Qi Rui Extra Episode (7)

After Gao Haiqiong settled her three sons to sleep, she was exhausted. However, I still managed to go to the clean room.

When he returned to the room, Qi Rui was already lying on the bed.

Climbing onto the bed, Gao Haiqiong asked a little strangely: "Why haven't you slept yet?" On weekdays, Qi Rui had already snored.

Qi Rui said: "When I was buying pork elbows for you at Fuyun Restaurant today, I met the eldest daughter of the Mu family again." Some things should be explained clearly, so as to save my wife from thinking wildly when she finds out about it from other places.

Gao Haiqiong's good mood disappeared in an instant.

Qi Rui smiled and said: "Don't think too much, I have already asked A Luo to send someone to investigate."

"Check what?"

Qi Rui said: "It's a coincidence that we met twice in the Salesian's Home. But we met several times in Fuyun Building and on the road, so it's a bit strange."

Gao Haiqiong hurriedly said: "She just has ulterior motives. My lord, you must not be fooled by her appearance."

Hearing this, Qi Rui frowned: "Did you send someone to investigate?"

Gao Haiqiong shook her head.

If after Gao Haiqiong did the investigation, he would tell him with facts that Mu Yingying had two faces, he would definitely believe it. But now, Qi Rui's eyes showed displeasure: "Since you didn't send anyone to investigate, you just said this based on the plausible words of the girl from the Yang family. Don't you think you are acting too rashly?"

Gao Haiqiong is at a loss for words.

Qi Rui said: "In this world, there are many women who are greedy for vanity, but there are also many girls who are clean and self-sufficient." Even if Mu Yingying really has two faces, he still believes that there are still many girls who are upright in this world. .

Gao Haiqiong also agreed with this statement: "My lord, I was wrong." The next time something like this happens, I have to find out and tell my husband.

"Knowing your mistakes can make a big difference." After finishing speaking, Qi Rui said: "I know you are worried that I will take a concubine. Don't worry, I will not take a concubine."

Gao Haiqiong said: "I believe in the lord, but I don't believe in those vixens outside. These vixens use all means and tricks for the sake of prosperity and wealth, making people hard to guard against." Like this Mu Yingying, her methods are very superb, and her lord was almost fooled. .

"I don't take concubines, and it's useless for those women to use all their means. After all, you don't believe me.

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Gao Haiqiong said: "My lord, just like this time, you were almost fooled."

Qi Rui laughed and said: "What are you being fooled for? I think she is gentle and kind, but so what? Do I want to let me in when I see a kind and gentle woman? Then my house can't hold it anymore .”

Gao Haiqiong looked at Qi Rui's expression, hesitated and asked: "My lord, are you really..." She wanted to ask Qi Rui if he really wasn't tempted at all. It's just that she couldn't open her mouth.

In fact, it was Mu Yingying who made Gao Haiqiong feel in danger, that's why she lost control of her emotions that day.

Qi Rui glanced at Gao Haiqiong, smiled and said: "Mother said that concubines are the root of the chaos in the family. I am not as big-hearted as Ah Xuan, and you are not as mellow and skillful as your siblings. If I take a concubine, our family will definitely It will be messed up. Not only will we not be happy, but obviously they will also have a bad life." Therefore, for the sake of family harmony and healthy growth of children, he never thought of taking concubines.

Gao Haiqiong hugged Qirui and said softly: "You said this. If you dare to take a concubine in the future, I will die."

Qi Rui shook his head helplessly and said: "My father was the emperor back then, and my mother never worried that he would accept a concubine. I think you are just free. If you are as busy as your mother, you don't have time to think about these messy things."

Thinking that Yuxi never leaves his books all year round, and what he reads are not idle books such as travel notes and essays to pass the time, but obscure books such as historical books, medical books, and agricultural books. To be like her mother-in-law, Gao Haiqiong couldn't help shivering.

Seeing her like this, Qi Rui couldn't help laughing: "It's late, go to sleep!" In fact, not to mention Gao Haiqiong, there are few people in the whole world who are as diligent as his mother.

Mu Yingying suffered a lot from the knee injury, and she couldn't walk the next day, so she had to rest at home. So in the following days, Qirui did not meet Mu Yingying by chance again.

A few days later, Hou Zi reported the information he found to Qi Rui: "My lord, the eldest girl of the Mu family lived with her mother in her hometown in the countryside until she was twelve years old."

Mu Yingying's father, Mu Changqiu, was from a farmer's family. Although he was extremely intelligent, he had no money to study. Liao Tuhu from the same village felt that he would be successful if he studied, so he offered to pay for his education if he got engaged to his daughter.

The Mu family was very poor at that time, and they couldn't eat a meal of meat for a month. Butcher Liao's proposal was like pie in the sky to them. Without even thinking about it, the Liao family agreed.

Mu Changqiu is indeed a seedling of studying. He passed the examination at the age of thirteen, was a scholar at the age of eighteen, and at the age of twenty-three, he was awarded the second-class Jinshi. And he and Liao got married after Zhongju, and the relationship between husband and wife was very good after marriage. In the second year, the Liao family gave birth to their eldest daughter, Mu Yingying. Two years later, the Liao family gave birth to their eldest son, Mu Xinting.

When Qi Rui heard this, he asked, "Mu Xinting?" In his impression, the Mu family did not have such a famous person.

