One of the passers-by

For a moment, it was as if the softest part of his heart had been scratched by the fluffy paws of a kitten, and he was a little dazed.

How do you say a word?The luckiest thing in this world is that the person you like happens to like you too.

Xue Yan couldn't help but curled his lips. He never denied that he had a good impression of Wei Ziqi.From the astonishment of the first meeting, to every bit of getting along with each other afterwards, Xue Yan felt that there was no one in this world who could be as good as Wei Ziqi.It's just that because Xue Yan has a heavy responsibility, he knows that he can't stay here forever, so Xue Yan has no extravagant hopes for the future, and he doesn't dare to show Wei Ziqi that he has a strange affection for him.

He defined his relationship with Wei Ziqi as more than brothers and less than lovers.He even felt that as long as he was still in Da Chu, it would be very good to be able to guarantee such a relationship.

However, he never thought that Wei Ziqi, whom he liked so much, would also have the same affection for him.This feeling... It's like buying a lottery ticket for two yuan unintentionally, but won the special prize... It makes people so happy that I can't believe it.

The more Xue Yan thought about it, the happier he was. Sitting on the horse, he looked at Wei Ziqi beside him, with a silly smile on his face.He licked his lips in bewilderment, and was about to respond when he heard a call from behind. When Xue Yan and Wei Ziqi looked back, it was the Kunlun slave general from the Duke of Wei's mansion who came on horseback. It only said that Wei Guogong Xue Ji and Princess Pingyang were looking for Xue Yan.

Xue Yan and Wei Ziqi looked at each other, but now there are so many people talking, it's not easy to whisper.He had no choice but to go back to the city with the Kunlun slave of Duke Wei's mansion.

He rushed home, only to see Wei Guogong Xue Ji standing on the platform, pacing back and forth nervously, his big hands used to holding weapons rubbed against each other, the knuckles turned white when they were clasped tightly.

Xue Yan looked amused, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Aye, what's the matter? You asked the general to look for me outside the city, where is my mother?"

Wei Guogong Xue Ji watched his son come back, his eyes lit up, he pulled Xue Yan and said: "Your mother just had pain in her stomach, I sent someone to Shangqing Temple to invite Master Misty and Master Sun to come over, because I was thinking of you I always know some heresy knowledge, so I asked the generals to find you back...you go and see your mother, what's the matter?"

Hearing this, Xue Yan panicked a little.He rushed into the inner room in two busy steps, only to see the real Misty and Sun Zhonghe kneeling in front of the bed to diagnose the pulse of Princess Pingyang.Princess Pingyang put one hand on the pulse pillow, and the other hand covered her huge stomach, whooped non-stop, her head was covered in cold sweat from the pain.

Seeing Xue Yan came back, he still asked, "Didn't you go out in the same period, why did you come back now?"

"I'll come back to visit my mother." Xue Yan knelt beside him as he spoke, asking Reverend Misty and Sun Zhonghe what happened to Princess Pingyang.

The two checked each other's pulse several times, and after discussing for a while, they finally said: "It's okay. The fact is that Princess Pingyang is getting older, and besides, her body was left with some hidden injuries in the early battles. Naturally, it can't compare with the body of a young lady. She is strong, so it is normal to feel discomfort during pregnancy. Besides, the day of delivery is coming soon..."

Xue Yan listened for a while, and asked long and short questions to understand all the worries in his heart. Only then did he realize that such behavior was normal, and he was relieved.Princess Pingyang also smiled and said: "I know I have nothing to do, but your father is busy. Not only did you call Reverend Misty and Reverend Sun, but you also came back."

Hearing this, Xue Yan smiled and said: "This is also Aye's behavior of caring about Auntie."

During the conversation, Wei Guogong Xue Ji also hurried into the room, Xue Yan paid special attention to it, there was no trace of Wei Ziqi behind Wei Guogong Xue Ji.He couldn't help asking, "Where's brother Ziqi?"

