Xue Shao's house is not close to the official office, and those officials in Xizhou also live near the official office, only one square away, Xue Shao was afraid that those people would come and go and disturb Qingrong without anything, so he chose a place far away from the official office, but closer to the Hu people's business market.

The houses and roads in Xizhou are dug down, and this house has been built with two floors, but the walls are raw earth, the doors and windows are also dug out, and the courtyard is also simple, separated from the outside by earthen walls.

Cui Liniang saw that there was a look of surprise in her eyes, and explained with a smile on the side: "I was also startled when I first arrived to see this house, Madame, don't look at the simple construction of the house, but the upper and lower floors have their own uses, if it is hot, it is much cooler to live on the road, and when the wind and sand rise, you can avoid it downstairs." ”

Qingrong nodded, feeling that in addition to the lighting may not be very good, the ventilation is nothing, "Thank you, Madame." ”

Cui Liniang smiled and waved her hand: "It's just a trivial matter, Madame doesn't have to be so polite." Madame may wish to see if there is anything missing, and if anything is missing, send someone to inform me, and I will send it to Madame. ”

Qingrong shook his head and smiled, "This is too troublesome, our neighborhood is the market, if there is anything missing, just let people buy it, how can you bother Mrs." ”

The smile on Cui Liniang's face suddenly stiffened, and she nodded, "That... It's good. She turned her head to look and saw that the yard had been cleaned, "Then I won't bother Madame, Madame is tired all the way, and take a good rest, if you have something to come to me again." ”

Qingrong smiled and thanked him.

After Cui Liniang left, a Hu housekeeper found by Xue Shao led a few people into the door, and Qingrong looked around the room with a look that was ready to be clean, and the utensils were also complete.

After listening to him explain on the side, Song Yue also smiled: "Ah Lang really has a heart. ”

Qingrong came back to his senses, nodded with a smile, and asked Yun Niang and the others to pick their own houses, and after packing their bags, they prepared lunch.

Xue Shao placed a Hu butler in this courtyard, as well as two cooks and a few maids, plus Yun Niang, they were far less numerous than when they were in the capital, but there were only two of them here, and there were no relatives to deal with, and there was no need for so many people.

After some rectification, the kitchen has already prepared lunch.

At this time, after sending Qingrong to the house, the "General Xue" who was called back because of his busy affairs also happened to come back, he stepped into the house, and saw that the house had been rearranged, and Qingrong changed into a light Hu dress and sat in front of the table, with steaming venison in front of him.

He asked, "Are you still used to it?" ”

Qingrong was a little helpless, "It's only the first day I've been here, but I've never lived in this kind of house, so I think it's strange." ”

"The climate here is drier, naturally it is not as good as the capital, and it can't raise flowers and plants, so you can only be wronged." He remembered that when he was in Lide Hall before, Qingrong's favorite thing was to play with flowers and plants in idleness, and the flowers and trees in the yard were all taken care of by her.

Qingrong shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal. ”

Ah Zhen brought the last dish, and Qingrong glanced at him with a smile, "Didn't you say that this other guest room, you have to be careful that the partition wall has ears, and you can't talk about it in detail, I want to wait for you to have lunch with you today, so that I can tell me about those ladies and relatives?" Still not sitting? ”

Xue Shao was a little stupid for a while, and sat down when he heard the words. In fact, Xue Shao just used this as a rhetoric, afraid that she was still making her temperament reject him, and when she said it, there was always a kind of awkwardness to be recognized. Ah Zhen on the side covered her mouth and snickered, turned around and retreated.

Qingrong just smiled, "Let's eat first." ”

Xue Shao nodded in response.

Qingrong also realized that he hadn't eaten together for a while, and Xue Shao's appearance of eating returned to the way he had when he first got married, and he finished eating after a few storms... But Qingrong didn't have impatience and disgust this time, just watched him and Sven's unrelated movements, and felt a little bitter for a while, when he was marching outside, he also ate sloppily like this, right?

