Years ago, Jiang Yuancheng finally failed to come to Wen's house.
But he wrote a letter and said he would come back in March.
When Wen Guanbin saw the letter, he made a decision in his heart.
Early the next morning, Wen Qingzhu was called to Fushou Hall.
In the Fushou Hall, only Wen Guanbin and Mr. Liu were present.
This time, not even Wen Qingxin was there.
"I've met my grandparents." Wen Qingzhu felt something was wrong.
"Get up."
Wen Guanbin's tone was rare and gentle.
But Wen Guanbin like this made Wen Qingzhu even more wary.
After sitting down, Mrs. Liu asked her very kindly: "How have you been learning about arranging flowers and ordering tea recently?"
"It's okay." Wen Qingzhu had a guess in his mind.
Mrs. Liu asked again: "Is there any difficulty in not feeling it?"
"Not yet." Wen Qingzhu said carefully.
Mrs. Liu waved and asked Nanny Du to bring up some flowers.
Soon, tables and cushions were placed in the main hall.
The maid on the left is holding various flowers, and the maid on the right is holding various vases.
Wen Qingzhu sat upright without squinting.
Not long after, Song Yan walked in with a serious-faced old woman.
She walked forward and saluted: "I have met Mr. Wen and Mrs. Wen."
Wen Qingzhu's eyes narrowed slightly. This old nanny came out of the palace.
Mrs. Liu stood up, walked to Wen Qingzhu, and pulled her to stand up: "This is Aunt Quan who has stayed in the palace for thirty years. She interrupted and ordered tea with first-class craftsmanship. Zheng, who was still deceased, I served you in the Queen’s Palace.”
"I've met Grandma Quan." Wen Qing's face was very respectful.
Grandma Quan stared at Wen Qingzhu's salute with a straight face.
She was prepared to be picky.
But when Wen Qingzhu finished his salute, she was surprised to find that Wen Qingzhu's etiquette was impeccable.
But in order for her to get this generous amount of money, she still spoke: "Miss Wen, when you bent your knees, it was two points higher. It should be lower."
Hearing her words, Wen Qingzhu raised his head in surprise, looked at Granny Quan's height, and then looked at his own height.
"Mommy, what you said is wrong. Everyone's height is different, and the degree of kneeling is naturally different." Wen Qingzhu thought this Aunt Quan was simply ridiculous.
If her interests are in question, then the interests of few people in the entire capital are not in question.
Aunt Quan was slapped in the face, but she couldn't admit it. She could only turn around and said to Mrs. Liu, "Old madam, I can't teach Miss Seven."
"Xiao Qi! Aunt Quan is an old nanny in the palace, how could her words be wrong! Why don't you apologize quickly!" Mrs. Liu looked coldly and took Wen Qingzhu's hand to ask her to apologize.
Wen Qingzhu pushed Liu's hand away, took two steps back, and said with a smile: "Does grandma really think that Xiao Qi is wrong? But I have read the book "Da Qi Court Etiquette" before, and it is recorded in it that bending the knee is At that time, the most standard was to be less than one-ninth of the original height. If grandma doesn’t believe it, Xiaoqi can send someone to get the book now.”
"There are palace rules in the palace!" Grandma Quan stiffened her face and refused to admit her mistake.
Seeing this, Mrs. Liu followed Aunt Quan and said, "Xiao Qi! How can you be a Chinese Aunt Quan! Why don't you apologize quickly!"
Wen Qingzhu said with a smile: "Grandma, you may have forgotten that I have been to the Crown Prince's Mansion before. The Crown Princess and other maids are all from the palace. The Crown Princess even praised me for my thorough etiquette before! If you don't believe me, I Are you going to send someone to ask the Crown Princess to arrange for a maid to come over?"
After hearing this, Grandma Quan's face turned visibly ugly.
When Liu thought about it, it seemed like this was true.
She looked at Aunt Quan tentatively: "Do you want to go to the Prince's Mansion?"
