That night, Qi Muyuan lived in the east wing of Du Jinning's courtyard.

Because of the Dong family's case, he can still stay in Runzhou for another day. However, on this day, he didn't have much time to go to Zhuangzi with Du Jinning, he wanted to write the file of the Dong family's case, and hand it over to Dali Temple to recover after returning to the capital.

Plants are growing day by day, there is work to be done every day, Du Jinning can't let go of the things in the Zhuangzi, she is still busy in the Zhuangzi for a day, and only returned to the city in the evening to have dinner with Qi Muyuan.

Although the two were not together during the day, thinking that the other party was not far from them, and thinking that he (she) would be able to meet the next moment, both of them were warm and sweet in their hearts.

After dinner, the two sat under the porch, hugging each other and watching the slowly rising moon.

"Jinning, can I tell my grandfather about you?" Qi Muyuan asked, "Grandfather will definitely stand on our side." ”

He and Du Jinning are too young, the time they have been in the office is too short, and their foundation is unstable, so it is not easy to deal with Du Jinning by themselves. It would have been much easier if I had the help of Qi Bokun. At least Qi Bokun can speak in front of Zhao Yu.

Du Jinning thought about it and shook his head: "Don't say it yet." I'll wait until I send my mother away and have any further plans. ”

Qi Muyuan nodded.

"Don't worry, there are more ways than difficulties. As long as we work hard, as long as we have the heart, there will be no difficulties that no one cannot solve. Du Jinning didn't want Qi Muyuan to be bothered by this.

Her term of office in Runzhou was three years, and now only half a year has passed, and there are still two and a half years left. I'm worried now, when will it be a head?

She opened the topic angrily and asked Qi Muyuan: "How is the emperor Zhang Luode about the navigation?" ”

"Recently, I was discussing it, and I heard my grandfather say that there was a lot of noise in the court every day. However, in this matter, the interests of the family and the emperor are the same, and there is no big obstacle to this matter. It's just that the family wants to take more benefits, but the emperor won't let it, and you are arguing a lot when you come and go. ”

Du Jinning's brows furrowed: "This is the first big confrontation between the emperor and the family after he ascended the throne. Whether this matter is up to the emperor or influenced by the family, the authority of the Great Song Dynasty is biased to which side. The struggle for power is naturally fierce. ”

Qi Muyuan nodded in agreement: "Even if this matter is decided, there will be quarrels next." As long as there are interests involved, the situation becomes complicated. He looked at Du Jinning, "When the time comes, I'm afraid your tea garden and tea will be remembered."

There are many tea gardens in the Great Song Dynasty, but Jinning tea has become synonymous with top tea. The recent introduction of jasmine tea, coupled with the rise of the tea ceremony, has pushed Jinning tea to new heights.

Although Qi Bokun and Yuan Xiuzhu partnered with Du Jinning to buy a tea garden, the two old men were not interested in making money, and they didn't want to take advantage of Du Jinning too much. Later, when Du Jinning went to the capital of Gui Province to continue to expand the tea plantation, they did not participate in the tea garden business again.

In other words, Du Jinning is the largest producer of Jinning tea. With the advent of flower tea, in just a few months, Du Jinning has received more than 20,000 taels of silver from Zhuang Yue.

This situation has made the family very red-eyed, and then think about the next shipping, in addition to silk and porcelain, the most famous commodity is tea. If their tea tastes not as good as Du Jinning's tea, then they may be clever and want to get the secret recipe for roasting Jinning tea from Du Jinning, or simply let Du Jinning sell the tea to them at the lowest price.

Du Jinning sighed: "If I have time and energy, I might as well fight with them." It's just that I can't take care of that much now. ”

She narrowed her eyes: "It's impossible to eat alone, and whoever takes the silver to buy the secret recipe when the time comes, I'll sell it to them." I'm afraid that they will be too greedy, so they only allow me to sell to themselves, and don't allow me to sell to others, and the price is still low, and no one supports me when they bully me. ”

"Sell me the tea garden and the secret recipe." Qi Muyuan said suddenly.

"Huh?" Du Jinning raised his head and looked at Qi Muyuan in surprise.

Qi Muyuan nodded at her: "With my grandfather here, I don't believe they dare to reach out to me." ”

That's a good idea. Du Jinning can also quickly return the funds before running away, and the best tea garden will not be cheaper than others, and it can be regarded as fertile water that does not flow into the fields of outsiders.

She smiled: "Aren't you afraid that I will run away with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver?" ”

"I'm afraid, why don't you be afraid, I'm afraid of death." Qi Muyuan hugged her tightly, "But if I don't stand up for you, how can I be a man?" I want to keep your heart, not your body. As long as your heart is on me, you will not abandon me. ”

He looked down into her eyes, "Isn't it?" ”

"Yes." Du Jinning nodded vigorously.

Both laughed.

After laughing, Du Jinning stood up: "I'll go write a letter to Zhuang Yue." ”

Watching her walk towards the study, Qi Muyuan suddenly stopped her: "Jinning." ”

Du Jinning turned his head and looked at him.

"I'll ...... tomorrow morning So he went back to Beijing. Qi Mu said from afar.

Seeing that Du Jinning was surprised, he explained: "Now that the contradiction between the emperor and the family has intensified, I want to go back and stay, so that I can act at the opportunity." If you can make a contribution, you will have a better chance of winning. ”

"Okay." Du Jinning agreed, "Let's come to Japan for a long time." ”

Hearing the words "the coming day is long", Qi Muyuan was very happy as if he had heard Du Jinning's vows.

He walked over, pecked Du Jinning on the lips, and said softly, "Okay, you go and write a letter." ”

Du Jinning entered the study, sharpened the ink and began to write letters.

She knew that before she left Beijing, she had divided all the business she had done with Liang Xiankuan to her three sisters, and now she was going to sell the tea garden, Zhuang Yue would definitely be suspicious. If she didn't explain it clearly, Zhuang Yue would never easily agree to sell the tea plantation.

After all, the tea garden is now a chicken that lays golden eggs.

Fortunately, there are reasons such as navigation and family, and it is not difficult to use these as reasons to convince Zhuang Yue.

That night, Qi Muyuan stayed in the East Chamber.

The next morning, he got up and had breakfast with Du Jinning, went to say goodbye to Chen, and left Runzhou with the letter Du Jinning wrote to Zhuang Yue.

Sending Qi Muyuan away, Du Jinning was about to go to Zhuangzi, Aoki came up and said, "Young Master, Mrs. said that after you sent Young Master Qi, go home, she has something to ask you." ”

“……”

Although he guessed what Chen would ask, Du Jinning reluctantly returned home.

Sure enough, the Chen family was already waiting for her in Du Jinning's courtyard - this courtyard is easier to talk privately.

Seeing her come in and confirming that there was no one around, she whispered to Du Jinning, "Did you tell Xiaoyuan about that?" ”