Qiyou Episode (Ninety-Seven)

At the beginning of May, Hong Po went to participate in the assessment of the pro-barracks. On the day of the exam, Chen Muqing was very worried.

Although she tried her best to hide her emotions in front of the elders, the Youwang Mansion was full of human beings except Brother Min, so it was impossible not to see her restlessness and uneasiness.

Qiyou said with a smile: "It's icing on the cake for people like us to be admitted to the military camp. If you fail the exam, it's no problem." Based on the friendship between Hong Po and Hong Lang, as long as Hong Po works hard, he will definitely become a humerus of the minister. But he knows this in his heart, but he won't say it.

Huang Siling smiled and said: "Your grandfather is right. In fact, it is not difficult for Hong Po to enter the Imperial Forest Army, but he wants to pass the exam through his own efforts." Relying on his own strength to become an official, he will have the confidence to speak and act in the future.

Chen Muqing smiled and said: "Grandfather, grandmother, I believe that my husband will pass the exam." As a wife, she must unconditionally support and trust her husband. But in my heart, I was still a little apprehensive.

Qiyou smiled and said, "It's good if you can think like this."

After hearing this, Yun Xu was also very happy: "Don't worry, I asked my aunt, and she said that as long as there are no accidents, Hong Po will definitely pass the exam." During the exam, there will be various accidents. However, this probability is relatively small.

Chen Muqing smiled and said, "That's good."

The exam lasted for three days, and Hong Po came back after the exam.

Chen Muqing didn't dare to ask him how he was doing in the exam, but said concerned: "Are you hungry? I'll let the kitchen serve the food." Knowing that Hong Po was coming back today, Han Jingjing asked the kitchen to cook Hong Po's favorite dishes. Now, these dishes are all hot in the pot!

Hong Po asked the maids to go out, and then hugged Chen Muqing in her arms: "Daughter-in-law, you miss me so much."

The newlyweds separated after more than two months, and they have been in touch by letters for such a long time, how could they not want to!

Seeing that Chen Muqing didn't say anything, Hong Po was dissatisfied: "Daughter-in-law, do you miss me? Daughter-in-law, don't you miss me at all?"

Chen Muqing was just relatively restrained, so she was embarrassed to say such nasty words. But under Hong Po's persecution, she still blushed and said, "My child and I miss you every day."

Only then was Hong Po satisfied, she sat down and hugged Chen Muqing in her arms, and stretched out her hand to gently caress his swollen belly.

Leaning on Hong Po's shoulder, Chen Muqing asked softly, "Is this a hard time?"

Hong Po is not a person who reports good news but not bad news: "At first it was more bitter than eating Coptis chinensis.

You don't know how ruthless it is to go back to my aunt and grandma, and let me run with a heavy load before dawn. Until I go to bed at night, there is no time to catch my breath. Even when I was sleeping, I was asked to help with sandbags. At that time, I was so tired that I didn't even have the heart to die. "Since I was a child, I have never experienced such hardship.

Chen Muqing's heart tightened: "Husband, thank you for your hard work." I heard that the children of meritorious families can reach high positions without suffering. Now it seems that the person who said this is either narrow-minded or shallow-sighted. Who wants to be in a high position and become a master, who has not experienced wind and rain.

Hong Po said cheerfully: "When I can't take it anymore, I miss you and my children, and then I have unlimited motivation." Of course, these words were not all to make Chen Muqing happy. He is enduring hardships now because he wants to set a good example for his son.

Of course, even if Hong Po wanted to give up halfway, he would not agree. Otherwise, he will be beaten to death.

Chen Muqing asked: "These days, you should have a good rest at home!"

Hong Po smiled and said, "Tomorrow, I will go to the palace to visit my great-grandparents and great-grandmother, and the day after tomorrow we will go to Tongzhou to visit my mother-in-law." After this period of devil training, his physical fitness is much stronger than before. Even if I was exhausted the day before, I woke up refreshed after a night of sleep.

Chen Muqing wanted to go to Tongzhou, but it was inconvenient to have a big belly now.

Hong Po said nonchalantly, "What are you afraid of? My aunt is still riding a horse when she's pregnant! When the time comes, we'll just walk slowly."

Chen Muqing was a little moved by what she said, but she still had scruples: "Father and mother will be unhappy if they know."

Hong Po smiled and said, "Dad taught me since I was a child that a man needs a lot of money. I promised you before that I will take you to Tongzhou to visit your mother-in-law after the exam. Grandmother and Dad know it, and they will definitely not object."

Before dinner, Hongpo, Qiyou and others said they were going to Tongzhou. Not only Qiyou and Yunxu did not object, but Han Jingjing also agreed.

Han Jingjing said with a smile: "My mother-in-law is in Tongzhou alone. You didn't visit him in the first month. You should go now." The main reason is that Tongzhou is only three days away from the capital, and the road is easy to walk. Otherwise, she would definitely object.

Chen Muqing was so touched, she stood up and choked with sobs, and said, "Thank you grandfather, thank you grandmother, thank you parents." In fact, she has always missed her mother in Tongzhou, but she dared not say it because of her identity as a wife and daughter-in-law. But I didn't expect that the people in my husband's family were so reasonable.

Huang Si Ling said with a smile: "You child, if the whole family says thank you, it's an outsider."

Han Jingjing also joked with a smile: "Don't cry, or the child will cry a lot in the future, and it will be troublesome."

