Chapter 1066 Queen: How do you know I passed the third level?
The weather was pleasant, and the old tutor of the Su family had some free time today, so there was almost no place to stand in this large yard. There were books neatly placed on the bamboo sieves without holes.
It’s a nice day, so let’s dry our books.
In the corridor under the eaves, Su Wenqing carefully held the ancient books that he had taken down from the bookshelf.
There were melon seeds, tea and other things around.
Naturally, it was Su Liu who arranged for him to come, but the old man waved his hand, indicating that drying the books was more important, so he put it aside for the time being.
Just as he picked up the "Silent Collection" written by the previous dynasty, he saw his eldest daughter-in-law standing up again, so he looked at his eldest son who was placing books on the table and said, "Are books important?"
Su Zimu raised his eyes and looked at his father: "Books are of course important."
Su Wenqing was disappointed: "Which is more important, a wife or books?"
Su Zimu subconsciously looked at Su Liushi.
When he saw his wife standing up again with her bulging belly, he quickly put down his book and ran over.
Su Wenqing shook his head. In this regard, his third son was much smarter!
Just looking at Su Liushi's appearance, Su Wenqing put down the book in his hand, stood up and asked: "I heard that you woke up during your lunch break yesterday? Did you ask Madam Wu to come and see you?"
Madam Wu is naturally the wife of Tianzhi Pavilion Master Wu He. She still lives in the Su Mansion. Before, because Lian Xinglan was in the Heart Demon Bureau, she had to guard outside all day. The day before yesterday, when Lian Xinglan came out of seclusion, she was relieved and came to chat with Su Liu. She was really relieved and came to take care of Su Liu.
Su Zimu said, "He must be hiding something. The children are all outside."
Mrs. Su Liu looked at her father and smiled: "Dad, it's okay, I just had a sudden heart palpitation and woke up now."
Su Wenqing walked forward, looked at his eldest daughter-in-law, and said with a smile: "If you are not worried, it would not be you. The eldest girl is fighting in the north, Zhao Xin is in the Western Regions, and I don't understand Wan'er's affairs, but it is also a war. Li Heng chose to go there at this time and said that he wanted to open up a trade route, and it was in the Western Regions."
At this point, Su Wenqing shook his head: "Your temper, these children are all like this, it would be strange if you don't think too much."
Su Liu pursed her lips and smiled, but there was worry in her eyes. How could she not be worried? How could she not be worried?
But the next moment, Mrs. Su Liu smiled and said, "Wu He said that this is all normal, so don't worry about it, father. Otherwise, your daughter-in-law will still worry about you, which is even worse, isn't it?"
Su Wenqing laughed when he heard this, but immediately frowned: "Come to think of it, I've figured out what happened to the letter I sent a few days ago? Was it a typo by the eldest girl?"
Su Liushi and Su Zimu looked at each other, and Su Zimu nodded: "It should be a typo, otherwise the words "daughter-in-law is pregnant" should mean that Your Majesty is pregnant? But the two of them..."
Su Zimu did not continue speaking, and there was no need to say more about what was to come.
Mrs. Su Liu couldn't help but frown: "Although the child is a little confused from time to time, he shouldn't be so careless."
Su Wenqing smiled and said, "So, you're starting to worry again?"
Su Liushi did not deny it and nodded slightly.
Su Wenqing sighed, "It's not appropriate to write a letter home to ask, but I asked in the memorial whether it was a mistake made by the Empress. I have to respect it. Your Majesty is also generous. I think you should get a reply in a few days."
But Wu Daming, who came out from under the table, suddenly said, "Is it possible that the Queen is pregnant? Or that His Majesty is really pregnant?"
Wu Daming blinked his eyes with an innocent look on his face.
When Mrs. Su Liu heard this, she immediately pulled Wu Daming to her side and said, "Stop talking nonsense."
The last time I received the letter, Wu Daming was there too. The kid said this at the time. Fortunately, there were no outsiders around, otherwise how could this word get out?
And right now, there are only a few of them in the courtyard.
Su Wenqing smiled and stretched out his hand to pinch Wu Dameng's fat face: "You are just talking nonsense. Your grandfather made some achievements in Shu, and you can take credit for them. And maybe it's not enough."
