The county magistrate has no time to save the world

Chapter 189 The Second Concubine

I haven't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

In the past half a month, Zheng Nian has been experiencing great pain almost every day and night.

This sleep lasted a whole day and night.

When I woke up, it was already the morning of the third day.

Both Chen Xuan'er and her mother knew that Zheng Nian was overworked, so they didn't bother him until he woke up in the afternoon, and he was clamoring for food in the room, so they cooked for him. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law worked all morning to cook for him. A table was full.

After a hearty meal, Zheng Nian got up to go to the yamen gate.

"Brother, take me to play? You've been away for so long, I'm going to be bored to death..." Chen Xuan'er pouted, begging.

"Going out to play today?" Zheng Nian thought for a moment, "Okay."

So the two changed their clothes and went out the back door together.

As soon as he got out of the back, he saw the female officer standing outside.

This is not the female official of Dali Temple, she is not wearing the nine-ring royal uniform, but wearing a strong suit.Zheng Nian recognized at a glance that this was the man behind Princess Jian'an, so he looked at it with eyebrows raised, "What are you doing?"

"His Royal Highness wants you to find the person you should find within three days. Now it is the second day. If you still can't find it tomorrow, don't blame Your Highness for being rude." The female officer said.

"Are you finished?" Zheng Nian asked.

The female officer didn't speak, but there was a hint of warning in her eyes.

"Farewell." Zheng Nian led Chen Xuan'er to the street.

After she came out, she couldn't do any more intimacy in public, so Chen Xuan'er dutifully followed Zheng Nian's side.

"I should get you a maid." Zheng Nian thought suddenly.

"It's true that there should be one." Chen Xuan'er murmured, "It's still inconvenient to do things on weekdays, so I can't bother my mother often."

Zheng Nian nodded. It would be inconvenient to live in the mansion without a maid. In addition, Chen Xuan'er is beautiful and often goes out to do some private affairs, which will inevitably arouse the imagination of others.There isn't a young guy with a yellow helmet on a little yellow bike delivering things these days.

"I'm going to search for these two days." Zheng Nian pondered.

The two chatted and laughed, and came to an academy.

Chen Xuan'er raised her head to look, and there were four gold-rimmed characters written on the plaque, Zhusi College.

"This is..." Chen Xuan'er murmured, "Isn't it Cao Daru's residence? What are we doing here?"

"Didn't you see that woman standing in front of the house?" Zheng Nian sighed, "After all, Princess Jian'an gave her an errand, if she can't handle it, I don't know what kind of trouble that woman can make."

After reporting to the inside, the two waited on the side. Chen Xuan'er tilted her head, "Why did Princess Jian'an find someone and asked her brother to look for it? Is it better for you to find someone? Or do you know this person?"

Zheng Nian didn't know how to introduce this person to Chen Xuan'er, so he thought for a moment and said, "I've met once, it's not really acquaintance. And after all, I'm a citizen of Chang'an County. I'm a parent official looking for my own people. There's nothing wrong with that."

"Oh~" Chen Xuan'er knew that Zheng Nian hadn't told her well, but he definitely had a reason not to say it, so she didn't ask too much.

The side door opened, and it was Tong'er who came out.

"Master! Old... madam!" Tong'er was full of surprise.

"How can you become a disciple of a great Confucian who can't even call someone?" Chen Xuan'er smiled and nodded Tong'er's head.

Her arrogance is unreasonable, and she has always only targeted one person.In front of others, Chen Xuan'er has always been a well-behaved and sensible child, so no one in the whole world has ever seen the unruly and willful look that Zheng Nian said.

Tong'er rubbed her head, "Master, Ma'am, please come in quickly, I am me, I am studying."

"Then you learn first, we are not in a hurry." Zheng Nian said.

"Yeah, just wait in the courtyard, this class will be over soon." After bringing Zheng Nian and Chen Xuan'er to the courtyard, Tong'er pointed to the inside of the curtain and said, "Master and Madam, wait a moment."

"It's okay, let's go." Chen Xuan'er smiled and gave Tong'er a blow to the head, and Tong'er's eyes lit up instantly, and she turned her head and ran away with a blushing face.

Zheng Nian and Chen Xuan'er were sitting in the courtyard, and a young disciple dressed as a schoolboy came and served them tea, "The teacher is in Qingxiu, may I ask what business Mr. Zheng has, so I can inform the teacher."

"Don't bother sir." Zheng Nian said, "I just came here to see Tong'er, didn't you disturb sir?"

"No, no, since that's the case, Mr. Zheng and his wife will wait here together. Tong'er's class will be over in half a stick of incense." The student said softly, "If you want to observe from the side, you can also go to the rear curtain place."

Zheng Nian nodded, "Thank you."

After the farewell, Chen Xuan'er, who was still serious just now, was eager to try. While carefully tugging on Zheng Nian's cuff, she said in a low voice, "Brother, brother, go and see, go and see, I have never seen a great Confucian The appearance of the class, although Mr. Cao is not here, it is definitely not a simple person who can give them a few classes."

"Okay." Zheng Nian saw Chen Xuan'er's anxious expression, and led her to the curtain behind.

There are only a few scattered students in the hall. It seems that this is a school specially opened by Cao Daru for these new students. The two children who entered with Tong'er that day are both there, each with a small table , the three of them listened very carefully.

The person teaching on the stage was an old senior who looked old and spoke slowly. He was lecturing Confucian classics. Although Zheng Nian was bored, Chen Xuan'er's eyes were full of excitement.

"Brother, I have never been to school." Chen Xuan'er said, "Look at that little girl, I really envy her that she can study in such a school."

"There is also a school at home, you can go to attend classes with your younger siblings if you have nothing to do, isn't it the same?" Zheng Nian said casually.

"It's different. I'm already a married woman. What kind of student am I still doing?" Chen Xuan'er said, "When I was young, I dressed up as a man and went to school, but I was arrested before I even attended class."

Zheng Nian patted Chen Xuan'er on the shoulder, but did not speak.

"I used to have a lot of books at home, and I couldn't read them all. Now, although there are a lot of books in the study hall, I always feel that there is no one to share them with. There is not even a single person around me who can say a few more words." Chen Xuan'er sighed, " It would be great if...you could stay with me more."

Zheng Nian suddenly thought, "Did you have no friends before?"

"Friends... If you are a close friend, you can count as one." Chen Xuan'er said, "But she has already gone to Dali with the army, and I don't know when she will be back."

"Dali? Who is she...?" Zheng Nian was puzzled.

Chen Xuan'er tilted her head and smiled, "It's the concubine of the Second Prince."

(End of this chapter)