Although He Chengyang arrived in Jiangnan in a hurry, it took a lot of time to bring people to Beijing than to deliver a letter.

At the end of March, Gu Qingwan's Guanyin map had been roughly embroidered, but the house had begun to prepare it more than ten days earlier. Old Madam Gu's birthday is on the second day of the fourth month, and the eldest lady has always sought stability in her work, so she naturally arranged everything before that.

Even if she had to go all the way to Jiangnan to invite someone from the Jiang family to Beijing, Gu Qingwan was not flustered in her heart. No matter how anxious the Cao family and the Xiao Sun family are, this family matter will not be discussed until at least after the 60th birthday of the old lady Gu, and she will wait to see how the Cao family and the Xiao Sun family sing a good show.

However, Aunt Cao has been moving more and more closely with Xiao Sun's family recently, and almost every other day she went to Xiao Sun's Jinhui Hall to talk with her, Gu Qingwan learned that the Cao family had actually bought a house near the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion, but it was no wonder that Cao Di was able to rush to the Gu family's home school every day.

mentioned Aunt Cao and Cao Di, but Gu Qingwan was disgusted. She was still hesitant to make a big deal about it, but Aunt Cao came to the mansion, and five out of ten times she specially found someone to invite her to talk in Jinhuitang, because she was occasionally pulled by Gu Qingyan to visit the garden, and she could meet Cao Di by coincidence.

If Aunt Cao and Cao Di were half-pushed and half-done before, their attitude is probably very positive now, and after coming and going like this a few times, the little hesitation in Gu Qingwan's heart has also been consumed.

Gu Qingwan embroidered the Guanyin diagram, and remembered the old purse that Gu Cunke gave her last time, thinking that there was nothing to do, so she chose a thick material with a dull color and embroidered the purse again. She had already started it, and it was completed in less than three days, and she only needed to embroider the stitches more densely.

After taking a nap, Gui Ye talked back and forth, saying that Gu Cunke had sent someone to come to Yuanxiang Pavilion to say a few words later, and at this time, I was afraid that everyone had already arrived outside the second gate.

Gu Qingwan thought about it, and then sent Taozhi to send the Guanyin diagram she had made earlier to the embroidery room for Huang Xiuniang to take a look. Huang Xiuniang's temperament is very strict, Gu Qingwan is trying her hand for the first time, and it is inevitable that she will be found out of many faults. Taozhi was reluctant at first, but seeing that Gu Qingwan had made up her mind, she went out aggrieved.

When I met Hongjin and Biliu who came back from fetching hot water from the big kitchen, they naturally lost their temper for some reason.

Hongjin and Biliu were no longer as afraid of the peach branch as they were at the beginning, and the two walked past the peach branch with low eyebrows, but the peach branch evil fire had nowhere to go, so they could only stomp their feet hatefully and slammed out of the Yuanxiang Pavilion.

Gu Qingwan finished mending the stitches, Gu Cunke entered the Yuanxiang Pavilion, and the laurel leaves withdrew from the tea and went to guard outside the curtain. Gu Qingwan took the newly made purse and compared it with Gu Cunke: "The color also matches the clothes you wear on weekdays, I only made it a few days ago, you can wear it and play with it." ”

Gu Cunke laughed, and hurriedly took it over and replaced the one he was wearing, but took out a silver ticket of fifty taels from his purse.

"Oh, you can take the silver ticket in your purse as well. Some time ago, the old lady made up for me. The second lady felt embarrassed, and sent someone to send me some subsidies according to the number of old ladies. I don't spend much money in the inner house, and as long as my second aunt takes me over and walks around, the old lady's subsidy is also indispensable. It's that you're walking outside, and it's hard to get things done when you're strapped for money. ”

Gu Cunke saw that Gu Qingwan said it so lightly, but he was angry and funny: "What if I don't accept it?" ”

Gu Qingwan glanced at Gu Cunke: "Then you return it to me with your purse." ”

looked at Gu Qingwan with a stunned expression for a long time, Gu Cunke finally compromised, and said: "I accepted it this time, but my sister is also short of money, can the house really be without my share?" ”

Gu Qingwan felt that Gu Cunke's words were a little familiar, and suddenly remembered that the last time she recalled that Cunke secretly asked Guiye to send flowers to her, she just said the same thing, and couldn't help laughing.

"You take it first, you came to tell me about the Jiang family's side today." Gu Qingwan saw that Gu Cunke still wanted to entangle in the matter of silver, so she quickly changed the topic.

Gu Cunke nodded: "The people of the Jiang family have already entered Beijing, and it is the uncle and aunt of the Jiang girl who came. Although the Jiang family and the Cao family have withdrawn, the Jiang family's "official introduction" is still in the hands of the Cao family, so the Cao family is also forcibly involved in the Jiang family's business, and every year they have to share a lot of dividends from the Jiang family. ”

Gu Qingwan, who heard the news, was a little surprised, in order to adapt to this dynasty, she had read a lot of laws and historical records, and naturally knew what the "official citation" in Gu Cunke's mouth was about.

After Emperor Taizu Zheng Qiao first ascended the throne, he issued a ban on the sea, strictly prohibiting merchant ships from going to sea to trade. It was not until the first emperor succeeded to the throne that the conditions were relaxed, and merchants could legally go to sea to communicate with each other only after they obtained the "official introduction" of the imperial court.

