666 Annunciation(1/2)
The mother and son and the three of them went to Liang Mansion together. When Princess Jiaming and Liang Xu were celebrating, the twins had already finished their wedding bed with great enthusiasm. When the couple entered the new house, they gave them generous wedding money, which made the two little guys very happy.
After getting the wedding money for a while, the two little guys took the initiative to hand it over to Qin Xiaoxiao and asked her to buy candy for them.
It can be seen that the two little guys like eating candy so much that they remembered their mother's promise in the morning. After getting the wedding money, they thought of buying candy.
Qin Xiaoxiao would not break his promise to his two children. After the wedding banquet, he left the Liang Mansion and took them to buy a pack of candy, and the generous one gave two pieces.
The two little guys had just eaten candy yesterday, but today they actually got two more pieces, which was something they had never seen before. They were extremely satisfied with the sweet candy cubes and didn't think that the money was enough to buy the candy they could eat every day and couldn't finish it for a whole year.
Time slowly drifted from spring to midsummer. After Qin Xiaoxiao handled every issue in the mansion every day, he would take two little guys to study and learn to read.
They are learning very fast, and they can already read the three-character classics while recognizing new characters. They can also hold a special small brush and write a few characters with crooked strokes that are not too complicated. They no longer think that they are like ghostly drawing talismans like last year, and there is no sign of the characters at all.
After breakfast that day, Momo, who had not been taller than the chair back for a long time, got excited. He climbed down the stool and competed against the chair back, and suddenly shouted excitedly: "Mom, grandmother, I am almost as tall as the chair back. Dad is coming back!"
Before Qin Xiaoxiao put down his chopsticks, he was suddenly startled by his scream. He heard his shout clearly and subconsciously glanced at him and found that the little guy really grew taller, less than an inch shorter than the back of the chair.
Nao Nao also saw it, put down the spoon and trotted over to stand with his brother, and found that his head was also in that position, and a look of happiness was clearly revealed on his little face.
"Oh, I've really grown taller. I haven't eaten for half a year for the meal." Princess Huguo concealed the emotions that were aroused by her grandson's words and touched them on their heads: "Your father may be on the way back."
It has been almost a year since Ali went out to sea. If it goes well, it is indeed time to return at this time.
"Really? Is Dad really on the road? Where is Dad?" Momo's expectation was suddenly pulled up by grandmother's words. He grabbed his grandmother's hand and wanted to get a definite answer.
"Stop pestering your grandmother. Your grandmother is not clairvoyant. How can you know where your father is?"
Qin Xiaoxiao pulled the little guy over, afraid that her husband would be disappointed if he couldn't come back in a short time: "The sea is so big, even if he comes back, he will have to walk for a long time. Let's wait slowly."
The little guy understood what she meant and became depressed: "Dad has been away for too long. I can't remember what Dad looks like. Will Dad be angry if he knows?"
Nao Nao also thought of this and looked at his mother nervously because he really couldn't remember his father's appearance. Only a tall back was left in his memory.
Qin Xiaoxiao felt sad and hurriedly comforted: "No, you are so young, it's good to remember your father. Dad is too happy, so why would you be angry?"
The two brothers were convinced of their mother's words and felt relieved. They silently touched the back of the chair and said seriously: "Dad is an adult, I must remember the appearance of my younger brother and I, and I will not recognize the wrong children."
Qin Xiaoxiao felt even more uncomfortable and nodded, "Of course, you look so similar to your mother, how could your father admit his mistake?"
When I heard this, I felt even more relieved and threw myself into her arms and said, "Mom is so amazing. I have borne me and my brother like you. In the future, my brother and I will never say that I can't do this or that."
Qin Xiaoxiao's mouth twitched, and she felt the urge to beat him up and swollen his butt.
After dinner, the two little guys were taken down by the maid to play. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed some things. Qin Xiaoxiao returned to his study and recruited a few big managers to deal with affairs of all sizes in the mansion.
After she was told what she should do, she stretched and calculated the accounts of each shop farm and plantation last month. She found that there was a problem with the accounts of the antique calligraphy and painting shop on East Street, so she ordered someone to call the shop owner over and ask.
"Last year, I got a masterpiece by Master Zhang in the shop. I remember the minimum price was 800 taels. Last month's account book showed that the calligraphy and paintings had been sold at this price. After calculation, I found that there was 500 taels missing. What's going on?" Qin Xiaoxiao put the account book aside and looked at the big shopkeeper standing beneath without a look.
I don’t know if the weather is hot, so beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on the forehead of the shopkeeper, and his face is not very good-looking. He didn’t dare to wipe it, and said tremblingly: “Husband, madam, my friend accidentally put that painting…”
Before he could finish speaking, Qin Xiaoxiao interrupted him: "Shopkeeper Fu, I hate being deceived by others the most. You have to think clearly before answering."
