lucky star girl

Chapter 224 The Eve
Today is Yuanxi Catch Week, and because of the arrival of Mother Su and Master Xuanling who are beside the Queen Mother, the Xu family was full of excitement for several hours, and at the third quarter of Shenshi, all the relatives and old relatives were sent away.

The last ones to leave were of course Xu Nuanwen's family. If Ye Jingxing hadn't managed to beg Emperor Ruikang, saying that they had been in the palace for a few days and missed their sons, they hoped to stay in the Fifth Prince's Mansion outside the palace for one night today. Maybe I can't come out today.

Seeing that the lady was not willing to leave, Ye Jingxing also understood in his heart that she was thinking about meeting her next time after she ascended the throne.

At that time, even if Mrs. Xu is the mother-in-law of the lady, she still has to salute her.

No matter how much Xu Nuanwen grumbled, the old lady Xu was still unmoved, and she didn't even mention leaving her family for dinner.

Therefore, Xu Nuanwen could only leave the Xu family under the urging eyes of her husband and sons.

After sending all the guests away, Mrs. Xu said that she was tired, and asked Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu to take Yuan Xi back to Shihuan Courtyard to rest, and they didn't come to her for dinner.

The reason why Mrs. Xu said this is that firstly, the excitement was over, and secondly, that Mrs. Xu was really tired. Furthermore, Mrs. Xu felt that she was an old lady, so she still let their family have a three-mouth meal. It's good to be happy.

Xu Shiqiu was also aware of Old Madam Xu's temper. There were quite a few female relatives from various prefectures today. Although there were sisters-in-law, second sister-in-law and nephew and daughter-in-law to help with reception, the mother and the young lady were indeed very tired.

What's more, Xu Shiqiu also had something to say to his little lady at this meeting, so after Mrs. Xu said this, she didn't refuse.

When Xu Shiqiu returned to Shi Huan Courtyard with Yuan Xi in one hand and Dong Shu in the other, he saw that Mrs. Wang had prepared hot water with Ling Xiang and others.

Xu Shiqiu wanted to take a bath with Dong Shu, but Dong Shu hugged Yuan Xi and left first, not caring about Xu Shiqiu's fiery eyes staring at her.

Looking at the back of the little lady, Xu Shiqiu raised his eyebrows and smiled.

He had a premonition that starting tomorrow, Beijing would be in chaos again, so tonight, no matter what, he had to make trouble with the little lady twice.

After the family bathed and changed their clothes, the sky gradually darkened.

However, due to eating a lot at noon today, the whole family will not be very hungry this time. After getting the orders of the masters, Mrs. Wang took the initiative to warm a pot of soup in the small kitchen of Shihuanyuan, and took the big kitchen chef to roll it out. The noodles and specially wrapped wontons, glutinous rice balls and other things are placed in the small kitchen.

Tonight is the Lantern Festival, even if the family doesn't go out to enjoy the lanterns, they won't go to bed so early, so she arranged for something to eat.

After confirming that Mrs. Wang had arranged everything in the yard well, Dong Shu let Nanny Yan go down to rest, took the soft cloth towel by herself, and began to wipe Yuan Xi's hair bit by bit.

Xu Shiqiu looked at the little lady who was carefully brushing Yuan Xi's hair, thought for a while, and said: "Today we discussed it, and later my brother-in-law and I took time to meet Yan Ye alone, and we both felt that this matter not simple."

Dong Shu didn't understand these things at first, but due to a lot of family affairs in recent months and Xu Shiqiu was not at home before, she gradually understood many things that she didn't understand before.

Now that he heard Xu Shiqiu's words, he knew it was a big deal.

"How do you say it?" Dong Shu stopped wiping Yuan Xi's hair with her hand, and before Yuan Xi raised her head in doubt, she continued to move, just looking at Xu Shiqiu's eyes, but never moving away.

When Xu Shiqiu saw Dong Shu's expression like this, he immediately said: "The few of us discussed this matter first. Although we all thought it was not easy, no one guessed what it was. I just saw something wrong with my brother-in-law's expression at that time. , but there were a lot of people at that meeting, so I didn't ask, but everyone discussed it, no matter what the pilgrimage said tomorrow morning or what other people said, it will kill Ye Jingche and the Liu family."

