The Possession of My Beloved

    However, Liu Miantang did not know that she had offended her husband unintentionally. I only focused on talking about my itinerary today, so that my husband would know.

    Cui Xingzhou frowned and listened to Miss He San's infatuation and wrong payment, and felt that Lady Liu's prejudice had to be corrected.

    Because he didn't make the mistake that Miantang said, listening to her misunderstanding, King Huaiyang felt inexplicably uncomfortable, so he said: "Ms. He, how can a merchant woman recognize Huaiyang? King Yang, don't you be deceived by some prodigal son?"

    If Miantang just had a casual conversation with her husband, seeing that he was so serious, she said, "Miss He San is not a boudoir lady who doesn't leave the door, and she shouldn't admit the wrong person. I just don't know what that King Huaiyang looks like, so that He Zhen can be lost for life? In my opinion, she is a good man who has seen too few. If she sees her husband like this, you know that King Huaiyang is also Not worth mentioning."

     Her words made Cui Jiu's face soften a little. The topic of He Zhen not getting married has come to an end.

    However, after the incident, the King of Huaiyang took advantage of the time when he returned to the palace for dinner at the beginning of the month, and called in senior executives to ask questions.

    The senior executives rolled their eyes and thought for a while, and really came up with the intersection between the prince and the He family. It seems that before Cui Xingzhou's sister Cui Fu got married, various shops came to choose and send various dowry looks, and among them was the He family.

    At the time of the most chaotic time in Zhenzhou, the He family encountered a robber halfway.

    The senior executives have a good memory. If I remember correctly, Miss He San should have been in the car at the time and witnessed the heroic appearance of the young prince...

    When he said this, the steward carefully looked at the lord, a little confused as to why the lord suddenly remembered to ask such old things.

    However, in order to win over such big patrons as the royal mansion, many shops are filial to their stewards during the New Year and festivals, so the senior management naturally knows that the third girl of the He family has been reluctant to marry.

    Now, when I hear the prince suddenly ask, I can't help but suspect that it is the red star in the sky, pulling the red line for Miss He San, who is infatuated and wrongly paid.

    Thinking that the lord just ordered him to send supplements to support the body to the outer house on the North Street of Lingquan Town, maybe there is one there, if there is a child, then he can't serve .

    The prince here is not idle, this is to find the next beauty.

     Jiu Ye has inherited the mantle of the old prince, and even the blue is better than the blue!

    Thinking of this, the executives couldn't help but sighed secretly for Miss Lian in the mansion, it's not easy to be the head princess of the mansion! I don't know if Jiuye can still win over his father, and whether the palace in the palace can hold the concubines in the future...

    And Lian Lilan also inquired about the wind.

    She is the future mistress of the palace, she doesn't have to give her any favors, someone will compliment her and secretly tip her off.

    The nourishment list sent to Beijie, before it was sent, was copied into Lian Lilan's hands.

    Lian Chu was so anxious looking at the tonics for pregnancy. He just patted the table and said to his daughter: "Other places, you think more thoughtful than your mother, but you are still too poor in dealing with men! Think about it, the prince is in his prime, but he has been unmarried, you don't Arrange a concubine by his side, and he naturally wants to find it himself. Back then, I was going to lift up Lianxiang and send it to the prince, but you refused, but now you are so fascinated by the way of foxes that the gentleman is too short. This...this is Would you like her to have a child in front of you in that outer room?"

    Lian Lilan's heart was full of fire. But Yu Ziqiang said calmly: "Isn't that guy from North Street also getting angry? The servant next to the senior executive came to tell me that the prince seems to be more interested in the third young lady of the He family..."

    Lian Chu became even more angry when she heard it, and immediately went to her sister to talk about the absurd things that her nephew did.

    But Lian Lilan stopped her mother: "Mother, what's the use of talking to the concubine? My cousin is not under the control of the concubine at all. I'm useless for nothing..."

    Lian Chu actually knew this, but shook his head helplessly, thinking: "Then what do you say?"

    Lian Lilan pursed her lips tightly and said: "At the beginning, my mother wanted to give Lianxiang to my cousin, but my cousin didn't like it, so naturally he didn't accept it. Since this is the case, which one he likes, we will Help a bunch of cousins ​​and recruit her into the mansion in advance. First, let the lord stop running out of the sky, and second, this concubine can also learn the rules in front of the concubine, don't think about it. should think."

    Lian Chu understood her daughter's meaning a little, but she still frowned and said, "What is the origin of the woman in North Street? How can I go back?"

    Lian Lilan smiled contemptuously and said: "The North Street is too unbearable, naturally it is difficult to pick up, otherwise my cousin will not put her in a foreign house. It is that He Zhen, although she is from a merchant, she The family is the royal merchant of the royal court, and has some connections with the imperial concubine Xi in the palace. Although such a young lady is not a concubine, it is not easy to neglect, mother, do you think this is the truth?"