Although he was not very strict, he put a lot of pressure on the people in the hall.
Manager Fu's face turned pale and he knelt on the ground with a "thump" sound: "Madam, the villain is guilty, please forgive me!"
It turned out that a few months ago, there was a new client in the shop. He happened to have a nephew who was doing nothing. After learning about this, his brother and sister-in-law begged to come. With the idea of not leaving any water to the outsiders, he brought his nephew into the shop.
On weekdays, he has been working in the shop, and his relationship with his nephew is not close. Thinking that his brother and sister-in-law are honest people, he thinks that his nephew should be a good person, so he rarely beats him. As a result, his nephew's hands and feet are not clean, so he secretly took out Master Zhang's original work two months ago and sold it.
Not only did he sell it at a low price, he also took the dirty silver he earned to the brothel and redeemed the courtesan who had been obsessed with for a long time. Not long after, the incident was discovered by Manager Fu, but his nephew was unable to repay it.
After all, it was his own nephew. Faced with the bitter begging of his brother and sister-in-law, Manager Fu could only agree to help cover it up. However, the minimum price of this calligraphy and painting was 800 taels, and he could not repay the entire amount of money he had to pay. He could only try his best to settle the account, but Qin Xiaoxiao still discovered the clues.
"Madam, the villain made a big mistake in a moment of confusion. I hope that the wife will give the villain another chance to see the villain doing her best in the past." Manager Fu touched the ground with his head and knocked him several times, regretting that he did not fall.
Before making false accounts, he had thought about the consequences of the incident, but he still tried to get away with it with a chance.
The Princess's Mansion treats them very generously, and his monthly money is one or two taels higher than other families every month. There are additional rewards during festivals and holidays. He is afraid of losing this job.
"Haha, if you took the initiative to explain the situation to me at the beginning, instead of trying to settle the bill and fool me, I will naturally give you a chance, but now I can't keep you anymore!"
Qin Xiaoxiao was not soft-hearted and directly said the punishment for dealing with the shopkeeper: "You report to the official by yourself. How should your nephew take responsibility for the judgment of the government? In view of the fact that you have no credit and hard work in the past, you must pay half of the 800 taels of silver."
In the past year, the prestige she has established in the minds of all kinds of affairs. She must not be careless about this matter, otherwise how can she convince the public? Only by making them convinced can similar things be reduced and they will not be plotted against.
"Madam, there are old and young people on the villain. You can't do this job without it. Please beg your kindness!" Manager Fu regretted not falling and kowtowed, and soon swelled his forehead.
"If I had known this, why should I have been there?" Qin Xiaoxiao was not soft-hearted and called the guards in the mansion to pull Manager Fu away. She handed the rest to Manager Zhu to supervise, and then brought up another manager in the shop to manage the shop.
After dealing with this matter, she still felt a little unhappy. She was about to go out for a walk, but later she looked at the account book. The maid came to report that Princess Jiaming had arrived.
Qin Xiaoxiao was surprised. Is there something wrong with coming here sooner or later?
Thinking of this in her heart, she got up and cleaned up, and then came to the hall where she saw Momo lying on Princess Jiaming's thigh, whispering something to her stomach.
"Why is my cousin here? You know that the new ingredients in the mansion have been brought in, so you came here to have a free meal?" Qin Xiaoxiao joked as soon as he entered the door, and picked up Momo and let him sit properly.
"Mom, Auntie is not here to eat, Auntie has a baby in her belly~" Momo couldn't sit still, got rid of her mother's hand, and wanted to lie on Princess Jiaming's thigh, wanting to continue studying her belly.
"What?" Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but widen his eyes, looking at Princess Jiaming, suspecting that something was wrong with his ear: "Are you pregnant?"
This dull look made Princess Jiaming laugh: "What's wrong with you? Is it strange that I'm pregnant?"
She was extremely moved when she said this. An hour ago when she was released from the doctor's vein, she was exactly the same as Qin Xiaoxiao's reaction. She couldn't believe this fact, thinking that she wanted a child too much, and she had hallucinations for a while.
Qin Xiaoxiao was so dizzy that she couldn't move anymore. She sat on the chair next to her and stared at her belly without blinking: "I'm really pregnant? How many months have you been?"
Princess Jiaming held her hand and placed it on her belly: "I'm really pregnant, more than a month."
Qin Xiaoxiao felt the slight heat coming from her abdomen and suddenly wet her eyes: "Okay, it's so good..."
Listening to her choked voice, Princess Jiaming patted the back of her hand, with deep gratitude on her face: "Yes, it's great. I didn't even think I could get pregnant."
She lost half of her life after being ill and was thinking that she would hurt her body and would never have children in her life. Who would have thought that God loved her so much, first he gave her a husband who truly loved her, and now he gave her a child.
