Chapter 94
Archer really wanted to ask why Zhou Yuanfang, who was not happy to go out on the streets, went out today and happened to meet their brother and sister, but he didn't ask.
"Where is the prince going?" Archer said this after a brief reminiscing about the past.
Zhou Yuanfang looked at Brother Rui and said, "When you are free, you can walk around everywhere. Where else do you want to go? Why don't we go together?"
Archer was about to say that they were about to go home, but Brother Rui raised his head and rushed to say, "Brother said that the roast duck in Fuguifang is delicious, we want to eat roast duck!"
The boy is greedy and when it comes to roast duck, his saliva is about to flow out.
Archer had a headache for having a younger brother for the first time.
Zhou Yuanfang's eyes lit up and said with a smile: "The ducks in Fuguifang are indeed unique."
After saying that, Zhou Yuanfang immediately sent his eldest son to book a private room. The business of Fuguifang was booming, and it was difficult for wealthy families to book a private room on the second floor. However, Zhou Yuanfang was the King of Yan. As long as he mentioned it, the owner of Fuguifang would naturally provide convenience for the prince. Although there are three princes in the Great Zhou Dynasty, King Duan and King Ying have only come this year, but the King of Yan has lived in Peking for five years. In addition to supervising the construction of the imperial city, he has solved many problems for the people and established himself on his prestige.
Of course, the reputation fell on the King of Yan, and the contributions of the King of Yan were indispensable to the King of Yan, including Archer.
Fuguifang is a bit far away from here, and it is too far to take a carriage.
"You didn't ride a horse?" Zhou Yuanfang asked Archer unexpectedly.
Archer thought to himself, it is rare for him to go out with his younger brother and sister. Is it strange that the three brothers ride in the carriage together?"
Zhou Yuanfang didn't find it strange, his focus was on the latter sentence: "Then I'll take the bus with you too."
Archer looked at the never-ending smile at the corner of King Yan's mouth, and suddenly regretted that he should ride a horse to accompany his younger brother and sister.
Unfortunately, it was too late to regret it at this time. After Brother Rui and Aman got in the car, Zhou Yuanfang saw Archer standing next to him, and he went up without hesitation.
King Yan had a noble status. Aman, who got on the car, pulled his younger brother to sit on the bench on the left, leaving the main seat in the middle for the prince. Zhou Yuanfang came in and saw her, bent down to look at her: "Today, there are only old friends who have been reunited for a long time, and there is no magnanimity. The elder brother gave in to his younger brother and sister. It is worth sitting in the middle with you and Brother Rui."
Brother Rui doesn't understand very much.
Aman wanted to be modest, but as soon as he looked up, he met Zhou Yuanfang's star-like eyes, as if he had a lot to say to her.
The two looked at each other closely, and Archer met outside and immediately said, "Since the prince said that, Aman, you guys will sit over."
Amandu listened to his brother and moved to the main position with his brother blushed.
Zhou Yuanfang sat in the place where Aman just sat.
After Archer came up, the carriage set off.
Aman remembered playing with the King of Yan when she was a child, and also remembered that the rouge box she carried with her was given to her by the King of Yan. However, she hadn't seen her for so many years. She was very familiar with the name of the King of Yan, but the King of Yan was no different from a stranger, so there was an "outsider" in the car. Aman couldn't help but restrain himself. The beautiful little girl was like a cheerful lark when she was smiling. Once she was quiet, she became like a quiet flower again.
Zhou Yuanfang wanted to talk to Aman, but Aman was like this, and he didn't know how to chat with him. Moreover, the little girl brother was watching there, and Zhou Yuanfang, who was too familiar with Ache, also avoided it.
Only Brother Rui is curious about Zhou Yuanfang and asks questions without hesitation. For example, my brother is very good at studying, and his kung fu is you also very good at studying.
Zhou Yuanfang hasn't seen such a simple and cute child for too long. He relaxed without knowing it and talked to Brother Rui endlessly. Perhaps because of his love for the house, Zhou Yuanfang felt that the children of Wuying Hou's Mansion were better than others' homes.
