"Has the emperor arrived in Huai'an?" Qi Suniang asked Chen Yan who entered the door while packing up Chen Yan's clothes.

Chen Yan put down the river map he took from the study, carefully packed it with a rattan box, and nodded: "The emperor is inspecting the river workers of Qingjiangpu in Huai'an, so he summoned me over." He smiled again: "Caosi reported the gate project to the Caotai Yamen, and Lord Caotai Sang'e also summoned the governor over, and his evaluation this year will be excellent." ”

Qi Su Niang took out two five hundred taels of silver tickets from the lotus branch money bag in her arms, stuffed them to Chen Yan, and took care of five mahogany gift boxes, and said: "Although I went on an official ship, the expenses were all in the official, but the entertainment was indispensable. I heard that the prince, the fourth master, and the thirteenth master are here, and you haven't seen Master Zhang for a while, and the prefect of Huai'an Mansion is your immediate boss. These five are must-give. I heard that the governor of Jiangsu and the governor of Liangjiang also went to Qingjiangpu to meet the emperor. The gift on their door is not less than 2,000 taels, you didn't give it when you took office, our official is small, and we don't want him to say good things, how much to give, this time make up for it. ”

Chen Yan looked at Qi Su Niang and didn't accept the silver ticket, "These are all the family funds, I'm gone, there is no money left at home, what should you do?" ”

Qi Su Niang smiled, pointed to the house full of mahogany and silver-inlaid furniture and gold and silver jewelry on the dressing table, and said, "Guarding these, can I still starve to death?" ”

Chen Yan didn't make a sound for a while, took a five hundred taels of silver ticket and put it back in her hand, and said: "I can't send these, they want to see that I don't like me, so I ask the emperor to dismiss him, and we will go back to Gaoyou to farm." ”

Qi Su Niang looked at Chen Yan's face was not good, and knew that he didn't like her to sell her dowry, so she coaxed softly: "The emperor has trained you, since he wants to ask you about the river, it is indispensable to let you go to control the river again in the future, so that the emperor must listen to some good words, and let you rule the river more assured." ”

When Chen Yan heard this, his face hesitated, Qi Su Niang pointed to the five red gift boxes, and said with a smile: "Although there are five, I count that the fourth elder brother will not accept the gift except for the red rope scarf I embroidered, and the thirteenth elder brother and Master Zhang will return the gift if they know your family background." When the prefect sees the emperor getting close to you, he will naturally return the gift. Maybe in the end, we'll make it. ”

Chen Yan was stunned and smiled, but remained silent. Qi Su Niang led him to the courtyard, and while letting him see the green vegetable field under the bamboo shed and the loofah on the green vines of the bamboo shed, he "cooed" twice in his mouth, causing the two reed hens in the courtyard to flutter their wings and fly wildly.

Qi Su Niang pulled him to the stove again, pointed to the wind chicken and duck hanging all over the house and the two large urns of pickled vegetables at the root of the wall, and then opened the rice jar, let him look at the full white rice, and said with a smile: "That is, the emperor wants to detain you as a forehead, the princess is gentle and beautiful, after the wedding, it is only two months when the princess returns to Ningning, and you can always think of my bad wife, sneak back and send me some money?" Tilting his head and smiling, "Besides, you know that my ability to take advantage of the situation is first-class." ”

Chen Yan laughed, lowered his head and kissed Qi Su Niang on the lips, and said, "What's the matter, even the immortals can't pull me back to find you." Hugging Qi Su Niang tightly, "Except for don't go to Bashang and the backstreets of the county seat, when I'm not there, if you're bored, you can wander around to relieve your boredom." The way you buy vegetables on weekdays, others can't tell that you are Mrs. County, if there is something, go to find the king to catch the head. ”

Qi Su Niang said softly: "If you leave, I will learn to paint and read books at home." You're back, let's go shopping together. He blinked, "Brother Chen, have you also been to the county backstreet?" I heard that Qinghe Houjie is also very famous in Huai'an Mansion. ”

Chen Yan smiled lowly, "I went there once at seven o'clock. Looking at Qi Su Niang's face, he said with a smile: "It's all vulgar powder, and even a hair of my wife can't compare." ”

Qi Su Niang suddenly smiled, and snuggled into Chen Yan's arms to be coquettish, Chen Yan kissed and coaxed, and struggled for a long time, thinking that at two o'clock in the afternoon, all the subordinate officials in the hall outside were waiting to see him off, so he had to go reluctantly.

