Han Ziran and Xiao Zhen both looked at the fire without saying a word.

"If it turns out to be true, what are your plans?" Bai Hao asked.

Xiao Zhen threw another piece of firewood into the stove, his eyes dimmed along with the dancing flames: "I can't let him bully my daughter like this."

As soon as Han Ziran saw his wife's expression, he knew that she was angry again, so he asked, "What do you want to do?"

"If the emperor doesn't come to pick up my daughter, I will personally tie him up." Xiao Zhen snorted coldly: "At least Yao'er's return to the palace must be glorious. As for the future," Xiao Zhen frowned.

Get up: "You still have to rely on Yao'er yourself."

Bai Hao took a piece of firewood and picked out the roasted sweet potato, peeled off the burnt layer on the outside and ate it: "It's fragrant, it's so fragrant."

Han Ziran also quickly picked one out, peeled it into two pieces, and divided it into half for each of his wife.

The three of them were silent for a while while eating sweet potatoes.

After they were all satisfied, Han Ziran said: "What's wrong with the powerful relatives? If the emperor can make good use of them, it will do more harm than good to the country. Blindly suppressing the power of the relatives is the act of a foolish king. The emperor should understand this truth. Furthermore,

, The emperor is so young, it is the right time to employ people."

Xiao Zhen was struggling with the second roasted sweet potato. When her husband said this, she stopped eating and thought deeply in her eyes. After a while, she said: "Here comes someone."

A shadow quickly appeared beside her.

"Go and check, including the Queen Mother's surroundings, food and clothing, and the Emperor's diet." After a pause, Xiao Zhen said again: "Don't miss the Queen Mother's side either."

"Yes." The shadow guard left.

Bai Hao's face did not hide his surprise, "Are you suspicious of the Queen Mother?"

"She herself has always liked to seek death, and it is not impossible to do it to Xinyao." Xiao Zhen has always been tolerant of Ren Jinxiu, but if it is detrimental to her daughter, she will not be polite.

Bai Hao: ""Everyone in the palace knows about the Queen Mother's death. It is really possible.

When the fire went out little by little, it was already midnight. The three of them chatted for a while about the future development of the school and then went back to sleep.

The next day, the Xiao family cooked a sumptuous breakfast.

Uncle Xiao and Aunt Xiao looked at the elegant eating postures of the children, and the smiles on their faces never stopped. The children's words and deeds all followed their son-in-law. Look, the children's eating postures and sitting postures look as good as paintings.

In an instant, even their own mud house felt as if it was illuminated by light.

Their eyes fell on their daughters again. Seeing that Xiao Zhen was still eating and drinking soup as before, forget it, just don't look at her.

Xiao Zhen only felt that her parents were looking at her strangely, but she didn't care at the moment and said to everyone: "I'll take everyone around later."

"Okay, although we are in the countryside, the scenery when we came here is no worse than in the capital." Sister-in-law Liu took a piece of pickled vegetables from the bowl: "Even these pickles are more fragrant than those in the capital."

"This pickle has a hint of osmanthus fragrance." Brother Han also said, "It does taste good."

Sister-in-law Xiao said: "The jar for pickling this vegetable was placed under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, and the fallen flowers and leaves covered the jar. Over time, the aroma seeped in."

"I see." The eldest brother of the Han family looked at the plate of pickles in front of him thoughtfully.

The three siblings, Lu Xinyou, were all busy eating. They just felt that these breakfasts were very fresh. The fillings inside had a lot of juice when they bit into them. The juice was fresh and fragrant.

"Grandma, grandma, what kind of bun is this? It's so delicious." Lu Xinyao pointed to the bun in the bowl, which was as small as a copper plate.

"This is a tofu bun." Aunt Xiao said happily, "Eat more if you like, there is still more in the pot."

"What about this?" Han Qiu pointed to the white substance he was drinking and melted in the mouth. "I didn't even taste it before it slipped into my stomach."

"This is called tofu noodle, and my grandma grinded it specially for you." Aunt Xiao was amused by Han Qiu's description.

"This is available in the capital, too." The eldest brother of the Han family said with a smile, "It's just that the beans are different and don't taste as good." He took Han Qiu to eat it, but the kid must have forgotten it.

Han Ziran watched the children ask the questions he asked his wife when he first arrived, with smiles in his eyes.

After dinner, Xiao Zhen took everyone to the village for a walk, from the village to the town.

