cabinet first lady

Chapter 80 Zhang Qingshi's Conscience
Sensing Zhang Anyi's gaze, Yin Ji raised his head to look at him, and said with a frivolous smile, "I haven't congratulated Mr. Zhang yet."

The current cabinet, after Zhang Anyi's return, is sorted like this - Needless to say, Zhang Anyi is the chief assistant of the cabinet, followed by Shen Wei, Yin Ji, Bachelor Song, and two bachelors who have passed their sixtieth years.

In just one year, Yin Ji is no longer at the bottom of the cabinet.

Zhang Anyi and Yin Ji looked at each other, as if there was no one else around, as if they were secretly competing for something, for many purposes.

Zhang Anyi was the first to move his eyes away, and said with a gentle smile: "Master Yin is also happy."

His "same joy" came out of nowhere.It made other people feel puzzled.Congratulations on what?Could it be that some happy event happened at Master Yin's family?
Yin Ji understood the meaning of his "communication".

He has become a godfather, isn't it hi?The two of them have a biological father and a godfather, aren't they the same joy?

In addition to Zhang Anyi, Zhang Anyu is also returning to his post.

The day before he left, Hu Yunxi brought his daughter Zhang Chuyue to Chuanyun Yard to say goodbye to Ruan Muyang.

The difference between Zhang Chuyue and Zhang Qingshi is seven months, and Ruan Muyang and Hu Yunxi often play with the two children together on weekdays.

"Four younger siblings should be careful on the way back, and take good care of Chuyue." After having a child, Ruan Muyang's heart became extraordinarily soft.Zhang Chuyue is only a little over one year old now, and she will have to suffer some hardships from the capital to Qingtian by horse-drawn carriage.

Hu Yunxi nodded: "Thank you for your concern, second sister-in-law, I will pay attention."

"But fortunately, next year the fourth brother's three-year term in Qingtian will expire, and he should be able to return to the capital by then." Speaking of this, Ruan Muyang's tone became a little more relaxed.

On the second day, Zhang Anyu and Hu Yunxi left the capital with their daughter in a carriage.Before leaving, Ruan Muyang carried Zhang Qingshi to the gate of Zhang's residence to see them off. Even though it was already summer, she was still very careful, fearing that Zhang Qingshi would catch wind and get sick.

As if knowing that Zhang Chuyue was going to leave, Zhang Qingshi kept tugging at his second sister in Ruan Muyang's arms, babbling like he was about to cry.

Very cute.

Sending Zhang Anyu and Hu Yunxi away, Ruan Muyang was going to carry Zhang Qingshi back to Chuanyun Courtyard, and happened to be on the same road as Chen Shi.

"Qingxuan, Qingzhi, this is your second aunt, quickly call your second aunt." Chen suddenly said.

Zhang Qingshi's health is not good, Ruan Muyang spends most of his time in Chuanyun Courtyard taking care of him, except for Hu Yunxi, he rarely walks with others, especially Wang and Chen.She always remembered the incident when Zhang Anchao helped Luo Jie sneak into Zhang Anyi's study and was caught by her.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. She had to be more wary of the couple.

"Second Aunt." Zhang Qingxuan and Zhang Qingzhi called obediently.

Among the two brothers, Zhang Qingxuan, the elder brother, looks like Chen Shi, and Zhang Qingzhi looks more like Zhang Anchao.

Ruan Muyang, who just became a mother, couldn't bear to be cruel to the two children. Even though he knew that the Chen family had a purpose, he still smiled at the two children and said, "You are so good."

Seeing Ruan Muyang smiling at the two children, Mrs. Chen heaved a sigh of relief and became more courageous: "Second sister-in-law—"

"What's the matter with the third sibling?" Ruan Muyang interrupted her.

She was really impatient to hear Chen's hesitant, very unhappy voice, so she directly cut to the point for her.

Chen paused, and said cautiously: "Second sister-in-law, can you go to your yard and talk? It happens that Qingxuan and Qingzhi also want to accompany my brother."

Ruan Muyang glanced at the two brothers Zhang Qingxuan and Zhang Qingzhi, and saw that they were indeed looking at Zhang Qingshi in her arms very curiously, and Zhang Qingshi showed a small head in her arms and smiled at the two brothers, after thinking about it, he agreed .

