Chapter 038: Qin Xue is no longer Wuxia Amon
The next day, at dawn, the Qin family's father and daughter went to the Liu family.
Although Liu Zhiyan repeatedly said that there was no need for the two of them, father and daughter, to see them off.
But thinking that he would be gone for a month or two, the father and daughter insisted on seeing him off.
When they arrived at the Liu family, Liu Zhiyan, two servants who knew how to ride horses, and a book boy were already ready to go.
Seeing the father and daughter appear, Liu Zhiyan greeted them one by one and then said goodbye to them.
The father and daughter rode in a carriage, while Liu Zhiyan and others rode horses. Their speed did not match, so the father and daughter just watched them leave with Fang, who also got up to see them off.
After the shadows of the three horses completely disappeared from the sight of the three people, Fang invited the father and daughter to come in and sit down.
The father and daughter were invited into the Liu family's home and chatted with Fang for an hour before saying goodbye and leaving.
After Liu Zhiyan left, Qin Xue felt uncomfortable for several days.
Every time I read, I can't help but daydream. I wonder where he's going? I wonder if he's used to traveling so fast. Before going to bed, I wonder if the inn he's staying in is nice? Did he sleep well?
Qin Laicai, who came to talk to her about something, learned that she had been depressed in recent days and suggested that she go find her younger sisters to chat.
Qin Xue refused without a second thought, "The only two sisters I can talk to are Sister Jingshuang and her. But their second brother and their respective fiancés are both taking exams this year. Even if I go to them, I'm afraid they won't be in the mood to chat with me for long."
"Then let the cook make your favorite food and eat as much as you want."
Qin Xue still shook her head, "Minxing told me not to eat anything I wanted to eat."
When she is in a bad mood, she especially likes to eat cold things to stimulate her taste buds.
But her happy day is coming soon, so she'd better endure it, so as not to make herself uncomfortable and have no one to comfort her.
"..." Qin Laicai knew that Liu Zhiyan didn't allow his daughter to eat raw or cold food before her baby came.
I was very happy before, because there was finally someone who could control this little girl.
But now I feel very depressed when I hear it.
You know, he has raised this girl until she grew up, but he has never seen her listen to him so much.
So, Qin Laicai couldn't help but mutter, "I didn't let you eat before, why didn't you listen?"
When other girls have their menstrual period, it is their mothers who take care of them and worry about them.
Their little Xue'er has been without a mother since she was young, so no matter how embarrassed he is, he will still take care of matters concerning menstruation.
But every time he said that, the girl would use her coquettish method to reject his words.
"You're always so hesitant when you say that. I'm sorry, but you don't even reward me. I'd be surprised if I agreed."
Although compared to other people's fathers, her father is really impeccable.
But there is a word called "being spoiled and arrogant".
In front of his father, she was mostly the one who was spoiled and arrogant.
"Minxing is different. When he talks about menstruation, he's frank and straightforward, without any evasion, and he even rewards me with all sorts of small gifts. Comparing the two, I'm naturally more willing to listen to him."
Naturally, Qin Laicai could see what Liu Zhiyan did for his daughter.
Just because he was not at all shy about his daughter's menstrual period, he wholeheartedly accepted this son-in-law.
After all, even he didn't have the same awareness as Liu Zhiyan.
When his wife was alive, although he didn't consider his wife's menstrual period as bad luck like other men, he did sleep in a separate room from her. It was a no-brainer for him to keep track of his daughter's menstrual period dates and precautions like Liu Zhiyan did.
He felt that if a man did not really care about a woman, he would not be able to do it to the extent of Liu Zhiyan.
Thinking of this, Qin Laicai felt embarrassed to continue being jealous with his future son-in-law. "Alright, alright. I know what he said is pleasing to the ear. If you want to listen, just listen."
His daughter already had someone who loved her, so he decided to talk about his wife. "Tomorrow is the Ghost Festival. Let's go to Guanyin Temple to pay respect to your mother, just like every year."
I have been so immersed in thoughts about Liu Zhiyan's departure recently that I even forgot what day it is.
If Qin Laicai hadn't reminded her, such an important matter would have been delayed by her.
Come to think of it, I really shouldn’t have done that.
So she quickly agreed, "Okay, Dad."
