Xiao Changxi was surrounded by Qin Ming and her body stiffened for a moment, but she soon relaxed.
Hearing Qin Ming's words, he couldn't help but smile, turned around, lifted the veil, kissed Qin Ming on the face and said:
"Okay, Young Master, is this real? Wash up quickly. Qin Da and the others are already waiting in the hall."
He felt the warmth on his face and Xiao Changxi's closeness.
Qin Ming hugged Xiao Changxi, kissed her on the forehead, and then said:
"Well, I'm going to wash up now. I really have to go back early. There are a lot of things going on in Zhuangzi today."
After saying that, he let go of Xiao Changxi.
After washing up, Xiao Changxi helped Qin Ming tidy up his clothes and then followed Qin Ming downstairs.
Qin Ming went downstairs and saw Qin Da and others in the hall, eating pastries brought from Qin Mansion.
Qin Ming saw that Qin Da and the others were about to stand up and salute, so he called everyone in advance to continue eating.
He and Xiao Changxi also chose a table and ate breakfast slowly.
After the meal, everyone packed their bags and as soon as they left the inn, they saw Yuechan standing next to a carriage, waiting for everyone.
Seeing Qin Ming coming out, he quickly walked up to him and saluted:
"This slave has met Mr. Qin."
"I've met Madam Yuechan."
"You are waiting here so early, but is there anything going on with aunt?"
Yuechan nodded and said:
"My wife asked me to come over and want you to help me make two down jackets and give them to two noble people."
"The goose you need will be delivered to your house today."
"I will follow you back home. I will tell the female worker at your house about the size and embroidery pattern. After they are finished, I will have to send them back in person."
"By the way, the lady also asked the servant to tell the young master that there is no need to worry about the affairs of the eldest grandson's family. She will ask the prince of Hejian County to come and the eldest grandson's house will explain the matter clearly."
Qin Ming's heart warmed when he heard this, he cupped his hands and said:
"Excuse me, Madam Yuechan, please help me thank my aunt when you go back."
After a while
After everyone packed up, they started heading to Yanxing Gate.
Just like on the way here, there were only two people in the carriage, Qin Ming and Xiao Changxi, but this time they were not sitting opposite each other, but on the same side.
Qin Ming hugged Chang Xi. Although Xiao Changxi was shy, she did not refuse Qin Ming's approach.
But after getting on the carriage, she remembered the story Qin Ming told yesterday. Although she fell asleep yesterday, she was still fascinated by what she heard.
She leaned into Qin Ming's arms, looked up at Qin Ming and said:
"Sir, can you continue telling me the story of "The Romance of the West Chamber"?"
"Chang Xi, do you like hearing it? I saw you fell asleep yesterday, so I thought you didn't want to hear this story?"
"I probably woke up too early yesterday and accidentally fell asleep. Chang Xi likes this story very much.
I want to write it out after the young master has finished telling it, and then I can find a storyteller and let him tell the story in the teahouse. "
Qin Ming couldn't help but admire Chang Xi's flexible thinking and clever mind.
Such talents will be passed down to future generations, and she will be a proper female CEO. But he said:
"Well, telling stories is fine. I can also design the teahouse to make it more suitable for listening to books or music."
"But Chang Xi has to pay me some compensation first before I can tell you."
Xiao Changxi straightened up, looked at Qin Ming, and asked:
"What reward?"
Qin Ming pointed to his cheek, Xiao Changxi looked at Qin Ming helplessly, hey, who would have thought of the usually serious and elegant young master.
He is so shameless in private and makes such a request in broad daylight outside.
However, Xiao Changxi, who wanted to hear the story, had no choice but to give in and kissed Qin Ming helplessly.
Qin Ming was in a surprisingly good mood after receiving his reward, so he continued to tell Xiao Changxi the story of Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng.
At the beginning of Si Shi, Chunming Gate
Qin Ming, who was telling "The Romance of the West Chamber", heard the commotion outside the carriage, so he stopped lecturing.
Chang Xi, who looked confused, pointed outside the car. Chang Xi understood and moved away from Qin Ming's arms and sat aside.
Qin Ming opened the curtain and faced Qin Da Dao outside:
"Qin Da, go and see what those people are shouting about?"
"Yes, sir."
After a while, Qin Da came back and said to Qin Ming against the car window:
"Sir, I heard that the Ministry of Revenue posted yesterday's donation amount from each family in Chang'an City on the city gate, and the people are talking about which family donated more."
"Oh, I see."
Qin Ming thought in his heart that it was indeed the Zhenguan period when many talented people were born, and such tricks could be used.
I asked casually: "Which company is donating the most money now?"
Qin Da replied:
"I heard that the royal family donated 10,000 guan. The person who donated the most besides the royal family was the Bolingcui family. They donated 5,000 guan."
"Then Cui of Qinghe donated four thousand guan."
"Well, I know. This matter has nothing to do with us. Let's continue on our way."
"It's young master."
After putting down the car curtain, Xiao Changxi said doubtfully:
"Sir, why did the government announce the donations from each family in advance? Hasn't the merit monument not been erected yet?"
Qin Ming hugged Chang Xi's soft waist again, let her lean against him, and whispered in Chang Xi's ear:
"This is the cleverness of the government. The purpose of erecting the monument in the first place was to encourage families to donate more money."
"If we wait until the monument is erected and directly engrave the donation amount on it, then each family will have no way to change their donation ranking."
"But now that the government has posted notices in advance, it's different."
"There are five surnames and seven wishes. Each family wants to dominate the other families and line up in front. The one who donates more will be ranked higher on the monument. And if no one specially destroys this monument, it will fall down after being erected for thousands of years."
"If you were the head of the Taiyuan Wang clan and found out that the Qinghe Cui clan and the Boling Cui clan were ahead of you, what would you think?"
Xiao Changxi heard this and said: "These officials are really shrewd. But the young master is also very powerful. He can guess their intentions at once."
"Now that everything is fine, should we continue talking about "The Romance of the West Chamber"?"
All the way here, Xiao Changxi yawned several times in Qin Ming's arms.
Qin Ming knew that he had tortured Chang Xi quite a lot yesterday. He held the beauty in his arms tightly and said softly:
"Let's not talk about it for now. Let's talk about it when we get back to Zhuangzi. We won't get home for another hour. Chang Xi, please take a nap first. I'll call you when we get there soon."
After saying that, he patted Xiao Changxi's back.
Xiao Changxi was indeed a little sleepy, and her heart felt warm when she heard this. She nodded and kissed Qin Ming through the veil again.
He closed his eyes and retreated into Qin Ming's arms.
.....
At this time, in Anrenfang, Chang'an City, there was the residence of Wang Gui, the minister in charge.
Wang Gui, who had just returned from the next court, was in a bad mood. There were already several broken teacups on the ground in the front hall.
It was only when Wang Gui returned home that he learned that the Cui family of Boling and the Cui family of Qinghe had handed over 5,000 guan and 4,000 guan to the Ministry of Revenue respectively yesterday.
This made all Wang Gui's previous plans come to nothing. His original plan was to wait until the merit monument was built and about to be engraved, and then slightly increase the Wang family's donation, so that the Wang family could suppress other families.
I didn't expect other families to be so impatient. Once this official document is posted, it is estimated that other families will receive the news soon.
At this point, Wang Gui pondered for a while, called his servant, and asked him to go to the warehouse, and take another 7,500 guan to send to the Ministry of Household Affairs in the afternoon. He said that the donation sent in advance yesterday after the master's family learned about the refugees, I just arrived at my house this morning.
Scenes similar to those in Wang Gui's house were staged one after another in several other aristocratic families.
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