Chapter 379 Waiting for Him to Come
Qin Chi went to the Yuheng Division for inspection.
The news quickly spread throughout the Ministry of Works, especially to those who were paying attention to Qin Chi's every move. Someone also passed the news to the residences of Minister Wang and Minister Zhang. There was a piece of news every hour or so.
Minister Zhang is in the mansion.
His second brother and his eldest daughter Zhang Yanzi came to look for him together.
After hesitating, the father and daughter told Qin Chi about their failed attempt to get close to him yesterday.
Minister Zhang's face darkened. "Is he really not interested in women?"
"This has not been tested out. He never got off the carriage from beginning to end, and he did not see Zier's appearance." Master Zhang still didn't believe that there would be a man who didn't like his Zier.
Minister Zhang glanced at Zhang Yanzi who was standing beside him, and then said to Master Zhang, "Don't stare at Qin Chi anymore. He probably doesn't like him. If you do something like this once, it might be a coincidence. If it happens again, your reputation will be ruined. It's not worth it."
"impossible!"
Master Zhang denied it decisively.
Zhang Yanzi also lowered her head in shame and anger.
Master Zhang said angrily, "If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't marry the emperor's eldest grandson, with Zi'er's looks, she would be qualified to be the emperor's eldest grandson's principal wife. Why would a country bumpkin from the countryside look down on Zi'er?"
"Are you crazy?" Minister Zhang glared at him.
When Master Zhang Er saw that he was about to get angry, his anger suddenly subsided a bit, "Brother, what I meant is that he didn't see Zi'er. When he sees her, he will come over on his own without us having to intervene."
"Then why are you here today?"
Minister Zhang has long known that his younger brother has little ability but great ambition.
Master Zhang then remembered the purpose of this, "I want my eldest brother to invite Qin Qi'an to come to our house as a guest, and then find a way to let him meet Zi'er, and the rest of the things will be easy."
"I won't invite him. If he wants to come to the Zhang family, I will have someone notify your second house." Minister Zhang is still pretending to be sick at home, just to show off his power to Qin Qian'an. After thinking for a while, he said, "If Qin Qian'an understands the ways of the world, he will probably come to visit in the next two days with gifts under the pretext of visiting a patient."
As soon as he said this.
The eyes of Mr. Zhang Er and Zhang Yanzi lit up.
This is good news.
After learning the news, the father and daughter sat for a while and then left.
The confidant of Minister Zhang beside him asked in confusion: "Master, how can you be sure that Qin Qi'an will come to visit the Zhang family?"
"Without the approval of Minister Wang and me, it would be impossible for Qin Qian'an to take over the Ministry of Industry smoothly. Do you really think that inspecting the four departments can solve the problem? The archive warehouse where the Ministry of Industry stores important documents has been under the control of Minister Wang and me since the Yuan family left. Without the key in our hands, Qin Qian'an can't even enter a warehouse, let alone touch the core."
This is also the reason why Minister Zhang is certain that Qin Qi'an will come to him.
If you can't get the important information from the inside, and only learn from the outside, it will undoubtedly be like looking at flowers in the fog. If Qin Chi doesn't compromise, his power will be emptied and he will be a Shangshu similar to a mascot.
Minister Zhang added: "Qin Qi'an has just taken office today and has not yet realized this. He will realize it in two days."
"But what if Minister Wang surrenders to Qin Qian'an first?" the confidant expressed his concern.
Minister Zhang's face froze, his eyes flickering, "Will Minister Wang compromise?"
After saying that, he stood up abruptly, "No! Arrange someone to keep an eye on Minister Wang. If he meets with Qin Qian'an in private, notify me immediately."
"Yes, I will do it right away."
The confidant responded humbly, lowered his head and left the room.
Not only Minister Zhang had this idea, Minister Wang was also worried that he would compromise with Qin Chi first, so he made the same arrangement.
On the contrary, Qin Chi was inspecting the four departments in the Ministry of Industry in an orderly manner. However, the work of the four departments was heavier than expected.
It took Qin Chi several days to inspect one department a day.
Minister Zhang and Minister Wang, who were waiting for him to come, became impatient and no longer had the confidence they had at the beginning.
While Qin Chi was busy with government affairs, Song Jin was busy moving at home.
As for the invitations sent to him, Song Jin declined them all. Someone was not willing to give up and asked someone to investigate, and the result was that Song Jin was at home taking care of the children and was busy with moving.
Song Jin did many things personally.
Wu Bohou’s Mansion, the rear residence.
"Rejected again?"
Madam Wu frowned, "Does she look down on the Wu family?"
Invited Song Jin to visit her house for a short visit, and invited him three times, but Song Jin declined each time. To be honest, Mrs. Wu was a little unhappy.
Don't think that the Wu family is about to decline.
Old Madam Wu also has an imperial decree, and people outside have to call her "Old Lady".
Mrs. Wu shook her head and said, "I heard they are busy moving to a new house."
"It's just an excuse." Old Madam Wu saw it very clearly.
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Madam Yan was about to say something when she saw Yan Yurong and Wu Jingyao here, so she said to them, "Rong'er, go with your cousin to her room and sit down."
Yan Yurong knew that her mother wanted to send them away, and was unwilling at first. However, when she saw her mother's serious look, she reluctantly let Wu Jingyao take them away.
When going out.
Yan Yurong looked back and asked, "Cousin, don't you want to listen?"
"I don't want to hear it."
Wu Jingyao didn't need to listen deliberately. As long as she wanted to know, she could just ask her mother later.
Yan Yurong was very curious about Song Jin at this time. "Cousin, what kind of person do you think Madam Qin is? She has been in the capital for so long, but not many people seem to have seen her. They all say that she is very ugly. How ugly is she?"
Wu Jingyao was absent-minded.
She couldn't help but recall the time she had seen her from afar before. Although she didn't see her face, her slim figure and temperament still left a deep impression on her.
"Not ugly, is it?" Wu Jingyao murmured.
"say what?"
Yan Yurong looked at her in confusion, "What my cousin said just now was too quiet, I didn't hear it clearly."
Wu Jingyao said nothing more.
The two walked further and further away and walked out of the old lady's yard.
But in the main room.
Mrs. Yan was talking about Qin Chi and Song Jin.
Outsiders have never seen Song Jin, but Yan Xianqing has seen him. He came back and said that Song Jin had a good bone structure, but her appearance was really ordinary, not as delicate as the maidservant kept by Madam Yan.
At that time, Mrs. Yan was angry with Yan Xianqing for a long time, and once suspected that Yan Xianqing had fallen in love with the maid beside her.
Madam Yan said in annoyance: "Xianqing told me to give up this idea, and it would be better not to have the Wu family either."
"Why is that?" asked Mrs. Wu.
Madam Yan said, "Qin Qi'an values his wife and children very much, and will not divorce and remarry. It's not like my Yurong is unmarriageable. It's already unfair for her to marry a second wife, so why would she become someone's concubine? If Qin Qi'an hadn't been so promising and would have a high position in the future, I wouldn't have thought of that at the time."
"It's okay to be a concubine first."
Madam Wu's eyes flickered.
But as soon as she said this, Madam Wu and Madam Yan looked at her in shock.
Is she crazy to say such a thing?