    Lian Chu thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized: It is still her daughter who can distinguish the importance. No matter how favored the North Street one was, it would be nothing more than that the lord allowed her to have some children, so that she could have something to depend on in the future.

    But the children born in the outer room can't even go to the family tree of the palace. But Miss He's family is different. She is a serious girl, with a clean background, and she will be favored by the prince in the future, and she will be her daughter's enemy. Always take the initiative to attack first and win over her!

    After the mother and daughter negotiated this, Lian Lilan was going to go to the Hejia porcelain shop in Lingquan Town to see what a beautiful person Miss He San was. The prince specially went back to the house to ask the housekeeper.

    And Cui Xingzhou didn't know that the future wife of his palace had thought about it carefully for him, and was ready to welcome a concubine with a clean family background to serve him.

    He rode a fast horse to the boundary of Qingzhou Prefecture in the past two days, and checked the files of several local officials.

    This is not his whim. A few days ago, he had a long talk with the old man Meng Ge who returned home, but he learned some secret stories about the shocking changes in the East Palace from the mouth of the three dynasties veteran.

    It is said that after the empress who was persecuted by Concubine Xi was put into the cold palace, the prince made preparations early in the morning. Although he was tricked into the palace by Concubine Xi's false imperial edict, he was poured into the palace and died tragically. However, his two direct sons were rescued by the prince's cronies, and their whereabouts are unknown since then.

    Until now, the two children who escaped have been the heart disease of Concubine Xi, who has become the Queen Mother.

    It was that Concubine Xi's means of supporting the current Long Live was too vicious. After she came to power, she supported the party members and mutilated the loyal and good. Many courtiers dared to be angry and dare not speak, and they all miss the virtuous Crown Prince.

    According to his age, Meng Ge is actually the most mature time in politics, but he is not willing to join forces, he just went back to his hometown early because of illness.

    Cui Xingzhou was his proud student back then, and the two masters and disciples had a strong friendship. Now it seems that this student is indeed promising, not a grandson who relies on the shadow of his father. Therefore, Elder Meng Ge also placed his sustenance on Cui Xingzhou, and he knew everything about him.

    The teacher and the student had a long conversation in the secret room. When they were about to separate, Meng Ge said to him earnestly: "The old man doesn't see things clearly, but now the miasma is permeating the Jiuzhongtian, and the villain is dancing, absolutely If it is not a long-term plan to govern the country, I also hope that the boat will judge the situation, don’t be too pedantic, and preserve your strength. Once the dynasty changes, you need to be loyal and good to turn the tide, and it will be thousands of miles away from the sea…”

    Cui Xingzhou handed over his hands and said that he had written down the teachings of his teacher, so he said goodbye.

    Then he came to Qingzhou Diancha file.

    When he returned to Lingquan Town, the sky was full of stars. When he returned to the house on Beijie, he originally wanted to ask Li's mother to order something to eat.

    But Miantang said to him while wearing clothes: "Mother Li had a heavy head when she woke up early, it seems that she was greedy by eating melon yesterday. After taking the medicine and going to bed, what do you want to eat, husband? I'll do it for you."

    Cui Xingzhou felt that it was cold at night outside the house, and Miantang would catch cold if she went out like this, so she asked again, "Where are the two new girls? Let them do it."

    Mian Tang shook her head helplessly and said, "Fang Xie and Bi Cao seem to be agile, but my mother is too strict with the newcomers, just like pouring water, let them practice for a while In the afternoon, the poor two little girls have swollen wrists. Fortunately, Mama Li is ill today, I want them to get a good night's sleep, and Mum will have new homework tomorrow!"

    Actually, the Cui family is not a big family, but Mama Li has a lot of rules, and I don’t know where those lessons came from. When pouring water, it should be silent, not the slightest drop of water should be splashed, and the waist gestures should be very particular.

    To be honest, when Miantang got married, the female master invited by her father was not as quirky as Mama Li. At first, Miantang stopped Mama Li from being so particular about her, but Mama Li looked at the two little maids who were unruly. The ink is average, with a look of "If you don't say it, you will die from suffocation", and you don't even bother to cook.

    In the end, Miantang became the shopkeeper in the end, and let the old man toss the two little ones, in exchange for the harmony of the family, three meals and one soup.

    Now that Mama Li is asleep, the two little girls are very pitiful. The husband disliked the crude mother-in-law to pickle and never eat what she made. After all, you can only do it yourself.

    Cui Xingzhou knows Miantang's craftsmanship, only occasionally a certain dish is done well, like a type of home-cooked dish, not good at it, and the knife skills are average, she still needs someone to help her. So he was lying on the soft slump and asked, "What are you going to give me to eat?"

