Chapter 426: Abandoned Wife Like Jin Extra I
In the first year of Jinghe, on the sixth day of the first month.
Xie Mingcheng returned to Star Moon Villa with his daughter-in-law and children, Uncle Donkey, Cuicui, Hongyu, Panther, Snowball, Daben, and Dapai. Along with them, there was Elder Duke Xie, Xie Minglai, Han La, Han Zhi, and Han Zongliang.
The old master lived in the countryside most of the time, and even if his grandson’s family didn’t come, he would have come today.
Han La’s three siblings had long said they wanted to come to Star Moon Villa to play, so Jiang Yishi invited them. Han Zonglu was not invited; he and Miss Wen Bajie got married on the ninth day of March and had been busy with the wedding.
The new emperor gave grace to add the Enke. Because the previous year did not hold the fall exam, this year’s fall exam and next year’s spring exam together plus.
Xie Minglai will go down this year. He has been working hard and wants to come to the countryside to relax for two days.
Relaxation is just an excuse for him, he just wants to be with his second sister-in-law. Second sister-in-law is not at home, that mansion seems to have no sunshine.
He was too embarrassed to say it out loud. His second wife was like a mother, like an elder sister, like a confidant to him. Whenever he is in a difficult and painful time, it is the second sister-in-law who makes him regain happiness and confidence …….
Xie Mingcheng also made an appointment with Zhao Chang’s family, Zhao Chang had something to do today and will bring her little sister tomorrow. Xie Mingzhen’s due date in mid-February, can’t come.
Han Guan got off the carriage. The mountain wind was crisp and cold, and Pingdingshan was covered in silver, glistening with gold under the sun’s rays.
Only three months had passed since she had come, and she still wanted to panic.
She habitually looked toward the mule slope.
It was snow-capped and clean and solemn.
After gazing for a moment, Han Guan’s gaze moved upward again. The sky was blue and distant, the sunlight bright and blinding, and a few birds flew freely.
She counted four in total.
It would have been nice if one had suddenly disappeared.
“Mother, what are you looking at?”
The two tigers and Hanara’s siblings who had gotten off the bus came to Han Guan’s side, both looking over the mule slope along with Han Guan’s gaze.
“There’s nothing but a few birds.” Han Zongliang said.
Xie Mingcheng knew what Han Guan was looking at. Laughing, she snapped, “There’s nothing you guys are still looking at.”
Han Guan laughed as well, retracting her gaze and looking at Shuangyi Mountain Villa again.
In the sunlight, two little boys of five or six years old led two little girls of three or four years old out of that corner door.
Time flies, in the blink of an eye the little male child grew into a teenage boy, the little female child grew into a big female child.
The two tigers ran to pinch his sister’s little face, and then ran toward the village with the little boy and the mother and son of the snow group and the gifts sent to the Feng family, the Fang family, the Sun family, and other good-looking people.
Han Zongliang followed behind and shouted, “Wait for second uncle …….”
Old Grandpa Xie led Uncle Donkey around the village, adding, “Don’t wait for me at zhoumei.”
The old man had already mingled with the villagers, and it was common to eat at the Feng family, Fang family, and Ma family.
Cuicui and Panther, dressed in white, ran toward the mountains, with Hongyu following behind.
Han Guan picked Hong Yu up and patted its little butt, saying, “You’re still small, grow up a bit before you go.”
Nuan Nuan saw her brother and the animals all run away at once, her little mouth deflated and tears welled up in her eyes.
Xie Mingcheng could not bear to see his daughter suffer, took her from the arms of the nurse, kissed her little face and coaxed her in a low voice.
The people went to the back door to the main courtyard.
Spring Sister in the countryside in their own home for the New Year, know that today the master to return to the manor, with daughter-in-law and subordinates made a good morning meal.
Little Hammerhead was guarding the entrance to the main courtyard, and when he saw them coming, he ran forward bumpily to kowtow and pay New Year’s greetings.
