The room suddenly became extremely quiet, and the sound of swaying branches could be clearly heard.
Xu Nuo suppressed a hint of urgency in her heart and looked at Queen Liu with a smile.
The queen indeed checked her out!
Empress Liu undoubtedly used this to confirm whether she had taken over Zhu Shang's business, but whether it was for Zhu Shang or herself, the empress could not let the queen think that she had completely taken over Zhu Shang's industry.
"I heard from the eldest princess that the cooks in Heyue Hall all have unique skills, so I asked a few more questions. You recruited all the good cooks to Heyue Hall, which made us in the palace hungry." The queen already understood the promise. Where did the funds behind Kai He Yuetang come from? I no longer asked, but I just looked at Xu Nuo with a more profound look.
"Sage, I don't dare. The best cooks in the world are naturally in the palace. It's just that I didn't want to waste such opportunities and money, and wanted to be the best, so I spent more time to find these cooks. Come. I have done this in the past year, and I managed to hide it from my family. I also ask you, saint, to help me and not to tell my mother."
After a few breaths of adjustment, Xu Nuo's eyes were clear, without any fear or timidity.
When Queen Liu heard Xu Nuo say this, she raised her eyebrows, and then felt a little relieved. She was overthinking it. How could a teenage girl, no matter how good she was, take over Zhu Shang's Jun Kiln and Maojian businesses by herself and do better and better?
"I can help you, but I need you to pick a cook for me. I don't want the manager of the kitchen, but someone who is good at making snacks. When Brother Six gets greedy, just make a few dishes of snacks." Empress Liu said.
"Yes, I will personally choose a suitable cook." Xu Nuo felt relieved. It seemed that his goal was achieved.
However, Sixth Brother is the Crown Prince, will the Queen really satisfy him when he screams greedy?
Back then, Xiao Yuan entered the palace to prepare food for the prince. Why does the queen do this now?
Does Queen Liu know about her relationship with Xiao Yuan?
When Xiao Yuan joins the army this time, he has made it clear to Empress Liu that he will no longer be dispatched by her in the future.
Xiao Yuan is the right-hand man of Queen Liu's secret power. If Queen Liu knows that Xiao Yuan left Queen Liu because of her, will Queen Liu skin her?
While Xu Nuo was thinking, Empress Liu asked again: "What are your brother's plans? Are you planning to enter the Imperial Academy?"
"Brother, he doesn't plan to enter the Hanlin Academy. He plans to go to other state capitals to gain some experience first." Xu Nuo said.
"Oh? Your mother is really willing to give up, but this is okay." Queen Liu said thoughtfully.
Seeing that Queen Liu was tired, Xu Nuo resigned and left.
After leaving the palace, she was in a good mood. With Queen Liu's help, she didn't have to worry about the Jiaren County Lord forcibly marrying her eldest brother.
Humming a little tune all the way back to the Xu Mansion, before crossing the threshold, he saw the boy who usually followed Zhu Shang running over with a sweaty look on his face.
Xu Nuo was in a good mood and joked: "It's not even summer yet and you're sweating so much. You won't be able to live in an ice cave when summer comes."
"Sixth Lady, please save my husband." The young man was very anxious and stepped in front of Xu Nuo in two steps. He was blocked by Qi Qiyue before he kept some distance.
Zhu Shang is a man who remains calm despite the collapse of the mountain, and so are the people around him. If this young man is so anxious today, something big must have happened.
"What happened?" Xunuo asked hurriedly.
"I'm afraid my husband is dying, please go and save him." The young man had a sullen face and couldn't find any promises in several places. When he finally saw her, all the anxiety in his heart surged up.
"Who in Bianjing dares to hurt Mr. Beijiang?" Xu Nuo asked. Even a person like Xiao Yuan who didn't take everything seriously would still maintain some respect in front of Zhu Shang. People in Bianjing City are proud to be able to talk to Mr. Beijiang. Who dares to hurt him and even hurt him to the point of asking for help.
"It's Mrs. Hu Sanniang. When I was young, Mrs. Hu Sanniang was beating my husband with a cowhide whip. My husband didn't fight back." The boy explained hurriedly.
Xu Nuo was shocked. Hu Ling's whip would make an ordinary person faint from the pain after four or five blows.
Although Zhu Shang practiced martial arts when he was young, he has long since put aside his past things. He is just a businessman who never wields a sword, and is no different from a scholar.
He couldn't stand Hu Ling's whip like this.
"Qiyue, go bring my horse over." Xu Nuo was so anxious that she couldn't stand still. She knew Hu Ling's feelings for Zhu Shang very well. She must have been stimulated by some kind of stimulation to make her almost recovered from the emotional out-of-control disease. If he did it again, Zhu Shang would be in danger, as would Hu Ling. She asked the boy, "Where is your husband now?"
The young man said: "In the original house, I was planning to go to the new house given to me by Mrs. Xu, but I didn't want to..."
While talking, Qi Qiyue had already led the horse out.
Xu Nuo quickly jumped onto his horse and headed towards Zhu Shang's house, with the boy following behind.
When the two arrived, they saw Zhu Shang lying in the arms of a woman covered in blood, and his clothes were almost torn to pieces by the whip.
The woman hugged Zhu Shang and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Beijiang, don't die...you can't die!"
Xu Nuo took a closer look and found out that this woman was Lan Juan, a woman who had been engaged to Zhu Shang.
When Zhu Shang saw the promise, it took a lot of effort to say, "Xu Liu, go find Sanniang. I'm afraid she will hurt me."
