Chapter 171 Tan Family Affairs(1/2)
After coming to Chahar, the third prince, His Royal Highness Prince Su, was careless. He rode his horse all day long on the grasslands around the military camp and had fun. When he got interested, he even ran to compete with the soldiers below, but he just didn't do serious business.
The work was handed over to the two tool men from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Prince Jing, the Fourth Prince, felt that the work attitude of the third brother was simply disgusting. He tried to persuade him twice, but it was of no use, so he stopped trying. Anyway, the third brother was just here to supervise the work. As long as the work was completed on time, it didn't matter what his working hours were.
Whether you go for a walk or do something else, it has nothing to do with you.
It took three days for Li Zhao to finally deliver the work. At this time, Song Yaxin had already brought hundreds of kilograms of cotton seeds, and the rest of her colleagues were waiting for Song Qingyue to come and join them in Baoding Mansion.
The fourth brother Song Chenrui also came, and behind him was a little follower - the sixth brother Song Chenxing, who is only thirteen this year.
Aunt He actually thought about it and let him out just like that? Song Qingyue sighed in her heart and chatted with the two brothers for a while.
This time we are traveling with three hundred Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei are located all over the country. Like all other administrative organizations, they are also divided into regions, and a group will be rotated in a few years.
Song Qingyue was quite surprised when she saw Feng Jin in the motorcade. She wanted to go to such a miserable place in the northwest. Why couldn't it be Mr. Feng's turn to take action in person?
Besides, he is already quite old this year, he is twenty, right? If he doesn’t stay in the capital to discuss marriage and go to the northwest, his father shouldn’t be worried?
She thought about it in her mind, but she just glanced at Feng Jin a few more times, nodded to him as a greeting, and got into the carriage.
Feng Jin is the leader of the team this time, so naturally he came on his own.
Mr. Feng Kun is almost mad at this little son. He doesn't know what's in this guy's head. He has to go to the northwest for rotation. It will take him three years to come back. The great blind date opportunity during the Chinese New Year has been missed again.
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Feng Xuelan and Feng Xueru knew that their fourth uncle was working as a flower protector. Although this was destined to be a fruitless secret love, they had no control over how their fourth uncle loved him. The Crown Princess Su was indeed a top-notch beauty. It looked like this
After catching his eye, it was really difficult to ask Feng Jin to watch other people. The two eldest nieces expressed that they understood very much, but had no sympathy. On the other hand, they were watching the show very interestingly.
Song Yaxin and Song Qingyue were in the same car. It was inevitable that the two sisters would be affectionate when they met. Li Zhao originally wanted to follow Song Qingyue into the car, but when he saw that his sister-in-law was also in the car, he had to pretend to chat for a few words and went to another car.
In the car.
But he looked back at Song Qingyue's carriage behind him, got off his carriage, asked someone to bring his horse, and rode outside Song Qingyue's carriage window.
As the motorcade set off, Song Yaxin looked at Li Zhao riding the horse through the screen curtains of the carriage window. She saw him glancing at the carriage window from time to time, hoping that his wife would open the window to take a look at her. She looked like she was jealous of her sister.
Song Yaxin closed the small window, covered her mouth and smiled at Song Qingyue.
"Why are you laughing!" Song Qingyue yelled at her sister.
Song Yaxin laughed so hard that her eyes rolled, "His Royal Highness is laughing at the endless affection for my sister."
Song Qingyue shook her head and laughed: "It's just a newlywed. After a while of fresh energy, it won't be like this anymore."
Song Yaxin hit Song Qingyue with a handkerchief: "You little girl, why do you always say disappointing things whenever you mention this matter?"
Song Qingyue supported her head and leaned back on the soft cushion: "Sister, I am different from you. No matter how high the family status of a prince is, he is not a royal family. As long as there is no big trouble, no one will care about a courtier's backyard.
.Li Zhao is different, there is always that
Many pairs of eyes are staring at his backyard. Someone will come in in the future. The door of the side room cannot be lowered. Sister, I can't lose my head and lose my mind just because of a momentary love. I always have to pour cold water on myself from time to time.
