After Qin Ming left his shift, Xiao Changxi, who had just returned to Xingdaofang Mansion and was notified by the maid, came to Qin Ming's study.
Today, Xiao Changxi had a bun and wore a Shu brocade palace skirt from Li's Clothing Store. The plain white palace skirt was embroidered with bright red plum blossoms.
Standing tall and graceful in the study, he looked more and more out of place, like the most beautiful landscape painting.
Qin Ming raised his head and glanced at it, and then he was completely fascinated.
Xiao Changxi couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly, then took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Qin Mingdao:
"Mr. Qin, there is a letter here. Wenyuan sent someone to deliver it to the house this afternoon."
Qin Ming stretched out his hand to make a gesture to pick up the letter. Then, when Xiao Changxi was not paying attention, Qin Ming grabbed Xiao Changxi's wrist and pulled Xiao Changxi into his arms with a little force.
Xiao Changxi was startled by Qin Ming, then made a sound, and then her mouth was blocked by Qin Ming.
After a passionate kiss, Qin Ming hugged Xiao Changxi, who was blushing, and read Zhang Wenyuan's secret letter.
After watching it for a while, Qin Ming's lips curled into a sneer.
Noticing the change in Qin Ming's expression, Xiao Changxi said worriedly:
"Mr. Qin, what did Wen Yuan say in the letter?"
Qin Ming's expression immediately recovered after hearing this. After thinking about it, Qin Ming said to Xiao Changxi:
"Just recording some of the activities of Changsun Mansion and Wang Mansion in the past two days as usual."
Xiao Changxi frowned when she heard this, straightened up, looked at Qin Ming and said:
"Could it be that the two of them are plotting against us recently?"
Qin Ming put his arms around Xiao Changxi's slender waist, hugged her into his arms, then patted her back and explained:
"That's not true. It's just that Wen Yuan discovered something interesting."
After speaking, Qin Ming whispered in Xiao Changxi's ear what Zhang Wenyuan had reported, and then revealed his plans in full.
After hearing this, Xiao Changxi put her arms around Qin Ming's waist and said softly:
"Qin Lang, you are the head of the family. No matter what decision you make, the slave family will support you!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming hugged Xiao Changxi tighter.
"Thank you, Xi'er."
...
Qin Ming wrote a letter to Zhang Wenyuan and handed the letter to Zi Shu. Qin Ming and his party left Chang'an City in a carriage.
When the carriage drove into Qinjiazhuang, it was already Youshi.
Qin Da knocked on the carriage door and said inside:
"Sir, we have arrived at Zhuangzi. We will be home in just one stick of incense."
Qin Ming said he understood, and then reluctantly took back his hands.
Xiao Changxi leaned against Qin Ming, arranging her slightly messy palace skirt, her little face flushed like a cooked prawn.
Thinking of her experience in Xingdaofang these days, she felt incredible.
It's okay to take a bath together. Why did she just agree to do that in a daze? So shameless! What a ladylike reserve!
Seeing that Xiao Changxi was silent, Qin Ming reached out and turned Xiao Changxi's body around.
"Xi'er, are you angry?"
Xiao Changxi bit her red lips, shook her head and said:
"No."
"real?"
"Um."
"Then you let me kiss you?"
"no!"
...
The carriage soon stopped at the door of the Qin Mansion. As soon as Qin Ming and Xiao Changxi jumped out of the carriage, two figures rushed over from the door of the manor.
Xiao Qingwan immediately threw herself into Qin Ming's arms and said in a tearful voice:
"Master, you are finally back! I have missed you so much these days!"
On the other side, Yang Zijun also threw herself into Xiao Changxi's arms, also crying.
Qin Ming reached out and patted Xiao Qingwan's back, comforting him:
"Okay, am I back now? And before the cement road is repaired, the young master will not go to Chang'an unless there are special circumstances!"
Xiao Qingwan raised her head when she heard this and said happily:
"Really? But hasn't the young master been given a real job by the court and has to go to the Yamen to order Mao?"
Qin Ming smiled and said:
"Let's go to the mansion first, and I'll tell you slowly on the way."
After speaking, Qin Ming glanced at Xiao Changxi and her daughter.
Walking on the small road in Qin Mansion, Qin Ming explained why he didn't need to go to the government office and asked about the situation in Zhuangzi today.
Not long after everyone entered the Qin Mansion, Xiao Changxi returned to Qingxinyuan early, citing the bumpy road and poor appetite.
Yang Zijun was worried about his mother's health, so he helped Xiao Changxi back to Qingxinyuan.
After Qin Ming arrived at the restaurant, he glanced at it, then quickly walked to Li Yuan and saluted:
"My grandson is paying homage to his grandfather. My grandson is unfilial. He has not paid his respects to his grandfather in the past few days! I hope my grandfather will forgive me. How has my grandpa been doing well these past few days?"
Li Yuan nodded slightly, then said loudly with a straight face:
"I am in good health!"
Then his tone softened a bit.
"You should get up too. It's getting late. You've been traveling for a long time and you're hungry now. Let's eat first."
"Thank you, Grandpa."
Li Yuan stood up and smiled and said to Qin Ming:
"After dinner, come to my grandfather's yard. I have something to ask you!"
"yes."
After speaking, Li Yuan slowly walked out of the restaurant.
Qin Ming straightened up and called Xiao Qingwan to sit down.
...
After finishing the meal, Qin Mingchao said to Xiao Qingwan:
"Wan'er, please go to the kitchen later and see if there is any chicken soup. If so, heat up a bowl and bring it to Chang Xi. Your body will not be able to bear it if you don't eat this night."
Xiao Qingwan nodded and said:
"I understand, sir."
After saying goodbye to Xiao Qingwan, Qin Ming came to Li Yuan's yard alone.
As soon as he entered Uncle Fu, he led Qin Ming to Li Yuan's house.
"I met my grandfather."
Li Yuan put down the tea bowl in his hand, pointed to the chair beside him and said:
"sit."
When Uncle Fu saw Qin Ming sitting down, he quickly poured him a bowl of tea.
"Thank you, Uncle."
Uncle Fu bent down to salute and said with a smile:
"Young master, I've broken this old slave."
Li Yuan cleared his throat and then said to Qin Ming:
"Boy, I'm here to ask you, what are you busy with in this house recently? Why have you hired so many people?"
Although Li Yuan was idle at home, he still had two of the most elite secret guards of the Tang royal family in his hands, so he actually knew very well what Qin Ming had done these days.
It's just that these cannot be said clearly.
When Qin Ming heard this, he told in detail how he persuaded Li Er, Fang Xiang and others to build a cement road, how he obtained the official position, and planned to set an example for officials and gentry by building the Changlan cement road first. I said it once.
After hearing this, Li Yuan frowned and thought for a long time before asking:
"Boy, your starting point is indeed correct. If it can be accomplished, it will indeed be a great achievement. Even if you don't have a title, you can mention it! But, is it too expensive for you to recruit so many people to build roads?"
"If I'm not wrong, there shouldn't be any court ministers or nobles buying cement road contracting rights from you, the Road and Bridge Commissioner, these days, right?"
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