When Li Hui came back, Cheng Xue had already finished the cotton-padded jacket.
"Just in time for you to come back, hurry up and give it a try."
Seeing her gentle and virtuous appearance, Li Hui's floating spirit finally found its home. He ignored the jacket, but held her tightly in his arms and breathed in her fragrant air.
"You are still working when you are sick, but you are not in a hurry to get dressed, so you can't rest?"
Listening to his slight complaints of distress, Cheng Xue raised the corners of her mouth and gently stroked his back.
"I feel much better after taking medicine. Anyway, I have nothing to do. Have you had lunch?"
"Already eaten."
After Li Hui finished speaking, he took off his shoes and got on the kang, and told her in detail what had just happened in the palace.
"... If nothing unexpected happens, the new appointee will be appointed tomorrow morning. In all likelihood, it will be the capital of the northern state. You and the children will have to endure hardship."
"Where is the pain? It's just a cold spot. At most, we need to burn more firewood and wear more clothes. As long as our family is not separated, there is no Flame Mountain that we can't overcome."
Li Hui said "hmm" heavily, nodded, adjusted his mentality, and tried on the cotton-padded jacket.
It's both fat and thin, the thickness is just right, the stitching is dense, and it's comfortable to wear.
"I still have a few black mink furs in my hand. When Ren is sent down and returns to the village, I will ask Li Zhong to take them to the town and make them familiar. According to your and Wen Tian's figures, each of you will make a big cloak. There is better than the one in the village.
It’s much colder, so you need to wear more clothes.”
"Okay, I'll listen to you. Go back and ask about the price of charcoal along the way. If you find a cheap one, buy some. It's easy to use in winter."
"Then I'll ask Bai Shao and the others to make a few thin cotton strips to use as scarves."
There is no wool here, so your neck cannot get cold.
Just as the two were planning the items they would need soon, Shunxi hurried in from outside, leaning against the door frame and panting——
"Old...Master, madam, the palace...someone from the palace has come with an imperial edict. Tiandong and Bai Shao are setting up tables and burning incense. Miss, the young masters are also changing their clothes."
When Bai Guo, who was standing at the door, heard this, he quickly went into the house to find the red dress that Li Hui wore when he was parading in the second place, and found some festive and dignified clothes for Cheng Xue.
The couple all went to the ground to put on their shoes, and changed their clothes in the inner room and the outer room.
They didn't know when the imperial edict was issued by the imperial court, but the last appointment was in the morning. The edict was issued unexpectedly at this time, which caught people off guard.
In the front yard, Bai Shao and Angelica dahurica spread out the offering table and set out the offerings. Tian Dong brought Gastrodia elata and Shuangxi, laid out red carpet and set up firecrackers. If there was a BGM for this, it would definitely be "I have waited for a long time and finally waited until today, it is a dream"
After a long time, my dream finally came true.
When everything was ready, Li Hui and his family all knelt at the gate. The four Tiandongs and Wen Tian knelt outside the gate. The five of them waited for the father-in-law to finish speaking before lighting firecrackers.
"By God's blessing, the emperor decreed that Li Hui, who was ranked second in the new class, was born in Liaodong and was named Bairen. He was of pure nature and full of sincerity. He was specially appointed to be the governor of the northern prefecture of the fourth rank, and was given a gold medal and an arrow. His wife, Yu, was extraordinarily smart, well-informed, knowledgeable, and helpful.
The Governor of the Northern Territory has made great contributions to the construction of official roads in Liaodong, and I specially confer you the honorary title..."
Later, he said a lot of "Thunderbolts", but unfortunately Cheng Xue couldn't listen to a word.
She thought that Li Hui would be appointed as the official, but she didn't expect that she herself would be granted the title. The Liaodong official road was built a long time ago, but she didn't expect that the imperial court would know about it. It seems that the Liaodong governor is still very practical.
Report this matter.
Being granted the title of fourth-grade governor and given a gold-medal command arrow, this is a great honor and favor. Cheng Xue clenched her clothes tightly in excitement, fearing that she would teach him again if she was too excited.
After the edict was read out, firecrackers sounded outside. Tiandong hurried back, took out a fifty-tael silver ingot and stuffed it into the edict's father-in-law.
"Ouch, this is inappropriate or inappropriate."
Tiandong knew that he was pretending to refuse, so he forcefully forced it on him, held his hand tightly, and said:
"Just take it, it's so hot to come all the way, so I don't care."
The father-in-law who delivered the decree accepted the words, then walked up to Li Hui, saluted and said:
"Congratulations to Mr. Li, congratulations to Mr. Li Gong. These six people were specially selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to serve you two. They all have great skills and talents. My master specially asked me to tell Mr. Li that Dingbeihou, who is stationed in the northern military camp, fell ill ten days ago.
, are now on their way back to Beijing. All six of them have special skills, and the northern border is not peaceful. Master Li and Gongren must always keep them with them."
After speaking, Li Hui and Cheng Xue immediately understood the origins of these six people.
There are some things that Li Hui cannot ask, but Cheng Xue, as a woman, can ask them. Otherwise, would they care or not if six people come to the house?
"Please ask me something. I am a country woman and I don't know much about this. The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent six of them to us, right? We pay the monthly payment, and the deed is in my house?"
The official who delivered the message was ready to receive the two's thanks. Unexpectedly, Cheng Xue's question made him suddenly startled.
After all, he is a person from the palace, and his expression management is absolutely in place.
"Li Gongren is humble. There is a first time for everything. The identities of these six people are in the golden box of arrows. From now on, the six of them will be your people and have nothing to do with the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Oh, okay, I understand. Thank you, thank you."
Cheng Xue didn't know how to address him, so she just used "you". "You" would definitely not work. She was a person with an official title, and the county magistrate had to salute her when he saw her.
After seeing off the father-in-law who delivered the message, Li Hui asked Tiandong and Bai Shao to take six people down.
Wen Tian, who had been slipping away, came over now, leaned next to him and whispered:
"Those six are all practitioners, and two of them are better than me in martial arts."
Li Hui guessed that these six people would not be ordinary people, but their kung fu was higher than that of Wen Tian, so he could rest assured to use them.
Since they are the eyes given by the palace, he should make the best use of them. It just so happens that he can do it without any worries.
Li Yue walked to Cheng Xue and said softly:
"Mom, the imperial edict says that my father will go to the northern state capital to take office on the first day of August. We have to deal with it as soon as possible."
The first day of August?
Cheng Xue gave an embarrassed "hmm" and began to calculate the time on the road in her mind. She couldn't walk and play like she did when she came, and she also had to leave time to return to her hometown to worship her ancestors. It was the fastest way to go to Fucheng in the north from Wanghe Village.
Twenty days' journey.
After thinking about it for a while, Cheng Xue called Bai Zhi and ordered:
"Ask your sister to take people to Gu's house. Just tell us that we will go north at noon tomorrow and we won't be able to go to the banquet in two days."
"What if the Gu family asks about the master's appointment?"
"Just say it directly, there is no need to hide it."
"Yes." Bai Zhi bowed her knees and quickly went to the concierge to find her sister.
Cheng Xue ordered Shunxi to go to the inn to rent a car and a horse, and asked Shuangxi to take Gastrodia elata to the warehouse to count the grain.
Save the food for rations and sell everything else to the grocery store.
Prices in the capital are higher than in Liaodong, so even old grain will cost twice as much as in Liaodong. This is why she hired a fleet to haul grain, and also brought the grain from the year before last...
