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Chapter 602: Green Grass: "Sir, how bold are you." [Thank you! Thank you again! I owe you 41K]

On the second day,
The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

Queen's Palace,

"Father, Mother, I am going to take a nap first."

"Well, let's go."

After lunch, the emperor sat leisurely in a chair, holding a teacup, and looked at Zhao Fang who was walking out with a smile on his face.

When Zhao Fang's figure disappeared at the door,
The emperor looked at the queen curiously and said, "What's wrong with Fang'er today? She seems to be in a good mood. She has been smiling since the meal."

The Queen smiled helplessly and said, "After Fang'er received the hundred ropes sent to the palace by Taotao and the others yesterday, he begged me to give two to Xu's Fifth Brother as well, and I agreed."

The emperor smiled and nodded: "Just because of this? The child is thoughtful, then I will order Wensiyuan to make a few and send them over."

"Fang'er thinks the people in Wensiyuan are too mechanical," said the Queen, shaking her head.

"Hmm? What?" The emperor put the teacup on the table and frowned, "This kid is just talking nonsense! The people in Wensi Academy are all masters, how can their products have any craftsmanship!"

The emperor was puzzled again: "If that's the case, why is Fang'er so happy today?"

The Queen laughed and said, "He also begged me to ask the noble ladies of several noble families in the capital to weave a few hundred ropes and send them to the palace."

The emperor took a deep breath and frowned, "We are all noble ladies waiting to be married, and you want us to weave a lot of strings for that boy from the Xu family? Isn't this ridiculous? You don't even say anything to block him, you just pamper him!"

The Queen stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty is right, but I only informed the Chai and Rong families, and did not send anyone to other noble families."

The "Rong" Emperor held his breath, stood up, helped the Queen back to her chair and said, "Ahem, Queen, why didn't you say this earlier!"

In the past few years, every time the emperor went to Rong Fei, Rong Fei said a lot of good things about the Xu family in a veiled way.

Rong Feiyan was not much older than Xu Zaijing, so the emperor understood Rong Feiyan's intention after a little thought.

However, Zhao Fang was the only son the emperor had had in many years since he ascended the throne, so he was loved and cherished from the bottom of his heart, and the queen was Zhao Fang's biological mother.

Moreover, Zhao Fang had vowed that Xu Zaijing wanted to marry two women. The Empress treated Xu Zaijing like her own son or nephew, and if the Empress did not agree, it would be difficult for the Emperor to grant the marriage directly.

Last year, the emperor acted on his own will and wanted to give priority to and make use of the nephews of the late Concubine Zhang, his former favorite.

What was the result? First, they chased Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye and shot at them. Later, a major incident almost occurred in Beizhou, an important city in the north. If it weren't for Xu Zaijing, nearly 10 million strings of military supplies would have been burned to ashes.

Concubine Rong and the former Concubine Zhang are somewhat similar in some ways, which inevitably makes the Queen feel resentful.

Zhao Fang had the urge to send Xu Zaijing a hundred ropes these past two days. If the Empress only informed the Chai family, the Emperor would have nothing to say.

But the Rong family was also informed that the Queen was open-minded and impartial, and whether the marriage could be successful depended entirely on the performance of the two families.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Chai family and the Rong family have sent something to the palace." An eunuch outside the door reported.

The Queen glanced at the Emperor and said with a smile, "Well! Both families are pretty fast! Your Majesty, then send it directly to Fang'er?"

The emperor thought about it and looked at the eunuch beside him, saying, "Recently, there is a lieutenant in the army under Xu Hou who wants to report his merits. What is his name?"

"Your Majesty, the captain's surname is Hua and his given name is Rong."

"Yes, that's it! Xu Jia Wulang has made great contributions in recommending me, so I'll give him some rewards and send them together with Fang Er's."

The eunuch quickly responded.

South Lecture Hall Lane,

Rong family,

Back to the snowy courtyard,
The door in the middle of the main hall was wide open, and inside the door stood a translucent screen more than one person tall.

A well-dressed old woman with gold ornaments stood outside the screen with her head bowed slightly.

inside the screen,
The maid Ningxiang stood beside Rong Feiyan holding a piece of thin material in both hands and said, "Miss, what do you think of this one?"

A person beside her stepped forward and spread out the material a little.

Rong Feiyan took a few glances and nodded, "Not bad! Take one like this."

Ningxiang agreed and went outside the screen holding the material to talk.

After saying that, when Ningxiang was about to bring over another piece of fabric, she saw Rong Feiyan waving at her.

Ningxiang turned around quickly and said to the maid outside the screen, "This is all we need today!"

"Hey! Thank you very much, young lady, for taking care of my business!"

"You are too polite, Manager! Ningxiang, go and see him off."

"Yes, girl."

quickly,

The old woman and the screen disappeared at the door.

When Ningxiang came back from seeing the guests off, she walked into the house holding two shawls in her hands.

