A Blessed Daughter

by Usui Takumii

not mine, Moonlight Teatime until chapter 43, after that is MTL from novel cool. 583 chapters and ongoing.

29. 501 to 520

Chapter 501 Attack on the way home

Several people chatted while eating, and after another half an hour, Xiumei took out a wine jar.

"I almost forgot about this! I just made sweet wine these two days. When you and the prince went down the mountain, Miss, I was bored on the mountain and had nothing to do, so I made some of this. It's hot these days, and it will be very fragrant in two or three days Come and try it."

When it was brewed, it was brewed in a basin. In order to make it easier to take it down the mountain, Xiumei specially found a wine jar to put it in.

"No need."

"I will not eat."

Wei Jinyi and Wei Ruo refused at the same time.

Drinking mistake! Both of them have made jokes because of drinking, so how dare they drink again.

"Miss, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? You always eat this sweet wine in summer." Xiumei asked.

The prince can understand if he doesn't eat Xiumei, but why doesn't he even eat her young lady?

"I'm full today." Wei Ruo excused.

She can drink it on weekdays. Tianjiu Niang doesn't have any alcohol content, so it's so sweet to drink, even if you drink it all in a jar, you won't get drunk, unless you have the capacity for alcohol like her second brother.

But with her second brother present, she was inexplicably afraid.

Not afraid of 10,000, just in case, it's okay to be ashamed in front of Meimei, but in front of the second brother...

For some reason, Wei Ruo was slightly worried that she would lose her composure in front of him when she was drunk, although it was not that she had not lost her composure in front of her second brother.

"Oh, okay, then I..." Xiumei glanced at Wei Jinyi, and decisively chose to distribute the sweet wine to Xiaobei.

Forget it, my lord, with his drinking capacity, a glass of sweet wine can be downed, so it's better not to drink it for him, it's very troublesome to get drunk.

Xiao Beimei happily took the sweet wine that Xiumei handed him: "Thank you, Miss Xiumei."

Xiaobei and Xiumei tasted sweet wine, while Wei Ruobian and Wei Jin also drank tea.

After eating and drinking enough, the four of them went back to their rooms to wash and rest.

At night, Wei Ruo got up in the middle of the night and took out Xiumei's jar of sweet wine. Only Xiaobei and Xiumei drank it just now, and there was still a lot left in the jar.

Did not drink in front of the second brother, but when she was left alone, she couldn't help but relax a bit, let alone just sweet wine.

Wei Ruo opened the window at the head of the bed, sat in front of the window, and could clearly see the bright moon outside the window.

Tree shadows sway, insects chirp.

The night is good, and the night wind in the mountains is also cool, and the face is refreshed, which makes people feel happy physically and mentally.

Wei Ruo poured himself a bowl, then sipped it slowly, with a satisfied expression.

On the wall in the distance, Wei Jin also leaned against the tree trunk, looking in the direction of Wei Ruo.

He just watched quietly and did not disturb him, nor let Wei Ruo discover his existence.

Wei Ruo and Wei Jin also stayed in Hejian Mansion for more than half a month. Not only did they finish all the things that Wei Ruo planned for this trip, but they also took a tour of the mountains and rivers together.

Before leaving, Wei Ruo handed over the big and small matters related to this village and the nearby cotton fields to Shi Dayou to help.

He is the head of Shitou Village. He is good at farming and arranging the villagers. He has management experience. He also knows some basic common sense in farming, and he can solve some small problems.

So Wei Ruo felt that it was more suitable to be the manager of Zhuangzi than to work in the shop.

Most of the villagers who came from Shitou village worked in the workshop, and only two of them were left to work beside Shi Dayou, so the long-term and short-term laborers who worked underground had to be recruited separately.

Wei Ruo asked Shi Dayou to give priority to those homeless people. The food production in various places has not been good these years, so there are many displaced people.

It's not that these people work harder, so Wei Ruo is willing to use them. There are hardworking and honest people everywhere, and there are also sneaky, raped and slippery people. It's just that Wei Ruo hopes to resettle as many refugees as possible and help more hungry and cold people. people.

After hearing about Wei Ruo's arrangement, Shi Dayou agreed very much and was full of energy.

He was a farmer himself and knew exactly what became of ordinary people who lost their land and homes and became homeless and starved.

He didn't have such an idea when he was incompetent. Now that Mr. Xu gave him the opportunity, he also feels happy and honored.

As for the coal mine, Wei Ruo asked Wei Jin to arrange someone to take care of it.

Because the coal mine was not considered her private property, it was purchased in the name of Prince Rui's Mansion, and Wei Ruo and Wei Jin each paid half of the purchase cost.

During the purchase, Wei Ruo said that he would split the bill with Wei Jinyi, so Wei Ruo simply asked Wei Jinyi to arrange the staff.

Wei Jin also agreed, and handed over the matter to Zhang Yi to be responsible.

Zhang Yi didn't dare to neglect the slightest, and promised Wei Ruo that he would do his best to manage the mine well.

Wei Ruo gave Zhang Yi some additional instructions. She asked Zhang Yi to pay special attention to the safety of the miners. The corresponding protective measures should be in place. The labor of the workers should not be squeezed. They should be given enough rest time every day and their wages should be appropriate. The meal should be full.

Zhang Yi responded one by one, and kept it in his heart.

On July 25th, Wei Ruo and Wei Jin also returned to the capital together.

From the relatively desolate place between Hejian Prefecture and Jingcheng, Wei Ruo asked the team to change the path on the grounds that he wanted to get the freshest mountain spring water for Wei Jinyi to decoct medicine.

Then while in the forest, unexpectedly encountered a surprise attack.

A group of masked men in black had already ambushed here. When the team passed by, they rushed up and fought with the guards of the palace and the Imperial Forest Army.

The guards of the palace and the imperial army sent by the emperor are all elite soldiers, but this group of raiders are also quite skilled, and the two sides fought back and forth.

Outside the carriage, the sound of swords clashing sounds thrilling;

In the carriage, Wei Jinyi and Wei Ruo had a leisurely chat over drinks.

After a fight, the ambushed thief fled.

Immediately afterwards, Eunuch Gao came outside the carriage to express condolences to Wei Jinyi and Wei Ruo.

"My lord, the thieves have been repelled by the princess, are you surprised?"

"It's okay." Wei Jinyi replied in a deep and slow voice.

"It's good that the lord is not frightened, the attack on our family will be reported to the emperor truthfully, and the matter will be thoroughly investigated!" Gao Gonggong said.

"Hmm." Wei Jin echoed and asked, "Is anyone among you injured?"

"This..." Eunuch Gao hesitated for a moment and then said, "The others are fine, but Dr. Xu... he's gone..."

"Got it." Wei Jin also said in a low voice.

He plays a disheartened dying person, so when he hears that others are dying, the reaction should not be too big.

Wei Jin also continued: "It's not early, let's set off after reorganizing the team."

"Yes, our family leader."

Eunuch Gao was ordered to retreat and quickly arranged for everyone to evacuate.

After Eunuch Gao stepped back, Wei Ruo and Wei Jin also looked at each other, without saying anything.

Chapter 502 Miracle Doctor Xu died

It was late July when Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi returned to the capital.

Xu Fengyuan's injury is almost healed. Except for the connected arm, which needs a long period of rehabilitation before it can move freely, other parts of the body have basically recovered.

The wounds on him and Lu Yuhong began to apply the scar cream that Wei Ruo gave them after the scabs fell off, resulting in very shallow scars on the two of them.

The shallow scars themselves are completely invisible, and the deeper scars are now very shallow, and in time they will be as invisible as other wounds.

Qi Zhenren has also awakened, but the recovery situation is completely incomparable to that of Xu Fengyuan and Lu Yuhong.

Not only was his leg broken and he couldn't walk, but the burn wounds on his body were still grim. The healed skin was pitted and twisted, like an old tree root wrapped around his body.

Qi Zhen, who has always been confident in his appearance, simply can't stand himself becoming like this.

Not only closed the door, but also smashed everything in the room.

Qi Yansong was helpless about this, the culprit, Liang Dongren, was already dead, and his family members were all dead before him. He wanted to avenge his son, but he couldn't find anyone.

