The most powerful minister in the world

"The dumplings are out of the pot~" The little girl walked over the threshold carrying a large plate of dumplings and placed the dumplings in front of Jing Lixiao. Everyone in the hall put on new festive clothes.

"Daddy, you eat first, ah~"

Jing Lixiao sat at the head of the long table. The little girl leaned on the table and picked up a dumpling to feed him. He ate it and smiled and said: "Well~it's delicious and delicious. It tastes even better if it's eaten with our girl's hands." Come on, girl, take one too, and daddy will blow it for you."

"Ah~"

Jingxi and Jingchuan sat on the right side. Jingxi leaned on his cheeks and pursed his lips as he muttered, "You're a little sycophant, you know how to be clingy."

Mu Jin glared at Jing Xi and sat on the left next to Jing Lixiao. Lian'er and the maids brought in many more dumplings, and a delicious meal was served.

Just when Yan'er was about to retreat, Jing Lixiao coughed twice and said, "Lian'er, you can sit down too. Jingchuan, come sit next to Qiqi and let her sit next to that brat."

"No, handsome man, how can I serve on the table as a maid?"

Jingxi made a cry, took her hand and pushed her down on the chair and said, "You are still the number one maid in the world personally appointed by His Majesty, why can't you sit down?"

"Hey~ Really? That's much more powerful than me, a first-grade military lord~"

Lian'er's face turned red when they talked about it, and she clutched her skirt shyly. At this time, Jingxi served her a bowl of dumplings and put them in front of her and said, "Are you shy?"

"This is my first time dining with the masters."

Jing Lixiao was eating deliciously while holding the bowl, when he heard Lian'er whispering in a low voice and said with a smile: "What's this? Let's eat together at the table from now on. Really, although our Jing family has big rules, we can also divide people. You Lian'er Sister, you have made a great contribution, this is nothing. Come on, eat quickly, and after eating we will go out and set off fireworks together."

"Okay~ Daddy, the fiery tree and silver flower boss that sister Lian'er bought must be very good-looking."

Jingchuan poured a glass of wine for Jing Lixiao, picked up his own glass and said, "I wish my father endless blessings."

"Hmm~ Qiqi wishes daddy a long and prosperous life."

Seeing this, Lan'er secretly poked Jingxi with her arm, and Jingxi also picked up the wine glass and said, "I wish you a prosperous life, dad, and all the best."

"I wish you all the best, handsome man, and good luck."

Jing Lixiao twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, we are all good boys." He drank the wine in one gulp, "Come on, come on, use your chopsticks. After the meal, after setting off the fireworks, let's watch the New Year together. When the time comes, There are big red envelopes.”

"Ona is here!"

Jing Lixiao stood up, straightened his clothes and said, "Let's go, this dish came a little early tonight."

As usual, the emperor would give vegetables to ministers in the court on New Year's Eve, and the Jing family naturally had them every year.

"My minister Jing Lixiao and the heirs of the Jing family are here to receive the reward!"

The chief eunuch delivering the food didn't wait for him to kneel down, and quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "Oh~ Mr. Marquis, I wish you a new year in advance. Your Majesty has decreed that I have this eight-treasure duck of the universe. , and this bergamot sea cucumber is brought to you~"

Jing Lixiao put his hands in his sleeves and raised his eyebrows: "Two dishes?"

"Oh~ Lord Marquis, Your Majesty said that you have worked hard this year and will be given a special dish. This Buddha's Hand and Sea Cucumber was given by Your Majesty to the Crown Prince."

"Thank you!"

"Master Marquis, I won't disturb you anymore. I will take my leave first."

Jing Lixiao smiled and held the hand of the head eunuch, took out a stack of banknotes wrapped in red paper from his sleeve, stuffed it into the eunuch's sleeve and said with a smile: "Hey, father-in-law, you have worked hard, and you are all here for the New Year." Happy and auspicious.”

"Hehehe~ Lord Marquis, you really love this slave. You didn't let me go back empty-handed all those years ago. Come on, you and the young masters and ladies will eat well and I will retire."