At a glance, I found that Rong Feiyan was no longer in the hall.

After walking a few steps to the side, Ningxiang saw through the beaded curtain that her own girl was sitting behind a table in a side room, supporting her chin with one hand and looking in a daze.

Ningxiang opened her mouth to speak, but then she saw Xibu coming over with a large-mouthed teacup with a handle and shaking his head at her.

Ningxiang quickly shut up and continued walking a few steps towards the side room, helping Xibu to lift the bead curtain and enter the side room.

The sound of the bead curtain being lifted made the dazed Rong Feiyan turn around and look over.

Ningxiang raised the scarf in her hand and said with a smile, "Miss, the female manager stuffed it into my hand before she left. She said it was a new product in the store and asked us to help take a look."

Rong Feiyan reached out and took it and started reading.

Xi Bu, who put down the teacup, curled her lips and said, "This housekeeper is really good at taking shortcuts. I don't know what to say if she goes to another family!"

"Just saying that our family also needs two shawls can make them say beautiful things! I wonder how much more things we can sell!"

Rong Feiyan glanced at Xibu, smiled and shook her head: "How could this be?"

Ningxiang said hurriedly, "Miss, of course not! I've heard that the girls from the rich families in the capital would rush to buy something as soon as they heard that our family had bought something."

Xibu glared at Ningxiang and said, "You know all this, but you still want the housekeeper's things?"

Ningxiang looked at the smiling Rong Feiyan and said, "I, I just think this thing is good, why not refuse it!"

Rong Feiyan smiled and shook her head, saying, "It looks like a very good thing. You two can wear it when you go out in the future."

"Thank you, young lady!" Ningxiang hurriedly bowed with a smile.

Xibu pursed her lips as she took the shawl handed to her by Rong Feiyan. After looking at it for a few seconds, she nodded repeatedly, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Miss, what were you thinking about just now? Were you thinking about the matter of Caisuo?" Ningxiang asked, touching the shawl in her arms.

Rong Feiyan raised her eyebrows, her smile slowly disappeared, and she took a deep breath before saying nothing.

"Girl, your skill in weaving ropes is so good, you will definitely be chosen by His Highness." Ningxiang advised.

"But the noble ladies of other families also have skilled female masters teaching them. How could they be bad?" Rong Feiyan said.

As she spoke, Rong Feiyan picked up the porcelain cup and took a sip of the drink.

"Pfft."

Looking at Rong Feiyan, who was drinking water from a porcelain cup with a handle in one hand and seemed to have lost her manners, Xibu laughed out loud.

Rong Feiyan noticed Xibu's gaze, looked down at the cup in her hand, which was very similar to the one used by Xu Zaijing, and said angrily: "Xibu, what are you laughing at!" Xibu hurriedly smiled and shook her head: "Miss, I'm not laughing!"

"Tap." The porcelain cup was placed on the table.

Rong Feiyan stood up, stretched out her hand to twist Xibu's cheek in a scolding tone, and said, "Still talking!"

She took the scarf and covered her face with her hands, begging for mercy: "Miss, I won't say anything! It's just..."

Rong Feiyan stopped and asked, "What is it?"

"That's right. Even if our things are delivered to the Xu family, we have no way of knowing! Why bother you to think too much about it!" Xibu said hurriedly.

Looking at the stunned Rong Feiyan, he continued with slow steps, "Besides, young lady, it's not like we haven't given things to Master Xu Wu before."

Rong Feiyan sat back in her chair, looked aside, and said, "I, I never sent it."

Xibu and Ningxiang suppressed their laughter and looked at each other with tacit understanding. Before, when Xu Zaijing went to Baigao, they girls had also sent things "anonymously".

Rong Feiyan tilted her head. Under her black and beautiful hair were her ears with soft contours and round earlobes. Further down was her fair and slender neck.

Looking at her girl's profile with her eyelashes blinking, Ningxiang shook her head and woke up from her trance. She said, "Girl, there is actually a way to know whether the things have been delivered to the Xu family."

Rong Feiyan tilted her head and her ears moved cutely.

"Tell me."

Rong Feiyan seemed to be looking at the calligraphy and painting nearby and said.

Xi Bu said: "Miss, Ningxiang's intention is to find the young master. The young master and Xu Jia Wulang have always been good friends."

The scene that Xibu and Ningxiang had expected, where their girl jumped for joy, did not happen.

Rong Feiyan just covered her face with her hands in annoyance and said in a muffled voice: "Forget it! I don't want to know!"

The first moment of the unitary hour (5 p.m.)
The sun sets in the west,

The sky is still bright,

Quyuan Street,
Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

The eunuch who came to deliver the reward has already left.

In front of Xu Zaijing's private storehouse in the backyard, Yun Xiang and Hua Xiang were standing there with their maids. They were holding or lifting a lot of things in their hands, which were rewards from Xu Zaijing for his "meritorious recommendation".

