Xu Chengjun felt that Qi Nuo had some prejudice against Qi Wang, which might not have been obvious before, but because of Qi Xun's incident, this prejudice was completely put on the surface.
To be honest, it has been eight years since Xu Chengjun married into the prime minister's mansion. When Qi Xun was the second young master of Qi's mansion, Xu Chengjun treated him well, and he also respected Xu Chengjun, the elder sister-in-law.
After eight years of getting along, even a dog can get along with each other, let alone a human? After Qi Xun's incident broke out, Xu Chengjun felt a little regretful, but she was more clear than Qi Nuo on this point, she understood who was their younger brother and who they should be close to.
But Qi Nuo always looked down on her, which made Xu Chengjun feel very annoyed.
During that period of time before, Qi Xun hadn't appeared, and the life of their family was peaceful without any ups and downs, and because there was no Qi Xun making trouble, the relationship between Qi Nuo and Qi Wang was much better than before.
But Xu Chengjun never imagined that the relationship between the two brothers would be so weak.
If it were someone else, Xu Chengjun would murmur in his heart even if he didn't say it, but this time the person who did something wrong was his husband, so it's hard to say those words.
"There may be some misunderstanding in this. The second younger brother is still young, and he acts impulsively and recklessly. He may come back when he figures it out. Husband, he probably won't do it on purpose."
But how could Qi Nuo listen to Xu Chengjun's words
"Ma'am, you don't have to speak for him. The master often praises Qi Huang for being smart and a rare genius. He will understand the consequences of leaving without permission, because after his troubles, his mother returned to her natal family, and his father did too. If he was sensible, he wouldn't be like this."
Because of Qi Xun as a comparison, Qi Nuo looked down on Qi Wang even more, he was already prejudiced, and now that things have turned out like this, it proves that his previous thinking was correct—Qi Wang didn't come back this time because he wanted to He wants to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan in a serious way, but he has a mentality of revenge. He is afraid that he will not be reconciled if he does not turn the world upside down in the family.
"Madam, you should go back and talk to your father-in-law and ask him for help. If this can be done, I will definitely repay him in the future."
Originally thought that Qi Nuo had already forgotten the matter of asking her to go back to ask her father to help, but at this time he still couldn't forget to ask his father to help, Xu Chengjun was not willing to go at all, but it is not good at this time Ming said, after thinking about it, he decided to use Qi Wang's private departure to delay for a while.
"I'm afraid my father is worrying about it now. Husband, why don't you just take a look and comfort my father?"
Qi Yuanhang and Lin Qinshuang's relationship is very good. After Xu Chengjun married into Qi's family, he has never seen the two of them blushing. Now that the quarrel is so fierce, as the eldest son, shouldn't Qi Nuo go over and persuade him to make peace
However, Qi Nuo shook his head and said: "No need, father should only want to be alone now, and it won't help if I go."
If it was different from usual, Qin Nuo would naturally have to go there, but this time the cause of the incident was different, Qin Nuosi thought about it, and felt that this incident was a good opportunity, he could take this opportunity to let his father understand clearly What kind of person is Qi Wang
What about children who are related by blood? His heart is not in the prime minister's mansion, no matter how much they pay, he will never know how to be grateful.
Before, his father still had expectations for him, thinking that as long as they gave their sincerity, they would warm his heart sooner or later, but now he wants to show his father whether Qi Wang's heart can be warmed.
"Not to mention anything else, it's getting late, you'd better go back early, I'll leave Ziyan's affairs to you, I'm a big brother, I'm not capable, I can't help him, I can only rely on your help."
"The elder brother is like a father, and the elder sister-in-law is like a mother. You can be regarded as watching Ziyan grow up. He knows how to be grateful. If you can help him, he will remember your kindness for the rest of his life."
Xu Chengjun who didn't really want to help: "..."
To be honest, Xu Chengjun really didn't have such deep feelings for that Qi Xun, but Qi Nuo begged her so much, if she didn't respond, it would be useless to the relationship between husband and wife.
"Then I'll go back and try."
She just said that she wanted to go back and give it a try. As for whether her parents would agree and succeed, she couldn't guarantee it. However, Qi Nuo never thought that Xu Chengjun would play tricks with him, and her mind was full of Qi Xun's this time. Surely we can tide over the difficulties.
It doesn't matter if his father doesn't want to help him, he is still there, he can climb up with his own strength, and then become Qi Xun's backer, with him here, Qi Xun's life will not be too sad.
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The Prime Minister's Mansion was in a mess because of Qi Wang's departure, but all of this had nothing to do with him. After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, Qi Wang first found an inn to live in, and the next day he searched together and found a tooth shop. , rented a courtyard.
When Qi Wang came to the capital, he held nearly four hundred taels of silver in his hands. After entering the prime minister's mansion, Lin Qinshuang was afraid that his hands would be nervous, so he gave him more than one thousand taels of silver one after another. He also gave Qi Wang a few shops, and all the profits in them belonged to him.
