Song Song was allowed by the emperor to go to the Queen Mother twice every time to chat with her. Every time she went there, Li Shu was there, and she would bring him some rare snacks. Knowing that Song Song can't see meat now, every time she gave him everything. It is refreshing food, with sour and spicy.
He was grateful for His Majesty's kindness in his heart, and sometimes he would make some food for him himself. The old emperor also liked him very much. When he was in good spirits, he would tell him some interesting stories about Li Xiao's childhood.
On this day, he went to the street to check the shop, passed a steamed cake shop, and went down to buy a bag in person.
He has been prone to cravings lately. He started to feel hungry when he smelled the smell. He held the paper bag in his palm and wanted to eat directly, but it was not very good at the roadside. .
He had some impression of Xu Kou, she was the only daughter of Prince Rong, and she was an old woman. Prince Rong has been in the army all his life and has made great achievements in battle. He is a confidant with Emperor Hongren. Before leaving, he entrusted his only daughter to him. Hongren did not live up to his expectations. He recognized Xu Kou as his righteous daughter and presided over her wedding in person. When Qin An married his wife, the prime minister's mansion could be said to be the same for a while.
Song Song wrapped the steamed cake again and smiled at her: "Changyang County Lord."
Xu Kou: "Can Her Royal Highness take a step to speak?"
Song Song nodded calmly, and Xu Kou respectfully said, "You have to work."
They went to Fuxiang Residence nearby, found a secluded place to sit, and ordered some snacks. Song Song was also holding the steamed cake that had not been eaten in time. Seeing this, Xu Kou knew it, so she took advantage of the situation and pinched the starting point. Heart took a bite.
Seeing her speak, Song Song was no longer polite. He took apart the steamed cake and took a bite. His appetite was satisfied, and a bit of joy flashed in his eyes.
Xu Kou held the cake with one hand and wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief. There was a bit of embarrassment and guilt in her expression. Song Song looked at her suspiciously, seeing her turn around and took a box from the maid's hand, said: : "I heard that the princess has a severe reaction during pregnancy, she can't sleep well at night, and incense may be bad for the fetus. This jade can be placed on the bedside, which has the effect of soothing the mind and refreshing the brain."
This thing is not particularly valuable, but it is better than having a heart. Song Song looked at it with a little surprise, and found that when the jade was opened, it really had a faint cool breath, and the depression in his heart seemed to be able to disperse.
Song Song said: "The county master is this...?"
Xu Kou smiled and said: "Thanks to His Majesty's grace, I also had some friendship with His Royal Highness Prince Ping when I was young, and His Majesty asked him to call me Sister Kou. Come on."
Song Song did not sleep well after Li Xiao left. Seeing what Xu Kou said, he immediately became frank; "If that's the case, then I would like to thank Sister Kou."
When Li Xiao called her sister, Song Song naturally couldn't take it lightly. Xu Kou smiled again after hearing it, and she stopped talking, as if thinking about how to speak.
Song Song waited patiently, and Xu Kou slowly said: "My husband is the fourth son of the Prime Minister of Qin, and his name is Qin An. I wonder if the princess has any impression?"
"He is a well-known businessman in Kyoto. He has such assets at a young age. I have long admired him."
He looked sincere, but Xu Kou's expression became more and more embarrassed. Song Song was a little puzzled, thinking carefully, he should have said nothing wrong.
Xu Kou said for a while: "Although my husband is the youngest son of the Qin family, he has been obsessed with business all these years and rarely takes the initiative to participate in party disputes. Moreover, he is the most timid and fearful of things... He is not afraid of the princess's jokes, he is even afraid of me."
Qin An's weak and gentle face flashed in Song Song's mind, and then he looked at Xu Kou, who was gorgeous and heroic in front of him. These two are also famous in Kyoto. Xu Kou's reputation as a hot iron lady is not known to everyone. Qin An is afraid of it. The name is also known to everyone, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "I have heard of it."
Xu Kou looked sideways, and the people behind her stepped back immediately. Song Song felt strange, but also vaguely understood what she meant.
Just now, she said that Qin An was timid and never participated in party disputes. If there was no accident, she should have discovered something. Could it be that she knew that Queen Qin was so powerful
Song Song remembered this. Li Xiao slaughtered Qin Xiang and Qin Ning in his previous life, but Qin An didn't know where he went, so he wanted to be open to Xu Kouwang.
He also screened his subordinates, but saw Xu Kou suddenly stand up, and then knelt down with a thud, he was startled, and hurriedly came to help: "The county master is..."
"Although I'm only a woman, I have followed my father since I was a child, and my eyes are brighter than others. The princess has a holy miracle and can cure the prince's madness. It's not an exaggeration to say that you are an immortal. You have virtuous virtue. Heart, I don't ask you to repay your grievances with virtue, but I swear, Qin An must have been deceived to get on the thief boat by accident, but now he is too timid to make mistakes, but I can't just watch him fall, father. Teach me to correct my mistakes and ask myself, I have never done anything in my life that is against my conscience! I only learned about this yesterday, I have trouble sleeping and eating, I want to apologize to the princess immediately, no matter what you want to do, Xu Kou There is no complaint at all, but I implore the princess to spare Qin An's life!"
She kowtowed firmly, and Song Song was so confused that she had to bend over to help her, saying, "Sister Kou knows that I am inconvenient, so please get up by yourself. If you have anything to do, please tell me slowly... I can't feel it right now. Mind."
