Concubine can't do it

Chapter 43

Seeing that the atmosphere was not quite right, the girl immediately asked Hua Zhihong, "Are these two...?"

"I'm his sister."

"I'm his brother-in-law."

"..."

Both Hua Zhihong and Hua Zhengxuan looked at Jun Qingchen in amazement.The latter looked ordinary.

"Sister? Brother-in-law?" The girl was also slightly surprised, "Isn't it that Zhihong's sister is..." She stopped before she could finish the words, and the girl restrained her surprise and smiled: "My name is Huayang, and I am the teacher in the village. My daughter, I often heard people say how beautiful Zhihong's elder sister is, she was astonished when she saw her today, and she is a perfect match for her gentle brother-in-law."

Just a rotten stone full of water chestnuts, still as warm as jade?
Hua Zhengxuan secretly spurned her, but her face was shy, "They're just ordinary people, not as good as what my sister said. Don't blame my sister for delaying Zhihong's help today."

"What about my sister! It's hard for my sister to come back once after working hard outside, so it's good to talk to Zhi Hong more." Hua Yang stood up after speaking, "Since it's my sister who came back, I'll go back and talk to daddy so that daddy won't worry .Wait until Zhihong is free before going there.”

"Huayang..." Hua Zhihong also stood up, paused before saying, "I'll take a day off and go to the academy tomorrow."

"Okay." Hua Yang pushed the door open with a smile and left, but when he closed the door, he put on a different expression, muttering to himself, "How can a good man marry a prostitute, and he doesn't think it's dirty!"

After walking a few steps forward, a small rock came from nowhere and hit her on the back.The stone was not big, but the force was not light. She let out an ouch when it hit her, rubbed the painful place and looked around but couldn't see anyone.

"Which family's brat!" Hua Yang frowned and cursed, then went back resentfully.

Shuanglang squatted on the tree at the door and rolled his eyes, "You can tell me about my master? You can tell about my master's sweetheart? If you were a man, I would smash you to death!"

As an excellent guard, that is to do no matter if someone wants to attack the master physically or verbally, no matter whether he is male or female, he will retaliate back!
On the other side, the three people who knew nothing about the outside world started a serious conversation.

"Sister, what's going on between you and Brother Jun?"

Hua Zhengxuan also expressed his helplessness.

"My lord, what do you mean by this?"

"What do you mean..." Jun Qingchen stretched out his index finger and scratched his face, he seemed to have a headache, but he had to be serious.

"Zhengxiu, your younger brother is not an outsider, we can tell him the matter. But when dealing with outsiders just now, I think we still have to hide our intentions and not reveal it easily."

"What..." Hua Zhengxuan was just about to ask him what inexplicable words he said, but he winked at her quietly.

The words that had come to his lips were swallowed abruptly for some reason.Hua Zhengxuan's mind took a big turn, and he changed his mind: "Do you really want to tell Zhihong?"

Jun Qingchen looked solemn.

"Tell him. After all, he is your own brother, and I don't want to cause unnecessary misunderstanding and influence on your sibling relationship because of my own selfish interests."

What does he mean by that?Hua Zhengxuan didn't understand at all.

But she still speculated about the next conversation and said: "Since the young master has said so, the concubine has no reason to refuse, but I have to thank the young master for his thoughtfulness."

Jun Qingchen's solemnity was swept away, and he smiled satisfied, "Then let me talk to your brother. You can avoid it for a while."

Want her to avoid it?
Hua Zhengxuan thought for a while, then said shortly: "Yes." After saying that, he opened the door and went out.

Jun Qingchen turned his head and faced Hua Zhihong who was at a loss.

"Actually, your sister is not a prostitute, she has another identity, so she has to live as a prostitute for a while..."

After a while, the door was pushed open.Hua Zhengxuan put down the ax in his hand, "Are you done talking?"

Hua Zhihong's face was blushing, he coughed excitedly, but his pace was fast, he came to Hua Zhengxuan's side and looked at the freshly chopped firewood, "Sister, I blamed you!"

