Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 617 Let’s go and meet Xiangrui now [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 37k more]

in the afternoon,

Jiying Lane,
Shengjia, Shouantang.

Next to the bright windows, there are several pots of green plants that repel insects.

Next to her, the old lady sat comfortably in a chair, leaning against the back, her eyes slightly closed, and slowly waving a fan in her hand.

The breeze created by the fan dispersed the smoke from the incense burner nearby.

"Madam, the drinks are ready."

Mother Fang's voice came with a smile.

The old lady let out a long sigh and opened her eyes. She smelled the fragrance emanating from the teacup held by Fang Mama, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

When the old lady took the teacup, Mother Fang skillfully took the round fan from the old lady's hand.

Afterwards, the old lady held the teacup and drank tea, while Fang Mama slowly fanned herself with a round fan.

I just took two sips of the drink.
"Mother Cui is here."

Cui, who was standing at the door, smiled and preached.

After taking another sip of the drink, the old lady placed the teacup on the table beside her and looked at Mother Cui who came into the room with a smile on her face.

"Ruan, why are you here at this time?" the old lady asked with a smile.

"You seem to be in a good mood." Fang's mother agreed with a smile.

Madam Cui wiped her sweat with her handkerchief, exchanged a glance with Madam Fang, then bowed to the old lady and said with a smile, "Madam, today when I went out shopping, I heard some interesting stories."

"Oh?"

The old lady stopped leaning on the chair and sat up straight with an interested look on her face. After reaching out to take the fan, she said, "Suqin, let her drink some water first."

"Hey!" Fang's mother responded quickly.

The old lady fanned herself, and after Madam Cui drank a sip of water, she hurriedly said, "Tell me quickly."

Mother Cui put the teacup on the table and said with a smile, "Old lady, it has something to do with Marquis Mansion Jing'er! I don't know how it got spread, but it's said that if you give Marquis Mansion Jing'er something good, you will be able to have a son in one go."

"Ah?" The old lady looked at Mother Cui with a puzzled look on her face: "How did this kind of thing get spread? How old is Jing'er? What does giving him nice things have to do with having a son?"

Mrs. Fang on the side nodded repeatedly to show her approval.

Mother Cui smiled and said, "Old lady, I thought so at first, but..."

"What's the result?"

“As a result, the female manager who was chatting with me gave me a few examples, and I felt like I believed it a little bit,” Mother Cui said uncertainly.

"What example?" the old lady asked.

Mother Cui blinked and said, "It is said that he is the consort of Lu, the Marquis of Xiangyang. Some also say that he is from the family of Viscount Zhu."

After listening to this, the old lady looked at the housekeeper beside her and said, "That doesn't sound like much! Maybe it's just a coincidence."

"I think so too! But, that's how it's spread among the people in the market!" Mother Cui said with a smile.

The old lady smiled and shook her head, her eyes full of thought as she picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

After thinking for a moment, the smile on the old lady's face gradually disappeared, and her expression gradually became very serious.

Mother Fang and Mother Cui looked at the old lady's expression and looked at each other with some confusion.

"Grandma, what's wrong with you?" Fang's mother asked softly.

The old lady took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Let Jing-ge come to my place later."

"Hey."

After school in the afternoon,

Sheng’s backyard,

Minglan took Xiaotao on the way to Shou'an Hall.
Looking back at Xu Zaijing behind her, Minglan smiled and pursed her lips, then quickened her pace and ran towards Shou'an Hall.

"The Fifth Young Master is here."

Following the maid's message, Xu Zaijing lowered his head, stepped over the door curtain, and entered the hall.

"Great aunt, are you looking for me?" Xu Zaijing said with a smile.

While speaking, Xu Zaijing saw that Minglan had already entered the inner room and the housekeeper had closed the partition.

The old lady smiled at Xu Zaijing and waved, "Brother Jing, come, come and sit down."

After Xu Zaijing sat down, the old lady said earnestly, "Brother Jing, do you know what people are talking about outside?"

"Grandma, are you talking about giving gifts to nephews and grandchildren?"

The old lady nodded.

Xu Zaijing said, "I know a little bit! Someone wanted to give my nephew some gold and silver items this morning."

"Did you accept it?" asked the old lady.

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "I accepted it, but my nephew immediately asked Qingyun to send it to a nursing home."

"Well! You did the right thing. At least it makes people feel at ease." The old lady said affirmatively.

"Then, are the rumors true or false?" the old lady asked again.

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "Nephew is not sure, but I think it is more of a coincidence."

The old lady nodded and said, "Does the royal family know about this?"

Xu Zaijing pursed his lips and said, "I know."

The old lady looked at Xu Zaijing and said sincerely:
"So what do you think, Brother Jing?"

