Zhenyun heard Qi Qiang ask when he was going to Huai'an, and drank slowly, "Wait for it to be clean...... The second brother and Dahe also regained their vitality...... "looked at Li Siqin, who was about to reach out to carry the wine jar, "Either take a bowl to drink, or you won't have to drink"

Qi Qiang couldn't help but smile and looked at Li Siqin, who retracted his hand, and looked at Lian Zhenyun in disguise, he also had a new injury under his left ear, and his expression on his face had undergone this big change, becoming colder and colder, but fortunately, he was still talking and laughing when talking to Li Siqin, and couldn't help laughing: "That's right, the emperor is coming, Yangzhou Mansion is lively for a while, so don't rush to Huai'an." After taking a sip of wine, "This time the prince, the eldest brother, the thirteenth elder brother, and the two little elder brothers are driving, we have to be careful, and the last time Gaoyou Tankou was also confused, it scared me a lot." ”

Li Siqin laughed, "Fourth, that kid, if it weren't for the fact that he was injured and received a hundred boards, and more than fifty of his brothers were cut off in head, I wouldn't have slapped him to death." If it weren't for the fact that there was no one on his side to answer, would the eldest brother be so dangerous in Huai'an? Patting Qi Qiang's shoulder, "Master Zhizhou died standing in the standing cage." That master killed a chicken to show you this monkey......"

Qi Qiang smiled bitterly, "Where is it for me?" Is it for the third master, the eighth master, and the ninth master? Who knows if this master is in conflict with me, and he calls my sister every time......" smiled and took a sip of wine, and paused.

Lian Da Chuan opened the curtain and came in, and carefully called Qian'er to report: "Second master, Mrs. Futai has come to Aunt Lian's yard and came to see the master." ”

Li Siqin put the wine bowl down and said happily: "I knew that she would come to see me, except for her hand, when did I suffer such a serious injury?" "Grabbed the crutches, "Big boat, you kid, don't come over to help me......" Qi Qiang stood up with a wry smile, "It must be hidden from my brother-in-law, where is my brother-in-law willing to let her go out now......"

Qi Su Niang was sitting on the couch teasing Haijing, and when she saw Lian Dachuan limping in with Li Siqin, she couldn't help but stand up, "Second master, you ......"

Li Siqin hurriedly waved his hand, "You sit down, you sit down, I'm fine, you have a body." He didn't even need to say anything about the big boat, he directly dragged a water-mill nanmu chair and put it on the side of the couch and waited for him to sit down.

Hai Jing was wearing a big red brocade fur coat, a silver fox fur hat, and a golden lock plate around her neck, although her face was a little pale, her big eyes were very bright, and she grinned when she looked at Li Siqin, and she stretched out her hand and shouted, "Second uncle...... Hug ......"

Li Si Qinle hugged Haijing from Qi Su Niang's hand, and said proudly: "This kid is related to me, he first learned to call his father, and the second one learned to call his second uncle."

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Qi Su Niang burst out laughing. Rui'er also smiled: "The second master hurts Haijing. Why don't you give birth to one yourself? In the future, the lady gave birth to a child. Maybe you can still be a family member. ”

Li Siqin was stunned. looked at Qi Su Niang's stomach in a daze. I came back to my senses for a while. glared at Qi Su Niang and said, "You gave birth to a daughter." I got married when I gave birth to a daughter. I have a son, let's be in-laws. ”

Qi Su Niang smacked him a few times. Lian Xiang also scolded with a smile: "What did the second master say? Lord Chen is the only seedling. Madame gave birth to a son. Life will be stable. Otherwise, I have to go back to my parents' house in anger. ”

