first princess

Chapter 209 Intense Business War (3)
Shui Linglong thought of what Xun Feng said to her, "You will win if you fight hard". Shopping malls are like battlefields. There is no high-spirited fighting spirit, no determination to win, and all experience is flashy. The reason why Li Jing's shop lost was not because it lost In terms of method, he lost to Mu Hua's fighting spirit that even God had to subdue.

As soon as the two left, Leng Youru told Cen'er, "3000 taels of silver will be withdrawn from my account, and besides, Master's Shu Xiu will not go to work."

Doing New Year’s goods, sewing new clothes, giving out red envelopes…the sum totals to more than 1000 taels, and about 500 taels for visiting relatives. Shuxiu’s money is not much, 35 taels a month, less than 500 taels a year, and the rest 1000 taels what to do?Cen'er asked in confusion: "Why did the princess withdraw so much money?"

Leng Youru picked up the teacup, took a sip quietly, and said softly, "It's useful."

Soon, Cen'er understood what the princess said "useful".

The war in the east resumed, the old man Yao was getting old, the queen mother couldn't bear his father's suffering on the battlefield, Yang Yunli ordered the old man to return to Beijing, and choose another good general to go to the east to fight.Guo Yan was the first choice, but the third princess couldn't bear it, so she held Yun Li's arm in Hualong Palace and spoiled her, and the title of Marshal Zhengdong finally fell to Zhuge Yu's head.

Zhuge Yu wanted to march eastward, and Zhuge Liuyun was not idle. This year is the last year of Kashiqing's 20-year tax-free period. From next year, the imperial court will formally collect taxes from Kashiqing. In order to avoid unnecessary turmoil, Yun Li He ordered Zhuge Liufeng's eldest son to be crowned as the eldest son and his eldest daughter to be the princess, and Zhuge Liuyun was appointed as the imperial envoy to comfort the people of Kashiqing on behalf of the emperor.

King An was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat. Is he still alive when he returns home?

On New Year's Eve, the auspicious snow is flying.Everyone gathered around a round table to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.Compared with last year, there are more Mu Hua and three children on the table this year. Brother Hao is wearing a brand new royal blue cotton jacket and navy blue cotton trousers. Beside him, quietly eating the food Leng Youru gave him.Zhuge Liuyun touched Brother Hao's little head and smiled in relief: "Thank you for your hard work."

Leng Youru smiled lightly: "It's nothing hard or hard work, it's just a matter of being with each other."

Zhuge Liuyun's eyes darkened, and he personally put a bowl of longan and lotus seed soup in front of her: "I'll go to the Kashgar celebration this time and ask the old witch doctor in the clan, maybe there's a secret recipe...you're still young."

Leng Youru's long eyelashes trembled, and the fingers holding the chopsticks produced a little bit of white.Brother Hao looked left at Leng Youru, right at Zhuge Liuyun, he didn't know why, but still frowned.

Zhen Shi had a panoramic view of the interaction between Leng Youru and Zhuge Liuyun, and couldn't help but feel slightly sour. Didn't the prince fall in love with Guan Qian?Why do you seem to fall in love with the princess again?The women in this house are happier than her one by one. She has a home but can’t go back, a husband who can’t recognize her, and a daughter who’s dead... so she lives with her son and daughter-in-law, but the daughter-in-law can’t even lay an egg !Glaring at Qiao Hui, Zhen's impatient eyes glanced at the smiling brother and the quiet and gentle sister, and the more she looked at her, the more she felt disturbed.

Feeling her mother-in-law's dislike, Qiao Hui bit her lip. She had tried her best. She massaged the acupuncture points according to the method taught by Xu's mother. Anxious, anxious.

Under the tablecloth on the other side, Zhuge Yu quietly held Shui Linglong's hand and did not let go.Shui Linglong's face was slightly flushed, she stepped on his foot, glanced at the crowd, and whispered: "You can also hold on to a meal, don't you think it's crooked?"

Zhuge Yu really let go of her hand, however, before Shui Linglong could feel at ease for a while, his evil claws penetrated into her skirt...

Snapped!The chopsticks in Shui Linglong's hand fell off!Everyone looked at her, and while enduring Zhuge Yu's malicious teasing, she smiled and said, "Sorry, my hand slipped and I didn't clamp it properly."

Seeing them in pairs, Mu Hua thought of his dead wife, feeling as lonely as snow in his heart, so he couldn't help drinking another glass.

