Chapter 217 Miaoer's Grandfather and Grandmother Are Here

Xia Miaoyuan's grandfather and his family came two days before the birthday party.

Xia Miaoyuan's grandfather, grandmother, and second uncle all came.

Xia Zhengqi was very thoughtful and specially found a mansion in a prosperous area of ​​the capital for his father-in-law's family to live in.

But the Xiao family thought that it would be more convenient to live in the third son's house since they hadn't been to the capital for a long time.

So, Xia Miaoyuan's grandfather and his family moved into the house of the third son Xiao Licheng.

The queen got the news that her family had come to Beijing after breakfast.

"Your Majesty, the old prince and the princess have arrived and are now living in Lord Xiao's house." Yingxue smiled happily.

The empress was so excited that she was at a loss: "Why did they arrive in the morning?"

"They arrived last night. Because they were afraid that the palace gates would be locked and it would be inconvenient to meet, and you might be so anxious that you couldn't sleep all night, they waited until this morning to send someone to report the news." Yingxue replied.

The empress suddenly felt warm in her heart. Her family always loved her and would consider even such a small matter carefully to avoid her worrying.

At this time, Xia Miaoyuan had just finished breakfast and was secretly putting the vegetables she didn't want to eat into Maomao's food bowl in the yard.

She vaguely heard the words "old prince, princess", and guessed that it might be her grandparents who had arrived. Without even washing her hands, she ran to the corridor.

"Mother, are my grandparents here?" Xia Miaoyuan grabbed the empress's robe with her two dirty hands.

Normally, the queen would pick up her dirty little hands and wash them thoroughly. Today, she was so happy that she didn't care about anything else. She hugged her daughter tightly in her arms and kissed her fiercely.

"Yes, Miao'er, grandparents and your second uncle are here. Let's go find them now!"

"Great! Great!" Xia Miaoyuan broke away from the queen's arms and jumped up happily.

In the past year since Xia Miaoyuan traveled through the book, she would feel a little lost whenever she thought of her grandparents.

Every child has a grandfather, grandmother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

But for her, her grandfather is gone, and her grandmother is still a stepmother with a heart as vicious as a snake. She only has a little superficial warmth.

I think my grandma and grandpa must really love her, but they are far away in the northern border and they have never met.

Now that my grandparents are finally here, I can get close to them.

When Xia Miaoyuan was daydreaming, Xia Zhengqi came with the crown prince and the second prince.

The three of them were still wearing court robes and had no time to change.

When the empress saw the attire of the father and his two sons, she was a little stunned: "What are you doing?"

Xia Zhengqi smiled and said, "Of course, I am taking the children to visit my father-in-law and mother-in-law!"

The prince explained, "Father is anxious to accompany you to the Xiao Mansion. Just after the morning court, he hurriedly dragged us brothers here." The empress

felt warm in her heart, but she scolded Xia Zhengqi for not changing into court clothes, and hurriedly asked the palace maid to get casual clothes for the father and his two sons.

She and Xia Miaoyuan also changed into casual clothes.

The family of five got on the carriage and went straight to the Xiao Mansion.

In front of the Xiao Mansion, the empress's parents, the second brother and the third brother's family were all waiting in a neat row.

When the emperor and empress got off the carriage, everyone immediately knelt down and saluted, shouting "May the emperor and empress be safe."

The queen's eyes immediately turned red, tears welled up in her sockets, and she said, "Father and mother, please get up quickly!"

Xia Zhengqi, the crown prince, and the second prince hurried forward and picked up the Xiao family members.

The empress held back her tears and bowed deeply, saying: "I am an unfilial daughter. I pay my respects to father and mother!"

Prince Xiao and the princess also had tears in their eyes: "Hurry up, Ruoyu, you are the empress of Daxia!"

Prince Xiao helped his daughter up and looked at Xia Zhengqi in panic: "Your Majesty, as your subjects, we should go to the palace to pay our respects first. Now you let you come to see us first. I am really terrified!"