Qi Su Niang's face turned red. Rui'er and Sister Gui'er both laughed. Rui'er pulled Qi Su Niang and said, "I didn't expect Mrs. to be a lock place." Mid-Autumn played all night. Not a word was revealed. Two days later, my aunt and grandmother will send someone to invite them. actually said that he went to the capital to save his relatives. Aunt Lian was in a hurry at that time. If it weren't for the master, he went to Gaoyou. The second master went out to escort the boat. She's going to guard her home. I couldn't chase after it for a long time. ”

Qi Qiang opened the curtain and walked in. Hear me. Immediately laughed. "I wrote to her. said that it was almost to Yangzhou. She was in a hurry. before they went to meet me. Where is the gambling again? ”

Lianxiang pursed her lips and smiled, urging the girls to set the table, put refreshments, and serve tea. Sister Gui looked behind Qi Qiang, "Third Master Qi, why didn't the master come over?" ”

Qi Qiang sat on the Zuo Nanmu chair, and while taking half of the leaf and offering the tea, he said with a smile: "Lord Futai convened all the officials to discuss the matter of welcoming the car, and he went to the palace of Tianning Temple." ”

Qi Su Niang frowned when she heard the word "Yingjia", Qi Qiang looked at her face and smiled: "Sister, what are you worried about?" The salt merchants all over the city are waiting to throw the money on the emperor, this time asking the emperor to see their financial resources, and the salt class can drag on for a while, and the emperor is not afraid that they will not be able to pay it. ”

Li Siqin laughed and said: "Those salt merchants only said that they would take the money to open a new salt factory, and they couldn't turn it around for a while, and they had to borrow money from the inside, but the emperor also believed them." ”

Qi Qiang smiled slightly: "Although Lord Cao has been reinstated, he is not as hard as he was with the salt merchants last year. The case in West Garden is not closed yet. He took a sip of tea, "At this moment he was busy rehearsing a new play, waiting to be welcomed." I left all the chores to the actors. ”

Lian Xiang said with a smile: "It is also the new governor who has a big face, I heard that the emperor only went to the Yellow River to check the river workers, and he invited him three or four times before he ordered a southern tour." ”

Qi Su Niang nodded and said with a wry smile: "He is too busy at this time, in addition to the matter of welcoming the car, the emperor also wants him to play on the new opening of the Yellow River and the Huai River. The governor of the river did not dare to call the shots, so he had to invite the emperor to come and see it. After a pause, "Fortunately, the river repair in Yangzhou Mansion has not stopped, and he doesn't need to bother now." ”

Everyone laughed for a long time, and seeing that the sky was getting dark, Qi Su Niang got up and said with a smile: "He must come back for dinner, I have to go back before he comes back, so as not to let him know that I sneaked out." He also asked Bi'er to take two boxes of medicinal materials, all of which were angelica, ginseng, ejiao, etc., and said to Lianxiang, "One box is for the second master, and the other is for Dahe." There are two medicines in them that I have not used as a tribute from the Gentiles. Let the doctor who healed them see it, and use it if it can be used, and if it is good, I will have it there. ”

Lian Xiang smiled and nodded, Li Siqin cracked his mouth and smiled: "I just haven't healed the injury on my leg, and the rest is better, and the eldest brother won't stop me from drinking......"

Qi Qiang glared at him, "He can't help it, if he stops you, you will drink behind your back." After that, he also stood up, but was grabbed by Li Siqin, Li Siqin laughed continuously, "Why don't you leave, you live in my yard, I can't do anything now, and my eldest brother won't let me go out, you talk to me......"

Qi Su Niang and Qi Qiang both laughed, Qi Su Niang smiled: "Brother, you are here to accompany the second master, I will go back and pack some clothes for you, and I will ask Xiao Lian to send them over." ”

Qi Su Niang sat in a sedan chair and secretly returned to the mansion, it was the time to take care of the New Year's goods sent to the Li Mansion in Dezhou, and wrote a letter to the godfather and mother who were transferred to Zhili Tongyong to ask for peace, and she felt very. She instructed Li'er to boil mutton and cinnamon soup, and prepared Chen Yan to come back to warm up

Jean Bi'er packed Qi Qiang's clothes and went back to the inner room to rest.

