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Pei Ningyuan's letter to Yang Fan stated that King Ning intends to let the Pei family be selected as an imperial merchant.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, merchants in North Vietnam have a low status, and their status as merchants is also despised by the world, but there is an exception for one kind of merchant, that is the imperial merchant.The so-called imperial merchants are merchants recognized by the royal family. After being selected as an imperial merchant, they can get a token from the emperor's own handwriting, which is equivalent to having the emperor's backing. Most local officials dare not trouble them.

What the imperial merchants have to do is to pay tribute to the palace.For example, the Li family mentioned in the previous article dedicated to offering tea to the palace.Of course, there are also different grades of tea leaves to be offered. The best of them are naturally offered to the emperor, followed by princes and princesses and concubines in the harem, and finally court ladies and eunuchs.Besides making money, the most important thing for the palace to buy these things from the imperial merchants is the honor.Because the things to be enshrined to the royal family are naturally the best in the country, and being selected as an imperial merchant means that your family's things are the best in the entire North Vietnamese country.

With such a good status as an imperial merchant, the competition is naturally extremely fierce.According to the regulations of the palace, the imperial merchants will be evaluated at the end of each year. If the quality of the enshrined goods in the previous year is not good, they will be replaced.Generally speaking, the number of imperial merchants selected each year is between [-] and [-].It sounds like the number is quite a lot, but when you think about how many businessmen there are in the whole country, only twenty or thirty are selected. impossible.Basically, the imperial merchants appointed every year are either related in the palace or in the court. In short, they must have a strong background relationship. Ordinary merchants like Yang Fan and Pei Ningyuan want to be selected The imperial merchants are simply dreaming.

But it would be different if it was recommended by King Ning. With King Ning's current status in North Vietnam, it would be a breeze to recommend an imperial merchant.It's just that although the Pei family is helping King Ning, they are far away in Chihu County, and they haven't even met anyone, so they are a little uncertain about his temper.Being selected as an imperial merchant this time is a very important event for the Pei family. King Ning sent them a letter asking the Pei family to go to the capital ahead of time to wait for the emperor's call.Pei Ningyuan and the others are not familiar with the capital city at all, so they wrote to Yang Fan to ask him to help clear up the relationship with the Ministry of Internal Affairs

This is a major event, Yang Fan and Lin Mozhu didn't dare to neglect after receiving Pei Ningyuan's letter, so they asked people to pack their luggage and returned to the capital on a sunny day.He lived in Zhuangzi for a year, and Yang Fan went back to the capital several times to handle errands. Lin Mozhu never left Zhuangzi once, and when he returned to the capital where he had lived for several months, he felt a little strange.

The mansions in the capital had already been tidied up, and the earth dragon was set on fire ahead of time.As soon as they arrived at the house, they lived in a warm room.Little Bean Sprout was tightly wrapped, and was carried into the house by Lin Mozhu, and then he took off the thick cloak wrapped around him.This was the first time Xiaodou Sprout left the villa after he was born. Originally, Yang Fan and the others were worried that he would get motion sickness, but the little guy was not affected at all and was very excited all the way.

When he saw a strange room, the little guy twisted his body to go down.The room had already been covered with carpets in advance, so Lin Mozhu put him on the carpets without fear of his knocking.The nine-month-old Bean Sprout had just started crawling, and as soon as it landed on the carpet, it excitedly scratched its limbs and arched around.Seeing him so energetic, both Yang Fan and Lin Mozhu heaved a sigh of relief.Taking a carriage back to the capital in such a cold day, what they were most worried about was that Little Bean Sprouts would not be able to adapt.

People were watching Little Bean Sprouts here, and Lin Mozhu and Yang Fan went to pack the luggage they brought back.They lived in Zhuangzi for a year and had a considerable amount of clothing and supplies.Generally speaking, they would not return to Zhuangzi when they returned to the capital this time, so most of the useful things were brought back to the capital.

There are so many things, Yang Fan and the others have been busy for two days before they can manage to clean them up.And on the second day after they returned to Beijing, Lin Mozhu received a letter from Liu Yuyan, inviting him to bring Xiaodou Sprout to visit Prince Ning's Mansion before they packed their luggage.

According to Liu Yuyan's letter, Liu Yuyan's health has improved recently, and Lin Mozhu finally returned to Beijing, so he asked him to go see Liu Yuyan together.After not seeing each other for so long, Lin Mozhu still wanted to see Liu Yuyan, but in such a cold day, he didn't really want to take Xiaodou Sprout out.But Yang Fan said to him: "It's nothing, let Nanny Dou go with me." This time they returned to Beijing from Zhuangzi, and Xiaodou Sprout got used to it quite well. Children are also good.

Hearing what Yang Fan said, Lin Mozhu hesitated for a moment before agreeing, took a pen and wrote a reply letter to Liu Yuyan, and made an appointment to go to Prince Ning's Mansion together.Lin Mozhu and the others chose a sunny day to visit the Prince's Mansion. Their carriage went to Qi's Mansion first, and after Liu Yuyan came out with Brother Guan, they went to Prince Ning's Mansion together.

Today's Prince Ning's Mansion has changed from its previous low-key and deserted mansion. The mansion is still the same mansion, but it looks more lively and imposing.When Lin Mozhu and the others arrived, they happened to see an official sedan chair leaving from the door.The steward happened to send the lord away, and saw them when he raised his eyes. He hurriedly stepped forward and said courteously: "Miss, Mrs. Lin, your majesty has been waiting for you early in the morning."

