"Hey! My grandmother is still alive?" Situ Qingqing was surprised, her big eyes wide open.
Situ Kongkong smiled and raised his hand, ready to rub his daughter's head. Suddenly he saw the jade comb inserted in her hair, and he put his hand down again with a slight displeasure. The girl was almost grown up.
When he thought of this, he became even more depressed.
"Your grandmother is ill, very ill, and you should go to see a doctor for her."
If you rush early and stay late, you can reach the capital in less than ten days. Ouyang Sufeng and others did not dare to rush because of the prince's health, so it took about half a month to travel day and night. People in the capital only knew that they had gone south to "relieve disaster" not long ago.
The crown prince returned to Beijing in a grand manner, bringing back several corrupt officials from the Third Prince faction.
Situ Kongkong, a group of four people with his family and 10,000 taels of medical treatment money, seemed to be going out for an outing. The direction of the northbound trip did not change, but the old horse walked slowly and knew the way.
Just stop wherever you go, stay for two days whenever there is excitement, see the scenic spots, eat local snacks, buy two local specialties as souvenirs, go to someone's house to pay homage, why don't you leave empty-handed, you will make money
It costs money.
It was just after the Mid-Autumn Festival when they left the bamboo house. They ate mooncakes, admired the moon, and guessed lantern riddles as appropriate. They exchanged four small lanterns, one for each person, and walked and stopped until they saw the towering gate of the capital city.
, the season has entered winter at that time.
I don’t know whether it was good luck or bad luck. The weather before entering the city was quite good and clear and cloudless. But as soon as we entered the city gate, the sky changed suddenly, and goose-feather snowflakes fell one after another, which made the originally not cold weather worse.
It was chilly and the ground was covered with silver frost.
The carriage walked through the snow for almost half an hour before it stopped in front of a majestic mansion. The snow was still falling and there was no sign of stopping.
"Wow! Is this my grandfather's and grandmother's home? Dad, are you kidding me? How can you kidnap the daughter of a wealthy family as a magician?"
What a big... What a big house! Looking from the left, you can't see the high white walls. Looking to the right, you can still see the endless white walls, which should be twelve feet high, extending along the street.
, it looks amazing!
There are seven sapphire steps in front of the door. On both sides of the door, there are two resident lions, one male and one female. The male lion is majestic and majestic, with his head raised outward. The female lion has a kind expression, looking down at her feet and playing with the exquisite ball with her soles.
The little lion is playing, and the lion family is enjoying themselves happily.
The main entrance is a pair of vermilion doors that open from the inside. Each door has a number ring, forming a pair with each other. The beast's eyes are ferocious, as if to deter those who want to break into the house without permission.
Seeing his daughter's suspicious eyes, Situ Kongkong stretched out his slender fingers in a funny and angry way, pinched her bulging cheeks gracefully, and then said: "Your mother and I are in love, and your mother likes dad very much.
Chic and handsome.”
"Junxiu?" Situ Qingqing glanced at his father unceremoniously. Are you sure he is not exaggerating?
In her eyes, her father is good-looking, with straight eyebrows and moderately thick lips. Regardless of age or deeds, he is considered a good middle-aged man. Many aunts look back, but he is too far away from Junxiu, and she cannot imagine him.
There are also times when teenagers are romantic.
"Don't believe me? If my father hadn't been so charming, your mother would have loved me so wholeheartedly?" Situ Kongkong grinned, all the charm condensed into his body.
Situ Qingqing wanted to stretch out her little finger and dig her ears to avoid making herself sick.
"Dad, charming is used to describe women. You don't look like a woman even if you put on women's clothes."
Her father is really tall, but even though she tried hard to grow, it only reached his chest.
"But you can't deny that daddy is more beautiful than you." She is still a little girl. In one or two years, I am afraid that the capital will not be able to find a more beautiful woman than her.
She really couldn't deny it.
Looking at her father's face, which was even more delicate than a woman's, Situ Qingqing felt a little jealous. Both he and his master were very attractive, and between the two stunningly beautiful men, she looked dull and lifeless.
Small green leaves coming out.
But... haha! They will grow old and their appearance will change, and she is growing up slowly and has learned a lot of ways to make herself beautiful from medical books. In a few years, we will see who is more beautiful than the other. It is almost two years ago.
Let the half-hundred old men hold hands in the corner and cry.
"Hey! Have you had enough? Do you want to call the door? It's very cold outside and you're almost freezing. If you want to continue standing at the door chatting, I'll go back to the carriage and nestle for a while. At least it will be warm." Xiaofeng said dissatisfied.
