Liu Mingzhi withdrew his gaze, raised his hand and took off his cloak, hung it on the wooden frame next to the stove, and walked straight behind the screen.
Chen Jie was lying half on the brocade quilt on the bed, holding a swaddling baby in her arms. Her phoenix eyes looked at Liu Mingzhi who walked in, with complicated eyes and a trace of imperceptible longing.
"What...when did you return to Beijing?"
Liu Mingzhi sat directly on the edge of the bed, smiling lightly and looking at Chen Jie, who had not changed much.
"It's been a few days since I've been dealing with court affairs and I didn't have time to come see you right away. Why don't I just come over after I'm done with my work and have some free time.
Come, let me see if our little Lian Niang has grown up."
Chen Jie raised her hand and handed the swaddling clothes to Liu Mingzhi: "Be careful, Lian Niang just fell asleep after eating Sister Wang's milk. She woke up and had to be coaxed for a long time."
Liu Mingzhi became gentler in his movements and lowered his voice a lot: "Okay, I'll just be gentle!"
Looking down at the sleeping little girl, Liu Mingzhi's eyes were soft and doting.
No matter what kind of identity he and Chen Jie have, this cannot change the fact that the infant baby is his own flesh and blood.
As the saying goes, love is deep, and Liu Mingzhi loves every one of his children from the bottom of his heart.
In my previous life, I never had the chance to start a family and start a career. In this life, I have finally blossomed and have a family full of children.
There will be many children and grandchildren in the future!
If my parents in the previous life knew that they were living so happily now, they would probably feel sincerely happy for themselves.
Gently wiping away the bubbles from the corner of the child's mouth, Liu Mingzhi looked at the little girl's long eyelashes, and turned to look at Chen Jie, who was staring at the child with the same gaze full of maternal glory.
"This girl looks more and more like you, especially her eyebrows and eyes, it's like she was carved from the same mold.
We have another little beauty in our family, and I don’t know how much money it will cost just to repair the threshold in the future.”
Chen Jie rolled her eyes at Liu Mingzhi angrily: "There is no point in talking. Lian Niang is not even one year old yet, and you are already thinking about her future marriage!"
Chen Jie herself didn't realize that she and Liu Mingzhi were getting along more and more harmoniously, becoming more and more like a respectful couple.
"I'm just kidding, I'm just making a metaphor, saying that our daughter is a beauty, how can you take it seriously!
It's getting late. Why are you still lying on the bed? Are you feeling well? Do you want me to find a doctor to take your pulse?"
"No, there's nothing wrong with me. It's stuffy in the room, so I just took the baby out to breathe for a while.
The wind made my thighs feel cold, and I didn't even have half a stick of incense before you came, so I came back and sat on the bed to warm my legs."
"As long as it's okay, it's okay. Just lean in and I'll sit on it and warm your feet."
After Liu Mingzhi finished speaking, he didn't wait for Chen Jie to agree. He held the swaddling clothes lightly with one hand, lifted the corner of the quilt with the other hand and got in directly. When he saw Chen Jie who was about to retreat to the side, he directly held it in his arms with one hand.
"You already have children, what's the point of being shy about getting closer?"
Chen Jie still struggled a few times instinctively, but in the end nothing changed and she could only silently nestle on Liu Mingzhi's shoulder.
Liu Mingzhi placed the baby in the arms of the two of them: "My subordinates report that the situation at Li Ye's side is pretty good now. Although they have to remain anonymous, they are living a happy life.
I've already asked people to prepare enough New Year's goods for him, so you don't have anything to worry about."
"real?"
"I can spare his life, so why should I deceive you about these little things!"
"Yeah! I know!
Is the Queen Mother's body still okay? After enduring so many blows in a row, I'm really worried that she won't be able to bear it."
"I secretly went to see it a few days ago. Everything is fine, so don't worry."
"That's good, this can be considered a good result among the bad results."
"yes!
The past is like smoke, so why mention it again? Let the past pass.
It just so happens that Lian Niang is also asleep, and we are just chatting. How about giving Lian Niang a younger brother or sister? You will also have a companion when you grow up, right? "
Liu Mingzhi suddenly changed the topic to this kind of thing, which shocked Chen Jie for a while, before she realized that her cheeks were already stained with a layer of red.
