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In the hall,

The emperor and the queen looked at each other: "Fang'er, you are really hard-hearted!"

Zhao Fang pursed his lips and continued to bow: "Father, the ancients said that there is no order without rules, and also said that kindness and severity should be combined with leniency and strictness"

The emperor nodded: "Okay, I know! But, Fang'er! Today is the Lantern Festival!"

"Yes! I understand! Father, is there any precious ginseng in the palace? Old Doctor Yu has superb medical skills, I think."

The emperor waved his hand: "Fang'er, you don't have to worry! The kid from the Xu family has already sent the things yesterday evening!"

"Jing'er?"

The queen smiled and nodded at Zhao Fang, confirming his guess.

"Father, mother, where did Jing'er get the good stuff?"

After asking, Zhao Fang's eyes lit up and he tapped his forehead lightly: "How could I forget! The Pan family is now trading with the Kingdom of Jin in Dengzhou! If they get any good stuff, they will definitely send it to the Xu family!"

Seeing that his son had figured it out, the emperor stopped talking and drank the teacup served by the female official.

"Father, mother, brother."

A babyish voice came.

Zhao Fang hurriedly looked to the side and saw Princess Yue'er being carried out in the arms of the female official, rubbing her eyes from time to time.

The emperor and Zhao Fang's expressions softened in a very similar way. Before the emperor stood up, Zhao Fang had already run to the female official and took Princess Yue'er into her arms: "Sister, did you just wake up?"

Princess Yue'er nodded: "Brother, my father and mother said that they would go to the tower of Xuande Gate to watch the lights at night, and asked me to take a nap so that I wouldn't be sleepy at night!"

"Sister is so good!"

As he said that, Zhao Fang touched Princess Yue'er's hair.

After touching, he felt the darkness around him. The emperor stood beside Zhao Fang and stretched out his hand and said: "Fang'er, it's my turn to hold her."

When the emperor took Princess Yue'er, a female official came to the door of the palace and bowed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Concubine Rong and the little princess are here."

The queen smiled: "Please come in!"

Zhao Fang's sister in the emperor's arms twisted her body and looked at the emperor and said: "Father, I want to get down!"

"Why?" The emperor asked softly with a smile.

"Father, if you hold me, you can't hold my sister Yu'er." The princess said in a cute voice.

"Hahaha!"

The emperor smiled and stroked his beard with one hand and said: "Yue'er, you underestimate me too much!"

While speaking,

the noble Rong Fei had already come over holding Princess Yu'er.

After a round of greetings, the little princess in Rong Fei's arms looked at her sister in the emperor's arms with some envy.

The little princess' eyes were lively under her long eyelashes, and her eyes were very similar to Rong Fei and Rong Feiyan, but she didn't cry or make a fuss.

Zhao Fang came to Rong Fei: "Madam Rong Fei, I want to hold sister Yu'er."

Rong Fei smiled slightly and handed her daughter out.

Then, in Rong Fei's surprised eyes, Zhao Fang held her for a while, and then stuffed Princess Yu'er into the emperor's arms: "Father, it's just right for you to hold one each!"

Seeing this, the queen smiled and looked at Rong Fei.

After the emperor persisted for a quarter of an hour, he gave a look to the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch understood and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, you still have some memorials to approve, please take a look."

The emperor nodded solemnly: "State affairs are more important, Fang'er, come here!"

After leaving the Queen's Hall, the emperor gently shook his sore arms and said angrily: "This stinky boy!"

The emperor pretended to come to the hall for handling memorials,

walked to the wall with his hands behind his back, and admired the newly made huge map of the Great Zhou Dynasty that was enlarged by one quarter.

"Tsk!"

Looking at the map, the emperor was in a good mood and said a sigh!

Then he shook his head very complacently, obviously very proud of his expansion of territory.

At this time,

an eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty! Zhao Zhushi is here."

The emperor still admired the map, without looking back, and said: "Well! Let him in."

Soon Zhao Zilong bowed and walked into the hall.

"Zilong, what's the matter?"

The emperor asked, looking at the territories of Northern Liao and Jin with his hands behind his back.

"Your Majesty, Taifeng said he has something tonight, and will go to the gatehouse next to Xuande Tower to watch the lanterns later."

The emperor turned his head: "What is so important?"

"Your Majesty, Taifeng said he wanted to check on the old ministers of Baigao again to prevent them from making any unusual moves."

