Xun Qingran walked to the entrance of the study room, stood a little, and pushed the door open. Qi You sat upright behind the desk, and there was a scattered tea set on the low table next to him, and the tea had already become cold. Xun Qingran hurriedly ordered someone to pack up the things.

"Why did you come back?" Qi You asked, without looking up.

Seeing that Xun Qingran looked normal and didn't look angry, she felt relieved. Qi You was no longer a child. Even if he violated his taboos because he was attacked, he would just deal with it, but there was no need to get angry.

"Madam, send me back and have a look." Xun Qingran said, thinking in her heart how to tell Qi You about the release of Xiangxiu.

"Go and boil a pot of spring water from Yuqing Mountain." Qi You ordered.

Malt responded quickly and stepped out.

Yuqing Mountain is forty miles outside the capital. There is spring water in the mountains, which is sweet and clear. The daily drinking water in the palace is the water on Yuqing Mountain. Qi Mansion also transports water from Yuqing Mountain every day, but it is very rare, so it is best to use it to cook tea.

Qi You stood up and took off a set of purple clay tea set from the Duobao grid behind the desk.

"The Fourth Master wants to make tea with his own hands?" Xun Qingran guessed when she saw Qi You like this.

The two moved to the seat of the low couch next to the window. After a while, Malt brought water in. Qi You began to clean his hands and cook tea.

The window was open, reflecting the greenness of the window. Qi You was calm and brewing tea, and Xun Qingran stretched his eyebrows and eyes.

She put Xiangxiu on the house and Qi You couldn't know, but she didn't say anything, and didn't even ask. Now she's cooking tea for her, how can such support not make people feel comfortable physically and mentally?

The fragrance of tea lingers, and the two of them savored the tea, not only did they feel like they had a half-day leisure life.

The little girl outside suddenly came to report that it was Mrs. Qi's second wife who called Xun Qingran over.

Is this an eagerness to know the follow-up to the Xiangxiu incident? Xun Qingran put down the teacup and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

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Mrs. Qi Er in the Qi Niantang looked at Qi You who came to pay tribute with Xun Qingran, and was stunned for a moment, then showed a kind face and asked about Qi You in the court.

"You are by the emperor and you must be careful in everything. Come back home and relax. Your wife helps me manage the house and take care of your negligence. Look at my face and don't blame her." Mrs. Qi Er said to Qi You.

"Thank you for your care. Although she is stupid, she is still considerate in taking care of her." Qi You said.

"Oh," Mrs. Qi Er looked at the two of them, "That's good."

After a while, Mrs. Qi Er asked what she had wanted to ask long ago. "The girl who had just gone to Ningyuanju to pass the message back and said, "Why did a girl bump into you?"

Xun Qingran thought to himself that when the little girl from the Juqing Hall was just going to pass the message, Xiangxiu had been sent back to the house. How did Mrs. Qi know that someone had bumped into Qi You?

"There is a little girl who accidentally did things and her wife has already punished her." Xun Qingran replied for Qi You.

"Serving the master is the duty of the servants. If you make a mistake, you should punish them. Don't be too indulgent. What is it..." Mrs. Qi Er asked in detail.

"It's not a big deal, mother doesn't have to worry about it." Qi You said.

"Oh, that's good, that's good." Mrs. Qi Er couldn't continue asking.

The three of them sat for a while and then came to Yi Nianju again to pay tribute to Rong.

Qi Yi was also there, and sat on the couch with Rong. Mrs. Qi and Qi You were with him. Xun Qingran personally received the tea and presented it to Rong first, and then to Mrs. Qi.

"You are also very hard-working, sit down and talk." Rong said with a smile.

Xun Qingran sat next to him and talked about the housework in the mansion.

"The old lady has experienced a lot, so I want to ask the old lady for advice. Why did this egg cost twenty big money three years ago, and it was four times more expensive than it is now? Could it be that those eggs were made of gold?"

Xun Qingran took out the novelty things he saw when he saw the account book and asked Rong for advice.

Rong likes to talk about ancient times the most. When Xun Qingran asked this, he laughed, "How old were you at that time? You were in Yingchuan and were raised in the deep boudoir. How could you know about the capital? That year, there was a flood near the capital, and then there was a time of epidemic. Half of the chickens and ducks died in the capital. The eggs became rare things, twenty big money, which ordinary people could not buy. Not to mention that people like us, even the palaces were reduced by half. I still remember that one day that year, Xiao Wu had to eat egg custard for some reason, and the family had used up all the things outside, and it was too late to buy them outside. The chef made a bowl of goose eggs, and Xiao Wu took a bite and said it was not an egg, and he spit it out. The chef was very capable. He added a lot of scallops to the egg custard and then prepared the taste. Where can ordinary people eat it? Xiao Wu's tongue is a natural glutton."

Qi Yi has a clever mouth and doesn’t have to eat delicacies, but he needs to eat whatever he lacks. This is what everyone in the Qi family knows.

