Mrs. Ning took out another red envelope and gave it to Yan Ning.
After Yan Ning accepted it, she hugged Mrs. Ning again and said with a sweet smile: "Thank you, grandma. Although I am no longer a child, my childlike innocence is still there, and I will not be polite when accepting red envelopes."
Mrs. Ning smiled and said, "No matter how old you are, you are still a child in the eyes of your grandmother."
Master Ning also took out two red envelopes and handed one to Yan Lang and the other to Yan Ning.
After the two received the red envelope, Yan Ning said: "Grandpa, grandma, I will take Yan Lang to meet the uncle's family and the third uncle's family first. After meeting, I will come over to accompany you."
Mrs. Ning said: "You go to your third uncle's place first. They are going to your third aunt's natal home in Pingjin this year to celebrate the New Year. They were supposed to leave in the morning, but after receiving your invitation, they wanted to meet you and Yan Lang.
, just waiting in the yard, after seeing you, it's time for them to leave."
Yan Ning knew the habits of her third uncle's family, because her third aunt was from Pingjin, and her third uncle loved her very much. Normally, her third aunt couldn't go back to her parents' home, so she looked forward to going back during the Chinese New Year to spend a reunion with her parents and brothers, but
As a married woman, how can I go back to my natal family to celebrate the New Year? So I got into the habit of celebrating the New Year at Ning’s family one year and at my natal family the other year.
It seems that this year it is my turn to go to Pingjin to celebrate the New Year.
Yan Ning said: "Okay, I will take Yan Lang to his third uncle's place first."
Mrs. Ning nodded: "I didn't know before that you could come home to celebrate the New Year after leaving the palace. Otherwise, your third uncle and his family would not have gone to Pingjin to celebrate the New Year. They should have spent the first day of the new year with you at Ning's house."
Yan Ning did not notify them in advance. She also did not calculate whether her third uncle and his family would celebrate the New Year at Ning's house or go to Pingjin this year. It didn't matter if they couldn't spend the New Year together. There would still be a chance to have dinner together after the new year.
Yan Ning said: "I know, it's also my fault. I didn't tell you in advance that I was leaving the palace. I just didn't want to disrupt your plans, so I didn't tell you. Fortunately, we can still have dinner together after the new year. Well, grandma
, I won’t tell you anymore, my third uncle’s family must be in a hurry, so I’ll go over and see them first, without delaying their departure.”
Mrs. Ning waved her hand: "Go." She thought of something and asked again: "Would you like to eat here at noon?"
Yan Ning said: "Yes."
Mrs. Ning thought of the king, quietly took Yan Ning's hand, and whispered: "Your Majesty, will you stay for lunch too?"
To be honest, Yan Ning didn't know whether the king would stay or not.
Before coming to Ning's house, she said she would have dinner here at noon, but the king did not express his position.
Yan Ning thought for a while and whispered: "Grandma, I'm not sure. I'll ask Your Majesty and then come back and talk to you."
Yan Ning walked up to Qi Hengyuan and asked him if he would stay for lunch.
Qi Hengyuan narrowed his eyes and asked her: "Will you stay?"
Yan Ning said: "Of course I will keep it."
Qi Hengyuan said: "You are staying and letting me go alone?"
Yan Ning raised her head and looked at him. After understanding what he meant, she said with a smile: "I want to ask clearly. I'm afraid that my husband, you will have to go back to accompany the Crown Princess..."
"I'll be with you today at noon."
"..."
It's obviously not a word of love, but it just sounds like it means doting.
I don’t know what happened to this king.
Are you addicted to flirting with her?
Yan Ning coughed: "I know."
She ran back and told Mrs. Ning that the king wanted to stay for lunch. Mrs. Ning said she understood, and Yan Ning left.
After walking out of Mrs. Ning's yard, Yan Ning said loudly: "Let's go to my third uncle's house first, and then to my eldest uncle's house."
The Ning family is not divided into separate families. The whole family lives together, and there are many relatives, but the relatives live in their own places, not here.
The first bedroom lived in the east courtyard, and the third bedroom lived in the west courtyard. Yan Ning wanted to meet her third uncle's family, so she naturally went to the west courtyard.
