"I'll invite her tomorrow."
"Remember to call me too." How can I miss her when my sister is having a happy event?
"Okay." Xu Jiang poured wine to toast her, and the two of them drank a glass affectionately.
After the banquet, it was still early, and Manager Wang and his father-in-law drunkenly sent everyone out, and then were helped back one by one by his wife's brother.
Guards Xue and Zhu were well-behaved and looked clear-headed, but Liang Mo saw that it was impossible, so Xu Jiang asked Guard Zhu to take him back, and Guard Xue to go back to the house with her.
Xu Jiang fed Uncle Chai and Yue Nu with the mutton bones and meat rice brought from Manager Wang's house, then checked the door and locked the front and back yard doors before setting off to return to the house.
When we reached the alley entrance, a figure followed the carriage all the way to Zhaoxingfang.
When Xu Si saw Xu Jiang get off the carriage and enter the mansion, he was filled with jealousy, "That damn girl has managed to climb up the social ladder."
When he heard Manager Wu and Zhou Huai talk about it before, he didn't believe it. He just thought that the wild man in her shop was the lover of this shameless girl. He never thought that he was a high-ranking official in the court.
He explained why he was wanted for no reason and why Xu Si and Xu Twelve were in jail. It turned out that this damn girl had gotten close to the powerful.
Having gained such power, he is still reluctant to return the Xu family's property. He is truly greedy!
Seeing that Xu Jiang entered the building and never came out, Xu Si spat in hatred, then sneaked back to Wanjuan Tower to discuss the matter with Zhou Huai.
No matter what, he wanted Xu Jiang to spit out everything that belonged to the Xu family!
After Xu Jiang returned to the Lou residence, Lou Jing had not yet returned. Thinking that things were not going well, she asked Guard Xue to go and get him. However, this time, Lou Jing did not return until midnight. After returning, Lou Jing went straight back to the main courtyard. Xu Jiang did not want to disturb him again, so she went to bed.
The next morning, when I went to have breakfast with Mrs. Lou, I found that he was also there, but had not gone to court.
Xu Jiang asked, "Isn't the Lesser Heat holiday a one-day holiday? Why hasn't your uncle gone to court yet?"
Lou Jing said, "Your Majesty is ill and will suspend court for three days. I will go directly to the Imperial Examination Hall later."
"Are you ill? Didn't you take your ministers to Qujiang yesterday to cool off?" He also brought his empress and several idle princes in Beijing.
Lou Jing dismissed his attendants, and when only he, Madam Lou, and Xu Jiang were left in the room, he lowered his voice and said gravely, "Yesterday, the sage accidentally choked on water while touring Qujiang. Although he was treated, he became ill from the shock and is not fully conscious, so he is temporarily unable to govern."
No wonder.
"Is this the reason you came home last night?"
"Yeah." After he learned that something had happened to the Saint yesterday, he went to the Imperial City to inquire about the situation, which was why he came back late.
Xu Jiang always felt that this matter was strange. When a saint travels, all preparations must be made with great care. How could an accident happen as soon as it was said?
Thinking of the "accident" that Master Lin and several ministers had encountered before, Xu Jiang's heart couldn't help but feel cold.
"There have been too many 'accidents' recently. Uncle, please be extra careful."
"Yes." Lou Jing couldn't help but think that girls are warm-hearted and considerate, unlike those taciturn guys who are out there. They don't show their concern and even speak in a snarky way.
Alas, I wonder how this debt collector son is doing outside.
Thousands of miles away, Lou Yunchun, who had just passed Xiaoguan and was heading towards Jingzhou, sneezed because of the itching of the wind and sand. Then he took out the Mi Li that Xu Jiang had bought for him and put it with him.
The closer they got to Jingzhou, the stronger the wind and sand became, indicating that they were about to leave the country.
After leaving the border, I'm afraid it won't be as peaceful as it is inside the border.
On the other hand, Zhao Xiu finally caught up with the Tibetan merchants in Xiaoguan.
But to his disappointment, he was one step too slow, and the jade tiger had already been sold by the Tibetan merchants to a group of Turkic merchants.
Zhao Xiu asked about the whereabouts of the Turkic merchants and learned that they would go through Beiting and Anxi to Western Turkestan, so he had to chase the Turkic merchant caravan again.
The Yue doctor was no longer useful and would be a burden to keep, so he was thrown into Xiaoguan and left to fend for himself.
After the Lesser Heat, the weather became hotter, and the princes, nobles, and wealthy families in the capital all went to their manors outside the city to escape the heat.
"I'm going to hide in Xiaozhuxi tomorrow too." Ji Shan was happily waving the fan given by Xu Jiang.
Xu Jiang stopped what she was doing, washed the ink off her hands, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her face before inviting him back to the bookstore to sit down.
Ji Shan took the cold tea from Xu Jiang and said, "You're printing in this hot weather, aren't you afraid of getting a heat stroke?"
"It's early now, so we have to print more. We won't be able to move in the afternoon." Xu Jiang poured himself a cup and drank it in a few gulps.
Ji Shan took a sip and said, "After all, you are young and can withstand the hard work, but my old bones can't stand the heat."
"I just heard you say you were going to Xiaozhuxi to escape the summer heat?" Xu Jiang smiled and said, "That's a great place."
"I actually didn't want to go. It was arranged by my family, and I don't want to disappoint them."
"It's your children and grandchildren who honor you."
Ji Shan couldn't help but smile, and then asked, "Isn't the 'Origin of Cultural Context' about to be published?"
He came here today for this matter.
Xu Jiang replied, "We're currently finalizing the binding. The Imperial College is well staffed, so it should be out in four or five days. It should go on sale after the students return to classes, but Song Xuelu has said that after the book is published, he can allocate a batch to me for sale first, as a reward."
"That's great." Ji Shan asked again, "How many sets can you get?"
"About forty sets."
Ji Shan hurriedly said, "Then you have to save two sets for me first."
Xu Jiang suppressed a smile, "Don't you already have a set?"
"That's yours, and this is from the Imperial College. They're different. Plus, this is a first edition, with only 300 copies. More copies will be hard to come by. And one of my two sets belongs to Brother Deng. He's in the country and can't come, so he asked me to place an order for him."
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