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Chapter 21 Beichen Xia Family

"Duanmuyan's son, Duanmuliang, is an out-and-out dandy. His biggest characteristic is lust, and he doesn't reject men and women. If he is used to let Duanmuyan run into his son's good deeds, Duanmuyan will definitely have an impression of me. Then let me know." He knows that I am going to take the imperial examination, and once I pass the imperial examination, let him drag me to the Ministry of Officials, with his help, I will surely have a smooth career!"

Xia Qiuyu listened to Nie Jingming's bold words and ambitions, and said with a smile: "Are you playing a beauty trick? As for the imperial examination, I never thought you would be so confident. I wanted you to find a chance to worship Duanmuyan. Then use him to act, but if you can go to high school by yourself, you will be more appreciated by him, which is also good."

Although he was teased by Xia Qiuyu, he was still very happy to get his consent, "Don't worry, Mr. Duanmuyan, although he is rigid, is easy to understand. If even he can't figure it out, how can he help Brother Jinglei in the future!"

Xia Qiuyu discussed the details with him about his plan, and after a few days of discussion, it was decided. After that, Nie Jingming took several books from the hidden compartment to review, and he was more serious than usual. Xia Qiuyu was relieved to read it. Diluted the separation of the people.

In the plan, Xia Qiuyu didn't intend to let people know about his relationship with Nie Jingming, so the two of them could not enter the capital at the same time to attract others' attention.

"Sir, it's right here, sir, go back first, I'll go by myself." When approaching Guangxi City, another city in the capital, Nie Jingming got out of the car and said goodbye to Xia Qiuyu.

Although the two could see each other often in the future, it was inconvenient after all, and felt a little melancholy, but Xia Qiuyu didn't want to be so pretentious anymore, so he only ordered carefully, and left both Kong You and Tang Juan to him After that, he turned around and drove away.

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"Da la da la", the horse happily passed through the downtown area, and stopped outside the gate of a mansion. Two guards stood at the gate, and they were a little curious and excited when they saw this ordinary carriage parked at the gate. I don't understand, most of the people coming and going to the Xia Mansion come in luxurious carriages, at worst, they should be private carriages, not the ones used by ordinary people on their way. People who come in this kind of carriages will often go to the wrong door, how could they? Parking at the main entrance so swaggeringly is because the servants of Xia Mansion are not arrogant, otherwise they would have been driven away early in the morning.

A man got out of the car, and he knew at a glance that he was not an ordinary person. They had been watching the door here for several years, and they also had some eyes.One of the guards hurried over and asked, "Excuse me, sir, are you coming to Xia Mansion?"

The man Zhanyan nodded to them and said: "Please, elder brother, give this to Xia Shangshu." He said, and handed out a jade pendant made of emerald jade.

The jade pendant was less than the size of a palm, and the guard took a look. There was a smooth "Xia" character engraved on the front, and there were many characters on the reverse, but they were too small to be seen clearly. The only thing that could be recognized was a "three", Although he didn't recognize it, he also knew how valuable it was, so he hurried into the house to send it to Xia Shangshu, but he didn't expect to meet the young master who was about to go out halfway.

"When did you panic?"

"Back to Young Master, a man came outside the door and said he wanted the younger one to give this jade pendant to Master Xia."

Unexpectedly, the eldest young master——Xia Qiuting looked at the jade pendant with a surprised expression on his face, then overjoyed and snatched the jade pendant, saying: "Hurry up and inform the master and wife that the young master is back." Then he ran out in a hurry, leaving behind the guard who was at a loss Fortunately, the housekeeper passed by, and the guard told the housekeeper, the housekeeper immediately understood the importance of the matter, and ordered him to leave, and went to inform the master and wife by himself.

Although the other guard at the door didn't approach the man, he couldn't help but glance at the man. The man didn't care, and stood there as usual, feeling a strange sense of resignation and independence.

"Xiao Yu'er! You really want to kill brother, come on, let brother go quietly!" A person ran out of the gate, and the door seat quickly recognized that it was the young master. Just as he was about to salute, he saw the young master running straight towards the man. go.

The man let the young master hug and touch his head, and he almost rushed forward to kiss him, only to hear the man smile and say: "Brother, stop torturing me, I miss my brother very much."

The doorman suddenly became excited and remembered something. The Xia family has one daughter and two sons. The eldest master Xia Qiuting and the second miss Xia Qiuhan are twins. It seems to be Xia Qiuyu, the old lady in the mansion often talks about it, but she hasn't come back for many years, it must be the young master coming back now!Fortunately, I didn't conflict with him just now!

The man outside the door was Xia Qiuyu, just after he had spoken a few words with his elder brother, another group of people came out from Xia's mansion, it was his parents and others, mighty and mighty.

