Chapter 129: Returning the Gift

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Updated: 2013-06-22

The warm pavilion in the lake behind Qingfeng Lou was as warm as spring, and the fifth prince Qin Qi was wearing a loose plain silk gown, lazily crooked on the rocking chair, wearing the same color plain silk soft-soled shoes on stilts to the window of the warm pavilion, holding a delicate small silver saucer in his arms, biting chestnuts, and slowly shaking the rocking chair. ()\[Fastest Update\]

Huang Jingjie sat on the armchair next to him, took out the chestnuts from the clay pot simmering on the red clay stove and peeled them carefully, and put them on the silver plate in the arms of the five princes. ”

The fifth prince immediately remembered the handkerchief in Li Tian's hand and the beads on the four corners of the handkerchief, and was surprised, laughed and sighed, the expression on his face looked very strange, Huang Jingjie looked at his strange face, and almost forgot to peel the chestnuts, the fifth prince swallowed the chestnuts in his mouth, looked at Huang Jingjie and said: "The fifth lady of the Li family likes to decorate beads on the four corners of the handkerchief, the fourth brother is this??" I really didn't see that he still had such a stupid time, and he had chosen the auspicious day to make the gift to the Zhu family, what is he? Beside oneself? Mrs. Li doesn't want to be with him at all, let alone being a concubine, even if she is a wife, she doesn't want to be with him, forget it, I'm nosy again, what's my business? But then again, I always feel that Mrs. Li won't be so restrained waiting to be carried into the house by him in a small sedan chair, I just can't think of what that Nizi will do, since she has the means to make the city full of scoundrels, how can she be tied up and wait for others to be at the mercy of others? But if she makes such a fuss with the fourth brother, it will be an egg hitting a stone, the fourth brother is not the fool of Ningguo, and the Dongyang County Mansion is not the Wenguo Mansion, but who is accurate in this matter, who would have thought that the fourth brother would become such a stupid rammer who can't bear to look at her directly? ”

The expression on Huang Jingjie's face was also strange, as soon as he mentioned the matter of the fourth prince and the lady of the Li family, the fifth master was so excited that people couldn't bear to look at it directly. 《》

"Ahem, last time you said that you were going to give that book to the uncle, did you send it over?" Huang Jingjie interrupted the nagging of the five princes and asked, the excitement of the five princes was suddenly cut off, 'uh', and his expression suddenly went down and said: "Not yet, the eldest brother has been in Liu Gong's words since he was a child, and the book saint is not the same way, that Liu Gong post is enough for him, Daddy's favorite word of the book saint, and I will send it to Daddy when I read it for two more days, alas, a book saint post, and the wooden mark will be deducted from my head, what is this?" According to me, I should tell Qianchun Fang that you are not allowed to send wine to Muji! ”

"It's easy, I told the shopkeeper of Qianchunfang Yao that Huang Jingjie hurriedly answered, the fifth prince was stunned, coughed lightly and waved his hand: "Forget it, sell it, what's the use of talking about it now?" She did say hello to me, although she didn't say it explicitly

Huang Jingjie seriously took the chestnuts in his hands, as if he could see the oily chestnuts into flowers.

On the twenty-first day of the first month, the officials of the empire ended their vacations, solemnly worshiped the yashen, and began to deal with the #** official affairs of the new year step by step.

The ancient trees in a somewhat dilapidated small courtyard in the second gate of the Ministry of Officials are towering to the sky, this is the place where Xu Xuhan, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, handles official business, and cleans up the very clean and tidy upper room, Xu Shangshu sits on the top, and is listening intently to the words of his confidant Mr. Yuan: "?? Jiang Qingyuan was born in Jinshi, this term of office for five years, one Zhuo Yi, three middle and one middle level, is considered to be the choice of the middle and upper, last autumn he entrusted to Ma Langzhong, saying that his wife Li was worried that his niece had no one to take care of, and the next one wanted to seek a role in the six parts,"

"Lee? Hmm," Xu Shangshu already remembered who the Li family was as soon as he spoke, and couldn't help but think of his son's commotion a year ago and the promise he gave his son, and couldn't help frowning, Mr. Yuan stopped talking, looked at him and waited for him to speak, Xu Shangshu waved his hand and said: "I know about this, didn't it be discussed years ago?" There is just one less Lang official in Ma Langzhong, so it's just right for him to go, what happened? You go on to say

"Yes, this matter has been agreed a year ago, last night Sun Shilang found me, saying that the Privy Council knows that the horse room is in urgent need of a principal, Jiang Qingyuan has a calm and down-to-earth temperament, and is the best at practice, this knows that there is no more suitable person than him, and he wants to transfer Jiang Qingyuan to the Privy Council

Sun Shilang is the nephew of Mrs. Sun of Dongyang County Palace, and he is also the spokesperson of Dongyang County Palace's Ministry of Officials, Xu Shangshu's face was slightly gloomy, and Mr. Yuan said softly: "It seems that Jiang Qingyuan has taken the road of Dongyang County Palace."