In Pingtingxuan, Dong Jialin was sitting alone on the kang. The earth dragon was burning extremely warm, but her heart was extremely cold. Since the second wife was whipped, it has been a full five months, and King An has never set foot in her yard.

Xing'er brought a bowl of dumplings and sighed: "Auntie, let's have a bowl of dumplings, for those who celebrate Chinese New Year, please pray for good luck."

Dong Jialin laughed at herself: "If you ask for auspiciousness, can life really be auspicious? I have been eating dumplings for the Chinese New Year since I was one year old, but what happened? My parents died when I urinated so much. Later, my brother and I were taken in by the tribe, and I still eat dumplings every year. Eat, but what happened? They didn't treat me and my brother as human beings, and we almost died."

Two lines of tears fell, and Dong Jialin raised her hand to wipe them away, "Don't talk about things so far away, let's just say that last year, I also ate dumplings and bit into the ones wrapped in copper coins. You told me at that time, 'Auntie, it's a good omen. ! Next year, you will be able to raise the eyebrows with the county king and add a son to the palace!'”

Xing'er was speechless.Dong Jialin's tears filled her eyes again, but she squeezed out a specious smile: "I don't expect to raise my eyebrows and add a child to the palace. I just want a caring, and this is not okay! A year is going to pass, I bit copper coins for nothing!"

Xing'er put the plate on the tea table: "Auntie, do you regret it?"

The sweetness of the past is still vivid, touching his blue hair on the pillow seems to be tender, but she can deceive others but not herself, she has been alone in the empty room for five months.Five months, what this means, no one knows better than her.Dong Jialin glanced at the steaming dumplings: "Eat it, I'll go for a walk."

Xing'er hurriedly stood up, supported her arm, and said seriously: "Auntie, it's snowing heavily outside, be careful not to freeze yourself, you'd better stay in the room, and my servant will talk to you to relieve boredom."

Dong Jialin's voice became cold: "There is no need to follow!"

Xing'er was taken aback, looking at the back of Dong Jialin's resolute departure, she froze in place when she was about to move.

"Oh, my dear, you're tired!" the old lady said distressedly while hugging her yawning brother.

My brother didn't even have the strength to spit out milk bubbles, and his head drooped, but he didn't cry and sleep like other children.My sister went to bed early, and now she is nestling in Zhuge Yu's arms, limp, and Zhuge Yu's heart is too soft.

Shui Linglong walked to the old matriarch, smiled and said, "I'll come."

Brother Hao's lonely eyes turned to the gauze cabinet, Mu Hua patted his little head, and said with a smile, "Sleep with father tonight, how about it?"

Brother Hao leaned towards Leng Youru.Mu Hua was slightly dazed, he had a good time during the day, why didn't he want him at night?The old matriarch looked at brother Hao's attachment to Leng Youru, intentionally or unintentionally, and let go of his hanging heart: "I'm afraid that the snow will fall more and more, and don't expect it to stop, let's go back!"

Everyone broke up, the man drank a little too much, and was helped back by the servants.

Qiao Hui stretched out her hand that could have been put in a hand warmer to keep warm, held Zhen's arm, and reminded softly, "Mother, I'll take you back to the yard."

Mrs. Zhen glanced at her coldly, and said in a strange way: "My husband is leaving the house soon, you are not good at being a wife to serve her husband, what are you going to do with me? Once we part, it will take three months at least, and I won't be able to conceive a child!"

Qiao Hui felt aggrieved. It had been nearly a year since her last miscarriage, and her stomach had not moved, especially since the king of the county had been resting in her room for more than five months.Conquering the sourness in her heart, Qiao Hui squeezed out a gentle smile: "Then I'll go back to Pingtingxuan first, and I'll greet you tomorrow morning."

Zhen shi snorted as if she had something to say!Qiao Hui let go of Zhen's hand and walked forward.She had just taken two steps when there was a scream from behind her. She hurriedly turned around and saw Mrs. Zhen slipped and fell in the snow, her face contorted in pain: "Ouch, my waist is broken..."

Liu Zhu and Qiao Hui knelt down to help her at the same time, but she opened Qiao Hui's hand and said harshly: "You really disrespect your elders! Didn't I just say a few words to you? But she threw me a face and beat me up." Throwing someone into the snow, trying to kill me, you!"

Qiao Hui was so wronged that her eyes turned red, and she apologized, "I'm sorry, mother, I..."

