Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan returned to the Ma family and met Li Qinghan, and learned from Li Qinghan's mouth that the junior of the Oriental family who lived temporarily in the Ma family had been picked up by the clan a few months ago

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In the evening, Mrs. Ma set up a banquet for Ma Xiaoquan and a few people to catch the wind, during the banquet, Ma Xiaoquan told the Ma family a lot of their own experience in the past two years, of course, in order to render the atmosphere, Ma Xiaoquan appropriately added some exaggerated rhetoric, a large family, Hua Yue knew the situation best, but in view of the atmosphere of the banquet was very cheerful, the family was also happy to listen to Ma Xiaoquan's story, Hua Yue has been smiling and nodding without gnawing.

After the evening banquet was over, Ma Xiaoquan returned to the study to read.

He hadn't been home for a long time, and the study was the same as before he left, and the furnishings had not changed. Ma Xiaoquan subconsciously wiped the table, it was spotless, and it seemed that someone had been cleaning it up.

"Bang bang bang~" Someone knocked on the door of the study, Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward to open it and saw that it was Li Qinghan.

"Qinghan, it's so late, haven't you slept yet?"

Li Qinghan lowered his head shyly and hummed softly.

"I've been cleaning the study for you personally, it's still clean, right?" Li Qinghan walked slowly into the study, approached the table, and said softly.

Ma Xiaoquan reached out to stop Li Qinghan from the back of his waist, and whispered in her right ear: "For more than two years, I have worked hard for you."

Feeling Ma Xiaoquan's gentle words, Li Qinghan was a little distracted, but after all, he was already a mother, Li Qinghan exhaled, restrained the impulse in his heart, turned around and said: "You just came back and you went into the study, is it not like our mother and son to see you?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head with a wry smile, and said: "No, no, you also saw it, grandma set up a banquet for me today, but Feng'er has been avoiding me, grandma is really, I have been gone for so long, I didn't even write to tell me that you have Feng'er"

Li Qinghan shook his head and said, "I told my grandmother not to tell you about it, not only that, but I also asked no one in the Ma family to say it."

"Why? You have my child, why can't you say that? ”

Li Qinghan cried and laughed: "Anyway, I am your sister-in-law after all, although you are not the real Ma Sishao, but from the outsider's point of view, you are Ma Sishao, besides, your current status is prominent, although there are many rumors about you in the outside world, but you have never seen you marry, you said that if you suddenly have a son, those opponents of you, especially Wei Zhongxian and Lu Zhan, will definitely take the opportunity to hit you~"

Ma Xiaoquan's face turned gloomy and asked, "Qinghan, tell me, is it that Wei Zhongxian and Lu Zhan have been stumbling on our Ma family in the past few days when I am not in Beijing City?" ”

Li Qinghan sighed and said: "That's natural, but fortunately, there is Xiaoshuang by my side, and I became the 'Fire God Niangniang' through Xiaoshuang, and the emperor personally gave me this title, but it is equivalent to my grandmother's first-class edict lady." Wei Zhongxian is just a fourth-grade eunuch, and Lu Zhan is just a servant of the criminal department, hmph, they don't dare to make waves in front of me. ”

Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, and asked again: "Wei Zhongxian has become a fourth product?" ”

Li Qinghan nodded, a little surprised: "Yes, what's wrong~"

Suddenly remembering the development of history, Ma Xiaoquan slapped his head and smashed it: "It's not good, it's not good, it's not good." ”

"What's wrong?"

Ma Xiaoquan didn't plan to tell Li Qinghan about Wei Zhongxian, he just smiled and said, "I didn't expect Wei Zhongxian to be promoted so quickly, in just over two years, he was promoted so quickly. ”

Li Qinghan nodded and said: "Yes, Wei Zhongxian's old guy is now not only the eunuch of Si Li Bingbi, but also the prince of Dongchang Factory, and he also holds Jinggi, well, I heard that Jinyiwei commanded Tian Ergeng, and he also has a close relationship with him." ”

Ma Xiaoquan frowned, and settled down: "Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng, we must be strictly guarded, well, Qinghan, Xiaoshuang is by your side, I am also relieved, but Feng'er's matter, it seems that it has to be done more secretively, presumably Wei Zhongxian and Lu Zhan are currently in full swing to collect evidence against me, I just came back, and I happened to be promoted again, now think about it, the best way for them to attack me at the moment should be to start with Feng'er." ”

"Well, I got it~"

Ma Xiaoquan didn't know that at the same time that she and Li Qinghan were talking quietly in the Ma family's study, a short black shadow outside the study door eavesdropped on their conversation clearly, and then, the short black shadow turned over, climbed over the courtyard wall of the Ma family, and disappeared into the night

The next day, Ma Xiaoquan put on his court clothes and prepared to go to court.

After talking with Li Qinghan in the study last night, Ma Xiaoquan hugged her and fell asleep.

