"it's really unnecessary for him to ask you like this, just send it to you directly." Chu Chengyun read the letter again. "and the map seeds I got this time. I want to send them together."

Chu Chengyun simply recognized the letter, which surprised Ye Pingrong.

Even though Ye Pingrong was born as a warrior and was not proficient in the world, he had been around Chu Chengyun for so long and listened to him say something like "officials do not compete with the people for profits".

Now that his master has become the emperor, but Qi Yun is an ordinary people, isn't what Chu Chengyun is doing now is to compete with the people for profits?

However, Ye Pingrong still knew what to say and what not to say. He immediately clasped his fist and said, "I apologize to your Majesty on behalf of my brother-in-law."

As soon as these words came out, there was a smile on Chu Chengyun's face, and there was some helplessness between his eyebrows.

He liked Ye Pingrong, who had no roots, was not far from the officials in the court, and had a straight and unbending temperament, and this kind of subject was the most appropriate.

Pure courtiers are often the favorite of every king.

But Ye Pingrong was also too straightforward, and sometimes Chu Chengyun could not understand him when he turned a corner.

But without waiting for Ye Pingrong to figure out the meaning of Chu Chengyun, he heard him say, "all right, Pingrong, get up. I don't mean to blame Jiro, but I want to reward him." As long as one of these grain seeds grows, it will be a good thing for the country and the people. "

Ye Pingrong had just got up when he heard the words and said, "your Majesty, my sister-in-law, thank you.". "

"well, don't take the place of your brother-in-law, either. After a while, in another year, you will be my brother-in-law."

As soon as these words came out, Ye Pingrong blushed.

Chu Chengyun did not tease him much, waved his hand and asked him to retire, while Chu Chengyun himself let people take that bunch of big characters out of the temple.

When Chu Chengyun went to Meng's temple, Meng was fiddling with the vase.

Chu Chengyun could not help asking, "what kind of flower is this?" It doesn't look like a valuable breed. "

"it's called auspicious flowers. Although they are no more beautiful than peony roses, they still smell sweet." Seeing him coming, Meng smiled and put down the scissors and went to wash his hands. Only then did he quickly step over to meet Chu Chengyun. "how come your Majesty didn't let anyone pass it on?"

Chu Chengyun is a hold of Meng's hand, and waved back behind a string of palace people, this just smiled into the door: "might as well, you and I also do so much about what to do." Also, as agreed before, it is called Xianggong in private, but don't call it Shengfen. "

Meng heard the speech and shouted "Xianggong" softly, coaxing Chu Chengyun with a smile on his face.

In fact, Meng's heart is not ignorant, since ancient times, the color decline and love of things can be found everywhere, and it is also common for a new generation of people in this palace to change for the old. just before they got married, Meng's mother told her that no matter whether Chu Chengyun will be emperors or princes in the future, they will always be royal descendants, and the rules must not be forgotten.

But now Meng still calls her husband, all because Chu Chengyun is still calling himself "I" in front of her.

If there is a day when times change, it will not be too late to be disciplined.

Chu Chengyun did not know that his queen thought so much in the twinkling of an eye. He took off his cloak and asked someone to hang it up. Then he excitedly took Meng to the table and sat down. He put the script on the table and said, "look, Saburo's handwriting is getting better and better."

Meng took a picture to unfold, looked at it for a while and then smiled and said, "Yes, Qi Jia Saburo's characters have improved a lot, and he seems to have studied and practiced hard."

Chu Chengyun nodded and was somewhat gratified: "the good writing of this word will naturally benefit from it. I think it is also urged by his brother Qi Erlang. When he looks back, he should also encourage Erlang to keep an eye on Qi Sanlang's studies. He is an insightful child. In the future, good training will certainly be no weaker than his brother's pillars of the country."

For Qi Ming, Meng often heard Chu Chengyun mention it.

That Qi Jia Saburo's imperial examination road is often accompanied by Chu Chengyun, saying that he is going the same way, but in fact, he virtually let Chu Chengyun watch him take the exam all the way.

Qi Ming got a small three yuan, Chu Chengyun was happy in the palace for a long time, this kind of mood can also be understood by Meng.

It is like carefully raising a flower, watching it in full bloom, there is always a sense of comfort.

It's just that Meng could hear that Chu Chengyun was not only optimistic about Qi Ming, but also particularly fond of Qi Yun, otherwise he would not have thought carefully for Qi Jiaerlang before returning to Beijing.

