The next day, at 9:00 a.m., Lan Yu and Shen Qiu were talking in the room.
Shen Qiu was holding a knee pad in her hand and doing some needlework.
Lan Yu picked it up and looked at it and said, "What can you do with such a small thing?"
Chen Qiu smiled and said, "My husband has to take an exam in a couple of days. He'll have to stay in there for three days. He'll have to eat, drink, defecate and urinate in there. It's getting cold now, so I made him a pair of knee pads in case he catches a cold."
Chen Qiu looked at Lan Yu's short skirt and said, "Lan Yu, the weather in Kyoto gets cold very early. Don't you feel cold in this weather?"
"I'll take you to buy some clothes. You look nice in this outfit, but it makes you look cold."
Lan Yu looked at himself and said, "Okay, shall we go now?"
Chen Qiu said with a smile: "How about you try on one of mine first? I have some clothes I wore when I was a girl, would you like to try them on? I think our body shapes are similar!"
So Lan Yu changed into the tight-fitting outfit that Chen Qiu wore before she got married. He looked much more heroic, and the jingling sound on his body disappeared.
Chen Qiu combed her hair into a simple unmarried woman's bun, and put two strands of hair behind her ears and placed them on her chest, which added a bit of charm to her.
The two were just about to call Xing'er to accompany them, but as soon as they walked out of the room, Mingyue ran in hurriedly, smiling from ear to ear.
Mingyue didn't wait for Chenqiu to ask before she said, "Madam, someone has come from the palace, saying they're here to bring a gift. The Duke wants you to go with him to receive the imperial edict!"
Chen Qiu exclaimed, "Ah!" He originally thought that if he hadn't come yesterday, he wouldn't come today.
Mingyue said with a smile: "Madam, you pulled two whole carts of stuff."
Chen Qiu was really confused. She was just pregnant. Were these people trying to create hatred for her?
It didn't matter to her, who would be afraid of having too much money? But if she continued to give it away, it would sooner or later arouse the jealousy and covetousness of others, and she was afraid that her child would be harmed.
Besides, the child is still young. Can he bear so much blessing?
Can you withstand the resentment born out of jealousy?
Chen Qiu followed Ming Yue to the hall of the outer courtyard. Eunuch Gao and Ye Chen were sitting there drinking tea. When they saw Chen Qiu come in, Eunuch Gao stood up and saluted Shen Qiu, and Chen Qiu returned the salute.
Then Chen Qiu and Ye Chen knelt down to receive the order.
When Eunuch Gao left, Ye Chen gave him a purse, which was full of things. Judging from Eunuch Gao's appearance, it should be a bag of gold beans.
After sending Eunuch Gao away, Shen Qiu told Ye Chen about his worries.
Ye Chen hugged Chen Qiu and asked Mu Qing to guard outside, saying: "Qiu'er, except for this, the others are only left here with us by the emperor."
As he spoke, Ye Chen took out a rosewood box and handed it to Chen Qiu. Chen Qiu opened the box suspiciously. Inside was a golden lock, but there was a big ruby inlaid in the middle.
Chen Qiu asked, "Are you giving gifts so openly just to have an excuse to give away things from the palace?"
"He can even get those people to accompany him and get another batch of treasures? The emperor is very calculating."
Ye Chen smiled and said, "It's not that he is good at calculations, but your husband is good at it."
Chen Qiu asked, "What do you mean? Did you do this?"
Ye Chen said in a deep voice: "Qiu'er, remember I told you that I will be very busy. There are many things that the emperor is not convenient to do, so I have to do it."
"It's just that I have no achievements now. Even if I help the emperor with the title of Duke, it's okay in Kyoto, but no one will recognize you outside the country."
"So, now we can only do some preparations."
"If we want the entire Great Yin Kingdom to be peaceful and prosperous, we must first eliminate the termites. However, eliminating the termites requires money, and the emperor has just suffered a severe blow, and the money in the national treasury cannot be touched, so we have to find another way."
Chen Qiu listened to Ye Chen's words and vaguely felt that what Ye Chen was doing now was even bigger than he had imagined.
Chen Qiu asked, "Is it about the Order of the Phoenix that harmed you last time?"
Ye Chen nodded and said, "They have been lurking since the destruction of the country. Their strength is even more terrifying than what we have now."
"Based on the intelligence we have now, they should have been taking action within the past one or two years."
Although Ye Chen was reborn, in his previous life, when he dealt with the Order of the Phoenix, it was after the Order had surfaced. But in this life, he wanted to drown himself under the water before the Order of the Phoenix emerged.
Chen Qiu looked at the box in his hand and murmured, "If they start a war to take back their kingdom, the only ones who will suffer are the poor people."
"In fact, they don't care who is the emperor. All they care about is their three meals a day and their children's health."
Ye Chen hugged Chen Qiu, bent down and kissed Chen Qiu's forehead and said: "Yes, now that the world is finally stable, I just want to live in peace with you. Let's grow old together."
Chen Qiu suddenly looked up and said, "Husband, let's do some good deeds."
Ye Chen looked at Chen Qiu suspiciously. Chen Qiu smiled and said, "We have received so many gifts, we have to show some appreciation, otherwise those people will complain about our child. I don't want him to have to endure all this before he is even born."
"And, in this way, it can help some people while making these things less noticeable."
Ye Chen tapped Chen Qiu's nose and said, "Who said my wife isn't smart? She's obviously very smart. Let's do this. I was just worried about not being able to find a place to put these things. This will divert their attention."
Ye Chen looked at Chen Qiu and said, "Madam, are you going out?"
Chen Qiu said, "Yes, I originally wanted to go out with Lan Yu and buy her some clothes. Her clothes are too flashy and I feel cold looking at them."
"It's almost late autumn, and the weather is getting colder. She said she wants to stay here until Xiao Hang gets married to her!"
Ye Chen smiled and said, "Madam, there are many ready-made clothes in our Jinyifang. I'll ask them to bring them into the mansion. Why don't you accompany her to choose? Why do we need to go out?"
Shen Qiu smiled: "Yeah, how could you forget about this?"
Then Ye Chen asked the housekeeper to send someone to Jinyifang. Ye Chen directed the people to move the things into the small warehouse they had vacated before.
Chen Qiu returned to Qiuchen Courtyard to continue making his knee pads. He chatted with Lan Yu while waiting for the people from Jinyifang.
But before the people from Jinyifang arrived, they heard Mingyue arguing with someone outside.
Lan Yu smiled and said, "I like your maid. If you have anything to say, just tell me directly. It's straightforward."
Chen Qiu laughed and said, "Judging from the noise, he and Mu Qing are probably arguing again. These two are like a firecracker and a tinderbox, they will catch fire as soon as they meet."
Lan Yu smiled and said, "Does Mu Qing like your girl?"
Shen Qiu smiled and said, "Yes, we all saw it, but that girl didn't know."
Chen Qiu put down his needlework and said, "He should know. Mingyue must have been waiting for Mu Qing's statement."
"But I don't know what's wrong with Mu Qing. Every time he calls Jin'er sister in front of Mingyue, doesn't he notice that Mingyue gets angry when he calls her Jin'er sister?"
"It wasn't like this at the beginning? I wonder who you learned it from?"
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