At the end of November, a heavy snowfall fell. Lin'an is located in the southeast, and the weather with heavy snow is actually rare. There are only two small snowfalls at the beginning and end of the year, and it is considered the deepest time of winter. But this year's bizarre snowfall, intermittent for two days and two nights, when the snow is blue, the entire Lin'an City has been wrapped in thick snow, just like the mythical world.

Naturally, there is an auspicious sound of good news in the court, after all, such a big snow has been rare in recent years, Zhao Gou and a group of courtiers are busy enjoying the snow, but they forget that such a big snow actually means that the weather is cold this year, and the life of the common people is not very easy. But fortunately, the court has been very quiet recently, and the officials have been rumored to be the crown prince in private. The emperor seems to be in good health recently, and I heard that a hermit has offered immortal medicine, which is of great benefit to the emperor's body. It is said that the Yellow Men of the Inner Servant Province have selected more than a dozen beauties to be called, and they are all white and fat, with big buttocks. As the saying goes, a woman with a big butt can give birth, and people can see it at a glance that this is prepared for the emperor to have an heir. So there was news that the emperor's unspeakable secret was likely to be cured, and it was natural to understand why there was no movement on the matter of the crown prince.

Fang Zi'an stayed at home studying and living idle during this time, and his life was peaceful. Except for Shi Hao at the end of the month, when he came to visit, he told him that his plan had worked, the emperor began to take the medicine for treatment, and the queen mother and Qin Hui also died down. Qin Hui no longer frequently goes to the palace to see the Queen Mother, and even Zhao Zhuo, the king of Enping County, rarely goes to the Qin Mansion and the Queen Mother's Palace, which means that things have worked.

Shi Hao told Fang Zi'an that the prince was very happy, praised Fang Zi'an, and brought a message to ask Fang Zi'an to study hard and prepare for the Spring Festival, which will be useful in the future.

Fang Zi'an was naturally happy to hear the news, and the strategy worked, which alleviated the danger caused by the impeachment of the king of Pu'an without strategy last time, and delayed the time for the establishment of the crown prince. However, this matter is far from over, because Fang Zi'an knows that Zhao Gou will not have an heir, and the matter of establishing a prince will be mentioned again sooner or later, but it is just postponed, but everything is not all right. When Zhao Gou truly understood that his own unspeakable disease was actually incurable, it was imperative to establish a prince. At that time, there will be a fierce struggle and fighting.

Shi Hao invited Fang Zi'an to drink in his mansion again, but Fang Zi'an politely refused on the grounds that he wanted to study seriously for the exam. Shi Hao didn't want to insist on this reason. Fang Zi'an inquired a few words about Shi Ningyue's situation from the side, and learned that Shi Ningyue was doing everything as usual, living a peaceful life, and there was no abnormal behavior. It seems that she is thinking too much, Shi Ningyue's feelings for herself may really be just a girl's nostalgia for spring, it is the budding of youth, and it does not last long. After he rejected her, the matter came to an end. Maybe his fate with Shi Ningyue will only end here, although Shi Ningyue's shadow still appears in his heart from time to time, as well as her affectionate poems, but all this will eventually turn into smoke.

After the heavy snow fell, the entire Lin'an City seemed to be frozen by ice and snow, and people's lives were much slower. The weather was extremely cold, and the people were reluctant to go out and suffer except for necessary activities. The entire Lin'an City suddenly entered the New Year mode ahead of schedule.

After entering December, Fang Zi'an became more and more worried about the voyage of the Dream. According to the calculation of the day, the Dream is about to start its return, and that is the most difficult part of the voyage. They will have to brave the fierce cold monsoon winds of winter, which is extremely dangerous and difficult. Fang Zi'an deliberately took the time to go to Wanjia Village, in addition to condolences to Wan Dahai's wife and the women and children left at home, and sent some silver clothes, food and other things, so that they could survive the winter safely, but also to see the sea conditions.

Fang Zi'an invited a captain to take him out to sea on a fishing boat, and after going to sea for less than two or three miles, Fang Zi'an experienced how cruel and fierce the cold wind on the sea was. It was the cold winter season, and the north was roaring from the sea, and the waves were so strong that they almost overturned the small fishing boat. The boatman said that this was only on the surface of the sea, not too far from the shore, and that few people would survive the cold waves on the unsheltered sea, and that there were winter storms, hail and icy rain.

After experiencing it firsthand, coupled with listening to what the boatman said, Fang Zi'an became more and more depressed and worried. He doesn't care if he can make a lot of money on this trip to the sea now, he just hopes that Wan Dahai and them can return safely. It's a pity that he can't communicate it, otherwise, he will let Wan Dahai and them wait for the southeast monsoon to rise and come back, and they can't take such a big risk. If Wan Dahai and others were buried in the sea because of his greed, Fang Zi'an would never forgive himself.

