C73 This Is Him Losing His Favour
C73 This Is Him Losing His Favour
Mu Chen alighted and sat in the same carriage as Shen Jingli. Shen Jingli had just fed his son a bowl of goat's milk and immediately turned around and stuffed the child into his arms. He asked: "Where are we going now?"
"To my grandfather's house." Mu Chen grabbed the little child's hand that was continuously waving, and said with a smile.
"What does your grandfather do?" Seeing the parents, he was very nervous.
"The crown prince is offering wine."
Shen Jingli used his rusted head to think about it. He shrugged and looked at Mu Chen blankly.
"Mostly, it's the hands-on learning method and the teaching examination."
Shen Jingli blinked his eyes, he was not really interested in this, but he knew that this person should be a powerful official, after all, he was in charge of the education of the entire imperial government.
When he arrived at the Yang Mansion, it was already late at night, and the Yang Mansion lights were extremely bright. Old Man Yang had received the news long ago, so he did not care about the formalities at all. He directly waited at the main gate, and when he saw Mu Chen and his family, he first patted Mu Chen's shoulders in gratitude, and then patted Mu Jin's head.
Mu Jin looked at his relatives and his eyes reddened, as he threw himself into Old Master Yang's embrace and acted coquettishly.
Old Lady Yang stood at the side and watched with reddened eyes. She hurriedly said, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back …"
Behind them were Mu Chen's uncles, aunts and children. When they saw the two of them, they were overjoyed.
Mu Chen held his son, pulled Shen Jingli a step forward, and introduced him as well: "Grandfather, Grandmother, this is my wife, Shen Jingli. This is our son, his name is Xun Er. Xun Er, this is your great-grandfather and great-grandmother. "
Xun Er stared at the person in front of him curiously with his big watery eyes. He opened his mouth and laughed, then turned around and climbed up Mu Chen's chest using the clothes he was wearing and bit on Mu Chen's face, leaving a mark on his saliva.
"Stop messing around." Mu Chen reached out and patted his little butt.
When Old Master Yang and the Old Lady Yang saw the baby in Mu Chen's arms, they all stared at it. When they saw the little child smiling at them, they could not shift their eyes away, and the corners of their mouths unconsciously curled up.
Old Lady Yang even strode forward and hugged the child in her arms, staring at Mu Chen in blame, "Such a good child, you even want to do it, how can you be a father? "Be careful, I won't hit you …"
Did he lose his favour? Seeing that his grandmother had scolded him for her son's sake, Mu Chen could only laugh helplessly. That little fellow was truly charming.
When Old Lady Yang saw Xun Er, she was overjoyed. She carried Xun Er in her arms and laughed so hard that her dimples appeared on his face. She even chewed on a few saliva marks on the old man's face, which made the old lady very happy, and immediately told her personal nanny to take out her treasure chest. She wanted to find something for her great-grandson.
Seeing that the two elders liked their son so much, Shen Jingli could not help but heave a sigh of relief. He did not forget how much this dynasty's people discriminated against Shuang'er. Almost 80% of the people viewed Shuang'er as their bane, and he was naturally worried that the people from Yang Family would also discriminate against Shuang'er, resulting in them disliking their son.
"Grandmother is biased. Now that I have a great-grandson, I don't need one anymore." Mu Jin looked up from Old Man Yang's embrace and said sourly.
These words made everyone laugh out loud. Old Man Yang also laughed heartily, reached out his hand to caress his grandson's head, and said with full vigor: "And Grandfather dotes on you."
Mu Jin immediately raised his head and smiled, and said happily: "Grandfather is still the best."
Even though Old Lady Yang was very old, her ears were very sharp. When he heard their conversation from afar, she turned around and shouted, "Stinking brat, you dare speak ill of Grandmother behind her back, don't you want to apologize …"
Hearing that it was a greeting, Mu Jin immediately shouted and followed, "Grandmother, I like you the most …"
Seeing his lively look, everyone laughed again, while Old Man Yang finally looked at Shen Jingli, neither servile nor overbearing. He was calm and composed, with a satisfied smile on his face, "Come in, let's stand at the door, what do you think?"
"Yes, you must be tired from your long journey." Yang Family's aunt pulled Shen Jingli to take a look around, and then cried, "Pity your mother, she's gone just like that …"
Why are you talking about that? Zi An just returned, why aren't you quickly telling the servants to prepare food and water? Eldest Uncle Yang Cheng Xuan quickly stopped his wife's misery and welcomed Mu Chen and his family into the house.
Old Master Yang had a wife and a concubine. Her first wife, Old Lady Yang, gave birth to a second son and a daughter, and his concubine, Aunt Ying, gave birth to a son and a daughter, two daughters, one married to the Duke of Zhen'an, the other to a concubine of Uncle Cheng An, three sons, two to an official in the court, and one to an outsider. The concubine, Aunt Ying, was the old lady's concubine.
