After Liu Qinghuan returned to the main room, she was still playing with the silver sachet in her hand.
I have to say that the workmanship of this sachet is indeed very exquisite. Whether it is the complicated flowers or the flying saucer in the flowers, they are all carved lifelike, and decorated with gilt decorations, it looks even more exquisite and unparalleled. Liu Qinghuan opened the mouthpiece in the middle of the sachet and took a look. Inside was a censer specially used to hold spices. The charcoal will not spill out.
Liu Qinghuan also had to be amazed at this time, with such an ingenious design, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it is the only one in Chang'an City, no wonder Lu Jiao wants to show it off to others everywhere.
Chi Tao also leaned over curiously, and sniffed slightly with the tip of her nose: "Madam, the spices in it seem to be specially made by Hu merchants in the Western Regions, um... a bit like lily incense."
Lily incense is said to be a fragrant pill made of hundreds of spices.
Liu Qinghuan sniffed lightly, the fragrance was very layered, but she only smelled agarwood, white sandalwood and green cinnamon. She smiled and put the sachet aside, the loss of this thing was enough to cause Lu Jiao trouble for a long time.
After a while, Liu Qingli's furious voice came from outside: "Third Sister! Third Sister!"
Liu Qinghuan raised her eyes and glanced at her unexpectedly: "Second Sister, did you come here with Auntie to celebrate her birthday?"
"Birthday? If you don't tell me, I thought today was a blind date banquet for Master Hou!" Liu Qingli sat down beside her angrily.
Liu Qinghuan froze for a moment, then asked her with a smile: "What's wrong?"
"Go to the inner hall and see for yourself!" Liu Qingli glared at her viciously, "The daughters of Lu Shangshu and General Shibai are here! How do you think you, Mrs. Hou, are all taken care of by others? The bullying has come to the fore!"
Liu Qinghuan blinked and said, "Then...they won't think you're here too..."
"You!" Liu Qingli was so angry that she couldn't speak for a moment, "I was kind enough to worry about you, but you are here to make fun of me!"
Liu Qinghuan smiled and helped her calm down: "Okay, I was wrong. But does General Li know that you are here? It would be bad if he misunderstood too."
"Liu Qinghuan!" Liu Qingli yelled at the table angrily, "I'm really full to take care of your business! You just wait to be poached!"
Liu Qingli ran out angrily, just in time to meet Xue Mu coming in. She snorted viciously and walked away without looking back.
Xue Mu was baffled by the humming, and walked up to Liu Qinghuan and sat down: "Are you making her angry again?"
"It's not me." Liu Qinghuan stood up, smiled at Xue Mu, and said, "Amu, let's go to the inner hall."
"Okay." Xue Mu smiled and held her hand.
When the two came to the inner hall, there were already quite a few people sitting inside. When everyone saw Xue Mu coming in, they all got up and greeted him. Liu Qinghuan took a look around in the inner hall, and it was really like what the second sister said, none of the officials and wives came here by themselves, and they were all accompanied by their own daughters.
After quietly following Xue Mu to greet Ning Shi, the two went to the couch and sat down. The atmosphere in the hall has become inexplicably ambiguous since Xue Mu came in. All the well-dressed daughters looked at Xue Mu shyly, their eyes almost glued to each other.
He Xirou was sitting next to Mrs. Governor, Liu Qinghuan couldn't help but look at her more. Although her expression was as indifferent as before, the faint love in her eyes couldn't be hidden.
Liu Qinghuan slightly pursed the corners of her mouth, she wanted to make all these daughters die today.
Nian Tang stayed in the inner hall all the time, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot in the kitchen. It never occurred to her in her dreams that Lu Jiao was not the only daughter who wanted to come to the Hou's mansion to be a concubine. Dacheng is not the only man left, Lord Hou. They all want to have a family background, and they want to have good looks. Why do they have to lower their value and go to be concubines? Is it for love
Of course, Ning also saw that these wives were not interested in drinking, but let alone that her Mu'er was definitely not willing to take concubines, even if she was willing, it would not be appropriate for these rich ladies to marry into the Hou's mansion as concubines. .
