Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 108

However, when Su Zhiping and Su Zhian came back, Su Qinghe realized that her own analysis was still not quite right.The emperor valued the Su family very much, just like what Su Qinghe thought before, whether a family can prosper or not depends on the men of that family.

The future of the Su family rests with Su Zhiping and Su Zhian. The emperor was willing to give the Su family a chance to flourish, so he didn't give Su Jingsen a higher title, and didn't give Su Zhiping and Su Zhian any rewards at all.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and it is Su Qinghe who came up with the big idea that the sweet potatoes can be grown, which takes more credit.If the Su family brothers were rewarded by the emperor because of this, it would be detrimental to their future. When they become officials in the future, they will easily be said to rely on nepotism.

The emperor is doing it for the benefit of the Su family brothers, so the imperial decree does not mention the Su family brothers in half a sentence.They praised Su Jingsen and Su Zhang, all of which said that they had raised good children.With this sentence, the Su brothers have actually benefited.

After listening to Su Zhiping's explanation, Su Qinghe felt that her face was on fire, and she felt that she was treating a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain.Think about it too, who is the emperor?How could the Lord of the World be as stingy as she thought?
The emperor is broad-minded and thinks about things from a big perspective, unlike her, he always thinks about things from a small perspective.The emperor looked at the overall situation, but she looked at it from the perspective of petty gains, so the starting point was different, no wonder the problem she thought about was different.

"Then we're in the capital, don't we have nothing to do?" After Su Qinghe felt ashamed, she immediately thought of this question again. It's really boring to stay in the capital, and there is no one who can talk to her on weekdays. She wants to go back early .

Holding an apple, Su Zhian said while eating, "Tomorrow you will enter the palace to thank you, practice your rules today, and we will be able to go back in two days."

Su Qinghe nodded hurriedly, worked hard all day, and practiced the rules to the point that she was not bad at all.On the second day, he drove into the palace alone.

I still met the emperor in the palace that I visited that day, the emperor didn't say much, just asked a few casually what books he read on weekdays, and then praised a few words about Hui Zhilan's heart and so on. Follow her to the harem.

Although she is the head of the county who was conferred by the emperor himself, she is still under the control of the empress of the harem.However, the current emperor does not have a queen. After the death of two queens, there have always been only two concubines in the harem.As for the queen mother, she passed away early.

The little eunuch led the way to the Yonghe Palace where Concubine Wu Gui lived.Concubine Wu Gui gave birth to two sons in total, one was the former Third Prince, and the other was the Ninth Prince.The third prince was carried to the queen's side to raise him when he was born, so he was not very close to Concubine Wu Gui.

Concubine Wu Gui is over 40 this year, just looking at her, her complexion is fair, her face is delicate, her temperament is gentle, and she has a gentle charm.After Su Qinghe saluted, Concubine Wu Guifei affectionately pulled Su Qinghe to her side: "Look at this little figure, he looks really handsome, how old is this year?"

"Returning to the imperial concubine, the civilian girl is 14 years old this year." Su Qinghe hesitated, and then decisively pretended to be an ignorant countryman.

Concubine Wu Gui smiled slightly, and stretched out her hand to pinch Su Qinghe's face: "Why do you still call yourself a daughter of the people? Now you are the head of the county personally appointed by the emperor. In front of this palace, it is right to call yourself a servant girl."

Su Qinghe blushed, lowered her head and stirred the handkerchief, and thanked her very embarrassedly: "Thank you for your guidance, motherfucker... I know."

"Well, it really is as the emperor said, smart and courteous, but have you ever married someone?" Wu Guifei asked with a smile, Su Qinghe's heart was awe-inspiring, and she didn't dare to peek at Wu Guifei's face, this woman in the palace, She has always been very keen, especially Concubine Wu Gui, who gave birth to two sons and climbed to the position of concubine, really should not be underestimated, if found out, it will leave a mess impression.

"This, this matter, the parents decide, the minister, the minister does not know." Su Qinghe said falteringly, vividly expressing the image of a country bumpkin who has never seen the world.

Concubine Wu Gui smiled and asked again: "I heard that you are also literate. Have you ever read any books at home? Can you compose poetry? Women's rings, have you ever read them?"

