Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 650 Qi Heng is handsome and has a good family background [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 38k more]

Although I used to get up early, I could still take a nap at noon.

Today I have to accompany the driver and participate in the dragon boat bidding. I have to work very hard but have no time to rest.

At this time, basking in the sunlight and listening to the hypnotic noise coming from inside and outside the surrounding pond and garden, Xu Zaijing felt a little sleepy.

Recalling his previous fishing experience, Xu Zaijing shook his head helplessly.

Reaching out from the small table next to him, Xu Zaijing picked up his wide-mouthed porcelain cup. After lowering his head and taking a sip of the fragrant, slightly hot tea, he sighed in comfort.

There is abundant water vapor at the edge of Jinming Lake, and the south wind blows towards us, and the air is filled with a fresh smell of water vapor.

With his elbows on the chair handles and his chin in one hand, Xu Zaijing closed his eyes and enjoyed himself.

after awhile,

"Oh?"

Liang Han, who was sitting not far away, made a sound.

Xu Zaijing quickly opened his eyes and looked at his fishing rod. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no movement under the fishing rod.

Afterwards, Xu Zaijing looked at Liang Han beside him, only to find that Liang Han was looking towards the Ao House on his left.

Xu Zaijing took a glance and saw the reason why Liang Han made the sound: several carriages decorated with colorful flowers were coming towards this side.

One look at the decorations revealed that the passengers in the car were most likely noble ladies from some family.

Some distance away from Xu Zaijing and others, several carriages stopped. When several noble ladies got off the carriages, the female servants who followed them began to make arrangements.

Xu Zaijing had good eyesight and at a glance he did not see the noble ladies he knew, such as Rong Feiyan and Wu Niang.

An old woman held two lacquered sticks with bases that were as tall as a person and as thick as wrists. She walked a few steps towards Xu Zaijing and others, and then placed them one in the south and one in the north.

Another maid hung a piece of thin cloth as tall as a person between two lacquer sticks, which just blocked the view of Xu Zaijing and others.

"This 'screen' is quite interesting." Liang Han said with a smile.

"Brother, what are they doing?" Lu Zezong asked.

Before Xu Zaijing could answer, everyone saw a maid holding a fishing rod walking towards the "screen".

"It seems that he is here to fish as well, but he looks unfamiliar." Qi Heng said at the side, and then looked at Liang Han who was always well-informed.

"Liu Lang, do you know him?"

Listening to Qi Heng's question, Liang Han shook his head: "If it's a man, it's easy to say, but I don't know many ladies in the boudoir."

"However, it is rare to see this woman fishing."

Everyone nodded.

Over there was a girl in the boudoir, so everyone didn't want to stare at her for too long, so they continued to look at the fishing rods in front of them.

"Have it!"

As soon as he turned around, Liang Han picked up the fishing rod with a smile.

There was a half-foot-long fish swinging back and forth on the hook.

After taking off the fishhook and throwing it into the bucket, Liang Han looked at Xu Zaijing with pride and said with a smile, "Take the fishing cart to the side and have someone make fish fillets."

"Brother Jing, would you like to have a dish?"

Seeing Liang Han's smug look, Xu Zaijing shook his head: "I'll let it go. Liu Lang, this minced meat has not been processed with hot water or hot oil, so it's better to eat less."

Liang Han was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll listen to Brother Jing. I'll take it back and make fish soup."

Xu Zaijing smiled.

While the two were talking, several carriages that had just arrived stopped not far behind the crowd.

A few words were heard from the coachman and his servant.

after awhile,

Qingcao carried the kettle and added water to Xu Zaijing's cup.

While adding water, he said, "Sir, Brother Qingyun came over just now and said that those girls over there are noble ladies from the royal family."

Hearing this, Liang Han, Lu Zezong and others nearby also had a look of realization on their faces.

Qi Heng glanced over there and said, "I think it's Prince Kang, Prince Hui and other princes in Beijing."

Xu Zaijing nodded and glanced at Qi Heng with a smile.

Seeing Xu Zaijing's meaningful eyes, Qi Heng was a little confused and asked in confusion: "Brother Jing, what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"It's okay." Xu Zaijing smiled.

The Queen had a son. As the Queen's adopted daughter, Princess Pingning, who grew up in the palace, played a very important role in the plan and could be considered to have made great contributions.