After they left, Mrs. Ning quickly sent Mother Hua to the east courtyard to inform the main room that His Majesty was coming, and asked them to prepare their lunch meal. She also told Mother Hua to keep intact what the prince had just said.
Pass it to the big room to listen to.
Just now when Eunuch Wang helped Mr. Ning and Mrs. Ning up, he said something in their ears.
The general idea is that the king was bored today and happened to meet Yan Ning. Knowing that Yan Ning was coming to Ning's house, the king came with him.
The king had no other intentions, and asked the Ning family not to think too much, let alone reveal the king's identity. The king would naturally leave after killing his boring time.
After hearing what Wang Gonggong said, the two old men felt much more at ease.
If this word reaches the big house, it will not cause any panic.
Hua's mother didn't dare to delay, so she immediately went to the east courtyard with these words.
In fact, there was no need for Mrs. Ning to send someone to notify her. The He family already knew about it, and it was Butler He who informed her.
Mr. He was panicking when Mother Hua came. After conveying those words, Mr. He's tense heartstrings relaxed a lot.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said: "Your Majesty came to Ning Mansion with Yan Ning because he was bored and happened to meet Yan Ning. Your Majesty doesn't want to make any publicity, so we can not treat him as your Majesty. Is this what you mean?"
"
Mother Hua nodded: "This slave is thinking about it. The old lady asked the slave to come and tell the eldest lady. It should be to make the eldest lady's heart. The eldest lady just regards your majesty as the cousin's husband. There is no need to be too deliberate. That way
It might make His Majesty unhappy."
Mrs. He sighed: "I understand. Tell my mother-in-law that I will arrange the lunch meal and there will be no mistakes."
Mother Hua said "Hello" and hurried back.
Mr. He personally went to the kitchen, arranged for people to buy the freshest ingredients, and watched the kitchen carefully preparing every dish.
Qi Hengyuan asked the prince to go back and bring a message to the Crown Princess, saying that he would not go back to eat at noon and let the Crown Princess eat by herself.
The prince and his father immediately ran to inform the princess.
After hearing this, the Crown Princess was a little surprised and asked: "Eunuch, your Majesty will not come back for lunch at noon, then where will he eat? The Yang family? Or the Liu family? Or Uncle Wang's place?"
"Well..."
The prince didn't know what to say.
On New Year's Eve that day, His Majesty returned in triumph and had a reunion dinner with the Crown Princess. How the Crown Princess treated Yan Mei was very clear to the prince.
Eunuch Wang also knew that the Crown Princess did not like Yan Meiren.
If I tell the truth, I don't know if it will bring trouble to the Yanmei people.
To put it bluntly, even if it didn't bring trouble to Yan Meiren, it might make the Crown Princess unhappy.
After some deliberation, the prince smiled and said: "Your Majesty has your Majesty's whereabouts, and I don't dare to lie, but your Majesty said that he will come back to have dinner with the Crown Princess in the evening."
The Crown Princess thought to herself that she didn't dare to speak nonsense, it would not be in the Yang family, nor in the Liu family, nor at Uncle Wang's place.
If it were at Uncle Wang's place, it would be impossible for Wang Dehou not to dare to say it.
Furthermore, Your Majesty never likes to celebrate the New Year at Uncle Wang’s place, because your Majesty’s father, emperor, and mother died in the war that year, and a very small part of the reason was because of Uncle Wang.
Your Majesty has never been friendly with this uncle Wang, so it is impossible for him to go to his place.
Thinking of someone in her mind, the Crown Princess did not specify or ask, she just said: "I understand, tell Your Majesty, what happened in the morning was not my idea. The ladies brought the young lady here, and I can't do it without saying hello. Let me tell you."
Don't think too much about it."
The prince immediately responded, thinking to herself that the Crown Princess was worthy of being the Crown Princess. Her Majesty did not come back for lunch. She immediately thought that it might be related to what happened in the morning.
Your Majesty is in a bad mood today, which indeed has a lot to do with what happened in the morning. Not coming back for dinner is also an attitude towards the Crown Princess.
The prince returned to Ning Mansion and conveyed the words of the Crown Princess.
At this time, Yan Ning and his party had already visited Sanfang, and Sanfang and his party also set off for Pingjin. Pingjin was not far from Guiyang City and could be reached in half a day by horse-drawn carriage. They could arrive at night.
