Qi Su Niang naturally would not let the Fourteenth Master find an opportunity to put his master on the money, and followed the Queen Mother step by step, carefully following the grandmothers. Seeing that she was diligent and careful, she was not a person who would be on her face when she got cheap, and seeing the meaning of the Queen Mother, they also slowly took her to serve tea and pour water, serve food and fruits, and several fifteen or sixteen-year-old female officials gradually laughed with her.

The Kun team thanked him and retired, and the Ge team came to power, and the Queen Mother watched a play, and she thought that there was a panic in the garden, so she went back to the house to rest. After a while, she wanted to find someone to talk to, so Qi Su Niang followed Mama Yu to the garden to summon eight second-grade people to accompany her.

The eight edicts are the wife of the governor of the river, the wife of the governor of Caoyun, the wife of the deputy general of Zhonghebiao, and the wife of the other five provincial governors. Hearing the summons of the Queen Mother, they were all happy to receive the order.

Ah Shan's wife Jue Luo is from the clan, and when she was in Beijing, she often served in front of the Queen Mother, knowing that Mama Yu was the person that the Queen Mother relied on, no better than others, smiled and said hello, and said: "Reward." The girl who followed had her own eyes, and she diligently presented the purse of red satin nails and money, and even Qi Su Niang did not fall.

Qi Su Niang was stunned, looked at Mama Yu, and saw that she nodded slightly, so she saluted and thanked her, and put it away. After a while, all eight fateful people were rewarded.

Qi Suniang stood behind the queen mother, listening to her chatting with the edicts, and knew that Ah Shan was the general who followed Kangxi to level the three feudatories and fought against Galdan, and the march and battle were very appreciated by Kangxi. She thought of the sand table made by the fourteenth elder brother, and her heart was slightly relieved, although this young master was becoming more and more arrogant, he was still the same as before.

The queen mother said for a while and then she was tired again, Qi Su Niang waited for a few orders to go out of the main room, and saw from a distance that among the peach red and willow green, on the silk and bamboo banquet, a second-grade high-ranking official with a long beard, tall and strong figure, but some gloomy eyebrows and eyes, said something slowly. The fourteenth elder brother held a wine glass and listened carefully. The eldest brother and the eighth elder brother who sat on both sides looked at the two of them with a smile, and whispered in a low voice, thinking that the second-grade official was Ah Shan, the governor of Liangjiang.

Qi Su Niang smiled slightly, although the eighth master is powerful, he is good to his brother, I heard that he was raised in the palace of the eldest brother's mother, and his mother's family is also in-law, so he is really different from the eldest brother. He is humble and polite in dealing with people on weekdays, but she is preconceived and defensive, and if she is not careful, she is afraid that she will be softened by him.

After the monarch and ministers were happy and the queen mother went to bed, Qi Su Niang returned to her own room, opened her purse and saw that it was full of melon seeds and gold.

On the second day, the queen mother personally selected two grandmothers to train Qi Su Niang and teach her the various etiquette that the noble women of the official palace should learn, but she was not too forced, just a game. The palace concubines came over to watch from time to time, smiling from ear to ear. Qi Su Niang was annoyed in her heart, she didn't want to be played as a monkey, but she had to bow her head under the eaves, even if she had the ability to escape from the heavily guarded Jiangning Weaving Mansion alone, she didn't dare to take Chen Yan tired, so she had to endure it again and again.

As for the queen mother's request for Mama Yu to teach her the rules for sending gifts and funerals in the mansion, and the means of managing concubines and servants in the house, it made her even more disturbing and boring, and she was often taught by Mama Yu to be stupid and stupid in front of the queen mother. The queen mother only cares about laughing, but she doesn't dislike her, but rewards her from time to time.

The fourteenth elder brother never came to her again, and she didn't bother to think about this child, she just begged the queen mother to wait for Chen Yan to come back and send the money bag he carried with him to Chen Yan, so that he would not have no money to live.

When the queen mother heard her talk about this, she couldn't help but be funny, but she also took pity on these two children who depended on each other, and said: "When you entered the palace, he had already come to the emperor, and the mourning family asked people to call him." "I sent an old lady to follow, and asked Qi Su Niang to say a few words to Chen Yan on the corner gate of the weaving mansion.

Chen Yan was still wearing a * thick kudzu robe, with a basket of Gaoyou double yellow duck eggs at his feet, took the lotus branch money bag handed by Qi Su Niang, touched a silver ticket of one hundred taels and came out, stuffed the rest of the money back, and handed it to Su Niang as usual.