This father and daughter are so pitifully childish.
Situ Qingqing's rosy face turned pale from the cold, and his breath turned into white mist.
"Xiao Feng, don't be impatient. You are about to knock on the door. You must give dad a breather and let him relax his timid mood. Dad, please be filial to your daughter!"
Seeing his daughter's dog-legged smile, Situ Kong smiled and said, "You stinky girl, you turned around and sold your father. You are such a villain."
"Dad, I am smaller than you to begin with, and I deserve to be a villain. Don't be shy and pull the knocker."
This was a rogue trick she learned from her father. She stuck out her tongue and smiled, pushing her father to the door. Her index finger, as thin as a green onion, pointed at the ring on the door.
There was a trace of anxiety on Situ Kongkong's expression, and there was a moment when he was afraid to face it. The deer's head and tiger's eyes on the door knocker seemed to be mocking him for being hesitant to move forward.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Taking a deep breath, without further hesitation, the door panel clicked three times.
"Who is it? It's such a cold day that we don't see any guests. Please come back." The person who answered the door had a rough voice, and sounded like he was in his forties. He spoke very rudely.
A seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister can even keep a dog that bites people.
"A distant relative from Nanxi came here to visit the Prime Minister." Situ Kongkong replied in a neither humble nor arrogant tone, his voice as clear and clear as the strings of a piano plucked under the cold moon.
Eh! Grandfather is the prime minister?! Situ Qingqing suddenly turned to look at her father, her wide-open eyes were full of disbelief, and her fragile heart jumped suddenly.
"Nanxi?" the concierge murmured: "Is it my cousin?"
The Prime Minister's Mansion has a pure family tradition, and the old Prime Minister only had one wife and two concubines in his life. The two concubines were brought up by the maid of the first wife. They were old faces who had served him since they were young. After entering the main house, they were given a yard to live by themselves.
The old prime minister seldom set foot in the concubine's house, so except for one concubine who had left the palace, the three boys and one girl were all born to Mrs. Yan, and that daughter was Yan Suxin.
The cousin mentioned by the concierge was the niece of Mrs. Yan Er's mother's family. The cousin's biological mother was Mrs. Yan Er's biological sister. Unfortunately, the non-human whom she married passed away early. The cousin's father soon married a second wife, and the stepmother was very fond of her first wife.
His children were very poor, so Mrs. Yan often used the name of the Prime Minister's Mansion to send gifts to put pressure on her, and from time to time she would take her cousin to live in the manor for ten days and a half, or even longer.
This cousin is also very funny. It takes about seven days to travel from Nanxi to the capital, and the round trip takes more than ten days. She lives in the Prime Minister's Mansion for most of the twelve months of the year. She came back not long after she returned.
It's like leaving the carriage empty and returning fully loaded.
Some unkind servants began to gossip that the cousin was saving a dowry for herself. Her stepmother could not give her too much dowry, so she had to reach out to the second lady.
Gala! Gala!
When the door opened, the concierge saw that the person who came was not the cousin he thought he was, but a Taoist priest with a comfortable expression. He immediately lowered his face and showed a snobbish look.
"Let's go, don't block the door. Our house is very safe, we don't need Taoist priests. Stay where you can to cool down, and don't cause trouble."
The concierge stretched out his hand to push the person, but found that he couldn't push him. He was already strong enough, but he couldn't let the thin Taoist priest move even half an inch. He couldn't help but feel a drum in his heart.
"You asked Manager Wu to identify him. Wu San should still be there, right?" The good old man loved his young lady the most, and his face was kind-hearted.
Hearing this, the porter jumped back in shock, shaking like chaff: "You... you know the chief manager, you are his... uh! relative?!"
The chief steward of the Prime Minister's Office is no worse than a sixth-rank official. When a third-rank official sees him, he has to bow and respectfully shout "Master Wu".
"Oh! Sanfanzi has become the general manager. I thought he would have been beaten to death with a stick due to his unsmiling temperament." Situ Kongkong said with a smile.
"Heh... Master Taoist, please wait a moment. Stand forward to avoid being hit by the falling snow. I'll ask the chief steward for you." The concierge's attitude changed instantly, becoming arrogant and respectful.
He was in a hurry to go in and invite people, and he was so panicked that he stumbled over his front feet, as if there was an evil spirit chasing him behind him, and he didn't dare to stop even one step.
"Dad, this is what I call a villain." Situ Qingqing touched the blood mink on her right shoulder with emotion. Looking at the man's flattering expression, she threw a bone out and he might happily pick it up.