Beiqi bit her red lips and was silent for a while. Chen Jie looked shyly at the cradle on the bedside and silently retracted into the bed.
Liu Mingzhi chuckled, carefully placed the swaddling clothes in the cradle, turned around and got into the brocade quilt.
Outside the room, the two maids who were helping Gao Jin collect firewood heard strange noises coming from the room that they had never heard before, and subconsciously looked at Gao Jin.
"Uncle Gao, is your wife okay? She seems to be crying. How about we go over and see what's going on?"
Gao Jin dropped the ax in his hand with a strange look on his face, got up and walked towards the backyard.
"It's okay, let's go to the backyard and build a snowman."
"Okay, by the way, Uncle Gao, you said before that you would teach us two how to master the magic of heaven and earth, so that you can protect your wife from now on. Now that you are free, you can teach us."
"Okay, but you have to be mentally prepared to endure hardships and hardships."
About an hour or two later, Liu Mingzhi, who had been pestered by Chen Jie for chatting for a long time after falling in love, once again acted like a gentleman, quietly left the old prince's mansion and rushed towards Liu's mansion.
"Old man, mother, are you here?"
Before Liu Mingzhi entered the main hall, he started howling at the top of his lungs from a distance.
"Call me your mother, it's like calling me in mourning!"
Liu Zhi'an's cursing voice came from the hall, obviously he was very unhappy with Young Master Liu's behavior.
"Hehe, don't you look at the old man, you haven't been around for a few years, I'll practice it first, so as not to make people laugh if you are not proficient at it."
There was silence in the air for a long time, and when Young Master Liu walked to the hall door, a teacup flew out.
"You made me so damn angry when you came back. I won't be dead even if you don't."
Young Master Liu hurriedly raised his hand to catch the oncoming tea cup, and smiled towards the hall: "Prodigal, such a fine fine porcelain cup is worth a lot of money, so you can't save it.
It's great to be rich. Be careful one day, my young master decrees that your house will be confiscated and you will be asked to go to the street to beg for food.
Hey, my father-in-law is here too.
You and the old man had a good life, and you even played chess."
Liu Zhian, who was holding a chess piece, looked at Mr. Liu who walked into the hall, rolled his eyes angrily, and dropped the chess piece on the chessboard.
"Why are you coming back? Wouldn't it be better to die outside?"
Qi Run hurriedly tried to get up, but Liu Mingzhi held his shoulders and pushed him down.
"Father-in-law, this child is the husband of Yun'er and Sister Ya. Your old half-son, the rest is not important, is it?"
Qi Run looked at Liu Mingzhi's sincere eyes and nodded happily.
"Hey, I listen to you, good son-in-law."
"That's right! Come here, son-in-law, and give you some tea. How we were before will be what we will be in the future.
Just follow the example of my father, an old and dishonest man who doesn’t care about his status or status."
"You bastard, if you're polite to your father-in-law, just be polite to your father-in-law. Who the hell are you calling naughty?"
Young Master Liu handed the tea to Qi Run and took a cup himself to taste it.
"Oh, when the cold wind blows, my mind becomes very clear and my memory is very good.
On the 23rd, young master Ben went shopping and seemed to meet a few acquaintances.
I was drunk and couldn’t think clearly at that time! Let me think about it, let me think about it carefully. Who is the person I met? No, my mother and mother-in-law are women, they are careful and have good memories.
It’s better to go ask them and help me recall things!"
The hall suddenly fell silent.
The corners of Liu Zhi'an's mouth trembled involuntarily, and Qi Run also looked a little embarrassed, drinking tea to cover up his unnaturalness.
The sound of shaking paper broke the silence in the hall.
A stack of silver notes was handed to Young Master Liu by Liu Zhian.
"I heard from Yue'er that you have a good appetite recently, and whatever you eat will rot in your stomach quickly, right?"
Liu Mingzhi put a stack of banknotes into his sleeve without leaving a trace.
"Oh, old man, you are so right, anything you have a good appetite can rot in your stomach.
To be continued...