"The old lady is a messenger, why don't I remember this?" Qi Yi said without hesitation.

Rong laughed, and Mrs. Qi Er laughed.

Xun Qingran sighed a little. The prosperity of the capital and the wealth of the Qi Mansion were actually like this. Then the life of ordinary people can be imagined.

Xun Qingran talked about the price of vegetables twenty years ago, ten years ago, three or five years ago, and today, which made the Rong family lively talk about the changes in the capital over the years.

"These brothers and sisters raise gold in these families, so they don't let them know about this and say they are not noble. But I don't think so. These people's sufferings should still be known. You can't raise a playboy who "why not eat meat"? Just don't get the smell of money." Rong said last.

Xun Qingran couldn't help but admire him secretly. Rong was also a woman from the back house, but her vision and knowledge were not comparable to ordinary people. She could be well-known for the major affairs of the country and the people.

Rong glanced at Mrs. Qi Er intentionally or unintentionally.

"This child, looking at the account book, he actually saw so many interesting things." Mrs. Qi Er smiled.

Xun Qingran lowered her eyes, and the interesting things were not told to others in vain.

In the evening, I went to the room of the prayer hall.

"You have found the Tong family, but you have asked clearly." Mrs. Qi Er asked Madam Zhang.

"I have always had an old friendship with the Tong family. When I was in the Marquis' Mansion, the sisters used to work together. She also treated the slave as a close friend. The slave followed the wife's instructions and asked very carefully. Although the Tong family was hiding, the slave understood. Her girl was sixteen years old, but she wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to go to the Fourth Master to behave like a good person. Who knew that her girl angered the Fourth Master, and the Fourth Master punished her to kneel outside. They knew that the Fourth Master was so afraid that the Fourth Master would die, so they begged the Fourth Grandma. The Fourth Grandma took the initiative to release the girl and only fined her a month's monthly payment. The Fourth Master actually acquiesced."

Mrs. Qi Er frowned. Xun Qingran would not have known what kind of thought the girl was beating. Such a generous treatment was also recognized by Qi You. What are the plans of the couple?

"But the Fourth Master wants to take that girl in the room?" asked Mrs. Qi Er.

"Although the fourth grandma didn't say anything, she treated that girl very well. The Tong family and the girl were also scared, and only recognized the fourth grandma as the master. That intention was to wait for the fourth grandma to make the decision." Madam Zhang said.

"In your opinion, is the fourth grandma jealous or not? Will she really take people into the house?" asked Mrs. Qi Er.

Madam Zhang felt that this matter was hard to say, "You're not jealous. I'll accept Caiqin's last time, but if you say jealous, it's not like it. Both girls who are dowry are beautiful and are very good to Citron. There is also Xiangxiu. If she is jealous, she will just take advantage of the Fourth Master's power to attack."

Mrs. Qi Er felt that Madam Zhang was right and felt a little sad. After hearing this, she thought about three situations: whether Qi You wanted to collect Xiangxiu, Xun Qingran refused, or Qi You punished the girl, or Xun Qingran gave Xiangxiu, Qi You was dissatisfied. No matter which one, there would be a rift between the two.

She didn't expect that this incident not only did not create a gap between the two, but instead encouraged Xun Qingran's momentum.

This son is already closer to Rong. If he is so close to his wife in the future, he will not have the place of her mother.

Mrs. Qi Er slept quite uneasy that night. When she woke up the next morning, she sneezes several times.

"Madam, are you catching a cold? My maid goes back to the fourth grandma and asks the imperial physician to treat the wife." Caidie said.

Mrs. Qi Er waved her hand, but she sneezes twice, and there was no other discomfort. She knew her body by herself.

"It's just a few sneezes. If there is any big deal, I told them to make it lighter for the morning meal."

"The wife is delicate, so be careful." Madam Zhang also went to Mrs. Qi Er to serve her.

"It's okay." Mrs. Qi Er sat in front of the dressing table and asked Caidie to help her comb her hair.

The little girl outside rang out, "Grandma Four is here."

"Let her..." Mrs. Qi Er was about to let Xun Qingran come in, but after a pause, a thought suddenly arose in her heart.

"My body is indeed a little heavy. Maybe it's time to ask the imperial physician to come and take a look."

Caidie was a little surprised, but Madam Zhang was more experienced than the little girls. She just exchanged glances with Mrs. Qi Er and understood them.

When Xun Qingran came in from outside, she saw Mrs. Qi Er lying on the bed with her hair loose. Madam Zhang took Caidie and a few maids to serve her at the bed.

Xun Qingran hurriedly stepped forward to pay tribute to Mrs. Qi Er, "Madam is feeling uncomfortable?"

"Nothing big is going on." Mrs. Qi Er said weakly.

Madam Zhang said, "There are so many things these days, and the wife is tired. Because of this weather, she caught a cold last night. She said she was dizzy and had a heavy body in the morning. The servants advised the wife to take a break, but the wife refused. She got up so anxiously and fainted. But she scared the servants to death, grandma, this is amazing."

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