Xu Kou looked up at him. With a burning gaze, he said, "The princess is still pregnant, so I didn't dare to rashly disturb it, so I wrote a letter of repentance, the princess... You can take a look first, please take care of your health."
She kept kneeling on the ground and handed over a letter, Song Song said helplessly: "You get up first, although I won't retaliate with virtue, but I'm not angering innocent people."
Xu Kou said softly: "I'm still riding a tiger now. I'm afraid to make you unhappy. If I don't say it, my conscience is uncomfortable. Please don't be too angry and be careful about your body."
She refused to get up, so Song Song had to withdraw his hand and open the letter first.
But just after reading the letter for two lines, his hand suddenly trembled. He closed the letter abruptly, his eyes fell on Xu Kou, and after a while, he said, "I'll go back first."
He stood up, Xu Kou looked at him worriedly, but found that Song Song's footsteps were steady and his expression was calm, only the pale face revealed his inner emotions, he opened the door and walked out, Xu Kou kowtowed again. Going down, after a long time, she heard the maid say: "The princess, the princess has left."
Xu Kou was in a trance for a while, and said, "Father always said, let me be an upright person... But now, I have betrayed the Qin family."
In Xu Kou's letter, she didn't write about Qin Ning and Empress Qin's current actions, she just described the whole thing from Qin An's point of view.
She knew that this letter might become evidence that the Qin family would be wiped out, but she really had no way to say such words to Song Song, who was pregnant with Liujia, not because she wanted shame, but because she was afraid that she would not be able to speak clearly and waste it. The tongue stimulated Song Song.
In written expression, she is a little more decent, Song Song can also read it slowly and have a mental preparation.
Song Song once thought that he would find out the truth of his grandfather's extermination. He also wondered if it was related to Qin Sanjie, but he never thought that someone would jump out and tell him the whole thing in this way. The ins and outs of things.
Qin An was afraid of Xu Kou, because Xu Kou had a violent temper and couldn't rub the sand in her eyes. She couldn't understand the Queen's behavior, but Qin Sanjie was Queen Qin's younger sister, Qin Ning and Qin Xiang were silent, she was the only one. 'Outsiders' are even less likely to stand up and say something.
Qin An was timid and couldn't stand it when he was forced by Xu Kou yesterday, so he hesitantly told her: "After Fu Guoshang died, his business name was on and off, and most of it fell into my hands."
With a clear mind, Xu Kou immediately asked, "Your eldest sister gave it to you?!"
Qin An nodded with a wry smile: "Eight years ago, my father suddenly told me that there were some shops that I had to deal with, and that shop had some old accounts that were very troublesome, so I helped to sort it out. Mine, he told me that it was the property left by a relative of the Qin family. The other party had no children and no daughters. Because he saved the other party's life, the other party entrusted all the assets, but the Qin family did not understand except me. I took over the business as a matter of course."
At that time, Qin An was not so timid. In his youth, he was also a little high-spirited. He liked gold and silver jewelry, and he didn't even need an abacus to calculate the number.
Xu Kou told Song Song in the letter: "But since five years ago, he has changed, his mental arithmetic ability is not as good as before, and his personality has become more and more cautious. He often wakes up when he sleeps. During the time, he no longer dared to walk at night, and when he walked in his yard at night, he had to be accompanied by several lanterns."
It was only yesterday that Xu Kou knew that at that time, he accidentally learned of the assets in his hands, all of which were left by Fu Guoshang, but some shops were changed in the middle, and few people knew about it.
But he didn't dare to tell Xu Kou that he and Xu Kou had just had a child at that time. He was afraid that Xu Kou would leave him after knowing it, and that he would harm Xu Kou and the child after the incident was exposed. I have to think about my father, brother and sister.
So he can only make mistakes.
The coveting of Fu Guoshang's wealth started from Qin Sanjie. She hated Fu Xiang, so she tried every means to get her to get out of the palace. Although she entered the palace a step later, she still replaced Fu Xiang as the mistress. This was not enough. She felt that Fu Xiang, a businesswoman, was actually more sensible than herself, an official daughter, in the eyes of the Duke of Song. She thought that Fu Xiang's sensibleness was all pretentious. Soon after she got married, she always complained in front of her father and brother. Because I think Song Guogong seems to like Fu Xiang's pretended lady better.
She felt that she was the true temperament, but Song Guogong seemed to be just trying to please her, not being too sincere.
And Song Guogong was doing business at that time, and he often went in and out with Fu Xiang. Qin Sanjie felt more and more uncomfortable because she knew nothing about business.
One day, she asked the queen, "If Fu Guoshang dies, will his property be part of my husband?"
The queen told her: "According to the rules, Fu Xiang's children are the heirs of wealth."
Qin Sanjie recalled that she had only one Xiangfu to support her, and she had not only one child in the Xiangfu, and she had nothing to leave to her children. Thinking about it, she found that once Song Song inherited Fu Guoshang The wealth of Song Guogong, I am afraid that Song Guogong will focus more on Song Song. How can his own powerless children get into his eyes
She became more and more unhappy: "If Fu Xiang also died, how would he inherit the inheritance as a ten-year-old child?"
The queen looked at her thoughtfully.
After that, the action against Fu Guoshang began.