“I wish Lord Xie and Great Grandmother good fortune, peace and joy.”
The three members of Chun Shan’s family were all free, Jiang Yishi told Little Hammer to call herself Great Aunt and Xie Mingcheng Great Uncle. Uncle Chun and Sister Wu and Chun Shan were reluctant, feeling that they had lost their proper place.
Little Hammerhead was already more than three years old, growing dark and strong, wearing a red satin robe, looking like a four or five year old.
Han Guan and Xie Ming Cheng each took out a large red envelope and gave it to him.
Little Hammerhead took the red packet and stood up, his big, bony eyes looking up at Little Nuan Nuan. Grinning, he said, “My mother is also pregnant with a little sister.”
Chunshan’s daughter-in-law was pregnant again?
Han Guan was sincerely happy for Grandma Chun’s family.
After a few people went inside to wash up, the meal was set on the table.
Two tables were set up, one for the two Xie brothers and one for the three Han sisters.
Jiang Yishi let Little Hammerhead eat with them.
Feng Chan walked in and laughed, “My father left the old master and the two tigers to have their midday meal at my house, and invited Lord Xie, Sixth Master Xie, Senior Sister, Miss Han, and Nuan Nuan to have dinner at my house.”
Upon hearing this, Little Hammerhead hurriedly slid off the round stool and ran to Feng’s house.
Xie Mingcheng and Han Guan accepted the invitation.
After dinner, Xie Mingcheng went to the Feng family for tea, and Han Guan brought gifts to visit the two old ladies at the Hall of Immortal Nuns.
Xie Minglai offered to visit Xishan Jushi again, and Han Guan very firmly refused.
Han La and Han Zhi asked Xie Minglai to teach them how to play the xiao and zither, which they brought with them.
For fear of interfering with Little Nuan Nuan’s morning rest, they went to the west room of Gui Yuan’s upper room.
The elegant and handsome Sixth Prince Xie, who excelled in schoolwork and music, was now admired by almost all the girls. It was a dream come true for the girls to have him instruct them in the art of the zither.
Because of Han Guan’s relationship, the Hanara sisters occasionally received instruction from Mr. Xie’s Sixth Prince, making many girls envious.
As the sun set, Han Guan came out of the Hall of Immortal Nuns.
She was in a good mood, her eyes rippling with laughter.
Qing Shan Yuan Jun and Xishan Jushi hardly saw any outsiders, and today they saw Han Guan. Han Guan chose to be an invisible person, sitting on the sidelines and listening quietly.
There were curls of light smoke drifting from the incense burner, and the two old ladies discussed the Dao and the qin, occasionally caressing a song.
Perhaps they had spent most of their lives alone, and now that they had finally found their soulmates, they were in a good mood, and their health improved, and the two sickly old men became full of energy.
Han Guan hoped that they would be happy in their old age.
She just walked into the back door of the Star and Moon Villa, she faintly heard the qin and xiao ensemble “Cave Garden Falling Geese.”
The music was soothing and beautiful, melodious and melodious.
Han Guan was sure that the person playing the zither was definitely not Han Zhi, as she would not have played it so consistently and pleasantly.
It was definitely Xie Minglai.
Arriving at the Gui Garden, Jiang Yishi didn’t go to the main courtyard, but gently walked into the upper room.
The door to the west room was wide open, Han La was standing with her back to the door playing the xiao, and Xie Minglai was sitting with his back to the west window playing the zither. Han Zhi sat at the round table, resting her cheeks on one hand as she quietly listened.
The bright sunlight poured in through the glass window, and Xie Mingcheng was like an immortal playing the zither in the golden glow.
He was wearing a bamboo leaf green cross-necked wide-sleeved robe that was slightly loose, and his ink hair was tied at the top of his head with a jade hairpin. His slender white fingers fiddled with the strings of the zither, his thin lips slightly hooked up, and a slight smile hung on his feminine and handsome face.
This child had gradually emerged from the haze of losing his mother.
