Maybe before he finished speaking a few words, there was a sound of flustered footsteps outside.
Xu Zhizhou frowned, no one is allowed to be so flustered and unruly in the Xu family's mansion, when did such an ignorant servant come to the mansion
If Mo Nanting was not here today, he would have reprimanded her a long time ago.
But at this moment, someone from outside ran in, not someone else, but the housekeeper who had always been very calm and self-possessed.
"Second Patriarch, Wangfei, Wangfei is back!"
The housekeeper trotted all the way, and when he arrived in front of Xu Zhizhou, he was out of breath, bent slightly, but with a pleasant smile on his face.
Hearing this, Xu Zhizhou stood up suddenly, holding Mo Nanting in his slender hands, with a look of surprise on his face,
"Are you serious? Both the princess and the prince are back? Where's the elder brother?"
"They're all back! They're all back! The lord sent the night guards by his side to pass on the message, but the lord said that it's getting late today, so it's not too late to say something tomorrow."
"..."
Hearing this, Xu Zhizhou also controlled his emotions, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he was relieved, although he didn't know what they experienced in that place, it was good to come back safely.
When Mo Nanting in Xu Zhizhou's arms heard the words of the butler, she was extremely excited, and she smiled happily in Xu Zhizhou's arms, with a crisp and tender voice.
"Second uncle, father and mother are back, I miss them so much!"
"Nan Ting is good, your father and mother just came back, will I take you to see them tomorrow, okay? Let's go back to the room to sleep first, your mother will be angry if she knows you haven't slept yet."
Xu Zhizhou patiently coaxed Mo Nanting in his arms.
After hearing this, Mo Nanting raised her little hand and rubbed it on her head twice, as if she was thinking,
"Second Uncle, can I see Mother and the others tomorrow?"
"Of course, when did the second uncle lie to you?"
Xu Zhizhou was petrified by her small appearance, raised his hand and gently scratched the tip of her nose, which provoked Mo Nanting to keep crawling into Xu Zhizhou's arms.
…
Carrying the little one, Mo Nanting went back to her room, and it was already midnight to put her to sleep.
Xu Zhizhou walked out of the two children's room lightly. The guards outside were taking turns protecting them in the dark, and nothing would happen.
After closing the door, Xu Zhizhou stood up straight. There was silence all around, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.
"Aren't you going to rest?"
The housekeeper who had been standing outside looked at Xu Zhizhou's figure, feeling somewhat depressed for no reason.
The former Second Patriarch was not like this. In the past, their Second Patriarch only had the feeling of thin ice that could not be melted away, with a sharp but harmless sense of alienation. No matter what time it was, he was an elegant son.
But I don't know when it started, or I don't know when I saw someone, the breath of the second Patriarch changed,
As long as there is no one in the house, the second Patriarch always likes to be in a daze, sometimes standing in the corridor, sometimes sitting in the gazebo, not knowing what he is thinking.
The housekeeper has been with the three of them for some years, so it goes without saying that everyone is the master, but now even the second master is unpredictable.
Just when the old housekeeper was thinking, Xu Zhizhou spoke after being silent for a while.
"Has Fang Ran gone back?"
"?"
The old butler stood respectfully behind Xu Zhizhou. After waiting for a long time, he didn't expect the second Patriarch to ask such a question.
The lady of the Fang family has been in the Eastern Capital all these years, and has never returned to the capital. Although the Fang family's mansion has been rebuilt, there is no longer any laughter in the mansion. Only a few old mothers and servants live in Here, it is cleaned daily.
The two sons and daughters of the Fang family don't want to go back to the capital, this sad place, so these years, the princess occasionally visits the eastern capital,
Now that Miss Xia came back suddenly, I don't know if it was a coincidence, but when I came to Xu's house, I didn't expect that it would affect the mind of the second Patriarch.
But he is a housekeeper, and he is only concerned with the big and small affairs in the house on weekdays, and he doesn't care about Miss Fang's movements, so he couldn't answer the second Patriarch's question for a while.