After agreeing, she immediately swept away the sadness of parting with Liu Zhiyan and said, "I'll start preparing now."
Over the past decade, she has gotten used to going to Guanyin Temple with her father on the Ghost Festival, and she also knows what preparations to make.
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After paying homage to her mother, Qin Xue returned to her days of reading at home. The influence of Liu Zhiyan's departure gradually disappeared. She immersed herself in the ocean of knowledge every day and almost forgot what year it was.
It was not until a few days later that Cheng Jingshuang and her sister submitted visiting cards to the Qin family again.
These two sisters never come to Qin's house unless there is something important. Qin Xue guessed that they probably had something to tell her, so she replied to their post that day and invited them to her house early the next morning.
The next day, when the two sisters arrived at Qin's house, Qin Xue personally welcomed them in.
Before she could even ask why they came, Cheng Jingrou couldn't help but ask, "Sister Qin, have you heard about Ruan Ruyi's situation?"
Qin Xue shook her head. "I don't pay much attention to what's going on outside right now. I haven't heard anything about her. What happened to her?"
Seeing that she knew nothing, Cheng Jingrou threw a bombshell at her, "After Wang Xingsheng ran away, she was afraid that her father would send her to a nunnery to be a novice, where she would spend her whole life as a celibate. So she took the initiative to provoke the head of the Wang family and moved into the Wang family without any status or position."
Qin Xue's pupils widened at the explosive words, and her face was filled with disbelief. "Ruan Ruyi and Patriarch Wang? If I remember correctly, Patriarch Wang is older than the man her father had arranged for her, right?"
Cheng Jingrou nodded affirmatively, "Wang Zhaodi said so herself."
Thinking back to when she heard the news, she was no less shocked than Qin Xue was now. "I heard from Wang Zhaodi that she didn't know what tricks she used to win her father's favor."
"You know, once a woman wins the heart of her male master in the backyard, she tends to act like a demon. Ruan Ruyi is just like that."
"It is said that she repeatedly caused trouble for Wang Zhaodi and her three sisters."
Her sister wasn't very interested in the topic, and she was embarrassed to talk about it in front of her sister.
Now that she met someone who was also interested in her, Cheng Jingrou couldn't stop talking.
But in fact, Qin Xue didn't care about this topic as much as she thought. She was surprised just now because she didn't expect Ruan Ruyi to make such a choice.
That was the person who plotted against her twice. How stupid of her to feel sympathy for her? Thinking of this, Qin Xuezhi said with emotion, "It can only be said that sometimes in life, one wrong step leads to another."
If she had married according to the marriage her father arranged for her, she would definitely not have ended up like this.
"If you ask me, marriage is a big matter and it's not unreasonable that it's decided by parents and matchmakers." Compared to the hint of regret in Cheng Jingrou's words, Cheng Jingshuang was much calmer.
"Her father really isn't a good father, and the man he arranged for her is indeed a bit old. But that man's family background is still good. If she had followed her father's wishes and married him, there wouldn't have been so many problems later."
In her opinion, parents might seek benefits through their children's marriages, but even the worst parents would want to choose a marriage that would benefit both families. They also hoped that the marriage would last a long time, as this would maximize the benefits of the marriage.
Qin Xue agreed with Cheng Jingshuang's words. "Sister Jingshuang is right. As a parent, even if you don't love your child, you won't harm your child."
"Ruan Ruyi's current situation is all her own doing."
Cheng Jingrou knew this very well, she just couldn't accept that someone she grew up with would do such a shameless thing.
Seeing what her sister was thinking, Cheng Jingshuang said calmly, "Her parents and her brother can accept it, so why can't we accept it?"
If she were in Ruan Ruyi's situation, she would definitely choose to go to a nunnery to become a nun, instead of giving up like Ruan Ruyi.
Of course, if it were her, she wouldn't do something like Ruan Ruyi, destroying her reputation and breaking off the engagement just because the marriage her parents arranged for her was not good. Therefore, Ruan Ruyi's predicament would never happen to her.
If we talk about the millions of people and millions of lives in this world, they are all related to the different choices each person makes when encountering things.
Some people always like to complain about the injustices people around them treat them, and then do things with resentment in their hearts, just like Ruan Ruyi. Some people are born with good luck, and some people treat them well unconditionally, thinking of everything for them, just like Qin Xue.
