I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

"Yes, Princess, rest assured, I will take care of this matter. Please mother, take good care of the princess."

Although it was late, Meng Qingyu did not delay at all. He immediately took his men and took Qiao Wan'er to Jingzhao Prefecture, and reported the case that Xu Yanzhou had deliberately murdered the princess.

The people in Jingzhao Prefecture had heard rumors before that the emperor wanted to take action against Marquis Jian'an, so they did not doubt it and immediately sent people to arrest Xu Yanzhou.

At the Marquis Jian'an's Mansion, Lord Xu was still worrying about whether tomorrow's wedding would go on as normal, but he learned that officials from the Jingzhao Prefecture had come to arrest Xu Yanzhou.

At the first moment, Lord Xu actually breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what the reason was for Xu Yanzhou's arrest, since he, the groom, was arrested, the wedding would naturally not take place.

The same thing happened to the Qiao family. Qiao Wan'er was taken away for insulting the princess. Master Qiao thought the problem was not serious and even thought it was Qiao Linxi's plan to resolve the current deadlock between the two families.

"Uncle..."

Master Qiao had just breathed a sigh of relief and was sitting in a chair, thinking and drinking tea. He was also thinking about asking the servants to inform each family that the wedding had been postponed.

Then I saw a person I hadn't seen for a long time walking in from outside the door.

"Xu Ming?"

The person who came was Qiao Xuming, the son of the third branch of the Qiao family. He had not been seen since the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Uncle..."

Qiao Xuming walked in quickly, with a festive look on his face.

"Uncle, I went to Lanqing City to pick up the children."

"What?"

Master Qiao was confused for a moment, "What child?"

"Oh, these are the children of the sworn brothers that my eldest brother adopted outside. There are eighteen of them, and they were brought back in a neat group."

Eighteen...

Master Qiao's eyelids twitched. He really didn't expect that Qiao Xuming could do such a big thing without saying a word.

"Well, that's a good thing."

"It's even better. Your dear grandson is only nine years old, but he has passed the imperial examination and became the youngest scholar."

Master Qiao was not very clear about his grandson's situation, but when he heard that he had passed the imperial examination at the age of nine, he thought it was truly an amazing talent.

"Quick, bring it in."

Master Qiao was delighted, put down his teacup, and waited happily to see the children. For a moment, he even forgot about Qiao Wan'er.

Qiao Xuming waved outside and saw a dozen children walking in a row.

"Okay, okay."

Master Qiao was very happy to see so many children. Who dared to say that his Qiao family was small now? Eighteen, oh, nineteen children would be quite a big deal in any big family.

"Uncle, this is Qiao Linqin, Qiao Linqi, Qiao Linshu and Qiao Linhua. They are my brother's bloodline."

The four children who were named stepped out of the line, took a step forward and knelt in front of Master Qiao.

"The grandson/granddaughter has met the grandfather."

His voice was loud and he was not at all stage frightened.

"Good, good, good!"

Master Qiao stroked his beard happily and said several good words in a row.

"Good kids, get up."

Qiao Xuming introduced the other children one by one, and Master Qiao became even happier.

These children's names are not nice to hear, but they have good meanings, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting, peace and joy, a house full of wealth and jade, and good luck.

Haha, he likes it, he likes it very much.

"Lin Qi, okay, okay."

Master Qiao patted Qiao Linqi's shoulder, and as he smiled, his eyes became moist again.

His son, his only son, the son of such a clear and gentle heart, left home and never came back, and he was never seen again.

"grandfather."

Nine-year-old Qiao Linqi has grown up a bit and looks more like the young Qiao Zijin.

"You are the eldest grandson of my Qiao family. Grandfather does not ask you to bring honor to our family. I only hope that you can hold up the Qiao family and prevent it from falling into dust."

"Grandfather, rest assured. Your grandson will study hard, pass the imperial examinations, and bring honor to the Qiao family."

Qiao Linqi is not a talkative person, but these words make him seem like a man who can do what he says.

"Lululu, you're a flatterer."

Compared to Qiao Linqi's steadiness, Qiao Linshu is more talkative and naughty. Hearing Qiao Linqi's promise, he made faces at him from behind.

"Okay. Xuming, go inform your father and uncles that our Qiao family is going to hold a family dinner tonight to welcome the children."

The arrival of the children dispelled the dark cloud over Qiao Wan'er's arrest, and no one even showed a trace of sadness.

Looking at all the smiling people, Old Mrs. Qiao felt very upset. Qiao Wan'er was the one she spoiled when she grew up, and now that she was in prison, these people were happily holding a family dinner. It was really disheartening.

Because of the arrival of more than a dozen children, Master Qiao decided not to cancel tomorrow's banquet and directly turned the wedding banquet into a family recognition banquet. All he had to do was take down the red silk wedding character.

The servants of the Qiao family were very efficient and quickly prepared the table. There were only four brothers of Grand Tutor Qiao's branch, and only a dozen masters in the four branches. So every time there was a family banquet, they only needed to set up one table to seat everyone.

But now it’s different. There are eighteen more children, and there are three large tables in the hall.

Seeing the children suddenly appear, the other members of the Qiao family were delighted and the welcoming banquet was full of harmony.

"Tomorrow's banquet will not be cancelled. We will directly change it to a family recognition banquet. Tomorrow we will open the ancestral hall in front of everyone in the capital and enter the children in the family tree."

After Master Qiao spoke, no one else had any objections, except that they requested that all the children move into their own room.

"Brother, this is easy to handle. Zijin's children will marry into your first branch, and the rest will be included in the family tree according to their previous relationship in Qiaojiazhuang. Lin Shan's five siblings will marry into our second branch, Lin Bao and his family will marry into the third branch, and Jixiang Ruyi and his family will marry into the fourth branch."

Mr. Qiao was drunk and his whole face was filled with happiness.

Master Qiao looked at the children and asked, "Would you like to be included in the Qiao family tree?"

Qiao Linshan was the oldest of the group of children. She stood up and saluted towards Master Qiao, saying, "Grandpa Qiao, you don't despise our background and are willing to give us a home. This is the blessing we earned in our previous life, so we are naturally willing. But if we are included in the Qiao family tree, will it cause the Qiao family to be criticized?"

"You kid..."

More than a dozen children sat together. It was not noisy as imagined. They were all well-behaved and their manners were no worse than those of children from wealthy families.

Master Qiao sighed, saying that these children were raised very well.

"Lin Shan, you don't have to worry about this. As long as you are willing, you will be the grandchildren of my Qiao family, and no one dares to say anything."

"Moreover, your biggest source of confidence is your eldest sister. Qiao Linxi is now the Princess of Dingguo and is in great favor. Who would be so blind?"

"Hmm, yes."

Several elders in the Qiao family agreed with Master Qiao's words, which made the children feel relieved.

"Is the eldest sister a princess? That's amazing. Does she have lots of beautiful clothes and delicious food?"

The six-year-old Qiao Linhua looked at Master Qiao with sparkling eyes, "Does my sister live in the palace? Can she see the emperor every day?"