The emperor nodded: "I heard that Meifeng intends to give Taifeng the position of the head of the Imperial City Department in the future?"

"Your Majesty, there is such a thing! But Taifeng doesn't have this intention."

After Zhao Zilong finished his reply, he glanced at the emperor.

The emperor let out a long sigh: "It's a good thing for brothers to be friendly and respectful, but don't delay the business, otherwise I will have to punish them!"

"I understand."

"How is the Shen family?"

"Your Majesty, Yu Huguang, the grandson of the old doctor Yu, went to the Yongyi Marquis's mansion to thank him before, and now he has been invited to the Shen family to diagnose the pulse."

"Well! I know that this brother of the Yu family is a good hand at treating external injuries in the northwest. But how about the treatment of diseases of the five internal organs when he is young?"

"I heard from the old doctor that he is better than his master."

The emperor nodded: "Okay!"

Shen Family

The air in the entire backyard was filled with a faint smell of decoction.

Yu Huguang had already gone to the bedroom to diagnose the pulse and see the patient.

The main hall was warm and quiet.

Mr. Shen's family had no concubines, and like the Xu family, there were three sons and two daughters.

But the eldest son and the second son were working as officials and could not return to the capital. The eldest daughter was also married, and only the youngest daughter was raised by her side.

On the Arhat chair at the top of the hall,

Xianggong Shen, a giant in official circles in southern Zhou Dynasty and a very smooth person in the court, already had bags under his eyes.

Mrs. Shen, whom Zai Duan's future brother-in-law Xiong Yan had met before in Tanzhou, now had a few strands of white hair on her temples.

Xu Zaijing, who was sitting in the hall, moved his nose.

You can vaguely smell the smell of medicine on the body of the eldest lady of the Shen family. She is obviously taking care of Shen Herui who is bedridden personally.

The quiet atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Mr. Shen glanced at Mrs. Shen distressedly, raised the tea cup and said: "Wu Lang, drink tea!"

Xu Zaijing picked up the tea cup, nodded to Mrs. Shen who looked at him with a worried expression, and took a sip.

"I heard that Wulang went to the northwest last year, and Master Yu was also in the northwest?"

After Xu Zaijing put down the tea cup, his eyes were full of admiration for the tea soup. He looked at Shen Daxiang and said, "Yes! I went to the northwest in August last year and arrived in the camp in September."

Glancing at the worried eldest lady of the Shen family again, Xu Zaijing continued: "As soon as I entered the military camp, I went to find Brother Yu, who I knew well! As soon as I entered his camp, I saw a tall and powerful man. The fierce man is crying!"

Grand Prime Minister Shen nodded feebly and said seriously: "Pao Ze must have died in the battle, and he is feeling sad, right?"

When Mrs. Shen heard the word 'die in battle', she thought of something, and her mood seemed to get worse.

Behind the screen in the main hall,

Shen Hezhen, who had just rushed back from outside, heard Xu Zaijing's words with a look of complaint in her eyes. At first glance, she felt that Xu Zaijing was a little too mean when he said these words at this time, and no pot was opened!

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard Xu Zaijing's voice continuing to speak in the main hall.

Xu Zaijing looked at Mr. Shen, shook his head and said, "Sir, that's not the case, but this man was frightened into tears by the screams of the wounded soldiers who were being treated by Brother Yu in the camp!"

Mrs. Shen frowned and looked at Xu Zaijing: "Why are you scared to tears by the screams? It's Mr. Yu's medical skills."

"Because he is the next one to go in for treatment!"

"ah?"

Before Mrs. Shen could speak, Mr. Shen nodded and said, "You are so scared that you still go to Mr. Yu. This Mr. Yu's medical skills must be outstanding!"

Xu Zaijing nodded: "Before, the soldiers and scouts around my father fought with Bai Gao and were hit by two arrows in vital parts of his body!"

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing pointed at himself.

Seeing Xu Zaijing's movements, Mrs. Shen's hand holding the handkerchief shook: "These are all critical!"

"What the eldest lady is saying is, now I heard about this private soldier."

After a while, Xu Zaijing raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "It's time to go to the ground!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Shen's eyes lit up, then darkened again as she thought of something.

Grand Prime Minister Shen on the side looked much more relaxed. Before, in the south, he had seen bandits suppressing chaos and military medical officers treating people's injuries.

He looked at Xu Zaijing and said: "Mr. Yu is very good at treating diseases of the internal organs. Mr. Yu must have inherited his family's knowledge and has experience in treating sword and arrow wounds in the Western Army."