"Father, mother." Xia Qiuyu was also a little excited, and he missed his family very much after not coming home for many years.

And the one who was more excited than Xia Qiuyu was naturally his mother, Mrs. Xia. Seeing him, Mrs. Xia almost wept with joy, and held him in her arms and stroked him for a while.

"Yu'er, let my mother take a good look!"

After the two of them restrained their emotions in front of the crowd, Xia Danfang interrupted them, and said happily: "Okay, Xiao Yu has come back, madam should bring it into the house first, the old madam is still waiting!"

"Yes, yes, Yu'er, come, go see your grandma, she misses you very much." Mrs. Xia wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and dragged Xia Qiuyu into the house.

At this moment, Xia Mansion's servants have already spread the news of Xia Qiuyu's return. Some old servants know the position of the young master in Xia Mansion, and they all remind the servant girls who have been here for a few years, be careful You must not be careless in serving this person.

In the hall, the old lady had already been waiting at the door, looking around from time to time, and the maid beside her comforted her in a low voice. When everyone arrived, the old man immediately recognized Xia Qiuyu, the little grandson who hadn't returned for many years.

"Grandma." Xia Qiuyu walked to her grandmother and called softly, but with a bit of coquettishness, which made the old lady very happy!

"Ah, ah! My good grandson!" The old woman was helped by Xia Qiuyu herself into the house, while holding his hand, she said: "The past few years, my good grandson has been suffering outside. , Just come back, just come back, let your mother tell you to go on, make more delicious food to nourish your body, seeing how thin you are, you must not be able to take good care of yourself."

Xia Qiuyu helped the old lady to sit down, then knelt down and kowtowed respectfully to her, saying: "Grandma Lao is worried, this time the grandson will not leave when he comes back, stay with grandma."

When the old lady heard this, she originally thought that her grandson would be the same as before, but she had only stayed for ten days, and now she told her that she could not leave, but she was not happy to spoil her, so she hurriedly helped him up, and said: "Okay, okay, grandson This is finally back!"

After paying homage to her grandmother, Xia Qiuyu formally paid respects to her parents one by one, and her mother shed tears again happily when she knew that he was not leaving, "Good Yuer, come and see your brother, your sister-in-law, and your little one." niece."

"Brother, sister-in-law." A few years ago, Xia Qiuyu received the news of the birth of her niece Xia Xiner and held the full moon wine, but she couldn't come. , extremely delicate and beautiful, and a little shy in the face of his strange uncle, this niece made him suddenly think that Luo Jinglei is also his nephew.

"Xin'er, I'm your uncle. This is a little gift from my uncle." Attracting the little girl, Xia Xiner also liked it very much. With her mother's approval, she happily called "Uncle" and then took the little doll to play with.

"Uncle, don't be surprised, Xin'er is still young, and she doesn't care about anyone when she plays." The sister-in-law picked up Xia Xin'er and bowed to Xia Qiuyu.

Xia Qiuyu shook her head, expressing that she would not care.Xia Qiuting on the side laughed, reached out to take the precious daughter from his wife's arms, and said, "Your sister-in-law is pregnant again now, you can catch up with my second child's full moon wine!"

"I see! Congratulations brother and sister-in-law!" Xia Qiuyu was also happy for her brother.

"Haha, okay, okay, little grandson, your brother is going to have a second child, when will you give birth to a baby for grandma?" The granddaughter married into the royal family, and the youngest grandson is not too young.

marry a wife?Xia Qiuyu really never thought about it. He always wanted to find the best woman for Luo Jinglei. Now that his grandmother mentioned this matter, he remembered that he is already in his twenties. It is logical that he should marry a wife and have children, and be filial to his parents. But thinking that there are still so many things to do, if it is done now, it will inevitably cause more troubles. It is better to wait until everything is settled in the future before thinking about it. There is also an older brother in the family who will carry on the family, so it is not his turn.

"I'm going to disappoint grandma. My grandson just came back and wants to settle down for a while. I don't want to marry a wife for now. If grandma wants to hug her great-grandson, doesn't she have a brother and a sister-in-law?"

The old lady was just talking casually, firstly, as Xia Qiuyu said, he just came back and was not settled yet, secondly, it was because of the old lady's selfishness, Zhang's parents and Li's family were short, so she didn't see anyone who was worthy of her grandson , might as well wait a little longer.

"Okay, if grandma doesn't urge you, you are the smartest kid!"

Xia Qiuyu was a little embarrassed. In front of the elders in the family, he would always let go of his guard and enjoy this unique pampering that belonged to his relatives.

The Xia Mansion is bustling with activity to welcome Xia Qiuyu, but people outside are inquiring about this young master of the Xia family who has returned suddenly, and some prominent sons and young masters in the capital are also discussing how to send invitations to this young master, and make an appointment to come out and see. After all.

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