"Where is your palace? Can I go?" Rui Ge'er continued to ask.
Archer said seriously: "Brother Rui, don't be rude."
Zhou Yuanfang criticized him in turn: "Why do you and me have to be so disgusted? Brother Rui can come to the palace at any time."
Brother Rui smiled happily.
Archer decided to go back and must teach his younger brother the rules.
When Fuguifang arrived, Archer was the first to go down, and Brother Rui couldn't wait to run out.
When Archer hugged his younger brother, Zhou Yuanfang seized this short opportunity and quickly stuffed the jewelry box that had been hidden in Aman's hand, whispering: "I just concealed my identity, which made you misunderstand me. I was so angry that I didn't even buy anything. Now I'll give it to you, just as an apology."
Aman looked at him in shock.
Zhou Yuanfang glanced at her and got off the car as if nothing had happened.
Aman's heart was thumping, and he quickly opened the box and recognized the pair of earrings. She liked it and felt that it was inappropriate to accept the gift.
However, when Archer opened the curtain to pick up his sister, Aman subconsciously blocked the jewelry box with his sleeve.
After eating the roast duck, Archer was going to take his younger brother and sister back, and Zhou Yuanfang had no reason to rely on it.
After turning on the horse, Zhou Yuanfang bowed to the three brothers Ache and rode away.
Archer also took his younger brother and sister back home.
The carriage turned into the alley where Wuying Hou Mansion was. Brother Rui lay in front of the window and looked outside. Suddenly he saw a little brother who was even darker than him, and he couldn't help but ask his sister to come and see him.
Aman came over curiously and found a family of four wearing cloth clothes walking by the roadside. The couple should be both in their thirties. Each of them carried a bag, and then brought a pair of brothers and sisters. As the younger brother said, both brothers and sisters were quite dark. Aman also felt something was wrong. Just when she was about to take a look, the brothers and sisters, the 15 or 16-year-old dark-skinned boy, suddenly looked at her, and then stood there, staring at her with his eyes straight.
Aman quickly pulled his brother to sit down.
The carriage continued to move forward, but Aman's beauty and Rui Ge'er's wealth were deeply imprinted in the hearts of the four family.
Looking at the back of the carriage, Gao said enviously: "The same is true for my cousin's children, who have been living a wealthy life since childhood."
Her husband, Xiao Guangrong, nodded. His cousin has become a marquis, and his family must be a good life.
The couple's daughter, thirteen-year-old Xiao Yudie, looked at the torn clothes on her body, raised her head and asked her mother: "Mom, will the cousin take us in?" The family is too poor. She wants to wear clothes, eat meat, and become as beautiful as the lady in the carriage.
Xiao Lu, who was only fifteen years old, was still staring at the carriage.
The carriage stopped in front of a mansion, and Xiao Lu suddenly felt a sense of desire, if that mansion was the mansion of the cousin's marquis...
With this hope, Xiao Lu couldn't help but speed up his pace. When he saw the plaque hanging high outside the mansion and recognized the four big words "Wuying Hou Mansion" on it, Xiao Lu clenched his hand excitedly. So, the lady just now was Miss Aman, named Feng, from the ex-husband's house of the aunt, ex-husband. In terms of relationships, he could call her sister.
Xiao Lu was very excited.
Xiao Guangrong and Gao couple were also very happy! They had known that their cousin Xiao Jinbao changed his name to Xiao Zhen and became a marquis, but at that time, Xiao Zhen was far away in Jinling, and the family of four had no money and had never traveled far away, so they never went to join him. Now my cousin has come to Peking to become an official, only fifty miles away from his hometown Tongzhou. They can come over even if they go!
"This Jun Ye, we are relatives of Wuying Hou's hometown in Tongzhou. Look, my husband is the Marquis' cousin. Please let Jun Ye go and send a message?" Gao pulled her husband and enthusiastically told the guards of the Marquis's mansion.
The guard looked at Xiao Guangrong.
Xiao Guangrong is tall and strong, with his facial features, which is indeed five or sixty-sixth similar to Xiao Zhen, but Xiao Zhen is cold and majestic. Xiao Guangrong has planted it for half his life, and at first glance he is the kind of farmer common in the village, with a rustic atmosphere.