It is worth mentioning that the shops that Lin Qinshuang gave him were not the property of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but Lin Qinshuang's own dowry.
Lin Qinshuang was born in a famous family and was the eldest daughter who was favored by her family. When she got married, she was dressed in red makeup, and the dowry of six hundred and sixty pieces was still a grand occasion that everyone talked about even after decades.
Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, her dowry is the first one, so it is no wonder that everyone will talk about it.
In fact, if it wasn't for Qi Wang's stern refusal, Lin Qinshuang would have given him more. After all, her dowry was too much, and money had no meaning to her, it was just a quantity symbol.
But even so, when he left the Prime Minister's Mansion, Qi Wang only brought some banknotes, and did not take out the rest.
The house I just bought is empty, the previous owner did leave a lot of furniture and decorations, but those things have been placed for a long time, not to mention the old style, there are quite a few broken ones, just looking at it It's nothing like that, it can't be used at all, Qi Wang plans to live here for a long time, among other things, comfort is very important.
Qi Huang made a list and invited people from the dental shop to help him buy it. As for the remaining trivial things such as pens, inks, papers and inkstones, he had to go to the street to buy them himself.
Obviously, he has been in the capital for almost three months, but Qi Wang has never wandered outside. Most of his understanding of the capital comes from books and the words of the servants in the prime minister's mansion, and he rarely has the opportunity to wander in the streets by himself. .
It's not that the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion are holding him back, but that he himself is 'hardworking and studious', busy absorbing knowledge, so naturally he has no time to hang out.
It wasn't too early when he came out, the street was bustling with people, the roadside hawkers were yelling hard, walking on the street, weaving among the crowd, the smoke and fire of the world rushed towards his face.
Restricted by productivity and craftsmanship in ancient times, pens, inks, paper and inkstones were all luxury goods. In addition, these things were related to scholars. Naturally, they should not be full of copper smell like other objects, but should be fresh and elegant, and high-end atmosphere. The grade is very stylish at first glance.
What the original owner used in the Prime Minister's Mansion was not very sophisticated. In Qi Yuanhang's words, he was new to it, so he didn't need to use very good ones, ordinary ones were fine.
His little book boy was also once aggrieved, and Qi Huang heard his whispered complaints in private.
"The master is too partial. When the young master was just learning to write, he used lake ink and rice paper. The pen was also a Langhao pen from Nantangzhai. It turned out that the second young master was also treated in the same way. Why did he have to use it when he came to the young master? What about the yellow papyrus? The ink stick is also the worst Nanshan ink, and the pen is also the kind of rabbit hair pen used by ordinary people... It's so unfair."
Since the child followed Qi Wang, he regarded Qi Wang as his master. He is sincere and has no evil intentions. He only thinks about Qi Wang wholeheartedly. He thinks that other masters can use it well, and his master should also enjoy it. equal treatment.
But Qi Wang didn't feel too much about it, he never had expectations for those people, so naturally he wouldn't be disappointed.
Qi Wang's calligraphy has been practiced, and after entering the study, he thought about choosing some better pens, inks, papers and inkstones to use.
However, to Qi Wang's surprise, a good Langhao brush is only two taels of silver, while lake ink is more expensive, an ink stick costs ten taels of silver, and the price of an inkstone varies, depending on the shape and place of origin. Depending on the degree, the price also ranges from ten taels to several hundred taels of silver.
The price of these things is acceptable to Qi Huang, after all, studying was the most expensive in ancient times, why do you say that it is difficult to produce a noble child from a poor family? One of the reasons is that the consumption of these pens, ink, paper and inkstones is far beyond what ordinary people can afford.
What surprised Qi Wang was the price of rice paper.
The price of one piece of rice paper is one tael of silver, and ten sheets of rice paper are one tael of silver.
You should know that whether it is a brush, ink stick or inkstone, they are all sustainable objects, and it is normal that the price is higher, after all, they can be used for a long time.
But rice paper is different. This thing is a one-time use. It cannot be reused after writing. The price of a penny is too high.
The shopkeeper of the study is a wonderful person. Although Qi Wang's expression didn't change, but after knowing the price, his eyes became a little different. The shopkeeper immediately understood Qi Wang's meaning, and said with a smile: "Young master, rice paper Although it is good, but if an unskilled person can't control his strength, the ink will contaminate the paper. If you don't pick it up, I still have yellow straw paper here. Although the paper is much harder, the writing fluency is better than Xuan paper is much better, and the price is cheap and affordable, if you want it, you can buy some."
After pondering for a moment, Qi Wang suddenly asked, "Shopkeeper, I wonder how many kinds of paper you have in your study? Could you let me take a look?"
There was no one in the shop at this point, only Qi Wang was a customer, the shopkeeper thought for a moment and agreed.
"Young master, don't look at our store is not big, but we have a complete range of paper. Now we have all kinds of paper on the market, and the price ranges from low to high, to meet the needs of various customers."
He didn't brag, there are seven or eight types of paper besides rice paper and yellow straw paper, but the price of those papers is even higher, far beyond what ordinary people can afford.