But if it's just like this, it's fine, but Lu Yuhong and Xu Fengyuan, who were injured together with his son, have already recovered a lot.

Don't say Qi Zhen can't accept such a thing, Qi Yansong can't accept it either.

So after learning that Prince Rui and his wife returned to the capital today, he sent someone to wait at the gate of the capital.

As soon as the people from Prince Rui's residence returned to Beijing, he would go into the palace to ask for an order, and asked the emperor to issue an order, so that Dr. Xu from Prince Rui's residence would come to treat his Zhen'er.

"My lord, my lord..."

The housekeeper sent by Qi Yansong hurried over.

"What's so flustered?"

"Prince Rui and Princess Rui have returned to Beijing!"

"Prepare the sedan chair, I want to enter the palace." Qi Yansong stood up from the grand master's chair, ready to leave.

"My lord! That Miracle Doctor Xu is gone!"

"What's gone?"

"It's just... dead..." The butler replied tremblingly.

Qi Yansong sat down and sat back, and after a while he asked: "What's going on?! How could Dr. Xu disappear without a problem?"

"Prince Rui and his wife encountered an ambush on their way back to Beijing, that Dr. Xu died unfortunately!"

"Ambush? That's Prince Rui and Princess Rui! They are the people who are on the top of the Emperor's heart! Who is so bold to ambush them?!"

"This...subordinates don't know."

"Then Prince Rui and Princess Rui are injured?"

"No, both of them are unscathed."

"Prince Rui and his wife were not injured, but the accompanying doctor died?"

"Yes, it is…"

"Oh." Qi Yansong sneered, he didn't think it was really such a coincidence.

Then Qi Yansong ordered: "Go and check carefully, whether King Jing has made any changes recently."

"My lord suspects that it was Prince Rui who was attacked by King Jing?"

"Who else in this capital other than him, Chu Lan, would be so deliberate and hopeful that my Zhen'er will recover? When he was attacked in Taizhou Mansion, Zhen'er took people to do it. In addition, Zhen'er's serious injury is very serious to my Qi family. It's a big loss, and the loss of the Qi family is the loss of King Yu's power, how could he, Chu Lan, miss such an opportunity?"

"Yes, this subordinate understands, and this subordinate immediately leads someone to investigate this matter!"

Zhongyibo Mansion, Shou'an Hall.

"Father, mother, this is a natural disaster for the child!" Wei Minghong knelt in front of the two elders and cried.

Wei Minghong was wronged, angry and aggrieved. He was dismissed today because he was dereliction of duty, but Wei Minghong knew in his heart that it must be because of the death of Dr. Qi. them.

Because of emotional agitation, Wei Minghong's fat body heaved and fell. He continued to complain: "It is the second child who promised Lord Qi, and the person who offended Lord Qi is the third child. In the end, this disaster fell on me!"

Hearing that Wei Mingyong couldn't sit still anymore, he jumped up and said, "Brother, how can this matter be blamed on me? You went to see Master Qi at the beginning, and when you promised Master Qi, you promised better than me. Hurry up!"

Wei Minghong retorted: "At the beginning, you swore to me that things would be done. I believed you, so I went to Qi Mansion with you. What else did you tell me? In the future, Wanwan will give His Royal Highness King Yu is a side concubine, and our Wei family is also on King Yu's side, and Lord Qi will look at us differently."

Wei Mingyong said: "Originally, it would definitely be done. Who knew that Wei Qingruo would be so ungrateful and refused to help with such a trivial matter. Can this be blamed on me?"

The two were arguing red-faced, and they were about to fight.

"You two don't evade each other, the matter has come to this point, whose fault is not important anymore." Mrs. Wei interrupted the dispute between the two sons.

Old Mrs. Wei said with a bitter grudge, "You two are useless things. You haven't made a name for yourself at such an old age. I can warn you, if you are tossing around, don't ruin your third brother and your brother." Good job nephew!"

Both Wei Minghong and Wei Mingyong were unconvinced, and their expressions were very bad.

Wei Mingyong argued: "Father, you can't blame us for this matter, it's all about the third room!"

As Wei Mingyong spoke, his eyes fell on Yun Shi.

Today in Shou'an Hall, only Mrs. Yun came to the third room, so Wei Mingyong blamed Mrs. Yun for all his dissatisfaction with Wei Qingruo.

Yun did not refute at this time, she knew that the two uncles were angry at this time, and whatever she said was wrong in their eyes.

Old Madam Wei persuaded: "This is the end of the matter, so don't think too much about it, go back and have a good rest."

"Mother..." Wei Minghong looked unwilling.

Is it true that he should just let it go?

Although his minister of the Ministry of Industry and Construction is only a small official of the ninth rank, he is still an official! There is still a big difference between having this black yarn hat and not having this black yarn hat!

"What else can you do? Argument with Lord Qi? Or do you want to argue with Princess Rui?" Madam Wei asked back.

Old Madam Wei's question made Wei Minghong speechless.

Of course he didn't know what to do.

"Since you can't do anything, why don't you go back and think carefully about how to do the next thing. According to the current situation of your third brother and Yi Chen, you may not have the opportunity to enter the court again as an official in the future." Mrs. Wei continued road.

Hearing these words, Wei Minghong calmed down a little.

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Wei ordered Wei Minghong and Wei Mingyong to be sent back, leaving only Yun.

"What does mother want to tell her daughter-in-law?" Yun asked cautiously.

Chapter 503 Wei Qingwan's reaction

"Third daughter-in-law, this is the end of the matter, let's let it go this time to ask Princess Rui for help, but in the future, you still have to restore the mother-daughter relationship with Princess Rui. You are blessed. Although you have the wrong child, the last two She's still your daughter, don't miss out on this good opportunity!"

Old Madam Wei said earnestly.

Mr. Yun was slightly stunned, and replied after a while: "My daughter-in-law knows."

Mrs. Wei continued to persuade: "Ting'er is fighting outside, so he can't take care of the family. You still have to rely on you for the third room. Now that Yichen is the champion of high school, both of your daughters will be princesses. Even the youngest Yichen Lin is also very well-behaved and sensible, you have to cherish these things, your blessings are unmatched by others, and your elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law are far behind you, especially your second sister-in-law, do you understand?"

Old Madam Wei knew that Yun Shi and Bai Shi had been having a bad time in recent days, so she was trying to remind Yun Shi to take a long-term view and not always focus on Bai Shi.

Yun Shi looked at Mrs. Wei slightly surprised, it turned out that the mother knew it.

Then Yun said: "My daughter-in-law respects what my mother teaches."

"It's best for you to understand, go back first."

Old Madam Wei didn't say much, seeing that Mrs. Yun understood what she meant, she asked her to go back too.

After all the juniors left, Mrs. Wei said angrily to Mrs. Wei, "Why aren't you annoyed at all?"

"Master, don't be annoyed, it's useless to be annoyed. Just like what I said to the boss, can you settle accounts with Lord Qi or Princess Rui? Master, you should understand that although Princess Rui is you and me granddaughter, but from the moment she married into Prince Rui's residence, she is the one you and I would kneel to pay our respects to."

"You and I treated her kindly back then! How can I not be angry if you tell me she doesn't care about affection at all?"

"Don't you and I treat her well with a purpose? To be honest, you and I also believe that our own daughters are better than the ones picked up from outside." Mrs. Wei said.

"You can think about it!" Old Master Wei's tone was still not good.

"Old man, what if you can't think about it? Just think about it carefully, the third wife is living so well now, you and I can live in peace, as long as we can keep the title in the future, the second wife's life will not be too bad." Mrs. Wei said.

"Forget it, I won't tell you anymore, it would make me so angry for no reason!" Mrs. Wei waved his hand, got up and walked to the inner room.

Wei Qingwan was waiting in the room for Cui He to give her news.

Only a few elders attended the family meeting in Shou'an Hall, Wei Qingwan and all her cousins did not go.

Wei Qingwan wanted to know how the elders made their decision, so she sent Cui He to Shou'an Hall to inquire about the news.

Not long after, Cui He came back.

"Miss, it's confirmed. Dr. Xu is really gone, and the old man and the old lady have given up asking Princess Rui for help! The Elder Master was probably dismissed because of this incident, so the Elder Master hates it now. It's very Princess Rui."

