Once upon a time, he had the same mentality and was so carefree. Even if he physically traveled to the Ming Dynasty, he could still be a carefree person.
But why did he choose to take this path and save the Ma family? Was it because of family honor? Or was it because of blood ties?
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly, maybe because of those two reasons, or maybe because he was destined to suffer this fate.
...
Bei Ming Shuangxue suddenly appeared next to Ma Xiaoquan and rested her head gently on his shoulder.
"Hmm~~ It's you..." Ma Xiaoquan reached out and touched Beiming Shuangxue's tender face.
"Hmm~~What are you thinking about?" Beiming Shuangxue asked.
"I'm thinking... I'm going to leave the capital like this and drag you to go to the border with me. Is it right or wrong..."
"Why do you think so?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled, walked to the desk, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, and then said: "Because I have never been idle since I came here... In fact, my original intention of coming to this era is,
Just to complete the mission, just to find what I want, and then leave..." Ma Xiaoquan said, taking out the underground detector from his arms and gently placing it on the desk.
Beiming Shuangxue stepped forward, held the underground detector in his hand and examined it for a while, then put it down, shook his head and said, "I don't understand, is this why you came here?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded truthfully: "Yes, in the beginning, I did come here for this, but when I got here, I realized that if I fight alone, I really have no way to complete this task... But
I really didn’t think about any identity. For example, I really didn’t think about the current deacon of the Imperial Guard. However, what I didn’t expect was that the dead Fourth Master Ma looked exactly like me, so I had a strange combination of circumstances.
I made the mistake of becoming the fourth young master of the Ma family, and until now..."
Beiming Shuangxue walked up to Ma Xiaoquan, looked at him, and murmured: "So, you didn't expect to marry me after you met me?"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his scalp in embarrassment and nodded.
Beiming Shuangxue suddenly bulged her mouth, grabbed Ma Xiaoquan's hand and asked: "Then let me ask you, why do you chant someone's name when you sleep with me, including when we are sleeping..."
Ma Xiaoquan was shocked and asked quickly: "Did I talk about it? No?"
"Huh, tell me, who is Ming Yuexin? I heard from Sister Yuer, is she the woman you were in your time?"
"Uh~~ It's true..." Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly, "No, actually she is not my woman, or in other words, she has not become my woman yet."
"Then...besides Ming Yue Xin, is there anything else?"
"No, in that era, we were monogamous." Ma Xiaoquan explained.
"Monogamous? This is the case in this era, but men can take concubines. For example, you...after all, sister Yue'er and I should actually be considered your concubines, right? The fourth young lady of our Ma family,
It should be Sister Qinghan, right?" Beiming Shuangxue said.
"No, no, no...I said we are monogamous, and we really are monogamous, without any concubines..."
"Oh, you mean a man can only marry one woman?"
"Yes~"
"That's it... what a pity. If only I were in your time, I could have you by myself, hee hee~"
"Xiao Mei, you can't have it all to yourself. In fact, each of us wants to have our husband alone..." Hua Yue led Fangfang and Lisa and suddenly appeared at the door of the study.
"Uh~~You guys..."
Beiming Shuangxue smiled and jumped over to hold Hua Yue's arm, shaking her hand and saying: "Sister Yue'er, I hate it~~ I hate it..."
Hua Yue walked up to Ma Xiaoquan with a smile and asked, "Do you think of Sister Qinghan?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed and nodded.
Bei Ming Shuangxue interrupted: "Just now we were explaining Yue Xin again...Sister Yue'er, why don't you ask your husband to go back and get a picture of Ming Yue Xin? Let's compare it and see what it is like.
We are good-looking, but Ming Yuexin is still good-looking."
Beautiful women are very confident in their looks, especially when they hear that the man they love is still thinking about other women, women will always start competing on their looks first.
Ma Xiaoquan quickly waved his hand and begged for mercy: "Please, please spare me. I have hardly mentioned Mingyue Xin's matter, but why do you always mention it in front of me..."
The four girls looked at each other and said in unison: "Because you always talk about that name when you sleep with us!"
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, lowered his head guiltily, and murmured: "No, I really have to be like this?"
"Yes!" The four girls said in unison again.
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head, shouted and said: "Okay, okay, I won't say it any more. Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve. Let's go to bed early. We will be busy tomorrow." After that, Ma Xiaoquan made a decision.
You all went back to sleep.
Beiming Shuangxue grabbed Ma Xiaoquan and said, "Ms. sir, you haven't touched me for a long time..."
Lisa also blushed and nodded in agreement.