There are also people like her who will never challenge feudal ethics at any time, but choose to do what is best for themselves under given conditions.
Being asked so bluntly by her sister, Cheng Jingrou scratched her head embarrassedly, "I just feel that after all, we grew up together."
Although Cheng Jingrou was born out of wedlock, her biological mother was the personal maid of Cheng Jingshuang's mother. She was a loyal and honest maid who always put her mother first and always warned her daughter to listen to her elder sister.
Because of the understanding of the mother and daughter, the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children in the Cheng family is not so obvious.
In other words, the Cheng family's growing environment was relatively simple.
This has cultivated Cheng Jingrou's relatively simple personality.
Her aunt was worried that she would be bullied after she got married, so she kept telling her to learn how to behave from her.
Thinking that this girl was her sister after all, she wanted to teach her as much as possible.
But after teaching her for a long time, she found that the results were not significant. "She used to flatter Wang Zhaodi, but now she often makes trouble for them. I can only say that she always chooses to do whatever is beneficial to herself."
"We can't say she's wrong, but are you really willing to be friends with someone like that?"
If a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth, but when a person works for himself, he cannot ignore everything.
Cheng Jingrou is not stupid, she just finds it difficult to accept that the person she knew has changed beyond recognition.
Now, hearing her elder sister ask this, she shook her head with certainty, "Of course I don't want to."
Cheng Jingshuang spread her hands, "So what is there that you can't accept?"
Seeing that her sister was speechless, Cheng Jingshuang looked at Qin Xue and told her the purpose of her visit today, "I got the news that Master Ye will be coming to Yangzhou Prefecture soon. I know that you admire her now, so I came to tell you."
Qin Xue's eyes sparkled when she heard that her most admired Lady Ye was coming to Yangzhou. "Is the news accurate? When will she come? Will we have a chance to meet her?"
Ye Qinghan, the Lord Ye mentioned by Qin Xue and Cheng Jingshuang, was reporting to the current emperor on the latest developments in Southeast Asia. "Portugal's control over Southeast Asia is gradually weakening. Spain and the Netherlands now dominate there, and Italy and Britain are also gradually expanding their presence there."
At this time, it was almost the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century in history. Because Ye Qinghan insisted on developing diplomacy, as time went on, Zhao Kingdom had a general understanding of the current Europe, including which countries there were and how strong these countries were.
"The struggles among the various regimes in Southeast Asia are also very intense. Under pressure from both inside and outside, the people there are having a very hard time."
Emperor Tianyou, who was sitting above Ye Qinghan at this time, did not sit on the dragon throne as he did when meeting other ministers, but sat at the head of a specially made long conference table.
When the late emperor appointed him as the crown prince, he appointed Ye Qinghan as his teacher.
Emperor Tianyou knew best that the former Concubine Zheng had been trying to win over Ye Qinghan and his wife, but they had avoided her.
He also knew that his father, the emperor, who had once favored Concubine Zheng and his third brother, gradually realized under the influence of Ye Qinghan and his wife that delaying the appointment of a crown prince would only harm the foundation of the country.
After comprehensive consideration, he put aside his personal feelings, set aside his most beloved third brother, and made his eldest son the crown prince.
His biological mother was a palace maid, and he had been out of favor since childhood. When he was made crown prince, his abilities were not outstanding.
It was the teacher in front of him who taught him with great patience.
He grew up from a prince who was unfamiliar with state affairs and foreign affairs to one who is now adept at handling all kinds of state affairs and knows that there are many emperors outside Zhao State who are madly expanding and plundering everywhere.
It can be said that Emperor Tianyou sincerely respected this teacher.
Therefore, unless he was attending court, he would never sit high on the throne when meeting the emperor privately. Instead, he would sit on the same level as Ye Qinghan, as he did now. His attitude was also very humble, and his words were not like those of an emperor at all. "Then, did you complete your mission, Master?"
"We have lived up to our mission," Ye Qinghan said confidently. "Burma, Siam, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, and the Malay Archipelago—all six embassies were completed by the time we returned. They will all be operational soon."
That’s right, Ye Qinghan’s trip to Southeast Asia was to establish embassies in various countries.
Zhao State's diplomatic mission has been established for nearly thirty years.
