On a simple country road, a large, undersized carriage was lurching forward.
"Hurry up, hurry up, it's going to kill me!"
On the carriage shaft, a middle-aged man with a plump body, fair cheeks and a melon-skin hat was sweating, waving his fan and urging, and kept saying:
"Last time I came here, I saw that the road was narrow and difficult to navigate. Unexpectedly, I brought the smallest carriage in the house and it's still like this!"
"Steward Liu, how far is it?"
The coachman sitting next to him was used to walking on the smooth official road, and now he felt a little miserable.
Butler Liu snorted and said unhappily:
"There's still a quarter of an hour to go!"
"Ah? Is it so far?"
"That's not all! You don't know that the family is composed of women and children, and the house is old and dilapidated. The Marquis wanted the prince to come back and have a look, but I persuaded him to stop. Such a miserable place cannot stain the prince's eyes. !”
As soon as Butler Liu said these words, the coachman only smiled and did not dare to answer.
Butler Liu is the waiter next to the Marquis. He is half a relative of the Marquis. It doesn't matter if he says something inappropriate. What kind of person is he?
Butler Liu also knew that the coachman had a tight mouth, so he said a few more words. The coachman drove for a while, looked at the nearby village, and hurriedly inquired:
"By the way, Butler Liu, what kind of character is our little master like? Can you give me some pointers so that I can serve my master well in the future?"
Butler Liu took one look at the coachman's flattering look and felt extremely comfortable. He didn't even feel hot anymore.
However, he thought of the young man who was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted before he could see clearly that day, and said casually:
"What kind of moral character does this person have? Of course he is far different from our prince! Besides, don't wake me up too early, young master. You don't have to let people say that our prince's mansion has no rules!"
A child who grew up in a country like that must be crude and ugly. How could he be like his noble little prince?
"Yes Yes Yes."
The coachman's eyes were rolling, and no one knew what he was thinking.
As soon as the carriage entered Xiaoshi Village, every household in the village opened their doors and windows in unison, as if they were looking at monkeys.
Butler Liu passed by the door of his house arrogantly, these poor and untouchables!
When they reached the door of Xu Jinyu's house, Butler Liu pretended to cough softly:
"You wait here."
It must be the driver, so Butler Liu walked up carefully to prevent the mud from staining his shoes:
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"
As a knock on the door rang, Butler Liu smoothed his sleeves and stood outside the door with his hands folded in a dignified manner.
The child must be very happy to know that he is the surviving son of the Hou family. He must give him a good beating!
The children who grew up in this place were more selfish than the other. How could his pampered little prince be his opponent?
After a while, the door was opened. Butler Liu looked up casually and looked in. Then the next moment, his eyes widened, his legs went weak, and he knelt down with a "plop".
"Old, old, old Lord Marquis!"
But seeing the blazing afternoon sun shining on the young man's face, his jade-white face shone whitely, and his handsome and elegant face was so delicate that it didn't look like a mortal.
If it weren't for the sickly look between his eyebrows and the pale color of his lips, he would be almost the same as Lin'an Marquis, the Confucian general who was said to be the most beautiful in Dasheng.
Butler Liu was deeply regretful. If the old lady knew about this person's existence, she would probably be held in the palm of her hand and pampered like a treasure if she took another look at his appearance!
You know, although the young prince is handsome, compared with this one, he is really a pearl, a fish eye.
Butler Liu was kneeling on the ground, his eyes rolling around, his mind spinning back and forth countless times.
Xu Jinyu raised her hand to cover her lips and coughed twice:
"I wonder who you are? It's unbecoming to give such a big gift when we first meet!"
Butler Liu reacted belatedly and knelt down as soon as they met each other. He was neither annoyed nor angry for a moment. He didn't care whether Xu Jinyu screamed or not, and stood up directly:
"I am the housekeeper of the Marquis Mansion. The Marquis and his wife photographed me to invite you back to the Mansion."
"Oh? If I'm not a relative or a friend, which house should I go back to?"
Xu Jinyu raised his eyebrows. Although he looked a little younger, his aura was not weak at all.
Butler Liu knelt in front of him, feeling a little weak now:
"That's not true. The government found out that you lost it due to an accident that year. I have been ordered to ask you to come back to the house and show it to the Marquis and his wife."
"I, Xu Jinyu, am a chicken, a duck, a cow, a sheep, and I can just look at anyone who wants to see me?"
When Xu Jinyu was in modern times, because of his parents, he had to do everything by himself. He rarely encountered people who teased and bullied him at a young age, so he had long developed a sharp mouth.
"Also, even the child can be lost. What is the purpose of Nuo Da's Marquis Mansion? Now you come to the door and talk about it, and you want a child for nothing? I think you are thinking ugly. It’s quite beautiful! Cough cough cough——”
After Xu Jinyu finished speaking, he kept coughing. Butler Liu was scolded so badly that he didn't dare to raise his head.
