Chapter 140

Xu Qinyu saw Dunzi and Baiyu playing together, with a smile on her face.

Maybe it was the first time that Baihu Dunzi saw white jade with white skin, so he naturally felt closer to it and always wanted to play with white jade.

Pei Weixuan looked at the three in the distance and said, "Yu Niang, do you want to go and see the others?"

Xu Qinyu looked at the sky and could not help but reply to Pei Weixuan, "Fourth brother, should we go and offer tea to mother? Is it too late?" Knowing that her mother-in-law would definitely not care about these things, it was also a custom. Her parents had to get up early the next morning to offer tea to the elders in the family. Now there was only her mother-in-law in the palace, so her and her fourth brother would definitely go and offer tea to her first.

Pei Weixuan said: "Mother said that she was worried that you would be tired, so there is no need to serve tea in the morning, so that you can sleep a little longer."

Xu Qinyu still felt that it was not necessary. After all, it was her first day with her fourth brother, so she still had to offer him tea.

Xu Qinyu said, "Fourth brother, no, let's go over and serve tea to mother first."

"Okay."

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Then I'll go back to my room and change my clothes first."

I put on a jacket and a long gown in the morning. I was going to serve tea, so I had to dress more formally. It happened that I hadn't seen my mother-in-law for a while. I have known her for seven years and have long regarded her as my own mother. I miss her in my heart.

Pei Weixuan had just finished attending the morning court session, and he had to continue to be busy with court affairs even after his wedding.

There are too many problems in the court, and they all need him to clear them up.

The two returned to their bedroom, changed their clothes, and went to the Queen Mother's bedroom to offer tea.

Wen Shi didn't really care about these rules, but now that her son and daughter-in-law were finally married, she felt relieved.

Hearing the palace maid saying that the two were planning to come over to serve tea, Wen quickly asked the palace maid in the bedroom to help prepare, and went into the room to change her clothes. As soon as she finished changing, she saw her son leading Yu Niang into the bedroom. Wen's eyes fell on Yu Niang. She hadn't seen Yu Niang for almost a month, and she missed her very much. Seeing that Yu Niang was in a good mood, she felt relieved.

"Yuniang is here, come quickly and let me see her." Wen said with a smile.

Xu Qinyu let go of her fourth brother's arm, held the corner and ran to Wen's side, and said affectionately: "Mom, I miss you too. Have you been eating well these days?"

After living in the border town for seven years, she was used to calling her "fourth brother" and "mother". Fortunately, there were no other people in the palace, and Wen didn't care about the rules. Instead, she felt more relaxed this way.

There was no one else in the harem, it was just their family. Fourth brother also said that there was no need to learn the palace rules, so he didn't learn them. He couldn't help but call her mother-in-law instead of mother.

Mrs. Wen smiled and said, "It's my habit to eat. Yu Niang, don't worry about me. Everything is fine. It's just that Ning Jie'er, my brother and Yan Jie'er miss you. I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some dishes for you at noon. You can stay in the bedroom for lunch, okay?"

Xu Qinyu nodded, "Okay, it just so happens that I miss Sister Ning and her children too."

Seeing that his mother was chatting happily with Yu Niang and had forgotten what he came here for, Pei Weixuan coughed lightly and reminded her, "Mother, Yu Niang and I should serve you tea."

Wen smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I was so happy to see Yu Niang that I forgot about this matter."

While waiting for the palace maid to bring the tea, Xu Qinyu and Pei Weixuan stood in front of Wen and knelt down to serve tea. Xu Qinyu handed the tea to Wen, who hurriedly took a sip and handed it to the maid, then said, "Yu Niang, please get up quickly." She was afraid that Yu Niang would have to kneel for too long.

After Yu Niang got up, he gave her a red envelope and took out a jade bracelet and handed it to her.

After serving tea, the elders would give red envelopes or other gifts. Xu Qinyu opened the red envelope and found a thick envelope inside, which should be banknotes. She also took the jade bracelet given by her mother-in-law. The jade bracelet was made of mutton-fat white jade. It felt very warm and looked like the best ointment. Even in the jewelry shops outside, Xu Qinyu rarely saw such high-quality mutton-fat white jade bracelets.

Wen smiled and said, "Mrs. Yu, please put on the bracelet and let us see it."

Xu Qinyu put on the bracelet, and the opening of the bracelet just happened to fit her wrist. Her skin was already fair, and after putting on the bracelet, it looked even smoother like jade, and her wrist looked even more slender.

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "It looks good. Thank you, mother. I like it very much."

Wen immediately said, "There are still some jewelry in my mother's private storehouse. My mother is old and doesn't want to wear these things. You are young, so you should wear more bright clothes and more jewelry. You can go to the storehouse with me later to pick out more things."

If I wasn't afraid that it wouldn't look good, I would have wanted to give Yu Niang a box.

Xu Qinyu nodded, "Okay, mother will go with me later."

The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law started discussing. Wen said that there were some ugly satins, gauze, silk gauze, and brocade in the private storehouse, so she asked the palace maids in Yu Niang's bedroom to take them back so that the embroiderers in the palace could make more skirts. Then she started talking about other things.

Seeing that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting happily, Pei Weixuan, who had not yet finished his official duties, said goodbye to them and went to the study.

It was almost noon now, and Xu Qinyu had not eaten breakfast. The palace had a four-meal-a-day system, and it would be time for lunch soon. Wen had already asked the palace maid to go to the kitchen and tell them to make more dishes for Yu Niang, as Ning's sisters would come over to eat later.