Stay awake, sister!"
Song Yaxin frowned and looked at the helpless smile on Song Qingyue's face, and for a moment she was silently glad that she had not married into Prince Su's palace.
She took Song Qingyue's hand and whispered: "I'm sorry for this."
Song Qingyue shook her head and squeezed her sister's hand: "It's not hard, Prince Su and the Crown Prince are both very good to me."
"Where's the princess? The prince is not in the palace. Did he take the opportunity to embarrass you?" The two sisters simply changed the subject.
Let’s not talk about men, let’s talk about parents-in-law.
Song Qingyue smiled slightly proudly: "The princess has the heart, but not the courage. The prince is not here, and the prince is supporting me. Let me tell you a secret. After I entered the palace, I didn't go to greet the princess much."
Song Yaxin was surprised: "No one said anything about you?"
Song Qingyue didn't care, "Just say it, I'm not in good health and I need to rest!"
Song Yaxin burst out laughing, "You, you, you. It would be you. If it had been anyone else, she would have been divorced and returned to her parents' home."
Seeing that her sister is running around all day long, her eyes are bright, and she looks full of energy, Song Yaxin knows that her sister must be doing well.
She also understood that the private relationship between the crown prince and the princess was not as harmonious as it appeared on the surface. It would be really stupid for a wife to go against her husband's wishes and please her stepmother-in-law.
Song Yaxin originally thought that Song Qingyue would be trapped between the princess and the prince, but it turned out that this girl directly took care of the prince and his father-in-law. With His Highness Prince Su supporting her, even the princess could not do anything to her, and she really could do anything to her.
He walked sideways in the palace.
At home, my father dotes on the third sister the most, and often talks to her in the study room in the front yard. Unexpectedly, when she enters the palace, she will be able to impress His Highness Prince Su. This ability is really enviable.
Song Qingyue is most fortunate now that the relationship between Li Zhao and his father is very harmonious. The two of them are so good that they can wear a pair of underpants. If Li Zhao and his father are in the same situation, then she will really be in danger. In that situation, she will
I can't think of any way to protect myself.
After dark that day, the convoy arrived at Zhending Mansion. The city gate was already closed. Fortunately, there were several inns along the official road. A couple had set out a day in advance and had already reserved their accommodation. All they had to do was assign a room.
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Song Qingyue naturally took her sister Song Yaxin to live with her in the evening.
After the bath, the two of them lay on the same bed. Song Yaxin smiled and said, "We were not as close as we are now when we were children."
Song Qingyue hummed, and Song Yaxin talked about some chores at home. Aunt An seemed to be pregnant again, and she started to cause trouble with her belly again. As a result, she accidentally fell down and had a miscarriage. Then there was the second brother's marriage, saying it was because
Want to marry
There are so many ladies for Song Chenxu. There are almost no matchmakers in the official media in the capital who have never been to Song Mansion. Mrs. Liang thinks everyone thinks it is good. There are also people she has good friends with. She is really afraid of choosing this one for fear of offending others.
The Liang family is in trouble.
"What about the second brother himself? He doesn't like him?" Song Qingyue was more concerned about Song Chenxu's personal thoughts.
Song Yaxin shook her head: "How could he have any ideas? On weekdays, he is either in the Yamen or at home. How could he have the opportunity to meet any lady?"
"That's true..." Song Qingyue said. In this era, there are no conditions for free love, so she suddenly sighed: "It would be great if women could also be officials in the future. Half of the yamen are men and half are women. If there is any hope,
If you meet each other, you can get married directly."
puff!
Song Yaxin was amused by Song Qingyue's idea. She shook her head repeatedly and said, "That's not possible. If there are only husband and wife teams in the yamen, there will be no chaos!"
She suddenly remembered something and said: "By the way, the most promising nephew of Aunt Cao's natal family recently got engaged. It is said that she is an orphan. Her parents died when she was ten years old. She and her grandmother started a business together. She is capable and good-looking.
