After marriage and marriage, I became the favorite of the group

When the wine was hot, Getulu sang fierce folk songs while patting the table.

Although Ruan Jiu didn't drink, he blushed a little from the smell of alcohol in the room.

Ulan scooped up a bowl of soup for him, but he looked at the bowl with bamboo chopsticks, playing the rhythm for Getulu, as if he was a little drunk.

He Lianzhu really drank a lot, but he was quiet, his face didn't even turn red, and his eyes were still clear.He just sat with his head propped up and looked at Ruan Jiu.

Ulan took away the bamboo chopsticks from Ruan Jiu's hand and persuaded him to drink the soup, but Ruan Jiu shook his head and refused.He Lianzhu suddenly leaned over, picked up the bowl, and just took a sip.

It turned out that he was also a little drunk.

The cups and plates were messed up, and the followers were cleaning up outside, and the group went inside.

Originally Liu Xuan got up to say goodbye, but Ruan Jiu smiled and went over to hold him back.

"Today is the New Year's Eve. Let's watch the year together. If it's inconvenient to go back, you can sleep with me at night."

Liu Xuan couldn't refuse, so he could only follow him into the inner room.

The couch was not big enough, Ulan wanted to move stools, Ruan Jiu said no, let them sit first, walked to a box, opened the box, and took out a large bag of things from it.

"Show you a baby."

Ruan Jiu asked them to take away all the teapots and cups on the table, put things on them, and opened the package.

With a crash, hundreds of mahjong pieces rolled out.

"Look, I asked them to get it a few days ago."

He Lianzhu picked up a mahjong piece that fell on the ground and put it back.

Ruan Jiu pushed him: "Children can't play."

He Lianzhu said: "I am not a child anymore."

"14 year olds can't play."

Ruan Jiu's "can't play" standard changes with He Lianzhu's age.

Ruan Jiu called the three "concubines" over: "This is very fun. I saw my mother played it. Every New Year, she would fight with other wives. Sometimes she even forgot to eat. She has some Whenever something happens, ask me to help her play a few games. I will teach you."

He deliberately grabbed Liu Xuan: "There is still a long time to watch the night. Today is the Chinese New Year, so don't go back to read. If you fall asleep while watching it, what kind of New Year's Eve is it?"

"Our family plays this when we are old, my father, my mother, my brother, and me." Ruan Jiu counted with his fingers, "There are exactly four people, and the time is up when they are playing, and they are usually my father and my mother." Give me and my brother New Year's money."

"Today, the queen gave lucky money to concubines."

He sat down on the round stool and started counting cards: "Everyone come and see me, and those who lose will give me the lucky money."

Ulan and Getulu studied hard, and Liu Xuan also folded his arms and stood behind him, listening to his explanation.

After talking for a while, Ruan Jiu asked them to sit down and try it for themselves.

The sound of mahjong was rattling, and Ulan and Getulu found it novel. Getulu was holding the mahjong pieces carefully, for fear of flying the mahjong bullets.

Ruan Jiu and Liu Xuan looked at each other and smiled.They feel familiar, as Ruan Jiu said, every new year's day, the noble ladies in Yong'an City like to play this game, Liu Xuan's mother probably is no exception.

The first one is almost over, Ruan Jiu gave them silver ingots and said, "The first one is for training, the queen will give you lucky money first."

Ulan and Getulu thanked loudly: "Thank you Queen."

Liu Xuan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled: "Thank you, Queen."

"Continue to continue." Ruan Jiu waved his hand, "The next move will be serious."

He Lianzhu was restricted by Ruan Jiu's "no play" ban, so he could only sit next to Ruan Jiu to watch the game, and handed Ruan Jiu raisins to eat.

Although Ruan Jiu didn't let him learn it, he watched it twice and quickly learned it.

In the next hand, he handed the raisins to Ruan Jiu's mouth, and pointed to one of the cards: "Ruan Jiu, play this."

Ruan Jiu opened his mouth to take away the raisins, and snorted: "If you don't understand, I won't make this."

With that said, Ruan Jiu played another card and went out.

His next player was Liu Xuan, and Liu Xuan said with a smile, "Thank you, Queen", and raised his hand to grab the cards he played.

"Okay." Ruan Jiu grabbed a handful of silver ingots from his feet again and handed them to the three of them, "I'm not lucky today, so I should give you lucky money."

Liu Xuan thanked again with a smile.

The sound of mahjong rang again, but he suddenly remembered something.

When he was in Yong'an City, his mother also liked to play mahjong, but the house was strict with his aunt, and he could only play two games during the New Year's Day, and he still played with the aunts at home.

When Liu Xuan was young, her mother would hold her on the bench and watch them play.

One year, the government skipped their use cases, and on New Year's Eve, my mother didn't even have the white silk jacket for the Lantern Festival.

My mother had no spare money to play mahjong, but was dragged away by my aunts.

Also on this New Year's Eve, my mother won a white silk jacket, no more, no less, and when she had won enough, several aunts said in unison that they would not fight.

Taking the opportunity of looking at the cards, Liu Xuan lowered his head to look at his clothes.

Did he look downcast too?Can't afford a white silk jacket?

Ruan Jiu treated the three "concubines" equally, maybe he just wanted to give them lucky money for fun and auspiciousness.

But Liu Xuan suddenly felt a little sour in his heart.

His mother is an aunt, and he is a "dowry" concubine, so he can be regarded as an aunt.