Now Princess Pingning and Duke Qi's Mansion don't need to take sides at all, just support Zhao Fang wholeheartedly.

Moreover, now that Princess Pingning has a younger brother, the Xiangyang Marquis's Mansion has a successor. It should have turned to other forces because Xiangyang Marquis had no descendants, and thus it did not fall apart.

It was extremely difficult for some county lords and village matrons from ordinary princely families to marry Qi Heng.

After all, nowadays, as long as a wealthy family in Beijing has connections, they can spend five or ten thousand strings of silver to marry a daughter of the royal family.

But for someone like Tingyi, who is about to get married, the annual profit of a salt factory that the Gu family gives as a dowry is about this amount.

Thinking about this, Xu Zaijing continued to watch the fishing leisurely.

From time to time, the girls' laughter could be heard from behind the assembled 'screen'.

A quarter of an hour later,
Then an old woman came up behind the crowd carrying a carp, probably to find someone to take care of the carp.

see this scene,

Feeling the amused looks of Liang Han and others beside him, Xu Zaijing pursed his lips a little depressed.

The sun sets in the west,

Xu Zaijing and others stood up, and the maids and servants began to pack up.

When everyone got on the carriage and prepared to leave, several noble ladies from the royal family who were fishing nearby had already stood up.

Xu Zaijing and others were leaving on horseback and were about to pass by that place. Liang Han followed the girls' line of sight and glanced at Xu Zaijing and Qi Heng next to them with a smile.

Xu Zaijing stared at her intently, but Qi Heng couldn't help but look at her from the side and turned to glance at the royal lady.

After exchanging glances with the noble lady from the royal family, Qi Heng nodded in greeting as usual.

Although there was no other meaning in Qi Heng's eyes, but Qi Heng was born handsome, and just a nod made the royal lady beside him turn her head away a little embarrassedly.

After Xu Zaijing and others passed by, the noble ladies whispered for a while.

4:00 PM

Xingguofang,
Ningyuan Hou Mansion,

At the second gate,
Bai smiled and walked out of the carriage.

Looking at Yu Yanran who was standing beside the carriage and offering her support, Bai smiled and said, "Erlang, I'm not old enough to need your support yet! Go play with Tingyi in the back."

As she spoke, Bai helped Nanny Chang get off the carriage.

"Ah?" Yu Yanran looked at Gu Tingye on the side in a daze.

"My dear, just do what your mother says."

"Oh!" Yu Yanran smiled and nodded.

At this time, the carriage behind drove over.

After the carriage stopped, Pingmei and Tingyi walked out one after another.

Tingyi was holding a valuable wooden box with exquisite carving in his hand.

Treat people well.

The Gu family prepared to enter the yard.

Pingmei relied on her height to look around. Seeing the expressions of the maids of the Gu family, she said with a little doubt: "It seems that the maids in the family are in a good mood today when we go to Jinming Lake!"

Hearing this, Bai, Gu Tingye and others also looked around. Seeing the smiles on the faces of the maids, Gu Tingye asked, "Why did this happen today?"

Yu Yanran, who was standing by, smiled and said, "Sir, the maids and servants are so happy because of my sister-in-law."

"Me?" Pingmei asked in surprise.

Yanran nodded repeatedly and glanced at Qingzhi who was lowering his head beside Pingmei with a smile.

A similar situation also occurred in the Chai family's house.

Because of the far distance, the Chai family members who had left Jinming Lake earlier were now walking towards the inner courtyard.

Chai Zhengzheng walked on both sides of Mrs. Chai with his sister-in-law, smiling.

Yunmu followed Chai Zhengzheng on the outside, leaned forward and said with a smile: "Madam, Madam, the maids in the house are so happy, it's mostly because of our daughter."

"Young man Alan, the close attendant of the fifth son of the Xu family, is engaged to Qingzhi, the close attendant of Madam Xu of the Ningyuan Marquis's residence. Since the Xu family arrived at Jinming Lake today, young man Alan has been staying outside the garden for most of the day."

Madam Chai frowned slightly and said, "The Xu family's servant is in prison outside the garden, and our servants are so happy?"

Yunmu glanced at Chai Zhengzheng, smiled and shook his head and said, "Madam, the main reason is that the young man was very lucky. He spent most of the day hunting and got so much stuff that the Xu family's flatbed carriage couldn't even fit it all." "Ah?" Madam Chai looked at Yunmu in surprise, and then looked at the others with half belief and half doubt.

