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Chapter 342 Going out to play for two months?
County Princess's Mansion
As soon as Wen Zongji returned home from his shift, he saw Pei Rujing's gossipy expression: "Today, Jiao Yansong took my second younger sister out of the city for a trip."
"I know."
Wen Zongji's expression remained unchanged.
Pei Rujing looked at him suspiciously: "Aren't you surprised? This doesn't seem like something Jiao Yansong would come up with."
Wen Zongji took off his official robes and walked over to sit next to Pei Rujing: "Because he came to see me again, I suggested that he go to his aunt. It must have been his aunt who gave him the idea."
Pei Rujing suddenly realized: "No wonder, the person who understands Second Sister the most in this world must be Auntie... But Jiao Yansong is also very thoughtful."
Wen Zongji said, "They have a long time ahead of them. If my brother-in-law is willing to change, things will get better and better."
Pei Rujing wholeheartedly agreed, then rested her chin on her hand and looked at Wen Zongji, teasingly saying, "Jiao Yansong is much more sincere than that person. He said he wanted to pursue me, but he was always busy with official duties and even left Beijing for several months. He wasn't sincere at all."
Wen Zongji was taken aback: "Weren't you talking about Jiao Yansong?"
Why did the topic suddenly shift to him?
Was there anything that happened that he didn't know about?
As it turns out, women don't discriminate between time and place when they bring up old grievances.
Pei Rujing felt increasingly cheated: "Haven't we gone out of town for fun in ages?"
Wen Zongji immediately understood Pei Rujing's meaning. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "I went to see the Crown Prince today, and the upcoming official positions are about to be finalized."
Pei Rujing blinked, somewhat confused as to why he had changed the subject, but still asked, "What official position?"
"The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review!"
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is a third-rank official. It is still a two-level jump from the fourth rank to the third rank.
Most importantly, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is the head of the Court of Judicial Review, the real number one official.
Pei Rujing was somewhat surprised: "I thought the Crown Prince would appoint you as a vice minister of the Six Ministries."
There aren't many officials of the third rank; the Vice Minister of the Six Ministries is one such example.
"Wait a minute, what about the original Minister of the Court of Judicial Review?"
Even if she didn't care about politics, she knew that the Court of Judicial Review now had a Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
Wen Zongji said, "The Crown Prince is dissatisfied with the performance of the current Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. As one of the three judicial departments, the Court of Judicial Review has the final review power over all cases in the country. However, in recent years, very few wrongful convictions have been discovered through the review of the Court of Judicial Review. The Court of Judicial Review has seriously neglected its duties. The Crown Prince intends to dismiss the current Minister of the Court of Judicial Review and let him retire in peace."
The difference between living a life of leisure in retirement and being forced into it is enormous.
The current Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is only fifty years old, far from the age to retire and enjoy a life of leisure.
The Crown Prince was only willing to give him this respect because of his loyalty to the court over the years. If the other party were unwilling to accept it, then he would lose even his dignity.
Anyone knows how to make a choice.
Pei Rujing understood.
Wen Zongji continued, "The Crown Prince originally intended to issue an edict in a few days, but I refused."
Pei Rujing asked in confusion, "Why?"
Who would complain about getting promoted too quickly?
Wen Zongji embraced Pei Rujing and said with a smile, "Weren't you just complaining that I wasn't sincere enough?"
Pei Rujing said quite confidently, "You're just not sincere enough."
"So I'm going to be sincere this time."
"What do you mean?"
Wen Zongji said, "I've already asked the government for two months' leave. My family and I will go on a two-month trip. What do you think, my wife?"
Pei Rujing was taken aback for a moment, then her eyes lit up: "Really? You can play with people for two months?"
She didn't even dare to think about it!
The longest they ever played together was right after Wen Zongji finished the imperial examination, which was many years ago.
Another option was to take advantage of Wen Zongji's annual leave to go out of the city for a few days.
Pei Rujing never imagined she would have a two-month vacation.
But she quickly became excited, stood up and shouted, "Qinghe, Dongxiu, pack your bags quickly, we're leaving tomorrow."
Wen Zongji quickly stopped him: "It's already very late today, and it's been two months. It's not too late to leave the day after tomorrow. I plan to take the children back to the Marquis's residence tomorrow and tell Father and Mother about our trip."
I'm going away for two months at a time, so I should at least let the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion know.
Pei Rujing thought to herself, "Yes, I should let you know. In that case, we'll have lunch at my mother's place tomorrow and dinner at the Marquis's residence."
Wen Zongji agreed: "I'll do as my wife says."
Pei Rujing added, "However, you can pack your luggage first. We're going on vacation for two months, and there's a lot to prepare. We also have a lot to do tomorrow, so it's always good to be prepared in advance."
Granny Feng had begun her retirement, and Pei Rujing took over everything at the county princess's mansion. At first, it was quite chaotic, but fortunately, she had managed a newspaper before, and with Granny Feng's help, she managed to sort things out in less than half a month.
However, Pei Rujing still didn't like to keep herself too busy. After taking over the internal affairs, she delegated the tasks to Qinghe and others, and they would only come to Pei Rujing with things they couldn't handle.
Wen Zongji did not stop him.
……
The next day, after Rui Ge'er and Ling Jie'er woke up, they learned that they would be going out to play for two months.
Lingjie was only a little over a year old and didn't feel anything about it. She just sat in Wen Zongji's arms, waiting for him to feed her.
Usually, when they have breakfast, Wen Zongji has already gone to work, so as long as Wen Zongji is there, Lingjie will not let anyone else hold her and must be fed by Wen Zongji.
When it's time to feed her, Lingjie doesn't just sit obediently and eat whatever she's fed. She's very opinionated; whatever her little finger points to, Wen Zongji has to feed her.
Pei Rujing watched Lingjie tease Wen Zongji and shook her head: "She's only one year old, and she's already so good at causing trouble."
Wen Zongji, however, felt that it was better for a woman to be lively, and he did not want his daughter to be gentle and virtuous.
"That shows our Ling-jie is smart, right?"
Lingjie opened her mouth to drink the porridge and nodded her little head.
Wen Zongji's smile deepened.
Pei Rujing shrugged. He was willing to be tormented, so she naturally wouldn't say anything.
She was never one to follow the rules.
Rui-ge'er's attention, however, was on going out to play: "Daddy, Mommy, where are we going to play?"
Wen Zongji bent down to wipe Ling'er's mouth: "I'll listen to your mother."
Pei Rujing had already thought about this last night: "Everyone says that the scenery in Jiangnan is beautiful. Since we're going out to play, how can we not go and see Jiangnan?"
"Then let's go to Jiangnan."
Wen Zongji had been to Jiangnan before, but at that time he was focused on investigating the case and didn't really have the mood to appreciate the scenery. This time, he was just traveling for fun, and his state of mind was very different.
And so their first stop was decided!