Chapter 53
"Yes, yes, I'll go right now, little one!" The waiter in the shop agreed repeatedly after hearing the words, bent over and ran to the back of the point.

It was only then that Jin Liu realized that the nobleman the old lady was talking about was King Zhenbei. He glanced into the hall, and sure enough, he saw Qin Zhijian sitting in the private room, as well as Bai Xiaoliu and Murong Shengxue.

"Three girls, Yuan'er, come with me!" The old lady also saw the three of them, she whispered to Jin Liu and Jin Juyuan, and led them towards the private seat where Qin Zhijian and the others were sitting.

Qin Zhijian saw them when the old lady was talking to the shop waiter, and when he saw them coming, he also led Bai Xiaoliu and Murong Shengxue out, glanced at Jin Liu, cupped his hands and said, "Old lady."

"My lord! I kept my lord waiting for a long time. Thank you, my lord, for agreeing to return to the capital with us. I am very grateful." The old lady hurriedly returned the gift, and seeing Qin Zhijian looking behind her, she turned sideways and introduced, "This is my son. Jin Juyuan is the third son of the old man, and his granddaughter Jin Liu is the third daughter of the eldest son of the old man. They are here to pick up the old man and go to the capital. When this happened again on the way back to Beijing, I had no choice but to put down my old face and beg to go with the prince, and please forgive me!"

"Old lady, you are welcome. The Sixth Young Master Bai has already told the king about the matter of the third lady of your mansion. It is a good thing that the third lady escaped from the bandits!" Qin Zhijian said while looking at Jin Liu, but did not say anything about Jin Liu Regarding the matter of killing bandits, seeing her nodding gratefully to him, she smiled and looked away.

"It's the child's fate!" The old lady said with a smile.

"The name Jin Juyuan sounds familiar to me... But Jin Juyuan, the last Qingzhou Xieyuan talent?" Qin Zhijian asked Jin Juyuan.

"Since the lord knows it, it's the kid." The old lady said happily, seeing that Jin Juyuan didn't come forward to reply, she pushed him with a sullen face and shouted in a deep voice: "Yuaner!"

Only then did Jin Juyuan reluctantly stepped forward and saluted and said: "I am the top name of the last township examination, Jin Juyuan. As for a talented person, I really dare not be called a talented person. It's just everyone's false praise. , I won’t be able to squeeze into the ranks of the three hundred.”

Daqin will hold a general examination every two years. Anyone who passes the provincial examination can take part. The examination admits [-] people. Jin Juyuan said that he did not make it into the [-], which means that he failed the general examination. This is undoubtedly belittling Own.The old lady asked to go with Qin Zhijian, and sent Jin Juyuan in front of him. Obviously, she wanted to climb up to this prince who had made great military achievements and was deeply favored, and hoped that he would play a good role in Jin Juyuan's future career. I didn't expect Jin Juyuan to be ungrateful, and even said something with deep disdain. It seems that he is very confident that he can become an official with his own strength and his official career is magnanimous!Jin Liu really didn't know whether to say he was pretentious, or that he had character!

"Yuan'er!" The old lady was obviously going to be overwhelmed by Jin Juyuan's words, she shouted angrily, raised her eyebrows to see Qin Zhijian's half-smile expression, and looked at Qin Zhijian pretending to be surprised After leaning over, he said, "These two are..."

"I'm Bai Xiaoliu." Bai Xiaoliu cupped his hands and said, then turned sideways, "This is Miss Murong."

"Old madam" Murong Shengxue came up to salute the old madam.

Although the old lady didn't know Murong Shengxue's identity, seeing that she was being treated with great courtesy by Qin Zhijian's side, she was sure that her status must be extraordinary, so she returned the gift before saying to Bai Xiaoliu: "So this young master is Sixth Master Bai, thank you Sixth Master Bai for saving the life of my old granddaughter."

Bai Xiaoliu hurriedly stepped forward to support the old lady, and said: "I dare not take the grace of saving my life! The old lady doesn't know that Miss Jin San also saved the next life."

"The third girl has mentioned it to the old man." The old lady straightened up, turned her head to look at Jin Liu and said, "It seems that the sixth young master Bai and the third girl are really destined!"

Destined?Let's go!Jin Liu muttered in her heart, seeing Bai Xiaoliu blushed, and the corner of her mouth twitched.

"My lord, old lady, your carriage and horses are ready." At this moment, the waiter walked over with a smile.

"It's getting late, let's go!" Qin Zhijian nodded and said to the old lady.

"My lord is on my way, please." The old lady said hastily.

The Jin Mansion came to pick up the old lady in four carriages. Except for the two carriages in front, the two carriages behind were packed with luggage. Even the old lady and Jin Liu's carriages were piled up with luggage at the back. Steward Zhao and others Naturally, people couldn't leave in a carriage like before, and they were all driven to the side of the driver in front.

Qin Zhijian and his party were much simpler. Except for a carriage for Murong Shengxue and her maid, everyone else rode on horseback. It was Murong Shengxue's carriage, followed by two men in black and four men in gray.

After the two teams set off from Taihe Inn, they walked towards the capital in a mighty manner.

As soon as the carriage drove up the official road, Jin Liu lay down on the thick mattress in the carriage, because she didn't sleep well the night before, but now she was a little drowsy under the shaking of the carriage, staring dazedly on the verge of falling asleep When she was sitting, she felt that Tourmaline sat down beside her. Jin Liu raised her eyelids and glanced at her. Seeing the distress on her face, she forced herself to cancel and asked, "Have you not had enough fun outside? What's the matter?" When you want to go back, you will have a bitter face."

"That's not it!" Bixi replied without even thinking about it, "I've been so frightened on this journey, and this servant will never come out again."

