After the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion was reborn, she divorced and married the prince!

Zhao Yu glanced at his father and said sarcastically, "He didn't use any light or heavy hands. He beat the man into a pig's head. What do you think of his kung fu?"

Duke Qin glared at his son and said, "You kid! How can you not tell the difference between relatives and strangers? That's what Xu deserves!"

Zhao Yu: ...

Daddy is the one who doesn't distinguish between relatives and strangers. He shows favoritism before this son-in-law even appears.

He is in the study room, and he still wants to take responsibility for Song Er!

Unexpectedly, Daddy's elbow was bent towards Song Er!

"I thought you had made some progress in your Kung Fu, but I didn't expect you to be claiming credit for it!" Duke Qin stroked his beard and said, "Song Er's skills are quite good..."

Before he finished speaking, Duke Qin's eyes fell on the revolving lantern.

He looked carefully and his expression suddenly changed.

He stood up suddenly, walked quickly to the table beside him, and carefully picked up the revolving lantern.

"This lamp... the frame is made of a thousand-year-old nanmu wood that is extremely hard to find. The wood is as hard as iron, and the texture is as fine as silk."

"This lampshade is made of the finest silk, and this painting..."

Duke Qin held the lamp and examined it carefully.

"It was painted by Daoxuan, the most famous painter of the previous dynasty. This kind of pigment was specially made by him. It is not easy to become old and fade when exposed to heat."

"So this lamp is the masterpiece of the famous craftsman Li Yi from the previous dynasty!"

Duke Qin stared at Zhao Yezhen with heavy eyes, with love but also severity in his eyes.

"Zhen'er, you may not understand. How did this priceless lamp end up in your hands? Who gave it to you?"

When Zhao Yu saw the lamp just now, he thought it was exquisite, but he didn't expect it to be so valuable.

He also put away his playful smile and said, "Zhen'er, you can't just accept such an expensive gift. Who gave it to you? If you shouldn't accept it, you have to return it to the owner."

Zhao Yezhen's heart skipped a beat.

Is it so valuable?

She, she doesn't know? When Sister Mingli gave it to her, she just said it was a gift carefully selected for her by her second brother.

You didn't say it was so expensive? Just say she liked it.

"Yes, it's the second brother of the Song family..." Zhao Yezhen said in a low voice.

Duke Qin frowned even more tightly, and he was a little unhappy. "You don't understand the value of this lamp, so how could he not understand it?"

"We haven't even started yet, and he's already given me such a valuable gift. If things don't work out in the future... won't it mean that my family owes him something?"

"No matter how valuable this lamp is, it is not even worth the Duke's house! He has made my daughter bear the reputation of 'privately giving away' for no reason! Return it to him immediately!"

When Zhao Yezhen heard this, she suddenly became anxious.

"It wasn't given to me by my second brother!"

"Sister, stop speaking for him. You just said it was him."

"He didn't give it to me directly. He asked Sister Mingli to give it to me. When she gave it to me, she also said that my second brother was afraid that it would have a bad impact on my reputation, so it was not appropriate to give it to me personally. This is a token of my second brother's love, and it's an early coming-of-age gift for me!"

Zhao Yezhen was afraid that her father would misunderstand her, so she hurriedly explained, "Besides, what's wrong? The third daughter of the Xu family is so beautiful. When she sang and played the guitar in Guiyuan that day, everyone was amazed. But the second brother Song didn't even glance at her! This means... This means that the second brother has me in his heart!"

"At the beginning, I was just a singing girl, but my second brother didn't despise me. He would rather go to jail than expose me!"

"Second Brother Song is a responsible gentleman with good conduct! Daddy must not misunderstand him!"

Zhao Yezhen was so anxious that her face turned red. Facing the stern gazes of her father and second brother, she was not afraid at all. She spoke righteously and sternly to defend Song Yunqi.

Zhao Yu chuckled, "Dad, don't scare her. Look how anxious she is."

Duke Qin carefully put the revolving lantern back.