Xu Zaijing affirmed: "Medical skills have already reached a new level."

"Okay! That must be the case!"

Mrs. Shen nodded and said, her whole body became alive.

"Master Yu is back."

The little girl from the Shen family hadn't finished speaking.

Yu Huguang, who still had a tired look on his face, had already lifted the curtain and walked in.

Looking at Yu Huguang's solemn expression, Mr. Shen stood up from the Arhat chair and said, "Master Yu, my brother Rui."

Yu Huguang sighed, which made Mrs. Shen, who also stood up, tremble in her hands.

"Brother Shen, we won't be able to see the lanterns tonight, but when the Jinming Pond is in full bloom, he can watch the bid competition with us."

Saying that, Yu Huguang smiled at Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing shook his head helplessly, when did he talk like this?

"Seriously?"

The eldest lady of the Shen family took a step forward and asked urgently.

Yu Huguang nodded affirmatively: "I have just administered the acupuncture. He should be able to wake up tonight or tomorrow, but he will have to wait until the first month of the year to get out of bed. Ouch! Madam, you can't do it!!!"

After saying this, Yu Huguang walked forward a few steps quickly, trying to support Mrs. Shen who was already kneeling on the ground.

Xu Zaijing also stepped forward and stretched out his hand, supporting Mrs. Shen's arm with one hand.

But Xu Zaijing only supported one side, while Mrs. Shen was already kneeling on one knee on the other side.

"Madam, you can't do this!"

Yu Huguang supported Mrs. Shen's other side and lifted her up from the ground.

behind the screen,

The female maid next to her grabbed Shen and Zhen who were about to go out.

The female envoy shook her head at Shen Hezhen who looked back and said urgently: "Girl, you can't go out without a message from the madam!"

Shen Hezhen watched her mother being helped up in the main hall and relaxed her grip.

in the hall,

Yu Huguang looked at Mrs. Shen's face, whose eyes were full of gratitude, and helped her back to the Arhat chair. He also sat down and said, "Brother Shen has been in bed for many days. It's better to let the female servant mother serve the soup in the future!"

“They are not that considerate”

Yu Huguang shook his head at Mrs. Shen and said, "Brother Shen is worried when he sees your face like this. It will definitely worsen your condition!"

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, I won't go."

Grand Prime Minister Shen beside him nodded gratefully to Yu Huguang.

"The prescription has been filled. I will come to the house tomorrow to check on it."

After Yu Huguang finished speaking, he looked at Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing stood up together with Yu Huguang.

"Why don't you have a meal at my house!" Mrs. Shen said.

"Well"

Yu Huguang glanced outside the hall.

"Today is the Lantern Festival, and I haven't even seen the lanterns. How can I have dinner at our house?"

After Master Shen finished speaking, he walked to the two of them: "Come, let's go out together."

Out of the main hall,

The sun has already set to the west,

The low roof of the house can block the western sun.

On the way out,

Xu Zaijing also talked with Mr. Shen about the military training in the south: Xiong Yan had the help of his future father-in-law and Mr. Shen in the south, and it was still going smoothly.

Arriving at the second gate,

Yu Huguang: "Master, please stay!"

Grand Prime Minister Shen smiled and shook his head, extending his hand to invite us: "Walk a little longer!"

After delivering it all the way to the gate,

Yu Huguang and Xu Zaijing got on their horses, cupped their hands and said, "Master, please go back to your house!"

After saying this, the two nodded in greeting and walked forward.

After walking dozens of steps,

When Xu Zaijing turned around again, he saw Mr. Shen standing at the door, bowing deeply to the two of them.

Yu Huguang was also reminded by Xu Zaijing and looked back, wanting to return the gift, but the distance was too far, so he could only watch as Grand Prime Minister Shen returned to his house.

"This is Master Shen"

"Come on, Brother Jing, let's go eat something and drink some good wine! I've been back in Beijing for so long, and I haven't had a single glass of wine yet!"

Xu Zaijing looked at Yu Huguang: "Brother Yu, you don't have to go back to take care of the old man?"

"Grandpa, as long as he wakes up, there will be nothing else! Let's go!"

With that said, the two rode horses and rushed towards Xuandemen with their entourage.

In the Shen family courtyard,

Shen and Zhen walked to the main hall and looked at Mrs. Shen who was sitting on the Arhat chair with a happy face: "Mother, my daughter is back."

