Chapter 1118 Untitled
Although she was a little disappointed with the reward sent by Ye Cui, Murong Qingwu thought about it and could understand Ye Cui's thoughts to some extent...
After all, An Miaoyi was watching her from the side. If she was too nice to her, it was hard for An Miaoyi to be without any objection!

Although the relationship between her and Ye Cui had improved greatly due to her deliberate flattery, Murong Qingwu was very clear that at this stage, An Miaoyi was closer to her. If she hadn't personally intervened last time, An Miaoyi would never have gotten through so easily!

Thinking of this, Murong Qingwu couldn't help but shook her head secretly, and gently stroked her belly, with more expectations for her unborn child!
At this moment, Murong Qingwu seemed to remember something, and raised her head to ask Ying'er:
"What is Ke Xin doing?"

Ying Er preached without hesitation:
"The girl went to school!"

Hearing this, Murong Qingwu was a little surprised and asked again:

"Ke Xin, did she really hold on?"

Ying Er smiled and said:

"Yesterday, the master sent someone to deliver a letter saying that our young lady can choose between Gu Sansi and Deng He, but as long as she can attend a class, he will reward Miss Ke Xin with a piece of candy!"

“So for the sake of the candy, although Miss Ke Xin was very reluctant, she still got up and went to school…”

After hearing this, Murong Qingwu shook her head helplessly. She really didn't expect that her daughter, Murong Qingwu, actually needed a piece of candy to go to school!

According to traditional concepts, a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. It is believed that a woman's only job is to take care of her husband and children, and needlework and embroidery are her duties. Therefore, even a wealthy family like the Murong family only allows girls in the family to learn to read and not be illiterate, and does not impart more knowledge to them.

However, Murong Qingwu did not agree with this traditional concept. She believed that although she was a girl, she was no worse than her other brothers in studying.

So in order to be able to study further, Murong Qingwu had to persuade her father a lot, and finally Murong Yuliang made an exception and allowed her to study in the clan school!

And just as Murong Qingwu herself believed, although she was a woman, she was no worse than others in studying. She studied hard in the clan school, and her academic progress could be said to be rapid, which also earned her the reputation of being the most talented woman in the world in the future!
It was Murong Qingwu's talent that made a young military officer of the imperial guards so stunned that he fell in love with her at first sight!
Because of her own experience, even though Ke Xin was a girl, Murong Qingwu did not let Ke Xin give up learning to be a traditional woman.

As the child's father, Ye Mingsheng was not influenced by traditional concepts and deprived Ke Xin of the right to education. He also supported Murong Qingwu in letting Ke Xin study...
Originally, with Ye Mingsheng's support, Murong Qingwu was very confident that she could train Ke Xin to become the next herself!
After learning that Jingren had average academic talent and was very playful, Murong Qingwu even had an idea in her mind, that is, to let Ke Xin compete with her elder brother Jingren in academics. If Ke Xin surpassed her, Murong Qingwu believed that An Miaoyi would be so pissed off that she would be fuming. Of course, it would be even better if she died!

However, although Ke Xin is Murong Qingwu's biological daughter, she seems to have not inherited any of her talent. Like her elder brother Jingren, she has average talent and is very playful!
No matter how Murong Qingwu taught her, Ke Xin just couldn't learn. It went in one ear and out the other. No matter how many times she explained a piece of knowledge, she just couldn't remember it!
If you talk too much, get irritated or have a bad attitude, the little one will start crying. Murong Qingwu originally wanted to be a strict teacher and produce good students, but at this time Ye Mingsheng and Ye Cui came forward and asked her to pay attention to the methods and ways when educating the child!
Murong Qingwu was also very helpless about this. If Ke Xin had not looked very similar to herself when she was a child, Murong Qingwu sometimes even doubted whether Ke Xin was her daughter.

Faced with Ke Xin's ordinariness and the intervention of Ye Mingsheng and Ye Cui, although Murong Qingwu wanted to train her daughter to be a second herself, she had to compromise in the realistic dilemma and let her daughter Ke Xin grow up freely and happily··························

In fact, regarding the fact that his daughter did not inherit his talent for studying, Murong Qingwu felt that it was related to the Ye family. After all, there had not been a single scholar in the Ye family for eight generations. They were all farmers who worked hard on the land. They started out by working as tenants for wealthy families and gradually made their fortunes, eventually becoming landlords!
By the time of Ye Mingsheng's father's generation, the government needed local wealthy families to form militias to resist bandits, so Ye Mingsheng's father got a job as an official.