The officials and wives are all thinking about their own calculations. A few days ago, Master Hou led a large group of people to tear down the Ao Temple, but there was a lot of trouble in Chang'an City. Although I heard from my master later that Mrs. Hou Ye went deep into the enemy camp to help the emperor deal with the King of Lingnan, but she was taken away by those lunatics for so many days, who knows if anything happened
They came today mainly to let their daughters show their faces in front of Lord Hou. If they could win Lord Hou's favor, when Lord Hou couldn't help but want to divorce his wife, the chances of their daughters getting married would be even greater. Ten thousand steps back, even if Lord Hou won't divorce his wife, if his daughter can marry such a man, even if she is a concubine, she won't feel wronged.
Seeing that they were all looking at Xue Mu like their son-in-law, Mrs. Liu couldn't help twitching her lips. Her real mother-in-law is sitting here, do you think she is dead
She looked at Xue Mu and asked with a smile, "Mu'er, how is Qing Huan's body recently?"
Xue Mudao: "Don't worry, Madam, Qingqing is in good health, and I will take good care of her."
Madam Liu was very relieved by this A Niang cry. She looked at the ladies whose faces had changed, and raised the corners of her mouth in satisfaction.
Lu Jiao glanced at Liu Qinghuan, and asked with a smile: "I heard that Mrs. Hou was captured by the fire worshipers a while ago, I wonder if there is anything wrong?"
After Lu Jiao asked this question, the atmosphere in the hall became stiff. Xue Mu's eyes darkened the moment her words fell, and even Ning Shi, who was sitting in the middle, frowned slightly. She had heard a little about this daughter of the Shangshu Mansion. It's okay to be arrogant and domineering on weekdays, but now at the Hou Mansion and at her birthday banquet, what do you want to imply when you say these words
Xue Mu looked at her sideways, his eyes as calm as the sky before the rainstorm: "I don't know what Miss Lu said, what is it like?"
Xue Mu's speech was not fast, and he spat out each word with a terrifying power. This was only the third time that Lu Jiao saw Xue Mu. She had always had the impression of him as a unparalleled son. She almost forgot that Xue Mu was a general, an invincible general.
She was a little frightened by him, and looked back at her mother helplessly. Mrs. Lu also had an ugly face. The master had warned her not to provoke Xue Mu, but she always felt that Xue Mu was different from other generals. Even Dacheng's civil servants would find it difficult to find someone as gentle as him. So whenever Jiao'er cried in front of her, she took her to the Hou's mansion twice and three times.
"Princess Yongfu arrives—"
The loud communication from the servants outside the door broke the silence of the room. Liu Qinghuan turned her head to the side, watching Yongfu dressed up come in.
Everyone stood up and greeted Yongfu as if awakened from a dream, Yongfu excused everyone, walked up to Ning with a smile and said: "Mrs.
She waved to the entourage behind her, and a servant girl came up respectfully holding a tray. Yongfu lifted off the red cloth covering the tray, and a crystal clear and round night pearl was firmly placed in the middle, even in the daytime, it was faintly glowing with fluorescence.
The ladies in the hall took a deep breath one after another, they had never seen such a big Ye Mingzhu before.
"This is a tribute from Shanlan Kingdom. Yongfu borrowed flowers to present Buddha. I hope Mrs. Xue will not dislike it."
Ning said: "Princess is too polite, this night pearl is too precious."
Yongfu smiled and said, "It's good that the old lady likes it."
The other wives were only thankful that their presents had already been delivered, otherwise they would really be a bit helpless at this time. But Princess Yongfu is so attentive, and everyone knows that it is because of Lord Hou. Thinking of the princess as a rival in love, the wives were worried about their daughters again.
Yongfu didn't seem to notice their weird eyes, and sat directly in the seat Ning arranged for her, opposite Xue Mu and Liu Qinghuan. When she came in just now, she realized that Xue Mu was angry, and the one who made him angry seemed to be the daughter of Shang Shufu over there.
