In fact, in addition to being busy acquiring the fertile land outside Xiangyang City these days, Qin Yue also had to keep an eye on the progress of the lame man who had blocked the road to the patrol and reported Niu Feng.

Qin Yue naturally already knew the news that the imperial history had come to Xiangyang City, so he sent people to pay close attention to the situation of the county government while looking at the fields.

At noon, a small town outside the city of Xiangyang.

In a private room facing the street on the second floor of the town's restaurant, Qin Yue supported her chin with one hand, sitting in front of the window and staring at the winding Han River in the distance.

"Miss, the meal is ready." After a while, Xiaolan came to Qin Yue's side and whispered.

"I don't have an appetite, you eat first." Qin Yue came back to her senses and stretched lazily.

"Miss, since Yang Gongzi wants to see you, then it is better for you to go and meet him, and make it clear to him in person and make things clear, so as not to be troubled by this matter in the future." Xiao Lan's eyes flashed when she heard this, and she persuaded in a low voice.

It turned out that Yang Renxiao sent someone to send a letter to Qin Yue yesterday, asking her to meet her in the temple outside the city in two days, which made Qin Yue fall into endless distress.

According to common sense, since Qin Yue is already engaged to Li Hongyu, she should not meet other men in private, but Qin Yue met Yang Renxiao when she followed Qin De to Yang's house for an "interview" before.

Yang Renxiao fell in love with Qin Yue at first sight, and privately gave a family heirloom jade bracelet to Qin Yue, this jade bracelet has always belonged to the daughter-in-law of the Yang family, and it has been passed down from generation to generation, which means that Yang Renxiao has identified the identity of Qin Yue's wife.

In addition to taking care of Li Hongyu, who was beaten on the board, Qin Yue came to Xiangyang City this time to take care of another secret thing, that is, to return the jade bracelet to Yang Renxiao, after all, it is impossible for her to become the daughter-in-law of the Yang family, so naturally she can't ask for this jade bracelet.

It's just that Qin Yue hasn't had a chance to return the jade bracelet since she came to Xiangyang City, and this time Yang Renxiao took the initiative to ask her, in her opinion, it was the best time to return the jade bracelet.

However, Qin Yue was a little hesitant about whether to go and return the jade bracelet to Yang Renxiao in person, after all, she was already engaged, how could she meet other men privately?

But if she didn't explain the matter clearly to Yang Renxiao, Qin Yue was worried that Yang Renxiao would not give up on pestering her, and in that case she would definitely cause a lot of rumors.

"Alas, you're right, there's no escaping it." After listening to Xiaolan's persuasion, Qin Yueliu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and then sighed helplessly, she had nothing to do now, she could only explain the matter clearly to Yang Renxiao.

To be honest, after the family affair with Yang Renxiao was canceled, Qin Yue didn't expect that she would have any more entanglements with Yang Renxiao, after all, she was in Baihe Town and Yang Renxiao was in Xiangyang City, so it was difficult to have a chance to meet.

Who would have thought that Li Hongyu would shine in the children's exam, from Jiangkou County to Xiangyang City, and was framed by Niu Feng and beaten 30 boards, so that she had to follow the instructions of the old lady to come to Xiangyang City to take care of Li Hongyu, and then met Yang Renxiao.

Perhaps, just like her marriage to Li Hongyu, it is also the providence of heaven that she sees Yang Renxiao again.

"Miss, although the third prince is the head of our Xiangyang Mansion's children's test, but our Huguang only takes eighty-five people in each township test, how easy it is to win, in case the third prince does not play well and fails to be nominated for the laurel list, the fixed money for us to buy those fields will be wasted, this is not a small amount."

During the meal, Xiaolan gave Qin Yue a chopstick dish, and then looked at Qin Yue worriedly and said, "Even if Miss spends money to buy those fields, the annual land endowment is a lot of money, and it is really worth the loss to deal with those greedy servants in the yamen." ”

It turned out that although Qin Yue had selected some fields these days, she didn't buy them, she just paid a deposit, and she would pay the final fee after Li Hongyu was promoted.

This is not to say that Qin Yue has no money, after Li Hongyu took the Jiangkou County Examination, Qin Yue, who bet on Li Hongyu on the gambling plate, received a return of 10,000 taels of silver, plus her private money, which was enough to buy the land she fancied.

However, Qin Yue is only Li Hongyu's fiancée, not Li Hongyu's wife, and it would be unreasonable for her to give these fields directly to Li Hongyu, so she can't do this.

According to Qin Yue's plan, she booked those fields first, and then asked the Zhao family to pay the tail fee after Li Hongyu Township tested for high school, so that the Li family would be able to accept the fields she had chosen.

As for the deposit for those fields, Qin Yue will definitely not take it back, and the Zhao family will not forcibly return it to her, and the right should be Qin Yue's dowry.

Qin Yue is a very smart and scheming girl, in the situation that she is already destined to marry Li Hongyu, she has begun to plan for the future of the Li family, hoping to get the approval of the Zhao family as soon as possible, so that she will have a good life in the Li family.

These carefully selected fields were Qin Yue's gift to the Zhao family, and she wanted the Zhao family to know that she had the ability to take care of the Li family's affairs in an orderly manner.

