"I have something to ask you." Sweeping leaves let go of her clothes and said.

Zhao Qing frowned, still standing straight in front of the weeping flower door: "Ask!" ”

"Let's go talk elsewhere."

"Is there anything you can't say here? Why go anywhere else? Zhao Qing had already guessed his words.

Sweeping Ye seemed embarrassed, scratched his head and looked left and right, and said softly: "There is only one sentence to ask you, it is inconvenient to say it here." ”

Rarely seeing him like this, Zhao Qing covered his mouth and snickered, raised his feet and walked to the open space next to him: "Let's talk about it here." ”

Sao Ye also followed her step by step, and did not face her after walking over, stared at the back of her head and hurriedly asked, "Miss Zhao, have you ever considered getting married?" ”

"Nope." Zhao Qing said directly.

Sweeping Ye licked his teeth and mustered up the courage to speak: "What do you think of me?" ”

Zhao Qing turned around and looked him up and down, sighed and said, "Originally, I didn't believe in these loves, but I can't stay in this mansion for the rest of my life." Nowadays, the world is unfair to women, and it is really difficult for us to find a way to make a living when we go out alone, and even if we do, it is all cannibalistic work. Therefore, if I want to live without this place, I must find a reliable husband and hope for my future life. ”

Sweeping Ye's heart lifted for a while and then fell, and gradually he couldn't quite understand what she meant, just looked straight at her.

Zhao Qing knew that he was puzzled when he saw his expression, so he had to say: "Anyway, I will never find a slave as a husband." You also know that slaves cannot participate in the imperial examination, and there are always many restrictions on speaking and doing things, and I want to have a hope for my future life, rather than giving birth to a child to be sent to others to be a maid slave. ”

"I see." Sweeping Leaves said sullenly.

Zhao Qing thought that the two of them had made it clear, shook his head with a smile, and turned around to go inside.

Behind her, Sweeping Ye looked at her back in distraction, until someone behind him punched him in the shoulder: "What are you looking at?" ”

"Nothing, why are you here?" Sweeping Ye frowned and looked at the visitor.

The corners of Xu Xing's lips hooked and said, "The fish is hooked." ”

"I'll go find the third master." Sweeping the leaves raised his feet and walked inside. Xu Xing grabbed him and scolded with a smile: "What's the hurry, there's gold in it?" Wait for me, let's go together. ”

As you can imagine, the two were stopped by the maids on the verandah.

Sweeping Ye frowned and looked at the upper room, the corners of his mouth twitching. The man who followed him in smiled playfully: "I've been following him for so long, and I haven't seen the one in the house." ”

"How many people do you know in this house?"

"I know you and Fu Xuanmo, as well as Lan Fu, I heard that she can speak again, why don't you see anyone?"

"She's busier than you. The third master doesn't need to let a good man go, and he makes a girl like this. Sweeping Ye sighed.

Xu Xing chuckled: "That's Lan Fu's qi, one person is more effective than two men." ”

"What are you arguing about? I'm sleeping inside, and I'm waking you up to talk. Zhao Qing had been listening under the window for a long time, and finally couldn't help but come out and whisper to the two.

The two men looked at each other and smiled meaningfully. Xu Xing hugged his chest and looked at the woman in front of him: "I don't know who the girl is?" ”

"Who are you?" Zhao Qing was a little displeased, but it was really because the expression of the man in front of him was too flamboyant, and his eyes were a little scrutinizing when he looked at people.

Xu Xing sighed: "The people around Fu Xuanmo are not bad, even a girl is so good-looking, and she looks a little familiar." ”

Hearing him call Fu Shen's name, Zhao Qing quickly guessed that he was not an ordinary person, and said: "The third master sleeps, it's good for this son to have a cup of tea in the side room." ”

"I remember," Xu Xing clapped his palms violently, pointed at Zhao Qing and asked, "Have you ever been in Sumire Cloud City?" ”

Sumire Yuncheng's experience was not pleasant for Zhao Qing, especially the period between her and Fu Shen, which made her feel embarrassed when she was alone with Fu Shen now. Now that someone she didn't know had actually seen her in Sumire Cloud City, Zhao Qing looked at him vigilantly, for fear that he would say something unpleasant.

Who knew that the man just looked at her, and there was no further word. This silence aroused more and more of Sweeping Ye's doubts, and he turned his head and asked, "You were in Sumire Cloud City at that time?" ”

"I'll go before you and the third master." Although Xu Xing stared at Zhao Qing, his words were said to the same as Saoye.

Sao Ye looked weird, but it was not good to ask him directly in front of Zhao Qing what happened, so he stood aside with a drooping face and looked at the two of them.

Inside the room, Huan Ci exhaled lightly, lay lazily on the bed, staring at Fu Shen turning over and putting on his clothes and walking outside.

As soon as Fu Shen opened the door, he saw Xu Xing on the verandah, his eyes narrowed slightly and glanced at him, and then beckoned the maid on the side to come over: "Go and get a basin of water." ”

With that, he closed the door, and the people in the courtyard looked at each other.

A quarter of an hour later, Fu Shen dressed up and left the house, and before leaving, he did not forget to instruct his subordinates: "Serve her well, and let her drink the medicine later." ”

Xu Xing watched the man approach step by step, and teased: "Xuan Mo is really a blessing, now he even has a child." ”

"What's the news?" Fu Shen was too lazy to talk nonsense, and led him to the side room.

