Ruan looked at her disapprovingly, came forward and snatched the rattan whip from Brother Zhou's hand, and handed it to her: "Then what is this?"
"Brother's whip, my brother made it, let me see it." Xu Yunyao replied without thinking, and while Ruan was not paying attention, he quickly gave Zhou Ge'er a warning look.
Zhou Ge'er, who was hesitant to say anything, swallowed his saliva and nodded, facing his mother's inquiring gaze, "It's mine."
"But the way of tying the rope is clearly your sister's." Ruan Shi didn't believe it.
Look at this splicing knot, it is clearly the knot that little girls usually tie.
"I learned from my sister. She will be tied tighter and won't loosen." Zhou Ge'er is good at it, obviously he is quite skilled in taking the blame for his sister.
Of course, this pot is not for nothing. He can buy whatever he wants to eat, and he can go to his father to ask for it in the name of his sister. Nine times out of ten, he will succeed. Even if he got into trouble, he could ask his sister to help him settle his father.
In short, you help me deal with my father, and I will help you deal with my mother. The cooperation between brothers and sisters is quite pleasant!
Ruan's face still looked suspicious, but she saw her son's small chest and a daring look, and her daughter's innocent face with blinking eyes. Finally, she reluctantly accepted Zhou Ge'er's words, but she was still worried and warned her daughter. Said: "Don't play with the whip again. If you hurt someone, or you hurt yourself, it's not a joke."
In the final analysis, it was because the scene of the little girl carrying a dead snake as a whip and chasing people and beating left her so deeply impressed that every time she thought about it, her scalp tingled.
Just a month ago, she found that her daughter was holding a 'whip' and slapped it in the garden again. At that moment, she almost didn't faint, and she reluctantly took a closer look, only to find that the little girl was holding a cane this time. The tied whip is not a scary thing, which makes it feel better.
But even so, she still forbids the little girl to play with these things.
However, Xu Junyao also discovered the benefits of the 'whip' from the use of dead snakes as whips. This thing is tough and long, which invisibly expands the range that the whip bearer can attack. Moreover, it is thin, soft, and tough. It will hurt even more if it is hit, and it is much easier to use than a fist.
Even if the throw is fast enough, hard enough, and accurate enough, the opponent will not even have the strength to fight back. Even if the other party has the ability to reach out and grab the whip that has been drawn, his hand will have to eat the whip first, which can really be perfectly tragic to the level of 'death will make you feel pain'.
It's a pity that Mrs. Baozi couldn't understand her thoughts. She has already confiscated three whips she made by herself. Today, I am afraid that this one will also end up being confiscated, so it is four.
She just wanted to sigh, and after hearing Ruan's warning words, she still responded softly: "Okay, I got it..."
Ruan Shi turned around and said to her son seriously: "Brother Zhou is also not obedient, he will be fined for not eating snacks within a month, and he is not allowed to go out to play!"
"Ah?!" Brother Zhou's eyes widened, "No, mother, don't be impulsive, there are good things to say, hey, mother..."
He watched helplessly at Nguyen Shi who walked away quickly in two or three times, wanting to cry without tears.
Nguyen walked fast, and did not hear the conversation between the little brother and sister behind him.
"It's all your fault that you were not careful, why was your mother caught again?" Brother Zhou complained.
"I don't want to! I ran outside and dumped it, but I was still bumped into by her, so I couldn't do anything about it." Xu Yunyao spread her hands, also quite helpless.
In order to avoid Mrs. Baozi, she ran to the place outside the third room to practice, how could she know that she bumped into her again a few days later.
"I don't care, I've lost a lot this time, you have to compensate me!" Brother Zhou angrily stared at his sister who was still pretending to be innocent.
Xu Yunyao stroked her little chin and thought about it. With the greedy nature of Mr. Tang, the penalty for not eating snacks within a month is indeed a heavy loss. Thinking of this, she asked, "How to make up for it?"
