After a brief gathering, Jiang Ruoyu arranged the marriage between the eldest prince and Yeluyan.
They were waiting for Jiang Shuai to take people to the grassland to propose marriage in the spring, and then they would get married after Yelu Qi, Yelu Chucai and others returned to the imperial city.
Nalan Yu also sent a message back to the Tianshan Sect, asking his parents to come to the imperial city to see his future daughter-in-law and discuss the wedding.
What made Li Ye feel strange was that Jiang Ruoyu settled down at the Imperial Master's Mansion without mentioning anything about returning to Ciyun Nunnery. He talked to several girls every day while supervising their practice.
The happiest person was Xia Wutong, who could spend time with her mother every day. Jiang Ruoyu also rarely enjoyed the family happiness of mother and daughter.
What surprised Huangcheng and the other courtiers was that the newly enthroned emperor would go to the Imperial Preceptor's residence whenever he had nothing to do. Everyone was talking about how great a favor it was for the Emperor's brother to return his brother-in-law.
Only the Right Prime Minister Xia Yuan knew that the Empress Dowager was staying at the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion. He followed the Emperor several times in his spare time. The courtiers were even more surprised. They all said that the Imperial Preceptor was not going to court, but even the Right Prime Minister also followed the Emperor to visit. he.
Amid suspicions in the imperial city, Li Ye's family and Jiang Ruoyu's mother and son spent a peaceful New Year's reunion.
On the third day of the beginning of spring, Generalissimo Jiang Huo led Ma Feihu and his gang, leading a thousand soldiers, to the southern Xinjiang in a mighty manner.
Before leaving, Li Ye specially called Jiang Huo over and told them to inspect the construction and management of the trading market in Xiaguan San Town. If they could not coordinate, they would report it to the court and let the emperor send someone to deal with it.
Just because he returned to the dynasty, he couldn't leave the major affairs of Southern Xinjiang behind.
Jiang Huo knew the importance of this matter and promised him to complete it. Only then did Li feel relieved and let him go to the grassland to propose marriage.
Yeluyan was secretly happy thinking that she would see her parents and brother soon.
The most leisurely person in the Imperial Prefecture is Li Ye.
The first thing he did in the morning was to practice sword practice for an hour. My husband watched him put on the Ruoshui sword and asked him about it once. Later, when he heard that he was almost done with the bamboo sword, he stopped caring about him.
After all, Mr. Li Ye had never cared about Li Ye's practice from the beginning.
Li Xiaoxue, on the other hand, came to Li Ye to practice swordsmanship from time to time. She had never been afraid of her brother in her heart, and even Mumu had to admire her boldness.
Ever since she saw Li Ye put on Ruoshui Sword, Mu Mu knew that she couldn't beat him, so she wouldn't take the initiative to find him.
Li Ye was willing to practice swordsmanship with Li Xiaoxue. He had never fulfilled his responsibility as an older brother, so he practiced diligently with her countless times this winter.
However, the peaceful life was broken by the sudden arrival of two people on the fifth day after Jiang Huo left.
Even Ye Zhi didn't expect it.
Even Xia Wutong frowned.
In the early morning of this day, Li Ye was practicing sword practice with Li Xiaoxue in the garden, teaching her how to use her spiritual sense to sense sudden dangers.
The housekeeper who got up early came over with the dusty young lady and Xu Jing.
Seeing the little sister coming from a distance, Li Xiaoxue dropped the long sword to Li Ye, ran towards the little sister, threw herself into her arms, and shouted happily: "Xiaoxue misses you so much, sister-in-law."
Li Ye's face turned red, he put away his Ruoshui Sword, held Li Xiaoxue's long sword, stared blankly at the young lady who was gradually approaching, and murmured: "Have you eaten?"
The young lady looked at him deeply, shook her head gently, and replied: "Not yet."
Li Xiaoxue acted like a master, took her hand and walked into the tea room, shouting: "It just so happens that Xiaoxue didn't eat either? Let's all eat together."
The young lady smiled softly, touched her head, and asked, "Who is here in the house? Are the husband and the wife here too?"
Li Xiaoxue nodded and said with a smile: "Master's wife is sleeping in and will get up soon. Do you want Xiaoxue to call her out?"
The young lady grabbed Li Xiaoxue who was running out and said angrily: "Let her sleep a little longer and we'll talk about it after breakfast."
