Early the next morning, Xia Houshu asked Yunxi to order the kitchen to make some pastries so that she could take them out later, while she went to the main courtyard to pay her respects to her mother.
Xia Houshu came to Songya Hall where his parents lived, and happened to meet Xia Houyuan who was about to go out. His tall and majestic figure and his seemingly natural demeanor gave people a sense of intimidation from a distance, but it was also inexplicable.
He felt at ease. It seemed that as long as he was around, the family would be safe and smooth and impregnable.
Xia Houshu raised his head and looked at the sky. It was already past midnight. At this time in the past, his father would have been waiting at the palace gate to go to the morning court. Today was not a holiday, so how could he be at home?
Xia Houshu didn't have time to think too much and hurriedly went up to greet him.
When Xia Houyuan saw his daughter coming, he couldn't help but slow down. He first looked in the direction of the bedroom, then looked at his daughter and said, "Your mother is still dressing up. If you have nothing else to do, please come with me for a walk."
"Then I'll see my father off." Xia Houshu understood the idea and followed his father's steps happily. As he walked, he asked, "Don't you have to go to the morning court today?"
"There have been a lot of things in the military camp recently. Your Majesty has granted me permission to go directly to the military camp instead of going to the morning court."
I've been with your mother for half an hour."
Xia Houshu was envious of someone who had been crawling around in the military camp and on the battlefield all year round, but showed such an expression. He laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes. However, he secretly thought that it was his father's credit that his mother did not punish him yesterday.
"No wonder my mother has been in a much better mood recently." Xia Houshu said sincerely, "If my father could spend more time with my mother, my mother would definitely be happier."
"Whether your mother is in a good mood or not is not because I can spend more time with her, but because you brothers and sisters are in harmony and safe."
Your mother told me about it."
As soon as her father mentioned what happened yesterday, Xia Houshu's heart immediately skipped a beat, and she screamed secretly. She looked at her father's expression guiltily, but her thoughts kept changing. Her mother was in charge of the inner house, unless she encountered a major event that she couldn't decide.
Otherwise, the father would not be bothered. So, why did the mother tell her father what happened yesterday? What was the purpose of the father specifically bringing up the old things with her?
Xia Houyuan saw the anxiety on his daughter's face, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Why are you nervous? You think your mother has complained to me and suspects that I want to punish you?"
With such keen insight, he is worthy of being a leader in war.
Xia Houshu saw through his thoughts and smiled awkwardly. Then he had an idea and quickly put a hat on his father's head and said: "My father's heart is about his family and the country. What he hopes for is that the people will be prosperous and the country is strong, the government will be clear and clear, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.
How can you have the energy to take care of the affairs of the inner house?"
"Then you are wrong." Xia Houyuan mercilessly denied her statement, and then explained very seriously, "You all think that your mother is running the family, and I know nothing about the affairs of the house. In fact, you all think
Wrong. Although I spend a lot of time in the military camp, I am always paying attention to what is going on in the house. In our family, there are countless things that need your mother to handle every day, one by one,
If she makes all the decisions, how can you have a chance to breathe? You will only know how to fool around all day long, and you will not feel sorry for your mother."
Xia Houshu's eyes lit up after hearing this. He had always thought that his father only cared about things in the military camp. He had never thought that he cared so much about his mother and helped pay attention to the affairs of the inner house. He quickly complimented: "My father loves my mother so much. My mother must be very happy.
Shu'er must follow his father's example and be filial to his mother."
Xia Houyuan suddenly stopped, stretched out his index finger and tapped Xia Houshu's forehead, and said with a hint of endearment in his reproach, "It's not easy for your mother to run the housework, especially for your eldest brother..." At this point, he
After a pause, he seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to mention these old things, so he smiled helplessly, but did not say any more, but told her, "Don't make your mother angry in the future, or I won't be able to spare you."
Xia Houshu knew in his heart that the words his father didn't say probably meant that after his eldest brother was gone, his mother had been worrying too much for many years, and she was obviously much tired and older than usual. However, Xia Houhu's name was in the Duke's Mansion of Yue State.
It was like a taboo. Even if his father mentioned it first, Xia Houshu did not dare to speak up and could only lower his head and listen silently.
