Qin Youzhen returned to Fuguiju with a lot of heart, and saw that her daughter Lu Yueniang had returned from Qin Jinrong, sitting in front of the window embroidering, and didn't seem to find herself.

She watched her daughter's increasingly beautiful appearance and slender figure, and couldn't help but feel a little sour in her heart. Her daughter was born so well, her talent and appearance are all bad, and her upbringing and demeanor are all the best choices, and compared with those famous and noble girls in the capital, she is not bad. The Lu family is also a scholarly family and a big family, but because it is inconspicuous in the capital where nobles are everywhere, the daughter is slightly worse than others in the family world, and she is always picked on and disliked when she says she is married. How can things in this world be so unfair?

Yue Niang is so outstanding, if she can't marry a good family, she always feels sorry for her children as a mother. But if you want to make a good family business for your daughter, where is it so easy?

Qin Youzhen sighed and walked into the upper room, but saw that her husband Lu Pu was already sitting in the inner room, next to the pillow on the wooden kang under the window, holding a book and flipping through it. She walked over with some surprise: "Why did you come back so early today? Didn't you say that you want to invite the officials of the Ministry of Officials to Qianweiju for dinner?"

Loop smiled and put down the book: "I encountered something halfway, I changed my mind, and I didn't go to the official again." He has never eaten less of my banquets before, he has never seen a quasi-letter, and his attitude is still very arrogant and arrogant. I thought that this person might not be reliable, and if I hadn't waited too long for news, I wouldn't have found him again. Now that I have the quasi-letter, I naturally don't need to spend money to find anger. ”

Qin Youzhen was stunned, and immediately showed joy: "Is it accurate?Is it reliable?!"

Loop smiled even more happily: "On the way, I met a man who was serving in the Ministry of Officials in the same year, and he congratulated me, saying that the appointment had been made, but the official in charge of this matter had been ill two days ago, and there was a lot of backlog of official documents, so it would take two days for the documents to come down, but the things that had been decided would not change again." ”

Then he paused, lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only the couple could hear: "It's a good position, Changlu Du turns to the salt transport envoy of the salt transport envoy, from the third grade." Cangzhou Changlu is not only close to the capital, but also close to Tianjin, and the place is also more prosperous. Even if you bring the children over, you will not suffer anymore. ”

Qin Youzhen was overjoyed: "Changlu's salt envoy, that's a big fat difference!" She stroked her chest and recited several words of the Buddha, and said in a loud voice, "In a few days, my family is going to Changping to step on the Spring Festival Buddha, I originally thought that I would go such a long way, and I hesitated to know whether I should go or not, but now I must go! Why do I have to kowtow to the Buddha with incense, thank the Buddha for blessing!"

Loop shook his head helplessly and smiled: "You are confused again, where did you make your wish in the first place? It was not in the Peace Temple. Now you want to make a vow at the Peace Temple, and the Buddha who blessed you at the beginning doesn't know whether to recognize it or not?"

Qin Youzhen said angrily: "Look at what the master said, the Buddha in the world is not all the same? How can I not recognize it? Besides, when I made a wish on the way to Beijing, now that I am separated by thousands of miles, how can I turn around and wish to go? I can only wait until I have the opportunity in the future, and when I go to that temple again to pay respects, donate more sesame oil money, and ask the monks in the temple to paint the Buddha's body with gold." ”

Thinking about her husband's new official position, Qin Youzhen was indescribably happy in her heart: "I originally thought that most of them would stay in Beijing to be a fourth-grade official, even if they could earn from the third-grade official, it would be a remote place, but I didn't expect it to be such a good errand." As for the salt carrier, this kind of errand is very fat, and in three years, it is enough for us to earn a lot of money. I was a little worried before, if we were to marry a few children in Beijing, we might not have enough money on hand, but now we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. ”

Loop said, "When I told me the good news that year, I revealed something else. He said that this appointment seemed to have come down from the palace, and it should be the emperor's intention. But the emperor has never summoned me, and even if he knows that there is such a person as me, he should not be bothered. How could he have appointed me to such a fat job?"

Qin Youzhen said with a smile: "Although I haven't seen the emperor for many years, I have seen him several times when I entered the palace with my aunt when I was a child, and I call him uncle." The emperor is a kinder elder, and he treats our Qin family very kindly. When I married you, the emperor also rewarded you with makeup. Do you think that the emperor has not summoned you and is not familiar with you, so how do you know that he has not heard about you a long time ago? Anyway, I am also the niece and nephew of the queen's mother, and you are the emperor's niece and son-in-law, and when the emperor assigns you an official position, what is so surprising that he takes care of you a little?"

Loop shook his head. Although he has been to some remote places to serve as an official, and has suffered a lot, he has been promoted to a level almost every three years, and he has been promoted smoothly, and he has not encountered any major obstacles, and no one has embarrassed him. No matter how capable he is and how outstanding his political achievements are, this is too smooth, and his family is very sure that he has never done anything for him. He knew in his heart that he was probably stained with the light of his wife's mother's family. However, he himself did not only rely on his wife's family to get to where he is today, and the efforts and sweat he has put in along the way are definitely worthy of his achievements today. Even in front of the emperor, he was able to straighten his waist and speak.

