The next day, Xia Qingyun came to the Eldest Princess's Mansion with the news.

"In this way, Changping's madness has nothing to do with the bracelet. Otherwise, why would the third princess be fine if she wore it. The eldest princess raised her bracelet and looked at it, and handed it back to Xia Qingyun.

"What about the person who gave the bracelet?"

"You said the Seventh Prince?" The eldest princess pondered and shook her head, "He has always been low-key and cautious, and he has never participated in disputes between princes. In terms of strategy, he is not as good as the prince, in terms of martial arts, he is not as good as the three princes, and he is also inferior to other princes. How can you have a bad idea on the princess. ”

"I don't think the Seventh Prince is a stupid person, didn't anyone teach him this?" Xia Qingyun heard Mrs. Zhenguo mention a few words, so she asked curiously.

"It's not like no one teaches." The eldest princess took a sip from her teacup, "It's a long story. ”

After the birth of the seventh prince, a prince and a princess died in the palace one after another. The queen mother and the emperor invited the mage to do the work, and the mage said that the birthdays of the seven princes and his mother were the most vicious ones, and staying in the palace would not only kill other princes, but also threaten the emperor's dragon body. You have to raise it outside the palace until you are eighteen years old to crack this number.

The emperor was furious and sent their mother and son to another courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing. Although the amount of food has not decreased, and the diet is the same as that of other concubines, it has never been fortunate since then.

During the New Year's holidays, he just sent someone to send things, and the emperor never set foot in the other courtyard, let alone seen or hugged the Seven Princes once. It wasn't until the Seventh Prince's eighteenth birthday the year before last that he was allowed to enter and leave the palace.

"Still. Being a talentless prince is not necessarily a good thing in the royal family. The eldest princess said leisurely.

Xia Qingyun understood what she meant. The prince is talented, so he naturally has no ability to compete for the throne with other heirs, and there is no threat to others, so naturally no one cares about harming him.

When the new emperor ascends the throne, as long as he is honest and honest, the emperor will support him for a lifetime.

The eldest princess sighed, put on a smile and said, "Okay, it's all old things, and we don't have to worry about others." is as high-spirited as the third princess. In the end, it was not married to another country by his father. I just hope that Shan'er can grow up safely. It's good to marry a man who does his duty and is down-to-earth. ”

Xia Qingyun smiled on his face, but he was secretly worried in his heart, that day in the plum garden, he met a man who had a tryst with the county lord of Changping. Is it a horse master? Look at the clothes are the same person. But after all, I didn't see the face. Not for sure either.

Helplessly, Si Hongrui didn't let her track down the secret room and passage in the underground of Meiyuan, and she couldn't verify it anymore.

Shan'er was carefree playing with flowers on the side, with an innocent smile on her face. Ten years later. When she grows up, will she face the same fate as the third princess?

The eldest princess looked at Xia Qingyun meaningfully, "Do you remember what I entrusted you with that day?" ”

Xia Qingyun nodded and said, "Sister, don't worry, as long as I don't leave the Qi Kingdom, I will definitely find a way to protect Shan'er's safety." ”

Although the eldest princess didn't know that she and Si Hong Bowen were sisters and brothers, Xia Qingyun knew it. She is now engaged to Si Hong Bowen, and she is close to the eldest princess.

The eldest princess got up and said, "By the way, Shan'er loves to eat the biscuits you made yesterday, so while you are here, you might as well teach me the recipe, and I will also learn to make them for her." ”

Xia Qingyun replied with a smile: "This is simple, why don't I teach you by hand, and you will do it once." ”

The eldest princess called Mama to look at Shan'er, and took Xia Qingyun to the small kitchen to learn how to make zuò biscuits.

After returning from the princess's mansion, Si Hongrui also went down to the court and brought her a message about the students in Yuzhou.

After the court examination, the name is discharged, and the head of the ministry assigns personnel to serve. Although more than a dozen students in Yuzhou are ranked high and assigned positions are also county governors, the location of the assignment is far worse than that of the prime minister's protégé.

Si Hongrui counted with his fingers: "Shuoyang, Yuanzhou, and Huyuan are all extremely remote small counties in the southwest and northwest regions, with a population of no more than twenty or thirty thousand people, and there is almost no other livelihood except farming. ”

According to the custom, the new official must rush to the precinct directly after his appointment, and then take his family after he has settled down.

Xia Qingyun frowned and said, "Father said that someone secretly did something and deliberately got them over there?" ”

Si Hongrui nodded with a calm face, "The people who served over there earlier were all officials who made mistakes and were demoted. There is no precedent for the dispatch of new science and technology personnel. It must be the prime minister who colluded with the officials, knowing that the students in Yuzhou were funded by you behind the scenes, and wanted to suppress us. ”

"So, I'm the one who has troubled them." Xia Qingyun apologized.

"However, it is not necessarily that there is no action." Xia Qingyun raised his eyes and looked at Si Hongrui and said: "In the bitter place, where even the officials of the imperial court are unwilling to go, the life of the people must be even more sad. If they can work hard and do things for the people, they can also make a career. ”

"I hope so!" Si Hongrui sighed and went back to the study.

Xia Qingyun remembered that he had made an appointment with the students of Yuzhou a year ago to set up a banquet for them, so he asked Xue'er to go to the inn next to the Hanlin Courtyard and inform them to go to Qingyunxuan in Hejian County the day after tomorrow to attend the banquet.

Hejian is the only way out of the capital, and from there it turns up to the official road to various places.

Now that spring is about to begin, she is just about to go to the Zhuangzi between the rivers to have a look. went to discuss with the two mothers, and Mrs. Zhenguo said: "Your mother is heavy, and the weather has not warmed, so we won't go out." Be careful on the road and don't suffer from the cold. ”

"Don't worry, mother, I'll only go back in seven or eight days, and I have to go to the banquet of the Seventh Prince on the second day of February."

packed up at the moment, and rushed to Hejian County with Xue'er and Qingmei and others the next afternoon.

While settling down in the mansion in the county seat, he sent someone to inform Yao Xili and Hua Jingtian.

When she came to Qingyunxuan, Yao Xili and the others were waiting at the door with red faces. "The county lord came just in time, if it is two days late, I will go to the capital to invite you."

Xia Qingyun walked in with a smile, "Listen to the words of the third uncle, is there something good to tell me?" ”

"No, look, our business is doing so well right now!" Yao Xili pointed to the full number of guests sitting on the first floor and smiled.

It was the time for Mr. to tell the story, and the Journey to the West script had already talked about the passage of the Monkey King catching the jade rabbit in the Imperial Garden, and the tea guests at the bottom were holding cups and listening with relish.

Xia Qingyun noticed that in addition to his usual work, there were also two young men holding long-spouted teapots shuttling through the crowd, refilling tea and water for guests from time to time.

Yao Xili explained: "Every ten days, I pick out a few well-trained people to come to the teahouse for internships, and settle the wages on a daily basis, which can be regarded as some small rewards for these apprentices. ”

Seeing Xia Qingyun nodding in approval, he continued: "In this way, our Qingyunxuan's reputation is even more popular, and several groups of people have come to me and want to invest money to open a branch." ”

As he was talking, a middle-aged man came downstairs, and when he saw Yao Xili, he pulled the sleeves of his robe and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Yao, how did you think about the matter I discussed with you yesterday?" I've been waiting for five days! (To be continued......)