Chapter 443 A Rising Star [Thank You! Goodbye! 37k Update Is Owed]

There are more than 1.5 million residents in Bianjing City.

On the day of Cold Food Festival,

So many residents don’t have fires to cook;

At night,

It seems that the air in the entire Bianjing seems to be a lot fresher.

Quyuan Street,

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

In the main hall of the main courtyard,

On the dining table are attractively colored marinated dishes and refreshing and crispy cold dishes. The maids are placing the cold noodles with meat sauce carefully prepared by the chef of the Hou Mansion on the table.

After students Xu Zaijing and Zai Zhang entered the room, everyone sat down one after another.

During this period, the maid served warm lamb wine to accompany the meal.

Mrs. Sun waved her hand and asked Hua Lan, who had stood up to serve, to sit down. She looked at Xu Zaijing, who was trying to roll up her sleeves, and said:

"Jing'er, the day after tomorrow is the Qingming Festival, are you going to take a break in school?"

"Mom, I'm going to go out to the city with my friends for a spring outing on Tomb Sweeping Day, and the school will be closed tomorrow and the next two days."

Mrs. Sun nodded and said: "That's good. Tomorrow I will go to your maternal grandfather's house to visit the grave with your aunt. Your sister-in-law will also go back to Xie's house. Zhang'er will accompany me then, Jing'er, you will accompany your sister-in-law. ”

Sun said and glanced at Hua Lan: "We will accompany Hua Lan to Yuqing Temple to burn incense.

"I know, mother."

Zai Zhang looked at his son Zhong Geer with a smile and said.

Xu Zaijing also nodded in agreement.

After hearing his grandmother Sun's words, Xu Xingdai glanced at his uncle Xu Zaijing with a happy expression on his face, and his heart was full of beautiful thoughts about going to his grandfather Xie's house tomorrow to play "Feifei" with his uncle.

After eating for a while,

The nanny next to Sun lowered her head and walked in through the door curtain raised by the female servant.

With a smile on her face, Mammy bowed to everyone in the Xu family who came over and said with a smile: "Madam, just now someone from the Lu family sent good news that the princess, mother and son are safe!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Sun also showed a smile on her face: "Have you ever rewarded me?"

"Go back to Madam and reward me with a lot of money."

"good!"

Turn around,

The morning light is faint,

I can vaguely see a lot of clouds in the sky today.

In the racecourse, there is a figure wearing armor waving a long spear.

From time to time, there is the sound of "woo-woo" breaking through the wind.

In the wooden house on the side,

The three female envoys in Xu Zaijing's courtyard were standing at the door of the house eagerly.

When she saw someone appearing in the aisle leading to the racecourse at the second gate, Hua Xiang pointed her hand and shouted softly: "Coming, coming!"

Yun Xiang shouted towards the field: "Sir, the baby is here."

"knew."

A muffled voice came over.

Qingcao turned around and walked towards Uncle Yin who was wearing new clothes in the room.

After a while,

Xu Zaijing handed the long spear in his hand to Alan who came over, and let Xun Shu and three female envoys beside him help him unload his armor.

After removing the armor,

Xu Zaijing walked towards the wooden house.

inside the house,

Qingyun and Huaqing stood aside,

Yin Bo, who was dressed in new clothes, was overjoyed and held the baby in one hand.

Looking at the infant child, who was more than a month old, Uncle Yin's single eye was full of love.

"Master, let me take a look."

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded to Hua Qing, who was tall and saluted him, and then stretched out his hand towards the master.

Xu Zaijing has several nephews, nieces, and nephews, and they are not just ordinary people holding children.

Uncle Yin handed over the swaddling clothes in his arms with great relief.

Seeing Xu Zaijing holding the two babies in his arms, Qingcao and the other three female envoys hurriedly came over to take a look at the babies.

"Sir, they are so beautiful."

Qingcao couldn't help but sigh.

Hua Qing, who had marks on her face, couldn't help but laugh when she heard the praise for her child.

Subsequently,

Uncle Yin gave Qingyun and Huaqing a big red envelope, which was considered a gift from their elders.