Having said that, Xu Shiqiu paused for a moment, seeing that the limp hair on Yuan Xi's head had been wiped dry by Dong Shu, he stretched out his hand to hug Yuan Xi into his arms, and continued: "Later, I thought about what my brother-in-law would do. There was something wrong with his expression, just about to talk to him in private, but he offered to see Yan Ye. It wasn't until the two of us saw Yan Ye that my brother-in-law revealed his conjecture."

Seeing Xu Shiqiu carrying Yuan Xi away, Dong Shu got up and walked aside, poured a glass of warm water to drink, and waited until Xu Shiqiu could speak, then turned to look at him and said, "Go on."

When Xu Shiqiu heard Dong Shu's words, he smiled flatteringly at her and said, "Madam, please pour me a glass of warm water for my husband." After saying this, he quickly explained: "After taking a bath and talking so much, Feeling very dry."

When Dong Shu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, she gave him a helpless look, then carefully poured half a glass of warm water, and brought it to his lips.

After Xu Shiqiu drank half a glass of warm water, he looked at Dong Shu and continued: "Brother-in-law said, from the beginning to the end, he felt that the matter was very much like the Seventh Prince Ye Jingde's style of doing things, and he asked Yan Ye specifically. Have you met Ye Jingde before?"

"Ye Jingde? Seventh prince?"

Dong Shu didn't have a deep impression of the seventh prince, Ye Jingde, but the sixth prince, Ye Jinghui, had some contact with him because of the birth of his concubine.

The main reason was that she met Liu Shi at that time, and because of Liu Shi's incident at the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace, she always had a deep memory of Liu Shi.

As for the seventh prince, Ye Jingde, now she can only remember seeing him before, but she can't remember any more.

Xu Shiqiu looked at Dong Shu's expression and guessed that she didn't have much impression of Ye Jingde.

"The Seventh Prince, I didn't know much about him at first, but my brother-in-law has been paying attention to him because of the relationship between the two of them and the fact that the birth mother of the Seventh Prince was plotting against Concubine De. Now that my brother-in-law can tell It's him, and it's not without reason, but I didn't expect that after one Ye Jingche was dealt with, another Ye Jingde would emerge."

Dong Shu could understand Xu Shiqiu's words.

They thought that after Ye Jingche was resolved, their family would be able to live in peace after their brother-in-law ascended the throne, but now Ye Jingde appeared again, this person was not as direct as Ye Jingche, maybe he would do some tricks behind his back.

This is really hard to guard against.

Not only the Xu Family's Shi Huan Courtyard, but also the Fifth Prince's Mansion, Ye Jingxing, who had rarely obtained the permission of the Holy Majesty, who came back to stay for one night, also told Xu Nuanwen his guess.

"Lao Qi really has this idea?" Xu Nuanwen was not stupid, after Ye Jingxing said that this matter was like Ye Jingde's usual style of acting, she guessed the reason for Ye Jingde's behavior.

It's just that she didn't expect that Ye Jingde would dare to make trouble even though her husband had already obtained the seat of meditation from the Holy Master himself.

"Hmph! Lao Qi thought that the prince's elder brother was gone, something happened to Ye Jingche, and if such a thing happened, I would also be implicated. In addition, Lao Liu didn't have such thoughts, so he might be the only one left among the princes above. It's gone." Speaking of which, Ye Jingxing glanced at Xu Nuanwen, thought for a while and continued: "Lao Qi looks smart, but he is actually a fool. He doesn't know at all, even if we are all gone, father The emperor will not pass the throne to him!"

When Xu Nuanwen heard Ye Jingxing's words, her heart was shocked, and then she looked at Ye Jingxing with some puzzlement.

Ye Jingxing didn't hide it from Xu Nuanwen before he got married, and since it was such a big event, he naturally wouldn't hide it from the smart Xu Nuanwen.

"It's not like you don't know what Lao Qi's biological mother did back then. To plot against the concubine De was to plot against the father. From the day the father agreed to give him the name 'De', he has never been on the board again. It’s possible to get that position.” Having said that, Ye Jingxing paused for a moment, and then continued: “When I was serving Emperor Father a few days ago, listening to his tone, he seemed to sigh that fortunately I’m not bad, otherwise he I am going to pass the throne to Uncle Duan directly."