Han La was wearing a light gold and peach red floral long pasted together with a red horse-faced skirt. The clothes fit well, outlining the delicate figure of a young girl.
Han Guan smiled more deeply, unwilling to disturb them, dodged to the side to listen to the qin.
After the song, Han Zhi clapped her hands and said, “Good to hear, really good to hear.”
Xie Minglai raised his head and laughed, “Second Miss Han has improved again.”
Han La smiled with arched eyebrows, she practiced blowing with particular diligence, just in anticipation of a day when she could join Sixth Duke Xie in a song without slowing down Sixth Duke Xie’s good zither skills.
She did it today.
She smiled and said, “Thanks to my master and Mr. Xie’s guidance, I have benefited greatly.”
After saying that, she even bent her knees.
Like she had suddenly discovered a new continent, Han Zhi smiled at Hanara and said, “Second sister, I think you’re growing more and more like your big sister, especially on the side. Oops, how come I don’t look that much like her.”
Looking like Han Guan was an honor for the women of the Han family. Not only did her aunt, Mrs. Li, say that she herself looked like Han Guan, she also said that her granddaughter did. First Lady Pao also said that her granddaughter looked like it, as well as the people in the Han family’s second, fourth, and fifth houses who all said that so-and-so and so-and-so from their own families looked like each other.
Everyone had to admit that the one who truly resembled Han Guan the most was Han La.
Xie Minglai took a closer look at Hanara. With her bright eyes and delicate features, she really resembled her second sister-in-law. The big difference was in temperament, second sister-in-law was casual and elegant, second girl Han was gentle and shy.
He couldn’t help but blush and hurriedly averted his gaze to see Han Guan smilingly walk into the house.
“Second sister-in-law.”
Xie Minglai’s smile deepened.
“Eldest sister.”
Han La and Han Zhi greeted with smiles.
Han Guan laughed, “Not only has La’er improved, Minglai has improved as well. I heard Xishan Jushi create another song of her own today, and it’s extremely good. She said it’s not yet mature, so when it’s mature, I’ll hand it over to you, and you’ll be responsible for promoting the tune to the entire Da Liang.”
By allowing Xie Minglai to promote Xishan Jushi’s work, the two of them would each have their own fun, and Xie Minglai would be considered to have atoned for Bai Su’s sins.
Xie Minglai was overjoyed. I can not see Xishan Jushi, the first to play Xishan Jushi music is also a great fortune.
Hanla was also happy for Xie Minglai. With a smile on her face, she said, “I’ll congratulate Mr. Xie first.”
Han Guan was amused that the little girl congratulated him on something that hadn’t even happened yet.
She looked at Xie Minglai and Hanara. A jade tree, handsome and incomparable. One is small, soft and gentle like water.
Although Hanla is only a little higher than Xie Minglai’s shoulders, but the two stood together very well matched, not a bit out of place. Moreover, the two have common hobbies and are both good children with good character ……
The shortcomings are also obvious.
Xie Minglai’s shortcomings are sentimental and having a father who drags the family down and doesn’t know what’s good for them. Hanla’s disadvantage is that she is too soft and doesn’t have much of an opinion.
However, Hanla is understanding, gentle and caring, and can give Xie Minglai comfort. And Xie Minglai’s toughness of heart, can support Hanla a piece of heaven.
The key is also Xie Mingcheng and himself, will help them at the right time.
Only, the ancient times were about political marriages. Siblings marrying cousins was a waste of a good pawn for a marriage.
If they were interested and wanted to find a way to facilitate it, there would always be a way.
Xie Minglai is already sixteen, it’s time to talk about marriage, but we have to wait until three years after the death of Third Lady Xie, that is, next year.
Han La is fourteen years old, the Han family has been looking for a good marriage for her. To the little girl proposed a lot of people, but the Han family heartache daughter, want to find a family of moderate, after the student has a good success and commitment to good character. It’s not easy to find this kind of family as the Han family’s daughter whose family status is not high.
