"What's the idea?"

Yan Mingze said: "Chongxi." ”

Chapter 75: Chongxi (2)

Meng Xiaoniang looked at Yan Mingze in a daze, For a while, she didn't react to what her son meant by this.

Why did you suddenly talk about the matter of King An's mansion, and why did you talk about the joy of King An's son, especially, after asking about Mingyue's marriage.

The prince of King An is already married, but the princess has nothing to do, even if Chongxi is just a concubine.

Meng Xiaoniang glanced at Yan Mingze, Yan Mingze smiled a little at the corner of his mouth, he handed Meng Xiaoniang a cup of tea, "Xiaoniang, look at the marriage of the second sister, although the Marquis of Zhenbei is a widower, he has not been in Shengjing for many years, and he has lived a good life if he marries in the past." I heard that the prince of King An is gentle and elegant, he is eight buckets tall, and there are no children in the house, if his sister can marry and give birth to a son and a half daughter, King An's mansion will not treat her badly. ”

Meng Xiaoniang pursed her lips and didn't speak, Yan Mingze said again: "But I can't count this matter, how many people want to enter King An's Mansion with their heads sharpened, I heard that Chongxi has to calculate the birth date, not everyone can go." ”

Meng Xiaoniang still didn't speak, she was in the back house, and she had harmed Su Qiaohui, how could she not know Princess An's methods. In the past twenty years, there has not been a single concubine who has given birth to children, only two young concubines, not as many children as the Yanguo Mansion, if it were not for the means, how could she be the only one who gave birth to a son.

She didn't drink the tea, and looked at the tea leaves floating inside, and suddenly remembered something.

In the early years, there was a rumor, saying that the daughter of the Shen family entered the palace as a side concubine, the daughter of the Shen family was extremely beautiful, King An liked her very much, and she was pregnant soon after entering the palace, but Shen side concubine did not abide by women's morals, and had an affair with her childhood sweetheart, and the child in her belly was not King An's.

Later, there was no such side concubine, why the rest of the concubines had no children, of course, it may also be because King An was not in good health, after all, the prince was weak.

Go to Chongxi, what kind of way out can such a person be.

Meng Xiaoniang was reluctant from the bottom of her heart, although now Yan Mingyue and her are separated from her and run to the main courtyard, but that is also her daughter, who has been raised since she was a child. If you marry in the past, you can only be a concubine, and you should really be happy...... gave birth to a child, can the princess leave her?

Meng Xiaoniang was holding the tea, her face was a little pale.

Yan Mingze knew that Xiao Niang would not nod immediately, "My sister is still young, but she may not be able to choose, this depends on the birthday." Xiao Niang, it's better to do this, take the third sister's birthday first, if it can be done, An Wangfu will definitely value the third sister very much, and she will not be treated badly in the future.

If you think about the second sister, isn't it also a widow when she marries, but she got the silver and power, I heard that the princess was born in a scholarly family, and her temperament is soft and elegant. ”

Meng Xiaoniang put down the teacup, pulled the broken hair on her sideburns, she took a deep breath, and said: "You let me think about it, this is not a trivial matter, Mrs. likes Mingyue very much now, and she will consider Mingyue's marriage carefully, there is no need to do more." ”

There were only two mothers and sons in the house, and it was quiet outside, but Meng Xiaoniang didn't say it deeply, she had the idea of going to the palace of King An, and her son was for herself.

Mother and son know it.

At the end of August, the weather was very good, and the leaves did not all turn yellow, let alone fall into the light, it was an early autumn scene, but Meng Xiaoniang couldn't help but shiver.

Thinking about Su Xiaoniang, who has no children, is now on Mingyue.

Yan Mingze lowered his head slightly, his expression was cold, "Little lady, Mrs. is not the biological mother of the third sister, no matter how much you like it, you can think more about the third sister." The Marquis of Zhenbei is twenty-six years old this year, and the prince of An Wang is only twenty years old. ”

Meng Xiaoniang still said the same thing, "Let me think about it...... That's your sister too! ”

If it was someone else, Meng Xiaoniang nodded without saying a word, it was her daughter.

Of course Yan Mingze knew, "Little lady thinks I'm for myself? Even if the third sister marries well, it is also the relationship between the Yanguo Mansion and the Anwang Mansion. I haven't been lifted yet, even if it has anything to do with me. That's all I say, little lady, think about it yourself. ”

Meng Xiaoniang is not stupid, if it is really the same as what Yan Mingze said, then why didn't he extract the meaning of asking Mingyue?

But she didn't ask.

