Chapter Seventy-Eight: Determination
Fang Zijiao left from Rong Ruizhang, his heart still hanging.
When did Wei Xun offend Rong Ruizhang? Because of his sister? It's possible, but now Wei Xun is the brother-in-law of the Guogong Mansion, and that Second Master Rong is not a fool, but Rong Ruizhang asked him to take action to clean up Wei Xun?
"Hey."
Fang Zijiao sighed all the way, but before he left the house, he saw a young girl sitting on the side of the corridor with a fan to enjoy the flowers.
Fang Zijiao recognized her at a glance, isn't this the young lady Zhang Jiao who turned the Prime Minister's Mansion upside down a while ago, and made Rong Ruizhang unable to make a move.
He remembered that he had found out a while ago, this Zhang Jiao was not ambitious, and he was bold. It's a bit similar.
Thinking of this, Fang Zijiao coughed deliberately.
Zhang Jiaojiao's body trembled, and she hurriedly turned around, and saw Fang Zijiao: "Who are you?" β
"I'm scared Miss, it's Fang Zijiao below, who was invited by the Prime Minister to come to the door, I don't know that Miss is here. What a sin. Fang Zijiao hurriedly saluted, but he didn't notice the smug smile on Zhang Jiao's face.
"It turned out to be the future eldest brother-in-law." Zhang Jiao also returned the salute before saying, "Why is the eldest brother-in-law frowning, isn't there something unpleasant with the eldest brother?" β
"Of course not." Fang Zijiao raised his head and looked at this woman who couldn't hide the greed in her eyes, and was very satisfied in her heart. Since he can't take the Wei family's road, it is not impossible to take Zhang Jiao's road.
It is said that the Prime Minister's Mansion has a lot of wealth, hiding gold and silver mountains, he has also seen it, the last time the Prime Minister's Mansion held a flower-viewing banquet, it is indeed luxurious everywhere, and now the furnishings inside and outside the Prime Minister's Mansion are not vulgar things, although everyone says that Rong Ruizhang is worried about silver, in his opinion, it is purely that others have eyes and do not know the pearls, and the Prime Minister's Mansion must still have a thick foundation.
"What's wrong with the eldest brother-in-law?" Zhang Jiao asked again.
"Hey." Fang Zijiao sighed lightly and shook his head as if he didn't want to say more. Zhang Jiao also didn't ask more questions with interest, only secretly revealed that there was a girl ring by her side who would go outside every day to pick out some rouge gouache for her, and the two broke up like this.
Fang Zijiao proudly thought that he had grabbed Zhang Jiao's line, and he was in a much better mood when he left, but as soon as Zhang Jiao arrived at the corner, he sneered.
"It's really a pustule, and a little bait will be baited."
Zhang Jiao's eyes were raised, and when she returned to the house, she looked at the furnishings inside and outside the room, all of which were exquisite and elegant. In the future, she will live like this forever!
After thinking about it, Zhang Jiao went to the wardrobe again to pick out a luxurious brocade and put it on, and instructed Yahuan: "Let's go, let's go and ask my mother to go to say goodbye." β
"But the old lady didn't want to see you??"
"Can she disappear if she doesn't want to? The Queen Mother has let people pass the word, don't treat me lightly. Zhang Jiao couldn't hear the intention of the Queen Mother's words at all, and only listened to the superficial meaning, so she took chicken feathers and ran rampant in this prime minister's mansion in front of the arrow.
When Rong Ruizhang heard that Zhang Jiao went to the old lady again, he didn't say a word with a black face. Went straight out the door.
But when I got into the carriage out of the door, I felt uncomfortable anywhere, and after a closer look, I saw that the carriage had changed.
"What's wrong with the carriage?"
"Back to Xiangye, the previous carriage, the eldest lady asked for one, saying that it was for her to dowry, and the remaining two were accidentally damaged by the people in the stables a while ago, and the master who specializes in repairing this kind of carriage has recently left the capital. So I can't use it anymore, and now this carriage is what we used before. The little guy replied carefully.
Rong Ruizhang frowned, before? How long ago? Looking at the color of this wood, it must have been more than ten years ago.
Because he was often sent to do some drudgery outside the capital at that time, Wei Qingqing specially invited a master to customize three carriages for him according to the drawings she drawn.
The three carriages are very comfortable, not only have many dark compartments to put snacks and tea, but also the place to sit can be spread out into a small bed for temporary rest, and the space in the carriage also looks much larger than the ordinary carriage, using excellent yellow rosewood, low-key and gorgeous, at that time it also attracted the envy of many people, which is like this one now??
