The divorce between the Xu family's daughter-in-law has been a matter of great turmoil for a month, and everyone in the streets is aware of it. In addition to adding three additional issues in regular days, "Yanjing Weekly" also published three special issues. No matter how interesting the news is,
After a month of discussion, ordinary people have heard and heard everything that can be said and heard. Even the storyteller started talking about Journey to the West again. At this time, a big headline appeared on the front page of "Yanjing Weekly"
News: Dali Temple will hold a public hearing on the case in half a month. Many court officials are in attendance, and ordinary people are welcome to attend. The melon-eating crowd who had just dispersed immediately gathered again and became more enthusiastic after hearing this.
At first, Mr. Chen helped Xu Ci to visit celebrities and scholars. After Yao Jiazhen reported the family affairs in the newspaper, Xu Ci could not find the prince of Shu. I am afraid that the future will change, and he will ignore everything and just ask around. Eventually he will hear someone
It was said that there was a guest who often went to a certain teahouse. He seemed to be an important person in the Kingdom of Shu, so he hurriedly waited for him. After waiting for two days, he finally got the guest. As expected, this person came from the Kingdom of Shu, and his demeanor showed that he came from a high-ranking family. Xu Ci then came up
Ask beforehand.
After hearing this, the man raised his eyebrows and said, "The Crown Prince of Shu? Come to Yan?"
Xu Ci nodded vigorously: "Yes. I have known Wansheng for more than half a month."
The man took a sip of tea and said, "Did he ask you for money?"
Xu Ci was slightly stunned: "No."
"If he asks you for money, don't give it to him. That person is definitely a liar."
Xu Ci said anxiously: "How can I be a liar? He also gave me an ancient fan, which is priceless."
"Oh." The man took another sip of tea, "That fan must be a fake." Xu Ci was about to argue after taking the case. The man continued, "My brother Wang has already taken over the government affairs of our country. He is busy day and night and has no time to spare.
The Kingdom of Yan is coming." He put down the tea money and left. Xu Ci felt as if he had been struck by lightning. After a long time, he ran away.
The next day, Qi Guofu sent someone to invite him to come over to discuss matters. When he got to the study, he saw Xu Ci sitting in front of the case, dumbfounded. The man stepped forward with a smile and said: "Congratulations, Mr. Xu. Our eldest master has invited all the guests.
The chief minister of the government is here to discuss the matter, and I guarantee that the third master’s lawsuit will be won in a safe and sound way.”
Xu Ci murmured: "What kind of lawsuit are you going to fight?"
The people in Qi Guofu were stunned: "What did Mr. Xu say?"
Xu Ci's eyes burned: "The lawsuit is over. I don't want to make peace. I want to welcome Yao back."
The man suddenly changed his face and sneered: "Mr. Xu is still in his dream. Now it's not that you won't leave if you don't want to, but that he wants to leave you."
Xu Ci said seriously: "I will not marry another noble girl."
The man laughed even more: "The matter is so big, and you don't win the lawsuit, you still want to marry the nobleman's sister? How can the nobleman marry a sister to you? How dare a nobleman marry a sister to you? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by everyone in the world? Xu San
Master, listen to the villain's advice. It's hard to fight a lawsuit. If you win, your lovely wife and concubine will not count, and Yao will still be at your disposal. If you lose, I'm afraid you won't be able to get a good wife in this life."
Xu Ci was stunned: "She did it so harshly! She didn't leave any way out."
The man said scornfully: "Can you be more cruel than your government? Have you left a way out for others? Mr. Xu, since you are in the first year of junior high school, don't blame others for being in the fifteenth year." Xu Ci opened his mouth, wondering.
He said something good and closed it again. The man urged, "Mr. Xu, let's go! Mr. Xu is so lucky. It's not easy to gather such noble people. Thanks to our master's great face."