She was leaning against the head of the bed, cutting the red paper strip wrapped in narcissus for the New Year, when she heard the sound of footsteps outside, and Chen Yan walked in wearing a Yunyan Buzi winter court robe. He took off the warm hat on his head, walked quickly to the bed, sat down and hugged Qi Su Niang and said with a smile: "Be careful with your eyes, it's unlucky to take scissors when you have a body, so don't take it soon." ”

Qi Suniang watched him take away the scissors in his hand, put the red note aside, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time, but followed up to set the meal Di Bi'er smiled and said: "Grandma, what you said is right, you can't use needles and scissors when you are pregnant." ”

Qi Su Niang smiled bitterly, and when she was about to get out of bed, Chen Yan stopped her again and said, "If you are tired, lie on the bed, and I will feed you." He turned his head and said, "Put the meal on the side of the bed." ”

Qi Su Niang smiled: "Where are you so tired."

Pushing Chen Yan to get up and change his clothes, he watched Zhi'er come in with hot water, and waited for him to change into his regular clothes, clean socks, and warm shoes. Bi'er and Li'er smiled and set the table in front of the bed, put the soup on the table, added charcoal to the brass square basin in the house, sprinkled dried orange peel, and closed the door and withdrew.

The silver charcoal in the brass square basin was burned red, and the room was full of orange incense, which suppressed the residual lotus incense on the bedside pillow. Chen Yan drank Jinhua wine, watched Qi Suniang eat a bowl of soup and rice, hugged Qi Suniang and said, "Fortunately, you have no problem eating, and there is not much morning sickness, no wonder we feel late." He looked down at her and said with a low smile: "Besides, you only remember to be jealous at that time, where can you think about this......"

Qi Su Niang glared at him with a red face, and scooped him a bowl of mutton longan soup, "Drink less, pad the ...... first"

Chen Yan put down the wine glass, took the soup bowl, and drank it slowly with a small spoon. Qi Su Niang looked at his slightly tired face, thought about it, and said cautiously and softly: "How about the Tianning Temple Dixing Palace, don't you have to go too hard to repair?" Is there enough silver? ”

Chen Yan glanced at Qi Su Niang and said with a smile: "Don't worry, who doesn't fight to please the emperor?" Wang, Zheng, and Cheng all discussed with me privately, and if they could invite the emperor to visit their garden, they would donate money to renovate the Sanchao River, Lixia River and Fan Gong Embankment in Yangzhou. Said proudly: "These river works are not considered river jurisdiction, but civil affairs." Yangzhou Mansion can't allocate money for a while, I'm worried, I'm not in a hurry at this time. If the emperor goes to one place, I can collect 20,000 taels, if the emperor goes to all eight places, I can collect 160,000 taels, if the emperor can stay for one night, I can collect 40,000 taels, and if the emperor stays for ten days, I can collect it."

Qi Su Niang listened to Chen Yan and told her about these official and interesting things outside, which was more considerate than the gossip when Fang got married, full of joy and couldn't laugh, "No wonder you don't care about repairing the palace, you can't wait for the palace to fall down now, why don't you send the emperor directly to live in the garden?" ”

Chen Yan laughed, put down the bowl, and kissed Qi Su Niang heavily, "Or Mrs. understands me." Qi Su Niang covered her mouth and smiled, "Those salt merchants also understand you very well, otherwise they wouldn't have come up with such a way to pry you." While scooping Chen Yan's food, he said: "You can be careful, don't let people find fault with the palace." ”

Chen Yan nodded again and again while chopping rice, "The prince is a person who loves luxury, is the most picky, and is not a kind person, I will be careful." He said worriedly: "Lord Cao took over three drives, if the emperor goes to Jiangning this time, I am afraid that he will still live in the Jiangning Weaving Mansion." He was originally the best at handling these things, but now he summoned seventeen or eighteen Kunyi teams into the salt transportation envoy's mansion and closed his door. The salt merchants came up with new ideas one by one to please the emperor, and I had never done anything to take over the driver before, so it was inconvenient to ask him. ”