"Not really," Xu Shangshu stood up, walked around the house a few times with his hands behind his back and said: "If you take the road of Dongyang County Palace, Sun Shilang should have said this a few years ago, the Privy Council, the owner of the Horse House, has been missing for four or five months, and the Dongyang County Palace, he doesn't need to take it, Jiang Li is from the Yongguo Mansion, and the nephew she wants to take care of has grown up with Mrs. Lin of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion since she was a child, and has a deep relationship with the Dongyang County Mansion Xu Shangshu said this, his heart was irritable, his brows were twisted into a ball and he stood still, He didn't agree with his son's request to marry the Li family's daughter, because of this, the fifth lady of the Li family had a secret relationship with the Dongyang County Palace, and the Nanning County Mansion was even more inseparable, and the Nanning County Mansion and the Dongyang County Mansion were in-laws!

The first class is not who says that the test can be passed, in addition to talent, but also pay attention to time, luck and life, Xu Shangshu sighed helplessly, no one will believe it when he says it, he is looking forward to his son not being in the first class, just the second class, although the fourth prince has always had the advantage, but the advantage is too much, but it makes him feel a little inappropriate, the official family is eloquent, the cadre is arbitrary, he is one of the six departments, he must not be biased, if he stands in line at this time, it is to fight for the future of the whole family and even the whole clan, he can't do it, Their Xu family can't do it. ♀

"What do you mean?" Mr. Yuan looked at Xu Shangshu who was frowning and asked, Xu Shangshu turned his head to look at him and said: "There is nothing wrong with Sun Shilang's arrangement, Jiang Qingyuan is indeed the best candidate for the head of the Privy Council, this matter is up to Sun Shilang, as for Ma Langzhong, although the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the head of the Knowing Horse Room are of similar grades, one is one of the many officials of the Ministry of Officials, and the other is in charge of all the horses in the army

"The fourth master married the Zhu family, and this is another person to the Privy Council, this step is getting more and more urgent, Mr. Yuan is talking to himself, Xu Shangshu lifted the kettle from the warm house, added water to Mr. Yuan's cup, and added a cup himself, sat down and took a few sips and said: "Who would have thought that the official family could take this big position?" ”

"Yes," Mr. Yuan paused for a moment before he sighed: "The momentum of the uncle back then, the first emperor??" Mr. Yuan swallowed the words behind: "Who would have thought that the uncle would suddenly have a serious illness and be gone, and the four princes, who lived until the first emperor died, would have one official family left, who would have thought of such a thing?" ”

"The official family is stoic, we are courtiers, it is a blessing to follow such a master, don't take the chestnut in the fire, expect too much, otherwise," Xu Shangshu didn't say it with palpitations, Mr. Yuan shuddered, the official family is so ruthless, for the sake of the big position, he actually killed one of his brothers left, who dares to violate his taboo, it is light to copy and behead all over the house.

What Dong Weng said is extremely true, it is the best policy to be careful to watch from the wall, and Mr. Yuan sighed with a hint of fear.

As soon as February, the fourth prince Qin Kunding was pro-Chang'an Hou Zhu and the second lady of the Zhu family, and the matter of the lively and beautiful Ming Yan was issued to the Zhu Mansion, Li Tian breathed a long sigh of relief and ordered Yue Niang to send the four princes back. Yue Niang happily received the messenger, ordered someone to carry the box, and went to the back corner door to get on the car, only then did she remember, although the fourth master had already made the will to open the house, but to move out as a parent, what happened was also an autumn matter, where to find him at this time? She can't get in in the forbidden.

Yue Niang stood at the corner gate for a while, stomped her feet and was about to cheekily go back to Li Tian to ask, Qingzhi turned out of the moon gate with a smile and said: "Wu Niangzi said that you must still be here in a daze, sure enough, Wu Niangzi said, he led the household, almost every day in the household department, you go to the household to find him to return things Yue Niang breathed a sigh of relief, dusted off her clothes, raised her chin and 'hummed' and said: "This still needs to be explained?" I had already thought of it, and without waiting for Qingzhi to speak, I hurriedly waved my hand and said, "This mission is important, I have to leave quickly."

The fifth prince went to Qingfeng Lou for breakfast early in the morning, and complained to Huang Jingjie with a worried face: "You asked people to burn a few pillars of incense in Fatai Temple for me, everything has not gone well these days, the fourth brother is married, he himself must not see the happy event, if Baba comes to congratulate, this fart must be slapped on the horse's hooves!" Yesterday I stayed where he had to pass, and I wanted to keep an unexpected encounter, and congratulated him by the way, which was not only a full courtesy, but also did not annoy him, who knew that after guarding for nearly two hours, the moon rose and went down, and the figure was not seen! I got up just after dawn today, who knew that he had already gone to the yamen, it was so late yesterday, and it was like this today, didn't he have to sleep?! ”

Huang Jingjie looked at the five princes who were getting more and more sulky and persuaded: "You don't have to wait for a chance encounter, the fifth master came to the door to congratulate, and it was the same if he didn't mention anything else."

"Alas, I have to find him to congratulate him no matter what, otherwise it will be rude for me, and I will go to the yamen to find him

"Fifth master, no matter how congratulatory gifts can be, Huang Jingjie took the sealed rosewood box from a few and handed it over, the fifth prince stretched out his hand to take it, carried it out of the small courtyard, threw it to the little maid, and went out of the side door to the yamen.

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