Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Xue Qingguo then noticed that there were two people sitting there. One of them had a dark face and looked like Zhong Hanlin.

One had a smile on his face.

The one with a dark face was his future father-in-law.

He bowed to his future father-in-law and said, "I dare not say that I will be more capable than my father in the future. My father said that as long as I live a peaceful and smooth life and do not bring shame to the Xue family, it will be fine. I told my classmate He Shanqiao that my father underestimated me. I also want to be a useful person to the court!"

"I just want to do something, but I haven't figured it out yet. My family is afraid that I'll have too many fantasies, so they won't let me do anything. Now I know, I must study hard and strive to become the first scholar in our Xue family!"

Nie Cheng'an almost laughed when he saw him puffing out his chest and saying that he was the first scholar in the Xue family.

However, it is estimated that this general's mansion has not produced a scholar for several generations, so it is rare to have such an ambition.

"My mother said that she doesn't ask you to win glory for the country or bring honor to the family like your father did, but as long as you can marry a wife and live a good life without doing anything evil, that's all that's enough. I told my mother that I like the quietness of the inner house, with one master, one mistress, and a few children. How wonderful it would be to live like that. I can't guarantee anything else, but I can guarantee this. Even if I give birth to only girls in the future, I can only say that I am destined to be a father-in-law, and I can just find a live-in son-in-law."

Xue Qingguo said all this in one breath. Not to mention comparing with his father, he couldn't even compare with his three brothers.

Why would the Nie family marry their daughter to him? He had to promise to treat her well and not take a concubine.

But it wasn't because he was going to marry a girl from the Nie family that he was thinking about not taking a concubine; he had thought about it before. He knew his own abilities, and unless he relied on his good family background to marry a girl from a good family, why would she live a good life with him if he didn't treat her well?

Nie Chengping said, "That's right. It's not bad for a child of a wealthy family to not do evil and cause trouble for the family."

Xue Qingguo was stunned. Is there anyone who speaks so directly? Even more direct than him?

He felt that he was an outlier. His mother even said: I don't know who you look like. Your father speaks directly but he is not as silly as you say.

At this moment, he felt that he should be the son-in-law of the Nie family. He and his father-in-law had a great affinity and both spoke directly.

"You seem quite smart, so why don't you study hard? And you even asked Shanqiao to help you with your homework. This is not what Shanqiao said."

Xue Qingguo understood that this was what He Shanluo said.

Forget it, he is my father-in-law’s only disciple, forgive him.

"Didn't you say you wanted to take the exam to become a scholar? Then study hard."

Nie Chengping asked his family to come in and bring a stack of books. "Take these back and memorize them all. If you've memorized them all, recite them to Shanqiao. I don't have time. My students in Guanzhong can memorize these books by the age of ten."

Xue Qingguo lowered his head at this moment. He knew that his father-in-law must have asked Shanqiao about his question. He didn't dare to explain it. If he explained it would be embarrassing. What if his father-in-law gave him a book to memorize?

In the inner house, Madam Liao smiled and gave a piece of jade to Xiao and Shang respectively.

"This is what my general brought back last time. He said there are no good jewelers in Liaodong. You can use it to make some jewelry."

Xiao thanked him and gave him some agate brought from Guanzhong in return.

She also asked her daughter to come out and pay her respects to Mrs. Liao, and they praised each other.

When leaving the Nie family, I saw Madam Xiaojie and her eldest son entering the Nie family in the carriage.

Xue Qingguo also saw it and said, "He Shanqiao's cousin is really lucky. What a pity! It would be great if Shanqiao could be my father-in-law's disciple. My second uncle would also agree to my cousin marrying Shanqiao."

Madam Liao said, "I told you to stay out of this matter. Your aunt has high standards and only sets her sights on those powerful and wealthy families. How could she be interested in Shanqiao?"

Xue Qingguo said: "If I had a sister, I would let Shanqiao be my brother-in-law. Shanqiao is not only well-educated, but also smart. If I help him, he will have a bright future."

Madam Liao said, "You're still young, you don't understand. Marriage isn't just about the person, it's also about family background. A mismatch between the two families isn't a good match. With the He family's mess, who wouldn't be upset if they got involved? Look at Madam Xiaojie, isn't she an example?"

"Shanqiao's grandmother is not like that. She gets along very well with Madam Xiaojie."

Mrs. Liao said with a dark face: "Anyway, don't bother yourself with this matter."

Xue Qingguo fell silent.

Mo Chenxi brought his eldest son to the Nie family to deliver some vegetables grown in the farm. His main purpose was to tell Mr. Nie that the Nie family had moved to the capital and asked his son to come here to study with the teacher in the future.

A while ago, because He Wenyan was ill, his son could not go to the Nie family outside the city every day.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon and the weather is getting cold. Mo Chenxi also plans to clean up the He family and take He Wenyan back to live in the capital.

The second and third wives moved out, leaving the yard empty and clearing out a new courtyard. After Cao gave birth, the young couple would move back to the He family.

Another yard was cleaned up to send flowers to He Wenyan. The youngest son will go to Donglin Academy to study after the Mid-Autumn Festival and live in the academy. He can come back for a day during his rest time and live anywhere.

When Mo Chenxi arrived, Mrs. Liao had just left, so she didn't see it.

No matter how familiar she was with the Wang and Nie families, she would always ask Mother Wang to go and talk to them in person every time she visited. Unless there was an emergency, it would be impolite to visit them rashly.

After leaving the Nie family, Mo Chenxi returned to the He family.

She hadn't been back for a long time, and the servants didn't recognize her. Only then did Mother Wang, who was beside him, confirm that this was the lady.

When Mrs. Jiang saw her daughter-in-law, she was stunned and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Mo Chenxi said, "I went to the fields to dry it. I dare not be careless about what His Highness the Great Lord has instructed me to do."

Mrs. Jiang said, "Yes, I heard that His Highness is not even afraid of the Empress Dowager. You better be careful. If you offend her, she will strip you of your title of Consort."

Mo Chenxi said: "Yes, that's why I didn't leave the village for a while. My father also kept a close eye on me. Only after the seedlings finally appeared did I dare to go to the city to do business."

Old Mrs. Jiang asked curiously, "What are you growing? When it bears fruit, send some home so I can try it."

"I dare not. Your Highness has left people in the manor. If a leaf is missing, it will be recorded."

Old Mrs. Jiang didn't dare to say anything about taking it back secretly, because everyone knew that the queen dared to rob even the prince consort's people.

But she doesn't know the rumors outside yet. If she knew, she would be even more scared.

Mo Chenxi told Mrs. Jiang about her plan, and Mrs. Jiang nodded and said, "Let's do as you say. The weather is getting cold soon, and it's not convenient for Wen Yan to live there. I can take care of him when he comes back."

She glanced at the little Moshi standing beside her and said, "Your cousin serves me well, so when Wen Yan comes back, let her serve him.

Mo Chenxi said yes, and said that he would go and arrange for the servants to do something, and left with little Mo.

Mrs. Jiang thought that she would make plans after her son came back and consummated his marriage with Mrs. Mo.