On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth month, the Imperial Court was closed. The palace would occasionally give out rewards to each fu. The ones that received the rewards were mostly the families of the officials that had some face in Jing. So if there was a reward from the Emperor, it represented that the person was valued by the Emperor. The little officials that wanted to climb up also watched closely to see which family they could curry favor with and which family they could ask for help.
Qu Qing Ju followed He Heng to kneel in the main hall of the wang fu and received the Emperor's reward. It was just the Spring Festival couplets, the "fu" character and two plates of kumquats that the Emperor had personally written. Kumquats had the meaning of auspiciousness and could be considered a good omen.
After sending away the taijian, the two returned to the zhengfang and opened the Spring Festival couplets to take a look. The red paper was written in gold and there were flowers drawn on the edges. From Qu Qing Ju's layman's point of view, the handwriting was very good. But from the strokes, Qing De Emperor's handwriting was more gentle than strong. It could be seen his personality.
Casually peeling open a kumquat that was slightly bigger than a thumb, Qu Qing Ju broke half into her mouth and fed the other half to He Heng. She nodded and commented: "The handwriting is good, the kumquats are sweet."
He Heng looked at her fluid movements and smiled as he put the couplets away, "Qian Chang Xin, you and Ming He personally put up the couplets."
"Yes," Qian Chang Xin carefully held the box containing the couplets and left with Ming He.
Qu Qing Ju looked at the pair of "fu" characters, "Then where should we put this pair of" fu "characters?"
"Naturally in our room. I'll put it up later," He Heng pointed at the door of the zhengfang and saw Qu Qing Ju eating kumquats again, "It's so cold, don't eat too much cold."
Qu Qing Ju's wrist twisted and shoved the kumquats in her hands into his hands: "Since wang ye is going to put up the" fu "characters, then I'll help you see if it's crooked." Finishing, she took the "fu" characters and started to order the servants to get the items to paste the characters.
He Heng saw that she was in high spirits and let her be. Under the protection of the taijian, he stepped on a stool to put up the "fu" characters.
"A bit crooked, move it to the right."
Move it to the right.
"Too much, move it a bit to the left."
Move it to the left.
Qu Qing Ju looked critically at He Heng's result and nodded reluctantly: "It should be like this."
When the taijian heard this, they hastily helped Wang Ye get off the stool. Then they dragged the stool to the side so as not to disturb the little fun between Wang Ye and Wang Fei.
He Heng took a few steps back and nodded in satisfaction. Then he reached out to tap Qu Qing Ju's forehead, "I think you are blindly directing."
Qu Qing Ju took a step back and replied with a smile: "Wang ye's skill isn't good, how can you blame me?"
Not far away, Jiang Yong Yu and her three shiqie were standing where they were. Seeing wang ye and wang fei talking and laughing, they didn't know if they should go over or not. Originally, because Wang Fei had rewarded them with some hairpins today, she should have brought people to give thanks. But looking at this scene, how could she be so insensible as to move forward?
The other three didn't feel good, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces. They only looked at Jiang Yong Yu, waiting for her reaction.
"It's fine, I'll come back tomorrow. Wang ye and wang fei are busy right now," Jiang Yong Yu took back her gaze. Just as she was about to turn and leave, she encountered Yin Liu who was carrying a food box.
"Greetings to Jiang ce fei and yiniang," Yin Liu bowed.
"Yin Liu guniang doesn't have to be so courteous," Jiang Yong Yu smiled, "We originally wanted to come and greet wang fei, but wang ye and wang fei are busy. We didn't want to disturb them and will leave first."
Before Yin Liu could speak, Yu Zan hurried over and bowed to the four, "Jiang ce fei and yiniang, wang fei and wang fei are asking you to come over." So it was because Qu Qing Ju had seen the commotion and had called them over.
In the main room, He Heng and Qu Qing Ju sat at the head of the table. The four ce chus sat quietly and obediently below.
Qu Qing Ju looked at Feng Zi Jin. It had only been half a month, but Feng Zi Jin seemed to have become much more haggard. She sat there like a statue, without any energy. She raised a teacup to take a sip and asked: "What is the matter?"
"Today, us sisters have received wang fei's reward. We are very grateful and wanted to come and greet," Jiang Yong Yu replied, "We have disturbed wang fei, please forgive us."
"You're too polite," Qu Qing Ju put down the teacup, "Good flowers need a good vase. Those jewelry and hairpins only shine when they meet a beauty. I just don't want good things to be wasted. It's not worth the trip."
Jiang Yong Yu smiled: "Even though wang fei says so, nu is still very grateful. If there wasn't wang fei, nu wouldn't have so many good things." Finishing, she touched the hairpins in her hair. It was clearly one of the hairpins that Qu Qing Ju had given her.
He Heng noticed her action and said: "Wang fei's intentions, you just have to kowtow and give your thanks." Finishing, he smiled at Qu Qing Ju, "No wonder I had someone make jewelry and hairpins a few days ago. So it was like this."
Qu Qing Ju didn't have the mind to purposely act virtuous in front of He Heng. It was just because it was the new year and she wanted to make herself more pleasing to the eye. In any case, what was the point of being frugal when it wasn't her own money?
