Yan Qingge talked to Shui Ying for a while, and when the sweat on Shui Ying's body fell, Yan Qingge took her out to see the newly built small garden outside.

This garden was amazing to Shui Ying, she took Yan Qingge's arm and said, "Qingge, this garden is really exquisite. I remember when I came back up, I didn't see any of them. ”

Yan Qingge said with a smile: "It was called by the little prince Yan to build it, and all the bonsai is used." ”

Shui Ying's eyes lit up and said, "Bonsai? Doesn't that mean that it can be used indoors, and it can also be replaced with different potted flowers from time to time? ”

Yan Qingge said: "This is the truth, but it must be taken care of by craftsmen who are familiar with this, and ordinary people can't do it." ”

Shui Ying said happily: "Last time you told me to sell the food at a higher price, I thought that if the restaurant was too ordinary, no one would come to the price increase, so I simply picked it up again, and now it is exquisite, after all, there is still something missing, and I finally know how to change it when I see the small garden built of potted plants in front of me." ”

Yan Qingge didn't expect Shui Ying to really toss up the price of vegetables because of her last remark.

"I'll go to Yan Xiuyu now and ask where the craftsman came from, and quickly ask someone to build a small garden in this house. The restaurant will reopen on the seventh day of the new year, but it can't be delayed. "Shui Yingfeng is in a hurry, just leave.

After Shui Ying left, Gu came and asked, "Shui Girl's personality is so refreshing, I still want to keep her for dinner." ”

Yan Qingge said with a smile: "Her family asked her to manage a few shops, and she was given a magic barrier." Full of business experience, I think about the shop when I sleep. ”

Gu Shi smiled: "No wonder she is so capable!" I'm going to go to Hallym Temple today. Your uncle sent a letter, because the Chinese New Year is approaching, the Hanlin Academy has sent a gift, there is wine and cloth, and you need to set a car to pull it, and he also wants me to ask you if you want to go with me. ”

Yan Qingge said with a smile: "Of course I'm going, I haven't been to Hanlin Academy yet, just to see a fresh." ”

The two of them sat in a carriage, took a few subordinates, and arrived at the Hanlin Courtyard in a short time.

The Hanlin Courtyard is very large, when they arrived at the door, there were waiting people to lead them to the side door, the side door was full of traffic, Gu got out of the car and asked, seeing that this was all to receive things, and they were all female dependents of the family.

When Gu Shi saw the scene in front of him, he said to himself, no wonder Le Yi asked her to come and get the gift in person.

The people gathered at this door were all female dependents, and there was nothing to avoid, so she simply called Yan Qingge down from the carriage and let her relax.

Some of those ladies are from small civilian households, some are dressed exquisitely and luxuriously, and some are dressed as servants, who should receive things on behalf of the housewife.

Many of these people have known each other for a long time, and they greet each other with a smile and talk lively.

The Gu family led Yan Qingge to line up, and the dress of the two of them was not something that ordinary people could afford, and they were new faces, and many ladies cast curious glances at them.

At this time, a cool lady in her forties stepped forward with a smile and said to Gu: "I looked at my sister and asked me to guess, you are a member of the Le Zhuangyuan family, right?" ”

Gu's personality is more introverted, and he is good at people he is familiar with at home, but he is not very good at talking to outsiders who are not familiar with him. Someone took the initiative to talk to her, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, smiled back, and said, "Yes, where is my sister?" I only came to Beijing this year, and I'm not familiar with them. ”

The two sides came and went, and they talked, the forty-year-old lady surnamed Dou, her husband has served in the Hanlin Academy for decades, and knows many other ladies, Gu was introduced by her, and soon knew many ladies.

Yan Qingge followed behind Gu's like a small tail.

Seeing that she was born with elegance and delight, someone said to Gu: "This is the daughter of Le Zhuangyuan, right?" At such a young age, she is so beautiful! ”

Gu smiled and said: "This is my niece daughter, and I only have a dead and stupid son in my family." If I'm lucky enough to give birth to such a good girl, thank goodness. ”

"Le Zhuangyuan's niece? Could it be the Yan family? A lady suddenly exclaimed: "The Yan family seems to have a daughter who is the head of the four talented women in the capital, and everyone is called the female champion, called Yan Shuyu, is she it?" ”

Many people's eyes were on Yan Qingge, making her the focus of the crowd for a while.

Gu Shi hurriedly said: "No. Qingge is a concubine, and that Yan Shuyu was born to an aunt of the Yan family. ”

Yan Qingge was generous, smiled slightly at those ladies, and didn't say much.

At this time, a female voice suddenly said: "Speaking of the Yan family, my lord only met Master Yan yesterday." Master Yan wants to catch up with the appointment of the beginning of spring, and he is scattering money everywhere. ”

Yan Qingge's heart tightened, and she hurried to see who said it, but found that there were many people talking nonsense, and she didn't know these women, so she didn't find the source of the person who spoke.

Regardless of whether this person had good intentions or bad intentions when he said this, in the end, Yan Qingge knew that Yan Songnian actually wanted to buy an official.

Nowadays, the imperial court has been fighting for many years, and for the sake of military expenses, it has come up with the strategy of guisu, as long as you pay enough silver or food to the court, you can exchange it for a title that cannot be hereditary.

The title is a false name, and the person who buys it says that he has status, but he does not have the slightest real right. Buying an official is different, it is a felony that is expressly prohibited. It's okay if things don't work out, but if someone finds out and implicates the whole family, Yan Qingge will also be affected.

Yan Song spent 50,000 taels of silver to donate a knighthood some time ago, and he was not satisfied, so he wanted to buy an official.

