No.1 Prepare to back

Jing Empire, City Xin, Grand Mentor's Mansion, Noon Spring Garden.

"Little Cheng, when you go back to your home in capital city, you need to control your temper, and get along well with your sister and brother."

A well-kept woman gently arranged the clothes for the little girl in front of her.

"Grandma, I don't want to go back." The little girl wrinkled her nose and stood there obediently, , "I just want to stay here forever to accompany you, grandpa and great grandpa, isn't it nice? "

"Naive girl, of course I hope that our little Cheng can always by my side." The woman rubbed the little girl's forehead lovingly, "But your father wants to take you back to hold the coming-of-age ceremony for you. That way, there's no reason to shirk."

The one who was called grandmother by the little girl was Nan Yuli, the head mistress of the Grand Mentor's Mansion. She was well-maintained in her late 50s, and her manner was calm and generous. She looked only in her early 40s.

This little girl is the second grandson of Nan Yuli's eldest daughter, Wei Qingcheng.

"Is her stuff ready?"

The strong voice came from the entrance of the Noon Spring Garden, breaking the talking between Nan Yuli and Wei Qingcheng.

"Grandpa!" Wei Qingcheng's eyes light up, rushed towards her grandpa, Zhou Zhen, and into his arm.

"Ahahaha! This girl always likes me so much!" Zhou Zhen laughed loudly, hugged the little girl tightly, and walked towards Nan Yuli as if to show off.

Nan Yuli shook her head amusingly, and the maids around her also snickered.

"Grandpa, I don't want to back to the capital, I don't want to back to their house, grandpa grandpa, go to talk to my father to let me stay here, please..."

Qingcheng wrapped Zhou Zhen's neck and acted coquettishly.

Zhou Zhen's smile faded, and there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

"Good girl, even if you go back to your father place, here will always be your home. If anyone dares to bully you, come back and tell me, and your I will teach them a lesson!" Zhou Zhen patted Qingcheng's back.

"Ah? Grandpa also can't let me stay..." Qingcheng's beautiful eyes revealed little sadness, struggling to get off Zhou Zhen, "Then I'll go and ask great grandpa!"

After that, the little girl's figure quickly ran into the distance.

"My lord..." Nan Yuli, who stayed in place, frowned slightly.

"Naturally, I can't bear to turn her back to the Capital" Zhou Zhen sighed while looking at the direction Qingcheng ran away, "Even if this girl goes there, I'm afraid she will run into a wall."

"Now their Wei family is in full swing, and the new emperor relied on them so much, this time, even use little Cheng's coming-of-age ceremony to pressure on us." Nan Yuli is worried, "They have always been patriarchal and only liked the son Wei Qingchuan, our little Cheng didn't grow up in front of them, she will definitely be bullied when she go back."

"Humph!" Zhou Zhen shook his sleeves with undisguised dissatisfaction on his face," In those year, Yao'er didn't listen to our advice and insisted on marrying with that ignorant Wei Feng, she even cut ties with us in order to marry him. How is the result? She married with him and followed him around the world. When she gave birth to a baby, she even couldn't take care of her child and licked her face to send the child back to her parents' home!"

Nan Yuli sighed silently and was about to speak to persuade him, she then heard Zhou Zhen turn his words:" But fortunately, she was sent little Cheng to us, if she sent the other ones, I would definitely not help her to take care!"

Nan Yuli silently shut her mouth, looked at her husband and shook her head with a smile.

On the other side, outside the study room of the Grand Mentor's Mansion, a figure rushed straight into the study room.

"Hey, little miss, slow down slow down." The guard at the door quickly stopped Qingcheng, "Little miss, the grand lord is talking to the young master. I'm afraid it's not good to rush in like this."

The guards are blocking Qingcheng, although he is blocking, he has no intention of blaming with the smiling.

"Ah Feng, let little Cheng come in." A somewhat old but energetic voice came from the study.

"Yes, my grand lord." The guard named Ah Feng stood aside with the smile and made a gesture of invitation towards Qingcheng.

