business lady

Chapter 43
The long-awaited spring has finally begun.

When the list was released, Jiu Yuan was calculating the money she had spent on the candidates these days.Only after this calculation did she realize that, excluding manpower, material resources and tea, just like the jujube rice dumplings prepared for them every day, it cost more than the money she had saved some time ago.

Holding the account and sighing slightly, it is indeed a costly thing to be a human being, and this is only done occasionally, or else even in a big family business, I can't help squandering like this.

After Jiuyuan finished the accounts of the mansion, he gently pressed the center of his eyebrows. Last month, he cut off [-]% of his expenses, but he didn't suffer. It was only the beginning of this month, and he used it on the original basis Doubled the money, did he think that the money was conjured up by himself!With such a husband who spends money like water, she also feels a lot of pressure!

She came to the table and sat down, picked up the teapot on the table, turned over a teacup and poured a cup of warm tea, and took a sip. Yes, it was a scholar named Zhao Hengshu who won the number one prize, and Jiu Yuan didn't say much after hearing that.

He just turned over another teacup and poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of her and said, "Sit down and talk slowly!"

The tea color thanked En and sat down, took a sip of the tea in the cup, and then said with a long sigh of relief: "Today, the street is really crowded with people, all crowded there to see the demeanor of the champion, Team Luo is at the front Two people are carrying a pair of flags with "No. Red robe, with golden flowers on the top of the canal, straddling the horse and parading to the Kuixing Hall to offer incense!"

Jiu Yuan smiled and listened to her talking about the grand occasion outside, and seeing how much she talked in one breath, he silently picked up the teapot and added another cup of tea to the teacup in front of her.

Tan Se smiled at her when she saw her, took a big sip of tea, and continued: "I heard that when the champion's sedan chair arrives at the 'Longpeng', Jing Zhaoyin will personally serve him to help him get off the sedan chair, and help him get on the horse and whip the whip. Pass it to him!"

Listening to what she said, Jiu Yuan smiled and said, "After talking so much, you still haven't said what the number one scholar looks like!" She didn't need to tell her the itinerary of the number one scholar, she could guess it himself, but this time the number one scholar was Yuan I don't know if it is Bian.

Tan color listened for a while, and his expression drifted: "This, this, I don't know either."

"You don't even know what the champion looks like, so what did you go to see?" Jiu Yuanchu said to her, feeling helpless!I came back after watching for so long, but I don't even know what the champion looks like!
Tan Se quibbled: "There are so many people on the street, and I can't squeeze in, and since the number one scholar doesn't look in my direction, I don't know what he looks like!"

Jiu Yuan agreed with an expression on his face: "Yes! It's not your fault! It's all because the number one scholar didn't look at you!" Others went to see the way to gain insight, and she went to see the excitement!
Tan Se heard her pestering herself, and said coquettishly, "Miss!"

Jiu Yuan smiled and pampered her and said, "Okay! I won't talk anymore!" This girl has been used to her so badly!Forget it, she said they were her maidservants, but they grew up with her, and she always regarded them as relatives, so there's nothing wrong with coddling them.

In Bowenzhai, Xia Zhi was holding a painting in his hand, looking at it in a daze, as if he was looking at someone through the painting, he couldn't help stroking the painting lightly with his hands, and there was a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth. Laughing, then as if thinking of something angry, his face changed and he threw the painting aside. After a long time, he sighed softly, picked up the painting, carefully rolled it up and tied it with a brocade ribbon, and put it back In a bottle.

Call Zhangxiu and ask him to go to Duanfangzhai to pass the order, and Enrongyan wants her to go with him.

Zhang Xiu took the order and went to Duanfangzhai. Seeing Jiuyuan and Tan Se were talking and laughing happily there, she couldn't help sighing in her heart. The prince was unhappy for the princess these days, but the princess was still as if nothing happened. Seeing the prince staring at a painting in a daze, he didn't understand it at first, but then he figured it out, maybe the painting was given by the princess.