A few years ago, Yan Songnian served as a pacification envoy in southern Xinjiang, but he was confused and greedy, and his officials were messy, and he did not make any achievements, which caused a lot of public resentment. The three-year appointment expired, and the evaluation was in the middle and bottom, and then it was left to dry and never used.

Unexpectedly, he didn't reflect on why he was hung up at all, but he wanted to take the crooked path to make an official, and he really died.

Yan Qingge was worried, and the smile on Gu's face was less. The two took the things back and waited for Le Yi to come back.

When Le Yi heard about this, he took the case on the spot, and he was angry and immediately went to Yan's house to find Yan Songnian to settle the account.

Yan Qingge grabbed Le Yi and said, "Uncle, why bother for a while, my father's decision to buy an official is definitely not a day or two, we will go early and go late." The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and when you have a holiday, go back with me to persuade him. ”

Years ago, Hanlin Academy was the busiest time, and Le Yi really couldn't leave, so he could only accept Yan Qingge's suggestion.

After four or five days, on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, Le Yi finally had a holiday. He went home from the noon holiday, and after lunch, he took Yan Qingge to Yan's house.

Because Yan Qingge took it, the two of them didn't use the concierge to report, so they went to Hanyouju.

The door of Hanyou's residence was hidden, and after entering, Yan Qingge heard the baby's cry coming from the side room, that place should be the residence of Aunt Ying and Aunt Liu.

As soon as the door of the side room opened, Aunt Ying's maid Tang Xiang walked out, still holding a basin of hot water in her hand. When she saw Yan Qingge and Le Yi standing in the courtyard, she was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly retreated, and after a while, Aunt Ying walked out, her hair was slightly scattered, and she was close, and she could smell a unique milky smell of babies on her body.

She stepped forward to salute Yan Qingge and said, "Miss, are you back?" The old man went out and came home very late. ”

Yan Qingge looked at her and said, "Is there a third lady in your house?" ”

"Yes! Sister Chu has been in bad spirits recently, and the third miss is weak and a little troublesome, so Aunt Liu and I took the third miss here to live. The corners of Aunt Ying's mouth curled slightly, and she said radiantly. Seeing her happy appearance, she didn't dislike Yan Run's quarrel at all.

Hearing that Yan Songnian went out, Yan Qingge said, "Do you know where your father went?" She didn't have the heart to wait until midnight for Yan Songnian to come back and talk to him about something. Besides, at that time, Yan Songnian was drunk and drunk, and he couldn't speak well at all. Plus Le Yi is also there, she can wait, and Le Yi can't wait.

Aunt Ying thought for a while and said, "I listened to the dance text and the ink that the lord has been going to the three restaurants recently: Zhucui Building, Ruyi Building, and Fuxiang Building. If you can't find these three places, you must have gone to a friend's place, and this one may not be anywhere. ”

Yan Qingge thanked Aunt Ying and looked for it with Le Yi.

These three restaurants are all relatively good restaurants in Beijing, and ordinary restaurants are enough to buy a table of high-grade banquets for two taels of silver, and ten taels of silver are needed here.

At this time, it was past dinner, but there were still many people drinking tea to kill time.

Yan Qingge and Le Yi were found in the Ruyi Building.

At first glance, when she saw Yan Songnian, who she hadn't seen for more than half a year, Yan Qingge couldn't believe her eyes, and what appeared in front of her was a ball of meat that looked very similar to Yan Songnian, which was as wide as the previous two Yan Songnian. His facial features were deformed by fat, his eyes were crowded together, he was elegantly holding a gold-sprinkled folding fan in his hand in the winter, a valuable jade and jade plaque was hung on his waist, and there were four rings on his ten-fingered carrot-like thick and fat fingers.

Half a year ago, Yan Songnian was not so fat, and he was not so outrageously dressed, looking like a rich man with a little ink in his stomach. But now Yan Songnian is completely an eye-catching nouveau riche.

Le Yi frowned and looked at Yan Songnian, he couldn't even recognize who this person was.

Yan Songnian was not drinking tea alone, there were five or six men sitting next to him, laughing and talking with him. In this kind of scene, Yan Qingge, a girl, couldn't come forward, so she could only wait on the side and ask Le Yi to go alone.

Seeing Le Yi, Yan Songnian smiled with a red face: "It turned out to be the eldest brother!" He enthusiastically pulled Yan Songnian over, snapped the folding fan in his palm, and introduced to everyone with a smile: "This is my eldest brother Leyi, the champion of the Holy Father." ”

The men who were with him cheered and applauded, and if they slapped their ass, they didn't want money to come out, Le Yi told them that they were uncomfortable, and gently pushed Yan Songnian's hand away, and said, "False praise!" He turned to Yan Songnian and said, "Brother Yan, I have something to say to you, you and I will come here." ”

Yan Songnian didn't know what Le Yi was looking for him, so he took Yan Songnian to a quiet private room in the restaurant, and boasted: "This private room is the seat I have booked all year round, if Brother Le has anything to ask for wine, just come and hug my name, regardless of eating and drinking, and hang it on my account." ”

He is so rich and smashes people with money, which makes Le Yi feel more and more unhappy. Yan Qingge quietly followed, and when he heard Yan Songnian's words, he couldn't help but shake his head.

After entering the door, Yan Songnian found Yan Qingge who came with him, he wanted to say something, but Guan Leyi's face was serious, and he was slightly displeased, so he couldn't help but shut up.

He was worried in his heart, afraid that Le Yi would teach him a lesson as soon as he opened his mouth, his mouth was dry, and he didn't wait for Le Yi to speak, and said hurriedly: "I'll ask Dr. Tea to order a pot of tea." The jasmine slices at this house are really good. ”

Le Yi waved his hand and said, "No need! Brother Yan, I heard that you want to buy an official, but this is true and false. ”