Fangfang didn't speak at all, but she pulled Ma Xiaoquan's sleeve like Beiming Shuangxue did.
Hua Yue did not participate because she was pregnant, but she also made it clear that she wanted to take a look.
.......
The next day, New Year's Eve.
According to the usual practice, Ma Xiaoquan had to go to the morning court to see the emperor first, but the three women last night almost emptied him, making him very tired, his back was sore and his legs were sleepy, and he couldn't get up at all.
Fortunately, word came from the palace that there was no need to go to the morning court.
After Ma Xiaoquan forced himself to send away the eunuch who was delivering the message, he collapsed on the ground as tired as a puddle of mud.
Lisa quickly helped Ma Xiaoquan up. Seeing the dark circles under his eyes, she said sheepishly: "Sir, please stop going to rest..."
Ma Xiaoquan hummed weakly and said, "Call me again at dinner time. If anyone comes to see me during the day, don't call me unless my parents are dead."
Lisa held back her laughter and nodded guiltily.
In the evening, it was really during dinner time that Ma Xiaoquan was called up by Fangfang.
With eyes swollen from sleep, I just picked up the chopsticks to eat when the door rang.
When the servant opened the door, he saw it was his second sister-in-law Qiao Yu.
"Yeah, I finally caught up... My dear, your second sister-in-law is here, why don't you come out to greet her?" Qiao Yu patted the dust on his body and said with a smile.
Ma Xiaoquan had no choice but to put down his chopsticks and go out to meet him. When he saw her, he found that Qiao Yu was still leading her and her second brother Ma Yuan's daughter.
It's been a while since I last saw the little girl, and she has grown a lot taller. Her appearance also takes after her father and mother. She is very slender and a standard beauty.
"Fourth uncle..." When the little girl saw Ma Xiaoquan, she happily opened her two little hands and rushed towards Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan squatted down and held the little girl in his arms. He was just about to lift her up, but he couldn't use any strength at all.
Qiao Yu stepped forward and saw Ma Xiaoquan's eyes were swollen and had dark circles. He smiled and said, "Look, did you sleep well last night? Why did you play so much? Did you lose your kidneys?"
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes: "What about kidney failure or not? Am I that bad?"
"Okay, I've been here before. I can tell at a glance that your second brother can't get out of bed for three days. I'm just a woman. If all four of your women get into your bed, they will definitely suck you dry."
No."
"Uh~ Second sister-in-law, what you said is too direct..." Ma Xiaoquan touched his nose in embarrassment, and the four women around him also blushed with embarrassment.
"Huh? Oh, Yue'er is pregnant..." Qiao Yu stepped forward and gently touched Hua Yue's belly, "That's great. I'll give our Ma family another fat boy tomorrow.
"
Hua Yue lowered her head in shame and hummed softly.
"Okay, okay...it's cold outside, come in, just in time, let's eat together, let's talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to do..." Ma Xiaoquan greeted Qiao Yu.
"Hmm~~"
The main hall was filled with laughter. Except for Qiao Yu, everyone in the Ma family regarded this big dinner as the last one, so everyone was very relaxed.
After three rounds of drinking, the drunkenness that should be drunk has gone away, and the sobering up is still going on.
Mrs. Ma and the older servants of the Ma family had gone back to the house to rest earlier. At this time, there were some young men and women in the main hall.
Ma Xiaoquan walked to the window with a glass of wine in his hand. After politely declining others' well-intentioned persuasion to drink, he shook the glass, thinking of Ming Yue Xin and Li Qinghan in his mind.
Qiao Yu also walked to Ma Xiaoquan with a wine glass and asked in a low voice: "Do you think of Sister Qinghan?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed and said, "I don't know if she is okay."
"Perhaps Sister Qinghan has already forgiven you, but she can't see you anymore because of other things..."
"It would be just as my second sister-in-law said..."
"Okay, be happy. Don't be sad on New Year's Eve. You are the hope of the Ma family, and your responsibilities are still very heavy."
"My responsibility..." Ma Xiaoquan looked at the night sky and said nothing for a long time...
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In a mysterious palace somewhere.
Li Qinghan held the wine glass and gently took a sip of the water in the glass.
The fire spirit Xiaoshuang was flying around in the hall, having a great time.
Zhao Wenyi sat under Li Qinghan's right hand. He raised his head and looked at Li Qinghan who was sitting on the seat of the Goddess of Fire. His heart was instantly filled with admiration.
"Qinghan...what are you thinking about?" Zhao Wenyi asked softly.
Li Qinghan came back to his senses, put down his wine glass, and said with a smile: "I didn't think about anything..."