"It's so early in the morning, let's not talk about this." Xia Houyuan sighed, stared at Xia Houshu again, and said, "Ling'er is your third uncle's only flesh and blood. He has been held in the palm of your third aunt's hand since he was a child. Even if I look at it,
I feel sorry for myself. It is natural for parents to worry about their children, so they will inevitably speak a little more eagerly. You are a smart child, so don't take it to heart."
"Father is too worried." Xia Houshu quickly explained, "My daughter has never complained about the third aunt. She just feels that Ling'er has always been a boy and she should take him out to see the world." As she spoke, she stared at Xia Houyuan closely, testing.
Then asked, "Don't my father think so?"
"As the head of the Xiahou family, I naturally hope that the men of my Xiahou family will be self-reliant, perseverant, achieve great things in the future, and bring glory to our ancestors. But I am still a father, the elder brother of your two uncles, and Ling'er's uncle.
. Before your third uncle died, what worried him the most was their mother and son. He repeatedly begged me and your mother to take more care of them." Xia Houyuan said and looked at his daughter again, "Shur, you are still young and don't quite understand how to be a parent.
The feeling of protecting your own children. When you get married and have children of your own, you will understand."
"No, Shu'er understands." Xiahou Shu said seriously, "Father, although Shu'er is not a parent, didn't his father just say that Shu'er is smart? Shu'er also hopes to share the worries of his father and mother."
Xia Houyuan was filled with emotion after hearing this, and looked at Xia Hou Shu with a burning gaze. He couldn't tell whether he was happy or helpless. After a long while, he said, "It seems that my Shu'er has grown up too."
"Shu'er had already given birth to hairpins years ago. She is already an adult. Didn't father forget?" Xia Houshu said with a smile. As long as she could remember, she had been looking forward to growing up quickly. In Boyun
While watching, she hoped that she would grow up quickly, get rid of the shackles of her master's school, and return to the Yue Kingdom Palace as soon as possible, return to her parents, and have Cheng Huan live in her lap. Later, she came back, but her eldest brother was gone, and she hoped even more that she could
Grow up quickly and have the ability to find the truth of the past.
"Yes." Xia Houyuan nodded, "Shu'er is already an adult."
The father and daughter unknowingly arrived at the gate of the main courtyard, where personal bodyguard Lin Qi was already waiting with Xia Houyuan's horse Fei Lu.
Xia Houyuan stopped, turned to look at the gate of the main courtyard, then looked at Xia Hou Shu, and said seriously: "Shu'er, as a father, I can't be at home with you all the time. You have to help your mother keep this home."
Xia Houshu nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, father, my daughter will definitely live up to the expectations of her father and mother."
With a smile on his face, Xia Houyuan waved his hand to let her go back. He took the reins from Lin Guard's hand and flew onto the saddle. While riding on the horse, he glanced at Xia Houshu again, thought for a while but said nothing.
With a wave of his riding whip, he and Guard Lin rode towards the gate of the mansion.
Xia Houshu watched his father ride away before returning to Songya Hall to pay his respects to Zhong Yuqing.
Zhong Yuqing had almost finished dressing up and was choosing a hairpin. When she saw Xia Houshu coming in, she raised her eyes slightly and said, "I just heard that you were coming, but you didn't see you coming in. I also heard from Qingfang that you were going to see your father off."
, which is rare. What did your father tell you?"
Xia Houshu looked at the graceful Zhong Yuqing in the mirror and said with a smile: "Father cares about his mother the most, so he naturally teaches his daughter to listen to her mother more and take care of her mother's worries."
Zhong Yuqing turned to look at her and seemed to be in a good mood, but she said, "When did you learn to be glib from your second brother?"
"Mom, you have wronged me!" Xia Houshu kept shouting, "Father really told me that. If you don't believe it, why don't you ask your father yourself?"
"At such a young age, I don't have a proper appearance." Zhong Yuqing said this, but she was very happy in her heart. She looked at herself in the mirror, and she always felt that the gold and sapphire-dotted emerald flower hairpin on her head looked weird.
Then he took it off and put it in the dowry. He turned to Xia Houshu and said, "Your aunt is coming today. Come and pick up a hairpin for me."
The aunt Zhong Yuqing mentioned was Xiahou Mei, the sister of Xia Houyuan's mother. She was a well-known female figure in the Duke's palace of Yue. Even though she had been married for many years, people in the palace couldn't help but respect her every time her name was mentioned.
