Chapter 314 Is This a Bad Thing?

Accompany my wife to finish breakfast.

Qin Chi did not change into official uniform and go to the yamen.

Song Jin raised his eyelids and asked, "Sir, don't you have to go to the government office?"

"We just came back from disaster relief. His Majesty sent a message, asking us to rest for a few days." Qin Chi said this, but his tone hid something. "It's only a few days until the court meeting on the 15th. I will stay at home with my wife for the next few days."

"Is this a shame?"

Song Jin vaguely knew that things were going to get uneasy.

Qin Chi leaned close to Song Jin's ear and whispered about disaster relief, including the Ten Thousand People Umbrella and the Letter of Gratitude. "Our emperor is not a diligent emperor. He is lucky to handle government affairs for three to five days a month. This time, he must have known about the Letter of Gratitude, so he let me rest until the day of the grand court meeting."

This is a credit to Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, history books will definitely record this, such as a grand court meeting on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, when Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty was loved by all the people and they jointly presented a silk book of gratitude.

In his later years, Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty attached particular importance to posthumous reputation.

In fact, this is also because officials of the fifth rank are generally not qualified to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

The officials who returned from the disaster relief work had to either wait to be summoned by the emperor, or wait for the grand court meeting on the first and fifteenth day of each month, or submit their reports on the disaster relief work to the cabinet, which would then be submitted to the Emperor Mingcheng after discussion, and then rewarded based on their merits.

Qin Chi returned from disaster relief.

Emperor Cheng of the Ming Dynasty definitely knew about it.

Otherwise, there would be no oral instruction for him to go home and rest first.

Qin Chi himself just wanted to rest. He didn't eat or sleep well during the disaster relief work, and he even fell ill during the journey. He had to travel all night when he came back, and even a strong body couldn't bear it.

Song Jin held his hand and said, "Let Doctor Jing take care of you and go to court after you are well."

"good."

Qin Chi's brows and eyes relaxed.

Doctor Jing arrived very quickly.

His apprentice's medical skills are good enough, but he is not as good as Doctor Jing in terms of experience. Or rather, people trust Doctor Jing's medical skills more than his apprentice's.

then.

Qin Chi is recuperating at home.

The news that the relief team returned to Beijing in the middle of the night had already spread to a small extent. There were so many people traveling together that the news could not be concealed at all. Even the chief relief officer, Lord Qin, received news that his wife had a miscarriage on the way back, which spread the news that the entire team was traveling day and night.

Some people jokingly said that several horses died along the way.

Others said that most of the soldiers were sick from exhaustion.

Even the most trivial things are turned into gossip.

The couple heard this at home, and Song Jin couldn't help laughing, "Is this true?"

"How can this be false?" Qin Chi raised his eyebrows.

Song Jin's cheeks heated up slightly, "I thought it was an exaggeration. You know that most rumors are made up."

Qin Chi was grinding ink, but his eyes were shining and his mouth was slightly raised, "Are you shy, my lady?"

"Oh."

Song Jin suddenly came back to his senses.

I figured something out, and the embarrassment suddenly disappeared.

Suddenly realizing that her reaction to Qin Chi's return was indeed a bit too much, so much that it was a bit unlike herself? Song Jin raised her eyes and met Qin Chi's gaze, then lowered her head as if avoiding him, with a faint smile on her lips, and her sitting posture was gentle and submissive, as if the shyness on her face just now was Qin Chi's illusion.

This made Qin Chi feel upset.

Was he just being mean? After being married for many years, he rarely saw Song Jin showing the delicate behavior that a woman should have. After finally getting pregnant, she went back to being pregnant.

Qin Chi put down the ink stick and said calmly, "As for this rumor, it is usually more false than true, but this time it is true. In order to return to Beijing to see my wife earlier, I did set off overnight. The rumor that several horses died is false, because only one horse died."

Song Jin stared at him with a smile in his eyes.

Wait for him to continue.

Qin Chi knew that her attention was back on him, and he immediately felt better. "The number of soldiers who fell ill was even more exaggerated. As far as I know, there were only two or three who were infected with the cold. Doctor Xiao Jing went to see them, and they recovered in a few days."

Song Jin lowered his eyes, pursed his lips and smiled softly.

It wasn't just the two of them talking about the rumors outside.

Qin Ba and the others in the front yard were also talking about this.

Anyone who paid attention to Qin Chi also knew it, such as the Yuanwailang and the chief official of the Yuhengsi of the Ministry of Works.

They have seen Song Jin.

When they heard this rumor again, while others believed it completely, they were skeptical.

"Dr. Qin really did such a thing as to kill several horses and make most of his entourage sick for the sake of his wife?"

One of the people in charge questioned.

Another person in charge said, "That's what's being said outside. I don't quite believe it. His wife isn't a beauty. She can only be called pretty. How could a man like Lord Qin..."

"Shut up. Didn't you see it last time? They have a very good relationship as a couple." Yuanwailang interrupted their speculation.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"We didn't believe it, but you believed it."

The two leaders chuckled.

Yuanwailang curled his lips and said, "If you want to know whether it's true or not, why don't you go to Cuihua Hutong and take a look yourself?"

"I couldn't see Madam Qin in the past."

That's exactly the reason.

When a male guest comes to the house, the female family members usually avoid him.

The last time they were able to see each other was when she asked him to go to the yamen and deliver food to her husband.

The three of them, as subordinates, said so verbally, but when it was almost time to leave the government office, they still agreed to pay the visit with appropriate etiquette, and Qin Chi came out to meet the guests in the hall.

When they saw Qin Chi, they complimented him again.

Qin Chi wanted to keep them for dinner, but the three insisted on declining.

After one person gave a return gift, Qin Chi escorted the three people to the door.

Qin Chi, who was standing at the door and about to turn around and go back into the house, suddenly saw Dong Xingde opposite his house.

When Dong Xingde looked at Qin Chi, his face was still expressionless, as if someone owed him something.

Qin Chi didn't take it seriously and raised his hand to greet him. "Mr. Dong, what a coincidence. Would you like to come to my house for a drink? I have a few jars of barley wine in my collection."

He invited this in his mouth.

In his opinion, Dong Xingde would not agree.

As he waited for Dong Xingde to refuse.

Unexpectedly, Dong Xingde, who was about to enter the Dong family, turned around and walked towards the Qin family.

Qin Chi was surprised for only a moment, then he turned sideways and invited the person into the house.

Dong Xingde was also the top scholar and he worked as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy for four years.

Qin Chi is now a doctor. It is said that he has completed the disaster relief work successfully and has become famous in Taihu Lake. I believe he will be promoted again soon. Dong Xingde cannot deny that he is envious.

Since the other party invited him to drink.

Why shouldn't I?

He was quite aloof in the past few years, but what was the result?

It’s better to stay in the original position and be an idler.

Dong Xingde walked past Qin Chi, took a few steps and looked back, only to find that Qin Chi was still standing there in a daze. The corner of his mouth raised smugly, "You thought I wouldn't agree, right? If you don't drink the cheap food and wine, you're a fool, hum."

He shook his head and walked in more like a master than Qin Chi.

Qin Chi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly followed.