Wu Daming bit his lip, not understanding why everyone didn't believe it, because it was really possible.
Su Zimu looked at Wu Daming sternly.
Wu Daming immediately lowered his head, not daring to speak, and turned back to work on his book obediently.
But the next moment, Su Zimu looked at his wife, then looked at the old man: "Dad, the war in the Western Regions and Yandi."
But just when he said this, Su Wenqing looked at Su Zimu.
Su Zimu immediately bowed and said, "My son is the one who talked too much."
Su Wenqing said sternly, "If you retire, you should act like you have retired. I will tell you what I can say, and don't ask what I can't say. And as for the third brother, I also asked him to slowly take off his official uniform of the Shen Ce Mansion and be a good businessman. We can't have too many officials in the Su family."
Mrs. Su Liu bowed to Su Wenqing and said, "Dad, it was my daughter-in-law who was ignorant and asked Zimu to ask."
Su Wenqing quickly supported Su Liushi's arm and said, "Why are you bowing? And you want to know..."
At this point, he looked at Su Zimu and scolded him, "You've become stupid from studying! Wan Qing wants to know, but you won't tell her!?"
After cursing, Su Wenqing looked at Su Liushi: "Those who deserved to be beaten have fought, but the eldest girl and Zhao Xin are both fine, and Li Heng is also finding a shop in Dunhuang City safely."
Su Zimu looked at his father with a face full of grievance.
But when he saw his father glaring at him, he immediately lowered his head and dared not say anything.
After expressing her thanks, Su Liu felt a little worried.
Su Wenqing saw it all, but looked at his eldest daughter-in-law and said, "Don't worry, the eldest girl is surrounded by great masters, Zhao Xin's son Fan and Shiyi Niang are also there, and fighting is not about piling up heads to the death. Now in our Great Xia, there is no need for that, there are new ways."
As he was talking, he pulled his eldest daughter-in-law to the corridor, got a cushion for her to sit down.
The Su family had a rule that court affairs were not allowed into the mansion. Su Liu wanted to know more, but she didn't say anything more.
Su Wenqing looked at Su Liushi and asked, "Did those people from the Liu family come again in the past two days?"
Su Zimu said nothing.
Mrs. Su Liu, on the other hand, looked up at Su Wenqing and said, "Yes, they have come, but father, you don't have to worry about it. Your daughter-in-law will handle it."
Su Wenqing's face turned cold. "When they abandoned you, they acted like a noble man! What did they think we wanted from them? When you came back to visit your parents, they mocked you and refused to receive you or let you stay at their house. They sent people to make things difficult for you and the eldest brother, causing you to fall into the water in winter, shocking the baby who died early and causing you to suffer from illness. I didn't count this debt because you begged for mercy, but they used to come to you and the eldest brother to ask for help in getting an official position! I pretended not to see it, but now that there are so many vacancies, I know that you, Madam Liu, are their elder sister!?"
Su Liu never used her husband's surname when she was outside. Outsiders always called her Mrs. Liu or the eldest lady of the Su family. No one dared to call her Su Liu.
But in fact, at the beginning, when Su Zimu and Su Liushi Liu Wanqing met and got married, Liu Wanqing was often gossiped about behind her back.
Because Su Wenqing was just a small clerk who was transferred from outside to the capital at that time, and his whole family had to live in such a small courtyard.
It was only after Su Zimu entered the Imperial College that people began to think that he was a good person.
But in the eyes of the real big families, it is far from enough.
Although the Liu family is not a big family in the capital, it is a big family in Liuzhou. Liu Wanqing, as the eldest daughter of the Liu family, is the center of attention. However, no one would have thought that this eldest daughter of the Liu family, who should have married someone better, would fall in love with the son of a small chief clerk.
And she will not marry anyone but Su Zimu!
Most importantly, the Su family had no mistress at that time. Su Wenqing's wife had only been gone for three years, and Su Zimu helped to deal with all the big and small matters in the family. If she married into the family, it would not only be marrying down, but also a burden to the whole family.
But Liu Wanqing was resolute. Su Zimu was favored by the chief academic officer of the Imperial College at that time, so the chief academic officer personally helped Su Zimu to act as a matchmaker.