Since wang ye had spoken, Jiang Yong Yu couldn't reply. She could only silently sit at one side and hold the teacup to pass the time.
At this time, Huang Yang walked in. After bowing, he announced: "Wang ye, wang fei, Yun Qing guniang requests an audience."
He Heng slightly furrowed his brows, clearly irritated: "She's a tongfang, what matter does she have to request an audience with wang fei?" These words were extremely impolite and made Huang Yang, who had passed on the message, pause.
"Wang ye, Yun Qing guniang says to thank wang fei for taking care of her and wants to give a bow to wang fei." Huang Yang obediently replied.
"Tell her to kowtow at the door," He Heng said, "Tell her, wang fei is usually busy. If she has nothing to do, tell her to stay in her room." He was tired of Yun Qing's tricks. First she played virtuous, then she pretended to be pitiful. What was she playing now?
This kind of woman, if he didn't pay attention to her, in the end, she would find all kinds of reasons and appear in all kinds of ways. He Heng took a sip of the tea in his hand: "It's fine. These two days, get someone to send her to an estate outside. Ben wang is too lazy to see her.
The other ce shi lowered their heads, afraid that wang ye would find them unpleasing to the eye and send them to the estate as well. Once the people in this fu were sent out, they wouldn't have much of a chance to come back.
They didn't know how Yun Qing had provoked wang ye to dislike her, but they knew in their hearts that wang fei was not to be offended. In the past, there was Yun Qing as a lesson, and now there was Feng Zi Jin as an example. They didn't dare to have any other thoughts.
"Wang ye, this Yun Qing is such a young girl. It's such a pity to send her to the estate like this," Qu Qing Ju said with some regret, "Such a tender and beautiful girl."
He Heng saw her face full of pity and said helplessly: "Just a woman, but you care more than me. If that's the case, give her a person in the estate so she won't be alone. "
Qu Qing Ju knew that the so-called tongfang was just a man's plaything. It was normal for them to be given to manservants and servants. Even more, this Yun Qing wang ye hadn't touched her yet. There was no such thing as monopolizing her. But the huakui of this generation, skilled in zither, chess, calligraphy and painting, it was such a pity to give her to a rough person.
If Yun Qing really was a virtuous person, she would probably turn around and hang herself to death. If she wasn't, it was better to live in the estate than to lose her life in the future.
When the other shiqie heard that wang fei, with just a few words, had let wang ye marry Yun Qing to a rough person, their hearts trembled. Especially Feng Zi Jin, even her palms were sweating. If she was just sent to the estate, maybe one day the wang ye would go to the estate and value her again. At least there would be some hope of her coming back. If she was matched, she could only live with a rough person. For them who were used to a rich life, this was terrifying.
When Yun Qing heard this shocking news, she almost went crazy and begged to see He Heng, but was stopped by a taijian. That night, she only carried a bundle and was forced onto a donkey cart. That night, she was sent to an estate in the suburbs and given to a young steward of the estate.
A woman being sent away, for the people of the wang fu, it was very common. The only thing that could be used as a topic of conversation was this Yun Qing guniang. She had been so virtuous, so valued by wang ye, and so looked down on the servants.
"Bah, she deserves to be sent away." The little taijian who had been punished by Yun Qing spat. Thinking that his ears weren't very good, the little taijian wanted Yun Qing to die immediately.
The other servants looked at him sympathetically. Who told this guy to have bad luck? When he was cleaning the guqin for Yun Qing, he broke one of the strings and was punished with a dozen slaps. Now that his ears weren't good, which master would want to use him? It would be hard to climb up in the future.
On the day of the Spring Festival, Qu Qing Ju woke up early in the morning. She changed into a thick and heavy Luan bird robe with wide sleeves. In her hair, she put on a phoenix tail hair ornament that represented her identity. After a while, she looked at her radiant self and showed some satisfaction. She reached out to let Mu Jin put on the magic cloud gold shoes for her. When she stood, she saw He Heng was already standing at the door.
Looking at He Heng's noble attire, the only thing that was low key was that dark blue pouch. Qu Qing Ju smiled and bowed to him, "Has wang ye specially come to wait for me?"
He Heng pulled on her hand, "Qing Ju has amazed me today." Qu Qing Ju rarely dressed like this, but today, when she put on her airs, He Heng couldn't move his eyes away.
Slightly raising his chin, the pendant in front of his forehead swayed slightly, revealing the peach blossom that Qu Qing Ju had drawn on her forehead: "As Duan Wang Fei, of course, I can't let others look down on me."
He Heng curled his lips. He bent down to hold her hand and whispered in her ear: "My wang fei, of course, is better than other women."
Qu Qing Ju smiled and blinked at him. She thought inside, he definitely wouldn't dare to say this to Jing guifei. Otherwise, Jing guifei would definitely whip him to death.
Thinking that she would see her popo, who had become guifei, in the palace, Qu Qing Ju strangely felt a little excited.
This Jing guifei who was choked but still pretended to be calm, it really made people like her. Thinking about it, Qu Qing Ju gave an expectant smile.
Lowering his head, he saw the bashful smile on Qu Qing Ju's face. He Heng's expression became even gentler.
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