But this time it's a little different. The salt envoy from Sanpin is not an official position that he can get by his own ability, and he is obviously treating him preferentially. If his wife's third uncle, Yongjiahou, and his brother-in-law had brought it for him, they would have ventilated him a long time ago. Since they had never mentioned it, then this official position was definitely not obtained by them after handing a message to the palace. Could it be that it was really designated by the emperor himself?

Loop felt that he could vaguely guess why. The emperor treats the Qin family closely, but has to suppress his relatives for the sake of the overall situation, and it is reasonable to give him a few points of preference for the Qin family, the son-in-law of the Qin family. However, this time the preference is so obvious, and the reward is so heavy, could it be that the Qin family has made some contributions, but it is not easy to talk about it? Lu Pu remembered the gossip in the mansion a few days ago, and guessed that this was probably related to the case of the former Guangchang King Zhao Zhu. Zhao Zhu's brother King Ninghua was given death not long ago, and he must have committed something important. The Qin family broke through Zhao Zhu's secret entry into Beijing and punished Zhao Ma, will they also contribute to King Ninghua's case?

It was a matter of the clan, and Loop had no intention of pursuing it further. He just said to his wife Qin Youzhen: "This appointment is not only a reward from the emperor, but also the emperor's attention to me." If I don't do my job, I will live up to the emperor's trust in me. After we go to Changlu, we must act cautiously, and we must not take advantage of our positions to enrich our personal pockets and violate the law. I remember that my predecessor's salt envoy was old, and he was a very cautious and cautious person, so that he could retire peacefully in the position of salt envoy, but his predecessor was beheaded by the emperor for corruption. I should also learn from his lessons, learn more from my predecessors, be loyal to my duties, and spend my term of office in peace. ”

Qin Youzhen hurriedly said: "What the master said is true, of course we will abide by the laws and disciplines of the imperial court." We weren't so shallow-eyed, and in order to get some money, we buried our own future, and we had to affect the reputation of our ancestors. In fact, salt transportation makes such a fat difference, as long as you sit in a stable position, even if you don't do anything, you can earn a lot. We are not the kind of nouveau riche who only recognize money in their eyes, and we can't take that risk. ”

Loop smiled and nodded. He discussed with his wife: "The Changlu Salt Farm is not far from Beijing, and the Yamen is in Cangzhou. I thought to myself, the former Changlu Salt Transport Envoy is already old, I can't delay too long, it is better to go to work in March. You and the kids don't have to rush, you can take your time. I'll take a few family members over to settle down first, and then I'll write to you with a list of things that need to be procured, and you'll take them with you when you're done. Chu Liang is bound to follow us, but Chu Ming can find a academy in Beijing or Tianjin to study, and there is a Qin family room to take care of, so it is expected that there will be no hindrance. Yue Niang's marriage is best set as soon as possible, and the wedding date is not in a hurry. She went to work with us, slowly embroidered the dowry, and when the day came, you sent her back to Beijing to get married. ”

Speaking of her daughter's marriage, Qin Youzhen hesitated a little: "The master has also seen a lot of people in the capital, which one do you think is suitable?"

Lu Pu thought for a while: "My few have sons of the same age in the family in the same year, don't mention the concubines, the looks and characters of several grandparents are passable, and some of them have already been admitted to show talents, I think the future will be good." If you think it's good, why don't you choose one?"

Qin Youzhen's heart was sour, and she said to her husband in a slightly pleading tone: "Master, think about it again, right? Those families are only from the fourth grade, and to be honest, they are two levels worse than our family's from the third grade." My daughter is so good, how can I wronged her to marry low?"

Loop looked at his wife in surprise: "What's wrong with you? If you can't see this family, let's just look for it again, why are your eyes red?"

Qin Youzhen hurriedly wiped her tears with a handkerchief, intending to cover up the past: "No, I just ...... accidentally caused the wind and sand to be blinded. ”

How could Loop have been deceived by such a crude lie? Qin Youzhen had no choice, so she told her frankly that Yao's strange attitude towards her on the spring day, as well as the Yao's face change that her daughter Lu Yueniang saw with her own eyes, and what Fang had just heard from the third aunt Niu in the third room, etc., and then choked up and said: "Although I have a little selfishness, I think Brother Jian is outstanding, if Yueniang can marry him, but I didn't really say anything, let alone ask the child to entangle with Brother Jian." The second brother and sister are so disgusted, I feel really uncomfortable. How can the second brother and sister treat her like this?!"

Loop was silent for a while before he sighed, "Qi Da is not a coincidence. What did I say earlier? You must have accidentally shown a trace. Luckily, we didn't really show any intention of getting married, and even if your brother and sister were suspicious, we could keep it clean. While I haven't taken office yet, set up a family affair for Yue Niang as soon as possible, and naturally no one will have any misunderstandings. ”

Qin Youzhen gritted her teeth: "No, the master has now been promoted to the third rank, and he is a high-ranking official, even if it is for the sake of the master's face, he can't rush to set up a family affair for his daughter." I no longer have the luxury of marrying Yue Niang to Brother Jian, but there are still many young talents with good family backgrounds in the capital, is there no good marriage for Yue Niang......?