After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 84 At stake
Rong Peilan was awakened by the sound of firecrackers outside the wall.

The garden had already been decorated, with festive atmosphere everywhere. Several mothers in the mansion were good at paper-cutting. In addition to window paper-cuts, they also specially cut a little fat doll and placed it on her bedside.

I guess the baby is just growing now, her belly seems to be getting bigger day by day.

Now it's like a small basin upside down on my lower abdomen.

Even Zhou's mother sighed that the child was growing up well, while other women were four months pregnant and their pregnancy was not very obvious!
The maids in Yuhui Garden also had a new look, all wearing red jackets and pear blossom white folded skirts.

The maids around the young lady are all beautiful. If they were allowed to get married in the future, I wonder how many families would come to marry them.

Even if there were still unmarried boys in the mother's family in the mansion, they would often try to find out from the young lady.

When Qingtan was helping the young lady to wash and dress, bursts of laughter were heard from the garden.

The maids were like beautiful red plum blossoms blooming proudly in the snow, leaving behind strings of laughter.

Several people built a big snowman in the garden and stuck two strings of candied haws on the snowman as arms.

At this moment, they put aside their usual cautiousness and put on big smiles on their faces, which was very cute.

Even the taciturn Chen Chun was infected.

Rong Peilan adjusted the hairpin on her head and said, "Okay, go and play with them."

Qingtan slowly helped the young lady up, and listening to the laughter outside, she just chuckled.

"They are still young and like to play. I am past the age of playing around, so I'd better stay in the house with the young lady."

She is older than the others and is almost twenty years old.

When Ji Yunzhang came in, he was holding something in his arms, which was bulging under his cloak.

He shook off the snow on his body and smiled, "Guess what I bought you?"

His nose was red from the cold and there were still some snowflakes on his eyebrows.

He took out something from his arms, an oil paper bag that was still steaming.

"Last night, you said you wanted to eat fried dough cakes. There was an old man in the north city who made the most authentic ones."

"Today is the end of the year, and there are still so many people queuing up to buy oil cakes. Fortunately, I went early, otherwise I wouldn't be able to buy any."

He opened the oil paper and held it in front of her like a treasure. "No one below is as careful as your husband. Look, it's still hot. Eat it. It tastes better when it's hot."

Looking at the fried pancakes in front of her, Rong Peilan didn't expect that just because of a casual remark she made, he would actually go out in the snow early in the morning to buy them in person.

I don’t know if it’s because of her pregnancy, but she has been crying easily these days.

Her eyes were slightly red as she spoke softly.

"Just send someone to go. Why do you have to go there in person so early in the morning?"

Ji Yunzhang took off his cloak with one hand and threw it aside.

In fact, Rong Peilan had already gotten over the urge to eat fried dough cakes she had last night, but she still took a big bite out of support.

The hot fried pancakes are filled with a burnt aroma. Although they look like ordinary pancakes, they are filled with Sichuan pepper leaves, which give them a unique fragrance.

At this time, Jixing stumbled in and said, "Prince, this is bad!"

Ji Yunzhang turned around with a bad look on his face, "What's wrong? It's New Year's Day..."

"Wei, Brother Wei!" Ji Xing panted, with white mist coming out of his mouth. His nose and ears were red from the cold, and there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Ji Yunzhang's face tensed, "What happened to Wei Chi? Where is he now?"

"Just now, the young master of Lord Tang's family came to say that Brother Wei was seriously injured and is now in the Tang Mansion."

Rong Peilan took one look at Ji Yunzhang and his increasingly tense face and knew that something big had happened.

Wei Chi has not been in the mansion these days, and has not been seen since he came back from the palace that day.

What did she say that day?
——"Today I saw this maid next to the Xue family's carriage." The maid was Tao Ling, Gou'er, and Wei Chi.

It’s all related to the Xue family.

She was afraid that it was not just Danshu, there must be something deeper, but she didn't know why he killed a little beggar, and what Wei Chi found out that led to the murder.

Rong Peilan put the oil cake down, picked up the cloak and put it on him, "Go and have a look."

Today is New Year's Eve. Unless there is something else, our family will be reunited at home today.

She took his hand and squeezed it, "I'm at my mother's place, you go first, and just let me know if you have any problems."

Ji Yunzhang nodded, pulled his cloak closer, and followed Ji Xing into the wind and snow.

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Tangfu.

The two Lord Tangs did not separate, there was still one Tang Mansion, but the two houses were merged into one big house.

Wei Chi, lying on the couch, closed his eyes tightly. Apart from the skin wounds on his body, his lips were black and his entire face was dark.

Even the fingers turned black.

If Tang Xiao had not been patrolling personally today, Wei Chi would have frozen to death under the city wall at the end of the year.

"How about it?"

Tang Xiao frowned and looked at his brother who had a serious face.

Like Wei Chi and Ji Yunzhang, they were both taught by him. Although he is not much older than them, emotionally, he is like their own son.

Tang Yue pulled out the silver needle in his hand, but there was no change at all.

Wei Chi's poison is definitely not an ordinary poison!
His usually cold face suddenly turned gloomy. "This poison is extraordinary. I'm afraid he won't be able to get through this today."

Hearing Tang Yue's words, Tang Xiao's face instantly turned gloomy.

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The sound of firecrackers could be heard faintly from the street outside.

However, there was no trace of festive atmosphere at the end of the year in the Xue Mansion.

The Xue family has three sons. The eldest son died early. The second son, Xue Jingyi, is currently the magistrate of Tongzhou. The third son, Xue Jinghe, has become a low-level businessman.

In addition to the three sons, the Xue family also has two illegitimate daughters.

Prime Minister Xue went into the study early in the morning and never came out again. He didn't even eat the meal brought by the servants. The food was frozen hard outside the door, and the door was never opened.

Xue Jinghe stood under the corridor until his hands and feet became frozen and numb.

As soon as Uncle Peng came over, he saw the Third Young Master's straight back.

He sighed softly, stepped forward and said, "Third Master, Wei Chi was taken back by Tang Xiao."

Xue Jinghe moved, and the corners of his lips, which were white from the cold, rose a little, "Tang Xiao? Oh, that's good, Wei Chi and Tang Xiao are also half father and son, and letting him die in the Tang Mansion won't be considered a disgrace to this young master and Master Ji as brothers and friends."

Uncle Peng glanced at the tightly closed study door, hesitated for a moment and said, "Today is the end of the year. How about I ask the Prime Minister to come out so that the whole family can have a reunion dinner?"

Xue Jinghe laughed at himself, "No need for that. He will never forgive me in his life. His eldest son, whom he had placed his hopes on, died just to save a useless person like me."

Uncle Peng lowered his head and stopped talking.

In those days, the eldest son was known as Mr. Mingshi, and the prime minister valued him especially.

If it weren't for the accident, the Prime Minister's Mansion wouldn't be so deserted and unpopular now.

(End of this chapter)