Xu Nuanwen didn't expect His Majesty to have such thoughts at all, but after thinking about it, she understood why he had such thoughts.

The Holy One treats Prince Duan as his younger brother really well, and unlike the Holy One, King Duan may have been born in the army, unlike the Holy One who is indecisive and acts in a very unique style.

Although there are concubines and concubines in Prince Duan's mansion, apart from the eldest daughter of the concubine who married into Xu's family, the next ones are the three concubines born of Concubine Duan.

Back then, there was a bold woman in King Duan's mansion who wanted to kill King Duan's son in order to put his son on the throne, but when King Duan knew about it, he not only executed the woman immediately, but also directly replaced the son who had just reached the full moon with a new one. birth mother.

Now King Duan has no shortage of sons and grandsons, and the eldest son has four sons, all of whom are quite good.

It is said that King Duan even said that his throne must be passed on to the eldest son in the future, so the second and third sons were thrown into the military camp by him early to be polished.

Now both of them have made contributions, and they will only be rewarded after the new emperor ascends the throne.

As for the concubines, although King Duan did not treat them as well as his legitimate sons, the family property they should have had already been divided well, and King Duan also arranged errands according to each of them's situation.

Now they all have wives and children, so they can't be happy.

The most important point is that King Duan's health is many times better than that of the Holy Majesty, which is also the main reason why the Holy Majesty once thought about it.

"It's just that Uncle Duan is unwilling, saying that if he really sits on the throne, his sons who were satisfied with him will definitely make trouble. Moreover, in the end, Uncle Duan strongly recommended me, saying that although I am not as decisive as my ancestors, There is such a decisive helper behind you." Speaking of this, Ye Jingxing was also a little embarrassed, but in the end he looked at Xu Nuanwen and continued: "Uncle Duan also said that there is a woman as virtuous as you who can control me , at least within the three generations of the royal family, nothing will happen."

Xu Nuanwen didn't expect Ye Jingxing to say these words here. The most important point is that these words were said by the Holy Majesty and her husband.

Thinking of her past style of dealing with things, Xu Nuanwen looked at Ye Jingxing and nodded, "Actually, you are good, but you have inherited some of your father's temperament. But you are different from your father, you only have me in your heart."

Ye Jingxing saw the smug look on the lady's face, and felt in his heart that he was really good.

From a glimpse many years ago, he fell in love with the Xu family's flamboyant daughter.

It was not easy to marry her back then, and for so many years, he has always felt guilty because of the accident in the Xu family and his inability to protect the Xu family.

But Father Huang and Uncle Duan Wang said that the Xu family is a smart person, and their own wife is also a smart person.

When he ascends the throne in the future, she will definitely not ask for anything for the Xu family, and will control the Xu family not to ask what he wants.

Therefore, he must treat her well.

Ye Jingxing could feel that when Father Huang and Uncle Duan Wang said this, it was because of the matter of his father-in-law, but in his heart, he felt that what Father Huang and Uncle Duan Wang said was right.

He is very clear about his wife's temperament, just as she understands him as well. The two of them are a match made in heaven.

As soon as Xu Nuanwen saw Ye Jingxing's expression, she understood what Ye Jingxing was thinking. Thinking that there might be a lot of things to do tomorrow morning, she immediately looked at him and said, "Go to bed early, there are still many things to do tomorrow."

Hearing Xu Nuanwen's words, Ye Jingxing suddenly gave her a 'hehe' smile, and without waiting for Xu Nuanwen's reaction, he directly hugged her and strode towards the bed in the house.

Xu Nuanwen didn't understand what Ye Jingxing was going to do, but she didn't expect that after being married for many years, she would be able to be a grandmother and grandfather, yet he would even hug her in the same way as when she was just married.

Xu Nuanwen and Ye Jingxing in the Fifth Prince's Mansion were feeling the feeling of their newlyweds, and Xu Shiqiu from the Xu family had just had a fight with Dong Shu.

Looking at the drowsy little lady in his arms, Xu Shiqiu's heartbeat also gradually stabilized.

No matter what will happen in the court tomorrow, he will not allow Ye Jingche and the Liu family to have another chance to escape!

(End of this chapter)