Liu Ruhai had a plan in mind. He went to Chengfu Temple to visit the Queen Mother Miaolian and presented him with the Luohan Zijin activating prescription he had adjusted. He then rode his donkey back to the city.
He expected that Su Jintian would definitely find Cao Xiwan's men, and he could just watch with a cold eye. But what he never expected was that he would listen to Song Bi's small report as soon as he returned to the Hou Mansion.
While Songbi was changing Liu Ruhai's clothes, he whispered that Mrs. Cao's temper had changed drastically and she always went to the Marquis.
"Going to see Song Chengming?" Liu Ruhai was really surprised. He took the hot towel and wiped his face with his hand.
She had no old feelings for Song Chengming.
"...Maybe it's someone else." Song Bi hesitated.
Liu Ruhai raised his eyebrows.
The Marquis was not surprised. She came to the corridor outside the study on time for three days in a row, and he got the news in advance.
But she bumped into Lou Xiliu. She put her hands on her hips and said, "I came first. I have a lot of things to do, so you can go back."
Lou Xiliu bit her lip, endured it, forced out a smile, and did not dare to argue with her anymore: "Sister Cao, please."
She actually gained wisdom after suffering a loss, she smiled.
She entered the outer study in deep thought, and did not go to see the Marquis. She quietly walked into the east end room as usual.
In the bright room of the study, with fragrant clothes and shadows on the temples, Xiaoqin ensemble, Song Chengming holding a golden cup and the musicians were joking and listening to music. Suddenly hearing the report, the Marquis wondered if Cao Xiwan had anything important to do.
After saying that, he put down the wine. Song Juming waved his hand, and the musicians retreated.
He got up, sat behind the red sandalwood desk, and slowly drank a cup of strong tea to wake up.
Half an hour later, the sun's shadow shone obliquely on the Hami red gold carpet in the bright room of the study. The jade cauldron was dimly smoked, but she was still sitting in the east corner, and there was no movement coming in at all.
After a while, he winked and Shun Baoer went over to take a peek. He came back and said quietly: "The young lady is copying Buddhist scriptures."
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Song Chengming was puzzled.
Qin Meng was on guard duty on the roof beam, watching her run to the study room outside to sit and copy Buddhist scriptures carefully.
He intuitively felt that she was trying to please him, but he did not have the confidence. He could not believe that this was Cao Xiwan's tactful expression of love to him.
In this way, Cao Xi stayed in the study outside every day, copying Buddhist scriptures and doing homework, and it was so crowded that Xiliu couldn't come.
Song Chengming became cautious. He did not call for musicians in the past two days. Usually when he was bored, he read some official documents from the Yamen and told stories.
Manager Lian Er saw part of the truth at a glance. Lady Qing has a weird temperament. I heard that she had recently threatened Mr. Wu in the palace wall and took away the evidence of Eunuch Niu's murder case. She may have started to return to her old habits.
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She used to love living in the East Room and guarding the study.
Now, she just finds a comfortable kang, copies Buddhist scriptures, and looks at Buddha statues.
——Master Hou, it’s best not to think too much.
But he would never say this to Manager Lian Er.
"Miss Qing, you are used to the study room outside." He was vague. What the Marquis thought was the Marquis's problem.
Song Chengming thought it was reasonable. Xiaowan had been with him for many years and was used to him.
He then resumed his usual routine of reading official documents in the study outside, but his mind was not in it.
Seeing the change in the situation, Manager Lian Er thought about it and did not drive Cao Xiwan away or drive her to copy Buddhist scriptures in the duty room.
After all, can I just enter the outer study room?
Now she is neither the boss of the City Patrol Department nor a member of the Guard Department. She is the wife of the principal wife. Who would have thought that she had not accepted a bribe from the wife to spy on the Marquis.
Manager Lian Er is very aware of Cao Xiwan's temper. Whenever she really recovers, a few will be seriously injured in the inner prison. This is the Qingluo female ghost.
She actually felt that it was natural for the Marquis to return to his original way of reading official documents.
Outside the east window, the plum leaves are full of green leaves.
A wealthy woman in Jinling liked to plant Western lotus flowers under her feet. She folded a few more flowers and put them in vases, placing them on the kang table next to the Buddhist scriptures.
The Marquis was reading official documents in the open room, and from time to time he would have people fly them to the Yamen.
She knew that maybe it was because his wife was ordering people to purchase twelve female musicians to form a music troupe, or maybe because the eldest daughter of the second wife's family, Song Jia Shu, was planning to get married.
Xiuyun secretly communicated this news to Sister Murong.
Song Liangdi ordered the female official to pass on this idea and leave the palace. She asked the eldest sister of the second wife to marry the eldest son of the Guanlong Qin Palace.
When the Marquis heard the news, he was really happy and drank less wine.
——At least the prince did not doubt him.
The prince trusts the Guanlonglou family.
Song Chengming's spirit is getting better. Although he has a heart problem and may not be willing to rely on Song Liangdi, who is the elder, since His Majesty Emperor Huiwen ascended the throne, most of the important ministers around him are relatives. Of course he will cherish this status.
Since the prince spoke, the opponent in this marriage was the Prince of Qin's palace. He was quite satisfied.
"Oh? It's Princess Ning who is the matchmaker -?!"
The eldest princess of Ning State is the biological daughter of Taizu Empress Gao and a legitimate princess. Not only is she the biological aunt of His Majesty Huiwen, this eldest princess has grown up together with King Zhao of Yanjing City, King Zhou of Kaifeng City, and King Qin of Xi'an City.
Big, all are close.
Moreover, the princess's consort Pan Guogong is your majesty's trusted minister and a relative of the country.
Song Chengming did not expect that the matchmaker was the eldest princess Ning Guo. She was so decent and couldn't help but be overjoyed. In this way, it would be hard for the matchmaker from his in-laws to see musicians coming and going from the Marquis's mansion every day.
"It's Princess Ning." Manager Zhou lowered his hands and respectfully reported back in the study.
"The old lady, are you planning to go to the temple to offer incense and meet the eldest princess?"
"Yes, Lord Marquis, Prince Qin's aunt, Mrs. Zhongcheng, sent someone to greet the old lady and said that she and the princess wanted to meet Lady Jia Shu in the temple. It also meant a blind date. I heard that uncle and Mrs. Uncle were planning to come out together.
Incense." Steward Zhou came to the study to reply to the Marquis, "The old lady asked, can the Marquis go?"
Song Chengming knew that if he went there, his niece's dignity would naturally be different. Moreover, he did meet the son-in-law of the Prince of Qin - Uncle Yibin Zhongzhong.
He then smiled and said, "I would like to ask, Lao Wu and Lao Liu, if they want to go out for an outing together? They should also show their filial piety in front of the old lady."
Manager Zhou was overjoyed. This was because all the masters in the mansion were there.
He quickly agreed.
When he left with lowered hands, he glanced at Xiao Wan in the east corner.
Manager Zhou was a member of his family, and he wanted both his own dignity and that of the old lady. He asked his eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fan, to quietly ask Xiao Wan about this in advance.
Cao Xiwan expected that there would be no problem, so Manager Zhou came to invite the Marquis.
Cao Xiwan smiled, waved to the chief steward, and tugged on her new skirt, which meant that she was also going to offer incense at Chengfu Temple.
Qin Meng was on the beam, watching patiently.
Although he didn't know what she thought, as long as he held his own, she would express her feelings sooner or later.