It was a hot summer day, and there were not many affairs in the Ministry of Personnel recently. Ji Mingxi, a minister who had a lot of free time, suddenly found out that the family had not been together for a while.
The third sister was married and lived next door to Wu's house, but she was not very active, and she didn't come here often.
Ji Mingxi doesn't like moving, and he won't go there either.
The seventh younger brother, Ji Mingshuang, is now working in the Hanlin Academy, and the senior scholar of the Hanlin Academy mentioned to him a few days ago, indicating that Shuang is a pillar of talent! This future pillar of talent, going out early every day and returning late, has become the biggest busy person in the house.
Ji Mingxi, an idler, has not seen a busy person for almost seven days.
The sixth brother, Ji Mingyan, sees him every day, so he will not mention it.
And since the fifth brother Ji Mingyuan returned to Beijing, except for the day he came back, Ji Mingxi has never seen him again.
However, the sixth brother Ji Mingyan often told him that the family's melon seeds, peanuts, and plums were gone, and the fifth brother had finished them.
The rice, noodles, grain and oil in the kitchen were gone, and they were taken away by the fifth brother.
The horse lost by the brother-in-law was also found and taken away by the fifth brother.
Speaking of this brother-in-law, Ji Mingxi often sees it.
He sometimes went to the morning in the morning, and when he went out, he would often meet Wu's house on the corner of the street.
Brother-in-law greets him.
Ji Mingxi also discovered that his brother-in-law had recently changed to a new carriage, but the horse had not changed, it was still the slender horse.
After thinking about it, Ji Mingxi, who had not seen his younger siblings for more than a month, finally realized that he was the eldest brother.
There was nothing to do at noon. Ji Mingxi, who was drinking tea after returning home from the official department, temporarily arranged a family banquet in front of the empty study, and asked the servants to inform them one by one.
Ji Yunxi was the first to receive it, because she was easy to find, either at home or in the store.
She has been busy with the new business that is about to open this month. After thinking about it, she has not seen her family for a while. After telling Baofu to remind her when the time comes, she plunged into the game of making money again.
It is also easy to find Ji Mingshuang and Wu Weian in the Hanlin Academy.
The servants of Ji Mansion took the message from Hou Ye and asked with embarrassment: "Seventh Master, Uncle, did you see Sixth Master today?"
Ji Mingshuang shook his head: "No."
Wu Weian also shook his head: "Sixth brother doesn't seem to be here today."
The servant sighed lightly.
Liu Ye seems to be wandering around often on weekdays, but he is actually the most confused.
I can see him because he wants to see you, so he came to see you.
But if he doesn't want to see you, or finds something more fun than you, it's hard to find him Ji Mingyan if you want to.
Ji Mingyan said that he was working at Dali Temple, but he was also fishing for three days and drying nets for two days at Dali Temple, and no one would say anything.
Because Ji Mingyan doesn't care about the small official position of Dali Temple, and Dali Temple needs Ji Mingyan's good poison skills.
The reason why Ji Mingyan entered the Dali Temple at the beginning was because there was an unsolved major case, and the Holy Master gave a deadline. The Dali Temple had no choice, so he went to seek Ji Mingyan himself.
The Dali Temple was closer than the Hanlin Academy. Before the servants came to the Hanlin Academy to deliver the letter, they went to the Dali Temple first, but Ji Mingyan was not there. The people at Dali Temple said, let them go to the Hanlin Academy.
But the Hanlin Academy didn't either.
Ji Mingshuang looked at Wu Weian: "You and Sixth Brother are getting close these days. Do you know where he will go?"
Wu Weian thought about it carefully, and said to the servant of Jifu: "You go to my house and see, the sixth brother may be in my kitchen."
The servant bowed gratefully to Wu Weian, and then hurriedly returned to Xuanrenfang, went to Wu's house, and asked the round steward of Wu's family to help him to see if their sixth master was there.
Yuan Guanshi went to find the poisonous lady, who was eating melon seeds.
She spit out the melon seed skin while nibbling on the melon seeds, and Xuezhu next to her stared at her, sweeping the melon seed skin, her figure dazzling.
The poisonous lady: "Ji Mingyan? I don't know, he didn't come today, why are you looking for him?"
Yuan Guanshi: "Ji's family is looking for him. By the way, Mrs. Gongzi and his wife are all having dinner at Ji's house today. You can simply prepare dinner."
