After seeing off Qian Wangshi, Yan Xuehuai told Li Qiniang about the prohibition of alcohol.

Li Qiniang quietly called Zhenzhu and asked about Madam Lu. Zhenzhu told Li Qiniang that Madam Lu was not at the age of retirement, but the emperor had set rules when he was in the residence. The man in the family was thirteen years old, and the wet nurse left the house to retire.

Madam Lu's father was once a two-time magistrate. His husband was a juren during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. After Madam Lu retired, he lived and stole the daughter. Her young daughter was an old girl. After she was born, she was in poor health. Madam Lu kept praying for her young girl. Madam Qian Juren started a private school to teach and educate people, and was invincible.

Many female relatives from wealthy families wanted to use Mama Lu to climb Chai Yan for their children and grandchildren, but were blocked from the door.

Therefore, Chai Yan respected Madam Lu very much, and even Empress Jiang looked at her differently.

Madam Lu has two sons and one daughter. Qian Dalang is Qian Wang's husband. He is five years older than Chai Yan and cannot study, but he is very calm and capable. Among the more than a dozen people who joined the army with Chai Yan, there was Qian Dalang. His second son was the same age as Chai Yan, and he was already a child and had been studying with his father.

After Emperor Chengwu ascended the throne, Empress Jiang asked someone to take Mama Lu's family to Beijing, one because Mama Lu and the other because Mama Lu's two brothers in the Qian family.

Li Qiniang understood that the two sons of the Qian family will be Chai Yan's confidant in the future.

She sighed and couldn't help but look in the direction of her daughter's room. Her daughter's temper, if she looked down on someone, would never give that person a chance, even if she was a chance to please her.

There are some things that the mother is afraid that she can’t stop her even if she wants to.

The next day, Li Qiniang ordered several boxes of bamboo fungus and monkey head mushrooms from the shop she had known before, and added a box of bird's nests to send pearls to Qian's house.

The courtesy is not heavy, but very thoughtful.

Just that day, Empress Jiang called Madam Lu to enter the palace, and Madam Lu told her about this. Empress Jiang smiled: "A mother is neither humble nor arrogant, and she is considerate in her work, which is good."

Madam Lu said again: "The daughter-in-law of a civilian woman has met Miss Yan twice. When she came back, she said that Miss Yan is also a polite and transparent person."

Queen Jiang asked, "Is there anything else besides being polite and transparent?"

Madam Lu thought for a while and said tentatively: "...Miss Yan is a beauty."

When marrying a wife and marrying virtue, the appearance is second. The main wife must be dignified and virtuous so that the concubine can serve the people with beauty.

Madam Lu hesitated for a while, for fear that it would cause Queen Jiang’s disgust. However, in addition to knowing the truth and understanding, Qian Wang’s evaluation of Yan Xuehuai was only praised for her beauty.

Moreover, appearance is not something that can be hidden just by hiding. Queen Jiang will know sooner or later.

Therefore, Madam Lu still said the saying "Miss Yan is a beauty."

She observed her expression and felt relieved when she saw the smile on Queen Jiang's face deepening a little more.

"How beautiful is it? Is it even more beautiful than my Ayan? Maybe, you don't know, Madam Lu, Ayan really likes this girl Yan. In order to help Miss Yan's mother find relatives, he wrote three letters to the palace in succession. When he was in the military camp, he did not write a few words to his home for half a year. Alas, I was worried in my early years that when Ayan grew up, he would be remembered by countless little girls, and they all wanted to marry her... I thought too much."

Madam Lu burst into laughter: "Master Qi is dedicated to you and follow His Majesty."

This sentence came into Queen Jiang's heart. She pursed her lips and said to Madam Lu: "This is also what you taught me well when you were a child."

Madam Lu hurriedly said, "There is a folk saying that dragons give birth to dragons, and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, so you see, the noble qualities of Master Qi are innate."

In the evening, when the emperor came over, Empress Jiang talked about Chai Yan, and the emperor snorted coldly: "Stupid."

Queen Jiang doesn’t like to listen anymore. Her beloved young son has just made great contributions in Pingcheng, so why is he stupid?

The emperor said: "The eldest brother made a marriage for himself when he was seven or eight years old. Forget it, let alone the third brother. Almost robbed the bride. Look at Xiaoqi again. When his brothers were as old as him, they had already married."

"Ashan has not gotten married either." As soon as he said that, Empress Jiang regretted it.

Chai Shan is the second child, 25 years old, let alone getting married, thank God if he doesn't become a monk.

The emperor snorted again and asked, "When did he say he would come to Beijing?"