After waiting for another half an hour, Sister Ning, her brother, and Sister Yan also came to the Wen family.

The three of them were very happy to see Xu Qinyu. Sister Yan came over and happily called her aunt.

Sister Yan and brother are both ten years old, half grown up, and now the palace has invited old tutor Qi to teach them knowledge.

At first, Imperial Tutor Qi resigned because of his son's affairs and followed the emperor, so he has been of little help along the way.

Now he has naturally returned to the court to continue helping Pei Weixuan manage state affairs. In his spare time, he teaches his brother and sister Yan their lessons.

The family was finally together again, and Xu Qinyu felt much calmer for some reason.

In fact, I was a little nervous when I was with my parents, afraid that they wouldn't be able to tell that it was not my fault.

After the meal, Wen did not keep Xu Qinyu for long and asked her to go back and rest, knowing that she must be tired from last night.

Xu Qinyu was indeed feeling aches and pains, so she went back to Wu'an Palace with her fourth brother to take a nap.

On the way back, Xu Qinyu couldn't help but mutter to Pei Weixuan, "Fourth brother, have a good rest tonight. You were too exhausted yesterday."

Pei Weixuan paused and said okay.

But at night, he broke his promise.

When she woke up the next day, Xu Qinyu felt a little sore in her waist. It turned out that Fourth Brother had only been enduring because the two of them had not really been intimate yet, and he was not cold at all.

Fortunately, my mother-in-law was peaceful and I didn't have to pay my respects to her every day. I didn't even have to go there on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month. Mrs. Wen told me to have a good rest in the morning and not to come and pay my respects. I just had to go and have lunch with my fourth brother at noon.

There was no need to serve tea to mother-in-law today. After getting up and having breakfast, Xu Qinyu first went to check on Dunzi and Jinpeng.

There is a particularly large garden in the palace, which is where the pets live. Baiyu and Moyu usually don't stay in the garden. They used to be willing to stay there obediently. But since Xu Qinyu entered the palace yesterday, they have stayed in Wu'an Palace at night and slept outside the bedrooms of Xu Qinyu and Pei Weixuan.

During the day, she would have fun in the palace by herself.

Xu Qinyu wanted to go over and see Jinpeng, Jinliu and Cang, so she called Lianhua to go over with her.

The eunuch guarding the garden saw Xu Qinyu and immediately said, "This servant pays homage to the Queen, may the Queen live a thousand years."

Xu Qinyu waved her hands quickly, "Hurry up."

The only thing I'm not used to is seeing people in the palace kneeling all the time.

The little eunuch climbed up and led the way.

Xu Qinyu discovered that this garden was extremely large, even larger than the garden she had reserved for Baiyu and Moyu outside Raozhou City.

The young eunuch then told Xu Qinyu that originally the garden was not very big, but Emperor Sheng Yuan liked these pets and expanded the garden ten times its size.

Soon they arrived at a large artificial lake, and Xu Qinyu finally saw a few more.

The golden eagle that served as the golden eagle was almost as tall as the waist when standing, and with its wings spread out it was probably more than one meter long. The size of the golden lynx was almost as big as black jade.

When seeing the lynx, Xu Qinyu thought it was just a large cat!

It really looks like a cat, with a tuft of pointed black ears. When it saw Xu Qinyu, its ears turned slightly, which was really cute.

The other one is a rhino, which also looks shocking. It is bigger than ordinary rhinoceros and has a horn on its forehead. It is now lying lazily by the lake.

A few of them also sensed the scent of strangers, and they all looked in Xu Qinyu's direction, then slowly walked in, sniffed Xu Qinyu's scent curiously, and probably smelled Pei Weixuan's scent on them, and soon began to get close to Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu couldn't help herself and stayed in the garden for a long time. It was not until noon that she went to her mother-in-law's yard.

Fourth brother was too busy today and did not have lunch with us at noon. Xu Qinyu talked to her mother-in-law and Ning sisters, saying that she planned to leave the palace in a few days to look at shops and wanted to open a Xu's restaurant and a Xu's restaurant in the capital.

Both Wen and Ning Jie'er agreed and did not think that the mother of a country should stay in the palace. As long as Yu Niang was willing, she could do anything. If the court officials objected, the fourth brother would stand in their way.

Xu Qinyu also planned to start looking for a shop and making preparations after returning home in three days.

Naturally, there was no rule for the queen to return home after three days, but Xu Qinyu felt that she lived just like an ordinary family, so Wen Shi even specifically asked her to return home after three days.

On the third day, Pei Weixuan took a day off to accompany Xu Qinyu back to her parents' home.

When I left the palace, I learned from my fourth brother that Marquis Dechang had passed the title to Master Xu. Now the Marquis Dechang's mansion was divided. Master Xu and Madam Xu both lived with the first wife in Marquis Dechang's mansion, while the second and third wives were separated and lived separately. He awarded the second wife a house with five entrances. In the past two days, Mrs. Xue, Master Xu II, and Brother Xu all moved to the new house.

Not only that, Pei Weixuan also promoted his father-in-law.

He set up a new government office called the Ministry of Agriculture, which was mainly responsible for all agricultural research. Since there was no one in charge, he made his father-in-law the Minister of Agriculture, a third-rank official. Because it was a new government office, everything was unstable, and it was dealing with land and crops, so there was nothing to be jealous of.

Xu Qinyu hugged Pei Weixuan in the carriage, kissed him, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Fourth Brother."

If it weren’t for my fourth brother, my parents would definitely not be able to separate and live on their own now.