He was quite jealous and said sadly, "You silly child, you haven't even become a member of the Song family yet, and you're already speaking for him."

Zhao Yezhen muttered quietly, "What's wrong with the expensive gift? It's not like our Duke's Mansion can't afford to pay it back!"

"This is because Second Brother Song values ​​the daughter of the Duke's Mansion. It's better than giving her a red jade hairpin, right?"

"That's right!" Zhao Yu slammed the table.

He gets angry when he mentions the red jade hairpin!

His precious sister, what good things doesn’t she have?

He dared to show off a broken hairpin in front of his sister.

This not only disrespects my younger sister, but also the Duke's Mansion as a whole.

After comparing the two, Duke Qin nodded in agreement.

He stroked his beard and looked at Zhao Yezhen.

Seeing his daughter, although she is still young, she is no longer as timid as before under the careful care of his beloved wife.

She has her own ideas, is graceful and self-respecting, and is a good girl.

Unfortunately……

"Girls can't be kept at home when they grow up. Your mother and I wanted to keep you for a few more years! Alas, we kept you and ended up becoming enemies!"

Duke Qin said this deliberately in a sour tone.

"Dad, you can't look at it that way! You have to change your perspective." Zhao Yezhen giggled, "When I get married, I will bring you a son-in-law who is good at kung fu, has good character, can play chess with you, and can even spar with you. You can think of it as having another son, it's a great deal!"

Duke Qin's originally serious face finally broke into a smile.

"You look silly, but you are actually very cunning!"

"It must be because my parents gave me a good child!" Zhao Yezhen said sweetly.

"Oh! Am I praising you?" Duke Qin glared at her with a smile.

Zhao Yezhen nodded obediently, "Thank you for the compliment, Daddy!"

Zhao Yu was standing aside, overjoyed.

His sister is such a treasure.

The Duke's Mansion has changed since my sister came back.

The house, which used to be gloomy, is now filled with laughter every day, and the smiles on my parents' faces are almost always there.

If it weren't for Song Yunqi, her sister might have already...

When Zhao Yu thought of this, he suddenly felt that his sister's marriage was destined by heaven!

"Tell your mother that the two families should exchange name cards and match their horoscopes. There's no need to wait until the age of 15, just settle the marriage first. After all, the six ceremonies will take a year or so!"

Duke Qin spoke earnestly.

"Dad is wise!" Zhao Yu was happy when he heard this. His dad thought the same thing as him!

The Duke of Qin revealed this idea to the Song family.

Jiang and Song Yanzhou immediately got busy with Song Yunqi's affairs.

Song Yunqi was so happy, even though the wedding still had to wait more than a year.

But the matter has been settled.

He also began to report to the Ministry of Revenue for work.

When Song Mingli learned that his second brother had gone to the Ministry of Revenue, he returned to his mother's home.

"First, I want to congratulate my second brother on his appointment to the Ministry of Revenue. Second, I need your help with something." Song Mingli said to his eldest and second brothers as they were sitting in the flower hall.

Song Yunqi laughed, "Why are you being so polite to my second brother? Just tell me what you want to say."

"Where is the cotton that my second brother brought back? I heard that it was handed over to the Ministry of Revenue for storage and overall management?" Song Mingli asked.

When Song Yunqi heard that she was asking about cotton, he immediately put away his playful smile.

"The emperor takes the cotton issue very seriously. All the cotton has been handed over to the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Revenue takes it away at a price of 300 coins per pound."

"Except for the cost of our trip, this batch of cotton made almost no profit. But the emperor attaches great importance to this matter and wants to promote large-scale planting in Beili."

"If Beili can plant cotton on a large scale and reduce the cost of transportation, the price of cotton will definitely be lower in the future."

Song Mingli nodded and said that was a matter for the future.

Winter is approaching, and this year's winter is exceptionally cold. Many poor people have frozen to death in Kyoto, located in the north.

"What does the Ministry of Revenue plan to do with this batch of cotton now?" Song Mingli asked.