"Mother, mother, great news, great news!" As soon as Marquis Wu'an entered the room, he announced the good news to the old lady in a loud voice.
The old lady was leaning on the kang. Seeing Marquis Wu'an come in with a look of joy on his face, she quickly helped Nanny Zhang sit up and asked, "Marquis, what's so happy about this?"
"Mother." Wu Anhou flung his robe and sat on the chair opposite, then said with a smile, "It's the boss. The boss has been promoted again."
"Oh, Nian'er got promoted again?" The old lady was also slightly surprised.
He was promoted to the third rank assistant minister of the Ministry of War not long ago, and he was promoted again?
"Yes, mother." Marquis Wu'an didn't keep the secret and said directly, "The emperor appointed him as the governor of Linzhou, a second-rank official. He will leave in three days."
The old lady was stunned for a moment. "Governor of Linzhou? So he's going to Linzhou?"
"Yes, we'll leave in three days."
"Okay, okay! Then we must open the ancestral hall and talk to our ancestors about this matter." The old lady reacted and her brows were filled with joy.
The Liu family incident a few days ago made the entire mansion lose face. Now there is finally something to be proud of, and we must make our ancestors happy as well.
Moreover, the governor is the highest-ranking official in a state and has more power than officials in the capital.
"Okay, that's exactly what I meant, son." Wu'an Hou replied.
He originally planned to open an ancestral hall to talk to his ancestors.
Let’s just not wait for an auspicious day and do it tomorrow.
Shen Nian and Xia Tian returned to their respective courtyards.
Three days is a bit tight, and there are still many things to arrange.
"Ningxiang, Ningxue, I'm going to Linzhou with the prince to take up my post. Who of you will be going with me?"
"Madam, we both must go with you." Ningxue said quickly.
"Madam, madam, we want to go too." Cuiyun, Cuiling and the other three also ran in.
"Now that you're all gone, who will help me look after the capital?" Xia Tian said with a smile.
"Madam, now that you are gone, there is nothing to guard in this house. Just take us all with you?" Several maids pleaded.
Xia Tian is in a dilemma. He doesn't know if he can take so many people with him, and he doesn't know what the situation is over there right now.
From what the emperor said, a lot of people died after the plague, and they went there mainly to help the people return to their previous lives, which is probably reconstruction, and the task is definitely not easy.
"Let me ask the prince first." Xia Tian didn't dare to agree immediately. She didn't know much about the rules here, so it would be better to ask Shen Nian for his opinion.
Ningxiang and Ningxue began to direct everyone to pack up.
Clothes, jewelry, food, and daily necessities all need to be put away.
Xia Tian watched as several people started to get busy, and didn't say anything else.
There was still time, as she had two paintings to finish, one was the portrait she had promised to County Lady Yunying, and the other was the order she received from Manager Xiao.
During these three days, she could only paint the portrait of County Master Yunying, and she could only apologize for the other one.
The next morning, Marquis Wu'an opened the ancestral hall and told Shen Nian that he was about to go to Linzhou to take up his post.
At noon, the second wife arranged a banquet for the whole family. This was also the last time everyone had a reunion dinner at home.
Chen Ke also came to the dinner this time. After Liu was exiled, Chen Ke had been staying in his own yard and had never come out. Everyone was quite surprised to see him come out this time.
Xia Tian looked at Chen Ke who was becoming more and more gloomy, and became alert.
It feels like Chen Ke is more dangerous now than before.
When Madam Liu San came and made a fuss, demanding that Chen Ke marry Liu Jin'er as soon as possible, Marquis Wu'an was originally planning to cancel the engagement, but Chen Ke was determined not to cancel it.
I didn't quite understand him that summer.
Didn't he dislike Liu Jin'er? Why didn't he agree to such a good opportunity? Was it because of Liu? Or was he trying to make amends with his uncle?
Anyway, for some unknown reason, Chen Ke insisted on marrying Liu Jin'er, and Marquis Wu'an couldn't persuade her, so he just waved his hand and ignored her.
The matter was settled.
But Xia Tian felt that it was definitely not a good thing for Chen Ke to marry Liu Jin'er.
Fortunately, they are about to leave, as it would be difficult to meet again because of the huge distance between them.
After lunch, Xia Tian said hello to Shen Nian and went to Linglong Lane.
"Madam, you said you and the young master are going to Linzhou?" Uncle Chen was a little worried. "Then, Madam, how are we going to arrange this here?"
Madam, you won’t just ignore them, right?
"Everything remains the same here. Please take good care of the courtyard and Yuejin Pavilion for me, so that I can feel at ease when I leave."
"Madam, why don't you take us all with you?" Aunt Chen still wanted to go with her.
"We're going there to take up our posts, and we don't know what the situation is yet. If you all leave, who will look after this place for me?" Xia Tian consoled them. "Maybe in a few years, we'll be back."
"Madam, please take us with you. My home is over there." Fu Gui's wife suddenly said when she heard that Xia Tian was going to Linzhou.
"Are you from Linzhou?" Xia Tian was surprised!
At that time, she just felt sorry for them. Fu Gui also saved her, so she bought them and regarded it as a good deed.
Fu Gui's family was arranged to live in Linglong Lane, but no specific arrangements were made for them. If she hadn't been told, she would have almost forgotten about Fu Gui.
"Yes, ma'am, my boss used to work for an escort agency in Linzhou." Fu Gui's wife said with a smile, "Ma'am, please take us with you. We are familiar with the place and can definitely help if anything happens."
Xia Tian nodded, not expecting such a coincidence.
It turned out that Fu Gui had taken his entire family to flee famine because the officials there were ineffective in providing disaster relief. He didn't want to wait for death, so he brought his family to the capital early.
Because they left early, the journey was relatively smooth. Otherwise, his family was made up of elderly people and young children, and if there were too many refugees on the road, it might not have been possible to reach the capital city smoothly.
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