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When Xu Shiqiu heard about their plans, he was not surprised at all.

He was suddenly sent here by the Emperor Ruikang. Although his father was once a first grade minister, after all, he had been dead for many years.

Now that he had suddenly come here, and he also had a rather high official position, these people naturally did not like him.

Although they were of similar age to him, they had all joined the army at the age of ten or so years, and had stayed in the military camp until now.

Many of his colleagues were older than him because they did not have that many connections. They might be only fourth, fifth, or even sixth or seventh grade military officials.

But Xu Shiqiu was different.

He wasn't young either, but he was still young in the military camp, not to mention that he had risen two levels in a row in just a few short months.

Being hated by others was just too normal.

"General, should we teach them a lesson?" Zhang Ping looked at Xu Shiqiu, although Ye Shuo was the one who found out the news for him, Ye Shuo was after all Ye, and there were some things that he should not interfere in.

Hearing Zhang Ping's words, Xu Shiqiu was not anxious at all, but instead chuckled and said: "This matter is not urgent. Tomorrow is the banquet for the family, so we need to settle the matters at home, as for them, I have other arrangements."

Since Xu Shiqiu said that he was not in a hurry, Zhang Ping naturally did not say anything more.

If Xu Shiqiu did not come tomorrow, the soldiers in the camp would naturally have a day off.

The soldiers who were close by would return home tonight, as long as they could return before the doors to the camp were closed tomorrow night.

As for Lu Yuan's, they were not going home, but they had an appointment with the same person who was not going home either. They were going to visit the capital the next morning.

Xu Shiqiu was strict with them, and even before he left, he did not forget to tell them to go out and play, but they definitely could not cause any trouble, and even more so did not dare to bully the common people with his current identity.

The soldiers under Xu Shiqiu were naturally obedient, and the most important thing was that Xu Shiqiu was straightforward.

The soldiers who returned home brought back the pork and mutton they received. As for the bastard sons of officials who disdained to bring them home and the soldiers who refused to go home, they naturally left the meat in the barracks to have a good meal tomorrow to replenish the oil.

Due to Xu Shiqiu's straightforward reply, the soldiers under him were generous, from time to time they would buy meat from their own pockets to nourish their wounds. As a result, they had no complaints about their harsh training.

Of course, Ye Shuo was worried at the beginning, afraid that someone would use this matter to say that Xu Shiqiu had won over their people, but when he found out that his Third Uncle had already told his Royal Grandfather about this matter, he couldn't help but be impressed by his Third Uncle's foresight.

Naturally, Ye Shuo had to follow Xu Shiqiu back to the Xu Family Banquet.

Now that he had been in the military camp for a few months, and with his official position, naturally he was different from before.

The thing that made Ye Shuo the happiest was that his father had already mentioned the marriage between him and Liu Fang'er to Liu Shang Shu, it was just that his first son was not engaged yet.

Although Liu Shangshu didn't care about his son's affairs in the inner chamber, he still interfered with his son's affairs after Fifth Prince had hinted at him, and even His Majesty had hinted at him.

Not to mention, Xu Nuanwen had long since found an opportunity to take two Mama s from the palace to the Liu Palace to teach Liu Fang'er.

With these two Mama s from the Consort De Palace, even if Liu Ze was not at home now, Liu Fang'er's days at the Liu Manor would be much better.

Because of his marriage, he now had an official position, and Ye Shuo had even more respect for his own Third Uncle.

Therefore, when he found out that Zhang Ping wanted to investigate something, he took the initiative to come forward and help. This time, as a guest at the Xu Family banquet, he followed Zhang Ping to the Xu Family as Xu Shiqiu's personal soldier the night before.

When Dong Shu saw Ye Shuo, she was naturally very happy.

"Shuo'er has grown so fast. If I hadn't seen her today, I probably wouldn't even be able to recognize her after a few more days." Dong Shu said with a smile on her face, but her hands didn't stop moving. After Ye Shuo bowed to her, she pulled Ye Shuo's arm and said: "Aunt specifically cooked a huge pot of meat. Didn't you say before that you liked to eat Aunt's meat the most? Eat more today. "

"Then I'll have to take my medicine today, third aunt still dotes on me." Ye Shuo's mouth was sweet. Although he had slimmed down quite a bit after staying in the army camp, the advantages of being sweet had not changed.

When Dong Shu opened her mouth, she naturally rejoiced, "Enough is enough for you to eat. Since your cousin is still awake now, quickly go to your grandmother's place and play with her for a while." After saying that, Dong Shu pulled Ye Shuo's arm and walked toward the Main Yard.

As for Xu Shiqiu, he was naturally standing at the side with a smile, watching his Young Girl doting on his nephew.

Of course, the Young Girl ignored his matters. When the banquet tomorrow ended, he would settle this with the Young Girl.

With Ye Shuo here tonight, the atmosphere was much better. Although it wasn't the day of the banquet yet, it was definitely due to Ye Shuo's happiness.

When the morning of the second day arrived and the sky was still dark, the servants of Xu Family got up and got busy.

Today was the day of Xu Family's banquet, and was also the first day Xu Shiqiu would entertain a guest after he became an official.

Even though those who had come were only relatives, they had to show off their power and influence, not to mention that in the current Xu Family, other than the official Xu Shiqiu, he also had his own identity.

Although this identity was just like that of a 'Lord' in the Royal Family, it wasn't that obvious.

Dong Shu had also been busy since early morning, and even though she had Xu Yanzhu's help, she was still quite tired.

