Lady Changning

Chapter 68 Deadlock (2)

Xi Changning was a little uneasy, because she was at a loss as to what to do about the woman in white. The empress had something in her words, and her intentions were obvious. She was asking her to help the prince, and even had some long-term plans.

And the prince even put the words on the table and said that if he didn't help him find out about the woman in white, the prince's backer would also fall, and it was more likely that he would confront Xi Changning.

After leaving the palace, the carriage waiting outside was Hu Cheng's carriage, and the ones who lifted the curtain were also He Lianbao and Mingyu.

"Why are you so late today?" He Lianbao never called Miss Xi Changning when he left the prime minister's residence.

"Something is delayed. How is Hu Cheng?"

"That's great, thanks to that little boy you kept in captivity." He Lianbao said jokingly.

"Don't let Zimu listen to your words, or I don't care if you play tricks on you."

Zimu is very smart, as can be seen from his handling of Hu Cheng's affairs, his thoughts are no worse than Xi Changning's.

He Lianbao pouted boredly. At this moment, she had already let out the red marks on her face. She was wearing traditional barbarian lantern gauze trousers, a headscarf and a shawl, and her scattered curly hair was braided into many small twists and tied with silk threads of various colors. She was lazy and sexy. A little playful.

"Go down and put on the veil later, your face is no worse than Zimu's." Xi Changning reminded kindly.

She and Mingyu were still dressed as teenagers, but this time they were wearing the clothes of barbarian teenagers, knee-length gowns, a pair of tight trousers, and boots bound their feet, giving them a somewhat delicate appearance.

Hucheng Zifu
Zimu stood beside Xi Changning indifferently. On the table were all the recent account books. He was very curious, can such a big girl understand the account books?Obviously, Xi Changning is an outlier among these girls. She reads the accounts quickly and accurately, and she can get to the bottom of it with a single word.

"How many of them are not profitable?"

"It's not bad, it's very good. It's just that Hu Shang's caravan encountered a big storm on the road and was delayed for a few days. So these are all caused by the lack of goods in the store."

"Turn up the price, and give the Hu merchant team the rest of the first floor as compensation for the loss." Xi Changning calculated.

Zimu was slightly taken aback, this was originally what he wanted to say to Xi Changning.These few items are favorites of the noble ladies in the capital. They are sold out within a few days of their arrival. If you want to check the price, you can find any name. Even if the price is turned up, it is lower than those sold in the Central Plains shops in the capital. Why not? .This can also appease Hu Shang.

"Recently, the heads of several stores in the capital that deal in items from the Western Regions often come to Hucheng to make troubles. Fortunately, there are wild wolves and tigers." Only Zimu can open his mouth so much at once to Xi Changning.

Xi Changning didn't frown because of this matter, on the contrary she smiled, someone looking for something shows that Hu Cheng is doing better and better now.

"There is also a letter from Master Xuanjing, who will send the rest of the money next month."

Even if Xuan Jing knows the goods, now he knows the importance of Hu Cheng.Xi Changning nodded, put away the ledger on the table and put it away.

She and Zimu were sitting side by side under the pavilion on the top of the treasure, with a pot of scented tea filled with water vapor, it was a bit indescribably comfortable.

"Zimu blames me for being so arbitrary, so I decided your life?"

"I don't have a life, your life is my life."

Xi Changning smiled wryly, Zimu is a person with no memory, it seems inappropriate to ask these questions.

Zimu got up and walked into the room, opened a small box, hesitated to see what was inside, then closed the small box and took it to the pavilion.

"If someone else gave it to me, it's for you."

Xi Changning opened the small box, and soft light flew out, which was already dazzling in the dim sky.

Zimu's every move and Zilong will report to Xi Changning regularly, saying that Xi Changning was afraid of others in her previous life, and she hesitated because of conflicts in her heart, so she did this.Fortunately Zimu did not disappoint her, Helianbao laughed at her when he knew about it.

"It's like you're afraid that the people you care about will abandon you in the end. It's true for me, it's true for Mingyu, it's true for Zilong, and it's true for those people in your heart."

Zimu will not accept gifts from others, because he is a reserved person, and he does not want to expose himself to others all the time.

"Put it up and send it back." Xi Changning closed the box.

Zimu took a step for her, once there will be a next time, then it will be difficult for him to maintain his original appearance.Xi Changning still likes such a cold and quiet Zimu.

Zimu was slightly taken aback, was he trying to please her too much?But in the vast crowd, only Xi Changning is willing to give a stranger like him a different life.He put the box away, being careful and contradictory, in his heart only Xi Changning could match this hair crown.

When it was dark, He Lianbao had already patrolled Hucheng with the wild wolf and tiger, and changed back into the clothes of the servant girl in the prime minister's mansion, waiting for Xi Changning to return to the mansion.

Xi Changning and Zimu explained a few words before getting ready to leave.Zimu was thoughtful, and couldn't help asking.

"who are you?"

"You will know later." Now is not the time.

carriage
Mingyu clarified today's spoils one by one, with a smile on her face.

"Miss, those Hu merchants gave away a lot of things today."

Mingyu followed Xi Changning frequently in and out of Hucheng, so the original Hucheng people knew them.After that, He Lianbao also told others not to mention them, so now the population of Hucheng has been growing, but many people only know Zimu, the young master of Zifu in Hucheng, and they don't know that Xi Changning is behind the scenes.