At this moment, Yan Ning was taking Yan Lang and Qi Hengyuan to the east courtyard of the big house.
After the prince reported in a low voice, Qi Hengyuan nodded: "I understand."
When Eunuch Wang reported to Qi Hengyuan, his voice was a little lower, but because Yan Ning was right next to Qi Hengyuan, it was inevitable that he still heard it.
Yan Ning asked curiously: "Husband, what happened this morning?"
"nothing."
"..."
How could it be nothing? Something must have happened, which made you go out unhappy, and then you met me and had another trip to Ning Mansion.
Speaking of which, what happened in the morning was the trigger!
Yan Ning looked at Eunuch Wang, who turned away and wrote from head to toe: "I won't tell you. Don't ask, Miss Yan. It will be in vain if you ask."
"..."
Yan Ning stopped asking.
She doesn’t really want to know either!
Yan Ning and his party went to the east courtyard.
Ning Xiang means that everyone should go to the door to greet him, after all, the person coming is the king.
But Mr. He didn't dare to make a big fuss after hearing Mrs. Ning's words, so the servants in the east courtyard did whatever they were supposed to do, and there was no difference because of the king's arrival.
Of course, none of the servants knew that the king was coming, only a few masters in the east courtyard knew.
In addition to Ning Xiang and He, these masters also include the eldest son Ning Weize and his wife Tao, and the second son Ning Weiren and his wife Xu.
Six people stood in front of the main hall, waiting for Yan Ning and his party.
Seeing Yan Ning and his party coming in, Mrs. He hurriedly walked out. Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Xu looked at each other and followed their mother-in-law out.
"Yanning, you are here. Have you met your grandfather and grandmother?"
He held Yan Ning's hand tightly and asked with a smile, not daring to look at the man beside her at all.
To be honest, I'm scared!
Who is that? Your Majesty!
In his entire life, Mr. He never thought that he would be so lucky to be able to see the holy face.
Tao and Xu didn't dare to look directly at Sheng's face, so they only greeted Yan Ning: "Happy New Year, cousin."
Yan Ning replied: "Happy New Year to my two sisters-in-law."
Then he looked at He and said with a smile: "Auntie, I have met my grandfather and grandmother, and I have also met my third uncle and his family. The third uncle and his family have already set off."
Ning Xiang looked at the majestic king standing there, his legs were shaking a little, and he pulled the eldest son next to him.
The eldest son asked: "Dad, what's wrong?"
Ning Xiang stuttered: "Just...a little nervous."
The eldest son was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "What's the point of being nervous? Your Majesty is just here to have a meal with your cousin. Didn't my grandmother say that you should just treat your Majesty as your cousin's husband?"
Maybe it's true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. The second son didn't think it was anything. He just thought it was a great honor to see the king appear at home.
The second son was quite excited and said, "Yes, Dad, there is nothing to be nervous about."
Ning Xiang: "..."
It seemed like he was the only one who was nervous.
Yan Ning invited Yan Lang to introduce him. He gave a red envelope, and Tao and Xu also gave red envelopes.
Seeing that the three men hadn't come over yet, He shouted: "Husband, Wei Ze, Wei Ren, you also come over and see Yan Lang."
The three people had no choice but to come over and meet Yan Lang.
Yan Lang recognized everyone in the Ning family.
Ning Xiang, Ning Weize, and Ning Weiren also gave Yanlang red envelopes.
A man as big as Qi Hengyuan stood there, as tall as a mountain. If he didn't say hello, it would be impolite. If he said hello, he would have to address him.
There is no problem for them to address His Majesty, but it seems... inappropriate for His Majesty to address them.
Mrs. He pulled Yan Ning's hand. Yan Ning understood what she meant and said with a smile: "Aunt, my husband doesn't like to talk. Just take a look. I'm a little tired after walking all the way. Aunt
Let's go inside and sit down and have a sip of tea."
This was a step down, breaking the awkward situation. He immediately said: "Okay, okay, come in and sit down. It's time to go in and sit down."
He hurriedly asked his servants to pour hot tea and bring out pastries and candies.
Qi Hengyuan sat on one side and glanced at Yan Ning, thinking, I don't like to talk?
