After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Liu Yi left for three days, until the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival.

Today, Xiao Qingshan set up a separate banquet in the government office for all the guards to thank them for their hard work during this period.

"Xiao has neither talent nor virtue. Thanks to the protection of all the kings, he is able to protect his family's safety. I will prepare a small drink today to express my gratitude!"

Xiao Qingshan raised his glass and made a toast while Ming Jia sat down to accompany him.

Xiao Qingshan thanked him sincerely, and Shen Qi, Chen Liu and others were not hypocritical. After getting up and returning the courtesy, they started drinking and having fun together.

Everyone only dared to drink with Xiao Qingshan. No one dared to come forward to drink with Mingjia. Soon after three rounds of drinking, everyone's atmosphere became better and better.

Suddenly, Chen Xiaoliu stood up, walked to Mingjia's side and bowed, Mingjia looked at Chen Liu's salute in confusion.

"Uncle Chen Liu, what are you doing?"

"I...I have something to ask Master Mingjia!"

Others at the table also fell silent, and all looked at Ming Jia and Chen Liu. The courage Chen Liu had just mustered up suddenly dissipated.

Mingjia's position was just right enough to see Chen Xiaoliu's lowered face. Chen Xiaoliu's expression was reserved and even a little shy. Mingjia even noticed that Chen Xiaoliu's ears were red.

"Uncle Chen Liu, if you have anything to say, just ask! There's no need to ask for words!"

Mingjia smiled gently, already thinking about the possible things in her mind.

Chen Xiaoliu hesitated for a moment, then lifted up his robe and knelt down.

"I have been in love with Shuang'er for a long time. I want to marry Shuang'er. Please ask Master Mingjia to make it happen!"

Ming Jia doubted her ears. Who was Chen Xiaoliu with?

"Shuang'er? Aren't they the same generation?"

Mingjia was a little stunned!

Xiao Qingshan was also a little stunned!

Shen Qi finally reacted.

But Shen Qi would rather not understand what Chen Xiaoliu said.

"Think about how carefree I was when I was on duty at the Duke's Mansion in the capital. Why did I come to Dianzhou? First, Cheng Si found someone he liked, and now he has to see Chen Xiaoliu find someone to belong to."

After Mingjia came to his senses, he asked Chen Xiaoliu again for confirmation.

"You're talking about Shuang'er beside me?"

Chen Xiaoliu became even more embarrassed, but still nodded firmly, "Yes! It's Shuang'er!"

Ming Jia looked at Chen Xiaoliu and said seriously: "Sorry, Uncle Chen Liu, I can't agree to your request now!"

Chen Xiaoliu's face turned pale for a moment, and he didn't know what to say. He subconsciously wanted to kowtow and continue to plead, but he immediately realized that this was inappropriate.

Shen Qi, who was sitting next to him, reacted very quickly. He stood up and pulled Chen Xiaoliu up from the ground.

"Master Mingjia only said that he can't agree now, but he didn't say that he can't agree in the future! Don't kneel here, get up quickly!"

Ming Jia looked at Shen Qi and nodded with a smile and said, "I must ask Shuang'er for your opinion on this matter before I can reply to you."

As soon as Chen Xiaoliu heard that there was hope for a change in this matter, he immediately bowed to Ming Jia happily.

Seeing Chen Xiaoliu's silly smile from ear to ear, the other guards also reacted at this time, laughing and teasing Chen Xiaoliu, when did he have such thoughts about Shuang'er.

Chen Xiaoliu's face turned even redder when he saw the heckles from his friends, but when he thought that the matter had not yet been decided, it was hard to talk nonsense, so he quickly calmed down and scolded him.

"Don't talk nonsense, don't tarnish Miss Shuang'er's reputation!"

Ming Jia nodded in his mind. At this time, Chen Xiaoliu was in contrast to the way Ming Jia handled the relationship with Lady Wei in Chuanzhou.

At this time, Chen Xiaoliu was indeed calmer and more responsible than when he was in Chuanzhou.

After Chen Xiaoliu's reminder, several young people also realized that it was inappropriate to joke about unmarried girls, and they all restrained their joking smiles.

Chen Xiaoliu was not really angry. He naturally knew that the brothers were happy for him.

Chen Xiaoliu's move was so sudden that there was a moment of silence in the originally very lively banquet.

At this moment, Da Liu rushed in with his people.

"Sorry brothers, I, Liu, am late."

Everyone turned to look at Da Liu and the others, and found that Da Liu and the others had mud on their bodies and shoes, and they looked quite embarrassed.

Others didn't know what errands Da Liu had done recently, but Mingjia knew about it.

Ming Jia turned to look at Da Liu and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Da Liu tried his best to control his gaze towards other people and avoid Master Mingjia's gaze.

Mingjia felt Da Liu's evasion and guessed the outcome of this matter.

Da Liu and others originally wanted to say hello and then go back to wash up and change clothes.

As the host, Xiao Qingshan also stood up at this moment: "Hurry back and wash up and change clothes! Come over and have a drink with everyone!"

After Da Liu and others left, Ming Jia didn't want to eat at the moment because she wanted to see everyone having fun.

Mingjia stood up and greeted Xiao Qingshan, then went back to his study.

Shuang'er had been standing guard at the door of the study. Seeing that Master Mingjia had come back so early, she hurriedly greeted him.

"Master, the kitchen made buttermilk tea today. Master, would you like a bowl to try?"

Mingjia thought for a while. "Send me a bowl!"

Mingjia stopped Shuang'er who was about to leave. "You can go to Mingxi's place and find Granny Yan. I'll see her if I have something to do!"

Mrs. Yan arrived soon, and Mingjia told Mrs. Yan what happened in the front yard.

"Grandma Yan, I'm too young to ask Shuang'er about this matter. Please ask Shuang'er what she means!"

When Mrs. Yan heard about this, her first reaction was to become furious.

"What a Chen Xiaoliu! How shameless! How dare he miss the maid next to you!"

Mingjia had no choice but to persuade Granny Yan to calm down. After all, the Xiao family was not as strict in rules as the aristocratic family mansion.

"If both of them have this affection, it doesn't matter if it comes true for them!"

Although Granny Yan still felt that Chen Xiaoliu had overstepped her bounds, she thought of Chen Xiaoliu's other identity, and her anger softened a lot.

Mrs. Yan stood up and left the study, waiting outside the study door for Shuang'er to come back with buttermilk tea.

"Send the buttermilk tea in! I'll have something to talk to you about when I come out!"

Mrs. Yan's face and tone were not very good. Shuang'er was trained by Mrs. Yan, and she was already starting to feel uneasy with just such an expression.

After putting down the buttermilk tea, Shuang'er followed Mrs. Yan to the tea room nearby.

Mingjia gently stirred the buttermilk tea in front of her with a spoon. After a while, she took a spoonful and put it into her mouth.

Mingjia had just taken a sip of buttermilk tea when Shuang'er opened the door and walked into the study.

Shuang'er walked to Mingjia's side and knelt down directly. Shuang'er's expression was a little shy but more panicked.

"Young Master, please forgive me. Master Chen Liu and I have not given or received each other in private. We have always interacted with each other in a serious manner."

"When I was pretending to be a man and running errands with the master, Mr. Chen Liu took good care of me. But... it wasn't..."

Shuang'er was so anxious that she almost cried. She was worried that the young lady would misunderstand something, and she was also worried that the young lady would misunderstand Mr. Chen Liu.

Mingjia looked at Shuang'er's expression and asked leisurely.

"Did you know in advance that he would come to me today and ask to marry you?"