Although some people made a fortune by going to sea and made a lot of money, there are also many more people who died at sea. Even so, there are still many people who feel that wealth is in danger.

Even if the conditions for going to sea are relaxed, this "official introduction" is more monks and less meat. Although the imperial court always recognized only the "official introduction" and did not recognize the person when the merchant ships went to sea, those who received the "official introduction" still had to ascend the throne in the yamen to prevent the "official introduction" from being resold at a high price.

Gu Qingwan remembered that the selection of the "official introduction" was changed once every three years, and if the Jiang family's "official introduction" was detained in the hands of the Cao family, the Jiang family's merchant ships would not be able to go to sea during the three years that the "official introduction" was in effect. Whether you can receive the "official citation" again in the coming year is still two words.

I don't know how long the Cao family's "official introduction" has been in the hands of the Cao family.

Gu Cunke seemed to know what Gu Qingwan was thinking, and then said: "There is still one year before the 'official introduction' in the hands of the Jiang family is about to reach the deadline, I heard that the Jiang family is already ready to go to sea, but the Cao family has been holding on to the 'official introduction' for a long time, and they still want to make a sum of money in the future." The Cao family asked for too much money, and the Jiang family naturally refused, so the second uncle sent someone to the Jiang family for a trip, and the Jiang family came to Beijing happily. ”

Gu Qingwan's mind turned, and she knew that He Chengyang must have promised the Jiang family benefits, and the Jiang family had probably been oppressed by the Cao family for a long time, so she thought about taking the opportunity to take a bad breath.

"My aunt said that this matter should be resolved as soon as possible, if we wait for the Cao family to propose marriage, it will be bad for us to make a fuss." Gu Cunke saw that Gu Qingwan didn't speak, so he added a sentence later.

What's not just a disadvantage?

If you wait for the Cao family to come and ask the family to propose, and then let the Jiang family shake out Cao Di's "not lifting" thing, it would be like the He family deliberately wanted to fix the face of the Marquis of Yuanfu and Old Madam Gu. It's just that Mrs. Gu's sixtieth birthday will be a few days later, and before that, although Mrs. Gu didn't say it, she would inevitably be angry in her heart afterwards.

The most critical step is to choose a good time∠ After all, the Cao family did not openly say that they wanted to marry the three girls of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, so the He family sent someone to find out the affairs of the Cao family in Jiangnan and the Jiang family, and the ladies of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion would only feel that the He family's hand was stretched too long.

Gu Qingwan thought about it, but she only thought of one candidate, so she whispered in Gu Cunke's ear for a long time.

Gu Cunke listened carefully for a while, and then wondered: "Is this all right?" ”

"It's too much, when it comes to speculating about the old lady's thoughts, no one can match her." Gu Qingwan whispered, and then said, "If you think it's inappropriate, you might as well mention it to your second aunt again." ”

Gu Cunke nodded, and the two talked for a while, and then he got up and walked out of Yuanxiang Pavilion.

The next day, Mrs. Jinxiang Hou took a plainly dressed woman into the Zhenguo Mansion, and at that time, Gu Qingshu, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhenguo Mansion, had been pregnant for more than five months and was already pregnant.

The young woman saluted Gu Qingshu, and stood aside obediently, without speaking, with a low eyebrow and a pleasing look.

Mrs. Jinxiang Hou said: "Sister Gu, this is the Liu family I mentioned to you yesterday, who only arrived in Beijing from Luzhou a few days ago. Her husband's family is a merchant at sea, and I took all the materials and things you valued yesterday from her. I heard that my sister wanted to see it today, but she brought a lot of fresh ones, and I was dazzled. ”

Gu Qingshu had a trace of interest, she had been dating Mrs. Jinxiang Hou for a long time, so she naturally trusted, so she sent someone to pick some of the things that the Liu family had brought. In a few days, it will be Mrs. Gu's sixtieth birthday, although Gu Qingshu has prepared a lot of valuable things, but she thinks it is too ordinary, and she wants to find some to add.

Yesterday, Mrs. Jinxiang Hou came to talk to her, and brought a lot of new things to show her, saying that she came from the sea. Gu Qingshu thought that she could add some fun to Mrs. Gu, so she asked Mrs. Jinxiang Hou to bring this Liu family to the mansion today.

"Madame entered Beijing this time, but she wants to settle down in Beijing?" When the maids and daughters-in-law went to pass the word, Gu Qingshu asked as if unintentionally.

This Liu family did not have the previous timidity: "Mrs. Hui, my husband's family opened a silk and satin Zhuangzi in Luzhou, and over the years he has also sold some materials transported back from the sea, and now he wants to open the shop in Beijing." She was a little embarrassed, "These gadgets were brought back from the sea by the way, so that I could show my face in front of the ladies of the provinces." ”

Gu Qingshu nodded, she originally thought that the Liu family was so attentive to Mrs. Jinxiang Hou and her, she must have some intentions.

"The women in our inner house are not easy to manage outside." Gu Qingshu reminded lightly, glanced at the brocades that had been moved in one after another, and then answered, "Although these materials are a little rough, the colors and patterns are very interesting." ”

Liu was a very sensible person, so he smiled and said: "If Madame uses the materials of our silk village, it is our blessing, and others naturally dare not ask for more." ”

Gu Qingshu nodded with satisfaction, looked at some materials at random, and then moved on to other things that were brought in with him.

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