The Salted Fish Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

126-130

Chapter 126

Although the Fourth Master was free, there were still many visitors to the gatehouse. According to Ning Chuge, the noise in the front yard affected the classes, and some people even refused to leave the gatehouse.

Geng Qingning didn't know much about what was happening outside, but the things in her storeroom were getting more and more, and more and more valuable, which showed that the Fourth Master's status was indeed very different from before.

The Nian family also sent a note in, saying that they wanted to kowtow to the master.

The Fourth Master opened the note and looked at it carefully. The Nian family was a member of the Inlaid White Banner. If he really wanted to, he should have come to kowtow when he became the leader of the Inlaid White Banner last year. Why wait until now?

Nian Xialing, the oldest of the Nian family, is old and has long since retired due to illness. Among the next generation, Nian Xiyao, the eldest son of the Nian family, is a "dumb boy" who has always been fascinated by the study of things and has a deep understanding of medicine, history, etc. He is a good candidate for the Ministry of Works, but he is not good enough to be an official.

In this way, the current Sichuan Governor Nian Yaogeng is the next generation leader selected by Nian Xialing. The wife he married is the granddaughter of Nalan Mingzhu, who should have had a lot of advantages during the years when Mingzhu was in his heyday.

However, Mingzhu has long fallen, and the eldest prince has also been trapped, and the rest of them have gathered around the Eighth Master.

Why did the emperor point such a person to his mansion? The Fourth Master silently wondered, was it to cut off the Eighth Master's firewood, or to build a team for him as he thought?

However, he might have to offend the emperor's kindness. Although the Nian family did have the ability to be proud, how could they be used as confidants?

Su Peisheng came in quietly and asked where the lunch was.

The master had lost a lot of weight during these days. Master Geng saw it at a glance and called him over to ask questions. However, he did not dare to say more and only told him about the master's daily meals.

This morning, the Lanyuan sent snacks and tea to the study twice, and just now called Yu Jinzhong to ask if the master had lunch.

The fourth master pushed away the post in front of him and stood up, "Let's go to the Lanyuan."

Su Peisheng agreed cheerfully. Apart from other things, the master did use it more in Lanyuan than in other places.

The weather was hot, and the fourth master walked very fast, but before he reached Lanyuan, he met Song Gege in the middle of the road.

She looked pale, her eyes were red and swollen like walnuts, and she was leaning on her personal maid, as if she was going to faint at the next moment. Even so, she still bowed and greeted him politely when she saw him.

"What's the matter?" The fourth master asked, the sun shining on his face was a little dazzling, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and his eyebrows were tightly wrinkled.

Song Gege shook her head, her thin neck seemed to be about to break. She said weakly, "It's nothing serious. I just went to see the old residence. It's completely different now, and it makes me feel a little emotional."

The fourth master turned his head to look at Su Peisheng. Fu Jin had always been in charge of these things in the inner courtyard, and he had no impression of this.

Su Peisheng immediately whispered a few words in his ear, and the fourth master vaguely remembered the matter of Fu Jin in the Nian family. Fu Jin said that there was no courtyard as big as the Lanyuan in the mansion, so they could only expand the previous courtyard a little. Unexpectedly, it was the former courtyard of the Song family.