"Teacher." Qin Fang got on the carriage, "Why did you come here in person? This student should visit you at your house."
Du Ke didn't bother with these false formalities: "It just so happened that the Ministry of War had nothing to do, and I heard that you sent gunpowder to Beijing, so I came to see it." The battle between Qiguo and the barbarians at the border of Yongzhou, the matter of gunpowder has been known to the world, so there is no need to hide it. "Did the officials of the Ministry of Works come back with you this time?"
Qin Fang said: "Yes." After thinking for a while, Qin Fang asked again, "Teacher, how will the emperor arrange them? On the way back, I saw that the faces of those officials were not very good."
Du Ke disagreed: "What do you think? Even if the emperor killed them, would you think the emperor was cruel?"
Qin Fang was silent. The gunpowder issue is known to everyone, and if these officials from the Ministry of Works leak the formula of gunpowder, then Qi State will lose its advantage of gunpowder. Yunxiang County can produce sulfur and saltpeter, and so can other counties. Qi State can produce sulfur and saltpeter, and so can other countries.
Therefore, the emperor will not let the officials from the Ministry of Works go free, and no one knows whether it will be solved secretly. "The emperor has his own intentions." Qin Fang could only answer this way in the end. He is not the emperor, and he cannot stand in his position to think about the emperor's position.
Du Ke nodded with satisfaction: "It's best if you can think this way. You have to understand that sometimes people can't be soft-hearted. Of course, I'm not teaching you to be cruel and inhumane."
Qin Fang said: "Student understands."
"Did the emperor talk to you about transferring back to the capital when you came back this time?" Du Ke was mainly concerned about this matter. "The gunpowder in Yunxiang County has been completed. It's okay for you to stay there. It's also good to transfer back to the capital." Du Ke was an official fan. In his opinion, from a local official to a Beijing official, this is the inevitable life of an official appointed by the court. So Qin Fang's transfer back to the capital is justified in his opinion.
Speaking of this, Qin Fang's face was not very good: "We talked about it, and we also talked about other things."
Du Ke looked at Qin Fang's face and was a little surprised: "What else did the emperor say?"
So, Qin Fang talked about what happened in the palace, which naturally included the arranged marriage.
When Du Ke heard this, he immediately said, "This is not in line with the emperor's style. The emperor does not like aristocratic families, nor does he like arranged marriages. The emperor likes people from humble backgrounds. Therefore, he will not arrange marriages for children from humble backgrounds, not to mention that the emperor wants to cultivate you, so how could he possibly arrange a marriage for you with a lady from an aristocratic family?" In the emperor's view, the more ordinary the mother-in-law's family of a child from a humble family is, the better, so that it is less likely for them to form cliques.
Qin Fang understood a little after hearing this: "So the emperor is really testing me?"
Du Ke nodded: "Based on my understanding of the emperor, that should be the case. What's more, the emperor is quite optimistic about the girl Bingyun. If the emperor looked down on her status, he would not have made her a second-rank lady. Besides, you and Bingyun were arranged to marry by the court. The court represents the emperor's face. If the emperor arranges a marriage for you again, wouldn't that be slapping himself in the face?
Therefore, there is no doubt that the emperor is testing you. However, I also have a doubt, but I can't figure it out."
"Please tell me, teacher." After listening to the teacher's analysis, Qin Fang was at least relieved. If the emperor wanted to test him, he could test him. He didn't care, as long as the emperor didn't really want to arrange a marriage for him.
Du Ke said: "If there is no doubt that the emperor is testing you, then why did he mention your brothers? Although he values you, you are not enough for him to care about your brothers. Let alone you, even my brother, the emperor will not care. If the emperor wants to care about someone, he must be good enough. Otherwise, with his status, who can make him condescend?"
Qin Fang didn't understand this.
Du Ke said again: "Tell me about your brother." While they were talking, they arrived at Du Mansion, and then the two of them entered Du Ke's study.
When he came back, he brought him into the study room, and the Du family servants once again realized how much the family leader valued this student.
"Yes." Qin Fang knew everything about Du Ke. He told Du Ke exactly what happened between Qin Shouye and Qin Shoucheng. There is really nothing special about the two boys. Qin Shoucheng was still in school, and Qin Shouye was working as an accountant in the military camp. If he had to talk about something, it would be Qin Shouye's fiancée, "...Teacher, originally Miss Xu and Shouye were engaged in a fake way, and now that the emperor has asked, I was worried that the emperor would arrange a marriage for Shouye, so I didn't tell him about the fake engagement. Now that the marriage has been made public in front of the emperor, does that mean Shouye and Miss Xu's marriage cannot be cancelled?"
Du Ke narrowed his eyes, "Why do I feel that the emperor's previous marriage for you was paved with your brother's marriage."
Qin Fang paused.
