Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 252
In the palace, Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Ma visited the queen, and finally saw Ma Huier, "Mother..." Ma Huier couldn't help but shed tears.

"My child, you are still in confinement, you must not cry." Mrs. Ma San didn't want to cry, but for the sake of her daughter's body, she held back.

"Mother..." Ma Huier snuggled into her mother's arms.

"Good boy, I made you suffer." Madame Ma San said with tears: "The emperor rewarded you because you gave birth to a princess, and your father was promoted from the sixth rank to the fifth rank to serve. The above are all the official positions that the emperor bestows on the relatives of the favorite concubine or the descendants of the aristocrats) I also have the five-rank order, and if there is anything in the palace, my mother is also eligible to enter the palace, and finally I can see you."

"Mother..." Ma Huier smiled happily, "My daughter can finally win face for her family."

"Yes!" Mrs. Ma San nodded happily. Although she was not promoted very high, she was finally able to step into the palace.

Mrs. Ma sat aside and looked at the mother and daughter who were full of emotions, thinking, the Ma family has finally made it through, as long as they can maintain this, they will have a foothold in the capital.

Mrs. Ma San held back her excitement and said softly, "Hui'er, have you received all my letters?"

Ma Huier nodded, "Mom, I have received everything."

"Then you should know that your father's official position was helped by Min'er..."

"Mother, I understand." Ma Hui'er sighed softly.

"Son, mother, think about it carefully. The emperor thinks differently about you and made you pregnant. It's also after Min'er returned to the capital. Our family..."

"Mother, my daughter also understands." Ma Hui'er glanced at Luqi, and Luqi saluted, then turned around and led the maids and nuns out, and closed the door smoothly.

"Hui'er, what do you want to say?"

Ma Hui'er said in a low voice: "I found out that Mrs. Feng helped the Holy Majesty to collect taxes, and Min'er and his husband helped each other out. So this year, the Holy Majesty has been kind to me."

Mrs. Ma San stared at her daughter in a daze, "It's... so?"

Ma Huier nodded lightly: "Yes."

Mrs. Ma San looked at the old lady again, and let out a sigh of relief, "Sure enough, one is honored and the other is honored..."

"Mother..." Ma Huier sighed softly, "Our family needs to have a good walk with Cousin Min!"

Mrs. Ma San looked at the old lady again, moving?Her eldest grandson is so proud, he once took the initiative to visit the Beijun Palace, she turned to her daughter quickly, "I see, this time when I go back, your father and I will take Zhi'er to walk more."

"Thank you mother."

"What's so hard about it, everyone is honored, I understand."

Ma Hui'er said again, "I heard that Cousin Min lived in Cousin Mei's house some time ago, and they have a very good relationship."

"Well, I know this. Mei'er told me that Mr. Zhao's achievements today are really due to meeting such a noble person as Min'er."

"Yes, it's not easy to meet noble people in one's life."

-

Emperor Yuantai was in a good mood, and kept the Ma family to have lunch with Xia Zhen. There were not many people who could stay in the palace for a palace banquet. Unexpectedly, the Ma family could have this kind of grace.

When he was actually eating, Ma Qimeng hardly dared to touch any chopsticks, but when he left the palace gate, he boasted more than anyone else, as if he had eaten all the dozens of dishes on the table, gathered in the teahouse in front of his colleagues On the morning tea table, it was so spitting that people covered their faces and dared not approach.

When Xiao Lin heard the reports from his subordinates, he smiled contemptuously, "Then he will step on dog shit."

"Master, he is a relative of the king of Beijun, let him teach him a lesson."

"If he wants to teach me a lesson, can he still throw people to me?"

"Yes, Lord, the little one has gone down and done it."

"Ah."

"In addition to letting him stop, we should also pay attention to the three teachings and nine tricks to trap him, so as not to let him be laid off."

"Yes, sir, I understand, my little one." The steward went down to do the work.

Xiao Xiao rubbed his smooth chin, squinted his eyes and thought deeply, until it was dark, and he didn't wake up from his thoughts until his followers came up to urge him.