What Alan and Xun Shu gave as a gift was a pony puppet they carved with a knife using precious wood left over from the previous renovation of the Hou Mansion.

Xu Zaijing also gave a pair of pure gold zodiac pendants that were the size of wine cups and had the same zodiac sign as the two babies.

He handed the two babies to Uncle Yin again. After everyone looked at them for a while,

Xu Zaijing said: "Go, mother should be waiting for you in the house at this time."

"Yes, sir."

Qingyun and Huaqing left the wooden house with their children in their arms and walked towards the inner courtyard.

Xu Zaijing went to the stables to look at his horse before returning to his yard.

It's almost March,

Green buds have sprouted from the grape trellises in the yard, which makes people feel comfortable.

The large fish tank that used to be wiped clean by the grass was also moved out of the house.

The Xu family kitchen is still cooking.

Green smoke from the stove floats out from the chimney,

Together with the white steam pouring out of the windows and doorways, it became the smoke of fireworks in the air blown away by the morning breeze.

It's time (after ten o'clock in the morning)

The carriages of the Marquis Mansion left Quyuan Street one after another.

One goes west to Xishuimen, and the other goes south to Xiao Zhifang.

small paper mill,

Viscount Xie Jia,

Xu Zaijing from the Xie family didn't come often. The last time was because of the heavy snowfall for days. Xu Zaijing and his brother walked to the Xie family to deliver charcoal for food.

Looking at the Xu family’s carriages and horses, especially Xu Zaijing,

The elderly concierge of the Xie family had a friendly smile on his face.

The Xu family are real relatives, and they don't forget to come to the Xie family to pay a visit and help during bad weather. As a servant of the Xie family for many years, this old man has a good impression of the Xu family.

Mrs. Xie, her third daughter who was engaged to Earl Xiong's family, and their envoy were standing at the second door.

Behind them, in addition to the servant woman, stood a man and a woman.

The woman is dressed as a woman and looks unfamiliar, but her appearance is somewhat similar to that of her elder sister-in-law, Mrs. Xie.

The man Xu Zaijing was seen outside the palace. He was the brother-in-law of his eldest brother Zai Duan, who had previously helped Beiliao send two dragon colts and two horse attendants to Bianjing, and the brother of the Yi family of Zhending Prefecture.

Seeing the close relationship between the two people, Xu Zaijing knew the identity of this woman in his heart. Ninety-nine percent of the time, she was the eldest sister of the Xie family who married away from Zhending Mansion.

Seeing the carriages and horses entering the door,

The mother and daughter came over with smiles.

Xu Zaijing dismounted next to the carriage, looked at everyone in the Xie family and bowed their hands and said: "Aunt Jin An, sister Fang'er, sister Rui'er Zhuang'an, brother Yi."

Mrs. Xie smiled and nodded, and the woman and Sister Rui bowed.

The Yi family brother also smiled and nodded: "Wu Lang, long time no see!"

"Grandma, aunt."

Xu Xingdai got out of the carriage and opened his arms towards Mrs. Xie while calling someone with a smile.

After being held in Mrs. Xie's arms, Xu Xingdai glanced curiously at the unfamiliar eldest sister of the Xie family.

Mrs. Xie, Xu Zaijing's sister-in-law, also walked out of the carriage. When she saw the woman behind Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Xie was stunned and shouted with a smile on her face: "Sister."

The names of the three girls of the Xie family are arranged in order of Fang, Fei and Rui, and Xu Zaijing's eldest sister-in-law is the second.

Xu Xingdai, who had never seen his aunt before, heard his mother calling someone, he smiled and shouted to the woman: "Auntie."

The eldest sister of the Xie family, who was being held intimately by Mrs. Xie, Xu Zaijing's sister-in-law, smiled and said, "Brother Dai is really smart and sensible."

"Thank you for the compliment, auntie."

Listening to Xu Xingdai’s words,

Everyone at the second gate laughed.

"Let's go into the courtyard."

Mrs. Xie hugged her grandson and talked to Xu Zaijing.

Later, the elders of the female family members came forward,

Xu Zaijing and the Yi family brothers followed behind and walked towards the backyard of Xie's family together.