Wei Guogong Xue Ji didn't notice Xue Yan's expression, and responded casually: "Your Majesty announced him to enter the palace, only to discuss the matter of marching. He has entered the palace now."

Xue Yan couldn't hear the emotion "Oh",

In the next few days, Wei Ziqi was busy with the marching of the army, Xue Yan was also kept at home by the nervous Xue Ji, and the two had no chance to meet alone again.The matter of Wei Ziqi's confession before can only be let go.

Until the next month when the imperial court’s army against Tubo departed from Beijing and rushed to the frontier fortress, Princess Pingyang gave birth to a child who weighed six catties and six taels safely at home. There is an endless stream of people.Even the sage empress Taishang Huang and the other princes went to Duke Wei's mansion to congratulate Princess Pingyang and Duke Wei.The Supreme Emperor even named his grandson Hong in the name of his grandfather, which means that a gentleman should be like water, clear and profound.

Xue Ji, Duke of the State of Wei, also gave his youngest son, Lao Bang Shengzhu, a nickname——彘NU, which means little wild boar.

Princess Pingyang had a son in middle age, so she naturally valued this slave more than anything else.And Xue Yan was beside her from time to time to mention some child-rearing scriptures for later generations, which was even more important to Princess Pingyang. Whenever she had free time every day, she would hold the slave in her arms, and even do breastfeeding and other things by herself. Put aside the nurses who had prepared earlier.

Xue Yan also likes children, not to mention that Xue Hong has been born white and beautiful since he was a full moon, with a pair of big dark eyes, every time he sees Xue Yan, he will laugh out loud, stretching out a pair of small knots like lotus root joints. Arms to hug.The heart of Xue Yan who likes it is as if it has melted into water. Even after Princess Pingyang and Duke Wei have a rest at night, when she orders the nanny to take the slave away to sleep, Xue Yan often cuts off the beard halfway, and puts the slave to bed. The little pig slave hugged him back to his room and slept with him.That jewel-like appearance is really afraid of melting in the mouth, and afraid of falling when holding it in the hand.

And also proposed to Princess Pingyang and Wei Guogong Xue Ji several times to give up the son of Wei Guogong to the slave.Pingyang and his wife were so scared that they withdrew half of their hearts from Shi Nu, hurriedly greeted Xue Yan, and also checked whether they cared too much about the younger son and neglected the elder son, which caused this situation.

Seeing that the Pingyang couple blamed themselves and felt so uneasy, Xue Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly for a moment.He couldn't explain his identity clearly, so he had to explain to the Pingyang couple: "Aye, Auntie, don't think too much. As the saying goes, good women don't wear wedding clothes, and good men don't eat separate meals. I'm in court now. I am an official, and I have made meritorious service many times. To put it bluntly, even if I don’t have the title of Duke of Wei, as long as I continue to be loyal to His Majesty and serve the court, I will be able to become an official and become a noble. My brother was born like this He is white and fat, and I can't bear him to go to the battlefield to fight. To tell you the truth, Aye, aunt, although he is my younger brother, but he is so much younger than me, I regard him as my own son. Now I will The reason why Duke Wei gave up to his younger brother is because he wants to live a relaxed and comfortable life in the future without having to suffer. As for myself..."

When Xue Yan said this, he smiled complacently, and said: "As the son of Aye, I am also the emperor's favorite grandson, His Majesty's favorite nephew, not to mention that I have the ability to do it myself. It's not too difficult to become a marquis. Don't you think that if I, Xue Yan, don't have the title of Duke Wei's son, I will definitely accomplish nothing?"

Princess Pingyang and Xue Ji certainly didn't think so.It's just that when I suddenly heard what Xue Yan said, I couldn't help but think of how much Xue Yan had been "lost" for so many years, and I don't know how much suffering he has suffered. Now that I think of these things, I am afraid it is also a personal pain.For a while, I felt more self-blame.Princess Pingyang put her arms around Xue Yan and cried: "It's all our fault as parents. If you hadn't lost you back then, you wouldn't have suffered so many years. Why are you so sensible, Yaner? I don't want to see you being so sensible. The more caring you are, the more my heart aches..."

