Xue Gui's family was gloomy and gloomy. Who would have thought that a person who went out in the morning to be alive and kicked would turn into a cold corpse at night.
Xue Gui was hit so hard that he collapsed on the chair and was in a hurry. "what is going on?"
Under the watchful eyes of Xue Gui, the returning family member replied tremblingly, "Today, the young master and Zhang family went to Yihonglou to drink flower wine after having dinner in the restaurant. After that, the young master and Zhang family galloped back on horseback, on the way. When I was in the middle of nowhere, the young master fell off the horse for some reason, and landed head first. The young master and the Zhang family hurried up to check, and they saw that the young master's neck was broken, and the young master... he was out of breath."
"How could it be! How could it be! Zhiqi's riding skills have always been very good... He shouldn't even drink a little..." Xue Gui thought about who was trying to harm his son, "Check... Check it out for me..."
Xue Zhiqi's mother, Mrs. Zhao, came with bad news and couldn't believe it. "My son... my son... why did you just leave your mother?"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu like crap out of us." Xue Zhiqi was her only son, she lost her mind. "Uuuu... that Zhang family boy is fine, but my son is dead..."
"I'll find out, and I'll give Zhiqi an explanation." Xue Gui thought about the possibility of Zhang Yingxiang murdering his son, but Zhang Yingxiang's father Zhang Jihe was his confidant and followed him for decades. Now, he asked himself that it was good for him, it shouldn't be the Zhang family...
"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugw." Come to bury her son with her!
In the Zhang family's study, there are only the Zhang family and their son, and the atmosphere is solemn. "What the hell is going on? Can you tell me the ins and outs of the whole thing?"
Zhang Yingxiang looked terrified, "Father, I really don't know how this happened? I went to the restaurant to drink tea and dine as usual, and then went to Yihonglou to drink flower wine, and asked two red cards to accompany me. It was very late when we came out, so we rode back on a fast horse. Halfway through the ride, we saw Qi Shao fell off the horse himself, and he didn't startle the horse at that time. It must have been because Qi Shao was drunk and confused. …”
"Is that caused by drunkenness? How is Qi Shao's alcohol intake on weekdays?" Zhang Jihe asked his son.
Zhang Yingxiang also found it very strange, "It stands to reason that Qi Shao's alcohol intake is not that bad, but it is true that Qi Shao fell off his horse himself. It was late at night, and there was no one else on the road except us..."
Zhang Jihe continued to ask: "Then did anything special happen to you today? Did you have disputes or grievances with others?"
Zhang Yingxiang thought for a while, "No, nothing special happened. Besides, who would dare to provoke Xue Jiaqishao in the capital?"
Zhang Jihe asked again: "Son, think about it again? Really? Have you seen anyone?"
"No... Today is just me and Qi Shao..." Zhang Yingxiang scratched his head and tried to remember, "Well... who have I met... By the way! I saw it downstairs during dinner in the restaurant today. A little waiter with a beautiful face, Qi Shao was very interested and laughed loudly, and then was glared by the master of the little waiter. After that, it's nothing... ?"
"Oh... Is that person acquainted?" Zhang Jihe asked.
"I haven't seen it before, it's a raw face. The man is about my age and looks very cold. But they don't look like they are big people. I also promised Qi Shao to help him get the little waiter. , but before anyone was sent to inquire, Qi Shao fell off his horse. I thought it had nothing to do with it..." Zhang Yingxiang said.
"Have you told the Xue family about this?" Zhang Jihe frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
"No, I didn't think of it... If it wasn't for you asking me all the time, I wouldn't be able to remember..." Zhang Yingxiang replied.
"Okay, since you didn't mention it at the time, don't mention it when the Xue family asks you later. It's a mess." Zhang Jihe instructed his son, "You stay in the mansion these few days and don't go out."
"promise."
After his son left, the more Zhang Jihe thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became. A ruthless young man with an unfamiliar face, with a little waiter... Who could this be? Zhang Yingxiang was still young, and he didn't know many people. He didn't see all the nobles in the capital. But the Xue family is everyone, and most people don't dare to mess with it...
Zhang Jihe walked around in the study, and Qi Shao's death had a great impact on their Zhang family. When Qi Shao's accident happened, only his son was present, and the first thing the Xue family had to suspect was their Zhang family. But his son did not know about it. Zhang Jihe had been with Xue Gui for decades, and he knew his temper very well. The Xue family was afraid that they would anger their Zhang family...
Alas... he, Xue Gui's confidant, is afraid that he has done it...
Zhang Jihe woke up in a daze, hey! Isn't he thinking about countermeasures in the study? Then he seemed to fall asleep.
Where is this place? Zhang Jihe rubbed his eyes and found himself sitting on a reclining chair. He was in an elegantly furnished room, smoked with sandalwood.
When Zhang Jihe walked outside, he saw a young man dressed as a scholar sitting and making tea. His dignified and flowing movements made people fascinated. If it weren't for the situation at this moment, Zhang Jihe couldn't help but applaud him in his heart.