Sister Rui, who was walking in front, had already hugged Xu Xingdai in her arms.

She glanced behind her and asked Xie beside her: "Second sister, why isn't my niece here?"

"How old is she? The wet nurse is keeping an eye on her!" Ms. Xie replied.

"Then why did Wulang come here today?"

Mrs. Xie, who was walking in front with her eldest daughter, heard the conversation and turned around and said: "Today your second sister went home with Dai Geer. His father is the heir apparent of the Hou Mansion and naturally he has to be followed by guards, but there are so many soldiers in the Hou Mansion now." In the northwest.”

Sister Rui nodded.

Xu Zaijing pretended not to hear the previous conversation.

He just turned his head and said to the brother of the Yi family: "Brother Yi, why are you in Bianjing today? My family didn't receive any news before you came."

The brother of the Yi family smiled slightly: "It was the Imperial City Department that sent officials from the north to come to the capital. My wife and I also just arrived at the small paper mill this morning."

"I see! Brother Yi came to Beijing to study?"

The brother of the Yi family nodded and said: "That's right. After the recapture of Baigao, several prefectures in the north near Beiliao have undergone some changes. Letters from Beijing said that many Qingxin believers and Qingxin women who pretended to be Buddhists in Beiliao have entered. Our Great Zhou Kingdom"

"Is this called a spy from Beiliao?" Xu Zaijing asked.

"Yes, the lowest level spy."

The brother of the Yi family continued: "We came to Beijing firstly to learn how to identify those Northern Liao spies, and secondly to join the palace as attendants."

Xu Zaijing nodded: "This means that those who are selected like Brother Yi will be reused."

"Hahaha, I don't dare to say that." The Yi family brother said with a smile and waved his hand.

"All the way south from Zhending Mansion, I saw a lot of rising stars! I saw a few powerful ones in Beizhou alone. They are the ones who deserve to be reused."

The two of them walked inside while talking.

Chai family

Autumn Sound Garden,

"East Royal Garden? This is a good place! I heard from Ting Yi that the flowers and plants donated to this garden in previous years can compete with the planting gardens in the northwest outer city!"

As he spoke, Chai Zhengzheng picked up a piece of candied fruit from the porcelain plate and put it into his mouth.

Yunmu on the side said:

"The female envoy from the Zhang family who heard the message said that it was Miss Feiyan of the Rong family who came to the palace to find Concubine Rong, and that's how she got the opportunity to enter the garden!"

Chai Zhengzheng ate the candied fruit and said:

"Oh? What about this matter? When the results are released in a few days, will the students who will be admitted as Jinshi this year also have a banquet in the East Royal Garden?"

"Yes girl."

Ziteng opened the door and walked in, saying to Chai Zhengzheng:

"Girl, Madam said that an old friend of ours is coming to visit us, so she asked you to prepare for the visit."

Chai Zhengzheng was stunned for a moment: "What's the old story?"

"This slave doesn't know."

Chai Zhengzheng nodded, took the handkerchief Fu Yi handed him, wiped his hands, and stood up.

After taking care of it, when walking from the backyard to the front room for guests,

Chai Zhengzheng happened to see Chai Jin walking towards the outer courtyard while straightening his sleeves.

"Brother!"

"Zhengzheng? Are you going to meet guests too?"

Chai Zhengzheng nodded: "Brother, what old days is mother talking about?"

"He is a brother of the Zhang family in Beizhou." Chai Jin looked at Chai Zhengzheng's confused look and continued: "Their ancestor was a general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he has some friendship with our ancestor."

Chai Zhengzheng and Chai Jin walked, and after thinking for a while, they whispered: "When the current emperor first succeeded to the throne, did the Zhang family have a beloved concubine?"

Chai Jin: "Yes, it's their home."

This Zhang family has nothing to do with the British Zhang family.

But relying on the kindness of my ancestor who was a general,

There is quite a bit of power in the army of Hebei West Road in the northeast of Bianjing.

As the brother and sister were walking, Chai Zhengzheng suddenly said, "Brother, father and mother should not have any other plans, right?"

Chai Jin was stunned, looking at Chai Zhengzheng beside him and said, "I don't know about your brother."