."

"I'm not too young!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

On the way, I met Shan Zhao who had just finished feeding the cubs in the Beast Garden, so he pulled them together to prepare to receive guests.

Shan Zhao glanced at the direction of the hospital in confusion, "Isn't this a matter of the prince and the princess? They haven't gotten up yet?"

Manager Jade smiled and nodded, "It's still early."

Shan Zhao couldn't believe it, "Why is it early? Doesn't the prince usually get up to practice swordsmanship? Could it be that he was drunk after yesterday? No, the prince has a good drinking capacity, right? Even if the princess didn't get up, how could the prince not? , did something happen? They played behind our backs all night long? "

Manager Jade was speechless, and He Bai slapped his unwounded arm.

"What nonsense are you talking about! What can happen to people who are celebrating the Chinese New Year! It's probably because they rarely stay in bed. Why are you so confused when asking you to do something!"

"Isn't this so rare..."

Both of them were in their early twenties, but they didn't think about some things as adults. Manager Yu shook his head helplessly.

Fortunately, Shan Zhao could discover his love for He Bai, otherwise they would probably have been brothers kept in the dark their entire lives.

They said they were preparing to receive guests, but in fact they didn't need to do anything. The two stewards were already ready, and they only needed to wait for the host to entertain the guests when they arrived.

He Bai and Shan Zhao, who were celebrating the New Year, had nothing to do and were bored waiting for guests to arrive. One of them touched an orange and threw it to each other. The maid burned a small stove to make tea. The heat was thick and the fragrance of tea overflowed. People gathered around to warm themselves by the fire.

Ning'er and Wolf Cub slowly came over after reading their morning lessons. When they saw the two huddled together by the tea stove to keep warm, they tilted their heads in confusion.

"Where are Aunt Hebai, brother Shan Zhao, father and mother?"

He Bai held the hot tea and narrowed his eyes comfortably, "I haven't gotten up yet. Ning'er is here just in time. Let's have breakfast together. If there are guests later, we can entertain them together."

Ning'er was also surprised. This was the first time that his parents were still awake after finishing morning lessons.

Shan Zhao waved his hand and made room for him. The three of them and one wolf gathered around the stove to enjoy the snow, and the others had breakfast together.

"The prince and princess rarely stay in bed. Didn't they play with us all night long before they could get up?"

He Bai nodded in agreement, "It's something my sister-in-law would do. She must have something fun to do without us."

Ning'er drank the specially prepared hot milk tea, looked left and right, and raised objections, "No, my parents will definitely take me if they have fun! They must have just recovered a neighboring country and are discussing rectification of policies. .”

Shan Zhao flicked his forehead, "You know a lot at a young age, but if you don't talk to the prefect about this kind of thing, why should you talk to your mother? Although the princess and sister-in-law are very powerful, but such political matters She really can't give any advice as a woman."

Ning'er snorted coldly, "Dad likes to tell mother, and of course mother knows a little bit about it. Don't underestimate women. Throughout the dynasties, history books record that women are not inferior to any men."

Although their country is not as open as neighboring countries where women are superior to men, it is not a harsh environment where men are superior to women.

Nowadays, there are not many restrictions on women, but for many things, men are the first thing people think of.

For example, when serving as an official in the court, it is believed that men are the most suitable officials. However, the law has never written that women are not allowed to serve as officials. History books from previous generations also recorded that one-third of the court officials were female, and their achievements were as great as those of men. .

As time passed, officials in the court changed one after another. During the reign of the previous generation of late emperors, female officials gradually disappeared.

There have never been restrictions on female officers in the court, and there have been no restrictions on female generals on the battlefield, but now they have been subtly eliminated.

He Bai was the only female military general in the court in the past two dynasties, and the only female general relied on Ye Juelu's support and her achievements in fighting with real swords and guns.

Although it caused an uproar in the court, the law did not allow it, and the emperor did not allow it. Only then did people remember that they could have female officials and generals.

He Bai rubbed his serious little face happily, "You're right, our Ning'er is so smart! Not like someone else, huh!"

"Huh?! Who are you talking about! When have I ever underestimated a woman! Ning'er, you backstab one of your own, you, no, no, no, let's be clear, I am not like those ordinary men, those are feudal old antiques. That’s what I think! What I mean is that for such complicated matters as government affairs, women in deep residences can only see one side and worry too much. Thinking too much is not good for their health, so there is no need to add worries to them.”