Xu Nuo nodded and said to the young man: "Immediately drive your horse to Ji Mansion to look for Ji Wulang. If he is not there, find his uncle. In short, find a doctor who is good at treating trauma to save your husband."
The boy got the order and hurriedly rode away with a few tears in his eyes.
He originally wanted to stop Mrs. Hu Sanniang so that Lang Jun would be less whipped, but he didn't want Lang Jun to let him go find Xu Liuniang, and he suffered this whipping all his life.
On the way to find Xu Liu Niang, he passed several medical clinics. He wanted to take the doctor back several times, but he knew that Lang Jun was worried about Hu Sanniang, so he forced himself to go to Xu Mansion.
After the boy left, Xu Nuo tore two strips of cloth out of his skirt and tied up the two bleeding wounds on Zhu Shang's arms.
Lan Juan screamed in surprise when she saw the overturned flesh on Zhu Shang's arm.
Xu Nuo saw her upset at first, but now he yelled "Get out!"
Lan Juan was so frightened by the promise that she crawled and rolled to the door, but refused to leave.
Zhu Shang endured the pain and said: "Don't worry about me, I can still hold on. You go find Sanniang, she is stimulated."
Xunuo wanted to ask what was going on, but when he saw Zhu Shang was so weak that he couldn't speak clearly, he nodded, got up and left, handing him over to the maid in the house.
She went to Heyue Hall first, then to Wanxiang Tower, and then to Hu Mansion without seeing Hu Ling.
Finally, she went to Xu Mansion, and sure enough, not far from her yard, she saw Hu Ling huddled in the corner.
"Sanniang!" Xu Nuo walked quickly towards Hu Ling, knelt on the ground and hugged her.
At this moment, Hu Ling had burst into tears, her face was as pale as rice paper, her originally bright and confident eyes were full of timidity, and her whole person was cold.
Xunuo didn't expect Hu Ling to be in worse condition than she expected, so she hugged her harder.
Hu Ling had previously lost control of his emotions and all exploded on Zhu Shang. Now he was awake, blaming himself for his actions and unable to stop the tears in his eyes.
After a long time, Hu Ling said: "Liu Niang, go and see Beijiang. I injured him."
Her voice was as weak as the sound of a mosquito, which made people feel distressed.
Xunuo wiped away the tears from Hu Ling's eyes with his thumb and said, "I came from him. I have already found a doctor to bandage him. Don't worry about him."
"I'm not worried. Go and watch for me. If he is beaten to death by me, I won't survive." Hu Ling's eyes were empty, and his whole body was trembling slightly when he spoke.
"What nonsense are you talking about? He won't die. I'll be here with you." Xu Nuo didn't rush to get Hu Ling up, and knelt down on the ground to accompany her.
Hu Ling's eyes were empty and she stared blankly ahead without looking at anything. She said, "Liu Niang, I, I don't know why I couldn't hold it back. He originally said that he would be in the new house, the new house where we were going to get married. He prepared an weapons room for me and wanted to take me to see it today. But I didn’t expect that when I went to find him, he was holding that woman. He still couldn’t forget her. I couldn’t tolerate the sand in my eyes. I didn’t know what happened at that time. ,At once……"
Xu Nuo said hurriedly: "Stop talking, stop talking." She didn't want Hu Ling to recall such sad things again.
"Liu Niang, I don't remember. When I saw that scene, I was so angry that I couldn't breathe for a moment. When I regained consciousness, I saw him half-kneeling in front of me, covered with injuries, and my hand was Throw out a very powerful whip."
Hu Ling cried so hard that she couldn't breathe, but she still said: "His body is covered with whip marks. I recognize them. They were made by my whip."
"The woman was crying hard next to him. Listening to her words, I became even more convinced that it was me who hurt him like this."
"I'm afraid, so I came to you. Liu Niang, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that he likes that woman, I'm afraid that he hates me for hurting him so much, and I'm even more afraid of myself, Liu Niang, I'm afraid of myself!" Hu Ling cried Lying on Xu Nuo, helplessly like a child lost in the night.
"I'm really not suitable to be with him anymore. Even if I don't beat him to death this time, I'm afraid I'll beat him to death the next time I do it again."
The despair in Hu Ling's words made Xunuo's eyes filled with tears. She turned her head and wiped away the tears, saying: "He won't hate you. What he likes is you. That woman, he forgot about it when he left the capital. She's not here anymore." Half of it is in his heart that there must be a misunderstanding about what happened today. Don’t be like this. Sanniang, don’t be like this. Let’s go find Jigoro and everything will be fine.”
Hu Ling saw Xu Nuo crying and raised his hand to help her wipe away her tears, but he couldn't lift his hand.
Xu Nuo noticed and glanced at Hu Ling's hand, only to find that her right wrist had many bloody scratches.
She was startled, looked at Hu Ling, and asked, "Who hurt you?"
Hu Ling smiled and said, "It's me. I'm afraid that I'm not awake again. If I keep cutting like this, I won't hurt others again."
Seeing the pale smile on Hu Ling's face, Xu Nuo sighed deeply and took out a handkerchief to bandage her.
"Liu Niang, can you send me back? I want to tell my grandfather and ask him to help me break off the engagement. I can't marry Bei Jiang and I can't kill him." Hu Ling struggled to stand up.
Xu Nuo supported her and said, "Let's wash up here first, and then drink the medicine Ji Wulang prescribed before."
Hu Ling nodded, yes, she would scare her grandfather if she went back like this.