Perhaps, he glanced at He Lianzhu, He Lianzhu was feeding raisins to Ruan Jiu relentlessly, Ruan Jiu ate a lot, pursed his lips tightly, and refused to eat, He Lianzhu fed him for a long time , and finally ate the raisins by himself.

Maybe the master didn't recognize him at all.

At this time, Getulu went to lift Ruan Jiu's feet: "How much money did the queen take out? I always lose today, so why don't you just take it out and give it to us?"

Ruan Jiu stepped on the wooden box beside his feet: "No, I want to play."

Forget it, Liu Xuan sighed in his heart, he really didn't have any plans, he just wanted to play.

He wants to play, so why don't you temporarily put aside all your scheming and play with him?

Several people played for a long time, until Ruan Jiu finished all the money he had prepared, and there was no more bets, and the fierce battle ended.

Ruan Jiu picked up the empty box and shook it: "It's really gone. If I keep playing, I'll lose my fortune. Remember to put the money under your pillow when you go back."

The three "concubines" looked at the silver ingots piled up almost into a hill in front of them, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

When they were not far away, Ruan Jiu dragged them to sit down on the couch again.

He hugged Liu Xuan and gave him the snacks on the table.

Ruan Jiu said casually: "By the way, the last time the house was emptied, I asked them to tidy up all the things under it, and I will bring it to you tomorrow. You can order a little to see what is missing. Let them know what is missing. Look again, if you can’t find it, I’ll make it up for you.”

"Okay, thank you queen."

After Ruan Jiu said this to him, he went to sit with He Lianzhu.

Liu Xuan smiled.

How can there be any missing things?After all, it was the queen who came forward and asked for what they were looking for.

Seeing Ruan Jiu playing with He Lianzhu, Liu Xuan couldn't help but smile.

It's good that he is so carefree.

Sometimes Liu Xuan couldn't help but envy him, even envy him.

But Liu Xuan also knew in his heart that he couldn't blame others for this matter, but he could only be blamed for Liu Xuan's ambition.

The thoughts that had been haunting his mind since he was in Liang Guo began to surface for the umpteenth time at this moment.

He is already a person who has been married, if he can return to Liang Kingdom, if Emperor Liang has a conscience, at most he will give him fine clothes and food.It is impossible to even think about becoming an official through the imperial examination.

To realize his ambition and show what he has learned in the past ten years, the only way is to do it.

So from the very beginning, he knew so much about the disputes within Jiwu, and he came to join Jiwu in the first place.

After watching a palace change a few months ago, he had a deeper understanding of the division of forces within Jiwu.

If he wants to become an official, he can only choose a team first, queen mother or king?

Between the queen mother and the king, he hesitated for nearly half a year, but he still couldn't make up his mind.While following the king in Xiyuan, he continued to invite the Queen Mother intermittently, revealing the situation of Xiyuan to her intentionally or unintentionally.

Difficult choice.

If, like Ruan Jiu, he doesn't interfere with anything, no matter who wins in the end, he can protect himself, which is of course the best.

It's a pity that Liu Xuan didn't just want to protect himself, he wanted to be named a Marquis and Prime Minister.

He squeezed his fingers and had to speed up the selection.

King or queen?

In the middle of the night, Ruan Jiu made too much noise at first, but he was almost tired later on, and fell asleep leaning against He Lianzhu.

He Lianzhu poked his face from time to time: "Don't fall asleep, you are the one who said you should keep the year old."

Ruan Jiu shook his head vigorously: "I didn't sleep..." He almost made a piggy humming sound: "I'm just blinking, and this blink is a little-long."

The crowd burst into laughter.

I don't know how long it took, the bell to tell the time came from the city tower.

Ruan Jiu opened his eyes: "Can I sleep?"

Everyone hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay."

Everyone resigned, and He Lianzhu helped Ruan Jiu to bed to sleep.

Before Ruan Jiu lay down, the sound of fireworks exploded again.

Ruan Jiu was so angry that he almost jumped up from the bed, He Lianzhu held him down and covered his ears: "Just sleep like this."

Ruan Jiu closed his eyes angrily, and covered He Lianzhu's ears with his backhand.

He Lianzhu said: "I don't need it."

Ruan Jiu yawned and said, "Yes, go to sleep."

The two lay facing each other like this, covering each other's ears.

When the fireworks exploded, a brief light came in from the window and hit the curtains.

With such a momentary light, He Lianzhu opened his eyes and saw Ruan Jiu's appearance clearly.

When breaths passed each other, a thought germinated in He Lianzhu's heart and gradually took root.

But before that thought became clear, Ruan Jiu frowned.

He said: "You drank a lot of wine... hiccup—" Ruan Jiu pinched his nose and said loudly, "It stinks!"

He Lianzhu snorted angrily, turned his head, and buried his face in the pillow.

He said sullenly: "Then I will do this, so it won't stink."

Ruan Jiu was overwhelmed with joy, grabbed his collar with a smile, and lifted him up from the pillow.

"Don't be angry, little pig, I'm just joking, I know you washed it, it doesn't smell."

He Lianzhu let out a "hum" again, returned to the original posture and lay down, and took Ruan Jiu's hand forcefully, asking Ruan Jiu to continue to cover his ears.

Ears are hot.

There is a voice in He Lianzhu's heart that is trying to shout: "He Lianzhu! Grow up quickly! Grow up quickly! Another year! Another year!"