Chapter 163 Is Minister Wei a Thief?
In the letter, Duan promised her that she would take her to the Chongyue Princess's residence to offer sacrifices on the Double Ninth Festival.
One cannot enter Princess Chongyue's mansion whenever one wants. Even if one is from the Duan family, there must be a reason. It is appropriate and reasonable to commemorate the deceased on the Double Ninth Festival.
There is only more than half a month left until the Double Ninth Festival.
The matter was settled, and Chang Suining felt relieved. He put the letter away, handed it to Xier, and said to Wei Shuyi, "Please ask Minister Wei and Madam Duan to reply and tell them that I will not break my promise."
Wei Shuyi didn't know when his mother had invited Chang Suining to go and what, so he just smiled and nodded in agreement.
Then he smiled at Chang Suining and said, "Today I am here to see General Chang off at the order of the Holy Lord. I thought I would see Madam Chang at the city gate and pass on this letter, but I didn't see Madam Chang, so I had no choice but to come to your house to bother you."
Then he looked at Cui Jing and said, "But I didn't expect that Grand Commander Cui was here too... Is Grand Commander Cui planning to go back?"
Cui Jing hummed "hmm" but did not move.
Although Wei Shuyi greeted everyone with a smile and would even talk to a mosquito flying by, he always felt that this person treated Chang Suining differently from others.
Speaking of which, the first time he saw Chang Suining in a memorable way, she appeared with Wei Shuyi.
At that time, she and Wei Shuyi were returning to Beijing from Hezhou together, and they were assassinated together.
He was not used to prying into other people's private affairs, so although he saw that she was a girl and quickly knew her identity, he did not investigate in detail why she appeared in Hezhou and what she had experienced.
He didn't know, but Wei Shuyi knew.
In this case, Wei Shuyi had known her earlier, and the two had some common secrets and tacit understanding.
She likes making friends so much and has formed a society in the Imperial College. So, in her eyes, Wei Shuyi is also her friend, right?
Cui Jing's face was cold and expressionless, but his fingers behind his back would tap silently from time to time. His eyes would silently move back and forth between Chang Suining and Wei Shuyi, paying attention to their conversation.
The two chatted for a while, and Wei Shuyi's eyes fell on the chessboard beside him. He asked curiously, "Madam Chang was playing chess just now?"
"Yeah." Chang Suining looked at Cui Jing and said casually, "I played a game with General Cui."
Wei Shuyi became more and more curious: "Who wins and who loses?"
Cui Jing looked at him: "I lose, she wins."
Wei Shuyi looked away from the chessboard and towards Cui Jing, laughing in surprise: "General Cui actually lost?"
Cui Jing: "She plays chess very skillfully, and she is able to move forward and backward freely and decisively. It's no wonder that I lost."
Wei Shuyi laughed again.
When he looked at Cui Ling'an, he was not only convinced, but he also felt that he had lost well and that the loss was very satisfying. Wasn't this the way he should have lost?
"This is the first time I've heard Grand Commander Cui praise someone like this. I'm afraid someone is exaggerating, isn't he?"
Wei Shuyi looked back and forth between the two of them, and finally smiled at Chang Suining: "I wonder if I am lucky enough to be taught by Madam Chang, so that I can tell whether what Grand Commander Cui said is true or false?"
Chang Suining refused without a second thought, saying that she would do it next time. She had already sat for half a day, and even if the king of heaven came, there was no way he would ask her to sit for another half a day. However, when she was about to speak, she heard a voice that spoke before her.
"Since I've lost, you have no chance of winning. There's no need to bother with this." Cui Jing said indifferently.
Wei Shuyi frowned and said, "Cui Ling'an, are you saying that I am not as good as you in chess?"
Cui Jing looked calm, with his hands behind his back, and said nothing, but his expression had already given the answer.
Wei Shuyi simply raised his hand to point to the chessboard and suggested, "Words are not enough, how about we play a game now?"
The opportunity to play chess with Cui Lingan is more rare than playing chess with Madam Chang.
Cui Jing: "I am not free today. I will be waiting for you in Xuan Ce Mansion tomorrow."
Wei Shuyi didn't argue and took his hand back: "Okay, then it's settled!"
Cui Jing nodded and said, "Since Minister Wei has delivered the letter, I think it's time for him to go back."
Wei Shuyi: “?”
He hasn't even had his tea yet.
Cui Jing invited, "How about we go together?"
Wei Shuyi was surprised.
It must be said that this was the first time that Cui Lingan "invited" him to do something together.
He seemed to think about it for a moment before nodding and smiling: "Okay."
He said goodbye to Chang Suining and Chang Sui'an, and smiled at Chang Suining, "... Then I will play chess with Madam Chang after I defeat her."
Chang Suining nodded with a smile and glanced at Cui Jing: "Okay."
Cui Jing looked straight ahead, but Yuan Xiang felt that his own commander-in-chief had probably already deployed a chess formation in his heart to block the enemy in front of the dangerous mountain gate of Shu Road, with the spirit of one man blocking the pass and ten thousand men unable to pass.
