613, merit
After eating, Song Ziqing followed Yao Keqing into the small study, and saw Yao Keqing tinkering with a bunch of debris, so he couldn't help asking, "What is this?"
Yao Keqing checked the edge of the fragment and replied, "This is from the old lady!" By the way, he told Song Ziqing about today's incident in the Pingguo Mansion.
Song Ziqing frowned and said, "Are you saying that this painting is a fake, or was it given to the An family by Sejong?"
Yao Keqing nodded, "This painting is 100% fake, the old lady didn't believe what I said at first, and she specially found someone to identify it, and the result was naturally fake!"
Then he asked, "Is there a fake in the things that are rewarded in the palace?"
Song Ziqing denied it, "Impossible! What came out of the palace may not necessarily be true, but this was almost a hundred years ago when the An family cracked the illegal salt case that shocked the government and the opposition, Sejong personally rewarded the An family, and when the old lady married into the Song family with this painting, many people admired the painting before, and no one ever said that it was a fake......!
This reason is not convincing, it is okay if one person doesn't see it, so many people don't see it, it can only mean that the painting was still real at that time, but then I don't know when it was transferred.
The husband and wife thought of this at the same time and couldn't help but smile at each other.
"The old lady is afraid that she is angry today, first found out that this painting is fake, and then she wanted the picture of "Autumn Goose Returns to the South" and was rejected again, and now I don't know how to hate me in my heart!"
"Let her go!" Song Ziqing said lightly, "Next time the Guogong Mansion comes to you again, if you refuse, remember to tell your mother, if they really embarrass you, your mother can help you!"
Yao Keqing smiled and nodded, "Okay, today is because I know that the old lady has a request for me, so I can go boldly, but I didn't expect the old lady to be so ...... Justifiably!"
Song Ziqing smiled, "The old lady has always been like this, and when she feels that the Song family owes her, she has nothing to fear!"
Speaking of which is another bad account of the Song family, Song Ziqing frowned involuntarily, Yao Keqing saw it, and laughed at him, "I found that you frown at every turn, even when you laugh, you have to frown slightly before you stretch out!"
Song Ziqing smiled, "Really?"
Yao Keqing really saw him frowning first and then laughing, "You take the mirror yourself and look at it, it's really like this!"
"What kind of mirror do you want!" Song Ziqing leaned forward, approached Yao Keqing, stared into her eyes and said, "I'm in your eyes, what are you doing with the mirror?"
Yao Keqing blushed and pushed him away, "Don't get in the way of my work!"
Song Ziqing retreated from the good stream, leaned on the bookcase, watched her piece the cracks together little by little, her expression was focused and calm, and the wide gauze sleeves were slightly rolled up and tied to her arms with a handkerchief, revealing her white wrists, which looked so tempting that he had the urge to take a bite......
Finally, when Yao Keqing finished processing a piece, Song Ziqing asked, "Weiwei, the reward for the last Northern Expedition is coming down, what do you want?"
Yao Keqing was surprised, "Can you still pick this yourself?" Generally, it is not first agreed by the courtiers, and then presented to the emperor, if the emperor has no objection, he will directly draft the decree.
"Hmm~ I'm special, I'm the emperor's nephew, so I can make an exception once in a while!"
Yao Keqing glanced at Song Ziqing strangely, he didn't look like a person who could use nepotism, "Say, what do you want to say!"
Song Ziqing smiled helplessly, "Sure enough, you can't marry a wife who is too smart, and you can't hide your thoughts!"
Seeing Yao Keqing glaring at him, he hurriedly said, "Weiwei, if I don't get the reward I deserve this time, will you be unhappy?"
Yao Keqing frowned, "Why should I be unhappy? If you don't get the reward you deserve for your merits, there is only one possibility, and that is that you give your credit to others! And you must have your reasons for doing this, just like you respect my decision, then I also respect your decision!"
"Wei Wei ......" Song Ziqing sighed with both gratitude and guilt, and stepped forward to wrap around Yao Keqing, "Wei Wei, how can you be so good to me? Without military merits, I am only a five-grade honor now, and my husband is so incompetent, I will feel shameless when I go out and walk around as a wife...... I'm the one who bothered you!"
"Face is earned by yourself, not by others! If you want to say that it is even more burdensome, I will probably affect you more......" There is still a knife hanging on the head of the Yao family, I don't know when it will fall, even if the family is separated, the second room commits such a big crime, and the long house will always be implicated.
"We are husband and wife, don't be so polite to me!"
"That's what you said first!" Yao Keqing said with a slight dissatisfaction.
"Okay, my fault!" Song Ziqing chuckled, "Why don't you ask me who I gave up my military skills to!"
Yao Keqing stretched out a finger and said, "There is only one person who can make you willing to give credit!"
Song Ziqing raised his eyebrows and motioned for her to continue.
"This person should be Princess Jiayang's concubine, the second son of the Min family who has been fighting with you for many years!
Song Ziqing nodded quite convincingly, "I really can't hide anything from you!"
Yao Keqing smiled proudly, "I not only know who it is, but I also know the reason why you did this!"
Song Ziqing was interested, and asked with a smile, "Then tell me about it?"
"Princess Jiayang is the only princess of the emperor, and she is also the most beloved daughter of the queen's mother, but Princess Jiayang's concubine is the second son of An Guogong, and she is not qualified to inherit the princess's mansion.
Song Ziqing nodded slightly, "The queen mother did look for me, but even if the queen mother didn't look for me, I would do it! I had such a plan since I knew that King Rui was calculating my father, at this time, the Song family didn't need any fame, the more nameless the better! So since Min Jianlin went to the Northland, all military orders have been issued in his name, in order to attribute the credit to his name!"
However, it is a good thing that the queen mother has found him, the queen mother accepted his love, and in the future, he can also take advantage of this to intercede.
"Is it really just for the Song family?" Yao Keqing looked at Song Ziqing in a daze, his eyes flashed with water, and he faintly felt like he was about to come out.
"If I were serious, you wouldn't believe it, would you?" Song Ziqing sighed and wiped away the tears that had rolled down her face, "Fool, don't be like this, I'm willing!"
But it was precisely because of his willingness that Yao Keqing felt even more uncomfortable in his heart, and tears came like a burst, which was his merit for fighting with his life, but for her, for the sake of Yao's family, how could she be worthy of his life!