"When you go back later, distribute the things to each room. Don't send these spices to Third Auntie. She still can't let go of spices." Xi Changning warned.

"I really don't know what to buy. These spices are the best in the Western Regions. Now I'm a bit afraid of being bitten by snakes." He Lianbao didn't read much, so naturally he was not familiar with the language of the Central Plains.

"Once bitten by a snake for ten years, I'm afraid of well ropes. He Lianbao, shouldn't you, a lord, also be able to read?"

He Lianbao was speechless, thinking at her age, she was going to marry soon, who would be able to read and write for a woman?But meeting Xi Changning, these three obediences and four virtues probably won't come in handy.

"What do you want?"

"Mingyu will find some books for her to learn how to read in a day. If she can't learn how many words, she will not be allowed to leave the house and come to Hucheng."

Helian Baolan's eyes widened, looking unbelievable.

The next day, Mingyu carried out what Xi Changning entrusted to him to the end, and He Lianbao complained endlessly.If Xi Changning hadn't found Mingyu for something, she would have been killed by those words.

"Mingyu sent this letter to Xuanji's buddy, asking him to deliver it to Young Master Xuan."

While talking about Xi Changning, she folded the letter and put it in the envelope. This was a decision she had considered for a long time.

"And after going out, go to the carriage and horse shop and let the carriage wait for me at the street corner. I'm going to Hucheng today."

"Do you want to give Sister Bao'er to accompany Miss?" Mingyu knew that He Lianbao was still struggling with those few words.

"Farewell, do what you say. It's time for her to calm down."

As Mingyu and Xi Changning walked back and forth like this, He Lianbao became even more frantic. What made her even more tangled up was that Xi Changning actually told the concierge not to let her go out.

Who is He Lianbao? How can she be a determined person? Xi Changning refused to let her go out, so she just wanted to go out.

The cat leaned over and came to a courtyard, next to it was a wall, and outside the wall was the official road.She didn't know whose yard it was, she followed Xi Changning around the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she only knew the yard of Fifth Yiniang and Third Yiniang.

The wall is a bit high, but as Helian Bao who is used to being wild, these are not a problem.But if you encounter the owner of the yard during the wall climbing process, it will be very problematic.

"Baby what are you doing?"

He Lianbao was so frightened that he stepped on the ground and his face was covered in ashes.Her whole body was about to fall apart, and when she took a look, she sighed, she must have chosen Xi Lin's yard to climb the wall without looking at the almanac when she went out.

He Lianbao is the most popular servant girl in the Prime Minister's Mansion. She talks about myths when she meets gods, she talks nonsense when she meets ghosts, and she talks a lot of good things when she meets people.How can you climb the wall here?
"Master."

He Lianbao got up and patted the ashes off his body, thinking he was unlucky.

"Are you climbing the wall?" Xi Lin was sure but doubtful.

This young master is really long-winded, even after seeing it, he asked, do you want her to say that she is climbing the wall?Having said a long time ago that she didn't have a good impression of this young master, He Lianbao wiped his face with his hands angrily.

Xi Lin was surprised because he read it wrong?Why do you think the red mark on her face has become lighter?

"Bao Er, your face..."

He Lianbao was slightly startled, and immediately covered his face, yelling in his heart that he was broken.

"What are you looking at, is the young master also laughing at me?"

This trick of pretending to be weak was also learned from those female traffickers on Hucheng Street, and I think they are very effective in using it, but I don't know if it will work for this Xi Lin.

"No. Can you tell me what you climb walls for?"

Xi Lin was afraid of touching other people's sad things, so he changed the subject.

"Literacy." He Lianbao said through gritted teeth.

What happened later was a bit unexpected, Xi Lin didn't blame her, and even gave her a basic and easy-to-understand book, and learned all the words assigned by Xi Changning by the way.why is that?What's even more incredible is that Xi Lin actually told her that if Xi Changning was "detained" again, she would tell him that he would take her out.Is this Xi Lin stupid?
Xuanfu
Xuan Jing was imprisoned by his father, which really made him angry, because of his marriage, or baby kiss.He didn't even remember that girl who was so round and flat, how could she agree?It's locked up, after all, it's not for Master Xuan's dream of the rivers and lakes.

After the Xuan family abandoned martial arts and went into business, the grand master of the Xuan family still couldn't forget the power of the Xuan family in the martial arts in the past, so he made a baby marriage for Xuan Jing, and she was the only daughter of one of the five major sects, the Huashan sect, Yue Lingshuang, who was old enough He is three years old.That's why I hurriedly said that I want him to propose marriage.

"Master, a letter from the capital."

When he heard that it was Jingcheng, Xuan Jing quickly took the letter. Who else could write to him in Jingcheng except Xi Changning?
"Master Xuan, check someone for me, Gu Qingyi."

Gu Qingyi?The name was very familiar, and in an instant, Xuan Jing read the letter over and over with his eyes wide open. Isn't Gu Qingyi the maiden name of the current empress?Xi Changning asked him to check on Gu Qingyi, did something happen to the palace?
Thinking of these things immediately put Yue Lingshuang's matter behind him, Xi Changning's matter is much more interesting than Yue Lingshuang's matter.

(End of this chapter)