After much persuasion, the Liu family finally agreed.
But it should have been a marriage of inferiority.
But Liu Wanqing absolutely disagreed to marry into the Su family according to the rules of inferior marriage, and instead wanted to marry according to the rules of equal marriage.
This has caused the old lady of the Liu family to fall ill due to anger.
Why should the Su family be equal to my Liu family!
But Liu Wanqing refused!
The old lady and the old master were so troubled that they finally gave in to Liu Wanqing and got the matter over with.
But even so, after Liu Wanqing got married, just as everyone expected, she had to worry about everything by herself, taking care of her three younger brothers, her father-in-law and her husband.
As a result, all kinds of rumors emerged, and people secretly laughed at Liu Wanqing for marrying down.
Liu Wanqing was also very tough and announced directly to the public that she was not marrying down, but would take her husband's surname.
This directly constitutes marrying up.
The Liu family's eldest daughter married into the ordinary Su family, which caused a lot of discussion in the capital at that time.
When the Liu family found out, the old man was so angry that he ordered to punish Liu Wanqing according to the family rules, and ordered that Liu Wanqing not to visit Liu Wanqing much. Later, even if they visited Liu Wanqing, it was Su Zimu and Liu Wanqing who went to Liuzhou, but the treatment was really different from that of other sons-in-law. Liu Wanqing's mother loved her daughter and would send some things from time to time, but after Liu's mother died, they stopped visiting Liu Wanqing completely.
After Liu's mother left, the Liu family announced that Liu Wanqing was a married daughter and had nothing to do with their Liu family.
In fact, what this means is, Su Wenqing, don't try to get close to us in your career. We are not relatives, and what happens to you, Su Zimu, has nothing to do with us.
Fortunately, that year, the emperor met Su Wenqing.
Su Wenqing jumped into the imperial study.
Su Zimu was even more competitive. Although he was not among the top three, he was actually ranked sixth in the palace examination.
The following year, Su Wenqing served as the Imperial Counselor of the Ministry of Personnel and was always by the late emperor's side.
Su Ziyu was even more competitive. He beat many other talented people and won the second place on the list of talents known as the Hundred Years Dragon and Tiger List.
Everyone was silent when they saw the Su family like this, but when some people looked at Su Liu again, no one dared to call her Madam Su anymore, but called her Madam Liu or Madam Su.
By that time, Su Wenqing was appointed Grand Tutor and ranked among the Three Dukes, Su Zimu was a third-rank official, Su Ziyu was a provincial governor, and the most restless member of the Su family became a general leading troops outside the capital. The three of them, Su Zifeng, were rich and powerful in the capital.
Su Wanqing's status is higher, and those who used to sneer at her now secretly bow their heads and no longer dare to say anything.
In other words, Su Liu was unwilling to argue with or deal with many people, and would only show up at some banquets that could not be refused. The rest of the time she would stay in the Su Mansion. Otherwise, who knows how many people would be scared and not dare to go out, for fear of being seen by the eldest lady of the Su family.
As for the Liu family, of course they would come every year to send gifts during every festival, big or small, and the Su Liu brothers and sisters would also come to the Su Mansion.
Mrs. Su Liu would receive and settle them, but without exception, she would not allow them to enter the Su family's gate.
Su Wenqing was not a good person, so when he saw the Liu family, he just nodded, as a return of the gift of marrying Su Wanqing to their Su family. As for other things, especially when he thought of the grievances his son and daughter-in-law had suffered at the hands of the Liu family, he was generous in not sending those officials of your Liu family to remote places.
Mrs. Su Liu looked at Su Wenqing's face and comforted him, "Father, this is human nature. And with so many vacancies in the capital, it's normal for Liu Changchun to have plans. The Liu family has been declining since my grandfather and father passed away, and he is anxious."
Su Wenqing looked at Su Liushi: "Liu Changchun was transferred to Menxia Province as a recorder. It was not my decision, but his term of office was up and it was time for him to be transferred. However, he wanted a position in the Menxia Province. He wanted a fifth-rank position instead of a seventh-rank position. He really knows how to calculate! Moreover, he even went to Gao Rou's side and was driven out by Gao Rou. He didn't even consider his own ability and still wanted this position!"