"Master Zhang, you're awake..." The young man raised his head and glanced at Zhang Jihe, his hands still moving slowly.
"Who are you? Why am I here..." Zhang Jihe said vigilantly.
"My lord, Zheng Jia, I took the liberty to invite Master Zhang, and please forgive me." Zheng Jia handed the brewed tea to Zhang Jihe, and Master Zhang asked. Zheng Jia poured another cup of tea and took a sip by himself.
The name Zheng Jia sounds familiar to Zhang Jihe, etc... Isn't Zheng Jia the first advisor to His Royal Highness the Prince, the third young master of the Zheng family known as Little Zhuge.
Zhang Jihe took a sip of tea and concealed the panic in his heart. The words of my son flashed in my mind, a cold young man with a good-looking young servant, this... This can't be His Royal Highness...
Zhang Jihe had also heard that His Royal Highness the Prince had a little servant who was very fond of him. If His Royal Highness...then everything makes sense. The character of His Royal Highness is naturally not afraid of the Xue family, and only His Royal Highness can kill Xue Zhiqi without knowing it...
"Mr. Zheng is here to help Master Zhang today, so Madam Xue wants your son to pay for his life..." Zheng Jia really admired His Royal Highness, and actually thought of killing Xue Zhiqi and alienating Xue Gui and his confidant. Of course, he would not have thought that the origin of all this was due to Xue Zhiqi's whistle and one sentence, which would lead to the murder...
Seeing that Zhang Jihe was silent, Zheng Jia continued: "Zheng admires the most loyal person in his life... But it also depends on who this person is loyal to... After what happened to Xue Zhiqi, can Xue Gui still treat you as his confidant? For the confidant who he no longer trusts and who knows his many secrets, Master Zhang should know your fate..."
Zhang Jihe drank all the tea in the teacup. He was a smart man. Over the years, he was able to stand out from among Xue Gui's many subordinates and become Xue Gui's confidant. Naturally, he had his brilliance. What Zheng Jia said, he also understands that his worst situation is that the Zhang family will fall to the bottom, and he may lose his life...
But letting him betray Xue Gui and the Xue family, the consequences are also not something he and their Zhang family can bear...
"I also know Master Zhang's concerns, but the Xue family is already in decline. Sooner or later, His Royal Highness will..." Zheng Jia said after a meaningful pause: "Master Zhang think about it, I believe you can satisfy His Highness the Prince. reply."
Zhang Jihe wanted to say something, but suddenly his vision became dark, and he lost consciousness. When he woke up again, he found himself back in the study, as if he had just had a dream and never left.
In the blink of an eye, it was the eighth Laba Festival in the first lunar month of the twelfth lunar month. Of course, Laba Porridge was indispensable for the Laba Festival. Xuanyuan Hancheng entrusted Lin Jiabao with the task of hosting the Laba Festival and delivering Laba Porridge a few days ago, and was assisted by Aunt Qiu. Lin Jiabao accepted this task very happily, and checked with Mama Qiu seriously the palace to be sent, the one in the Prince's East Palace, as well as the disciples of His Royal Highness and the important officials of the court.
Lin Jiabao also personally checked the ingredients for making Laba porridge. The Laba porridge in the palace is more elegant. Lin Jiabao remembered that he used to have eight items at home. But in the palace, red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, pine nuts, longan, ginkgo, red beans, peanuts, etc. are added to the white rice... There are no less than 20 kinds of ingredients in total.
In the early morning of Laba day, people were ordered to cook Laba porridge in a large pot. After the Laba porridge is cooked, Lin Jiabao presides over the worship ceremony. Under the guidance of Aunt Qiu, Lin Jiabao successfully completed one by one. The next step is to deliver Laba porridge to the palaces, first to the emperor and the empress, then to the prince and the emperor's other concubines. Then there are those in the East Palace of the Prince, and finally the servants of His Royal Highness, as well as some courtiers' families, all of them have to be sent out before noon.
When Lin Jiabao was all done, Xuanyuan Hancheng just came back. "Baby did a great job! Thanks for your hard work, baby..."
"It's not hard work, I just ordered it, and it's Mama Qiu who is helping me. I also have to trouble Mama Qiu for the small family banquet in the evening, so I chose the menu..." Lin Jiabao humbly said to Mama Qiu.
"Little Master Lin is wrong, this is what this old slave should do." Qiu Mammy bowed to the Crown Prince and stepped back knowingly.
Xuanyuan Hancheng kissed Lin Jiabao as if no one else was beside him, "My dear, you don't have to worry about these things, you just need to know how to make decisions, and the rest will be arranged by Qiu Mammy and the others..."
"No. I always want to do what you ordered..." Lin Jiabao said coquettishly.
Xuanyuan Han Cheng loved the way Jiabao was coquettish to him, "As long as Gubao is happy, you have done a good job, baby..."
