"Come here, move the ladder, and my wife and I will exchange new peach charms together!" Zhu Xiuyuan waved his hand.

The two boys obeyed the order and left. In fact, the ladder had already been prepared, and they could move it immediately as soon as Zhu Xiuyuan gave instructions.

"Hey husband, hang up a small peach charm, no need for a ladder, just the two of us can do it!"

Dong Shuzhen was relatively short, two heads shorter than Zhu Xiuyuan. She was jumping up and down, eager to try, and pointed at the old peach charms on both sides of the door, then looked up at Zhu Xiuyuan, her two big eyes bright.

"What nonsense are you talking about? This wall is so high that even my husband can't reach it..."

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled and was very patient. In his opinion, when he climbed up the ladder to change the peach charms, he could at most let Dong Shuzhen hold the ladder below and have a sense of participation.

"Have you forgotten how I climbed onto the big wine vat in that wine cellar a few days ago? Husband, can we do it again?"

Zhu Xiuyuan twitched the corner of his mouth slightly.

A few days ago in the wine cellar, he had asked Dong Shuzhen to sit on his shoulders, carrying her and raising her up so that he could see what was going on inside the huge wine vat.

But there are so many people here...

Zhu Xiuyuan turned his head slightly and looked around, and saw that everyone was staring at them, including his father-in-law Dong Cheng, Dong Shuyu, and all the servants and maids in the mansion.

By the way, more and more people gathered on Xufu Street. They stopped and watched the excitement.

There were so many people and so many pairs of eyes, allowing him to carry her on his shoulders again... There seemed to be nothing wrong with it!

At least that's what Zhu Xiuyuan thinks.

After becoming the "nemesis" in the hearts of most civil and military officials in Beijing, Zhu Xiuyuan neglected to maintain his own image. It was like that anyway, no matter how bad it was, it couldn't be any worse.

"Okay, then we won't use the ladder. Madam, you have to be careful not to fall."

Zhu Xiuyuan nodded, slowly squatted down, and gently patted his own shoulder.

"Don't worry, husband, I'm a martial arts practitioner, I won't fall..."

The smile on Dong Shuzhen's face could no longer be kept. She quickly turned around, holding her long skirt with both hands, gently lifted it up, then moved it closer, and sat down on Zhu Xiuyuan's shoulder.

Of the two of them, one doesn't care about worldly opinions and lets his wife do whatever he wants. The other, neither big nor small, doesn't care about the occasion. With so many people watching, he dares to do such an intimate thing...

Not to mention the servants and maids in the mansion and the passers-by on the street, Dong Cheng alone was instantly stunned when he saw this, and his eyes almost popped out of his head.

His little daughter... is so naughty!

Dong Cheng suddenly felt his face dull.

The mistress of the house is acting nonsense, not only losing the face of the uncle's house, but also the face of her parents' family!

Dong Cheng's face turned green, the corners of his mouth twitched, and the goat's whiskers under his jaw trembled.

He was so angry that he stepped forward to catch his naughty little daughter and teach her a lesson!

However, as soon as Dong Cheng took half a step out, someone grabbed his hand.

But it turned out to be Dong Shuyu next to Dong Cheng. She shook her head at Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng reacted immediately, took half a step forward, and then immediately withdrew.

It is New Year's Eve now, which is an annual festival. It is not appropriate to teach people today. Besides, there are too many people here, including servants from the mansion and passers-by on the street. A large number of people have gathered around.

If Dong Cheng rushes to teach Dong Shuzhen a lesson at this time, I'm afraid it will be even more embarrassing!

So he secretly took a deep breath and stared at his little daughter and his virtuous son-in-law, as if they were about to breathe fire!

He was also thinking about how he should preach to them well after the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day holidays...

Dong Cheng was angry, while the other onlookers were stunned.

The servants and maids in the mansion, as well as the passers-by on the street, all opened their mouths and were a little dazed... Uncle Jiang Cheng and Mrs. Uncle Jiang Cheng, what are you doing?

The servants and maids in the mansion are actually fine. They have stayed in the uncle's mansion for a long time and have already figured out the temperament of Uncle Jiang Cheng and his wife.

To put it bluntly, Uncle Jiang Cheng and his wife are not very interesting!

However, they are the two people who have the most say in the uncle's house... Even the uncle's father-in-law, aunt, etc. can't say anything, let alone them?

Ever since, they have long been used to it!

But every time they saw his uncle and his wife doing something out of character, they would still feel shocked.

However, for the passers-by gathered on the street, this was a bit... their jaws almost dropped to the ground!

Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen were at the "epicenter" and were constantly baptized by all kinds of eyes.

