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Chapter 107

Chapter 94

This was the first time Ming Yu saw her father-in-law after marriage, and she was waiting in the lobby with Mrs. Xie and others early, so she was inevitably a little nervous.

When she was engaged in Jiangzhou last year, she was called out by her father to visit her once.In my impression, he doesn't talk much, his eyes are bright and energetic, his short beard is neatly trimmed under his jaw, his shoulders and back are straight when he stands there, he is as solemn and dignified as a mountain.At that time, I didn't say much to her, but I just accepted her gift, nodded and passed.She couldn't see whether he liked or hated her.

In fact, the two father and son look alike.It's just that one is young and gentle, and the other is probably because he has been in the northwest for many years, and the outline of his forehead has the cold wind of the frontier.In another 20 years, Xie Zuiqiao may become like this.

The hand was suddenly held.Ming Yu turned her head to look, and saw that it was Xie Jingzhu who was sitting next to her.

She probably saw her uneasiness, so she encouraged her in this way.

Ming Yu nodded at her.

"Master is here!"

Lu Daxing rushed in.

In the sound of footsteps, Xie Nanjin was accompanied by Xie Ruchun, talking and laughing loudly, while Xie Zuiqiao silently followed behind, with his usual smile on his face.Only Mingyu could tell at a glance that he was actually very happy.

Xie Zuiqiao and Ming Yu met each other's eyes.He raised his eyebrows and nodded at her, with encouragement in his eyes.

Ming Yu let out a sigh of relief, and was supported by Mrs. Xie, she hurriedly stood up from her seat to greet him, and was about to greet him when Xie Nanjin said: "You are heavy, so you don't need to be too polite."

His tone was still calm, but there was an uncontrollable joy in his eyes.

Mingyu's uneasy heart just calmed down, and she said shyly, "Thank you, father. It's just that the daughter-in-law has not served tea since she came in. Please sit down and wait for the daughter-in-law to offer a cup of tea."

Xie Nanjin was startled, then nodded and smiled, "It's still my fault. I didn't rush back for your big wedding with Zuiqiao, so I wronged you. Let's drink tea, let's drink tea..." As he spoke He had already sat down, took Ming Yu's tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

Mrs. Xie smiled and said: "Uncle finally returned to Beijing, we must stay a little longer this time, waiting to hug your obedient grandson."

Xie Nanjin raised his eyebrows and smiled, and said: "Why don't I want to! It's just that Hexi can't let go. The second younger brother also kept me just now. Once this year is over, he will leave immediately."

The end of the year is only three or two days away.

Ming Yu saw a few lines of time on his forehead etched by the wind and frost outside the Great Wall, but his temples were slightly stained with frost in his prime, and suddenly felt sad. He raised his eyes to look at Xie Zuiqiao, and saw that he was also staring at his father sitting on the seat. He opened his mouth, but his face was moved.

On the last day of the old year, according to the regulations, all the officials and female relatives of the fourth rank and above in Beijing wore auspicious clothes and entered the palace to congratulate.Xie Nanjin, father and son, and Xie Ruchun and his wife entered the palace early in the morning.Because of Mingyu's pregnancy, the palace not only allowed her to avoid entering the palace to congratulate her, but at noon, there were auspicious fruits sent by the queen mother, king and queen, and golden scorpions with the seal of inner creation. son.The things are not expensive, but there are not many families in Beijing who can receive such a reward, which is considered very dignified.

When Shen Shi arrived, the men hadn't returned yet. Mrs. Xie came back first, and before she even changed her clothes, she went to Ming Yu's room, kicked out Xie Jingzhu and Xie Mingrou who were accompanying her, and locked the door with her backhand.

Seeing her strange expression, Ming Yu hesitated for a while, but didn't speak. She couldn't help it, so she said with a smile: "But what happened to my aunt when she entered the palace today?"

Mrs. Xie sat next to her and said in a low voice, "Ayu, let me tell you the truth, there is something difficult."

Seeing her serious expression, Ming Yu stopped smiling.

Madam Xie sighed and spoke slowly.

Just after the luncheon in the palace, Mrs. Xie was summoned by the Queen Mother alone.She didn't know what was going on, so she went away with some anxiety.After seeing the queen mother, I was shocked.It turned out that just yesterday, the Empress Dowager had summoned Xie Nanjin in private, saying that he had contributed to rescuing Princess Songyang this time, and wanted to make the princess his successor, but Xie Nanjin refused on the grounds that the border was not settled and he had no intention of continuing.Only then did the queen mother summon her, meaning to ask her to persuade her again.

