The next day, Zhou Shuren did not attend the morning court. He waited for Mingrui to get up and signaled the servant to call Mingrui over.
In the second room, Mingrui was eating breakfast. He drank the last mouthful of porridge and stood up to ask his father, "Why did Grandpa call me so early in the morning?"
Chang Yi was also confused. He should be the one to be called. "You'll know when you get there."
Mingrui hummed and quickly walked to the main courtyard. Seeing that his grandparents had just finished breakfast, he sat down without any courtesy. As a result, the girl took the bowl in her hand and served him a bowl of wontons.
Zhou Shuren had almost finished eating. "Yuanbo and Yueyang even knew to invite Yudie and Yuyi out for a walk. You are also engaged."
Mingrui was stunned for a moment, as if he had indeed not invited his fiancée out. However, his grandfather would not talk about this alone. "Grandpa, tomorrow is the day off. Should I ask someone to go to the orphanage with me?"
Zhulan had an indescribable expression. How to put it? Mingrui was not a sentimental person. He was more concerned about his studies and responsibilities. If Yudie had not invited Lin Qing to come to her house, it would have been difficult for her to see Mingrui. Now that she was to be taken to the orphanage, Mingrui did not want to miss the opportunity to give lectures to the children when he saw his fiancée.
Zhou Shuren was speechless, thinking that his grandson's appearance was wasted, "Yeah."
After breakfast, Zhou Shuren talked to Mingrui alone. Mingrui wrote down that his grandfather wanted the Lin family to find someone to visit the Qi family.
Zhulan waited until Zhou Shuren was about to go to the government office before she spoke, "Will the Liu family follow your plan?"
Zhou Shuren curled his lips and said, "Yes."
He knew that the Liu family had already secretly found many charges against the Qi family without his instigation.
There are too many black-hearted people in the capital, and it should be said that there are not many people with good consciences. The Qi family has received benefits from many drug dealers, and two of the selected drug dealers have done many unscrupulous things. It is a good opportunity to deal with them all at once. The families behind them will also have to pay a heavy price, and they can still make room for bidding again.
Zhou Shuren took a carriage to the Ministry of Revenue. He felt a little tired and lowered his eyes. This time, the Qi family would be honest and would not slow down to deal with the Zhou family. He could also get the Zhou family out first, and finally get some silver for the Ministry of Revenue, satisfying the emperor's wish to suppress the Qi family. He felt like he was going to heaven.
Changzhong of the Shenxing family was a restless person. After dinner, he came to find Lu Jiaqing. As soon as he entered the mansion, he saw Lu Jiaqing practicing boxing.
Changzhong brought some gifts over, "This is a gift for you."
Shen Xing motioned the servant to take it and said with a smile, "Thank you for your consideration, young master."
"You're welcome."
Shen Xing is also old, and his health is not as good as before. He injured his bones during the morning court session, and he still feels weak. "Young Master, do you want to take Jia Qing out?"
Changzhong nodded, "I promised him to go around."
Shen Xing said: "I don't know when the King of Qin will come back, Jiaqing will live here first, and he officially became his disciple yesterday."
"Yeah, then I'm going to give you a gift."
He didn't have anything on him, so he could only untie his jade pendant and hand it to Lu Jiaqing, "This is for you, congratulations."
Lu Jiaqing waved his hands and said, "I can't accept it."
Changzhong forced it on his friend and said, "Here, this is a gift from me."
Lu Jiaqing turned his head and looked at his master. Shen Xing nodded and said, "Keep it."
Changzhong successfully led Jiaqing out. "There is no place in Beijing that I am not familiar with. Come on, I will show you around and then take you to eat delicious food."
Lu Jiaqing looked at Beijing. He didn’t look at it carefully yesterday. He leaned against the car window and said, “There are many foreigners in Beijing.”
"Well, the place with the most foreigners is the embassy. Do you want to go take a look?"
"No, I want to go to a place where there are many readers."
Chang Zhong tilted his head and said, "Don't you want to be a military commander? Why do you want to go to a place where there are many scholars?"
Lu Jiaqing, "I'm just curious. I'm curious about the place in the capital that gathers the most scholars during the three-year imperial examination."
Chang Zhong's heart was like a honeycomb, and he squinted his eyes. "I kept asking about your health, but you didn't say a word. You have good talent, but you insisted on becoming a military commander. Brother Wu even said it was a pity, but you still insisted. Let me guess, everything will turn into the opposite when it reaches the extreme. Is there a scholar in your family?"
Lu Jiaqing was generous this time, "Yeah."
Changzhong wanted to ask again, but saw Lu Jiaqing looking out the window again. However, Changzhong couldn't help but think more about his little friend's life experience.
In Zhoujia Village, Zhou Laoda saw his wife's red eyes and said, "If you really can't bear to let go, can we keep an eye on her for a few more days?"
Mrs. Li, "We have to leave sooner or later. We have been at home for so many days. I miss home too. I don't know if Minghui's leg is healed. Let's go."
Boss Zhou was also thinking about his family. He helped his wife get on the carriage, turned around and said to Jiang Du, "If you have time, please help my uncle visit Lijia Village more often."
Jiang Du, "Uncle, I will visit you from time to time."
Boss Zhou said to Ming Qing: "Don't worry, I will make arrangements for the children who came to Beijing with me."
This time, he picked six smart children from the family, about fifteen or sixteen years old. He felt more at ease with family members when he had them around him.
Ming Qing smiled and said, "I'm at ease with you, Prince."
Boss Zhou looked at Jiang Miao again, "Take good care of yourself, your mother will be back soon."
Jiang Miao nodded, "Have a safe journey, uncle."
Boss Zhou got on the carriage only after he made sure that nothing was missed. The next time he came back, it would only be because his father-in-law and mother-in-law had passed away.
Many people from the Zhou family came to see him off. Who could have thought that the Zhou family would produce a marquis, and a hereditary marquis at that? The honest and simple eldest brother Zhou would actually become a marquis in the future.
Wang Laosi hid in the corner, watching the long line of carriages leave. On both sides of the carriages were guards riding tall horses. Wang Laosi thought of Zhou Changyi again. He heard that Zhou Changyi also became an official. If he had known earlier, he would have known earlier. In the end, Wang Laosi retreated back to the yard.
Li's eldest brother said goodbye to Ming and Qing. They came to see their sister off. To be honest, when Li first heard the news, he was even more confused. The Li family might even have a marquis' wife in the future.
As the news came back, their Li family was different. In the past, people flattered them because they were related to the Zhou family, but now there was another reason because the younger sister was the marquis's wife. With the younger sister marrying into the Zhou family, the Li family was completely different.
Boss Li also got on the carriage. Thinking about his brother-in-law's words, he became worried again. There were many people in his family who were good at studying. After so many years of hard work, he had some students who were tongsheng (a student of learning), but still no one who was a scholar!
In a blink of an eye, five days had passed. Zhou Shuren was sitting in a carriage on his way to the morning court. Suddenly, someone else's carriage passed by his own. Zhou Shuren heard the voice and said with a smile, "Good morning, Lord Lin."
Lord Lin, "Marquis Zhou is here earlier. Marquis Zhou is in a good mood today."
Zhou Shuren, "Yeah."
The two looked at each other, then lowered the carriage curtain.
At the morning court, as soon as the emperor arrived, someone came to question Lord Qi. The emperor frowned and looked at Zhou Shuren. He waited for Zhou Shuren to make a move, but Zhou Shuren did not let Jinyan do anything.
Zhou Shuren raised his eyebrows, he didn't do much, why should he do something himself if he could borrow a knife to kill someone, borrowing a knife to kill someone, this was his favorite method.