Traveling through books to ancient times, I provoke the love of villains and powerful ministers

It has been more than half a month since Qi's second family came to make a fuss that day.

According to the report from the servant who sent Qi's second family to Prince An's mansion, Concubine Qi was originally not qualified to see her family, but because Mrs. Gu personally ordered someone to send her, Princess An was willing to give Mrs. Gu this To save face, let the family meet Concubine Qi.

Later, she also sent someone to inquire a little bit. It is said that Qi's second family has never been seen since they entered Prince An's Mansion.

And that Liu Yuke, she personally took Liu Yuke back to the Liu Mansion that day, and asked the old lady of the Liu family for an explanation.

She was originally prepared to have a bad relationship with the Liu family, but this old lady Liu was a straightforward person, and she ordered the nurse beside her to escort Liu Yuke to kneel in the ancestral hall, and even ordered Liu Yuke to be punished in front of her. Grounded for a month.

Regardless of whether it was just to show her off or not, at least this attitude is already good, and it seems that this old Mrs. Liu doesn't like Liu Yuke very much.

But this has nothing to do with her. In her opinion, it is enough that Liu Yuke meddles in her business and has been punished as he should.

If this Liu Yuke dared to do it next time, she would definitely not let her go so easily.

Of course, apart from these things, she has not been idle for the past half month.

In addition to sorting out family affairs, she has also begun to prepare for the cold wave at the end of this year. For this reason, she also deliberately stores rice in a special cellar in the village outside the city.

However, this can only slightly overcome the current difficulties. This cold wave has lasted too long. If we want to overcome the difficulties, we still have to find other ways.

Qi Qingxi also stopped by several stores and walked through them.

As Chunwei approached, the streets were full of applicants who went to the capital to participate in the examination, but the business was better than at this time in previous years.

Qi Qingxi has to go out again today.

She had promised Fan Qingshan before that if Wang Lang was willing to accept him as an apprentice, she would let him be the deputy shopkeeper of a restaurant.

During the Chinese New Year, Wang Lang took leave with her and went back to his hometown. Before leaving, he handed over all the business in the store to Fan Qingshan.

Sure enough, Fan Qingshan is quite talented in business.

In less than half a year since he went to a restaurant in Xisi Pailou, he has already learned a lot about the business rules of the restaurant. Even if Wang Lang is not around, he still manages the restaurant in an orderly manner.

After Wang Lang came back, he saw that the restaurant was well managed by Fan Qingshan, he was very satisfied with Fan Qingshan, and agreed to drink Fan Qingshan's apprentice tea the next day.

Fan Qingshan had already told her the good news, so she naturally had to go there in person.

Unexpectedly, when the carriage was about to reach a restaurant in Xisi Pailou, it was stopped by the crowd ahead and had to stop.

"Old Yu." Qi Qingxi called out to the driver outside, "What happened up front?"

Lao Yu replied: "It seems that a scholar couldn't pay for the meal and was kicked out by the store."

A scholar who couldn't afford the meal and was kicked out by the store?

As far as Qi Qingxi knows, most of the scholars I see in the capital today are from Juren, and those who can win Juren, not to mention their own skills, even if others just hear the title of Juren, they will rush to make friends, and financial support is even more important. No less.

There are still some scholars who can't pay for their meals?

Qi Qingxi waited for a while, but there was still no sign of dispersing, but more and more people gathered.

"It's only a hundred or so paces away from the shop. I think we'd better go straight there. Old Yu, you'd better turn around and go through the main road."

"Yes, ma'am."

Originally, I thought that I could get to the restaurant faster by taking a small road, but I didn't expect this to happen.

Qi Qingxi took two maids and a guard, and they walked together to a restaurant not far away.

This guard was originally the guard next to Li Wenkang.

The fact that Qi Qingxi was stopped by Qi's second family at the door that day was quickly known by Gu Yu. Gu Yu knew that she didn't like to bring too many people with her when she went out, but she was afraid that she would encounter such things again.

Originally, she planned to go to Ningguohou's Mansion to find a hidden guard to protect her secretly, but Li Wenkang took the lead and brought a guard by his side that night.

Li Wenkang is highly skilled in martial arts, and the guards around him have also been on the battlefield, and they are not idle people. Gu Yu is also a little relieved.

But he still went to Ningguohou's mansion and picked two hidden guards to protect Qi Qingxi secretly.

So now although she is the only one with two maids and a guard on the surface, there are still people secretly protecting her.

This way Qi Qingxi also walked with extra peace of mind, even when passing by the group of quarreling scholars, she slowed down and listened to gossip.

"Boss, the more you talk, the more you go too far. As a candidate for the exam, Brother Wen, how could he steal your two buns and lose his bright future?"

The boss quarreled with them for a long time. Although he was surrounded by a large group of people and couldn't see his expression clearly, his tone was obviously angry: "Then you should ask him to give me the money, otherwise I will report to the official that you stole my money." steamed stuffed bun."

"This is no longer a matter of money. You have insulted us scholars as thieves for no reason. Even if you want to give money, you have to apologize first."

"Yes, apology, apology!" A group of scholars also echoed this.

"Everyone, everyone."

Through the crowd, Qi Qingxi saw a scholar in a blue linen gown bowing to everyone: "Thank you for helping Wen Mou speak."

The surname is Wen, presumably it is the one that the scholar said earlier that he couldn't pay for the meal.

The clerk said again: "Boss, it's not that Xiaosheng doesn't want to give money, but he accidentally left the money bag in the inn. It's not far from the inn where I live. I said go back and get it, or you can go back with me." Even if you don't want to, I... there is really nothing I can do."

The boss snorted and said, "I can't help it, why can't I? There are so many scholars who talk to you, why don't you just ask anyone to borrow a dozen copper coins and give me the meal money first?"

When the boss mentioned the matter of borrowing money, the group of scholars who were originally filled with righteous indignation took a few steps back.

Qi Qingxi couldn't help but find it funny.

This group of scholars, when the matter has nothing to do with them, is more just than the other, but when it comes to their own interests, they hide faster than anyone else.

But there seem to be exceptions.

As soon as this group of people retreated, Qi Qingxi saw several scholars handing over their money bags to the scholar surnamed Wen almost at the same time.

Qi Qingxi gave these people a high look.

However, even if the money in the pockets of more than a dozen people adds up, it is still not enough for the more than a dozen copper coins that the clerk owes the boss.

The boss couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "Poor scholar, fake and generous."

One of the scholars couldn't bear it when he heard this, and wanted to go to the boss to argue, but was stopped by another scholar.

The scholar took another two steps forward, bowed to the group of retreating scholars: "I don't know which brother is willing to generously lend us some money."