Xu's room seemed to be quiet suddenly.

After a few days, this unexpected quietness was noticed even by Qin Hanzhen, who was living in the Yongjiahou Mansion. Xu Er's grandmother has to go to Chengenhou's Mansion every two or three days to "visit", and talk to Yao's and Min's concubines to "homely", and then go to Yongjiahou's Mansion to repeat the latter process, all kinds of news about Xu's family's room will take the initiative to reach Qin Hanzhen's ears, she really can't think about it.

What's more, the fact that the Xu family's room suddenly became honest really surprised everyone. Originally, they were still tossing to "clarify" their innocence in front of relatives and friends, but now they have also withdrawn, and the whole family lives in a simple place, as if they have returned to the previous state of closed doors and filial piety, and even have less contact with the second room and neighbors, and do not send people to the Chengenhou Mansion to ask to see the Xu family, and even the contacts between the subordinates have been broken, how can it not be surprising?

Even Xu Er's grandmother was strange, and muttered to the ladies of the Qin family: "I heard that the son of the Governor's Mansion who lives in the Qi family is a concubine, and the original partner died in childbirth, leaving behind an infant daughter. Presumably because the long house didn't want to find a son-in-law, and couldn't pull it off, so he closed the door and pretended to be fine, right? In fact, no one took them to heart, and the son of the governor's mansion heard that the family had already found a candidate for him to succeed in his steproom, so he waited for him to go home and get married after he succeeded in his studies!

The other Qin family ladies had nothing to say about this, only Yao asked more: "What does it mean to be successful in school?

Grandma Xu replied with a smile: "It seems that she is a lifter, saying that she is going to Beijing to participate in the examination." When I heard this, I wanted to laugh, this can't be a swollen face and a fat man, right? This year's spring festival has only ended for less than half a year, and the next subject will have to be three years later, so I will go to Beijing to take the exam three years in advance? This is also too anxious. In fact, even if he is a concubine, he is also the son of the Governor's Palace, who would dare to underestimate him? Why do you reluctantly put gold on your face like this? This kind of style is quite compatible with the long house, and if you can really get married, it is also a good thing. ”

No one answered her words.

When Yao turned around and chatted with his son Qin Jian about family life, he said it as a joke. Qin Jian remained silent, remembering the news that the two cousins of the Lu family had quietly told her, and then looked up at her mother, feeling that there was no need to let her mother know about some things, so that her mother would not be able to hold her breath and leak the news, which was not beautiful. Even the feudal officials can keep secrets, is it possible that the Qin family can't be a relative of the country? Qin Jian smiled and casually agreed with his mother, but did not mention half of Enke's words, and only studied more and more carefully in private to prepare for the exam.

is a gift for his fiancée Yu Xinlan, and he may only spend less time searching for it. Qin Jian can't be willful now, so he can only take Qin Hanzhen's suggestion, ask the shopkeeper in Xiuning Wang Shizi's shop, find out the news on his behalf, and save himself some time and energy.

Qin Jian and Lu Chuming were both more attentive in their studies, Qin Bai was faintly aware of it, and guessed that they might have heard some news, and appreciated their calm and quiet attitude of studying hard in private, so he consciously pointed out their homework more, and the homework articles they assigned began to follow the requirements of the exam, and also encouraged them to go to Tang Han, who had just joined the Hanlin Academy, to discuss their knowledge.

Tang Han is quite idle in his official duties now, he has a good life in the Hanlin Academy, and he has a lot of time to hang out with his brother-in-law and cousins. Whether he knew it or not, others couldn't see it, but he met with Qin Jian and Lu Chuming, and they got along quite happily. It didn't take long for this reading club to bring in Yu Shizi from Shoushan Bofu. With Yu Shizi taking the lead, Tang Han pointing out from the side, Qin Jian and Lu Chuming felt that their literary talents were much better.

Qin Bai was relieved to see that the younger generations were diligent and studious, and when he turned around, he saw that Feng Yuting was also working hard, so he also pointed him out. Although he couldn't say anything explicitly, Feng Yuting cherished this opportunity for guidance and benefited a lot. It's just that in Qin Bai's opinion, if he really opens Enke next year, it is estimated that Feng Yuting's heat is still a little worse, at most, he will give it a try, and if he wants to achieve something, I am afraid it will be a little difficult. But it doesn't matter, it's just two more years to wait for the next spring course. Feng Yuting is young and can afford to wait.

The children of the Qin family and the Lu family are all studying hard, and the Xu family has also stopped. Xu wanted to recuperate, because Qin Youzhen lived in the Yunyang Hou Mansion to take care of her pregnant daughter, and couldn't come back to listen to Xu's "nostalgia" and "teachings", Xu also followed honestly. For a while, Qin Hanzhen felt that the surroundings seemed to be a lot quieter, and he was still a little unaccustomed to it. However, the wedding date is approaching, and she is still thinking about her fiancé Zhao Mo, who has not returned, and she has a lot of things to worry about, and she doesn't have much energy to care about other people's gossip.

Zhao Mo went south this time, and at the beginning, a letter came back every three or five days, not mentioning where he went and what he had done, just saying some words of concern and greetings, so that Qin Han was really at ease. But it didn't take long for even a letter to come by in the past three or five days, and it often took seven or eight days for a text message, sometimes even a message. Qin Hanzhen could only guess that he was doing things quite smoothly, but he was very busy, and his itinerary might be relatively confidential, so it was inconvenient for him to send a message to Beijing? She didn't have to know all his whereabouts, as long as she knew that he was safe and sound, she would be satisfied. Recently, Zhao Mo has not heard from her for four or five days, and she is quite calm.

