Song Ruoxue finally felt relieved. "Then Sister Lin, go and have a rest. I'll come see you tomorrow."
Lin Mingzhu readily agreed.
The next day, Gu Shaohe was still on duty, and Song Ruoxue had already found Lin Mingzhu from the inn. The two of them went to the suburban farm that Song Ruoxue had originally wanted to visit yesterday. This time, both of them were very satisfied.
In fact, this farm is not very big, but what is rare is that there are open spaces around it, so Lin Mingzhu thinks it is good for growing medicinal herbs. However, Song Ruoxue thinks that this forest is naturally well-nourished, and if more people come in the future, if they want to expand it, they can build it later, and it won't take so much trouble.
The two immediately decided to buy the yard.
But the boss here is a businessman who likes to make a profit from rare goods. Seeing that the two were very satisfied with this place, he wanted to raise the price. After the shift was over, Gu Shaohe came over. Seeing Gu Shaohe in the Jinyiwei court dress, the idea of selling was naturally abandoned.
He quickly gave the two girls a very reasonable price and sold the house.
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Shen Qingqiu has been paying attention to this matter in the palace. During this period, she also wanted to leave the palace. Who could have expected that her mother Liu would bring Mother Chen to live in the palace directly to take care of her.
You should know that Shen Qingqiu is not afraid of anything in the world, but he is afraid of his own mother.
There was nothing she could do, she could only wait patiently for the embroidery room to finish preparing the wedding dress for the queen, and then she got Liu's permission to go out of the palace for a stroll. Because her wedding was coming up, Shen Qingqiu didn't want to show off, so she dressed up as a man when she left the palace, and only brought Tu Jiu with her.
Song Ruoxue came out of her house that day and went to see Lin Mingzhu as usual, but she saw a man sitting in Lin Mingzhu's room.
"Are you Sister Lin's guest?" Song Ruoxue asked.
Shen Qingqiu turned around and looked at Song Ruoxue suspiciously. At this time, Tu Jiu whispered something in her ear, and Shen Qingqiu knew it.
Her mother Liu also told her about what happened during the time she was away from the capital when she entered the palace. Gu Shaohe was having an affair with a daughter of the Song family.
Shen Qingqiu also knew that the Song family was not an old noble family in Beijing, but their family tradition was honest. The only bad rumor that had spread before was that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Song family were not getting along. The mother-in-law wanted to take a concubine for her son because her son's wife had not given birth for three years.
But it was not a serious matter after all. On the contrary, it showed that the Song family had a clean and upright family tradition.
You have to know that in such an era, marrying a wife and taking a concubine was common, and people compared themselves to each other. The Song family was able to wait three years without having a child before taking a concubine, which was something many families could not do.
"Are you Song Ruoxue?" Shen Qingqiu looked the girl in front of him up and down. She looked quite good and behaved very generously.
Song Ruoxue couldn't tell that Shen Qingqiu in front of her was a man dressed as a woman. Seeing that Shen Qingqiu had been staring at her without blinking, she was already very unhappy. She immediately slapped the table and said, "Where did you come from, you pervert? Who allowed you to stare at me without blinking?"
Before Shen Qingqiu could say anything, Gu Shaohe came hurriedly. He had of course seen Shen Qingqiu before.
Now seeing that Song Ruoxue was so bold as to slam the table in front of her, her face immediately turned pale and she pulled Song Ruoxue behind her, "What are you doing?!"
Seeing that he not only didn't vent her anger, but also pulled her back, Song Ruoxue became even more unhappy, "Gu Shaohe, he just stared at me straight... How could anyone stare at a girl like this? It would be fine if you didn't ask him about his ill intentions, but now you come to scold me?"
Song Ruoxue felt very aggrieved for a moment, but Shen Qingqiu in front of her couldn't help laughing.
Seeing this, Gu Shaohe could only say: "Are you blind? You can't even tell if the person in front of you is a man or a woman! That's... that's my cousin!" Considering that Shen Qingqiu was visiting incognito, Gu Shaohe naturally couldn't tell her identity directly.
Song Ruoxue's brain was slow to work. "A woman dressed as a man?" She then stared at Shen Qingqiu's face carefully, and realized that something was wrong. How could an ordinary woman's skin be so delicate? It was because the person in front of her had a noble aura, and when she dressed as a man, she didn't have the delicate demeanor of an ordinary woman, so she didn't recognize him at first.
Song Ruoxue looked at Shen Qingqiu again, "Is your cousin... the princess of the Dao family?"
Gu Shaohe shook his head.
Song Ruoxue frowned, "You only have two cousins, who else could it be if not that one..." At this point, Song Ruoxue looked at Shen Qingqiu in disbelief, and then looked at Gu Shaohe.
Gu Shaohe nodded at her with difficulty.
Song Ruoxue's face turned pale, and she kneeled down to salute Shen Qingqiu reflexively.
