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The fish in the garden could be considered to be in bad shape. When the bowl of fish food was spilled, anyone who could come would gather here to try to eat it. It seemed so joyful, but it was unknown whether they would end up bumping into each other.

Although the rear garden of the Sacred Hall was not as large as the main courtyard, Xie Jingxi did not expect to see a man walk in so brazenly, and it was truly rude.

It was also Xie Jingxi's fault for being comfortable all the time as her hair was combed loose and loose. From afar, she didn't look much different from a girl.

Xie Jingxi was instinctively displeased with him and followed behind Madam Song. "Since there's a guest in the garden, I will take my leave first."

Madame Song glanced at the man accusingly. "Look at your recklessness. You don't even know how to avoid being a guest. If you scare people, what will you do?"

The man glanced at Xie Jingxi's straight face, cupped his fists, and said to Madame Song: "Sister-in-law, please don't blame me. Yan Ting was being reckless, I have always been this way.

"This is Yan Ting, a member of my clan. He used to frequent the garden, but who would've thought that we would run into each other today?" Madam Song and Xie Jingxi explained.

Song Yanting was indeed Song Yanchen's younger brother, since that was the case, Xie Jingxi could only nod her head in acknowledgement, but she did not plan to speak further. Song Yanting glanced at her, "Sister-in-law, why not introduce his, since we have met, then why not get to know each other."

"This is not something you can talk about, go play on the side." Madame Song waved her hand, about to send him away.

Seeing that, Song Yanting cupped his fists and begged, "Forget it, sister-in-law, please do not anger me, I will leave now."

Song Yanting had a playboy look, and was completely different from Song Yanchen's composed and dignified attitude. Xie Jingxi instinctively disliked him, so she lowered her head and did not even look at him.

Song Yanting took a step and looked back three times, and the more he didn't know, the more he felt like his heart was being scratched. When he was far away, Song Yanting casually stopped a little maid, "Little Qin'er, who is this for?"

The maid, who was addressed as Qin'er, instantly blushed, "Second Young Master, please don't cause any more trouble. Tell the customer to wait for me, I'm going to be scolded again."

Song Yanting stood in front of her, preventing her from leaving, "Who are the guests in the garden today?"

"Two, two young masters, I don't know either. I only serve tea and water. If the old master and his wife don't tell, who would dare to ask?"

"So mysterious." Song Yanting rubbed his nose, leaned over and whispered a few words into her ear, then reached out to grab a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth, "Alright, go and serve me well."

After Qin'er rearranged the pastries, she rubbed her hot face before bringing them to the pavilion Xie Jingxi was in. When she put them down, she couldn't help but glance at Xie Jingxi, and after making contact with her gaze, she quickly moved away. Holding an empty plate, she said to Madam Song: "Madam, the people in the hall in front are inviting you over."

Xie Jingxi glanced at the plate of dim sum and then looked towards the direction of where the little servant girl came from, her mouth hooked up. Madame Song stood up and said: "These are all snacks made by our Master Jiang Nan, you can taste if you like. I will accompany you to the front to give you some instructions, please wait here for a moment."

Madam Song had matters to attend to so she left first, leaving only Xie Jingxi sitting inside the pavilion. She picked up a piece of dessert and crushed it in her hands before tossing it into the water to wipe her fingers.

"Why does the little lady have to go out of her way with a snack?" Song Yanting came out of nowhere and looked at her smilingly.

Xie Jingxi was as uncomfortable as if she was covered with bugs. She said in a relaxed tone: "Young Master Song, is it a good way to treat guests in your residence? It might not be proper for me to meet with a female guest alone. "

"What's wrong with that? Since we've met, let's get to know each other. I see that the little lady is also from the south. I wonder which family she's from, maybe we can get to know each other as well."

Xie Jingxi smiled, "It's fine if you know each other, I don't want to know someone like Master Song at all. Since Master Song wants to stay here, then I won't keep you company."

Xie Jingxi turned around and walked away. Song Yanting reached out his hand to scoop something up, but only touched the edge of her clothes. He put his hand up to his nose and sniffed, then turned around and sat down on the seat Xie Jingxi had sat on, holding onto a plate of dim sum, and specially picked out a piece next to the piece of dim sum Xie Jingxi had brought out a moment ago.

Halfway through his meal, he felt that something was wrong and his mouth started to burn with pain and numbness. Then, he suddenly came to a realization as he looked at the dessert plate. "Hiss …" Song Yanting's mouth was on fire, and even his throat was numb as he lost all sensation. In a moment of anger, he threw all the snacks into the water, picked up the tea cup and started to rinse his mouth.