Xu Ci smiled bitterly: The Qi State Government was more concerned about this matter than he was... Last night he calmed down and read through these issues of "Yanjing Weekly" from the beginning, and he already understood: the old and new forces of the Yan State are using the Yao family
The fight came to an end. Now that he was on the pirate ship, it would be difficult to turn back. Just as he was thinking, the man urged him again. Helpless, Xu Ci had no choice but to change his clothes and follow him, it was like going to the execution ground.
When they arrived at Qi Guofu, Mr. Chen smiled and pulled him to sit down. Without listening to a word he spoke, he kept talking. After a while, other nobles arrived one after another. All the nobles sat around. Xu Ci came forward to greet him one by one, but closed the door.
The discussion started. Xu Ci said nothing, and no one else was prepared to let him speak.
In the afternoon of this day, Xu Ci went to Jiuxiangzhai and asked to see his boss. Chen Ruiqi came out and asked what was going on. Xu Ci bowed and said, "Xu Ci, who is late, wants to inquire about the whereabouts of Zhuojing with Mr. Chen's family."
Chen Ruiqi looked at him in surprise for a long time: "What did you say? Say it again?" Xu Ci said it again. Chen Ruiqi made him laugh angrily, "Mr. Xu, do you think I will tell you?" She couldn't help but ordered the man to beat him out.
The guys all knew about this and had met Yao Jiazhen, so they all knew the name "Xu Ci". After hearing what the boss said, there were people holding brooms, feather dusters, and others who ran to the kitchen to get rolling pins and swarmed Xu Ci. Xu Ci was frightened.
Xu Ci ran away, preparing a full article without saying a word, and even made the guys stumble. The guys laughed. Xu Ci got up, dusted off his clothes, and cursed: "Ignorant common man!"
After thinking for a while, Xu Ci came back again. The waiter shouted: "The man named Xu is here again!"
Chen Ruiqi shouted from a distance inside: "I'll beat him once and for all. I won't care if he's beaten to death." When the waiter came up, Xu Ci was scared and ran away again. The waiter burst into laughter.
Unexpectedly, he came again after a while, and shouted at the door: "Wan Sheng has something urgent to discuss with her, and please send a letter to Mr. Chen's family. Wan Sheng will come back tomorrow." After saying this, he saw the two waiters leaving in unison.
He jumped out of the door, turned around and ran away. The guy didn't hit him, but stood at the door and said a few words to take advantage of him.
The next day, Xu Ci found Jiuxiangzhai again. This time, Chen Ruiqi did not let her go out, but just ignored her and said: "That lady is very busy. If you really have anything to do with me,
Urgent, there is a newly opened teahouse outside Donghua Gate called Baiyuncheng. Go there at 2:00 noon and find a box called "Tianwai Feixian". I will count down to ten. If you are still in my restaurant after counting to one,
I asked someone to beat me. Ten, nine, eight, seven..." The waiters gathered around again and waited for their boss to finish counting. Xu Ci hurriedly bowed and ran away, never speaking a word from the beginning to the end.
At noon, Xu Ci rushed outside the Donghua Gate as promised, her heart beating like a drum. He really couldn't figure out why Yao would choose the teahouse here - the Forbidden City was next door. When he found the Baiyuncheng Teahouse, he heard two people as soon as he entered the door.
With a crisp "Welcome~~" two tall girls came forward. Xu Ci was slightly dissatisfied, thinking that this place was a flower building. She suppressed her annoyance and said quickly: "Store, please find a private room for me."
A girl said with a smile: "Sir, do you know the name of the box?"
"Flying Fairy from Heaven."
Another girl said: "Excuse me, please reserve a private room for a lady named Yao, and my husband's surname is Xu."
"yes."
The girl nodded: "Mr. Xu, please come with me." She led the way. Seeing that they were neither humble nor overbearing, Xu Ci felt that they didn't look like a flower house anymore. As the girl walked, she said, "Ms. Yao hasn't arrived yet, please
Mr. Xu, please wait a moment." Xu Ci then waited in the box, and the girl served him a pot of tea and then went out.