As soon as Chen Yan went, Qi Su Niang was at home alone, and closed the door to thank the guests, so Xiang's sent a post over, inviting her to go to the Fuzhong Garden to enjoy the spring scenery and drink the flower banquet, which was also to push the disease. Every day, she just went to the market early in the morning to buy vegetables, chatted with Wang Pozi and other women, and sorted out the damp straight wool materials, medicinal herbs, and silk cloth in the two side rooms at home during the day, and put them in the courtyard to dry. It's also easy to draw some landscape paintings or engineering improvement drawings at night.

Mrs. Wang is a broken mouth, the east family is short and the west family is short, and she talked about the women of every family in the county, and in the end, the topic changed and fell on Mrs. County.

"If you want to say that our county lady is also a weirdo." Although Mrs. Wang is old and sophisticated, she refuses to say that she is the head of the family in front of the maidservant, but she can't stop Qi Suniang from sending greens, loofahs and pickles for two days in a row, and opened the chatterbox, "A good official compound does not live, and lives in this broken house with the county lord, and the county lord does not accept gifts, nor does he listen to her complain about the difficult life." This is a person who does not love money. ”

Qi Su Niang smiled lightly, stuffed a piece of sugar in Mrs. Wang's mouth, and said with a smile: "Granny Wang, you continue." ”

Mrs. Wang sipped the candy, her face wrinkled and relaxed, "Needless to say, Widow Xu, I didn't see you follow at the time, I stood at the door of the Xu family ancestral hall to watch the excitement, Mrs. Xiantai came in a big official sedan chair, I was so frightened that when I kowtowed, she hurriedly stepped forward, and the first one helped me up, I had the courage to glance at it, tsk, the same appearance as Tianxian'er, the same dress as Tianxian'er, and the fragrance on my body went straight to my nose." is also polite to Old Man Xu, and does not take a big one. As he spoke, he glanced at Qi Su Niang, "Don't talk about this, just look at the appearance of your girl, you know that she is a respectful and merciful person." ”

Qi Su Niang listened with a smile, and Mrs. Wang took a sip of candy vigorously, "It's just one thing, my wife doesn't look inappropriate." After that, he glanced at Qi Su Niang again.

Qi Su Niang smiled: "Mother-in-law said let me tell me, what's the matter?" I will never tell Madame. "After that, stuff the bag of sugar in his hand to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang stuffed it into her arms and said in a low voice: "It's just that I listened to the rumors outside, and there are some inexplicable things between her and the big boss of Caoshang......"

Qi Su Niang was stunned and wondered: "How do you say this?" I'm at home, and I've never seen this big man come to my door. ”

Mrs. Wang glanced left and right, and nodded Qi Su Niang's forehead, "Where will these things be at home?" I heard that it was set up in the house of Rouge Lane, and it was said that it was in the garden pavilion and hugged and kissed the mouth, so that people could see it really. ”

Qi Su Niang's heart was shocked, her throat and eyes were dry, and her brain was buzzing, especially when she heard Mrs. Wang say: "My wife is honest, I don't believe in this matter, what the boss of Cao Shang didn't say, is a first-class character, what about the county lord?" That's a super-class person, something that is hard to see in the world. I am also young and windy, I only know that people go to high places, water flows to low places, and stealing people has to steal a worthy person. I don't believe in people like Mrs. Xiantai, who have no eyesight. ”

Qi Su Niang pressed her mind and smiled reluctantly: "You always say that our wife is too busy to deal with the master, where can we have the leisure to go outside to steal people." ”

Mrs. Wang laughed when she heard this, and nodded again and again, "This is the right reason." My wife is a person who has come over, the county lord is in his twenties and young descendants, you don't look at him to accept the house, naturally he and his wife are very tired, if there is a little movement, can you still not notice it, and make a big fuss? It's just—" Mrs. Wang paused and said, "Flies don't hold seamless eggs, there is always some reason why these words came out." ”

Qi Su Niang nodded slowly, and said in a slow voice: "I know my mother-in-law's kindness, I thank you for my wife." After a pause, he said, "Do you know who this is coming from?" ”

Mrs. Wang hesitated for a while, "Who can say this kind of thing?" In the mouth of the girl in Rouge Lane, in the mouth of the sailor on the dam, there are some of them. Seeing Qi Su Niang's frowns, she comforted: "I said this, just to remind me." You don't have to worry about it, nine of the ten people in the county who heard this didn't believe it, and the lady gave up her life for the county lord, and her reputation is good. It's just that in the future, I can't let people get the shortcomings anymore. ”

Qi Su Niang nodded again and again, and was about to say goodbye, when someone shouted at the entrance of the market: "Something happened!" Widow Xu went to the back streets of the county seat, saying that she was looking for Wen Qi desperately! ”