Silly Scholar's Wife

After Lord Zhao left, Zhao Huan and Mu Chenxi hadn't been out of the house very often.

Except for the one meeting with Liu Wenqing and Wang Qingquan, they saw that they were all settled down, so they dived into their studies.

The time is calm, slowly coming to the end of the year, this is the first New Year they have spent in Rongdu.

Without them having to work hard, Steward Wang prepared everything, so that when the new year came, the mansion would be decorated with lanterns and festoons to celebrate the new year.

On this day, there was a commotion in the mansion. The Queen Mother gave a New Year's gift. Zhao Huan and Mu Chenxi followed the arrangement of Wang Steward and knelt down to accept the order.

After that, Zhao Huan was secretly surprised when he saw rows of presents coming one after another. The sum of food and clothing was quite a lot.

Afterwards, they also took out New Year's gifts and handed them over to the Queen Mother by Steward Wang.It was a statue of Amber as tall as a man, and it was carved by Zhao Huan bit by bit during this period of time.

At first glance, Steward Wang thought it was a real person.He rubbed his eyes and sighed: "I'm old, my eyes are useless!"

"Uncle Wang, do you miss Amber?"

Mu Chenxi asked with a smile, "Don't worry, they will come back one day, even if we don't come back, we can still go find them."

"More than two years."

Butler Wang looked lonely, "The mansion cannot be left alone, otherwise the old slave will definitely accompany him."

"If Uncle Wang wants to go, go."

Zhao Huan said, looking at Mu Chenxi, "If we stay in Rongdu, we can take care of everything here. If we want to leave, Uncle Wang can also seal up the mansion. Those Zhuangzi and shops have their own accounts If Uncle Wang is really worried, we can help you come over once a year to have a look."

"Thank you two young masters."

Steward Wang was very happy when he heard what they said, and he smiled again, "I can't go, I have to take care of you, Rongdu looks calm on the surface, but there are too many officials and nobles, if you don't pay attention, you may be in trouble .And with you here, the old slave will no longer feel lonely, please rest assured, the two young masters."

"Uncle Wang can go whenever he wants, don't worry too much about us."

Mu Chenxi said, and then he took out a painting and handed it to Uncle Wang to bring to the Queen Mother, "I drew this, and it was Amber who taught me how to play the piano. He said he hadn't played it for many years, let the Queen Mother take a look at it." .”

When Zhao Huan saw this painting, he couldn't help but the corners of his mouth turned up crazily. He knew why Amber taught Mu Chenxi to paint, and he had heard Mu Chenxi say it before.

Jiang Haohai taught Mu Chenxi very strictly, and Mu Chenxi sometimes contradicted him, saying that his piano skills were not as good as Amber's, so he had to pester Amber to teach him.

Jiang Haohai was so angry that he wanted to teach him a lesson, so Mu Chenxi hid in Amber's arms and made faces. Amber pampered and protected Jiang Haohai, making Jiang Haohai helpless.

Actually speaking, Amber is extremely excellent in all aspects, not Jiang Haohai can compare, but he doesn't show it.

Family background is sometimes very restrictive. After all, Amber was born in a literati family, and he did not live outside like Jiang Haohai. Skills such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are naturally improved.

Zhao Huan opened the picture, and saw Amber playing the piano and Mu Chenxi leaning on the side. Amber had a soft and warm smile on his face, and his eyes were full of doting when he looked at Mu Chenxi.

"This is how you act like a baby, and you are not afraid of others seeing the joke." Zhao Huan pointed at the painting and smiled.

"what's the joke"

Mu Chenxi raised her eyebrows, and her eyes were filled with a smug smile, "Amber plays the piano very well, and others are not so blessed! Let them see it and envy it, it's an eye-opener."

"You!"

Zhao Huan didn't speak anymore, he knew that Mu Chenxi's move might have intentions.

It's been so long, and he has a little understanding of Mu Chenxi's newly formed personality. He seems to be out of order when he speaks and does things, and sometimes he can't understand the hidden meanings in it.

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What Zhao Huan didn't know was that when the painting and statue were delivered, the emperor happened to be in the queen mother's palace.