After listening to Zhang Xiu's message, Jiu Yuan pondered for a while and said, "Go and tell the lord, I will go!" For a formal banquet like the Enrong Banquet, if he didn't go to face-saving, he wouldn't be able to justify it. Gossip has spread.

When Zhang Xiu got the answer, he saluted and went back to reply.

Three days later, there will be a feast of grace and glory. The emperor will host a banquet for the new scholars in Xilin Bieyuan. At that time, the princes and ministers can bring their wives to the banquet together to congratulate Xinke.

Jiuyuan was sitting in front of the hall in a concubine's attire, with a concubine crown on her head and a pearl flower between her brows, and a big yellow floor-length drape on the outside, and a peony pattern printed on the black silk curb on her arm. It is a layer of turquoise gauze tied in a knot in front of the knees, and inside is a royal blue long jacket embroidered with bright red peonies in full bloom, which is extremely noble.

Not long after, Chaxiang came to report that the prince invited her to the main hall of the palace.

When Jiu Yuan entered the main hall, he saw Xia Zhi was sitting at the table waiting for her, he went up to give him a slight salute, and said, "I have seen you, my lord! You are well, my lord!"

Xia Zhi glanced at her, and said, "Since you're here, let's go!" Without looking at her, he stood up and walked past her.

Only Jiu Yuan remained where she was, maintaining the posture she just saluted. She stood up slowly, turned around and raised her eyes to look deeply at Xia Zhiyuan's walking back. The first time I saw him, I sighed lightly and followed him.

With the support of Cha Xiang, Jiu Yuan got into the carriage, opened the curtain, and saw that Xia Zhi was already sitting in the carriage, the movements of her hands paused for a moment, she really didn't expect Xia Zhi to sit in the same car as herself He thought that he would not want to see him, so he took another car.But after thinking about it, he might have done it because he was afraid that there would be rumors that the Duan Wang couple was at odds again.

Looking at the expression on her face, Xia Zhi guessed what she was thinking, and was even more angry in his heart. Could it be that she doesn't even want to ride in the same car with him now?Then there is a deep sense of powerlessness.

Jiu Yuan got into the car and sat down beside him, seeing his face getting darker and darker, afraid that he was sitting too close to him and making him unhappy, so he moved slightly to the side, But Xia Zhi's face turned darker.

Could it be that this is not enough, I want to cry but have no tears in my heart, so I move to the side again.

Xia Zhi looked at her little movements, couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and said, "Sit still and don't move!"

"Ah?!" Jiu Yuan didn't expect him to speak, and said in surprise.

At this moment, when the wheel of the carriage hit a big rock suddenly, the carriage with it tilted, Jiu Yuan was about to continue talking, but he didn't want the carriage to shake violently, she fell on Xia Zhi's body, Xia Zhi quickly helped him up Hold her and take her into your arms.

Jiuyuan hurriedly wanted to get away from him, but as soon as he moved, he heard Xia Zhi angrily say: "Shang Jiuyuan, you are enough! Just keep messing around like this!"

Immediately, Jiu Yuan was too frightened to move, and lay obediently in his arms, but it was really uncomfortable to lie in such an improper position, and she didn't dare to put the weight of her body on him. After a while, her legs It's a little sore.

She cautiously asked Xia Zhi: "Can I sit up?" Her voice sounded pitiful, and there was a slight coquettishness, maybe even she didn't notice it.

After waiting for a while without seeing Xia Zhi speak, thinking that he would ignore him, Xia Zhi gently lifted her from his arms and let her sit beside him. The hand on her waist never let go. open.

This was much better than just now, so Jiu Yuan tried not to care about the hand on his waist, fearing that he would anger him again.

After finally the carriage stopped at the gate of Xilin Bieyuan, Xia Zhi withdrew his hand and got out of the car without even looking at her. Jiu Yuan let out a long hiss from behind, and got out of the car too.

(End of this chapter)