Song Yan went to the Dou clan to learn the attached school, and Song Hemin was responsible for teaching Dou Zhao and Dou Ming, taking a day off on the first and fifteenth days of each month, first telling Dou Zhao about the princes, and then teaching Dou Ming the "Analects".

Dou Mingzhi also honestly followed Song Youmin in class. It's just that she has a thin foundation, in addition to her homework every morning, she has to practice 500 big characters in the afternoon when she goes back to the New Year, and she complains bitterly for a few days.

Mama Zhou kept encouraging her: "Only when you suffer hardship can you become a master." Look at the fourth miss, the housekeepers are still planning to make a plate, and the fourth miss has already calculated how much it is......"

Dou Ming glared at Mama Zhou: "What does accounting have to do with writing?" ”

Mama Zhou hurriedly comforted her and said, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." I just think that Miss Four can do anything, and Miss Five is so smart, she should be able to be like Miss Four, she can do anything. ”

Dou Ming didn't make a sound, but he didn't call the writing bitter.

Because of the Pang Kunbai incident, Chen Qushui came to the fore, he lived in the Dou Mansion, helped Dou Zhao manage business affairs and the newly recruited guards, and happily managed the affairs of Xi Dou and the housekeeper of the inner courtyard, Mama and others, Du Ning fell to the point of giving Mama Zhou a hand. Happy to think that he is Dou Zhao's person, and soon came together with Chen Qushui, Du Ning was sent to the official for theft, and after he failed to survive the torture stick and died, he was already a frightened bird, where to care about anything, Mama Zhou is a newcomer, it is difficult to support alone, although Xi Dou is divided into three, but everyone has to look at Dou Zhao's eyes to act, Dou Zhao has a case of 10,000 taels of money a year, there is money in his hands, and it is more convenient to act than before, and her eyes have also shifted from the east and west to the political affairs of Kyoto.

"Elder Zeng Ge should be almost seventy this year, right?" She asked Chen Qushui, "I wonder how many years he can hold out?" ”

In her previous life, she didn't pay attention to these things, and she didn't know what year Zeng Yifen died.

Chen Qushui said: "The fourth lady's cooking is really accurate!" I just got the news yesterday that Zeng Yifen was unwell in Kyoto and might want to say that Zhishi would come out. ”

"It's up to the fifth uncle to grasp this opportunity."

The previous life. Before Zeng Yifen died, Wang Xingyi had returned to Beijing, as if he was serving as a waiter in the military department, and in this life, because of Wang Yingxue's relationship, he was stranded in the position of governor of Xi'an.

Dou Zhao groaned: "Who is the current squire of the military department?" ”

Chen Qushui said: "Gu Yanjing." ”

Dou Zhao pondered: "Can you give a message to the Wang family." Just say. It turned out that Zeng Ge always wanted to promote Wang Xingyi as a squire in the military department, but because of Wang's affairs, Ye Shipei caught the handle. Therefore, Elder Zeng Ge could only compromise and support Gu Yanjing as a waiter......"

In her memory, Ye Shipei and Zeng Yifen are old rivals. At that time, Zeng Yifen Zhishi. It's his handiwork. If it weren't for Zeng Yifen's death, he also passed away not long after, and Ye Shipei didn't have a very tough child, it would be difficult to say whether Wang Xingyi and Dou Shishu could enter the cabinet.

The ban on the horse market is a battle between civil officials and military generals. So Ye Shipei will not drag Zeng Yifen back, but now. When it comes to the dispute between the two disciples of the old sect of the pavilion, Wang Xingyi's matter can be taken out.

Chen Qushui pondered: "You can't say this nonsense, if you are a little careless, it may backfire......

"Then try to inquire about this," Dou Zhao said, "I should be able to find some explanations related to this matter." As she spoke, she laughed, "Even if we don't, we can let it have!" ”

"That's right." Chen Qushui said with a smile, "If the people of the Wang family think that Wang Yingxue is hindering Wang Xingyi's future, I think that even if it is Wang Xu's family, I am afraid that they will have a little resentment towards their daughter." What's more, after Wang Yingxue married into the Dou family, she has not been able to gain a foothold in the Dou family, and she has caused a lot of trouble. ”

"I think it's neat and tidy." Dou Ming nodded with a smile and asked about the things in the shop.

Chen Qushui said: "Only the shops in Kyoto are breaking even, and the other shops are all slightly loss-making, totaling more than two hundred taels." ”

"That's not bad." Dou Zhao said with a smile, "By the time September comes, Boyan's affairs should be over, and you have to prepare some silver for Cui Shisan to put the seal." ”

"It's already ready." Chen Qushui and Dou Zhao talked about their plans, and Su Xin said through the curtain: "Fourth Miss, Young Master Ji is here." ”

Ji Yong?

What is he here for?

Dou Zhao and Chen Qushui finished talking about the matter and went to the flower hall to see Ji Yong.

Ji Yong asked her: "I'll go to Baoding Mansion, do you have anything for me to bring?" ”

She doesn't know where Baoding Mansion is, what can she bring?

But Dou Zhao still smiled and thanked him: "There's nothing to bring." I wish the cousin of the Ji family a smooth journey! ”

Ji Yong smiled when he heard this: "Then I'll just help you bring some things!" ”

His smile was gentle and polite, but I don't know why, Dou Zhao always felt as if he was playing with something, which made people unsure.

"No, no." Dou Zhao resigned.

Ji Yong smiled but didn't answer, got up and said goodbye.

Dou Zhao sent him to the door of the flower hall, but he felt that there was a gaze staring at him tightly.

She turned her head and saw Dou Ming standing under the willow tree.

