When Jiang Yin and his youngest son Jiang Lian returned to the capital, their first stop was not their own Hussar General's Mansion, but Qi Dan's "Prince Zhao's Mansion, which was too small to stretch his legs." After Jiang Xian learned that his father and younger brother would return to Beijing today, he hurried back from Feng Yi County without stopping - after all, his wife's due date was coming soon.
The fifth prince, Qi Dan, had already prepared a dusting banquet for the three big cats of the Jiang family at his residence. As soon as Jiang Yin's carriage stopped, Qi Dan had already greeted him with a smile on his face.
"Your Highness, you are well." Jiang Yin's physique was extremely majestic, and the two steps he took to get out of the car shook the carriage. "Today's meal..."
Before Jiang Yin could finish speaking, Qi Dan already knew what the other party wanted to ask, and he immediately replied: "Family banquet."
"Hehe, okay." Jiang Yin laughed to himself twice, and then walked into the yard with his hands behind his back: "I haven't been here before, I'll go in and take a look first, Dan'er, you and the second child can play first Wait, wait until the boss comes back and call me later."
Even though Jiang Yin now looks like an old man practicing a stall on the roadside, in fact, he has a clear idea - Qi Dan said today's meal was a family banquet, and he immediately changed his name from Fifth Prince to Dan'er. He knew that Qi Dan was telling him in a subtle way - Your Majesty is staring at him and he will not discuss political affairs today.
"Fifth brother, I heard that you were going to help me catch the wind, and I thought you were going to arrange it in Mingyu Zhai! You don't know that I have been living outside the customs for more than a year without being able to eat a bite of fish. I am so hungry!" Jiang Lian However, he was not polite to Qi Dan at all. He jumped off the carriage and shouted close to Qi Dan's ear. Qi Dan is the fifth among the princes. Among his peers, no matter whether he is older or younger, he is called "Fifth Brother", so Jiang Lian also calls him that. Of course, there are some peers who don't call him that, such as Jiang Xian and his wife—Jiang Wenbing changed his name to him every day, and Jiang Wenbing's wife was Qi Dan's cousin, so she couldn't call him brother.
Qi Dan patted Jiang Lian's hand on his shoulder and said comfortingly, "I know you love fish, so I've prepared everything for you."
Jiang Lian's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this: "Invite the chef from Ming Yuzhai here!"
"That's not true. Mingyu Zhai's steamed fish is good, but what you eat later may not be worse than Mingyu Zhai's." Qi Dan said with a smile. In fact, this is really not a boast - Yue Ya'er said that she knew a little bit about cooking. It was a bit too modest. She could cook good food. Although it was not as good as the delicacies on the jade plate in the big restaurant, it still had a different flavor.
The two of them walked and chatted all the way. Jiang Lian was still very interested in the things in the capital. After all, training at the border was very boring, not as lively as this colorful world. Not long after, Jiang Xian also arrived, and he didn't forget to bring some jars of good wine.
Qi Dan himself sat at the main seat, Jiang Yin and Qi Dan sat opposite each other, while brothers Jiang Xian and Jiang Lian sat on either side of them. Before the servants could bring the dishes, several men drank a lot of wine first.
Jiang Yin swallowed a cup of "Family Joy" and smacked his lips twice: "Shan'er, Jiang Chen's case... isn't it a business matter?"
Qi Dan smiled and shook his head: "Of course not. If Uncle Jiang has anything to ask, just ask."
As soon as these two people mentioned Jiang Chen's case, Jiang Xian's expression suddenly felt a little strange - according to his knowledge of his father, it was probably time for him to be disciplined soon, and he was thinking about how to borrow urine. Jiang Lian was on the run, but Jiang Lian had a puzzled look on his face. His eldest brother wrote a detailed letter to his father about the whole story of Jiang Chen's case, but Jiang Yin did not tell his younger son about it.
"Okay, then I will first thank my nephew for everything he has done for Jiang Chen, an unworthy descendant." Jiang Yin said sternly. His words were indeed out of gratitude, but they sounded very unpleasant to Qi Dan - after all, he sold Jiang Chen's head in order to win over He Nan, so for a while he couldn't be sure that Mr. Jiang was telling the truth. The words were ironic, and he hurriedly winked at Jiang Wenbing, meaning, "Have you told your father that I sold Jiang Chen?"
Jiang Xian saw Qi Dan's expression and quickly shook his head, meaning, "I'm not stupid, I definitely can't tell him this!"
Seeing Jiang Wenbing shaking his head, Qi Dan calmed down and toasted Jiang Yin with a glass of wine: "What I did is nothing, but it's a pity that I couldn't save the life of brother Jiang Chen..."
"It doesn't matter." Mr. Jiang waved his hand, "I know better than you what kind of person Jiang Chen is. If it weren't for the fact that his father is my cousin, I would have told him to get out. But then again After all, his surname is Jiang... We, the Jiang family, will never let anyone slap us in the face in vain."