"Uncle is back?" Qingcheng smiled in surprise, and rushed into the study with frowning eyes.

"Greeting to great grandpa. "Qingcheng politely bowed to the old man sitting in front of the desk, and then turned to the man standing beside him again, "Little uncle!"

This old man is Zhou Kong, the former imperial grand mentor, who assisted the previous two generations of emperors, and the plaque on the door of the master's mansion at the entrance was written by the emperor himself.

However, the Zhou family was feared and disliked by the current new emperor. So Zhou Kong resolutely retreated, stayed away from the imperial court, brought his family to settle down in City Xin, which is famous for its outstanding culture, and set rules that would not allow any younger generation to continue to be in politics.

The young man who called "little uncle" by Qingcheng is Zhou Siyuan, the youngest son of Zhou Zhen. His biological sister is Qingcheng's mother, Zhou Yao.

Zhou Siyuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Qingcheng, who was rushing towards him like cannonball, and calmly stretched out her hand to hold Qingcheng's head.

The body of Qingcheng, whose head was held down, was resisted, and she couldn't help but flutter twice like a big goose.

"Great grandpa! Little uncle bullied me!" Qingcheng pulled Zhou Siyuan's hand away and complained to Zhou Kong.

"Well well well, your little uncle bullied you, great grandfather beat him up for you!" Zhou Kong smiled and looked at the quirky granddaughter in front of him, eyes full of doting.

Under the deliberate low-keyness of the Zhou family and the rise of the upstarts, the once brilliant Grand Mentor's Mansion has gradually ceased to be a crowded place. This is in line with the intention of the Zhou Kong. He opened the Huating Academy in City Xin and Zhou Kong's only son, Zhou Zhen, is now the dean of the academy.

Huating Academy is very prosperous, and it has directly transformed City Xin, which was originally a culture-oriented city, into the cultural city of Jing Empire.

Although the new emperor was reluctant to use the people from Huating Academy due to his scruples, it did not prevent the families from City Xin and even the surrounding small towns from sending their children to Huating Academy.

Qingcheng likes this great grandfather very much. He is nearly seventy years old, but his body is still strong, and his refined spirit has not weakened with age.

"Grandfather, your are too accustomed to this little girl, that's why she is so lawless ." Zhou Siyuan seemingly disgusted glanced at Qingcheng but the smile in his eyes could not be concealed.

Zhou Zhen and Nan Yuli only have one son and one daughter, and the Zhou family's ancestors did not accept concubines, so before Qingcheng arrived, the large Grand Mentor's Mansion seemed a little deserted.

"Hmph." Qing Cheng snorted at Zhou Siyuan, akimbo proudly and raised her chin.

"I heard that your father is coming to pick you up?" Zhou Siyuan asked.

Hearing this, Qingcheng's small face collapsed: "great grandpa, can you tell my father to let me stay in City Xin. I can't bear to leave you and grandma, grandpa."

"So you're willing to leave me?" Zhou Siyuan joked.

Qingcheng glared at him, leaned over to Zhou Kong's side, and diligently poured a cup of tea for him and offered it with both hands: "Besides, I'm still studying in Huating Academy, and If I leave, my classmates will cry."

Zhou Kong took the tea that Qingcheng handed over and took a sip: "Little Cheng, the coming-of-age ceremony is a big event, and it is quite reasonable for your father to let you go back on this ground. Although there are precedents for the ceremony to be held at the grandfather's house, it is definitely not done when both parents are alive and have asked you to go back many times. "

Qingcheng's small face is full of disappointment, looking a little dejected.

"However, our little Cheng's studies have not yet been completed. It's possible to come back to study after the ceremony." Zhou Kong then said.

"Really?" Qingcheng's eyes suddenly lit up, "That's great, great grandpa! Then I'm going to pack up now. I'll be back after the ceremony! great grandpa! wait for me!"

After speaking, without waiting for the two people in the study room to respond, Qingcheng rushed out.