When Chu Chengyun poured a cup of tea, Meng smiled and said, "since the prime minister is optimistic about Qi Jiaer Lang, why not recruit him to be an official?" Even if the imperial examinations are hard and Jiro can't survive, he can still get an official position by recommending or donating officials, and he can also serve the country. "

Chu Chengyun held Meng's hand and shook his head: "Hui Niang doesn't know, that Qi Jia Erlang is thin. Although I have only seen him a few times, I can look at him every time he is pale and weak." Whether it's scientific research or donating officials, as long as they can't get a top grade, they can't stay as a Beijing official, but they have to be released, and Jiro may not be able to bear it. "

Meng looked at him with a smile: "he is fair and kind."

Chu Chengyun looked at the words of Saburo on the table and whispered, "Business is also good, and if it is done well, it is also a good thing. As for the job of doing slaughter for officials, one family will do it."

This remark related to the political affairs of the former dynasty, Meng did not take it, but he knew in his heart that Chu Chengyun had his own articles of association.

The Qi family and the Ye family have no roots and are thoroughly grassroots. On the contrary, they can rely more heavily and can be trusted.

Meng turned to ask: "listen to the meaning of the prime minister, this is to make Qi Erlang become an imperial businessman?"

"now is not the time. Wait and see. This time I just let the wind through the affairs of the Lu family, and he will know that he knows how to move forward and retreat, and he has done a very good job. Whether or not the imperial businessman can finally get the name of this imperial businessman depends on his ability."

Meng smiled: "Qi Yun is really blessed."

When Chu Chengyun heard the words, he could not help saying, "of course he is not bad luck, at least, his wife is not bad."

Knowing that Chu Chengyun still remembered the matter of Guan Pu during the Spring Festival, Meng took his arm and said in a gentle voice, "Qianlichi was empty before, but I asked people to wait for the beginning of next spring to put some in to raise it, and then Qianlichi can be lively again."

Chu Chengyun nodded solemnly, patted Meng's hand, and looked at the fact that there was no one around him except those in the palace, so he leaned over and asked, "it is the most lively and lively in this capital for the Spring Festival, Hui Niang. Why don't we go out in disguise to see the lanterns then?"

It's against the rules.

The words turned around his mouth, and Meng saw Chu Chengyun's expectant eyes. She immediately bent the corners of her mouth and said softly, "good."

When Ye Pingrong's reply was sent to Qi's family, Qi Jiahe was also preparing for the Spring Festival.

Qi Yun had a lot of shops under him, and the caravan also had to hand out silver rewards. To give them wax money at the end of the year was to make a separate account, which took several days to finish.

Ye Pingrong's reply to Qi Yun was not opened until the evening.

Ye Jiao sat next to Qi Yun. When Qi Yun opened the envelope, she leaned over and asked, "does Big Brother have a letter for me?"

Qi Yun took out two copies from the envelope and gave the thick one to Ye Jiao without looking at it.

Ye Pingrong always has a lot to say to her little sister, seven or eight pages are few, and most of them are business affairs with Qi Yun, and one page is too much.

However, this time Ye Pingrong not only mentioned that Chu Chengyun had promised to share the money, but also mentioned that many lots in the capital had been vacant recently.

Qi Yun stared at these words and then whispered, "this may be a good opportunity."

Ye Jiao was looking at the two or three things Ye Pingrong wrote about getting along with Huanning with relish. When she heard the words, she fell askew on Qi Yun's shoulder, held her head high and asked him, "what's the opportunity?"

"it should be that the last time the officials were wiped out, even the industry with these people was wiped out, and many shops were idle." Qi Yun paused, as if to sit and think about it, and then said, "maybe I can try to see if the business in the capital is good."

Going to the capital to open a shop has always been something that Qi Yun wanted to do, but he has been preparing for it and has not begun to implement it.

After all, the capital capital is different from ordinary towns, where the forces are intertwined and four or five grades of officials run all over the ground, and it is easy to cause trouble if you are not careful.

But now that Ye Pingrong has gained a firm foothold and Qi Yun has found a backing that cannot be bigger, he can try to open a shop in the capital.

Ye Jiao doesn't know much about this, but she always trusts Qi Yun and supports everything Qi Erlang does.

Qi Yun was also decisive. After reading it, he burned the stationery, and then went without saying a word to play with Xubao for a while. When Xubao was a little tired, Qi Yun put him on a little horse made of wood and let Xubao play by himself. Qi Yun walked back to the table.

There was no need to discuss it with anyone. Qi Yun had a plan in his mind, and when Ye Jiao finished reading Ye Pingrong's letter, he made up his mind: "now is the right time to try."