Mrs. Shen waved to her daughter. When Shen and Zhen came closer, Mrs. Shen said, "How about the Chai family's gathering?"

Shen Hezhen shook his head: "Mom, my brother is seriously ill. If you hadn't forced me, how could I have gone to any elegant gathering?"

Mrs. Shen looked at her daughter with relief and said, "Has the Zheng family girl seen you?"

"Mother, how did you know she was gone?"

There was a smile on Mrs. Shen's face: "The post sent by the Chai family girl was written on it by the noble ladies from the capital who participated in the elegant gathering."

"What did Miss Zheng tell you?"

"Her sister Zheng Ni is concerned about her brother's condition. My daughter sees that sister Zheng Ni is concerned about her brother."

Mrs. Shen smiled and nodded: "This is very good, and it doesn't mean that we have failed our family's good intentions! When your brother is healthy, the marriage will continue."

Shen Hezhen nodded vigorously,

After the hall was quiet for a while, Shen Hezhen said: "Mom, let's go to the gathering. My daughter feels that the style of clothes is not as good as theirs."

Mrs. Shen smiled and touched Shen Hezhen's hair.

Arriving near Panlouzheng Street,

Xu Zaijing saw Liang Han's boy fishing on the street, looking in the direction he came from.

Seeing Xu Zaijing and Qingyun, Diao Che waved his hands happily, walked over after a while, bowed his hands and said: "Wu Lang, my young master said that thanks to the master of the Chai family tonight, we have a unique place to watch the lanterns." Great place!”

"It's just south of Xuandemen. The villain and the young master went to see it. The four-story wooden building has a great view!"

"Walk!"

With that said, everyone rushed towards the 'perfect place'.

South of Xuandemen,

Wooden building with three floors,

Xu Zaijing and Yu Huguang walked up together.

Looking at the view that could see most of the front of Xuande Building, Yu Huguang and Xu Zaijing sighed: "Brother Jing, I have been in Bianjing for many years, and today is the first time I come here! Wow, the third floor is so nice, but what about the fourth floor? ?”

Gu Tingye and Zheng Xiao both walked over gracefully with their hands behind their backs and heard Yu Huguang's sigh.

Gu Tingye glanced at the roof and said with some envy: "My little sister is upstairs."

Zheng Xiao sighed: "Oh! My eldest niece is here too."

Looking at Zheng Xiao's expression, Xu Zaijing, who knew the relationship between the Zheng family and the Shen family, smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Brother Xiao, do you want to hear some good news?"

Zheng Xiao nodded boredly.

After a while,

Xu Zaijing finished talking about Shen Herui's situation.

Zheng Xiao's eyes suddenly widened, he grabbed Xu Zaijing's arm and said, "Brother Jing, don't lie to me!"

"The doctor is here, you can ask yourself."

Less than half an hour,

On the fourth floor,

A female envoy smiled and walked quickly to Zheng Ni, whose eyes were red.

The sun has set,

There is a bright blue on the horizon,

The lanterns in Bianjing City are all lit up,

Jiying Lane

In the alley, passers-by dressed in different costumes and carrying lanterns pass by from time to time.

A fleet of carriages stopped at the gate of the Sheng family.

Sheng Hong helped the old lady to the car very filially: "Mother, please slow down!"

The old lady nodded and stepped onto the carriage: "Come here tomorrow!"

Minglan nodded and got into the carriage.

Beside the carriage,

Fang's mother took Xiaotao's little hand and headed towards the carriageway: "Old lady, let's go to the carriage behind."

"Well, keep an eye on Xiaotao!"

"yes!"

As she spoke, Fang Mama smiled and helped Xiao Tao warm her hands, saying, "Let's go, let's get in the car."

Xiao Tao nodded happily and whispered, "Fang Mama, I want to eat."

"Okay, I'll buy them all!"

Not far from the Sheng family's motorcade,

a rich man happened to pass by at this time.

Seeing Xiao Tao, who was being led, looking at him curiously, the rich man quickly turned his head to the side.

"Xiao Tao, what's wrong?" Fang Mama asked with concern.

Xiao Tao shook her head.

The Sheng family's motorcade began to set off.

The rich man who just passed by also left the gate of the Sheng family and got on a carriage on the side of the road.

In the carriage, the rich man Zhao Taifeng took off his clothes with a smile on his face and said, "Let's go to Xuande Gate."