"Okay, let's have lunch first, then let's take a nap together..." Xuanyuan Hancheng put his arms around Lin Jiabao and said, "I will use Laba this evening to let you meet people. You don't have to think about it, you know that? ?"
"En." Lin Jiabao leaned on Xuanyuan Hancheng obediently and went to have lunch together.
The Song family accepted the Laba porridge and thanked him. When I learned that it was sent from Pingle Garden, I felt five flavors in my heart. After listening to the little eunuch who brought Laba porridge, he knew that there would be a family banquet in the Changle Hall at night, so he asked the maid next to him to give him some rewards, "Got it, you can answer."
It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed different to this young servant Lin. Song Shi thought about how he was two years older than His Royal Highness, how to compete with that young and beautiful person now... Alas...
Yu was furious when he learned that Laba porridge was distributed from Pingle Garden. It seems that this Shuanger is not as stupid as it seems, and he can actually let His Royal Highness hand over the presidency of the Laba Festival to him... You know, this matter was presided over by the Crown Princess in previous years!
Hearing that there was a family banquet in the Changle Palace at night, Mrs. Yu immediately asked the palace maid to dress her up, thinking that she would have to overwhelm Lin Jiabao at night!
In the evening, when Xuanyuan Hancheng brought Lin Jiabao to Changle Hall, Yu and Song had already arrived with their daughters.
When they saw His Royal Highness, they saluted and said hello, "His Royal Highness..."
"No ceremony..." Xuanyuan Hancheng took Lin Jiabao to the main seat. "Today is a family banquet in the East Palace, so you don't need to be too formal."
Xuanyuan Hancheng and Lin Jiabao introduced the Song family and their eldest daughter Kang'er, as well as the Yu family and their second daughter, An'er.
Kang'er lived up to her former liveliness and glanced at Lin Jiabao timidly, her heart full of fear.
Xuanyuan Hancheng first asked Song and Yu about the health of their two daughters, and then announced the banquet.
The palace ladies carried delicate dishes and fish penetrated in, Xuanyuan Hancheng shook Lin Jiabao's hand under the table, the baby looked a little nervous.
Lin Jiabao felt Xuanyuan Hancheng's encouragement and slowly relaxed. Lin Jiabao is also familiar with dining etiquette these days, and eating food is also very pleasing to the eyes.
Today's menu is all selected by Lin Jiabao, of course Xuanyuan Hancheng and his favorite dishes. Lin Jiabao is not a picky eater, he has a good appetite and eats with relish. Xuanyuan Hancheng saw the baby's appearance, and his appetite increased greatly...
Looking at Lin Xiaoshi, Yu shi secretly despised Lin Xiaoshi in her heart, thinking to herself that she is really unseen in the world. Yu's chopsticks stopped after eating a few mouthfuls of food.
Today's steamed anchovy is very delicious, and Lin Jiabao is very happy to eat it. Xuanyuan Hancheng motioned to Shu Ya, who was beside him, to serve the baby again, and Shu Ya knowingly brought a piece of fish meat to Young Master Lin, carefully picking out the thorns and giving it to Young Master Lin to enjoy.
The flesh of the fish is delicate, and Lin Jiabao tastes it carefully in his mouth.
Seeing Lin Jiabao's appearance, Mrs. Yu covered her mouth and laughed. "Lin Xiaozhu probably hasn't eaten shad before, haha..."
"Yeah..." Lin Jiabao nodded truthfully. In Xuzhou, which is an inner-road area, fish is relatively expensive. The meat dishes that Lin's family eats are generally chicken, duck and pork, and other fish, shrimp, and crabs are rarely eaten. Still in the palace, after being the servant of His Royal Highness, I was fortunate enough to eat many delicacies that I had never heard of before.
After hearing this, Mrs. Yu laughed non-stop, and wanted to say something else, but found that His Royal Highness was looking at her coldly, and instantly shut up.
Song Shi was like an invisible man from beginning to end, watching the maintenance of Lin Xiaoshi by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Yu's provocation.
After the meal, the Yu family still spared no effort to show off to His Royal Highness, "His Royal Highness, you haven't come to my place for a long time, Qinqin misses His Highness very much..."
Xuanyuan Hancheng was indifferent to Yu's performance, "Let's go here today... Let's go..."
Xuanyuan Hancheng and Lin Jiabao returned to Pingle Court, and waited for the two to wash up and lay on the bed, "Okay, the person you want to see has also met. Good treasure is tired today..." Xuanyuan Hancheng put the baby in his arms .
"I'm not tired..." Lin Jiabao said softly to Xuanyuan Hancheng, "Can I not see them often in the future?" He didn't like that Yu family very much, he didn't like the way Yu family looked at Xuanyuan Hancheng.
"Of course, darling. You won't have a chance to see them in the future." Xuanyuan Hancheng knew that it would be difficult for him to let the baby face them.
"Am I bad, and I don't want my husband to meet them..." Lin Jiabao said glumly.
"My good baby... I just like you bad..." Xuanyuan Hancheng kissed Jiabao with joy, and the baby finally took over him...