Chapter 153

Because of He Qingxian's advice to be frugal, there was no grand banquet in the palace on New Year's Eve this year. Emperor Yuanyou only invited Princess An Le, two sisters and their families into the palace for a simple New Year's Eve dinner.

Recently, Nan Kang has been very embarrassing in front of the Empress Dowager Qi, and has gained a lot of prestige. Meng Yanqing did not dare to provoke Nan Kang openly at home. After entering the palace, Meng Yanqing became more and more honest, even if the palace people wereThere was wine in front of him, but Meng Yanqing didn't dare to drink it.

Emperor Yuanyou: "Why doesn't the eldest brother-in-law drink alcohol? Do you still remember that year when the late emperor hosted a banquet and you were punched by the second brother-in-law?"

Because it was a family banquet, Emperor Yuanyou's address was more casual.

And his ridiculed sentence directly made Meng Yanqing blush.

On the other hand, Chen Jingzong was very ashamed and said: "It's all my fault for drinking too much and acting recklessly, here I will apologize to my eldest brother-in-law."

Big brother-in-law Meng Yanqing: ...

Hua Yang smiled lightly, but Nan Kang smiled more obviously. She used to feel ashamed when Meng Yanqing made a fool of himself, but now, she likes to see Meng Yanqing look like a wimp.

Empress Dowager Qi changed the subject and asked her daughter, "I went to Tangshan on the third day of junior high school, and everything was packed? Do you want to send an imperial physician to follow?"

Huayang is very good at saving face. In order not to let everyone think that she went to Tangshan purely for pleasure, she deliberately pretended to have leg pain once in the twelfth lunar month, and even alarmed the imperial physician in the palace.The imperial physicians are all human beings. Before the pulse was signaled, Hua Yang frowned lightly, wondering if he fell into the water and caused the cold evil to invade the leg bones, so his legs hurt every winter. The imperial physician listened to his ears and waited for the pulseHe didn't say anything, but it was necessary to find a cause for the long princess's leg pain, so the imperial doctor followed what the long princess said, and then prescribed a mild conditioning prescription.

With the words of the imperial physician, Hua Yang entered the palace and complained to his mother and younger brother, saying that he would go to the hot spring to recuperate. Empress Dowager Qi naturally agreed.

Hua Yang then used the excuse that he didn't want to mobilize the teacher, and Dao had already borrowed another courtyard from his aunt.

Emperor Yuanyou felt sorry for his sister even more, and even borrowed another courtyard for soaking in Tangquan. When the other courtyard of the guilty minister's family in Tangshan becomes vacant, he will definitely choose the best one for his sister!

"Everyone is celebrating Chinese New Year, so don't bother the imperial doctor. I have prepared the medicine according to the prescription prescribed earlier, and just bring it with you." Hua Yang said with an authentic expression.

Empress Dowager Qi nodded.

Princess An Le smiled imperceptibly, the emperor was still young and didn't understand, so she didn't believe that Empress Dowager Qi really couldn't see through the small thoughts.

In the early morning of the next day, Hua Yang and Chen Jingzong came to the palace early to pay New Year's greetings.

Chen Jingzong actually prepared a red seal for Emperor Yuanyou, which contained a thin silver note of one hundred taels.

Emperor Yuanyou: ...

Should he dislike his brother-in-law's stinginess, or be happy that he still has lucky money?

When Hua Yang's mother and daughter were chatting together, Emperor Yuanyou took Chen Jingzong out and stood in front of the white marble railing in front of the main hall. Emperor Yuanyou told Chen Jingzong: "My sister's legs are not feeling well. You have to take good care of her when you get there..”

Chen Jingzong: "Don't worry, the emperor, I will guard the long princess every step of the way."

Emperor Yuanyou recalled his sister's pitiful appearance when she fell into the water and was wrapped in a quilt, and a faint cloud of melancholy appeared on her still youthful face: "I heard that a woman's exposure to cold may affect her offspring.Haven't had a child for so long, will you be anxious?"

Chen Jingzong smiled and said, "I'm not in a hurry at all."

He smiled naturally and looked very sincere, Emperor Yuanyou wondered: "Why?"

Chen Jingzong explained solemnly: "The long princess still despises the vulgarity of the minister even now. If she really has children, the long princess must devote herself to the children, and she will have no minister in her eyes. I don't want to be reduced to Meng Yanqing.As you can see, Nan Kang long princess didn't take Meng Yanqing seriously last night."