At this time, Xu Xiaomei came over with a bowl of water and said crisply:
"Brother, are you tired? Moisten your mouth!"
Butler Liu: "!!!"
Butler Liu was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood. The only thing he wanted was that he was scolded, okay? !
These rural untouchables are really rude!
After Xu Jinyu drank a bowl of water, she felt relieved. Then he raised his eyes and looked at Butler Liu:
"Why are you still here?"
Butler Liu couldn't help but wipe the sweat that was all over his forehead and dripping down his fat cheeks:
"I, the young man, have come to invite you on the orders of the Marquis and his wife. The Marquis and his wife have always been thinking about you. You see, even the carriage is ready. Let's go back -"
As Butler Liu spoke, he softened his tone unconsciously and pointed to the carriage not far away with a somewhat flattering tone.
Although this is the smallest carriage in the Marquis's residence, it is also made of top-grade rosewood. The whole body is wrapped in valuable heavy lotus silk, with a luminous pearl hanging from each corner, and a colorful web underneath, which symbolizes wealth and luxury.
Xu Jinyu only glanced at it and smiled coldly:
"Return to what? It's really a rare thing under the blue sky and the sun. The dignified young master of the Hou Mansion is going to be welcomed back by a servant? Is there anyone in the Hou Mansion who can talk to him?"
"You, you are presumptuous!"
Butler Liu's chest heaved with anger and he stamped his feet on the ground:
"You are disrespectful to the Marquis and his wife! I will definitely report the truth to the Marquis and his wife for being such a disobedient and unfilial person..."
"Oh, your family has the habit of misidentifying children, but I, Xu Jinyu, do not have the habit of misidentifying children! Please do it! I just don't know, how come I, a son of the Xu family who is clearly recorded in the Xu family tree, disobey and be unfilial to the noble family? !”
After Xu Jinyu finished speaking, he covered his coughing mouth and closed the door with a snap.
Butler Liu was completely stunned. It took him a long time to react and knocked on the door:
"Open the door! Open the door! The young master is ignorant, isn't there anyone who is sensible?! I don't know what sweet words you used to confuse the young master, but you have to think about it, the dignified Marquis Mansion is the one you can offend!"
"Try barking again!"
Butler Liu kept threatening. At this moment, Xu Jinyu opened the door again and looked up with a cold expression. He clearly looked sick, but his extraordinary aura made Butler Liu shrink his neck and hesitate. stand up.
The coachman outside was enjoying the show. When Butler Liu came, he was as tough as a stone in a latrine. Unexpectedly, he knelt down and hung his head.
I'm afraid that this young master will cause a lot of waves when he returns home, so he must be treated with caution in the future!
…
Beijing, Cuiying Garden.
This is a large-scale amusement park that occupies a fifth of the capital. It was built by the four most powerful families among the nobles, Zhao, Zheng, Su, and Ning. It is used for the daily entertainment of the nobles. .
Cuiyingyuan also has the largest stadium in the entire capital, and today is the polo match held once every ten days in central Beijing.
On the court, I saw several young and vigorous figures riding horses, holding bows and sweating on the court.
Among them, a young man on horseback wearing a red turban is particularly heroic. He is seen riding a horse, sprinting past like lightning, leaning down and striking like an eagle swooping down, and the sound of his stick is fierce——
"In! In!"
"The Prince Hou of Lin'an scored another goal!"
Amid the cheers of the crowd, Chu Lingjue, the crown prince of Lin'an, galloped wildly on the field on a bay-red horse. His skin was red from the sun, but he had the unbridled and high-spirited look of a young man.
And if you observe carefully, you will find that his eyes have been fixed on a spot in the stands.
Mother, only I, only this kind of me, can give you the supreme glory!
Chu Lingjue's move made Mrs. Chu in the stands the focus of everyone's attention. The ladies next to her were either bitter or envious:
"Your Majesty's skills are so strong, and he will grow up in the future. If you go to the Emperor, you will be able to serve as a bodyguard!"
"Only Madam Hou can raise such a handsome and talented prince, unlike my little savage monkey who only wants to make me crazy!"
"If my son were like the prince, my husband would not miss my concubine every day..."
…
The ladies talked in a flurry of words. Mrs. Chu nodded with a smile on her face at the flattery, but she could not smile at Mrs. Chu, the second daughter-in-law of Duke Wen Guo who was the first to speak.
Who doesn't know that since the father-in-law's absence, the status of the Hou Mansion in the Emperor's heart has been greatly reduced. How can Ling Jue be considered as the imperial guard with his little three-legged cat skills?
Not to mention Ling Jue’s identity.
Mrs. Chu frowned when she thought of the matter she asked Butler Liu to handle, and couldn't move away for a long time.
How can a child raised by a slut in the countryside get into a refined society?
Mrs. Chu felt a headache when she thought about how many people she would lose because of that child in the future.
At this moment, everyone's praise for Chu Lingjue made Mrs. Chu feel elated.
It would be nice if I didn't have that child.