She is also very good-looking, and she was immediately attracted by the young master of the Cao family. She pursued her for more than a year before agreeing to the marriage."
"Seriously? This is good, what kind of girl is she? Sister, please be more specific." Song Qingyue became more energetic.
But Song Yaxin yawned: "No more talking, I have to get up before dawn and rush on my way! Go to sleep, I can't hold on anymore..."
"elder sister!"
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The next day the rooster was crowed just after the crowing time. If it were now three or four o'clock in the morning, we would have to get up and prepare to set off. Today we are going from Zhending to Taiyuan Prefecture, which is less than 400 miles away. Fortunately,
This section of the road is all newly built with cement concrete roads. The car can run very fast. On rainy days, the wheels are not afraid of getting stuck in the mud. Let's set off now and maybe get off at the city gate and arrive at Taiyuan Prefecture.
Living in the city is always much safer than living outside the city. This is still an era when wild beasts appear in the countryside from time to time. There is no food in the mountains in winter. It is not uncommon for a big tiger to enter an inn next to the official road. Moreover,
The composition of people outside the city is also relatively mixed. Beggars, vagrants, and bandits generally live outside the city. In an important town like Taiyuan, there are especially many such people.
Song Qingyue didn't have enough sleep and was dizzy. Last night she kept thinking about the young master of the Cao family's fiancée. She got up in the middle of the night and wrote it down on her little notepad before going to sleep peacefully.
Seeing that she had no appetite for breakfast, it was not her time to eat, so Song Qingyue got into the carriage and went to sleep.
Li Zhao laughed when he saw it, and asked Mo Yun and others to pack steamed buns and snacks for her to eat on the way when she woke up.
Song Chenrui laughed when he saw it: "The third sister has been like this since she was a child. She goes her own way. No one can force her to get up early."
Song Yaxin glared at her younger brother: "What do you mean I have to do my own thing? My third sister has been weak since she was a child, so she needs to sleep more to keep herself healthy!"
Li Zhao nodded: "Auntie is right, Yue'er needs to sleep more because she is weak."
Song Chenxing watched his fourth brother being squeezed by Prince Su and his eldest sister. He chuckled. Song Chenrui was not annoyed. Instead, he joked about Li Zhaolai with a smile: "I heard that there are many rare and good medicinal materials in the Tianshan Mountains and Qilian Mountains in the west.
When the time comes, please ask the prince not to be stingy with money."
Li Zhao smiled and shook his head: "What you said is not good again. It doesn't matter if you underestimate me, your highness. You also underestimate your third sister. What kind of treasure, how much does it need to be worth to be more valuable than your third sister?" He nodded to Song Chenrui and said.
, "In the future, use your brain more before speaking, otherwise you won't even know when you offend someone."
Song Chenrui held up his hand, indicating that he had learned from it, and his attitude towards Li Zhao was more respectful, saying: "I would like to ask His Highness the Crown Prince for more guidance in the future."
Li Zhaodao: "You don't need any advice from me, just learn more from your eldest sister."
Li Zhao continued riding that day, protecting Song Qingyue's carriage. She slept until the sun rose before waking up. When she woke up, she ate two steamed buns reheated with a self-heating lunch box and a bowl of tofu pudding, which the store specially ordered.
The recipe given by Mo Yun
The salty tofu curd made by the emperor was added with diced pickles and dried coriander pickled by the servants of the palace. They even brought the small shrimp skins shipped from the south of the Yangtze River and sprinkled them in. Finally, according to Song Qingyue's habit, he sprinkled with white pepper powder and drizzled with it.
A spoonful of sesame oil.
Song Qingyue held the bowl of tofu cakes and just wanted to praise her subordinates for their attention to detail. They really brought everything. No wonder they, Aunt Bai, Mo Yun and the others were able to pack three loads of luggage, no?
Those who knew it thought Song Qingyue was moving.
"Sister, please continue talking about Master Cao's fiancée who he pursued for a year before agreeing to marry." Song Qingyue brought up business after breakfast.
To be continued...