With conclusive evidence, Wen Qingzhu was not in a hurry.
The weather is gradually getting warmer, March has passed, and in April, spring shirts can be seen everywhere on the streets.
The haze of the Yue Kingdom's rebellion gradually dissipated, and the capital returned to its former lively appearance.
Early that morning, Zhou Sang came to Xue Mansion quietly.
Wen Qingzhu entertained him in Luoying Pavilion.
But the peach grove in the courtyard is still pink. Sitting in the pavilion, the scent of peach blossom cakes made with peach blossom wine comes to your nostrils.
Zhou Sang withdrew his gaze and said with emotion: "Xiaoyi and Xiaohuo searched all over the capital a few days ago, but they couldn't find the peach blossom forest that was still in full bloom, but they didn't expect that there is such a scenery hidden in your yard."
"If they are still looking, just come to me directly." Wen Qingzhu brought up the warm wine and poured Zhou Sang a glass.
It has a faint aroma of wine and a hint of pink.
Zhou Sang raised the cup and shook it gently: "When I drank peach blossom wine before, I could only smell the smell of peach blossoms. When I drank the peach blossom wine from you today, there seemed to be peach blossoms in the cup. But when I shook the cup, there were actually peach blossoms in it. Nothing at all."
"It's boring at home now. It's just some gadgets. If Uncle Zhou likes it, I'll ask Shaoyao to go to your house and teach your cook."
These words came out of Wen Qingzhu's mouth casually. Zhou Sang thought of all the recent events in the capital and couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
"If you don't want to stay in the capital anymore, you might as well go somewhere else." Zhou Saang took out an invitation, put it on the table and pushed it in front of Wen Qingzhu.
Only then did she turn her gaze back, and what came into view was a huge character named Qiao.
"Qiao family?" Wen Qingzhu reached out to open the invitation and found that the Qiao family was a local wealthy businessman in Lingcheng.
Zhou Sang explained: "You should have seen Qiao Hu. The current head of the Qiao family in Lingcheng is his second grandfather. At first, the Qiao family in Jingcheng was implicated in the incident of Fu Lie's father. The Qiao family in Lingcheng published a genealogy before the incident. Only in this way can we save Mr. Qiao’s family.”
Wen Qingzhu understood what he meant and put away the invitation.
But she was a little confused: "Aren't you planning to put the marriage between Su Huo and Sister Zhou on the agenda this year?"
When talking about this matter, Zhou Sang's face was full of sorrow, and he took out two horoscopes.
He pointed to the horoscopes on the table and said: "I begged the emperor to give Su Huo's horoscopes. There is no problem in going to Fengguo Temple, but neither Xiaoyi nor Su Huo are willing to decide so early, so..."
Before she finished speaking, Zhou Sang looked at her expectantly: "Can you please help me persuade her? I can wait, but Xiaoyi's grandmother can't wait any longer. Her health has become worse and worse in the past two years."
"But aren't there two girls from the Zhou family who are married? Xiaoyi also has a nephew, Mrs. Zhou?"
"Her mother died young and Concubine Zhou had just had an accident. I had to help deal with the Zhou family's affairs. Xiaoyi was raised by her mother."
Wen Qingzhu nodded and finally accepted the request.
Not long after Zhou Sang left, Jasmine came back and brought a bunch of things.
Wen Qingzhu walked to the front hall and watched the maids and servants come in one after another, carrying boxes and boxes of things to the house as if they were free of charge.
There was a well-dressed middle-aged man who was orderly directing things to visit.
This man was the steward brought back to the capital by Mrs. Fu. He was an orphan and had been given the surname Fu many years ago.
She appeared in the front hall, and Manager Fu immediately saw her with sharp eyes.
He immediately handed over these tasks to the people next to him. He bent down and came over with a smile to salute and say hello: "I have met Miss Wen."
"Manager Fu, you are so polite. What are these things today?" Wen Qingzhu glanced around the room.