It was expected that in the next three to five days, Song Yanting's tongue would become swollen even down to his throat. Forget about food, even water would become a pain, it was just that he pitied that pool of golden carp, and estimated that it would be the entire carp feast on the table.

On the way back, Gu Yun saw that her expression was not too good, so he reached out to test the temperature of her forehead, "What happened? "I didn't catch a cold, but who dares to make you unhappy?"

"It's fine, I was just blinded by the wealth of the Song Clan." Xie Jingxi didn't want to bring up the word Song Yanting at all, so when she thought about it, she felt like she was swallowing a fly.

Seeing that she did not want to say it, Gu Yun did not ask anymore, but there was a cold look on his face, and he reached out and pulled her into his embrace, "You do not have to worry about the stocks that the Song Family will give you, I will give it to you to keep, although we do not lack that bit of silver, but do not reject it, just keep it as our daughter's dowry."

"Where did you get your daughter?" Xie Jingxi rolled her eyes at him, "What if you don't have a daughter?"

Gu Yun laughed heartily, "Sooner or later there will be one. Since Xi is so anxious, then let's work hard during this period of time. If we give birth to a boy, then we won't give him the silver and we can earn it ourselves."

Xie Jingxi laughed and hit him with the hammer, "I have never seen someone so biased."

Isn't this what they call being biased? Isn't this how the old man came here, looking at Song Yanchen, even though he is doing well, he started from scratch. As a man, you have to have some charisma.

These eight words were not even there yet, yet Gu Yun was already worried about his son's life. Xie Jingxi thought that he should still bear a daughter.

As the weather grew warmer, the wind from the south unavoidably blew into the capital. Then, the His Majesty could no longer sit still, and a few days later, he ordered Gu Yun to return to his post.

Gu Yun was severely ill, and looked to be extremely thin, when he wore his usual official uniform, he had obviously become a lot more relaxed. When he saw His Majesty, even His Majesty was able to see that he was well, "Is Gu Qing well? It's been a long time since I've worked so hard, Gu Qing. "

"Thank you His Majesty for your understanding, I dare not say that I have worked hard, staying at home for a few months is already the kindness of the His Majesty, how can I keep delaying matters of the court?"

Even Sheng Luan was severely injured, I almost had no face to face with the old Marquis, but Imperial Court and political affairs are complicated, and I cannot leave you, so I have to make you suffer a little. If one day you are not feeling well, I will definitely give you a leave of absence. "

Gu Yun's body also made the His Majesty nervous. Although he had to rely on Gu Yun now, he did not dare to take's life as a joke. Thus, his words were filled with compassion.

"Recently, Shang Jia from the south has been causing trouble. I want to hand this matter over to your Ministry of Justice. I wonder if Gu Qing has any thoughts?"

Gu Yun replied: "His Majesty, this subject thinks that we cannot tolerate this. The price of rice on the market has already doubled compared to usual, if we were to ignore this, the citizens will definitely suffer greatly.

The His Majesty nodded his head, "What you said makes sense, but the implications are vast, which side does Gu Qing want to take?"

"His Majesty, this subject thinks that we should first start investigating from the southwest, where the most violent trouble occurred. This matter involves officials taking bribes and colluding with merchants, it is not enough to quell the anger of the people, in addition, the imperial government should support these righteous merchants, or we can accept some loyal merchants, and use them to prevent them from colluding with some corrupt officials."

If the imperial government were to step in to support a group of merchants, they would have to give them the greatest amount of convenience, such as deducting taxes and reducing the cost of transportation. The corresponding merchants would also have to contribute generously when the country was in trouble, Gu Yun's intention was to allow the imperial government to better control these merchants, so as to better control the prices of food and food.

His Majesty muttered to himself for a moment, "Then I will hand this matter over to Gu Qing. In addition, I have something that I have to ask of you."

Gu Yun was startled, he thought, what's the matter? He had not heard about anything major recently.

Gu Yun said: "Please speak, His Majesty."

"Yes, during your absence, I have already allowed my second brother into the cabinet office to study politics, but I think that his personality is one of studying to the death, and the more he follows those stubborn old fellows in the court, the more he will lose his image. Gu Qing is a role model among the young court officials, and he is also very nimble in handling affairs, so I want to hand my second brother over to you, so there's no need to spend too much effort in teaching him how to handle matters when he is free."

Gu Yun's heart suddenly skipped a beat, "This subject is terrified, this subject's talent is shallow, I do not have the ability to educate Second Prince, I am afraid it is just a delinquent disciple, His Majesty, please reconsider."

His Majesty laughed, "We don't need to think about it anymore. It's no big deal, let's settle it like this, from now on, we will bestow upon you the title of Young Master."