Seeing his younger brother's eyes shining brightly, Hua Zhengxuan glanced at Jun Qingchen suspiciously, and seeing him raise his eyebrows relaxedly, he knew that this man was plotting something and successfully fooled Hua Zhihong.

I really don't understand what this guy is doing.He was obviously just a dandy, but the more she got in touch with, the more she felt that this person was not as simple as she had imagined at first.

It is also understandable.His father is a wealthy businessman, his mother is a princess, his uncle is a prince, and his lover is a princess.How can a person living in such an environment have a pure mind.

It's just... Even if the blood relationship is weak, Jun Qingchen and Su Mingxi must be counted as cousins, right?Even though the Canglan Kingdom has always had no clear prohibition on cousins ​​falling in love, the long-established ethos does not allow this to happen.The two of them are so blatant, aren't they afraid of attracting criticism?

"What are you thinking? This look is very dangerous, maybe it will bring you disaster."

Hua Zhengxuan glanced at the open door and said with a smile, "What can I think about? I'm just thinking about my sweetheart."

She especially emphasized the tone of the word sweetheart.

Jun Qingchen raised his eyebrows, "Who is your sweetheart?"

"Isn't it you?" Hua Zhengxuan felt a little bored when he said this.People can't compare with each other.Jun Qingchen can be gentle and kind to others in every way, but he is so rude to her. He even lied to her younger brother without informing her in advance, saying that she accidentally became his subordinate when he was working in Luoxiangfang , Collect information for him in the Land of Fireworks, and deal with some problems of the Jun family in Yunlai City.When the problems at the end of the year are dealt with, she will leave Luoxiangfang and marry him in a fair manner.

"I say that, are you unhappy?" Jun Qingchen swept around her small and old house with arms folded, and finally landed on the clothes she was arranging, "I'm curious, what do you have?" I’m so unhappy. Saying this can help you rectify your reputation, remove your brother’s worries and rejection, and also give you an opportunity to earn extra money, isn’t my lie good enough?”

Hua Zhengxuan paused, "What makes extra money?"

Jun Qingchen: "As I said. If you help me, I will give you benefits. You need money, and I need people. We help each other and benefit each other."

Hearing this, didn't he just talk about it casually?
"How about mutual assistance and mutual benefit?" Hua Zhengxuan asked.

Jun Qingchen said: "Tomorrow my uncle will have a banquet, and he will talk about the screen door war. At that time, I will need a female companion to use as an excuse for me to get to the screen door and find Taojiang."

King Yun throwing a banquet?

"Could it be that you want me to accompany you to King Yun's banquet?"

"As long as you go, this matter will not be difficult."

"..."

Jun Qingchen said again: "I sent you here yesterday, and comforted your brother for you. You have to repay me, don't you? This is a very good way of repaying, and if I want to give a reward, it will definitely be A reward that pleases you."

Hua Zhengxuan thought for a while, "But in my capacity, it's not good to accompany you to such an occasion? Not to mention others, even King Yun himself, watching his nephew bring a prostitute to his banquet I might have a problem with you, too."

Jun Qingchen glanced at the bead chain on her wrist, "He will have no objection."

I feel like I can't make sense.Hua Zhengxuan sighed softly, "Okay then. Please tell me what you need to do and how to do it. Besides, I have been going out frequently in the past two months, which is bound to make other people in Luoxiangfang dissatisfied. If Mr. Chu doesn't solve it for me, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to agree to your request."

"I know this. It's nothing more than giving some money, at worst, asking a few more girls to kiss and hug, it's simple."

Listening to what he said was easy, walking around the brothel was as easy as having a meal.But this loses money and is accompanied by hue, as for it?Isn't he afraid of losing money?

Thinking of how nice he was to other women, she would always feel a little sour in her heart.Not a lot, but just enough to make her uncomfortable without getting annoyed.

