Liu Shangshu assured: "Lord Zhou, don't worry, no matter if it is Liu Huan or your third wife, when they come to my house, my wife and I will fully support their career and will never stop them."

Man Bao rolled his eyes and asked, "Mrs. Shangshu doesn't mind if a girl pursues an official career?"

What do you mind? Didn't the couple think that Liu Huan could not support her from the beginning, so they could support their grandson's daughter-in-law and take care of her great-grandson?

One of the husband and wife must make achievements in the official career, so that they can pass on their connections to their great-grandson in the future, right?

Liu Huan can't rely on his elder brother for everything, right?

In the future, when his eldest brother Liu Yi's children grow up, they will definitely take care of their own sons first, then their nephews, and then they will kiss the nephews. How can they be kissed by their sons?

Liu Shangshu felt that he had such a loving father's heart. After worrying about his son and grandson, he now had to worry about his great-grandson. There were not many elders in the world who were as worried as him.

Liu Shangshu and Zhou Man promised that they would never hinder Zhou Liru's career. As for Liu Huan's biological parents, his son and daughter-in-law, Liu Shangshu did not consider them at all.

Man Bao also didn't consider that Liu Huan even passed by Suzhou and didn't go to Suzhou City to see his parents, so the influence of his parents on him was also limited.

Although they are elders and enjoy natural status advantages, in a family, the person who has the most say is actually Liu Huan, the person involved, and then Liu Hui, the leader of the family. As for Liu Huan's parents, they have to be ranked further down.

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Even if Liu Hui hands over the power of the head of the family to his eldest grandson Liu Yi in the future, Liu Yi will have greater say than his parents.

Man Bao was very happy, but she didn't agree at all. This matter still had to be decided by Zhou Liru and Liu Huanlai, so she said: "Liu Shangshu, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, why don't we make an appointment to go to Huguo Temple after the bath?

plum bossom?"

It's a pity that the peach blossoms in Xuandu Temple are not in bloom, otherwise the peach blossoms would be the most appropriate thing for this kind of thing.

Liu Shangshu had no objection. The things that had been stagnant finally made progress. He was happy before it was too late. He immediately smiled and said: "Okay, we will make an appointment then. Mr. Zhou, please bring your father, mother, second brother and second sister-in-law."

call."

Manbao said there was no problem.

The two of them agreed that something had gone away, and when they looked at each other, they were both very happy.

A soft cough sounded suddenly, and both Man Bao and Liu Shangshu froze.

It's not scary to be caught hiding here. What's scary is that the sound sounds a bit familiar.

Only then did Man Bao realize that the bluestone in front of her seemed to be reflecting a human figure. She shouted in her heart to Keke, "Why didn't you tell me there was someone? When did the person come and how long has it been? No, there is a person on the bridge.

who is it?"

Keke waited for her to finish asking before saying: "It was not detected that the visitor was malicious towards the host, and no threat to the host was deduced. The visitor patted the host's thigh for the first time and said, 'If we just talk about the character of these two children,

I don’t have any objections. I came at the time, and there were a total of eight people on the bridge..."

Liu Shangshu stood up tremblingly. Seeing Zhou Man still squatting, he couldn't help but secretly shake his head. He was still a child, so he couldn't compare to him in terms of calmness.

Liu Shangshu felt proud in his heart, but did not dare to show it on his face. He reached out and pulled Zhou Man, then walked out of the bridge with his head lowered, and then looked up.

Man Bao followed and looked around, and saw the emperor, the prince, Lord Wei, Lord Tang and Li Maoyue standing on the bridge, with Gu Zhong and two chamberlains standing behind him.

Well, there are indeed eight people, and Keke’s count is absolutely correct.

Man Bao was thinking wildly, and raised his hand automatically to greet the emperor and prince with Liu Shangshu.

The emperor looked at the two people condescendingly and said quietly: "How come you two dear ministers are talking privately here if you don't go to the Ministry of Housing and Imperial Hospital to handle official business?"

It is very embarrassing to be caught by your superiors talking privately. However, Liu Shangshu was very thick-skinned and said respectfully without changing his expression: "I was about to go, but I didn't want to meet Mr. Zhou here. I remembered that I haven't been engaged yet at home."

My grandson couldn't help but complain a few words. Who knew Master Zhou was also in this difficulty, so we started chatting. I didn't expect that time is like quicksand, never coming back, but here it is now. Time really flies by."

Man Bao looked at Liu Shangshu with a shocked expression, and was filled with admiration.

Several people who had children of school age or grandchildren at home couldn't help feeling sad. Except for Mr. Old Tang, everyone else understood.

Mr. Old Tang couldn't understand it. Firstly, he had no unmarried children of the right age, and no grandchildren of the right age. Secondly, he was the chief official of Yushitai!

The emperor's tone softened, but he still said: "You just talk about your children's marriage, how can you still talk trivial things?"

Liu Shangshu didn't react for a moment. Who was he gossiping about?

Wei Zhi said quietly: "It turns out that all the officials are scolding me in private. I wonder if Liu Shangshu has scolded me?"

Liu Shangshu's spine tensed and his whole back jumped up. His eyes widened slightly. Are they here so early?

The emperor also said quietly: "How can Liu Shangshu speculate on my intentions? When did I scold Mr. Wei in private?"

Usually he scolded me in person.

It's okay to scold him, but let's put it another way. Anyway, he scolded me in person.

Wei Zhibian also glanced at the emperor faintly, and then everyone looked down at the two people under the bridge.

Seeing that all the firepower was on Liu Shangshu, Man Bao quietly moved a little, trying to stay away from him.

I don’t know if today’s indifference will affect the marriage between the two families in the future...

Zhou Man did not have the opportunity to ignore the situation, because Mr. Tang and Li Mao had an appointment here, so Mr. Tang went directly to the emperor to impeach Liu Shangshu and Zhou Man for their neglect of government, and requested that each of them be fined one month's salary depending on the seriousness of the case.

Li Mao asked the official to approve it on the spot, so the emperor nodded slightly to the two of them and said: "Okay, you can go back. The official will turn around and hand the order to them to sign."

Then he was about to turn around and leave, but Wei Zhi stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, aren't we just here to find Liu Shangshu?"

"Oh, yes," the emperor patted his head, then remembered the business, and waved to Liu Shangshu: "Liu Qing, let's go, let's walk to the imperial garden, just in time to talk about the money reported by each ministry for next year.

entry."

The emperor returned to the study room where the meeting was held today and felt bored. When he saw Wei Zhi and the others coming together, they were all about money for next year. He simply took them out and planned to walk in the garden and talk. Anyway, every year

It took several days to decide on the money.

Since the matter of money was going to be discussed, the Minister of Household Affairs had to be there. The emperor immediately sent someone to look for him, but the chamberlain didn't find him, so they met him first.

Liu Shangshu was also a little confused. He glanced at Zhou Man, who had his head lowered, and then caught up to the bridge and left with the emperor and the others.

Man Bao waited for them to go away, then he took a long breath, patted his chest slightly, and then ran away quickly with his official robe.
Chapter completed!