Over the past thirty years, the countries with the most exchanges have been those in Southeast Asia.
Therefore, when Zhao State established embassies abroad, the first countries it chose were those in Southeast Asia.
Students taught by Ye Qinghan were naturally well aware of the significance of establishing an embassy in another country. Upon hearing that Zhaoguo's embassies in several Southeast Asian countries had been successfully established, they were immediately overjoyed. "Great, great."
"With these embassies, our people will no longer have nowhere to turn when they are persecuted there."
In the early years, more than 20,000 Chinese workers were massacred in the Manila Massacre. Those who had barely escaped death wanted to seek justice for their compatriots who died, but they could not find the relevant person in charge.
After hearing about this tragic incident, Emperor Tianyou secretly made up his mind to solve this problem during his lifetime.
During the reign of the late Emperor, he effectively abandoned the Chinese who fled to foreign countries, deeming them abandoned by Zhao. Even during the Manila Massacre, where over 20,000 Chinese workers were massacred, the late Emperor never considered seeking justice for them.
Unlike the emperor in front of him, because of her influence, he cares about his subjects even more than the previous emperor, "Your Majesty is wise."
"Thank you for your hard work, teacher."
The person before him was the emperor. No matter how respectful he was to him, Ye Qinghan did not dare to be arrogant. "It is the duty of every minister to eat the emperor's salary and share his worries. Your Majesty, you are too kind."
Emperor Tianyou knew she was used to being cautious, so he stopped being polite and instead told her about the recent uproar in the capital. "It's been circulating in the capital lately that Junior Brother is eager to become someone's son-in-law. Regarding this matter, I specifically summoned Lord Liu and asked him the reason."
"Master Liu said that although Junior Brother's marriage is not a normal one, it is not like the rumors say, where he rushes to become someone's son-in-law. It is a new type of marriage where the man and the woman discuss it on their own, without any marriage."
"So if you hear something unpleasant later, Master, don't take it to heart."
When envoys returned to the capital with their delegations, they would go directly to the palace to meet the emperor.
In other words, Qin Xue has not returned to the Liu family yet. Emperor Tianyou's words are to give her a heads-up so that she won't hear rumors and be confused.
Qin Xue hasn't returned home yet, but she is able to exchange letters with Liu Yunfan, so she is aware of her youngest son's engagement.
Of course, she also appreciated the emperor's thoughtfulness, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reminder."
"I heard that Junior Brother is working hard for that girl and is preparing to participate in this year's Autumn Examination. I hope the Liu family will produce another top scholar."
When Ye Qinghan heard Emperor Tianyou change "I" to "I", he knew that he was speaking to him as the emperor.
She immediately said with dismay, "If you ask me, this so-called not marrying or not marrying, each of us discussing our own marriage, is just a fig leaf for someone else to be their son-in-law. The child has taken the girl's surname? You're still deceiving yourself if you still don't marry or not marry."
"I'm afraid I've raised your little junior brother in vain. Even if he really passes the imperial examination and becomes the top scorer, he will be from someone else's family, not the Liu family." Ye Qinghan said this with a look of melancholy, as if he felt sad that he had raised a son in vain.
Emperor Tianyou thought about the information he had people investigate and immediately felt that what Ye Qinghan said made sense. He sighed with regret, "At least he is willing to take the imperial examination and start a family. It's better than being alone like before."
"You're right. At least we don't have to worry about him living alone for the rest of his life. Let him handle the rest." Realizing that the emperor had said everything he wanted to say, Ye Qinghan said goodbye and left the palace.
As soon as he left the palace and sat in the sedan chair, Ye Qinghan felt completely relaxed.
It is said that serving the king is like serving a tiger, which is absolutely true.
As the current emperor, he did respect her, but that did not stop him from worrying that the Liu family's power was too great.
It is said that everyone in their family is an official, especially the couple, who are both high-ranking officials.
But the eldest daughter and son-in-law, to prevent the Liu family from becoming too prominent, voluntarily went to the Northeast, a place almost no one wanted to go. The eldest son was better off. Although he was twice exiled, his achievements were beyond anyone's reach. The second daughter and son-in-law stayed in a less prestigious government office. However, the son-in-law was also the second son of another family, and his entry into the less prestigious government office was due to many factors, so let's not consider them for now.