"Although the queen mother didn't say it clearly, I can tell that the princess seems to be very fond of the uncle. The queen mother didn't mention recruiting her as a son-in-law, but said that she promised the princess as her successor. This is already very condescending. , but the uncle brushed the queen mother's face. This... tell me what to say..."

Ming Yu was taken aback.Suddenly remembered that when she met Princess Songyang several times in the past, she seemed to treat herself and Xie Jingzhu differently.Could it be that he already had this intention before?
This kind of thing is not a big deal, but it is not a small thing.Hearing Mrs. Xie's intention happened yesterday.But after my father-in-law came home, he didn't look any different in his behavior. He asked her a few words about food and drink, talked to Xie Jingzhu, and then went into the study by himself.If Mrs. Xie hadn't told her at this moment, she would never have dreamed of such a thing.

One is the princess of the dynasty, and the other is her husband's father.It's really hard for her to talk about such things as a junior.

"My aunt has passed away for three or four years. My uncle is a widower, so it's appropriate to renew the strings—and this woman is the princess of the Tian family, but he himself rejected it first. How can I speak..."

Mrs. Xie was still babbling, Ming Yu sighed, slightly dazed.

It was dark when the men returned.On New Year's Eve, the ancestors will be worshipped, and the whole family will hold a banquet afterwards.Before the hour came, Ming Yu rested in the room first, leaning on a chair, thinking about what Mrs. Xie had heard.

Xie Zuiqiao hadn't seen her for a day, so he couldn't help but came to look for her first when he came back.Seeing her resting her chin with one hand, she seemed to be a little dazed, and when she got to her side, she buried her head in her neck, took a deep breath, and lifted up her coat with one hand, and slowly reached her belly through two layers of underwear. Mo Shu smiled and said, "What are you thinking?"

Her lower abdomen is only slightly swollen now, and she is wearing thick winter clothes, but she can't tell. She was a little itchy from him, so she sat on his lap, hugged his neck and kissed his chin. Seeing him smiling at her, After hesitating for a while, he leaned into his ear and told him what he had heard from Mrs. Xie.

Xie Zuiqiao was obviously more surprised than when she heard it at first, he sat there with her in his arms, silent for a while.

"This matter..., what do you think..."

Finally, I heard him ask this question.

Ming Yu leaned in his arms, and slowly said: "Father refused this matter, what kind of thoughts did you come up with? I am a junior, so I dare not speculate. I can't say anything else, only if Daddy is afraid of our pimples. If he said that, I felt a little sorry for him. After all, the rest of my life is still long, and I can't ask Dad to point us to live..."

Xie Zuiqiao was silent for a moment, lowered his head and kissed her forehead lightly, and sighed: "In my heart... I don't want to, as long as you said, I can't let my father live alone because of us. Let me think again..."

The New Year's banquet was very lively, and there were no separate tables. The two families sat together in the order of teeth, and everyone was very happy while talking and laughing.I don't know if Mrs. Xie has looked for Xie Nanjin again. When Ming Yu secretly looked at him, he saw that his expression was normal, chatting and laughing with Xie Ruchun, teaching Xie Zuiqiao and Xie Yilin a few words from time to time, and drinking a lot of wine. , and then the seats were dispersed.When he stood up, he staggered a little, and was supported by Xie Zuiqiao, and said: "I'll take Dad back to his room to rest."

Xie Nanjin put aside his hand, said with a smile: "It's just a few glasses of wine, do you think I'm really old? You stay with your wife, I'll go to the study and sit down." After saying that, he walked away.

Xie Zuiqiao sent Mingyu back to the room, and went to the study on his own.He pushed in without knocking on the door, and saw his father was sitting on a chair, fixedly looking at the stack of yellowed plain rafts spread out on the table in front of him, his brows were bleak, startled by him, like a Surprised, he hurriedly put the papers into the drawer.Only Xie Zuiqiao has sharp eyes, and he has already identified the handwriting on it as his mother's. He thinks it is a correspondence with him in the past.

"What's the matter?"

Xie Nanjin raised his eyes, looked at him and said.

Xie Zuiqiao said: "Father, you will go to Hexi again in two days, but my son is living in a rich and noble town, and I feel ashamed when I think about it..."