At this time, Huan Ci was sweating profusely, so he asked people to carry water to take a bath. She was much more comfortable now, and she wasn't as dizzy as she was when she woke up in the morning.

After dressing, she pushed open the window of the house to breathe, and only then did she realize that there were guests in the courtyard.

Xu Xing was about to say goodbye, when he suddenly saw another person by the window, looking at her curiously. Fu Shen followed his line of sight and slowly walked to the window: "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm flustered." Huan Ci said in a low voice, and the man in the afterglow slowly approached.

Xu Xing stood not far from her and arched his hand to her: "I've seen my sister-in-law." ”

"Who is this?"

"Xu Shangshu's son, Xu Xing, has a long word." Fu Shen said on the side.

Huan nodded clearly. Xu Shangshu is the secretary of the criminal department, and he has been in contact with Fu Shen a few times when he was in the capital, but Huan Ci has seen him once, but he has never seen this Xu Gongzi.

Xu Xing had heard of Huan Ci's name for a long time, he had known Fu Shen for more than two years, but it was the first time he had seen this woman who had a lot to do with him.

Huan Ci smiled politely at him and politely left him here to eat.

"No need, he's in trouble." Fu Shen spoke for him first.

Xu Xing smiled and nodded. Zong Zhenglu is still waiting, he doesn't dare to delay any longer.

After the three of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, Huan Ci personally went out to see him off. After he left, Huan Ci looked at Fu Shen uneasily: "Is it just a few days?" ”

The man nodded, looking at the boxy sky.

Five days later—

Because of the impeachment of the courtiers, when the prime minister Fu Shen was removed from his position, the emperor Zongzheng Law personally went to Jizhou to greet the prime minister Wei Yang, who had left Ding Wei three years ago.

Wei Yang has been away from the dynasty for three years, but there are still many of his people in the court. His return gave hope to those who opposed the change, but they did not expect that Wei Yang was not opposed to the change, but was very supportive of the new emperor's approach.

When the decree of the prime minister arrived, Huan Ci was planning with Fu Shen to plan the affairs of the academy. The two of them were calm when they heard the news, and even next to them were their already packed bags.

With this decree, they could get up and go back to the state as soon as possible. It's just that Huan Ci knows that Fu Shen is only leaving temporarily, and he will definitely continue to stare at Chaozhong's every move.

The holy decree was issued in the morning, and Kong Lin and Li Jinxiu came at noon. At that time, she and Fu Shen were having dinner, and she specially asked the cook to cook a few good dishes today. The two of them were very surprised when they came in, and Li Jinxiu's brows furrowed tightly: "Brother Fu, why can you still eat?" ”

"Do you want us to go on a hunger strike?" Huan replied to him. Immediately, he ordered his subordinates to bring two pairs of dishes and chopsticks for them to sit and eat together.

Kong Lin looked around the room: "Are you going to leave?" ”

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning." Huan said.

Fu Shen always had a light smile on his face, and ordered the kitchen to add a few more dishes.

"How can I see that you are not sad, but a little happy?" Li Jinxiu hadn't eaten yet, so he sat down unceremoniously and ate with them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Huan Ci hurriedly said: "There is something I haven't told you yet. Amer and I are planning to open a college in Bingzhou, and now there are still a few gentlemen missing, I wonder if you know anyone who can take on this role? ”

"Academy?" Li Jinxiu turned his head and glanced at Kong Lin, "Bingzhou Academy? ”

The four people in the room, except for Kong Lin, had all studied at Bingzhou Academy, and although Kong Lin had never been there, he had also heard the name of Bingzhou Academy. It's just that there have been frequent wars in the past two years, the founder of the academy, Huan Yuan, has died, and Huan Ci's uncle has moved his family to the south, the academy has not held classes for a long time, and the gentlemen have dispersed.

"I have sent someone to renovate the academy again, and then use the vacant land behind it, and the preservation is even better than the original academy. As long as it is reopened, there will naturally be no shortage of students, but there will be a shortage of teachers. Huan said.

Kong Lin took a few steps forward and said in a deep voice: "When I was in Yongzhou before, I worked as a housekeeper in a family, and their eldest son Tang An was very knowledgeable and famous in Yongzhou, and he had a very good relationship with me. He once said that he didn't want to be an official, he just wanted to be a teacher. If you think it's okay, I'll fix him a book and see what he thinks. ”

"That's great, I've thanked you here first. Rest assured, we will not treat him badly. Later, I will also write a letter to him and explain to him in detail about the situation of the college, and then tell him the conditions we have offered, if he is interested in coming directly to the state. Huan Ci said busily.

These words inevitably reminded Li Jinxiu of the days when he was studying in the academy, and said: "If I am not busy, I really want to go back to the academy to see." It is a pity that many of my classmates at that time are now missing. He raised his eyes and looked at Huan Ci: "Many of the gentlemen at that time had some dealings with our family, and there were also those officials in the state who could go to teach, I can write to them to try." ”

"I can't thank you enough for your kindness." Huan Ci suddenly felt that his heart was blocked.

In the past two months, they have helped her a lot, especially when Fu Shen was not there before, and many things that she couldn't take care of were done by the two of them.