Uncle understood why the mom cried, so she came over nervously: "Mom, are you greedy for Auntie's little baby?"
He couldn't think of too much in his mind. When he was eating candy, he would cry to his mother, thinking that his mother's greedy aunt was crying.
Nao Nao also felt that was the case and interrupted, "That's it."
He scratched his head silently and said in confusion: "Mom is greedy for a little baby, just stuff one into her stomach, why do you cry?"
Nao Nao thought about it and said uncertainly: "Don't you?"
Momo suddenly realized: "Yes, even the mothers of the Aunt's Ancestor Association can't do it?!"
Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't bear it anymore: "Shut up!"
Why did she give birth to such two bad things?
The two brothers looked at each other and thought they had found the truth. Not only was Momo not afraid, he also comforted him considerately: "Mom, don't be greedy, let the aunt teach you, you will have a baby if you learn it~"
Qin Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, controlled his hands, and gently touched his little head: "Be good, your father is not here, mother will not have a baby, don't talk nonsense anymore."
The twins were stunned: So that's how it is!
Momo said excitedly: "Mom, Dad is back soon, don't worry~"
Qin Xiaoxiao no longer wanted to pay attention to this stupid son, so he called Mingyue and took the two brothers to play elsewhere, and did not allow them to get close to here.
When the two terrible little guys left reluctantly, she looked up and saw Princess Jiaming laughing for something else and said embarrassedly: "If you want to laugh, just laugh, but I have to tell you that children are old enough to be tired of dogs, you will have such a day."
Princess Jiaming's expression softened: "Then I can't ask for it."
Qin Xiaoxiao smiled slightly and looked at her flat abdomen: "Have you sent someone to report the good news to your uncle-in-law?"
As the deputy commander of the Jingji Army, Liang Xu spent most of his time in the camp in the suburbs of Beijing and would only return home to rest at night. Today is not a day off, so people in broad daylight must be in the camp.
"No, I want to tell him in person." A tenderness filled Princess Jiaming's eyebrows and eyes, which shows that she had a very good relationship with Liang Xu after marriage.
Qin Xiaoxiao joked: "You come to report the good news to me as soon as possible, and you are not afraid that your uncle will be jealous again if you find out."
The reason for this is that when the couple first got married, Princess Jiaming kept talking about her, and seven out of ten words were inseparable from them. Liang Xu would be unhappy when he heard it too many times, and he could not express it in his words.
After Princess Jiaming noticed it, she couldn't help but laugh at him. Later, she chatted with Qin Xiaoxiao and said she would let it go.
"He didn't have time to be happy, so he didn't have time to get jealous." Princess Jiaming said slowly: "Before the engagement, I told him that he had injured his body. Marrying me means he will be defeated. Let him think clearly before talking about the marriage. He always thought I would not have children."
Qin Xiaoxiao didn't know that she said this to Liang Xu, and for a moment, she didn't know whether to praise him for being affectionate or to sigh that her aunt was lucky.
Princess Jiaming seemed to see her thoughts and smiled slightly: "Recalling all the past, I truly realized what it means to end the bitterness and sweetness. No matter what A Xu and I will be in the future, with this child, everything is worth it."
Qin Xiaoxiao held her hand: "It will get better and better."
In recent years, Princess Jiaming has been taking care of her body. In addition, she has the support of a girl's school, and her mind has become wider and her body is naturally getting better and better. Compared to the danger when she was pregnant with her first child, this one is much better.
Qin Xiaoxiao felt relieved and prayed that she could give birth to a child safely.
Since the fetus was not yet three months old, the couple did not report good news to the outside world, but this kind of thing could not be hidden, so the happy news slowly spread.
The first reaction of those who received the news was that they didn't believe it. Princess Jiaming married into the Zhang family for eight years and was not pregnant. Later, she finally got pregnant and spent half her life to give birth to a stillbirth. As a result, she got pregnant just three months after getting married, and it sounded very fake.
However, as more and more news came out, they had to believe that this was true. For a moment, in addition to lamenting that Princess Jiaming was lucky, she actually rushed to Liang Mansion to submit posts, wanting to ask Princess Jiaming for a secret recipe for having a child.
This secret recipe for having children is not necessarily for yourself. If there are people with children among relatives and friends in the future, sending the recipe out can sell a great favor.
Princess Jiaming naturally did not have a secret recipe for having a child, but these people didn't believe it, and just thought she was hiding it and didn't want to show it to others. She was also helpless about this. Fortunately, she didn't need to please these people, and she was too lazy to defend herself after being misunderstood, so she could only think about it.
Qin Xiaoxiao knew about it, and she smiled. When she had just given birth to twins, someone with difficulties rushed to hug them, thinking that it would be more useful to go to the temple to worship the Empress.
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and a group of people are running fast on the official road. The rumbling sound of horse hooves wakes up the guards inside the city gate.
To be continued...