The almighty crazy concubine is tough on the audience, and the prince passes the knife behind him

In the afternoon, Emperor Jiahe held a palace banquet to welcome Baili Changyao and his wife.

Early the next morning, Emperor Jiahe announced in the court that he decided to go to sea to Qianlong Island on the fifth day.

Before that, he had already arranged the affairs in Fengjin, letting a highly respected clan prince supervise the country, and asked some senior officials and ministers in the court to assist in state affairs.

Li Beimo became busy as soon as he came back, wanting to finish some important matters in the court before leaving.

The previous cement road had been paved to the border of Daxing State, but after Bailiyi saw this cement road, he also wanted to ask the original workers from Fengjin State to help lay the cement road to Zhongyun City.

Li Beimo and Cheng Qingqing had this plan for a long time. They sent some steel bars for bridge construction and sent some technicians from the Ministry of Industry to Daxing to make cement from local materials in Daxing. This would make construction more convenient and cost-effective.

Today, Cheng Qingqing accompanied her parents to the Cheng family ancestral cemetery to pay homage to her grandfather.

The Cheng family cemetery was halfway up a mountain. The carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain. They held their children and climbed up the steps.

Butler Xiao Wensheng had been waiting here with the sacrifices. When he saw them coming up, he quickly knelt down to greet you, "Old servant, pay homage to Your Majesty! The Queen! The Crown Princess!"

"Steward Xiao, there's no need to be polite!" Cheng Ying raised her hand, "Qing'er, help your Uncle Xiao up quickly!"

"Uncle Xiao, get up quickly!" Cheng Qingqing helped Xiao Wensheng up.

"Steward Xiao, how are you doing lately?" Cheng Ying looked at the man who had been guarding her for thirty years, feeling sour in her heart.

Xiao Wensheng was an orphan picked up by his father. His father kept him by his side and taught him how to do business. He also asked people with strong martial arts skills to teach him martial arts and trained him to be his father's right-hand man.

With his ability, if he left the Cheng family, he would have already become a wealthy businessman, but he did not. He remembered his father's instructions before his death and chose to stay to protect the three of them, mother and son, and manage the Cheng family for her like an elder brother. Property, still unmarried.

Butler Xiao lowered his head slightly, "Thanks to your Majesty, everything is fine with me."

"That's good." Cheng Yingwei nodded. This man was kind to her, and she treated him like a brother.

But now their identities are separated by an insurmountable gap, and they can no longer talk to each other casually like before.

"Queen mother... there are butterflies... butterflies..." Baili Yue came over and took her hand, asking her to help catch the butterflies.

"Okay, mother, go and help Yue'er catch the butterflies." Cheng Ying took her daughter's hand and helped her catch the butterflies.

Cheng Qingqing placed the sacrifices in front of the tomb and looked at the tomb where her grandpa and grandma were buried together. The surrounding area was tidy and tidy, which showed that people often came to take care of it.

"Uncle Xiao, thank you."

"Princess, please don't say such polite words." Xiao Wensheng looked at the inscription on the tombstone, and the words of the master's dying words were still in his ears, "The master treats me as a mountain of kindness, just like a reborn parent. Compared with the master's kindness , it’s trivial for the old slave to do this.”

After he finished speaking, he took out the sacrifices and placed them one by one in front of the tombstone.

Baili Changyao and Cheng Ying added a few shovels of new soil to the tomb, then took the incense that Butler Xiao had lit and began to worship.

Next came Cheng Qingqing, who took the three sticks of incense handed over by Butler Xiao and was about to pay homage when she saw Li Beimo coming.

"Father, emperor, mother!"

Cheng Qingqing looked at him. He left before dawn this morning. Why did he follow him?

"Why are you here too?"

"Well, come here and offer incense to grandpa!" Li Beimo came over, took the incense from Butler Xiao, and worshiped with Cheng Qingqing.

Cheng Ying took out the paper money, and the mother and daughter burned it together.

"Father, my daughter has found her own happiness as you wished. Your eldest grandson has also got married. Rest in peace under the Nine Springs!" Cheng Ying looked at the dancing fire in front of her and thought of all the things she had with her father when she was a child. , the eye circles turned red.

In that compartment, Baili Changyao and Li Beimo stood on the edge of the mountain holding their children, looking at the mountains in the distance, their clothes fluttering in the mountain wind.

"I think I came to Yongzhou City twenty years ago. Twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye. Now my temples are frosty, but time is still making me grow old!" Baili Changyao said with emotion.

"Daddy is not old..." Baili Yue said in a childish tone.

"Haha!" Baili Changyao wrapped the cloak around his daughter, "When Yue'er grows up, daddy will grow old."

"Dad...Dad...hug..."

At this time, the other two children also came over.

Baili Changyao glanced at Cheng Ying and his daughter and saw that they had almost finished burning the paper, so he ordered: "The wind here is too strong, please send the children to the car first!"

"Follow your orders!" Mrs. Yun took Baili Yue and went down the mountain with Mrs. Fu and Dongxue each holding a child.

Li Lingran refused to leave, so Li Beimo had no choice but to hold her.

After burning the paper money, Cheng Ying touched the inscription on the tombstone and was reluctant to leave.

After leaving this time, I don’t know if I can come back in the future.

"Mother, the mountain wind is getting a bit strong, let's go!" Cheng Qingqing advised.

"Yes." Cheng Ying stood up with the help of her daughter.

Looking at Butler Xiao who had been standing next to him, he sighed slightly, "Brother Xiao, I have to say goodbye this time. I don't know when we will see each other again."

"Please rest assured, Madam, no matter where you are? I will protect everything in the Cheng family." Butler Xiao said.

"I know you are loyal to the Cheng family, but you are almost forty years old. You can't stay single without a partner. Who will be there to help you when you get old or sick or something? Passing water and tea?" Cheng Ying still hoped that he would marry and have children, so that she would feel less guilty.

"Yes! I must obey the Queen's teachings." Steward Xiao suddenly knelt down and said, "I have something to ask of the Queen, and I hope you will grant it."

"Say it." Seeing his serious look, Cheng Ying thought he had something important to ask her.

"If this old slave has a son and a half in the future, I want the child to take the mother's surname of Cheng, so that the Cheng family's incense can continue." Butler Xiao pleaded.

Cheng Ying has put the Cheng family's old house and some shops and properties into his name. Everything he owns now was given by the Cheng family, so he has the obligation to continue the Cheng family's legacy.

Hearing his words, Cheng Ying and Cheng Qingqing were both moved.

If they marry into ordinary families, they can give one child the surname Cheng and continue the Cheng family lineage.

"Okay! You are interested. My father has always treated you like a son. He is indeed the right person." Cheng Ying thought for a moment and said slowly:

"Brother Xiao, I will be in front of my father's grave today. I will recognize you as my adopted brother! From now on, you will change your surname to Cheng, and it is only natural that your children will follow the surname Cheng from now on."

"Old slave, thank you for giving me your surname." Butler Xiao kowtowed to her, then turned to face the tombstone and kowtowed three times.

Cheng Ying glanced at her parents' tombstones again, turned around slowly, "Go back!"