"No, I'm only interested in some books on planting, so I haven't read other books." Su Qinghe groaned, her face was so red, it could be compared with Dahongbu, in order to get out With this color, she almost suffocated herself to death.

I don't know if it was Su Qinghe's delusion, but Wu Guifei's questioning later seemed less enthusiastic.After almost a stick of incense, Concubine Wu Gui gave some jewelry as a reward, and said with a smile: "Although I love you, I wish I could stay with me for a while, but I'm worried that Concubine Zhu will be waiting in a hurry, so hurry over."

Su Qinghe hurriedly thanked her, let Mingxin behind her hold those rewards, and went out to Jingren Palace.

"Your Majesty, look at this servant girl, this girl is really too shameless." Watching Su Qinghe go out, the nurse next to Concubine Wu Guifei came to exchange tea for Concubine Wu Gui, and said in a low voice.

Concubine Wu Gui sighed: "Yeah, I originally planned to see her as a side concubine, after all, Long Live Lord also values ​​this Su family, and the Su family has some skills. Just look at it now, this Although the girl looks good, she has no rules, she can't even write a poem, and her family background is not high. Even if the two elder brothers are going to be successful in the future, they will have to endure for five or six years, and it won't be of any help to Lao Jiu. .”

"That's right, and this girl's conversation is not easy, so I don't have to wrong His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince." The nanny said quickly, and Concubine Wu Gui nodded: "Since the emperor has made the county master, there is no way for the old Ninth to be a concubine." I'm a concubine, that's all, she's just a peasant girl, so I don't have to wrong my old nine."

Su Qinghe didn't know about these conversations, and now she was dealing with Concubine Zhu with trepidation.Unlike Concubine Wu, Concubine Zhu is the bright and flamboyant type. She also has two sons under her knees, the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince.

"Seeing that I like you very much, have you ever betrothed to someone else?" It was this sentence again, Su Qinghe's heart stopped beating almost without fright, and he stammered what he said before, Concubine Zhu said with a smile: " That must be because I haven't talked about it yet, why don't I be a big matchmaker for you?"

Su Qinghe was startled and frightened, she hurriedly waved her hands, and was startled to feel impolite, and hurriedly saluted and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, forgive me, my servant is rude."

"It's okay, seeing you like this, don't you really want to?" Concubine Zhu raised her eyebrows and smiled. Su Qing'e is sitting opposite Concubine Zhu this time, so she can look at Concubine Zhu's expression calmly. Seeing that she doesn't look like that Annoyed, you know that this person's nature is that straightforward.

After thinking about it, I didn't dare to make the rejection too clear, so I murmured and said: "It's a great grace for your mother to be a matchmaker, but the minister knows her identity, and her family has mud legs for three lifetimes. My son, my daughter-in-law has never read any poetry books, she doesn't know anything about playing piano and chess, she can't handle a brush, calligraphy is like a dog crawling, and the people she knows must have some skills. No, that, what is that called..."

Su Qinghe looked at Concubine Zhu's face while talking, and seeing that she was not angry, she continued, "Qi Dafei? Besides, my daughter is still young, and my parents are reluctant to let me go. I heard from my parents a few days ago that they want to keep me here. So the empress kindly..."

Although the smile on Concubine Zhu's face was suppressed a bit, she didn't get too angry. Although Su Qinghe bears the name of a county lord, she is indeed, as she herself said, a person with no foundation.She had only mentioned it because of the importance of the emperor.

If Su Qinghe got on the pole smoothly, then she would be really embarrassed.First of all, Su Qinghe bears the name of a county lord, and for the prince, he must not be inferior to the side concubine.And for another family, it must be the main wife.

Can a girl from the countryside be worthy of a son of a family?For this capital city to be worthy of Concubine Zhu's attention, at least one must have a family background of a third-rank official, right?
Concubine Zhu Gui couldn't bear to wrong her son and nephew, but if she gave it to someone else, the effect of wooing her would not be great, let alone her opponent.So seeing that Su Qinghe refused, not only was he not annoyed, but he felt that Su Qinghe was very sensible.