She needed to take care of the dishes at home, and when the guests came, the women came to ask her to take care of it herself.

Yuanxi was still young, and had a female guest of the same generation as her knocking on her door. Naturally, it was received by Xu Yanzhu.

"Old Madame, your daughter-in-law is so filial." Old Madame Zhang and Old Madame Xu sat together. Seeing that Dong Shu was busy without the slightest bit of impatience, after enviously saying this, he said: "It seems you know how to switch. To teach others, now that your son is successful and your daughter-in-law is filial, it would be perfect for you to give birth to a grandson in two years. "

If not for him being close to others, Old Madame Zhang would not have said these words.

Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu caused others to be jealous. Although Xu Shiqiu had no son until now, since Dong Shu could give birth to her daughter, then she could definitely give birth to him.

Furthermore, all the women who had children knew that having children for a long time was bad for the woman. After the first month of next year, Yuanxi would be full of age.

After the Old Madame Xu heard Old Madame Zhang's words, she smiled and said: "Why are you so envious of me? Your daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law are also good people." After saying that, the Old Madame Xu paused for a moment before continuing, "As for whether or not they still have children in the future, I do not care about that matter. Our Xu Family's daughter is more precious than men."

What Old Madame Xu said was naturally to give face to her own granddaughters, especially the one in the bridal chamber, Xu Yanmo. Now that the marriage had been set in stone, the Madame Ye was looking for a marriage between Xu Yanbo and her.

I think the Madame Ye is also afraid that her health is not good, so she will have to guard three years of filial piety in the future.

She was after all, the eldest daughter of the Prince Duan.

It was just that this matter was not easy to explain, but the Madame Ye did not hide it either, and all the familiar families knew about it.

Since they had reached the topic of marriage, Old Madame Zhang had brought up the matter of marriage between her and her family members in Xu Family. From her meaning, the marriage was set to be at the end of the year.

"Since the two children are suitable, it's only right that we get married earlier."

Just as Old Madame Xu finished speaking, Zhang Old Madame said embarrassedly: "Actually, I shouldn't be the one to say all these, it's just that Yanhao really likes to practice martial arts. "If he wants to participate, our Zhang Family can still help, but for the competition …"

Although Old Madame Xu had remembered these words before, Xu Shiqiu had been too busy to mention it.

Now that Zhang Old Madame mentioned it again, she knew that she was deeply distressed for this junior. This was why Old Madame Xu spoke up: "Yanhao is Shiqiu's nephew after all. If he really has the heart, he should personally go find Shiqiu. Could it be that he would be able to use others during this time and would not dare to use his own nephew?"

With Old Madame Xu's words, the people from the Zhang Family calmed down.

They were truly afraid that Xu Shiqiu would stop Xu Yanhao and not let him get ahead.

After all, the people who followed Xu Shiqiu before were all conferred official positions, although their rankings were not high, they were still young.

Seeing Ye Shuo's current state, the people from the Zhang Family also felt that if Xu Yanhao followed him, they wouldn't lose out. After all, Xu Yanhao was a person from the Xu Family, and also had the bloodline of the Ye Family.

With the deal set, the smiles on the people from Zhang Family became more sincere, and the Old Madame Xu did not mind about it.

Since they were both her own juniors, she naturally wouldn't allow her grandson to leave this place.

As for getting his youngest son to help him, he would help him whenever he could. Moreover, Yanhao was actually a good child.

When people from the Xu family arrived in Fifth Prince's mansion, Old Madame Xu would also warmly speak to them. After all, they were relatives.

The nurturing of Zhang Family was also not bad. They did not look down on their family's young lady just because of the Xu family's clan.

Although Zhang Family and Xu family's daughter were sister-in-law in another room, both of them had been familiar with poetry since they were young, so it could still be said that they were at the same level.

Originally, this banquet was also very lively. It was supposed to be a gathering of relatives of the Xu Family, and it was currently very lively. Unexpectedly, the Madame Hu was activated today.

Logically speaking, the days when the Madame Hu was pregnant had already passed a few days as planned by the imperial physicians. Today, Japan should not come, but it was after all, the banquet of Xu Shiqiu being promoted to an official. Furthermore, the Madame Hu wanted to give a good impression to the Third Aunt, and ask her to speak up for the Hu Family in front of the Empress Hu.

No one had expected her to give birth so suddenly. Fortunately, the Xu Family's residence was not far from the main house. Rather than asking for a midwife, they might as well take it home in a carriage.

"This child must be blessed to be born today."

When Xu Chang's wife, Madame Mei opened her mouth to speak, the atmosphere became much better. After all, now that a woman was giving birth, many people despised bad luck.

"It seems that this child is quite slow. He dragged this out for so long before he was willing to be born." Mother, in the end, you are the son of our Xu Family's eldest grandson.

When Dong Shu opened her mouth, Old Madame Xu had a smile on her face as well.

In the end, the banquet did not go according to plan until the afternoon. After lunch, the relatives left one after the other.

They still had to go home and prepare a congratulatory gift. If Madame Hu could successfully give birth to the eldest grandson, they would have to prepare a wedding gift.

Dong Shu was also busy, so she naturally handed over a lot of things to help Xu Yanzhu.

Although Xu Yanzhu was tired, she was still busy and happy. If her eldest sister-in-law was able to bear children today, she would definitely be able to stay at home for another two days.

It was just that the Xu Yanzhu at this moment did not know that due to her staying here today, something would happen that would change her life.