The emperor's heart alone

When Xu Yunjin returned to Xu's Mansion with Qinghuan and Qingpei, it was almost time for dinner.Of course, it wasn't because Antique Street was too far away from Xu's Mansion, but because on the way back, I met some acquaintances, went to teahouses to tease them, and hurried back to Xu's Mansion before dinner.

Xu's mansion is a century-old scholarly place. Every stone, tree, flower and grass in the mansion seems to have a warm atmosphere. Stepping into it, not only does it not feel dull, but also feels a sense of tranquility that the years are slowly flowing. It's just this feeling It was broken when Xu Yunjin was young, until now.Whenever Xu Yunjin came back from outside, the quiet Xu Mansion was like a lake of still water being continuously thrown with stones, and there was no more peace.

The maidservants in the Xu Mansion have always been quiet and respectful. They only do their own things on weekdays, and follow the principle of saying more, making more mistakes, doing more and getting more praise. As soon as Yun Jin returned to the mansion, his appearance changed.

The first thing Xu Yunjin did when he returned to the Xu Mansion was not to send the amphora to Xu Tao, but to go back to his room with Qinghuan Qingpei to change clothes.In this way, from the outer courtyard of the Xu Mansion to the inner courtyard, the journey is naturally long, that is to say, more people are met along the way, and there are only a few masters in the Xu Mansion. The most crowded is the servant girl.

And when every servant girl saw Xu Yunjin, all of Shouli's faces burst into smiles——

"Second Young Master, you're back!"

"Second Young Master, the master is at Madam's place now."

"Second young master, the eldest son hasn't returned yet."

"Second young master, the master got angry again last night."

"Second Young Master,..."

After walking all the way, Xu Yunjin knew exactly what happened in the mansion these two days. After entering the room, Xu Yunjin threw the fan on the table casually: "You dare to reveal the master's affairs and whereabouts. Master, look at this." It’s time to help people clean up.”

Qinghuan who had put down the amphora over there came over and said with a smile: "Oh, Second Young Master, it's not a small thing to say, when did you say that, I haven't seen Second Young Master do this until now. "

Xu Yunjin lost the fan in his hand, so he knocked Qinghuan on the head with his hand: "I think you are the one who should clean up the most."

Qinghuan took two steps back aggrieved, really, every time he was beaten by the second young master, the second young master never wore Qingpei.

Xu Yunjin didn't bother to look at Qinghuan, and went into the inner room: "Qingpei, change your clothes for Master."

Qingpei raised her leg and walked into the inner room, when she passed by Qinghuan, she threw the medicine bottle in her arms to Qinghuan, Qinghuan took a closer look, curled her lips, knocked it but did not get hurt, Qingpei gave herself the medicine What to do, after thinking about it, I still put the medicine bottle in my arms, and went into the inner room to change Xu Yunjin's clothes.

When Xu Yunjin was changing clothes, Xu Tao heard the news of Xu Yunjin's return from his servants, and immediately pulled down his amiable face. He stood up and went to find Xu Yunjin. He grabbed his sleeve.

"Master, what are you doing?"

"What can I do? It's not about eating. I'm going to the dining hall." Xu Tao spoke loudly, as if he would lose confidence if he didn't speak louder, and speaking louder would prove that what he said was valid How right.

"Then I'll go with you." Xu Jiashi also stood up simply, holding Xu Tao's hand without letting go. Xu Jiashi took two steps forward, seeing Xu Tao still standing where he was, and then Said, "Let's go, master, don't you want to eat?"

Xu Tao choked, he couldn't say anything more, and walked forward a few steps, Xu Jiashi also let go of Xu Tao's sleeve, and winked at the servant behind him, the servant obviously understood Xu Jiashi's intentions very well. What does the look mean? After Xu Tao and Xu Jiashi left one after the other, the servant hurried out of Xu's mansion and trotted to the Imperial Academy.

There were guards at the gate of the Hanlin Academy. After seeing the young man with a solemn expression, a smile flashed in his eyes, and the expression on his face could not help but relax. When the young man came forward, one of the guards opened the door first. Mouth: "Mo Liang, are you looking for Master Xu again?"

Mo Liang said with a bitter face: "No, please inform me."

The guard on the other side nodded: "Okay, you wait here, I'll go find Master Xu for you, the reason is still that?"

Mo Liang's face became even more bitter: "Aside from that reason, there is no other big thing to find the Eldest Young Master."

The guards smiled again, and stopped embarrassing Mo Liang, and went into the Imperial Academy to look for Xu Yunting.

Not long after, Xu Yunting walked out of the gate of the Imperial Academy with a helpless face, first sighed, then took Mo Liang to Xu's residence, turned his head and asked, "Second young master is back?"

Mo Liang said: "No, the master was at Madam's place at that time, and when he received the news that the Second Young Master had returned, his expression immediately changed. He wanted to go to the Second Young Master right away, but was stopped by the Madam, and the younger one was terrified. According to Madam's order, I will come to you, Eldest Young Master."

"Father, it's true, the older you get, the more childlike you are." Xu Yunting muttered as he walked, but Mo Liang, who was following behind, didn't answer. The eldest son was talking to himself, and he was not qualified to intervene .

Here Xu Yunting received the news and rushed to Xu's mansion, while Xu Tao and Xu Jiashi had already arrived at the dining hall.