How could Aunt Quan dare to ask Wen Qingzhu to send someone to the Prince's Mansion? She hurriedly said: "No, no, no! I remembered it wrong! Miss Qi is indeed right, but there is still something wrong with her height. Although she is not surprised, but I still saw it just now."
"Aunt Quan, my etiquette is fine, how about I do it again to show you?" Wen Qingzhu didn't want to be taught a lesson by this ignorant nanny.
Aunt Quan said calmly: "You may be more careful next time."
Mrs. Liu also said coldly: "Xiao Qi! Don't make trouble! Aunt Quan's words are not wrong!"
Wen Qingzhu was furious, but with Wen Guanbin here, she didn't dare to be too presumptuous.
He just turned away his face and kept his head down without speaking.
Aunt Quan glanced at Wen Qingzhu and suddenly thought of Miss Six from the last time.
Why are they both granddaughters of the Wen family? What a big difference!
Even if Wen Qingzhu's etiquette is indeed fine, she is a very senior grandmother, and she was actually questioned by a little girl!
no! She had to pick a bone.
Thinking of this, Aunt Quan turned around and said, "Miss Seven, please sit down and see how your flower arranging skills are?"
Mrs. Liu nodded quickly: "Quick, sit down."
Wen Qingzhu had no choice but to sit down.
Aunt Quan stood nearby and said condescendingly: "Miss Seven, you can start now. You can pick a vase first."
Wen Qingzhu suppressed his dissatisfaction and turned his head to glance at the vase.
These vases looked particularly familiar to her.
One of the vases with a carp in a lotus pond is almost the most conspicuous one in the palace of Queen Zheng.
She raised her eyes and looked at Aunt Quan.
Grandma Quan's heart jumped inexplicably when she saw her.
All I heard was Wen Qingzhu pointing to the vase with the carp picture in the lotus pond and saying, "That's it."
When Grandma Quan saw it, her eyes narrowed.
Not this one…
Then, Wen Qingzhu asked the maid to send several kinds of flowers.
Wen Qingzhu cut the flower branches quickly and steadily, and in less than a quarter of an hour, a vase of flowers was ready.
"Mommy, what do you think of this vase of flowers?" Wen Qingzhu stood up and looked at her with a smile.
Aunt Quan didn't know that this vase of flowers was Empress Zheng's favorite combination.
Even His Majesty today praised him, and he even had many poems written by the talented men of the Hanlin Academy.
"Very good." Aunt Quan squeezed out two words with difficulty.
However, her next sentence secretly belittled Wen Qingzhu: "But blindly copying Empress Zheng's outfits, Miss Seven has no intention."
"After all, I am a beginner! Then I will mix a new bottle for grandma according to Queen Zheng's mixing method."
Wen Qingzhu obviously had a gentle smile, but in the eyes of Granny Quan, it looked like he was provocative.
In less than two quarters of an hour, Wen Qingzhu once again paired a vase of flowers.
Whether it is the choice of bottles or the color types of flowers, they are all different from the original ones.
But the whole feeling is exactly the same as before.
Aunt Quan was very frightened, but she could not praise Wen Qingzhu.
Once she praised Wen Qingzhu, the money she got might be gone.
"Okay, okay, but here..."
Since it was different from before, Granny Quan naturally tried her best to find fault.
Wen Qingzhu's face kept smiling, and he had already decided in his heart that this nanny Quan was a liar.
One morning passed, and Wen Qingzhu was finally liberated.
When leaving Fushou Hall, I met Wen Qingxin.
"Hello, Seventh Sister." Wen Qingxin greeted her politely.
Wen Qingzhu nodded. He was about to leave, but suddenly thought of something.
"Sister Eleven, what are you doing at Fushou Hall?"
"Grandma hired me a nun from the palace. Didn't Seventh Sister just finish her studies?" Wen Qingxin looked at her strangely. Didn't she know about this
Wen Qingzhu thought for a moment: "So that's the case, but sister Eleven should be careful, that Aunt Quan is good at not talking nonsense."
"Well, sister will remember it. Thank you for reminding me." Wen Qingxin smiled friendly.
After Wen Qingzhu left, he found that there were more flowers in the house.