The most important person to talk about is the youngest son.
Did he really not want to take the imperial examination and become an official?
Of course not.
He was just very clear that if he really wanted to continue to take the imperial examination and become an official in the court, one of his parents would have to resign.
He knew very well that his parents were both people with ideals and a desire for revenge, and he didn't want them to give up their existing achievements just because of him, a newcomer to the officialdom.
So, he was scared away by the fact that "those who were optimistic about him and wanted to marry him" were scared away.
He also left behind a series of excuses, such as he was not interested in becoming an official, he looked down on the mediocre women in the capital, and no one should pay attention to him.
Wherever he went these years, he always made some noise. For example, whenever a girl took a fancy to him, he would ask her to marry a man who was more handsome than her. Wouldn't she feel ashamed?
As time went by, word spread that the youngest son might never be able to find a wife in his lifetime.
She once told Liu Zhiyan privately that if he really didn't want to get married, she wouldn't force him. But if he did it for the Liu family, then it was completely unnecessary.
The brat told her at the time that she was overthinking it.
Although the brat didn't admit it, she still felt that he did it for the Liu family.
She even suspected that the rumors in the capital were also his doing.
Generally, they are important officials of the court, and the closer they live to the imperial palace.
The Liu family, one of the most important family members in the imperial court, is indeed close to the imperial palace.
In such a short time that she was thinking, the sedan chair had already entered the Liu residence.
Liu Yunfan, who had received the news of her entry into the palace early and had returned home to wait, came out to greet her in person as soon as he saw the sedan chair.
The couple had lived together for decades. Ye Qinghan could recognize his footsteps and stopped the sedan chair and got out before he got close.
The old couple who have been together for decades acted like young people when they met. They held each other's hands tightly, said that the other had lost weight, and then walked to the backyard hand in hand.
As soon as they returned to the backyard, Liu Yunfan personally prepared water and clean clothes for Ye Qinghan to wash up.
While she was washing up, he had someone bring delicious food so that his wife could eat after she finished washing.
After taking a nice hot bath and changing into light home clothes, Ye Qinghan finally felt relaxed all over.
She walked out of the bathroom wearing comfortable shoes and even stretched in an indecent manner, sighing, "It's still more comfortable at home."
"Then stay home for a while and relax." After saying that, Liu Yunfan waved to her, "Come and eat. I'll give you a massage."
Ye Qinghan consciously sat down in the armchair in front of her husband, letting him massage her shoulders. She picked up the chopsticks on the table and began to eat. As she ate, she answered him, "I would also like to stay home for a while, but I already agreed with my future daughter-in-law to meet in August, and I can't break that promise."
Hearing his wife's words, Liu Yunfan increased the strength in his hands in dissatisfaction, "Anyway, in your heart now, no one is more important than me, your husband?!"
They were already an old married couple, yet they were still so clingy. Ye Qinghan rolled his eyes in annoyance, but said, "Of course not."
"I'm thinking of finding the right person to take over my job as soon as possible, so that I can retire and spend more time with you."
"Don't try to fool me." Liu Yunfan, now fifty-five and with decades of experience in officialdom, didn't believe her words at all. "Even if I let you find the right person, you won't be able to lift the burden without her for a few years."
Ever since she learned that her admired Lord Ye would come to Yangzhou and she might have a chance to meet him, Qin Xue began to look forward to her arrival.
In the end, before her idol Lord Ye showed up, her most beloved future mother-in-law, Sister Ye, arrived first.
Facing her husband's resentful look, Ye Qinghan rushed to Yangzhou to see her daughter-in-law. As soon as she arrived in Yangzhou, she sent a visiting card to the Qin family, saying that she wanted to visit the next day.
Qin Laicai naturally welcomed his future in-laws who were coming to visit. He immediately wrote a reply and asked the housekeeper to send it to the Liu family, and postponed all arrangements for the next day.
After doing all this, Qin Laicai walked towards the backyard with his hands behind his back.
Earlier, Liu Zhiyan came to Qin's house every day, and Qin Xue usually went to the front yard to study with him.
Ever since Liu Zhiyan went north to take the exam, Qin Xue said that whenever she was in the front yard, she would always think of him unconsciously, which affected her studies, so she was unwilling to go to the front yard to study anymore.