"This little girl is very straightforward, not like sister at all." Zhou Siyuan smiled as he watched the back of Qingcheng leaving, but when turning to Zhou Kong, there was a hint of helplessness in his tone, "But grandfather, why do you have to lie to this girl? This time she went back, how could the Wei family let her back again? Our Huating Academy is also..."

"Siyuan..." Zhou Kong interrupted him, "Let her be happy as long as she can. People always need hope in life."

Back in her own room, Qingcheng hummed the song, open the cabinet on this side and then looked at the drawer on the other side.

"Peilan Peilan, these jewelry do not need to be loaded, just bring a few commonly used." Qingcheng stopped Peilan, who was carefully packing her jewelry at the dressing table.

"Mulan, don't bring so many clothes." After turning around, Qingcheng appeared next to the closet, stopping Mulan who had emptied half of the closet.

"Miss, aren't we going back to the capital? Why don't we bring everything?"

"Yeah, miss, you were still gloomy two days ago, why are you in a good mood all of a sudden?"

Peilan and Mulan are personal maids who grew up with Qingcheng. At this moment, the two stopped the work that was called off at the same time, and looked at Qingcheng curiously.

Qingcheng clapped her hands and threw herself into the comfortable soft bed, pinch a piece of pastry and mouth stuffed:"Ummm, just go back for a few months... we'll be back when we're done the coming-of-age ceremony ..."

Peilan hurriedly poured a glass of water for Qingcheng: "Miss, eat slowly.."

"Little Cheng." Nan Yuli's voice sounded with a light knock on the door, "Can grandma come in?"

Qingcheng hurriedly swallowed the pastry, drank the water that Peilan handed over, and slipped off the bed to open the door for her grandma.

"Grandma~" Qingcheng called softly.

"We're going to eat. You've eaten too much pastry and you won't be able to eat any more." Nan Yuli gently wiped off the pastry crumbs on the lips for Qingcheng.

"Ma'am, things are ready."

Qingcheng looked behind Nan Yuli, and saw that the six maids were all waiting outside with piled plates, the leading maid is reporting.

"Well, bring it in for the little miss to have a look." Nan Yuli responded, pulling Qingcheng to sit at the table, and the six maids lined up in front of the two of them.

"Grandma, what are you doing?" Qingcheng blinked and looked at each plate with different valuables, be it jewelry, or ornaments, or silk and satin.

"Little Cheng, see if there is anything you don't like. I asked them to take out." Nan Yuli touched Qingcheng's head.

Qingcheng obediently rubbed Nan Yuli's palm:" Grandma always gives me all kinds of things in different ways. I can't put it in the house anymore."

"Native girl." Nan Yuli smiled, "Take these back. Your grandpa's family is not as rich as your father now, but there are still some good things. Look, This is Dongzhu given by the previous empress, this is not something that can be estimated with money, but a symbol of honor."

Nan Yuli gently picked up a shiny Dongzhu the size of a thumb: "Little Cheng, you didn't grow up in front of your parents, you have not been in contact with your parents and sisters for more than ten years, and you must be very unfamiliar with each other. You carry all these external things with you. First, we are not inferior to others, and we cannot be bullied. Second, we can give some rare treasures to your sisters to enhance your relationship. "

Qingcheng was a little confused. She felt that what her grandma said seemed to make sense, but didn't the great granddad say that she could come back after the ceremony?

"Grandma, I will be back after the ceremony. It will only take three or four months. I don't even plan to bring more clothes and jewelry." Qing Cheng shook her head.

"Come back after the ceremony?" Nan Yuli was a little surprised.

"Why did grandma react like this, you want me to come back?" Qingcheng leaned on Nan Yuli aggrievedly.

""How is it possible, I'm so happy to hear that you will come back soon, my little Chneg." Nan Yuli hurriedly spoke to comfort. She thought that Qingcheng had gone to Zhou Kong before, and also thought of the more obscure words her son had just said, she hugged Qingcheng in her arms and sighed silently.

But she quickly calmed down: "Little Cheng, let's take everything first, and after three months, grandma will send someone to fetch you, and then bring these things back to our oranges, how about it? "

Qingcheng thought for a while, and finally nodded.