Her front room was not small, but the things she moved in took up half of the space.
Manager Fu immediately explained attentively: "It's Miss Jasmine. She brought out two medicinal recipes a few days ago. The wife's health is much better. The head of the house ordered these things and delivered them. I hope Miss Wen won't dislike it."
Soon, Manager Fu assigned a few people to bring up the most valuable things.
The brocade boxes were opened one by one, and there were either dove egg-sized pearls or crystal clear agate, as well as some novelties brought back from the West.
A shiny gold pocket watch, a small and exquisite pair of binoculars, and a velvet folding fan that exudes a strange fragrance.
"Mrs. Tai is too polite. These things are too expensive for me to use. Jasmine also likes them." Wen Qingzhu actually knew what Mrs. Fu meant, but why did the Fu family not do anything and seemed to want to share the benefits afterwards? Woolen cloth.
Manager Fu looked embarrassed and said: "My wife, I want to thank Miss Jasmine. If you hadn't trained and taught me -"
Before he finished speaking, Wen Qingzhu's eyes narrowed, and he almost subconsciously stopped talking and lowered his head.
Lu Tao held Wen Qingzhu's hand and said for her: "Manager Fu, we have collected all the things you sent us a few days ago. After all, Jasmine is the lady's maid, so it is not a big deal to carry her with her at the Fu family all the time."
"Yes, yes, yes." Manager Fu said yes quickly, not knowing what to do.
The first time Wen Qingzhu came here, she talked to him. Last time and this time, everything she had to say was done by Lu Tao.
This shows that Wen Qingzhu is impatient.
"Our lady will leave the capital in a few days. When the time comes, she will take Jasmine with her and leave here. Please also ask the Fu family to prepare. We will send someone to pick Jasmine back tomorrow."
Manager Fu immediately raised his head, and when he was about to speak, he saw Wen Qingzhu's eyes, as deep as a cold pool. ,
The words that reached the throat were swallowed back immediately.
Half an hour later, the gifts from the Fu family were sent back intact.
Wen Qingzhu took Lu Tao and Xi'er out to Dali Temple.
In Mrs. Fu's yard.
Things in the yard are almost piled up.
Jasmine pushed the dowager's wheelchair out.
Fu Xuan, who was standing under the corridor, heard the sound, turned around, and quickly took the wheelchair from Jasmine's hand.
"Mother."
Mrs. Fu's wife was sitting in a wheelchair. The wrinkles on her face were piled up layer by layer, hanging down under her jawbone, like black face that couldn't be rubbed away.
Her eye sockets were sunken, but her gaze was not cloudy, but shone brightly.
Looking at the gift that was sent back in front of her, Mrs. Tai patted the back of Fu Xuan's hand: "Yu'er was right from the beginning!"
Fu Xuan couldn't help but tighten his hand on the armrest of the wheelchair, but he still said in a calm voice: "In a daughter's house, the final decision-maker is not Wen Shuquan!"
"What about your mother and me?" Madam Fu knew her son too well. He was proud and arrogant. In his hands, the Fu family had almost reached a height that the Fu family had never seen before.
But because of this, the Fu family also lost a lot.
Therefore, in this turmoil of emperor change, the Fu family is far less stable than the Wei family.
"My child... I'm wrong." The veins on the back of Fu Xuan's hands popped out, and he was unwilling to admit that he had gone the wrong way.
But since the last imperial examination, Fu Lie was directly excluded from the center of power by the emperor.
On the contrary, the once declining Wei family was full of talents and returned to the center of the imperial court in just a few years.
Mrs. Tai sighed and said, "It's time for you to delegate your power. Yu'er was taught by Jing'er and Ah Rong. Next, you should also visit Zhou's family. Mrs. Zhou happens to be in poor health. Please go over and check on you." Sister-in-law, too."
Fu Xuan didn't say anything, and the wife didn't force him.
Instead, he told Manager Fu who was waiting in front of him: "Since the girl won't accept her, let her stay with Yu'er. It's time for him to get married."