How could such a good son be lost by them in the first place?Fortunately, God favored them so that they could reunite as a family and meet again.Otherwise, how would they bear the heart-piercing pain.

Xue Yan couldn't stand Princess Pingyang's crying the most.Seeing A Niang like this, even the stubborn Aye couldn't help but sigh with red eyes, so he could only coax her with a smile.

Fortunately, Xue Shengsheng was very active, with witty remarks, and his words were worn down all afternoon, finally coaxing Aye and Auntie to show off her face again.It's just that no matter how eloquent Xue Yan is, the two still disagree with Xue Yan's decision to let Xian Yu's younger brother.

Things were at a stalemate for a while, Xue Yan had no choice but to stop convincing Pingyang and his wife for the time being.In addition to dealing with Bianzhou affairs at the court, I go home to tease my slaves every day. Occasionally, I go to Xingqing Palace to pay respects to the Supreme Emperor, or to Lizheng Hall to visit Empress Wei and Prince Qingniao.

The crown prince held the coronation ceremony in April of the sixth year of Yong'an, and now he officially enters the court to participate in politics.So the number of times I meet Xue Yan every day is more.And because of contact with government affairs and listening to the hadith, he is much more mature than before.However, compared with before, Qingniao's personality has not changed much - only her figure has become more rounded.He still doesn't like reading, doesn't like learning, and likes to eat, and even selects a few cooks in the palace, just to cook food according to his own whimsy, quite like an innovative gourmet.This point has more and more in common with Xue Yan.After the two met, they chatted more and more.The content of his conversation is mostly the colorful exchanges of newspapers such as late-night food stalls.Empress Wei and the crown prince were not used to it when they first heard it, but later, when they met and chatted, they simply ordered the palace to bring all kinds of snacks to satisfy their hunger.

Such a move originally meant to "look at plum blossoms to quench thirst", but he never thought that it would attract the attention of the Ninth Prince.The Ninth Prince Zhuang Lie is only over three years old this year, just at the age when he is not yet weaned but likes to eat.Empress Wei thought a lot on weekdays, and did not allow the Ninth Prince to overeat, so she strictly controlled the eating of snacks, melons and fruits.Now that there is such a one-on-one pairing strength of Qingniao and Xue Yan, even Queen Wei can't control herself, so how can she control Zhuang Lie.So in no less than two or three months, the Ninth Prince Zhuang Lie ate more and more fat.After Emperor Yong'an saw it, he praised him endlessly, saying that a boy should be so strong.

However, Xue Yan didn't enjoy the leisurely life of fishing and raising children for long, because the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of troops marched out the frontier fortress to attack Tubo, and the imperial court needed to mobilize food, grass and military equipment to cooperate with the frontline operations.Xu Hui, the Minister of the Household Department who had just recuperated and was on duty against the court, was tired and sick again.Emperor Yong'an sent an imperial doctor to take a pulse check. When the imperial doctor came back, he only said that Xu Shangshu needed to rest in peace and not waste his mind, otherwise his life would be in danger...

Emperor Yong'an always loved his courtiers, and after hearing such a report from the imperial doctor, it was naturally not good for Xu Hui to go to court with illness.We had to select another capable official to take over the affairs of the household department.However, Emperor Yong'an had always attached great importance to Xu Hui, and he believed that no one else could be qualified for the post of Minister of the Ministry of Household except Xu Hui.Therefore, when choosing someone to take over the household department, one must have prestige and be able to convince the public, two must have the ability to take on important responsibilities, and three must not be attached to power and position...

Emperor Yong'an thought about it, and at the suggestion of his confidant courtiers, he thought of Xue Yan.