Emperor Mingxi smiled brightly and said: "You come to the palace first to pay your respects to the empress and empress of Daxia, and I will come to the Xiao Mansion first to pay my respects to my father-in-law and mother-in-law. Father-in-law, don't bother."

Seeing that Emperor Mingxi was so humble, Prince Xiao and his wife felt relieved.

Xia Miaoyuan was held in the arms of the nanny, watching the touching scene of the family reunion, she was stunned, her eyes were wet, and she even forgot to speak.

It was Princess Xiao who noticed Xia Miaoyuan first. She stared at Xia Miaoyuan in surprise, looked at her from head to toe, and said warmly: "Is this the granddaughter we haven't met?"

The queen took Xia Miaoyuan and said to her mother: "That's right, Miao'er, this is your grandmother, this is your grandfather, and that is your second uncle, call them!"

Xia Miaoyuan approached the three people and this time he could see them clearly.

I saw that Prince Xiao and the princess were both in their 50s and in good spirits. The second uncle was slightly older than the queen. The three of them were wearing northern frontier costumes, which showed a unique exotic style.

Prince Xiao and his second uncle Xiao Yicheng both looked majestic and strong, with big square faces and lush beards. At first glance, they looked very manly.

And my grandmother, Mrs. Meng, had a face that represented peace and prosperity. She looked dignified, demure, and very friendly.

[Oh, my grandparents all look good!] Xia Miaoyuan couldn't help but praise them in her heart.

Prince Xiao and his wife, as well as his second uncle Xiao Yicheng, were all startled.

It was strange that they had just heard a milky voice coming from Xia Miaoyuan, but her mouth didn't move.

At this time, Xia Miaoyuan slipped down from the Queen's arms, knelt on the ground in a proper manner, kowtowed, and said in a baby voice: "Miao'er pays respects to Grandfather, Grandmother, and Second Uncle!"

Xia Miaoyuan's series of actions were smooth and fast. Before the Xiao family could react, she had already knelt.

"No, no!" Prince Xiao and the Princess rushed forward in a panic, helped Xia Miaoyuan up, and hugged her with heartache.

"Grandma's darling, you are the princess of Daxia, how can you kneel casually. Call me grandma, and I will be satisfied." The old princess hugged Xia Miaoyuan and said softly.

Northern Xinjiang is a general term for the grassland area north of Daxia.

There are more than a dozen tribes of all sizes in Northern Xinjiang, living a life of following water and grass.

The Xiaolin tribe, the mother's clan of the empress, was a small tribe among them. The empress's father, Xiao Tiehan, was the leader of the tribe.

When Xiao Tiehan was young, he married a Central Plains woman named Meng. The two loved each other for a lifetime and had four sons and three daughters.

Xiao Tiehan was also deeply influenced by this Central Plains wife and fell in love with the Central Plains culture. The several children of the Xiao family were also obsessed with the Central Plains culture.

The northern border tribes often fought for water, grass and other resources. More than a dozen tribes fought each other and never stopped.

They would also invade the Central Plains border in the season of food shortage and plunder some food and grass supplies.

Princess Meng did not like this turbulent life, and advised Prince Xiao to learn the customs of building cities and farming in the Central Plains, improve their own productivity, improve the quality of life of the people, and avoid war as much as possible.

Xiao Tiehan accepted all his wife's suggestions.

Later, Daxia extended an olive branch to the northern border, proposing peaceful coexistence and mutual benefit, and Xiao Lin's tribe readily accepted it.

To show their sincerity, Xiao Tiehan and his wife sent their second daughter Xiao Ruoyu to Daxia to marry Xia Zhengqi, who was still a prince at the time.

Since then, Daxia has provided assistance to Xiao Lin's tribe in farming and textile every year, and Xiao Lin's tribe voluntarily recognized Daxia as its elder brother and bowed down to it.

"This is not the place to talk. Let's go in first, sit down and talk slowly!"

Just when everyone gathered in front of the gate of the Xiao Mansion and stood still, Xiao Licheng stood up and made arrangements.