After Li Xiu's words fell, Lin Hanyan sighed quietly and held Li Xiu tightly in her arms: "My poor sister-in-law, you have made such a big sacrifice and still don't let him know. What are you doing? For whom? Are you really going to live like this for the rest of your life? Are you so willing to wrong yourself? "
After listening to Lin Hanyan's words, Li Xiu forced a smile and said: "Sister, I actually have no grievances. That Yu Jiedu is a second-grade official. Even if he finds someone who doesn't want to see me, he can't go hungry. Just leave me alone. Besides, he has a very accurate eye for people. The person he likes should at least have no problem with his moral integrity, so why should you be worried?"
"I married to fill in a house, not to be a frustrated concubine, so there's nothing wrong with me. He is a widower, so am I also a widow? Originally, he and I had a bad relationship that shouldn't have happened. If that thing hadn't happened that night, I would have been married by now. It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, and this is the last thing I can do for him."
Lin Hanyan felt extremely distressed when hearing Li Xiu's words: "Sister-in-law, I know that once you make up your mind, it will be difficult to undo it. Now that you have made this decision, as my sister, I can only support you. You After you get married, my sister will always be your natal family. No matter what kind of grievances you suffer, write a letter to your sister. Your sister will bring you back even if it means hitting the sky."
When Lin Hanyan finished speaking, Li Xiu held one of her hands, shook his head and said, "Actually, what I'm most worried about is not what bad things will happen to me after I get married. Sister, what I'm most worried about is Now that I'm gone, what will you do? None of the famous masters in the mansion are good people. Although you are the concubine in name, you haven't done anything yet."
"Now that he is protecting you, those masters are making small moves in private. What if he can't be by your side all the time when you return to the capital? What should you do? My sister-in-law knows your temperament. You look strong and resolute. , but in fact he is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. He is a weak person by nature, how can he withstand the intimidation of those people."
"Especially the mother-in-law of the eldest son of the king. She doesn't have any big plans. But all day long, she keeps making small moves. Once I leave, you won't have anyone in the house with whom you can confide. What's left? How can you, my sister-in-law, rest assured? You, a weak person, face these hungry wolves around you alone, but it will be hard for you."
Regarding Li Xiu's worries, Lin Hanyan smiled reluctantly and said: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry about me anymore. Don't forget, no matter how bad my natal father is now, he is still a first-class bachelor. Several brothers from my natal family are also now We have class. When we return to the capital, even if the emperor is angry, he won't do anything to us. Plus, with them taking care of us, what do you have to worry about?"
Looking at Lin Hanyan who was forcing a smile, Li Xiu sighed slightly and said nothing. Just hugging Lin Hanyan tightly and snuggling together quietly. And that night, it wasn't just the two poor women in the inner house who had trouble sleeping. Huang Qiong, who returned to her bedroom in anger, was also tossing and turning.
At this time, Huang Qiong had completely calmed down. What happened tonight, he knew that his behavior had hurt Li Xiu, and even Lin Hanyan. Just when he heard that Li Xiu was getting married, even though he was the one who planned the marriage in the first place, Huang Qiong didn't know that he was so enthusiastic.
Thinking of his madness today, Huang Qiong secretly sighed in his heart. He knew that Li Xiu's choice was definitely not made lightly, and it must have been a decision made after careful consideration. And this choice, at least for now, is undoubtedly the best choice for Li Xiu when she refuses to return to Jingzhao with him and discloses his true relationship with her.
At least you can have an upright identity, and you don't have to follow yourself like you have to be careful about everything. In the long second half of his life, a person will stay with himself every night, waiting for the occasional blessing that he doesn't know when. Here in Zhengzhou, I don't have to worry too much.
But once he returned to the capital, with so many pairs of eyes staring at him, even he had to be wary. She is not Lin Hanyan who fell in love with Jade Disc, and she should not follow her for the rest of her life. , she has the right to pursue her own happiness. And if Zi really occupies her, it would be truly selfish to let her follow him without any name or status and stick to him for the rest of her life.
After thinking about it, Huang Qiong also smiled bitterly. If you were like that, who did you think Li Xiu was? A tool for sexual release, or a private and pure bed partner? But the only thing I forgot was that she was also a living person. Forget it, just let it go. Instead of hurting each other, it is better to forget each other in the world. Her happiness is the most important thing, isn't it?
Huang Qiong regrets now that she did those impulsive things at that time. He doesn't even know now whether his impulse has hurt Li Xiu. Thinking about it now, the two tears left on Li Xiu's face when she was enduring her madness made Huang Qiong so distressed. He didn't even know if Li Xiu would forgive himself after today's night.
Huang Qiong, who was worried about Li Xiuzai, tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep at all. And He Yao, who was sleeping next to him, was woken up by him rolling back and forth. She was full of thoughts when she saw him, although she also knew a little bit about the reason why he was tossing and turning like this. When Huang Qiong was talking to Liu Hu about this matter, He Yao was by his side.
He Yao also knew the relationship between Lin Hanyan, Li Xiu and Huang Qiong. Therefore, He Yao had a vague guess as to why Huang Qiong could not sleep. But He Yao was very smart and didn't say anything, let alone ask questions. She just snuggled up to him quietly and stayed with him. After all, He Yao is older, and his maturity and rationality are not comparable to those of Lin Wanqing and Myolie Zhu.