Listening to Cui He's explanation, Wei Qingwan's expression was uncertain.

"Doctor Xu is really dead..." Wei Qingwan looked a little dull.

"Miss, don't worry. Although Doctor Xu is gone, there will still be other miracle doctors in this world. When you become Princess Yu, you will be able to find better miracle doctors to heal you in the future. What's more, you are now The back is no longer noticeable, so there is no need to worry." Cui He didn't think it was a big deal.

Wei Qingwan said quietly: "My fate is like this, the blame can only be that I didn't take precautions early, and Wei Qingruo was caught off guard by the time I realized it. I didn't know until now that she had been watching my jokes in secret earlier. I don't know how many times she laughed at me behind my back in those years, she must be looking at me like a fool."

Wei Qingwan turned her head to look in the mirror, with a haggard look on her face.

"Princess Rui is really abominable! She is not only like you, Miss, but also the rest of the family. From my servant's point of view, the rest of the family also hate her to death, so the old lady is still talking for her for some reason. !" Cui He hurriedly followed Wei Qingwan's wishes to complain for her.

Wei Qingwan laughed at himself, and then said: "Young Master Qi, he doesn't know what's going on now."

Wei Qingwan still misses Qi Zhen in her heart.

"Miss, don't worry about Mr. Qi, he will be well under the care of the imperial physician." Cui He comforted.

"Without Miracle Doctor Xu, he can't lose his limbs like Mr. Xu's. I can't imagine what would happen to a proud man like him after losing his legs."

"This..." Cui He didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

"Master Qi has treated me so well, I should help him. If the genius doctor Xu is still alive, for the sake of Master Qi, even if I have to admit my mistake to Wei Qingruo, I am willing, but unfortunately it is too late." Wei Qingwan murmured whispered.

"Miss, you are too kind-hearted. If you want this servant to tell you, it's good that you didn't go. If you really went, maybe what Princess Rui will do to you!"

"Yeah, she definitely won't make me feel better, but it's for Mr. Qi, so it doesn't matter if I suffer a little bit." Wei Qingwan said in a low voice.

Paused, Wei Qingwan said again: "Forget it, let's not talk about this matter. It doesn't matter what I think now, and I can't change anything. Rather than disturbing others, it is better to think about things in the future."

"Yes, yes, yes, your wedding day is approaching, you should focus more on getting married."

Immediately afterwards, Wei Qingwan glanced at the fruit basket on the table and said, "You help me send these peaches to my second aunt."

Peaches were sent from the south of the Yangtze River, not many, and Zhongyibo's mansion only got a basket, and most of them went to the Shou'an Hall for the old lady. Wei Qingwan only got two more peaches because she will be the side concubine of King Yu in the future.

Now Wei Qingwan doesn't eat it herself but asks Cui He to send all of it to Bai Shi, which is to show her favor to Bai Shi.

"Miss, don't you send it to Madam?"

"How can she look up to my two peaches now? Her direct son is Zhuangyuan Lang, and her direct daughter is Prince Rui Zhengfei. There are as many good things as you want."

"Yes, the servant girl knows."

Prince Rui's Mansion, Songzhu Garden.

After returning home, Wei Ruoduan sat in the room and asked Lin Fang to make a new human skin mask for her.

Although she can openly use her identity as Wei Qingruo to buy land property shops, but for the convenience of traveling on weekdays, she still doesn't want to show off as Princess Rui.

"Miss is right to give up the identity of Mr. Xu. It is inconvenient for Miss to pretend to be a man now that she has grown up." Lin Fang said while smearing the material for making a human skin mask on Wei Ruo's face and looking at Wei Ruo in the mirror. .

Chapter 504

Fifteen-year-old Wei Ruo's body has already grown, even if wrapped in cloth strips, it is difficult to conceal the exquisite figure of a woman.

"Yeah, you're right, so give me the identity of a woman this time, just an ordinary one." Wei Ruo said.

"The subordinate takes orders."

While getting Wei Ruo a new human skin mask, Lin Fang reported to Wei Ruo what happened in the court hall in recent days.

Wei Jin also explained that as long as Wei Ruo wants to know about some things outside, they should tell Wei Ruo everything in detail.

"By the way, miss, yesterday morning, a royal official from Lord Qi's camp publicly accused King Jing, the person who assassinated Prince Rui, in the court hall, which caused a lot of disputes in the court hall. ."

"What did the emperor say?" Wei Ruo asked.

"The emperor ordered the Inspectorate to thoroughly investigate this matter." Lin Fang replied.

"I see."

Wei Ruo is not worried about this matter. Since the second brother has done this, he must have figured out how to move the follow-up chess. It is unlikely that people will find out that the assassination was a play directed and performed by them.

Lin Fang went on to say: "Young son of Uncle Zhongyi's mansion, your eldest uncle has been dismissed for dereliction of duty."

"I'm not surprised."

The death of Xu Heyou means that the Wei family will no longer be able to help Qi Yansong accomplish anything.

The Wei family was not doing well, so it was normal for Qi Yansong to punish them slightly.

Wei Yichen and Wei Mingting and Qi Yansong can't move casually. One of these two is the champion of the new division, and the other is a fierce general who has made many achievements recently. Qi Yansong will not be so stupid as to blatantly trip these two.

Wei Minghong was just an insignificant official. If someone wanted to remove him, he could find any reason to remove him, no need to bother.

It is estimated that Wei Minghong and some members of the Wei family have already hated her to death.

Wei Ruo asked Lin Fang: "What news is there on the southeast coast these days?"

She didn't have any channels to get information about the border war, and she had to rely on her own people to help her pass the news over there. It had been at least half a month since the news arrived, and the second brother and the others were more informed about these things.

I don't know what happened to her father and Brother Xiaoyong during this time.

"Once again Wei Shoubei defended successfully and repelled the Japanese pirates. It is said that Master Wei deployed his defense in advance this time, and invited you into the urn, which caught the enemy by surprise. Therefore, the anti-Japanese army did not suffer any damage, and Master Wei was not harmed."

"There is a man named Xu Zhengyong in the barracks, do you have any news?"

"Mr. Xu is fine. The master knows that this Mr. Xu is your elder brother, and he has specially warned him, so the person who sent the news asked about his situation." Lin Fang explained.

"That's good."

Lin Fang thought for a while, and continued: "Master Wei mentioned in his memorial to the emperor this time that he wanted to counterattack the Japanese kingdom...but it was opposed by a group of officials headed by Lord Qi." Lin Fang replied.

Wei Ruo's eyes darkened, and he asked, "What does the emperor say?"

"The emperor has not given an answer for the time being, but the subordinates have heard from the master that it is more likely that the emperor will disagree."

"I think so too." Wei Ruo said.

In the original book, the old emperor did not send troops to counterattack the Wa Kingdom until his death.

It's not that the old emperor has no heart to fight, but that there are internal and external troubles. In contrast, the trouble of Japanese pirates is not the top priority.

Even after Chu Lan succeeded to the throne, he failed to send troops to counterattack the Wa Kingdom, because Daye also faced many problems at that time.

Wei Ruo murmured: "If the emperor agrees to send troops to the Wa Kingdom, I have some ideas, maybe I can help a little..."

"Miss wants to send troops to attack Japan?" Lin Fang asked.

"Yes, it doesn't make sense to be bullied by them all the time, but we can only defend passively. We don't know when it will be the end of this situation." Wei Ruo replied, paused, and added, "Of course we still have to consider all aspects. In order to counterattack, you must have everything in place before you can counterattack, and you can't make fun of the lives of soldiers."

"Missy is right."

During the conversation, Lin Fang completed a new human skin mask according to Wei Ruo's request, and looked at herself in the mirror, Wei Ruo was very satisfied.

But this is only for the convenience of her going out to do business, this identity should not be too high-profile.

After taking off the finished human skin mask, put it in a special box for storage.

After Wei Ruo washed his face, he went to the front yard to find Wei Jinyi. She wanted to talk to Wei Jinyi about something.

In the next few days, someone in the capital leaked the news, and everyone in the capital learned that although Mrs. Xu died, she still left behind many relics.

