After traveling to ancient times, I relied on my husband to win

"Okay, Your Majesty! Just wait and see. I have to go back to accompany my wife, so I'll take my leave now, hehe."

Qin Yan finished his important matter and made faces at the emperor.

"Get lost, you're acting like you're the only one with a wife. Everyone has one. Tsk~"

The emperor complained but thought in his heart, I haven't seen the queen for several days. Why is she staying with the imperial concubine all day? Well, I'll go see the queen later.

Qin Yan was about to leave with a grin on his face, but turned back when he thought of something. He looked at the emperor with eager eyes, mixed with embarrassment.

"Um, Your Majesty, this is my reward this time..."

He said half and kept the other half, because he knew the emperor would definitely understand.

The emperor's thoughts were interrupted, and he saw this unsatisfied boy.

"Reward? What reward?"

Qin Yan's pupils widened, "Your Majesty, how could you cheat?"

The emperor snorted, "Hmph! Let's talk about the reward next time. When you really make the gunpowder you mentioned, I will give you this piece. If you fail to make it, you will be punished for disrespect today."

Qin Yan was not convinced, "Disrespectful? No, how could I not..."

The emperor interrupted him before he could finish and waved his hand, "Alright, since Qin County Man has nothing else to do, go back. I still have some memorials to review. Li De, take Qin County Man out of the palace."

"Oh, no..."

Qin Yan had just opened his mouth to say a few words when the emperor stood up and left. Qin Yan turned around and continued to argue.

Li Dequan's face, full of wrinkles and smiling, appeared in front of him.

Startled him.

"Father-in-law, what are you doing? You scared me."

"Oh, don't blame me, it was me who scared you. Let's go, the emperor asked me to take you out of the palace, follow me."

After Li Dequan finished explaining, he still had a smile on his face and walked in front to lead Qin Yan.

"Okay, thank you for your help, father-in-law."

Qin Yan knew that the emperor did not trust him this time, and the reward was probably in jeopardy. Well, forget it, just wait until he can make the gunpowder and ask for it back. Then he will definitely get it back this time.

Having made up his mind, he followed Li Dequan out of the palace.

At the palace gate, Li Dequan returned to the imperial study after seeing the person off, because the emperor couldn't leave his place without someone.

Qin Yan left the palace and went back home in his own carriage.

Walking onto the street and listening to the lively hawking sounds, Qin Yan drew aside the curtain and realized that it was already noon. He thought that his lovely wife at home should wake up.

Thinking about my lovely wife staying at home for several days and feeling very bored, but there is nothing I can do. I might as well buy some things and bring them back to cheer her up.

After asking the coachman to stop the carriage at the door of Zuimanlou, Qin Yan went to buy roast duck, crispy pork, and squirrel mandarin fish.

While Qin Yan was waiting, he had the leisure to carefully observe the largest restaurant in the capital.

I heard that it was the property of someone in the palace, so no one dared to come here to cause trouble. Those dignitaries would come here to eat to show their face and please the emperor.

But it is true that Zuimanlou is located right in the center of the street, and guests from outside can come here to rest when they are tired of shopping. Not only does it have a large flow of customers, but it also has plenty of standing space.

It is a rare three-story building, which shows the snobbery behind it. However, the chefs here are all retired royal chefs from the palace, and the food is naturally more attractive to customers because of its unique taste.

The decoration here is also very elegant. A row of bamboos is planted in the middle of the store, and goes up to the second floor. The scene on the first floor can also be seen from the second floor, just like the vines rushing into the sky in a fairy tale. There are many masterpieces of famous artists hung on the walls of the store.

But... Qin Yan looked at the poems on the wall, uh... he said why they looked so familiar, aren't these three lines from Li Bai's "Song of the Wine".

Life is full of joy, so that the gold is empty for the moon.

Bells, drums, and jade are not expensive, I hope I’m drunk and don’t want to wake up.

The five-flowered horse, the golden hair, and Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and sell the eternal sorrow with you.

Not to mention, it really suits the restaurant.

When Qin Yan wanted to look at other murals, the waiter came over and put the packaged food into a lunch box and handed it to Qin Yan.

"Sir, your order is ready. It costs thirty taels in total."

Qin Yan took out three taels of gold from his purse and handed it to the waiter.

The waiter was so happy that he kept saying auspicious words, "Take care, sir. Come again next time."

Qin Yan walked onto the carriage and placed the food box in his hand on the seat next to him to prevent it from spilling.

Wondering what else my young wife likes?

Thinking of his wife being bored at home, he agreed to buy her a storybook.

He asked the coachman to go to the bookstore and to keep an eye on the carriage to prevent the things inside from spilling, and then he went into the bookstore.

Most of the people here are students from the Imperial College who come here to buy books, so Qin Yan’s coming in is not out of place.

Next to them were students in long gowns choosing their favorite poetry collections.

It was already noon, and Qin Yan was in a hurry to go home to be with his wife, so he went straight to the counter to find the shopkeeper.

"Boss, do you have some booklets that women like to read?"

The shopkeeper shifted his eyes away from the account books and abacus in his hands. From the way Qin Yan was dressed, he could tell that he was an official.

"Is this young master buying this for someone at home?"

"Oh, it's my wife. I plan to buy her some storybooks to pass the time."

"Okay, sir, please follow me."

The shopkeeper led the people to one side of the backyard, where there were piles of storybooks of various kinds.

"I don't know which one you want, sir. Here are the scholar and the witch, the secrets of the general's tent, the princess's favorites, the rich businessman and the prostitute, the widow's spring..."

"We have everything you can think of. This is the only shop in Beijing that has the most storybooks. Hehe, would you like to take a look?"

The shopkeeper's enthusiastic recommendation

Qin Yan really didn't expect that this poor ancient vernacular book was so rich. Tsk, my reserved ancestor.

"Then take one of each from the pile and send it to the Qin residence, and then ask the butler to settle the bill."

Qin Yan pointed to the pile closest to him.

"Okay, sir. I will pack up your salary and deliver it to your house in person later."

"it is good!"

After finishing the job, Qin Yan planned to go back, but when he saw a hairpin for sale, he went to the jewelry store and bought a gold hairpin and a gold bracelet.

After buying everything, Qin Yan quickly returned to the Qin Mansion.

When Qin Yan returned to the Qin Mansion, he walked in with his lunch box. When he reached the garden, he saw two people sitting in the pavilion in the garden.

When Jiang Zhi woke up at noon, Qin Yan was gone. Qin Yan told her that he had something to do today and reported it. Jiang Zhi didn't care about it. She packed up and went out to have lunch with Mrs. Qin. She walked in the garden for a while to digest the food, and rested in the pavilion when she was tired.

Now that she had nothing to do, Jiang Zhi asked Old Madam Qin to teach her how to make baby clothes.

After finding the cloth that had been chosen yesterday, Jiang Zhi and Old Lady Qin slowly learned how to sew stitch by stitch, and the child's clothes were almost ready.

The baby is small, so it doesn't need to be too complicated. Jiang Zhi and Old Madam Qin were laughing and embroidering clothes for the baby, talking about how it would be lively in the family in the future with a child.