Emperor Yuanyou never expected that Chen Jingzong would not expect a child because of this reason.

But these words are indeed reasonable, and the same is true of the mother, who usually puts her mind on him and her elder sister, and the mother doesn't care at all which concubine the father favors.

Chen Jingzong reassured Emperor Yuanyou in turn: "Don't worry about becoming an uncle. When fate comes, the child will naturally come. If you mention too much, I am afraid that the long princess will not like it."

Emperor Yuanyou nodded subconsciously.

At this time, Nan Kang long princess's family of four appeared in the distance.

He Jing was fine, Emperor Yuanyou couldn't hide the disgust in his eyes when he thought of the drooling from the corners of Brother Dun's mouth from time to time.

Maybe it's not a child of his own sister's family, but Emperor Yuanyou couldn't like Brother Dun no matter how he saw it.

After leaving the palace, Hua Yang and Chen Jingzong went directly to the Chen Mansion.

Brand new red couplets were pasted outside the Chen Mansion's gate, and there were scattered scraps of red paper left over from the firecrackers on the ground.

Chief-of-Staff Chen Tingjian, who has been busy for a whole year, finally got to rest for a few days. He wore a purple brocade robe today, and his long hair, which was faintly visible in silver, was simply tied up with a hosta., Immortal style.

Hua Yang smiled and wished his father-in-law New Year greetings.

Chen Jingzong was in a good mood, he didn't call his father, he called the Chief-of-Staff, and said a few auspicious words to Hua Yang.

Chen Tingjian is used to it, and just entertains his daughter-in-law.

Not long after sitting in Chunhetang, Chen Jingzong was dragged away by his nieces and nephews. Later, Hua Yang and his two sister-in-laws went to the garden and saw Chen Jingzong playing Cuju with the children.

The military officer looks good only when he moves. With broad shoulders and narrow waist, especially those slender legs, he looks suave when he kicks the ball.

Luo Yuyan enviously said: "It's better to be a son-in-law. Like our third master, he can't carry his hands on his shoulders. He will lean on the couch every day when he comes back, complaining about his sore neck and complaining about his shoulder pain. Sister-in-law, brother?Also like this?"

Yu Xiu said with a smile: "He didn't ouch, but he also beats his shoulders. I saw it, so I naturally want to help him."

Luo Yuyan looked at Hua Yang again: "We both serve the lives of the men, the eldest princess is different, usually the son-in-law takes care of you, right?"

Hua Yang: ...

She began to think about whether she was too close to her sisters-in-law, which made Luo Yuyan more and more courageous, and dared to tease her.

Hua Yang also mentioned the matter of going to Tangshan to her mother-in-law, lest she and Chen Jingzong will not be in Capital City for the next half a month, and the Chen family would think something happened.

After all, Paotangquan was a bit ambiguous. Chen Jingzong didn't show off to the two elder brothers himself, but he inadvertently revealed it to his nephews.

In Guanhe Hall, Wan Yi quietly asked his mother, "Mother, have you ever bathed in hot springs with your father?"

Yu Xiu thought for a while, then smiled and said, "I haven't had a dip in Capital City yet, but I've had a few dips in Ling Zhou when I was young."

Wan Yi asked in surprise, "Is there a spring in Ling Zhou?"

Yu Xiu: "Yes, some big families build gardens for their own enjoyment, and some people purposely surround a few more pools, and the common people can go soaking if they are willing to spend money. At that time, the old lady liked to soak in pools, and every winter, grandma would accompany her.If she goes, grandma will take me here on purpose. It's a pity that we went back last time to mourn the old lady, otherwise grandma must have taken you to soak too."

Wan Yi didn't feel regretful, she was even more curious about what happened to her mother when she was a child: "How old were you then?"

Yu Xiu: "Five or six years old, because soaking in the pool is very fresh, so I remember it clearly."

Wan Yi's eyes sparkled when he heard this: "It turns out that mother and father are also childhood sweethearts."

She knew that her parents were an arranged childhood marriage, but she always thought that her parents never met when she was a child, and they got married directly when they grew up. Only now did she know that the two of them might have soaked in hot springs together when they were young.

Yu Xiu blushed at her daughter's words, and quickly explained: "I don't meet often, but during the festivals, he would go to our house to give gifts. At that time, I didn't understand, and I called him brother."

Wan Yi: "Father is four years older than you. You don't understand. He must know that you are his little wife."