Qin Laicai walked to his daughter's western room and saw her holding a brush and writing something seriously with her head down.
He walked lightly, found a chair to sit on, and just looked at his daughter who had no idea someone had come in.
Since the court released the news of salt administration reform, he rushed out to find out the situation without having a clear explanation. It has only been more than five months.
This girl of his has completely changed.
In the past, she only paid attention to where there were ladies' gatherings, what kind of fancy clothes and jewelry to wear to the gatherings; apart from the gatherings, she would find out what new shops had opened and what new food was sold. Or if she heard that there was food from somewhere that she had never eaten before, she would go to the dock and wait for people from that place to come, buy food recipes from them, and take them home for the cook to study.
It can be said that her life in the past was nothing but eating, drinking and having fun.
Because there was no intention to let her take over the family business from the beginning, Qin Laicai never thought it was a bad thing.
I'm even happy that she can be so happy every day.
But ever since that time when he left in a hurry without explaining things clearly, she was stimulated at the ladies' gathering and unexpectedly began to admire Lady Ye and said she wanted to learn from her. This child began to change.
She stopped attending every ladies' party that she used to attend, and she no longer organized one herself. Then, with the help of her in-laws, she began to learn a foreign language that she had never been exposed to before.
At first he thought that this child would be just like before, only interested in learning something for a short time, and he had no hope for her success in her studies.
But this time, this girl made him look at her with new eyes.
Not only did she show greater enthusiasm for learning foreign languages than when she attended parties, she also met a good teacher who guided her on the path of learning foreign languages.
Qin Laicai didn't know whether his daughter would have the opportunity to use the foreign language she learned in the future, or whether she could use it in the right place.
But he thought, since this was what his future in-laws insisted she learn, she would definitely be able to put it into practice.
Half a year ago, if someone told him that his daughter would sit down at the desk and study hard, Qin Laicai would definitely think that dreaming would be easier than imagining such a thing.
Half a year later, he discovered that the girl who couldn't sit still to study was gone forever.
Instead, now I get up early in the morning to read for an hour, then have breakfast, and then go to the study to write and draw seriously.
The huge gap between the two periods of half a year sometimes makes Qin Laicai feel dazed.
Whenever this happened, he would pinch his thigh until he felt the pain, and then he would believe that his daughter, whom he had doted on in every way and never expected anything from, was really different.
This time is no exception.
Because he was pinched too hard, he couldn't help but cry out in pain, "Ouch, it hurts so much."
The sudden sound caused the brush in Qin Xue's hand to slip, leaving a long stroke on the paper she had been working on for half a day. She frowned and looked up at her father helplessly, "Dad, why do you always like to make things difficult for yourself?!"
This is not the first time that Dad has done this. Qin Xue didn't even ask him where he pinched this time.
"I don't just disbelieve it. Is God really so good to me and has made my daughter so outstanding?!" He really let Qin Xue do whatever she wanted and never thought that she could become anything.
Now he unexpectedly discovered that the girl who grew up in a free-range environment was so outstanding, which often made him feel as if he had been hit by a pie in the sky.
"Instead of thanking God, you should thank Sister Ye for recognizing my talent at first sight." Qin Xue said, putting down the brush in her hand. "If I am the thousand-mile horse, then Sister Ye is the horse trainer. It's not that there are many thousand-mile horses, but there are few horse trainers."
"Of course, even if there is a good horse trainer, the chosen one must be willing to run, otherwise it will be useless."
Looking at his daughter who was speaking so logically, Qin Laicai gave her a thumbs up and said, "Not only are you good at foreign languages now, but you can also speak elegantly. You are much better than before."
This girl would never have quoted scriptures like this before.
"Although I still don't quite understand the Confucian classics like the Four Books and Five Classics, I've done a lot of cramming in on the basic enlightenment books. I've also selected a number of classic stories and translated them into foreign languages, which is what I just did. When Sister Ye comes, I plan to ask her to check if my translation is accurate."
She believed that diplomacy was not only about learning to communicate with foreigners, but also about learning to export Zhaoguo's classics.
She didn't know whether she would be able to do diplomatic work in the future.
But she felt that by doing what she was doing now, even if she couldn't do diplomacy, she could translate the classics into foreign languages and then let businessmen who frequently traveled abroad spread the content.