Mrs. Ma San knew her husband's virtue and kept persuading him, but unfortunately he didn't listen and was always worried that something would happen to him. In the end, she broke her leg and couldn't go to the government office to work, nor could she go to the teahouse to drink. It's time for tea, so I can only stay at home.

On the one hand, she was glad that the man didn't go out to cause trouble, but on the other hand, she was worried about his legs, what if they were really disabled?She was really entangled, "I still want him to take Zhi'er to Min'er's house, what else is there to do?" Mrs. Ma San lost all her thoughts.

Since Ma Yihui came out of the palace, he has returned to the manor. He asked Ma Chengzu for advice and prepared for the next year's palace examination. He is full of confidence in himself.

Looking at his grandson who was full of dead books, Ma Chengzu didn't see the difference between himself and Feng Jiangyi until this moment, but it was too late, he was almost buried, what's the use of comprehending these things, he I wanted to tell my grandson my life insights, but found that I knew it in my heart, but I couldn't say a word.

Apart from sighing deeply, he didn't know how to face his grandson who was getting further and further away from him.

Spring, summer, autumn and winter, four seasons of the year, contacts change, and in a blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching. This is the second year that Xia Zhen and his wife have spent in Beijing. Compared with the first year, they are getting to know the capital more and more. On, more familiar ye.

Now that we are familiar with each other, it is easy to do things, and he doesn't seem busy. Ma Qifeng brings his family to visit his daughter every now and then, and walks around lively. With his family together, he is not alone, and life passes faster.

Everyone else is calm, but there is only one person who is anxious like an ant on a hot pot, who is it?Of course it was Gu Dun, the big fat guy.

"Go, I'm not fat." Gu Dun stretched out his foot and kicked Zhang Nianmei.

Zhang Nianmei sat crookedly on the chair, eating snacks, "Then go beg the prince again."

"The prince asked me to find the princess."

"Then you go?"

"I... I dare not go."

"Useless guy." Zhang Nianmei scolded him with a smile, "My old sister is such a good person, as long as you sincerely ask to marry that surnamed Shi, you will definitely agree."

"I..." Gu Dun's face flushed red with anxiety, "Of course I sincerely proposed to marry you, and I... I even approached the princess once, but she..."

Hearing this, Zhang Nianmei's eyes lit up, and she straightened up curiously, "Have you already looked for it once?"

"Yeah." Gu Dun's bearded face was tense.

"Did I ask you some question and asked you to answer it, but you didn't answer it, so you got stuck?" Zhang Nianmei asked with a smile.

Gu Dun asked in surprise: "How do you know that she gave me a question and got me stuck here?"

"Haha..." Zhang Nianmei laughed so hard that she leaned back, "My sister, can I not know?"

Wei Ren glanced at the unscrupulous Zhang Nianmei, stood up, "Talk first, I'll go to see the prince." After speaking, he walked away with his long legs.

Zhang Nianmei smiled back, continued to eat snacks, stared at Wei Ren's back and asked Gu Dun, "Is this kid going to call you father-in-law?"

Gu Dun scratched his hair worryingly, thinking about Weiren, "This kid is so proud, who knows!"

"Haha..." Zhang Nianmei laughed again, "It's interesting, it's really interesting."

"Don't be funny, help me quickly, how can you marry Sister Ju?"

Zhang Nianmei glanced at him, "It's not easy, tell the princess that you are a filial son, but not stupid, and you will never be a mother's boy, and you will be indifferent to your daughter-in-law, so I guarantee you can marry a daughter-in-law."

"What... What is Yu Xiao, what is Ma Baonan?"

Zhang Nianmei stood up, swayed and raised her feet to go out: "I understand stupid filial piety, Ma Baonan, I also heard the new term from the princess, that's what it means, you understand it yourself."

"Hey, can you explain clearly to you?" Gu Dun pulled him.

"I've told you clearly. You still don't understand. No wonder the princess disagrees. If I marry my daughter, I don't agree either."

"what……"

Zhang Nianmei pulled his arm, continued to go out, walked to the door, and suddenly turned back, "Fu Xiaoyou took you to the alley of Mr. Zhao's house. It's a white belt."

