Chapter 168 Family
In the falling water, a girl leaned on the railing, holding a begonia in her hand, gently pinched a few petals and threw them into the water, causing ripples in the green lake. Next to her, a snow-white cat was lying aside and rushing at a weaved catfish. Occasionally, it whined with regret that it could not be jumped, causing the two maidservants guarding the pavilion to tremble with laughter.
"Miss, it's noon now. It's time for the emperor to come back. Will you go to the front hall and wait, or the emperor will come to look for it later."
The girl in the pavilion came back, and a smile rose on her beautiful face: "Leqi, I think you are getting less and less interested in me as a young lady. He went down and asked him to come to me. Do you need me to find him?"
Le Qi smiled and said, "Yes, yes, what the young lady taught was that the maidservant apologized to the young lady."
Mu Qingya gently raised the corners of her mouth, ignored the funny smile on Leqi's face, and gently threw the begonia flower in her hand on the playing cat: "Cat, let's go."
The kitten was shocked by the sudden falling begonia flower, and then rushed to the flower and bit it angrily. It didn't stop until it heard the owner's voice. It deftly jumped to Mu Qingya's feet, rubbed her ankle with a tender meow in her mouth.
Mu Qingya ignored it and walked straight to the Zhuanghua Palace beside him. Because of the habit of living here, Duanmu Lingyu asked her to move to a place close to the Qianqing Palace several times, but she refused. He had no choice but to move most of the government affairs to the nearest Ninglu Hall, and then let the ministers run back and forth every day, making those ministers who were domineering all day miserable.
Before entering the door, I saw Lingyu in a bright yellow dragon robe strode over: "Qingya, where have you been? I've been looking for you for a long time!"
Wei Xi, who was beside him, wiped the sweat on his head and carefully walked to Leqi: "What did Miss do? The emperor is going to turn over Zhuang Hua Palace. Look at the cold sweat on my head, I'm going to be scared to death by my master."
Le Qi gave him a contemptuous look: "You are really getting more and more useless."
Wei Xi's eyes widened: "I'm useless? Why don't we change jobs and you go to serve the emperor in two days? As long as you can't find a lady, the cold air..."
Le Qi looked at Wei Xi with a smile: "I'm scared at most when I go to serve the emperor. If you go to serve Miss, you will soon become the subordinate of General Goode."
"You..." Wei Xi trembled and thought of the emperor's attitude towards Miss Mu. If he really let him stay with her, I guess the emperor could really order him to castor, cough... Forget it, let's serve the emperor honestly.
Irning for two subordinates who whispered, Mu Qingya returned to Zhuanghua Palace with Duanmu Lingyu: "Why did you go down so early today?"
Duanmu Lingyu choke: "It's not that group of ministers. Humph, a group of pedantic sour scholars, I must cure these stinky problems."
"What's the matter? Who made you angry again?"
"It's not those people in the Hanlin Academy. I just want to mention my father-in-law's official position. They actually blocked it many times, and finally united those officials. Humph, I really thought I didn't dare to deal with them!" Duanmu Lingyu spoke over and over again and squintly to peek at Mu Qingya's reaction.
Looking at Duanmu Lingyu's bulging appearance, Mu Qingya laughed softly: "Just for this matter?"
Hearing that Mu Qingya did not object to her father-in-law named Mu Yi, Duanmu Lingyu's face was full of a bright smile, but she was suppressed by him: "It's not a trivial matter. They are disrespectful to their father-in-law!"
Mu Qingya glanced at him. Since she even compromised about entering the palace, she just didn't care about Duanmu Lingyu taking advantage of her: "Although my father had saved the emperor before, the emperor also gave him a reward later. If you talk about promotion at this time, there is no reason why you will naturally attract a group of ministers. Yes, again, there is a reason why those ministers may not be willing to see my father promoted so quickly.
Duanmu Lingyu was beside Mu Qingya and reached out to hold her in his arms. Seeing that she just raised her eyebrows and did not object, he hugged her tightly, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in her eyes: "Qingya, I want to bring up my father-in-law's official position and then formally marry you. I don't want people to have any dissatisfaction with you." Qingya is irreplaceable to him, and he doesn't want people to criticize her because of her origin.
Mu Qingya smiled sarcastically: "Huh, dissatisfied? That is, my father is now the Duke of Fu, and they are equally dissatisfied. Why do you care about these? If there is any dissatisfaction, how dare they say it in front of the ceremony? Since you don't have the courage to say it, be their minister honestly!"
Hearing this statement, Duanmu Lingyu was stunned at first, and then a sense of pride arises. It is worthy of elegance, and it is worthy of being the woman that Duanmu Lingyu fell in love with!
"Bear by the way, I'm leaving the palace tomorrow."
"Exit out of the palace? How do you think about leaving the palace? Is there anything in the palace that makes you dissatisfied? Tell me..."
