The Queen of the Red Chamber is a little flustered

In late autumn, the weather is getting colder, but the capital is bustling.

Although the ministers and common people only need to observe the national filial piety for a hundred days, the royal family still keeps the filial piety. They dare not go too far. Fortunately, the 27 months have finally passed.

The little palace maid handed over a hibiscus-colored dress, Miwa smiled and took it for Gu Qinyuan to change into, "Master looks good in bright colors."

Gu Qinyuan smiled slightly, "The plain color is not bad."

Miwa thought, yes, the master is good-looking and looks good in everything she wears, so she stopped talking.

After taking care of it properly, Gu Qinyuan looked at her radiant self in the mirror, feeling a little dazed, time flies so fast.

Before she could lament how time flies, there was a crisp laughter from outside, and Gu Qinyuan smiled.

Mi Wa looked out of the window and said with a smile: "Master, it's the princess and the second prince who have come."

"Second brother, hurry up." Xi'er pulled Yong Xu's sleeve and ran forward, her mouth chattering, urging her non-stop.

Yong Xu pouted, looking displeased, but his short legs still moved forward.

Followed by the nurse and the little maid, panting, shouting from time to time, "Second prince, princess, run slowly, don't fall."

As soon as Gu Qinyuan went out, a soft little body bumped into her arms.

"Mother's queen." Xi'er shouted happily, and came out of Gu Qinyuan's arms again, holding her skirt and circling around, "Does Xi'er look good?"

Gu Qinyuan took a closer look at the delicately dressed little girl, and said with a smile, "It's pretty."

Xi'er pursed her lips and smiled, and touched the small flower buds with beaded flowers with her small hands, "When will father and elder brother come back? Xi'er wants to show them." She hasn't seen father and elder brother for a long time.

For children, a few days is a long time.

Xi'er lowered her head and counted her fingers, "One day, two days..."

Yongxu groaned twice, and after saluting Gu Qinyuan, he stood aside and sulked himself, and his father and elder brother didn't take him when they went out.

Xi'er heard the sound, shook Yongxu's arm with her small hand, and comforted: "Second brother, father and eldest brother will be back soon." After finishing speaking, she also pouted at Gu Qinyuan, "Mother, is it you?" no?"

Gu Qinyuan nodded with a smile, reached out and patted Yongxu's small shoulder, "Didn't your elder brother say that when he comes back from the imperial mausoleum, he will take you out of the palace to play?"

Xi'er leaned over, "I'm leaving the palace, too." She wanted to go out to eat candied haws. Last time Uncle Jiu brought them, she only tasted a sip, and the queen wouldn't let her eat.

"Then I'm going to Zhuangzi, and my eldest brother said to take me hunting." Yongxu's eyes sparkled, "Mother, are you okay?"

Gu Qinyuan glanced at him with a smile, "Your elder brother agreed, but the queen mother did not."

Seeing Yongxu drooping his head, Gu Qinyuan raised the corners of his mouth, "But if you obediently recite the homework left by your elder brother, the queen mother will allow you to go to Zhuangzi, but you are young, you can only look at it, you can't do it yourself .”

Yongxu nodded sharply with his little head, it's fine if he can go to see it, he is not greedy, "Okay, I'll go and endorse the book." After finishing speaking, he turned his feet and wanted to go to the study, but was stopped by the nanny.

"Dinner first." Gu Qinyuan squeezed his round face, then led Xi'er inside.

One year after the death of the first emperor, Tu Mingjin established another year name, so this year is the second year of Xuanping.

In the past two years, Tu Mingjin's control over the court has deepened, and he has become more comfortable handling court affairs.

When the team that went to the border came back to the capital that year, Tu Mingjin proposed in the court hall to build another weaving office in the north, which would be used to make woolen fabrics.

The ministers responded immediately, and even if there were a few elder censors who wanted to speak out, they were held back by the people around them.

I didn't see that His Majesty is in a good mood recently. Besides, who doesn't want white money, not to mention one more weaving office, the court will have more official positions, and they can also arrange for the family's nephews in multiple ways.

The courtiers had no objection, and the weaving office was quickly completed, and Tu Mingjin sent his confidants to the border.

The weaving department buys wool from grassland tribes, and then the female workers make the material, and sell it to various places when the weather is cold.

Of course, at the beginning, they only chose a few tribes that had never had any grudges with Daqi to cooperate, and ignored Mangzi, after all, they had fought a battle before.

A year later, everyone can see the benefits.

The Ministry of Households received more taxes, and the creases on the face of Lord Shangshu laughed; the Ministry of Officials was busy counting the extra official positions, and they were not free for many days; With Shen Zhenxiao and several generals around, it is still peaceful; the Ministry of Industry also said that it will improve the textile machine...

In short, for this matter, the ruling and opposition parties are extremely busy.

Xu Shi saw that the imperial court didn't suppress the business much, and even faintly encouraged it. All the merchants in Daqi became active, and workshops were opened everywhere.

Tu Mingjin also issued an order to reward several merchants that employ the elderly, the weak and women, and gave them plaques, calling them "houses of benevolence and righteousness".

Those few companies were praised by His Majesty, and were selected as imperial merchants, and they were extremely happy.

Seeing this, other people also recruited the old, weak and women to work after thinking about it in their hearts.

Walking on the street now, you can see many women with their heads up and their chests upright, who are full of confidence at first sight.

Hearing this from the fifth princess, Gu Qinyuan couldn't help laughing, her heart was full of joy.

Although the status of women is still very low now, she understands that if things go on like this, one day, women in Daqi will be able to live their lives straight.

Commoner women go out to work to support themselves, while daughters of wealthy families cannot leave home, but they can still study in women's schools.

It has only been two years since the No. [-] Women's Academy in Beijing was built, and most of the school-age girls in Beijing have enrolled in the school.