Chang Sui'an saw this and said, "Let me see off Grand Commander Cui and Minister Wei!"
"No need to bother." Wei Shuyi said with a smile, "I am already familiar with the road in front of your house, so you can leave the house on your own."
Cui Jing looked at him: "..." Is this guy showing off something?
Chang Sui'an did not insist on seeing him off, but he still sent a servant to lead the way.
Cui Jing took two steps, but suddenly stopped as if he remembered something, and turned back to look at Chang Suining.
Chang Suining: "Does Grand Commander Cui have anything else to say?"
"In order to prevent the last incident from happening again, I have asked someone to bring Liuhuo back to Xuan Ce Mansion." Cui Jing said.
This was a good thing, but Chang Suining felt a little strange. Why did he... tell her about Liu Huo? "I remember that when we were at Furongyuan Racecourse, Liu Huo treated you very well." Cui Jing explained, "You promised to go see it again."
Is that why?
Chang Suining came back to his senses, seemed to think about it, and then nodded: "It seems to be the case."
But it was obviously just a polite remark from her at the time. Did he take it seriously? Cui Jing said seriously, "Lihuo is very smart, and as he grows older, he has learned human nature. Since you promised to go see it, it will always be worried if it doesn't see you."
Chang Suining agreed with this. Since she had the opportunity to see Liuhuo openly, she would not refuse. She nodded and said, "Okay, then I will go to Xuan Ce Mansion to see it when I have time."
Cui Jing nodded and left.
On the way, Wei Shuyi looked at the young man beside him in surprise, and asked in a low voice: "I say, Cui Lingan...you insisted on taking me with you, are you trying to prevent thieves?"
The young man paused slightly, turned his head and looked at him. He did not deny or avoid the question, but asked him: "Is Minister Wei a thief?"
When he met the young man's naturally noble and cold eyes, Wei Shuyi was suddenly stunned.
The autumn wind blew by, and the two looked at each other in silence for a moment.
Wei Shuyi's eyes flickered slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he raised his foot and walked forward, half-jokingly said: "Just treat me as you are."
Cui Jing looked at his back for a moment before continuing to walk forward.
Wei Shuyi slowed down a few steps and waited for Cui Jing to come over. Suddenly, he asked curiously, "What is pomegranate fire?"
Cui Jing said calmly: "I don't answer thieves' questions easily."
He must have some secrets and tacit understanding with her that he couldn't tell others.
Wei Shuyi felt that the other party's targeting was so straightforward that it was absurd: "I say, Cui Ling'an, can you at least cover it up?"
But the other party answered calmly: "Everyone knows it, why should we hide it?"
Wei Shuyi didn't know that he was acting that night. Even if he wanted to make the act more realistic in front of outsiders, there was nothing wrong with his actions and words - Cui Jing thought so.
"You..." Wei Shuyi shook his head in amusement, and couldn't help but sigh: "Before this, I really didn't expect that when General Cui fell in love with someone, he would be so... natural and unpretentious."
Cui Jing ignored him and walked faster.
Wei Shuyi hurriedly followed him, and when he stepped out of the gate of Chang Mansion, he asked again: "If you don't answer the thief, then Commander Cui still agrees to play chess with him?"
Cui Jing didn't look at him: "Of course it's also to prevent thieves."
"..." Wei Shuyi looked up at the sky and sighed, "It's hard to find another person as sincere and open-minded as you in this world."
Cui Jing thought it was just a compliment, and as soon as he left Chang's house, he mounted his horse and rode away.
Wei Shuyi watched the figure riding his horse disappear into the alley, then he smiled, the meaning of which was difficult to decipher.
He looked up at the gate of Chang Mansion, and after a moment, he said, "Let's go."
When Qiao Yubai got off the carriage outside the gate of Chang Mansion, he saw Wei Shuyi's official sedan chair going away.
"Whose official sedan was that just now?"
After being welcomed into Chang's house by the doorman, Qiao Yubai asked curiously.
"Minister Wei has just been here. Commander-in-Chief Cui also came to see the general off earlier this morning, but he has just left as well."
Hearing Cui Jing's name, Qiao Yubai subconsciously became a little nervous, but then relaxed - perhaps there were too many discussions outside, and his ears were callused from hearing them every day in the Imperial College. After being in it for a long time, it was always easy for him to forget that the Hibiscus Banquet was a show jointly put on by General Cui and Ning Ning for outsiders. His mood always fluctuated between nervousness and excitement and relaxation and relief.
Qiao Yubai soon met Chang Suining.
"I think there are classes in the Imperial College today. Why are you here, Brother Yubai?"
"I asked for leave." Qiao Yubai smiled and said, "Uncle Chang went to war today, and my father and I went to the city to see him off. My father couldn't ask for leave, so he went back to the Imperial College first."