"Second Patriarch, this... slave is not very clear."
"... I see, you go back, what I asked you today just pretend it never happened."
"Yes, the slave will leave."
The housekeeper couldn't figure out what his master was thinking for a while,
If you say you like the lady of the Fang family, it doesn't look like it. The second patriarch has been to many places in recent years, but he has never been to the Eastern Capital City. The two of them have no communication. How can we like it? .
But say you don't like it, the second Patriarch was obviously dazed when he saw Miss Fang a few days ago, and now he asks Miss Fang to think about it, which is very inconsistent with the usual style of the Second Patriarch.
But they are just servants, and these things are the master's business, and they are not easy to ask.
The housekeeper left full of doubts, leaving Xu Zhizhou alone. After standing in the yard for a while, as if thinking of something, he walked towards another direction of the house.
There are blooming flowers in front of me. Although it is the night of late summer, the flowers and trees in the garden are blooming in full bloom.
Xu Zhizhou stopped when he came here, and he couldn't help but see the scene of that year, when he met Fang Ran in the garden.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little confused, there was a fragrance of flowers around, but there was an inexplicable feeling of irritability.
"It's really..."
Man|Standing in the back garden, muttering to himself...
the next day,
Mo Nanting woke up early in the morning, and it seemed that she had inherited Mo Jinyao's fine traditions. Fang Guan Mo Mufan was still sleeping soundly in the small bed, and her saliva flowed down to her chin. There was a smile on her pink and tender face, as if she had dreamed of something good.
But such a sweet dream was interrupted by Mo Nanting who had already woken up. Mo Nanting's little hand directly slapped Mo Mufan's face,
How hard can a child's small slap be...
Facts have proved that a child's slap is still very powerful to a child, let alone a child like Mo Nanting who has been with Mo Jinyao and Yun Ziyue since childhood, the strength cannot be underestimated.
No, Mo Mufan was having a sweet dream, but was completely slapped by Mo Nanting and sat up in shock. When the little child was woken up, he thought he was dreaming.
I just wanted to swear, no one in this family dared to hit me except my father, mother and younger sister, who would be so courageous!
But after sitting up and seeing Mo Nanting innocently looking at her, all the arrogance and unhappiness disappeared in an instant.
"Mo Nanting, next time, can you not slap your brother in the face, your brother's face is a perfect inheritance of your mother's looks, and of course there is a little bit of a smelly father's look, but it's good anyway."
Mo Mufan, who just sat up in shock, started the day of narcissism.
But Mo Nanting is obviously used to hearing this and seeing this face, so she doesn't like it very much.
"Brother idiot, get up quickly, mother and father are back, let's pack up quickly and don't go to sleep."
Mo Nanting took Mo Mufan's arm and shook him vigorously, trying to shake Mo Mufan completely awake.
"Stop, stop, Mo Nanting, you make your brother and I dizzy."
But Mo Mufan was completely awake this time. He opened his eyes and looked through the window to vaguely know that the sky outside should not be completely bright yet. It should not be morning yet, right
Thinking of this, Mo Mufan wanted to cry, but he had a beautiful dream. He had just dreamed that he had grown up, and his bad daddy was by his side, not as tall as him. He was beaten awake when he was overjoyed.
However, I really miss my mother, and of course there is a bit of a villainous father.
"Mo Nanting, let brother sleep for a while, mother will come to pick us up when the time comes, and look at your dark circles, you'd better sleep, otherwise mother will say you."
What Mo Mufan said was true, but the five-year-old child went crazy during the day and fell asleep very early in the afternoon. Although he only slept for a few hours at night, it was far from enough to have eye circles. degree.
"Hmph, brother, you're fooling me again. I've already looked in the mirror, and I don't have eye circles at all. Don't resist, let's tidy up and wait for mother and father to pick me up."
In the end, Mo Mufan couldn't hold back Mo Nanting after all, and he wailed on the bed and got up dragging his unrepentant body.