Because Xu Ci was not familiar with the road on the other side of Donghua Gate and was anxious, she arrived half an hour early. After waiting for a long time, she suddenly heard a woman outside the door say: "This is it. Mr. Xu has been waiting for a long time." Busy.
He raised his head and saw that the door of the room opened slightly, and Yao Jiazhen was standing at the door. Although his facial features were the same, his demeanor was completely different, and he couldn't help but feel slightly startled.
Yao Jiazhen turned around and said "Thank you" to the girl who was leading the way. As he entered the door, he raised his wrist and looked at it: "I'm still three minutes early. How early have you been?"
Xu Ci recognized at a glance that she was wearing a Western mechanical watch on her wrist. It was so expensive that she couldn't help blurting out: "Where did you get this?"
Yao Jiazhen immediately understood what he meant and said with a smile: "A few days ago, I went shopping with Sister Chen and came to a seafood shop. Sister Chen said she was congratulating me on my freedom and gave me a piece of cake. Who knew that the shop was owned by Mr. Xue Pan's family?
Coincidentally, Liu Aiyun and Liu were there that day to check the accounts. They listened to our conversation and guessed my identity, so they ordered the clerk not to take Sister Chen's money. Otherwise, she would really have to spend a lot of money."
Xu Ci frowned: "Liu Aiyun is an actor, a man and a woman, with the same broken sleeve..."
Yao Jiazhen interrupted: "The third master has something urgent to do."
Xu Ci sighed and closed his eyes: "Yesterday, the gentlemen from Qi Guo Mansion, Li Guo Mansion, Xiu Guo Mansion, Zhi Guo Mansion, Xiangyang Marquis Mansion, Baoling Marquis Mansion, and Zhongjing Marquis Mansion gathered together to prepare to work together to help me with the lawsuit.
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Yao Jiazhen smiled and said: "What can a group of defeated soldiers do?"
Xu Ci frowned: "Even the regent himself can hardly be enemies with so many princes."
Yao Jiazhen said: "I heard from Sister Chen that the regent has not cared about these families since he was a child. If he does not become enemies with them, he will look down on them."
Xu Ci pointed at her stumble: "You...when did you become such a temperament!"
Yao Jiazhen has been working in the National Palace Museum for less than half a month and has already learned to shrug. "I've always had this temper. I have to hide it in your house."
Xu Ci choked and was stuck for a long time. After taking a few deep breaths, Fang said softly: "Third Grandma, I have already thought about it. My husband has his own talents and knowledge, so why should he involve any noble women? I will not marry any princess.
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Yao Jiazhen laughed dumbly: "You already know that that person is not the prince of Shu? How do you know?"
Xu Ci's face turned red with embarrassment. After a while, he lowered his head and said, "As grandma said... the prince of Shu will not come to Yan at this time. There is another prince coming. It's not that person." Yao Jiazhen said with a smile on his lips.
After a while, he added, "The ancient fan given to me is also a fake."
Yao Jiazhen nodded: "As the saying goes, one learns from one's mistakes. The third master will not be easily fooled in the future."
Xu Ci said with emotion: "As the saying goes, there is a big wave in the sand. It is only now that I was born late that I know how good the third grandma is. Third grandma, you and I are husband and wife, and I am also a serious matchmaker to marry you. Why do I need to fight like a black-eyed chicken among myself?
, let others laugh? If we just reconcile, I will listen to my grandma from now on. What more can I ask for from such a good wife and husband."
Yao Jiazhen tilted his head slightly and looked at him for a long time, then murmured: "What more can a husband ask for when he has such a good wife? It seems that I have heard this before, and heard it many times. What else? Having a wife at home is like a treasure, right?
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Xu Ci smiled and said, "Yes. Having a wife at home is like having a treasure."
Yao Jiazhen sneered and said, "When your lord imprisoned me in the courtyard, the Third Master seemed to have forgotten these two sentences."