When he saw the statue of Uncle Guo, it was like a living person standing in front of him again.And the portrait of the child,

Uncle Guo spoiled him so much, it reminded him that he was like this before.

Everything in the past was staged in his mind one by one, and he was actually relying on his uncle Guo and the painstaking cultivation of the emperor's teacher.

"Mother, I was wrong."

"It's best to think clearly. Uncle Guo has done so much for you, and now he's leaving is tantamount to letting you face everything by yourself."

The queen mother said earnestly, and she sighed slightly, "Don't let him down, you know the uncle's temper, if he gets angry, none of us can resist it. He just spoiled you and will give you everything Arrange it well, make you feel that everything is based on you, and you will develop a self-willed temperament."

"Mother."

The emperor felt really remorse at this moment, and looked at the queen mother with a guilty face, "I will definitely be worthy of my uncle and the emperor's teacher."

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However, in the past two days, the crown prince sent someone a New Year's gift, which was still very low-key. It was delivered by the person who delivered the letter that day, without revealing his identity or mentioning the meeting.

After Mu Chenxi picked it up, she didn't say anything else, but asked people to wait a while to bring the gift back.It was also the statue of Jiang Haohai carved by Zhao Huan, and a painting painted by Mu Chenxi himself.

This time Zhao Huan just looked at the portrait and laughed. Jiang Haohai held a book in one hand and a ruler in the other. Mu Chenxi was sitting across from him with a bright smile, eating a pastry in his hand.

"What do you mean by this painting?"

Zhao Huan asked, he really couldn't understand the meaning of the painting, "You are listening to the teacher's lecture and eating, so what's the use of holding the ruler?"

"It proves that the teacher taught me strictly."

While putting on the painting, Mu Chenxi said: "A strict teacher produces a high-level apprentice, and we are no worse than him. What's the use of any identity, it's meaningless to hide your head and tail."

"Oh, you blame him for not seeing you"

Zhao Huan suddenly understood. Looking at Mu Chenxi, he was speechless, "He tried his best, and sent you news several times. Judging from the time, there was no delay at all. Even if he didn't see you, it's okay. Maybe he was busy."

"So I still treat him as a senior brother."

Mu Chenxi smiled brightly, and said with an embarrassing face: "He thinks that I don't know who he is! It's ridiculous, the dignified prince is so childish."

He curled his lips, picked up the pen with a look of contempt, and wrote a note casually: All kinds of friendship are love, and it's okay if we don't meet.

The prince couldn't help laughing out loud when he received his note, and muttered to himself: "What a temper! It seems that the emperor really pampered me."

When he saw the painting, he understood what Mu Chenxi meant, it doesn't matter if you don't see me, brother, I have a teacher who hurts me.

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On the 29th, Liu Wenqing and Li Shaojie were invited to celebrate the New Year, and Wang Qingquan also came to celebrate the New Year.

"Oh my God!"

Liu Wenqing looked at the Sanjin house where Zhao Huan and Mu Chenxi lived, and exclaimed several times, "This is really Sanjin, why is it so big?"

"It's much bigger than my cousin's house."

Wang Qingquan also said, "There is also the exquisiteness here, which is simply incomparable. It is a world and a world."

Li Shaojie said with a smile: "It is said that your cousin's house is not enough to live in, so he bought two nearby houses and expanded them!"

"I told you to come here earlier, but you just didn't come."

Mu Chenxi smiled and looked at Zhao Huan, "My daughter-in-law also said that you live in a small courtyard there, and it was specially poured out for you. There are so many families, why bother to crowd there, just move here together."

"Come here, I will move here after the Chinese New Year."

Hearing what he said, Wang Qingquan immediately agreed, "My cousin's family is really crowded. The old and the young have not been separated for several generations, and they all live in that three-entry house. This Nancheng house is not easy to buy and the price is high. Just like that It’s frustrating to be crowded together.”

"Brother Wang is a nice man, always taking care of us."

Li Shaojie said, he looked at Wang Qingquan and smiled slightly, "It's just that his cousin and a few elders are okay, but some other people are a little cold, maybe it's because they haven't been together for a long time and their family relationship has faded."