"Let's go."
Rong Ruizhang's face sank, he no longer thought about Wei Qingqing, and raised his hand to take a sip of warm tea, but found that there was no secret anymore.
His face sank, and he turned to the cage under his seat to get the odds of silver. only to find that the cage was also empty.
"How so?" Rong Ruizhang was stunned, in the past, whether it was this kind of carriage or Wei Qingqing's customized carriage, there would always be these scattered pieces of silver used to make some tea in the cage.
Wei Qingqing again??
Rong Ruizhang closed his eyes and leaned on the side of the carriage, but he was knocked on the head by the unstable carriage bumps, and the pain made him frown immediately.
The little guy outside hurriedly asked, "Xiangye, are you okay?" β
"It's fine!" Rong Ruizhang finished speaking angrily, only to gradually realize that all his proper comfort was arranged by Wei Qingqing.
How did he not find out before?
But he can't be blamed for this, such a trivial matter is her obligation to be a wife, and she is busy intriguing with those old foxes in the court, where is the time to pay attention to these?
It's all Wei Qingqing who is jealous, she can't tolerate his Aunt Wen, and he is not allowed to accept Liuli, but she is also stingy and cheesy, and she cares about a few dollars with her mother and eldest sister all day long, although she comes from a big family, she deals with the three sects and nine streams outside all day long, which makes him lose face.
Now, she dares to marry another man, wanting to take revenge on herself!
"Xiangye, it's time to Li Yushi's Mansion."
I don't know how long it took, there was a small voice outside, and Rong Ruizhang put away his thoughts and went to Li Yushi's mansion.
And Guo Qing quickly passed on the news that Rong Ruizhang had met Fang Zijiao to Wei Qingqing.
Wei Qingqing asked Wei Xun to come over in the afternoon.
Wei Xun is the first time to really see the luxury of the Guogong Mansion. When he entered the house, he first went to ask the Duchess for peace, and then he was led by someone to see Wei Qingqing.
"Big brother."
Wei Qingqing looked at him tensely, and called him with a light smile, Wei Xun slowly relaxed, and even laughed at himself: "I call myself a scholar, neither humble nor arrogant, but I didn't expect to bend my waist for power." β
"It's already very good that the eldest brother can be so calm, if someone else comes, I don't know how scared I will be when I see the momentum of the Duchess of the Kingdom." Wei Qingqing laughed, Wei Xun also relaxed, but in the bottom of his heart, he was more determined to be a master.
"What did my little sister call me for?" Wei Xun asked her.
Wei Qingqing greeted him and sat down in the open pavilion around him, and then let the subordinates retreat and mention the matter of Qiuqiu.
Wei Xun listened to it and frowned: "Little sister is worried that Rong Xiang will attack me?" β
"Hmm."
"He is a dignified man, he can't imagine such a small belly." Wei Xun sneered, but his eyes dimmed a little, he knew very well how easy it was for a dignified prime minister to cut off the path of a little scholar.
"This matter, he shouldn't dare to make a big deal at this time, he offended the prince, there are prince's people among the invigilators of the autumn exam this time, he won't take the risk himself." Wei Qingqing said.
Wei Xun paused and looked at Wei Qingqing: "Little sister means that he will instruct others to do it?" β
"Especially the person who is close to the eldest brother and he is easy to control." Wei Qingqing finished speaking. Wei Xun thought of Fang Zijiao, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head: "Although I am guarding against him, if he really wants to harm me, I am afraid that I will not be able to prevent it." β
"So I have an idea, and I don't know if my eldest brother wants to." Wei Qingqing looked at him and said with some hesitation.
Wei Xun roughly guessed Wei Qingqing's desire to speak and stopped: "In order to participate in the Autumn Festival, I have studied hard for so many years, and I will never give up because of a villain." β
Wei Qingqing was relieved when he heard that he was willing: "Second Master's eldest brother, Uncle Rong." He is also an open-minded and sensible person, and he has been injured recently and has not been able to go out, and I think that people will come to him from time to time to ask him about it, and his life will be better. β
Wei Xun didn't expect Rong Hai, he thought that Wei Qingqing would mention Rong Che.
But no matter what, he still nodded, and he found that this little girl's vision was far higher than that of himself, a man who often ran outside, and the four seasons brewed??
A few days ago, when Yang's account room sent a dividend of five hundred taels. was so frightened that his father almost jumped three feet high, if it weren't for Ge Lao coming forward to guarantee that the silver was fine, his father would not accept it.
"Okay, I'll go back and hand over a post to see Uncle Rong." Wei Xun said calmly.