Brother Zhou's eyes were shining, and he said expectantly, "I want a little guy like Brother Xing who can punch, and I also want a little white horse that can run fast on it."
"This request is a bit difficult!" Xu Yunyao scratched her face again.
"I knew it was a bit difficult, so I asked you to tell Daddy!" Brother Zhou's expression was taken for granted.
If he hadn't known that it was a bit difficult, he would have already gone to find his father in the name of his sister, why would he have waited until now.
Xu Yunyao thought about it too, so she happily agreed: "Okay, I'll go if I go!"
The two brothers and sisters raised one hand, 'pop', high-fiving to indicate that the cooperation has been achieved.
But she said that in General Zhenyuan's mansion, Mrs. Yun, for some reason, always felt a little strange to the child who questioned her husband back then, but she could naturally see that Du Chengzhong didn't lie to her when he said he didn't know the child.
After thinking about it, she first sent someone to inquire about the child's residence, and then asked Qiao'er, a confidant maid, to bring healing medicine to see if she could find out the child's origin.
That day, Mrs. He happened to be staying at home, and when she heard the knock on the door, she wiped her wet hands to the apron around her waist, answered "come" and went to open the door.
After the door opened, I found that the person who came was a strange woman dressed as a maid from a wealthy family. Seeing that she didn't look like either from Master Ji's mansion, nor from Master Tang's mansion, he hesitated for a moment: "Who are you?"
"Is it Mrs. He? I'm a Qiao'er from the General's Mansion in Zhenyuan. A few days ago, my son and Linglang misunderstood and accidentally injured Linglang. My general and his wife felt bad about it, so I specially sent me some wound medicine."
Linglang? Madam He was stunned, realizing that the other party had probably misunderstood the relationship between Ting'er and her. But she didn't intend to explain anything, she only listened to what the other party said. She didn't know until now that it was the son of General Zhenyuan's mansion who injured He Shaoting that day.
Of course, she didn't know that the other party was hurt more than He Shaoting, she only knew that her sensible child was beaten by the rich and noble son for no reason. She sank her face and said indifferently: "Don't take it, you should take the medicine back! We A small family can't bear it!"
Seeing her looking like she was about to see off a guest, Qiaoer was displeased, but she was still patient and wanted to say something nice, when she suddenly saw a child about seven or eight years old rushed out of the room with a wound on her face.
The child rushed towards her, pushed her away a few steps with a forceful push, and threw a word viciously: "Go away!"
Then there was the heavy sound of the door closing, which made her tremble, and then she reacted, knowing that the child just now was the one whose wife had asked her to investigate the details. : Really from the countryside, a wild child with no education at all!
She was not happy in her heart, so she went back and talked nonsense to Yun Shi.
Yun's attention was focused on the words 'mother and son three', and she interrupted her quickly and asked, "Are you sure that the child lives with his mother and sister?"
"It's absolutely true! I've already inquired about it, and the three of them lived there. The woman looked less than forty years old, and she was accompanied by the child the lady said and a daughter who was in her teens."
Following her mother and a ten-year-old sister... It seems that she is indeed a child of an ordinary family, and has nothing to do with her husband. Yun Shi secretly said.
"... Madam is a kind-hearted person, so she specially sent medicine to him. If I say, let's not let him come to apologize to the eldest son, then the general and the madam are magnanimous." Qiao'er was dissatisfied.
"Forget it, since people don't accept it, and we don't make fun of ourselves, let's forget it." The doubts in his heart were resolved, and Yun Shi naturally wouldn't embarrass himself. As Qiao'er said, the child injured Brother Liang. , it was magnanimous for her not to let him come to apologize.
At this moment, Mrs. He was frowning, looking suspiciously at He Shaoting, seeing that his chest was heaving rapidly with anger, his fists were clenched, his face was tensed, and he bit his lips, and finally couldn't help asking: "Ting Brother, tell your aunt honestly, why did the son of the general's mansion beat you?"
