Queen's Development

Chapter 34 Letters
Qingcha has been pestering Yuzhi all the time, but Yuzhi couldn't be bothered by her, so she smiled and said: "Then you boil the bath water for me, I'll take a bath!"

For such a request, Qingcha didn't care about it, and immediately agreed - when she takes a bath, Yuzhi always boils the water for her, and when Yuzhi takes a bath, she helps boil the water, isn't this normal?
After taking a bath, Yuzhi was a little hot, so she opened the window to get some air, only to find that the snow outside was gradually increasing, and a thin layer of snow had already fallen on the ground in the courtyard.

She happily sat in front of the window and looked at it for a while, and then she closed the window and read a book in front of the candlestick on the small kang table after she felt a little chilly.

The book Yuzhi is reading now is the "Tang Poetry Collection" taken from Lin Jia's study, and she read a line in Bai Juyi's "Handan Winter Solstice Night Thinking of Home": Body", Yuzhi couldn't help smiling slightly.

She is still in a foreign land now, and in winter, she also hugs her knees and reads in front of the lamp, but she has tea to accompany her, a young master to wait on, and four companions, A Cheng, A Qing, A Chi and A Lan. Really happy!
Early the next morning, Yuzhi and Qingcha woke up.

It was still dark at this time, and it was pitch black outside.The whistling north wind rolled up snowflakes and hit the rear window protected by the moonlight paper, making a "crackling" sound.

After washing and combing her hair, Yuzhi found that her jasper comb was missing, and she couldn't find it after searching for a long time, so she suspected that she combed the son's hair last night and forgot to put it on the arhat's bed in the son's room.

She has always been able to hold things in her heart, so she took a sapphire blue ribbon and combed it into the latest trendy bun, found a pair of blue ceramic bead earrings to wear, and went to the main room to wait.

Lin Jia was going to the main hall of the county yamen to get up early, and she was sitting on the Arhat's bed reading a file.

Knowing Lin Jia's habit, Yu Zhi had to drink a cup of green tea first when she got up early, so she brewed a cup of green tea and brought it in, presenting it to Lin Jia.

When Lin Jia tasted tea, Yuzhi's pair of clear eyes lingered on the Arhat's bed for several times.

The cyan brocade mattress and embroidered brocade pillows of the same color are neatly laid out on the Arhat bed, but there is nothing else.

Yuzhi was a little disappointed in her heart, and sighed quietly——this jasper comb was not worth much, but it was a piece of jewelry she liked very much, and it suddenly disappeared, so she was naturally a little disappointed.

Lin Jia sat on the Arhat bed, saw Yuzhi standing on one side, but her eyes flickered, wandering back and forth on the Arhat bed, she knew what Yuzhi was looking for, but she didn't say a word.

Seeing this, Yuzhi had no choice but to retreat, and brought her breakfast with tea.

After finishing her breakfast and rinsing her mouth, Lin Jia ordered Ah Qing to change into her official uniform, then got up and went out.

When he got to the porch, Lin Jia discovered that it had been snowing all night. The poplar tree branches in the courtyard were covered with a layer of snow, and they were frozen crispy. A thick layer of snow has also fallen on the roof of the house-the whole world has become a world of snow.

At this moment, Yu Zhi's clear and sweet voice came from behind him: "Ah Qing, the son's umbrella!"

Lin Jia turned her head and looked over, only to see Yuzhi chasing after her, and while stepping over the threshold, she opened the umbrella in her hand and handed it to Ah Qing.

Yuzhi was wearing a sapphire blue beige embroidered with orchids and a white skirt. What she gave out was also an oiled paper umbrella painted with orchids. She was as elegant and fresh as a newly bloomed orchid. Jia's eyes lit up.

But Ah Qing laughed: "Yu Zhi, this umbrella is for girls, you can't use it for young masters!"

Yu Zhi's eyes fluttered, she sized Lin Jia up, and thought: Your son is so good-looking, how well he matches this umbrella!

She thought so in her heart, but said in her mouth: "Anyway, you are going in from the back hall of the county government office, and it is only a few steps away. Why don't you use this umbrella!"

Seeing that Ah Qing was still crying, Lin Jia glanced at Ah Qing indifferently.

Ah Qing was most afraid of Young Master, seeing this cold stare, she shivered and kept silent.

Lin Jia reached out to take the oiled paper umbrella from Yuzhi, and told A Lan, "Give 20 taels of silver to Hollyhock, and ask Hollyhock to buy some oiled paper umbrellas and keep them at home for later use!"

A Lan hastily agreed, he was born dark and handsome, and he was a very steady boy.

Yuzhi squinted her eyes and smiled: "My lord, you won't need so much to buy an umbrella!"

Lin Jia carried the oil-paper umbrella painted with meticulous orchids into the snow, but his voice drifted over with the wind and snow: "For the rest of the money, go buy a little maid and come back and use it!"

After all, he left without looking back through the snow.

Although she was abused by Princess Li a lot, Lin Jia was never short of money.

His father, King Xingping County, is not good at all, but he doesn't say anything to Lin Jia's son, especially when it comes to spending money. Every time they meet, he always asks: "Ajia, are you short of money?"

And Lin Jia never saves money for his unreliable father. Anyway, if he doesn't want it, his father will spend it on various women every now and then—Xingping County King seems to have a collection habit. Specialized in collecting all kinds of beauties, never satisfied.

Yuzhi: "..."

