Chapter 57
Concubine Xuan walked in with Qu Dubian, bowed and said, "Lord Xu, Madam Wu."
Hearing her say "Madam Wu" instead of "Madam Hou", Wu Siwan's expression became even more friendly, "I greet Madam Xuan."
Concubine Xuan: "No need to be polite. I will bring Xiaoqi here, and also bring the two palace servants who serve him. Let him have fun in the Marquis' Mansion for the next few days."
Until hearing this, Qu Watanabe: “?”
Oh my god, he can leave the palace? And can he stay in another family for a few days? ?
He couldn't help but look at Xu Jin again.
Xu Jin wore a headgear with only two holes for his eyes.
"?" Qu Watanabe was completely confused.
After a few simple words, Concubine Xuan squatted down and said, "Xiao Qi, these two are your grandparents. Would you like to stay with them for a few days?"
Qu Watanabe nodded obediently, "Okay."
"Then Madam Xuan left?"
"Well," Qu Duan waved his hand, "I will miss you."
Concubine Xuan smiled, nodded to the two elderly people, and left with the people in her palace. After closing the palace door, Qu Dubian did not wait for her grandmother to speak, but took her hand and led her towards the carriage in a very familiar manner.
"Let's go, let's go."
There were two people guarding the carriage. They were Ersen and Lang Qing. They bowed and said, "Greetings, young prince."
Qu Du looked at the tall carriage and took the initiative to reach out to them: "Hold me, I can't get in..."
Before he finished speaking, his sight suddenly rose greatly. Xu Jin held his little grandson with one hand, bent down and entered the carriage.
The carriage was quite spacious, otherwise it would not have been able to accommodate Xu Jin's body.
Wu Siwan followed them in. The old lady paused after she came in and said, "Why don't you put the child down?"
Qu Dubian sat quietly and obediently on Xu Jin's lap. The grandfather and grandson were so different in height and size that at first glance it looked like a big black bear had stolen a chick, which made anyone feel uncomfortable.
"It's okay grandma."
Wu Siwan's eyes were filled with tears when he heard the soft voice of "grandma". He said excitedly, "Okay, okay. Anyway, he is strong and will be warm if I hold him."
Xu Jin's deep voice came from behind, "Little darling, grandpa has plenty of strength."
Qu Duan turned around and said, "You are the crying grandfather I saw last night. Even if you changed your clothes and covered your face, I could still recognize your voice."
Xu Jin froze, and thinking of how he looked yesterday, he felt embarrassed.
The little grandson in his arms stood up directly on his legs. He protected him with both hands for fear that he would fall.
Qu Dubian wondered, "Then why are you covering your face? You used a pink handkerchief to cover it at the New Year banquet, and you also used one hand to cover it when Xi Nuan Ge talked to me, and now you use a hood."
The expression is clear, the ideas are clear, and the words are clear.
Last night, Xu Jin knew that his grandson was smarter than ordinary children. The more he got to know him, the more he found him to be smart.
Qu Watanabe reached out and pulled at the hood.
"Can I take a look?"
Xu Jin said helplessly: "Little darling, grandpa looks fierce and is afraid that he will scare you."
"Let me see you, so that I can recognize you later, Grandpa."
Xu Jin looked at his wife for help. Oh my god, what if the little grandson was scared and cried and wanted to go back? Lord Xu, who had never been afraid of leading troops in battle, was actually afraid of taking off the hood.
Qu Duanbian also looked for her and pouted: "Look, grandma, look, grandpa thinks I'm timid!"
Xu Jin: "That's not the case!"
Wu Siwan said happily: "Take it off, old thing."
Who was it that said that the little prince was not as delicate as the little princess? I told her about this after I got home last night, but when he came to pick him up tonight, he still put on the hood obediently - if you didn't know, you would think that the Marquis's Mansion was so poor that they couldn't survive, and the Marquis had gone out to become a thief.
Xu Jin closed his eyes and slowly took off the hood. After a while, when he heard no sound, he secretly opened his right eyelid a little.
"So handsome!" Qu Dubian held his face with his hands, his eyes sparkling, "Grandpa is so handsome!"
Isn’t this a pure-blooded tough guy? Once he takes off his hood, his aura instantly changes. When compared with my grandfather, the masters in the martial arts field are instantly killed into ashes.
Seeing that he had no intention of being afraid, Xu Jin finally relaxed and raised his eyebrows and said, "Grandpa was already a general. Ordinary generals can't compare to me."
"Not that kind of handsome, I mean um...very handsome!"
