Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 103
The emperor, Chen Wenxin and others rode back to Jin Fu's other courtyard. Chen Wenyi left Yu Jie and some of the experts brought out from Beijing to help rescue people on the embankment.

A group of officials did not dare to follow the emperor back, they watched the emperor ride away on horseback, and they all stayed on the embankment.

Jin Fu's official residence is not in Suqian, and the courtyard where he temporarily lives is also three large. It was originally bought by a local merchant.

Jin Fu's things were moved to the second entrance courtyard, and the inner courtyard was reserved for the emperor and Chen Wenxin.

Chen Wenxin couldn't help worrying about that Mr. Jin, looking at his clothes, you can tell that he has been supervising the work on the embankment for a long time. At his age, is his body able to bear it?

She poured a cup of tea for the emperor, the furnishings in this courtyard are not gorgeous, and the tea set is only made of celadon porcelain with golden flowers.

"Xuan Ye has always pitied the poor and cared about the old, why don't you ask Mr. Jin to come back and rest?"

The emperor was still frowning in thought just now, but now he almost spit out a sip of tea in his mouth.

"Tell me, who is Mr. Jin?"

Chen Wenxin was puzzled and said, "Which Elder Jin could it be? Isn't it Jin Fu?"

The emperor put down the celadon teacup and laughed dumbly, "You can see that Jin Fu is only 36 years old and younger than Huang Ji."

This time it was Chen Wenxin's turn to have a strange expression.

"How is that possible? I don't think he's sixty, but maybe fifty!"

The emperor saw that she was serious and didn't mean to make him laugh.

Thinking about it carefully, seeing Jin Fu again this time, his skin was indeed much darker and rougher.

It is probably caused by the supervision of construction on the river all the year round, and the wind and sun.

She shook her head and said, "No wonder, no wonder!"

"No wonder what?"

"No wonder Lu Zong is so happy today, holding back his laughter all the time!"

Did Lu Zong feel lucky when he saw Jin Fu's dark and rough skin that someone was as ugly as him?

Although Lu Zong was ugly, he could still be seen as a man under forty.Although Jin Fu is not ugly, he looks like an old man in his 60s or [-]s.

Whether the two are beautiful or ugly is hard to say.

The emperor laughed for a long time, and after laughing, he touched her head and sighed: "I'm so anxious, you still have the intention to make me laugh here."

Where did Chen Wenxin deliberately tease him, she was really careless...

"It's useless to worry now, Jin...Jin Fu, with him in charge, can Xuan Ye trust him?"

The emperor shook his head, "It's not that I can't trust him, it's just that you have seen what those magistrates look like today. The land of two rivers is probably too rich, and the magistrates have been raised comfortably."

For the sake of comfort, the disaster was minimized, regardless of the life and death of the people, and only wanted to secure the official position.

Jin Fu is different from them, but he is alone, without the support of local officials, it is difficult to do things.

Looking at the posture between Jin Fu and them today, I am afraid that tit for tat has been going on for a long time.

The emperor said: "This Jin Fu Zhihe is a good hand, but he is too sharp in terms of human relations and worldly experience, and he doesn't know how to be tactful."

"If it weren't for that, there wouldn't be no one to speak for him when the Yellow River flood destroyed the Ming Zu's mausoleum."

Jin Fu couldn't understand those officials' greed for pleasure, and it was all written on his black face.

Why not those officials, they can't understand him being too diligent and conscientious, making them all lazy and incompetent.

Chen Wenxin was thoughtful, "Back in Texas, Xuan Ye said that when the water was clear, there would be no fish. I wrote back this time."

To solve the serious disaster in Suqian, we still have to rely on those "sewage".

"I intend to patrol along the Yellow River to Taoyuan County tomorrow. Lan Xiang will stay here to protect you, and you will wait here for my return."

When the emperor patrols the river, local officials will follow and surround him, so she doesn't have to worry about safety.

The road conditions in the county town are better. If you really want to go down the river to the countryside, you will only see a more tragic scene.

Chen Wenxin didn't insist on following, the emperor was going to deal with serious business, and it was not decent to bring a concubine by his side.

"I'm afraid that the magistrates will follow me this time. If I stay in the city, I will use the name of Xuan Ye to comfort the victims, how about it?"

The emperor was very pleased that Chen Wenxin could think of this level.

"Niannian, I'm afraid you're tired! These few days are rushing to Suqian, I want you to rest more."

Chen Wenxin smiled and said: "The emperor is thinking about it, it's not because of your reputation, it's my own selfish desire to help the victims."

She always acted out of her heart, and the emperor was relieved.

Let her go, she is such a lazy person, when she is tired, she naturally knows to rest.

There was nothing to say all night, and the two of them took a rest early.

When Chen Wenxin woke up the next day, the emperor was not in sight as usual.

Bai Lu heard the commotion in the room, saw that she woke up so early, and hurriedly ordered the servants in the courtyard to bring in hot water.

She came in and said, "Master, don't you want to sleep a little longer?"

"What about the emperor?"

Bai Lu handed her the face towel, "The emperor took two great scholars out, followed by Eunuch Li. General Chen and Imperial Physician Lu did not leave, and Xiao Li also stayed to obey the orders of the master."

"Let's go out after packing up, let's go around the city today."

