Chapter 258 Consolation
Thinking of this, Qiu Wuhen became a little uneasy. After all, he was short-handed. He walked out and came to Su Jinsong's door. Just as he was about to knock on the door, Xuehua, the maid who had just been bought to serve his wife, came out with a basin and faced him.
Qiu Wuhen was obviously startled when he saw Qiu Wuhen at the door. Before he could say anything, Su Jinsong behind him had already seen Qiu Wuhen at the door and said with a smile: "What are you doing standing at the door? You are not afraid of scaring people."
Xuehua has a baby face. Although she is fifteen years old, she looks like she is only eleven or twelve years old. She smiles when she meets everyone. This is why Su Jinsong wants to stay with her. She likes girls who love to smile.
"Master, you really scared this slave." Xue Hua smiled and held the basin, letting Qiu Wuhen enter first, and then went out with the basin.
When Qiu Wuhen saw Xuehua walking away, he closed the door, took Su Jinsong's hand and walked to the table to sit down. Then he told his wife what happened during the day and just now.
After listening to what Qiu Wuhen said, Su Jinsong was obviously in a bad mood. She was not a greedy woman. She just wanted to live a good life with her husband and her own family, and her life was getting better and better these days.
, she is not afraid of hardship. As long as the whole family can be together, nothing else matters. The most important thing is that after her husband became an official, the two of them always get together less and stay apart more. After several years of marriage, she still has a little belly.
There was no movement. Although my husband-in-law was not in a hurry, he always said that the two of them were still young, and his husband-in-law treated me well. In the past few years of marriage, there was no intercourse or concubines, and he was very good to me. But as a woman, I also
I hope to give birth to a son and a half daughters for Qiu Wuhen, otherwise I will always be uneasy.
Qiu Wuhen saw his wife's expression in his eyes, held her gently in his arms, and said softly: "I was thinking before that no matter whether I stay in Beijing or go abroad, I will leave.
I’ll take you there and ask you to follow me to take a look and walk around, but it seems you still can’t think about it, haha.”
Qiu Wuhen smiled bitterly and continued: "But now, the place I am going to is uncertain about life and death. I can't take you on an adventure. Fortunately, I just thought about it before and didn't say it out loud, so it's not a gaffe.
, just wait for me at home, and I will come back safely."
Su Jinsong felt a pain in his heart, his eyes were hot, he lowered his head, and after a while, he choked and said: "Go ahead, don't worry about the family. Now the whole family still depends on you. Such a big family needs to live and eat, you...
…You have worked hard."
Qiu Wuhen pretended to be very relaxed and shrugged, and said: "It's not that serious. Didn't Mr. Liu just ask the steward of his house to bring you chickens and ducks? I'm gone, and all the trivial matters at home are yours alone.
On the other hand, I hid away to enjoy my leisure time."
Su Jinsong couldn't bear it any longer, so she threw herself into Qiu Wuhen's arms and sobbed softly. Qiu Wuhen gently stroked her back and comforted her: "Stop crying, I still have business to discuss with you."
Su Jinsong has never been a weak person. When he heard that his husband had something to say to him, he calmed down, stood up and said seriously: "You say it."
Qiu Wuhen couldn't help but laugh, stretched out his hand to wipe away the wet tears on her face, and said, "You really stopped crying if you said you wouldn't cry."
Su Jinsong burst into laughter and said, "It won't be too late for me to feel sad after you finish talking about the business."
Qiu Wuhen stopped laughing and said: "I have two things to tell you. First, after I leave, all matters at home will be handed over to you. I know your temperament. You are more than kind but not decisive enough. The capital city is not as good as the former county seat.
, the emperor's royal family lives here, and there are dignitaries much older than me. They cannot be easily tainted or provoked. I am not here. I think that although the prince can be relied on, you still have to take care of yourself in everything and cannot always rely on others.
"
Su Jinsong nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, husband. In fact, I also understand that when you were talking about Liu's housekeeper coming, I knew that these servants and servants in our family should quickly establish rules and no longer interact with each other.
Just like before, you can rest assured and worry about your affairs. I will not let you worry about things at home."
Qiu Wuhen was very comforted and said: "There is another thing. I want to ask you, what do you think about Liu Chen giving us a thousand taels of silver?"
Before Su Jinsong could answer, two words popped up in Qiu Wuhen's mind: Take it.
Qiu Wuhen thought to himself, why did you ignore me before, but now you see me asking my wife, did you just fall asleep?
Su Jinsong thought for a while and said, "Husband, do you know that Master Liu Chen's wife is called An Yiru."
Qiu Wuhen naturally didn't know, so he shook his head.
Su Jinsong said: "The An family is a century-old merchant family. It is very rich. It used to do medicine and silk business, and now it also has jewelry and banks. Three generations ago in Jiangnan, there was a saying that the world's richest businessman. Na An Yiru
She is the third daughter of the second wife of the An family. I heard that she is very good at business and has a good relationship with Liu Chen. She gave birth to three sons and one daughter to him. The family business is also very big in Beijing. You and the prince used to go there often.
The Sanzhentang where we eat is owned by them, and I heard that the food at Sanzhentang is not cheap."
