Wei Min, his wife Lu Ying, his eldest son Wei Xun, and several concubines and children waited in front of the door for a long time.
Seeing the carriage slowly approaching, Wei Min had a look of guilt and helplessness on his face.
Lu Ying, on the other hand, simply stepped forward to greet him.
As mentioned earlier, Wei Cheng was taught by Wei Min since he was a child, and he has a deep relationship with his second uncle.
As the child bride of the Wei family, Bai Chuyi naturally received education from Wei Cheng and was very popular with Wei Min in the Wei family.
When Lu Ying had no children in the early years, she treated Wei Cheng and Bai Chuyi as if they were her own children. Wei Cheng was in poor health, and she preferred the lively and cute Bai Chuyi, and often dressed up the young Bai Chuyi.
You have to look pretty and take it with you to parties with your girlfriends.
"Shuo'er!?" Lu Ying walked to the carriage and asked the girl in the carriage.
Bai Chuyi opened the car curtain and saw Lu Ying's face that had not changed much in more than ten years. She shed two tears excitedly, "Is it the second mother!"
Lu Ying's eyes turned red instantly. She stepped forward and held Bai Chuyi's hands, choking and saying, "Yes, it's Er Niang. Shuo'er still remembers Er Niang."
Bai Chuyi clenched his jaw tightly to hold back from crying. After getting off the carriage, he bowed to Lu Yingfu first, "Second mother, Shuo'er misses you so much."
Shuo, the meaning of the first day of every month. It was only after Bai Chuyi recovered his memory that he realized that his master, Yanniang, had just called him the first day of the lunar month to save trouble.
Chu Yi and Shuo have the same meaning, and Chu Yi has a profound meaning to her, so Bai Chu Yi is too lazy to change it.
Lu Ying lovingly hugged Bai Chuyi in her arms and sobbed: "Second mother misses you too, second mother misses you too, Shuo'er has suffered."
Bai Chuyi let Lu Ying comfort her and felt Lu Ying's warm embrace. At this moment, she seemed to have returned to that innocent age. Although she was in a different place, there was Wei Min and Lu Ying who treated her as her own child.
Brother Wei Cheng also takes care of her in every possible way.
At that time, it was really the happiest period of her life, but unfortunately, it was too short.
At this time, Wei Min also came over, his eyes were also red, and he said with a smile: "It will be good to come back, it will be good to come back."
"Second uncle!" Bai Chuyi's voice was choked and he saluted Wei Min.
At Bai Chu's first glance, Wei Min was like a father. When she recovered her memory, she had wanted to meet Wei Min several times, but when she thought of Wei Cheng marrying someone else, she gave up the idea...
Who hasn't lost his temper yet?
Now that we finally see each other again, Bai Chuyi has mixed feelings in her heart. She has lost all her blood relatives, and there are only three people she can rely on.
As if sensing Bai Chuyi's emotions, Wei Min and Lu Ying looked at each other, and the latter said: "Shuo'er, this will be your natal family from now on. You call me Er Niang. Er Niang will be your natal family from now on. Your second uncle."
The same is true, don't be polite to him."
Bai Chuyi nodded excitedly and looked at Wei Min. Wei Min smiled slightly and nodded in agreement.
"Let's go, Er Niang will take you to meet your brothers and sisters." Seeing this, Lu Ying happily pulled Bai Chuyi towards her children.
Wei Min looked at the two girls leaving, and the smile on his face gradually faded a bit. After a long silence, he said in a deep voice: "I hope Shuoer comes back, and those people in the family will not have any objections. No matter what, Yan
My son is the real wife, although I feel a little sorry for Shuoer, alas~"
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"We're here right now. When I received the news that you were coming, your second uncle immediately ordered a lot of things to be purchased, which are only found in the palace. My second mother was so jealous when she saw them."
Lu Ying and Bai Chuyi, like a mother and daughter, held hands and came to the east garden of the mansion, a courtyard specially organized by Wei Min.
Wei Min followed behind, with a smile on his face, and added: "These items were sent by Qing'er's order. They said they would deal with them for a while, and then I would pick a good day and then marry you into the palace."
When Bai Chu heard this, her cheeks turned red. She looked at Lu Ying shyly, her gray eyes full of shyness.
In fact, Wei Cheng had already called her Concubine Bai in front of his men on the way.
Although she is not the official wife, Bai Chuyi is already satisfied. She just wants to be with Wei Cheng. As for her status, after so many years of harassment, she actually doesn't care anymore.
But she didn't care, but Lu Ying, who was a member of her mother's family, couldn't. She turned back to look at Wei Ming and said: "That's about choosing a good day. By the way, our Shuo'er can be a noble concubine no matter what, you have to
Talk to Cheng'er."
Wei Min was really speechless towards his wife who was only interested in profit. As a concubine, she was second only to the queen. A concubine who did not have a special background or was extremely favored was not qualified to be canonized.
