Hua Fushu went there on horseback, and Qin Youran and Mu Qing also went there on horseback. They met on Daming Street in Taipingfang.
Mu Qing asked, "Miss Fushu, are you coming to Taipingfang too?"
Hua Fushu said, "My brother-in-law and nephew are still in Taipingfang, so of course I came here. I won't abandon them."
Qin Youran also said, "I am responsible for the control of the plague. The Taipingfang plague is not over yet, I can't just ignore it halfway."
Qin Youran and Mu Qing inspected the situation in Taipingfang. Hua Fushu went to the quarantine area alone and met the head of the Huo family and others.
When the head of the Huo family saw Hua Fushu, he scolded her, "You little bitch, don't you have ears? You came even though I told you not to. Who told you to come? Get out of here right now! We have enough doctors, we don't need you!"
Hua Fushu said with a cheeky smile: "Brother Huo, I am here to fight alongside you."
The Huo family master was even more annoyed: "No need."
Hua Fushu insisted, "I won't go back."
The Huo family head asked again: "Do your family members agree that you come?"
"I agree. My parents-in-law said that I can go wherever I want and do whatever I want." Hua Fushu had not told her parents-in-law that she was going to Taipingfang again, but she lied without hesitation, as if her parents-in-law had really said that.
"Your husband also agreed."
Hua Fushu told Ye Zelin last night that she wanted to go to Taipingfang to treat patients with the head of the Huo family and Doctor Li. Ye Zelin did not stop her, but only told her to be more careful because the plague was merciless.
She confessed truthfully, "He agreed."
Hua Fushu insisted on doing so, and since the head of the Huo family couldn't kidnap her back, he had no choice but to agree to let her stay.
When Qin Youran had some free time, he wrote a memorial and submitted it to the palace, requesting reimbursement of the money he had invested in treating the plague. Not all of it, but at least part of it would be fine.
It's not that he is stingy and reluctant to spend that little bit of silver. Many people think that his fiefdom is in Qinhuai, and the Qinhuai area is rich, so he has a lot of silver.
Actually, it is not.
Apart from the taxes paid to the court every year, not much money went into his pocket.
If he accepted the tributes from local officials, he would have a lot of silver, but he could not accept it, and this situation was not allowed in his fiefdom.
He was a prince who had a rich fiefdom but was actually very poor.
Soon, His Majesty approved Qin Youran's memorial and returned it to Qin Youran.
Your Majesty said, "The money in our treasury didn't just come from the wind. Can he just reimburse it if he wants? I eat the emperor's salary and bear his worries. I return the King of Qin's memorial and do not approve it."
His Majesty specifically mentioned a few words on the memorial. When Qin Youran saw the words on the memorial, he was angry and annoyed.
His Majesty's reply to him was "wishful thinking".
Qin Youran secretly laughed at herself, was he really wishful thinking?
He knew how many people in the capital disliked him. Even his future father-in-law disliked him, and the betrothal gift he asked for to marry Lu Tianyun was also very high.
In mid-November, Beijing experienced another heavy snowfall. This heavy snowfall was auspicious, and it was also on this day that the plague in the Taipingfang epidemic area was completely ended.
Hua Fushu invited the head of the Huo family and his son to stay at the General's Mansion for a few days. Madam Ouyang learned that her second uncle who had been crazy for many years had been cured by the head of the Huo family, and expressed her sincere gratitude to him.
A few days later, the Huo family head and his son set off to return to Lanling. Hua Fushu wanted to keep him for a few more days, but the Huo family head said that the New Year was approaching and he had to return to Lanling before the New Year's Eve. Hua Fushu didn't want to keep the Huo family head any longer.
On the day when the Huo family head and his son left Beijing, Hua Fushu and Ye Shiheng saw them off. At the city gate, they met Liu Shiba, who was also there to see the Huo family head off.
Liu Shiba had only met the head of the Huo family a few times in Lanling and they were not very familiar with each other, so he didn't have to come to see him off. However, the two of them had been working together to fight the plague in the capital for more than a month, so they were considered half friends. When he heard that the head of the Huo family was leaving the capital today, he came to see him off.
After seeing off the Huo family's head and son, the Ye family received a full-month invitation from the Kong family. The person who delivered the invitation informed Madam Ouyang that Madam Xie had specifically instructed Madam Ouyang to bring the second lady of your family to the Kong family to attend the full-month banquet on the day of the banquet.
Madam Ouyang agreed immediately and then told Hua Fushu about the Kong family's invitation. Hua Fushu had only met Madam Xie once and she did not want to attend the Kong family's full-month banquet. It was not easy for her to tell her mother-in-law directly that she did not want to go.
She talked about this with Dugu Lanxi, but Dugu Lanxi said: "Fushu, there are some things that your sister-in-law has to tell you even if you don't want to hear. You are now married to Zelin, and you will live in Tokyo for the rest of your life. When Zelin enters the officialdom in the future, you will be an official's wife, and you will inevitably have to interact with other official wives and wives. Madam Xie specifically told your mother that you must attend the Kong family's full moon banquet. It was Madam Xie's intention. She valued you, so she made special instructions to your mother. Of course, this may be because of Zelin. Zelin is a disciple of Master Kong, and you are his wife. If you really want to, you have to call the Xie family's wife sister-in-law when you see her. Let alone the Ye family and Zelin, Madam Xie specially invited you because you saved her daughter-in-law and grandson. It shows how much she values you. If you don't go, wouldn't that be a betrayal of her kindness?"
Dugu Lanxi continued, with a hint of earnestness in her words, "Just because a woman lives in the backyard doesn't mean she's trapped there for life. She should be filial to her parents-in-law, support her husband and raise her children. Backyard women also have their own little world. Sister-in-law knows you're ambitious and won't be trapped in the backyard. Don't underestimate the women who live there, especially those from prominent families. They're not necessarily less knowledgeable than you. Socializing with someone like Madam Xie might actually be helpful to you in the future."
Hua Fushu was both amused and confused. She simply didn't want to go. Dugu Lanxi could also say such a big truth. However, what Dugu Lanxi said was not without reason. After she married into the Ye family, she had to attend some social events.
After leaving Fengquexuan and returning to Guanju Pavilion, Hua Fushu asked about the Kong family. The Kong family was a scholarly family and they attached great importance to rules. Although they were just going to attend a full moon banquet, they still had to pay attention to what they should pay attention to, especially the details.
Drinking is a small matter, but losing manners is a big matter.
A few days later, it was the Kong family’s full moon banquet.
Hua Fushu accompanied her mother-in-law, Madam Ouyang, to the Kong family for a banquet. She wore a royal blue, cross-collared long skirt embroidered with flowers, and a wide-sleeved, double-breasted shirt. Her shiny black hair was tied into a fairy bun, with a plain silver hairpin inserted in it, and a branch of tongcao flowers in the shape of a crabapple were pinned on her bun.
Using tongcao flowers as head ornaments is not popular in the capital nowadays. I don't know where Sanqiao saw it from, but she got a few tongcao flowers to make hair ornaments for her. She put them on her hair when she was combing her hair today. It's quite creative to put them in her hair.
When she and her mother-in-law went to the Kong family for a banquet today, she did not bring Sanqiao with her. Her mother-in-law only brought Cuizhi and Ayu. Her mother-in-law said that the Kong family did not like to show off, so it was better to keep a low profile.
We're just going out for a full moon banquet, there's no need to be so formal.
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