Li Ye held hands with Xu Jingyun and said, "I've met Mr. Xu."
Xu Jingyun returned the gift and said with a smile: "I don't dare to accept your gift. You are now the National Preceptor."
Li Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "I won't care about anything when I return to the imperial city. I just put my name on it. When you come to the mansion, Mr. Xu, don't call me Imperial Master again."
When Li Xiaoxue heard this, she said in a childish voice: "Yes, my brother is my brother. How can we have a national master in our family?"
Xu Jingyun was startled, shook her head and said with a smile: "Sister Xiaoxue, the Imperial Preceptor is the Imperial Preceptor after all. You don't have to shout at home, but you have to remember it when you go out."
Li Ye murmured: "Please sit down. I'll make a pot of tea for Mr. Xu. Xiaoxue goes to the kitchen and asks them to prepare more food."
When Li Xiaoxue heard this, she ran out of the flower hall as fast as she could.
She had to tell her mother that the little sister was here. This was a big deal.
Li Ye lit the small red clay stove on the table, added water to the kettle, put it on it to boil the water, and then looked at the young lady blankly, not knowing what to say.
"Well, Master and I have heard about your affairs in Southern Xinjiang and the Imperial City. I didn't expect that after ten years of separation, you would be able to lead an army of 100,000 to conquer Southern Xinjiang."
The young lady mustered up her courage, looked up at Li Ye and said.
Li Ye looked at the girl in front of him, who was engaged to him, and his body stiffened slightly. After a moment of silence, he replied: "Well, this is because of an agreement with the emperor ten years ago, so... "
Li Ye briefly told the story of his encounter with the Emperor in White Jade City. After all, it was not a secret. Besides, even the Emperor had ascended, so no one would ask about what happened back then.
The young lady was stunned and murmured: "I didn't expect that His Majesty would have chosen you to be the National Advisor ten years ago..."
After saying that, I accidentally glanced at Xu Jingyun and thought to myself that both our master and apprentice were wrong, but His Majesty was the only one who had the correct vision.
Xu Jingyun nodded, looked at the two of them and stood with a smile: "I didn't expect that the legend in the imperial city that His Majesty hid the Imperial Master in the snow for five years turned out to be true."
Li Ye looked at the two of them and smiled lightly: "Actually, I didn't know that he was His Majesty at that time. We just met once in the inn..."
He waved his sleeves to brush off the mist on the kettle, then carried the kettle and began to warm the kettle, wash the tea, and wash the cups. Just like he had entertained Xu Jingyun and the young lady at the Zizhu Courtyard, Li Ye took some tea leaves and threw them into the purple clay pot.
Looking at the gentle and kind-hearted young man in front of her, the young lady seemed to have returned to Fengyun City some time ago, and she actually had the urge to reach out and touch Li Ye's face.
At this moment, Ye Zhiqiu shouted from outside the flower hall: "You little girl, didn't you say that Wushuang is here? Where is he?"
Before anyone came in, her voice scolding Li Xiaoxue came first.
When the young lady heard Ye Zhiqiu's voice, her eyes turned red and she shouted: "Master!" She ran out the door and threw herself into Ye Zhiqiu's arms.
There are thousands of kinds of flowers, but Ye Zhiqiu only loves his little sister. This is a feeling he has from Fengyun City.
Holding the trembling little sister in his arms, Ye Zhiqiu took out a silk scarf and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, master is here, I will make the decision for you."
In the flower hall, Xu Jingyun glanced at Li Ye and shook her head gently, thinking that this was great, someone liked her apprentice.
Li Yeduo picked up two tea cups and placed them on the table, slowly pouring tea into them.
The spring flowers are gradually enchanting my eyes, and I am sitting in the wind and cloud city.
In the morning light, Ye Zhiqiu looked at the young lady carefully. Seeing her haggard look, he couldn't help but feel love for her. He turned his head and glared at Li Ye who was sitting in the hall.
Feeling her mother's dissatisfaction, Li Xindao, what did I do wrong?
"Now that you're here, stay in the mansion. There are plenty of houses. I'll keep the room you lived in back then. Just ask the housekeeper to tidy it up later. You're welcome, Mr. Xu. We are all part of the same family. "
Ye Zhiqiu ignored Li Ye's mood for a moment and made up his mind for the young lady.