"Crying? Are you still crying? Why are you crying during the Chinese New Year? You're trying to find bad luck for me, aren't you?" Zhen looked coldly at Qiao Hui whose tears were falling down, and said coldly, "Okay You want to make everyone in the whole family think that I am mean and ungrateful, so hurry up and stop crying!"

Qiao Hui forcibly held back her tears, but she couldn't help it no matter what.Zhen stared at her with eyes full of disgust: "What's wrong with Ming'er, that you have this..." She was about to say "a hen that can't lay eggs", but when the words came to her lips, she felt that it was really indecent, so she didn't like it. He said patiently, "Okay! Come back! Take good care of Ming'er. Ming'er will have to walk for a long time, and the journey will be bumpy. Don't forget anything that should be prepared, understand?"

"Yes." Qiao Hui bid farewell to Mrs. Zhen with tears in her eyes, turned around and sank into the endless snowfall.

After returning to Pingtingxuan but not seeing Qiao Hui, King An Jun drank a bowl of hangover soup and returned to Tian'anju to pick up Qiao Hui. He saw his mother bullying Qiao Hui from a distance, and he sighed secretly. After leaving, he made a detour and walked towards Zhen's from another direction: "Mother."

Zhen was startled: "I was scared to death, didn't you go back to the yard? Why did you run out in such a heavy snow? Look at you, you are covered in snow, what do you do if you are freezing?"

Speaking distressedly, Zhen didn't care about taking the handkerchief, and directly patted the snowflakes off his shoulders with her hands, and in a short while, her bare hands turned red from the cold.King An held her cold hand in his palm, and said earnestly: "Mother, I'm leaving tomorrow, and I have something to say to you before I leave."

Zhen's smile warmed her heart: "How old are you and you can't bear to part with your mother? Don't worry, your father and Shangguan Hong don't want to see you, but you are a member of the imperial court, and they have to be wary if they want to touch you. Besides, your uncle is here , will never let anyone bully you."

"I understand, thank you mother for worrying about me." Jun Wang paused, and said seriously, "Mother, please take good care of Xiaohui while I'm away. I want to live a good life with her."

"You..." Zhen slumped in anger, and after a long time, the son didn't come back to look for her, didn't mean to say goodbye to her, but pleaded for that little girl Qiao Hui?When she thought of this, Zhen was furious, "What kind of ecstasy soup did she pour into you? You don't have my mother in your eyes anymore, you can't stop thinking about her! You are the meat that fell from my ten month pregnancy, but you help an outsider! You It's really... really going to piss me off!"

"Mother." Prince An frowned slightly, "Xiaohui is not an outsider, she is my wife and your daughter-in-law."

As mothers, how many of them can stand that their sons care more about their daughter-in-law than her?Anyway, Mrs. Zhen couldn't bear it: "How long have you been married? The twins in the long room can eat candy, and she has nothing in her stomach! I still control you, and I won't let you spoil my aunt, and I won't give you a room. Maid girl! This kind of jealous woman is only a treasure if you are simple-minded!"

King Anjun smiled and said: "Mother, I treat her well because she is the daughter-in-law you found for me? Mother, you don't believe me, don't you believe your own judgment?"

These words are useful, if Qiao Hui is really so unbearable, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of her own mouth?Zhen's lips curled up, and said angrily: "I know you don't want her, but she is the second wife's daughter-in-law anyway, so I will protect her no matter what."

In the quiet courtyard, Leng Youru was instructing Cen'er to pack the boxes: "...bring two more pairs of boots, one pair of sheepskin and one pair of cowhide; two more sets of cotton clothes, and don't forget the thinner brocade clothes. It will probably be spring when you come back. It's..."

Zhuge Liuyun was sitting on the bedside, holding a Rubik's Cube with Brother Hao. Brother Hao turned very well, but he had a bloody soul. From the corner of his eye, he always glanced at his busy wife from time to time. Every time he took a look, The guilt in my heart deepened.

After packing and saluting, Cen'er put another 400 taels of silver into the bottom of the box.Leng Youru pointed to the brocade boxes on the table: "The big ones are for the crown prince, and the small ones are for the county king."

Cen'er nodded: "Yes, this servant knows."

Leng Youru finished the work at hand, looked at the grandpa and grandson on the bed, and said calmly: "It's time to rest, brother Hao will go back to the room with the nurse."