The poisonous lady nodded: "I know."
Outside, the servant of Ji Mansion wiped off his sweat, and when he was having a headache, a hand suddenly reached out and touched his head: "Why are you here? Is there anything wrong with Big Brother looking for Third Sister?"
The servant was moved: "Liu Ye, you finally appeared! Where have you been? It's so hard to find you!"
Ji Mingyan tilted his head, raised his other hand, spread out his palm, two long and thick centipedes in his palm: "I dug out centipedes!"
Servant: "..."
He took a few steps back screaming.
Ji Mingyan put away the centipede and carefully understood the ins and outs of the matter: "Then did you tell my fifth brother?"
The servant sighed: "Xiao Fu shouted several times outside the fifth master's yard, and I don't know if the fifth master could hear him."
Ji Mingyan is the most experienced in this matter: "If you can't hear it, the fifth brother's formation is soundproof."
Servant: "Then, what should I do. Sixth Master, you have to help the little one think of a way!"
Ji Mingyan patted the person on the shoulder, looking like someone came over: "Don't worry, do as the sixth master taught you, and catch my fifth brother as soon as you catch it!"
After he told his servants the way, he slipped into Wu's house to find the poisonous lady. He wants the poisonous lady to appreciate this excellent poisonous centipede.
The poisonous lady has finished eating melon seeds and is ready to call it a day.
Xuezhu also finished sweeping the melon seed skin, and said sadly, "Aren't you going to eat it?"
The poisonous lady put her hands on her hips with one hand on her hips, and held the skin of her lips with the other for Xuezhu to see: "Look, look, the melon seeds knocked my lips dry! Xuezhu, can't you rest!"
After the wife got married, she brought a lot of maids with her.
But within a few days, Madam only left Wanxiang, Baofu, and a few maids who waited on her to dress up at Wu's house, and everyone else went back to Jifu.
Because there are not so many people in the courtyard, Xuezhu alone can clean the entire Wu family up and down, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard are even more tidy and maintained at the same height.
Now that the Wu family's sanitary environment and the growth of flowers and plants are on the right track, Xuezhu is more relaxed every day, and he is more leisurely.
Everyone else can't wait to be idle every day, but Xuezhu can't be idle.
The poisonous lady rolled her eyes, carried the small stool back to the kitchen, and met Ji Mingyan.
Just as she was about to tell him that his family was looking for him, she was attracted by the poisonous centipede in his hand.
The two immediately entered the kitchen, placed the poisonous centipede on the floor of the kitchen, and turned the poisonous centipede over and over, from the inside to the outside, from the appearance to the poisonous papa for a long time.
In the Ji family next to the Wu family, the servants who went back took a box of small snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts, huamei, etc., and placed them at the door of Ji Mingyuan's courtyard, and then put a letter inside.
It didn't take long for the Fifth Master to appear.
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The sun is gradually setting west, and people who are busy outside are returning home.
In the streets and alleys, there are various dishes.
Due to the credit of the two poisonous centipedes, Ji Mingyan has no desire to cook today.
Before the people arrived, the dishes were not ready, so the people who arrived first didn't get to the table, so they just sat outside and drank tea.
Ji Mingxi was in the mansion, and he was sitting in the main seat early.
Not long after, Ji Mingyuan appeared with a snakeskin bag diagonally across, and he bowed: "Brother."
Ji Mingxi's lips curled into a smile, and the wind and drizzle said, "Sit down and drink some tea, and wait for them."
Ji Mingyuan sat down at the farthest corner, then grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peanuts from the small snakeskin bag, peeled them off lightly, and ate them.
Ji Mingxi knew that the fifth brother didn't like to chat, so he didn't talk to him, and sipped his tea by himself.
"Big brother, fifth brother, I'm back!" Ji Mingyan jumped and rushed in. As soon as he saw the fifth brother without saying a word, he pulled a chair and sat there, and affectionately grabbed a small snack from Ji Mingyuan's snakeskin bag .
Ji Mingyuan: "..." He frowned, but didn't say anything, and continued to peel half of the peanuts.
Ji Mingshuang, Wu Weian, and Ji Yunxi arrived from the front and back.
When Ji Mingyan saw them come in, he took out several snacks from Ji Mingyuan's snakeskin bag, shared one with each other, and greeted them warmly.
Ji Mingyuan: "..."
His dripping eyes watched Ji Mingyan take out a handful after another, and silently tied the snakeskin bag.
