Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 383

Mo Yuxuan spent ten days in the military camp and ten days in the capital, and it will be the end of the year in a blink of an eye.Xiao Wenqing attaches great importance to the upcoming Spring Festival, because Yuxuan said that the cold in the northwest is not suitable for the people of the Central Plains, and Daqing will take the initiative to send troops to avoid the cold winter. Fight a few battles before next winter to decide the outcome of the battle.If the imperial court raises troops to go to war, it will not be able to stop in a year or two, and the master of the Hou Mansion will not be in the mansion for a long time, if there is any eventuality...

Entering December, Xiao Wenqing was busy checking the various income and expenses of Marquis Dingbei this year every day, and most of the noble ladies who interacted with her were housewives, and they were all busy counting their property in the mansion to prepare for the New Year, so everyone didn’t care about it. Walking around, only occasionally sending servants to send some small gifts to those close to him.

Xiao Wenqing was invited by the Crown Princess to be a guest in the Eastern Palace, and when she learned that the Crown Princess wanted to ask her to draw some portraits of noble girls so that the eldest son Yunqin could choose the ones he liked, she agreed after a little hesitation, and only told the Crown Princess not to say anything about it , so as not to cause dissatisfaction with some noble girls and their mothers.

"The matter of Wen Hua's portrait is kept a secret by Xiao's siblings, the matchmaker Cai Jiayu, the only daughter of Sister Yuxuan, and Mrs. Zhan's wife, Mrs. Zhan, so that the third room of the Zhan family who originally planned to marry Wen Hua's daughter will not know." .

The princess immediately promised to keep it secret.

Because Wen Qing, who was born in a famous family, has seen them all. After she came back, she asked people to prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and then recalled the appearance of those girls, and carefully painted. It took two days to paint and waste a pile of high-quality rice paper to make a prince. The bust of the girl named by the concubine, and then personally sent to the East Palace.

Three or four of the princesses have also seen those girls. Now that they see the portraits painted by Xiao Wenqing, they praise them again and again. Qin'er, who might meet the girls, can look at the portraits and make a preliminary selection.

When Xiao Wenqing delivered the portrait, he happened to meet the prince who had returned to the East Palace.Just like before meeting the emperor, it was also the first time for her to meet the prince.The prince is 43, four or five years old this year, with a thick beard on his lips, triangular eyebrows, and double phoenix eyes. Xiao Wenqing also saw the similarities with Yuxuan in his facial features.

When the prince met Xiao Wenqing for the first time, he saw countless people who had helped the former prince recruit talented people. He immediately saw that she was soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and valued family affection, but she was very indifferent to material things.The crown princess and the future empress have frequent contacts with such noble ladies, so their temperament will not be easily distorted by the cruel battles in the deep palace in the future.

After successfully completing the task entrusted by the princess, Xiao Wenqing continued to be busy with the affairs of her own house.Yuxuan was also very busy when he was in the capital, Xiao Wenqing didn't bother him, but only told Mo Yuxuan the account books he cleaned up and the general situation in the mansion.Mo Yuxuan listened casually, always saying that he could rest assured that she would handle things.

"Don't worry about my work, you are not afraid that I will swallow all your property? Let you have the title of second-rank marquis and the official position of second-rank deputy commander, and you don't have any silver to use." Xiao Wenqing said coquettishly, He gave him a light look.He still has to be a hands-off shopkeeper in the capital, maybe he doesn't know as much about his family's property as she does.

"Aren't you giving it to my children when you swallow my property?" Mo Yuxuan smiled lazily, "You don't give me the silver taels I command, so I can only go out and make an IOU to embarrass you, Madam Hou, the housekeeper. "

"Hmph, I guessed that you would say that." Xiao Wenqing said, put a sorted account book into Mo Yuxuan's hand, and said, "This is the general account of the Hou Mansion from the statistics below. Since you are resting today, you can read it. Look, you know how to spend money outside.” Like at the end of last year when he was in the military camp, he suddenly sent someone to ask her to buy [-] jugs of fine wine and [-] pigs and sheep to send to the military camp. The turnover is not so much silver.

Mo Yuxuan, who was on vacation because of the bathing day, had no choice but to take the account book and sit opposite Xiao Wenqing to read it together.It is not easy for Wen Qing to manage the huge Hou Mansion by himself, so he shouldn't be lazy.

The husband and wife were checking the account books of the Hou Mansion this year, when a servant woman opened the windshield curtain and came in to report: "Master Hou, Madam, Madam Xiao is here."

"Please." Xiao Wenqing, who was lowering her head to check the accounts, said immediately.Mo Yuxuan raised his head, showing no intention of avoiding it.

After a while, Mrs. Xiao Zhan Feiling came down to Xiao Wenqing's Hongyun Courtyard surrounded by maids and servants.

"Fei Ling, it's snowing outside, why are you here? Is it cold, sit by the charcoal basin to warm up." Xiao Wenqing got up and smiled.It was freezing cold outside.

"Sister and sister, today is the holiday, Wen Hua is not at home with you?" Mo Yuxuan asked gently.At the end of the year, the palace government will seal the preparations for the new year. Wen Hua's inability to accompany his wife must be because she wants to finish all the things to be done before the seal.

Under the service of the maid, Zhan Feiling took off the outermost ferret cloak, and came to greet Mo Yuxuan and Xiao Wenqing. "Brother-in-law, Brother Hua is working in the Hanlin Academy. Eldest sister, I am going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing." She said with a smile.

"Oh?" Xiao Wenqing was surprised, and beckoned the servant girl to bring a cup of jujube tea to my uncle and madam.

(End of this chapter)