Chapter 163 The Good Times Are Not Like This

Ming Yuelin begged for mercy: "Oh, I was wrong, I was wrong. Xi'er and I have only known each other for a few days. Naturally, I want to see Sister Li the most."

"Xi'er fell asleep when I came here, so I didn't bother him." Shi Jianli patted her head. "How have you been feeling lately?"

"It's pretty good, but the summer heat is even worse. I can't eat much ice. But I'm so greedy. It's so hot, and I don't really feel like eating."

"Tell the kitchen to make some more appetizing dishes?" Shi Jianli waved to Lanxing, who handed her a book. She handed it to Mingyuelin and said, "This is the recipe your eldest brother had someone collect last year. It's suitable for pregnant women. Take a look through it and ask the kitchen to make whatever you want."

"Thank you, Sister Li." Ming Yuelin took the thick recipe book and said, "I'll send it back to you after I give birth."

Before she got married, Mingyue would often see Shi Jianli flipping through this cookbook when she went to play with her. She heard that many of the recipes were copied by Mingzhao himself.

"good."

Officials' duty time is 3 p.m., and the Dali Temple is closer than the main camp outside the capital, so Ji Rangzhou returned much earlier than Mingzhao.

After entering the yard and seeing Shi Jianli, Ji Rangzhou asked, "Sister-in-law."

Shi Jianli nodded and said, "Excuse me, Jingyao said he would come to pick me up later and visit Sister Lin."

"Sister-in-law, you are too kind. Qingqing should be very happy that you came to visit her. In that case, sister-in-law and Jingyao can stay for dinner before leaving." Ji Rangzhou tried his best to soften his tone and not sound so cold.

When Mingyue saw Li's sleeve when she was about to pull her clothes, she said, "Sister-in-law, you and brother should stay here. It's not far away."

"Okay." Shi Jianli agreed.

Mingzhao came over when Shenzhong came. They had dinner together before going back with Shi Jianli.

At the end of May, the emperor granted him the title of Jinshi.

Pei Ye was granted the sixth-rank position of Hanlin Academy editor, Ming Zhouheng and Yu Wenye were granted the seventh-rank position of Hanlin Academy editor, Yuan Qingchen entered the Hanlin Academy as a "Shujishi", and after the expiration of his term, he was granted the position of editor or seventh-rank reviewer, and Ming Zhoushi was granted the seventh-rank position of county magistrate and sent out.

Five days after his appointment, Ming Zhoushi and his wife arrived at his post. Local officials were not allowed to leave their posts easily, and they would not be able to see their son for at least five years. Aunt Shi wept bitterly.

Ming Weishen glanced at her and said unhappily, "As an official appointed by the Emperor, you should be happy to receive this honor. Are you crying in front of the door because you feel unhappy?"

Aunt Shi was horrified. She wiped her tears in panic and looked at Ming Weishen and Ming Zhoushi helplessly.

Ming Zhoushi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and comforted her: "Auntie, you should be happy for me. I will be able to return to Beijing after I have made achievements. If you miss me, just write to me more often."

Ming Weishen looked at Ming Zhoushi with his hands behind his back and said, "I have taught you everything I should have taught you. How far you can go depends entirely on what you can do."

"Yes, I thank my father for his guidance. I am bidding farewell to the elders with my new bride." Ming Zhoushi stood at the door and bowed to the elders in the mansion. "I have been exiled from the capital and cannot fulfill my filial duties to my father, mother, and grandmother. I hope that my grandmother, father, and mother are in good health and free from worries."

Qiao Ruoying said meaningfully, "The mountains are high and the roads are long, so it's inevitable that you won't be able to take care of your family. Take good care of yourself and your wife."

Ming Zhoushi was exiled from the capital, and Qiao Ruoying was actually quite happy that she no longer had to see him in front of her.

Ming Zhoushi had once had feelings for Shi Jianli, and these feelings were not simple, but were calculated. She still felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, but because he didn't actually do anything bad, Qiao Ruoying didn't dare to say anything to him.

