Chen Guogong's mansion.
Even though night had not yet fallen, the entire Chen Mansion was already filled with jubilation.
The mansion is full of lanterns and festoons, all the guests are here, laughing and chatting with each other, servants and maidservants walk through it, offering delicious food and wine, and the atmosphere is full of celebration.
For the Chen Mansion, today is a more lively festival than New Year's Day, Lantern Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.
"The lower official has met Mr. Chen."
"Today there is only Chen Qing, not Lord Chen."
"Long time no see, congratulations to Mr. Chen for his promotion."
"Today is my little sister's birthday, let's not talk about it, sit over there..."
"Your Majesty Qin is here, and you are welcome... Cui Liu, take Mrs. Qin to the female relatives in the inner courtyard..."
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The status of the Chen family in the court is not low, and it can even be said to be very important. This is not only due to the prestige and relationship of Chen Guogong in the past. The two brothers of the Chen family hold important positions in the center of the court. As servants under the door, anyone who is invited to today's banquet is more or less flattering.
Chen Qing greeted several important guests in person, then turned his head, frowned and said, "What time is it, why haven't the third sister and second brother come back?"
A servant said respectfully: "Master, the second master went out to pick up the third lady very early. For some reason, there is no news yet."
"The banquet is about to start, send someone out to have a look."
"yes!"
After Chen Qing gave an order, the servant immediately withdrew and quickly ran out of the mansion gate.
In Yangliu Lane, Miss Chen San walked out of the yard, smiled at the two girls, and said, "Thank you for your hospitality today, I have caused you trouble..."
Wan Ruoqing bent slightly and said, "You are being polite, it's just a simple meal."
"Even though it's simple tea and light food, it's worth all the fine clothes and fine food."
Ms. Chen San looked at Li Yi who was standing behind, and took a long time to look back, and said: "It's getting late, I've bothered you for so long, we should go back."
"careful."
Chen Chong helped her down the steps, looked back at Li Yi, his brows were still frowned, but the strong smell of gunpowder was gone.
"Zui Mo, I'm going back too." Zeng Shichun smiled, then turned and walked towards the alley.
When the real power minister of the household department and Chen Geshizhong separated at the entrance of the alley, they looked at each other again, and after exchanging some information, they each got into the carriage.
In the courtyard, Li Yi and Zeng Zuimo sat on both sides of the stone table. Seeing this third lady again today made him feel uneasy again.
The Chen family has always been the most solid force in the lineage of the King of Shu, and it is also a force that he and the eldest princess cannot avoid in the future.
However, the Chen family is different from the Cui family, the Yu family, and the Qin family. The Li family owes Miss Chen San too much. Even if she was hurt even a little bit by any means, even if the ultimate goal was achieved, his heart would never be at peace for the rest of his life.
This matter still needs to be discussed in the long run.
Zeng Zuimo put a cup of tea on the table in front of him, looked at him, and said softly, "Still thinking about Mrs. Chen?"
Li Yi took a sip of tea and nodded slightly.
She thought for a while and said, "This matter... is not your fault."
Li Yi shook his head, "But it still has to do with me after all."
Lao Fang had poked his head in from the outside twice, Li Yi looked up and said, "It's getting late, I..."
She nodded, "Well, you go back."
"In the next few days, there are a lot of things to be busy, and I may not have time to come." Ruyi's due date is less than three months away, and Li Yi does not intend to let the old lady and those women take her all day I went to pray to the Buddha to ask the Bodhisattva to bless me. After a pause, I said again: "If there is any urgent matter, just send someone to come to me. The new house is not far from here. You should know where it is?"
"Then... wait a minute."
She was startled when she heard the words, hesitated for a moment, and then said something, turned around, walked back to the room quickly, walked out quickly, handed something to Li Yi, and said, "You can't do it well!" Well, it's not as good as Sister Ruoqing... If you don't like it, just throw it away."
Li Yi looked at the little baby clothes in his hands. It was indeed not as good-looking as Ruoqing's, but compared with the one she made before, it was already a world above and below ground.
Her female celebrity is just like her culinary skills. It is incredible that she can make such great progress in such a short period of time. It is enough to guess how much effort she has put into this aspect these days.
"Let me see." Li Yi grabbed her left hand, and sure enough, she saw many dim red spots on her slender white jade finger.
This time, she didn't break free this time. Seeing his slightly distressed look, a smile appeared on her face, and the dull pain in her hand didn't hurt so much anymore.
At the door of the room at the back, a figure had already come out, but when he saw the situation in the courtyard, he retreated slowly.
Li Yi was a little moved, but also a little angry. When the words came to his lips, he just sighed and said, "Don't be so stupid in the future."
She shook her head and said, "It's not wrong to learn more. Besides, I will make a few for my children in the future."
"That's true." Li Yi nodded and said, "But you should also be careful. No one like you will hurt your hand when making a dress. Anyway, it's still early. If you do it slowly, when the time comes There are a lot of them too, so I’ll save myself buying them outside.”
She lowered her head slightly, feeling a little lost in her heart, yes, all she could do was sew a few small clothes for him and that Miss Liu's child.
Subconsciously, he wanted to withdraw his hand from Li Yi's, but he held it tighter.
Li Yi looked down at her and asked: "Do you prefer to have a son or a daughter? I think a daughter is better, but it's not up to us. It will still depend on luck..."
She was shocked when she heard the words, and then her face turned red immediately, and she broke free from Li Yi's hand even harder, "Who, who is going to have a baby with you..."
Li Yi could only see a figure running away in a panic, and said helplessly, "What are you running for? In the future, in the future, it's not now..."
Some things are hazy, if you don't talk about it or pierce the layer of paper, it will indeed save a lot of trouble.
But this is very unfair to her. As a man, she has lost some responsibility.
The timing was not right, but for a while later, he had a lot of things to do, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to meet again. Li Yi thought about it for a long time, and still felt that it would be better to say these words.
"Miss, what are you doing under the quilt? Is it cold?" In the room, Xiao Cui stood in front of the bed, looked at the figure huddled under the quilt, and asked suspiciously.
She listened carefully, only to hear a low sobbing sound coming from under the quilt.
"Miss, are you crying?"
Panic immediately appeared on her face, and she said anxiously: "Did Mr. Li bully you... Miss, don't cry, I'll find him right away!"
"Don't!"
A figure quickly jumped up from the bed, Zeng Zuimo grabbed Xiaocui's arm, his face was raining with pear blossoms, and he shook his head repeatedly: "Don't go, it's none of his business, it's me..."
Xiaocui asked suspiciously: "But miss, why are you crying..."
"Because, because..." She stared out of the window in a daze, then held Xiaocui in her arms, and whispered, "Because today's dumplings are so delicious..."
The girl had an extremely surprised expression on her face. She cried like this because the dumplings were delicious. In the past ten years, she hadn't realized that the young lady liked eating dumplings so much...
In the courtyard, a figure was sitting at the stone table in a daze, looking at the full moon that had already risen into the sky, with a smile on his face, and some crystals flickered in his eyes that were as clear as a pool of clear water.
Lao Fang sat on the carriage, looked back into the carriage, and sighed: "Young master, you are so wise. It is too much trouble to have a boy and raise him to marry him. I think so, or Happy to have a daughter!"