He gave a thumbs up.
"Really?" Xu Jin touched his beard, the corners of his mouth curled up, unable to suppress it.
"Grandpa thinks so, too."
Wu Siwan said cheerfully: "He was more handsome when he was young, but he doesn't look good now that he's old." Otherwise, how could she like him.
Qu Watanabe: "Grandma is also very beautiful, a great beauty."
Xu Jin laughed out loud.
The unfamiliar atmosphere in the carriage at first gradually disappeared.
Outside, Ersen was driving, Lang Qing was sitting on the roof of the carriage, and Ye Xiaoyuan and Wen Xiaochun were sitting next to Ersen, barely able to squeeze in.
Nisen: "Have you ever practiced martial arts?"
Wen Xiaochun paused, "Yeah."
Nisen: "The sitting posture is different, the lower body is stable, you can see it."
The two of them only exchanged these two sentences and then fell silent.
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The carriage drove all the way to the Marquis Chijian's Mansion.
The lights in front of the Marquis's mansion were bright. After Qu Dubian was carried down from the carriage by Xu Jin, voices came in unison from both sides: "Greetings, my Lord, greetings, my Lady, greetings, my Little Prince!"
Mother Fang led several maids, and the other group was composed of burly servants.
The servants in the Marquis' Mansion were actually soldiers who were injured on the battlefield and had nowhere to go. The Marquis' Mansion was a safe place for them to return to.
Although he is no longer a soldier, he still has the body of a soldier.
When Fang's mother saw them bringing the baby, she smiled happily, "Marquis and Madam, you are finally back. We have been waiting anxiously."
Xu Jin: "Come on, come on, let's all go in first, don't let my little darling get cold."
All the way to the bedroom that had been cleaned up for Qu Dubian to sleep, some people were boiling water, and some were preparing snacks and milk.
All the lights hanging in the corridor are lit.
Mother Fang was busy running around, and even though she had practiced several times, she still felt that she was not good enough to show the proficiency of the Marquis' Mansion. She must not call him Little Master - that's how she called him in her heart, and she always felt that it was closer than Little Prince.
We can’t let the young master feel uncomfortable.
Whatever is available in the palace, is also available in their mansion!
Mother Fang took Wen Xiaochun into the kitchen and said to the table full of dishes, "Grandpa Xiaochun, can you take a look at this to see if there is anything I shouldn't eat?"
Wen Xiaochun: "He used to live in Ju'an Palace, where he had little food and clothing, so His Highness is generally not picky about food." He thought about it and decided to order a few dishes he had never seen before to prevent the little prince from eating any food that might make him uncomfortable.
"Oh my god, this is such a shame!" Mother Fang cursed. "If the Marquis and the old lady heard this, they would be so upset."
In the bedroom.
This room was cleaned up within one day and was specially provided for Qu Dubian to live in. There was no sign of perfunctoriness in the treatment.
Qu Dubian was like a little tiger, patrolling his new territory.
The old marquis and the old lady were a little nervous at this time. They didn't know whether their grandson would like the room they had prepared, so they asked the shop owner for the safest and most fashionable things.
There is also a desk and bookshelf, with all the necessary pens, ink, paper and inkstone. It is separated by a screen, and compared with the bedroom, it is like two different spaces.
Qu Watanabe: "It looks like he has lived here for a long time."
Wu Siwan pinched Xu Jin, and Xu Jin rubbed his hands nervously, "Grandpa and grandma don't mean to snatch you away from your father and Concubine Xuan. It's just that if you don't get used to living here for a few days, grandpa will send you back."
Wu Siwan also nodded quickly.
"Yes, we both want to see you."
Qu Watanabe was stunned for a few seconds before realizing that they had misunderstood.
If you put yourself in their shoes, yes, in the minds of his grandparents, he, their grandson, has never met them, and the ones he is closer to must be the emperor father in the palace and his newly chosen adoptive mother, Concubine Xuan.
The two old men must have been very concerned about his reaction when they suddenly took him away from the palace, fearing that he would not be used to it or adapt to the situation.
Sometimes the elderly are like children and need a sense of security.
Qu Dubian looked around, ran to the desk, climbed up from the chair, took a charcoal stick, then hurried down and came to the pillar at the door.
He measured his height and drew a mark on the pillar.
Wu Siwan: "Xiaoguai, do you want to draw on this?"
Qu Watanabe put her hands behind her back and smiled, "No, draw a mark here. Next time you come, you can check to see if you have grown taller."