Qi Dan knew Jiang Yin's temper and hurriedly comforted him: "You said that you are the leader of the military generals in the court, so you won't argue with a small Shanhe Prefecture, right?"
"How can I care about this with such a junior?" Jiang Yin glanced at his eldest son: "But you...can't even take down such a small person?"
Jiang Xianzhen is a mute who eats Coptis chinensis and cannot express his sufferings. He was numbed by his father's glare, but he can't confess Qi Dan, can he? He could only say angrily: "This He Nan is just a mad dog that won't eat anything hard. He won't give any face to me, Lao Qi, or Zhao'er... Jiang Chen's fault in his hands can be considered a big misfortune." ”
Seeing that his brother's face was as pale as a pig's kidney, Qi Dan took advantage of every opportunity and said, "Uncle, don't be anxious. Although He Nan is somewhat capable, it's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years. He can hide even in the first year of junior high school." Only fifteen.”
Jiang Yin snorted softly and blew out two puffs of white smoke: "You underestimate me too much. I'm just wondering where such a person has the courage to handle my Jiang family's affairs? I'm afraid there is someone behind this who is instigating him. "
Upon hearing this, the fifth prince said to his heart, "You don't know how brave He Nan is. Even if I was in his hands, he would still do it for me." But he could only think about it in his heart, because he still had to do it. This made Jiang Yin angry: "You mean..."
"Shanhe Mansion...who else can there be?" Jiang Yin narrowed his eyes and poured himself a drink.
The topic was stopped here because Jiang Lian raised a question: "What's wrong with Jiang Chen?"
Qi Dan and Jiang Xian told Jiang Lian the whole story in a flurry of words, but Jiang Lian just ate without raising his head until he finally said: "Fifth brother, don't tell me, this fish is not very good." That's really cool. Can you recommend a cook to me? If not, let him come to my house and cook for me every day."
Seeing that Jiang Lian didn't take his clan brother into consideration at all, and instead kept thinking about taking away the cook, Qi Dan couldn't help but laugh: "That's not possible, she still has to cook for me, and besides, I'm the only one here. Such a maid, if you take her away, I will have no one here!"
Jiang Lian twisted a fish bone in his hand and picked his teeth, and said carelessly: "How dare you hide your beauty in a golden house? Aren't you afraid that Sister Zhao'er will be angry? Oh no, Fifth Brother, you also visit brothels every day. She must have felt that never mind."
Even the sixteen-year-old Jiang Lian used this incident to tease Qi Dan. It can be imagined that Qi Dan's reputation as a brothel master has spread widely. Qi Dan was not angry at all. He just explained: "You Not to mention, I also picked this girl up from a brothel. I thought she was pitiful so I asked her to be a maid here. I can still use her if I keep her, but I can’t give it to you, but if you come to my place for a living That’s okay.”
Jiang Lian stood up slowly: "You guys chat first, I'll go to the kitchen to get a bowl of fish soup to drink, and by the way, I can see who can make steamed fish as good as Mr. Wu, the 'Fish King' of Mingyu Zhai."
Now Jiang Lian had just crossed the threshold, turned around and ran back again. He said to the three of them very seriously: "By the way... about Brother Jiang Chen, I think he deserves to die." Then he turned around and ran back again. He ran towards the kitchen quickly.
Less than two-quarters of an hour later, Jiang Lian, who had a full stomach after drinking, just came back and saw that the three of them had already kicked off and left. Their faces were filled with joy and anxiety. Jiang Lian couldn't help but ask: " What's wrong? Why don't you eat?"
A servant from the Jiang Mansion followed the three of them: "Second Young Master, the eldest Young Madam is about to give birth!"
"Oh, oh." Upon hearing this, Jiang Lian hurriedly followed his family out and said to the servant: "There is still half a pot of fish soup left in the kitchen pot. You can serve it to me and take it back. Sprinkle a little bit. I’m asking you!”
The three fathers and sons of the Jiang family and Qi Dandan took two carriages and headed straight to the Hussars' Palace. In fact, it was getting late now, and the capital had a curfew. They were not allowed to go out at will, and riding horses and carriages were strictly prohibited. But how could these gentlemen care about this? If anyone dares to block the car, even Qi Dan will have to draw a knife and chop him.
The servants of the Jiang family who were driving also drove away, and soon they arrived at the gate of the Jiang Mansion. At this time, there was another carriage driving down in front of the General Hussar Mansion - Liu Wenlong, the Minister of Industry, and his wife happened to be there too. arrive.
"Oh, my father-in-law." Liu Wenlong and Liu Shangshu bowed their hands to Jiang Yin, and Jiang Yin returned the favor, and the two of them walked into the gate of General Hussars' Mansion.
