Chapter 167 Four million taels, the mother of a country

Although He Ruiping was a little worried, she saw the box in her arms that contained peace and loved the guqin and felt that it was worth doing so.

Returning to the county magistrate's mansion, He Ruiping went directly to the yard where Anping lived. There were warriors accompanying Anping at the Moon Gate. As soon as they saw He Ruiping coming, they hurriedly held their fists and saluted.

After He Ruiping asked someone to give a message, the old housekeeper close to An Pingzhi came out and took He Ruiping to the main hall of the courtyard. He Ruiping sat in the main hall with Guqin in her arms and waited for a while before An Pingzhi came in from the outside.

As soon as he entered the door, An Pingzhi was stunned. When he saw the thing in He Ruiping's arms, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Miss He came here specially. What's the matter?" An Pingzhi asked quietly.

He Ruiping smiled and put the wooden box in her arms on the small square table between the two. She said to An Pingzhi in a coquettish voice, "I think Mr. An likes this guqin, so... take it and give it to him..."

I thought An Pingzhi would smile happily, but An Pingzhi not only was not happy, but frowned. He didn't reach out to touch the wooden box at all and asked He Ruiping, "Did you get this guqin from the Raven Green Ink Pavilion?"

He Ruiping was upset as soon as she heard the words "Row Green Ink Pavilion". She nodded, turned her eyes, and said with a coquettish smile, "Mr. An, since you have come to Wuming County, you are the guest here. It's rare to find something you like. This is a gift from me."

When An Pingzhi heard the words, he still frowned. He looked at the old wooden box and didn't say anything for a long time.

In Anping's heart, he thought that Leng Xuanrong would never give this thing to He Ruiping for no reason. He Ruiping either got this thing painfully or grabbed it by means. According to An Pingzhi's understanding of He Ruiping in so many days, it is very unlikely that she will ask Leng Xuanrong to give the Guqin to her. In this way, this Guqin was probably snatched back by He Ruiping...

Thinking of this, An Pingzhi couldn't help sighing.

A beautiful guqin is actually infected with such a dirty thing. It's really... violent.

He Ruiping saw that An Pingzhi was not only not happy, but sighed and suddenly panicked. She asked repeatedly, "What's wrong, Mr. An? Why do you sigh? Look at this guqin, isn't that the one you like?

An Pingzhi shook his head and whispered, "Although the guqin is good, I can't accept it. Miss He, you'd better return it to the original owner.

When He Ruiping heard this, her body shook. She really didn't expect that An Pingzhi didn't want to accept what she had worked so hard to get back!

"Why? Mr. An, why can't you accept it?" He Ruiping asked in a trembling voice.

An Pingzhi heard her ask, and finally a trace of anger appeared on his face. He frowned and looked at He Ruiping and said, "Qin also has a heart. If you take it and give it to me, it will never recognize me as the master. Although I have some fate with this Guqin, I can't be the owner of this Guqin. Why bother Miss He!"

When He Ruiping heard the words, tears suddenly appeared in her eyes.

Does the piano also have a heart? Do you have to take it? I took this piano, didn't I still want you to look at me more?

"Sir An, I'm afraid you misunderstood... I didn't take this piano, but I bought it in the Raven Qingmo Pavilion." He Ruiping suppressed her tears and said to An Pingzhi, "If you buy it and sell it, you can't get it back. Although Qin is careful, I don't understand. All I know is that Mr. An likes it, so I send it to you... If you don't accept it... I... I..."

The more He Ruiping said, the more sad she became. Tears finally came out of her eyes and rolled down her cheeks in the blink of an eye.

An Pingzhi listened to He Ruiping's words and saw her crying sadly, so he had no choice but to shake his head and whisper to her, "Miss He, put this guqin with me for the time being. I'm ashamed of your feelings. Please go back and rest."

An Pingzhi's expulsion pierced He Ruiping's heart like a sharp arrow. She couldn't stand it anymore. She didn't say anything more. She covered her face with a sweat towel and quickly ran out of the room.

After He Ruiping left, An Pingzhi looked at the old wooden box and sighed again.

The old housekeeper came in, looked at the wooden box, and asked in a low voice, "The eldest son, what should I do?"

An Pingzhi waved his hand impatiently, "Take good care of it. When the matter is clear, send it back to the Raven Qingmo Pavilion."

The old housekeeper nodded, held the wooden box in his arms, and then fell to An Ping's ear and whispered, "The news came back from the valley. Sure enough, those people did it."

Hearing this, An Pingzhi became even more irritable. His face was no longer as indifferent and cold as usual. His eyes were full of fire. He raised his hand and slapped the table fiercely and said angrily, "These guys who are not enough to fail! It's just looking for death!"