Dou Ming turned away expressionlessly, and disappeared into the winding path of willow trees with a large group of maids and mothers-in-law surrounding her.

Dou Zhao couldn't help sighing deeply, went to the flower room to play with the flowers and plants for a long time, and saw that the few epiphanys he had planted were all budding, so he asked the sixth aunt to come over to enjoy the flowers.

The sixth aunt said: "Why don't you hold a flower-viewing banquet?" ”

The grandmother chimed in: "Yes, yes, yes, it's a flash in the pan!" Invite a few wives and grandmothers over, anyway, there are many places at home. We can't always let Dongfu entertain us, we have to return the courtesy! ”

Since the marriage between Dou Zhao and the Wu family ended, Dou Zhao's marriage has become a piece of her heart, for fear that Dou Zhao will be delayed because of this, and when she saw the opportunity to let Dou Zhao show off, she tried her best to make it up.

Dou Zhao saw that his grandmother was full of interest, thinking that she had nowhere to go on weekdays, and said with a smile: "Okay, then let's have a night banquet!" ”

The sixth aunt was also interested when she heard this, and the three of them muttered there for a long time, and finally settled on the matter of the flower-viewing banquet. Determine the person to invite the banquet, send someone to post, clean up the furnishings of the warehouse, arrange the menu of the flower viewing banquet and the maids and mothers-in-law who serve, Xi Dou has not been so lively for a long time, from the housekeeper's grandmother to the big girl below, everyone has no bottom, Dou Zhao is lightweight, easy to come, pile by pile, piece by piece, the arrangement is in an orderly manner, effortlessly, so that Ji, who is ready to come over to help in person, was dumbfounded, and asked her, "Who helped you come up with the idea".

"I've never eaten pork, and I haven't seen a pig run." Dou Zhao said disapprerovingly, "Every year during the Chinese New Year, such a big movement, I have to see it." ”

Some people are just born smart.

Ji Shi smiled and nodded, and said, "It's good that you can do everything like this, so that I don't have to worry about you." After saying that, he felt that this was not a good thing, and quipped: "I want to sue your third aunt and say that you said that he was a pig run!" "I want to get this over the line.

Dou Zhao knew her thoughts, and smiled and joked with her: "If the third aunt asks, I won't admit it." ”

Ji laughed.

On the day of the flower-viewing feast, I couldn't help but run over in advance, and I breathed a long sigh of relief when I saw that everything was arranged in an orderly manner.

That night, the flowers and sake mellow dishes were exquisite, and the invited servants sang the "hairpin circle" in "The Story of Jing Hai", and even Dou Ming, who was reluctant to attend the flower viewing banquet, listened to tears in his eyes, and from time to time landed and exchanged ears with Sister Yi and Sister Shu.

And Chen Qushui listened to the sound of silk and bamboo in the distance, thinking about the news from Kyoto, and fell asleep in a daze until the sky turned white.

When he woke up, it was already three poles of the sun.

He hurriedly got up and asked the servant who was serving with him, "Has the fourth lady arrived in the flower hall?" ”

After Dou Zhao finished class, he would stay in the flower hall for half an hour to deal with household chores.

The little maid came in with a wash of water, and said with a smile: "The fourth lady has arrived at the flower hall early!" ”

Chen Qushui breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

But then he was stunned.

In his early years, he served as a staff member under Zhang Kai in Fujian, and he never had such a nervous mood even in front of Zhang Kai...... Is it any wonder because of what I heard yesterday?

He sat in the room for a while, estimating that Dou Zhao was going back to the inner courtyard, so he hurried to the flower hall.

Weeping willows are planted all over the outside of the flower hall, in the middle of summer, the willow trees are full of flowers, and the green branches are tens of millions, moving with the wind, making people look at the heart of coolness. Through the open window sash, Chen Qushui saw Dou Zhao, who was wearing a moon-white striped yarn cotton shirt, talking happily.

Her posture is straight, her eyes are peaceful, her smooth forehead and long eyebrows are in the sideburns, giving people a sense of wisdom, and when you look at it from a distance, you know that she is a very intelligent and strong-willed person.

It's a boy who's much older than her, but it's not as good as her, right?

Chen Qushui thought and entered the flower hall.

Happy was happily talking about how well the flower-viewing banquet was held yesterday and how the people in Dongfu praised it.

Dou Zhao responded with a smile, praised Xingxing for "doing things well", and left happily.

Chen Qushui straightened up and said in a deep voice: "Fourth Miss, maybe things are really as you said." Zeng Yifen originally wanted to protect Wang Xingyi as a squire in the military department, but because Wang Xingyi could not cultivate himself in the Qi family, Zeng Yifen had to promise Ye Shipei to let Gu Yanjing help the squire in the military department. ”

"Oh!" Dou Zhao was interested, "I asked you to deliver the message to the Wang family, but you can pass the message?" ”

Things have gone wrong, but they are generally not too outrageous.

Dou Zhao is more confident about the future.

"I've already passed the words." Chen Qushui said, "Wang Xu called Wang over and reprimanded him fiercely, it is said that Wang left the Wang family crying, not only that, but even with Pang Zi being brought up again, Wang Xu was forbidden to understand her feet. ”

Dou Zhao smiled.

Chen Qushui couldn't help but say, "Fourth Miss, where did you hear any rumors?" Otherwise, how would I know that Gu Yanjing's matter has an inside story......"

"No, I don't know." Dou Zhao said with a smile, "I don't think that Wang Xingyi has great military achievements but has always been unable to move in the position of governor of Shaanxi, but it is a little strange that Gu Yanjing, whose reputation and qualifications are not as good as his, have come to the front." ”

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