As the highest chief executive in Shengjing, Qi Rui will also deal with him. If Mu Changqiu's eldest son is here, it's impossible for him not to know.

The monkey said: "The information I found out was that Mu Xinting fell ill when he was five years old. Mrs. Mu didn't ask a doctor to ask a witch doctor, but the illness was delayed because of the delay."

Hearing this, Qi Rui had a bad look on his face: "Where's Mu Changqiu? Where is he?" As a person who reads sage books, he would believe in witch doctors and not doctors, Qi Rui doubts his ability now .

The monkey said: "Mrs. Mu, Mu Yingying, mother and son have been living in the countryside with Mrs. Mu. At that time, Mu Changqiu was working at the Imperial Academy in Beijing. It was also when Mu Yingying was twelve years old that Mu Changqiu took over. He and Mu Xinrui came to Shengjing."

"What about the Liao family?"

The monkey said: "Mu Changqiu wants her to stay in Xiexi to fulfill her filial piety for her parents, so the Liao family is still in the countryside!"

"If I remember correctly, Mu Changqiu should not be the eldest son." Generally, only the eldest daughter-in-law would stay at home, and the second son's daughter-in-law would not be allowed to stay at home. Unless there is a special reason.

Monkey nodded: "He is the third son in the family. After he passed the Jinshi examination, Governor Yang treated him very well for the sake of his fellow countrymen, and even made a maid surnamed Li from Mrs. Yang's side as a concubine for her. Mu Changqiu dotes on the child born to Li Shi and her very much, before he took Mu Changqiu's siblings to his side, this concubine was the head of the Mu family."

Qi Rui heard this and looked up at the monkey.

The monkey continued: "When Mu Yingying first arrived in Shengjing, she was stumbled several times by Mrs. Li. Later, for some reason, Mu Changqiu suddenly handed over the housekeeping to Mu Yingying. Later, Mrs. Li and him Daughter, also fell out of favor."

"What happened?"

The monkey shook his head and said, "I can't find out about this, but Mu Yingying has taken care of Mu's house in an orderly manner." From this, it can be seen that Mu Yingying is a very cunning person.

Qi Rui asked: "Is it a coincidence that I met you twice on the street and in the Fuyun Building?"

This, the monkey really inquired: "It was a coincidence that the prince met Mu Yingying for the first time, and she did it on purpose the second time. Mu Yingying bought a helper in the back kitchen of Fuyun Building, and found out that the palace is located in Fuyun Building. She picked up four sauced elbows. Based on this, she should have guessed that the prince will go to Fuyun Tower in the evening."

After a pause, the monkey said: "Mrs. Yang goes to Baixiufang on the 16th of every month. The day she quarreled with Miss Mu happened to be the 16th." Baixiufang is the best tailor shop in Shengjing. And that road is the place that Qi Rui must pass to return to the palace.

Qi Rui smiled and said: "It seems that I did it on purpose." Once is a coincidence, but twice is not a coincidence.

The monkey said cautiously: "My lord, do you want to continue to inquire?"

"No need." It is enough to confirm that Mu Yingying met him several times with ulterior motives, and there is no need to inquire further.

After a pause, Qi Rui couldn't help but asked again: "Then does she really visit those children in the sales home often?" He asked this because he felt Mu Yingying's love for those children at that time , not like a play.

The monkey nodded and said: "Mu Yingying will go to the sales home every month after the head of the family, but she used to go to the sales home in the west of the city. Since the beginning of the year, she has only gone to the sales home in the east of the city." There are three sales homes, and the Chengdong sales home that Gao Haiqiong went to is also the largest sales home in Shengjing.

Back in the backyard, Qi Rui told Gao Haiqiong about these things. After finishing speaking, Qi Rui couldn't help but said: "With her appearance and talent, it's not difficult to marry a good family. Why do you want to be a concubine?" The concubine's room in the Ming Dynasty had a very low status. Even the children born to them are not of high status.

Gao Haiqiong didn't care what Mu Yingying thought: "When you meet her in the future, don't talk to her again."

"Don't worry, it won't happen."

Gao Haiqiong was also worried that Mu Yingying would have a chance encounter with Qi Rui again, but she didn't expect that Mu Yingying would not show up again in the next two months. It is said that he is ill and is recuperating at home.

Gao Haiqiong snorted coldly and said: "It's her knowledge." If she dares to approach her husband again, she might be killed.

Caichun smiled and said: "Princess, the three-month period has come, you can go out tomorrow."

Hearing this, Gao Haiqiong turned from anger to joy. I haven't gone out for three months, so I have to go shopping in the street tomorrow.

But Caichun said: "Princess, these things have happened to me recently, and this servant thinks that you should go to the temple to worship and get rid of bad luck."

Gao Haiqiong thinks this is reasonable: "Go to the stable and let them prepare the car."

Originally, I wanted Qi Rui to go with me, but it was a pity that Qi Rui happened to have something to do and couldn't go.

"Or, I'll go back two days later. When I'm done with work, I'll take Xianer and the others with me." It's not for offering incense, but to go out for fun as a family.

Gao Haiqiong shook her head and said: "I went to burn incense to get rid of the bad smell on my body. If I have to go there in two days, then I will be dishonest, and the Bodhisattva will blame me if I know it."

Neither Yuxi nor Yunqing believed in gods and Buddhas, so the children had no awe of gods and Buddhas. However, it does not stop others from believing in it.

Qi Rui smiled and said, "It's up to you."