"How is it? Is my daughter in danger?" Seeing several servants and maids in front of the Jiang Mansion looking forward to it, Liu Shangshu asked as soon as he opened his mouth - his grandson is second, and his daughter is the first.
"It's okay, it's okay, the young lady is doing very well!" A maid immediately came up to greet her.
Hearing the news that their daughter was safe, Liu Shangshu and his wife were relieved. However, they did not expect that a loud noise shocked them again - Jiang Xian actually had some Qi in his feet. She ran all the way towards the delivery room, shouting loudly: "Madam, madam, my husband is here!"
Jiang Wenbing's funny behavior that was completely inconsistent with his usual image also made everyone laugh secretly. As everyone got closer and closer, a clear, sweet but somewhat vicious voice came from the delivery room: "Jiang Xian! It's so noisy! When I returned to the capital, I didn’t come back to see my mother as soon as possible, and then I went to drink with my brother!”
The couple sang together, and everyone present, regardless of their status, whether they were close to the two or not, couldn't help but laugh out loud. The four elderly people from the two families also relaxed when they heard her energetic voice: "Look It seems like everything is fine."
What are you afraid of? Just when everyone's tense heartstrings were beginning to loosen, a hoarse roar of pain came from the delivery room. However, this voice did not belong to Jiang Xian's wife Liu Jinjun, but came from Jiang Xian's mouth - Liu Jinjun. She truly deserves to be a hero among women. She endured the severe pain of childbirth without crying out. She just gritted her teeth and endured the birth of the tiger cub. However, her hand was tightly held in the palm of her husband's hand - before giving birth to the child. The pain made her subconsciously dig her fingers into her husband's palm. Jiang Xian, who was made of copper skin and iron bones, couldn't help but be caught off guard by the sudden and severe pain. But in just a moment, Jiang Xian realized that he had to Taking care of his wife's emotions, he swallowed the second half of his scream.
The people outside the door, especially the four parents, were even more anxious, but they all knew that going in now would not only help but disturb the mother, so they could only wait outside in a cold sweat.
"Nine pounds and eight taels, mother and child are safe!" With Po Wen's cry of joy, everyone's heartbeats stopped for a moment, and then the three elderly people from the Jiang family entered the delivery room.
Why do you say three? Because Jiang Yin didn't move. There was also a person beside him who did not move his legs. This person was Qi Dan.
Jiang Yin didn't move on his own, but Qi Dan was held by Jiang Yin's shoulders and couldn't move.
It wasn't until the crowd left the two behind that Jiang Yin let go of his hand.
"You saw it." Jiang Yin said without any clue.
"Yes, I saw it." Qi Dan nodded and answered whatever Jiang Yin asked him.
"I saw it too." Jiang Yin turned sideways and glanced at Qi Dan.
Qi Dan was about to say something more, but Jiang Yin interrupted him with a choked voice: "Jiang Chen's life is not cheap, but it is not expensive either. If his life is used to add trouble to this old dog Li Mastiffchun, I also think it’s a good deal.”
After saying this, Jiang Yin and Qi Dan looked at each other. At this moment, Qi Dan felt creepy all over - he usually looked at others with this look, and it was the first time that he experienced other people's feelings.
The feeling of being stared at by a tiger, crushed by a millstone, and hit by huge waves is frightening and suffocating.
"You... have seen it all..." Qi Dan then belatedly realized what Jiang Yin's "seeing" meant. He was so free and easy that he was speechless at this time and could only stumble. Baba said.
Jiang Yin glanced at him again: "I didn't think about anything when I was your age, but I'm old, so I have to think more about everything I encounter."
"It's normal that you want to cause some trouble for Li Zhanchun and your elder brother. Xian'er is willing to accompany you to misbehave, but it doesn't mean that the Jiang family will be willing to accompany you to misbehave. I'm old, but I'm not dead yet, Xian'er It’s not the time to take over everything from the Jiang family, so as a hussar general and the head of the Jiang family—I won’t let you get the Jiang family involved.”
"Xian'er and you are like brothers, and I regard you as half a biological son, but you have also seen that my grandson, his son, your nephew has just been born, and his wife is your sister. We are inextricably linked. A single move can affect the whole body. You can’t just follow your heart, because once something goes wrong with you, the entire Jiang family, the entire Liu family, and even more people will be there for you. Buried with mistakes.”
"As an elder who has watched you grow up, I can only warn you - whether you have this idea or not, from now on, don't think about it or do it."
"I don't want you to follow your father's path..."
Following... my father's... old path? What does it mean? Qi Shan was a little stunned for a moment, and his thoughts sank into it, but Jiang Yin didn't let him think for too long.
"I will not interfere with Jiang Chen's matter again, and I will even try my best to wipe your ass for the consequences of the entire Jiang Chen case, but I want to tell you - this is the last time."
"If something like this happens again - I will never be on your side."
