Shaanxi, the central region of China, Shaanxi Provincial Governor, in charge of 8 prefectures, 21 states, and 95 counties, governing Shaanxi Metropolitan Government, 49 guards, and 25 battalions; Yunnan, a southwestern border province, Yunnan Provincial Governor, in charge of 19 prefectures, 40 states, 30 counties, 8 pacification commissions, 4 pacification offices, and 5 security offices, governing Yunnan Metropolitan Government, 20 guards, and 24 battalions.

  Is it the same?

  Dong Zhaixiao sat on the kang by the window, eating cherries with a smile.

  Shu jie came over to see her.

  Dong Zhaobang called out to Gan Luoye: "In a few days, the new tea will be on the market. At that time, I'll invite you over for a cup of tea."

  "New tea every year," Shu Jie didn't seem interested in this, and looked at her with a hint of hope in her eyes, "You say, Eleventh Uncle is engaged, can we take the opportunity to go to Kyoto?"

  Dong Zhao wasn't interested, but encouraged Shu Jie to go and broaden her horizons - she would be getting married next year, and afterwards the opportunities for going out would be even more limited.

  "Who's going home?" she asked Shu Jie.

  "Fourth brother, fifth brother, sixth brother, seventh younger brother... they all went."

  With You Duan Kai Jun around, there's nothing to worry about.

  Dong Zhao smiled and said: "As long as Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law agree, I'll cover the expenses for you to go to Kyoto."

  Shu Jie was overjoyed, holding onto Du Zhao's hand and refusing to let go: "Fourth Aunt has always been the kindest to me!" She also begged with a flattering face that she must go together, "If I were alone, Father and Mother would definitely not agree, and there wouldn't be anyone to talk to...it wouldn't be convenient for traveling and staying at inns..."

  Dong Zhao shook his head: "If you're worried that Third Brother and Third Sister-in-law won't agree, I'll go help you persuade them."

  "Fourth Aunt, you've never been to Kyoto either, have you? I heard it's a lot of fun there. There are many Zen temples and temple fairs every few days. The White Cloud Temple area specializes in selling antiques, and the front gate of Da Xiangguo Temple is mostly selling all kinds of jewelry. And then there's that one street...I forgot what it's called. They sell shoes and socks from Jiangnan. Fourth Aunt, why don't you come with me? Just think of it as accompanying me..."

  Too servile an attitude.

  Dou Zhaoming stared at her eyes without blinking.

  Sister Shu smiled awkwardly.

  But after a while, she couldn't hold it in anymore and giggled: "Alright, alright, I'll say it - it's about Sixth Aunt and Eleventh Uncle's engagement, she really wants you to go. She said she invited you several times but you refused each time. So, Eldest Uncle of the Ji family made a bet with Eleventh Uncle and Twelfth Uncle that if he could get you to attend, Eleventh Uncle would give him the jade lotus pen wash from his study, and Twelfth Uncle would give him the landscape painting by Zhao Boju...

  Dong Zhao was both angry and amused: "What benefits have you gained from him again?"

  Sister Shu's face turned red: "..."

  "Come on, I'm worth a picture!" Du Shuang joked with her.

  "Oh dear, that's not what I meant!" Shu jie exclaimed, "I also want to go to Kyoto with Fourth Aunt to broaden my horizons!" As she spoke, she suddenly felt a pang of sadness, "I'm afraid I won't have the chance to go to Kyoto again in the future."

  "Nonsense!" Duan Zhao laughed, "A person's life is still long. Never say die at any time. If one day Boyan and others pass the imperial examination and stay in Kyoto like Fifth Uncle and Sixth Uncle, can't you go visit them?"

  Two people were talking, when Ganlu rushed in and saw Shu Jie there, she quickly composed herself and smiled brightly as she curtsied to Shu Jie.

