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When Xu Shiqiu heard about their plans, he was not surprised at all.

He was suddenly sent here by the Emperor Ruikang. Although his father was once a first grade minister, after all, he had been dead for many years.

Now that he had suddenly come here, and he also had a rather high official position, these people naturally did not like him.

Although they were of similar age to him, they had all joined the army at the age of ten or so years, and had stayed in the military camp until now.

Many of his colleagues were older than him because they did not have that many connections. They might be only fourth, fifth, or even sixth or seventh grade military officials.

But Xu Shiqiu was different.

He wasn't young either, but he was still young in the military camp, not to mention that he had risen two levels in a row in just a few short months.

Being hated by others was just too normal.

”General, should we teach them a lesson?” Zhang Ping looked at Xu Shiqiu, although Ye Shuo was the one who found out the news for him, Ye Shuo was after all Ye, and there were some things that he should not interfere in.

Hearing Zhang Ping's words, Xu Shiqiu was not anxious at all, but instead chuckled and said: ”This matter is not urgent. Tomorrow is the banquet for the family, so we need to settle the matters at home, as for them, I have other arrangements.”

Since Xu Shiqiu said that he was not in a hurry, Zhang Ping naturally did not say anything more.

If Xu Shiqiu did not come tomorrow, the soldiers in the camp would naturally have a day off.

The soldiers who were close by would return home tonight, as long as they could return before the doors to the camp were closed tomorrow night.

As for Lu Yuan's, they were not going home, but they had an appointment with the same person who was not going home either. They were going to visit the capital the next morning.

Xu Shiqiu was strict with them, and even before he left, he did not forget to tell them to go out and play, but they definitely could not cause any trouble, and even more so did not dare to bully the common people with his current identity.

The soldiers under Xu Shiqiu were naturally obedient, and the most important thing was that Xu Shiqiu was straightforward.

The soldiers who returned home brought back the pork and mutton they received. As for the bastard sons of officials who disdained to bring them home and the soldiers who refused to go home, they naturally left the meat in the barracks to have a good meal tomorrow to replenish the oil.

Due to Xu Shiqiu's straightforward reply, the soldiers under him were generous, from time to time they would buy meat from their own pockets to nourish their wounds. As a result, they had no complaints about their harsh training.

Of course, Ye Shuo was worried at the beginning, afraid that someone would use this matter to say that Xu Shiqiu had won over their people, but when he found out that his Third Uncle had already told his Royal Grandfather about this matter, he couldn't help but be impressed by his Third Uncle's foresight.

Naturally, Ye Shuo had to follow Xu Shiqiu back to the Xu Family Banquet.

Now that he had been in the military camp for a few months, and with his official position, naturally he was different from before.

The thing that made Ye Shuo the happiest was that his father had already mentioned the marriage between him and Liu Fang'er to Liu Shang Shu, it was just that his first son was not engaged yet.

Although Liu Shangshu didn't care about his son's affairs in the inner chamber, he still interfered with his son's affairs after Fifth Prince had hinted at him, and even His Majesty had hinted at him.

Not to mention, Xu Nuanwen had long since found an opportunity to take two Mama s from the palace to the Liu Palace to teach Liu Fang'er.

With these two Mama s from the Consort De Palace, even if Liu Ze was not at home now, Liu Fang'er's days at the Liu Manor would be much better.

Because of his marriage, he now had an official position, and Ye Shuo had even more respect for his own Third Uncle.

Therefore, when he found out that Zhang Ping wanted to investigate something, he took the initiative to come forward and help. This time, as a guest at the Xu Family banquet, he followed Zhang Ping to the Xu Family as Xu Shiqiu's personal soldier the night before.

When Dong Shu saw Ye Shuo, she was naturally very happy.

”Shuo'er has grown so fast. If I hadn't seen her today, I probably wouldn't even be able to recognize her after a few more days.” Dong Shu said with a smile on her face, but her hands didn't stop moving. After Ye Shuo bowed to her, she pulled Ye Shuo's arm and said: ”Aunt specifically cooked a huge pot of meat. Didn't you say before that you liked to eat Aunt's meat the most? Eat more today. ”

”Then I'll have to take my medicine today, third aunt still dotes on me.” Ye Shuo's mouth was sweet. Although he had slimmed down quite a bit after staying in the army camp, the advantages of being sweet had not changed.

When Dong Shu opened her mouth, she naturally rejoiced, ”Enough is enough for you to eat. Since your cousin is still awake now, quickly go to your grandmother's place and play with her for a while.” After saying that, Dong Shu pulled Ye Shuo's arm and walked toward the Main Yard.

As for Xu Shiqiu, he was naturally standing at the side with a smile, watching his Young Girl doting on his nephew.

Of course, the Young Girl ignored his matters. When the banquet tomorrow ended, he would settle this with the Young Girl.

With Ye Shuo here tonight, the atmosphere was much better. Although it wasn't the day of the banquet yet, it was definitely due to Ye Shuo's happiness.

When the morning of the second day arrived and the sky was still dark, the servants of Xu Family got up and got busy.

Today was the day of Xu Family's banquet, and was also the first day Xu Shiqiu would entertain a guest after he became an official.

Even though those who had come were only relatives, they had to show off their power and influence, not to mention that in the current Xu Family, other than the official Xu Shiqiu, he also had his own identity.

Although this identity was just like that of a 'Lord' in the Royal Family, it wasn't that obvious.

Dong Shu had also been busy since early morning, and even though she had Xu Yanzhu's help, she was still quite tired.