However, there are still a small group of families who confine their daughters to study the Four Books for Women at home, and some young girls even disdain women's studies in their hearts, and they cannot show it on the surface, but some gossip is spread in secret.

For these people, Gu Qinyuan still has a little pity for the little girls who are detained by their families, but she can't care too much about those girls who would rather be tied up.

Of course, not all girls in the women's school are pure-minded girls. Some people just want to gain the queen's favor, or make friends with the princess and noble girls in the academy, so that they can marry a good family in the future.

Gu Qinyuan couldn't say that they were wrong. After all, she never thought of letting the girls in the women's school not marry. After all, there is an unmarried "old girl" in the family in this era, and the daughters of the entire family will be implicated.

It’s just that Gu Qinyuan was inevitably a little disappointed, and Tu Mingjin comforted her, “Didn’t Yuanyuan say to take her time, since they want to borrow the academy for profit, they will naturally learn more, which is also in line with Yuanyuan’s original idea, let alone not All of them."

Gu Qinyuan sighed, then cheered up again, "You are right, you have to take your time."

It is worth mentioning that Jia Yuanchun from the Rongguo Mansion is also studying at the Women's School. This is what Gu Qinting specially entered the palace to ask Gu Qinyuan. After all, Jia Yuanchun's father was only a member of the Ministry of Industry of the fifth rank, and he was not eligible to enroll. .

Rongguo Mansion had a filial piety last year, so Jia Amnesty took Gu Qinting to live in Rongxi Hall and formally took over Rongguo Mansion. As for Jia Hu and Jia Lian, they still lived in the East Courtyard.

Tu Mingjin thought of the merits of Jia's family, put Jia Amnesty in the Ministry of War, and let him take a fourth-rank position, while Jia Zheng followed the emperor's decree and started his official career in the Ministry of Industry.

Because Jia She's official position was higher than him, Jia Zheng felt very annoyed, but he didn't dare to blame His Majesty, he could only blame Jia Daishan and Jia She.

Jia Daishan had given up on the second son long ago, anyway Jia Zhu of the second room made progress.

Jia Amnesty didn't care much about Jia Zheng, as long as Jia Zheng didn't cause troubles and hurt the Rongguo Mansion, he didn't mind raising the second wife while the old man was still alive.

In Rongxi Hall, Gu Qinting said to Yuan Chun: "It's been windy recently, you have to be more careful when you go out every day, and ask Baoqin to bring the cloak."

Jia Yuanchun pursed his lips and smiled, "My aunt loves me, so I'll pay attention to it, and the girl Baoqin remembers her aunt's orders firmly, and she serves very well."

Looking at Jia Yuanchun, who looked upright and behaved elegantly in front of her, Gu Qinting nodded in her heart, and asked again: "You have only been in school for a few months, how are you doing in school?"

"Cousin Xinning is in the academy and takes good care of me." Jia Yuanchun replied with a smile.

After talking for a while, the servant girl outside said that the uncle is coming.

"It's not the time to say hello, why are you here now?" Gu Qinting was puzzled and let Jia Hu in.

Jia Yuanchun said: "Big brother is filial to aunt."

Gu Qinting smiled and nodded at her, "Your elder brother should thank you, thank you for being with me these days."

"What are Mother and Eldest Sister talking about?" Jia Hu walked in and asked.

"Say you have to thank Yuan Chun." Gu Qinting said.

Jia Hu bowed to Gu Qinting and exchanged greetings with Jia Yuanchun before sitting down, "I brought back some delicate things from Jiangnan, which are suitable for my elder sister, so I sorted them out and sent them to my sister's courtyard."

Jia Yuanchun stood up and blessed himself, "Big Brother's good things."

Jia Hu stretched out his hand to help her up, "During the period of my wife's pregnancy, my father was busy with official duties, and that boy Lian'er couldn't even take care of himself, thanks to having you by my wife's side."

"My aunt raised me and taught me. I'm just talking to my aunt. What's the point?" Jia Yuanchun asked.

"Brother and sister are so polite." Gu Qinting said angrily, "Yuanchun is good, as long as I know, you, just prepare enough gifts."

Jia Hu nodded with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

After a while, Jia Yuanchun took his leave and went back to his yard.

Looking at her back, Jia Hu couldn't help but think of the elegant and virtuous concubine in her previous life when she visited her relatives. She sighed in her heart, and only hoped that she would have a happy ending in this life and would no longer be trapped in the family.

Jia Yuanchun was walking on the cobblestone road, when he heard a burst of crying coming from the room, a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes, the eldest daughter in the big house, she is no longer the most honorable girl in the Rong Mansion.

"Miss, why worry, Miss Shan is not the same age as you." Baoqin said in a low voice, her own girl is married, and Miss Shan in the big house is still young, the two of them are not even comparable.

Jia Yuanchun just shook his head, and murmured: "It's different after all." She sometimes wished she was her aunt's daughter, so why would she envy the infant Sister Shan, but she was not, she was the daughter of the second room, and she couldn't even enter the academy. If you are not qualified, you have to ask your aunt to ask the empress.

Back in the courtyard full of thoughts, Jia Yuanchun looked at the food box on the table, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Who sent this?"

The little girl outside replied: "The uncle brought it for the girl when he came back from the Imperial College." The uncle here is talking about Jia Zhu.

The children of Jia's two rooms are not arranged together, so the first room has Uncle Hu, and the second room has Uncle Zhu.

Jia Yuanchun's eyes were slightly red, but there was a smile on his face. She was not the aunt's daughter, but she was the eldest brother's sister.

Thinking of the Wang family in the Buddhist hall again, Jia Yuanchun knew that he shouldn't have any resentment.

The author has something to say: I'm a little late, sorry~