"..." Gu Dun stood there in a daze.

Zhang Nianmei shook her head and went to find her old sister.

In the kitchen, everything was arranged properly, and Aunt Shan beckoned to Shi Qiuju when she was free.

"Auntie, what's the matter?"

"It's okay, let's go to the shelter and take a rest."

Shi Qiuju nodded, followed her into the next door, and Aunt Shan closed the door casually, "Come, sit."

The two sat by the charcoal fire and both stretched out their hands. She smiled and asked, "I heard that General Gu has asked the prince and concubine to marry you?"

Shi Qiuju seemed to know that she was going to ask this question, but there was no joy on his face.

"You blame the princess for stopping General Gu?"

"No...how could I have such an idea." Shi Qiuju waved his hands repeatedly.

Aunt Shi said: "Sister Ju, don't blame the princess for stopping General Gu from marrying you. If it weren't for the princess, General Gu would have taken you as a concubine two years ago. What is a concubine? You..."

"I understand, auntie, don't talk about it, I understand, I understand." Shi Qiuju said, "I have suffered a lot. When Xing'er and my father first met, he was also very happy, but Not long after we got married, he changed. I cried and asked him why, and he said that he had to be unfilial, and he had to listen to his mother. Later, he was like his mother, beating me like a dog, man... "She couldn't go on.

"So, if General Gu can't figure it out, your marriage..."

"Auntie, seeing Xing'er grow up safely and happily, I don't care about other things anymore." Shi Qiuju was deeply moved, "I thank the princess for stopping me."

Knowing what is good and bad is good, Aunt Shan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, if General Gu can understand that life is not only about liking and heart, but also daily necessities, I think the princess will definitely agree."

"Ok, I know."

-

Wei Ren was annoyed, and wanted to go out to a restaurant to have a good drink, but he actually reached the gate of the servants' courtyard. When he realized that he had gone to the wrong place, he turned around, but the third girl, Gui Zhu, saw him, and she quickly He shouted, "Mr. Wei, look for Sister Xing'er. Coincidentally, she is not on duty today and is in the room."

Wei Ren simply turned his head, "Call for me."

Guizhu giggled: "Mr. Wei, Xiao Xiao's guards came to look for someone, but they all came with ginger candies. What about you?"

"I'm going to the street, and I'll bring you fried chestnut seeds when I come back."

"Wow, Mr. Wei, are you taking Sister Xing'er to go shopping?" Gui Zhu's eyes lit up with envy.

"Hmm." The temporary excuse made Wei Ren lack confidence, and his voice was very soft.

"Okay, I'll call right away." Gui Zhu shouted loudly while running inside, "Sister Xing'er, Mr. Wei is taking you out for shopping?"

Wei Ren had a headache. It was well known that these girls made a big deal out of trivial things, and he walked a few steps away from the door unknowingly.

Why there is no substantial progress between Wei Ren and Xing'er? You can actually get a clue from this little incident. The man was born in a scholarly family, and his behavior is orthodox and reserved. Hey, someone is about to interrupt. They kissed each other by the tree that time. On it, still reserved?Haha, that was an accident. How could the proud Mr. Wei be rejected by an ordinary girl? In a hurry, he lost his manners.

In Wei Ren's heart, he actually acquiesced to the traditional way of marriage—blind marriage and dumb marriage. If he felt sleepy, he followed the marriage process. What Na Cai, Geng Tie, Xiao Ding, Dad Ding... were not serious I thought about it, the two need to have more contact and communication, and understand each other, so as to enhance their mutual relationship and strengthen their relationship.

Xing'er was so yelled at by the little girl that she had no choice but to come out. When she reached the door, she saw him a foot away from the door. When she saw herself, she also took a look from a distance, and didn't go forward.

She pursed her lips secretly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wei, I have something to do this afternoon, so I can't go out with you."

stay home?Although Wei Ren didn't think about going out with her at first, but how arrogant he is, I already said it, if you don't go out, how is it possible, he took a step forward, regardless of Sanqi 21, pulled up her sleeve and left.

"I have something to do." Myolie lingered and refused to leave.