That way, more foreigners will know about the classical culture of their Great Zhao Kingdom.
Hearing his daughter's words, Qin Laicai said to her directly, "Then you can ask her to help you tomorrow."
"What do you mean I can show it to her tomorrow?" Qin Xue jumped up from her chair after realizing what was happening. "You mean Sister Ye will be in Yangzhou tomorrow?"
"She's already arrived in Yangzhou and sent someone to deliver a visiting card, saying she'll visit the Qin family tomorrow." After telling his daughter the whole story, Qin Laicai reminded her, "If you didn't know her identity, you could just call her Sister Ye. But now that you know she's Minxing's mother, it's inappropriate for you to call her Sister, right?!"
"It's indeed inappropriate." Qin Xue also knew that this address was not good, "but this address has a different meaning to me, so if she doesn't mind, I don't plan to change it."
If it weren't for Sister Ye, her life wouldn't have changed so much in just a few months.
She always felt that changing her address would create a gap between her and Sister Ye, who had said at first sight that she was suitable for diplomacy.
Qin Laicai had never met Ye Qinghan, but he knew that she was a dozen years older than him.
Even though she is older than me, my daughter insists on calling her sister. It makes me sad just thinking about it.
However, he has always been an open-minded old father, "Then you can see for yourself."
"Yes, yes, yes. I will ask her opinion on these privately." If the other party thinks it is a good idea to change the name, then change it.
However, she felt that the other party would definitely not ask her to change.
"Okay, okay, as long as you are happy." Before she knew that she was her future mother-in-law, she was trying to please her. Now that she knows that she is not only her favorite sister Ye, but also her future mother-in-law, it would be strange if she didn't support her even more.
Can’t think about it, can’t think about it.
The more I think about it, the more I feel that I raised this girl in vain.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of Liu Zhiyan who came to the capital with the servants and bookboys he had prepared.
Compared to my daughter who always leans on Sister Ye, this future son-in-law is still reliable. "I wonder if Minxing and the others have arrived in the capital?"
Speaking of her fiancé who had been away for more than ten days, Qin Xue subconsciously looked towards the north, "He's a good horseman, he should be here by now."
"I wonder if Sister Ye would be happy to know that he's going to Beijing to take the exam?!"
"Needless to say, of course I'm happy." Qin Laicai said without thinking, "Parents all hope that their children will have a bright future." And passing the imperial examination and becoming an official is the most glorious thing for a family today.
I wonder which family has a son like this? His parents would not be happy.
"But I remember someone always saying, as long as I'm healthy and happy every day, nothing else matters."
"That's because you're a girl." Although Lord Ye's career had progressed smoothly, and a number of female officials had emerged, they were still rare compared to male officials, so he didn't think much of it. "If you were a boy, would you think I'd tell you to study?!"
"Yes, yes, I'm almost not the boy that everyone likes." Qin Xue knew that her father didn't mean to dislike her because she was a girl, but she still couldn't help but contradict him, and then told him, "Hmph, just wait, one day I will let you know that giving birth to me is no worse than giving birth to a boy."
In the past, Qin Xue would never have had such an idea.
Now, she felt that although she might not be able to reach the same level as Lord Ye, she could still do no worse than an ordinary man.
She suddenly didn't like the words that said no demands were made on her because she was not a man.
"When did I ever say you were worse than brat?!"
"You didn't say it, but you thought so deep down in your heart. Otherwise, why would you say that if I were a boy, you wouldn't raise him like you raised me?!" Qin Xue asked seriously.
Qin Laicai quickly changed the subject after being hit in the heart. "You know more about food. Remember to prepare tomorrow's menu later so that the kitchen can arrange for someone to buy the ingredients."
If you take some things too seriously, it will be hard on anyone.
Seeing her father change the subject, Qin Xue knew when to stop and said, "I'll go to the kitchen and discuss it with the cook."
"Anyway, that's Sister Ye, whom you respect the most. It's up to you how to entertain her. I won't interfere." This girl may not be good at other things, but arranging and entertaining people is not difficult for her. After all, she has organized many gatherings for ladies.
She arranged all of that herself. He never interfered, but he never saw her make any mistakes either. He knew that some things, even without anyone teaching you, you would learn them by doing them more often.
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