May 16th, the third year of Taiping.
Liu Dashao, Song Qing and others, who worked hard and trudged across mountains and rivers, finally quietly returned to the capital on the morning of the 16th.
Young Master Liu, who went to the cabinet to meet with Xia Gongming, inevitably received a lot of complaints from Old Xia Tou.
Young Master Liu, who was obviously a monarch, licked his face and apologized to Xia Gongming, an old minister, for a long time before the matter gradually came to an end.
For a chief minister of the cabinet who sincerely serves the country and the people, even if he is pointed at the nose and scolded, you have to listen happily.
Whether you listen or not is another matter.
Young Master Liu chatted with the cabinet officials for a long time and left the cabinet pretending to be nonchalant.
As soon as he left the palace gate, he picked up his clothes and rushed home impatiently.
Now that the official business is over, there are still two major private matters at home.
The third princess, Li Yan and Ling Weier, were pregnant with Liujia in June last year, and they would have given birth around April this year.
However, Young Master Liu was in Beifu and Xinfu at that time, making private visits in disguise. Even if he had wings, he could not rush back in time to stay by the two girls' side.
Now the child is probably one month old.
I don’t know how a group of ladies scolded their husbands behind their backs.
Sure enough, Young Master Liu, who hurried back home, saw the two sisters who were already in confinement. They were waiting with the three sisters Wenren Yunshu, who gave birth a few months earlier than his own sisters, holding their infant children in their arms.
There was chatting and laughing in the room.
After being annoyed and complained by the two sisters for a while, Young Master Liu smiled apologetically and agreed to various unequal treaties, then he picked up a pair of baby cotton-padded jackets and looked at them.
After careful consideration for a long time, I finally decided on my own names for the two little cotton-padded jackets.
The daughter born to the third princess is Liu Yirou, and the daughter born to Ling Weier is Liu Yunxi.
In just half a year.
Wenren Yunshu and the other five sisters gave birth to two sons and three daughters to Young Master Liu.
Liu Zhengming, Liu Zhengwen, Liu Keke, Liu Yirou, Liu Yunxi.
Now in his early thirties and approaching forty, Young Master Liu already has more children than he can count in two hands.
It can be said that the house is truly full of children.
Liu Mingzhi, who chatted with the five beauties until dusk, and Qi Ya, who always brought him porridge and water, learned that the Queen was pregnant again.
After laughing apologetically with the beauties for a long time, Young Master Liu put down his soup bowl and hurried towards the Queen's courtyard.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw the Queen waving a small fan in the pavilion, chatting and laughing with Qi Yun, who was embroidered on underwear.
The cute little Liu Luoyue leaned against the Queen's belly and listened carefully.
"Mom, when will my brother come out?"
"It's early! It's early! You'll know when it comes out."
"What if my brother is as ugly as Zhengming and Zhengwen? How should Yue'er meet people when she takes him out to play!"
Qi Yun looked at the little cutie looking at the queen's tangled face, and tapped the little cutie's forehead with her finger.
Silly Yue'er, your brothers Zhengming and the others haven't fully grown yet. When they do, they will be as heroic as your brothers Chengfeng and Chengzhi.
"They don't look good either. The eldest brother is tall and thick, but he looks like he has well-developed limbs.
The second brother smiled as if he was a villain and thought he was very cool.
Cheng Qian smiled naively all day long, acting like a fool.
Brother Zhenghao, brother Zhengran and the others are not obedient at all, they just know how to make trouble with the aunts.
If my mother's younger brother is like them, Yue'er still doesn't want a younger brother.
He is no different from his father, who is already in his thirties. He looks more and more handsome and handsome, and he becomes more and more suave.
He just doesn't have a decent career and doesn't have the dignity to be a father.
Yue'er really doubts whether her elder brother and younger brother are her father's biological children.
Unlike Yue'er and her sisters, they are cute, cute, sensible and considerate, and they look like their own flesh and blood."
The Queen and Qi Yun sisters looked at the little cutie shaking her head and sighing like a grown-up, and they suddenly felt dumbfounded.
This ghost spirit really dares to say it.
Young Master Liu stood beside the rockery with an embarrassed look on his face, neither laughing nor getting angry.
You bratty girl, just praise yourself, why are you belittling your brothers?
Especially when you praise me so much that I don’t even know what excuses to beat you up.
"uh-huh!"
"Husband!"
"Heartless!"
"Daddy!"
Liu Mingzhi walked toward the pavilion with a smile.
"Yun'er, Wanyuan, what are you talking about?"
"Just chatting about something interesting!"
"Why did it take you so long to get home?"
"Go to the people and see how the people's livelihood is managed."
"Humph, stinky daddy, Yue'er said hello to you, why didn't you answer me?"
Young Master Liu pulled the little cutie into his arms, pinched the cutie's cheeks with his fingers and tore them gently.
"Smelly girl, dad kept sneezing on his way back to Beijing. Did you scold me behind my back?"
"How is that possible? Yue'er misses daddy so much that she can hardly eat, so how could she be willing to scold you?"
"Assuming you have a conscience, why didn't you go play with Sister Yiyi and the others when you came back from the Ten Kings Palace?"
"They are learning poison from Aunt Qinglian. When the moon goes away, not only will they be disturbed, but they may also be captured by Aunt Qinglian and practice with them.
I just came back from the Palace of Ten Kings. I have been tired for so long, so Yue'er didn't want to ask for trouble.
Big brother and the others went to Tianxiang again... Uh huh huh... Dad, you know.
They didn't take Yue'er with them, so Yue'er had no choice but to come back to stay with my mother and her little brother."
"Sooner or later you will be too lazy to make progress."
"Slightly!"
Liu Mingzhi glared at the little cutie angrily, and looked at the Queen's abdomen with some complaints: "How many months has it been? Why didn't you tell your husband earlier?"
"It was just over three months ago. You were busy with the Western Expedition. I was afraid that you would be distracted, so I didn't tell you."
"You, no matter how busy you are, I can spare some time if I don't sleep a little.
If Sister Yacai hadn't told me just now, my husband would still be kept in the dark."
The queen caressed her belly, her bright eyes filled with the brilliance of motherhood.
"State affairs are of paramount importance, and I haven't told you all this time. Don't you know now?"
"Oh... you!
Nowadays, the affairs of the Western Expedition are almost settled with the affairs of the common people.
My husband will always be with you in the days to come."
Qi Yun put away the needle and thread, smiled lightly and held the little cutie who was leaning in her father's arms and shaking her head.
"Yue'er, go with your aunt to make some food for your father!"
The little cutie was stunned for a moment, looked at Qi Yun who was winking at her, and nodded with a smile: "Yeah, yeah, Yue'er, listen to your aunt, it will save us staying here and it will be inconvenient for my parents to kiss!"
"You stinky girl, I'll slap you to death..."
The little cutie looked at her father's deliberately raised palm, screamed and hurriedly pulled Qi Yun up and ran towards the outside of the arch.
To be continued...