The general's wife is too naughty, she starts to flirt with him

"Why are you here?"

Before Yinxing could say anything, Song Qingci, who had just come out after changing the medicine, saw Shen Mozhu standing in the yard.

This was the first time he returned to the General's Mansion since he moved out.

So Song Qingci asked without thinking.

After Shen Mozhu saluted Song Qingci, he repeated what he had said to Yinxing before.

"Thank you very much, it's thoughtful of you." Song Qingci thanked him for his behavior, but didn't say anything else. Instead, he asked Yinxing to bring Xiaoyuer into the house.

Shan Xi was still awake after just changing the medicine.

This little guy always came when Shan Xi was asleep, so he never talked. Now that Shan Xi was awake, it would be good to let him go and have a look.

"Now that you are here, I don't have to look for you. I have something for you to do." Song Qingci walked into the main room first.

Shen Mozhu followed Yinxing and Yinping in.

Ever since that incident, the young lady only asked him to teach Xiao Yuer and didn't arrange any other tasks for him.

"Young Madam, please tell me what you want me to do." Shen Mozhu kept his word.

Since I have agreed to help the young lady, I naturally won't refuse.

"How is your current job going?" Song Qingci did not give any direct instructions, but first asked about Shen Mozhu's recent situation.

"Nothing happened." Shen Mozhu said truthfully.

His official position was just a sinecure, dispensable. No important matters would be handed over to him. Otherwise, how could he have the time to teach Xiao Yuer.

In fact, many official positions in the Six Ministries are like this.

There are only so many important positions. But there are so many people and so many complicated relationships, so there are many similar idle positions.

Today, because of the incident involving over a hundred people at the beginning of the year, many powerful people were implicated.

The imperial court had just opened up the imperial examination system to recruit officials, but the marginalized people were not even within the scope of this recruitment. No matter how few people the upper court needed, they would not select from the lower-level officials.

Song Qingci was not surprised to hear Shen Mozhu's answer.

Not to mention him, even Shan Li’s position is not very important.

In other words, Dan Li has a strong sense of responsibility and wants to do something, otherwise he wouldn't be so busy.

"In that case, I will give you a task." Song Qingci said, pulling out a booklet from his sleeve and handing it to Shen Mozhu.

"You should check the background of all the people here. This shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Shen Mozhu took the booklet and flipped it open. He was somewhat familiar with the names on it. Two of them even lived in the same courtyard as him.

"It's not difficult." Shen Mozhu accepted the booklet.

"That's good. As for time, let's do it as soon as possible." Song Qingci originally wanted to say ten days, but then he thought that since it was the first time he asked Shen Mozhu to do something, it would be better not to push him too hard.

The names written in the booklet are all related to the Qiu family.

This list was obtained from Shan Li.

Originally, he wanted Feng Yi and the others to investigate, but Feng Yi had a lot of things to do recently. Song Qingci thought of Shen Mozhu.

He is currently working in one of the six ministries and can usually come into contact with these people.

It would be a good idea to let him check it out and also take a look at Shen Mozhu's abilities.

After finishing the business, Song Qingci wanted to send him away.

She had a full body check-up these past two days, but still couldn't find any problems with her body. She was getting very annoyed and really didn't want to waste her extra energy on unimportant people.

But Shen Mozhu didn't want to leave immediately.

After thinking for a long time, he asked, "What disease does Miss Shan have? Is it serious?"

This question immediately made Song Qingci nervous.

She looked at Shen Mozhu suspiciously, trying to see something from his face.

Shen Mozhu subconsciously wanted to avoid Song Qingci's gaze, but after thinking it over, he decided not to do so.

Avoidance is a sign of guilty conscience, but he has no guilt, so there is no need for him to avoid it.

"Why do you care about this?" Song Qingci said slowly after a long while.

"Xiao Yu'er is very worried about Miss Shan's health. Because of this, he is always distracted when studying. I thought, if Miss Shan is ill, it would be better to suspend Xiao Yu'er's classes for the next two days. Letting him stay in the general's mansion would also comfort him. And I just happen to have time to check the names on the list." Shen Mozhu spoke slowly.

It sounds very ordinary, nothing unusual.

However, Song Qingci just felt that something seemed to be wrong.

"Xiao Yu'er is very smart and won't be late for his studies." Seeing that Song Qingci didn't say anything, Shen Mozhu added.

"Okay, then he won't go to class in the next few days." Song Qingci felt that what Shen Mozhu said was correct.

Since he has been assigned the task, he needs to be given time to do the work.

And she has been trying to check her body recently, so she doesn't have much time.

It’s just right for Xiao Yuer to stay in Chixiao Courtyard to accompany Shan Xi.

In the end, Shen Mozhu didn't get the answer he wanted.

But judging from the young lady's expression, her illness shouldn't be serious.

Moreover, the young lady has extraordinary medical skills. Even if there is really something, with the young lady here, the danger can be averted.

I walked back all the way thinking about this.

When I returned to Yuebai Lane, I happened to see one of the people on the list.

Shen Mozhu thought about it for a moment and then walked straight towards the man.

Cining Palace.

After a trip to the Ministry of Punishment, although Nanny Zhao was still alive, at least half of her energy and spirit were gone.

Three of his ten fingers were broken due to torture.

The bones in his legs were broken from the beating.

It was thanks to the compassion of the Empress Dowager that she asked the imperial physician to do his best to treat her and used many precious medicinal herbs that her life was saved.

Queen Mother Shan saw Aunt Zhao trying to get up from the bed and salute her, so she waved her hand and said, "No need to salute. Just take care of yourself."

When Queen Mother Shan spoke, her voice revealed fatigue.

Over the years, Zhao Ma had helped her with many things. Now that she had been replaced by someone else, she couldn't do anything well.

"It is because of my incompetence and carelessness that I have led to today's situation." Madam Zhao was filled with resentment.

Although she was a slave, she was the slave of the Empress Dowager, and her status was more noble than that of ordinary officials.

But one day, he was not careful and fell into the hands of a little girl.

She suffered too much of a loss.

"Let's not talk about other things first. You still need to get well as soon as possible. No one else can use you. You can't even do the smallest things. I have already asked the imperial physician. Your injury can be healed, but you may have to suffer a little."