Xu Tao and Xu Jiashi came a little earlier, before the dining room had time to serve food, the servants saw the master had arrived, so they hurriedly went to the kitchen to ask for food to be served, and someone went to inform Miss San that dinner was about to be served.

After a lot of fuss, the dishes were served all over the place. Surrounded by the maids, Xu Yunqin also came to the dining hall. After saluting Xu Tao and Xu Jiashi, he glanced at the bowls and chopsticks on the dining table, feeling After understanding, sat down.On weekdays, if Xu Yunjin is not at home, Xu Yunqin always sits next to Xu Jiashi. If Xu Yunjin is at home, Xu Yunjin sits next to Xu Jiashi, and Xu Yunqin sits next to Xu Yunjin. See you today When there was an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks on the dinner table than yesterday, I knew that Xu Yunjin was back.

Xu Tao glanced at the five pairs of bowls and chopsticks on the table, and snorted heavily.

Xu Yunqin pretended not to hear, Xu Jiashi glanced at Xu Tao also pretended not to hear.

As the head of the family, Xu Tao didn't move his chopsticks, so Xu Jiashi and Xu Yunqin naturally didn't move either. After waiting for a while, Xu Yunjin, who took off his bright red clothes and was dressed in plain white clothes, finally came late and saw the dinner table Xu Tao and the others on the board, the smile on Xu Yunjin's face became more and more intense, he walked into the dining room a few steps, sat next to Xu Jiashi without saying a word, picked up the chopsticks and went straight to the chicken leg in front of him: "Father, Let's go, let's go, I didn't even eat pastries when I was at the teahouse in the afternoon in order to go home for dinner."

Xu Tao's face turned blue, Xu Jia's heart was not good, he pinched Xu Yunjin's thigh lightly, and smiled at Xu Yunjin: "Yunjin, didn't you say you want to buy an amphora for your father?"

Xu Yunjin looked at Xu Tao's blue face, then looked at Xu Jiashi's threatening eyes, and reluctantly put down the chopsticks in his hand, but he did not forget to put the chicken legs on the chopsticks into his bowl: "buy I bought it, and I let Qinghuan Qingpei go to Dad's study."

Xu Jia looked back at Xu Tao: "Master, you can see how filial Yun Jin is. After dinner, I will accompany Master to look at the pair of amphora. Yun Jin has always had a good eye."

"If he was really filial, he wouldn't have broken the original pair in my study! If he was really filial, he wouldn't have stayed in Huancai Pavilion last night!" Xu Tao slapped the table angrily, "From today onwards, you are not allowed to Go to Huancaige Dongliyuan, stay at home honestly! Your mother told you what the abbot said at the time, what if you go to that kind of place, what should you do? After all, it is a brothel and Chuguan , I don’t know who’s plotted against me!”

When Xu Tao shouted, Xu Yunjin felt a headache, but his father had to coax him, Xu Yunjin got up and walked behind Xu Tao, lying on Xu Tao's back like a child, hugging Xu Tao with both hands, muttering : "Father, don't you trust me, your son? I won't mess around, so don't worry!" He said again, "Father, the pair of amphora I bought for you this time is very beautiful. Really, you must be sure." In phase!"

Xu Tao, who has become an old child in front of Xu Yunjin, has to use this method to coax him. Xu Yunjin pours down a few bowls of muddy soup, and then beats Xu Tao's back and legs to flatter him. The fire is almost gone, and the rest is a matter of face, Xu Tao said viciously: "You boy, please be honest with me in the future! Don't cause me any trouble!"

Xu Yunjin is very well-behaved at this time, basically he listens to what Xu Tao says and agrees well, but he is also the one who forgets when he turns around, and Xu Tao is not unaware of his temperament, but every time Xu Yun There is nothing Jin Yi can do to curry favor with Xu Tao, and he can only continue to indulge while thinking about discipline in the future.

So when Xu Yunting rushed back to Xu's mansion and entered the dining room, he saw his parents, second brother and third sister eating happily, and it was completely impossible to tell that Xu Tao was still angry with Xu Yunjin.

Xu Yunting raised his eyebrows, but didn't bring up the matter. The maid over there saw Xu Yunting came back, so she went to serve Xu Yunting a meal. Xu Yunting looked around Xu Yunjin's face, and finally said: "Father, what are you doing today?" It’s too early to come back from the palace, so there’s nothing wrong with the court recently?”

Xu Tao said: "Is the matter of your Imperial Academy over?" By the way, his eyes circled around Mo Liang's body, and Mo Liang shrank back severely in fright.

"Now the Imperial Academy is very leisurely. My official position is not high, and some things are not my turn to do."

Xu Yunting's words are not bad. From the perspective of the official position of the fourth rank, it seems to be very high, but the third rank and above of Beijing officials are like cabbages all over the street, so it is nothing to put it in the capital from the fourth rank.

"It's good that you know that even though you are my son, Xu Tao, the people of the Hanlin Academy have to give you some face for my sake, but that's all, and you have to work hard for the rest , We must guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and form good karma."

Xu Yunting sat upright, "I know."

Xu Tao nodded in relief. It is great that he is not boasting about his eldest son. He has become a fourth-rank official at a young age, and it is very possible to be a minister in the future: "Father believes that you will not let Daddy Disappointed, your temperament has always been gentle, you don't put on airs, and the imperial court has a very good opinion of your style."