Wei Qingqing saw that he was a person who could bend and stretch, and he was also a lot more relieved.
But unexpectedly, Wei Xun took the initiative to mention Mr. Yan.
"Among the women, the one who can make me look the other way, except for you, the little sister, is Mr. Yan." When Wei Xun mentioned Mr. Yan, his expression was obviously relaxed: "But Mr. seems to be sick for the past two days." Shut yourself in the room and don't see anyone and don't look at the doctor, little sister, you have a good relationship with your husband, if it's convenient for you, why don't you send someone to take a look. β
Wei Qingqing looked at Wei Xun, she naturally knew what was wrong with Mr. Yan, she was sad for Rong Hai, but this was their private matter, and it was inconvenient for her to tell Wei Xun.
"Sir is not a child anymore. Even though she is seven or eight years older than her eldest brother, if she is really unwell, she will definitely be measured. Wei Qingqing hinted at Wei Xun: "Big brother doesn't have to care too much. β
"Hmm."
Wei Xun didn't seem to care about the fact that Yan Ruan was seven or eight years older than him, and responded with a smile.
Seeing him like this, Wei Qingqing sighed secretly, and mentioned to him the Zhujia family again.
"How are you doing?"
"You want to ask Miss Zhu?" Wei Xun smiled lightly: "I heard that the Xu family seems to want to come to the Zhu family to propose marriage, but it's a pity Miss Zhu, then Xu Chang really can't get into the hall of elegance, and the scholar Zhu seems to be worried about this matter." β
said. Wei Xun also reminded Wei Qingqing: "But this is the housework of the Zhu Mansion and the Xu family, we have no position to say anything, Miss Zhu is protected by her parents, and even if she marries the Xu Mansion in the end, she will not suffer too much." β
Wei Qingqing looked at Wei Xun, who was seriously analyzing with herself, and sighed in her heart, you elm head, you are about to write Miss Zhu's thoughts on your face, you haven't seen it yet?
"Big brother, what do you think of Miss Zhu?"
After thinking about it, Wei Qingqing still asked him.
Wei Xun is not stupid, seeing that Wei Qingqing asked so seriously, he guessed at once: "She is a good woman who is knowledgeable." β
"Last time, Mrs. Zhu came to send makeup, and she admired you very much during her conversation." Wei Qingqing said.
Wei Xun looked at Wei Qingqing's eyes a little deeper, and then looked away at him and said, "It's not too early, I still have an article to finish." β
Wei Qingqing knew that he was still a little stubborn in his heart, and after thinking about it, he didn't mention it again, maybe the twisted melon was not sweet.
When sending Wei Xun away, Wei Xun stopped, looked at her deeply and said: "Once my father and mother had a good relationship, Qin Se and Ming, husband and wife are harmonious, little sister, do you know, I have longed for this kind of life since I was a child." β
Wei Qingqing smiled: "Big brother doesn't have to force yourself. After all, life is for you to live by yourself, and none of us can replace you. β
Wei Xun saw that she could understand, so he smiled and went back.
When Wei Xun left, Wei Qingqing sighed lightly and said to Lan Sheng on the side: "Find a chance, please come and sit in the house." Since the eldest brother didn't have the slightest intention of marrying her, she thought it would be better to tell her earlier, so as not to delay her.
But as soon as Wei Qingqing turned around, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure quickly burrowing into the bushes on one side.
Lan Zhi also saw it and smiled disdainfully: "It's the second room again." β
"Do you see clearly, who is next to you?" Wei Qingqing walked towards the Autumn Courtyard.
Lan Zhi thought for a while and said, "It seems that I have seen it next to the second lady, could it be that the second lady is still not giving up, and she still wants to toss something?" β
"She can share this heart, and she won't even be unable to look down on the daughter under her nose." Wei Qingqing suspected that the person was not Tao's person at all, but who arranged the eyeliner by her side.
Who is it? Old lady or Rong Minghuo?
Or is it the man of the big house?
"Then the slave is going to check?" Lan Zhi asked.
"Hmm. Be careful, don't let people find out, there are many capable people in this mansion who hide dragons and crouching tigers. Wei Qingqing reminded.
Lan Zhi understood and left quickly.
Soon, Rong Hai agreed to Wei Xun's request, and directly moved with him to a courtyard in Yuqian Lane, saying that he would take him to concentrate on studying, and there was no need to go back to Wei Mansion during the period.