The guards did not dare to make a decision, so they looked at the family of four and asked the concierge to go and communicate.
Su Jin was talking to Archer and his sister. Ruyi, who was already married, came over with a woman's hair bun and secretly handed her a look.
Su Jinxin understood and asked Archer to send his younger brother and sister back to his room to rest.
The children left, and Ruyi said with a complicated expression: "Madam, there is a family of four outside asking for a meeting, saying that they are relatives of the Marquis' hometown in Tongzhou and their cousin."
Su Jin felt a little sad. He remembered that when she just married Xiao Zhen, her uncle and aunt's family came to her. Now that she and Xiao Zhen had just arrived in Peiping, Xiao Zhen's relatives in his hometown jumped out again? Xiao Zhen is indeed from Tongzhou, but for so many years, Xiao Zhen only mentioned her good deeds to her, and never talked about his second uncle's family. It can be seen that Xiao Zhen has a deep gap with his second uncle's family.
"There is only a family of four, no elderly?" Su Jin asked while thinking. Xiao Zhen left home. At that time, his cousin was still a child. Xiao Zhen hated the elders mainly. Su Jin was also more afraid of the elders. First, the elderly were more sensible, and second, the elderly were born with the banner of etiquette and law of "filial piety" and it was difficult to deal with.
Ruyi shook her head: "It's just four, the couple is with two children, and the brother is only fifteen or sixteen years old."
It is not okay if relatives come to the door and don’t see each other. The higher Xiao Zhen’s status, the more cautious he has to act. After being an official wife for so many years, Su Jin also understands the importance of his subjects’ “fame” more and more. It doesn’t matter if the emperor values his ministers, and it doesn’t matter if his ministers have some stigma. Once the emperor thinks that you are useless and cannot find the mistake of being an official, then reputation becomes the emperor’s weapon of killing.
"Please go to the front yard hall." Su Jin sighed.
Ruyi went to the front yard. Su Jin slowly changed into clothes for the guests. When he arrived at the front yard, he saw that the family of four had settled down. The man in his head lowered his head to drink tea, and his face was relatively honest. A woman in her early thirties and her daughter were looking around, fascinated by the furnishings of the Marquis's mansion. There was also a young man sitting motionless, not knowing what he was thinking.
After seeing it at first glance, Su Jin stepped in.
Su Jin did not dress up specifically, wearing a red gold hairpin on his head and a pair of golden pendants in his ears. But as soon as she came in, the family of four was stunned, as if the Queen Mother of the Sky had descended to earth, especially Xiao Guangrong and his son, their eyes were straightened.
Su Jin smiled and sat down in the main seat, then asked Xiao Guangrong and his wife who were still standing in the chair: "Dare you ask what you call me?"
Xiao Guangrong said stupidly: "My name is Xiao Guangrong, and I am Brother Jinbao's cousin."
Su Jin was stunned, Brother Jinbao?
Gao quickly explained: "Jinbao is the cousin's previous name. Later, the cousin changed its name, so the wife may not know."
Su Jin suddenly realized that Xiao Zhen used to be called Xiao Jinbao!
Holding back on his smile, Su Jin nodded.
Gao picked up a pair of children to introduce to Su Jin, and then taught the child: "This is your aunt, call her aunt quickly."
Xiao Lu and Xiao Yudie brothers and sisters called out to the eldest aunt obediently.
When Su Jin saw Xiao Guangrong's face, she believed that the family was a real relative. She smiled and greeted him: "Are the two elders in the family okay?"
Xiao Guangrong's expression became dim.
Gao took out the coarse cloth handkerchief that was washed white, lowered his head to wipe his tears and choked, "My father-in-law's life is miserable. In the early years, the two elders all went there, and we were only four of us left in the family. The harvest in the past few years is not good, so we really can't survive, so we have a shameless face to join you and your cousin."
Speaking of this, Gao pulled the children and knelt down at Su Jin: "Cousin-law, you are a compassionate Bodhisattva, please take our family in there!"
Chapter completed!