Xie Nanjin didn't wait for him to finish, so he interrupted: "Zuiqiao, I know what you're thinking. If I hadn't suppressed you, I'm afraid you would have come to join me side by side. It's just that I said earlier that to assist the king in the court, It’s also a big move, manhood doesn’t have to be proven on the battlefield.”

"But Dad, every time my son thinks of you alone in the cold camp outside the Great Wall, I feel uneasy. In the past, when my mother was filial piety, I could have gone to the southwest, why didn't Dad let me?"

Xie Nanjin stared at him for a moment, and finally said: "Ziqiao, I won't let you join the army with me, just because I promised your mother that I would never let two men from the Xie family go to the battlefield at the same time. I still remember her words, If one general surnamed Xie is missing, she can be replaced by someone else. If she loses two men surnamed Xie at the same time, no one can replace her. When she left, I was not by her side, but luckily you were with me. I will do the rest No, I will never forget what she said until I die."

It was the first time Xie Zuiqiao heard such words, the scene of his mother holding his hand and looking at his father's back suddenly flashed before his eyes when he was young, his eyes were slightly hot.

"What's more..., if you really followed me to the northwest in those years, how could you marry the daughter-in-law you are now? She is very good, and I am very satisfied. When your mother gave birth to you and Jingzhu, I was not there. Now thinking of , she must have regrets. Now that my daughter-in-law is pregnant, if you stay by her side and watch my grandson be born, it is as if I am making up for your mother's regrets, and she knows it, so she will probably hate me less."

Xie Nanjin looked at him and smiled.

Xie Zuiqiao couldn't bear it any longer, and knelt down.He wanted to say something, but his throat was choked and he couldn't make it.After a long while, after calming down, he said: "Father, I already know about the fact that you were passed on by the Queen Mother. As a son, I can't repay you. I just want to say, if Dad refuses because of the feelings of me and Ayu With the Queen Mother's kind words, I ask my father not to worry anymore. Both Ayu and I hope that there will be someone who knows the hot and cold by my father's side in the future. Promise me, after our child is born, if the northwest is still not peaceful, I will go to the imperial court to ask for my order, and go there to help father to settle the border affairs as soon as possible, when the world is peaceful, father can come back to enjoy the happiness sooner!"

Xie Nanjin was a little surprised, then embarrassed, he laughed a few times to cover up, pondered for a moment, and finally sighed: "Ziqiao, you and your wife have such filial piety, father is very pleased. It's just that what father said in front of the queen mother The words are not words of evasion, but words from the heart of my father. Hexi has a vast land and abundant water and grass. For decades, the ambition of Xiting has never been extinguished. The border confrontation and conflicts continue. Father remembers that when he was only 15 years old, Your grandfather was guarded there, and your grandfather died there in battle. Now 30 years have passed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Hexi is my hometown. If there is no peace, as long as I am still alive, I will definitely not return Jing. If you also died there like your grandfather, don’t send me back to Jiangzhou, just bury me there. The princess has intentions for me, but I have no intention. I have betrayed your mother before, so why bother? Don't bother others."

With tears in his eyes, Xie Zuiqiao solemnly kowtowed to his father.

Xie Nanjin seemed a little tired, rubbed his forehead, and waved him to get up.

"Ziqiao, this time you and Taizhi have done a great job, which is beyond my expectation. Now that there are new changes in personnel affairs in the court, it is time to employ people. I will leave for Hexi tomorrow, and you will stay in Beijing with Taizhi. Good life to assist the prince. The affairs of the court have never been inferior to the swords and blood on the battlefield. Fortunately, now that the overall situation has been settled, I can feel at ease in Hexi."

"Leave tomorrow?" Xie Zuiqiao was a little surprised, suddenly came to his senses, and changed the subject, "Cousin... He wanted to stay away from the capital for a long time, and now he finally got his wish." Seeing Xie Nanjin looking over in surprise, he smiled wryly, He said again, "I just found out that he has had a headache since he was a child, and when he had an attack, life would be worse than death. The middle of the capital is like a cage for him. He asked himself to leave the capital, and was willing to go to the southwest to mediate with Shanyue and Liaoli to guard the border. Your Majesty I can't help but make him the King of Yong'an, and I will leave in a few days."

Xie Nanjin sighed a few times: "A person should live according to his own heart. Taizhi is also a person who can't help himself. I hope that in the future, the sea and the sky will be brighter and the unsatisfactory life will be rid of. Zuiqiao, you have a game with his brother, so that you can live for him farewell."

(End of this chapter)