Worries are worries, but for now we can only wait. Besides, Fang Zi'an himself also has important things to do. The eighteenth day of the lunar month is the wedding day of Chunni, many things need to be done, Fang Zi'an himself is ignorant, fortunately, Qin Xiqing is very active, and on the eighth day of the lunar month, he specially moved from Qingyuan to Fang Zi'an's house to live, and also handled the marriage for Fang Zi'an by the way.

Fang Zi'an actually didn't want to be too grand, but Qin Xiqing believes that a woman's marriage is the biggest event in her life, and she must not be sloppy. So she began to buy and decorate a new house, and she was more concerned than her own marriage. Fang Zi'an persuaded her several times, but to no avail, so he simply let her go. Qin Xiqing took advantage of this Chunni entry to renovate Fang Zi'an's house again, adding a lot of things, and the silver was as stingy as if it were a waste. Not to mention anything else, two carriages were added to the carriage alone, plus three green mules and three horses. Since the Great Song Dynasty was driven to the south of the Yangtze River by the Jin people, it lost the land of horse grazing in the north, which made the Great Song Dynasty, which was already short of horses, even worse. Carts were basically drawn mainly by oxen and mules, because the price of horses was too expensive. The price of an ordinary horse is as high as 800 taels, which is really prohibitive. Qin Xiqing spent more than 5,000 taels of silver just to purchase a mule and horse cart. The magnanimity of the shot can be seen.

Not to mention that in order to make Fang Zi'an's old mansion more livable and make the space for activities larger, Qin Xiqing has begun to plan to build a small building in the back garden to expand the living space. For the sake of safety, a plan was put forward to rebuild the outer wall. Each of these costs a fortune.

Although Fang Zi'an didn't want to spend Qin Xiqing's silver, he also understood that it was he who expressed his idea that he didn't want to eat soft rice and spend Qin Xiqing's silver, so Qin Xiqing would use the silver to spend on the construction of the house and clothing, food, housing and transportation. Her reasons are very good, she said that she also wants to come to live often, all of this is for herself, not for Fang Zi'an, so please don't worry about Fang Zi'an.

Fang Zi'an had no choice but to let her toss. However, Fang Zi'an's mood has also changed, his relationship with Qin Xiqing is already very close, and he no longer has to hold on to those dead rules and regulations, and think about some things for his self-esteem and face. If the division is too clear, it will make Qin Xiqing feel that he is divided, and he will feel disgusted.

Suddenly, ten days passed, and the eighteenth day of the lunar month arrived, Fang Zi'an rode a tall horse with a carriage to marry Chunni from Sanyuanfang. Although Lao Zhangtou lost his good businessman, he was also happy that his daughter could finally marry Fang Zi'an and have a good home. Especially after seeing the grandeur of Fang Zi'an's new house and the pomp of one or twenty servants and maids in the family, I was even more happy. Although her daughter's marriage to Fang Zi'an is a side room identity, Fang Zi'an did give Chunni enough face, and it took a lot of money from hiring to getting married, which was completely a serious marriage, which also made Lao Zhangtou feel extremely comforted.

Although there are not many guests, there are also a few tables of banquets. After all, it's a concubine, and you can't scatter any wedding cards or anything in a big way. Not many people actually know.

In the evening, after seeing off the guests, when Fang Zi'an was sitting in the hall talking to Qin Xiqing before entering the cave room, Lao Huang came to report with a big long gift box and a delicate brocade box, saying that someone had sent a courtesy, saying that he would congratulate Fang Gongzi on taking a concubine, but he refused to leave his name.

Fang Zi'an was a little suspicious, for fear that something was boring, worried that someone was making trouble, so he cautiously opened the long gift box, but found that there was a scroll in the gift box. After opening the scroll, Fang Zi'an was stunned, he knew who had sent it as a gift. That painting was the one I studied with Shi Ningyue in the back house of the Shi family that day. When I opened the brocade box again, it was a golden hairpin in the shape of daffodil petals with exquisite workmanship, which was extremely valuable.

"Who? Such a valuable gift. Qin Xiqing said in surprise.

Fang Zi'an pointed to the payment on the painting, Qin Xiqing suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be her." Miss Ning Yue really has a heart, remembering the days when you took a concubine. Take a look at the painting to see if it's wet. ”

Fang Zi'an smiled: "What do you mean? ”

Qin Xiqing said: "I'm afraid it's a gift with tears." ”

Fang Zi'an smiled bitterly and was speechless, and immediately wrote a note of thanks and asked Lao Huang to send it to the Shi family.

Qin Xiqing didn't want to stay here tonight, and after talking for a while, he got up and said goodbye and returned to Qingyuan, Fang Zi'an was worried that Qin Xiqing would feel uncomfortable, so he pulled her and said some sorry words, Qin Xiqing didn't care at all, but comforted Fang Zi'an not to care, don't have any other thoughts to affect her mood on the day of the big day. After getting in the car, she specially told Zi'an to be kind to Chunni, saying that she wouldn't come here during this time, so as not to disturb their newlywed life. Fang Zi'an nodded again and again, and after seeing Qin Xiqing leave, he couldn't help but sigh guilty for a long time, and then slowly walked to the new house in the back house.

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