Brother Hao lowered his head, as if he didn't hear it!Zhuge Liuyun looked at Leng Youru, reached out to hug brother Hao, and smiled lovingly: "Come on, grandpa will take you back!"

Brother Hao shrank back, he didn't know whether it was intentional or not, and just avoided Zhuge Liuyun's hand.Zhuge Liuyun was slightly taken aback, then smiled: "Do you still want to play? Ask your father to play with you tomorrow, okay?"

Brother Hao gave Leng Youru a stubborn look, then lowered his head and continued to spin the Rubik's Cube in his hand.Zhuge Liuyun had nothing to do, looked up at Leng Youru, smiled and said: "You should come, he won't listen to me."

Leng Youru walked to the side of the bed expressionlessly, bent over to take the Rubik's Cube in Brother Hao's hand, but Brother Hao grabbed it tightly, Leng Youru exerted a little force, and he was even stronger, pulling and pulling, and a tear fell It dripped on the back of Leng Youru's hand.Leng Youru's long eyelashes trembled, and she turned her head to look at him.Brother Hao hurriedly turned his back, but his tears blurred mottled marks on the ice-blue bed.Zhuge Liuyun was stunned, this child has been in the mansion for half a year, and he has never shed a tear, even if he knocked his head last time, he didn't let out a snort, now, is he crying?

"He is..." Zhuge Liuyun asked Leng Youru in a low voice, this child is sensitive, afraid of hurting his self-esteem, he dare not ask too clearly.

Leng Youru's eyes moved, and she said in her usual tone: "The hot water is ready, the prince should go wash up first."

Zhuge Liuyun touched Brother Hao's slightly trembling shoulders from forbearance, shook his head and sighed, got up and went to the clean room.

Leng Youru sat down beside the bed, and pulled his little arm from behind.Brother Hao broke free, but his body trembled even more.Leng Youru took off her shoes and went to bed, Brother Hao lowered his head to hide, but was hugged by Leng Youru into Ruanxiang's arms.

"Do you want to kiss your mother?"

Brother Hao's heart shook violently, and the tears that had been so hard to stop poured out of his eyes again.

Leng Youru patted him on the shoulder, and asked softly: "Seeing that Brother Hong and Sister Yun both have mothers, do you really want to have your own mother?"

Brother Hao grabbed Leng Youru's skirt and cried loudly. At this moment, he finally looked like a four-year-old child.Leng Youru hugged him on her lap, she didn't know what to think of, her deep eyes flashed waves of darkness, like dark clouds passing through, covering the entire clear sky, she closed her eyes, and also shed tears.

In the wisteria courtyard, the elder brother and younger sister were snoring one after another, Zhuge Yu played with their little feet, and couldn't hide his smile: "Why do you snore at such a young age?"

Shui Linglong pressed the clothes in the box, stuffed ten ingots of gold and several bags of silver clothes, looked at the "three auspicious treasures" who loved her and she also loved, and smiled softly: "Babies under half a year old That’s right, after half a year, it will be fine.”

Zhuge Yu scented one each of their little feet before carefully putting them into the quilt and tucking in the corners of the quilt.

Shui Linglong thought of Li Jing, fixed her eyes, and asked, "By the way, have you checked if Li Jing is, is he Xun Feng?"

Talking about the business, Zhuge Yu's expression became serious, and he said: "My people have fought against him, and the martial arts routines are basically the same as Xun Feng's, but the strange thing is that he didn't wear a human skin mask, that is to say, this face it is true."

Shui Linglong closed the box and began to tidy up the shoes again: "The face is really no big deal, he can create a Jinshang Palace, Jinshang Palace may not be able to obtain his true biography, and imitate Li Jing's appearance and turn him into Li Jing."

Zhuge Yu said thoughtfully: "A place like the capital looks down on outsiders very much. He uses the name of a rich businessman in Quanzhou to play with the economy in the capital with great fanfare. Without a solid background and means, he can't survive a month."

When Shui Linglong heard the words, something flashed in her mind: "Where is Jin Shanggong? Have you found her?"

Zhuge Yu embraced Shui Linglong's pink shoulders, and put her cool hands in his palms: "Well, Li Jing did come into contact with a fat masked woman who was in charge of all matters in the beauty salon. I guessed right, she should be Jin Shanggong."

It sounds very reasonable, but for some reason, Shui Linglong always felt that they had overlooked something. While thinking about it, Zhi Fan's voice came from outside the door: "Miss, the princess sent someone to send 400 taels of silver."

(End of this chapter)