"My father and mother said that since Uncle Chang is not at home now, Ningning, you will inevitably be lonely. It would be better for you to move to the Imperial College and live there for a long time. You don't have to run back and forth every few days."
He came here just to pick someone up.
Chang Sui'an on the side widened his eyes: "What do you mean Ningning is alone? I'm still at home!"
As soon as my father left, Qiao Yubai, the bastard, came to steal his sister! Qiao Yubai looked at him and suddenly realized something. It seemed that he just remembered that there was a Chang Sui'an in the Chang Mansion, but it didn't affect anything: "It's more lively where we are, with Mianmian and Ningning as company, and it's always better to have an elder around to take care of us."
"Am I not here?" Ah Dian, who had just come to look for Chang Suining, immediately raised his hand: "Am I not little Ah Li's elder? I can take care of her!"
Chang Sui'an: "...Yes, a bit like an uncle!"
Ah Dian grabbed Manager Bai and stood him in front of him: "There's another one here!"
As he spoke, he glanced around to see which servants looked old enough, wanting to capture them all to make up the number.
"..." Qiao Yubai could only look at Chang Suining: "Ningning, what do you think?"
Chang Suining thought about it for a moment and said, "The autumn harvest has just ended, and the farms are busy now. I will wait until I am done with this period of time before going to the Imperial College."
Qiao Yubai knew that she was concerned about the affairs of the farm, so he did not force her. He only reminded her not to work too hard and to remember to return to the Imperial College when she had time.
Chang Suining agreed with a smile, and finally said: "When I'm not around, Brother Yubai will have to take care of the affairs of Wuer Society."
In the future, the days when she will have time to play polo in the Imperial College will probably become fewer and fewer.
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Not long after, Chang Sui'an successfully passed the re-examination of the Xuan Ce Army and was selected into the vanguard battalion as he wished - but this did not mean that he could immediately go to the battlefield as a vanguard. The vanguard battalion of the Xuan Ce Army was full of elite soldiers, and in addition to personal ability, they also needed to have sufficient combat experience.
Now Chang Sui'an has been selected into the vanguard camp as a new recruit, but he is only a reserve vanguard. If he wants to truly become a qualified vanguard soldier, he still needs to go through some actual combat training.
This was a very happy thing for Chang Sui'an, as his hard work day and night in the past few months had finally paid off.
Next, as a new recruit, he needs to enter the camp to adapt to military life, receive training, and become familiar with military regulations.
It would take seven or eight days for him to return home. Before leaving, he repeatedly and carefully instructed his sister for a long time. He wished he could turn his sister into the little bamboo dragonfly in Adian's hand and put her in his bag to take her with him so that he could feel at ease.
Of course, this wish could not come true. After Chang Sui'an got on the horse, he turned his back to his sister and secretly wiped away two tears.
After seeing his brother off, Chang Suining went back to the farm.
The autumn harvest was over everywhere. Shen Sanmao brought the processed account books to Chang Suining. When Chang Suining looked through them, he rubbed his hands uneasily, bowed slightly and smiled apologetically, "This year's harvest is not very satisfactory, but don't worry, girl, next year..."
"No, it's quite satisfactory." Chang Suining looked at the account book and said, "It has doubled."
this……
Shen Sanmao smiled awkwardly.
It is true that the yield has doubled, but that is because the previous harvests were so bad that they were basically half-wasted. This time it was really easy to double it.
"I had originally promised the girl that I would at least quadruple the amount first..."
Chang Suining smiled and said, "You can't become rich overnight. You just took over this season, so it's a temporary assignment. Besides, you are in charge of more than one farm, and each farm has been neglected for a long time. From the fields to the servants, it's not easy to tidy up. This is also your first time to wade through this river. You have achieved such results, which shows that you have not slacked off at all."
Shen Sanmao was stunned when he heard this.
He originally thought that the girl who dared to use a liar like him to do things would have some unrealistic thoughts and ideas, but now she was so practical, tolerant and understanding.
Shen Sanmao, who had been prepared to be scolded or even buried for failing to fulfill his boast, felt so touched that he couldn't help but shed tears of grievance in the corners of his eyes and his voice choked with sobs.
"You've hit the nail on the head, young lady. Those lazy servants are really hard to discipline and unreasonable. At first, they were dissatisfied with my arrangement and even gathered together to throw cow dung at me!"
Chang Suining looked at him sympathetically. It was very tragic. She asked with concern, "Did you smash it back?"
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(Help me, my life seems to be completely dominated by updating 4,000 words a day. The obsession with updating is everywhere. I had a dream during my nap today. In the dream, I was on a blind date, but when I looked at the time and it was getting dark, I immediately went crazy and wanted to go back to write an update! In order to go back to write, I had a mad quarrel with all the relatives, and finally my sister stole a motorcycle and we ran away desperately, just to write an update... I was so tired when I woke up, because of the mad quarrel in the dream, and I ran for a long time before I got on the motorcycle o(╥﹏╥)o)
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