Mrs. Tian smiled and patted Qi Bao'er's hand, "Okay, okay."
She was indeed bored. In the past, even though the old man was always away from home in the village, it was different. There were still a bunch of old ladies in the village who were familiar with each other. They chatted about each other and ate melon with others, and the day passed.
It was different here. After the old man and his granddaughter were not at home, she was the only master. Although the people around her were respectful to her and did not dare to show any slightness, they did not dare to chat casually with her.
Moreover, in order to save her granddaughter's face, she had to imitate the manners of the noble ladies in Beijing. To be honest, she was really not used to it and felt uncomfortable.
But she is unwilling to let her go back to her hometown.
She was afraid.
I was afraid that after returning to my hometown, I would suddenly hear that my granddaughter was missing, and it would be another nine years.
No matter how uncomfortable or uncomfortable she is, she just wants to stay with her granddaughter, stare at her, and rely on her. Even if her granddaughter has to leave one day, please take me with you.
Isn't she just a noble lady? She can't learn enough.
Qi Bao'er didn't know the obsessions that Mrs. Tian had in her heart because she had been away for nine years. In other words, it can be said that after Qi Bao'er arrived in this world, she had not really integrated into her blood relatives, but only integrated them into her blood relatives.
Think of it as "I occupy this body, and it is my responsibility to protect them."
Therefore, when she makes any decision, she always bases her decision on "protecting the safety of Lao Qi's family and trying to make Lao Qi's family live a better life in the future" as the criterion, rather than the emotional ties of blood and family ties.
The grandmother and grandson were walking slowly in the garden.
It has entered October, and the Qilin Kingdom itself is generally northerly and colder. October has already entered the Mid-Autumn Festival, and leaves will fall from time to time in the garden.
"I don't know when your second brother and the others will arrive."
Qi Baoer stretched out her hand to pinch the fallen leaves that had fallen on her breasts, "But we have to wait. My second brother and the others are in the northwest. From the time they receive the news to the time they rush back to Beijing, it will take two months. It still takes two months."
There aren’t many stops along the way.”
Otherwise it could take three to four months.
Mrs. Tian was a little disappointed, but it was okay. She hadn't seen her for so many years, and it wasn't like this for a month or two.
It is said that the essence of human beings is to eat melons. One second, I am still missing my children and grandchildren far away in the border. The next second, Mrs. Tian's topic almost broke Qi Bao'er's waist.
"Didn't you ask Miss Gu Er just now? Miss Gu Er is pitiful. Her husband-in-law returned to the border just a few days after the wedding. Miss Gu Er's belly was very good and she became pregnant right away. But she didn't know that her husband-in-law had left.
I couldn't come back.
By chance, less than half a month after Miss Gu Er gave birth to her daughter, news came back that her husband-in-law had died in battle.
That old witch in the Li family is not a thing, no, the whole family in the Li family is not a thing, they are all blood relatives. The daughter born to Miss Gu Er is still the posthumous son of Li Baichang, her only bloodline, and they are talking about that child everywhere.
The fate is tough, saying that Li Baicheng’s son was killed by that child.”
Gu Linghua herself was the daughter of a military commander and grew up in the border area. However, she did not have the bad temper of a woman from the capital who would swallow her anger for the sake of face. After Li Baichang was buried, Miss Gu Er made a big fuss in the Li family.
Afterwards, he took his daughter and dowry back to Yong'an Houfu.
"Alas~" Mrs. Tian sighed softly, "Although Miss Gu Er is angry, this world is always unfair to women. She became a widow and broke up with her husband's family. After hearing that her daughter even had her name
They were all given by Marquis Yong'an, and the ladies in the capital were very fond of her..."
Although Mrs. Tian didn't say it clearly, Qi Bao'er still didn't understand.
It's nothing more than being arranged by those ladies and gentlemen in Beijing who claim to be noble.
When Mrs. Tian saw that her granddaughter didn't respond, she quietly took a look at her face. Well, her granddaughter had always shown her emotions and anger, and with her eyesight, she couldn't tell whether her granddaughter was happy or angry.
After a moment of silence, with a cautious tone that no one even noticed, he said, "Bao, I'm going to have a banquet on the 20th. Do you think we should invite Miss Gu Er as well?"
The question was whether she wanted to be invited, but resistance was clearly written in Mrs. Tian's eyes.
Qi Bao'er didn't think that her mother had followed the "bad" example of the noble ladies in Beijing. After thinking about it carefully, in fact, some of the old lady's concerns were understandable.
Gu Linghua broke with the Li family after a quarrel with the Li family and moved back to Yong'an Houfu.
No matter how many reasons Gu Linghua had, or how many grievances she suffered, she was the bottom of the situation. In the eyes of outsiders, she was a junior who not only disobeyed her elders, but also broke up with her husband's family before his body was still cold.
This is both unfilial piety and unrighteousness.
The old lady is just an ordinary person, so she would naturally stay away from someone who is unfilial and unjust.
Under Mrs. Tian's increasingly vigilant gaze, Qi Bao'er shook her head with a chuckle, "I'm not familiar with Miss Gu Er, but I've only heard of her. You just mentioned Gu Shizi, and that's when I thought of it.
Got her."
Phew~
With a breath of turbid breath, the tense muscles on the old lady's prominent face relaxed.
"You don't have much to do in the office today?" Usually he returns home after dark, but today the old man hasn't even returned yet, but his granddaughter came back first.
"Yeah." The smile on Qi Bao'er's face was obviously a little happier than before.
Although the old lady is not smart, she has an intuitive understanding of her granddaughter. She is very sure that her granddaughter is very happy at this moment, the same kind of happiness after playing a prank.
Indeed, as Mrs. Tian guessed, Qi Baoer did something "bad" in the Ministry of War.
how to say?
This matter has something to do with the quarrel between the military general and the Minister of Household Affairs that day.
Let’s first talk about the court’s procedure for distributing military pay to each army unit.
This is not the order in which the Ministry of Revenue collects troops, but each army reports first, how many people there are in the army, whether there is an expansion of the army, whether there are new equipment, etc.
Of course, the date for the imperial court to issue military pay was fixed, at the end of each year. Depending on the distance of the place where each army unit was stationed, it would be paid annually or every three years.
I won’t ignore the details for now, let’s just talk about the military pay.
Each army will report any changes in generals or desired changes six months or even a year in advance to the Ministry of War. After the Ministry of War sends people to verify that the review is true, the Ministry of War will stamp the approval and then hand it over to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
, and then the Ministry of Household Affairs will calculate and issue the required military pay.
In the past few days, Qi Baoer has had several official documents in his hands that the Ministry of War had reviewed and found to be true. After being submitted to the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue rejected them for various reasons.
In the Ministry of War, this matter is under the jurisdiction of the ministers, but it’s not like the three ministers were absent for various reasons. Now it falls under her, the new minister.
Qi Bao'er was so anxious to know about this matter that he didn't notice that the military generals were quarreling with the Minister of the Ministry of Finance in the imperial court.
So, on the first day, these documents were re-approved and sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Unexpectedly, the household department was so disrespectful and rejected it again on the same day.
Even if it wasn't about asking for military pay for the soldiers, she just couldn't bear it because of the issue of face.