Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 684 Mistress
【Ask for a monthly ticket】

"Hiss, it hurts..."

Zhu Xiuyuan covered his face and bared his teeth.

But there was a smile on his face, blooming like a flower.

This smile combined with the bared teeth looks very weird.

Not surprisingly, he solved Kou Wanwan's problem unknowingly.

Moreover, it was Dong Shuzhen who came forward to help him solve the problem.

He was worried that he would not know how to explain to Dong Shuzhen in the future.

Now he is fine, everything has been solved, his heart disease has gone away, and he feels infinitely relaxed at the moment.

In fact, as for concubinage, after he became Jiang Chengbo, he no longer struggled with this issue.

Because Uncle Jiang Cheng is a lord, a high official who is superior to others, and a complete privileged class.

Regarding the matter of taking concubines, as a lord, he actually had a "quota" permitted by the court.

The "Quota" approved by the imperial court is called "Teng Concubine" and has certain power and status.

As an earl, in addition to his main wife, he could also have three concubines.

The Marquis is six.

The number of kings is ten.

In addition to concubines, there is another kind of concubine with no limit on the number, called "concubine".

For example, Qiu Wen and Xia Wu, who came with Dong Shuzhen's dowry, will become Zhu Xiuyuan's concubines from now on. Of course, if Zhu Xiuyuan upgrades their levels, they can also become Teng concubines.

In the past, when Zhu Xiuyuan was still an earl, his father-in-law, Dong Cheng, had thought of giving him Dong Shuyu as his concubine...

Because Zhu Xiuyuan's status has long been extraordinary.

Even Dong Cheng had no intention of stopping Zhu Xiuyuan from taking concubines. Instead, he used this rule to let his youngest daughter Dong Shuzhen know the identity of the mistress of the uncle's house.

Now, Zhu Xiuyuan is a marquis, and his status has reached a higher level.

He can now have six concubines!

Dong Shuzhen, who is the mistress of the Hou Mansion, naturally knows this.

So that night, she finally agreed to Kou Wanwan's conditions.

Because all of this is "legal", "reasonable", or "in line with etiquette" and is the right thing to do.

The reason why Dong Shuzhen hesitated before was because she didn't want another woman to suddenly come and share Zhu Xiuyuan's love with her.

"Six? That's too much trouble. Even just one Kou Wanwan makes me miserable..."

Zhu Xiuyuan giggled for a while, but suddenly, his smile stiffened and solidified.

The joy in my heart also disappeared completely.

Because he suddenly thought of Dong Shuyu.

He intended to take Dong Shuyu as his concubine, and his father-in-law Dong Cheng also had this intention.

However, Dong Shuyu herself...she had too many knots in her heart. She always thought that she was a slave to her husband, and she would not agree with it either life or death.

How to solve Dong Shuyu’s problem?

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

The relaxed brows gradually narrowed again until they were tightly knitted together.

After a while, Dong Shuzhen and Kou Wanwan walked into the cave while talking. Kou Wanwan was holding an earthen pot in her hand, which was a "washbasin" they shared.

The two women chatted and laughed, and asked Zhu Xiuyuan to get up and wash his face.

The smiles on their faces were as bright as the morning sun, and they looked completely different from when they first woke up.

Infected by this, Zhu Xiuyuan put aside Dong Shuyu's affairs for the time being, and simply washed himself while the two women took care of him.Perhaps because of what happened in the morning, Dong Shuzhen remembered her identity as the "mistress of the house", so she assigned tasks there——

Tell Kou Wanwan to pick wild fruits and make breakfast to satisfy her hunger.

Kou Wanwan was reluctant, but finally went...

Soon, the cleaned wild fruits were placed in front of the three of them.

"I thought carefully about yesterday's salt cooking regulations. There are still many areas for improvement..."

Zhu Xiuyuan summarized while chewing wild fruits.

The two women were nibbling wild fruits and listening.

"Let's start boiling salt immediately after we have breakfast. According to my newly optimized regulations, I believe the effect should be better than yesterday afternoon!"

"Yeah!" The two women nodded repeatedly.

"We have a busy day today, making enough refined salt for several days at a time, and then we start exploring here! We have lived here for several days, and we have not seen a single person during this time. Could it be that this place...is really an overseas wasteland? Island?"

Zhu Xiuyuan chewed the wild fruit slowly, but his heart flew to nowhere.

After hearing this, the two women couldn't help but slow down the movement of eating wild fruits, frowning slightly, thinking deeply.

For Zhu Xiuyuan, Chen Guo still had many unfinished business.

It ranges from the invasion of Yan State to the affair with Dong Shuyu's children.

He was worried about all these things...

For Dong Shuzhen, although this place is most likely to be an overseas desert island, it is also a paradise for her and Zhu Xiuyuan.

Looking back on the experience over the past few days, it was thrilling, ups and downs, experienced life and death, but at the same time, it also realized the fantasy of "finding an overseas fairyland to live in seclusion".

However, in Chen State, Dong Shuzhen also had many unfinished business.

Father Dong Cheng, sister Dong Shuyu, and Qiu Wen and Xia Wu who accompanied him since childhood...

And for Kou Wanwan, the same is true.

The experiences of the past few days, every bit of life, and the rough work... For Kou Wanwan, this is a life she has never imagined before.

But once you get involved, the feeling is very wonderful and special, still with the people you like.

But in Chen State and in central Guizhou, she still has many things to deal with...

The three of them each had their own thoughts and were chewing wild fruits silently, without saying anything to each other, and there was only the faint sound of chewing.

Not long after the meal was over, under Zhu Xiuyuan's arrangement, the three of them started their vigorous plan to cook salt again.

From making coarse salt to making quicklime, Zhu Xiuyuan has optimized all the processes.

The effect is remarkable.

Zhu Xiuyuan clearly felt that today's speed was at least twice as fast as yesterday afternoon.

At the same time, Dong Shuzhen and Kou Wanwan began to secretly compete with each other again. They had to compete for the first place and do everything to prove that she was Zhu Xiuyuan's "right-hand assistant".

Zhu Xiuyuan felt a slight headache.

But fortunately, he has mastered the "way of balance."

You can even take advantage of the secret rivalry between the two women to maximize their potential...

When the sun came to the west and was about to set, Zhu Xiuyuan and the others finally finished their work today.

Four small bowls of snow-white salt were their harvest for the day.

Zhu Xiuyuan found a small earthen jar and put all the refined salt into it.

Then he held her tightly in his arms and couldn't put it down, stroking her from time to time, grinning and giggling from time to time.

Zhu Xiuyuan's move aroused the two women's taste.

Could it be that in Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes, these two beautiful women were worse than a broken earthen jar?
(End of this chapter)