Several people joked and went to the main courtyard.
They didn’t see Nuan Nuan.
Han Guan asked, “Where’s Nuan Nuan?”
Honeydew laughed, “Sister was picked up by the two brothers to be a guest at the Feng family.”
Han Guan said to Han La and Han Zhi, “Go to the Feng family to play with Sister Yue, I’ll talk to Minglai and go back later.”
She took Xie Minglai to the east side of the house, where Uncle Chun and two grannies brought a few ornaments, a few brocade boxes, and two zithers and a jade pipe.
These things were all “sent” to Han Guan by Third Mistress Xie before she died.
Xie Minglai didn’t know what to expect, but first picked up the jade pipe, and when he saw the word “Qiong” engraved on one of the pipes, he was shocked and said, “Is this Qiongyin’s?”
He then looked at the zither, and one of the zither’s corners was also engraved with the word “Qiong”.
He had already heard that his mother had spent a huge amount of money on these two instruments of Qiong Yin when she was young, and this was the first time he had seen them. After his mother’s death, his father had searched for these two things but hadn’t found them, so he didn’t know where his mother had hidden them.
How did they end up here with his second sister-in-law?
Han Guan said, ”These two zithers and this jade pipe were given to me by your mother before she died, along with some other things. She did this because your father had done some bad things before, and she was afraid that things would be confiscated if they were exposed, so she asked me to help keep them. Wait until the wind has passed, and then take it back.
“Who knew she had a sudden bad illness and left. Your father and big brother are not talented, these things I think should be handed over to you. You keep them and just tell them. Also, I have an ungrateful request, I really like this jade pipe, can you give it to me?”
Han Guan wanted these two things to see the light of day, giving the zither to Xie Minglai and leaving the cave pipe to Erhu.
She had previously returned these two items to Damiang Zhou, who had confiscated them.
She knew that Dame Zhou definitely didn’t want these two things to fall into the hands of Yu Yin’s descendants. She still took it upon herself to return the qin to Xie Minglai, really, this qin can only be considered not to let the jewel of the pearl be covered in dust when it reaches Xie Minglai’s hands. Moreover, Xie Minglai is a good boy with excellent character and behavior, completely unlike Yu Yin.
When Third Mistress Xie first gave Han Guan the pendant and the zither, not many people knew about it, but some did. Han Guan had wanted to give these things to Xie Minglai as a personal possession, but she was afraid that if the story got out, people would say that she was greedy and had no property in the third house.
The silver checks were unknown to others, and she withheld eight thousand taels of silver to be returned to Xie Minglai in the name of his second brother and sister-in-law after his marriage.
Without any hesitation, Xie Minglai offered the jade xiao with both hands, “Second sister-in-law likes it, so the jade xiao stays.”
Han Guan took the jade xiao, and opened a few more brocade boxes, which contained jewelry, and a few silver checks totaling two thousand taels.
Xie Minglai wasn’t good at commoner affairs, and knew that the entire third house’s current family fortune wasn’t much more than these.
He shook his head and said, “These things are handed over to grandparents, when the family took tens of thousands of taels of silver to my father to plug the hole, these things are far less.” After thinking about it, he added, “The zither and xiao are also said to have been given to my second sister-in-law and me by my grandparents.”
Han Guan guessed that Xie Minglai would do this. But it was still a relief that he really did. How could people like Bai Su and Third Master Xie give birth to such kind and unselfish good children.
Han Guan laughed, “Good, let’s do it.”
After the talk the two went to the Feng family together.
In the evening, Han Guan told Xie Minglai about her conversation with him.
She added, “Do you think Minglai and Lara are a good match?”
Xie Mingcheng had never thought of pairing those two together. After seriously thinking about it, he laughed and said, “They’re quite a good match.”
Han Guan said, “I think they both have a good impression of each other, so probe Minglai tomorrow and tell him that Lara has a lot of marriage proposals. If Minglai doesn’t have the intention, forget it; if Minglai has the intention, let’s put La’er’s marriage on hold.”
