Qi Yiyang’s biological father was not the eldest son of the Duke’s Mansion, but the second son of the legitimate wife.
He was also an official who passed the imperial examination and was now a third-rank left assistant minister in the Ministry of Rites.
He was also considered to have a say in the family.
Qi Yiyang’s imperial examination results were the best among his cousins, and he has a good relationship with the fifth prince, so his cousins at home were jealous of him.
“Fourth brother is back. I heard recently that you are close to Xi Rui and other dandies. Are you hanging out with them again today?”
“Of course, they are hanging out again. I heard that the fourth brother went to a restaurant with Xi Rui and others today. It seems that they have a wonderful relationship.”
“Doesn’t the fourth brother have a bad relationship with those dandies? How come you are hanging out with them?”
“Fourth brother, you are the one who is most likely to pass the imperial examination first in our lifetime. How can you hang out with Xi Rui and other playboys?”
“Yes, won’t it affect your studies?”
As soon as Qi Yiyang entered the door, his cousins of the same generation mocked and sneered at him.
Hearing what they said, Qi Yiyang’s father, Qi Pengqing, couldn’t help but frown.
He frowned and asked: “Why are you hanging out with Xi Rui and others?”
He still had a lot of hope for this son, so he naturally didn’t like his son playing with dandies.
Qi Yiyang knew he was going to be bullied, so he answered frankly: “I mainly went to find Shi Qingluo.”
Qi Pengqing was puzzled: “Why did you go to find Shi Qingluo?”
Old Master Qi thought of it: “Did you go out to find what prescription Shi Qingluo offered?”
Qi Yiyang smiled and said: “Grandpa is wise, I did go to find out about this.”
Old Master Qi became more interested: “Did you find out?”
Qi Yiyang nodded: “Not only did I find out, but I also got the prescription she offered to the Emperor.”
Old Master Qi and others were shocked: “What? She also gave you the prescription?”
Qi Yiyang took out Shi Qingluo’s drawing and writing paper from his sleeve and handed it to the old man: “This time, she offered a prescription to make a rubber thing…”
He roughly repeated what Shi Qingluo said in the restaurant.
Old Master Qi and Qi Pengqing and others also quickly thought of some key points.
Qi Yiyang’s cousin couldn’t help but ask: “Did Shi Qingluo just give you the prescription? When did you become so close?”
Recently in the capital, the name Shi Qingluo was very famous.
Especially Liang Youxiao and Xi Rong made everyone’s eyes red.
And because of Shi Qingluo, the Emperor’s attitude changed and punished General Xiao, so now many people want to get in touch with Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng.
The cousins of the Qi family didn’t expect Qi Yiyang had become friends with Shi Qingluo without knowing it.
Qi Yiyang replied: “We met and became friends when I went to Fucheng Township for the last exam.”
“She gave me this prescription and asked us to find these three plants to cut rubber. It was not given for free.”
“She wants 30% of our rubber harvest in the first three years, and sell it to her at no higher than the market price.”
Old Master Qi stroked his beard: “It’s a good thing to have conditions.”
“You did a good job on this matter, otherwise, the other two Dukes’ Mansions would have taken the lead.”
Before, whether it was corn or sweaters, he was envious when he saw Old Man Liang and Old Man Xi showing off.
He also thought that his grandsons were not doing well and were not as good as the dandies of the Liang and Xi families.
Now, he also has a grandson who has a connection with Shi Qingluo, which is good.
And he has always known that the second prince wanted to win over Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng.
“Write a contract to Shi Qingluo. I agree to this.”
Old Master Qi said again: “In the future, get to know Shi Qingluo more. It’s okay even if you hang out with Xi Rui and the others. Just don’t fall behind in your studies.”
Learn more about how filial those two dandies are to their grandfather. This was the main point.
Qi Yiyang was delighted: “Yes, I’ll listen to my grandfather.”
After getting a clear path from the old man, he no longer had to worry about being scolded by his father.
Then he received envious looks from his cousins, and he felt secretly happy.
Didn’t they mock him before? What can they say right now?
The cousins of the Qi family also cursed Qi Yiyang in their hearts. He was so lucky to get in close to Shi Qingluo.
This guy was so shady. They had no idea when he got along with Shi Qingluo behind the scenes.
It seems that he will be reused by the second prince.
They just hoped that Qi Yiyang would perform averagely in the exam, otherwise they would be outdone by the other party.
Especially the other three sons of Old Master Qi, even hoped that Qi Yiyang would fail the exam.
Then Old Master Qi immediately sent people to get rubber.
This also made Qi Yiyang’s presence stronger in the Qi family.
The actions of the several families could not be concealed from the palace and the well-informed people.
The Emperor didn’t care. He hoped that several families could get more rubber so that the soldiers on the northern border could change to a pair of rubber-soled leather shoes.
The other families immediately sent spies to several families to find out what prescriptions and benefits they had obtained.
After all, everyone knew that Xi Rui and others met with Shi Qingluo, and several major dukes’ mansions took action.
They naturally wanted to get a piece of the pie.
Starting from the next day, many people asked several families about it.
But for things that want to be in the limelight and make a lot of money, the people of the several families will naturally not take the initiative to leak it out.
As a result, Shi Qingluo became popular again. Many headmasters in the family called the young men and women and told them to make friends with Shi Qingluo if they had the chance.
As a result, when Shi Qingluo went out, she would meet young people of the same generation from time to time, and they were all very enthusiastic towards her.
Once or twice was not a big deal, but it was a bit annoying when it happened frequently, so she rarely went out recently.
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In the general’s mansion, Xiao Yuanshi naturally heard about this.
He didn’t think about following the trend, after all, it would be too embarrassing if others knew about it.
But he still wanted to know what prescription the bad daughter-in-law used to get him out of the position of the Ministry of War.
So he also planted spies to investigate.
Recently, he was in a bad mood. He stayed in the general’s mansion every day and didn’t go out. He was either drunk or went to Tao Liu’s yard to complain.
He had always avoided his little wife, who he wanted to hold carefully in his hand for fear of melting and for fear of flying away.
He knew that although his dismissal was caused by his son and his wife, it was because his relationship with Ge Chunru was exposed that he suffered.
So he couldn’t face Ge Chunru now.
It was indeed she who took the initiative to approach him, constantly seduced him, and dragged him into this quagmire.
Although he still had Ge Chunru in his heart, it would be a lie to say that he didn’t have any anger at all.
This thorn was planted.
Ge Chunru often deliberately blocked Xiao Yuanshi when she couldn’t see him.
But Xiao Yuanshi always ran away in advance and went to Tao Liu’s yard, which made Ge Chunru even more angry and she cried almost every day.
She was not stupid and naturally knew that Xiao Yuanshi was angry with her after being dismissed because of their relationship.
She felt that she had suffered a great injustice, and hated Xiao Hanzheng and Shi Qingluo even more.
She couldn’t help but want to get back, so she secretly asked the maid to contact Zheng Tongfeng.
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