The relics are mainly some ointments, including hemostatic medicine, scar removal ointment and medicine for treating wind and cold.

This matter has attracted the attention of many aristocratic families.

Because Xu Miracle Physician has become famous recently, his ointment has been heard to be very effective.

In addition, Mrs. Xu is dead, these ointments are out of print, and I will never want them in the future.

Among them, the Lu family and the Qi family are the most concerned.

There is no other reason, the sons of both families need Dr. Xu's ointment.

Dr. Xu's scar cream that Lu Yuhong used before is gone, and there are still some traces of his scars. If you want to completely remove it, you'd better use a few more boxes.

Although the Qi family had never used Dr. Xu's ointment before, just looking at Lu Yuhong and Xu Fengyuan's current appearance, they knew how effective the ointment was.

The imperial physicians headed by Xing Jiang in the Imperial Hospital also used ointments on Qi Zhen, but the effect was not good.

So the Qi family is bound to get the ointment left by Dr. Xu.

Both the Lu family and the Qi family sent posts to Prince Rui's Mansion, and Prince Rui's Mansion gave the same response: Prince Rui's Mansion said that there are too many people asking for things, and it is not easy for the prince to make a decision. To show fairness, Prince Rui's Mansion decided to make it public. Auction of Dr. Xu's relics.

Prince Rui's Mansion directly posted an announcement that the auction will be held at the entrance of the Palace on the first day of August.

Thus three days later, the Suzaku Street outside Prince Rui's Mansion was crowded with people.

Not only the Lu family and the Qi family came, but other big families also sent people to watch the fun.

Some of them also had the idea of participating in the auction. Xu Miracle Doctor spread the word so much. If there are good things that are useful and the price is right, it is good to buy some and put them away.

Chu Lan sent his confidants here, but it is unknown to outsiders whether he will make a move.

People from the Wei family also came, not only for Wei Qingwan, but also to see the excitement. Everyone from the Lu family and Qi family would come, and we don't know what will happen.

In the crowd, Wei Ruo, who had put on a rookie's leather mask, stood with Xiumei and Lin Fang, who were also disguised, to watch the excitement.

The three of them were not conspicuous in the crowd, and looked like an ordinary young lady with ordinary parents and her two maids who were also not outstanding.

Chapter 505

"Miss, there are really a lot of people here!"

Xiumei observed the crowd excitedly. The people who came were either luxuriously dressed young ladies from aristocratic families, or the housekeepers who came on behalf of the masters of the various families. These people blocked the Zhuque Avenue.

"When people are alive, they have as many things as they want, and naturally they are worthless. Now that people are dead, what is left is only in the world, and everyone is naturally rare. People who come for his things are also worthless. That's too much." Wei Ruo said.

"Miss, your idea is really good!" Xiumei admired Wei Ruo as always.

"The backing of Prince Rui's Mansion is also very useful." Wei Ruo added.

If it weren't for the support of Prince Rui's Mansion, the Qi family and the Lu family would have put pressure together, and they wouldn't be allowed to auction off Xu Heyou's relics.

The housekeeper Yu Zixiu presided over the auction ceremony.

The items to be auctioned are as follows: ten boxes of scar-removing ointment, eight bottles of hemostatic medicine, three bottles of wind-cold medicine, twelve pieces of tiger ointment, and twenty pieces of lumbago paste.

During the auction, the same drug is sold together, and the one with the highest price wins.

The first auction was ten boxes of scar cream.

I thought this would be a scene where everyone bid together, but who would have thought that as soon as it came up, the people sent by the Qi family offered a sky-high price of 5,000 taels.

This made other people who wanted to join in the fun suddenly lose their minds.

No matter how good the miracle doctor's medicines are, they are just medicines for minor ailments, not life-threatening. How can ordinary people pay such a high price for scars?

Besides, everyone doesn't want to be right with the Qi family.

Only the Lu family did not give up, and began to compete with the Qi family. After more than a dozen rounds of bidding, the price quickly reached more than 10,000 taels.

All the onlookers were shocked, they didn't expect today's competition to be so fierce.

A discerning eye can see that today these two families are not only fighting for medicine, but also fighting each other.

The two families had complained to each other about the explosion. Although the emperor had intervened before, it seems that the two families were at odds with each other, and there was no reconciliation at all.

After several rounds of bidding, the Qi family finally won ten boxes of scar removal cream for 16,000 taels of silver, and the asking price for a box of scar removal cream was 1,600 taels.

This is still the first competing product, and it has already fetched such a high price, and there are several more items to come, so after today's auction, Prince Rui's Mansion must not earn tens of thousands of taels of silver?

Wei Mingyong opened his mouth in surprise when he heard this.

This money is too easy to earn, right? A few boxes of ointment for removing scars sell for so much money? That's a lot of money that ordinary people can't earn in a few lifetimes!

If you look at it this way, it is not too stupid for Wanwan to spend two thousand taels of silver on a box of scar removal cream.

Earlier, he and his wife had often joked about Wanwan behind their backs, saying that she borrowed two thousand taels of silver to buy a box of scar removal cream because she was burnt out.

It seems that there are so many fools in this world who really care about their appearance!

Among the crowd, Wei Ruo was very satisfied with the result.

"The capital is really a good place." Wei Ruo said.

If it was in the Huzhou capital where she lived in the past, such a battle would not be possible, and naturally the price would not be able to be sold.

Lin Fang elbowed Xiumei's head, and asked, "Is the eldest lady always such a money-making mind?"

"Yes, Miss has always known how to make money." Xiumei said proudly.

Lin Fang couldn't help but sighed: "Miss and master are really powerful, just this one thing, they were used to the fullest by the two of them."

Originally thought that arranging Xu Heyou's death was simply to let the eldest miss get rid of this identity, but the master and the eldest miss took advantage of this matter to do extra things.

The master took advantage of this time to provoke the relationship between the Qi family and King Jing, and the eldest lady took advantage of Xu Heyou's death to make a fortune! I can't accept it!

The auction continued, and the remaining hemostatic medicine, wind-cold medicine, tiger ointment, and low back pain patch were all auctioned off by the Lu family and the Qi family, and the rest of the family had nothing.

It's not that other people don't want to buy it, it's because they don't have the strength to compete with the Lu family and the Qi family. Even if they have the money, they don't want to offend these two families in such a matter.

After the auction, Wei Ruo returned to the backyard of the palace.

Lin Fang brought Wei Ruo the bank note that was auctioned today.

"Miss, a total of 53,600 taels of silver."

Wei Ruo took the bank note and said with satisfaction: "As expected of the Lu family and Qi family, they are really rich."

For Wei Ruo, the cost of those medicines was not high, and in the end it was sold at such a sky-high price, it was a huge profit!

"Miss, your medicine is so valuable, so you don't need to spend so much effort to buy so many fields, houses and land, and you can have everything if you sell more medicine." Lin Fang said with emotion.

"No. First, this medicine cannot be sold in large quantities. Rare things are expensive, and if they are sold in excess, they are worthless. Do you know why these medicines are so expensive today? A large part of the reason is that everyone thinks Xu He is right. If you are dead, these medicines are the only ones left in the world. On the other hand, the grudges of the Lu family and the Qi family have also made the prices of medicines extremely high today."

"Second, farming is not only for making money. If the grain is not harvested and everyone has no food to eat, what can you do if you have money in your hands? If money can't fill your stomach, only food can."

Wei Ruo explained to Lin Fang.

Lin Fang thought about Wei Ruo's words seriously, and then said: "It's my subordinates who are superficial."

"Okay, let's not talk about this. I just took a fancy to a few properties near the capital, and a few shops on Baihu Street. The prices are relatively high, and I was reluctant to buy them before. Now I just use the money to buy them. You guys Come with me, two."

"Yes, miss."

Xiumei and Lin Fang responded in unison.

On the eighth day of August, King Yu got married.

Compared to the grand occasion when Wei Ruo got married, today's Zhongyibo Mansion is much deserted.

It's not that the Zhongyi Bofu doesn't want to give Wei Qingwan a big deal, but it can't.

They made Wei Qingwan follow Wei Ruo's marriage specifications, which was tantamount to provoking, not only provoking the Qi family, but also provoking the royal family.