As soon as he left, Jingxi opened the Qiankun Eight Treasure Duck and smelled it, and said with a lack of interest: "Tsk~ This smell is not as good as the one made by Zuixianglou."

"You're talking nonsense, you haven't carried it in yet, and you haven't even had a few sips of wine."

"Yes, yes, dad, why is it that the eunuch who comes to deliver the royal vegetables every year is always the same?"

"Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, just eat and eat!"

On the other side, Liu Ningmei was also at the dining table at the moment, watching the gorgeous fireworks bursting into the sky outside the window, and just drank a bowl of porridge and went back to the room.

None of the aunts on the table and the seven or eight direct relatives in the yard dared to say anything. Even the current head of the Liu family, his father Liu Xiankai, just frowned and sighed.

Liu Ningmei returned to the room, opened the window, and sat on the window sill that had been specially processed and covered with a plush blanket. She hid her hands in the hand warmers at the tail of the Jade Rabbit. She was still wearing the red dress she had worn to show Jing Xi that morning.

"Hmm~" Liu Ningmei pouted slightly and breathed a sigh of relief. Her mind was filled with Jingxi's handsome face. The exploding fireworks were his face, and the bright moon in the sky was also his face.

Every night when she couldn't sleep, and four or five fire cauldrons were burning in the room, but her heart still felt deserted, she would sit by the bed for a while and think about it.

Her tanlang's life seemed to have momentum again.

In the east courtyard of Jing Mansion, Jing Xi held a fiery tree and silver flower that was half a person tall and placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He gasped and said, "Who made this? Damn, it's too big, isn't it? It has to catch up with the ones in our camp." Big guns!”

"Hehe, sister Liang'er bought this from that Huangying store. She bought a lot of them. Let's put one out a day."

Jing Xi looked at Jing Lixiao and saw that his eyes seemed to be evasive, so she knew that he didn't tell the little girl that they were leaving on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

"Brother Jingxi, what are you doing so stupidly~ Hurry up~"

Jingxi blew the burning red incense, found the letter, and clicked it.

The whole family huddled together and watched the thing like a big barrel slowly crack and spin. The silvery white sparks became more and more abundant, gradually forming layers of lotus flowers. At the end, a big lotus flower emerged, and the whole family was surrounded by lotus flowers. The whole yard was lit up.

Mu Jinyi's little face was flushed, and the gleam in her eyes was getting bigger and bigger. She couldn't help but murmured: "So beautiful~"

Lian'er was also dumbfounded. There was no way a woman couldn't resist such a violent thing.

After all, the capital is a place where fireworks flourish. The fireworks in the sky have not stopped since nightfall. People on the streets on New Year's Eve are very nice, and they are all waiting to go out for the Lantern Festival.

After setting off the fireworks, everyone went back to the house to play chess, chat, and watch the New Year together until the bells of the Drum Tower rang.

Jing Chuan then led Jing Xi and Mu Jin to tidy up their clothes and stood in the hall. They all knelt down and kowtowed, wishing Jing Lixiao New Year's greetings.

"Dad, happy New Year~"

"Happy New Year, Dad~"

"Dad...Happy New Year~"

Jing Lixiao took out the New Year's money that he had prepared, patted it on his hand and said with a smile: "Happy New Year, happy New Year, get up quickly, whoever gets the red envelope in my hand gets it."

Mu Jin ran out in confusion, accidentally bumped into the table, covered her head and sobbed.

"Hahaha~ You're really good, girl. Your running is faster than the two of us who practice martial arts. I admire you."

Originally, she didn't want to cry, but after being mocked by Jing Xi, she couldn't help but cover her head and start crying.

"Woooooo~"

Lan'er quickly ran over and rubbed her head. Jing Lixiao also smiled and said, "Hey, come Qiqi, daddy will give you a blowjob."

As soon as Mu Jin ran into Jing Lixiao's arms, she rubbed her face and secretly grabbed all the red envelopes on the table.

"You girl, did you do this on purpose? Are you really trying to steal the gold ingot? Hahaha."