Chen Muqing hurriedly suppressed her tears.

On the second day, Hong Po took Chen Muqing into the palace to visit Yun Qing and Yu Xi.

Yun Qing looked at Chen Muqing's pointed belly, and said with a smile on his face, "This must be a kid."

Yuxi was afraid of burdening Chen Muqing, so she hurriedly laughed and said: "Our family has too few girls, even a girl is rare." There are indeed not many girls from the Yun family. There are a lot of sons born in the first line.

Yun Qing thought about Zao Zao, and said unhappily: "We cultivated the girl into a talent, but it turned out to be cheaper for others."

Yuxi smiled: "You have two daughters and four sons, do you think you are taking advantage or losing?"

Yunqing didn't speak.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Chen Muqing found it very interesting, and smiled secretly with her lips pursed.

Yu Xi asked Hong Po: "Are you sure you will pass the exam this time?"

Hong Po said confidently, "I'm sure I'll be fine in the exam, but I don't know if I can get into the top three."

Hearing this, Yuxi nodded in relief and said, "From now on, I don't have to worry about you any more." Because Qiyou doted on the child, Hong Po and Brother Pun were in a bad shape. Both Yun Qing and Yu Xi were very worried about this, now that Hong Po has grown up, she has nothing to worry about anymore.

Hearing this, Hong Po was both grateful and guilty: "Great-grandmother, we have made you worry all these years."

"Raising a child is one hundred years old, and worrying about ninety-nine years. Afterwards, you will understand." I always say I don't care, but in fact I don't want to care about trivial things. Yuxi will still take care of major matters.

After leaving the palace, Chen Muqing said: "Great-grandfather and great-grandmother are so kind." Not only is the relationship good, but it is also kind to the children and grandchildren.

Hong Po hummed and said, "It's all thanks to my great-grandmother that our family is so harmonious."

Thinking of the bad things about her natal family, Chen Muqing sighed. Originally, the century-old scholarly family's family was full of smog because of her grandmother.

Seeing this, Hong Po said: "My great-grandmother often said that when you marry a wife, you should marry a virtuous wife. A virtuous wife will prosper your husband and prosper your offspring, and an unvirtuous one will bring disaster to three generations."

Chen Muqing nodded heavily.

On the third day that the young couple went to Tongzhou, the results of the assessment of the pro-barracks came out.

When Qiyou heard that Hong Po got fourth in the exam, he asked in disbelief, "It's really fourth, is there any mistake?" It wasn't that he didn't have confidence in Hong Po, but that those candidates were all elites selected from the military camp. And Hong Po was afraid of hardship and tiredness since he was a child, so he practiced in the army for a year. Then, he was trained by his elder sister for three months. This result was beyond his expectations.

Yun Xu said with a smile on his face: "Father, Hong Po really got the fourth place in the exam." I think he didn't pass the exam when he went to the exam. Now that his son is in fourth place in the exam, it's really a shame for him.

Qiyou was also overjoyed: "You guys prepare a great gift and send it to the Princess's Mansion personally to thank your aunt."

Yun Xu and Han Jingjing went to the princess mansion and brought back a letter.

Yun Xu handed the thick letter to Qiyou, and said with a strange look: "Father, this is what the eldest aunt asked us to hand over to you." I don't know what was written in the letter, but it was so thick.

Qiyou opened it and saw that it was a long list. Above, there are all kinds of medicinal materials, and the weight and price are listed behind each medicinal material.

With a glance, Qiyou looked directly at the bottom. See below, a total of 18,000 taels of silver.

Seeing this, Yun Xu understood, and hurriedly asked: "Father, the medicinal materials for Hongpo's medicinal bath are not from our family?" He thought Qiyou had already paid for it.

Qiyou stroked his beard and said with a smile, "I'll forget about it soon. Tomorrow, I'll give the money to your aunt."

On the second day, Qiyou gave Zaozao a huge silver bill of one hundred thousand taels.

Zao Zao twitched his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I can't find such a large denomination."

Qiyou said boldly: "Eldest sister, you don't need to look for it. The rest of the money should be your brother's money for you to buy wine."

Zao Zao is not polite to Qi You, anyway, this guy is rich and powerful: "It just so happens that I'm short of money recently, so I'll take your drink money."

Qiyou didn't ask Zaozao why he was short of money, but just asked: "Sister, do you want me to lend you another 100,000?"

After all, if you are a rich person, you can pay one hundred thousand at the first opening. Of course, other people want him to borrow money, and he will not borrow it.

Zao Zao shook his head and said, "No need."

In Tongzhou, Hong Po found out that he was ranked fourth in the exam, and he was a little disappointed: "I thought I could get into the top three!"

"Fourth is already very good." Anyway, it was a pleasant surprise for Chen Muqing. With such an outstanding husband, no one in the Chen family would dare to say that she married a dude again.

Mrs. Chen was also very happy: "Boyuan won the first place in the examination two months ago, and now you are fourth in the examination. It is really a double blessing." She has always believed that Hongpo is excellent, and now her judgment has been proved to be correct. of.

Hong Po said modestly: "With Bo Yuan's talent, he will definitely be able to come back with a champion in the future."

Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "There are so many talented people in this world, but you can't say such big words. I will be satisfied if he can get in the top ten in the exam." She never put pressure on Chen Huanzhang, and talked to him about science The test is just to let him do his best.