It's July, but the season doesn't seem to change from summer to autumn, the weather is still so hot, and there is often rain, almost every day, but the rain is big and small. It is rumored that the area of Zhili has been affected a lot, and I thought that this year's autumn grain could be saved, I am afraid that it will really be harvested. The subordinates in the kitchen of Yongjiahou's Mansion reported early, saying that the price of vegetables and fruits on the market had doubled, and even the price of rice had risen implicitly, but the imperial court's measures to stabilize grain prices came out quickly and did not worsen the situation. However, every household has consciously increased their grain purchases, and has ordered the head of their own village not to sell the newly produced grain this year.

Qin Hanzhen was a little upset about the continuous rain, on the one hand, he followed his stepmother to help take care of the housework, and on the other hand, he also assisted the Niu family to deal with the affairs of regular soup kitchen, which could be regarded as learning more things for himself in the future. After she came through, she rarely encountered such a bad year, and accumulated experience in dealing with disaster years, and when she became the master of Suning County's palace in the future, she would not be so panicked when she encountered similar affairs.

When she gets busy, she will have less time to miss Zhao Mo. She thought it would be a little better to live like this.

Qixi Festival is approaching, Qin Han really discussed with Cai Shengnan how to spend this year's Qixi Festival, because it was another rainstorm yesterday, Qin Han really didn't want to spend money on some less important ceremonies, so he planned to use the money of the Qixi Festival to go out to do good deeds. It's just that she has more than one daughter in the family, and she has to discuss this matter with Xiao Feng and Qin Hanzhu. Cai Shengnan agreed with Qin Hanzhen's thoughts, and was discussing what good deeds to do, when suddenly someone came to report that the shou housekeeper of the Suning County Mansion had arrived and was here to send Qin Hanzhen a snack to cool off.

Qin Hanzhen was puzzled in his heart, Ah Shou would send some small things over from time to time, including food and toys, this was ordered by Zhao Mo in advance, nothing surprising, surprisingly, this kind of trivial matter usually does not need to alarm Ah Shou, and the two mothers-in-law from the county king's mansion can solve it. The relationship between the palace of Suning County and the palace of the Marquis of Yongjia is no better than that of others, and they never pay attention to those politeness.

Cai Shengnan probably also noticed that something was wrong. She smiled and said to Qin Hanzhen: "It just so happens that someone from the county king's mansion is coming." The furniture you married has been reworked, several of them have been changed, and the drawings and lists have been sent over, so they will be shipped into the city when the weather clears. I'm going to bring the drawings and the list to the people of the county king's mansion to see, and if there is anything wrong, I can make more changes while there is still time now. ”

This is very eye-catching to leave room for Qin Hanzhen. Qin Hanzhen received Cai Shengnan's love, thanked her, and then moved to the flower hall in the front yard and met Ah Shou with Feng'er.

Sure enough, Ah Shou sent dim sum, it was a pretense, he couldn't make up his mind about one thing, thinking that Zhao Mo had instructed him before leaving, saying that if he didn't know how to make a decision when he encountered something, he would go and ask Qin Hanzhen to show it. Qin Hanzhen will soon be the princess of their county prince, that is, the main mother. When the prince is not at home, it is natural to ask the master mother for something, so Ah Shou came to ask Qin Hanzhen.

Qin Hanzhen asked, "What's so urgent, isn't your prince coming back soon?"

Ah Shou said: "I really can't wait, I have to make a decision in these two days, so the little one has to come and ask the girl to show me." He paused, "It was the person sent by our royal palace to monitor the palace of the prince of Shu and the Gu family's mansion to reply. ”

Qin Hanzhen suddenly perked up and gave Feng'er a look, and Feng'er immediately walked to the door to guard, ready to warn in advance when someone approached.

Ah Shou lowered his voice and reported to Qin Hanzhen: "Yesterday it rained heavily for a day and a night, and it stopped this morning, and the people who monitored the Prince of Shu's Mansion reported urgently, saying that the wall of the backyard next to the study in the backyard of the Prince of Shu's Mansion suddenly collapsed, and the wall of the garden on the Gu family's side also collapsed. The soldiers guarding outside the Shizi's Mansion went to inspect it, and the walls of the road were soaked in rainwater, and the ground was full of broken bricks and tiles, and it was a mess. The Imperial City Division sent people to guard the scene, lest any idlers see that the wall of the prince's mansion has collapsed, so they take advantage of the chaos to sneak into the mansion to disturb the peace of the prince. Shizifu later reported that the subordinate was called a rainy night, stole a few valuable things and fled. But...... The soldiers guarding around the Shizi Mansion didn't notice that anyone had escaped over the wall!"

What's even more strange is that this person's wife and children are still in the house. If this man is really a thief, and steals his master's property and flees, he is no different from a traitor, but his wife and children are not punished, and even the errand of a son and a daughter is changed to a better one, and the wife receives a large reward. In addition, his wife and children were sad when they mentioned him, and although they said in front of the soldiers that he had run away, when they carried people on their backs, they changed into plain clothes, and their wives and daughters also wore white flowers on their heads, which they only took off when they saw outsiders. All kinds of situations look more like ......

Qin Hanzhen raised his eyebrows: "This person is dead, since he is dead, why do you have to say that he stole property and fled?"