Meng Xiaoniang already has a bias in her heart, just like Yan Mingze said, it's just a matter of measuring the eight characters of the birthday, what if it doesn't work.

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Yan Mingyue didn't know this, and on the day of the holiday at the end of the month, she followed her sister to Zhuangzi's workshop to help.

Mainly to try out new tea bags.

There is no tea in this batch of tea bags, but some dried medicinal herbs and fruits, which are matched with medical books, but they are also soaked and drunk, so they are called tea bags.

Gu Yan Yan gave the dried fruit Yan Ming buckwheat very much, under the pretext that there are relatives at home to do business, I asked Gu Yan to introduce me, and I took a lot of lists, which should be delivered next month.

As for why she didn't say that it was her own business, it was to avoid unnecessary trouble, she was young and not good at doing business, and it was easy to be calculated by someone who knew it. As for whether Guo Gan'er is Taifu's business or not, it's none of her business.

As long as you do business innocently, that's fine.

Yan Mingqiao ordered a lot of dried fruits to use to make tea bags, and she actually thought about letting Chen Yuezhou go to the south to run a trip and do her own dried fruit business.

But this is given by Gu Yan, she has no experience, and it will take more than half a year to get acquainted with the business.

It's better to go directly to Gu Yan's path, so that she has time to try on tea bags. Be good at one thing, can't be greedy, and there is a business that makes money.

The new dried fruits were also bought from the merchant introduced by Gu Yan, but there was not that much of it, but it was delicious.

Yan Mingyue came to help, this was her first time coming to her sister's Zhuangzi, it was very big, and there were a lot of ducks, so it was ...... Weird and scary.

To this day, she will still be envious when she sees what her sister has, but what she wants is to save money quickly, Mingqiao can take her to make money, she cherishes this friendship, from the end of May to August, Yan Mingyue has seven hundred taels in hand, and the three hundred taels borrowed by Yan Mingyu have been returned, but the second sister did not ask her for interest.

Originally, Yan Mingyue had another fifty taels, but Yan Mingyu didn't want anything.

In this way, Yan Mingyue has begun to return to her capital, and she will be able to share every month in the future, plus the profits of the grocery store, even if she spends some, she can save a lot of silver before she gets married.

She still has two or three years to get married, and she will have to pay five or six thousand taels of silver.

Although it can't be compared with the second sister and the fifth sister, it is still a lot more than Yan Mingru and the concubines of other mansions.

After a busy day, he set two tea bags, Chen Yuezhou was not in Shengjing, he had to stock up on more tea before winter, until the beginning of spring next year, how could he get a few thousand catties.

These two months are not much, most of the silver went to buy tea, the drought in June The tea business is not very sluggish, but after the rain in July, it recovered, and Chen Yuezhou went to the south twice.

How can it not be profitable.

Nowadays, there is Chen Yuezhou for tea, Lin Zao, and there are many people who can do things gradually and get started.

When the two left Zhuangzi, they brought a lot of tea bags, after all, they were the owners, and it was okay to take some back and drink them.

After returning to the Guogong Mansion, Yan Mingyue went back to her yard, and Yan Mingqiao went to Shou'an Hall for dinner, it was neither cold nor hot in autumn, but Ning's appetite was not good these days, and so was the old Guogong.

Shengjing City is rumoring about the affairs of the Anwang Mansion, and the Ning family can naturally hear it, especially the common people who have turned over the old things about Shen Mingzhu again.

Some people say that it is Princess An's own retribution, and some people say that it is a pity for the prince.

It's just that there were no correspondence at the beginning, and whether Shen Mingzhu and Gu Ningchen had a personal relationship, it is estimated that only Princess An and Shen Mingzhu themselves know, of course, Gu Ningchen also knows, but can Gu Ningchen's words be believed.

Yan Zhen always believed in Shen Mingzhu, but Ning didn't dare to guarantee it.

The Ning family has been worried about this matter for the past few days, but Shen Yuanjing wants to know his life experience, but if Princess An doesn't do anything and kills people, it will be even worse for Shen Yuanjing.

He has been lonely since he was a child, and he was sent away by Yan Zhen when he was born, and then something happened to the family that raised him, and he finally got it back, and when he grew so big, did he have to be involved in the battle in the back house again.

But it's his own life, he's eleven years old, and it's up to him to make a decision for himself, if he wants to go back.

As Shen Zichen's grandson, he can't take the imperial examination or go to the academy.

The Ning family was in a dilemma, so worried that they couldn't eat, Yan Guogong didn't know what to do, and most importantly, if something happened, it would inevitably affect the Yan Guogong Mansion.