However, after looking at Bai Chuyi, Wei Min felt that this might be the best compensation for her and Bai.
At that time, the Wei family acted like a coward in the face of the general trend and did not take a firm stand. This has always been a knot in Wei Min's heart.
Nowadays, the Wei family is the first family of the Han Dynasty, and Wei Cheng is the emperor, so it is appropriate to compensate Bai Chuyi for his position as a noble concubine.
However, he thought of the stubborn old men in the family. If they used Bai Chuyi's identity to use her heirs to compete with Cai Yan's two sons for the crown prince position, wouldn't they make Cheng'er unhappy? Cheng'er would not care about family ties.
Ah...well, I have a headache.
Wei Min didn't have a headache because of Wei Cheng, but he didn't want to see those stubborn old men playing tricks on him.
Ever since Wei Cheng first recovered from his serious illness, Wei Min discovered that Wei Cheng had become extremely decisive in his behavior. If anyone displeased him, no matter who it was, he would either behead him or kill his entire family.
Wei Min didn't think that Wei Cheng would be merciful to his family members.
"This matter will be discussed later. Let's introduce the objects in the house to Shuo'er first. You two haven't been alone for several years, so I won't disturb you. Shuo'er will talk to his second uncle properly during dinner in the evening.
Talk about your experiences over the years."
"Okay, second uncle, walk slowly." Bai Chuyi bowed respectfully.
Wei Min smiled and nodded, and glanced at Lu Ying emphatically as a warning.
The stubborn old man in the family likes to be promiscuous, and his wife is even more mercenary. He is afraid that she will get into trouble based on her good relationship with Bai Chuyi.
Lu Ying had long been warned by Wei Min, and now she glared back angrily, then led Bai Chuyi into the Xianggui.
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"Dad, Miss Shuangxi has settled down."
Wei Min walked out of the courtyard and saw his eldest son Wei Xun standing outside.
"Well, that girl is someone close to your sister, so you must not neglect her."
"Xun'er saves the trouble."
After more than a year of getting along with each other, the relationship between father and son has eased a lot, and Wei Min has become more patient with his son.
"Father, is this sister the one who arranged a baby kiss with the second brother back then?" Wei Xun glanced at the courtyard and asked curiously.
Wei Min motioned for him to follow him, nodded and said: "Yes, this matter is not a secret matter. I, the Wei family, was the one who was sorry for the Bai family, so I brought her back this time... Oh, you remember, she is
Your biological sister, please be more respectful when you see her in the future."
Wei Xun nodded and said with a smile: "Xun'er knows. After all, this is the first time my mother has been so excited. This sister must have a very important meaning in my heart."
Wei Min was startled when he heard this, and couldn't help but recall those past years.
At that time, he and Lu Ying were in love, but after several years of marriage, they still had no children. Because of this, there was much criticism of Lu Ying within the family. It can be said that the relationship between the couple will deteriorate.
The reason is because of this.
During that time, Cheng'er and Shuo'er happened to be studying with him, so Lu Ying took good care of the two children as if they were her own.
Especially Shuoer, Lu Ying liked the little girl very much. She dressed her up beautifully every day and often took her out to party with women from other aristocratic families.
Later, the two children separated and Wei Hao's health deteriorated, so Wei Hao took care of her while Bai Shuo returned to Guanzhong.
During that time, the Bai family in Guanzhong offended He Jin for some reason, and life was very difficult.
The departure of the two children further worsened the relationship between the couple.
Until Wei Xun was born, Wei Min often went home only once every ten and a half months because of family affairs. He single-handedly took on all the affairs that should have belonged to the head of the family, Wei Hao. This made Lu Ying even more unhappy, so she left with her son.
Run away from home.
Thinking of these past events, Wei Min suddenly felt that he owed Lu Ying a lot.
I have always felt that Lu Ying returned to her parents' home to help her brother-in-law Lu Jun. Now that I think about it, the main reason is still her own fault.
Thinking of this, Wei Min couldn't help but look to Wei Xun on one side.
It was difficult to live under the care of others. Wei Xun grew up in the Lu family. If he had not had a strong mother to take care of him, he would have been looked down upon by others. This also developed Wei Xun's character of being weak and easy to bully.
Wei Min sighed lightly and suddenly said to Wei Xun: "When will the credits of Heluo College be completed?"
Wei Xun was stunned for a moment, then he bowed his hands respectfully and said, "Xun'er has completed his training and is currently studying the art of war with his younger brother in the Strategy Department."
"Oh?" Wei Min's face was startled, "You have only been in the academy for a year, and you have completed your credits so quickly?"
Wei Xun nodded cautiously and explained: "When I was in Anyi, because the teaching materials were relatively simple, my child had already completed half of the credits. When I arrived in Luoyang, the difficulty of the teaching materials was upgraded, and my child had a hard time completing the remaining six courses.
Divided."