Because of his status as a king, no one dared to talk to him. He really sat there quietly, watching Yan Ning chat with the family, and occasionally heard her laughter.
Her smile is really pretty, and her voice is particularly beautiful.
Qi Hengyuan was originally in a good mood, but suddenly at a certain moment, he frowned and felt like he was looking at another world through one world, which made him a little uncomfortable.
What was even more uncomfortable was that he somehow thought of the night on New Year's Eve when he was having dinner at the Crown Princess's house and Yan Ning was sitting outside the door. At that time, her expression seemed to be looking at her from another world.
Look at the world he lives in.
At that time, was she also thinking that she and he were not from the same world?
How could they not be from the same world? They are clearly people from the same world.
If it is really not, then he will make the no become a yes.
Qi Hengyuan turned his head and looked at Ning Xiang, who was closest to him.
In fact, Ning Xiang didn't want to sit so close to the king, but he was the head of the family. If he didn't sit here, why not let his two children sit here?
Women are even less good.
He originally thought that he could just sit there and accompany him without speaking, but who knew that the king suddenly turned his head and shouted to him: "Third uncle."
Ning Xiang almost jumped out of his chair, his face trembled, and he answered bravely: "Xian...Xian son-in-law, what's the matter?"
"I would like to ask my third uncle what he is doing."
"This... minister... no, I... I am working in the Grain and Grass Camp."
Qi Hengyuan raised his eyebrows: "Liangcao camp?"
Ning Xiang nodded, blinked crazily, and stammered: "Just...just take care of some warehouses to ensure that the grain and grass in each warehouse can meet the standards required by the court. If it is used, it must be replenished immediately, no...
…No…it’s not something important.”
Ning Xiang is not a stammerer, but he will stutter when he is nervous.
He stutters like this, it seems that he is very nervous.
Mr. He is really worried about his men. Can't you talk to His Majesty properly? Why are you stuttering? You will definitely make His Majesty think that the Ning family are not outstanding.
Yan Ning also looked over there, which made Ning Xiang even more nervous.
Qi Hengyuan smiled and said: "Third uncle, don't be nervous, I'm just asking casually."
He asked Ning Weize and Ning Weiren again.
Ning Weize was not nervous at all and said: "I work in the royal military field, but I am not a military attache, but a record-keeping officer."
Each martial arts field has a record-keeping officer, who is responsible for registering the list of personnel who competed and the situation of the competition, and then making a file for easy review later.
There is no difference between the transcribers of the royal military field and the transcribers of other military fields. The only difference is that the salary is higher.
Qi Hengyuan asked: "Are you good at martial arts?"
Ning Weize smiled and said: "No, I don't like to fight and kill, but I like to watch others fight and kill. I think it is very interesting to record their competition."
Qi Hengyuan: "..."
You are quite interesting too.
Qi Hengyuan went to see Ning Weiren. Ning Weiren said: "I just entered Liangcao Camp and will take over my father's job. My grandfather worked in Liangcao Camp before. Later, my father inherited his grandfather's position. I also plan to inherit it."
My father's job."
Qi Hengyuan thought to himself, could the imperial position be inherited like this?
Ning Xiang has been an official for many years. Although his position is small, no matter how small he is, he is still an official and has to deal with the officialdom. Ning Weiren may not have thought there was anything wrong in saying this, but Ning Xiang heard it.
Ning Xiang immediately added: "We either bribed with money or obtained such official positions based on our own abilities. After staying in the Liangcao camp for a long time, we will know everything about the Liangcao camp. When we take the examination for the battle officer, we will be able to take the exam."
When I got to the position I wanted, I was like that at that time. There were records of the exams. Your Majesty... no, my dear son-in-law can take a look at them when he has time."
All official positions in Qi are obtained through examinations.
Civil servants have to take the exam, and military officers also have to take the exam.
Of course, there are some cases of bribery, but they are rare and very secretive. Qi State has strict laws, and those who give or accept bribes are often severely punished.
How dare the Ning family break the law? In addition, bribery requires a lot of money, so they don't have the strength.
Qi Hengyuan hummed: "I understand, third uncle, don't be nervous, I'm just asking casually."