In the eyes of outsiders, the Xiahou family has always valued men, relying on their men to fight on the battlefield, make contributions, and shine on the family lintel. But in fact, they also treasure their daughters, especially before Xiahou Mei was born, the Duke of Yue had no girls for two consecutive generations.
was born.
As the eldest daughter and the only girl of her generation, Xiahou Mei has enjoyed the most privileged treatment since she was a child, with exquisite food, clothing, housing and transportation. Under the pampering, her temperament will inevitably become arrogant and scornful of all living beings.
When Xiahou Mei was born, her father Xiahou Xun betrothed her to Xu Shangyu, the eldest son of the Rong'an Hou Mansion.
Both her mother-in-law's family and her mother's family are determined to have a hand in everything and show off the status of the legitimate daughter of the Duke's family.
Xia Houxun and his wife felt that they were ashamed of her in their marriage and could not blame her; the Rong'an Marquis Mansion was afraid of the power of the Duke of Yue, so they tolerated it in every possible way. As time went by, Xia Houxun became even more unscrupulous.
When Zhong Yuqing married into the Duke of Yue's palace, Xia Houmei thought that Prince Gong's palace was in decline, so he wanted to take advantage of this new sister-in-law. She was in the Xu family, but she was always concerned about the affairs of her mother's family, and placed an informant under the Duke of Yue.
In the house, he always opposed Zhong Yuqing and used various words to instigate Zhong Yuqing to embarrass her. However, Zhong Yuqing looked quiet and polite, but she was not a vegetarian. Not only did she expose Xiahou Mei's true face in front of everyone many times, she was stunned and speechless.
, and also gave up the idea of her continuing to interfere in the internal affairs of her parents' family.
Xiahou Mei suffered a loss and restrained herself from blatantly interfering in her family's affairs. But privately, she always competed with Zhong Yuqing, and then turned her attention to the second and third wives of the Xiahou family who came in one after another, trying to pull her away.
They worked as helpers. However, the second wife's first wife, Mrs. Kuang, passed away within two years. The second wife, Mrs. Zhang, was a virtuous man and did not respond to her provocations. The third wife, Mrs. Guo, did not like to talk to her because Xiahou Ze had been ill all year round and needed to rest.
she.
Gradually, Xiahou Mei realized that she was becoming more and more disliked by others in her natal family, and her words were becoming less and less weighty. She had no choice but to vent her anger on her husband, children and servants around her, which made the Rong'an Hou family uneasy.
Xu Shangyu, the Marquis of Rong'an, organized a chat party with a group of friends in order to have some peace and quiet. They drank and composed poems all day, and became obsessed with Wushi San. They lived a wonderful life, but unexpectedly, they were involved in
A case of rebellion. Immediately afterwards, the Rong'an Hou Mansion was sealed off, and everyone was in danger. Xiahou Mei ran around but had no way to seek help, so he had to go back to his parents' home for help.
At that time, Zhong Yuqing was already in charge of the Duke of Yue's Palace. After hearing about the incident in the Rongan Hou Palace, Zhong Yuqing ignored the past suspicions, inquired and mediated in many ways, and used the power of Prince Gong's Palace to help Xu Shangyu clear the suspicion. Since then, Xia Houmei was like
As if he was a different person, he would always go to the Duke of Yue's mansion three or four times a month. Each time he came happily with gifts and left with unfinished business. Especially after Xia Houhui's accident, Xiahou Mei felt the same way.
Zhong Yuqing also cared and commented, just like a pair of biological sisters.
When Xia Houshu first returned to the Duke's Mansion of Yue Kingdom, he also avoided this aunt. However, after many years, she sometimes felt lucky to have her aunt come to talk to her mother, so she hurried over and took the money in the dowry.
He glanced at the ten hairpins of different materials and colors, and finally set his sights on a jade wishful hairpin. He picked it out and gently put it on Zhong Yuqing's bun, explaining: "The gold-inlaid hairpin just now
The sapphire-dot emerald flower hairpin is of the best style and craftsmanship, but it is too gorgeous and seems to take the spotlight. This wishful hairpin is better, it is simple yet noble, and it makes my mother more beautiful and elegant."
Zhong Yuqing looked in the mirror and was very satisfied with the hairpin her daughter chose, so she said, "Your aunt mentioned you when she came here last time. You should go back and tidy it up. Let's go see her later."
"I'm afraid I can't do it today." Xia Houshu said, "My second brother asked me to go to the lake." This chapter has been completed!