After everyone gathered, the family took a seat.
Ji Mingxi took a cup of tea, sat down in the middle position, and chatted with everyone: "His Royal Highness the fifth prince is really diligent in politics and loves the people. In the early morning today, even the sage praised the fifth prince in front of all officials."
At the dinner table, Ji Mingxi always liked to tell his younger brothers and sisters interesting stories about the DPRK and China, and the Ji family were used to it.
Several grandfathers didn't respond too much.
Only Ji Yunxi, she looked at Wu Weian next to her.
Wu Weian delicately bit a big chicken leg, noticed her sight, and winked at her.
When the matter of the fifth prince came, Ji Yunxi knew that it was Wu Weian's handwriting. And she could probably guess what he did afterward.
The money from the Fang family and his wife attracted the attention of the Heichun Mountain bandits, and deliberately made himself and Heichun Mountain appear ambiguous, provoking the fifth prince to attack the Heichun Mountain bandits.
Some people can do this step, they are already a strategist.
But Wu Weian also specially arranged a group of martial arts people to deliberately identify the people of the fifth prince and let the fifth prince and his uncle bite each other.
Ji Mingyan never cared about the affairs of the court. He asked curiously, "What did the fifth prince do?"
Ji Mingshuang saw his eldest brother was drinking soup, and answered on his behalf, "The fifth prince has killed the bandits in Heichun Mountain."
When Ji Mingyan heard the words, he slapped the table: "I know this black Chunshan bandit! When I passed by, they also wanted to snatch the purse from my waist! I don't want to inquire about the reputation of my sixth master of the Ji family, but inside my purse It's not pretending to be money."
Ji Yunxi said, "What did you wear then?"
Ji Mingyan laughed a few times: "I packed a bag of flying ants, and as soon as the money bag was opened by them, all the ants flew out! I went to catch them one by one, causing me to delay in Heichun Mountain. half a month."
Thinking about Ji Mingyan makes me angry, and the more angry I feel, the more I feel that the fifth prince is good: "I haven't heard much about this prince before, and I never thought that if this prince does not make a move, it is a big deal! His Royal Highness the fifth prince. That's great!" he exclaimed.
Wu Weian, who had eaten the chicken leg cleanly, wiped the corners of his mouth and praised after hearing the words: "The fifth prince is really good."
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On the second day, Wu Weian took a rest.
Shortly after dawn in the morning, the person beside the pillow woke up.
Ji Yunxi glanced at the person who slept very close to him yesterday, stood up from the bed, directly lifted his foot and stepped over him, then got out of bed, picked up the quilt that had fallen on the ground, and threw it back at will. .
Wu Weian turned over with his eyes closed, touched the quilt he had picked up, and covered himself with it while asking, "What have you been up to lately?"
It has been more than a month since the incident in Fang Yuan.
During this time, Ji Yunxi went out early and returned late, and was busier than him.
In the evening, when he arrived home, she was still not there, and only returned before going to bed.
Speaking of which, Wu Weian had not had dinner with Ji Yunxi for more than ten days, and yesterday's family banquet was the first time in these ten days.
Ji Yunxi said lightly, "Business."
Wu Weian: "What business?"
Ji Yunxi glanced at him: "You want to know?"
Wu Weian is very honest: "I want to."
After half an hour, Ji Yunxi and Wu Weian left Wu's house and came to a shop not far from Taizhuang.
The front door of the shop was closed, and Ji Yunxi and Wu Weian entered through the back door.
As soon as you enter the back door, you will find a courtyard. The courtyard is full of dye vats, and there are also drying cloths on the side.
Nearly 100 female workers were walking around the courtyard, busy, and when they saw Ji Yunxi coming, they would respectfully shout, "Three girls."
Ji Yunxi snorted, and continued to lead Wu Weian forward. During the process, he passed several rooms. The room was spacious, and there were embroidery girls doing their work while laughing and playing.
Further ahead, it is the storefront with the door closed at the moment.
The store has three floors, and the cabinets on the first floor are already full of cloth, each of which is bright in color and delicate in fabric.
The second and third floors are all new clothes that have been made. The difference is that the second floor is for men's clothing, and the third floor is for women's clothing.
Every piece is luxurious and refined.
Wu Wei watched quietly.
It turned out that this was his wife's new business.
He couldn't help thinking of his small shop in Pingjiang, which also sold clothes, but the business was bleak.