Now, the only ones left in the second house are Ming Zhoulu, who is still pleasing to the eye, and Ming Yueliu, who is still young, so there is no need to worry.

"Yes, I will follow my mother's instructions." Ming Zhoushi agreed.

Little did he know that he would not be transferred back to the capital until ten years later to plan the Jiying Camp. Throughout his life, he was only a fourth-rank Shaozhanshi, and gradually drifted away from the Anguo Mansion.

One day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon was bright and she gave birth to a son. The next day, Li brought Xier to visit her and the child.

Xier could already sit up at this time. He was full of energy and curious about everything. When he saw his little cousin in the crib, he pointed at him and kept talking, asking Shi Jianli to look.

"Ahhh~"

Shi Jianli grabbed his hand and gently patted the swaddling clothes. After satisfying him, he stopped making a fuss and nestled obediently in her arms, looking around with his big black and white eyes.

Shi Jianli asked Ming Yuelin, who was drinking soup on the bed, "What's your nephew's name?"

"According to the generational order, it's Ci. The first child in the family is given the character Xu." Looking at Xu'er, who fell asleep in just a moment, Mingyuelin took Xi'er's hand and shook it, "Would our Xi'er take his cousin to play in the future, okay?"

“Ah~”

"Xi'er has grown teeth, two small lower teeth at that."

“Ah~~”

Shi Jianli wiped his saliva with a handkerchief and said, "He loves to talk. If you keep talking to him, he will keep talking to you."

"How cute! Xu'er sleeps after eating. It's fun to play when he's as old as Xi'er."

She stayed at the Fuguogong Mansion until Mingzhao came back from his shift and visited his nephew. Shijian Licai went back with him. She came with Zheng Leyun, and after Mingzhouqing arrived, the two of them got into carriages separately.

In the carriage, Xi'er was still in Mingzhao's arms, giggling. When she saw Shi Jianli smiling at him, she reached out to him, "Ahhh~"

"I'm here." Shi Jianli opened her arms, and he threw himself into her arms, kissing her cheek stickyly.

Mingzhao even held her and her son in his arms and kissed her forehead, "Xi'er seems to be imitating me to call you."

Yaoyao couldn't bark yet, so she just kept calling out "yeah yeah".

"You always call me, of course he will remember it after hearing it so many times." He came back every day, first kissed her, and after being clingy enough, he would go to tease his son. The words he said most often were "Yaoyao" and "Madam".

Mingzhao wiped Shi Jianli's face with a handkerchief, and put his fingertips on Xier's forehead, poking him back a little. He put his hands behind his back and said disdainfully, "You spit all over your mother's face."

"Daa~" Xier held his fingers, as if accusing him, and pulled the handkerchief to play with it.

Mingzhao bent down and kissed the corner of Shijianli's lips, then glanced sideways at his silly son, with a gentle smile on his face.

With my wife and children in my arms, the years are peaceful and good, nothing is better than this.

Shi Jianli looked up at him and rested her head on his shoulder, "I'm a little sleepy."

Mingzhao even rubbed her cheek with his fingers and said, "I'll go back and take a nap with you."

When they arrived at the mansion, Xier fell asleep while playing. Mingzhao first carried him out of the carriage, and then carried Shi Jianli down from the carriage with one hand.

"Hold him tight." Looking at Tianfeng and Tianyu who followed him, he handed his sleeping son to Tianyu to hold, and took Shi Jianli's hand and walked towards the mansion.

It was the first time for Tianyu to hold his own parents' son. In the past, he just played with him. For a moment, his body couldn't help but feel a little stiff.

It's so small, it weighs nothing in my arms.

Lanxing and Xianyue came over and saw him like this. Lanxing asked, "Can you hold him? If not, let us hold him."

Tianyu raised his foot and walked towards the mansion, holding his chin high and saying, "Of course I will."