Li Shikuan got off the car at the entrance of Zhaoyue Tower. The waiter came up to him and took Li Shikuan into a private room at the end of the second floor.
In the private room, He Chengze stood up and bowed his hands to Li Shikuan in greeting, "I should have gone to the Lijiaji, but I'm afraid there will be too many people along the way, so I'll have to work hard for Brother Li."
"I don't dare to take it seriously." Li Shikuan hurriedly leaned over and handed over his hand.
He accepted the invitation from Mr. He to have tea at Zhaoyue Building and hurried over in the car. At this moment, for him, the invitation from Mr. He was no longer something that made him excited, but
Shopkeeper He's politeness still made him feel a little confused and vain.
A year ago, he was able to have a few words with the manager of Mr. He's house, which was a feat he had tried his best.
When things change, everything changes in an instant.
After letting Li Shikuan sit down, He Chengze poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of Li Shikuan, and said with a smile: "Brother Ming went to Pingjiang City yesterday and met the eldest son of your family. He said he was busy harvesting autumn silkworm cocoons?"<
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"Yes."
Li Shikuan felt a little relieved. Along the way, he was thinking about why Mr. He, the shopkeeper, invited him over. He thought of Qiu Silkworm Cocoon.
"That's what Grandma meant. She said that the weaving mills in Jiangnan have stopped working. If no one harvests autumn silkworm cocoons, it will be a good time to do some business." Li Shikuan said with a smile.
"Is the money enough?" He Chengze asked directly.
Li Shikuan was stunned.
He Chengze smiled and said: "The He family is a member of the royal family. The matter of autumn silkworm cocoons is a business, and it is also related to our son's mission. Our family is not outsiders."
"Is this what the prince meant?" Li Shikuan asked blurtly.
"No, this is a matter between our two families." He Chengze said with a smile.
Li Shikuan hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said: "I am indeed worried about money."
"Brother Li is a cheerful man. I will choose a tent and ask him to go and find out how much money your family needs. Just tell him that our two families are not rich, so we can collect autumn silkworm cocoons together.
We still have some money." He Chengze raised his teacup to Li Shikuan.
"With the words of the old shopkeeper, my heart has settled." Li Shikuan raised his glass and said with a smile.
The two chatted for a few more words, and Li Shikuan said goodbye. The car left Linhai Town. Li Shikuan asked Li Wenhua, the driver, to go to Pingjiang City first.
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When it was almost dark, Li Xiaonan took Li Shikuan's car to Bieye.
Wan Qing came out to greet Gu Yan, but Gu Yan hadn't come back yet. Wan Qing chose a small dining room not far from the second door, and went to the kitchen to pick out some snacks. The two of them ate snacks in the dining room and talked.
Wait for Gu Yan to come back.
Gu Yan was in the second gate. Before he got off his horse, he got the report from the porter. He told him not to be alarmed. He got off his horse, took a detour, approached the small heating pavilion, and listened attentively.
"...Mochi is so sticky to the teeth, what's so delicious about it!" It was Wan Qing's voice.
"Your dried fruit is dry and hard, what's so delicious about it?" Li Xiaonan answered the words quickly.
"Okay, okay, you can eat if you like."
"When will your eldest son come back?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"How could I know this! Didn't I tell you a long time ago that we servants are not allowed to ask when the masters will come back or where they are? That is called snooping! I have told you several times!" "Okay, I didn't ask." Li Xiaonan sighed.
"But~" Wan Qing's tail tone was full of mystery, "Yesterday I went to the kitchen to ask for a jar with a small mouth, and I happened to meet the boy in our prince's courtyard. He ran very fast, saying that he was starving and had just come back.
, it was the Xu Zheng moment.
"It's not yet the time of the year, so just wait and see. You can eat with me later. I have four special dishes. I just told the kitchen to steam a piece of whitewater fish. If I don't eat it, I'll give them all."
You eat."
Li Xiaonan sighed.
"Our prince is so busy, with so many things to do every day, it's too early for Xu Zheng to come back!" Wan Qing snorted.
"When I say that your prince is busy and has many things to do every day, can't you use another word?"
"Ten rises in one feed? Thousands of opportunities in one day? Breastfeed and hold hair?"
"Forget it, let's just take care of everything."
"Let's not talk about our prince, saying that he is boring. I heard that Mrs. Shi is more sad than her heart is dead!"
"Huh? What happened? Where did you hear about it?"
"Our princess sends people over to Bieye almost every day to give our prince this and that and ask if it's okay. The prince also sends people over every once in a while. There are also other families who come from the capital. One day
There are several of them, tell me where I heard about them!"
Wan Qing's voice was filled with disgust.
"Hurry up and tell me, what happened? How can you tell that you are so sad that you are heartbroken?"
"It's said that Madam Shi has already started to be a vegetarian on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year."
"That's it? If I had fish and meat for three meals a day, I would also eat vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year to cleanse my stomach. How great!" Li Xiaonan laughed.
Gu Yan held back his laughter and continued to listen.
"Mrs. Shi is not you! He also said that after Mrs. Shi returned to the capital, she didn't smile much, and she only wore gray, crab shell green, and other very plain colors. She said that Mrs. Shi copied scriptures every day.
, it is said that Mrs. Shi also wrote a sentence: Once upon a time, it was difficult to change the situation.
"What do you mean by this? Is she blaming all the fault on our prince?"
"Shouldn't it be your prince's fault? Isn't it your prince who delayed others?"
"That's true."
"It seems that she really doesn't want to get married. Are you, the princess, unhappy seeing her like this?" Li Xiaonan laughed.
"How can our princess be so unreasonable? Even you know that it was our prince who set her up. You said that our princess was so guilty that she wanted to recognize her as her goddaughter. But she refused, saying that she was already obsessed with the world.
Outside, tut!"
"That's what I want! Your princess feels guilty, and your prince must also be extremely guilty. Even if your prince is not so guilty, he is definitely guilty and guilty. Madam Shi's parents and family must also feel sorry for her and feel sorry for her, as well as her relatives and friends.
Well, they must all pity her, pity her, and feel sorry for her, how wonderful!"
"It's true! There are so many evil thoughts." Wan Qing clicked her tongue.
"How can this be called being too narrow-minded? Your eldest son has deceived others and yet you are not allowed to show them off? I would have to do the same thing."
"That's true. Anyway, our prince has a high position and can afford it."
Gu Yan narrowed his eyes upon hearing this.
Shi Gun took more than ten steps away, looked at Nuange with fear, and then at his eldest son. He kept praying in his heart: That stupid girl Wan Qing, never mention him, never mention him! Land!
God bless you!
Gu Yan took two steps back, turned around, walked about ten steps, crossed the bushes of flowers, and headed towards Nuan Pavilion.
Shi Gun hurriedly followed and shouted: "The prince is back."