The clothes that were put up for sale have been put away for many years and have not been sold. Guys are too lazy to shake the dust after all.
But it doesn't matter, his small shop mainly sews black masks and black night clothes for brothers.
As for Ji Yunxi's shop, a lot of money has been invested at a glance.
Wu Weian lowered his head: "Are you busy with all this this month?"
Ji Yunxi nodded: "Yes, in addition to this one, there are three more, which are located in the four directions of the south, east, and northwest."
Wu Weian thought for a while and asked, "Have you invested a lot of money?"
Ji Yunxi hummed: "Adding all aspects together, the four stores are about 40,000 to 50,000 taels."
Wu Weian tutted lightly.
His small shop cost less than a hundred taels before and after.
"Xingle Cloth House is a century-old brand. No matter how big your store is, no matter how good the fabrics are, no matter how beautiful the clothes are, Xingle is still not bad. Are you sure you won't lose money?" His wife felt distressed.
After all, Ji Yunxi's money was not in his hands.
But they are already married, and their relationship is getting better and better, and they may not be divorced.
It makes sense for him to feel distressed for her money.
Ji Yunxi squinted at him: "Have I ever lost money?"
Wu Wei settled down: "Yes."
Ji Yunxi's money was hot.
Therefore, if it is not necessary, he has never taken the initiative to open his mouth, and taking it is a fair trade.
Ji Yunxi took Wu Weian to visit the other three cloth houses.
The positioning of each cloth house is different. The one near Kaitai Village is all the best, and it is aimed at the young masters and young ladies of the powerful family.
The other three, one is for the common people, the other is for the well-off families who are between the common people and the powerful and have some money and a bit of official position, but not enough money, and the other is specially customized, such as the one who is mainly responsible for the servants in the house. Clothing, clothing of sect disciples, etc.
The four families read them one by one, and when the two arrived at Wu's house, the sun had already set.
At home, you don't have to think too much about talking.
As soon as Ji Yunxi stepped into the door, he asked directly, "Do you want to join in?"
Wu Weian paused, raised his eyebrows slightly, and choked his breath a little: "What?"
In fact, even though he asked, he already had a bottom line in his heart.
He has been out of money for so many years, is the God of Wealth going to throw pie on him now
Ji Yunxi sat in front of the dressing mirror, took off the jade bracelet on her wrist, and said, "The queen sent someone to invite me into the palace yesterday and said she wanted to see me."
Wu Weian leaned aside and looked at her: "Oh?"
"But what the Queen really wants to see—" Ji Yunxi raised her eyes, "It's you."
Wu Weian lowered his eyes, smiled lightly, and said nothing.
Ji Yunxi continued: "Most of the credit for the crown prince being able to sit firmly in the crown belongs to the queen. She knows that you are not easy."
Over the years, the queen has treated Ji Yunxi very well.
Ji Yunxi knew why, because the Ji family was very useful to the prince, but at the same time, the Ji family had many weaknesses.
The existence of the Ji family is very popular with the queen, and for the same reason, this is why Wu Weian agreed to marry her in the first place.
It's for the money, but most importantly, it's not just about the money.
It is thanks to the Queen who protected the Ji family from behind that the Ji family has been able to stay safe to this day.
"I can guess that the matter of the fifth prince this time is yours. The queen can also think of it." Ji Yunxi took off the hairpin. "She wants to pull you into the prince's camp and make suggestions for the prince."
Wu Weian sighed lightly: "Then I'm even busier."
"You've been quite busy recently." Ji Yunxi glanced at him in the mirror, "I'm going to move the fifth prince's purse next, and the fifth prince will certainly not sit back and ignore it. You join the prince's camp and help me tie him down. "
Wu Wei'an is also refreshing. The fifth prince must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise the fifth prince will be given a chance to lie dormant. He is currently in danger of being thorn in the flesh: "Okay."
He subconsciously blinked: "One and a half?"
Ji Yunxi nodded: "One and a half."
Wu Weian emphasized: "It's not your two families, my two families. It's one and a half."
Ji Yunxi remained expressionless: "Oh, I see."
But the five fingers she put on the dresser could not help but curl up slightly.
The old fox who eats a cut grows a wiser.
Wu Weian then got up to wash up. When he turned around, the expression on his face disappeared, and his eyes moved slightly.