This child is really not afraid of life, no matter who is teased, he can laugh, but his father Zhang Anyi can't, as long as Zhang Anyi hugs him, he will cry.So Zhang Anyi hasn't hugged him well until now.

Probably their father-son relationship is shallow.

Ruan Muyang sighed inwardly.

After arriving at Chuanyun Courtyard, Ruan Muyang asked Fang Fang to carry Zhang Qingshi down, and Zhang Qingxuan and Zhang Qingzhi also followed.

After Hongya poured Chen a cup of tea, Ruan Muyang said, "What do you want to say?"

Chen suddenly stood up and knelt down in front of Ruan Muyang.

Ruan Muyang's eyes moved, but instead of helping her up, he asked, "Third siblings, what are you doing?"

Not knowing whether it was because of humiliation or sincere remorse, Chen said with tears in his eyes, "Second sister-in-law, we were wrong about what happened back then, I hope second brother and second sister-in-law can forgive us!"

Since Zhang Anchao had no official position but wanted to stay with Ding You, Ruan Muyang could see what their purpose was.She didn't make a statement, but said: "Third siblings, get up first." After all, Mrs. Chen is also the master of the Zhang family, so it's not good to kneel like this.

Thinking that Ruan Muyang's heart softened, Mrs. Chen stood up and sat down, looked at her expectantly, and continued: "Second sister-in-law, what happened at that time was really our fault, and we have also reflected on it in Zhuangzi in the past few years. Take a moment. Seeing Qingxuan and Qingzhi follow us to suffer in Zhuangzi, we couldn’t bear it. Especially Qingxuan, who will reach the age of Kaimeng to study in two years, I’m afraid it will be delayed in Zhuangzi.”

Ruan Muyang listened quietly to what Chen said.In fact, she was unwilling to let Zhang Anchao and Chen Shi come back from the bottom of her heart.Although the two of them keep a low profile on weekdays, they are also very powerful monsters.

"Second sister-in-law, you are also a mother now, and you should know what it means to be a parent. If it were Qingshi, think about it, how would you be willing?" At this point, Chen almost burst into tears.

Ruan Muyang had to admit that Chen's rhetoric was very good, she was almost persuaded, and she obviously came prepared.

When Ruan Muyang was silent, Chen shi knelt down again: "Second sister-in-law, for the sake of the two children. They are innocent, and they are also the young masters of the Zhang family."

"Third brother and sister, you get up first." Ruan Muyang felt a little headache when Chen shi knelt down again.

"If the second brother and the second sister-in-law don't forgive me, I won't be able to kneel down forever." Chen's tone was very firm.

But what the third young lady of Zhang's mansion looks like when she kneels down to the second young lady, if it gets out, Zhang Anyi will inevitably be referred to another book.

Ruan Muyang actually softened his heart because of Zhang Qingxuan and Zhang Qingzhi's two children.She said: "Third siblings, get up first, and you also said that I am not the only one involved in this matter. It has been such a long time, and I feel sorry for the two children. Naturally, I won't care about you, but your second brother I can't decide. How about it, I'll talk to your second brother tonight. "

"Really?" Chen wiped away her tears and stood up, "Thank you, Second Sister-in-law."

When Zhang Anyi came back at night, Ruan Muyang hugged Zhang Qingshi and sat down beside him.Several days passed, and Zhang Qingshi still cried as soon as he got into Zhang Anyi's hands.In order to enhance the relationship between their father and son, Ruan Muyang would hug Zhang Qingshi every night and let him get in touch with Zhang Anyi slowly.

Zhang Anyi had a gentle temperament, and he treated Zhang Qingshi very patiently, even a little cautiously.

"The third sibling came to see me today." Ruan Muyang said while teasing Zhang Qingshi.

The movements of Zhang Anyi's hands stopped.

I don't know if Zhang Qingshi stretched out his hand to grab Zhang Anyi's finger, because he stopped suddenly and didn't catch it, or because he was dissatisfied with other things, he suddenly burst into tears.

Ruan Muyang immediately went to coax him, hugged him and said softly, "Don't cry, did your father provoke you again?"

As if to echo, Zhang Qingshi cried more and more vigorously.