"What a prosperous town." The eldest brother of the Han family praised: "Our Keshangju should also open a branch here."

"Brother really wants to do business no matter where he goes." Xiao Zhen laughed.

"Uncle is right, Mom and Dad, I looked around and there are not many pastry sellers in the town, and the pastries they sell are all ordinary things. If our Keshangju brand can come here, business will definitely be good.

, Food and clothing, why should food be ranked first? This means that it is more important than anything else." Han Qiu also said.

Xiao Zhen didn't know much about business, but her son's words made her feel that it made sense. She had a good idea to come here to have a guest house, and she couldn't help but look at her son with admiration.

Han Qiu was a little embarrassed by his mother.

Han Ziran laughed loudly: "Actually, I have had this idea for a long time, mainly because I want brother Xiao Hua and sister-in-law to have an income. Brother, can you see that this matter is implemented?"

"Okay." The eldest brother of the Han family naturally spared no effort to help his younger siblings' natal family.

Although it is just a small town, there are many snacks in the town. The three siblings, Lu Xinyou, ate while buying them.

Sister-in-law Liu wanted to pull the three of them back, but Xiao Zhen stopped her.

"Sister-in-law, let them play. After we return to the capital, we won't have such freedom." Xiao Zhen looked at the children's happy expressions with a smile. If she hadn't eaten all these things, she would definitely follow them.

Just go and have a good time.

"Brother and sister, do you think the emperor will come to pick up Yao'er?" asked Liu. She had been thinking about this issue for the past two days and was worried to death.

"Sister-in-law should not have brought Yao'er out in the first place."

"Don't I think that the emperor will care about your kindness to Ziran? Besides, Lou Yu and Han Hua are still serving as officials in the court. If they don't look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face, why should the emperor come to take Yao'er back to the palace?

"

"Even if the emperor comes to pick him up, it will take a month or two to come and go. Can you afford to delay the court affairs? Sister-in-law is too womanly." Xiao Zhen said without being polite at all: "This is scheming.

Separate occasions, don’t screw yourself to death.”

"Brother and sister, that's what you said." When Xiao Zhen said this, Mrs. Liu became even more worried.

"Sister-in-law, I know what I said is serious, don't take it to heart." Xiao Zhen paused and then said: "You take the children too seriously, and you always put them as the center, but others will take us as the center.

Are children the center? Definitely not.”

Mrs. Liu wanted to find a reason to refute, but she couldn't find one.

"Let the children resolve their own affairs from now on. Don't get involved anymore."

"Then, what if they are bullied?"

"They are such old people. If they don't even have the ability to protect themselves, it is their fate."

"What you said is too cruel."

Xiao Zhen sighed: "Sister-in-law, the children have to grow up. We are already old. At this time, it is the children who should be protecting us. When we stretch our legs, if the children are still unable to protect themselves, what will happen to them underground?

See you not far away."

"Bah, bah, bah." After the sister-in-law said three times in a row, she fell silent. It took a long time before she sighed: "You're right."

Han Ziran and the eldest brother of the Han family looked at each other and smiled at each other.

Early the next morning, it was foggy, and the surrounding mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, half hidden and half visible, like a fairyland.

As soon as Xiao Zhen got up and left the house, he heard his mother's voice coming from the kitchen.

"Why am I so embarrassed to ask you to do this? You are just guests."

"It's okay. I cook it for everyone when I'm at home. I'm used to it. Just in time, I'll make some of my specialty breakfast dishes for you to try." This was the voice of my sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu.

Xiao Zhen smiled knowingly, knowing that her sister-in-law couldn't be idle.

"Mom, are you up?" Sister Lu Xinyou walked in from outside the house, each carrying a fish.

"Nian'er took you to catch fish in the river?" As soon as he saw the fish, Xiao Zhen knew what was going on.

Lu Xinyou and Xinyao looked at each other and smiled, and Lu Xinyao said, "Mom, if you had brought us here earlier, maybe we would also be able to catch fish."

Xiao Zhen laughed: "Let grandma cook sweet and sour fish for you at noon."

"OK."

Xiao Zhen fetched water from the well to wash himself. When Lu Xinyou saw him, he said, "Mom, aren't you cold?"

"It's not cold. The colder the weather is, the warmer the water in the well will be." Seeing his daughter's disbelief, Xiao Zhen said with a smile, "Come over and test the water temperature."
Chapter completed!