"The third prince can win three yuan in the children's test, which means that his strength is better than others, if there is no accident, he will definitely be nominated for the list this time."

Seeing Xiaolan's worried look, Qin Yue smiled slightly when she heard this, put a small bite of rice into her mouth and chewed it slowly, although Li Hongyu's character was a little cowardly and wooden, but the strength of the imperial examination should not be underestimated.

"If the third prince can be promoted, he will be able to become an official in the future, then the young lady will be the wife of the official family, and she will become the wife of our Ming Dynasty, and those officials and errands in the county will salute when they see the young lady in the future."

Xiaolan nodded approvingly after thinking about it, it was undeniable that Li Hongyu's strength was really strong, and then looked at Qin Yue with a smile.

According to the Ming custom, the wife of the official of the Ming court will automatically become the wife of the court, with the same rank as her husband, and become a privileged class among women.

"It's not uncommon for Miss Ben to be a woman or something, the officialdom is sinister, if the third son steps into the official career, he will definitely be calculated by others, in that case, we will be worried all day long, and there will be no peace."

Qin Yue couldn't help but show a wry smile at the corner of her mouth when she heard this, if Li Hongyu could have half of Yang Renxiao's city mansion, she would be able to be an official wife with peace of mind, but Li Hongyu didn't even have one-tenth of Yang Renxiao's city mansion, if she arrived in the officialdom, she wouldn't be eaten alive.

"Miss, isn't there you by the side of the third prince, when the time comes, if you press the third prince, the third prince will definitely not suffer in the officialdom."

Xiaolan thought about it and found that what Qin Yue said was right, not to mention that cowardice, introverted personality alone made Li Hongyu unsuitable for being an official, but then she remembered something and said to Qin Yue with a smile.

In Xiaolan's opinion, the biggest advantage of Qin Yue marrying Li Hongyu is that she can take charge of the Li family in the future, and she will decide all the affairs of the Li family in the future, which is much better than marrying into the Yang family.

If it is in the Li family, then Qin Yue is the maker of the Li family's rules, but in the Yang family, she can only honestly abide by the rules of the Yang family.

"I hope so." Qin Yue smiled helplessly, looking forward to and worrying about Li Hongyu's career as he stepped into the official career.

She naturally wants Li Hongyu to become an official of the imperial court, but she is worried that Li Hongyu will not be able to adapt to the deceitful officialdom, after all, she cannot always be by Li Hongyu's side, plus the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent, God knows when Li Hongyu will fall into the trap set by others.

At dusk, the scientific examination in the school officially ended, and there was only one scientific examination, and the students who passed the examination will get the opportunity to participate in the township examination.

Xiangyang Prefecture is a large government with a large population, so there are 200 students participating in the township examination, accounting for about 40% of the total number of students in Xiangyang Prefecture.

This means that about sixty percent of the students are unable to participate in the township examination, and they can only wait for the next scientific examination in three years in depression.

In the evening, Li Hongyi invited a group of new students to go to Chunfeng Pavilion for recreation, anyway, the scientific examination has ended, the so-called planning is in the people, and the success is in the sky, they can only wait patiently for the results of the scientific examination now.

Among the new recruits invited by Li Hongyu, there are Jiangkou County and other prefectures and counties, and everyone must have interacted with each other after staying in Xiangyang City for three or four months.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin naturally can't be absent from such an important occasion, as the first and second place in the hospital examination, the two can be said to be the focus of this gathering.

Although the Li family and the Wang family did not agree, Wang Kuiju was also invited by Li Hongyi, originally Li Hongyi was just polite, but he didn't expect Wang Kuiju to come to the appointment.

Coupled with Lu Kun and other students from other counties, there were twenty or thirty new students in the hall of the small courtyard that Li Hongyi had set, and it could be seen that everyone was quite giving Li Hongyi face.

Of course, considering the small turmoil in front of Fuxue not long ago, it is impossible for Li Hongyi to invite Yang Renxiao, and even if he invites Yang Renxiao, he will not come, otherwise it will not be embarrassing to see Li Hongyu!

The atmosphere of the banquet was very warm, everyone was staggered, talking and laughing, calling each other brothers, and talking about the state affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Hongyu kept a low profile as always, sitting there silently and pulling the food into his mouth, and someone toasted him.

Everyone at the scene knew that Li Hongyu was introverted and not good at talking, so everyone didn't care about his performance, and when he drank, he was always on point, and they all knew that Li Hongyu, who had become the head of the hospital examination, must be very busy these days, and he didn't want him to delay tomorrow's affairs after getting drunk.

This time, Zhao Xin, who was sitting next to Li Hongyu, did not help him block the wine, firstly, everyone respected Li Hongyu, the head of the case, and she was not easy to intervene, and secondly, those toasters also had a sense of proportion, so with Li Hongyu's amount of alcohol, she could handle it, and there was no need for her to help.

Looking at Li Hongyu, who was sitting there and taciturn and seemed a little out of place, Zhao Xin couldn't help but shake his head secretly, with Li Hongyu's personality is not suitable for being an official at all, if he steps into the official career in the future, he may have to go through many tribulations, maybe Li Hongyu failed in the township test this time!