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and nodded: "Mother, it's true."

Yunmu's smile faded a little, and he said, "Because of Qingzhi, that young man gave a lot of things to the maids in our family and the Gu family. That's why..."

Madam Chai nodded, glanced at her daughter whose smile had faded a lot, and said, "Is there anything valuable in here? If there is, our family can't take it for nothing!"

Chai Zhengzheng noticed Madam Chai's gaze and looked up and smiled: "Don't worry, mother, it's nothing expensive, most of them are just a few dozen coins."

"That's good." Mrs. Chai said.

Yunmu, who was standing by, looked at Chai Zhengzheng's expression, smiled and said, "Madam, Madam, Miss, I heard from the maidservant beside the second Madam of Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion that that little brother Alan..."

Seeing the looks from Chai Zhengzheng and the other three, Yunmu continued, "He prepared a lot of things to marry Qingzhi! The interesting thing is, all these things were obtained by the young man himself."

"I heard there were tweezers, knives, whetstones; porcelain, candles, water warmers; tea grinders, fumigation cages, flower seeds, and so on."

Hearing this,

Chai Zhengzheng's sister-in-law, Mrs. Lu, smiled and said, "He is quite good at saving money, and he has all the things. I think his life will be good in the future."

Madam Chai nodded and smiled, "Guan Pu is so good that it can be considered a skill."

A faint smile appeared on Chai Zhengzheng's face: "I'm afraid that if there are too many Guanpu, the merchants in Bianjing will not let him go when they see that guy in the future."

"Zheng Zheng is right, it is still possible!" Mrs. Chai said with a smile.

"Since they have given our servants so many gifts, we should also give some money as a gift on the wedding day," Mrs. Chai added.

"Yes, ma'am." Yunmu said with a smile.

Arriving at the inner courtyard,

Enter the house,

Chai Zhengzheng helped Madam Chai to sit down. He smiled and said, "Mother, sister-in-law, have you heard that there was a young boy who passed the county exam in Beijing last month?"

"County exam?" Mrs. Lu sat down with him and said with a little doubt: "Zhengzheng, now that there are no relatives in our family who have children who want to take the imperial examination, I haven't paid much attention to it."

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and nodded: "Sister-in-law, mother, I heard that boy is only seven years old this year! He is Sister Hualan's younger brother."

As he spoke, Chai Zhengzheng sat down below Madam Chai.

"Oh? He's so young, it's really rare!" Madam Chai sighed and continued, "Seven years old? Is he Hualan's biological brother?"

"It's not her mother, it's a illegitimate son, and her elder sister is Minglan, the sixth daughter of the Sheng family." Chai Zhengzheng said with a smile.

"Minglan from the Sheng family? I remember you mentioned her, Zhengzheng. This girl seems to be very good at pitching pots? According to the Sheng family's ranking, she should be called Qilang?"

"Yes, mother has a good memory."

Madam Chai smiled and said, "If the seventh son of the Sheng family continues to take the exam like this, when the sixth daughter of the Sheng family is ready to marry, I think there will be many families in the capital who will like this girl."

Mrs. Lu stood up, took the teacup from the maid and placed it in front of Madam Chai: "Mother, there is no need to wait for the seventh son of the Sheng family. The next imperial examination will tell the result by seeing how the two brothers of the Sheng family perform."

After saying this, Mrs. Lu looked at Chai Zhengzheng with a smile.

Chai Zhengzheng's eyes became erratic when he saw his sister-in-law's look.

Now that the second son of the Chai family is still unmarried, Chai Zhengzheng can still be kept at home.

Moreover, there was a Duke of England, the Fifth Lady of the Zhang family, and other noble ladies in the capital, such as Miss Feiyan of the Rong family, so Chai Zhengzheng was not very conspicuous.

After March 1st,

Whether it was sunny or rainy, it could not stop the wealthy people of Bianliang from going out of the city for fun.

today,

Bianjing was the best place in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Noble officials, wealthy merchants and rich families gathered in the city. Even though the residents in the city were not rich, they had enough spare money to go out of the city and enjoy the spring scenery.

As the weather warms up,

The cotton curtain at the entrance of Sheng Family School has been removed, and one can see directly outside the house while sitting in the school.

On this day in early January,

Early in the morning, the sun was blocked by dark clouds, making the sky very dim.

Today's weather is just like Qi Heng's face: a little gloomy.