"I'll take care of big things. If the princess punishes you, I'll kneel in front of the prince and princess." Isn't your matter the princess's business? Wei Ren dares to take it on.

"You... let go..." Xing'er, who was being dragged away, kept pulling away his hand with the other hand, but her strength was like a man's, she was no match for him at all.

Wei Ren also had a servant, the servant saw him like this, and quickly called the guard, "Hurry up and arrange the carriage."

"it is good."

When Wei Ren dragged Xing'er to the door, the carriage was already waiting at the door. The concierge knew the celebrities in front of the prince and concubine, and said nothing, "Sir, miss." He opened the door and let them out.

Xing'er refused to get into the carriage, Wei Ren didn't even think about it, and carried her into the carriage in the arms of a princess.

"You...too much." Meng Lang's actions made Xing'er turn pale with fright.

Sitting on the stool, seeing Xing'er's face turned pale, for some reason, Wei Ren's angry heart was comforted, "What is too much, even the prince and princess did not stop me from liking you, what am I too much for?"

"You..." Xing'er turned her head to one side.

But before she could react, the carriage started, and she staggered. She was almost thrown out of the carriage. Wei Ren hugged her and sat on his lap.

The speed of the carriage became even, and Xing'er finally regained her senses, realizing that she was in Wei Ren's arms, ashamed and annoyed, struggling to get off.

"Are you going to fall out?"

"Then let me sit on the stool."

Wei Ren looked down at Xing'er, didn't let her sit on the stool at all, and smiled softly, "Your mother is going to marry Gu Dun!"

"The princess did not agree."

"Then you, do you agree?"

Xing'er lowered her head and didn't look at him, her whole body was hot from the eager eyes.

"Why don't you talk?" Wei Ren lowered his head a little more, and was about to lean against Xing'er's face.

"Don't you get so close?"

"You don't stay so far away, will I get so close?" Wei Ren was reasonable, for some reason, standing at the door of the servant's courtyard a quarter of an hour ago, he was still angry, but now he is full of joy.

Shrewd and capable like Wei Ren, he seems to be a little enlightened, as if as long as he takes the initiative, he can get a pleasant feeling.

"Where are you going?" Xing'er was stared at by Wei Ren until her face was splashed with blood. Not only that, she was hugged by him, her whole body was tense, and her whole body seemed to be stiff, forcing her, who was not talkative, to find talk.

"Where do you want to go?" Wei Ren's lips were only a line away from the little lady's profile.

"How do I know you want to go there?"

"I'll let you decide today, where you want to play, I'll take you there to play?" Once the man was in a good mood, everything was easy to discuss, Wei Ren smiled and was very talkative.

"You... you put me down first."

Probably also realized that he was Meng Lang. This time, Wei Ren let go of Xing'er, let go, and helped her to sit on the stool next to her, "Where do you want to play?"

After going out, Xing'er thought for a while, "It's been a long time since I've been in the capital, except for going out with the concubine, I haven't been out by myself, I heard people say that there are many delicious and interesting things in Pijia Street, so let's go there. "

"it is good."

To be honest, Wei Ren seldom went out alone to visit the capital. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that he was either following the prince, or staying at home to handle official business. He just took the opportunity to take a walk around and see his beloved lady. It would be nice to have someone to accompany him.

It was already noon when the two arrived at Pijia Street, "Do you want to eat in a big restaurant or a small restaurant?"

"I'm free!"

"Then the big restaurant." Wei Ren smiled, took Xing'er to find the biggest restaurant in Pijia Street, asked for the small private room, and ordered some delicate and delicious dishes.

When sitting in the exquisite private room, Xing'er unknowingly looked at her clothes, she was a person who never went out, she was not particular about her clothes, but she was beside the princess, even if she wore ordinary clothes, she still looked like a lady from a rich family. Same, okay, not ashamed.

Wei Ren also realized that coming out was too sudden, and his clothes were not decent enough, so he smiled lightly, "Next time, I will bring you out, let me tell you first, and let you change your clothes."

Xing'er raised her head suddenly, and stared at him blankly.