Queen Jiang sighed: "You gave Zhong Lingshan to others, and Ashan refused to come back."

After Emperor Chengwu ascended the throne, Chai Shan set out to Putuo Mountain. He has not mentioned the return until now. Instead, he wrote a letter back saying that he didn't want the mansion and only wanted the Zhongling Mountain fifty miles away from the capital.

In a rage, the emperor gave Zhong Lingshan to King Fu.

"What does he want Zhongling Mountain to do? Build a temple or a Buddhist temple? Does he have money? Don't he have to spend my money? I have exempted taxes for three years to relieve the suffering of the people. Now the national treasury is insufficient, and there are places where money is needed everywhere. But he is good. At this time, he is still thinking about those useless things. If you write a letter to tell him, it is my order. He wants to build a temple and build a Buddhist temple and go to beg for alms by himself. By the way, you are not allowed to mention his identity when begging for alms, otherwise, I will cut off his salary."

Queen Jiang felt that she could not continue this topic anymore, otherwise her Ashan would really have to beg for alms.

"By the way, today Lu's family entered the palace and talked about Zhou Da's sister."

The emperor's attention was indeed diverted, and he said, "Her sister has arrived in the capital?"

Queen Jiang nodded: "I only recently learned that the sister of Zhou Da family was adopted by a chef named Li when she was young. Li opened a restaurant in the capital in his early years, and later moved the capital. She followed her husband's family to Pingcheng. Unfortunately, her husband's family was indifferent and favored her concubine and killed his wife. Li died of life and divorced her husband's family and lived in Pingcheng with her daughter. Now that the sisters are reunited, they return to the capital together."

The emperor nodded: "This time the Cao Gang went to the ship and worked hard, Zhou Dadang made great contributions to his family. But she was a woman and there was no male in the Li family. I wanted to give me a reward, but I didn't know where to start. Since her sister arrived in the capital, the queen would send some rewards."

It is much easier to reward Zhou Dazhen’s sister than to reward Zhou Dazhen and the entire Caogang.

When the new dynasty was first established, the noble ladies of the entire capital were staring at the empress’s Chaoyang Palace. Which family the empress gave rewards was a huge face.

Queen Jiang frowned slightly, thinking about whether to tell the story of her son's love for her daughter.

Now, would it be too early?

Chai Yan hasn't come back yet, forget it, so let's talk about it later when he comes back.

Queen Jiang also had to ask her baby son what she thought. The little King of Hell was disobedient since she was a child and had everything opposite to them. Queen Jiang felt that instead of helping herself, it would be better to let it go.

Two days later, the reward from Chaoyang Palace was delivered to Qingping Lane. The eunuch only said that Zhou Da’s sister had arrived in the capital. Zhou Da’s family worked hard for state affairs, but had no time to reunite with his family. The queen was grateful for her loyalty and sent him to send her reward.

After seeing off the eunuch in the palace, Li Qiniang looked at the things she gave her silently. In addition to a small number of medicinal supplements, the remaining ones were more than a dozen brightly colored brocades, a set of ruby ​​faces, jade-carved twelve zodiac handles, a box of old ink in the shape of magnolia flowers, a box of lake pens with four seasons carved on the pen poles, and a box of exquisitely crafted palace flowers, and even a set of twelve Wuxi Da Afu from big to small.

Li Qiniang sighed. These are the things the little girl likes. It seems that Chai Yan’s thoughts are really not hidden from the one in the palace.

In fact, Chai Yan told Li Qiniang a long time ago that he could decide his marriage, but Li Qiniang did not believe it, especially when she knew Chai Yan's identity as a prince, she refused to believe it even more.

Li Qiniang sighed again, and she found that she had been sighing recently.

Xiaoman ran over at some point and drilled his little head into her arms: "Mom, are you unhappy?"

I should be very happy to have so many beautiful things in the palace.

Li Qiniang looked at the child in her arms. She became fatter than when she first came here. Her face was round, white and red, and her facial features were delicate. She was a very beautiful boy, but she didn't grow taller. Li Qiniang remembered that Yan Xue seemed to be so tall when she was seven years old.

"Mom is not unhappy." Li Qiniang said softly.

Xiaoman blinked his big eyes: "Does mom think of her sister?"

Li Qiniang laughed: "How did you know?"

Xiaoman didn't answer, just looked at her. After a while, he said quietly like a little adult: "Brother is a good person, he is very nice to his sister."

Li Qiniang was so amused and crying: "What do you know, you little man?"

"I know," Xiaoman said seriously, "There are so many braised eggs in the shop, but they want to eat tea eggs, so they don't take me with me."