Liu Yuyan brought her official brother to live in the palace for a year before. As the younger sister of Princess Ning, everyone in the palace affectionately called her Miss, and Guan Ge as the young master.

Lin Mozhu got out of the carriage with little bean sprouts in his arms, and together with Liu Yuyan's mother and son, they entered the palace in sedan chairs.Liu Yuyan was already waiting in the flower hall in the yard. The ground dragon was burning in the house, and there was a brazier. The temperature and the outside of the house were two different worlds.

"You guys are finally here." In the past few months, Liu Yuyan's health has been poor, and she has been recuperating in the palace. It is deserted on weekdays. Except for King Ning who accompanied him every day, only Liu Yuyan came to talk to him occasionally.So today Lin Mozhu was able to come with Liu Yuyan, he was very happy, he was in a happy mood, and his complexion looked a little ruddy.

As soon as Brother Guan entered the room, he struggled to get down from the nurse's embrace, then ran up to Lin Mozhu, pointing at the little bean sprouts in his embrace.With a small grin showing two rows of millet teeth, he shouted happily: "Brother, brother, let's play together."

Liu Yuyan stood aside and said in surprise: "He still remembers Little Bean Sprouts?" The last time he came back from Zhuangzi, this kid opened his eyes every day and filled the house looking for his brother. After a while, he stopped, Liu Yuyan and the others I thought it was a child who was too forgetful to remember.Who would have thought that Brother Guan still remembered Little Bean Sprouts after a few months.

But obviously, Little Bean Sprouts didn't remember Brother Guan.In Lin Mozhu's arms, with big eyes open, he looked curiously at the little brother Guan.The interaction between the two little guys made the adults present couldn't help but smile.

Liu Yuyan also laughed, he had also heard from his younger sister that Brother Guan was arguing on Zhuangzi and refused to leave.

"Mum, have someone lay a blanket over there."

After Liu Yuyan gave the order, the servants quickly went to spread the carpet in the middle of the flower hall, put some toys on it, and let Xiaodou Sprout and Brother Guan go in to play.Xiaodou Sprout was new to a new environment, and was a little uneasy when she was put on the blanket, unwilling to leave Lin Mozhu.

"An'an and brother, how about playing?"

Lin Mozhu coaxed softly, and Guan Ge at the side had already approached enthusiastically, holding a cat puppet in his hand and handing it to Xiaodou Sprout: "Meow meow, give it to my brother."

Little Bean Sprout opened her beautiful big eyes and couldn't take her eyes off the puppet. Lin Mozhu smiled and put him on the carpet, "Daddy is here, An An and brother can play."

So Xiaodou Sprout took the cat puppet and hugged it in his arms, and sat on the carpet to play with Brother Guan, but he had to look in Lin Mozhu's direction from time to time.Seeing his well-behaved appearance, Liu Yuyan was extremely envious: "Little Bean Sprout is really good, Brother Guan is so big.

It's so skinny, one of them gets covered in mud without holding back, and I don't know how many clothes I have to change all day long. "

Unexpectedly, just after she finished speaking, Brother Guan, who was having fun with Little Bean Sprouts, became unhappy, "Mother is lying! Brother Guan loves cleanliness the most!"

The angry little face was still staring at Liu Yuyan.His appearance once again made everyone else laugh, Liu Yuyan, the mother, smiled and wiped her tears: "It's terrible, I can't even talk about him now." Brother Guan has turned four years old and speaks articulately. Clearly, he is a clever kid again, and he is no longer as easy to fool as he was when he was young.

Because of the presence of the two children, joyful laughter came from the flower hall from time to time.Little Bean Sprout and Brother Guan are easy to take care of children, they have toys and playmates, so they can play happily there without making noise.

After joking for a while, Liu Yuyan asked Lin Mozhu: "Is An An the name of Little Bean Sprout?" He had heard from Liu Yuyan that Yang Fan and Lin Mozhu's baby had a nickname of Little Bean Sprout, but he never had a real name. settle down.

Lin Mozhu nodded with a smile: "Yes, the name is Yue'an, and they are all called Yueyue, An'an, and Xiaodouma together." It is also a funny thing to say, and Yang Fan gave Xiaodouma the nickname almost a month ago. It's time, but Xiaodou Sprout doesn't have much reaction to the name "Yue'an".But if you call him "Yueyue" or "An'an", he will turn his head to look at you, knowing that you are calling him.Because of this, Yang Fan was very depressed.

Lin Mozhu told the anecdote about Yang Fan naming the little bean sprouts, and made the Liu family brothers and sisters laugh again.

After laughing for a while, Liu Yuyan also remembered the last time she went to Zhuangzi. Before leaving, she joked that she wanted Xiaodou Sprout to be their official brother's wife. Call our family out." On the carriage back to Beijing, she laughed all the way.

Speaking of this now, Liu Yuyan still finds it funny.Seeing her overjoyed appearance, Liu Yuyan patted her forehead with a smile, "Join."

Lin Mozhu pursed his lips and smiled.When he first gave birth to Little Bean Sprout, he was a little worried that Yang Fan would dislike that Little Bean Sprout was a male.Unexpectedly, Yang Fan not only didn't mind this at all, but also spoiled the child to the sky, and would never give the moon to the stars, wishing to pile up all the good things in front of Xiaodou Sprout.It was also because of Yang Fan's unprincipled love that now Lin Mozhu had to be the one who sang bad faces at home.

【End of this chapter】

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