It turned out that Zhou Wan's father was the governor of Runzhou on Jiangnan Road, Runzhou has always been the land of fish and rice, and it is also the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Zhou Wan didn't say what the specific business was, and Yan Yan didn't ask.

Zhou Wan only said that because of this incident, his father touched the interests of some local squires, therefore, someone accused his father of being greedy for ink, and his father was angry, so he sent his wife to Beijing to look for a relationship, to see if he could be transferred to the capital through the relationship between the Zhu family and the Lu family, so as to save the anger of these local officials below.

"Sister Yan'er, you are familiar with the emperor and the crown prince, can you help my father say something, my father is really not greedy for ink, he uses my mother's dowry silver to make money from business." Zhou Wan pulled Yan Yan and said.

Only then did Yan Yan understand Mrs. Zhou's intention to leave Zhou Wan, but she didn't know, whether Zhou Wan knew this early on, so she deliberately approached her, or because she was depressed, she couldn't help but tell her a few words.

"When did you find out about this?" Yan Yan simply asked.

Because the Zhou Wan she saw before was heartless, she didn't believe that Zhou Wan knew, otherwise this person would be too scheming.

"Came back from your house that day." Zhou Wan told the truth.

Seeing what Yan Yan wanted to ask, Zhou Wan took the initiative to tell Yan Yan.

It turned out that at Yan Yan's house that day, because Li Sui and Yan Zhang didn't want to leave after dinner, Yan Yan had to lead everyone to the back garden and talk for a long time, so it was dark when Zhou Wan went back that day.

The daughter went out all day and didn't come back, so the mother naturally had to ask carefully, and Zhou Wan had never had any scheming, so she learned what happened that day, she focused on learning how Yan Yu poured dirty water on Yan Yan and how she scolded her back, but Mrs. Zhou's focus was on the sixth prince Li Sui.

Knowing that Li Sui praised Zhou Wan for her righteousness, and also liked to eat wormwood glutinous rice cakes made by Zhou Wan, and finally asked her what she would do to eat, Mrs. Zhou flashed a thought.

As the daughter of a family in the capital, Mrs. Zhou naturally knew the rules of the royal family, so she had the courage to hit Li Sui's idea.

But the question is, her husband is an exile official, how can the emperor know that her family has a daughter who is the same age as the sixth prince?

So, she could only hit Yan Yan with her idea.

If Yan Yan can say a few words for Zhou Wan in front of the queen mother or queen, it will save her many more trouble than begging her sisters and sisters-in-law.

"What? You mean you want me to be the matchmaker for you? Yan Yan was stunned, she would never do this kind of thing.

"No, no, no, Sister Yan'er, you misunderstood me, I don't have such a big luxury to dare to climb the high branches of the royal family, I just want to help my father pass this hurdle, so that my mother doesn't have to beg around?" Zhou Wan shook her head hurriedly.

But Yan Yan can't do this requirement either.

"Sister Wan'er, you told me the truth, I might as well tell you directly, I can't help with this matter, the emperor has his own considerations for the dispatch of court officials, how can I, a common man, interject in the talk? Besides, your grandfather's family and your two aunts' families are all people who can talk in the court, how can I do things that they can't do? ”

But after all, Yan Yan felt that Zhou Wan's temperament and temperament were still in line with Li Sui, but Zhou Wan's father might be suspected of being greedy for ink, and Yan Yan would never dare to be involved in this kind of family.

"But, but my mother said, the emperor likes you very much, you speak better than them, Sister Yan'er, you say, will something really happen to my father?" Zhou Wan tugged at Yan Yan's sleeve and asked pitifully.

"These are two different things, the emperor treats me well because I am an orphan girl, so he takes care of me in life, but how can I interfere in the affairs of the court? I know what you want to say is that I once discussed the war with the emperor, but it was only a discussion, because I read a lot of books, and the emperor wanted to see if he could get any inspiration from my point of view, which is two different things from interfering in the government. Yan Yan looked at the other party's tears and explained a few words.

"Does Sister Yan'er think His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince can like me?" Zhou Wan clenched her fists with both hands, and it seemed that she had made a difficult decision.

"I can't say this either. His Royal Highness the Sixth has a pure temperament, and he is only fourteen this year, and he has not yet reached the age of binding his hair. Yan Yan hinted.

Although the royal marriage is relatively early, it has to be seventeen or eighteen years old, and it will take three or four years, can Zhou Wan's father wait so long?

Zhou Wan must have understood Yan Yan's hint, bit her lip, was silent for a while, and then said, "Sister, everyone says you are smart, what can you do to solve my father's dilemma?" ”

This question also stumped Yan Yan, and he pondered for a long time, and then said: "Sister Wan'er, it's not that I don't help you, but I, like you, am a boudoir lady, how can I understand these routines of officialdom?" However, I think your father's top priority should not be to transfer to the capital, but to clear up your Zhou family's business. It is said that the body is not afraid of shadows, as long as your father's way of being an official and doing business can stand the inspection, are you still afraid that he will not be promoted? ”

It is difficult for Zhou Wan to understand these words, but Yan Yan believes that Mrs. Zhou must understand.

While talking, the two arrived at the mountain gate, and Zhou Wan followed Yan Yan's carriage, because there were a few green seedlings, Zhou Wan did not mention this topic again.

The carriage came down from the mountain gate, went in along a fork in the road, and walked for about seven or eight minutes before Yan Yan saw the gate of Mingzhuang, the wooden door of the primary color, and above the wooden door there was a thing similar to the eaves woven by a vine man, and a door plaque was hung on it, and the simple words "Mingyuan" were Lu You's pen style.

Entering through the gate, there are orchards on both sides, on one side are adult apple and pear trees, the branches have been hung with small fruits, and on the other side are newly planted small saplings, under the trees, there are small chicks wandering around, and occasionally you can see a few pheasants with bright coats, and further on, there is a paddy field, in which five or six farmers are working.

In the past, the paddy field was a body of water, and this area of water was not small, it was estimated that there were more than ten acres of large, and there were no lotus roots, but there were a lot of ducks and geese, and naturally there were a lot of fish and shrimp, and there were also two canopy boats docked on the shore.

Yan Yan was about to go over to take a look, when several stewards who heard the news came running, and Yan Yan had to get out of the carriage and follow them to the foot of the mountain, where several houses were now built for the stewards to rest and for the peasants to live.

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