The last time he went back to the casino, he didn't figure out the difference between your four and my four, and half of you and half of me, and she made a small point.
This time, he has experience.
Don't look at the bright and flamboyant look on his wife's face, and she is very generous.
But her money is the hottest, and she's pretty good at all kinds of little nines.
As expected of a businessman, he is really inferior to her in terms of business calculations, no wonder she can make so much money.
And his words are not credible, and her words are not credible either.
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It was late at night, and the bedroom lights of Ji Yunxi and Wu Weian were turned off.
After the busy round steward returned to his room, he subconsciously stopped and glanced at Mrs. Gongzi's room.
He always felt that something was wrong with the son recently.
Yuan Guanshi grew up watching Wu Weian. For more than ten years, he knew Wu Weian very well.
His son is good in everything, but he has no fortune.
According to his son's convoluted heart, it is not difficult to do business, but there will always be various accidents.
Probably because God is fair, not all good things will be occupied by one person.
Later, the young master gave up and resigned, and he never got involved in business matters.
But what the son wants to accomplish takes effort and money. Over the years, the young master has been demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall, and his life has been really hard. He often has no money in his hand, and he may not be able to buy candy if he wants to eat. He has to rely on the second son to help.
There is actually a slight difference between a son who has no money in his hand and a son who has money in his hand.
Others can't notice it, but watching Wu Weian grow up is able to do things well.
Just like tonight's dinner, there are sweet and sour pork ribs that the son likes to eat, and the fish head with chopped peppers, which is optional.
If the son has no money in his hand, he will eat both.
But tonight, he had some fish head with chopped peppers left.
Being in charge is like an old father who has broken his heart for his child, for fear that the son who owes a lot of debt will secretly save money and spend it without paying the debt first.
Coincidentally, Baofu, who had finished his work, also planned to go back to his room to rest.
Baofu still likes the old steward of the uncle's house, because the old steward is meticulous in his work and the conditions are clear.
Baofu likes people who can do things in a down-to-earth way, so it is difficult for her to like the uncle.
When Yuan Guanshi saw Baofu, his mind suddenly brightened.
Now who can give the son money, besides the wife
Of course, he couldn't ask how much the lady gave the son, but the girl might know.
And anyone with eyes can see that this girl doesn't like his son, isn't that just right
"Baofu." Yuan Steward shouted, "Can I ask you something?"
Baofu nodded: "Yes."
Yuan Guanshi: "Recently, does Madam have any expenses that are not going anywhere?"
Baofu's face changed in a flash, and she frowned: "Yuan Guanshi, why are you asking this? I won't tell you about the lady's affairs! You don't want to come to me to inquire about the lady for your son. thing!"
Yuan Guanshi explained: "You misunderstood. I'm not trying to inquire about Madam. I actually want to know if Madam has given my son money again, and if my son has money hidden in his hands."
Baofu was stunned: "Huh?"
Yuan Guanshi betrayed his son without any guilt. Anyway, he was telling the truth: "My son is good at everything, but he loves money a little bit. You know the Wu family's hardships, and the son often uses his lack of money as an excuse. Not for my family. So I wonder if he really has no money."
Baofu was shocked. The steward did his due diligence for the family, and he subsidized all his own money, but the master's family didn't give it to the family
Baofu immediately thought hard: "I still can't tell you about the other things Miss, I can only tell you how much money Miss Miss has gone missing."
Her young lady likes to keep accounts. Every money she has has a way to go, and there is very little money that goes unaccounted for.
However, since the young lady met the uncle, she often has unexplained expenses.
Yuan Guanshi's old face moved: "How much?"
Baofu said: "There was a recent one, two thousand and fifty taels."
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The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, blocking the moonlight and stars.
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and it didn't take long for it to rain heavily.
In summer, put ice cubes in the room to cool off the heat, cover with a thin quilt, and the temperature is just right.
But there was a sudden heavy rain tonight, the temperature plummeted, and Wu Weian lost his quilt again.
He was cold, curled up subconsciously, and felt something warm inside him.
This group of things is very familiar, it has been by his side for a while, he has tried it, and there is no danger.
Because the surroundings were very secure, Wu Weian, who was sleeping, showed no sign of being awake at all. He just moved towards the mass quietly.
Step by step, getting closer and closer, until they came together.
He slept next to her for a while, but it was still cold.
Wu Weian stretched out his hand, tore off the skin of the mass, and tried to put himself in.
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