Wang Chuandai rolled his eyes at his twin sister, saying how childish she was.
Mrs. Tang brought her husband some bayberry soup and said, "My dear, you've been painting all morning. Take a break."
Xie Min put down his paintbrush, looked at the landscape painting in front of him with satisfaction, and took the bayberry soup: "Thank you, my lady."
In another part of the yard, the eldest sister-in-law and Nanny Feng were washing quilts with three maids. They chatted from time to time and talked about the latest gossip in Shancheng.
Everyone was busy with their own things, so no one noticed Chen Heng.
"The Queen passed away?" Chen Heng was a little bit unconvinced. Liu Zhiyue died at such a young age?
"It should have been eight days ago." Dawei took a piece of cantaloupe from his wife's plate and ate it.
Xie Jian sat in a rocking chair, reading a book, and said lightly: "After ten years, Min Yuqing has become more merciful."
Chen Heng and Dawei both looked at him. Dawei asked curiously, "Sir, what does this have to do with Madam Wu? We in the palace all say that Madam Wu is dignified and generous. Although she had an affair with the Empress, she never colluded with her. Could it be that she is involved in the Empress's death?"
Chen Heng was also confused when she heard this. In recent years, Xie Jian, no, he changed his name to Ding Zihu. After the name change, all his relatives were recorded in the household register in the court. They had existed since three generations of their ancestors. The name was changed, but the power was still there. After all, after so many years of hard work, those secret guards could not be disbanded just like that. In recent years, Li Hu and Dayi had carried forward these things and formed an intelligence network.
Ding Yun, her son, is even more enthusiastic about this. He follows Uncle Li Hu around all day long, and now no one knows where he is. He looks neither like her nor like Xie Jian. If he wasn't a child at home, Shen Heng would have suspected that he was taken away by mistake.
Uh, her thoughts drifted away. When Shen Heng regained her composure, she heard Xie Jian say, "I guessed."
Chen Heng: “…”
Dawei: "..." Then he said: "By the way, Lord Meng has been looking for you all these years. A few days ago, his people passed by Shancheng and asked about this place. When they heard that the time didn't match, they left."
Xie Jian nodded lightly and said while reading a book, "The people he raised are just like him, their brains all grow taller." Eunuch Wang settled here a few years ago. He asked the villagers around him, but of course the time didn't match.
Dawei rubbed his nose. If Lord Meng heard this, he would surely burst into tears again. "Lord Wu is now the Minister of Agriculture, yet he still works in the fields every day. He said that if he holds this position, he should better understand the land under his feet and the needs of the people living on the land. Only in this way can he know what the people lack. He also said that his descendants will act in the same way in the future."
Xie Jian nodded and thought for a moment. "If that's the case, have Li Hu and the others gather the things the Sinong Temple needs and list all the needs of the people of the world, so he doesn't have to work so hard."
"Yes." Dawei took out a book from his pocket and handed it over: "Sir, this is a book written by Lord Lu. Scholars like it very much. Many people have a copy."
Before Xie Jian could take it, Shen Heng snatched it away.
Chen Heng excitedly looked at the book "Lu Lan" written by the Master. When she opened it, she saw that it was written in classical Chinese: "It's for scholars again? Can't the Master write some vernacular Chinese?" She was tired of reading it.
"When Madam asked this question five years ago, I also asked the Master. The Master said that few ordinary people would buy and read books, and they couldn't make much money."
Chen Heng: “…”
A smile flashed in Xie Jian's eyes: "The nature of children is to be false, and the accumulation of good deeds leads to virtue. Teaching and influencing others is what scholars should do."
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