Liu Mingzhi withdrew his gaze, raised his hand and took off his cloak, hung it on the wooden frame next to the stove, and walked straight behind the screen.
Chen Jie was lying half on the brocade quilt on the bed, holding a swaddling baby in her arms. Her phoenix eyes looked at Liu Mingzhi who walked in, with complicated eyes and a trace of imperceptible yearning.
"What...when did you return to Beijing?"
Liu Mingzhi sat directly on the edge of the bed and looked at Chen Jie, who had not changed much, with a faint smile.
"It's been a few days since I've been dealing with court affairs and I didn't have time to come see you right away. Why don't I just come over after I'm done with my work and have some free time.
Come, let me see if our little Lian Niang has grown up. "
Chen Jie raised her hand and handed the swaddling clothes to Liu Mingzhi: "Be careful, Lian Niang just fell asleep after eating Sister-in-law Wang's milk. She woke up and had to be coaxed for a long time."
Liu Mingzhi moved softly and even lowered his voice a lot: "Okay, I'll just be gentle!"
Looking down at the sleeping little girl, Liu Mingzhi's eyes were soft and doting.
No matter what kind of identity he and Chen Jie have, this cannot change the fact that the infant baby is his own flesh and blood.
As the saying goes, love is deep, and Liu Mingzhi loves every one of his children from the bottom of his heart.
In my previous life, I never had the chance to start a family and start a career. In this life, I finally have a happy life and have a family full of children.
There will be a house full of children and grandchildren in the future!
If my parents in the previous life knew that they were living so happily now, they would probably feel sincerely happy for themselves.
Gently wiping the bubbles from the corner of the child's mouth, Liu Mingzhi looked at the little girl's long eyelashes, and turned to look at Chen Jie, who was staring at the child with the same gaze full of maternal glory.
"This girl looks more and more like you, especially her eyebrows and eyes, it's like she was carved from the same mold.
We have another little beauty in our family. I don’t know how much money it will cost just to repair the threshold in the future. "
Chen Jie rolled her eyes at Liu Mingzhi angrily: "There is no point in talking. Lian Niang is not even one year old yet, and you are already thinking about her future marriage!"
Chen Jie didn't even realize that she and Liu Mingzhi were getting along more and more harmoniously, becoming more and more like a respectful couple.
"I'm just kidding, I'm just making a metaphor, saying that our daughter is a beautiful woman, how can you take it seriously!
It's getting late. Why are you still lying on the bed? You don't feel any discomfort in your body, right? Do you want me to find a doctor to take your pulse? "
"No, there's nothing wrong with me. It's stuffy in the room. I just took the baby out to breathe for a while.
The wind made my thighs feel cold, and I didn't even have half a stick of incense before you came, so I came back and sat on the bed to warm my legs. "
"As long as it's okay, it's okay. Just lean in and I'll sit on it and warm your feet."
After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he didn't wait for Chen Jie to agree. He held the swaddling clothes lightly with one hand, lifted the corner of the quilt with the other hand and got in directly. He looked at Chen Jie who was about to retreat to the side and took it into his arms with one hand.
"You already have children, what's the point of being shy about getting closer?"
Chen Jie still struggled a few times instinctively, but in the end nothing changed and she could only silently nestle on Liu Mingzhi's shoulder.
Liu Mingzhi placed the baby in the arms of the two of them: "My subordinates report that the situation at Li Ye's side is pretty good now. Although they have to remain anonymous, they are living a happy life.
I've already had people prepare enough New Year's goods for him, so you don't have anything to worry about. "
"real?"
"I can spare his life, so why should I lie to you about these little things!"
"Yeah! I know!
Is the mother's body still okay? After enduring so many blows in a row, I was really worried that she wouldn't be able to bear it. "
"I went to see it secretly a few days ago. Everything is fine, so don't worry."
"That's good. This can be considered a good result among the bad results."
"yes!
The past is like smoke, why bother mentioning it again, let the past pass.
It happened that Lian Niang was also asleep, and they were just chatting. How about - how about giving Lian Niang a younger brother or sister? You will have a companion when you grow up, right? "
Liu Mingzhi suddenly changed the topic to this kind of thing, which made Chen Jie stunned for a while, before she realized that her cheeks were already stained with a layer of red.
Beiqi bit her red lips and was silent for a while. Chen Jie looked shyly at the cradle on the bedside and silently retracted into the bed.