Qi Hengyuan couldn't talk to the women, so he chatted with Ning Xiang and his son. They were either talking about interesting things in the grain camp or about the royal military field.
Qi Hengyuan just went to the Royal Military Arena last night, and he didn't see Ning Weize.
Although the recorder is not responsible for judging the outcome, he still has to sit beside the military attache and witness the game process in order to record the game in detail.
Anyone who goes to the military field will see the military attache and recorder at that time.
Qi Hengyuan didn't see Ning Weize, so he asked. Ning Weize smiled and said, "I was off work yesterday."
Qi Hengyuan said "Oh" and started chatting on this topic again.
Yan Ning was speechless as she watched.
What is your Majesty Qi doing?
Wouldn't it be better for him to stay quiet?
Qi Hengyuan mingled with the family and chatted, which really heated up the atmosphere. Ning Xiang was actually not nervous anymore.
After the lively atmosphere, time passed quickly.
Butler He came over to inform that lunch was ready.
Everyone then moved to the dining hall, and Mr. Ning and Mrs. Ning also came over.
The two old men were old and did not drink, but Ning Xiang did his best to be a landlord and insisted on dragging Qi Hengyuan to drink.
Yan Ning winked at him desperately, wanting him to know that this is the king, not your virtuous son-in-law. Don't act like a virtuous son-in-law!
But Ning Xiang was so happy that he couldn't remember who was so scared to death just now.
Ning Xiang didn't see the hint in Yan Ning's eyes at all. He poured wine for Qi Hengyuan and said with a smile: "This is the green plum wine made by our family. My dear son-in-law, please try it."
Ning Weize and Ning Weiren also added to the chaos and drank together.
Yan Ning stroked her forehead and looked at He: "Auntie, don't you want to give me some advice?"
He shook his head: "I can't help it. Your uncle likes this. If you don't let him drink it, he will have to worry about you."
Yan Ning said: "It's not that I don't want my uncle to drink, it's that... your majesty doesn't want to drink it."
She said the word "Your Majesty" very softly, so only she and Mr. He could hear it.
He glanced at the king. The king took the wine glass and drank the wine like water. There was no reaction after drinking, as if he had an unfathomable amount of alcohol.
He sighed: "That's your husband, please persuade me."
Yan Ning: "..."
He's not a real husband.
If it was a real husband, she would let him drink to his heart's content.
Yan Ning silently glanced at the king, thinking that it was better to forget it, he could just drink if he liked.
Qi Hengyuan's drinking capacity is really good, incredible.
Ning Xiang and his son drank with him. The three of them were drunk, but he was not drunk at all.
The female family members ate and sat there watching, but the three drunkards couldn't stand it anymore, so they were helped back to their rooms by the servants.
He, Tao, and Xu also said goodbye and left.
Mr. Ning and Mrs. Ning accompanied Qi Hengyuan for lunch, and Yan Ning also accompanied him. Yan Lang also sat there and did not move. Wang Gonggong sat next to the king, and Niandie sat next to Yan Ning.
Qi Hengyuan put down his chopsticks, and the two old men straightened their bodies. Mrs. Ning asked, "Xian son-in-law, are you full?"
"I'm full."
"That's good. If you're not in a hurry to leave, you can rest at home."
Qi Hengyuan said: "No, grandma, you go and have a rest. I have something else to do, so I will leave first."
Mrs. Ning was so frightened that she sent him out all the way, and Mr. Ning also followed him in person. He had settled his men, and when he heard that the king was leaving, he hurriedly came to see him off.
Yanning didn't want to leave, she still wanted to spend time with her grandfather and grandmother.
After the carriage drove out, she smiled and said, "Husband, please go back first."
Qi Hengyuan looked at her.
Yan Ning said: "I..."
Before he finished speaking, Qi Hengyuan stretched out his hand to pull her over. Without saying a word, he picked her up and got into the carriage.
The door of the carriage was closed by him, and he hugged Yan Ning and sat on the warm couch.
This series of actions was done in one go, and by the time Yan Ning reacted, she was already in the carriage.
Yan Ning: "..."
She turned around, wanting to ask the king behind her if she could stay.
As a result, as soon as he turned around, he didn't know what happened, but he met the king's face.
Her lips were next to his, less than a piece of paper away.
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