Thinking of Lu Jiao, Yongfu couldn't help but chuckled, but she was a lady from Shangshufu, even more unruly and self-willed than her princess, it's quite normal to make General Xue angry.
Liu Qingli glanced at Liu Qinghuan proudly, as if waiting to see how she would end up. Miss Lu hadn't sent away yet, another princess came, and today's birthday banquet was really lively.
Liu Qinghuan blinked at her, as if she didn't take this to heart at all. Liu Qingli snorted, pretend, let's see how long you can last.
Because of the appearance of Yongfu, Lu Jiao's page was turned like this, everyone exchanged a few words, and the servants outside the door preached again: "Eunuch Gao is here—"
When everyone heard this, they were about to stand up and salute again. Eunuch Gao quickly supported Ning who was about to stand up: "The old lady can't force it. The miscellaneous family came here today to send congratulatory gifts for the emperor."
The little eunuchs in the palace brought in box after box of congratulatory gifts, which made all the wives speechless. When the emperor usually rewards his master, he has never seen such generosity. It seems that it is correct to marry my daughter into Lord Hou. Even if this is a concubine's room, it is more beautiful than the main room of other families.
After delivering the congratulatory gifts, Eunuch Gao left in a hurry. After the servants of the Hou Mansion moved all the congratulatory gifts out, Liu Qinghuan also stood up from the couch.
"Aniang, Qing Huan also has a gift for you."
Ning said: "Didn't you give me your present, Mu'er?"
Liu Qinghuan smiled and said: "This is a gift that only Qinghuan can give to mother."
"Oh?" Ning looked at her curiously, "What is it?"
"You'll be able to hold your grandson in no time!"
Liu Qinghuan's voice was sweeter than the cakes on the table, and everyone lost their minds for a moment.
Ning was stunned for a moment, then looked at her in surprise and joy: "Qing Huan, are you... pregnant?"
As soon as Mrs. Ning finished speaking, all eyes in the hall fell on Liu Qinghuan, and Mrs. Liu also looked at her nervously.
"Yes, the doctor said it when he came to take the pulse a few days ago. There is nothing wrong with it."
Xue Mu suddenly stood up from the side, and took her hand into his palm: "Qingqing, is it true?"
His jaw was clenched and he looked expectant and nervous. Liu Qinghuan smiled at him, and said coquettishly: "How could I make fun of this kind of thing."
"That's great, great, good day, come with me to the temple tomorrow to fulfill my wish." Ning was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.
Liang Chen nodded, also with a happy expression on his face: "Okay, old lady!"
The corners of Xue Mu's tightly pursed mouth finally melted into a smile, and Liu Qinghuan saw two full of herself in his beautiful black eyes.
As if he couldn't see the people in the room, Xue Mu directly hugged Liu Qinghuan into his arms, buried his head in her ear and whispered, "I said you were not feeling well, and you were lying to me again?"
"Hmm..." Liu Qinghuan rubbed against him flatteringly, "It's because you said that the gift that Auntie wants most is a grandson, so I want to surprise you all."
Xue Mu hugged her, and laughed softly: "I'm really surprised." There was another little dumpling in his little dumpling, just thinking about it made Xue Mu's heart so soft that it was unreasonable.
The two people in the hall who were embracing each other regardless of other people's eyes were really dazzling. Xue Mu's full of respect for Liu Qinghuan radiated from his whole body, even a blind person could see it.
The faces of the wives turned ugly, and the ladies were even stabbed by Xue Mu's doting and cherished smile, and even their eye sockets were a little red.
The corners of Yongfu's mouth curled up. This person would always only smile at Liu Qinghuan like this. From childhood to adulthood, even if he just mentioned Liu Qinghuan's name, he could show a happy expression.
The "gift that only she can give" that Liu Qinghuan said just now came to his ears, and Yongfu couldn't help but snorted. Is this trying to give everyone a bad blow
It is estimated that after today, these ladies in Chang'an City should give up on General Xue, right
Lu Jiao seemed to have also received a great blow, and she sat in her original position in a daze. Seeing her despondent look, Qing Zhi quickly jumped out to make up the knife: "Master Hou, just now Miss Lu accidentally hit Madam hard in the yard, is there anything wrong?"