This feeling is very worrying, so she just doesn't think about it, why not worry about it, it will work if he does this, making her less dangerous?

Now she can never go to the wrong place.If she let others down again, I'm afraid she will really become an early bird and be the first to be shot to death by random arrows.

Mu Shaoqing refused.Ling Luo annoyed her.Sister Xu and Mama Dong both regard Mu Shaoqing as a treasure, will her life be better in the future?

If I knew I shouldn't be so impulsive, I should delay it for a while.Hua Zhirou sold herself at the price of 500 taels, buried her parents and paid off the debts, leaving only a little money for her younger brother and herself.Now plus what Hua Zhirou saved at that time, she already has 800 taels of silver, and the redemption money is five times that of the selling money. She only needs to save another 1000 taels to redeem herself, and she has some money left over. Save it for later.

It is also helpless to think about it.She obviously hated the life of a prostitute, but she still had to make ends meet on it.And even on the day when you save enough money, you still have to wait to save some more before leaving.

Perhaps for her, in the face of survival, all external things are not important.

but……

"Young master is going to the screen door to find Mr. Tao? Why?"

Jun Qingchen said: "This is not what you should ask."

"Oh." Hua Zhengxuan answered silently, fastened his little bundle, and looked at the chest-length skirt that he hung on the screen without the matching jacket, and lowered his eyes regretfully.

Jun Qingchen caught her expression, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "It was Taojiang who sent me the letter, he couldn't handle it alone at the screen door, and he needed someone to help him win people's hearts, so I invited him I go."

Will he win people's hearts?Do you rely on money?
Hua Zhengxuan muttered in his heart, but his face was puzzled: "Since this is the case, you can go directly by yourself. Are you in your twenties? You don't have this freedom?" The more you talk, the more Jun Qingchen looks Ugly, Hua Zhengxuan's voice became smaller and smaller, "And...and where are you going, shouldn't you ask Master Jun...how could you ask King Yun?"

Jun Qingchen turned his head and snorted coldly: "My father doesn't care about me."

It's okay... Dad doesn't care, uncle cares, it seems quite normal, because it was uncle who took care of their mother and daughter for a long time after they were abandoned.

It's just that, vaguely thinking of what he said when he received Master Jun, she always felt that there was something wrong with this family.

If there is a problem, you will feel that something is not normal.

……

Unexpectedly, Sister Xu and Mu Shaoqing's attitude towards her did not change much.

Mu Shaoqing would still give her refined and high-quality rouge, and Sister Xu would still smile gently at her.On the qin stage, Hua Zhengxuan was playing the qin, and below Jun Qingchen, there were two beautiful girls on the left and right, talking and laughing happily without even looking at her.

Hua Zhengxuan couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.He is her benefactor, but it doesn't mean that the benefactor is going to be immortal.He does what he likes to do, she gets what she deserves, and it is best that there is not too much connection between the two.

She will never have a sweetheart, and will not embark on the road of destruction for the second time.

She would not be like Wushuang, who for a man sealed up her favorite sleeved neon dress, willingly put on coarse cloth clothes, reduced herself to a servant girl who promoted roughness, and was bullied and ridiculed by others.

In the afternoon, after Jun Qingchen had settled with Dong's mother, he put a thousand taels of silver in the other's hand, and Dong's mother immediately sent the two of them out with a smile on her face.This Young Master Jun sometimes likes to blackmail people, but he also likes to spend money like water.I have suffered losses from him several times before, and now I can earn it back in the next afternoon, and I still have a lot of surplus. Mother Dong is very happy, and before leaving, she told Hua Zhengxuan, "King Yun is not something everyone can see. The people he invited must be of high status, you should bring more guests back!"

Still want to solicit customers for Luoxiangfang at the banquet of King Yun?After going out, Jun Qingchen warned with a sinister smile, "If you dare to solicit customers, I will let you know how dangerous this world is."

Hua Zhengxuan tugged on his gorgeous dress, and said with a smile: "Young master, don't worry, I know what I should and should not do."