Seeing this, Zhang Anyi chuckled, not knowing whether he was angry or helpless.

The dignified chief minister of the cabinet has assisted three generations of kings, but he can't deal with his own son and makes people laugh when he speaks out.

After finally coaxing Zhang Qingshi to be quiet, Ruan Muyang patted him on the back and said to Zhang Anyi: "The third sibling was crying and kneeling, so I said it's up to you and let her go back and wait."

Zhang Anyi raised his eyebrows: "Madam, is this pushing everything to me?"

Ruan Muyang acquiesced.Didn't he say that everything can be pushed to him?

Zhang Anyi curled his lips and smiled, looking at the mother and son, his eyes were full of spoiling, and there was no sign of displeasure.He said: "Third brother tried his best to stay Ding You. Ding You did his duty throughout the year and couldn't find any mistakes. I promised my grandparents to take good care of the Zhang family, so let them stay."

When mentioning the old Shangshu and the old lady, there was an imperceptible sadness in his tone.

If you promise, you will do it.Ruan Muyang knew that he was a very responsible person, so he also guessed that Zhang Anyi should let them stay, and it was true.He seemed to be a bit indifferent towards Zhang Anyan and Zhang Anchao, but he was actually very considerate of them.

Maybe it's because there are too many things to bear and protect, so I don't bother to say it.

Ruan Muyang suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was too heavy.

They gave Zhang Anchao and Chen Shi one more chance, and it was the last time.

Zhang Anchao and Chen's couple were very happy when they got the news, and Chen brought Zhang Qingxuan and Zhang Qingzhi to Chuanyunyuan again, thank you very much.

Every time after she succeeds in seeking something, the Chen family always looks like this.Ruan Muyang was used to it, and there was no fluctuation in his heart.She didn't know how sincere Chen's thanks were, even if there was sincerity, she didn't know how long this gratitude could last, and she might forget it in a blink of an eye.

"Third brothers and sisters don't need to thank us, we are all a family, I just hope that you can live a good life in the future and raise your two children."

At this point, the third master and his wife who were somehow sent to Zhuangzi by the Zhang family finally came back.

Unless Mrs. Chen came to Chuanyun Courtyard, Ruan Muyang seldom interacted with her, so the return of Zhang Anchao and his wife to Zhang's mansion had no other influence on her except to be careful.She spent the whole day with Zhang Qingshi in Chuanyun courtyard.

Zhang Qingshi's health has been bad, he coughed and had fever at every turn, which made Ruan Muyang very worried a while ago.After all, she thought she hadn't brought him to the Ruan's house, so she went.This kid Zhang Qingshi is very likable, I have never met anyone who doesn't like him, after arriving at Ruan's house, Ruan Zhongling and Zhao Shi also liked him very much.

On the second day after returning from the Ruan Mansion, the Li family sent his mother-in-law to say that she wanted to take Zhang Qingshi over for a few days.

Ruan Muyang was naturally reluctant.

Li Shi also mentioned it several times before, but she rejected it because Zhang Qingshi was in poor health.

He took it to Ruan Mansion at exactly one o'clock yesterday, and the Li family sent someone here again today.

After rejecting this time, Mrs. Li came in person.

"I know that you are Twenty One's mother and you don't want to have children, but I am also Twenty One's grandmother, how can I treat him badly?" Li's tone was full of dissatisfaction with Ruan Muyang.Their relationship was extremely bad before, because Zhang Qingshi eased up a little bit, but now they are in dire straits.

In fact, Mrs. Li still doesn't like Ruan Muyang very much, and she is also indifferent to Zhang Anyi.But she really likes this grandson, she can bring her grandson by her side to kiss her, just like Zhang Anyi was brought by Lao Shangshu's side when he was a child.Zhang Ji wanted Ding You for three years, and now the yard is very deserted, it would be much better to have his grandson with him.

Ruan Muyang somewhat guessed some of her thoughts, his heart was cold, and he said with a smile on his face: "What did mother say. I naturally know that mother loves him very much. But Eryi is still young, and now he can't do without me. And he hasn't been weaned yet. When he is older and more sensible, he will be able to accompany you often."