Xu Jin's anxiety was immediately swept away, and he said proudly: "I knew my grandson would like this place!"
He whispered in Qu Dubian's ear: "When grandpa goes to the frontier again, you should come to see your grandma often. If she keeps depressed, she will turn into a stone!"
Wu Siwan: "Xu Jin, what are you talking about, old man? Don't say bad things about my good grandson!!"
Xu Jin: "See, your grandma is actually more fierce, right?"
The old lady picked up her cane and was about to hit him, but when she saw her little grandson nestling in the old man's arms, smiling like a cute little fox, her heart softened again.
Mother Fang brought over a few small dishes and snacks.
"Come on, eat some if you're hungry, young master."
Qu Dubian ate a few bites, drank some milk, washed up, and was put into bed.
The room was not cold, but the grandmother tucked the quilt into his arms again and again, her eyes full of love, "Go to sleep, I'll take you to the temple fair tomorrow night."
Qu Watanabe yawned.
He felt much more relaxed in the Marquis' Mansion than in the Palace.
In the palace, he was thinking about the relationship between his maternal family and his adoptive father, who had harmed him, and how to live a peaceful life. He often couldn't sleep at night.
You don’t need that here, just be a little kid who knows how to act cute.
He can move out, it seems that the relationship between the Xu family and the emperor is not as bad as he thought?
Maybe in the future I can think less about how to find a balance between my stepfather and my grandparents’ homes…
Thoughts come to mind.
He didn't notice the fatigue caused by thinking about too many things during this period, and he felt sleepy.
Half asleep and half awake, he heard the sound of his grandparents talking quietly.
The two middle-aged grandparents, with their hands and feet tucked in, stood around the bed, looking at the sleeping baby curiously, and were reluctant to blink.
Xu Jin gestured and whispered, "He's this tall, up to my legs. He's shorter than his mother when she was a child. In the future, you should often send delicious food to the palace for him to eat and grow stronger."
Wu Siwan said: "You don't need to tell me."
“Half of the military power has been divided up, which is within your expectation, but it’s hard to say who His Majesty will give the other half to, and who will go to the Northern Frontier with you. Who knows, there might even be a military supervisor.
You are used to being at ease in the Northern Frontier. Can you adapt to being controlled by someone all of a sudden?"
Xu Jin: "You know what kind of people the royal family is like. They are so cunning. I came back immediately after the unrest in the northern border was quelled. I thought that the military power would have to be given away. If I gave it to him a year earlier, this child would be spared from being schemed against by the emperor's son."
"The royal family has no suspicion, no checks and balances, it's too difficult, and the children who grew up in it are also very thoughtful at a young age. I don't want my grandson to live as hard as they do. After the power is divided, I can still support him, and the emperor's son can love his grandson more sincerely.
Don’t you know that this child likes his father very much? He always pulls the emperor to sleep at night. If he knows what his father is thinking when he grows up, won’t he be sad? "
Wu Siwan sighed: "This is the only little baby in my Xu family. I just hope he grows up safely and healthily."
Xu Jin whispered, "It's okay to be a little domineering, the Marquisate can handle it."
The old lady rolled her eyes.
Xu Jin patted her hands and said, "There's some noise outside. I'll go out and take a look."
The nagging voice came into my dream.
Qu Dubian turned over, his eyes a little moist, and the tension in his heart slowly loosened.
Ever since he came to this world and decided to bear the consequences of his original life in this world, he has been prepared for revenge or blood on his hands, but in fact, he feels much more warmth than coldness.
Qu Dubian had few relatives in his previous life. He reached the top of the charts in his previous life. He planned all the conspiracies and plots on his own and had long been accustomed to fighting alone.
This was the first time he experienced the feeling of his loved ones clearing the way for him.
He doesn't have to calculate carefully or consider other people's expressions. There are people who will pave the way for him so that he can walk happily and openly.
At least before he grows up, he can try to accept some family love without suspicion.
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Outside the hospital.
Xu Jin put his fingers together and swung, and the stone suddenly flew out.
"come out."
Yi Twelve dodged the stone and landed lightly on the ground on his toes.
Xu Jin said coldly: "Go back to your palace and tell your master that since he promised to release my grandson, he should stop watching secretly!"
When Pink Handkerchief and Sahuapin met for the first time, there was only a long silence.
Yi Twelve had a blank expression on his face and pointed into the bedroom.
Xu Jin immediately glared at him: "What are you pointing at? What are you doing?"
B12: "My master is sleeping inside."
Xu Jin: “…”
Huh? Who?
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