Shan Zhao has never underestimated women, such as his mother and several sisters-in-law, who are capable of killing enemies in battle and capable of caring for their husbands and raising children.It's just that I still subconsciously feel that the housewife is only proficient in the big house and does not understand the political intrigues and weighing the pros and cons.

Shan Zhao was anxious to explain his innocence. He Bai and Ning'er looked at each other and deliberately teased her.

When Ming Lanying and Ye Juelu came over, they saw Shan Zhao and He Bai arguing with each other, with red faces and shouts of injustice.

"What are you talking about? So lively?"

He Bai and Ning'er looked at her together.

"Sister-in-law, why did you get up so late!"

"Mother!"

Ming Lanying yawned lazily, looking lazy as if she had eaten and drank enough.

"It's Chinese New Year and you have nothing to do, so why do you have to get up so early?"

"Sister-in-law, that's not what you said before!" He Bai looked at her doubtfully, "But why do you... feel a little different today? It's a little weird."

"What's weird?"

Shan Zhao didn't notice anything strange about Ming Lanying, but he did notice that Ye Juelu was acting strange today, with a happy and satisfied look on his face. He didn't look like this when he won the battle.

Ming Lanying stopped drinking tea and asked, "What's weird?"

Ning'er nodded dully, "Today's mother... is even more beautiful than yesterday!"

The Hebai chick nodded like it was pecking at rice, and Minglan Ying chuckled.

Ye Juelu held her hand and sat down, "Have you had breakfast?" "Not yet, waiting for dad and mom."

Dongxia was pregnant and needed to sleep more, so Meng Huaisu and the others were with her, so there was no need to wait for them.

Ye Juelu patted Ning'er and said, "Eat breakfast first."

When Manager Jade saw his master coming, he quickly handed over today's invitations to the two families and whispered about today's affairs.

Hebai held his chin and looked at her from side to side, his whole body swaying from side to side like a roly-poly.

Ming Lanying was listening to Manager Yu's words while chewing a small bun. She saw Hebai swaying from the corner of her eye and glanced up at her lazily.

Her skin was like cream, her face was beautiful, and her long eyelashes were filled with sparkling eyes. At this glance, He Bai suddenly understood what it meant to be charming.

As if being electrocuted, he sat up straight with excitement.

Shan Zhao was startled by being implicated by her big move. The buns in his chopsticks fell into the porridge. When he turned around and saw He Bai's stunned look, he snatched the buns from her plate in dissatisfaction.

Ning'er gave Ming Lanying a piece of side dish with chopsticks. When she looked up, she saw a red mark on the side of Ming Lanying's neck, with a small patch exposed in her collar.

"Mom, have you been bitten by a mosquito? It's red here?"

Ming Lanying suddenly raised her hands to cover her neck and smiled awkwardly, "Ah, yes, I was bitten by a mosquito. A fish that slipped through the net in autumn, I will let Grandma Cai smoke the mosquitoes later."

He Bai leaned over and took a look. What flashed through his mind for a moment, combined with the ambiguous smiles of the maids and Manager Jade in the morning, he suddenly understood.

She is not a little girl who doesn't understand anything, but she has never thought about it.

"I understand!"

He Bai slapped the table, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Ming Lanying and Ye Juelu, their eyes shining with excitement.

Shan Zhao was concentrating on eating and didn't pay attention, but when he saw He Bai's excited face as if he had discovered some big secret, he couldn't help but praise him.

"Understand what?"

When Ming Lanying opened her mouth again, she quickly stuffed an egg into it.

"As long as you understand, there's no need to say it out loud, just hold it in!"

"No no no no no!"

Shan Zhao: "?"

Ming Lanying glared at the man next to her shyly. Ye Juelu couldn't help but chuckle and turned Ning'er's face with his big hand.

"Just apply some medicine later, eat quickly, and practice horsemanship with Tai Er after eating."

"it is good!"

Ming Lanying didn't let He Bai talk. He Bai could only share it with Shan Zhao. As soon as she finished breakfast, she pulled Shan Zhao out and couldn't wait to share the big secret she discovered. Ning'er took the wolf cub to the martial arts field to find Tai Er. Continue to practice horsemanship.

