The prince of buns

Qi Mu'an was brushing his teeth when he heard the news. He didn't have a toothbrush, so just rubbing salt on his teeth with his fingers was better than just rinsing his mouth.

Yingtang asked him, "Master, do you want to go ahead and have a look?"

He shook his head, what's so interesting, you have to give the old man a chance to have fun!

Didn't it feel good to be worried all night last night for fear of offending the prince?

Now it feels super cool to step on the Guo family who is used to the prestige with pride, right?

Heh, this is thanks to his eldest son who has been neglected by him for 20 years!

Not only was he not in a hurry, but he sat down and ate breakfast calmly. Well, today’s egg rolls with loose flesh taste good, and the bad duck feet are also good, but the lotus seed and white fungus soup is a bit too greasy. I don’t like to eat such sweetness in the morning. .

It wasn't until a maid came in and said that the master asked the uncle to go to the study, that he paused the chopsticks in his hand, but didn't look up.

"Who else?"

The servant girl replied, "There is no one else, the master told me to make a pot of good tea, so I just stayed alone."

Qi Mu'an smiled, and casually took off a green jade ring from his waist and threw it to her, "Take it and play with it."

The maid was originally a second-class little girl who ran errands, and the masters were just as out of reach as the easy-to-get lucrative jobs before. Who would have thought that there would be such an overjoyed situation? He kowtowed before he dared to back down.

Qi Mu'an stood up as if nothing had happened, patted the robe on his body, burned incense and looked at his back as he walked out, and said with a smile: "My lord is very generous today, I don't know why he is so happy, it made us hang up our hearts all night in vain."

Yingtang fiddled with the tricks in her hand, "Isn't it? How about saying that you can't trust men anymore."

Unexpectedly, Qi Mu'an didn't go far away at this time, although he didn't stop walking, he said with a sinister smile: "You two talkative girls, let's see if I come back and sell you all to the ravine to be wives to wild men!"

Yingtang and Fenxiang smiled at each other and didn't take it seriously. After more than a month of getting along, the old man's temperament is not afraid of people now, and he is even very humorous and interesting, making people willing to get close to him.

When we arrived at Master Qi's study room, there was no one else there, and Master Qi was practicing calligraphy at the moment, I don't know if he didn't notice his son coming, or he was trying to test his patience, just pressed his head and continued to write, ignoring him.

Qi Mu'an was not in a hurry, and quietly waited on the side.

Anyway, I will have to spend a long time in this house in the future, I have plenty of time.

Probably because he felt that the airs were almost ready, Master Qi finally stopped what he was doing, raised his eyelids slightly and said, "Are you here?"

Qi Mu'an rolled his eyelids, of course I'm here, could it be a ghost?

But his face was respectful, and he bowed with a smile, "My son pays his respects to his father. Yesterday he drank too much wine and almost got into trouble, and my son was deeply terrified."

Master Qi glanced at him angrily, and saw that he was standing there calmly, with a trace of panic from head to toe.

Although he was really happy to be able to suppress the old man of the Guo family for once, but he didn't show it at all in front of this unscrupulous son, and instead had a gloomy face.

"Hmph, you showed your face at your uncle's house yesterday, and beat him up like that, you can really do it."

Qi Mu'an took a step forward, "Father Mingjian, the whole world knows that Jian Yunchen is from our Qi family, so Guo Si doesn't move in the morning and he doesn't move in the evening, and he chooses a time when we are engaged and half of the city's dignitaries are present Molesting him, isn't this intended to embarrass our Duke Wei's mansion? My son is worthless, and the eldest has not passed the exams, but after all, I am the son of the Qi family, so I won't fight back when I get ridiculed like this Is it a joke? It doesn't matter if the son becomes a coward by himself, but if it hurts the ancestor's family, what should we do?"

This is a high-sounding statement, but I did it only to protect your family's old face!

Master Qi couldn't help but looked up and down at his son, why did that wild boy outside smash his head, as if he had also adjusted his tongue?

Recently, he has become more eloquent and eloquent, but it is not annoying.

So he put down his pen and walked to sit in front of the teacher's chair, "Then you shouldn't beat someone up and make trouble at the door, and make Mr. Guo so angry that you don't want to talk about it, in case the crown prince blames..."

Qi Mu'an chuckled, "Did the father intend to test his son? His Royal Highness will never blame us for this matter. I'll bet my head that Old Guo wouldn't dare to let the prince know about the shitty thing yesterday. !"

Isn't this because he came to apologize because he was afraid of revealing the matter?