…
Xu Zhizhou also woke up very early. He wanted to see how the two children were sleeping, but when he opened the door lightly, he saw two neatly dressed dolls carved in pink and jade.
They all have small faces with powder puffs, and they look like dragons and phoenixes, but the girl dressed in pink has big black grape-like eyes and is very awake, while the boy dressed in silver gray looks like he is about to fall asleep. The appearance of the scene is very interesting.
Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Xu Zhizhou couldn't help laughing.
And Mo Nanting jumped to Xu Zhizhou's side the first time she saw him, a small one that could only reach his thigh, and a pair of pink and tender hands opened to hug him.
Xu Zhizhou bent down and hugged Mo Nanting directly, and the girl kissed Xu Zhizhou's face.
"Second Uncle, we are all dressed up, isn't it amazing?"
"Well, Nan Ting is awesome!"
Xu Zhizhou was not stingy with his own praise. The two children grew up in a honey pot, but they did not have an arrogant and domineering personality.
Although sometimes naughty, but at the age of five, how can there be a child who is not naughty
Moreover, the two children can tell right from wrong, they are extremely smart.
Mo Mufan, who was dozing off sleepily, also chased away the sleepiness in his head when he saw Xu Zhizhou, and ran over,
Xu Zhizhou bent down and hugged Mo Mufan as well. The two five-year-old children were not too light, and Xu Zhizhou stopped the servants and nuns who followed behind him just as they wanted to go forward.
"Let's go eat first."
"it is good!"
"Okay, Second Uncle!"
The two children spoke in unison, their voices were crisp and clear, and the people behind Xu Zhizhou, whether it was the nurse or the servant girl, couldn't help but smile.
…
Chenwang Mansion
Yun Ziyue and Mo Jinyao didn't disturb many people when they came back last night, and they came back from the suburbs on horseback.
Except for those who are close to them, in the eyes of outsiders, Lord Chen and the concubine just went to some place to do business. As for where they went, they didn't know.
So when Yun Ziyue and Mo Jinyao appeared in the palace early on the second day, the nuns and servants in the palace were all stunned.
When did the prince and princess come back? Why didn't they receive any news
And the wind steward knew last night that the prince and princess had returned, so he was naturally not surprised.
But at this time, an embarrassing scene appeared.
The few people who just came back got up surprisingly early, even the princess got up very early, which is really a strange thing.
But the people in the kitchen were very busy after they knew about it.
The prince and concubine are back, they must prepare something well, but this is too sudden, at such a short time in the morning, they have no time to prepare.
"Quickly, lord and concubine and a few sons came back last night, hurry up and prepare breakfast!"
"What? Why so suddenly?"
"Ah, it's over, it's over, it's not good!"
"..."
Early in the morning, the back kitchen has already started to work, and everyone can't wait to open their hands at this time.
This is what Yun Ziyue saw when she came in.
The kitchen was very busy, as if a banquet was about to be held.
Everyone who was busy stopped what they were doing when they saw Yun Ziyue coming in.
"Servant (servant) pays respects to the princess."
Yun Ziyue came here by accident, and only came in after listening to the movement here.
But when I saw someone salute her so respectfully after two months, I still felt that something was wrong for a while.
He waved his hand to signal them to get up.
"Princess, the kitchen is full of oily fumes. We have already prepared the food and will serve it to you in a while. I hope the concubine will not blame you."
Everyone in the Chen Palace knows that the princess is a magnanimous hostess, as long as they don't make some unforgivable mistakes, they won't be punished.
But they all respect the princess very much in their hearts, and they dare not break the rules at all. This is the Prince Chen's Mansion, the most honorable place in the world.
"..."
Yun Ziyue did not speak, but walked into the kitchen, looked at the same food on the chopping board and in the pot, and then said,
"After these few things are done, bring them over, and you don't need to do the rest."
"Princess, this..."
The people in the kitchen didn't know what Yun Ziyue was thinking, they thought Yun Ziyue was angry, and they all wanted to kneel down.