So after learning about the Ye family's past, Murong Qingwu believed that it was because the Ye family's rustic flavor was too strong that caused Ke Xin to not inherit her talent for learning.

After all, except for Jingxuan who has excellent learning talent, the learning talents of Jingren, Kexin, Jingcheng and Xingtong are all mediocre!
Of course, although she thought so in her heart, Murong Qingwu would naturally not speak out her thoughts. If this word were to get out, Ye Mingsheng might not care, but Ye Cui and the Ye family relatives would definitely not be happy, and An Miaoyi would definitely use this as an excuse to deal with her.

After sitting on the bed for a while, Murong Qingwu slowly put on her clothes with Ying'er's help. At this time, Murong Qingwu seemed to remember something and asked casually:
"Did Ke Xin go to study with that gentleman?"

Facing Murong Qingwu's question, Ying Er hesitated for a moment before saying:
"Miss, she should have gone to Denghe's place

After hearing this, Murong Qingwu nodded slightly. Although Gu Sansi currently remains neutral in the Yijing court, as Jingren's teacher, he will definitely support Jingren in the future. He would rather go along with Cui Shao and his ilk...
So even though Liang Gu Sansi didn't dare to make things difficult for his daughter, it was still not a good thing for her to go to his place and study with Jingren!

Although Deng He's official position is not as high as that of Gu Sansi, the Minister of Personnel, and he is currently only a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, he is an official admired by the husband, and he is also appointed as Jingxuan's teacher. Maybe one day the husband will see that he performs well and directly promote him to a successful position!

Therefore, if we can win over Deng He to our side, or establish a good relationship with him, it will be a very good thing. Thinking of this, Murong Qingwu could not help but instruct Ying Er:

"Ying'er, go and prepare a generous gift and send it to Deng He. It will be regarded as our Ke Xin's apprenticeship gift!"

"Okay, ma'am! I'll do it right away!"

After washing and dressing up, Murong Qingwu prepared to eat. Although the chef took great pains to prepare six delicious side dishes for Murong Qingwu, Murong Qingwu had no appetite and simply ate a bowl of millet porridge and drank half a bowl of chicken soup.

However, Murong Qingwu did not waste the dishes prepared by the chef. She distributed them to the maids and nannies in the yard. Although these maids and nannies were servants in the Ye Mansion, they were not treated harshly at the instruction of Ye Mingsheng.

In addition to the daily allowance, they could also eat meat every now and then. Of course, it was definitely inferior to the meals carefully prepared for Murong Qingwu. Therefore, facing Murong Qingwu's reward, the maids and nannies all smiled happily and thanked her profusely...

After finishing her meal, Murong Qingwu also wanted to read a book to calm her mind through poetry and poetry. However, Murong Qingwu had just picked up the book and hadn't read it for long when a maid came over to report:

"Madam, Nanny Xia wants to see you!" Murong Qingwu frowned slightly when she heard this. There were many Nannies in the Ye Mansion, but there was only one Nanny with the surname Xia. She was An Miaoyi's confidant and had always been in charge of the cashier work of the Ye Mansion.

Before, under the instruction of An Miaoyi, this Nanny Xia had made things difficult for me. Fortunately, when Murong Qingwu married into the Ye Mansion, the Murong family gave her a lot of property as a dowry!

Ye Mingsheng did not touch Murong Qingwu's dowry and let her manage it herself. As Ye Mingsheng's bedmate, although Murong Qingwu did not take the initiative to get involved in politics, she was still able to learn a lot about the economic policies of the Fengwu Army.

As the daughter of a prominent family, Murong Qingwu has a good vision. She also judged that Yi Jing has great development potential through these inside information.
Therefore, Murong Qingwu used her dowry to buy many shops in Yijing. With the rapid economic development in Yijing, these shops also generated very good economic benefits. The rent alone brought Murong Qingwu thousands of taels of silver every year, making her a wealthy woman!

