MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming-Chapter 123 learn skills

Chapter 123 Learn skills

Ever since they entered the Duke's Mansion, the biggest person they have seen is probably the Duke.

 Now that you have to go directly to the palace and see the queen, you naturally have to pay close attention to everything.

 If you are not careful, it is a small matter to lose face, but it is a big matter to offend a noble person.

 So, Yingying and Lizhu immediately kept thinking about how to arrange the outfit for their young lady.

Du Jingyi was more concerned about other things. He glanced at the cherry and then said.

"Cherry, take Butler He down for a cup of tea. The general and I have something to say."

 “Yes, young lady.”

Hearing this, Butler He was not stupid. He immediately saluted, bowed and left the main room.

 When there were only two people in the room, Du Jingyi started to ask.

"General, the queen summoned me suddenly. She must not only want to see me, but also have other things to give you?"

Shang Ji glanced at Du Jingyi, smiled slightly and said.

"Relax, Sui'ancheng has been very calm recently. Neither the queen nor the prince has any problems. I summoned you. I guess I heard my aunt's words and wanted to see you."

 “Aunt?”

Shang Ji pulled Du Jingyi to sit down and then explained.

"Well, before my aunt got married, she and the Empress were close friends. My mother was also an old friend of the Empress. However, after she married into the Duke's palace, she was troubled by many chores and saw the Empress less often. , Later, my mother passed away, and the friendship between our family and the Queen weakened a lot."

Hearing this, Du Jingyi understood.

 It turns out there is such a thing. The more I think about it, the more I feel extremely sorry for this mother-in-law.

Born in the door, the talents were both in full swing. The dragons and phoenixes in the people around him, but she fell in the country's government for half a life and was sinned for half a life. In the end

　　It is true that good people do not live long, and misfortunes remain for thousands of years.

　　I feel aggrieved just thinking about it.

Her mind drifted away for a while. Seeing that she didn't answer, Shang Ji thought she was still worried, so he continued to speak and said in relief.

"The Queen has a quiet temperament, is gentle and polite, and will not embarrass you. Besides, you may have your aunt to accompany you when you enter the palace tomorrow, so there is really no need to worry too much."

 He said it back and forth several times, which really put Du Jingyi at ease.

Du Jingyi poured him a cup of chrysanthemum tea that he had just been drinking, and then said.

“Well, now that I know it, will the general enter the palace tomorrow?”

“His Majesty did not summon me, so I can’t enter the palace.”

After hearing this, Du Jingyi also understood that the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers cannot be messed with, so he nodded, and then said calmly.

"In that case, the general will wait for me at the house. If it is not too late when I come back, I would like to go back to my parents' house. My sister at home is very pregnant, and she is about to give birth soon. Yes, I want to go back and have a look."

 “Okay, I have nothing to do tomorrow, I’ll just wait for you.”

 The couple looked at each other and smiled.

　　Pick up the teacup at hand and chat about homely matters while drinking.

 “I have something to tell you.”

 “The general just asks.”

"Bamei has already written to her grandmother. I guess she will go north. When Xing Zhao goes to pick him up, I want Ping'er to go with him. I have spent more than a month traveling between two places. How much? It can still give him some knowledge.”

 Shang Ji said this, and Du Jingyi also said it with understanding. "My concubine and the general's thoughts coincide with each other. I also think that Ping'er will definitely gain something from going out with cousin Zhao. Apart from other things, cousin Zhao's temperament can make Ping'er happy to some extent and save the trouble. Being confined in the back house every day makes me deeply worried, and I may not be able to do much good in learning."

“Well, since you think it’s okay, I’ll go talk to my sister-in-law.”

Shang Ji's move made Du Jingyi very satisfied. Ping'er was his nephew, and he should have taken the initiative to care more about her.

Rather than some men, after marrying a wife, it seems that the whole family should be left to her to be filial.

I am happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and I have to be picky about my wife and find some trouble to prove how important my existence is.

It's really embarrassing.

 So, Du Jingyi replied with some thought.

"If Ping'er goes out with cousin Zhao, I'm afraid that my sister-in-law will be alone at home with nothing to do, and she will be melancholy thinking about things. So I have an idea, thinking about letting my sister-in-law really learn some skills. Maybe it can work.”

 “Learn skills?”

 When he heard this, Shang Ji was also a little strange.

In his opinion, most of these skills are used in the world. Sisters-in-law don’t have to support the family, and they don’t have to be exposed to wind and sun. What kind of skills can they learn to relieve their worries?

 After being silent for a short moment, he said.

"You may not know that my sister-in-law is very good at female embroidery. Even the famous embroiderers in Sui'an City may not be able to match her."

As soon as Shang Ji spoke these words, Du Jingyi laughed.

"Does the general think that I want my sister-in-law to learn to be a female prostitute? That's why you told me this."

"Is not it?"

"no."

Her confident tone made Shang Ji feel strange, but seeing her steadfast look, an idea suddenly came to his mind and he asked with some disbelief.

“You mean you want your sister-in-law to learn how to do business like you?”

“General, you can be more straightforward and learn how to make money.”

 “Please give me some advice, madam.”

Shang Ji was pious, and his attitude did not seem to look down on merchants at all. Instead, he was curious.

So after Du Jingyi got his feedback, he spoke more seriously.

"It's not easy for a woman to make a living in the world. She can't take scientific exams if she studies literature, she can't go to the battlefield if she studies martial arts, and she can't teach you by example if you study medicine. Only the way to make money is a little bit interesting. With money at your side, you don't have to ask your father for advice on many things. Mom, you can be tougher."

Hearing her words, Shang Ji couldn't help but stare at her for a while.

 He does not care about family status and does not look down on merchants. This is because of the education he received since childhood.

Although my eldest sister-in-law is not from a well-known family, she is still the daughter of a Qingliu family. People like theirs are most disciplined and can even be a bit pedantic.

The ideas of scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants are engraved in their bones and blood, and they may not be willing to do so.

I'm afraid I understand Du Jingyi's suggestion, but I may not be willing to go with it.

Shang Ji was afraid that Du Jingyi would be embarrassed if he was rejected by his sister-in-law because of his good intentions, so he asked solemnly.

"Are you sure? My sister-in-law may not be willing to do it."

 Hearing Shang Ji's words, Du Jingyi was still a little worried.

Of course she understood that this was her husband's concern for her, but she still felt that her sister-in-law would agree.

  After all, the reason why she had to endure it for ten years in the back house was because, to put it bluntly, she had no one to rely on.

 (End of this chapter)