As expected, Xue Mu's complexion darkened, Ning and Mrs. Liu who were sitting above also became worried. Liu Qingli stood up and shouted fussily: "I heard that the first three months of pregnancy are the easiest to miscarry. Third sister, do you feel the abdominal pain unbearably?"
Nian Tang's eyes moved, and he ran out quickly: "I'll go and bring Li Yuanbai here!"
…
Everything happened so fast and swiftly, as if it had been rehearsed long ago, Liu Qinghuan wanted to applaud the three of them. Mrs. Lu's expression on the side is not very good, if Jiaoer really bumps Mrs. Hou into something, then it will be a big deal!
This good birthday banquet was disturbed like this, and no one was in the mood to eat anymore. Ordinarily, the guests who came to the banquet should also leave now, but the ladies and ladies in the hall are still sitting in their seats, and no one has the intention of leaving.
Liu Qinghuan couldn't help laughing in her heart, she knew what they were waiting for, they just wanted to make sure if she was really pregnant. Since they want to see it, let them see enough.
In less than a cup of tea, Li Yuanbai flew in from the outside supported by Nian Tang. After landing, Nian Tang pushed Li Yuanbai and urged: "Hurry up and show Madam!"
Li Yuanbai clutched his stomach in pain, and quickly ran to the door, sticking his whole body against the door: "Let me vomit quietly for a while first."
Nian Tang: "..."
Of course Li Yuanbai didn't spit out anything, in fact he hasn't had lunch yet. Looking at the delicious dishes on the table, Li Yuanbai swallowed silently, stretched out his hand and said, "Ma'am, let me feel your pulse."
Liu Qinghuan looked at him and blinked: "That's a chicken leg, not my pulse."
…
"Cough cough." Li Yuanbai felt Liu Qinghuan's pulse seriously under the watchful gaze of Lord Hou, "Don't worry, madam, the fetus is fine."
Hearing this, both Ning Shi and Madam Liu breathed a sigh of relief, and Xue Mu's expression became softer than before. This result seemed to disappoint all the wives and ladies in the room, but everyone still stood up to congratulate. Lu Jiao seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly said loudly to Liu Qinghuan: "Is the child in your stomach really the Hou Ye's?!"
Xue Mu's eyes instantly turned cold, and the hall was even more terrifyingly quiet than before.
Yongfu glanced in Lu Jiao's direction, this young lady is so hardworking, doesn't she really think that General Xue has a good temper? Xue Mu wouldn't even blink if he split her in half.
Even Mrs. Lu, who didn't understand martial arts at all, felt the waves of murderous aura surging out of Xue Mu's body, and her face turned pale with fright. Just when she was about to speak for her daughter, Liu Qinghuan laughed mockingly at Lu Jiao: "Hehe, isn't it his, isn't it yours?"
The hall seemed to be quieter than before, and even the murderous aura on Xue Mu's body was less relaxed than before.
He looked at Lu Jiao, still with a gloomy face: "Is it Ben Hou's child, do you think Ben Hou can't tell the difference?"
Oh oh, claiming to be Ben Hou. Yongfu hooked the corners of his mouth mockingly, Liu Qinghuan can make Xue Mu feel happy easily, and can also make him angry easily.
His emotions seemed to be tied to her alone.
Mrs. Lu quickly apologized to Xue Mu: "Master Hou, calm down, my daughter made a slip of the tongue for a while, and she didn't mean to offend Lord Hou and Madam."
Xue Mu's angry eyes still stared at Lu Jiao: "Miss Lu, you are not welcome in the Hou Mansion, please leave."
When Xue Mu said that in public, Lu Jiao burst into tears. She bit her lower lip desperately, and ran out shamefully and angrily. Seeing this, Mrs. Lu hurriedly bid farewell to Ning, and chased her daughter out.
After running for a while, Lu Jiao found Mrs. Lu chasing her out. She looked at her aggrievedly, "Mother, Xue Mu actually humiliated her daughter in public. You have to make decisions for her."