Jasmine stood behind, listening to them quietly.
The Madam did not shy away from Jasmine on many things. Over the past month or so, she had a thorough understanding of the Fu family's decay and predicament.
At the beginning, she didn't quite understand why Fu Yu insisted on finding Fu Lie and cooperating with the lady.
The Fu family may really have a chance.
The air in the archives room of Dali Temple is a little damp.
Green Tao carefully held up a lamp to clear the way ahead. The moisture became heavier as we went inside, mixed with the smell of rotten and moldy paper.
Wen Qingzhu frowned slightly, how long has it been since no one cleaned this place
After searching around, there was the sound of a door opening and the sound of someone talking in the distance behind me.
One of the voices belonged to Suho.
Wen Qingzhu immediately lifted up her skirt and urged Lu Tao: "Hurry up, Su Huo is coming."
The two people walked forward quickly, green pottery protecting the lamp, and Wen Qingzhu looking at the year carved on the shelf.
Almost reaching the end, Wen Qingzhu reached the year she was looking for.
After stopping, Wen Qingzhu asked Lu Tao to come closer, but Lu Tao didn't dare.
"Miss, we can't get any closer. If the sparks fly out and burn this place, our ten heads won't be enough to chop it off."
"No! This is a rare opportunity!" Wen Qingzhu took Lu Tao's hand and waited, directly approaching the shelf with stacks of files.
Seeing this scene, Lu Tao was frightened, but she did not dare to say anything.
Because Su Huo came here with people.
She covered her mouth and prayed that the lady would find her faster.
After searching ten floors intently, Wen Qingzhu finally saw a familiar name.
Just as he was about to reach out to take it, his wrist was suddenly grabbed.
Su Huo's voice came from his ears: "Miss Wen! You are too bold!"
Being caught by his master, Wen Qingzhu stood up straight helplessly and turned to look at Su Huo: "Master Su, if Sister Zhou sees this scene, what will she think?"
When she said this, she pointed at his hand that was tightly grasping Wen Qingzhu's wrist.
Su Huo's expression remained unchanged and he said calmly: "Xiaoyi is right behind you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yi's voice came from behind: "Sister Wen, you know that if you really take out General Yang's files, Brother Su will be in trouble. This matter is not as simple as you think."
Wen Qingzhu turned around in surprise and found Zhou Yi holding Lu Tao's hand tightly, fearing what Lu Tao would do.
"Su Huo, why did you suddenly become a thief?" Wen Qingzhu was helpless.
She wanted to investigate the matter of Yang Shoucun and Fu Shu, but it seemed that all traces of this matter had been erased, and she could not find any information.
Only then did the idea come to Dali Temple. The case of Yang Shoucun and Fu Shu was handled by Wei Zheng.
"Come out with us. I can pretend you didn't come here today."
With that said, Su Huo took Wen Qingzhu's wrist to play outside.
Wen Qingzhu suddenly raised the lamp in his other hand, approached the shelf and threatened: "Let me go! Don't let me burn this place down immediately!"
"You!" Su Huo knew that Wen Qingzhu was a man of his word, and his face turned blue with anger.
Zhou Yi, who was holding Lu Tao, changed her face and hurriedly tried to hold Wen Qingzhu's hand holding the lamp.
But this time Lu Tao pulled her back and said, "Miss Zhou, I am threatening you, not just Mr. Su."
"Sister Wen!" Zhou Yi was helpless and could only try to persuade her, "The case you want to investigate is too involved. General Wei Fengwei, you saw it! He was also investigating that case at the beginning!"
Wen Qingzhu suddenly turned around and stared into Zhou Yi's eyes: "You said Wei Feng's matter has something to do with them?"
Zhou Yi immediately covered her mouth and looked at Su Huo with some fear.
Su Huo let go of her hand and said, "Come out with me, and I'll tell you everything I know, but you have to promise not to think about the Dali Temple files again."