He Yao knew that Huang Qiong was the kind of person who valued friendship. Although he is a bit sentimental, he is definitely not the kind of person who just puts up his pants and refuses to admit it when the fun is over. He cherishes every woman around him and takes them seriously. Even the most reluctant person will melt into the tenderness behind his toughness.
Even though she was forced by him at the beginning, isn't she willing to stay now and even prepare to have children for him? . Of course, Huang Qiong was sleeping in the same bed as him, but couldn't sleep because of another woman. It was impossible to say that He Yao wasn't jealous at all. There are all kinds of women in this world, but there is only one kind of woman who does not exist, and that is a woman who is not jealous.
No matter whether you are a pregnant woman or not, no one will be jealous when encountering this kind of thing. So He Yao was very conflicted at the moment. On the one hand, she was happy that this little man valued feelings. Today's Li Xiu and the person he was a few days ago are things he can't let go of. But this little man was lying on his bed, thinking about other women, even if he was a caring woman, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Of course, He Yao's intelligence would not show this. How about a woman's heart, a needle in the sea, don't guess what a woman is thinking, you can't even guess it. How could Huang Qiong have imagined that while he was tossing and turning here, the woman beside him who was quietly clinging to him at the moment seemed calm on the surface, but she was also slightly bitter and jealous in her heart?
Huang Qiong, who had hardly slept a wink all night, had just finished breakfast with the three girls in the morning, but she did not expect Jian Yong to suddenly come to visit. Although I don’t know why this guy came to look for me so early in the morning. But he also knew that this guy who didn't go to the Three Treasures Palace for no reason had something to do with Huang Qiong, so he immediately had him moved to the study.
But when Jian Yong entered the study and saw the large map hanging in the study, he was extremely excited. He even forgot to salute, so he ran to the map and looked at it carefully. After a long time, he turned around and saw Huang Qiong behind him. He quickly bowed to Huang Qiong and said, "Yong is a little out of control. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Yong had only heard of this map of the Qi Dynasty in the past, but he had just seen its true face today, so he couldn't help himself. If I am not afraid of the prince's jokes, Yong's favorite things to do on weekdays were the mountains and rivers. Especially in the past few days with Yu. Jiedu occasionally chatted and heard him mention the towering snow-capped mountains on Sichuan West Road, which made me admire him even more."
Having said this, Jian Yong straightened his official uniform and his expression became serious. Pick up the cinnabar that you carry with you and grind it quickly. Picking up a new langhao pen from Huang Qiong's desk, he walked to the map and pondered carefully for a while. Starting from Guangnan West Road, he quickly marked something on the map.
The scope he marked was very large. In addition to Guangnan East-West 2nd Road, it also included Fujian Road, Liangzhe East-West Road, Jiangnan East-West Road, and even Huguang North-South Road and Huainan Road. After putting down his pen, he pondered for a long time and then said to Huang Qiong who was confused: "Yong Jiner has received the holy order and came to introduce something to the prince."
"The places marked by Yong Today on this map are all the places where the Guilin County Prince's Palace's properties are located. Among them, Guangnan's East and West Road is full of miasma and lacks abundant products, so only Guangzhou has the Guilin County Prince's Palace's properties. However, , the rich and rare medicinal materials produced in Shiwandashan and Nanling on these two routes are all controlled by the Guilin County Prince's Palace."
"As for Guangnan West Road, almost all the cultivated fields are in the hands of the barbarians, and the rest is in the hands of the Guilin County Prince. According to rough statistics during the Chongzheng period of the Sejong Dynasty, there were more than three million hectares of cultivated land on Guangnan West Road. But more than two million hectares of it are in the hands of the Guilin County Prince's Palace. And all the sugarcane fields on Guangnan West Road are in the hands of the Guilin County Prince's Palace."
"Because the local aristocratic family is very powerful, Guangnan East Road does not occupy that many acres. However, the orchards and sugarcane fields of the Guilin County Prince's Palace also cover more than 100,000 hectares. Riding on the red dust concubine smiled, no one knew it was lychee Come. A poem by Du Fanchuan made the rare and exotic fruits of Guangdong and Guangxi become extremely valuable in the hands of dignitaries in the Manchu Dynasty."
"A bunch of lychees costs only a few cents in Guangdong and Guangxi, but when it goes to Jiangning Prefecture or Yangzhou Prefecture, it has to be worth the same price. When it is transported north to Jingzhao, it is even more expensive. Lychees, longans, and bananas, Guilin County Prince's Mansion only costs a few cents every year Relying on the orchards under his name, he can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from the rare and exotic fruits he produces. There is also sugar, which is called sugar frost because of its high quality and snow-white color."
"Sixty percent of the sugarcane fields in the Qi Dynasty are in the hands of the Guilin County Prince. The sugar made from the sugarcane fields under his name accounts for 70% of the output of the Qi Dynasty. These two items alone and their medicinal materials alone add up to Guangzhou. The South and East and West Roads can bring an income of 1.3 million guan to the Guilin County Prince's Palace every year. And, Your Majesty, this is at least as little as possible."
"Because, how many sugarcane fields are under the Guilin County Prince's name, and how much cane sugar is produced every year, the Ministry of Revenue has a mess of accounts. The Guangnan West Road fish scale book in the hands of the Ministry of Revenue is actually the same amount as in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Is it possible that a hundred Over the past few years, the Guilin County Prince has done nothing? The ones on Guangnan East Road are even more excessive. They were captured by the Qi army when they captured Guangzhou and were left behind by the former Tang Dynasty."
