Chapter 748 Guests from the Zhuo Family
In the afternoon of the next day, Mr. Zhuo and his three sons went to the outskirts of the city to greet the Zhuo family.
The eldest wife of the Zhuo family came with her two children and daughter-in-law, and the eldest sister of the Zhuo family, Mrs. Yuan's family, came with her two children. They said that the world was peaceful and came to the capital specially to visit. They had not seen Zhuo for a long time, so they came here specially. Visiting Mr. Zhuo.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Zhuo welcomed the Zhuo family outside the city gate. She was very happy and immediately called Chu Jingqi and her second and third children to come and salute her aunt and uncle.
Mrs. Zhuo said hurriedly, "This cannot be done. Aqi is the eldest son of the county prince's palace and has a distinguished status. According to the etiquette, it is us who should salute Aqi."
With that said, he hurriedly called a group of young people to come over and salute Chu Jingqi.
Previously, this group of young people saluted Mr. Zhuo. As Mr. Zhuo was the elder, they were willing. However, Chu Jingqi was of the same generation and younger than Mr. Zhuo’s nephews. So asking her cousin to salute her cousin, this... ...The young master of the Zhuo family hesitated for a moment.
Mrs. Zhuo hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, you must be outspoken if you say this. If we don't follow that routine, we will follow family etiquette."
As if she didn't see the reluctance on the faces of her two cousins, Chu Jingqi bowed respectfully to Mrs. Zhuo and Mrs. Yuan.
Mrs. Yuan is the eldest sister of the Zhuo family, the eldest daughter adopted by the Zhuo family.
Mrs. Yuan was married locally. When she heard that her sister-in-law was bringing her niece, nephew, daughter-in-law, and niece to the capital to visit the Zhuo family, she packed up and came with her son and daughter.
After Mrs. Zhuo and Mrs. Yuan looked at the three Chu Jingqi brothers up and down, they were full of praise. Mrs. Yuan said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for more than ten years, and Aqi has grown so big. She looks like my little sister. This face is really handsome. ”
As soon as she finished speaking, a pretty little girl ran over and said, "Cousin Aqi, I am Aling. Do you remember that when you went to Taishun City before, I bought you pea peas?" Eat.”
Then, with a blushing face, he said, "This is my first time coming to the capital. Cousin Aqi, I heard that there are many interesting places in the capital. Tomorrow, you can take us to the most interesting place in the capital." Let’s take a look?”
Chu Jingqi glanced at her lightly, frowned and said, "I will send someone to take you there."
He had no time to spend with these relatives.
He finally asked the emperor for a few months' leave, but it was not to accompany them. He had to stay at home with his Ayu.
In the past few days, Ayu's belly was like blowing up a balloon, getting bigger day by day, and he was worried that her belly would explode one day.
I look at her with fear every day.
But he couldn't say this clearly. After all, it was his grandfather's house. If he refused to come all the way, it would look bad on his mother's face.
"Cousin Aqi, won't you accompany us?"
The voice was full of loss.
Mrs. Zhuo smiled hurriedly and said, "My little aunt is free tomorrow, so I will accompany you to play. There are three most famous landscapes in the capital. It just so happens that at this time, the plants on the trees and in the water are just growing." With new leaves and flowers, the scenery should be good.”
Just like that, the topic changed.
Zhuo Yiling pursed her lips and stared at Chu Jingqi sadly.
It's a pity that Chu Jingqi didn't even give her a look.
Yuan Liqin walked up to Zhuo Yiling, took her hand, and said in a gentle and considerate voice, "Second cousin, I heard that my cousin works for the emperor and has to go to the palace every day. How can he have time to accompany us? National affairs are important.”
Zhuo Yiling looked a little annoyed when she heard this.
Damn it, she had forgotten that her cousin's identity was different from theirs. He was a minister around the emperor. He must go to the palace every day to share the emperor's worries and troubles. How could he be like her elder brother, who was already married, and still had a family? Playing with birds and walking horses every day, there is nothing serious to do. She is so ignorant.
Just now, her cousin said that, and she was still blaming him in her heart. They came all the way and her cousin didn't play with them.
Zhuo Yiling wanted to apologize to Chu Jingqi, but Chu Jingqi had a cold face, so she was embarrassed to step forward.
At this time, Mrs. Zhuo called everyone to get on the carriage. Zhuo Yiling bit her lip, glanced at Chu Jingqi who got on the horse, and then followed her cousin into the carriage.
On the carriage, Zhuo Yiling opened the curtains and couldn't help but glance at Chu Jingqi's back, her pretty face gradually turning red with embarrassment.
The carriage stopped at the gate of Prince Anjun's Mansion. The Zhuo family got off the carriage and entered Prince Anjun's Mansion led by Mrs. Zhuo and a group of maids.
This was the first time for the Zhuo family to come to Prince Anjun's Mansion, and the first time they saw such a large, luxurious and wealthy mansion. A group of people walked all the way to the hall, and the scenery and furnishings that they saw were all highlighting the Chu family's influence. Prosperity and wealth, the house is full of gold and jade.
In particular, the pomegranate and loquats placed on the fruit plate are eye-catching.
Zhuo Yiling picked up a pomegranate and asked Mrs. Zhuo with bright eyes, "Little aunt, isn't this pomegranate ripe in mid-September? Why is it available in the capital so early?"
There was a pomegranate tree in her yard. The pomegranates had to be fully ripe after September every year. When she came here, they were just blooming, and there were pomegranates to eat in the capital.
Sure enough, the capital is different from other places.
Zhuo explained with a smile, "The Chu family has a fruit shed on the outskirts of the city. The ripening season of the fruits inside is different from that of the fruit trees outside. We planted four pomegranate trees in total, and the months of ripening for the four trees are different. The fruit of this pomegranate tree falls ripe in April.”
Zhuo Yiling's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Little aunt, can we go play in the fruit shed?"
"Yes, there are hot springs inside. There are also many small animals and monkeys. You can play with the monkeys. There are also more than 20 kinds of fruit trees, hundreds of them. If you go there, you can also eat other fruits. , Oh, these pomegranates and loquats were just picked and delivered from the fruit shed at noon.”
Mrs. Zhuo talked about a few entertainments in the hot spring village, which made Zhuo Yiling, Yuan Liqin and the other young people very excited. They wished they could go to the village to have fun now.
At this time, Xia Zihan, who came upon hearing the news, was supported by Chu and Chu Fei and walked in.
"Ayu, why are you here?"
Chu Jingqi had the sharpest eyes. He saw Xia Zihan as soon as she walked in. He hurriedly stood up and walked over, half-helping and half-hugging her in.
Chu Cong and Chu Fei both stepped back a few steps knowingly and gave up their positions to him.
Xia Zihan's sudden arrival caused the originally bustling hall to fall silent for a moment. However, Mrs. Zhuo reacted quickly and hurriedly ordered the maid, "Hurry up and add a chair to the imperial concubine."
All the chairs in the hall were occupied by guests, and there was no empty chair.
Chu Cong glanced at it, and one step ahead of the little maid, he flew to the tearoom next door and brought a chair over, and placed it specially next to Chu Jingqi's chair.
However, Xia Zihan did not sit down, but glanced at the people in the hall. When he saw two elders sitting next to Mr. Zhuo, he knew that they were elders.
If you are an elder, the younger generation must salute.
(End of chapter)