Liu Mingzhi chuckled, carefully placed the swaddling clothes in the cradle, turned around and got into the brocade quilt.
Outside the room, the two maids who were helping Gao Jin collect firewood heard strange noises coming from the room that they had never heard before, and subconsciously looked at Gao Jin.
"Uncle Gao, are you okay, madam? She seems to be crying. How about we go over and see what's going on?"
Gao Jin dropped the ax in his hand with a strange look on his face, stood up and walked toward the backyard.
"It's okay, let's go to the backyard and build a snowman."
"Okay, by the way, Uncle Gao, you said before that you would teach us both how to master the magic of heaven and whoever comes from the palm. You said you would be able to protect your wife from now on. Now that you are free, you can teach us."
"Okay, but you have to be mentally prepared to endure hardships."
About an hour or two later, Liu Mingzhi, who had been pestered by Chen Jie for chatting for a long time after falling in love, once again acted like a gentleman, quietly left the old prince's mansion and rushed towards Liu's mansion.
"Old man, mother, are you here?"
Before Liu Mingzhi entered the main hall, he started howling at the top of his lungs from a distance.
"Call me your mother, it's like calling me in mourning!"
Liu Zhi'an's cursing voice came from the hall, obviously he was very unhappy with Young Master Liu's behavior.
"Hehe, don't you look at me old man, you haven't been around for a few years. I'll practice first so as not to make people laugh if I'm not proficient at it."
There was silence in the air for a long time, and when Young Master Liu walked to the hall door, a teacup flew out.
"You made me so damn angry when you came back. I won't be dead even if you don't."
Young Master Liu hurriedly raised his hand to catch the oncoming tea cup, and smiled towards the hall: "Prodigal, such a fine fine porcelain cup is worth a lot of money, so you can't save it.
It's great to be rich. Be careful. One day, my young master will issue a decree and confiscate your home and make you go to the street to beg for food.
Hey, my father-in-law is here too.
You and the old man had a good life, and you even played chess. "
Liu Zhian, who was holding a chess piece, looked at Mr. Liu who walked into the hall, rolled his eyes angrily, and dropped the chess piece on the chessboard.
"Why are you coming back? Wouldn't it be better to die outside?"
Qi Run hurriedly tried to get up, but Liu Mingzhi held his shoulders and pushed him down.
"Father-in-law, this child is the husband of Yun'er and Sister Ya. Your old half-son, the rest is not important, is it?"
Qi Run looked at Liu Mingzhi's sincere eyes and nodded happily.
"Hey, I listen to you, good son-in-law."
"That's right! Come here, son-in-law, and give you some tea. As we were before, so we will be in the future.
Just follow the example of my father, an old and dishonest man who doesn’t care about his status or status. "
"You bastard, if you're polite to your father-in-law, just be polite to your father-in-law. Who the hell are you calling naughty?"
Young Master Liu handed the tea to Qi Run and took a cup himself to taste it.
"Oh, when the cold wind blows, my mind becomes very clear and my memory is very good.
On the 23rd, this young master went shopping and seemed to meet a few acquaintances.
At that time, after drinking, I still couldn’t think clearly! Let me think about it, let me think about it. Who is the person you met? No, my mother and mother-in-law are women and have good memories. I'd better go to them and ask them to help me recall things! "
The hall suddenly fell silent.
The corners of Liu Zhi'an's mouth trembled involuntarily, and Qi Run also looked a little embarrassed, drinking tea to cover up his unnaturalness.
The sound of shaking paper broke the silence in the hall.
A stack of silver notes was handed to Young Master Liu by Liu Zhian.
"I heard from Yue'er that you have a good appetite recently, and whatever you eat will rot in your stomach quickly, right?"
Liu Mingzhi put a stack of banknotes into his sleeve without leaving a trace.
“Oh, old man, you are so right, anything you have a good appetite can rot in your stomach.
Once you have a good appetite, why should you just say you are hungry?
Where is my mother, Yun'er and the others? Why don't you see anyone? "
"Your mother thought you would come back tomorrow in the new year, but she never thought that Yun Yatou and the others would suddenly return home, while your mother, your mother-in-law and Lian Yatou's mother went to help in the kitchen.
Fei Xiong said that he would stay longer this time, so the maid took him to the old courtyard to clean the house! "
"I see, I won't delay you two bastards from playing chess. I'll go find my mother, Yun'er and the others first!"
Um? Wait, old man, who did you just say want to stay longer? Flying bear? "
"Yes, he came to the capital from the Kingdom of Jin to pay New Year's greetings to me and your mother."