At this point, seeing Su Liushi's expression, Su Wenqing sighed: "If you have concerns, Liu Changchun is not suitable, but your little brother has some talent. I can try him. If he can be used, I can write a recommendation."
"Father." Mrs. Su Liu stood up and looked at Su Wenqing. "When my mother passed away, I went to the funeral. As soon as I finished paying my respects, they drove me, Zimu, Ziyu, and Zifan out. At that time, I had nothing to do with the Liu family. If they had the ability, they would have taken the imperial examinations like Yan Shu and Zuo Shaoweng. The Liu family would have nothing to do with me. My daughter-in-law is still willing to see them now, but she is just watching them, afraid that they will use our Su family's name to do evil things outside. Don't bother to pay attention to them, father, they are not worthy."
Su Zimu supported his wife and said nothing. He had accompanied his wife to pay condolences that year, but they were driven out because of the heavy snow. Someone even made things difficult for him and his wife on the bridge on their way back, causing them to fall into the water. Fortunately, Zi Yu and Zi Fan jumped down to rescue them, otherwise who knows what would have happened to his wife who could not swim. Now it was winter, and his wife's legs hurt badly, and she also had women's diseases.
Su Wenqing looked at Su Liushi, and after a moment of silence, he said, "You never told me these things, and always did them by yourself. I couldn't say anything, so I asked you to do it. I'm saying this now, thinking that you haven't been sleeping well recently, and they are also responsible. Later, I'll take a jar of wine to find Yang Shanchang and ask that old guy to come out and talk to him. Don't come to your house to disturb you!"
Su Liu smiled and said, "I can do these things myself."
And Su Wenqing continued: "But actually, it's a very happy thing that I can do to help you."
Su Liu nodded and didn't say anything more.
Su Wenqing continued, "But the knot in my heart is always the children, Linhan's child..."
At this point, Su Wenqing said, "Forget it. Sooner or later, you will know that His Majesty has previously issued a secret order for me to start preparing for the special examination. As for the details, Mu Xu, Xun Kuang, and Wei Xuancheng will come back in advance to prepare. Lin Han has been busy with these things since she seldom comes back from the Imperial College recently. This time, she is here to select talents and also to select some people for compiling the book. I think that if His Majesty says so, it means that the Yandi War must be confident of winning, so don't worry about the eldest girl. As for the others, I will also send people to find out. You should rest well if you need to."
Su Zimu frowned and was about to ask more questions.
Su Wenqing cursed: "I didn't tell you!"
Su Zimu shut up immediately.
Su Liu asked: "Chang'an should also come back early?"
Su Wenqing nodded: "According to the emperor's words, he will come back early."
Su Zimu looked at Su Liushi, then at his father. If he asked this question, he would definitely be scolded again.
However, when Mrs. Su Liu heard this, she finally showed joy on her face. It was good that he came back early, but she didn't know how the child was doing now. He always came back with injuries every time he went out, but that couldn't happen this time.
But thinking of this, Su Liu smiled lightly, thinking that she was overthinking.
How is that possible? He comes back injured every time he goes out. The last time in Wuping Town was just a false alarm. He should be fine now.
Seeing Su Liu's expression, Su Wenqing smiled gently, but he knew in his heart that the battle had probably already begun.
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Wuhekou Pass.
Su Changan looked at Mo Jingchun and said, "I checked my pulse yesterday and confirmed that I was fine. Why do you have to check my pulse like this today? If you check my pulse like this, others will think that something has really happened to me and then they will impeach me or something."
Mo Jingchun withdrew his hand and looked at Su Changan: "The pulse is fine, but we should be more cautious. Madam, is there anything else that is unwell?"
Hearing this, Su Changan looked at Mo Jingchun and said, "How did you know that I accidentally passed the third level and my body and mind are in bad condition."
Xia Fengxiang, who was standing by, heard Su Changan start talking again. He put down the official document he had delivered in the morning and looked straight at Su Changan: "Talk to Mr. Mo nicely!"
Su Changan thought of the beating he had received last night, pursed his lips, and said honestly, "It's okay now."
But he still couldn't help but brag: "But after passing the third level, something must be wrong?"
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PS: I want to tell you what’s in my heart!!
(End of this chapter)
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