At some point, Xia Wutong stood behind Ye Zhiqiu.
Ye Zhiqiu turned to look at her, gently pulled her over, pointed at the young lady and said, "I heard from your wife, do you two know each other?"
Xia Wutong looked at the young lady and had a thousand words to say. He didn't know where to start. After a moment of silence, he said softly: "Junior sister, long time no see. My master is here too."
The young lady was stunned, pointed to the tea hall and said, "My master is here too."
Xia Wutong wiped her head in the flower hall, and happened to face Xu Jingyun. She was startled, walked over, kissed Xu Jingyun, and said, "Wu Tong has met his uncle."
Xu Jingyun looked at her and replied with a smile: "It should be the common people who have met Her Highness the Princess."
Ye Zhiqiu took the young lady into the flower hall, sat down next to Xu Jingyun, and said with a smile: "There are not so many rules in the house. Wutong and the others are already used to it. Mr. Xu will have to get used to it in the future."
Xia Wutong took the little sister and sat down next to Ye Zhiqiu, and asked with a smile: "Have you eaten?"
When Li Xiaoxue heard this, she couldn't help but giggled and said, "Sister Wutong, how come you are like your brother and always ask people if they have eaten? We are all hungry."
Ye Zhiqiu pulled her to sit down and taught her a lesson: "Didn't a female officer teach you the etiquette in the palace? Why have I never seen you guarding it once?"
Li Xiaoxue looked at her and chuckled: "This is at home, not in the palace."
When Xia Wutong heard this, she couldn't help but laugh in embarrassment. She seemed to have never done it before.
Li Ye didn't care about these etiquettes, but in order not to embarrass his relatives in front of outsiders, he still looked at Li Xiaoxue seriously and said: "It seems that I want Mu Mu to teach you how to abide by the etiquette in the palace."
When Li Xiaodi heard this, she became much more honest. The person she was most afraid of in the family was neither her husband nor her brother, but naturally the sister she couldn't beat.
"Xiaoxue didn't follow the rules again today!" Before Li Ye finished speaking, Mu Mu walked in with her hands behind her back. Only in front of Xiaoxue did she find the authority of being a sister. How could she not use it?
Li Xiaoxue ran forward, took Mu Mu's hand, shook it, touched her belly and said, "Xiaoxue is hungry, sister, do you still have the peach blossom cake?"
Mu Mu touched her head and smiled: "The peach blossom hasn't bloomed yet? Sister Hua didn't make it. Where did I get the peach blossom cake?"
Li Xiaoxue bypassed Mu Mu's question, pulled her to the young lady, and said: "This is my future sister-in-law, just like you, sister, you can be nicer to her!"
Ye Zhiqiu and Xu Jingyun were both stunned for a while, and finally couldn't help but start writing.
Everyone knew that Mu Mu was very nervous, but she didn't expect that Li Xiaoxue in front of her was bigger than her. Nothing was said without thinking, just babbled out.
Mu Mu was stunned and looked at Ye Zhiqiu blankly.
Ye Zhiqiu pulled her over, shook his head and explained: "This is the young lady from General Fengyun City's residence. When she met Ye'er, Ye'er and her husband had not yet gone to Tianshan Mountain and met you... ..."
As if it was inconvenient to say something, Ye Zhiqiu whispered in his ear again.
Mu Mu nodded while listening, looked at the silent young lady, and said angrily: "I didn't expect that you met my brother before me?"
The young lady looked at her and said with a smile: "Didn't I meet you once when I came here last year? Have you forgotten me?"
When Ye Zhiqiu heard this, he also thought about it, and suddenly became a little angry. He knocked Mumu's head unceremoniously and said with a smile: "You remember what to eat, but what are you thinking about?"
Mu Mu covered her head and shouted angrily: "Mother beat someone so early in the morning? Where is Fengyi in the palace?"
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned, but he didn't expect to make a move for Mu Mu. He turned back to look at Li Ye and said, "You have to discipline her well. She even dares to talk back to me these days."
Li Ye looked at Mu Mu's appearance and smiled lightly: "Don't mother know that my sister has a nickname in the imperial city?"
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned and blurted out: "What other nickname does this girl have?"
With a slight sigh, Li Ye said: "Whether she is in the Imperial City or Southern Xinjiang, others call her the little witch."
Li Ye thought to himself, it would be nice if she didn't come to torture me.