The criteria for marrying a side concubine cannot exceed that of a main concubine.

And the last time Wei Ruo got married, the emperor authorized Wei Mingting to come back to officiate the wedding and send off his daughter to marry, but this time Wei Qingwan got married, there will be no such treatment.

Lady Wei added makeup to Wei Qingwan in accordance with the standard for the first daughter as agreed before, and did not exceed Wei Ruo, the eldest daughter.

Yun's dowry was also prepared for Wei Qingwan according to the original plan, and there were no more.

Bai's family is quite industrious, and added two big boxes of makeup to Wei Qingwan, including jewelry, silk and porcelain. It can be seen that a lot of money was spent.

Wei Yichen didn't add makeup to Wei Qingwan, and didn't even say a word of advice to her.

Regarding Wei Qingwan's marriage, he was very indifferent from the beginning to the end.

Wei Yilin even ignored Wei Qingwan at all, and only stood with the other elders to watch her get on the bridal sedan chair when she was sent away from the house.

Chapter 506 Wei Qingwan's Wedding Night

Wei Qingwan's wedding outfit and her dowry are far inferior to Wei Ruo's.

It was not King Yu Chu Heng himself who came to welcome the bride, but the steward of King Yu's mansion.

Although Wei Qingwan felt unwilling, she had no choice but to accept it.

As Wei Qingwan's older sister, Wei Ruo was supposed to return home to attend the wedding, but Wei Ruo pushed her away on the grounds that Prince Rui was in poor health and she wanted to take care of Prince Rui.

The reason is so good that it is difficult for others to say anything.

Even if the Wei family members are unhappy and Wei Qingwan is unhappy, they can't help Wei Ruo.

Of course, some outsiders would speculate that Wei Ruo and sister Wei Qingwan had a bad relationship, otherwise Wei Ruo, the old lady of the Lu family celebrated her birthday last time, but this time her own sister got married and would not go, even if Prince Rui was in poor health, he would not be there. It must be impossible to leave people for a moment.

Wei Ruo didn't care about this, she didn't want people outside to think that she and Wei Qingwan had a good relationship.

Anyway, she doesn't want to waste time at Wei's house. Recently, the Beijing branch of Sibaozhai and the lo-mei shop have just opened, and there are new shops and fields to be arranged. In addition, the rice is gradually maturing. She has a lot of things to do, and she doesn't want to waste things On the way back, I made a false promise with the Wei family.

Xu Fengyuan and Lu Yuhong are friends of Wei Yichen, and they also went to the Wei family's wedding this time.

Due to recent events, the two of them have naturally become the focus of attention.

The two are in very good condition, they can walk on their own, and there are no obvious injuries on their bodies.

Even Xu Fengyuan's arm is not very obvious at first glance, as long as he does not expose himself, others will not be able to see it at first glance.

On the contrary, Qi Zhen did not attend the wedding at Prince Yu's Mansion. His younger sister got married, and he should be the one who should appear. This further verified the speculation from the outside world that the situation of the third son of the Qi family was very bad.

It is clear that the third son of the Qi family, Xu Fengyuan, and Lu Yuhong were injured together. Although the injuries are serious, the current situation is too bad, right?

This makes people can't help feeling again, that Dr. Xu in Prince Rui's Mansion is really a miracle doctor!

It's a pity, God is jealous of talents, it's really a pity that such a powerful genius doctor has died.

Wei Qingwan was carried into Prince Yu's Mansion by a sedan chair.

The concubine Qi Shijing walked through the main entrance, while she walked through the side entrance.

After Wei Qingwan got off the sedan chair, supported by Nanny Li and Cui He, she walked into Cuitingxuan, the residence arranged for her by the palace, under the guidance of the palace maid.

Most of the people in Prince Yu's Mansion went to the Concubine Zheng's place, but Cuitingxuan was much deserted in comparison.

At night, Wei Qingwan sat in front of the bed.

The candles crackled from time to time, and the surroundings were extremely quiet. Wei Qingwan could clearly hear her own breathing and the sounds of people walking outside the door.

Nurse Li and Cui He, whom she married as a dowry, were waiting inside the house.

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that there is a high probability that His Royal Highness King Yu will not come to the concubine's room tonight.

But Wei Qingwan still had a glimmer of expectation, looking forward to seeing King Shangyu.

Time passed by every minute and every second, King Yu did not appear in Cui Ting Xuan as she expected.

When I arrived at Zizi, King Yu hadn't appeared yet, and Nanny Li and Cui He waited on Wei Qingwan to take off her luggage, wash up, and go to bed.

When she took off the carefully prepared wedding dress, Wei Qingwan's face still involuntarily sank.

His Royal Highness Yu Wang didn't even see her wearing this wedding dress.

Seeing that Wei Qingwan was in a bad mood, Cui He comforted her: "Miss, you can go to bed with peace of mind. There is a reason why the prince can't come over tonight. Don't take it to heart."

"I know." Although Wei Qingwan was disappointed, she could understand.

Who told her to be just a side concubine, or enter the door on the same day as the main concubine Qi Shijing, she has already realized this.

But after all, she is married into the palace, and she believes that her days will get better and better.

Wei Qingwan fell asleep with regret and anticipation for the days to come.

In the next few days, Wei Qingwan was expecting King Yu to come to her room every day.

But she was disappointed time and time again. King Yu never came to her room, and all stayed in the concubine's room.

Wei Qingwan felt depressed and wronged, but there was nothing she could do. She couldn't even see King Yu, so what if she was dissatisfied?

August 14th, the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Qi Shijing came to Cuitingxuan.

Wei Qingwan went out to greet her.

Wei Qingwan raised her head, and saw Qi Shijing with picturesque eyebrows, skin as white as lotus root, and wearing a long skirt with wide sleeves embellished with gold thread.

Her makeup is elegant and luxurious, but that face looks young and immature.

Qi Shijing is not very old, she has just turned fifteen this year, and she is not older than Wei Qingwan, but her overall demeanor makes people feel very mature and sophisticated.

Wei Qingwan couldn't help but feel her heart tighten, and a deep sense of worry welled up in her heart.

"The concubine sees the concubine's sister." Wei Qingwan bent her body, lowered her head, and bowed softly and respectfully.

Qi Shijing didn't speak, but looked Wei Qingwan up and down.

After a while, he said, "You raise your head up."

Wei Qingwan raised her head as she said.

"She really is a beauty, my brother is right." Qi Shijing commented.

Hearing this, Wei Qingwan dared not respond.

"Sit down, don't stick around, you and I will be sisters in the future, there is no need to be so cautious." Qi Shijing smiled with a gentle and generous expression.

Wei Qingwan was taken aback for a moment, Qi Shijing's attitude towards her was better than she expected.

Qi Shijing seemed to see Wei Qingwan's hesitation, and smiled and said: "Don't worry, the prince is a nobleman, and there must not be only me, and it will not be only you and me, I don't have to treat you badly." Hostility, you don't have to be so reserved in front of me."

"The prince is busy with many things every day. As the women in the prince's backyard, you and I should get along in harmony and take care of the backyard for the prince together. Don't let the prince worry unnecessarily."

Qi Shijing didn't address Wei Qingwan as Ben Gong, but as "I", which seemed particularly easy-going. And what she said was very straightforward, making people feel close.

Hearing these words, Wei Qingwan's heart that had been hanging suddenly fell down.

These days, she has been worried that Qi Shijing will be hostile to her, and even worried that Qi Shijing will trip her up, and now that she is not favored by the prince, her situation in the palace will become very difficult.

"Thank you, Concubine, my concubine, I will keep myself safe and not cause trouble to my lord and my concubine." Wei Qingwan said hastily.

"That's good. If you don't understand anything in the palace, or if you need anything, just ask someone to tell me, and I will help you arrange it."

"Everything is fine in the palace. It is a great honor for the ministers and concubines to enter the palace." Wei Qingwan said gratefully.

Qi Shijing smiled appreciatively, and continued: "By the way, you should have a good relationship with your sister, Princess Rui, right?"

Chapter 507 Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet

Wei Qingwan hesitated, and after thinking for a moment, replied: "Because we have been separated for many years, it can't be called particularly good."