He carefully introduced the characteristics of various papers and what they are suitable for, and Qi Wang also listened carefully, and finally asked again: "According to the shopkeeper, the cheapest on the market is this kind of yellow straw paper." gone?"
The shopkeeper nodded and said: "That's true, the cheapest is this kind of yellow straw paper."
The texture of the yellow papyrus is rough, and the paper is too hard. It takes a lot of effort to write, otherwise, the written characters will easily lose arms and legs.
Nowadays, most students use yellow straw paper to write and practice calligraphy. Because the price is not high, it is very popular among poor students.
However, this kind of yellow straw paper has always had a disadvantage-the paper used in the imperial examination is rice paper, and the texture of rice paper is soft, and the ink is easy to smudge. If you use too much force, a piece of paper will be useless. .
There is a fixed number of papers given in the imperial examination, and there are only two extra papers. If they are useless, the exam will be completely yellow.
So no matter how tight the pockets of the students are, in order to get a good grade in the exam, they will be ruthless before the exam, buy some rice paper and go back to practice.
Qi Wang finally bought some rice paper, of course the most bought one was yellow straw paper, as for the more expensive paper, Qi Wang had no intention of buying.
However, just buying these pens, inks, papers and inkstones cost Qi Wang nearly fifty taels of silver, and this was on the premise that he deliberately controlled it and did not buy more expensive items.
No wonder it is said that studying costs money, which has been the case throughout the ages.
He bought a lot of things, so the shopkeeper called a little guy to take Qi Wang home. This was a special promotion that came with his consumption, and Qi Wang would not refuse it.
But when he came out of the study, Qi Wang met a person whom he met once.
He pretended that he didn't know the other party, and Shi Shiran walked past the other party.
However, at the moment when the two passed by each other, the other party suddenly reached out and grabbed Qi Wang's arm.
"I got you!"
A woman's voice came from the side, Qi Wang turned around and saw a beautiful and elegant face.
The woman was wearing a complicated and gorgeous dress, she was combing a tall cloud bun, which was filled with a variety of pearls and emeralds, at this time she was holding Qi Huang with one hand, and threw the other hand behind her, and said loudly: " It's him, you take him back to the princess mansion."
Qi Huan: "..."
The little guy who followed Qi Huang with the Four Treasures of the Study was also dumbfounded, and was dumbfounded by this.
No, he has seen women robbed in the street, but he has never seen men robbed in the street. Is this world crazy
As soon as the beautiful woman gave an order, the guards behind her gathered around and wanted to bring Qi Wang back to the princess mansion.
Seeing their rough actions, the beautiful woman hurriedly said: "This is the future son-in-law of my palace, please be polite to me, if I hurt half of his vellus hair, I will ask for you!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the movements of the guards softened immediately, rather than saying that they were here to tie Qi Wang, it would be better to say they were here to 'invite' him.
If an ordinary person encountered such a scene, he would probably be stunned, but Qi Wang was not an ordinary person. He looked at the beautiful woman across from him with a candid expression, and said loudly: "In broad daylight, the sky is bright, the girl wants to be forced to certain?"
The beautiful woman, Princess Qinghe smiled and said: "Your words are wrong, I didn't intend to force you, but I just fulfilled my promise to marry you as my wife."
Qi Wang: "Thanks for the princess's kindness, but Xiaomin and the princess have never met..."
However, before Qi Wang finished speaking, she was interrupted by Princess Qinghe: "I'm impatient to tell you this, you just need to remember one thing, you saved my life earlier, I don't think so To repay you, you can only promise with your body, you will go back with me, and you will get married soon."
Qi Huan: "..."
Qi Wang could tell that Princess Qinghe looked at him with very clear eyes, not at all as if he was bewitched by his beauty, and he was very sure that he did not show any flaws, Princess Qinghe should not have known that he saved her who's who.
There are too many coincidences and it is no longer a coincidence. Qi Wang thinks that Princess Qinghe must have other plans.
Princess Qinghe is the most beloved daughter of the first emperor, and the current emperor is her brother, who loves her very much. Although she is only a princess, she is more flamboyant than many princes.
In broad daylight, the world was clear, and Princess Qinghe brought Qi Wang back to the Princess Mansion without any concealment.
The words and deeds of the people in the royal family were watched. Not long after Princess Qinghe brought them back, the news about the absurd princess robbing the civilian men spread throughout the capital.
Lin Qinshuang, who had a quarrel with Qi Yuanhang and returned to her mother's house, also heard the news, and she knew more.
The man who was snatched away by Princess Qinghe was his second son, Qi Wang, who had just been found.
Lin Qinshuang: "How is it possible?!"
Although Qi Wang has an outstanding appearance, she knows the child's personality best. Qi Wang will definitely not be the kind of person who is greedy for vanity. With his personality, he will not take the initiative to seduce Princess Qinghe. I am afraid there is something hidden in it. .
Mrs. Guo couldn't help but said: "Shuang'er, you should go back."