The next morning, the two tigers and Han Zongliang went back to the village to find Little Snot and Matan to play with.
The Han Guan sisters took Nuan and Warmth and Hong Yu to the old courtyard to watch Sister Chun and the others prepare the barbecue ingredients.
At the beginning of lunchtime, the noise behind the courtyard got louder, it was the children running to the path between the two manor houses to wait for the little sisters.
Little Nuan Nuan likes to join in the fun, and when she heard the noise, she pointed in that direction and screamed “ah ah ah”.
The little girl was often taken to the car space, her body was particularly good, half a year old, almost never sick.
Han La smiled and took her, going with Han Zhi.
At two o’clock in the afternoon, the children’s voices grew louder, mixed with the sound of horses’ hooves and cart wheels.
Zhao Chang’s family had returned.
Han Guan had someone take the ingredients to Gui Garden. The Feng family was also invited, and several families would be here for the morning meal.
Just as they arrived at the Gui Garden, Zhao Jia’er and Zhao Hao’er arrived, each hugging Han Guan’s arm and pampering her.
Han Guan compared their sizes, cupped their little faces, and laughed, “They’ve grown taller again.”
Not long after, Zhao Chang and Xie Mingzhen arrived. Xie Mingzhen was carrying a big belly and had gained a lot of weight.
Han Guan first bowed to Zhao Chang and complained to Xie Mingzhen, “You’re about to give birth, why are you here?”
Xie Mingzhen pouted, “They’ve all left, I’m sad to be home alone.”
She didn’t want to be alone with Imperial Concubine He.
Zhao Hao’er laughed, “Mother Consort is pampering Auntie again.”
Said Zhao Chang with great joy.
Zhao Chang was dressed scantily and wore a basilica mirror. There was only one person in the Great Liang Dynasty who liked to wear mirrors in the middle of winter.
Han La had designed another Xuan mirror suitable for women to wear, and the glass factory had already begun manufacturing it, launching it this summer.
The old man and Xie Ming Cheng who came from the outer courtyard also frowned and scolded Xie Ming Zhen a few times. Xie Minglai, on the other hand, looked at Hanara with a red face and then at Han Guan.
Han Guan could see that this child was definitely interested in Hanla, and was secretly pleased.
The Feng family came over and ate barbecue.
In the morning, the adults drank tea and chatted, while the children played with the animals in the yard.
The men were in the hall room, the women in the side room, and the door was open.
Zhao Chang sidled up to Han Guan and said, “When the Yamen opens for printing, we’ll be even busier.”
Xie Mingcheng said, “His Majesty has started reforms?”
Zhao Chang nodded.
Hanara walked over.
Zhao Chang added, “His Majesty has a great ambition. This time, the reform starts with our Ministry of Revenue.”
However, any reform would inevitably touch the interests of a portion of the population and be resisted by the conservatives.
Han Guan was only responsible for formulating decrees and systems related to finance, the implementation and gaming was for Zhao Chang and these reformers to do. Zhao Chang is now not only responsible for the Ministry of Revenue, but also in the cabinet. In his previous life, he belonged to the State Council and the Ministry of Finance have the real power of the adviser, or the biggest leader behind the think tank.
However, Han Guan, who is the main formulator, certainly can’t run away from being scolded or even impeached.
Zhao Chang smiled again and asked, “Is Lord Han afraid?”
The new emperor had big ambitions, and Han Guan had been put in this position, she was capable and backed by a powerful family, she was willing to contribute to the development of this world.
Han Guan laughed, “If you guys aren’t afraid, I’m not.”
Xie Mingcheng glanced at Han Guan, and in his heart, he really didn’t want his daughter-in-law to work so hard. But the Emperor appreciated it, and Han Guan was willing, so he let her be.
Moreover, Xie Mingcheng also particularly yearned for the world of Han Guan’s previous life. The wheel of history rolls forward, and no one can stop it.