Bai Shuang interjected: "It's dirty and messy outside, the pair of embroidered shoes my master wore yesterday are covered in yellow mud."

"Just change a pair of shoes, noisy."

Bai Shuang did her makeup briefly, the maid brought her breakfast, and Xiao Li, who was carrying all kinds of silver needles and silver bowls, followed her in.

"Your Majesty, early in the morning, many wives sent in greeting cards. Do you want to see me, Your Majesty?"

Chen Wenxin asked while drinking porridge, "Whose family's wife?"

This watermelon porridge, paired with the local specialty rouge plum, is sour and salty, giving it a special taste.

Xiao Lizi presented all the greeting cards from her arms to her desk, "There are the wife of Lord Shi Yizhi, Governor of Liangjiang, the wife of Lord Sang E, Governor of Water Transport, and the wife of Lord Tian Wen, Governor of Jiangsu."

"Why is there no Mrs. Jin's wife?"

"The servant heard that Mr. Jin lost his wife last year, and he never got married again. He didn't even have a concubine around him."

Chen Wenxin thought to himself, there was no woman to take care of him, and he went to the river every year, and it was strange to see a man in his 30s, thick and dark like an old man.

"You said these ladies, why did you come to see me?"

Is it out of courtesy to visit, or is there a deep meaning?
Xiao Lizi said with a smile: "The servant doesn't know about this either, it's better for the empress to know when she meets first."

"It's still missing."

She doesn't like the kind of occasions where women get together, especially when everyone knows each other, but she doesn't know anyone.

What if she can't see how people plot against her?
"Xiao Lizi, go and invite my second brother, just say that I want to go out and have a look."

Xiao Lizi raised her head and glanced at Bai Lu behind her, and seeing Bai Lu's expression of helplessness, she knew that she had tried to dissuade her but it was ineffective.

Bai Lu couldn't persuade the concubine Qin, why is he talking?
"Yes, the slave will go here."

When Chen Wenyi entered the inner courtyard, he saw that she had just had breakfast and was rinsing her mouth with tea.

The plain and elegant celadon dish on the table contained rouge plums, which looked bright and translucent.

Seeing Chen Wenyi, she said, "Second Brother, has he eaten breakfast?"

Chen Wenyi took a closer look at her, and saw that she was wearing a plain silk cotton shirt with large sleeves and a sky blue skirt with folded flowers around her waist.

She has a simple bun, decorated only with a green radish and jade hairpin, no makeup, and a smile on her face.

Immediately, he turned his gaze coldly, and asked Bai Lu, "Where is your master? On the bed?"

Bai Lu was taken aback, and glanced at Chen Wenxin who was sitting at the table, not knowing how to answer.

Chen Wenxin quickly reacted.

"Second brother is looking down on people, don't you like me getting up early?"

Chen Wenyi feigned surprise and said, "Oh, you are here."

Only then did Bai Lu realize that this was a joke between their siblings, for some reason, she blushed for a while.

Chen Wenyi said: "Why is Nian Nian dressed so plainly?"

"The people suffered from floods and were displaced. At this moment, I'm still dressed in fancy clothes, wouldn't it make people sad?"

Chen Wenyi smiled and said: "You are always like this. Girls from other families love beauty the most, but you are willing to let it go. Your favorite food is food."

She raised her eyebrows exaggeratedly, "If we brothers and sisters fall in love with Mei again, won't it shame the world?"

"Mistress Qin is so embarrassing to the world, it seems that she can't bear to see those vulgar and vulgar women."

"Second brother is going to see him. Custodian is much more popular than me."

His brother and sister came and went, they didn't look quiet and reticent in front of everyone, Xiao Lizi was shocked to see it.

It turns out that General Chen is not a dull gourd...

The two left the inner courtyard, Xiao Lizi followed closely behind, and Bai Lu Baishuang was a little behind.

Bai Shuang asked her quietly: "Sister Lu, why are you blushing?"

Seeing that her master was not paying attention, Bai Lu quickly covered her mouth, "Stop talking nonsense!"

It just so happened that Lu Zong came out from the east chamber of the second entrance courtyard, saw Chen Wenxin and Chen Wenyi, and rushed over, "Ma'am, Jin'an, where are you going?"

"Go for a walk around the city and see how the victims are being resettled."

Lu Zong originally wanted to say that he would go together, but found that only Chen Wenyi was accompanying him today, Wang Xi and Huang Ji were not there.

With the two of them with ordinary looks, it is not so obvious that I am ugly.

It would be even better if Jin Fu was there...

He looked up at Chen Wenxin and Chen Wenyi, resisting the urge to block the light with his hands.

The two brothers and sisters are so white.

"minister……"

Chen just came up casually to invite An Chen, it's nothing to do, you two go on, hehehe...

Just as he was about to say this, Chen Wenyi interrupted him, "If there is nothing wrong with Imperial Physician Lu, why don't you go together? You can also treat the victims and avoid the epidemic."

Who has nothing to do? Who wants to go out with you two monsters? Who cares about the epidemic?

The two saw Lu Zong lowering his head, and they didn't know what he was muttering.

Then he raised his head, with a black and red face showing his white teeth in a smile, "It's a great honor to be with you two."

That expression, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like an honor.

(End of this chapter)