Xu Zai Jingyuaner,
In the study,
Qingcao stood aside holding a tray, on which were two brocade bags made of exquisite materials.

Xu Zaijing, who had already washed his hands and arms, stood in front of Qingcao, wiping his hands and wrists with a handkerchief.

After drying,
Xu Zaijing sat down on the chair behind the table, held out his hand and said, "Come on."

Qingcao put the tray on the table with a smile, reached out to pick up a brocade bag and opened it, took out the colorful rope inside, and carefully tied it around Xu Zaijing's wrist.

Looking at the finest material and colorful colors of this Hundred-stringed Rope, with gold threads, gemstones, and green grass woven into it, I couldn't help but sigh, "Wow, sir, this Hundred-stringed Rope is so beautiful! It looks so valuable!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and raised his wrist to look at it: "There is nothing in the palace that is not valuable!"

Qingcao nodded: "You are right, sir."

As he got closer, Xu Zaijing could smell the faint incense emanating from Baisuo.

"I think it's some kind of mosquito repellent fragrance," Xu Zaijing thought to himself.

The other rope was also made of extraordinary material, with the fine golden silk thread weaving the four characters "happiness, longevity, health and peace".

"Sir, this one is more delicately woven, the characters have good meanings, and they are valuable." After Qingcao helped Xu Zaijing tie the hundred ropes, he held Xu Zaijing's wrist and said.

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded.

Then, in Xu Zaijing's surprised eyes, Qingcao put the last rope to her nose and asked in confusion: "Sir, they are all things from the palace, so they should be the same as incense!"

"Why do I smell that the scent of these two ropes is somewhat different?"

Xu Zaijing retracted his arm, sniffed it and nodded, "It really is! Maybe it was woven by different craftsmen?"

Qingcao nodded, picked up the tray and walked out.

"Click."

There was a slight sound and the study door was closed.

Xu Zaijing turned his wrists, looked at the ropes on them, and raised his eyebrows helplessly.

After looking at the sky outside the window, Xu Zaijing dragged his chair to the window and was about to pick a book to read.

"Click."

The study door was pushed open again.

Xu Zaijing turned around and looked at Qingcao, who looked a little strange at the door, and asked, "What's wrong?"

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing lowered his gaze and saw the two sachets in Qingcao's hands.

Qingcao turned around and closed the door, then walked quickly towards Xu Zaijing.

After looking out the window next to Xu Zaijing, Qingcao quickly took out the two slips of paper from her palm and said, "Sir, look. I just found them when I was trying to wash them and put them away."

Xu Zaijing picked up the note with a puzzled look on his face, and after just one glance, his eyes suddenly widened.

The reason is simple. There is one word written on each of the two pieces of paper, one is "Rong" and the other is "Chai".

"Sir, what does this mean?" Qingcao asked in a low voice, stuttering, "Could it be that the girls from the Rong and Chai families made this up?"

Xu Zaijing touched his forehead helplessly and said nothing.

"Sir, these are rewards from the palace. Who put the note in there?" Qingcao scratched the back of his head with a puzzled look on his face.

Xu Zaijing put the note into the book in his hand and said helplessly: "Who else could it be?"

Xu Zaijing naturally recognized Zhao Fang's handwriting.

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing had already imagined a scene in his mind: Zhao Fang wrote something on the note with an expectant look on his face, and then put it into the brocade bag with a sly grin.

Qingcao rolled her eyes and had some guesses in her mind. After all, it was awarded in the name of Zhao Fang, so Qingcao hesitated and said in a low voice: "Sir, what does His Highness mean?"

Xu Zaijing closed the book, looked out with his eyes full of thoughts, and said uncertainly: "Maybe, the Crown Princess has been decided, and His Highness is urging me to find a wife?"

Qingcao looked at Xu Zaijing and said, "Sir, is that true? Shouldn't the Madam be the one to worry about this important matter of marriage? If you think about it, the Queen sees you as her nephew, so she might also care about you a little."

Xu Zaijing looked down at the ropes on his wrists, then sideways at the green grass.

Qingcao, who has followed Xu Zaijing for many years, has some tacit understanding with his own young master.

Qingcao understood the meaning of Xu Zaijing's eyes, pursed her lips in embarrassment, and said: "I think both of you ladies are great! It would be great if you could marry both of them!"

Xu Zaijing rolled up the book in his hand, gently patted Qingcao's hair, and said, "You have a nice idea. They are all daughters of wealthy families. How can you marry them all?!"

Qingcao touched her hair bun that was photographed, looked at Xu Zaijing with big eyes, and said, "Sir, you haven't asked, how do you know it's impossible?"

"Snapped!"

This time Xu Zaijing used some strength.

"Ouch!"

Qingcao covered her head which was hurt by the beating and looked at Xu Zaijing sadly.

(End of this chapter)