"Or..." After a pause, she suddenly had a thought and asked tentatively, "Or do you have something to do with someone in the general's mansion?"
He Shaoting's face turned pale, and he was a little flustered.
What else did Mrs. He don't understand, her brows furrowed even tighter, and she secretly thought about what relationship this child could have with people
When He Shaoting saw that she was just staring at him without saying a word, he felt uneasy, and he couldn't help tugging at his cuff. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "I have the blood of that general Zhenyuan flowing on my body."
"What?!" Mrs. He was taken aback. Even though she thought of a thousand possibilities, she never expected such an outcome.
"You said that General Zhenyuan was your biological father?" She hurriedly pulled him into the room, closed the door, and asked again in a low voice in disbelief.
He Shaoting looked sad and nodded.
Mrs. He sat down on the chair with a butt, but couldn't recover for a long time.
"When did you find out about your life experience? Was it your mother who told you?" After a long time, she asked in a hoarse voice.
"No, my mother never said that. It was my aunt, the one who told me before she died that I came to the capital to find him."
Madam He heaved a sigh of relief.
The sister-in-law didn't mention this, which showed that she was really dedicated to being the He family's wife, and she was sincere in giving the child the surname He. Thinking of this, the knot in her heart disappeared, and she lost interest in continuing to ask about He Shaoting's life experience.
It just still feels a little weird. After all, when the younger sister-in-law entered the house, she said that she had no relatives and no reason, and because of this, when the He family married a daughter-in-law, the woman had no relatives.
It was a bit strange that a distant cousin suddenly appeared at this moment.
But she didn't think about it, but stared at He Shaoting and asked, "Then have you ever wanted to recognize your ancestors?"
"My surname is He, and my surname is He all my life." He Shaoting replied firmly.
Mrs. He stared at him for a long time, then got up and patted his shoulder: "What kind of general's wife sent someone here today, I don't think I have any good intentions. Since you have no intention of getting involved with their family, the people don't fight with the officials, Let's stay far away!"
"I listen to my aunt."
Mrs. He was satisfied: "Well then, our family will go back to Danyang County!"
Originally, she was thinking of promising Mrs. Ji to stay for one more year, but now it seems that the capital is a right and wrong place, and she cannot stay for a long time. At this moment, the general and his wife have not found out about Brother Ting's life experience. If they do, they may cause some trouble. It is better to avoid it and go home to live their own life.
Moreover, since he has no intention of recognizing his biological father, he is the child of the Lao He family, and he wants to inherit the incense lamp of the Lao He family, so he can't teach someone to take it away! If this child is taken away by her own hands, how will she face the ancestors of the He family under Jiuquan!
"Okay, let's go back to Danyang County!" He Shaoting nodded without hesitation.
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Tang Songnian has been very busy since he took office in the Ministry of Personnel. The handover of official affairs is one of them. It also coincides with the death of a controversial old prince, and the ministers have been arguing about the old prince's posthumous title. For a long time, he could not settle down. As a member of the Ministry of Personnel Examination Department, who was in charge of investigating hundreds of official biographies, monuments, posthumous titles, etc., Tang Songnian was naturally not easy.
He went out every day when the sky was bright and bright, and at night when his children had already fallen asleep, he came back full of exhaustion. After being so busy for more than two months, he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
Nguyen was overjoyed when she saw that he could finally take a break. While waiting for him to change clothes, she told him about what happened at home. When it was mentioned that her daughter likes to play around with a whip recently, her tone was a little bit complaining and a little helpless: "This child's temperament doesn't know who he is, and he doesn't know where he learned it from, and he even ties the cane with a rope. Acting as a long whip, the knot is still firmly tied, and it can't be shaken off, thanks to her being able to figure it out."
After speaking, she also took out the four confiscated 'whips' to show him.