Qi Su Niang thought for a while, "It's like the actors are covered by Lord Cao, and you will also contract the repairs of the palace, singing and dancing, gardening, and eating to the salt merchants?" They must be decent, and they will not dare to slack off, you only care about the emperor's itinerary, escort, and reception of ministers. It's that the diet is not at ease, most of the famous chefs in Yangzhou are from the salt merchants' mansions, and we are looking for them, as long as they sit on the guarantee, let the chef taste more when they are sent......"

Chen Yan slowly put down his rice bowl, stood up and walked back and forth by the bedside, and muttered: "Three more days will be the New Year, the emperor will leave the palace on the twelfth day of the first month, and it is necessary to stay in Qingkou and the river loop for about a month, plus the itinerary on the road, I am afraid that it will be March or April in Yangzhou." Let the salt merchants do it first, and see in two months... It's just not good...... It's time to ......."

Qi Su Niang looked at him and said: "The most important thing, the emperor is inspecting the river work in Qingkou, it's hard to say whether he will summon you over, Lord Cao doesn't care, you are not here, if the things here are not arranged in advance, I am afraid that both sides will not be able to put their minds at ease......"

Chen Yan stood up abruptly and looked sideways at Qi Su Niang, "You are right, it is inappropriate to clear the mouth." It turned out that before Mr. Zhang left office, I started to prepare when I was still in Qinghe, and I also discussed it at the beginning. Unexpectedly, he transferred the officials to Shang, and I transferred to Yangzhou Mansion again, so I couldn't intervene in the affairs of Qingkou, so I could only be anxious. Fortunately, Hetai is also cautious, and I have to invite the emperor to come and take a look, because the emperor will indeed summon me over......"

Qi Su Niang said with a smile: "Since it is to contract those things to the salt merchants, it is inevitable to mention it in the emperor's premise, the emperor is benevolent, and he must summon him to see the driver, and then give some words, plaques, and land." Such a decent thing, as soon as you say a price and ask them to donate, it will save you from racking your brains to think of ways to let the emperor come to their garden. ”

Chen Yan laughed and sat on the edge of the bed, "In the end, the emperor has been with the emperor, why didn't I remember that the emperor likes to give words and plaques?" ”

Qi Su Niang pouted and said, "The emperor has eight gifts, plaques, words, banquets, food, silver, things, sights, and officials. At the beginning, I followed the Queen Mother in Jiangning Weaving Mansion, and the emperor's favorite thing to do was to watch plays and hold banquets. There are banquets every day, and there are more than 100 tables a day at most, all of which are supplied by officials from various provinces. Is there still less plaque on the emperor's inscription in Jiangning's weaving mansion? He smiled again: "Later, I followed the emperor to Dezhou, and my godfather Li Zhifu was a capable official, I heard my godmother say that he always gave all the imperial merchants surnamed Cha in Dezhou, that is, the Dezhou Palace is also the imperial businessman who paid for the land, and now the imperial merchant is the chief merchant of Changluyan District. ”

Chen Yan hugged her and laughed, "Okay, I'll listen to you." Tomorrow, I will discuss with Mr. Zhou, discuss a charter, and then discuss it with the eight general merchants, lest our family lose all this foundation to the emperor for a banquet. ”

Qi Su Niang laughed out loud, "What do you mean by this, our family's silver can be compensated to the river work, and it is absolutely impossible to pay to the emperor for a banquet, but the emperor is sorry for you, and it is not enough to listen to me recite the "Female Commandment" once, and I am stunned to say it in detail from beginning to end......" (to be continued, if you want to know what will happen next,. Chapter More, Support & &)