Ning couldn't bear it, and planned to go to the palace and ask Yan Zhen what he meant.

Seeing that the two old men had a bad appetite, Yan Mingqiao was the granddaughter, so she could only coax, "Grandmother, look how thin you are, it's not okay to be so thin and not eat well, you see which dish is not delicious, let's change the delicious one." ”

Ning was amused, and Yan Guogong also smiled, "Eat more, Ming Qiao said so." ”

Yan Mingqiao eats very fragrant, with two bowls of rice as the base for each meal, and can also eat a lot of meat and vegetables. However, she moves a lot on weekdays, so she doesn't grow much meat when she eats a lot.

Looking at Yan Mingqiao, the Ning family used more, the old man was purely old, and he had to drink every meal, so he couldn't eat.

Yan Mingqiao asked her grandfather to drink less wine, "The belly is so big, and if you drink wine and take up space, won't there be less space for food." ”

I really think it makes some sense.

Lao Guogong is fifty-eight years old this year, and in the first two years, he always went out to meet friends and drank to catch up, but now, he can feel that his body is not as good as before, and no one is not afraid of death, so Lao Guogong doesn't go out much now, and stays at home with a few grandchildren.

Ming Qiao was indeed pleasing, he said: "Don't drink, don't drink, grandfather eats vegetables." ”

Yan Mingqiao nodded reassuringly, "It's okay to eat more, other foods are like snacks and fruits...... No matter how delicious it is, there is no good meal. ”

She understands everything.

It is said that old children and old children, the older they get, the more they look like children, and they have to be coaxed to come.

The two of them ate more at night than usual, and they didn't let Yan Mingqiao eat more, "You don't move after eating, too much stomach will be uncomfortable, you have to wait for Ming'er to eat in the morning." ”

Not only how to eat is arranged, but also when to stop.

Ning is willing to listen to Ming Qiao's words, the three of you, you coax me, I coax you, and the meal is over.

After eating, Ning took a box of pearls to his granddaughter, "Go back and count and play." ”

Yan Mingqiao came over to accompany the old man, not for things, "Grandmother, keep it, I don't want it." ”

The old man also asked her to take it, "Just take it for you, Ming'er will come over, come early, and let grandfather see what you wrote." ”

Yan Mingqiao has been practicing calligraphy for two years, and he has achieved something, and he is not afraid to show it to his elders at all.

She has already arranged that she and her two sisters will take turns to come to Shou'an Hall in the evening, and eat by themselves if they go to class at noon, so as to save time, and they can go to the main courtyard, sister's place, and Zhiyuan Hall without class, and there is delicious food in any courtyard.

When Yan Mingqiao returned to the main courtyard, the Ning family discussed with the old prince and planned to enter the palace the day after tomorrow.

You have to find a reason to enter the palace, Yan Zhen is now a concubine, living in the deep palace, although she can enter the palace to visit, but there are rules, she still can't go often.

I happened to have never seen Mingxuan's daughter-in-law, so I brought it into the palace to have a look.

The Ning family planned to take Ming buckwheat, but Mingyu was already in time, and it was not appropriate to enter the palace, so he took Ming buckwheat.

If it weren't for the business, the Ning family would be willing to take Mingyue with him.

She flipped through the letters written by Shen Yuanjing again, a total of seven, from July last year to September this year, almost one letter every two months.

Most of the letters are to report safety, and some local specialties will be sent.

Although the Ning family is defensive against Shen Yuanjing, he has seen people's hearts for a long time, and Shen Yuanjing is not bad.

Ask Yanzhen what she means, and then make a decision.

She sometimes wonders if Shen Yuanjing already knows her life experience, but now she just has no way to tell others.

But no matter what, the Yanguo Mansion has never been sorry for him.

The Ning family said that they would take Ming Qiao into the palace to visit the concubine, and the Shen family personally prepared some gifts.

The Yanguo Mansion has to send five thousand taels of silver tickets to the palace every year, and two thousand taels were sent in the first half of this year, and now three thousand taels are packed.

Ning kept saying no, but Shen said: "My sister is in the palace, there must be a place for money, my mother looks at Ming Yu and Ming Buckwheat, and there is no shortage of silver." ”

In this way, the Ning clan brought the silver with him.

Also going with Yan Mingqiao and Xu Jingshu, Xu Jingshu was quite nervous, and specially asked Mingqiao if there was anything to avoid, Mingqiao said to her: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, my aunt is very good, but she eats a little spicy, but sister-in-law, you can eat spicy." If you want to prepare a gift, prepare something that you have made yourself. ”