She got angry when she saw this!
This nanny Quan is just looking for trouble. We need to drive her away as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Wen Qingzhu called Jasmine and asked her to find out the origins of Aunt Quan.
As soon as Jasmine left, Wen Mingxuan came over with Ah Lai.
"Sister, I have something to tell you."
Seeing Wen Mingxuan looking at the servants on the left and right, Wen Qingzhu asked them all to retreat.
When there were only two of them left in the room, Wen Mingxuan spoke nervously.
"Sister, I, Zimingtang, saw Master Wan coming today and heard that he brought a message, saying that there is a way to save the uncle, but it will cost two hundred thousand silver."
Wen Qingzhu's expression condensed. Is there anything Wanjia can do at this time
"Where did you hear that?" Wen Qingzhu held Wen Mingxuan's shoulders.
Wen Mingxuan pointed in the direction of the school: "Today is the last day of school. The teacher gave me some tasks, so I stayed a little longer. While sorting things under the desk, Master Wan came in with his second brother. They didn't notice I."
Wen Qingzhu patted his shoulder: "You did a good job, but you have to be careful about this kind of thing in the future."
After Wen Mingxuan left, Wen Qingzhu immediately sent Shaoyao to Fuyuan.
This news must have made Yang very excited.
If nothing else, Wen Guanbin still saved Wen Bogui.
But two hundred thousand taels is a bit too much. The Wen family didn't even come up with one hundred thousand taels last time.
In the end, it was still the money Wanjia borrowed, but I don’t know if the money has been repaid now
That night, Uncle Wen came to the east courtyard with a cold face.
Wen Qingzhu is having a meal.
Seeing him coming, he told Xi'er: "Bring me a pair of chopsticks."
Just as Xi'er was about to take action, Uncle Wen stopped her: "No, I'm here to ask you, how much cash is your mother's dowry?"
The smile on Wen Qingzhu's face faded, and he waved the rest of the people away.
"What does father mean by this?"
Uncle Wen looked at her steadily: "Do you have two hundred thousand taels?"
Wen Qingzhu frowned: "Father, you just asked for two hundred thousand taels. Although my grandfather was an imperial doctor, he was kind-hearted and gave away most of the money he earned. Although he left some for his mother, it was impossible. So many!”
"Where's the one hundred thousand taels of silver! I know your mother still has several shops and villages! If you sell them all, you should have one hundred thousand taels!" Wen Shuquan's expression was cold, but also very calm.
Wen Qingzhu looked at him: "What does father want so much money for? This is mother's money. It is reserved for me and Xuan'er, not for father? Doesn't father know that the husband's family has no right to dispose of the dowry brought by the daughter-in-law? "
"Your grandfather said that as long as I help redeem your uncle, he will let me take your uncle's place!"
Wen Qingzhu smiled sarcastically: "Do you mean to use my mother's money to buy your official position?"
Uncle Wen was silent and simply said: "It's much more than that. The Wen family may also be mine in the future."
"Really? Are you sure? Now the fourth uncle controls the Wen family's money." Wen Qingzhu hit the point and exposed his greedy desires.
"I will return it to you in the future." Wen Shuquan's eyes darkened.
Only then did Wen Qingzhu realize that the maids who had retreated seemed to have been taken away.
"Father! Are you forcing me?" Wen Qingzhu stood up and looked at him steadily.
Uncle Wen smiled: "Zhu'er, how can you call this stupid? I'm just borrowing your mother's money temporarily!"
Seeing Wen Shuquan's unabashed expression of gratitude, Wen Qingzhu felt sick in his heart.
My mother was really blind when she met Wen Shuquan, a wolf-hearted person.
"Okay!" Wen Qingzhu thought about it and felt that this might be an opportunity.
Wen Shuquan calmed down and looked at her with squinted eyes.
She actually agreed
"But I have a condition. Don't say one hundred thousand taels. I also have two hundred thousand taels, but you have to ensure that your fourth uncle does not want the position of heir to the Wen family!" Wen Qingzhu's smile gradually became gloomy.