    Miantang remembered that there was still a basket of river prawns, and said, "How about making fried prawns? I learned it from Li's mother. It's crispy and can be eaten with some salt and pepper. ."

    Cui Xingzhou was also hungry, so he nodded.

    Seeing her husband nod, Liu Miantang happily rolled up her hair, wrapped it in a towel, then pulled Cui Jiu to sit at the table in front of the window, lit the candle and polished the ink , let the husband write.

    Her husband's handwriting is particularly beautiful, so she recently begged her husband to write a copybook for herself, and copy it in her spare time.

    After the husband was arranged, she **** her apron and sat on the small stool under the porch outside the window, with a small copper basin on her lap to cut shrimp whiskers, from time to time she looked up to see the side where her husband was writing in front of the candle under the bed Face.

    Cui Xingzhou occasionally raised her head and looked out through the wide open window, through the light blue screen, watching her cut a few scissors before taking a break.

    Her wrists are impatient, and chores like this are usually done by old women.

    Seeing that Miantang was unable to put down the scissors several times, Cui Jiu finally put down the pen, strode out, and also pulled the bench to sit, took her scissors, neatly Cut the shrimp whiskers.

      Seeing his long, slender fingers that were supposed to be holding a pen and swiping, but doing a woman's work, really made her feel ashamed of her incompetence, and she was so tired that her husband couldn't go home and eat a hot meal right away.

    When the prawns cut their whiskers and went to the prawn line, Miantang followed Mama Li's usual way of beating eggs and making pulp, then wrapped the prawns in pulp and fried them in a pan.

    Fortunately, she always learns from Li's mother. Although this is the first time, she is also very similar.

    The fried river prawns are golden brown, seasoned with salt and pepper, and served with watered rice, just right.

    Cui Xingzhou ate two bowls of fried shrimp and two dishes of pickled side dishes in a row. Miantang's determination to become a good wife was greatly satisfied, and he diligently served his husband with rice and shrimp.

    When she woke up at night and passed by the inner courtyard, she saw a pair of shadows on the Xuan window, and suddenly felt that she was very right!

    She shook her head, suspecting that she had a bad stomach and her brain was blurred.

    Now that summer is over, the weather is getting cooler. Miantang felt that she could not adapt to the winter weather in the south. It was only the gloomy and cold things in the house that showed the benefits of having a man in the quilt.

    Mian Tang put her arms around her husband's arm and wanted to stay in bed.

    However, today is a temporary meeting held by the Chamber of Commerce. Yesterday, the He family specially sent a letter. Tomorrow, everyone has to come to the meeting, and she can't delay it.

    It was so dawdling to the end, Miantang finally gritted her teeth and wanted to get up.

    Cui Xingzhou took advantage of Miantang to fall asleep last night, and rushed to write a few letters and asked Mo Ru to send someone out. So he slept very late, at this time You closed his eyes and grabbed Mian Tang's wrist: "Why do you wake up so early, and lie down with me for a while..."

    Miantang also doesn't want to be separated from her husband too early, but unfortunately, she has to make money to support her family because she is so busy! She had to coax her husband to let go of her hands with Wen Yan, so that she could get up to wash and change clothes.

    Mother Li was in better spirits today, so she sent all the work. The work of serving the husband and wife in the inner room was handed over to the little maid Fang Xie, while the work of the kitchen was handed over to Bi Cao, who was good at cooking.

    She is still a little weak and has to stay in bed for a few days.

    Because Mama Li was sick and couldn't get out of bed. The two little girls didn't have to do their homework, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

    They all bought death deeds, and naturally they are uneasy about the heart of the host.

    Fortunately, in addition to the difficult mother, the two owners seem to be generous. Needless to say, the owner is so beautiful that it is beyond description, people can't bear to blink when they see it, every move is free and easy, and at first glance, it is everyone who has read books. It's just that people don't like to talk, and they never look directly at these little girls.

    And the lady is a stunning beauty. She looked cold at first, but after getting to know her, I realized that she was really kind and laughing, and she was much more talkative than that mother Li.

    Mian Tang took the warm tonic from the little maid Fang Xie and drank it all at once. These tonics have a faint medicinal fragrance and a sweet taste. They are not unpleasant to drink, but it is inevitable that they will be bored even if they are eaten every day.

    When Mian Tang heard this, for the sake of the incense of the Cui family, she would swallow the bitterness! She didn't stop, and made up for it meticulously.

    Thinking of this, she picked up the newly added jewelry on the dressing table, turned around and said to the husband in the bed curtain: "Husband, I have enough jewelry, you don't want to add more to me. "

    "There are not too many of those things, just wear them differently."