The old housekeeper's reaction to An Pingzhi seemed to be completely unsurprised. He lowered his head and asked, "How does the eldest son want to deal with this matter?"

An Pingzhi suppressed his anger, sat there and thought for a long time, and finally asked in a low voice, "How's the preparation on the other side?"

The old housekeeper immediately replied, "I have heard that there are about 200 people in total, which is very suitable."

"Then let them be unlucky." An Pingzhi stood up and said as he walked out, "I will go and tell He Lijing about this matter. You can make them all calm and stand by at any time."

"Yes." The old housekeeper bowed deeply and didn't walk out with the wooden box until An Pingzhi left.

He Ruiping returned to her room and cried bitterly. When she was almost crying, she called the maid Hongye to ask about the movement of An Pingzhi. Hongye told He Ruiping tremblingly that An Pingzhi did not send the Guqin back to the Raven Qingmo Pavilion, as if it had been put away. Hearing the news, He Ruiping felt a little better.

"Miss, I think Mr. An said that, probably because he was embarrassed to accept what you sent." Hongye tried to persuade He Ruiping, "Miss, Mr. An is a knowledgeable person. He knows the value of the Guqin best. Even if he is the eldest son of the first assistant prime minister's family, he can't accept it casually. It's just that the young lady was anxious and didn't give Mr. An a step down..."

When Hongye thought of the price of the guqin, his hands couldn't help trembling.

After a while of persuasion, Hongye carefully said to He Ruiping, "Miss, I think this matter... should I talk to the master? Those four...four million taels of silver...what can I do..."

Although He Ruiping had a plan for these four million, she remembered that there was really no way to hide this matter from her father. Especially the other party is still the cold Xuanrong.

He Lijing was busy with business and didn't return to the house until the evening. He Ruiping took Hongye to He Lijing's study to find him. As soon as the two entered the door, they saw He Lijing's calm face, as if he was worried about something.

He Ruiping suddenly lost her confidence and asked as if nothing had happened, "What's wrong with father? Has anyone messed with you?"

He Lijing snorted. Since the incident in Nyan County, He Lijing has tried his best to get along well with the two people who came to serve as the commanders of the Luqi Camp and the Patrol Battalion, but so far, things have not progressed smoothly. The Military Affairs Department should be controlled by the prime minister, but the two newcomers don't seem to want to be with He Lijing at all. Today, He Lijing specially went to the two camps in person. After arriving there, he not only didn't get any advantage, but was returned by the two people.

He Lijing is now even beginning to feel that there are people from King Xiaohan in the Military Affairs Department, and the two commanders are also very likely to be people from King Xiaohan.

He has been thinking about how to deal with it. The Luqi Camp and the Patrol Battalion are two forces that cannot be ignored. In case they fall into the hands of others, they may be greatly hindered when they raise the flag in the future. The enemy appeared at the doorstep, which was the last thing He Lijing wanted to see.

That's why he went to the study immediately after he came back to prepare to write a letter to Xiang Ye, so that he could make it very powerful, so that Xiang Ye could think of a way to either get the two people away or exert pressure to make them obey.

But before He Lijing started writing, He Ruiping came.

"Riping, there are still business matters on my father's side that have not been handled properly. If you have anything to do, let's talk about it later." He Lijing knew that his daughter came to find him specially, nine times out of ten, for peace. But now he has no time to pay attention to his daughter's troubles. As long as there is no big deal, when the marriage is completed, his daughter's troubles will naturally be gone.

When He Ruiping saw that her father was not in the mood to talk to her, she hesitated whether she should leave. Hongye frowned behind He Ruiping and cheered for He Ruiping. Then He Ruiping said, "Father, I bought a Guqin for Mr. An, and I need some money."

He Lijing smiled bitterly at his daughter, shook his head and sighed, "Riping, don't tell your father one by one about such a trivial matter. If you want money, go to the account room to pay for it. If you can make Mr. An happy, your father will give you as much money as possible.

As soon as He Ruiping heard her father's words, she suddenly became energetic. She ran to her father and hugged his arm and said coquettishly, "I knew my father would say so!" After all, my father loves Ruiping the most!"

He Lijing touched He Ruiping's head and whispered, "When you call the young lady of the first assistant prime minister's family in the future, don't you want anything?" What's more, in a short time, maybe you will be the mother of a country, and then you will remember that your father loves you! Hahaha..."

He Lijing's words made He Ruiping even happier. Thinking of the four words "mother of a country", He Ruiping's worries just now disappeared in an instant. She nodded with a smile and said to He Lijing, "Father, if one day I really become the mother of a country, I will definitely let my father be the biggest official!"

He Lijing nodded with a smile, and then said, "Reiping, if you have nothing to do, you can go back first. You still have business to do for your father."