Ye Jiao blinked: "how much money will it take?"

"about three thousand."

Seeing that Qi Yun had made up her mind, Ye Jiao got up and went to the inner room, took out the money box from the dark compartment under the bed, took out a bunch of silver tickets, counted them, and handed them to him.

Qi Yun took it over and said with a smile, "Niang Niang, this is more than three thousand."

Originally, it was just a casual question, but who knew that the little ginseng replied solemnly: "there are profits from the caravan, which should be distributed to the emperor, and some are the cost of opening a shop."

Qi Yun was stupefied, then looked down at the silver ticket in his hand.

It adds up to 8593, which is exactly the same as recorded in his accounts.

This made Qi Erlang look at Ye Jiao with some surprise: "Jiao Niang, how do you remember so clearly?"

Ye Jiao was stuffing the box back, smelling the words, closing the secret box on one side and replying, "my husband, you asked me to take care of the money, so I naturally have to remember carefully before I can help you. I remember all the accounting skills you taught me before. I wrote down all the accounts you showed me."

These expenses are quite a lot, and because of the money spent on buying land in the mountains, Ye Jiao's box is half empty again.

However, the little ginseng does not feel distressed, and no matter how much money he spends, he can earn it back, so there is nothing to care about.

However, as Qi Yun's business is getting bigger and bigger and his accounts are getting bigger and bigger, the little ginseng has to read it again every day in order to keep it in mind.

Qi Yun stood where he was, looking at Ye Jiao and did not speak for a long time.

In fact, after getting along for several years, Qi Yun also knew that her wife's temper seemed to be lively and playful, but in fact, what Jiao Niang liked most was eating and sleeping, and her temper was carved out in the same mold as Xubao. Ye Jiao has never been too lazy to learn as long as it is not urgent.

She had the temper to learn to read in order to see the Medical Classics and Pharmacopoeia, and then take care of Qi Yun's health.

She can insist on planting those medicinal flowers, but also for the good of Qi Yun, which he knows clearly in his heart.

But what Qi Yun did not expect was that Ye Jiao could even recite the family accounts.

Qi Erlang is an unforgettable, those books can be remembered without any effort, but his wife does not have this ability, I am afraid it is hard work.

As for the reason, just now Ye Jiao made it clear that she wanted to help Qi Yun, and Qi Yun coaxed her in order to spend her family's money to Ye Jiao. Even if Ye Jiao did not take care of the accounts carefully, Qi Yun could still remember clearly.

But just for that sentence to help him, her wife really took the trouble to deal with these complicated and boring things.

Ye Jiao re-laid the bedding and blocked the bed board, only to find that Qi Yun had not opened his mouth.

She turned around inexplicably, but she was held tight from behind by Qi Yun without waiting to see the person.

Ye Jiao, who was half kneeling on the bed, was immediately out of balance by him, and the two rolled into a ball on the bed.

Little ginseng exclaimed, looking down at the man's hand firmly on his belly, he could not help patting on the back of his hand: "what are you doing, Xianggong?"

The man put his chin on her neck and smiled in his voice: "I wanted to say thank you."

"then just say it. What if you just hurt yourself?"

"No, last time my wife said hard, I asked someone to add a lot of cotton wool to the mattress, so of course I wouldn't bump into it."

When Ye Jiao heard the words, she thought of the fact that her back was red when she studied the book last time.

It was supposed to be a shy thing, but the little ginseng could not help but reached out and pressed the mattress and nodded: "it's a lot thicker, and it's really nice to have a good husband."

Qi Yun guessed that Ye Jiao would say this, but she couldn't stop laughing when she heard it, and kissed her on the face again and again.

When Xu Bao, who was riding a pony on the ground, heard the noise and turned to look, he saw his father and parents piled on top of each other. He didn't know what to do.

Xu Bao immediately came down from an early age, ran over with a smile, hopped and jumped by the bedside, and shouted, "Xu Bao wants to play, and Xu Bao wants to play, too!"

Ye Jiao immediately pushed Qi Yun away, leaned out and picked up Xubao, but her eyes were looking at Qi Yun.

Qi Yun was regretting in his heart that he should have carried his fat son out. When he looked at Ye Jiao's eyes, Qi Yun was stupefied, and then nodded understandingly.

Unaware of it, Xu Bao clapped his hands with a smile, ready to play games with his parents.

Qi Yun and Ye Jiao really put him on the bed and teased him with a cloth tiger until Xu Bao was tired and lay down to sleep. Qi Yun handed Xiao Su in and carried Xu Bao to the wing next door.