Yu Xiu made a gesture to pinch her daughter's face, Wan Yi smiled and ran away, and almost bumped into her father who just came back from outside when she went out.

Chen Bozong was the same as Chen Tingjian, he treated his son seriously, but treated his daughter mildly. He helped him up and asked, "Why are you running?"

Wan Yi complained: "Mother wants to hit me."

After speaking, he left his father and ran away.

Chen Bozong couldn't connect his gentle wife with beating children, so he naturally had to ask when he entered the house.

Yu Xiu's face was already red, but it became even redder when he asked her.

It wasn't until night, after being interrogated in a special way by the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, that Yu Xiucai explained the conversation between the two mothers in embarrassment.

Chen Bozong: ...

It was all provoked by the fourth child's showing off!

The fourth child has been in Ling Zhou for several years, not sure how many times, but now he just wants to go to Tangshan with the long princess for a few more days, and it is worth turning a corner to pass the children!

Chen Jingzong didn't know what his parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, and nephews were thinking. It was still dark in the first three days, so he woke Hua Yang up.

Hua Yang was very sleepy, and wanted to sleep a little longer, but he looked at Chen Jingzong's brows and eyes, and thought that he, a son-in-law, had never seen Tang Quan, so Hua Yang got up early.

Tangshan is eighty miles away from Capital City. If we set off early and the carriage goes faster, we will arrive at my aunt's other courtyard in Tangshan in the evening.

"Capital City is really amazing people, and there are good things like Tangquan."

The carriage drove along the official road, bumping occasionally, Chen Jingzong leaned against the window, looked at Hua Yang and praised.

Hua Yang put on a disgusted face: "Don't say it out, it will look like you're a bitch, and don't show off to your colleagues when you come back, they may have been soaked many times."

Chen Jingzong: "I am the kind of person who has no sense of proportion? Apart from showing my true nature in front of you, people who have met me outside will only think that I am as unattainable as the rich and powerful children born and raised in Capital City."

Hua Yang: "Then don't show your true nature in front of me. I appreciate the rich and powerful children of Capital City more."

Chen Jingzong stopped talking, raised his chin slightly, and his gaze became cold.

Hua Yang: "No son of the rich and powerful would dare to be so arrogant and rude in front of me."

Chen Jingzong: "But they are all like this outside, including you, they always look at people with their nostrils."

Hua Yang: ...

She turned her head and looked out the window.

The two of them didn't speak, the carriage became quiet, and outside the window was a bleak winter scene, the cold wind was bitter, Hua Yang let down the curtain after a while.

Glancing at the son-in-law who was still pretending to be the son-in-law of the rich and powerful, Hua Yang took out a book, but he had to start flipping the book, and Hua Yang wanted to hold the warm hand stove all the time.

She handed the book to Chen Jingzong: "You read it to me."

Chen Jingzong: "I'm thinking about business, don't bother me with such trivial matters."

After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes with a solemn face.

Hua Yang smiled instead of anger, she wanted to see how long Chen Jingzong could pretend.

The long princess's car was very spacious, Hua Yang asked Chen Jingzong to move to the side seat, she took off her shoes and lay down on the main couch, covered with a quilt, stepped on a Mrs. Tang, and held another in her hand.

The car body was jolting slightly, and Hua Yang, who hadn't had enough sleep in the morning, soon fell asleep.

Just when she was about to fall asleep, Mrs. Tang was taken away from her feet, and a pair of big hands dishonestly pinched her ankles.

Hua Yang continued to doze off and just kicked him.

It was fine if she didn't kick, but with this kick, Chen Jingzong made more progress, took off his outer robe, lifted the quilt and got in.

Hua Yang didn't dare to make too much movement, for fear that the driver would notice.

She glared at Chen Jingzong who was propped up by the quilt: "Young and powerful children will not be rude in the carriage."

Chen Jingzong sneered: "You are wrong in saying that. It is a man, and there is no one who doesn't like this. If you are not married, a real gentleman will pretend to be. If you are married, it's the same."

Hua Yang didn't believe it.

Chen Jingzong didn't care, he took away Mrs. Tang who was in the way, and clasped the two wrists of the long princess.

Hua Yang frowned.

Chen Jingzong: "I didn't move."

He didn't move, but the carriage was bumping, and when the carriage bumped, the two of them would shake along with it.

After a few moments, the son-in-law laughed, and the long princess blushed.