She answered vaguely on purpose, just to wait for Qi Shijing to express her opinion, so that she would know how to describe her relationship with Wei Qingruo.

Qi Shijing said: "You and your sister should walk around more. It is very rare for you to be both sisters and sisters-in-law."

"The concubine knows." Wei Qingwan replied.

After understanding Qi Shijing's attitude, Wei Qingwan dared not let Qi Shijing know her true relationship with Wei Ruo.

"By the way, do you know about the late Miracle Doctor Xu in Prince Rui's Mansion?"

"The concubine doesn't know much, it should be an old friend who has known my sister before." Wei Qingwan replied.

Before Wei Qingwan couldn't be sure, but after Prince Rui's Mansion auctioned off the scar cream, Wei Qingwan can be sure that Miracle Doctor Xu in Beijing and Miracle Doctor Xu in Taizhou Mansion are the same person.

In this case, it can be inferred that Wei Qingwan should have known Miracle Doctor Xu.

"Oh? It's your sister's old friend?" Qi Shijing looked surprised.

"Probably yes."

"Why does your tone sound uncertain?"

"Because my sister lived in the country for a period of time due to physical discomfort in her early years, during which time she became acquainted with some strange people. She never mentioned it to her family, so we don't know it very well. It's just that I have seen her with Dr. Xu several times, That's why I have this guess." Wei Qingwan replied.

Wei Qingwan deliberately made the relationship between Wei Ruo and Dr. Xu ambiguous.

"So that's how it is." Qi Shijing understood, and quickly said in a regretful tone, "It's a pity that the genius doctor Xu is dead, otherwise it would be nice to let him treat my brother."

"At that time, my sister didn't agree for some reason. If I had known earlier, I would have gone to Prince Rui's Mansion to ask her to treat Young Master Qi." Wei Qingwan said hastily.

Wei Qingwan was worried that Qi Shijing would blame her for not allowing Miracle Doctor Xu to treat Qi Zhen in Prince Rui's residence.

"It's okay, I also learned about this matter. At that time, Prince Rui was not feeling well, and Dr. Xu had to take care of him. Later, because of the hot weather in the capital, Prince Rui went to Tongshan Temple in Hejian Prefecture to escape the summer heat and pray for blessings, so he missed it."

Seeing Qi Shijing's gentle and considerate appearance, Wei Qingwan felt a little ashamed.

Then Qi Shijing chatted with Wei Qingwan for half an hour, caring passionately about every aspect of her life, which made Wei Qingwan flattered.

The anguish of not being able to see the prince a few days ago was also swept away.

Qi Shijing sneered and said to the people beside her after she came out of Cuitingxuan: "I still think that Wei Qingwan is what kind of person, but the result is nothing more than that. There is beauty, but there is only beauty, there is no other merit." , Israel serves people and is just a plaything."

"Mother, why did you still care about her so much just now, and be worthy of her sister, how can she be worthy of her background like your sister?" Qi Shijing's personal maid Tingxue asked.

"She is not worth much, but according to her relationship, she can help the prince and Prince Rui get closer."

"But Prince Rui's Mansion didn't let Miracle Doctor Xu treat the Third Young Master..."

"Small indifference can lead to big schemes. My third brother's account can be settled later. The most important thing right now is not to get serious with Prince Rui's residence. If the overall situation is lost because of such a thing, the gain outweighs the loss."

"But that Prince Rui is not long-lived, so why should you bother making friends with him?"

"Although Prince Rui does not have any threatening power, he is favored and can help our lord speak in front of the emperor. Besides, there are still some people in the court who admire Xu Guogong, so Prince Rui still has some influence. Now we are together It is certain that the Lu family and the Lu family are at odds, and the Lu family is likely to fall to King Jing because of this, so we must try our best to win over other people who can be used by us. Not only me, but even my aunt also tried to be with Rui as much as possible. People in the palace maintain a good relationship."

"So that's the case, the servants are stupid."

"So these days, treat Concubine Wei better. If there is any need, let someone do it."

"The servant girl knows."

"In a while, you will ask the first-class maids in the backyard to come to me. I will pick a few good-looking ones, lift up the aunts, and expand the backyard for the prince."

"Mother, why do you still want to stuff people into the prince's backyard?"

"Why not? I am the princess. No matter how many women in this backyard are concubines or slaves, no one can surpass me. My eyes should not only be in the backyard, and my cousin will not hope that. But Remember that everyone who has been favored must drink Bizi soup, the eldest son can only come out of my stomach, and the others can't."

Qi Shijing was born in the Qi family. She was not only educated since she was a child on how to be a good mistress, how to be a future princess or even a queen, she has also seen a lot of how her mother manages the women in the backyard.

So from a young age she knew what to do with women in the backyard.

"The servant obeys."

August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The emperor hosted a banquet in the palace, and all the relatives of the emperor, as well as important officials and family members of the court attended.

This time Wei Ruo couldn't escape.

Wei Ruo dressed up and got on the sedan chair to the palace with Wei Jinyi.

Because of Wei Jinyi's physical condition, the emperor took extra care of him, so he didn't have to go to the banquet early like other princes, and he and Wei Ruo joined the banquet when the palace banquet was about to start.

The square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was crowded with people.

A red carpet about five meters wide is laid out in the center of the square. On the red carpet are graceful dancers in fairy dresses.

The court musicians on the side played the orchestral shengxiao, and soft music flowed from their fingertips, accompanying the dancers.

On both sides of the red carpet, there are separate huanghuali tables. Each table is covered with gold-edged Yunjinxiu cloth, and there are gold plates and silver bowls, emerald green jugs, and colored porcelain plates filled with delicacies from mountains and seas.

The emperor sat on the chairman, with Concubine Qi on his right and Concubine Hui on his left.

Princes such as Prince Rui, King Jing, and King Yu sat at the bottom.

Wei Jinyi was placed closest to the chairman, and Wei Ruo sat beside him.

This is Wei Ruo's first meeting with the emperor.

In his fifties, his hair is gray, his wrinkles are obvious, his face looks tired, and he looks out of spirit.

If according to the original book, the emperor didn't have long to live, Chu Lan would succeed him after his death.

From Wei Ruo's point of view, the current state of the emperor is in line with the setting of the original book.

Different from other people drinking, Wei Jinyi has tea in front of him, and Wei Ruo can also pretend to serve Wei Jin without making too much eye contact with other people.

The person sitting opposite Wei Ruo and the others was King Jing Chulan. When Wei Ruo casually looked over, he happened to see Chu Lan looking at her with an ambiguous gaze...

Chapter 508 Chu Lan's request

So Wei Ruo quickly looked away again.

Wei Jin was also keenly aware of this, he slowly raised his head, and met Chu Lan's unscrupulous gaze.

Wei Jinyi still looked sick in front of people, his face was pale, and even his eyes were cloudy.

In contrast, Chu Lan has sharp eyes, confidence and insight.

Just as the two looked at each other, Wei Ruo gently leaned against Wei Jinyi, leaning against his side gently.

Then he picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and brought it to Wei Jinyi's lips.

Wei Ruo's action is not allowed on other people, it is not decent in public, but Wei Jin is also in a special situation, Wei Ruo's action is more like serving and taking care of Wei Jin also giving him a support in the eyes of others.

Wei Jinyi's body was visibly stiff, and he turned to look at Wei Ruo who was leaning on his side.

Wei Ruo, who was leaning against Wei Jinyi, didn't notice Wei Jinyi's strangeness, she thought to herself, why does this Chu Lan look at her with such eyes? No matter what, let's rely on the second brother, and play her role as Princess Rui well in front of people, so that no one can see the flaws.

"Second brother." Wei Ruo gently reminded.

If the second elder brother stops stuttering, her hand holding the chopsticks will feel sore.

Wei Ruo's voice brought back Wei Jinyi's thoughts, he opened his mouth and took the fish in his mouth.

When the fish was chewing in his mouth, Wei Jin also thought that these chopsticks belonged to Wei Ruo, who had already used them himself just now.

Realizing this, Wei Jin also felt his chest getting hotter.

He could clearly hear his heart beating much faster than usual, and his cheeks felt unusually hot, but his body didn't move.