Zhao Wenyi knew that Li Qinghan was thinking about Ma Xiaoquan, but he couldn't mention it because he was afraid that if he brought it up, Li Qinghan would think more about it, so he changed the subject and said: "Today is New Year's Eve, and it is very lively outside. Those believers are all
Waiting for you to go out, Qinghan, I really admire you. This is the 30th of this year, and it is only after you came that my father agreed to add a holiday. In the past, there was no such thing..."
"Hmm~" Li Qinghan hummed thoughtfully, with a very cold attitude.
Zhao Wenyi frowned, and jealousy arose in his heart. He gritted his teeth and said: "Qinghan, am I, Zhao Wenyi, no better than Ma Xiaoquan? What's so good about him? Why, why do you still miss him? I love you, I
Don’t you feel my love for you at all?”
Li Qinghan looked at Zhao Wenyi and said, "I know how good you are to me, but please don't mention Ma Xiaoquan in front of me again. This has nothing to do with him."
"It doesn't matter? Haha, how can it not matter... Qinghan, I've figured it out, you can only accept me if Ma Xiaoquan dies." After that, Zhao Wenyi stood up, tossed his sleeves and left.
...
Beside Li Qinghan, a woman in gorgeous clothes stepped forward and said, "Madam, Master Wenyi is going to attack Lord Vulcan? Do you want us to protect him..."
Li Qinghan stretched out his hand to stop: "No, if he can withstand such a small hardship, he has the responsibility to protect himself and the people around him... This is his responsibility...
...No one can help him."
"Your Majesty..." the woman in gorgeous clothes asked carefully, "You still love the God of Fire, right?"
Li Qinghan's delicate body trembled slightly but said nothing.
"Your Majesty...Actually, if there was no Fire God, would you accept Mr. Wenyi? Chan'er has never seen a man who can be so attentive to the Queen... Chan'er heard that Wen Yi
Mr. Yi has never been attracted to any woman before, but since the arrival of the empress, Mr. Wenyi has been uncharacteristically infatuated with the empress... Your Majesty, you are so powerful. You have done nothing but let Wen Yi
The young master is so infatuated with the empress. If there is a man who is so infatuated with Chan'er, Chan'er will be moved to death..."
Li Qinghan smiled slightly and said: "Really? Maybe... Well, everyone outside is here, right? It's time for us to go out, don't keep everyone waiting too long." After that,
Li Qinghan raised his head and shouted to Xiaoshuang, the fire spirit, who was flying and playing above the hall, "Xiaoshuang, you've had enough fun, it's time to come down."
Li Qinghan stretched out his hand, and Huoling Xiaoshuang whined and swooped down.
The guards and maids around Li Qinghan were so frightened that they quickly avoided it. Others didn't know it, but they knew how powerful the fire spirit was.
When Xiaoshuang rushed in front of Li Qinghan, she suddenly stopped, and like a well-behaved girl, she naughtily flew back and forth around Li Qinghan.
"Naughty..." Li Qinghan murmured softly, flicked his red cloak, and walked slowly outside the hall.
Xiao Shuang whined and followed slowly.
.......
The moment Li Qinghan walked out, the believers standing outside the temple knelt down neatly, with each person's left hand lying on their chest, with a look of incomparable reverence in their eyes.
Li Qinghan did not speak, but moved his thoughts slightly.
Fire Spirit Xiaoshuang suddenly rose slowly from the back of her neck, and the dark blue flame body exploded instantly like a fire bomb. In just a blink of an eye, blue flames covered the entire visible range.
"Go..." Li Qinghan gave a gentle command, and the wisps of flames rushed towards the group of kneeling devout believers...
Every trace of flame fell accurately on each believer, and disappeared into their bodies in the blink of an eye.
The believers' eyes seemed to be wandering as if they had eaten something.
The next moment, the believers suddenly bowed respectfully to Li Qinghan, seemingly driven by something.
When the believers knelt down and worshiped, a light blue flame slowly rose from the back of their necks. Then the flames left the believers' bodies and wanted to fly up to the top of their heads.
Countless flame seedlings gradually gathered together and slowly formed a flame girl.
Fire Spirit——Xiaoshuang.
"Hail God of Fire..." The believers knelt down and worshiped Li Qinghan devoutly.
Looking at the pious expressions of the believers in front of him, Li Qinghan closed his eyes, and the voice and smile of a man slowly emerged in his mind.
"Ma Xiaoquan...Ma Xiaoquan...I hate you, I love you...I hate you, but I love you...Will we meet again? You
Will you come to me? Will you still remember me? Remember me..."