"What's the matter?" Wei Ren also looked down at his clothes, as if there was nothing wrong.

"It's nothing." Xing'er lowered her head. Gu Dun often brought her mother out to play, but he never took the initiative to invite herself to play there. Unexpectedly, she heard such words today. For some reason, she seemed to be looking forward to it. Come out to play for the first time.

After a while, all the food and wine ordered were served. The two of them had never eaten alone like this, so they really didn't get used to it, but Wei Ren was a man, and he was well-versed in the world, so he couldn't tell.

He saw that Xing'er was at a loss, and from time to time he helped her order food and told some small jokes to ease the tense atmosphere.

Xing'er had never seen Mr. Wei's humorous side before, so she unknowingly let go of the tension in her heart. After a meal, they were as casual and natural as doing things around the prince and princess.

After digesting the food, Wei Ren took the initiative to ask, "Where are you going now?"

"I saw a place selling gadgets just now, I want to go and have a look."

"Okay!"

The two got up and left the restaurant while talking, wandering together in the bustling streets, the warm winter sun poured down from the high and low buildings, and the two of them felt light under their feet.

On both sides of the street are tea houses, taverns, pawnshops, workshops, and there are many small vendors with big umbrellas in the open space on both sides of the street. Crowded.

Xing'er has a calm personality, usually she doesn't have any expression and smile on her face, but at this moment, on her small face as round as an oval egg, when she smiles, she can see a shallow dimple on her left cheek.

Wei Ren saw it, and suppressed a smile all over his face. The lake in his heart seemed to have been pulled out, and there were ripples. He quietly stretched out his right hand, ready to hold the little lady's catkin.

Xing'er walked a few steps quickly, and when she reached a small stall, she knelt down and asked, "How do you sell hairpins?"

"Little lady, you really know the goods. This is the most popular style in Beijing this year. If you buy it, I will only charge you two taels of silver."

"So expensive?" Xing'er picked up the hairpin, it was neither gold nor silver, so much silver, she felt it was not worth it.

Wei Ren had already arrived beside her, and he also squatted down, picked up the hairpin and weighed it, "We'll take two hundred Wen."

"What?" The owner of the goods shouted: "Young master, you are also a brocade clothes and jade pendant, how can you pick things like this, buying things for the little lady, what does the little lady think of you like this?"

Xing'er looked away at the owner, and immediately stood up, "I don't think much about it." After finishing speaking, she said to Wei Ren, "Let's go!"

Wei Ren smiled, stood up, and took her hand casually, "Come on, let's go to the silver building to have a look."

"No... No need, I just want to have fun, I don't want to buy anything."

Wei Ren didn't listen to her, so he dragged her to a high-end silver house and picked out a good-quality gold hairpin for her. The smile on Xing'er's face never stopped, as if... that's not bad!

-

Gu Dun didn't give up, Zhang Nianmei ignored him and went back to his yard for dinner, he found Fu Xiaoyou.

"General Gu, are you so free today?"

"Not idle!" Gu Dun asked, "Fu Guanshi, you are..."

"go to eat."

"Oh, I'll go with you."

The two went to the public kitchen in the mansion together, where many guards had already started eating, they packed the food on the plate and found a table to sit down.

After taking a sip of the soup, Xiao You asked, "General Gu, what do you want from me?"

"Hey, kid, can't I find you if I have nothing to do?"

Fu Xiaoyou smiled, "It's okay, you never looked for me."

"..." Gu Dun was immediately blocked by Xiaoyou, so he could only grin, "Yes... there is something."

Fu Xiaoyou had already guessed why he was looking for him, "What's the matter?" After asking this, he bowed his head to eat.

Gu Dun Qiqi Ai Ai said, "My brother, the last time the princess said in the alley, there is a deep meaning in asking you to take me there, what is the deep meaning?"

Fu Xiaoyou looked up, "You haven't understood yet?"

Gu Dun shook his head, "I guess that Luoyang County King didn't understand it either."

Fu Xiaoyou stopped eating, "No, I got it."

"Ah, what do you mean?" Gu Dun asked curiously.

(End of this chapter)