Uh~~ This Li Qinghan is over thirty years old, and he has officially entered the age of a wolf like a tiger, plus he has been holding back for so long, and he finally waited for the man to come back, so

Ma Xiaoquan winked at the bronze mirror, sighed softly, and his eyes were a little dark, hey

At this moment, the door of the study opened, and Li Qinghan walked in with a tray with a smile.

"Come, eat quickly, come back to the court for the first time, you want to eat enough~"

Ma Xiaoquan came over to take a look, and couldn't help but feel a little chill down his spine, although the dishes on this plate are good, they are all nourishing, what kind of deer antler porridge, ginseng soup, and a plate of side dishes that Ma Xiaoquan has never seen.

"Uh~~ Qinghan, what is this side dish?" Ma Xiaoquan asked, pointing to the side dishes on the plate.

Li Qinghan said: "This, money and meat, it's delicious, it's especially supplemented."

Ma Xiaoquan blinked, and asked again: "What is this money?" ”

Li Qinghan's pretty face flushed: "You know and ask, I hate it~~" After that, Li Qinghan left the study.

Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head: "I don't know? ”

The door of the study was not closed, and it happened that a Ma family's Ku Ding was passing by, Ma Xiaoquan stopped him and asked: "What is this money and meat, what is it made of, well, it looks like a copper coin~"

Ku Ding smiled and said: "My lord, this money and meat is a special dish in the northwest, it is very rare, recently we have opened a new northwest restaurant in Beijing, hey, the business is very good, especially this money and meat, it is particularly popular, those old men, they all like to eat"

Ma Xiaoquan interrupted a little impatiently: "What are you doing so much, you just say what this money and meat is?" ”

Ku Ding blinked and asked, "My lord, you are well-informed, you really don't know?" ”

"Nonsense, you know I asked you to ask you what you are doing?"

Ku Ding smiled, pointed to the money and meat in the small plate and said: "Then the adult will reward the small one to eat first, and tell the adult if it is small~"

"Dog's day's stuff~" Ma Xiaoquan smiled and scolded as he picked up a piece of money and meat and threw it to that cook.

Ku Ding took the money and meat, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it carefully, before opening his mouth to eat it, although it was only such a thin piece, but Ku Ding ate it very seriously.

After eating the only piece in his hand, Ku Ding looked at the leftovers in the small plate with some greed, swallowed and foamed: "My lord, this money and meat is made by the male donkey."

Ma Xiaoquan sighed, and shook the money and meat that was about to be stuffed into his mouth back into the small plate: "What? The"

Ku Ding was taken aback by Ma Xiaoquan's reaction, thinking that his oily tone just now had angered Ma Xiaoquan, so he quickly knelt on the ground and knocked his head with a bang.

Ma Xiaoquan stopped Ku Ding and asked, "This thing really has to be made by the donkey?" ”

Ku Ding was stunned for a moment, and nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice: "My lord, this is a nourishing top-quality, sold in that northwest restaurant, such a small plate can be sold for one, two, five~"

"So expensive?" Ma Xiaoquan was taken aback.

"Yes, my lord, you think, the donkey is just like this, one is a plate, and you have to castrate a donkey in this plate"

"Okay, okay~~" Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and stopped Ku Ding, "You go down~Go down~"

"Eh, that little one has to retire~"

"Wait~" Ma Xiaoquan stopped Ku Ding, "This matter is not allowed to be publicized to the outside world today, otherwise, you will have good fruit to eat, understand?" ”

"Don't worry, adults, it's just a cook, hehe~~"

Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment, gave all the money and meat left in the small plate to Ku Ding, and said, "Take it and eat it, don't waste it~"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you~" Ku Ding kowtowed to Ma Xiaoquan several times, and then left happily with a small plate

As soon as Ku Ding left, Li Qinghan came back, and seeing that there was less money and meat in the food she sent to Ma Xiaoquan, Li Qinghan smiled and said: "Dead ghost, you still say you don't know, you can't even eat the plate~"

Ma Xiaoquan couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart, no matter how good I am, it's impossible to eat the plate, right?

Ma Xiaoquan didn't explain either, and the more he explained, the more he couldn't explain clearly.

After saying goodbye to Li Qinghan, Ma Xiaoquan hurriedly ran to the Forbidden City

Emperor Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Apocalypse, a carpenter emperor who has mastered carpentry skills, actually did not go to the early dynasty, but he did not go, it did not mean that the ministers did not come, the emperor did not go to the court, and the ministers still had to go to the Taihe Hall every day according to the custom to wait, until the eunuch shouted "There is nothing to do to retreat from the court", and the ministers could withdraw.

And if Zhu Youxiao occasionally comes interested and wants to summon the ministers, even if it is the third watch in the middle of the night, even if he is messing with the concubines, the ministers have to bring their pants to meet the emperor.

However, because there is a cabinet to help deal with the internal affairs of the court, under normal circumstances, Zhu Youxiao does not go to the court.

As for the rule of waiting at the gate of the Taihe Hall before dawn in the early days of the previous dynasty, it seems that it has not been effectively implemented since Zhu Youxiao's enthronement ceremony.