Shen Qingqiu quickly helped her up, "I was dressed as a man just for convenience. If you bow like this, won't it reveal my identity?"
Song Ruoxue didn't even dare to kneel down, and just stood there trembling. Shen Qingqiu looked at her for a while, and smiled, "I still like you who dared to challenge me just now."
Song Ruoxue closed her eyes in embarrassment, fearing that because of what happened just now, the Queen would misunderstand her as a willful person... If she disagreed with her marriage with Gu Shaohe because of this, what should she do?
Don't be so anxious in the future!
Song Ruoxue felt extremely regretful.
But Shen Qingqiu was not the kind of person who cared so much. Song Ruoxue was only a girl of fifteen or sixteen, and she just thought she was bright and lively, and very interesting. Thinking of this, Shen Qingqiu smiled at the person in front of him and said, "Don't be so nervous. I just heard Mingzhu say that you also want to open a clinic and a school?"
Song Ruoxue had thought yesterday that if she could meet the Queen one day, she could talk about her ideas with her.
But I didn't expect that I was such a useless thing. When I saw the real person, I was so nervous. I stammered for a long time and said, "I... I just want to do my best to help those who I can help."
After Song Ruoxue finished speaking, Shen Qingqiu smiled, "She is a kind-hearted girl."
"But I have something to make clear to you. I won't do this in my own name. You know my identity. If I get involved in this, there will be interests involved. It's possible that some princes and ministers will want to get involved..." This was also Shen Qingqiu's original intention for finding Lin Mingzhu.
She was afraid that the princes and ministers would use such a thing, which was originally for the benefit of the people, to pretend to gain fame.
"So this matter won't help your reputation much. Instead, you have to do everything yourself. And to be honest, this is my first attempt. No one can say whether it will be a loss or a gain." Shen Qingqiu smiled at the girl in front of him, "Even so, are you willing to try it?"
Song Ruoxue was no longer nervous at this moment, and she told the truth: "I am not short of money. In fact, whether I make money or not is not important to me."
Although the Song family did not hold high positions in the government, Song Zhi's elder brother was a good businessman and was considered rich enough to rival a country in Hangzhou. This was why, even though the Song family had fallen and had risen again, their official positions were still low, so many noble ladies were eager to get married to them.
After all, he is powerful and Song Zhi is young and handsome. Who wouldn't want to marry him? Song Ruoxue continued, "My parents always say that if you eat the salary of the emperor, you will worry about the emperor. Although I am not an official, I have lived a life of ease and comfort for so many years. I rely on my father and brothers, and the people for support. I don't worry about money. The money I put there will be used as a dowry when I get married. It's better to use it to do something meaningful."
Shen Qingqiu was surprised when he heard this: "Did you take out your dowry?"
Shen Qingqiu had heard that the Song family was going to marry into the Marquis's Mansion, and that Miss Song's dowry list was so generous that it could buy a city, yet she was willing to give it away.
Song Ruoxue said shyly: "Otherwise, I don't have that much money." After all, this is not a small business.
"But what if you lose the money? Aren't you worried about losing your dowry?" Shen Qingqiu asked deliberately.
Song Ruoxue was not worried. She really didn't have any dowry at all... After all, her mother was her mother, and her brother was her brother. They would give her some allowance. Her sister-in-law was also a nice person, so she wouldn't think too much about it, but it was definitely not comparable to her previous dowry.
Thinking of this, Song Ruoxue glanced at Gu Shaohe and asked, "If I don't have a dowry, will you dislike it?"
Gu Shaohe only said: "I married you as a person, not your dowry."
Song Ruoxue was satisfied, but she still said to him stubbornly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Who wants to marry you?"
Gu Shaohe felt a headache, "It was you who asked just now!"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Shen Qingqiu chuckled at the side...Gu Shaohe then realized that he was in front of the queen, and put on the cold expression of the Jinyiwei again. But Shen Qingqiu waved his hand and said to Song Ruoxue: "You don't need to use these dowries, I don't lack money."
The wealth that Shen Qingqiu owns from those textile cities can bring is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
The Song family's wealth in Hangzhou is based on the textile factory, but there is no need to tell the girl in front of him.
Seeing that she rejected her, Song Ruoxue was a little disappointed and worried that she had done something wrong. Then she heard Shen Qingqiu ask, "But I am in need of someone I can trust to take charge of my affairs. Are you willing?"
Song Ruoxue was immediately shocked and asked hurriedly, "Really?"
Gu Shaohe poked her and asked, "How could the Queen lie to you?"
Song Ruoxue immediately nodded, "I am willing, your servant is willing!"
Shen Qingqiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he said, "Then let me see what you can do. Now the address has been chosen, but there are still matters of decoration and enrollment that you have to take charge of. Do you have the confidence?"
Song Ruoxue was born with a fearless personality. She had nothing but confidence.
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