Xu Bao mumbled as he lay in his cot holding the cloth tiger.

Usually he is holding Ye Jiao Rest, but today he has changed the cloth tiger, the little guy can naturally feel the difference.

Today's parents are tough, and they don't smell good anymore.

In the middle, he woke up twice, both when Qi Yun was giving him a piss, but Xubao was still aggrieved and did not speak.

I miss my mother and mother, but my father doesn't smell good.

But when Xu Bao woke up the next day, he was in Ye Jiao's arms, but he was no longer surrounded by a familiar room, but in the public opinion of the carriage.

Xu Bao rubbed his eyes, looked around, first saw Ye Jiao holding himself, Xu Bao happily shouted "Niang", and then saw another little fat boy staring at him.

Xubao is a lively temperament, even if he just wakes up, he can immediately raise a big smile: "Brother Tiger."

Dong Shi, who was holding the tiger son, smiled: "Xu Bao is really smart. He still remembers the tiger son."

Ye Jiao touched Xubao's little face, fed him water, and then fed him rice paste with egg yolk and fish before she said, "Let them play together. It takes an hour from here to the mountain, and the two children don't have to be upset in one place."

Dong put Huzi on the cushion, and after Xubao also sat on the cushion, Huzi immediately went over and lay down on Xubao, shouting "younger brother", soft and soft, sounding particularly close.

Xubao giggled, pulled the tiger, and, who was still familiar with the way, took out his favorite cloth ball from the cabinets of the carriage and played with the tiger.

The two children get along well, and Dong is also happy.

When she gave birth to Huzi, it was not easy. Huzi was born prematurely and weak, so she became chubby now. Just because she was not refreshed, she was introverted from an early age and did not like to move very much.

But Xubao is a sunny child, lively and enthusiastic, and the two children have been able to get along since childhood.

And to say the least, Xu Bao is the young master of his employer, and it is also a good thing for Dong to play with him.

It's just Dong's curiosity.

Today, Ye Jiao asked her early this morning to go to the mountain to see the garden. Dong also heard that her employer had bought a new garden, right on the mountain, where the place was so large that no one else had ever been there. this time Ye Jiao said that she would invite her, and Dong agreed to come down, but he didn't know what to do.

Xiao Su sat beside the cushion and stretched out her hand to protect the children from being bumped by the carriage.

When Dong was free, he turned his eyes to Ye Jiao. "what can I do for you to go up the mountain this time?"

Ye Jiao smiled and nodded: "I think it will soon be the New year, and after the New year, the weather is getting warmer, and some medicinal herbs can be planted, so I want Chunlan to help me see where it is suitable to grow them on the mountain."

Although Little Ginseng used to be a medicine and knew many varieties that were not remembered in the Pharmacopoeia, she was willing to listen to Dong's advice on the planting of medicinal materials, and it was better for the two of them to work together than to be alone.

Dong will not refuse, whether it is out of respect for the owner, or out of friendship between the two people, Dong is willing to follow this trip.

But just then, the carriage, which had been moving smoothly, suddenly stopped.

Ye Jiao lifted the curtain and asked, "what's the matter?"

The driver outside turned around and said, "second wife, the leader seems to be making a scene. It's blocking half the road. Do we have to wait?"

Ye Jiao didn't say a word, but she just pulled up the curtain and looked over there, but she didn't recognize anyone on either side.

Dong also leaned over, took only a glance and said, "Jiao Niang, go around it. There are the Wu family and the Qian family over there. What happens to them is a fishy smell, so it's better to avoid it early."

"well, go around it." With that, when the carriage began to move again, Ye Jiao looked at Dong, "what's wrong with the Wu family?"

Hearing her question, Dong immediately cheered up.

She has a lively and extroverted temper and has made a lot of housewives, and the women who get together to enjoy tea are most willing to talk about each family.

Who married a concubine, whose shop collapsed, there are new things every day, but there are real and false, big and small, just pick and listen to it.

What can make Dong show this look is the last time the Lin family had an accident.

In the spirit of sharing new things together, Dong approached Ye Jiao and whispered to her, "you are afraid you have been very busy recently, so you haven't heard of it. In fact, it has spread all over the city, saying that after Miss Lu Qi was carried into the Wu family to become an honorable concubine, Qian, the crying wife of Wu Dalang, did not know what kind of crime she had suffered. After a serious illness, half her life was about to be lost, and the Qian family was fighting with the Wu family endlessly."