Fang Jun smiled and waved his hand, "Sister-in-law, I'm here to help. I don't need to pay for it."
Cui Hongyu's eyes widened, his face changed, and he said in a deep voice, "How can that be done? I agreed to give you ten taels of silver. You can't let me break my promise."
"Sister-in-law, I'm not here to make money. I just feel sorry for these children and hope they can study."
"Otherwise, I'll make a list, and you can take the list to the county town to buy some books and come back, and you can use the wages."
Cui Hongyu was very moved after hearing this. Fang Jun really loves the children, but he can't let Fang Jun feel cold.
"Fang Jun, I know what you're thinking, but let's stick to the same code."
Fang Jun picked up his pen and started writing a book list, and then changed the topic, "Sister-in-law, there is something I know I shouldn't say more, but I still want to remind you."
"Brother Fang Jun, if you have anything to say, just say it."
"Sister-in-law, brother Xiaobei has been in the capital for a long time and has not returned. Now there are rumors that he wants to marry the princess."
Cui Hongyu actually felt a little sad when she mentioned this matter. After all, no one wants to watch their man marry one after another. He just married Liu Rumei, and now he wants to marry a princess.
"Sister-in-law, I don't mean anything else. It's just that according to the ancestral system of our dynasty, Brother Xiaobei is not qualified to marry the princess. I'm worried that there are other problems here. If something goes wrong, it will affect the nine clans. By the way. , my grandfather and Mr. Feng rushed to Wannian City in advance a few days ago."
Cui Hongyu's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. In fact, although she didn't quite understand the rules of the royal family, she vaguely felt that Chen Xiaobei first married Liu Rumei, and now he wanted to marry a princess. This sounded really incredible.
Cui Hongyu forced herself to calm down and said to Fang Jun, "Brother, thank you very much. Then I will take the book list and buy books for the children."
Cui Hongyu walked out of the school, but he was already feeling uneasy. Fang Jun's words echoed in his ears.
Now he is very much looking forward to hearing the news from Wannian City. Of course, if Chen Xiaobei can come back for the New Year, he will have to give him some advice.
Thousands of miles away, Wannian City.
Chen Xiaobei finally decided to live in the Prince Consort's Mansion. Living here was more convenient than living in an inn and the Liu family. After all, the princess would definitely come to see him more and more in the future.
At this time, Princess Zhaoning also began to preside over the first meeting in her life. The first thing she did was to summon Liu Xiangnan and Fang Zheng to discuss giving Chen Xiaobei a position.
After listening to Princess Zhaoning's words, Fang Zheng bowed and said, "Your Highness Princess, according to the ancestral system of our dynasty, Consort Chen should be a third-rank official, but the actual positions in the third rank are full, and there are only false positions."
Princess Zhaoning didn't care about this. She nodded slightly, "That's fine. If you don't do your job, then you can't do it."
Fang Zheng looked at Liu Xiangnan. Liu Xiangnan remained silent. After all, he and Chen Xiaobei are related by relatives, so he can't say this.
Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng had no choice but to continue his conversation.
"Your Highness the Princess, you can designate Chen's Consort as a third-grade Sima awaiting imperial edict."
To be honest, to be honest, it is just like a substitute or an alternate. When there is a vacancy, you can take over. Of course, you can directly appoint a new one without him taking it. But the biggest advantage of this kind of title is that you can enjoy the salary of a third-grade official. No effort needed.
Princess Zhaoning doesn't understand this. She just waits for the imperial edict. Anyway, she has a salary, and she is already at the third rank. She will be promoted slowly in the future.
"Okay, then if everything goes as you said, you can take me to deliver the message."
After saying that, Princess Zhaoning waved her hand, and Fang Zheng and Liu Xiangnan looked at each other and walked out one after another.
After walking out of the imperial study, Liu Xiangnan hugged Fang Zheng and said very respectfully, "Thank you, old Imperial Master, for your help."
Fang Zheng smiled and waved his hand, "Hey, why are you so polite? It's just a small effort. By the way, Lord Liu, you have to give your son-in-law a beating when you have time."
Of course Liu Xiangnan understood the meaning of this beating, which was to tell Chen Xiaobei not to forget about the princess, and not to go out to make noises when Sima was waiting for the imperial edict.
When Liu Xiangnan got home, he saw Liu Kai hurriedly coming towards him as soon as he got off his horse, with a look of joy on his face.
"Master, Master, the lady is back, the lady is back."
As soon as he heard that Liu Rumei was back, Liu Xiangnan was overjoyed.
Feishen jumped off the horse and ran towards the house.
At this time, Liu Rumei had already changed into a red dress and had been waiting in the yard early. When she saw her father running towards him, she immediately lifted her clothes and knelt down on the ground to kowtow.
"Unfilial son Liu Rumei, please kowtow to your father!"
Liu Xiangnan came to Liu Rumei, stretched out his trembling hand, gently wiped the tears on Liu Rumei's face, and reached out to pull the person into his arms.
"Rumei, you are back, you are finally back."
The father and daughter held each other's arms and cried. After crying for a while, Liu Kai came forward and whispered, "Master, Miss, let's go inside and talk. It's cold outside."
Liu Xiangnan nodded and pointed to his study. The father and daughter entered the study one after another. Liu Kai ordered someone to prepare tea and asked Xiaoqing to leave as well, leaving time for the father and daughter.
Liu Rumei wiped her tears and said, "Dad, what happened to my brother? Why didn't you wait for me to come back and take a look at my brother? Then you hurriedly buried him!"
Liu Xiangnan sighed, "Rumei, it's not that dad is cruel, it's that your brother was poisoned. I really can't let you see him like that. By the way, since you are back, go to the prince's place to burn incense in the afternoon. "
Liu Rumei nodded, "I understand. I heard that the murderer has also been caught. Please ask dad to ask for a favor from the emperor. I want to kill the murderer myself."
Liu Xiangnan shook his head gently, "Well, it's not time yet. By the way, Chen Xiaobei has moved to the Prince Consort's Mansion. You should go there and have a look."
Liu Rumei also learned about Chen Xiaobei's marriage to the emperor from other people's mouths. Although she was unwilling to do so, she had no choice but to do so.
After all, Chen Xiaobei was his man, and Liu Rumei was still worried about him. After explaining his experience of returning to China to his father, Liu Rumei and Xiao Qing hurried to the Prince Consort's Mansion.
Chen Xiaobei was not idle at this time, reading in the study. Princess Zhaoning said last time that she wanted to do it for her own official, so she had to read up on the books in this world so as not to say anything that would make people laugh.
While he was reading a book, Liu Tie stumbled in and pushed open the door. Before he could speak, he pulled Chen Xiaobei and walked out.
"Brother Liu Tie, what's wrong with you? Let me know if there's anything you need to know in advance."
Liu Tie stammered as he ran, "Hurry up, hurry up, the lady is here, the lady is here."
As soon as he heard that Liu Rumei was coming, Chen Xiaobei shook his hand, shook off Liu Tie, rushed in front of Liu Tie and rushed directly to the gate.
At this time, Liu Rumei had already entered the gate.
