Xue Baochai smiled slightly: "The main reason is that my elder brother works in the Imperial City Division. When I was young, I often went to the Imperial City Division to play with him. After coming and going, I became acquainted with the people in the Imperial City Division, and then it was logical to join the Imperial City Division."
Song Qingshu glanced at her noncommittally: "Since Miss Xue doesn't want to answer, then don't answer, why make up some lies to cover it up."
"Who told you to be a high-ranking prince? Do I dare not answer you when you ask me?" Xue Baochai rolled her eyes, which seemed a little cute, and then sighed faintly, "Actually, our Xue family is just These years are nothing but glory, in the early years, the main identity of our Xue family was still an imperial merchant."
Song Qingshu nodded, thinking that Mrs. Ruan was also an imperial merchant, and the battle between the Ruan family and the Xue family was quite fierce in the past few years.
"Presumably the lord is also aware of the national conditions of the Great Song Dynasty. No matter how much money our family earns, it is still difficult to change our lowly businessman status." Xue Baochai's tone was a little sad and self-deprecating, "Everyone in the family is working hard to change everything. However, it is not easy for a family of merchants to enter the official career, we have spent a lot of money to manage, and it is already very good to get vacancies such as Imperial City Secretary, how can we be picky."
Song Qingshu knew what she was telling the truth. You must know that every time there are two Jinshi scholars, a large number of people are waiting in the capital for the actual vacancies. They were all over the top, and those real positions in the local area had to be given two Jinshi first, so Xue's family could only go to some places that Jinshi didn't want to go.
Of course, this happened many years ago. Xue Ji came out of the Xue family. With the help of several other big families, he has been promoted step by step over the years. Now that he has become a political advisor, the status of the Xue family has naturally risen.
"You have a daughter's family, after all, it's too hard in this kind of place." Song Qingshu couldn't help but think of Wan Yanping from the Kingdom of Jin, but her character was very successful in Huanyiyuan.
"Everyone in the family has worked hard," Xue Baochai bit her lips, "I have a cousin who is far superior to me in appearance and talent. She is going to participate in the management of the family's royal business at a young age. Compared to her, my hard work is nothing."
Song Qingshu knew that the cousin she was talking about was Xue Baoqin. Of course, she said that she was far superior in appearance and talent, which was obviously just self-effacing. Of course, Xue Baoqin's appearance in "Dream of Red Mansions" was short, but she did have the feeling of being the most beautiful, so he just I vaguely remember this character.
"I accidentally said so many trivial things, which made the prince laugh." Xue Baochai woke up quickly, and the perfect smile from before was restored on his face.
Song Qingshu sighed: "Compared to the mask you are wearing now, I think you are cuter when you show your true feelings."
Xue Baochai blushed slightly: "My lord is about to become a son-in-law, so it's probably not good to flirt with other girls at will, isn't it?"
Song Qingshu was speechless for a while, knowing that she had returned to her usual state, and she might not say anything valuable like just now, so she changed the subject and said: "By the way, why didn't I see your brother this time, I I remember his swordsmanship is very good."
Xue Baochai's expression darkened, and he replied: "Brother went out on business some time ago, and suffered serious injuries, and has been in retreat since he came back."
"Business?" Song Qingshu secretly sneered, Xue Yiren went to Liao Kingdom to assassinate the embassy, and almost killed Shen Bijun. In the end, Murong Jingyue used the magic knife to kill him. Even he dared not underestimate the power of the magic knife. Xue Yiren was hit head-on, and it was good enough to save his life. If he wanted to recover his peak strength, he might not be able to do it no matter how long he retreated.
The two chatted while driving like this, and soon came to the place prepared by the Imperial City Secretary outside the palace. Song Qingshu glanced at it and denied it. As he expected, the Imperial City Secretary chose a place quite remote from the palace for him.
Xue Baochai seemed not surprised by his reaction, and quickly took him to see other places.
After walking several places in succession, Song Qingshu said with a smile that was not a smile: "Miss Xue, you deliberately brought me around in circles like this, should you finish the things that should be done over there?"
Xue Baochai's face changed slightly, and he smiled unnaturally: "I don't quite understand what King Qi said."
At this moment, suddenly a guard came galloping fast: "Report!"
Song Qingshu frowned: "What is it?"
"The crown prince was assassinated in the Chongqing Palace." The guard replied quickly.
"What!" Xue Baochai on the side exclaimed, obviously a little surprised by this result.
Song Qingshu's face sank: "Isn't it already ordered that no one is allowed to enter or leave the palace without an official warrant? How could the prince appear in the Chongqing Palace?" It was Concubine Jia who was there.
"This subordinate doesn't know the specific situation." The guard replied hastily.
"Go back to the palace first." Song Qingshu waved his hand, beckoning his subordinates to rush to the palace, and Xue Baochai hurriedly followed after seeing this.
"What's the matter with the assassin?" Song Qingshu asked hastily. In fact, he guessed that someone would make a move when he left the palace this time, but he didn't expect the prince to jump out first, but he didn't even expect that there would be an assassin.
You must know that he and Wang Ziteng are now responsible for the safety of the palace. If something happens to the prince, they will be in a lot of trouble.
"Not long after the prince and his party arrived at the Chongqing Palace, an assassin jumped out of nowhere and wounded the prince with a hidden weapon. Even the queen mother was frightened." The guard replied.
"How's the prince's situation?" Song Qingshu wondered if the assassin was deliberately sent out by his political opponents to play tricks on him.
"The assassin's hidden weapon is poisonous, and the imperial physician has been invited over. I don't know if he can save the prince." The guard quickly replied.
"Poisonous?" Song Qingshu was surprised by this, he thought that this might not be someone under the crown prince's command, could it be someone from the two old foxes, Shi Miyuan and Xue Ji? Get rid of the crown prince, and then take the opportunity to frame me
"Has the assassin been caught?" Song Qingshu asked hastily, if someone had evidence in hand, the next situation would be much easier to deal with.
"The assassin's lightness skill is very high, and he injured many guards, but now that the palace commander has sealed off the surrounding area of the palace, the other party probably hasn't escaped yet." The guard replied.
"It's fine if you didn't escape." Song Qingshu's eyes lit up, as long as the other party was still in the palace, he could be found out.
"Follow after you, I'll go first." Leaving a word to the subordinate, he turned into an afterimage and quickly ran towards the palace.
Xue Baochai tried to chase him, but stopped after taking a step, and shook his head with a wry smile.
Song Qingshu returned to the palace, stood on top of the Daqing Hall, and performed the magic of sound transmission and soul searching: "Where do these bastards dare to come to the palace to make trouble?"
Waves of sound spread to every corner of the palace, and even many ministers outside the imperial city heard it. Many people in the imperial city did not see the Great Grandmaster make a move with their own eyes. Until now, they were shocked: Is this the Great Grandmaster
Song Qingshu soon noticed something strange somewhere in the back garden, and jumped there as soon as he moved, and came to a rockery, where a black shadow was hiding. The appearance, the movement can't help but pause for a moment.
Song Qingshu shot without stopping, and slapped the Tanzhong acupoint on the opponent's chest with his palm, but the strange touch from the palm surprised him, and he quickly withdrew most of his strength.