Mu Chen's family of four were placed into an elegant courtyard in Yang Mansion. After Shen Jingli coaxed his son to sleep, he turned his head to see Mu Chen sitting on the Arhat Bed beneath the window, earnestly wiping a sword. The moonlight shone through the window, illuminating the sword's body.
"What are your plans?"
Mu Chen was summoned back by the Emperor's decree, but the Emperor did not say anything about restoring his official position, which meant that he was currently jobless and homeless.
"Buy land." Mu Chen kept the treasure sword, and replied without even looking up.
"Puchi …" Shen Jingli could not hold back his laughter. Could it be that Mu Shisi was affected by him?
"Didn't you look down on me being a small landowner?" He didn't forget that Mu Shisi kept teasing him, saying that he was the true landlady. In the end, he himself didn't want to be the local landlady either.
"I didn't." He refused to admit it in all seriousness.
Shen Jingli looked at him suspiciously, but this fellow was lying and acted like he was right. He laughed and did not argue with him, "Alright, you handle this matter."
In any case, the final deeds went into his pocket, and he was happy to take advantage of them.
Mu Chen saw his sparkling eyes and knew what he was planning, and couldn't help but laugh.
In the next few days, Shen Jingli's courtyard was extremely lively.
"Cousin, this chicken cake is so delicious. How is it made? I told my maidservant to come here and learn, so that you don't have to rub your head anymore in the future. " A thirteen year old girl picked up a piece of chicken cake to eat with relish, her big watery eyes looking at Shen Jingli in anticipation.
"Yes, yes. Cousin, the people in your room are really good at cooking. They are even better than the cooks in our big kitchen who specialize in making snacks." Another girl said.
Two sons, two daughters, and two daughters of the Yang Family Great Elder Yang Cheng Xuan, and two sons, two daughters, and two daughters of the Yang Family Second Master Yang Cheng Guang. Two of the eldest daughters of the two had already married, the remaining three daughters and two daughters would always come together to cause trouble if they had nothing important to do, which caused the two wives to have a headache.
"Eat, eat, eat. You're almost a pearl, and you're still eating so much." Gemini at the side, Yang Ningtian squeezed her sister's round cheeks and could not help but mock her.
"What?" I just like it. What about you? " Yang Ningxin curled her lips at him angrily, then hugged Shen Jingli's arm and acted like a spoiled child, "Cousin sister, look at my brother, he always bullies me."
The little girl pouted and snorted in dissatisfaction.
"When did I bully you? If you don't bully me, I'll thank the heavens. " The difference between Yang Ningtian and Yang Ningxin was one year, one was 14 and the other 13.
"You two really have no shame for causing a ruckus in front of your cousins." The sixteen-year-old Yang Ningya stood tall and straight, her movements carried the elegance and elegance of a lady.
As Shen Jingli watched them make a ruckus, he couldn't help but squint his eyes and smile. It seemed like he hadn't seen such a harmonious and noisy scene in a while.
The Nanny Jin waited on the side and couldn't help but laugh. After arriving at the Yang Mansion, the Madam's laughter became more and more frequent, and the Young Master was even more joyous. Everyone in the manor yearned for that cute little darling and would find all kinds of excuses to come and see him, especially the Old Lady Yang.
"If you guys like it, then get people to come over and learn from Lee Qi. He has a lot of snacks."
"Really?" "I want to learn, I want to learn. The master in the kitchen said that I am very talented in cooking snacks, I will definitely learn it well."
"Look at you, your innate skill in eating snacks is getting better and better …" Yang Ningtian covered his laugh, seeing that Yang Ningxin was about to attack him, he immediately ran away, and the brother and sister started fighting in the courtyard.
In contrast to Yang Ningtian's lively and cheerful nature, Yang Ningyi was calm and steady. She was the oldest out of the five, and had already turned eighteen years old, but she had already arranged a marriage, and before he had even passed the marriage, he had already taken in a few concubines, and even gave birth to a few sons and daughters. Second Mistress Yang gnashed her teeth in anger, and allowed her sons to beat him up.
Seeing him quietly sitting by the side, Shen Jingli felt that he didn't seem to be the kind of person who would specifically come to visit them. It seemed that he liked to be left alone even more.
"Is the chicken cake good?" he asked, sitting down.
Yang Ningyi did not expect Shen Jingli to take the initiative and talk to him, she was shocked and quickly replied, "It's a little sweet."
He didn't like things that were too sweet. He felt very tired.
"Next time, I'll ask Lee Qi to put a little less sugar on it."
Yang Ningyi looked at Shen Jingli in shock. She couldn't believe that Shen Jingli would take his words to heart so easily.
Yang Ningxin, who had been unable to catch up to Yang Ningtian, angrily mumbled a few times. He ran back and threw himself onto Shen Jingli's body, saying in a tender voice, "Cousin sister, I heard that the scenery of the Blue Moon Lake is extremely beautiful in the west of the city. Why don't we go take a look together?"
Recently, she had been constantly being held at home by her mother, causing her to feel extremely bored.