"No, after these two months, my body has been almost recuperated. Naturally, I have to go home to see my mother and brother. I haven't seen them for so long, and I don't know how to worry about them!"
Duanmu Lingyu thought for a long time and finally nodded: "Well, in that case, you can go. You go down and go back today. I will send someone to pick you up in the evening, and you can still stay at home for two hours..." With Mu Qingya's cold eyes, her voice became smaller and smaller.
Mu Qingya got up, ignored his sad eyes, and went to the door and told Leqi, "Pack up your things and go home later."
"Yes, miss."
In Zhuanghua Palace, Duanmu Lingyu sat on the soft couch that Mu Qingya liked and turned over the scrolls in his hand boredly. Qingya has read this book so many times, but I don't know what's good? Qingya always felt that time was so fast when she was there before, but now she is living like a year, as if she is suffering every minute and every second. He got up anxiously and paced back and forth in the hall: "Wei Xi, is Qingya home now?"
"Your Majesty, Miss Mu has been away for half an hour. Now she has already arrived home, and the dark guard has also reported it."
Duanmu Lingyu frowned even more. Mu Qingya was always particularly cold in this palace, which made him feel anxious just by doing it here: "What excuse do you think I should find to get out of the palace?"
The corners of Wei Xi's mouth twitched: "Your Majesty, Miss Mu said when she left the palace that you should not leave the palace. Even if you leave the palace, don't stay at home, otherwise you will stay at home for half a month."
Duanmu Lingyu's eyes widened and glanced at him coldly: "You remember it clearly."
Wei Xi suffered in his heart: Master, it's also for your good. It's useless for you to vent your subordinates. Miss Mu has left. Even if you grind a hole in the sole of your shoes, you can't chase people back!
"To the emperor, Zhao Wei, the minister of the Privy Council, asked for a meeting."
The voice of General Manager Goode at the door came in. Duanmu Lingyu shook his sleeves and strode out. The expression on his face has instantly returned to the previous majestic, rigorous and fierce.
Wei Xi breathed a sigh of relief. When he walked out of the palace gate, he looked gratefully at General Manager Gu and would definitely invite you to drink another day. Looking at Good, he was confused and confused.
No matter how anxious Duanmu Lingyu in the palace was, Mu Qingya finally returned to Mu's house. Seeing Qin Yue's tearful appearance, his heart was slightly sad: "Mother."
"Yaer! Yaer, you're finally fine. My mother is worried to death. In case something happens to you... Mother and me..."
Mu Qingya relied on Qin Yue's warm arms, with tears in her eyes. Some time ago, Duanmu Lingyu arranged for the shadow guard to become her appearance to temporarily live in Mu's house, but she didn't know what was going on. Qin Yue saw at a glance that the man was fake, and even the little Mu Anzhi was unwilling to get close to the man, and finally quarreled. There was no way, so Mu Yizhi told Qin Yue the truth. Although she repeatedly assured that Mu Qingya was fine, it also made her cry all day.
"Sister!" A small figure rushed over and shouted at his sister crisply.
Mu Qingya was stunned for a moment and subconsciously held her soft little body in her arms before reacting: "Anzhi?"
"Sister, Ann Zhixiang, sister." Mu Anzhi's white and tender face had a flower-like smile, and her black eyes were full of pure joy.
"My sister also wants to be safe."
Mu Anzhi nodded his head and patted his chest with his little hand: "Anzhi, good boy!"
"Well, Anzhi is the best." Gently pinched his little face, Mu Qingya only felt his heart slowly and looked at Mu Yizhi, who stood straight aside. Although he did not say anything, the excitement and relief in his eyes could not be stopped. Having such a home is the best compensation for her.
The family returned to the room lively. Qin Yue repeatedly ordered her servants to quickly cook, holding Mu Qingya's hand and sighed that she was thin. It was said that there was nothing she could do. Mu Qingya had to put Mu Anzhi, who was sticking beside her, into Qin Yue's arms to divert her attention and signaled Leqi to bring the cat she brought together.
Mu Anzhi was originally very dissatisfied with leaving his sister's arms, but when he saw the cat brought in by Leqi, his eyes instantly lit up and waved his little hand and fluttered: "Sister, sister!"
Mu Qingya smiled and took the cat out of the cage: "Anzhi, do you like cats?"
"Cat?" Mu Anzhi gave a small exclamation, his big eyes were full of strangeness, and he nodded his little head heavily, "I like it, cat."
"Ha ha, let's touch it."
took Mu Anzhi's little hand and slowly put it on the cat's head. The kitten felt kindness and gently rubbed Xiao Anzhi's palm. He screamed softly with joy: "Sister, it's soft."
Mu Qingya played with his eyes: "Then let the cat play with you."
"Okay, cat, play."
At the door, a slender figure stood stiffly, and the luxuriant flower branches covered his expression, revealing only the tightly clenched fists half hidden in his sleeves. In the flower hall, those laughter seemed to be far away from him, as if they were a family...