    Cui Jiu also got up at this time. The loose underwear could not hide his strong chest muscles and waistline. At first glance, he knew that he was an expert in daily martial arts.

    As soon as Fang Xie combed his wife's hair, he blushed and wanted to go over to change the owner's clothes. However, Liu Miantang came to her husband before Fang Xie.

    Miantang doesn't like to leave private tasks like changing clothes to others. It's fine to serve your own man.

    After cleaning up, Cui Jiu went to the yard to practice boxing to relax his muscles and bones. Miantang drank lean meat porridge while watching her husband practice boxing.

    She has loved martial arts since she was a child, so she naturally sees that the boxing that her husband practices every day is different, just because the venue is limited, they are all practicing kung fu such as small grappling.

    Mian Tang thought so, and went out to the Chamber of Commerce all the way.

    After entering the chamber of commerce, Miantang chatted with the shopkeepers who came first, and only then did she know the reason why she specially joined the meeting today. It turned out that the future princess of Huaiyang, Miss Lian, wanted to personally choose the one to marry. Porcelain bowls, etc.

    Since the last tea party, Liu Miantang has not seen the third girl of the He family for a long time.

    Mian Tang naturally wouldn't pick up on that topic to read Miss He San's jokes, and pretended to have nothing to do, and just kept chatting with Miss He.

    The final result of the negotiation is that each family will come up with two or three kinds of porcelain, and let the Lian family choose. Lists like this are all in large quantities. If you want to be in a hurry, no one will be able to do it on their own, and they will have to help others.

    The fact that Lingquan Town has reached the present is also related to the unwritten rules of the Chamber of Commerce.

    Miantang memorized what Erye He said carefully, and had already planned the objects to be displayed.

    The next step is to shop around, waiting for the Lian family to come.

    In fact, Miantang didn't expect much from this list. After all, her family accounted for a lot of the last imperial offering. If she made her debut this time, she would seem a little unaware that she was full.

    So in the end, the samples she ordered her buddy to bring were just some delicate tea sets, and they were not the treasures of the town shop. Second Master He also realized that Mrs. Cui had no intention of stealing the He family's limelight this time, so she could not help but relax, and smiled slightly at Liu Miantang.

    Because the Jade Burning Porcelain Workshop deliberately hides its clumsiness, the He family is naturally in the limelight. The people who come from the Lian family have picked up a few looks from the He family porcelain shop. Of course, there are also other houses. But it's just a small list.

    Because of Liu Miantang's interest, although the Jade Burning Porcelain Workshop did not make a big profit this time, it also divided the soup and maintained the harmony of the Chamber of Commerce.

    Mian Tang felt very satisfied, but some trivial matters on the list had to be explained to Miss He San.

    However, Miss He San's communication has suddenly increased. Several times Miantang sent a buddy to ask, and she got the invitation of He San to attend the tea party at the Zhenzhou mansion. Gone news.

    In this way, it is not necessary to ask this question. The Second Master He has more affairs, and on weekdays, apart from meeting with the Chamber of Commerce, he can't find anyone.

    Later on the street, Liu Miantang inadvertently walked with He Zhen's carriage, and immediately asked Li's mother to pass the word.

    He Zhen stuck her head out of the carriage, invited Liu Miantang to get on the carriage, and sat on the carriage just as she was talking.

    Compared with Miss He San's uneasy look a few days ago, this time she was really full of spring breeze, she should have met a lot of confidants in the high tea circle in Zhenzhou.

    Mian Tang asked for a little while, and He Zhen couldn't help but speak with a hint of bragging: "Miss Lian is really approachable, last time she personally came to our Hejia porcelain shop to choose and buy Stuff, as soon as I met me, there was a lot to talk about, so as soon as there was a tea party in Zhenzhou, she invited me to go there. Today's tea party happens to be in the palace!"

    Liu Miantang knew that He Zhen was in love with King Huaiyang. The fiancee who has a crush on a man is still happy, why? Miantang consciously lacked in talent and learning, so she couldn't figure it out.

    Miantang just looked at He Zhen speechlessly, wondering if she was forcing a smile.

    But He Zhen has a lot of joy to talk about now. Lady Liu is also well-informed. The so-called lice are not ticklish.

    "Mrs. Cui, to be honest, Miss Lian and I knew each other very well. She said that the prince was busy with official business, and there was always a shortage of close servants around him. , how is it possible that there are so few concubines? But Miss Lian has never been able to find someone with the right appearance, so she asked me if I would like to enter the palace in the future, so that I can be with her sisters in the future..."

    Liu Miantang didn't know what to say. She just wanted to say that Miss Lian and Miss He San are all odd women! It would be a pity if they couldn't be sisters!