Mrs. Li smiled disapprovingly, feeling that Ruan Muyang's remarks were too easy to resolve, and said, "Twenty-one is so easy to take care of, everyone wants it, and it's the same with me. And I gave birth to two sons, and taking care of children is better than you Experience. As for the nanny, let's go with her."

She was determined to bring Zhang Qingshi back.

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Li asked again: "Where is Twenty-one?"

Ruan Muyang replied: "I just fell asleep after drinking the milk."

Li only thought that Ruan Muyang was deliberately delaying time, and said, "Then I will wait for him to wake up before taking him away."

Realizing that he was too strong, and Ruan Muyang was not easy to deal with, Li's tone softened again, and he said to Ruan Muyang: "Look at you, other people will be more mellow when they are happy and confinement, but you, on the contrary You're thinner than before, and your complexion doesn't look good until now. Just wait until Eryi comes to me, and you can take a good care of yourself."

"Thank you for your concern, mother. I'm fine." Ruan Muyang's tone remained unchanged.

Li snorted coldly.

Ruan Muyang originally planned not to let Li Shi take Zhang Qingshi away no matter what, but seeing Li Shi's attitude, he knew that even if she couldn't take Zhang Qingshi away this time, she would still find a way in the future.

Ruan Muyang said to Hongya: "Go and see if the young master is awake? Tell the nanny to hug her when she wakes up."

Her attitude changed suddenly, Li Shi raised her eyebrows in surprise, and looked at her strangely.

Ruan Muyang said with a smile: "Mother is Twenty-one's grandmother, so she will naturally treat him well. It can be seen that mother really loves him."

"It's good to know." Although Li felt strange because of Ruan Muyang's change of attitude, she also felt a little proud of her obedience.

Not long after, Fang Fang hugged Zhang Qingshi.

Zhang Qingshi just woke up, there are still red marks on his little face, very cute.

Seeing him, Mrs. Li immediately smiled and stretched out her arms to hug him, and kept shouting, "Good grandson, good grandson."

After being teased a few times by her, Zhang Qingshi blinked and giggled.

Li Shi was very satisfied, she hugged him and didn't let go, she turned her head and said to Ruan Muyang, "I'll take him back to take care of him for a few days, and you take good care of yourself." After speaking, she left immediately as if she was afraid that Ruan Muyang would regret it.

"Ma'am, is it true that Da Furen is going to take the young master away like this?" Hongyou looked anxiously.

"Of course not." Ruan Muyang followed.

It is true that Zhang Qingshi wants to embrace anyone, and he does not recognize his life, but he has always been in the presence of Ruan Muyang.It can be said that he has never left her since he was born.

Ruan Muyang was betting that Zhang Qingshi treats her mother differently from others, he depends on her, and Li Shi can't take her away.

If her son is really taken away by anyone, then she has nothing to do.

He can only wait for a while when Zhang Anyi comes back to get his son here in person, or send someone to snatch it from Li Shi, and then guard Li Shi like a thief.

However, after being carried out of the room by Mrs. Li, Zhang Qingshi did not cry, and even smiled on his small face, looking very happy.

Ruan Muyang frowned.

She suddenly felt that perhaps her mother was not very special to Zhang Qingshi.

Ruan Muyang followed him from a distance.

Walking into the yard, Zhang Qingshi didn't cry, almost walked out of Chuanyun Courtyard, Zhang Shiqing still didn't cry.

Ruan Muyang's heart almost went cold.

She didn't care about it, even if she really had a falling out with Mrs. Li, and everyone in Zhang's residence and even the entire capital knew about it, she would bring Zhang Qingshi back, and she would definitely not let Mrs. Li take him away.

Just when she was thinking about whether to send Heyue to snatch Zhang Qingshi back, or to wait for Zhang Anyi to come back and hug him, Zhang Qingshi's cry suddenly came.

Ruan Muyang was overjoyed at first, and then he felt distressed.

Mrs. Li didn't expect Zhang Qingshi, who looked at Zhang Qingshi who didn't recognize him, to cry when she just stepped out of Chuanyun courtyard.

Really can not do without his mother.

Li's complexion was extremely bad, but she couldn't say anything, she could only watch Ruan Muyang come over and take the child away from her arms.

Arriving in Ruan Muyang's arms, Zhang Qingshi stopped crying after coaxing him for a while.

