Li Yuan couldn't express her opinion on Xue Yunping's matter.
"I heard from Caiwei that Canniang is pregnant, and Junzi will take the examination in February, so I plan to set off on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. If you want to go, wait for me outside the city on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and we'll meet up then Walk."
After getting Li Yuan's affirmative words, Yan Jiao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, let's see you on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year! Sister Yuan, today is New Year's Eve and there are a lot of things to do at home. I'll go back first!"
Li Yuan got up and sent her out before coming back.
Liu Mei was concerned about Li Miao's daughter and knew that Li Yuan was going back to Beijing, so she approached Li Yuan on New Year's Eve.
"Yuan Niang, sister-in-law, I want to ask you a favor!"
Li Yuan didn't ask what it was about or whether it was okay, she just replied: "Sister-in-law, tell me!"
Liu Mei sighed quietly at first, and then said: "Mother Yuan, Miaomiao is not young now. She is considered an old girl whether here or in the capital. Your eldest brother and I have been anxious about her marriage. But what about this child? I don’t want to, I’ve been to the capital several times in the past few years, and it won’t work no matter how hard I talk to her!”
Li Yuan knew about this matter. Caiwei mentioned it to her when she wrote the letter.
At this time, when she heard that her sister-in-law was here for Li Miao's marriage, she said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will help Miaomiao take a look when we go back this time. If there is a suitable one and she is willing, then I will give it to my sister-in-law." If you write a letter, it will be the same when you go there."
When Liu Mei heard this, she hesitated and asked: "Mother Yuan, what do you mean, when the time comes, Miaomiao will marry from your family?"
"It's okay. If you don't want to, it's the same as marrying from Junzi's family or Sanshu's family. Both of their families have now bought houses in the capital. Now that Brother Xie has been promoted, and the three younger ones are growing up, I will definitely change to a bigger house this time I go back."
Liu Mei really wanted her daughter to marry from the Xie family, but she thought of her mother-in-law and grandma's advice and didn't want to cause trouble to Li Yuan and the others.
They are now in high positions and have many things to do and are busy on weekdays. How can they leave the matter of Miaomiao's marriage to them.
After thinking about it, she said: "Mother Yuan, I'm afraid you won't have time to go back to Beijing this time. I won't bother you about Miaomiao's marriage then. If there is a suitable one, just marry her from the third aunt's house." I’ll talk to Third Aunt later.”
Li Yuan wanted to say that she was not busy and she didn't like to socialize.
It is said that a husband is valued and his wife is honored. Her brother Xie is now the chief minister, so if she doesn't want to socialize, can someone force her to do it?
But when he saw that her sister-in-law was serious, he followed her wishes and nodded.
Anyway, to her, being seventeen or eighteen is not a big deal at all. Even if she gets married after twenty, she thinks it is feasible.
Like Caiwei, she is about to get haircut. As for marriage, it is up to her.
You can marry if you want to, or if you don't, it doesn't actually matter.
The little girl can make money by herself, but she still doesn’t know how much money she has in her private house.
As long as she is happy, maybe one day she will meet the person she is destined for?
Wanting to think so, Li Yuan did not say so, but instead said: "Sister-in-law, when Brother Xie returned to Beijing, he wrote in a letter that the emperor was not in good health. To be outrageous, if the emperor dies, according to the rules of my country, Yun , in the next year, ordinary people will not be able to marry, you must be mentally prepared!"
Liu Mei also knew about this, but it was out of necessity, so if it really happened, there was nothing she could do, so she nodded to show her knowledge.
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On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, she took Caiwei Qingsha and the others back to Beijing.
Before leaving, she specially bowed to Mrs. Wang and Mr. Li, and even asked the children to kneel down and kowtow to them.
Everyone knows that it will be difficult for them to see the old couple again in their lifetime!
The old couple has lived a comfortable life in the past few years, but as they get older and older, their bodies are getting weaker and weaker.
Maybe one day, he will suddenly leave!
When Li Yuan left with the children, everyone from Lijia'ao, men, women, old and young, came to see them off.
It wasn't until they left the village entrance and her carriage disappeared from everyone's sight that they reluctantly dispersed and went their separate ways.
Yuan Niang said that the tea garden is very good now, and they have learned a lot from the masters of tea making and so on.
After a year or two, she will fulfill her original promise and provide the money to buy everyone a small tea mountain.
Now six years have passed, and they all know who owns the two big tea mountains where they work.
For this, they felt even more grateful.
They know better than anyone how much money they have to invest before the tea plantation starts to make a profit.
All this money must be paid in advance.
Yuan and mother-in-law were kind-hearted. In order to provide everyone with a stable job, they did not hesitate to borrow money to build a large tea garden.
It is said that they thanked their son-in-law, and for this they owed their former classmates and friends a lot of money.
It is said that it has not been repaid yet.
So when Li Yuan left, she took a lot of broken silver and silver ingots with her.
These were collected for her by the villagers from door to door.
Those with more can be given ten taels; those with few can be given two or three taels.
Although the total amount was less than three hundred taels, Li Yuan felt warm in her heart.
Others in the clan may not know about her family's situation, but her father and several other clans always know about it.
She would accept the money because Li Qinghua, the clan leader, advised her.
He said that the people of Lijia'ao had made a lot of money over the years, so it was appropriate for them to receive a few taels of silver from everyone.
What's more, when she returned to Beijing this time, as the residence of the chief minister, it couldn't be too shabby.
Also, even though Caiwei's surname is not Xie, she is still a girl from the chief minister's family, so she has to do the gift of hair extensions, let alone make people laugh at her.
What they can give now is limited. In a few years, when the other children grow up, the clan will be able to give more.
Li Yuan carefully considered the situation of the Li family'ao people and accepted them.
The distance from Lanxia City to the capital is not short.
Li Yuan returned to Beijing this time with a group of people, both old and young, so she didn't go very fast.
Just when they left Luyang Mansion and entered a small county town in Hedong County, they suddenly heard the news of Emperor Kang Jing's death.
Because of this incident, Li Yuan, who was walking fairly fast, immediately decided to go slower.
She didn't know what the current situation was in the capital. If she went back rashly, who knew whether it would cause trouble to her brother Xie.
After thinking about it, she simply took the people back to Xinyang Mansion.
Although they had no way to guide them, she had a command and her brother Xie was still the chief minister, so she didn't have to worry about this.
Of course, she has no worries in this regard, it mainly refers to her and the children.
But Li Sanhai and his wife, Yan Jiao and others are still needed.
They had no choice but to take the road guide from Lanxia City to the capital and go to the county government office.
Unexpectedly, I met Qin Muyang here.
Qin Muyang knew Li Yuan. When he saw the person, he was stunned for a moment and then saluted her.
"Your Majesty, Qin Muyang, has met Li Yiren!"