"When did this happen?" Li Qiniang asked.

"It's the day before we left Pingcheng." Xiaoman was not polite at all. He peeled the braised eggs by himself, which was so hard, but his brother and sister had to go out to eat tea eggs, but he didn't eat the braised eggs he peeled.

Li Qiniang frowned slightly, Sister Huai went out to eat tea eggs with Chai Yan alone?

Does Sister Huai'er eat tea eggs? How much do you want to eat, my mother will make it for you!

"You didn't go with them, how did you know that Brother Chai treats your sister very well?"

"Once, my sister wanted to sit on the steps. My brother didn't let her sit on the mat, but my brother sat on the steps himself."

Xiaoman said seriously, and Li Qiniang pinched his round face: "Baby son, you are so cute."

Xiaoman's face suddenly became embarrassed, and he hurriedly hid his face in Li Qiniang's arms. My mother likes to pinch human faces like her sister.

Today, Yan Xuehuai and Lu Ying'er went shopping with Zhou Saochen and Wen Xiu. When they came back, they bought a lot of things.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw what was placed in the main hall. Yan Xuehuai was surprised: "Mom, who sent it?"

Wen Xiu whispered from the side: "These boxes are so beautiful, like brides."

Xiaoman ran out after hearing the sound: "This is the reward given by the Queen."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Wen Xiu u say ouch: "Young Master, what are you saying, have I heard it wrong?"

"I said this was a reward given by the Queen." Xiaoman repeated.

This time, Wen Xiu heard it clearly. She covered her mouth in surprise and did not let herself exclaim.

She looked at Lu Ying'er and looked at Zhou Saochen again, but saw the two of them looking at Yan Xuehuai together.

Yan Xuehuai looked as usual and asked, "Who will the Queen give?"

"The Empress said that my aunt worked hard and had no time to reunite with her. The Empress was grateful for her aunt's loyalty and righteousness, so she sent someone to give her these things to her." Xiaoman already knew a lot of words, and he was very eloquent, and even the eunuch's tone of speaking was learned vividly.

Yan Xuehuai let out a sigh. Fortunately, this was given to Li Qiniang, and it was given to Zhou Dacheng, so it had nothing to do with her.

She opened the box and looked at it one by one. Every time she opened one, Lu Ying'er and Wen Xiu exclaimed, and Yan Xuehuai looked at them in surprise: "What's wrong with you?"

Wen Xiu pointed to the twelve Wuxi Da Afu: "The Empress, don't you think the boss lady is still a little girl, young master, look, these clay dolls are not like children playing with. When my daughter was a child, I bought her a pair, but they are not as exquisite as these."

Lu Ying'er blinked at the box of magnolia ink and the carved lake pen. Although the young master had only practiced the characters once in his life, the things the young master bought for the practice of the pen and the things the queen praised were like carved from the same mold. Apart from being beautiful, it seemed that they were not very useful.

Yan Xuehuai yelled twice and pointed at several boxes: "Come here to help, all of them will move into my house."

The siblings honestly and unceremoniously moved a bunch of things away. Li Qiniang then walked out and asked Wen Xiu to put the medicinal supplements into the warehouse. She and Lu Ying'er moved the other things to her house.

These were not for her. She had to keep the brightly colored satin and the ruby ​​head and face for her daughter first.

Three days later, Li Qiniang found a private school for Xiaoman. Her husband's surname was Huang, who was in his fifties and was a scholar. There were only seven children in the private school, the oldest was twelve years old and the youngest was only six years old.

Li Qiniang took Xiaoman over, and Huang Xiucai asked Xiaoman to recite the three-character scripture, and agreed to Xiaoman come to school.

Li Qiniang and Xiaoman were both very happy. Li Qiniang packed a study room for Xiaoman. Yan Xuehuai generously gave him half of the carved lake pen and magnolia ink that the queen admired, and Dazhuang was responsible for picking up Xiaoman to and from school every day.

On the day he went to school, Xiaoman wore new clothes, shoes and socks, and carried a new schoolbag. He followed Dazhuang and jumped to school.

Looking at his back, Yan Xuehuai felt infinite emotion. Who would have thought that the king of a country would transform into a primary school student?

Unexpectedly, when Dazhuang came back in the afternoon, his new clothes were not only dirty, but also one of them was torn.

Yan Xuehuai looked at Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang shook his head: "I asked, don't talk."

Yan Xuehuai pulled Xiaoman over and saw a mud footprint on his new shoes: "Have you beat me?"

Xiaoman lowered his head and said nothing.

"Who am I?" Yan Xuehuai asked.
Chapter completed!