Xu Zaijing smiled and said, "Grandaunt, I think it's pretty good, but I feel a little uneasy."

The old lady nodded: "It's right to be unsteady!"

Looking at her nephew, the old lady continued:

"We're not afraid of things like this not coming true! We're just afraid of them coming true! If they come true too often, it will become a trend!"

"The trend has been formed, and the mouths are on other people. I don't know how they will spread this matter!"

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing's expression also became serious.

The old lady said: "If you are not careful, someone will take advantage of you! Not only will it delay your future, but it will also make the royal family resent your father. The latter is the most important thing!"

Xu Zaijing nodded repeatedly and said, "Grandma, I understand that my father is leading a large army in the north and the benefits are huge! I took it for granted!"

After pondering for a moment, Xu Zaijing said, "Grandma, if that's the case, I have some ideas."

The old lady's frown relaxed a little, and she said calmly, "Let me hear it. I have lived for so many years, maybe I can give you some advice."

Xu Zaijing took a deep breath and didn't speak immediately.

The old lady was not in a hurry either, she just looked at Xu Zaijing quietly.

"Grand aunt, I'm thinking, let's see what happens first! If the news spreads too widely, we can set up a few tents on Quyuan Street. First, we can ask His Majesty to send the royal doctors from the Imperial Hospital, especially those who are good at gynecology, to provide free consultations there."

“Second, please ask the bookstore to print some knowledge that should be popularized.”

Looking at the old lady who shook her head slightly, Xu Zaijing asked doubtfully: "Grandma, do you think this method is not good?"

The old lady looked at Xu Zaijing and said, "Jing'er, I can see that you are a kind-hearted child. From the beginning, you have been thinking about helping others solve their problems."

Xu Zaijing scratched his head embarrassedly.

The old lady took a deep breath and said, "But the court struggles are very complicated! If we are not careful, this kind of thing will affect the future of the Xu family!"

"What you should think about most now is not to help others solve their problems, but how to get the Xu family out of possible crises in the future."

"A smart person who can consider you and understand your situation will naturally keep a low profile and find a way to resolve the problem."

"Why should you think too much about the one who only thinks about himself and doesn't think about you?"

Xu Zaijing's expression also became serious.

There was silence in Shou'an Hall.

After a long silence, the old lady looked at Xu Zaijing who was thinking and continued, "Jing'er, what do you think we should do now?" Xu Zaijing looked at the old lady and said, "Grandma, I think we should defile ourselves!"

The old lady smiled and asked, "Oh? How to defile yourself?"

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Zaijing said, "Let everyone know that I made up these things because I was greedy for money. I am actually a liar! It would be best if someone believed me and lost everything in my life! And it still caused a sensation in Bianjing City!"

"Others will naturally stop believing if they see that it has no effect. It's just a competition of who has the loudest voice."

The old lady looked at Xu Zaijing with satisfaction and said, "It's a good idea. But Jing'er, your own reputation will be affected."

Xu Zaijing shook his head: "Grandma, those are nothing. My father and brother risked their lives on the battlefield to get what they want. I can't let them lose it because of me."

"I will find an opportunity and go to the palace with the token in two days to inform the Queen."

The old lady shook her head solemnly and said, "No, Jing'er, don't wait for two days."

The old lady didn't finish her words.
"Teng!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and stood up quickly and gracefully, bowing and saying, "Grandaunt, nephew, go now!"

The old lady smiled and nodded.

"Grand aunt, my nephew is leaving now."

"Go."

Watching Xu Zaijing disappear at the entrance of the hall, the old lady put away her smile, looked at Fang Mama in confusion, and said, "Suqin, what did Jing'er laugh at just now?"

Mother Fang shook her head in bewilderment and said, "Madam, I don't understand it either."

On the way out of Sheng's house, Xu Zaijing shook his head with a smile on his face.

If his great-aunt told him solemnly, "Go now!", Xu Zaijing would always have the illusion that he had become Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu.

evening,

The Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty,

Concubine Rong’s bedroom,

Concubine Rong sat on the chair with a frown on her face.

The personal female official beside her said softly, "My lady, please don't think too much about it!"

"Boom!"

Rong Fei pounded the table with her fist and said angrily, "That girl from the Dou family is a duke's wife after all, how could she be so stupid! She just opens her mouth and talks about everything!"

"Don't you think about how much trouble this might cause for Brother Xu?"

After saying that, Rong Fei stood up and said softly, "We must find a way to make up for it!"

At this time,

"Your Majesty has arrived."

The voice of the eunuch was heard outside the palace.

Concubine Rong looked at her personal maid in surprise, took a few deep breaths, adjusted her expression, and walked towards the door.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Rong Fei asked softly.