  Shu Jie knew that Gan Lu had something to say to Dou Zhao, but she couldn't just return empty-handed. She made an excuse to pick two baskets of flowers and led her attendant out the door. Thinking that she would persuade Dou Zhao again later, the painting by Ji family's uncle was a small matter, what was important was that Liu Ye Zu Mu would definitely be very happy when he saw Si Gu Gu. She left a little maid in the main courtyard: "When the matter with Si Gu Gu is finished, you come and tell me."

  Xiao Yatou is often with Shu Jie in the West Wing, laughing and playing, probably went to find the little maid in Dong Zhao's house.

  Shu Jie went to Dou Zhao's flower house, where the old woman carefully introduced her. She chose a pot of large red-edged xianke, a pot of summer jasmine that had not yet bloomed, drank two cups of tea, and ate several pastries. The little maid still hadn't arrived.

  She urged the big maid beside her to take a look: "What's going on?"

  The big girl went away for half a stick of incense before coming back, she took a look at the people serving in the flower house, Shu sister understood, came out of the flower house, and stood under the big willow tree to talk with her.

  "He is the second son of the Kyoto royal family, and he sent a letter to the fifth lady saying that Lord Wang has been transferred to Yunnan. When the old lady of the Wang family heard this, she was so anxious that she fainted. Then she called the seventh lady over and scolded her severely, making the seventh lady cry. The fifth lady then shouted that she wanted to go to Kyoto to visit her grandmother and accompany the seventh lady, and no one could stop her. The fourth lady had no choice but to have someone guard the Qixia Temple, saying that she would write a letter to Lord Qi, and if he agreed, she would immediately send her back to Kyoto."

  Shu Jie'er asked strangely: "What does Wang Daren's bad luck in his official career have to do with Seventh Madame?"

  The censor's impeachment only mentioned the Wang family, but didn't mention Wang Yingxue's promotion. Duan Shixiong took advantage of this opportunity to enter the cabinet. People with ulterior motives would smile to themselves if they thought about it carefully. Sister Shu grew up in a deep boudoir and naturally didn't know the intricacies of this matter.

  The maid was even more bewildered and smiled: "Perhaps it's because she's unhappy in her heart, so she called the young lady back to scold her a couple of times?"

  Shu sister frowned and said: "Fourth aunt is probably too busy to talk to me now, let's go back first!" Then she went to Dong Zhao.

  Dong Zhao was writing a letter to his father and exchanged a few pleasantries with Shu Jie before sending her off at the second gate.

  Shu Jie returned home, her mother was discussing with the tailor to make clothes for her trip to Kyoto. She thought of Du Zhao writing hastily and felt a sudden pang in her heart. After the tailor left, she told her mother about it.

  Third Granny listened with discontent, saying: "This matter was originally done wrongly by Seventh Uncle. Shougu is only two years older than Ming'ge, even if she's steady, she's still just a young girl, not someone born of the same mother... These past few years have truly been difficult for Shougu, frightening and coaxing her, nothing big has happened." Thinking again, fearing something would happen on that side, she sent off her daughter to go to Second Wife's place.

  The second lady pulled her towards the direction of the second lady's residence: "Over there, only two young girls who have not yet reached adulthood are at home, this matter still needs to be decided by the elderly lady."

  Grandma was never a serious elder.

  The Second Mistress sneered coldly: "So our Dugu family was originally raising a daughter for the Wang family! Let her go back if she wants to, let her and that mother of hers go back together!"

  That's a pretty serious statement.

  "Blame it on the fact that there's no one in charge at home. Seventh Uncle still hasn't found someone to inherit the family business, I think it's better to help Seventh Uncle find a daughter from a decent family to serve him and let Madame Wang come back to take care of the household."

  "This is also an idea." said the second lady thoughtfully.

  The second lady said: "I think this person should be found among relatives, knowing the roots and being familiar with each other, it's also easy to get along."

  The second lady nodded her head.

  The second lady and the second madam began discussing whose daughter was more suitable, with an air of having come prepared.

  The third grandma sat beside him silently drinking tea.