"Yes."

Liu Wenqing was not easy to vomit his bitterness at first, but now he has this opportunity to speak out directly, "It doesn't count that we have received cold treatment a few times, and we have also received supercilious glances, which scared us so much that we dare not come out in that small courtyard."

Hearing this, Zhao Huan understood their situation, and just smiled lightly, "I thought it might be inconvenient for Brother Liu and Brother Li to attend the New Year's banquet at Brother Wang's house during the Chinese New Year, so I asked someone to invite you to come over. Let’s celebrate the New Year together here, we can be more lively if we have more people.”

"Ugh!"

Wang Qingquan sighed, "I really want to come here, but unfortunately I have no choice but to find an excuse to move here in the next year. I can't let my uncle and the others lose face."

"Haha."

Liu Wenqing laughed immediately, and said to Wang Qingquan: "Brother Wang, Brother Li and I won't go back, we'll just stay here. When you go back later, we'll let the boy go over and bring things here."

He turned his head and said to Mu Chenxi and the others: "I didn't know that the place you live in is so big. If you had known that we would have come, why would the people crowded there be unhappy?"

Wang Qingquan: "Don't blame my cousin. The whole family counts on him. The house is changed after the third entry. After buying it, I can't afford anything else. He is a first- and fifth-rank official. What's the use."

Zhao Huan nodded knowingly, Rongdudong is respected, where the emperor's relatives and some dignitaries live.Nancheng is a place where ordinary officials and wealthy businessmen gather, and there are some houses in the surrounding area that people are willing to sell.

And it also depends on the price. Rich businessmen are easy to talk about. Some ordinary officials can maintain their basic living. If they want to have a better house, it is simply unacceptable economically.

Most of the Xicheng and Beicheng are civilians, and there are also some small officials who cannot be counted. Most of them are poor and cannot afford houses in Nancheng.

It is understandable that a large family like Uncle Wang Qingquan is crowded together. No one wants to go out of this circle, it is a symbol of status.

In ancient times, even the family of the sons and daughters was very particular. A good family background and a good place of residence can find a good family or a good relative. For these royal families, the family will never be separated.

"We will borrow and live with you in the future."

Liu Wenqing looked at the three-entry mansion with great interest, "The scenery is still big and small, it should cost a lot of money, right?"

"do not know."

Mu Chenxi shook her head honestly, "It was given to us. The deed has been transferred to our name. However, it should be worth a lot of money. In addition to the three-entry house, there are also several expanded gardens."

Then Mu Chenxi and Zhao Huan took them to see the plum garden, chrysanthemum garden, bamboo garden, and large and small gardens, and there were living places in them. All of them together were bigger than a seven-entry mansion, worth a lot. Needless to say.

Li Shaojie walked around, seeing these beautiful scenery and the area covered, he sighed repeatedly: "You are pretending to be pigs and eating tigers!"

"Is this the Sanjin Mansion?"

Liu Wenqing looked at Mu Chenxi and Zhao Huan and asked, he really couldn't laugh or cry now, he knew what he and Wang Qingquan were doing to join in the fun, "You guys are too low-key, at first you said you were borrowing a place to live, I was afraid of causing trouble for you, then I don’t have the nerve to bother you husband and wife. If I knew this was the case, even if you didn’t invite me, I would have the cheek to come and live here!”

"It's not too late to know now."

Zhao Huan said with a smile, not to mention them along the way, even if he watched it a few more times, he couldn't help but be amazed again, "We did borrow it at the beginning, and we didn't know it would be such a good place. Since you like it now, then move Come and live, it doesn't matter how long."

"Yes, you come to study with us, and it will be convenient for you to go back and forth."

Mu Chenxi knew that no matter whether they were hit or not, they would not leave Rongdu in a short time, and Zhao Huan and Zhao Huan wanted to take care of them more.

"We still have a few yards in the second courtyard that are empty, and the entire third courtyard is also empty. There are also courtyards for living in these courtyards. You can choose whichever you like. There are no elders or other people in our family. Come and go. More convenient."