"That's amazing." Wei Min smiled with satisfaction and said to himself: He is indeed my Wei Min's son.
Although this speed is not as fast as that pervert Sima Yi, it is still better than many students from Heluo Academy.
It seems that I have neglected my discipline and am not a competent father. If I hadn't asked one more question today, I wouldn't have known that my son was actually a talent.
Wei Min thought for a moment, patted Wei Xun on the shoulder, and said: "Learning the art of war is not just a matter of paper. You are already seventeen this year. Do you have a plan for the future?"
Wei Xun looked at his father in surprise, with a look of disbelief on his face. Wei Min always had a tough attitude in asking him to do things, just like when he was at the Lujiang Banquet, he had the intention to attach himself to the Sun family and follow Sun Ce to the front line for training.
And Wei Min directly recruited him back with a letter, just because Wei Min was not satisfied with the blind date arranged by his mother Lu Ying.
Later, he went to Heluo College to study. He actually wanted to follow Wei Jue and Wei Huan and go to the front line for training, but he did not dare to resist the arrangement of his father Wei Min, so he could only go to Heluo College obediently.
"Dad, Xun'er, Xun'er wants to join the army, go, go to the front line for training!" Wei Xun mustered up his courage and said.
Wei Min raised his eyebrows, "Join the army?"
When Wei Xun saw this, he was so frightened that he was too timid to look directly at Wei Min.
And Wei Min was silent for a long time, and suddenly said with a smile: "Okay, the war in Beiyuan is about to start again. You are ready to go to Shuofang in a few days, oh, go to Xuanwu City, my father will meet with King Yong (Xu
Akira) will let you know."
Wei Xun couldn't believe what he heard. He looked up at Wei Min, surprised and happy, and said, "Dad, do you agree with me joining the army?"
Wei Min smiled and said: "You are a real man who lies drunk on the battlefield and kills the enemy with a knife. How can your father stop you if you have such an ambition? You just went to the front line. You should learn more, ask more and see more."
Don't act like a fool and embarrass your father."
Wei Xun excitedly cupped his fists and saluted, "My child will never let his father down!"
Wei Min laughed loudly, patted Wei Xun on the shoulder, and said, "If you say that, my father is worried. Let's go to the backyard and let my father test how successful your swordsmanship is."
Wei Xun happily agreed, and the father and son walked towards the backyard talking and laughing.
"By the way, Dad, Xun'er stopped practicing swords a long time ago. Xun'er is now practicing spears. My second brother even gave me a cold iron magic spear."
"Haha, you are good at everything you practice. When my father was young, he was proficient in all kinds of martial arts!"
"So dad, you are so powerful?"
"That's right. Otherwise, how would you conquer your mother's domineering wife?"
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at the same time.
Prince Wu's Mansion far away in Indochina.
This is a large mansion made of bamboo. After receiving the news that Sun Ce was crowned king, a large number of Sun Jian's old troops went south in order to attach themselves to Sun Ce.
The cost of building this Prince Wu Mansion was all paid for by these people themselves, just to apologize for the neglect some time ago.
"Brother, the supply ship has already set off. Too much jade has been transported this time. If this continues, the transportation capacity will never be enough. I suggest that we contact Xuzhou Shipyard immediately to purchase several naval ships."
After Sun Quan returned to Yangzhou, he followed the nearest supply ship south. After more than a month of sailing, he arrived at the Indochina Peninsula. Now he has begun to participate in government affairs.
Sun Ce was working out his muscles in the yard. Hearing this, he nodded indifferently and said, "You can make your own decision about purchasing naval ships."
Sun Quan said speechlessly: "Brother, you are the King of Wu."
Sun Ce laughed loudly and said, "But I'm not good at handling government affairs. You can do it. I will support you, brother."
Sun Quan sighed and walked into the study room next to him with difficulty, holding a pile of copywriting papers.
At this time, a dark-skinned man outside the door ran in, cupped his fists and said, "Huang Gai has met His Highness King Wu."
Sun Ce looked back, threw away the stone lock, sat down with a big horse and a golden sword, and said: "The Duke has arrived just in time, spring is about to begin, the other three armies will definitely make big moves, and our Qinglong Army cannot lag behind.
Man, I want to send you to explore the way ahead first."
Huang Gai was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise: "Your Highness, please tell me, Huang Gai will definitely live up to his trust."
Sun Ce nodded with satisfaction and called to the study: "Gong Jin, are you busy?"
"...busy!" Zhou Yu's feeble voice came from the study.
Sun Ce laughed dryly and told Huang Gai: "You can go alone. Gong Jin will explain the route to you clearly. Just follow his instructions."
Huang Gai's expression changed, and he clasped his fists in response.
After Huang Gai left, Sun Ce looked up at the sky and murmured: "I don't know if Yide and Huang Xu have arrived in Beijing. You must help me win a group of Tiangang Divine Soldiers. Please, you two."