As soon as Mu Jin was being tickled by Jing Lixiao, she burst into tears while holding a large pile of red envelopes in her hand, and even showed off to Jing Xi. Jing Xi covered her stomach and kept laughing and said: "Everything is yours, no matter what. Watching such a show is much more cost-effective than red envelopes."

Jingchuan also pursed his lips and smiled. Jing Lixiao took out a stack of red envelopes from his right sleeve and said, "New Year's red envelopes are indispensable for everyone. Come and get them all, and you, Lian'er, can also share."

"Ah? Dad, let Qiqi take a look at how many red envelopes you have in your sleeve~"

As she spoke, Mu Jin put her face into Jing Lixiao's wide sleeves, making Jing Xi lie on the ground and laugh.

Jingchuan couldn't help but hold on to the pillar and kept twitching. Jing Lixiao's eyes turned into crescent moons with a smile.

"No, no, leave some for them, Qiqi, don't take everything away."

"Hmph~ I won't leave it for brother Jingxi. I'll hold it for brother Jingchuan and sister Liang'er."

"Wow~ Then I have to grab it myself~" Jingxi made a fierce tiger pose and came to scratch Mu Jinyi, and the two of them started chasing each other in the hall.

Jing Lixiao secretly wiped away his tears, wondering if he remembered when the children were young?

Qiqi was a little smaller after all, and she felt sleepy after all the fussing. She fell asleep without even eating the dumplings, and Lian'er accompanied her back to the house.

Jing Lixiao and the others also finished their dumplings and sat on the table drinking dumpling soup.

"I'll leave in the morning of the second day of junior high school. You can talk to the girl tomorrow."

Jingxi chewed the cabbage in the soup and said, "I knew you didn't tell her that you would have to make a fuss when the time comes."

"I really can't wait this year. The spies in Chen State have received news that Li Junhao and Duan Wuya have returned to China one after another."

Jingxi raised his eyebrows and said, "I can't go back with you this time. You have to take it easy. If you can't handle the difficult places, go around them. Anyway, isn't our goal this year the last two big cities?"

"Everything has been arranged, but it's you. I'm in the capital. Who else can control you and prevent you from causing trouble?"

Jingchuan suddenly said: "Old Yan~"

Jingxi picked up the fried meatballs on the table and threw them at him. He caught them with one hand and threw them into his mouth to eat.

"Lao Yan, you dote on him even more than me as a father. It's good if you don't spoil him."

"Tch~ I'll go to his old man's house tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings."

"It should be so. I've asked someone to prepare a gift for you, waiting for you to take it over. Also, here is a hundred thousand taels of silver note for you to take."

"Ah? What do I need so much money for?"

My God, one hundred thousand taels of silver, no idea, it’s enough to feed an army of tens of thousands for two or three months.

"Take it, if you can't come back this year, I'll use it as living expenses for your house."

"Oh~ thank you dad then."

"Hmph~ It's quite fun to call me daddy when you're getting money."

Jingxi put the banknote in his arms and chuckled, "The key is that you don't agree even if I call you normally."

"When did I stop agreeing?"

Jingchuan muttered from the side, "It seems he doesn't like to agree." Feeling his father's sharp eyes, he shrank his neck unconsciously.

"Ahem, in short, just one sentence, the money is given to you, you can spend it as you like, but you are not allowed to cause trouble for me. I am in southern Xinjiang, so don't let me be distracted."

Jingxi nodded and said, "I understand."

"besides......."

"Hey, you're almost done. If you're really worried, why don't you and I go back to southern Xinjiang together? I'll come back on the wedding day."

Jing Lixiao twirled his beard and rolled his eyes at him and said, "The last thing."

"Sure, tell me, I'll listen."

"Ahem...if, I mean if, you are not in the capital, remember to send Qiqi back to Qingzhou."

Jingxi raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you tacitly allowing me to escape from my marriage?"

Jing Lixiao was stunned, then came to his senses and reprimanded: "I just told you not to cause trouble, and you're going to do this for me again?"

"Yes, yes, it's not because my son misunderstood it." Jingxi turned his back and sipped the soup and muttered, "Really, apart from running away from the marriage and leaving the capital, what other reasons would I leave for?"