This money also gave Murong Qingwu great confidence, allowing her to not care about the allowance and rewards from the Ye Mansion, otherwise her life in the Ye Mansion would have been even more difficult.

Although Murong Qingwu didn't care about the allowance and rewards from the Ye Mansion, she was still very annoyed by Nanny Xia's actions of making things difficult for her in order to please An Miaoyi, so she didn't want to see Nanny Xia.

Therefore, Murong Qingwu said calmly:

“I don’t have time to see her…”

The maid hesitated for a moment and said:
"Madam, Madam Xia is here and seems to want you to sign the bill!"

After hearing this, Murong Qingwu remembered something. A few days ago, Ye Mingsheng asked the mansion to reimburse all his expenses during this period.

Murong Qingwu didn't take this seriously. She just thought that Ye Mingsheng was just suppressing the Murong family continuously, and then trying to appease her father by asking him to improve the economy of Huainan!
This might be the carrot in the stick and carrot strategy that Ye Mingsheng mentioned. It just seemed that her husband was rather stingy, and he just wanted to reward her with some money in order to appease her.

Although she was somewhat dissatisfied with Ye Mingsheng's move and felt that Ye Mingsheng was too stingy, Murong Qingwu could only comfort herself that Ye Mingsheng's willingness to comfort her was better than no comfort at all. It was already commendable that Ye Mingsheng was willing to send out comforting signals!
Although she somewhat disliked Ye Mingsheng's stinginess, she thought that the money of the Ye Mansion was managed by An Miaoyi, and she would have no chance to use it in the future, so it would be a waste if she didn't use it. So Murong Qingwu asked her maid to go shopping for her on Yijing Street, and then put the money into the account of the Ye Mansion.

Therefore, according to the financial procedures of the Ye Mansion, I should sign the bill to prove that the money was indeed spent by me...
Murong Qingwu knew that she should sign the bill for Nanny Xia, but she remembered how Nanny Xia had been difficult and mean to her in the past, so she wanted to teach Nanny Xia a lesson and said:

"Tell her I'm copying scriptures for the old lady and ask her to wait at the gate for a while!"

"understand!"

After a while, the maid returned to Murong Qingwu and reported to her:

"Madam, I have already told Madam Xia, she is standing outside now!"

Seeing this, Murong Qingwu smiled slightly, looked at the cold winter outside and said leisurely:

"Sister Miaoyi is in charge of our entire family. She is really busy on weekdays. We have to help teach these snobbish servants a lesson! Let them know the rules so that they won't get ahead of us in the future!"

After hearing Murong Qingwu say this, the maid beside her also spoke mysteriously.

"Madam, I heard that because the Marshal asked you to reimburse her for your expenses, Madam was very unhappy. I heard that she called Madam Xia over and gave her a lecture!"

Murong Qingwu's mood became even better after hearing this, and she immediately said with interest:
"Is there such a thing?"

"My elder sister has really worked hard for our family. Is there anything else new happening in our house recently? Tell me about it..."

The maid thought for a moment and said:
"Three days ago, the Marshal went to Madam Shen's courtyard. I heard that Madam Shen was beaten up. It was said that she was scolded until the second watch. Madam Shen's maid Xueying and others did not sleep. Then the next day, Madam Shen limped to the First Madam to apologize to her!"

"It is said that the eldest lady accepted Mrs. Shen's apology on the surface, but she smashed a cup after Mrs. Shen left. I don't know what the eldest lady was thinking!"

Hearing this, Murong Qingwu couldn't help but imagine Shen Yutong limping and apologizing to An Miaoyi, and a mocking smile appeared on her face!

Murong Qingwu knew that although Ye Mingsheng also stayed at An Miaoyi's place during this period, he usually went to An Miaoyi's place to rest on the second or third day after staying at Pei Zhixiu, Bai Yuanyuan, and Jinyu's courtyard.

Based on Murong Qingwu's understanding of Ye Mingsheng's physical body, she felt that Ye Mingsheng must have been out of ammunition at that time, which meant that Ye Mingsheng went to An Miaoyi just to rest!

So seeing Shen Yutong limping and looking satisfied coming to apologize to her, perhaps in An Miaoyi's eyes that was not an apology, but a provocation?
(End of this chapter)