Mrs. Qi hurriedly put down the tray in her hand and helped Liu Mingzhi and his wife.
"Get up, there are not so many vulgar etiquettes in your own home."
"Thank you, mother!"
"Thank you, mother-in-law."
"You kids, you didn't say hello in advance when you came back. When you got to the hotel, you prepared just this little meal for your mother."
"Just wait, I'll go and order the kitchen to set up a table of good wine and food for you to enjoy."
"Mingzhi!"
"Hey, mother-in-law, tell me!"
"Ask Yun'er to brew two jars of peach blossoms that Ya'er has saved for you for several years, and have a nice drink with your father-in-law."
"The house is very deserted this year. Your father-in-law drinks alone, and the more he drinks, the worse it becomes. Now that you are back, it's good that he can finally have a drink comfortably."
"Okay, thank you, my mother-in-law."
After Mrs. Qi left, Qi Yun took the two sisters Ling Weier and walked towards the backyard wine cellar.
Qi Run clapped his hands and walked towards the desk.
"Come on, let's have a few drinks today."
"Okay, my son-in-law will go all out today."
Seeing Qi Run sit down, Liu Mingzhi took the wine and dishes left by Mrs. Qi and placed them one by one. He then poured a pot of wine for the two of them and started chatting while drinking.
After finishing three glasses of wine, he hesitated and looked at Young Master Liu who was pouring the wine.
"What happened in the capital has spread to all parts of Dalong. What is the situation in the capital now? Has it stabilized?"
Liu Mingzhi was startled when he was pouring the wine. He thought of Li Baiyu and Li Yunlong, who had made great moves one after another and almost brought the prosperous Dalong to a precarious state. He couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Ten years of hard work by himself and Li Zheng were destroyed in just a few months. How could he not make Liu Dashao feel filled with emotion?
Qi Run looked at Young Master Liu's melancholy expression and seemed to understand something. He drank the remaining wine in the glass and placed the glass in front of Young Master Liu.
"That's all. I have retired and returned to my hometown. I have long been a wanderer in the countryside. It doesn't matter if I don't ask about the matters above the court."
"Since you can take Yun'er and the three of them back to Jinling at this time, it means that things in the court may not be good, but they are not too bad yet."
"Mingzhi!"
Liu Mingzhi placed the cup filled with wine in front of Qi Run and nodded respectfully to Qi Run.
"Hey, father-in-law, tell me!"
"Mingzhi, after the sudden change in the imperial court and the turmoil in the current situation, and after you have been able to protect yourself, I hope you will not forget the instructions of the mountain chief and live up to his painstaking efforts."
"As a human being, you must first be based on integrity. If you don't have faith, you won't be able to stand."
"I hope you will never forget your original intention and you will always succeed."
"My son-in-law understands, thank you father-in-law for your teaching."
"As long as you understand, don't mention the unpleasant things. Come, let us have a drink."
"Yes, my son-in-law respects you!"
While pushing cups and changing cups, Mrs. Qi would lead her servants from time to time to bring wine and food and put them on the table.
Qi Yun's three daughters also brought warm peach blossom wine.
Liu Mingzhi originally wanted them to sit down and have dinner together, but Qi Yun and the other girls were sweating from the rush and felt sticky and uncomfortable. Mrs. Qi led them to take a bath in the boudoir in front of the pavilion in the inner courtyard.
After drinking for three rounds, Liu Mingzhi, with a slightly red face, brought up the peach blossom wine exuding the fragrance of peach blossoms in front of him and gave it to Qi Run to pour the wine.
Looking at Qi Run's slightly drunken face, Liu Mingzhi shook his head and his eyes regained some clarity.
"Father-in-law, my son-in-law has something to ask you, is it okay?"
"belch........."
Qi Run burped, looked at Young Master Liu with a slightly wandering look and nodded.
"Ask, if you have anything you want to ask, just ask. There is nothing we can't talk about between the two of us. If you want to know how old Yun'er is before she wets the bed, I can tell you."
Young Master Liu was startled and looked at Qi Run strangely, wondering if he was already drunk.
"How old is Sister Ya? Bah..."
Young Master Liu hurriedly shook his head. Qi Run drank a lot, and he had reached the limit.
"Father-in-law, do you......... do you know much about my third uncle, Ling Daoming?"
Qi Run shook his head, his eyes falling into memories.
"Brother Ling Xian! I understand him fairly well. He is a great person, but it's a pity."
Liu Mingzhi gently rubbed the ring on his finger and glanced at Qi Run's eyes quietly. He didn't look like he had drunk too much, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then what kind of person does my father-in-law think my third uncle is? When my third uncle's accident happened, my son-in-law was still young, so he was not very impressed."
"So I would like to ask my father-in-law to help me recall my third uncle's voice."
"What kind of person is he?"
Qi Run muttered for a while and nodded heavily.
"If you are too wise, you will be like a demon, and you will hate evil as much as you hate evil."
"It is said that he is so smart that he is almost a demon. The reason why your father's business can be spread all over the world is because your third uncle was behind his back when he was young."
"You should understand that you hate evil as much as you hate it. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have ended up in a situation where his family was ruined because of Prime Minister Wei."
"It's time and destiny. If it hadn't been for his premature death, maybe he would have reached the position of a very popular minister now."
"It's a pity, it's really a pity."
"However, I heard something vaguely back then. It seems that there is something hidden between your third uncle and Prime Minister Wei. It seems..."
"What does it seem to be? Father-in-law, tell me quickly!"
"Huhuhu..."
Young Master Liu looked in astonishment at Qi Run, who was slapping him on the wine table and shouting handsome, his expression became tangled.
My father-in-law's ability to drink is too bad now. He got drunk like this just now.
Gently pushing Qi Run's shoulder, Young Master Liu leaned forward and looked.
"Father-in-law, what does it look like? Do you remember it?"
The only response to Young Master Liu was snoring, and Qi Run was completely drunk.
Young Master Liu rubbed his forehead gently and stood up. After taking two steps, there was a loud roar. Young Master Liu looked down and realized that there were already five wine jars and seven or eight wine bottles on the ground.
It turned out that the two of them had drunk so much before they knew it.
"Husband, you and dad..."
"father!"
The three girls Qi Yun returned from bathing, and Mrs. Qi beside them looked at the two people who were drunk and a little shaky on the table.
"Husband, why did you drink so much? Why is dad so drunk?"
"belch......."
Young Master Liu hiccupped and waved his hands with a smile.
"I didn't drink too much. My father-in-law was happy, so he inevitably drank a few more..."
Qi Yun's pretty face looked helplessly at her husband who fell in her arms, sighed and waved to Ling Weier.
"Sister Wei'er, please help carry this drunkard to his room."
The sun was shining brightly. Young Master Liu rubbed his forehead and sat up from the bed, thinking about drinking with Qi Run.
After a long time, Mr. Liu narrowed his eyes slightly and exhaled.
"Hidden secret? What does it seem to be? What exactly is it? Did my father-in-law not say anything else or did I forget the fragment?"
Young Master Liu stretched out and walked towards the door. He happened to see Qi Yun, Ling Weier, Wenren Yunshu, and Mrs. Qi playing mahjong in the side hall.
To be continued...