She silently retracted her gaze and gave Xue Shao a piece of chopsticks and meat, "Eat more." ”

Xue Shao looked at her, his heart warmed, and he sighed.

After the two finished eating, they still talked about last night.

"Actually, it's not incomprehensible that they are afraid of you, and you may not know what outsiders think of you."

Qing Rongqi said: "What do you think?" ”

"It's the same as those people in the capital, but this rumor is getting more and more exaggerated, and the outside is all looking at some skin, and those who don't know have to add fuel and vinegar and speculate wildly. Mrs. Cui came from the capital, and when Lu Changshi was demoted to Xizhou, it was almost when Wei Boqin and the others had an accident... She has heard a little about you, and besides, they don't know your intentions, whether they are friends or foes, it is difficult to judge, how dare they not care about you? ”

Qingrong was reminded by him like this, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake her head, in fact, if she was too much, it was all unnecessary. Those few things in the court just happened to be related to her, Li Jin and Empress Wei were both planned and decisive, how could they be easily influenced? How could she have such great ability in front of Li Jin and Empress Wei? It's also too overestimated for her to go!

Qingrong felt a little helpless, and Xue Shao was relieved when he saw this: "I know that these have nothing to do with you, and they are just rumors from outsiders, don't take it to heart." ”

Qingrong nodded and said, "I understand, naturally I won't go to my heart, isn't it the same in Yongcheng?" It's just that those people don't say it to my face. ”

Xue Shao nodded and said: "There are many people in this capital, and there are many powerful people, although some people talk behind their backs, but there are also people who don't care." But this Xizhou is not a big place, and there are only tens of thousands of people living here, so it will attract more attention. But that's fine, naturally no one dares to disturb you at will. ”

In addition, Xue Shao knew that Qingrong was coming, so he rushed thousands of miles to greet him without saying a word, with such a posture, how could everyone not be suspicious? It's just that this Lu family's methods are powerful, General Xue is afraid of internal color, and he doesn't dare to slack off at all, even her husband is so "ready to fight", and they are even more so.

Qingrong shook his head, "Having said that, but with this kind of posture, I'm afraid that whatever I do will attract attention, and it will be difficult to keep a low profile, which is inconvenient for me to act." ”

I'm afraid those people are wondering why she came, right? Because I will pay more attention to her every move, in case I arouse the suspicion of others, I'm afraid it's not good.

Xue Shao looked at her and raised his eyebrows slightly, "This is also difficult for you?" ”

Qingrong looked at him sideways and did not speak.

"Isn't that what you've always been able to do?"

Qingrong quickly understood what he meant, glanced at him, and smiled: "Each other." ”

……

"Madame, you've been here for a while, but you don't come to the market often?" Qingrong asked Cui Liniang with a smile.

Cui Liniang smiled: "I've only been here a few times, what does Madame want to buy?" I'll see if I can help my wife with a counselor. ”

After lunch, Qingrong asked someone to invite Cui Liniang to go to the market together, saying that she wanted to buy some things, and she also wanted Cui Liniang to help take a look, and she didn't forget to ask someone to give you a gift. Receiving her invitation, Cui Liniang didn't dare to refuse, so she had to come as invited with joy.

Qingrong's expression was a little careless, "Let's take a look first, if you can see it, you can buy it back, I heard that this side is more prosperous than the west market of the capital, there should be many good things I have never seen, this is something to visit." ”

Cui Liniang looked at her, just smiled, it seems that this general's wife is a little wealthy? Give gifts generously, spend money... It also seems to be a little generous.

This street is not long, but the coming and going of the street, Hu and Han people are mixed together, the sound of selling fills the whole street, and the shops are densely arranged in order, and the goods in it are all on display, jewelry and spices, everything is dazzling.

Qingrong was really dazzled, so he also bought a bunch of strange things, and fortunately he brought a few entourages with him when he came, otherwise it would be really difficult to bring back so many things.