Xu Ci hurriedly said: "It was just a misunderstanding, and Wansheng didn't know it at all." Yao Jiazhen sighed. Xu Ci hurriedly raised his right hand and said, "If Wansheng deceives grandma, five thunders will strike..."
Yao Jiazhen waved his hand: "You don't have to swear, I believe this. Even if you don't tell me, I know you have no idea."
Xu Ci was pleasantly surprised: "Sure enough, grandma knows about me!"
"How could Madam let you know about such dirty things? After all, I know the regent's sister-in-law. If anything happens in the future, she will shoulder the responsibility and have nothing to do with you." Yao Jiazhen said calmly, "Mrs.
Although she is often confused, she is very clear-headed when it comes to matters where the three men are closely related." There was a hint of sarcasm in the corner of her mouth, "The third master is very responsible. I leave all the difficult things to my mother, and you are deaf to what is going on outside the window.
It's the cleanest." Xu Ci was silent. Yao Jiazhen continued, "Do you know that your Xu family is in a difficult situation, and all your income is spent on buying tea for the four of you? You can't even provide tea for your wife."
Xu Ci was shocked: "My wife's tea can't be served?"
Yao Jiazhen shook his head: "Does Third Master know the price of tea? After all, you have more than three hundred silver per month, which is enough. Why do you need to make the whole family miserable and eat brown rice? You just need to eat less.
Tea is good. For ordinary people, twenty taels of silver is enough for a year. What’s more, with the rise of industry in the past two years, the prices of daily necessities have been falling."
Xu Ci was surprised again: "Grandma actually knows about the rise of industry? I really underestimated grandma before I was born."
Yao Jiazhen raised his eyes and looked at him intently for a long time. Xu Ci didn't know what he said wrong, and was at a loss. Yao Jiazhen sighed: "That's all, I have said everything I can. Third Master, if you are still unwilling to take responsibility like this,
No matter how well-written the article is, it is nothing more than talk on paper and is rarely reused. No matter which country it is." Nai stood up and said, "Since the third master has nothing important to do, I'm leaving."
Xu Ci hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "Third Grandma..."
Yao Jiazhen waved his hand: "Since your Majesty put me under house arrest in the courtyard, I am no longer your third grandma. I have to go back to work. I don't have much free time at noon, and I want to take a nap."
Xu Ci immediately said: "Is it possible that the third grandma is working in this teahouse? What are you doing? Why bother to work outside? You should be well-dressed and well-fed..."
"What you do is none of your business. I don't have fine clothes or food in your mansion." Yao Jiazhen interrupted, "It's okay to tell you. I just work in the Forbidden City, studying the Sanskrit classics and Sanskrit utensils in the palace. So.
I just picked this teahouse outside Donghua Gate, which is close to my work." After saying this, he left.
"Third Grandma!" Xu Ci was not surprised in time, and said with tears, "One day, a hundred days of kindness. A happy couple, do they really want to go to court and make the world laugh at them?"
Yao Jiazhen thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, Third Master. Not only will we not make the world laugh at us if we go to court, but we will also leave a name in history." She took two steps, and Xu Ci shouted "Jiazhen!" behind her. Yao Jiazhen stood up immediately.
After staying for a while, he said with tears in his eyes, "This seems to be the first time that the third master has called my name in the past three years." Xu Ci shouted again. Yao Jiazhen said quietly, "It's really... interesting. It's a pity that the third master wants to become the princess."
I forgot about the hundred-day grace." After a few steps and crossing the threshold, he suddenly turned around and smiled, "It's okay to tell you. The regent wants to take advantage of our lawsuit to amend the marriage law."
Xu Ci was stunned. After a long while, he suddenly bowed and said, "Thank you, grandma, for informing me."
Yao Jiazhen raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't have to thank me. I just want to see how those princes, marquises, and scholars have made all preparations and tried their best, but they still have nothing to do." Then he picked up his feet and walked away.