One sentence awakened Mr. Qi, he was still wondering why the old man was willing to bow his head, now he has figured it all out, isn't it because the prince's foundation is not stable and he is self-disciplined!How can you let the people around you mess up?

Such a simple truth has been bothering me for a whole night. Fortunately, I pretended to be profound so that my son did not see it!

So I hurriedly coughed twice and cleared my throat, "Huh, of course it is to test you, this useless attitude is something your child can bear, and as a father, I will get it back for you! That's all Forget it, I didn't expect that kid surnamed Jane to cause trouble like this, and when he passes through the door in the future, you need to be more disciplined."

Qi Mu'an promised again and again with a serious face, but he couldn't help but recall the dazed but beautiful side face of the man under the moonlight in the bushes last night in his mind.

If the Guo family's reaction was unexpected, the Xue family's reaction was even worse.

Also on the same day, Xue Huai came to the door in person and brought a lot of supplements such as ginseng and deer antler. He said that it was from Lu Guogong, which shocked his nephew.

The implication is that Duke Xue Pu of the State of Lu never felt dissatisfied with Qi Muan's actions at all. Instead, he even asked his relatives to come to comfort him, which shows that there is still some affection between his nephew and uncle.

Apart from Qi Mu'an's sudden change of tone, depending on the Xue family's attitude, Master Qi didn't dare to bring up the matter of his second son being awarded the title.

It should be known that although everyone is called a certain Duke, he, the Duke of Wei, has almost faded out of the court and ignored his affairs, but the two brothers of the Xue family are capable of literary and military prominence, so we have to be afraid of them!

So this time, no matter how hard Mrs. Ruan tried her best to create a gentle home, the old man never mentioned that again.

Madam Ruan was definitely anxious, and sometimes it was inevitable to take revenge on Master Qi's concubines, Qi Mu'an grinned as if hearing a joke when he heard about it.

Recently, he's gotten into a fight with Mrs. Ruan.

Let’s just talk about the few shops left to him by the owner of Fuhe County, plus the number of large and small ones allocated to him by Mr. Qi. He spent five or six days checking them one by one, and found a very interesting one. place.

Needless to say, the score of the Qi family was used by the servants of the Qi family. He was not surprised at all that they listened to Madam Ruan's words and took money for Madam Ruan.

Who knew that the accounts of the several shops accompanied by Xue's family were also wrong. Looking at the location, customer flow, supply of goods, and a quick check of the market conditions, the business that was clearly profitable but not losing money actually lost money for several years on the books. He almost lost all his money, isn't that amazing?

The theory is that the shopkeepers of these shops should all be selected from the accompanying rooms brought by Princess Fuhe. Did they also listen to Mrs. Ruan?

Theory does not.

But reason is dead, and people are alive. In this regard, Mrs. Ruan has her means and wisdom.

For example, she married a dowry maid whom she trusted very much to Shopkeeper Wu, who was the most thoughtful among the shopkeepers. Is love afraid that everything will be handed over to her?

Afterwards, various small favors of different degrees were given to the families of other shopkeepers. Some sons went to school and were sent to Qi's family school as an exception, and some daughters were given extra favors when they got married. Two boxes of dowry were rewarded one after another.

It was really impossible to pry, and she also found a way to find a wrong place to send the man away and replace her with her own confidant.

But after a few years of hard work, this group of people was said to be accompanied by Xue's family, but in fact they have already taken the surname Ruan.

But Qi Mu'an is not a fool, he had already settled these questions before he checked the accounts, and there was no way for Mrs. Ruan to spit out the missing ones before, so he just had to hold the key and never give her a chance to reach out again.

So he did a rather sinister thing, personally called shopkeeper Wu into the room, and asked him to keep his only son Wu Quan by his side.

That is the golden phoenix that has been handed down for three generations, carefully promoted, and prepared to be sent to the exam for fame and recognition!

Therefore, when shopkeeper Wu heard this, his face turned pale and his head was covered with cold sweat, and he knelt down on the green brick floor with a thump, only kowtowed, and was speechless for a long time.

Qi Mu'an intentionally waited for him to knock on it for a while, and the ground gradually oozes red, looking pitiful, but not sympathetic.

This kind of dog who sells the seller for glory can lure him away with a little profit. If he is willing to spend money, he can naturally win over him to be loyal to him. It's a pity that he doesn't bother to spend money on this kind of person.

It would be better to tell him to suffer a little bit!

So after waiting for a long time, I said slowly: "Why, you don't want it in your heart? Then think about it, my mother left me something, and forced others to share half of the soup. Who cares if I, the righteous master, are happy? Are you happy?"