It was the afternoon on August 25th. When Ning Yi returned home, the entire Su family mansion still seemed busy, but I didn’t understand why it was still so busy. The weather was very good, with a warm breeze in the autumn afternoon.
It's warm and some trees are idle." Ning Yi walked to the pavilion and sat down.
"My husband is very leisurely. He stayed in bed in the morning and refused to get up."
"I have nothing to do." Ning Yi smiled, "I went late this morning and missed the morning meeting. Then I watched them busy preparing all kinds of things all morning. I was thinking,
There are so many things that should be prepared... Well, shopkeeper Liao sometimes comes over to chat with me. He said that when encountering situations like this, I am usually very nervous. I couldn't sleep last night and drank some wine, but I was almost the same in the morning.
I couldn't wake up... About half an hour later, shopkeeper Luo also passed by and came over to tell me that he was actually very nervous..."
Ning Yi stated lightly. Su Tan'er over there had already laughed out loud. When she heard Shopkeeper Luo, she couldn't stop smiling and stretched out her hand to hold the railing next to her. Ning Yi shook his head: "They are all good people. They know that I am because of
I was too nervous to get out of bed, but even though I was so busy, I came over to comfort me. At noon, shopkeeper Xi also told me how nervous I was the last time you did business in Jiangzhou..."
"My husband clearly did it on purpose this morning."
"No, I really didn't get up. You see, this is the first time I've been late for work in a month. To be honest, every time I see everyone so busy and I have nothing to do, I feel bad. Today is probably their most important day.
A busy day.”
"My husband is not sincere." Su Tan'er smiled implicitly, and Ning Yi shook his head: "You see, there is a deep misunderstanding between us. I have been busy outside... Well, I have been busy all morning, but you are sitting here
Looking at the scenery in the yard so leisurely, it is obvious who is diligent and who is lazy, and you still say that I am dishonest..."
He also spent the whole morning outside wandering around in a daze, but naturally he didn't blush when talking about it at this time. The two of them knew these things well. Su Tan'er smiled and then lowered his head: "
I am actually nervous..."
"Have it?"
"After all, it took several years of hard work, and something like that happened again. A few days ago, I really felt that my backbone was gone. Now... I'm much better now, but I will still be nervous. Just like my husband said, it's tonight.
.I just thought about what happened over the past few years here. I also expected that there would be such a decisive day, whether I succeeded or failed. I thought about my mood at that time, but I never imagined that it would be like this...
..." She was slightly startled, "Are you nervous, sir?"
"Well, there will definitely be tension..." Ning Yi thought about it and nodded, "Appropriate tension helps to concentrate."
Su Tan'er looked at him: "My husband is really calmer than anyone else..." In his words, there seemed to be a little jealousy towards Ning Yi's calmness.
"Ah……"
"What do you want to do after today?"
"When things are settled tonight, of course I will go back to teach. Anyway, your illness has healed, so you don't want me to help you anymore. I am obviously not a businessman, and it is obvious to all." Ning Yi smiled, "And I got married just to be soft.
You don’t have to worry too much about food, and you can still live like a rich person, with clothes on your hands, food on your hands, and food on your mouth. What a wonderful life this is, and I won’t be in a hurry with anyone.”
"Iron words."
"Truth."
"Hmph, so...my husband just wants to continue to eat Tan'er's soft rice? Is this really what you plan to do?"
"Oh, if there is no problem, let's not change it... Actually, I think this is a good thing. You see, I can teach and write poetry. How can I say that I have the reputation of being the most talented person in Jiangning? I'll go out and ask for help.
There are quite a lot of rich women who are willing to take care of me, and it would be a honor to take them out. How about it, there is no such shop after passing this village..."
Ning Yi joked for a while, preparing to sell himself as a commodity. This joke would probably be considered common after a thousand years. After all, it was a little ahead of its time. Su Tan'er couldn't stop laughing. She stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, but also lowered her head.
His face was red: "My husband is shameless..."
"Your words hurt my heart. It will be difficult to conclude this business..." Ning Yi shook his head and sighed.
"Uh, okay then." Su Tan'er forced her face to be solemn, "Anyway, I am...I am..."
"Rich woman."
"Well, I am a rich woman, so Tan'er's soft rice will be eaten by my husband... This business is settled."
She showed the momentum of making a deal, but Ning Yi smiled and shook his head: "It's not that simple. You just broke my heart, and the business has to be re-priced. There are so many rich women, why do I have to choose you.
"
"Uh, but I... I am... I am married to my husband, I am..." Su Tan'er prepared to boast with a straight face. After thinking about it for a while, she finally let it out in shock.