The emperor waved his hands and said, "Just now, the Queen and I had a few words with the boy from the Xu family. The Queen even had to give him some advice! I was too lazy to look at him any more, so I came to my beloved concubine."

Rong Fei smiled and nodded, saying, "Your Majesty, they are all relatives from my mother's family."

Before Rong Fei finished speaking, the emperor waved his hand and said, "It will be alright in the future! At the Queen's place, that brat asked me for a piece of paper with the words 'Absolutely Not' written on it, saying that he wanted to frame it and hang it in front of his house."

Rong Fei was stunned. She untied the emperor's clothes as he opened his arms, and said with a smile, "This, Xu's brother is quite interesting."

The emperor let Rong Fei change his clothes, closed his eyes slightly and said, "Humph! I don't know who gave you the advice, but you entered the palace quite quickly. I thought you would have to wait for a month or so!"

Rong Fei's eyes turned, and a look of understanding flashed across her face. Then she said in a puzzled tone: "Your Majesty, I am looking at you. Do you not care?"

The emperor, who had just changed his clothes, shook his sleeves and said loudly, "What do I care about? You know some of Fang'er's affairs!"

Rong Fei suddenly realized, "Your Majesty is wise! When the Xu family's brother was young, he had already made great contributions in the palace! Before that, he went to the old place of Baigao and Beizhou! Even if there are all kinds of supernatural powers on his body, it is also a good omen for our Great Zhou!"

"Humph!" The emperor raised his chin proudly, looked at the top of the hall and said, "My auspicious sign!"

Rong Fei hurriedly smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I said the wrong thing. This is a good omen for your Majesty and your Highness!"

The emperor smiled and nodded, saying, "I feel very well today, my beloved concubine, let's go to bed."

The sun rises and the moon sets,

time flies,
In a blink of an eye,

It was late August.

It has been many days since the beginning of autumn, and several autumn rains have made the weather much colder.

Over dozens of days,
Xu Zaijing, the fifth son of the Xu family who was once famous in Kyoto, has undergone a major reversal in reputation in recent days.

Near Panlou,

In Mother Ruan’s small courtyard,
A young girl holding a pipa said in a crisp voice, "It is said that the sixth son of the Liang family, the Marquis of Yongchang, who had a feast at Panlou before, had a fight with the third son of the Tao family, the Marquis of Jinyang, in front of many courtesans and female musicians in the private room of Panlou."

"Ah? Why is this?" asked several beautiful girls nearby.

"I heard that it was because Tao Sanlang set up a trap to deceive Liang Liulang. I heard that a lot of tables and chairs were smashed!"

"Xu Jia Wulang had such a good reputation before, but I didn't expect that he would actually cheat people out of money."

In the house next to it,
A very pretty girl stood by the window, listening to the conversation in the yard. She curled her lips and said softly, "What a bunch of idiots!"

"Shishi, what are you talking about?" came the voice of Mother Ruan.

Li Shishi turned around quickly, smiled and bowed: "Mother Ruan, I didn't say anything?"

Mother Ruan shook her head and said gently, "Seeing through but not speaking out, pretending to be stupid but not crazy is the only way to go far! Didn't you keep asking where the leader Wei, whom you admired, was?"

Hearing this, Miss Shishi looked up.

"Now Wei Xingshu is in the Chai family. In a few years, he will become a good citizen."

this day,

The last hour of the Yin hour (before 5 a.m.)

Xu Zaijing got up early to go to school as usual.

The sky in the early morning seemed darker than in previous summer days.

After leaving Quyuan Street,
From time to time, you can see people getting up early to go to work on the streets.

"Young master, look." Qingyun pointed his chin at a carriage on the side of the road. Besides the coachman, there was also a maid standing next to the carriage.

The carriage's back was facing Xu Zaijing and his group, so the carriage's door for getting on and off could not be seen.

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "It looks familiar."

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing continued to ride his horse forward.

"Ta-ta."

The crisp sound of horse hooves rang out in the street.

The curtain of the carriage slowly opened, and a young woman leaned out to look out. After seeing the big black horse that Xu Zaijing was riding, the woman raised her eyes and looked at the person on the saddle.

When the distance got closer and she saw clearly that the person was Xu Zaijing, the woman smiled and nodded in greeting.

Xu Zaijing also smiled and nodded.

quickly,

Xu Zaijing and his group overtook the woman's carriage on the roadside.

The young woman opened a small gap in the dim carriage.

Looking at Xu Zaijing's back, the young woman held the carriage with one hand and protected her lower abdomen with the other, and slowly knelt in the carriage.

Through the car curtain, the woman bowed sincerely towards Xu Zaijing's back.

A new day begins like this.

(End of this chapter)