When the luxurious painting boat docked at the shore, people on the boat started to get off one after another.
Pei Xingyuan acted to the end, despite the disguise that Mi Xiayao had given him, and sent away the merchants in Jinzhou City with a smile.
When everyone was almost gone, Mi Xiayao's hands were also a little cold and hard from the cold.
She had no intention of continuing with the last bit of the scene, but at this moment Pei Xingyuan put the cloak on his arm around her body.
With the same tenderness as he was having fun on the boat today, he put his arm around her shoulders and said with a smile: "Mrs. Tian Leng is freezing."
"Frozen? That means your arrangements are not in place. Either you need to pay more, or you owe me a favor. You can take care of it yourself."
Mi Xiayao refused to accept any of his looks and stepped on his shoe hard.
The man generously held up his cloak and turned around and walked towards the market.
Pei Xingyuan touched the tip of his nose, lowered his head and saw the footprints on the shoes. He laughed angrily and finally muttered: "Let her get used to it."
He took a step forward and followed.
Mi Xiayao didn't go far and came to an inconspicuous clothing store. She looked up at the plaque and quickly entered the store without hesitation.
There is not much demand for ready-made clothes, not to mention that most people in Daqi are accustomed to collecting fabrics and either cutting them themselves or going to a cloth shop to select materials and then have them cut.
This kind of garment with stuck materials is easy to be ignored.
The store owner didn't expect to be able to open today. He was flattered and walked in. He saw a lady in rich clothes looking around the store with a frown.
"Do you need anything, madam?"
"It's almost winter. There are only a few long-sleeved and not thick clothes on display in the store. Who cares?" Mi Xiayao touched the ready-made clothes and asked with displeasure.
She doesn't look like she's here to shop, but like the landlady visiting her store.
Pei Xingyuan, who had hurriedly caught up, was surprised when he heard these words, when a subordinate disguised as a servant ran over behind him.
"Sir, there is a letter from the capital."
The shop owner here was scolded for no apparent reason, but looking at the other person's unusually dressed appearance and fear of offending the nobleman, he could only say yes.
Mi Xiayao heard the conversation at the door, and she said to the shop owner: "Bring some thicker clothes over here and show them to me."
After being dismissed, she seemed to be standing in front of the shelves, but in fact she was listening to the conversation at the door.
Pei Xingyuan opened the letter and looked down at it, "Is he crazy? What do you mean, tens of thousands of dollars will be collected soon, then he will leave the palace by himself..."
"Then how should we reply to this letter?"
"What's the answer? With his virtue, even if I prepare pen and paper, it will be wasted. I told the person who sent the letter that the money will not arrive in time, and even if he slaughters a pig, he still has to sharpen his knife!"
Pei Xingyuan was aroused by the letter.
Mi Xiayao lowered her eyes and touched the ready-made clothes on the shelves, feeling clear in her heart.
She was confused before. How could the person behind Pei Shaoqing not see it? Whose order did he follow now to enter Jingzhou City to investigate corruption and bribes? Whose mountain is he relying on?
It is obvious that Pei Xingyuan is on the prince's side.
If this money-making plan was decided by the prince, once the prince's East Palace money-making reaches a certain level, the way to save grandpa will be blocked again.
She can no longer let Pei Shaoqing amass money like this.
The store owner went to the warehouse to pick up several pieces of ready-made clothes and carefully handed them over. Mi Xiayao did not make things difficult for the poor and innocent store owner this time.
He waved generously and bought four or five pieces of adult clothes and ill-fitting children's clothes, then turned around and walked out of the store with a cold face.
Pei Xingyuan, who was waiting at the door, strode after her this time and said to her: "Jinzhou City is almost here, we can go to Tangzhou.
"Tangzhou is the closest town to the capital. If you buy a carriage then, you will be traveling under the stars and the moon, and you will be able to enter the capital before dawn."
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At dawn, an inconspicuous carriage stopped at the gate of Tangzhou City.
The soldier guarding the city gate took a look at the ultimatum, but still felt uneasy and asked to see who was in the carriage.
The curtain was opened, and the man was wearing a simple blue robe with a round collar and narrow sleeves, and a silver crown inlaid with jade.
He is obviously elegant and has a fierce temperament, but he has an ordinary face.
"Where did it come from?"
"Anzhou."
"What are you doing in Tangzhou?"
"I'm here to visit you with my wife."
"Where's Madam?"
Mi Xiayao was listening with her child in her arms, when Pei Xingyuan looked back at her.
The soldier took the opportunity to look inside and saw a woman holding a child in the dim carriage. It looked like a family of three living happily.
He laughed for a moment and said, "It's rare to see someone so loving. Come in."
Mi Xiayao patted the child's back for a moment, then raised her eyelids and glanced at Pei Xingyuan, who cleared his throat tactically and looked away.
After the carriage re-entered the city, according to the tactics of the previous Jinzhou City, the subordinates moved skillfully and quickly to organize the second chamber of commerce communication.
In the inn, Mi Xiayao and Pei Xingyuan were still in the same room.
It was cold and snowy outside, but the child inside the house was full of energy and was being held unfamiliarly by Pei Xingyuan.
Two people, one big and one small, stared at each other.
"Boy, your mother is quite good at giving gifts."
"吖吖吖——" What responded to him was the sound of a child's milky wheeze.
"You're so old and you still talk back?"
"Acridine!"
How could the little baby understand what the adults said? He looked at the enlarged handsome face and it was clear that he was smiling, and he responded cheerfully.
A pair of fat little arms with two lotus roots were waving in the air.
Here, Mi Xiayao walked out of the clean room next door and saw Pei Xingyuan holding the child in his arms and yelling "you're a kid, you're a kid".
"After all, your son has acted with you all the way. He even gets paid as an actor by accompanying you. How come he doesn't even have any respect from you?"
Pei Xingyuan seemed to have heard some big joke, and his deep voice trembled with laughter: "I want to show respect to a person who doesn't even have full teeth?"
"It's not impossible to leave this bit of respect to your son and his mother." Mi Xiayao smiled and teased.
Pei Xingyuan: "..."
She took the child back from his hands and let the child lie on her shoulder. She stood there and rocked the child skillfully.
"There are many small cities near Jingzhou City, including Jinzhou and Tangzhou. It doesn't matter if you come in person. Do you really want to visit them all?"
"Ma'am, do you have any new insights?"
Pei Xingyuan lay back, with a clear raised jaw line and a slightly frivolous smile on his handsome features.
The light in the room was soft, and the facial features of Mi Xiayao became more delicate and charming. Looking at her... she wanted to take her home and treat her as his true wife.
"Of course it would be more satisfying to attract all the big fish and catch them all in one catch." She whispered.