Wei Ruoben lowered his head and concentrated on serving Wei Jinyi food, but he casually raised his head and noticed that Wei Jinyi's ears and heels were red.

"Second brother, is it a little hot?" Wei Ruo asked in a low voice.

"Well, some." Wei Jin also replied.

"I'm sorry, King Jing is looking at this side. Every time I see him, I can't help feeling a little worried. Although I don't know what he has discovered, I think it's better to be careful, so I stick close to you and serve you to eat , is more in line with your frail condition, and it also shows that you and I are more affectionate. It's a bit hot when we get close, so bear with it." Wei Ruo explained to Wei Jinyi.

"Um…"

He's hot not just because someone is leaning on him...

The actions between Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi are seen by outsiders as intimate behaviors between newlywed couples.

The emperor on the dragon chair caught a glimpse of the small movements between Wei Jinyi and Wei Ruo, and couldn't help showing a gratified smile on his face.

Concubine Qi noticed the emperor's gaze, followed the emperor's gaze, and saw the newly married Prince Rui and his wife, she smiled and said to the emperor: "The princess chosen by the emperor for Prince Rui is very good, it looks like His Highness Prince Rui I like it very much."

The emperor said: "In the past few days, Yi'er's body has also become stronger. It seems that what Taoist Qianyuan said is true, this woman is indeed Wang Yi'er."

"The emperor is wise. His Royal Highness Prince Rui is a blessed person. With a person like Princess Rui whose horoscope is complementary to him, by his side, he will live a long life." Qi Guifei followed the emperor's wishes.

"I hope so." The emperor said.

Chu Lan looked at Wei Ruo who was snuggling close to Prince Rui, his eyes changed slightly, he raised his glass, and took a sip leisurely.

Although his expression was gloomy, there was no emotion leaking out.

After tasting the wine in his hand, Chu Lan put down the wine glass, summoned the attendants beside him, and whispered a few words.

Then the attendants avoided the dancers who were dancing in the center of the square, and came to Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi from the outside in a large circle.

"Prince Rui, this is a gift from my lord, I hope you like it and accept it."

Hearing that Wei Ruo tightened his grip on Wei Jinyi's arm.

Wei Jin also patted Wei Ruo's arm lightly with his left hand, and then replied to Chu Lan's attendant in a dull tone: "Put it down."

Chu Lan's attendants put the brocade box on the table in front of Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi.

It was said that it was for Prince Rui, but both Wei Jinyi and Wei Ruo could guess that it was probably for Wei Ruo, but it was impossible to say that it was for Princess Rui in public.

Wei Jin also stretched out his left hand, and slowly opened the brocade box with slender fingers with well-defined knuckles, only to find a human skin mask inside.

Wei Jinyi and Wei Ruo glanced at each other, probably guessing what Chu Lansuo was trying to express.

It seems that Chu Lan has found someone who can make human skin masks in the world, and specially made one to tell Wei Ruo that he knew that Wei Ruo had been wearing human skin masks before, and that the genius doctor Xu Heyou was Rui Rui. princess!

Wei Ruo looked up at Chu Lan on the other side of the square, and Chu Lan was also looking at her at the moment.

His gaze was very aggressive and penetrating, as if he wanted to see her through.

Wei Ruo doesn't know what Chu Lan wants to do, even if he already believes that Princess Rui Wei Qingruo and the genius doctor Xu Heyou are the same person, so what?

Is he trying to blackmail her, or is he trying to get something from her?

Even though she concealed her identity, she thought that neither Xu Heyou nor Wei Qingruo had ever done anything wrong to Chu Lan.

She wanted to do something to be sorry for him, but she never had such a chance!

Wei Ruo turned to Chu Lan's guard who was waiting beside him and said, "The lord and my lord won't use this thing, please take it back to your lord, and you can help me to send a message to your lord, I'm sorry." Gong has a clear conscience and doesn't know what he is asking for."

The attendant responded, and then took the brocade box and returned along the way when he came, returned to Chu Lan's side, and conveyed Wei Ruo's words to Chu Lan.

After listening to the attendant's statement, Chu Lan's eyes sank.

She has a clear conscience.

Yes, she has a clear conscience.

Chu Lan picked up the wine glass again and put it in his mouth. The strong wine entered his throat, and it was hot from his throat to his chest.

As for what he was asking for... what he was asking for was just an answer, and as for what to do after getting the answer, he didn't know in his heart.

Chu Lan didn't send anyone over, so Wei Ruo didn't care about him anymore.

Sitting on the left of Wei Ruo and the others are King Yu and his concubine.

Wei Qingwan also came and sat behind King Yu and Qi Shijing. Although he could not sit at the same table with King Yu, at least he attended the palace banquet with King Yu.

Wei Qingwan cherishes this opportunity very much, but King Yu has never spoken to her so far.

But she was still very grateful to Qi Shijing for giving her such an opportunity, because the prince didn't intend to bring her here, but Qi Shijing asked her to attend.

Because of the proximity, Qi Shijing took two steps with the wine glass and came to Wei Ruo. She took the initiative to chat with Wei Ruo and said, "Jiu Sister, I would like to offer you a toast. Now sister Wan'er and I have become sisters, and Jiu and I Siblings and sisters are getting closer."

Seeing the two getting close, Wei Qingwan looked nervous and hurriedly followed.

Wei Ruo glanced at Wei Qingwan, then raised the teacup in front of her to salute Qi Shijing: "I hope Princess Yu doesn't mind replacing wine with tea."

Chapter 509 Prince Rui's Gift

"No. The younger siblings have to take care of the younger brother. It's right not to drink. As a sister-in-law, I can understand and be considerate." Qi Shijing replied gently and generously with a smile on her face.

"Thank you, Princess Yu, for your understanding, but what Princess Yu said about getting closer is not necessarily true." Wei Ruo said.

Hearing this, Wei Qingwan's heart tightened, and before Qi Shijing could ask, she said to Wei Ruo, "Sister, sister also toasts you."

Wei Ruo ignored Wei Qingwan, but continued to say to Qi Shijing: "Princess Yu, Doctor Xu once told me about your brother, it's not that he doesn't want to treat your brother, but that he has missed the treatment. Even if it is a good opportunity for him, it is too late."

Hearing this, Qi Shijing said unexpectedly: "It turned out to be like this, but my father didn't blame the ninth brother and the ninth younger siblings before, thinking that Dr. Xu should be busy with other things so he ignored it."

After speaking, Qi Shijing glanced at Wei Qingwan again, seeing Wei Qingwan being left aside by Wei Ruo, she was keenly aware of something.

Wei Qingwan's heart skipped a beat at this moment, and she didn't know whether to take the hand holding the wine glass back or not.

Wei Ruo still ignored Wei Qingwan and continued to talk to Qi Shijing: "Actually, Miracle Doctor Xu also wanted to heal Mr. Qi San. It's a pity that someone stopped Dr. Xu from treating him properly. It was the son of the Xu family, Xu Fengyuan. Dr. Xu wanted to treat him When he continued to break his arm, he was also blocked, and he was scolded for being reckless in the world and using the skills of the world to harm people."

"Who prevented Miracle Doctor Xu from practicing medicine?" Qi Shijing asked.

"Master Xing, the envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital." Wei Ruo replied.

"There is such a thing?" Qi Shijing's tone was surprised.

"Everyone in the Lu family saw it for all to see, and so did the several imperial physicians who went to treat the young master of the Lu family." Wei Ruo replied.

Hearing these words, a cold light flashed in Qi Shijing's eyes, but soon a dignified and gentle smile appeared on her face.

Then he said in a rather helpless tone: "It's my third brother who is unlucky, and I can't blame anyone. Fortunately, my life is safe now, and it is a blessing in misfortune."

Wei Ruo squinted her eyes, and couldn't tell whether Qi Shijing was really pregnant or in a good mood, or if she was deep in the city.

But no matter what attitude and thoughts Qi Shijing had, King Yu and the Qi family couldn't really treat her second brother well, because they were the ones who killed Xu Guogong's family.

After chatting for a while, Qi Shijing went back, and Wei Qingwan could only follow Qi Shijing back to her seat carefully.