After losing his temper, he lowered his head and said with a smile: "My lord..."
"Forget it, this is too much." Ning Yi smiled and waved his hand, "After today, let's just do it as usual. I really don't plan to do anything. I find it troublesome."
"But I feel sorry for my husband..."
"Um?"
"I never thought about treating my husband as my son-in-law. I never thought about this in the first place. It's just... I'm just very strong-tempered and have things I want to do, so I ended up like this. Ever since we got married... Well, anyway.
I never wanted my husband to feel... to feel... I don't know what I'm talking about..."
She struggled to organize her words, and then finally showed a look of confusion and helplessness. Ning Yi nodded: "I know."
Su Tan'er glanced at him and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he was not being perfunctory: "I also know that this is not good. It's not like a lady, not like those... Oh, rich women, but Tan'er can only be like this.
Already..."
"This is a competent rich woman..." Ning Yi murmured something, but Su Tan'er didn't hear it clearly. These days, rich women and strong women are naturally two different concepts, and the latter has almost never even been a concept. She
Thought for a while.
"Actually, I was thinking here just now, and I remembered something that I wanted to tell my husband..."
"what?"
"When I got married to my husband, I ran away secretly. It was not to show off to my husband or anything, but because I didn't know what to do. Tan'er... is a woman after all..." She said slightly.
She lowered her head and said, "Tan'er knows that was wrong, but Tan'er will not apologize to her husband at that time. If it happens again, even though she knows it is wrong, she might still handle it that way..."
She raised her head and looked at Ning Yi, who nodded: "Because we didn't know each other at that time?"
"Well, Tan'er didn't know my husband at that time, and my husband didn't know Tan'er either... But now Tan'er wants to tell her husband that Tan'er will never do such a thing again."
She was quite courageous when she spoke. After she finished speaking, she still lowered her head. It took a long time for Ning Yi to laugh: "Isn't this an apology..." Although her voice was low, Su Tan'er still blushed a little after hearing it.
, he looked so angry that he couldn't hold it back, but in the end he didn't refute anything.
The two sat in the pavilion for a while. Xing'er looked down from the stairs with some things in her arms. She didn't bother them when she saw them and went to do her own thing. Near evening, Chan'er and Juan'er also came back. Ning Yi got up
At that time, he asked: "If you are nervous, do you want to go to the banquet tonight?"
Su Tan'er smiled and shook her head: "It still doesn't work. My husband just wants to eat soft rice. It's rare to do something. My husband has been in charge for more than a month. Today is the most critical day, so it's better for my husband to take charge.
I am nervous and waiting here for the good news from my husband."
"Tsk, no problem. Look at me going crazy today and getting my place as an imperial merchant back in a high-profile manner! Then I will retire with success."
Ning Yi stretched out his hands in the sunset. Next to him, Su Tan'er glared at him slightly. The curtain of the royal merchant's return was about to begin, and the small courtyard was peaceful and blended into the warm sunset.
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As night fell, a small motorcade drove out of the Su family's mansion. Ning Yi, Su Zhongkan, Su Yunfang, plus several members of the first, second, and third parties, and the main stewards were all in this motorcade, representing the
There were less than twenty people in the Su family. Xiaochan followed Ning Yi and sat on a carriage. She was slightly nervous. The carriage drove not far away and an unmarked carriage merged behind Ning Yi's carriage.
Sitting on it were some guards from Prince Kang's Mansion, while the Zhou family siblings, dressed as servants and maids, followed the carriage at a trot, and then got into the car where Ning Yi was sitting, ready to watch what Ning Yi was hosting.
The final result of the Huangshang Incident.
After a while, a restaurant called Luyilou by the Qinhuai River came into view. Carriages came one after another, and cloth merchants came one after another, including the Xue family, the Wu family, the Chen family, the Lu family... and
Some officials from the manufacturing bureau were very vocal. This kind of thing happened all the time in Jiangning. Passers-by took one look at it and ignored it. However, the people who were chatting and saying hello had their heartstrings tightened.
What will happen tonight is definitely a big event for Jiangning's weaving industry. The focus of this is naturally the fight between the Su family, the Xue family, and the Wu family for the imperial merchants, which happened a few months ago.
As for the assassination, those who are interested have smelled the smell of gunpowder hidden in this incident, and are waiting to see the outcome of this business war tonight.
Ning Yi opened the curtain, took a breath, and walked out with a smile.
Under the darkness of night, the lights were like dragons, burning up and down the long street.