in2ebook Chapter 536 A great background
Chapter 536 A great background
Mu Qiu glanced at him sideways.
"What collusion? How ugly it sounds."
Song Jinsheng chuckled.
"I said it wrongly, but since you've discovered it, why didn't you tell me earlier? You've been running to the shop every day like me these days. What if you get hurt?"
"It was too early before, and Tang'er said that to be conservative, we need to wait until the pregnancy is a little later before we can confirm the diagnosis. I was worried it was a mistake, so I asked her to keep it a secret for now and tell everyone after the diagnosis is confirmed."
Mu Qiu looked at him.
"Besides, I haven't been feeling unwell recently, so I have to go back to the shop to get busy. The shop in the capital is busy, and I have to train some new people before the birth."
Song Jinsheng knew that he and Mu Qiu now had their own responsibilities to take care of.
Pregnancy and childbirth is a long process.
During this period, if you completely ignore the affairs of the shop, it will definitely not work.
"You can be busy if you want. Starting tomorrow, you can sleep in an extra quarter of an hour every morning. I'll do the laundry, fetch the water, and tidy up the house. You don't have to do anything around the house. I'll take care of it all."
Mu Qiu felt warm in his heart.
"it is good."
The two men entered the house and Mu Qiu looked at him.
"Brother Jinsheng, I want to discuss something with you."
Song Jinsheng nodded and helped her sit down on the edge of the bed.
"You said."
Mu Qiu looked serious.
"After all, we are Tang'er's family. I'm pregnant now and can't go back to Rongshu Village. Although my uncle and aunt from the Xu family may not object, I always feel that it's not good for my sister-in-law to stay with my sister to take care of the baby. I'm worried that it will cause her gossip."
Song Jinsheng nodded.
"Do you want to buy a yard in the capital?"
Mu Qiu nodded.
"We can buy or rent. Anyway, it's just the two of us living here for now. At most, we'll have a child in a few months, and a small courtyard will be enough for a family of three. It will be closer to the Xu Mansion, and it will be convenient for us to move around."
Song Jinsheng thought about it and felt that Mu Qiu’s proposal was feasible.
Although he has no special abilities, he cannot drag down his sister.
It is indeed inappropriate for my brother and sister-in-law to live and eat at my sister's house while they are pregnant.
If she bought a yard, she could live closer to Tang'er in the future, and she and Hao Ting would also have a place to move around.
Thinking of this, he looked at Mu Qiu.
"Do we have enough money to buy a courtyard in the capital?"
Mu Qiu nodded.
"After Tang'er told me that she was pregnant, I asked around. Tang'er's place is close to South City, and the courtyard at the entrance to South City is around 800 taels."
"Mingyue Tower in Anyang County made a good profit last year. I saved all the money we earned, except for the money we gave to my parents. We have a total of 1,451 taels of silver. After buying the yard, we will have some left over for buying some other things. If we are busy, we can find a woman nearby to cook for us. If that is not possible, we can wait until I am a little older and then bring my parents to the capital to help us."
Song Jinsheng agreed.
"I'm going to go to South City tomorrow when I go out. If there's anything suitable, we can go and have a look together."
Mu Qiu had a smile on his face.
"it is good."
……
The next day, all the Song family members except Song Jinsheng and Mu Qiu left.
As soon as they left, the house became much quieter.
Song Jinsheng was very quick and found a place to live and moved out in less than half a month.
It is a courtyard with a main house, two side rooms on the left and right, two wing rooms on the east and west, and three back rooms at the entrance, which is completely enough for two people to live in.
After Song Yuntang took Hao Ting to see it, he was also satisfied and asked the servants in the mansion to buy a lot of things for the two of them.
Thinking that the two of them had just settled down and had to take care of household affairs and her shop affairs, and that her second brother was in charge of the transportation of goods in various shops and occasionally needed to go on a long journey, it would be worrying to leave Mu Qiu alone at home with her pregnancy, Song Yuntang sent Nanny Li from the mansion to take care of their daily life for the time being.
Since then, Song Jinsheng and Mu Qiu have settled down in the capital.
In early August, spies from the capital reported that the Western Regions were recruiting soldiers and had assembled an army of 500,000 outside Tongqiu City. The number of troops was still growing, and it was no longer a small-scale operation like before.
The war is about to start.
However, in the past two years, there have been constant wars in the north and disasters in the central region. The national treasury has long been empty and there is no money to purchase military supplies and food.
In addition, the General Zhenxi had only 300,000 soldiers under his command.
There was no money or food, and the disparity in numbers was too great, which shows how dangerous this war was.
The ministers in the court were divided into two factions.
One group advised against it and sent envoys to the Western Regions to seek peace and sign an armistice treaty.
The other faction advocated war and asked the King of Zhenbei, also known as King Heng, to mobilize 300,000 troops to go to the western border for support.
King Heng has guarded the northern border for many years and has an army of 800,000 under his command.
Even if 300,000 were transferred out, there would still be 500,000, which was enough to resist the barbarians in the north.
But the problem is that it will take at least a month for the news to be sent from the capital to the northern border, and then for troops to be dispatched from the northern border to the western border.
Even if the Western Territory could hold out until reinforcements arrived, the national treasury would not be able to allocate money to support the front line.
The two factions of ministers argued fiercely in the court and were almost about to fight. The emperor was in great trouble and gave a wink to Fan Chihai beside him and left quietly.
He thought deeply and looked at Fan Chihai.
"Go to the Xu Mansion and summon the eldest prince back to the palace for me."
Fan Chihai was a little surprised. The war in the western border was still undecided, so why did His Majesty suddenly think of summoning the eldest prince back to the palace?
Could it be that there is another deeper meaning?
"Yes." He turned and looked up at the emperor, and asked cautiously, "Besides this, Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?"
The emperor spoke in a calm and steady voice.
"I heard that Lord Xu's brother is also under the command of General Zhenxi."
Fan Chihai had been with the emperor for many years, so he naturally knew what he meant by this sentence.
He bowed to the emperor and hurried to Xu's mansion.
……
It just so happened that Song Jinsheng and Mu Qiu were both at home today.
Upon learning that someone had arrived at the palace, he stood up to greet them along with Song Yuntang and Xu Yongwang.
"I wonder why Eunuch Fan came here today?" Song Yuntang asked.
Fan Chihai bowed to Song Yuntang and said, "Today, I am here on the orders of His Majesty to summon the eldest prince back to the palace."
Jiang looked in Xu Yongwang's direction in surprise.
The eldest prince?
Why summon the eldest prince back to the palace and come to their Xu family?
Song Yuntang looked at Xia Ning beside him.
"Go tell Miss Zhu Ling that Eunuch Fan is here to take the eldest prince back to the palace."
After recuperating for a few months, Li Xi is now getting stronger and stronger. The small courtyard of the Xu Mansion can no longer hold him back, and he always goes out for a walk when he has nothing to do.
He was a prince, and the emperor had not explicitly told her that he was not allowed to go out, so she did not stop him and let Qin Ju give him the greatest convenience.
Early this morning, Qin Ju came to report to her that the eldest prince had gone out and told the kitchen not to prepare his meal at noon.
I don’t know where this person is now.
"Yes."
Xia Ning bowed and walked out quickly.
Xu Yongwang and Jiang finally reacted at this time.
The eldest son who had lived in his home for nearly five months turned out to be the eldest prince!
Song Jinsheng and Mu Qiu were also surprised.
No wonder Tang'er cared so much about this patient. When arranging the yard, he even arranged a separate yard for him.
His identity is indeed very important.