"Then you still have a sad face." Jin Liu turned sideways and looked at the tourmaline.

Tourmaline reached out and took the velvet blanket from the corner of the carriage to cover Jin Liu's body, glanced at the door, and said in a low voice, "Miss, aren't you worried at all? Don't forget, Da Furen hired bandits to harm you. But now you have gone back safe and sound, what do you think Da Furen will do next?"

"I don't care about her!" Jin Liu curled her lips, and lowered her voice like Tourmaline: "Could it be that you think she will continue to harm me?"

"It's not impossible!" Tourmaline is worried about this. She has been with the eldest lady for several years, and she knows the eldest lady's character very well. Now that she has decided to get rid of Jin Liu, even if she misses, she will not give up easily.

Jin Liu smiled disapprovingly and said: "Even so, with the old lady around, she would not dare to act rashly."

Speaking of this, the scene of Mother Zhou shaking her head before she set off for Jinggukou suddenly appeared in Jinliu's mind. Thinking about it now, it turned out that Zhou's mother was really reminding her not to get in the carriage and not to go to Jinggukou, because There are dangers on the road.

Mama Zhou came to rescue her with good intentions, but Madam Zhou ordered someone to find her back. Presumably Madam Zhou must have discovered Mama Zhou's intentions, so she hurriedly sent someone to find Mama Zhou. I don't know how Mama Zhou is doing now. , Da Furen wouldn't even have her own wet nurse under her hands!

Mother Zhou was the one who took her and Mrs. Ru out of the West Side Courtyard, and she was also the one who wanted to protect her in times of crisis. If something happened to such a person... Jin Liu couldn't bear it, and her mood became heavy. Originally, she She didn't intend to fight against the eldest lady, but she just wanted to let herself and Mrs. Ru live a good life. If this was the case, then she really couldn't tolerate her.

"Miss is planning to leave the matter of the bandits alone?" Tourmaline asked.

"How is it possible!" Jin Liu frowned, his eyes became sharper, and said: "Of course someone will go to ask about this matter!"

"Miss is talking about... the old lady?"

Jin Liu was noncommittal, and after talking to Tourmaline for so long, he suddenly felt sleepless, so he simply sat up, looked at Tourmaline with interest, and said, "We don't need to worry about this matter, you should tell me about that third uncle. Come on, didn't you go back to your hometown with eldest sister and fifth younger sister? You should know him a little bit, tell me what kind of person he is!"

"Third Master?" Tourmaline raised her eyebrows and looked at Jin Liu.

"Yeah!" Jin Liu nodded repeatedly.

"The third master...you really are a weird person when you say it!" Bixi held back for a long time, and after giving Jin Juyuan a definition, she said: "The third master was born by the old lady when she was around 4 years old. Because of the birth, the old lady loves the third master more than the elder master and the second master. In addition, the third master can read better than the two elder brothers in front of him. He passed the children's examination at the age of eight and became a well-known young master. A scholar, the old lady regards him as a treasure. But the third master has a strange temper. The year before last, the township examination released the results, and the third master passed the exam. The old lady was so happy that she quickly sent a letter to the elder, asking him to find a way through his relationship. Finding an official position for the third master, the elder is the most filial, and the old lady spoke, so he naturally tried his best to do it. After running around for more than a month and spending a lot of money, he finally found a county magistrate for the third master The official position, counting, is also a grade seven. The news spread to the hometown, and the old lady hurriedly called the third master to go on the road. Who knows that the third master said that he would not come to the city. Relationships go through the back door!"

"What happened later?" Jin Liu heard the interest and asked impatiently.

"Later, because of this matter, the old lady got angry with the third master for the first time, but in the end the old lady still couldn't hold back the third master, and finally wrote to the old man to ask him to resign from the job, and the old man accepted it. On the day I got the letter, I dropped a whole set of teacups painted with celestial blue pastels and painted gold, and Dang even wrote a letter to go back and scolded the third master well, and since then I have never heard the elder mention the third master again."

"No wonder no one has ever heard of the third uncle in the mansion." Jin Liu suddenly realized, somewhat dumbfounded. "Third Uncle hates me so much, maybe it's because of this!"

Bixi curled her lips when she heard the words, and said: "Who knows, anyway, the third master has a very strange temper. He is a county magistrate of the seventh rank. I heard that he is still a wealthy county. The previous county magistrate was promoted after his term of office expired. Grand master It took a lot of effort to find this official position for the third master, but he didn't like it, and said that he had to take the imperial examination based on his own ability. The third master didn't even think about it. They are idle at home and have no official job to do, even those who won the first prize, the second place, and the third prize, and some who are not reused by the court, if they are given a county magistrate of the seventh rank, they will not be too happy!"

Tourmaline's dissatisfaction with Jin Juyuan may be due to the influence of the great master Jin Zhijiu and the eldest lady, but what she said is correct, Jin Liu also looks down on Jin Juyuan who is inflexible. Tell him to vent his anger on her!

With Qin Zhijian accompanying them all the way, the group entered the capital smoothly, entered the east gate, and passed through the bustling street before the carriage stopped slowly.

Jin Liu opened the curtain and looked outside. The old lady had already got off the carriage and was talking with Qin Zhijian. Because it was too noisy outside, she couldn't hear what they were saying, but it seemed that they were going to separate and go back home.

Standing beside Qin Zhijian, Bai Xiaoliu saw Jin Liu poking her head out and waved at her, Jin Liu rolled her eyes and quickly sat back down.

Sure enough, the carriage of the Court Envoy's Mansion slowly moved again, but Qin Zhijian's people stopped in place, looking out from the curtains that were raised from time to time, Jin Liu saw Qin Zhijian standing under the horse at a glance, although Just for a moment, she clearly saw Qin Zhijian smiling slightly at her.

(End of this chapter)

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