Notes of Lanxi Crossing

"I've been talking to my sister for the past few days, and I always feel that she seems to have something to say. When I asked her, she hesitated to speak. Do you think she has encountered any difficulties?"

Song Qinnian was already feeling drowsy, but after hearing this, his mind instantly sobered up.

"did you mean?"

"I think she might want us to help with something, but it's hard to say it." Liu Yunyao guessed.

Song Qinnian frowned and asked, "Are you serious? Ying'er is also true. At this age, if there is anything she can't talk to us about, I, as the eldest brother, can still watch her do nothing."

Liu Yunyao knew that these men were too direct in their thinking and didn't understand the many scruples in women's hearts.

She guessed that Song Ying was just worried, even if they had a good relationship when they were teenagers, now that they have their own families and have more important people, how can they really think about each other wholeheartedly like before.

Liu Yunyao told her husband her guess, and the latter let out a long sigh.

What Yao'er said was correct, if he was only Song Qinnian in his teens back then, he would definitely do his best to protect this younger sister, but now that he has a wife and son, he can no longer act impulsively.

"Even if I want to help her, I must first know what she is doing, Yao'er, or else you will ask her about it tomorrow?"

Liu Yunyao glared at the elm lump, and angrily analyzed it for him.

"Sister, what can she do as a housewife? The intimacy between her and her brother-in-law is natural, and her brother-in-law doesn't seem to have ulterior motives, so shouldn't all her wishes and wishes be for her husband and son!"

What his wife said reminded Song Qinnian that if this was the case, he would have noticed that his brother-in-law Jiang Chao always seemed to have a different expression.

Jiang Chao said that his trip was to go to Beijing to report on his work, but the time to report on his work was in the beginning of spring. Song Qinnian was only happy to be able to reunite with his cousin's family at first, but he didn't think deeply about the reason. On the contrary, he was not as thorough as others. Only now did he know After thinking about it, I understood the key.

"Well... I think they may be worrying about their brother-in-law's official career."

Liu Yunyao had already had such a guess, but she didn't point it out directly because Song Qinnian valued Song Ying.Now that he has figured it out by himself, she no longer has any scruples.

"Brother-in-law has the support of your and my clan forces in Jiangnan, but he has been tepid all these years. I am afraid that I am a little anxious, so I want to come to your door."

There is another point Liu Yunyao didn't say directly, the fact that Song Qinnian was favored in front of the emperor may have passed to Jiangnan.

Regardless of the actual situation between him and the emperor, in the eyes of outsiders, Song Qinnian has indeed been in the limelight in the past few years. If Jiang Chao's matter is not handled properly, there may be resentment between the two families.

Even if Liu Yunyao didn't say anything, Song Qinnian could clearly see that there was some trouble now.

In his opinion, Jiang Chao's rigid and upright character is actually not suitable for entering the officialdom.

To say that he is upright is already a compliment. In the words of his daughter Lan Xi, he is a straight man who doesn't know how to speak at all.

Jiang Chao's character is good, he is also gentle, and his literary talent is not bad, but he is a bit dull in character.

Whether it is talking or doing things, he is always rigid, completely ignorant of flexibility, and always tells the truth when talking to people, completely ignorant of saving face, and easily offends people.

Jiangnan can be regarded as the stronghold of the Song and Liu families, but even though there are two families escorting Jiang Chao, his official career has not improved for a long time, and he is only a local official from the fifth rank so far.

"He brought Ying'er and Yan'er to Beijing together. Could it be that he wants to stay in Beijing?"

If he wanted to be sent somewhere else, Song Qinnian could still help, but it was completely unnecessary, because is there any more comfortable place in the world than staying in his old den in the south of the Yangtze River?

Therefore, if Jiang Chao wants to ask him for help, it may only be because he wants to come to the capital, and he doesn't want to stay in Jiangnan all the time.

Liu Yunyao is also worried, even if a random relative wants to move from other places to the capital, it is easy to handle. Here, there are a lot of official positions with good names but little real power. In the face of her husband, she only needs to mention a few words to others. OK.

But the problem was caused by Jiang Chao himself.

Maybe many people can accept this kind of official position, but Jiang Chao can't. Although he is not good at human relations, he is a person who sincerely wants to do practical things.

Let him rest at home with an official name that doesn't hurt, and he might be able to point at Song Qinnian's nose and curse.

But people in this world are not fools, let alone those in the officialdom. Everyone is scrambling for jobs that can be done. Even if they don't need it, it's the same to arrange people from the faction to take the top.

If you want to snatch food from someone else's mouth, you not only need to have the strength but also need to seize the opportunity. This matter is not so easy to handle.

Song Qinnian closed his eyes, rubbed his forehead, and comforted his wife: "I can't rush this matter for the time being. Anyway, Yinger and the others haven't opened their mouths yet, so don't take the initiative to break it. I'll go and find out if there is any. Whatever suits you, let’s see as we go.”

Liu Yunyao nodded, she basically couldn't help anyway, so let him worry about this matter.

"I listen to you, you have to go to court as soon as possible, let's rest soon."

The next day, Song Ying really came to the main courtyard to look for Liu Yunyao. The latter was flipping through the account books of the shop. After hearing Mo Yan's message, Liu Yunyao held the paper for a while, and then slowly closed the account books. Put it back in place.

"Let her in."

Mo Yan nodded and exited the door, and after a few breaths, she led Song Ying, who was exquisitely made up, back again.

After Song Ying entered the room, she saw a stack of account books piled up on her desk, and a trace of annoyance flashed across her face.

"Sister-in-law, it's just a coincidence that I'm here. I'm bothering you to check the accounts?"

I don't know if my sister-in-law will be unhappy because of this, but don't affect her next business.

"It's nothing, I just want to take a look when I have nothing to do. I am relieved to have Granny Mi watching for me on weekdays."

In order to prevent Song Ying from thinking that she was talking about the situation, Liu Yunyao waved her hands to Qing Que and Mo Yan who were waiting at the side: "Qing Que sent all these account books to Granny Mi, Mo Yan, go and make a pot of tea again."

After finishing speaking, she smiled and explained to Song Ying: "I don't know what kind of tea you like to drink on weekdays. The master said last time that this tea is not bad, so can I give you this?"

Song Ying didn't care what kind of tea to drink, but Liu Yunyao's enthusiastic attitude made her nervous and uncomfortable mind relax a little.

"Sister-in-law's arrangement is that I don't care much about drinking tea. Just don't blame me for chewing peonies and ruining good things."

Liu Yunyao gave her a sharp look: "Look at what you said, you are my sister and the master, even if this tea is made of gold, we will not be reluctant to drink it for you."