However, the two of them seemed unaware and still went their own way!

Zhu Xiuyuan really didn't care. He thought about how many strange looks he had received in the court, but it was much worse than what he was seeing now. Even so, he was not afraid.

Besides, Zhu Xiuyuan is wearing the "disaster star" hat tighter and tighter now, as if it was cast by iron... He doesn't care anymore. Whatever he is afraid of, he can just do whatever he wants.

As for Dong Shuzhen, she was so happy that her eyes were filled with her husband and she could no longer look at anyone else. So...she didn't even notice the stunned looks of the onlookers.

"Are you seated, madam?"

Zhu Xiuyuan squatted down and tilted his neck slightly. The skin between his neck was rubbing against the material of Dong Shuzhen's long skirt. It was made of silk. When it rubbed between his neck, it felt a little slippery and itchy.

Dong Shuzhen sat on his shoulders, her two little feet dangling at his heart. Zhu Xiuyuan held them with both hands to give her a fixed point of support to prevent her from becoming unstable and falling.

"Sit tight!"

Dong Shuzhen's voice came from above. She was still holding Zhu Xiuyuan's head with both hands to use her strength to maintain balance.

"Okay! I'm standing up for my husband..."

With that said, Zhu Xiuyuan stood up slowly and lifted Dong Shuzhen on his shoulders little by little.

Although Dong Shuzhen was small, she was quite heavy, but Zhu Xiuyuan could still withstand it. As he slowly stood up, Dong Shuzhen on his shoulders was still screaming and letting out bursts of laughter like silver bells.

Seeing this, the onlookers turned to stone one after another, and their eyes widened...

Dong Cheng's complexion had turned from green to livid, and the veins on his forehead were twitching.

However, Dong Cheng did not move and only watched quietly. On the surface, Dong Cheng was quite calm, but Dong Shuyu beside him found that his father's hands and feet were trembling slightly...

Dong Shuyu couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly.

While smiling bitterly, she couldn't help but think of Dong Cheng's instructions to her a few days ago: let her directly teach Dong Shuzhen to become a qualified countess!

Now, seeing this, Dong Shuyu could only smile bitterly and shake his head again.

It’s difficult!

The most important point is that Zhu Xiuyuan also followed her in mischief, which makes it even more difficult...

Under everyone's gaze, Zhu Xiuyuan carried Dong Shuzhen on his shoulders and walked slowly, step by step, to the left side of the door and under the old peach charm.

At the same time, the boy who had just been ordered to move the ladder had already returned, carrying a wooden ladder. But when they saw this scene, they knew that the ladder would no longer be used, but they did not move it back.

In addition, beside Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen, a group of helpers also came. They were ready to take the old peach charms picked by the mistress and hand over the new peach charms...

"Husband, stand still, I am about to start picking old peach charms!"

"good!"

Dong Shuzhen loosened her hand holding his head, leaned forward slightly with her upper body, put her hands on the wall beside the door of the mansion, groped for a while, took down the old peach charm that had been hanging for a whole year, and passed it down.

The boys who had been waiting here rushed to catch him immediately.

Another boy presented the new peach charm.

Dong Shuzhen took out the new peach charm, with a serious face, sat on Zhu Xiuyuan's shoulder, and hung up the new peach charm with both hands.

"Miss is great! Miss is great! It's done! It's done!" The two girls, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen, clapped and cheered beside them.

"Madam is great..."

"Master is great..."

…

At the beginning of Xia Wu and Qiu Wen's speech, the servants and maids who were watching also agreed.

Suddenly, there was a burst of noise at the gate of Jiangcheng Uncle's Mansion, which was more lively than the other side.

"Husband, are you tired? How about I come down first, rest for a while, and then go hang the one on the right?"

"That's fine!"

So, Dong Shuzhen adjusted her sitting posture slightly, jumped down gently with a whoosh sound, and landed firmly on the ground.

After landing, Dong Shuzhen immediately turned around and faced Zhu Xiuyuan, her face full of joy.

He took out a snow-white handkerchief from his pocket and wiped Zhu Xiuyuan's sweat with a very gentle movement.

In fact, there was no sweat on Zhu Xiuyuan's forehead at all.

But when he looked at the lady with a serious face and her gentle movements, he couldn't help but be touched in his heart and forgot to stop her.

He looked intently at Dong Shuzhen's chubby face, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth gradually widened.

"Miss Guye, here comes the tea... You must be tired from hanging the peach charms. Let's drink some tea to relieve your fatigue..."

Suddenly, Qiu Wen and Xia Wu ran over and each brought a cup of tea.

After resting for a while and drinking tea, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen changed the peach charms on the right again, the same way as before...
To be continued...