Madam Lu pursed her lips, the veins on her head twitched one by one, she raised her hand and slapped Lu Jiao: "You should be thankful that Lord Hou didn't slash you when you said something like that, you still miss me What do you do for the Lord?"
Lu Jiao had never been beaten before at her age, and Mrs. Lu's slap stunned her. She stood for a while, tears welled up from her eyes again, and she said with deep hatred: "My daughter was bullied, instead of helping her, you beat me?"
Madam Lu's eyes were also a little red, Jiao'er was spoiled by her, she didn't know how serious it was, but she also misread Xue Mu, thinking that he was different from other generals. After today's incident, she realized that what the master said was right, Xue Mu should not be messed with, he was more decisive than all the generals, that's why he could become the first God of War in Dacheng.
"You are not allowed to come to Hou Mansion again." Madam Lu took a breath, turned and walked outside. Lu Jiao looked at her back with hatred, rushed up and said, "I'm going to tell Dad!"
Madam Lu laughed angrily: "Okay, tell your father quickly! See if he can beat you to death!"
Lu Jiao stomped her feet in resentment, and ran out of the Hou Mansion crying.
In the inner hall, everyone started eating and drinking again, even Li Yuanbai who came to take Liu Qinghuan's pulse was given a seat, and happily ate and drank in the Hou Mansion.
The dishes in front of Liu Qinghuan have been changed again, and they are all that Li Yuanbai promises to be edible. Xue Mu filled a small bowl of soup for Liu Qinghuan, looked at Li Yuanbai and said, "Doctor Li knew Qingqing was pregnant early in the morning?"
"Puff cough cough cough!" Li Yuanbai choked on the chicken in his mouth and almost vomited it all out. Master Hou really wanted to settle the score with Qiuhou, he looked at Liu Qinghuan for help.
Liu Qinghuan smiled, and said to Xue Mu: "I didn't let Doctor Li say it, otherwise there would be no surprises."
Xue Mu still looked at Li Yuanbai: "Forget it this time, if you still dare to hide something from me in the future, the end... imagine for yourself."
Li Yuanbai: "..."
His biggest shortcoming is that his imagination is too rich.
After lunch, the guests finally left one after another, and Xue Mu also dragged Liu Qinghuan back to the main room. After walking a few steps, Xue Mu suddenly stopped and hugged Liu Qinghuan, smiled at her and said, "Qingqing is pregnant now, I'd better carry you back."
Liu Qinghuan circled his neck and said, "I can walk."
Xue Mu chuckled, and placed a kiss on her lips: "I know, I just want to hug you."
Liu Qinghuan's cheeks were slightly red, and she whispered to him: "Those ladies and ladies haven't gone far yet."
The corners of Xue Mu's lips were slightly raised, and his eyes were full of smiles: "Didn't you let go in the inner hall just now? Why are you shy now?"
Liu Qinghuan curled her lips and buried her head in his chest: "I'll ignore you."
Xue Mu hugged her with a low smile and walked away.
Yongfu stood behind a pear tree and watched their backs not moving. A maid behind him cautiously called out: "Princess."
Yongfu let out a breath and looked back: "Go back to the house."
Xue Mu carried Liu Qinghuan all the way to the bed, helped her take off her shoes, and lay down beside her. Liu Qinghuan was a little embarrassed to be stared at by him, and softly called out: "Amu."
As if Xue Mu had been waiting for this moment, she covered her red lips the moment she opened them, and her dexterous tongue drove straight in. Liu Qinghuan's sweet taste made Xue Mu keep exploring in her mouth, wanting to ask for more. His hand also gently slid to her chest, but he held back and didn't poke it in. He paused for a moment and then slowly slid to her waist.
"Qingqing..." Xue Mu's breathing was a little short, but his eyes were full of smiles, "I'm really happy."
Liu Qinghuan panted a few times, and then laughed: "I'll have a little Amu soon."
Xue Mu's brows twitched, and he pulled her into his arms: "Is Qingqing so sure it's Little Amu?"
"Well, it must be."
Xue Mu smiled: "I think it must be a small dumpling."