Chapter 131: Fueling the Flames
It wasn't until then that Princess Pintai realized that something was wrong.
It stands to reason that Princess Pingtai has a special identity, Xu Qijin is the granddaughter of Princess Pingtai's relatives, and the Du family is a salt envoy from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, not a figure that ordinary people can afford to provoke, and she is the in-law of the Jiangzhou housekeeper, and she even has an in-law relationship with Yuwangfu. It is understandable that ordinary people like to spread these rumors, but they still dare not be so blatant when they are in such a stall, especially when Du Zhong has already reported the case in Dali Temple. In any case, it is still your own life that matters.
However, these rumors of Du Zhong and Xu Qijin are getting stronger and stronger, basically changing the way to put the two together, saying that no one is behind it, and Princess Pingtai doesn't believe it.
It's just, who is the person who fuels the trouble? What is the purpose? But there was no clue at all.
The simplest explanation is the Du family. But as Du Zhong said, the Xu family is not a big family, although Xu Qijin is good, he can't help the Du family in the officialdom at all. Coupled with the special identity of Princess Pingtai, Du Dagongzi married Sister Jin, not only can not win a point of help for the Du family in the officialdom, but may even get into trouble.
The Du family can't be stupid, in this case, it's good that the Du family is willing to go to the Xu family to propose marriage, how can they do such a thing!
However, if it's not the Du family, who is it?
There are only two results of this, one is that the Du family and the Xu family really have a good relationship with Qin and Jin, and the other is that the two families have become like this, and Sister Jin'er's reputation has been damaged.
Who benefits from both outcomes?
When Princess Pingtai racked her brains and pondered, Xu Qirong was also pondering. Unlike Princess Pingtai's cluelessness, Xu Qirong's first reaction was to think of Master Xu Si.
This time in the previous life. It was almost when Master Xu Si wanted to drive Xu Qirong out of the house, and Princess Pingtai came out of the Buddha Hall and led Xu Qirong into the Buddha Hall with a cold face.
It is now the twenty-eighth year of Qiande, and there are still a few years before my father was removed from the family tree and kicked out of the Xu family. However. Xu Qirong remembers clearly that not long after his father was driven out of the Xu family, he raised the banner of Kuang Fu and began to rebel. Rebellion is not something that can be prepared overnight, so Xu Qirong has enough reason to suspect that his father in the previous life has already begun to prepare for the rebellion before he left the Xu family.
Could it be that Daddy began to prepare for the rebellion from this time?
Xu Qirong's heart jumped. wondering what reason he could have for such a thing if he was really a daddy.
Today, Yi Pingzhi sent a small servant to take leave, and sat alone under the grape trellis outside the storm building and thought about it for a whole afternoon. Xu Qirong felt that he seemed to have found the reason, since ancient times, salt transportation has been a shortage of fertilizer, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the people have become rich and safe. Du Guangsheng, as the salt transport envoy of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, is naturally prosperous and full of oil and water. If the sister is really married to Du Zhong. I'm afraid that the money needed for the rebellion will have a way out.
Thinking about it like this, Xu Qirong felt that his hands were cold.
Because she wanted to think about things, Xu Qirong supported Qiu Nong and Yu Xia far away, and even the green dye sent by Princess Pingtai to serve her was sent by her to discuss things with Chunlan in Fenghua Courtyard.
When he got up, Xu Qirong found that his feet were numb because he had not moved. Struggled several times. Not only did he not succeed in standing up, but the whole person fell to the ground in a posture of throwing himself to the ground.
Xu Qirong's face was slightly red. After looking around, I found that this place was hidden, and there were two maids standing in the distance sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground, and I didn't notice this, so I breathed a sigh of relief, got up with my hands and feet, patted the dirt on my clothes, and pretended that nothing had happened just now.
Xu Qirong feels that her biggest problem at present is that she is too young, she is young, and she is a little lady, even if she has the heart to develop her own power, no one is willing to follow her. The only person who can use it with confidence is Mrs. Ye, although Mrs. Ye did not follow her, but the two have a cooperative relationship, Xu Qirong feels that if she needs Mrs. Ye's help with something, Mrs. Ye should not refuse.
It's just that Mrs. Ye, who is not yet in good shape and is being watched by Ye Lin every step of the way, is just a weak woman, what can she help her in the matter of Master Xu Si?
Thinking about it like this, Xu Qirong was a little deflated and a little annoyed.
Back at Fengbo Building, Qiu Nong and Yu Xia were cutting a few water chestnuts with scissors, and when they saw Xu Qirong coming back, Qiu Nong hurriedly smiled and greeted him, saying, "Where did the girl go?" Let the maid be easy to find. Just now, there was news from the concierge that the young master sent a basket of water chestnuts, which was the best water red ling. Do you want to eat two of them? ”
Xu Qirong took the towel handed over by Qiu Nong and wiped his hands, and was stunned for a moment before asking, "Young Master Cousin?" Which table young master. ”
Qiu Nong hurriedly said: "It's the second cousin young master of the Shen family!" ”
Xu Qirong suddenly realized, and then rejoiced: "Cousin Crane? Just ask someone to send water chestnuts? But what letters? Haven't you already moved to Jinju, where did this Shui Hongling come from! ”
Water red water is an early maturing species, Qingming sowing, the beginning of autumn began to harvest tender ling, the summer, frost harvest old ling, water is sufficient, the taste is relatively sweet, suitable for raw food. But the little lady has a delicate spleen and stomach, and it is not good to eat too much. Therefore, Qiu Nong and Yu Xia divided a basket of water Hongling into several parts, and sent them to Pingqiu Courtyard, Lanzhi Courtyard and Fenghe Courtyard respectively, who knew that Shen He had a rare and thoughtful affair, and the person in the concierge just now did not make it clear, and sent it to the courtyard, and the two of them knew that Pingqiu Courtyard, Lanzhi Courtyard and Fenghe Courtyard all had a basket, so they had to move back again. The two discussed cutting off the shell and taking out the flesh to cook porridge or make pastries.