Ming Lanying couldn't stop He Bai. They were not children, and there was nothing she couldn't say about the good relationship between the couple. She could only pinch Ye Juelu's waist fiercely and accuse him in a low voice through gritted teeth.

"I told you to chew it gently, but you dared to leave traces outside, and everyone saw it! Go to bed tonight!"

There were tight muscles on both sides of the waist, and Ming Lanying felt no pain when pinched. Ye Juelu could still laugh out loud, holding Ming Lanying in his arms and whispering comfort.

"I was wrong. I will definitely exercise restraint next time, work harder to serve my wife, and only leave marks in invisible places."

Ming Lanying tried her best to suppress the raised corners of her mouth, "Looking at your good performance last night, I will sleep on the bed tonight and go to bed tomorrow."

"The bed is very small and very cold..."

Ye Juelu used her beauty to pretend to be pitiful without any pressure, and won Ming Lanying's heart.
Ming Lanying reluctantly refused to agree. Although it was very comfortable for two people to sleep together, she was not a stoic person. With her beauty by her side, she was afraid that she would not be able to restrain herself. She did not want to stay in bed for two days in a row.

Aunt Cai waved away the surrounding maids, leaving room for the two of them to whisper.

She had been following Ming Lanying for a long time, but she found that the two masters had a good relationship, but they didn't have the feeling of a real couple.

She has lived for most of her life, and she still has this perspective, but she just can't understand how they can still be in the adjusting period like a newlywed couple who just met each other when they already have a son.

It's better now, and that feeling is gone. As expected, the family just wants to be harmonious and sweet.

He Bai and Shan Zhao didn't know where to go to share their happiness. Ming Lanying and Ye Juelu had no choice but to go to receive the guests in person.

Ye Juelu went to the front line to fight soon after arriving at the frontier fortress. He was not familiar with the contacts in the frontier fortress, so he sat beside him the whole time and acted like the mascot of the town.

Ming Lanying was familiar with the officials at the frontier and the people from the big family. They had met them several times. Whether the relationship was good or not all depended on Ming Lanying's wishes.

Ming Lanying devotes [-]% of her energy to dealing with guests. She is smooth and sophisticated, and does not panic when things change, making it impossible for people to make mistakes.

The person who sent me the greeting card just wanted to establish a relationship and get acquainted with each other, sit down and have a cup of tea, chat for a few words, and then get up and go to the next house to say New Year greetings and establish acquaintance.

Fortunately, they had discussed with each other and came to visit both families in one day to pay New Year greetings. Ming Lanying could still cope with it. She dealt with the guests in the morning and played with Ning'er and Hebai in the afternoon. She couldn't make any noise in winter and summer, so she just sat aside and watched the fun with a smile. .

After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Ye Juelu and others started to get busy. The people in neighboring countries were not too emotional about the change of monarch. The rectification of neighboring countries was in progress, but there were extremely vicious bandits who took advantage of the chaos to rob their homes. Ye Juelu Someone had to be sent to capture him.

Xiaosan began to fly to both sides of the capital's frontiers, helping deliver letters and convey the emperor's wishes, and also brought back news about the golden eagle.

"It said that its partner likes the life in the palace and wants to stay for two more years. The little prince has grown up, can walk, and can call people. When he sees me, he reaches out to catch him, but I don't like human cubs, but the little master Well enough."

Ming Lan's warbler followed Hai Dongqing's feathers and blew two tunes in response to it with a smile.

"Thank you for your hard work, I'll give you extra food."

Hai Dongqing rubbed her fingers and said, "I met a bunch of little sparrows on the road. Let me tell you that Song Shanshan was kicked out of the Song family, and so was her brother."

Ming Lanying raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Where are those little sparrows?"

"Go back to the Song family and keep an eye on you."

"Okay, I understand. Let them come back next time you encounter them. You don't have to keep an eye on them."

The Song family was sent to the frontier, and the only remaining Song family was still the Song family. Without the protection of the Dong family, Song Shanshan's reputation was ruined and she lost any value. As a big family that once valued face, she became a stain.

As a biological brother, Song Junyi couldn't save him even if he wanted to, and he was kicked out of the Song family together with him.

Although the family has declined, the people are still there. Having a large family is also a kind of protection. Without the protection of the Song family, Song Shanshan will have no choice but to marry someone casually in a short time.

But these have nothing to do with Ming Lanying. The people who used to be are already in the past.

(End of this chapter)