From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Very strange.

The gate of the Prince Wei's Mansion was closed under the setting sun, and there was no one guarding the gate.

Normally, when Xiaoying went home and told the news, Jianjia Ningyue and the others would pack their clothes and gather together, and all the maids and servants should welcome them.

Yes, they would also beat gongs and drums and set off firecrackers to welcome Zhou Yuan's triumphant return.

But this time it was unusually deserted.

Zhou Yuan hurried over and pushed the heavy door open with force, but still didn't see anyone.

He just heard a faint laugh.

It came from the direction of the corridor of the second entrance.

Zhou Yuan immediately ran in and stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

Because a little head suddenly popped up, with two pigtails, cute little flowers, and a well-behaved princess dress, with a red face and big eyes that seemed to be shining.

She tilted her head, looked at Zhou Yuan curiously, then blinked and said, "Daddy?"

Zhou Yuan's face was a little stiff, and he murmured in a daze: "Xiao Wenxin, yes, it's Daddy..."

"Hehe Daddy..."

Xiao Wenxin called out affectionately, her two little hands fiddled with each other's fingers, jumped on the spot, and then hid herself behind the wall shyly.

Hiding, then showing her head again, smiling shyly and sweetly: "Daddy is back..."

She trotted to the backyard, ran a few steps and ran back, and finally stood in front of Zhou Yuan and laughed.

Zhou Yuan was still in a daze.

Until he heard the voice beside him.

"If you don't hug her, she will grow up."

At some point, Zhao Jianjia had come over.

Zhou Yuan woke up as if from a dream, and quickly picked up Wenxin, smiling: "My dear baby! Are you here to pick up Daddy!"

He didn't realize that his voice was a little choked.

Little Wenxin smiled, and said in a cute and stuttering way: "Ah... Mommy... Mommy said Daddy is back, and asked Wenxin to go and see him, I... I'll come to look for him..."

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but kiss her on the face, and said in a hoarse voice: "He's back, Daddy is back, I haven't seen my dear daughter for a long time, I really miss him so much."

Little Wenxin was very happy, struggling to show her happiness, and giggled: "Daddy misses me."

"Yeah, I miss you every day."

"Wenxin... Wenxin misses Daddy too..."

She pinched Zhou Yuan's face with her two little hands, pouted her lips and kissed him on the face.

At this moment, Zhou Yuan's heart was about to melt, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

I remember when Wenxin was just born, she was still very afraid of me. Now she is four years old, she already knows some things, and she already knows that she misses her father.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but burst into tears.

Everything is fake, only this kind of blood-related feelings are real.

"Let's go! Go home with Daddy!"

He held Wenxin in one hand, then reached out and winked at Zhao Jianjia.

Zhao Jianjia reached out her hand, and the two held hands, holding the child, and walked slowly towards the inner courtyard.

Little Wenxin kept talking, as if she had found a greater support, mumbling in a baby voice.

"Daddy... Sister Wenshu always snatches my toys, you have to help me get them back."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Daddy will buy you new ones!"

Little Wenxin continued, "I... I don't want to study, I'm so tired."

"What kind of books should such a young child read!"

Zhou Yuan pinched her face and said, "If you don't study, just play. As long as my daughter is happy, anything is fine."

Little Wenxin was very happy and said quickly, "Pin pink, I still want to eat candy..."

Zhao Jianjia said, "You have eaten four pieces today!"

"Oh, you are just a child, what's wrong with liking to eat candy."

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and said, "Give me a few more pieces, you won't get a stomachache."

Zhao Jianjia pinched his hand and said unhappily : "You have become the bad guy... I am a lonely mother, and if I am not strict, she will be more naughty."

Zhou Yuan leaned over and kissed her, saying: "Thank you for your hard work, madam, you just want to make the child happy."

"Go to hell, if you want the child to be happy, come back more often to accompany her."

Zhao Jianjia said softly: "The child is four years old, but she has only seen you a few times."

"It's my fault!"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "I came back to admit my mistake, you can punish me tonight."

Zhao Jianjia's face turned slightly red, pinched him, and said: "Don't talk nonsense in front of the child, go in quickly, everyone is waiting for you."

Walking into the fourth inner courtyard, Zhou Yuan saw a full crowd of people.

Zi Yuan, Qing Yuan, Mo Xiang and other maids and servants waved and shouted to welcome the master back to the mansion, Ming Rui and Dong Mei set off firecrackers next to them.

Qu Ling held Ayinizi's hand, smiling and talking excitedly about something, which was not positive at first glance.

Ningyue held the child and coaxed him carefully, but after a fewThe 18-month-old Xiao Yan cried loudly, obviously frightened by the firecrackers.

Xiao Ying squatted on the ground, Wen Shu stood beside her, hugging her mother's body, her eyes were full of tears, as if she had already cried.

The family stood together, the scene was so warm and harmonious, Zhou Yuan looked at it, his heart warm.

"Prince Wei must be proud, his family is full of treasures!"

Qu Ling couldn't help shouting, "Why don't you take the initiative to say hello, and ask us princesses and concubines to salute, right!"

With Qu Ling, the atmosphere will not be awkward.

Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing and said directly: "Boss Qu! You are the boss! I just asked if the dinner is ready!"

Qu Ling blinked and said: "Are you asking about the first or the second game? The first game is definitely ready, and the second game depends on the master's turn!"

"Puff!"

Xue Ningyue was amused by this sentence and hurriedly said: "Sister Qu, don't talk nonsense, take Brother Zhou to bathe and change clothes, and then come to the table for the reunion dinner."

"Oh, I understand!"

Qu Ling took Xiao Yan over directly and said: "Go and help your brother Zhou bathe and change clothes, you little girl, you repeat it three times a day."

Xue Ningyue waved her hand and said: "That's not what I meant..."

"Oh, go quickly!"

Qu Ling winked at her.

Zhou Yuan walked over with a big laugh, put his arm around Ningyue's shoulders, and said, "It's Ningyue, don't fight for others, there are plenty of opportunities. I'm mainly saying this to Ziyuan, after all, this is her job."

"Pfft, pfft!"

Ziyuan was touched in the heart and immediately became anxious: "I still have to go to the kitchen, so I don't have time to serve you, I... I'll go now..."

She ran away in a hurry.

Qu Ling couldn't help laughing and said, "Ziyuan is so cute, she is so old, but still very shy."

Zhao Jianjia said, "She is just like this, everyone go in and sit down, it's not appropriate for the big and small to stand here."

"Qingyuan, let everyone go down and do their own things, the prince will be back, and he will give you money when he comes."

Qingyuan nodded and hurried to do his work, but when he left, he glanced at Zhou Yuan, which was obviously an expression of "asking for a beating".

When the people dispersed, inexplicably, Xiaoyan cried even louder.

Wenshu blinked her eyes and looked at her brother curiously, not understanding why she was crying.

Zhou Yuan saw her cute appearance and wanted to hug her too.

But Xiaoying stood up decisively: "Don't hug my baby! You are dirty! You have been traveling for so many days, go wash up!"

So Wenshu also started crying, mumbling: "Daddy... I want daddy..."

She was only a year old and had just learned to speak. Her babyish and intermittent voice was really nice.

Xiaoying was anxious and hurriedly said: "Go wash up quickly, don't you see that the children are waiting for you!"

"Hahaha!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Let's go! Ningyue! Let's go wash up!"