Tang Songnian had been busy for so long, and he didn't know that his precious daughter had found such a new entertainment. He suddenly laughed, and after hearing the worried words of his wife, he couldn't help comforting: "If she likes it, let her run and run more. Exercise can also strengthen your body, just be careful not to let her hurt yourself."
"I'm not afraid that she will hurt herself?" Ruan sighed.
Tang Songnian took the few 'whips' made by the little girl, and tugged hard, then took one and slammed it to the ground, only to hear a crisp 'pop', which almost scared Mrs Ruan. Jump.
He picked up the 'whip' and took a closer look. It was really firm, and the knot on it was not loose at all.
"This knot is well-tied, and the little girl has some ingenuity." He praised.
Ruan scolded him: "You still praise her. If she heard it, she might not be so proud!"
Tang Songnian laughed and changed the subject.
Days passed, although Ruan's family still did not allow her to swing the whip, but Xu Yunyao went against it. In order to avoid being caught by her mother, she even dispatched Yan Wu to give her a look.
One person and one 'ghost' cooperated quite tacitly, and was never bumped by Ruan again. Over time, Ruan Shi also thought that she lost interest in whip-swinging, but she did not know that the little girl had already practiced whip-swinging quite skillfully. Although it is not to the point of being superb, it is still a draw, and it is not in vain.
Of course, she didn't forget the agreement with Zhou Ge'er. She watched Tang Songnian go to the study when she was resting, poured him a big bowl of soup, coaxed the old man into a high spirit, and pretended to be innocent and cute for a while. Purpose.
Tang Songnian looked at his daughter who turned around and ran away without hesitation after reaching the goal, and shook his head with a smile.
How could he not know that what the little girl just wanted was what his son wanted, it wasn't a big deal anyway, he bought it as soon as he bought it. As for the little white horse, he still had a way to ask someone to find a foal that was just born. .
A few days later, when Zhou Ge'er saw the little pony that was not taller than himself, his face was about to cry without tears.
Xu Yunyao didn't expect the old man to use such a trick, so he laughed shyly and slipped away.
The old man is indeed an old man, and he is never soft-hearted in fooling children.
Although Brother Zhou was disappointed that the little white horse he bought couldn't carry him to run fast, but then he thought about it, the little white horse will eventually grow up one day, and when it grows up, it will naturally be able to carry himself and run fast. .
Thinking of this, he suddenly became happy again, and he went to see his little white horse every day when he had time. As for the little guy who could punch, he turned around and asked Mo Yan to take it to He Shaoting.
He Shaoting held the wooden figurine with a stunned expression, and only listened to Mo Yan: "Fourth Young Master said, Brother Ting should practice boxing according to this villain first, and he will not be afraid of being bullied if he trains his fists well."
He was speechless for a long time.
Mrs. He also sighed inaudibly while holding the various wound medicines sent by the Ruan family.
Half a year after the new emperor ascended the throne, he officially issued a decree to confer the eldest son Zhao Yuande as the prince, the second son Zhao Yuanchang as the king of Xiang, and the fifth son of the emperor Zhao Yuanyou as the king of Yu.
Immediately afterwards, she heard the news that the queen wanted to choose companions for several princesses.
She couldn't hide her excitement, but felt that this was a godsend opportunity. If she could enter the palace and become the princess' companion, it would mean that she would have more opportunities to approach King Yu, and also have more opportunities to develop childhood sweetheart relationships with him.
It's just that when she thinks of Tang Songnian's current official rank, she becomes discouraged again.
Most of the princess companions are selected from the royal family, or the family of important court officials of the third rank or above. Although the old man has some real power now, he is still a long way from the 'high court officials', and no matter how he chooses, it is not his own head. .
Such a great opportunity has nothing to do with her. She was extremely frustrated, and she threw the cane whip in her hand, but unexpectedly, she didn't pay attention to it, and she pulled a pot of flowers uprooted.
