At the entrance of the Qinzheng Palace, Mu Yan stood up straight and looked forward.
The commander hurriedly entered the hall. Mu Yan only glanced at him without moving his head.
An hour later, the commander withdrew from the hall and hurried away again.
After a cup of tea, Emperor Yongkang walked out of the palace, followed by two eunuchs, one old and one young. Emperor Yongkang walked a few steps and turned to look at Mu Yan: "Follow me too."
"Yes." Mu Yan lowered his head and responded.
A group of people walked towards the Royal Garden.
The autumn mood is strong in the imperial garden, and the gardeners in the palace are very skilled. All kinds of flowers are blooming in full bloom, and their fragrance is astonishing.
But Emperor Yongkang frowned.
"Mu Bin, do you think Grandpa Mu is treasonous?"
Mu Yan's breathing stagnated and he took two breaths: "I dare not discuss the affairs of the state arbitrarily."
"Permit you to say a few words."
Mu Yan guessed what Emperor Yongkang wanted. His Majesty took away the throne from his nephew and killed many former ministers of the previous dynasty for treason, implicating countless people. He hated treason the most.
Just an illiterate country farmer plotting rebellion?
He knew that he should agree with His Majesty, but he couldn't bear it, "I heard that Grand Duke Mu was illiterate and had been a poor farmer in the countryside for several lifetimes..."
Emperor Yongkang glanced at him leisurely: "Illiterate? Then why did you name the toilet you run 'Qiyan Hall'?" It was still used in a smelly place. Thinking about it, he felt disgusted.
"Wei Chen, I don't know." Mu Yan lowered his eyes.
Emperor Yongkang glanced at him lightly and said, "I forgot that your surname is also Mu. Although the pronunciation is different, the pronunciation is the same."
Mu Yan stiffened and knelt down: "My heart for Your Majesty can be seen from the blue sky!"
Emperor Yongkang helped him: "What are you doing? I'm scaring you. Get up quickly."
Mu Yan stood up and followed behind with lowered eyes, not daring to say another word.
Finally returned to the capital. Huo Xi sighed happily on the dock.
"Xi'er!"
"uncle!"
After receiving the news, Yang Fu hurried over with his assistant, strode up to Huo Xi, looked her up and down, and was relieved to see that she looked well.
"What took you so long?"
"I'm staying in Ningbo for a few more days. I'll tell you later. You can arrange unloading with Shopkeeper Shen first."
Yang Fu nodded and went to Shen Qianzhong to say hello and thank him for his hard work. The two of them directed the boys to unload and load the goods.
"Dong Huo's family, let's say goodbye now."
Lei Da brought a group of escorts to say goodbye. This trip not only made more money as escorts, but also gained a lot of knowledge along the way. Lei Da wished he could stay longer.
"Boss Lei, thank you for taking care of me all the way. Thank you for your hard work. I will see you next time. I wish you a prosperous business."
"By the auspicious words of the Huo Dong family, as long as the Huo Dong family makes the call, our Shengshui Escort Bureau will be waiting for the call at any time." Lei Da handed over his hand and left with all his men.
Shen Qianzhong followed and said goodbye, "Master, please go back first, as long as Yang Fu and I are here."
"Okay, then I'll go back. You can notify Langguang Pavilion to pick up the goods, so we can save us the trouble of loading and warehousing them."
"good."
Huo Xi took the two girls and returned to the house in Qionghua Lane with a bunch of things. Yang Fu took a look and smiled, this girl went to Ningbo and actually took in two maids.
Grandma Zou was very happy to see her back. She went to the kitchen and ordered her a bowl of noodles, vanilla and Xiahe, and hurriedly followed her to help.
Huo Xi was not hungry, but she refused the old man's kindness and ate with a bowl of noodles. Grandma Zou looked at her eating with a smile: "These two maids are doing well, they are both good girls.
diligent."
"They are new here, so grandma helps to get them familiar with each other."
"Don't worry, grandma, don't worry. Just come back. Your father will come over the next day. When he saw you weren't here, he was very worried and said he should go with you."
"My father will come here every other day?"
"No. Even your mother comes here every three to five days with a big belly. She is thinking about you." She touched the ragi Huo Xi bought for her, with a smile on her lips, thinking about making clothes for the old man and her grandson.
clothes.
By the time Huo Xi got up from her nap, Xiangxiang and Xia He had already understood the situation at home clearly and had visited the workshop.
"Miss, I didn't expect that the velvet flowers, fans, and handkerchiefs made in the workshop are so beautiful! Can you please do some work when you are free?" Vanilla said with excitement. She had never been to the capital before. There are so many good things in the capital.
There are so many.
Huo Xi glanced at the two of them and saw that Xia He also had a look on his face that was about to make a move. He smiled and said, "Xia He is doing this job to save money for the family. Why are you saving money to give it to your father and stepmother?"
"
"I won't give it to them! They already got money from selling me. The money my grandpa left me was also taken away by them, so I won't give it to them!" Vanilla looked angrily.
"I forgot to ask you. Your grandpa was a great naval engineer. It's impossible that he didn't save some wealth and leave something for you." How could he sell himself to someone?
Vanilla looked sad: "Grandpa saved a lot of money and bought land for me. He said it would be used as a dowry for me in the future. Unexpectedly, as soon as grandpa passed away, the clan said that grandpa was a destitute and the family wealth must be left to the clan."
Uh...this is a waste of money.
Huo Xi sighed with emotion, but couldn't help praying that her mother must give birth to a younger brother this time, otherwise the land purchased by her parents in the future would be at odds with what the Huo family still has.
Huo Xi patted Vanilla on the shoulder and comforted her with a few words: "In the future, I will save money for myself as a dowry. We don't rely on others, we rely on ourselves."
"Yes." Vanilla nodded fiercely, and Xia He also nodded seriously.
"Come on, let's go to the workshop and have a look. You can come over whenever you have time, and you can also get work and save money."
"Well, miss, we all have five taels of silver, right? If we save a few more taels, we can buy an acre of fertile land!"
"Then you have to work hard."
"Yes!" The two maids nodded excitedly.
In the workshop, Qin Huaiyu was leading about thirty female workers.
After learning that a great scholar had arrived in Qionghua Lane, the door of the workshop was almost broken down. People came to ask for advice in an endless stream, which made Qin Changzhi very annoyed. Even Xiu Mu hid in the academy.
The husband couldn't see her, so he asked the women at home to come to the workshop to do the work, hoping to establish a relationship with Qin Huaiyu.
Qin Huaiyu got the position of steward and is now more and more comfortable with it.
She comes from a wealthy family, and has learned how to manage subordinates. Isn't it easy to deal with a lot of young ladies and ladies?
I picked a few good ones and put them in the workshop, but rejected the rest. They just asked them to come and pick up the materials and go back to work on them, and then hand them over after they were done.
The people living in Qionghua Lane are all scholarly families, and even the women are more bookish, so the things they make are naturally more spiritual than those made by ordinary women.
There are also scholars who continue to provide contributions, calligraphy and painting, and embroidery samples from the workshop. There is never a shortage of drawings, and they are full of new ideas.
The work I do is sold very well to takeaways. When I sell it to other people, the price I pay is higher than others.
Huo Xi came in with two maids, and saw a harmonious and harmonious scene. It could be seen that Qin Huaiyu took care of the housekeeper carefully, and Huo Xi was satisfied.