"Since that's the case, then I won't mind my own business. You are really too young at your age." Concubine Zhu said with a smile, but after all, she was a little lukewarm and said a few more words , so someone sent Su Qinghe out.

Next, I have to meet a few concubines. The current emperor is strong and strong, and has more than a dozen sons. Except for the four sons born to the noble concubine, all four concubines have sons by their side.In the harem, it can be regarded as having face, so Su Qinghe had to take a trip.

Having received a lot of rewards, it was almost noon when Su Qinghe left the palace.After getting out of the palace gate and getting on the sedan chair, he stretched out his hand to touch his back, and sure enough, his body was covered in cold sweat.Heaving a sigh of relief, Su Qinghe leaned on the sedan chair, planning to leave the capital as soon as possible, and if she stayed for a few more days, something might happen.

Back at the fourth prince's mansion, Su Zhiping and Su Zhian were not seen, so Su Qinghe was a little puzzled. She asked Su Zhang and found out that the fourth prince held a poetry meeting today, and the two of them also attended it. .

The county lord Su Qinghe's status is actually not very high. If it was in the Tang and Song dynasties, the county lord would have a fief or something, in addition to the independent county lord's mansion, and supporting servants.

But the county head of this dynasty only had a name.Not even the prince has any fiefdoms anymore. As a little county lord, it's not bad that she can receive a salary.As for the servants under her name, there are these, as well as the county lord's mansion, but the county lord's mansion is built in the capital.

Su Qinghe didn't want to stay in the capital, but the emperor's imperial decree didn't say that Su Qinghe had to stay in the capital.So it was Su Zhiping who asked the fourth prince, and after temporarily handing over the county lord's mansion to Nanny Ping, Su Qinghe returned to Taiyuan County with only the nanny and maidservants.

These nuns should have been arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it happened that Su Qinghe was familiar with the big sister Liu, the younger Liu and Ping and Wang, and the fourth prince simply and generously assigned the four nuns to Su Qinghe's name .

Anyway, these nuns are not too old, the oldest is only in his 40s, and he can work for another 20 years.And before the fourth prince said that he took them to the mansion to be honored and raised, it was just recorded in his name and let these nuns go out of the palace.

After the fourth prince asked them, they were all willing to follow Su Qinghe.After all, although the fourth prince treats them well, but after all, the fourth prince's mansion has supporting eunuchs and eunuchs, and if there is a fourth prince's concubine in the future, there will also be a concubine brought by the fourth prince's concubine.There's really not much they can do.

Being idle all day will cause people to go out of order, so, it was transferred from the hands of the Fourth Prince to Su Qinghe's name.

In addition, the steward of the outer courtyard of the county lord's mansion is also assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is a eunuch.Su Qinghe only went around the county lord's mansion twice, but the inside was still empty, only furniture and not many decorations.

Su Qinghe also only sighed that she would have a place to live after she went to Beijing in the future, so she didn't need to rent an inn yard, so she left it alone.To her, this house is more like a windfall. She is happy if she has it, but she is not unhappy if it is gone.I don't care so much anymore, since I can't rent it out anyway, so I just let it go.Fortunately, the county lord has a salary, otherwise, the servants in this yard would be hard to support.

By the time they left for Taiyuan County, it was already the end of September.The fourth prince also specially sent a team of soldiers to protect along the road. With a lot of special products, the Su family finally set off to go back.

"It's still comfortable at home." As soon as Su Qinghe entered the door, she threw herself on her bed, and the little mother Liu behind her was sullen: "Girl, pay attention to your appearance, even if you are in your room, if someone is in front of you, then you have to pay attention."

Su Qinghe also knew that Little Mother Liu had such a temper, so she coughed lightly and sat up, and smiled and called Hong Ling and the others to come in: "This is Little Mother Liu, and she will be my nurturing mother from now on. , leave it to Little Mama Liu to take care of it, you don’t want to make Little Mama Liu angry. In the future, when you have time, learn the rules from Little Mama Liu. Little Mama Liu came out of the palace, and the rules are the best .”

Yun Nuan and Yun Duo hurriedly responded, and then bowed to Little Mammy Liu.

Grandma Liu is following Su Zhang, she is gentle and happens to help Su Zhang with housekeeping.

(End of this chapter)