"Ah! This is our wife's flower!" Li's maid, Xiuzhu, exclaimed and rushed forward to rescue her.
Xu Yunyao thought to herself that this was broken.
In the Phoenix Palace. Emperor Tianxi and the queen were talking about choosing a companion for several princesses. When they mentioned the candidate for the fifth princess, Jing'an, the queen said helplessly: "Jing'an is out of character, so she has to choose someone who is steady and polite, but in this way , it is estimated that she is several years older than her, the little girl is afraid that she will not be happy."
For some reason, Emperor Tianxi thought of what happened in Jifu that day, so he smiled and said, "I may have a candidate. Although he is younger, he is also quite polite and sensible, and he may be able to get along with Jing'an."
"I don't know which daughter your Majesty is referring to?" The Queen was a little surprised.
"The youngest daughter of Tang Songnian, a foreign official in the Ministry of Personnel Examination!"
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Tang Songnian returned to the mansion with a frown. He never thought that the princess who thought it had nothing to do with his family chose to read as a companion, but in the end, a place fell to his daughter, and it was directed by His Majesty. . After all, this is a great grace, and others may not win it if they break their heads.
He paced worriedly with his hands behind his back. The little girl is not yet five years old, and she has a strong temperament and refuses to suffer, which is very good. But the palace is the place with the most rules and regulations, even though His Majesty said that the little girl is still young and will not let the palace rules bind her, how can you do whatever you want when you go in
He sighed and hadn't figured out how to tell the news to his wife, when he saw two familiar figures, one high and one low, not far away, and after a closer look, it was his wife and precious daughter.
As he got closer, he heard his daughter's milky voice begging: "Will you give me another chance, okay?"
"Mother has given you a few chances? But you are a bad girl who always agrees with her in front of her face, but turns around and looks the same again." Ruan's face was stern.
"The last time, the last time, okay?" The little girl raised her face, followed her mother closely with her short legs, and asked reluctantly.
"No, mother is very angry now and doesn't want to talk to Baoya."
"Then how do you not get angry? Tell me, as long as you don't get angry, you can do anything." Xu Yunyao stepped up, grabbing Ruan's cuff and shaking it.
Glancing at her daughter who was chasing after him begging for mercy, Ruan Shi wanted to laugh a little, but she hurriedly held it back, still ignoring her with a stern face.
Seeing that Mrs. Baozi, who was always soft-hearted and talkative, was actually indifferent, it was obvious that she was really annoyed this time, and Xu Yunyao scratched her hair in annoyance.
She asked herself all kinds of ways to coax people, but when she searched her mind, they were all coaxing men, especially her husband. She has never coaxed a woman, let alone her own mother, so that this time Mrs. Baozi annoyed her, but she couldn't think of any effective way, so she could only follow Mrs. Baozi to admit her mistake and beg for mercy. It's really stupid, but there's nothing you can do about it.
She had nothing to do, so she was busy calling Yan Wu to come up with an idea.
Yan Wu thought for a while: "Would you like to act like a spoiled child?"
'No, no, it's not good for people who are really annoyed. '
"Then pretend to cry and be pitiful?"
'Do something wrong and cry? 'If Yan Wu appeared in front of him at this moment, Xu Yunyao just wanted to stab her in the forehead.
Feeling her dislike, Yan Wu pursed her lips aggrievedly, and said with a bit of anger: "Then you should rely on begging for mercy! After all, the strong girl is afraid of entanglement!"
It's really useless! Xu Yunyao was angry, and suddenly thought about it again: Yes, a strong girl is afraid of entanglement with her husband, and a strong mother should also be afraid of entanglement with her daughter.
After realizing this, she chased Ruan's figure away again: "How can you not be angry? You have to say it before I know! How will I know if you don't say it? Say it? Well, how can I not be angry..."
Tang Songnian couldn't help laughing, and for a moment, he finally couldn't hold back his laughter.