Jun Qingchen snorted, "It's good to know."

Hua Zhengxuan looked at him cautiously, then looked away, the two walked side by side, he took two steps and she had to take three steps to keep up.

Walking forward, I arrived at a tea house.The two wolves stopped at the door together with the carriage, and beside them was a man in black with an expressionless face.

Jun Qingchen glanced over at the two of them, obviously wearing a relaxed smile.

"Let's go, first take you to meet the people who are with us."

And accomplices?Hua Zhengxuan felt that things seemed to be much more complicated than she imagined.

In the room, two men sat facing each other with a square table between them.

"Hey, you're here. I thought you left the two of us here who don't know each other!" The man in the moonlight robe and the jade crown on his head complained, with a pair of peach blossoms. But with a provocative smile in her eyes, "Yo, the girl in the back is really pretty, whose family was kidnapped by you?"

The man next to him coughed heavily when he heard him boast that Hua Zheng was good-looking.

Then he felt that the atmosphere in the room suddenly cooled down, as if being stared at by something, Hua Zhengxuan couldn't help shivering.

"Mr. Yan, the weather is fine today. I'll go out to bask in the sun and take a nap. You don't have to wait for me at night." The cold voice came from above.

Looking up, there was a murderous look in her eyes... no, it was a heroic woman, sitting on the beam and staring at the man with the jade crown below.

Someone Yan also bowed her waist and turned her head, leaning her elbows on the table and looking at her with a smile, "It's already afternoon, and the sun is at most a sunset, it's not interesting, I will take you to the moonlight at night for my husband."

"Who cares!" The woman curled her lips, swung her legs in the opposite direction, and jumped to the ground, her toes tapped so lightly that the sound was almost inaudible.

Seeing that she was about to leave, someone Yan pulled out a fan from his waist to stop her.But the woman also took out something from her waist, it was still a gleaming knife, and the two started fighting when they disagreed, although it ended with the man's victory, the woman was tightly held in his arms .

"Both of them know martial arts?" Hua Zhengxuan exclaimed, "That's amazing!"

Jun Qingchen glanced at her dissatisfied, but thought that the three people in front of him were here to help him, so he didn't say the word "rude".

The woman in her arms was restless and wanted to struggle out, but she was restrained all the time.The man whispered a few words in her ear, and she blushed and stopped resisting, turning her head to look aside.

The man was satisfied, but he didn't stand up, he just sat at the table and cupped his hands and said, "My surname is Yan, and my name is a certain person. The one in my arms is my wife for a thousand years, so please forgive me for being negligent just now."

Jun Qingchen also cupped his hands and bowed: "Brother Yan is no more polite than younger brother, my sister-in-law is beautiful, playful, and funny, and brother Yan is blessed."

"I also know that I am blessed." Someone Yan laughed like a fox, touched his wife's belly with his palm and said, "This guy is not only good-looking and fun, but also healthy. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have come all the way to meet him." You talk about this business."

Jun Qingchen nodded, and then looked at another man who remained silent.

"This is Marshal Huo, right?"

Huo Bao was silent, stood up and cupped his hands, "I'm going to Huo Bao, but I'm not a marshal anymore, just call me by your name."

Jun Qingchen did not refuse, and took Hua Zhengxuan to take two steps forward, "My servant, Jun Qingchen, next to you is Miss Huazhi Rouhua, not someone's family, but everyone's."

Hua Zhengxiu was stunned when he heard that he was described as "everyone's", but Yan just laughed outright.

Then Hua Zhengxuan himself came to his senses, and gave Jun Qingchen an angry look, but didn't speak.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Huo reported.

As expected of being a marshal, he is not angry but mighty.After the voice fell, several people sat down in their seats one after another.

"Listen well. The next thing we're going to talk about is related to the banquet. You have to remember as much as you can. The better you perform at that time, the more money you'll get."

Hua Zhengxuan was warned and nodded seriously.