Liu Mingzhi looked happy and murmured softly: "Great, I was just thinking about how to trick this kid back, but he showed up first.
You guys are playing chess, I'm going to Dongkua Yuan first. "
"Ahem—uh huh!"
"Don't worry, I can't remember anything when I'm hungry."
Liu Zhi'an picked up the teacup and took a sip, looking at Qi Run happily.
"In-laws, let's continue playing chess."
"Okay! Huh? Why are I missing a few chess pieces? My dear, you don't know how to--"
"Is it missing? You remember wrong, that's all... Hey, where is my dragon tail? Qi Run, you stinky chess piece has no chess pieces!"
"Liu Zhi'an, don't shout to catch the thief!"
Young Master Liu heard the two in-laws blaming each other behind him and sneered. He looked down at the chess pieces in his hands and hurried across the courtyard with a smile.
Outside the pavilion in the inner courtyard.
The chirping sounds were mixed with sharp screams.
Young Master Liu's children were running wildly on the grass in the garden with several snowballs in their arms.
In the pavilion, a group of beauties were eating candied snacks and watching the show, laughing and chatting from time to time.
The Queen held a banknote with a half-smile, and looked at Huyan Yunyao opposite with a smile: "After all, the voices of these children are not as good as the noise in a certain palace last night.
Fengyi Palace is separated by a palace wall, and I was so noisy that I couldn't sleep.
After all, she is a woman on the grassland, so bold and unrestrained! "
"Crack!"
"uh-huh!"
"Puch!"
Muffled laughter came one after another. Qi Yun and the others looked at Huyan Yunyao who was being teased by the queen with strange expressions. They stopped eating the snacks in their hands and watched the show silently while suppressing their laughter.
After all, Huyan Yunyao was a new woman, so she was different from Qi Yun and the others. She looked at the smiling empress shyly and anxiously, and her cheeks were immediately stained with a blush.
"You... agreed to ask each other questions to increase the understanding between the sisters. If you can't answer the questions, you will be fined a silver ticket. Why are you talking about this!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. My sister is wrong. My sister is wrong. You just asked me what I like to eat without a conscience. I have already answered you. Now it's my turn to ask you questions."
As the Queen spoke, she held the banknote and gestured.
"What was the first thing Wu Guang said to you last night? I can't tell you that your private money belongs to my sister and me."
Huyan Yunyao was startled for a moment, then breathed out a sigh of relief.
Although these words were a bit secretive, as long as they were not about the lingering love talk about the wedding night, I didn't dare to say it, so I raised my hand to take the banknote from the Queen's hand.
"I can definitely answer it!"
The Queen narrowed her eyes and handed the banknote to Huyan Yunyao.
"What did I say to you without courage and conscience?"
Huyan Yunyao confidently went to take the bank note from the Queen's hand, but she couldn't get it after pulling at it several times.
"Don't be so arrogant and give me the banknote quickly. You've clamped it too tightly and I can't pull it out!"
The Queen's eyebrows raised, she looked at Huyan Yunyao in confusion and asked, "What? What did you say without conscience?"
Huyanjunyao used all her strength to grab the silver note from the Queen's hand, and looked at the Queen angrily: "You've clamped it too tightly, I can't pull it out!"
"Oh - oh - now, here's the banknote for you."
"Ha ha...."
"Kekeke..."
"Uh-huh - uh-huh -"
Before Huyan Yunyao could be happy, she was made confused by the uncontrollable laughter of Qi Yun and the others, and she didn't know why.
"What...what's wrong? Sister, why are you laughing?"
"Pfft...it's okay, it's okay, you continue to compete, we are just shivering from the cold."
"Yes, yes, it's too cold!"
"No, what does your smiling like this have to do with the cold weather?
Junyao didn't say anything that made her laugh. I didn't say anything nonsense. I was just politely saying that my sister clamped the banknote too tightly..."
As Huyan Yunyao spoke, she seemed to react and stood up suddenly, looking at the Queen with an expression of shame and anger.
"You - you - bully me!"
"What's wrong? What's too tight? Yunyao, who bullied you?"
When Huyan Yunyao heard Liu Mingzhi's voice behind her, she flew into Liu Mingzhi's arms like a flying swallow returning to its nest.
"Husband, this old woman...she bullied me!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Huyan Yunyao's cheeks in astonishment, as if they had a fever.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, tell me slowly what's going on!"