This caught Fang Zijiao off guard, and he squatted outside the courtyard for several days. After making sure that this courtyard was really an iron bucket and couldn't see Wei Xun, he finally went to find Rong Ruizhang in frustration, but he thought that with Rong Ruizhang's temper, he would have to threaten him, but he didn't expect Rong Ruizhang to just receive him very calmly, and discussed with him the marriage date with Rong Jinning, as well as the dowry.
Rong Ruizhang opened his mouth to ask for a dowry of 100,000 taels, which Fang Zijiao did not expect. In his opinion, Rong Ruizhang was embarrassed to ask for a dowry for a broken shoe from a second marriage, but he didn't expect that he would be 100,000 yuan as soon as he opened his mouth.
"What, Zijiao feels embarrassed?" Rong Ruizhang asked him.
"No, it's just that the business turnover has been difficult recently, and I'm afraid I can't take out 100,000 cash at once??"
"I'm sure you'll have a way." Rong Ruizhang smiled coldly: "When you marry your sister, I will arrange a position as an imperial merchant for you, and you will have as much silver as you want, as long as you have this ability." β
Fang Zijiao didn't want any imperial merchant position, dealing with a group of old foxes, even if he earned ten percent, he could not get more than thirty percent of the imperial businessman.
But refusal can't be refused, Rong Ruizhang sent him out as soon as he raised his hand.
The more Fang Zijiao walked, the tighter his chest became and his shortness of breath became, and when he returned to his temporary place, after thinking about it, he still couldn't swallow it completely, so he immediately sent someone to find Zhang Jiao, the girl who had to come out every day to pick up rouge gouache.
And at this time, the Guogong Mansion finally welcomed back the Guogong who had been outside.
Wei Qingqing changed the new clothes of the embroidery girl sent by Rong Che a few days ago early. Although she chooses extremely plain colors, this embroidery girl has her own ideas, and the clothes she makes are not only the most fashionable in the capital, but also decorated with pearls or heavy color patterns on the plain clothes, so that Wei Qingqing, who is wearing this clothes, is only more prominent.
Mrs. Guo was very satisfied, and it was not until she said that Grandpa Guo had entered the mansion that Mrs. Guo restrained the smile on her face, got up and greeted her with a serious and cold expression.
"Miss, do you remember the second room girl we saw a few days ago who overheard you talking to the eldest son?"
Lan Zhi ran over from the side path and whispered beside Wei Qingqing.
Wei Qingqing walked forward with the crowd and glanced at Lan Zhi, who then continued: "The slave maid originally thought that person was the old lady's person, but she didn't expect that it was actually from the big house, and it was very likely that it belonged to the grandfather of the country. β
Wei Qingqing looked at the middle-aged man who was already smiling not far in front of her, her eyebrows moved slightly, she didn't expect that it would be this legendary idle grandfather?
Mrs. Guo led the people in the second room of the big house to come forward and salute, and Rong Minghuo naturally stepped forward to meet the half-brother, and congratulated him by the way: "The eldest brother has married a good daughter-in-law this time, congratulations." β
Duchess Guo glanced at Rong Minghuo coldly, but Grandpa Guo patted Rong Minghuo's shoulder with relief like a silly white sweet: "Second brother, you came to greet me in person, our brothers haven't drunk together for a long time, let's go, go drink two altars!" β
After speaking, he didn't care about the Duchess of the country. didn't look at Wei Qingqing, the new daughter-in-law who entered the door, so she pulled Rong Minghuo away, and didn't forget to ask the Duchess to prepare some snacks.
The Duchess was so angry that she didn't speak, but Mama Cao came over to persuade her a few words, and then asked her to go to the kitchen to prepare with a cold face.
The Tao in the second room was not there, and the others naturally dispersed quickly.
Luluo has been observing Wei Qingqing, and seeing her somewhat puzzled appearance, she stepped forward and said: "The relationship between our grandfather and the second master has always been very good, and the eldest master has been helping the second master all these years. β
Wei Qingqing looked at the pothos meaningfully, since this is the case, why is the second room still so aggressive towards the big house?
Lu Luo's voice was a little softer, and said: "A few years ago, Grandpa Guo kept proposing to give up the position of Grandpa Guo to the second master, but our lady has never let go. β
It turned out that the old man ran to be a good man by himself, and his wife and children suffered all the crimes.
But if it weren't for Lan Zhi saying that Grandpa Guo had installed someone in the second room, Wei Qingqing would really believe that his father-in-law was a stupid white sweet, but what was the secret in this?
Wei Qingqing was thinking that this mansion was a puddle of muddy water, and he didn't plan to go there. Then I saw someone come to pass it on: "Grandpa Guo invites the young lady and the second master to meet in the study later." β
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