There are three fiefdoms in Canglan Kingdom, among which Yunlai is the leader, and King Yun naturally has the highest power among the three fiefdom kings.This is not only because Yunlai is vast, stable and peaceful, but also because King Yun is the only younger brother of the Holy Majesty today.

But the other two fiefdoms—the Shuangcheng of Nanjiang are guarded by the two sons of the Holy Majesty, the second prince Su Qingyuan and the fourth prince Su Qingche respectively. .

It is not for nothing that the Holy Majesty gave King Yun such a treasured place of geomantic omen.

Knowing the king of clouds, everyone knows that he is both civil and military, erudite and talented, and he loves the people like a son with a heart for the world. He was an extremely outstanding person when he was young.Even though he was born a year later and had an equally excellent elder brother in front of him, the late emperor and many elders of the current dynasty still felt that he was the most suitable candidate to inherit the throne, King Yun Su Ling.

But because he made a mistake that should never have been made, he lost almost all support overnight.Even he himself said that he would never seize power, and resolutely supported his elder brother Su Ao to succeed him.

In order to show his loyalty, he blinded his own eyes and made a vow, put on a mask and never showed his face to others.There is only one requirement—to hide his mistakes forever.

So much so that later, Su Ao believed in him so deeply that he completely entrusted Yunlai to him.Knowing that he will never keep anyone by his side, he also entrusted his illegitimate child to him to be raised.

As for the illegitimate child, it is a secret.Except for Su Ao, Su Ling and Su Qinglian's deceased biological mother, no one else knew about it.Su Qinglian's appearance completely followed his mother's, only the birthmark on his back followed Su Ao's, so the secrecy effect of this matter was also very good.As long as King Yun abdicates and Su Qinglian succeeds him, then the place where Yunlai is considered to have returned to the emperor's family.

When Hua Zhengxuan saw King Yun for the first time, he was not intimidated by his hideous mask, but was startled by the scars on his eyes.

"It's time to say hello."

Hearing Jun Qingchen's reminder, she squeezed her fists in her sleeves and lowered her body to salute, "Minister Hua Zhirou, pay homage to King Yun."

The mask seemed to be completely embedded in the face, leaving only the gaps for the eyes and mouth.King Yun's eyes were blind again, and he had to rely on his mouth to distinguish his emotions.

Hua Zhengxuan didn't even dare to look at his mouth, and just stood beside Jun Qingchen with his head down.Even if she knew that the other party could not see her, she felt flustered when she saw a king-level figure for the first time.

"You don't need to be too polite, Chen'er told me about you." King Yun's voice was unexpectedly peaceful, and it didn't match the pattern on the mask at all.

Hua Zhengxie glanced at Jun Qingchen when he heard the words, and the latter looked back at her as if he felt something, wanting to tell her: Don't be afraid, I'm the backstage.

However, Hua Zhengxie, who always felt that Jun was full of malice, read it as "Go ahead, you won't die."

Taking a breath of relief, Hua Zhengxuan was about to open his mouth when he heard King Yun calling again: "Chen'er."

"My nephew is here."

"You go to accompany Qinglian to meet guests for a while. Since you want to go to the screen door, you must first see more of the world. You should know what you have done these years. If you do not satisfy me, even Miss Hua has passed my test, and you won't be able to go either."

"...Yes." Jun Qingchen took a deep look at Hua Zhengxuan, then turned and left.

Only Hua Zhengmao and King Yun were left in the room.

What's happening here?Hua Zhengxuan suddenly became nervous. Didn't he imagine that it should be between the banquet and when people were having fun, King Yun called her over to ask a few questions and it was over? How could it be a private interview?

"You're nervous." Su Ling said suddenly.

"I...a girl...meet the fief king for the first time, so..." Hua Zhengxuan replied inarticulately.

Obviously, King Yun couldn't see anything, and his voice wasn't majestic, but when she faced it alone, she couldn't help being a little afraid.

(End of this chapter)