Listening to his own girl's question, Qiu Nong hurriedly said: "The second cousin young master went back to his hometown in Yangzhou, thinking that it was the season to pick red lings, so he personally went to Suzhou to buy a few baskets of good ones. The second cousin young master was impatient to write a letter, so he simply asked people to bring a message, saying that they had not met for many years, and a few thin pieces of letter paper were afraid that they would not be enough to write, and after a few days, when he arrived in Xijing City, he would have a good talk with the girl and the second lady. ”
"Cousin Crane is coming to Xijing City?" Xu Qirong was a little excited, "In the early years, Cousin He was thinking about coming to the capital to study, but he finally came and entered the school. Are you coming to the capital again now, Cousin Crane asked people to talk, did you say when it will arrive? Also, what did he do when he came to the capital this time? Or reading? ”
Qiu Nong smiled: "The girl is too anxious, and the second cousin young master is not a careful person, except for what the maid said just now, there is nothing else." Girl, wait patiently, the second cousin said that it will be a few days, and it is estimated that it will not be too long, and when the second cousin arrives, the girl can ask whatever she wants. ”
"Yes, yes." Xu Qirong nodded and said with a smile, "It's because I'm too anxious." If only Cousin Hui and Cousin Ru could come. I don't know what Cousin Bin and Cousin Li look like now. ”
Qiu Nong and Yu Xia followed Le, Xu Qirong walked in the direction of the oil lamp, Yu Xia's eyes were sharp, he suddenly put down the scissors in his hand, got up and walked a few steps towards Xu Qirong, reached out and pinched the hem of Xu Qirong's clothes, a little surprised and worried: "How did the mud on the girl's clothes come from?" Did the girl wrestle? ”
Xu Qirong was willing to admit it, but said: "No, I just walked around the garden, I should have accidentally rubbed it on at some point." ”
So, Yu Xia and Qiu Nong were busy waiting for Xu Qirong to change clothes.
However, when Yu Xia lifted the dirt on the hem of his clothes, Xu Qirong immediately thought of his entanglement this afternoon and the restlessness after the entanglement, and sighed secretly, and the joy in his heart that arose because Shen He was coming to Xijing City was also diluted a little.
On the second day, Xu Qirong decided to go out, and only mentioned it to Princess Pingtai, saying that he saw a bracelet in the style of Fanbang in Zhu Yuge last time, and felt that the jade on it was not good enough, so he didn't buy it. I didn't know that after returning home, I thought about it more and more, so I planned to go and see if it was still there. Princess Pingtai was upset about Xu Qijin's affairs, and she didn't think much about it, so she agreed directly, just asking Xu Qirong to take green dyeing.
The green dye was bought by Mama Gui from the Jiaosifang, and she was much older than Qiu Nong and Yu Xia, and it was naturally very reliable to have her by Xu Qirong's side.
Yu Xia is not a person who likes to go out much, so Xu Qirong brought Qiu Nong and green dyeing.
This time I didn't look for my sister together, and now Xu Qijin is on the cusp, and it is still subtle to be able to not go out without going out.
After leaving Xu's mansion, the carriage went straight to Zhu Yuge, and asked the boss to take out the bracelet and look at it for a while, Xu Qirong shook his head: "This jade is still not good." ”
The boss is a person who can do business, seeing Xu Qirong's dress, he knows that this is a little lady from a rich family, hearing Xu Qirong say this, not only is he not annoyed, but he smiled sincerely: "Zhu Yuge's jade is like this, if Miss likes this chain, and can't look down on this jade, Miss might as well find a few pieces of jade she likes and bring it to Zhu Yuge, and let the craftsman use Miss's jade to make a few more bracelets with the same style as this one." ”
So Xu Qirong followed the boss's words and asked Qiu Nong: "The last time the senior executives came to report the matter, did they say that my sister's jade shop received a few pieces of good seeds?" ”
Qiu Nong was clever, although she didn't know about it, but as soon as she heard Xu Qirong say this, she knew that she had a plan. So he hurriedly said: "Yes, but the seed material is too small, so it can only be inlaid to make some jewelry." ”
So Xu Qirong said to Green Dye seriously: "Then let's go to my sister's jade shop and have a look." As he spoke, he didn't care what Green Dye reacted to, he directly said goodbye to the boss of Zhu Yuge and turned around and left.
She didn't care what Midori would think at all, she just had to give Princess Pingtai a reasonable reason! As a reason for the little lady to go to see her sister's dowry shop in person. (To be continued......)