Qin Fang knew that the emperor was a good emperor, but he naturally didn't understand the emperor's character. But Du Ke did. Qin Fang didn't know that the emperor was just testing him before, and Du Ke could see it. But now, after hearing about Qin Shouye and Miss Xu, Du Ke felt that the emperor first mentioned Qin Fang's arranged marriage, and then talked about the marriages of Qin Fang's younger brothers, as if he intended to let Qin Fang's younger brothers get married earlier.
But among Qin Fang's younger brothers, only Qin Shouye can get married early, so the emperor's purpose is to let Qin Shouye get married earlier?
However, Qin Shouye has nothing worthy of the emperor's attention.
Qin Fang talked about Miss Xu's matter and his suspicion of Miss Xu. Du Ke suddenly thought, maybe Miss Xu didn't have any other purpose, but...what did the emperor mean?
But thinking about it, it felt wrong. What is the emperor's purpose in doing this? Let Miss Xu marry Qin Shouye, so as to secretly monitor the Qin family?
Qin Fang is not a fool. When Du Ke mentioned this, Qin Fang suddenly said, "Miss Xu is arranged by the emperor? But there is no problem with Miss Xu's status in the Xu family."
Du Ke: "I don't know either, but you are right. Since the marriage has been made public, your brother and Miss Xu must get married. Besides, even if your brother doesn't marry Miss Xu today, there will be other girls."
Qin Fang said, "I don't want to be unhappy about the marriage. I am an experienced person and I know how important it is to marry a girl you like."
Qin Fang's words made Du Ke sneer a few times: "You and Bingyun didn't know each other before the marriage."
Qin Fang blushed: "But I understand it now."
Du Ke said, "This is your family affair, and I won't care. Let's go and have dinner. Your master's wife must be waiting anxiously."
"Yes."
Yunxiang County
"Sister-in-law, there is something I want to discuss with you." Qin Shouye was very nervous, a little embarrassed and uneasy. When he spoke, he did not dare to raise his head, but lowered his head.
Yang Haiyan was playing with building blocks with Qin Linyang. The building blocks were handsome patterns, and they were painted by painters from the county. After the painting, they were colored and made into pieces. This was just made recently, which is good for the intellectual development of children.
Qin Linyang just got it, so he likes it very much. He has to play with his mother several times every day. For example, now, the mother and son are playing puzzles again.
Yang Haiyan raised her eyebrows: "You say."
Qin Shouye swallowed his saliva. His sister-in-law's dominance was getting stronger and stronger. He used to think that his sister-in-law was very approachable and kind, but now he was a little afraid to face her, but it might be because he felt guilty.
Qin Shouye hesitated about how to start the conversation, and then he heard Yang Haiyan say, "It's okay, we are all family, just say whatever you want to say. If you find it difficult to say, you can wait a few days and tell your eldest brother when he comes back."
For example, sister-in-law, Qin Shouye was even more afraid of his eldest brother, so he no longer hesitated: "Sister-in-law, the marriage period between Miss Xu and I is limited to one year, and now the marriage period has reached one year."
Yang Haiyan heard it and said, "Indeed, we have discussed it before, and we will cancel the engagement after one year. The reason is that your horoscope will not allow you to get married in the next few years, and it will also help Miss Xu's reputation. Now that the time has come, I will tell grandma and let my third aunt go."
"No, no, no...that's not what I mean." Qin Shouye hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, I don't want to cancel the engagement."
"Oh?" Yang Haiyan put down the building blocks in her hand, a little surprised, and then joked, "You and Miss Xu are in love?"
Qin Shouye's face gradually turned red, and a few blushes appeared on his tan face, and he was a little shy: "Well, I have known Miss Xu for a year. I have met her several times under the premise that Xu Feng was there. I think Miss Xu is a very good person and very virtuous. I... like her very much and want to marry her. I think this way, her reputation will not be damaged."
Yang Haiyan smiled: "In that case, when your eldest brother comes back, I will talk to him. Of course, getting married is your lifelong event. We will not force you, as long as you are willing."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Qin Shouye breathed a sigh of relief, "Then sister-in-law, I will go back first."
"Go ahead."
Qin Shouye jumped up happily as he walked out of the yard. He would be 19 years old next year, so naturally he wanted to get married. Now that he had Yang Haiyan's approval, how could he not be happy? Qin Shouye was in a good mood and could not stay in the general's mansion. He went to the stable to tie up a horse and then went to the countryside.
On the way to Xu's house, Qin Shouye was looking forward to it more and more.
A few days ago, Xu Lan found Qin Shouye and told him about their one-year wedding date. Xu Lan meant that now the one-year wedding date was up, because it was said at the beginning that it was a fake engagement, so should they cancel the engagement?
At that time, Qin Shouye was a little stunned. Because he had already considered Xu Lan as his fiancée for the past year, and suddenly he was talking about breaking off the engagement, and he was in a bad mood
. Then, he heard Xu Lan say, "Second Brother Qin, I really like you. Are you willing to marry me? If you don't want to, then it's okay for us to break off the engagement."
Qin Shouye's mood rose from the bottom again. He told Xu Lan at the time that he would make it clear to his family. So today, he mentioned it to Yang Haiyan.
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