The three Lans who arrived at the school after dawn soon discovered that Qi Heng seemed to be in a bad mood today.

Molan wanted to talk, but after hesitating for a while, she didn't say a word in the end.

morning,

Following Zhuang Xuejiu's voice, everyone began their 'break'.

Xu Zaijing looked back at Buwei, who was walking with his teeth bared. Xu Zaijing asked, "Buwei, what happened to you today? Are you injured?"

On the side, Hua Xiang also looked at Buwei with a little concern.

Buwei forced a smile and said, "Fifth Master, it's okay. I just accidentally fell down yesterday."

"Can I apply medicine?"

"It's wiped off."

"That's good!"

In front of Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye looked at Qi Heng beside him and asked with concern: "Yuan Ruo, you have been so stern since you came to the school today. What's wrong?"

Qi Heng, who couldn't hide his feelings, gave a fake smile and said, "Uncle, it's okay."

Chang Feng, who was standing behind Qi Heng, also noticed something and said, "Young Master, if you have anything to say, tell me. Brother Jing and Brother Gu may be able to help you with some advice! You know how capable these two brothers are!"

Qi Heng pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Xu Zaijing and said, "Brother Jing, do you still remember the day we went fishing in Jinming Lake on the first day of the new year?"

"Yes, I remember. What's wrong?" Xu Zaijing nodded and asked.

"Oh!" Qi Heng sighed and shook his head in annoyance.

Without looking at Minglan, Qi Heng said, "The next day when I came back from school, my mother asked me what I did on the first day of the new year."

Buwei, who served the tea, sighed helplessly.

"Well. So, Yenru, aren't you just going to wait for me to finish the competition so that we can go fishing together? What else?" Xu Zaijing asked puzzledly.

Qi Heng pursed his lips and said, "The daughter-in-law of Prince Kang's mansion came to my house on the second day of the New Year to ask for marriage on behalf of the granddaughter of old Prince Kang."

"puff."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Behind Qi Heng, Rulan, who was drinking water, spat it out, and Molan choked and coughed non-stop.

Fortunately, Rulan tilted her head to the left at the moment the water was sprayed, otherwise it would have sprayed on Qi Heng.

The calligraphy copybook that Molan had written in front of her was wet.

Minglan was so absorbed in listening to other people's conversation that she put the teacup to her lips but didn't drink the water, thus escaping the disaster.

Gu Tingye sat up straight, glanced at Xu Zaijing and said, "What did Yuan Ruo do on the first day of the lunar year? He actually asked someone from Prince Kang's mansion to propose marriage?"

Xu Zaijing thought for a moment, looked at the annoyed Qi Heng, and said hesitantly: "Yuan Ruo, isn't it because when we left, you smiled and nodded to the ladies of the royal family?"

Qi Heng closed his eyes and nodded painfully.

On the other side, the three Lans who heard this had different expressions.

"Did the princess scold you?" Xu Zaijing asked.

"Ah."

"Didn't I teach you a lesson?" Gu Tingye interrupted.

After opening his eyes, Qi Heng looked at Buwei apologetically and shook his head, "Mother didn't hit me, but she hit Buwei with five boards."

Looking at the expressions of Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye, he couldn't help but smile.

Xu Zaijing glanced at Buwei and said, "Well, Yuanruo, you should learn a lesson. Don't mess with other girls casually. It may be a small matter for you, but it is a big matter for others, even a matter of life and death."

Qi Heng nodded.

"Yuan Ruo, how did the princess respond to Prince Kang's Mansion?" Gu Tingye asked.

As soon as this word comes out,
Molan, who had finally stopped coughing, seemed to be choked again and continued coughing.

Qi Heng pursed his lips, resisting the urge to look at Minglan, and said, "My mother said that I was too young and had no ability to achieve anything, and she was afraid of dragging down the noble lady of Prince Kang's mansion, so she declined."

Chang Feng, who was standing by, sighed with regret: "Tsk, young master, what a pity. She is the daughter of a royal prince. If I could marry her..."

"elder brother!"

In between coughing, Molan glared at Changfeng in embarrassment and shouted.

"I'm telling the truth." Chang Feng said indifferently.

Without waiting for Molan to reply, Chang Feng said with envy: "Young Master, this is probably because you have a good family background and are handsome!"

Qi Heng looked at Chang Feng helplessly.

(End of this chapter)