Qingrong picked up a string of red agate necklaces again, and looked at it in the sun, reflecting the glittering brilliance. Siniang's skin is white, she must look good when she wears this, Qingrong thought so, and waved her hand to signal Ah Zhen to pay for it.

Cui Liniang accompanied her throughout the whole process, and felt that Qingrong might not need her to be a "counselor", and if she wanted to buy something, she really took it away at a glance, and it was like running water, and this battle surprised her a little.

Seeing that the money brought out was all used up, Cui Liniang wanted to step forward to help her pay, but Qingrong stopped her with a smile and said, "Eh, what is Madam doing?" I'm already very happy that you can come with me, and you can use your wife to help me pay this money? Just tell the next person to go back and get the money again. ”

Cui Liniang saw that she was smiling as she should be, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

This afternoon, the two of them almost finished shopping in the city, Qingrong and Cui Liniang laughed, and when they were passing by a deep alley, they saw a monk at the door of a small courtyard, as if he had drunk some wine, and was a little drunk.

Qingrong felt that he was a little strange and asked, "This monk from the Western Regions can still drink?" ”

Cui Liniang said with a smile: "The color of the abstinence is the same, but you can eat meat and drink wine, the rules of Buddhism here seem to be different from those in Yongcheng, I also felt strange when I first came." ”

Qingrong nodded, this is really strange, the monks do not quit drinking and meat, but it is a little incomprehensible.

has been approaching the closure, Qingrongcai and Cui Liniang plan to go back. Before parting, Qingrong said: "I still have something I want my wife to help with." ”

Cui Liniang smiled, "Madame doesn't have to be polite, to put it bluntly, Liniang will do her best." ”

"It's not a big deal, I was in a hurry yesterday, I also brought some things from the capital, I don't know what your ladies like, I want to ask my wife to come over and help choose it, so I can send it to you tomorrow."

Cui Liniang was stunned when she heard this, and when she saw that Qingrong was still looking at herself, she responded repeatedly, "Madam really has a heart, I will definitely come tomorrow." ”

Qingrong smiled: "Then I'll wait for Madame." ”

After the two broke up and said goodbye, Cui Liniang returned to Changxingfang, but saw that Wang Duwei's wife Liu happened to come to her house to look for her, Cui Liniang stepped forward and asked, "Mrs. Liu is looking for me?" ”

Liu nodded, "Yes, what did Madame do this afternoon?" Only coming back now? ”

Cui Liniang shook her head and smiled, and told the Liu family about this afternoon's incident, but the Liu family had a strange expression when she heard this, and sighed, "Mrs. Lu is from the capital, she is a rich person, and she is a big celebrity in front of the queen, it is inevitable that this is the case, and it is different from ordinary people." Liu took a few steps closer, lowered his voice, and said in her ear: "Madame doesn't know yet, I heard that Mrs. Zhang in the Duhu Mansion will arrive tomorrow, and she came to visit Mrs. Lu in person." ”

This capital is located in Qiuzi, and Mrs. Zhang actually came here for this matter? But she clearly remembered that this Mrs. Zhang was... Could this be the case? Cui Liniang was also a little surprised when she heard this.

Although Cui Liniang had no intersection with the Lu family in Yongcheng before, she had also heard some things about the Lu family, she was the relative of the concubine, and she was quite favored by the queen, she personally gave marriage, and was treated by the saint and the queen.

I only heard Liu Shi say again, "I guess this Mrs. Zhang is probably bottomless, General Xue has the weight of a saint, so he is stationed in Xizhou, but his wife is even more amazing, I don't say that Mrs. also knows in her heart, how can such a person who has a face in the capital be willing to come to Xizhou, a small place?" There must be another purpose, maybe it is the meaning of the saint and the queen... No matter what, she will stay in this Xizhou for a short time, and she will go back, if she is jealous, how can she take revenge in the future? ”

Cui Liniang also felt justified when she heard this, she nodded with some concern on her face, no matter what, it was better to be cautious after all.