Alan took two ingots of silver and handed them to Yuzhi.

As soon as Yuzhi took it, she felt the weight falling down her hands, she couldn't help laughing, and asked Alan, "Alan, even if each of the seven members of our family buys an umbrella, it won't cost you a tael of silver; Little servant girl, five liang of silver is usually enough, why do you give me so much silver?"

A Lan thought about it seriously, and said, "Maybe the young master wants you to buy a better-looking maid? Or a maid who can cook? Or a maid who can do sewing?"

When Yuzhi heard this, she couldn't help smiling, and said, "Forget it, I'll figure it out myself!"

After Lin Jia left, Yuzhi and Qingcha started to have breakfast.

After breakfast, the two of them started to tidy up the kitchen and clean up. After working for half a day, they finally finished their work.

In the afternoon, when the snow stopped, Yuzhi gave the young master 20 taels of silver and asked her to buy some umbrellas, and then told Qingcha about buying a servant girl.

Hearing the tea, she was overjoyed and said: "Yuzhi, let's go find someone's tooth and take a good look. We have to buy a competent one, and it can help us too!"

Yuzhi nodded, feeling that what Qingcha said made sense.

The more Qingcha thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still, so he begged Yuzhi, "Yuzhi, we don't have anything to do this afternoon, we just went out and bought an umbrella, and I will inquire about Ren Yazi's house, and go to see each other!"

Yuzhi was planning to stew old hen soup for Lin Jia for dinner, and needed to go outside to buy an old hen, so she agreed.

Just before going out, she took a dark blue cushion made of cloth, wrapped it in a bag, handed it to Qingcha and said, "I went to find you last night, Wang Qingyu helped us a lot, and put the cushion I embroidered Take it and give it to him as a thank you gift, he works in the county government office, so it fits right on the chair!"

Qingcha took it over and said, "Brother Wang should still be on duty in the duty room today, I'll send it to him later!"

Yuzhi nodded, put the two ingots of silver in her money box and locked them up, but took some broken silver and put it in her purse and went out.

She just went to see people today, and she brought so much money, if it was lost or stolen, how could she see the young master!

Arriving outside the duty room at the east side door of the county government office, Yuzhi waited outside with an umbrella, and Qing Cha entered the duty room with a padded bag.

There was only Wang Qingyu in the duty room. He was lying on the desk, playing with woodcarving with a small knife. When he saw the tea coming in, he smiled and stood up to say hello.

Qingcha handed the burden to Wang Qingyu, lowered her head shyly, and said softly: "Thank you for taking Yuzhi to find your son last night!"

Wang Qingyu smiled and said, "Don't worry about small things!"

Qingcha always felt that Wang Qingyu was very handsome, so she didn't dare to stay longer, and hastily bowed her knees to be blessed, and then retreated.

When she got outside, she remembered that she forgot to mention that the cushion was embroidered with jade gardenia, and she couldn't help but feel a little frustrated—the flowers embroidered on that cushion are so delicate, but her needlework is not so good!

After Qingcha left, Wang Qingyu opened the bag, took out the cushion, looked it up and down, pinched it again and again, but found nothing.

He put down the cushion, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his handsome face.

After buying umbrellas at the grocery store, Yuzhi gave six copper coins to the clerk in the shop and asked the clerk to deliver the five umbrellas to the duty room at the east side door of the county government office. She said it was a girl surnamed Yu from the back house. bought.

Anyway, ordinary businessmen will not be ignorant of the business of the people in the county government.

The man agreed with all his heart, and diligently found a rope to tie the five umbrellas together.

Yuzhi looked at the buddy binding the umbrella, and asked with a smile, "Which Renyazi has the best reputation in our neighborhood?"

Because Princess Li has always wanted to harm Lin Jia, Yuzhi did not dare to ask people in the county government, for fear of giving Princess Li's people an opportunity, so she went outside to ask irrelevant people.

The guy looked like a honest person, so he tied the rope and said: "Go out of our shop and go east, and the first alley to go in is the most honest person here, Mrs. Wu Yuhui. The business reputation is the best, and I never do things that force people into prostitution!"

After hearing this, Yuzhi kept it in her heart, and when the clerk left the shop with the bundle of umbrellas, she and Qingcha also left the shop and headed east.

After finishing business in the afternoon, Lin Jia was sitting in the study outside dictating letters, while Ah Qing was writing furiously on the small desk beside her.

After writing a letter, Ah Qing spread the letter paper to dry the ink, and said tentatively: "Young master, this is a letter to the prince, I think you should write it yourself... If the prince finds out that it was written by the slave , I don’t know how to be angry!”

Lin Jia frowned and said, "Father is always angry!"

Impatiently said: "He likes to get angry, let him get angry!"

Ah Qing didn't dare to say anything.

Although the prince is high and powerful, he never touches those whom the young master valued; and if the young master is unhappy, it is very scary!

These young master's personal servants naturally would rather the prince be half-deadly angry than the young master suffer a little anger - the young master is enough to be angry because Princess Jiang left early!
It was time to write a letter to Jingzhong's grandfather and uncle. Lin Jia picked up the Zihao pen and wrote it quickly without needing Aqingduo's words.

The last letter is also the most important letter. Lin Jiaduan sat in front of the desk, thought for a while with his left hand Zhiyi, and then began to write—"Nephew Jia knelt down,

Uncle Emperor Wanfu Jinan..."

(End of this chapter)