After Qiu Wuhen heard this, he suddenly realized. He looked at Su Jinsong and praised: "You are so awesome. How did you know? So, Master Liu Chen is really not short of money."
Su Jinsong nodded and said: "Who doesn't know that the Liu family married Mrs. An, and from then on all the chickens and dogs ascended to heaven! It's just given by others, do you dare to accept it? I'm still very uneasy."
Qiu Wuhen thought of Yaogulu's words and felt relieved. He thought that with an extra thousand taels, Su Jinsong's life would be easier when he was not at home, so he said: "It's okay, don't worry. It's just how do you know everything?
"
Su Jinsong smiled and said: "Don't forget, there is still no capable steward in this house, although there is a wife and maid, but I personally take people there for daily shopping. After a long time,
It is very easy to inquire about some of these things in the market."
After hearing this, Qiu Wuhen felt no guilt and said, "I think it's better to handle this matter before I leave. I don't want you to have to work so hard."
Su Jinsong smiled softly and said: "It's not hard at all. I don't want to be like those young ladies from other families who are inattentive to their limbs and grains, and go out either in a sedan or a horse-drawn carriage. In fact, it's good to move around every day.
, Mom said, moving like this every day is good for your health. Even if you get pregnant in the future, it will be easier." After saying that, she couldn't help but blush.
Qiu Wuhen knew that Su Jinsong had always wanted a child, and he couldn't bear it. He stood up, held his petite and beautiful wife in his arms, and looked into the inner room.
Su Jinsong couldn't help but smile and said: "What are you doing? Put me down quickly."
Qiu Wuhen said with a bad smile: "You will know what I do in a moment." After saying that, he shouted towards the door: "Prepare water and take a bath!"
Sure enough, early the next morning, Sizheng Liu Chen immediately reported that Qiu Wuhen had accepted the emperor's reward on the first day, volunteered to be an envoy to Mancijia, and completed his mission to Nanyang.
There was a lot of discussion in the court now. The new deputy right secretary of the pedestrian department is so courageous, and he is not worried about others saying that he is greedy for money, and only works for money. Of course, many people have already guessed his relationship with King Tan.
, so some people privately discussed why King Tan didn’t stop it?
On the third day of the incident, I heard that King Zhu Qi of Yi had returned to Beijing. The next night, King Yi held a banquet in honor of Qiu Wuhen and his wife. Qiu Wuhen brought Su Jinsong to the prince's house, and his wife was taken to talk to him by the princess.
This time, the prince invited many friends to meet Qiu Wuhen. After listening to their introductions, Qiu Wuhen found that none of these people were from the yamen. They were all idle members of the society. There was actually one among them.
Female, this female is quite handsome, but her skin is dark, and her appearance does not seem like that of a Chinese person.
After listening to the prince's introduction, I found out that she was from Nanyang. She came to China with her parents to do business in the Ming Dynasty and did not go back. This time she also wanted to return with Qiu Wuhen's team.
And she chose a name that sounded very vulgar, called Butterfly. Butterfly came over and said to Qiu Wuhen in standard Chinese: "I'll take care of you on this journey."
Qiu Wuhen said: "As for Nanyang, it is my hometown, so I have to work hard for you along the way."
Everyone laughed at this.
The prince introduced other people at the table. Some were monks and monks, and two were actually small clerks in the yamen, as well as teachers and businessmen. It turned out that they all had a hobby, that is, calligraphy.
Moreover, their calligraphy was of the highest quality in the eyes of the prince, and they were all respected by the society, so they had close contacts with them.
Because he had too close contacts with officials, he was always admonished by the Chief of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shang Zhezi. He also avoided taboos and was afraid of the suspicion of the emperor as his brother. After all, if the prince got too close to the ministers, he would be suspected of interfering in the government affairs.
It is easy to form gangs, which is a big taboo of the royal family. Because he is a prince, he has more opportunities. So he rarely interacts with these officials. Instead, he hangs out with the traffickers and lackeys below. People of all religions and nine schools often get together. This is how he became.
We formed such a small group of people who love calligraphy.
In this case, of course, if calligraphy is the centerpiece of the banquet, calligraphy is an unavoidable activity. However, Qiu Wuhen immediately put his words to the forefront and could no longer copy those inscriptions, lest he copied them too much, and the prince
I took it for collection, and I was suspected of making a fake.
Zhu Qi burst out laughing when he heard this. Others didn't understand why. Zhu Qi told all about it. At the same time, he took out the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi copied by Qiu Wuhen and offered it as a treasure in front of everyone.
, they were all dumbfounded. These people are all calligraphy enthusiasts, and they all have very high attainments in calligraphy, so they all love this calligraphy. But now it belongs to the prince's collection, how can they dare to compete with the prince?
It's just that I can look at it and drool. Qiu Wuhen has said it to the front, so of course he can no longer copy the copybook to make a bet.
Said: "Master Qiu said that copying famous calligraphy is suspected of creating fakes. It is true and it is inappropriate. Then let's copy each other. It's okay. Copying other people's handwriting is a basic skill in calligraphy. Every day
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