"Twenty-one is still too young to live without. If mother likes it, she can visit him often." Ruan Muyang hated Zhang Qingshi crying the most, especially when his face was flushed from crying, and his heart ached.

Mrs. Li was not reconciled, but there was nothing she could do.She glanced at Zhang Qingshi in Ruan Muyang's arms, and knew that the child was still young, so she could only give up and wait until he was older.

The relationship between Ruan Muyang and her has always been bad. If she has been leading her to speak ill of him to the child, the child may be very strange to her in the future!
Absolutely not.

After Zhang Anyi came back in the evening, Ruan Muyang told him about Mrs. Li's arrival.

Zhang Anyi smiled, with a bit of disdain in his eyes, and said, "Mother cares about this child."

Then, he looked at Zhang Qingshi, who was babbling in Ruan Muyang's arms, waving his little hands and feet, and said with a smile, "You still have a conscience, and you haven't hurt your mother's heart." , Zhang Qingshi is a little familiar with Zhang Anyi, but he still cries whenever he hugs him.

The fact that Mrs. Li wanted to take Zhang Qingshi to raise him today reminded Ruan Muyang of Zhang Anyi who grew up with Lao Shangshu.

Both the old Shangshu and the old lady are very reasonable people, and they are determined not to do such a thing as Mrs. Li.

"Why did grandfather bring Second Master by his side?" Ruan Muyang asked.She had never thought about this problem before, but she just thought that the old Shangshu looked at Zhang Anyi for being smart.It wasn't until now that she became a mother, and Li Shi wanted to bring Zhang Qingshi there to raise her, that she realized how much a mother can't bear to part with her child.

"This matter—" Zhang Anyi let Zhang Qingshi hold his fingers in his small hand, his eyes were extremely gentle, "This happened when I was very young. I didn't remember it at that time, and I heard about it later. If it wasn't for If Madam mentions it today, I will forget about it."

There was a long memory in his tone, as if piercing through the years, Ruan Muyang's mood was immersed in it, and he even felt a little sour in his heart.

After being married for so many years, Ruan Muyang understood his character very well.The more he understates it, the more touching and surprising the things behind it are.

Ruan Muyang was silent, waiting for him to continue.

Zhang Anyi's voice was extremely gentle: "It is said that after I was born, my mother asked someone to tell my fortune, saying that I had ruined my father's official fortune."

The second year of the fortune-telling happened to be Chunwei, and Zhang Ji really fell out of the list.It was already the second time he participated in Chun Wei, and he made full preparations, but he still failed the ranking.

Zhang Ji and Li's couple blamed Zhang Anyi, who was just one year old, for failing the ranking, and even wanted to send him to Zhuangzi.

Old Shangshu knew how much his son weighed.He was so angry that Zhang Ji blamed his incompetence on the child, but at that time Zhang Ji had made up his mind to take the exam again, and he refused to let Zhang Anyi stay any longer. to his side.

But three years later, Zhang Ji fell off the list again.

He still blamed everything on Zhang Anyi.

So after seeing Zhang Anyi's title on the Gold List, all the way into the Imperial Academy, into the Sixth Ministry, and into the cabinet, Zhang Ji felt very uncomfortable.

At some point, Zhang Qingshi stopped babbling, and there was only Zhang Anyi's extremely gentle voice in the whole room.Zhang Qingshi, who still doesn't understand anything, seems to be attracted by Zhang Anyi's elegance soaked in the years, and a pair of eyes that are very similar to him have been looking at him.

"Why has this matter never been mentioned?" Ruan Muyang never knew that Zhang Anyi had such a past.She always felt that Zhang Anyi was hailed as a prodigy at the age of eight, famous in the capital, liked by the old minister, and was very beautiful before the first Chunwei failed the ranking.

Zhang Ji and Li Shi are really confused.

Seeing the distress in Ruan Muyang's eyes, Zhang Anyi raised his lips, and said, "Because my grandfather thought it was too ridiculous, father and mother were not allowed to talk about it. Gradually, no one brought it up."

This tone actually comforted her in turn.

Smart children are often more sensitive than ordinary children. Ruan Muyang couldn't imagine how he felt when he was still very young when he faced the alienation of his parents.

How could there be such confused parents as Zhang Ji and Li Shi?

(End of this chapter)