Qi Su Niang shook her head and said: "When I go back to Beijing, there is no other courtyard of Mr. Mei to borrow, where is one hundred taels enough?" As he spoke, he handed out the money bag again, "You are already a nine products, and when you arrive in the capital, you have to make two seasons of court clothes, auspicious clothes, court belts, and official sedan chairs, even if you have to make a few new clothes, or you have to visit your boss, invite colleagues, hire a small servant to follow and do things, where do you not need money?" "She has long seen the style of officials in the imperial boat, and she gets along with those errand people every day, and she knows a lot about these official chores.

Chen Yan was stunned and hesitated: "I don't live in Beijing, I plan to live in the river official office on the south bank of the Yongding River in Tongzhou, Zhili, and look for your parents while governing the river." The robes are to be made, and the rest—if I am really lacking, I will always ask for it. ”

Qi Su Niang looked at him and said in a low voice, "How long is the Yongding River?" ”

Chen Yan immediately replied: "The Yongding River originates in Mongolia, passes through Shanxi and Zhili to the sea at the mouth of Weizhigu in Tianjin, and is full in length—" Seeing Qi Su Niang looking at him with a smile, she hurriedly stopped.

Qi Su Niang sighed and said: "It's also that I want to be bad, if you govern the river, you must first step on the entire section of the Yongding River, where will you live in the official office." I am inside, and I don't lack anything, but when you are outside, I naturally lack everything. After that, he took out all the silver tickets and stuffed them into his hand, leaving only a money bag and putting it back in his arms, and said: "Take it, if you need it urgently, where can you go back to the capital to ask for it?" I'm afraid that the palace is more inconvenient than the Jiangning Weaving Mansion. As he spoke, he handed over a pair of shoes, "There are two pairs in the small drawer in my room, and one pair in the bedside pillow box, you can find them out first, and I can catch a few more pairs all the way back to Beijing, and then I will ask Qin Shun'er's father-in-law to give it to you." ”

Chen Yan slowly stretched out his hand to take it, and said in a long time: "Although the Yongding Henan Provincial Government Office is in Tongzhou, Zhili, it is only a few dozen miles away from Beijing City, and you can go back and forth in one day. As long as you give a message to Qin Shun'er's father-in-law, I will rush back immediately......"

Qi Su Niang smiled slightly, "If I have something, I will naturally ask someone to invite you." He looked at the grandmother five steps away, and whispered: "Brother Chen, the most important thing is to control the river, but if you are looking for my family, remember to take me out early." ”

Chen Yan stared at Qi Su Niang, and also lowered his voice and said, "I will never forget it." ”

Qi Su Niang heard his words, her heart jumped slightly, and she felt a hint of softness in her heart, as if there was nothing, she couldn't help but bite her lower lip slowly, looked at Chen Yan, Chen Yan also looked at her in general, and suddenly the grandmother coughed heavily, and the two of them suddenly panicked. Qi Su Niang hurriedly took a basket of Gaoyou Double Yellow Duck Eggs handed over by Chen Yan, and advised: "There is still any rest left at home, remember to find an opportunity to send it to the mansion of the brothers and Master Zhang, not for anything else, just to fulfill the courtesy, lest-"

Chen Yan smiled and nodded, and said, "Don't worry, since you said it, I will do it naturally." Qi Su Niang pursed her lips and smiled, turned around and followed Mama, walked more than ten steps away, and couldn't help but look back, Chen Yan was still standing in front of the corner door and looking at her.

On the second day of the fifth month, Kangxi set off to return to drive, in addition to Chen Yan and Qi Su Niang, he also ordered the new governor of the river, Zhang Pengxi, to enter Beijing.

Qi Su Niang packed up the old cotton clothes, red sandalwood boxes, several clothes, and small makeup boxes with a wrapper, and looked from the cabin window, and saw Chen Yan kowtowing to the emperor on the dock, riding the handsome horse given by the emperor, and the horse turned around in place, glanced at the imperial boat, and then spurred the horse to gallop north.

Qi Su Niang sighed slightly, but heard the female official Rui Gu in the same room laugh and said: "No wonder the emperor is favored, even if he doesn't go to the capital, he goes straight to the Yongding River River Bureau." The emperor heard that he was going to ride alone along the Yongding River, survey the water-shaped terrain, and specially gave him a royal horse. Su Niang, you are really blessed, he must be looking at you. ”