  In recent years, they have helped Shougu manage the estate, and their days have gradually become more prosperous. There are not a few people who are jealous of this. Since Seventh Uncle's side has no sons, even if half is given to Shougu, what remains is still a large piece of property. Moreover, since Shougu married out and didn't need to prepare a dowry, Dunming would at most just follow the usual custom of the public family and give a little more, so it's not surprising that someone has designs on this.

  The two were chatting enthusiastically when Liu's wife walked in with a solemn face: "Madam, the fourth miss of the Western Mansion has sent someone to deliver a message. She said that the Marquis of Jin'ning had passed away."

  "Ah!" The three people in the house were stunned, but it was the second wife who reacted first, volunteering to say: "Shougu is a daughter-in-law who has not yet entered the family gate, so it's reasonable that we should send her some gifts for the occasion. She's just a young girl from a small family, how would she know these things? I'll go over and help her out."

  Unprecedented enthusiasm.

  The second lady thought that these were all matters of the third lady in the past and did not think much, saying: "You go with Old Three's daughter-in-law!"

  Third Granny thought that Third Auntie was also going, and with herself added to the group, Second Auntie wouldn't be overly anxious. She said: "I'll follow along too and take a look!"

  "Go!" said the second lady, "The Ji Ning Marquis's household only has this one son, Wei Tingyu. Once the old marquis passes away, he will take over as head of the household. With no one to manage the household affairs, the Wei family will definitely send someone to discuss the wedding date. You all should call in the third son, this matter still needs him to handle."

  The two of them responded in unison and immediately sent someone to invite Dou Shi Heng. At the same time, they went back to change their clothes, called up San Tai Tai, and went together to the Western Mansion.

  The news of He Zizhen's death arrived together with a letter from Chen Qianshui.

  He has arrived safely in Kyoto with Song Mo. Song Mo is the eldest son of the British Gong Mansion, and his residence is located on the west road of the British Gong Mansion, with three rooms and five courtyards. The entrance is just next to the side door of the British Gong Mansion, which leads to Jianzi Alley. Jianzi Alley faces south to the British Gong Mansion Hutong, and north to the Fu Xue Hutong, named after the Shuntianfu Academy. After passing through Fu Xue Hutong, it is Andingmen Street, very convenient for entering and exiting. He was placed in a small three-room house with a retreat in the northeast corner of Song Mo's mansion garden, and Song Mo assigned two young servants to serve him daily. When he had nothing to do, he often chatted with the two young servants and learned that the Song family was not prosperous, and British Gong Song Yichun was an only son. His elder cousin Song Maochun, younger cousins Song Fengchun and Song Tongchun did not have five mourning dresses, among whom Fengchun was still a grandson of his grandfather. Song Yichun and Song Maochun each had two sons, Song Fengchun had one son and one daughter, and Song Tongchun had only one son. Perhaps due to the reason of being the eldest grandson, Song Mo was very much liked by his grandmother - the daughter of Lu Zongyuan, the former governor of Liangguang - since he was born, and she gave all her dowry to this grandson, bypassing her own son. Song Mo had thirteen shops in Guangdong and over 10,000 mu of good land... Finally, she tactfully told him that a few days ago, after the British Gong Mansion's wife entered the palace to plead for the sake of Dingguo Gong, Lu Zongyuan's second son, Lu Fuli, wrote a memorial to plead for Dingguo Gong.

  Dou Zhaixin's heart was racing with excitement, and with a "slap" sound, she slapped the letter onto the desk.

  After all, it's still a trivial matter!

  Ding Guo Gong is dead, no big deal. The key is what to do with those Japanese pirates after Ding Guo Gong's death? What about the people of Fujian? Song Mo has power, influence and money, how can we settle accounts with her?

  So when the Wei family proposed that she marry within a hundred days, she couldn't help but scold: "Our Dugu family isn't some declining household, there's no reason for us to take our own daughter and give her to another family to show off their wealth."

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  Sisters and brothers, I've spent a long time searching for materials. Nothing to say, first make up for the update on March 19th, the updates for these two days will be a bit disorganized...... o(n_n)o~

  PS: Looking for pink tickets!

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