Because she was nervous, Wei Qingwan's attention was all on Wei Ruo and Qi Shijing just now, and she didn't even pay attention to the appearance of Wei Jinyi who was not far away.

After taking her seat, Qi Shijing turned her head and said to her: "It seems that your relationship with your sister is not very good."

Wei Qingwan lowered her head slightly, and explained cautiously: "I had some misunderstanding with my sister, and my sister has not calmed down with me so far."

"It is normal for sisters to have some conflicts, but to break the bones and connect the tendons, the conflicts must be resolved early."

"Yes, if I find a chance, my concubine will tell my sister." Wei Qingwan hurriedly replied.

"I'm not urging you, it's just that after all you are the daughters-in-law of the royal family, it's better not to cause any conflicts than if you were in an ordinary family." Qi Shijing gently persuaded.

"I understand." Wei Qingwan quickly agreed.

In the end area away from the chairman, Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei sat in their seats.

In the past few years, the Zhongyi Bofu was not eligible to participate in such a palace banquet. This year they have their seats, which shows that the status of the Wei family in the court has changed a lot.

Old Master Wei and Mrs. Wei are old, so they just sat in their seats and did not take the initiative to chat with others.

Old Master Wei was a little cautious, because he hadn't attended such an occasion for many years.

When someone offered to toast him, Mrs. Wei was flattered.

Soon Old Master Wei discovered that there were more than one or two people who took the initiative to toast with him, which made him truly feel once again that the status of their Zhongyi Bofu has really changed.

When he was free, Mrs. Wei looked at the chairman seat, and his two granddaughters sat on the two seats closest to the dragon chair.

He knows that those two granddaughters are part of the reason he is here today.

But today he has no chance to talk to them.

The banquet reached its climax, the music stopped, and the dancers also retreated.

Several ministers stood up in turn and said blessings to the emperor, and the next few princes did the same.

The auspicious words spoken are not bad. First, I wish the dynasty a hundred years; second, I wish the emperor a long life;

All the princes and princes have finished speaking, and Prince Rui remains in the end.

Prince Rui is not in good health, and no one thinks there is a problem if he doesn't get up or speak at the moment.

However, at this time, Wei Jin also got up slowly with Wei Ruo's support.

So everyone's eyes focused on him.

This time Wei Qingwan also looked over with everyone, and then her face turned pale with shock.

"Father, my son has something to offer." Wei Jin also said slowly, the voice was not loud, but anyone who was close could hear it clearly.

"Oh? Yi'er, what do you want to give me first?" The emperor's face was full of curiosity and joy.

Wei Jin also turned his head and gave the person beside him a wink.

After a while, someone carried something and walked along the red carpet to where the emperor was.

Things are very important to look at. Four people are pushing at the same time.

The top is covered by a red cloth, so it cannot be seen clearly, only the two wheels below are clearly visible.

There are two more people carrying a large box behind.

All the officials craned their necks to look over, wondering if this Prince Rui had something good to present to the Emperor.

"What is Yi'er preparing for me?" the emperor asked with a kind tone.

Wei Jin has not yet opened his mouth, and his figure swayed. Fortunately, Wei Ruo beside him supported him, otherwise he might fall down.

The emperor immediately said: "I allow you to sit down and answer my questions."

"Thank you, father." Wei Jin also said, and then slowly sat back with Wei Ruo's support.

Then Wei Jin raised his right hand slightly, signaling his subordinates to remove the red cloth and open the box.

When they saw the contents of the box, the officials were terrified.

"Thunder, thunderbolt!"

Someone exclaimed, and the other people who heard the sound farther away and couldn't see the contents of the box could not help but panic.

If it wasn't for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet held by the emperor at this moment, several people would have already got up and fled.

You must know that the last time Yu Heng's official secretary, Wailang Liangdong, used only a single thunderbolt, and several people including the Qi family and the Lu family were seriously injured, and several people were killed, including many martial arts masters.

If such a large box of Thunderbolt bombs exploded, would there still be living people on this square?

The emperor was not nervous, he asked Wei Jinyi: "Yi'er, are these thunderbolts?"

Chapter 510 Longyan Joy

"Exactly." Wei Jin also gave an affirmative answer.

Hearing this, the officials became more and more nervous, their eyes staring straight at the whole box of Thunderbolt bombs.

The emperor continued to ask: "Where did you get it? As far as I know, the Yu Heng Qing officials have not been able to research the method of making this thunderbolt."

"It's my son's concubine who found a way to make them, and made some of them according to this method, and dedicated them to my father." Wei Jin also replied.

Hearing this, the eyes of the emperor and the officials all fell on Wei Ruo.

Everyone's eyes were full of astonishment and disbelief.

The surprise in Chu Heng's eyes was the most obvious when he was closer.

On the contrary, Chu Lan, who was sitting opposite Wei Ruo, looked much calmer than the others.

Because if his guess is correct, if Princess Rui and Xu Heyou are the same person, he would not feel any surprise that Princess Rui can do these things.

"Is this what Princess Rui is looking for?" The emperor asked Wei Ruo.

"Yes." Wei Ruo stood up and answered.

"Did you get the method of making it, not the already made thunderbolt?" The emperor confirmed to Wei Ruo.

"Yes." Wei Ruo replied.

"How to find it?"

"The concubine learned about thunderbolt bombs from my father. The Lu mansion exploded that day, and the concubine also collected the remnants afterwards. Based on this, I deduced the production method. With some luck, God bless the cause, I really let the concubine try it. Come out." Wei Ruo replied.

When Wei Ruo said this, everyone was shocked.

Everyone was amazed.

Princess Rui still has this ability? What Yu Hengqing's officials have spent so much effort to do, but let a woman do it?

Chu Heng stared at Wei Ruo intently, his eyes full of surprise and annoyance.

Chu Lan stared at Wei Ruo with deeper eyes.

The emperor continued to ask Wei Ruo after a while: "Then what about the copper thing on the side?"

"This is a heavy-duty front-loading smoothbore gun, which can be filled with thunderbolt bullets, which increases the range of thunderbolt bullets, which is several times longer than that of manual throwing." Wei Ruo explained.

Everyone was shocked again.

How can there be such a thing?

Wei Ruo knew why everyone was so surprised. In this world, copper cannons have not yet appeared. Compared with the simple firearms they used before, copper cannons have directly crossed a level.

The emperor continued to ask Wei Ruo: "Where did you get this thing?"

"It was made by the concubine according to the drawings drawn by the concubine's master." Wei Ruo replied.

"Your master?"

"Yes, I raised myself in the mountains when I was a child. When I was seven years old, I met a master of heavenly crafts. With the consent of my parents, I worshiped him as my teacher. It's just that I was young at that time and only learned a few superficial things. Now that I grow up, Only then can I get a little understanding of the meaning in the drawings left by Master." Wei Ruo replied.

Wei Ruo specifically emphasized that he was young at that time, and it was not too outrageous to learn from a teacher when he was young.

As for her childhood experience, as long as it is not too outrageous, she can make it up as much as she wants, and the Wei family has to cooperate with her in lying, unless they want the world to know that Wei Qingwan is not the biological child of the Wei family.

It is well known that Wei Ruo lived in the countryside when she was young, and when everyone knew that she was going to become Princess Rui, they had already inquired about her past clearly.

Wei Ruo's speech made all the ministers including the emperor look incredulous towards Wei Ruo.

After listening to Wei Ruo's entire explanation, the emperor said: "If this thing is really as powerful as you said, I will reward you well!"

"The concubines dare not ask for rewards. The concubines and the prince only hope to do their part for the common people. If they can defeat the Japanese pirates with this thing, they will be satisfied." Wei Ruo replied.

"Okay, okay!" The Emperor's Longyan was very happy, and said "Okay" twice, "Prince Rui and Princess Rui have a heart! This is the best gift I have received this year!"

Others only paid their blessings verbally, but Prince Rui actually took out a big gift to help the emperor solve his problems!

How can the emperor not like it?

Then the emperor raised his wine glass: "May God bless my great cause!"

The ministers hurriedly stood up, raised their wine glasses and seconded: "May God bless the great cause!"

Chu Lan was looking at Wei Ruo when he was holding the wine glass.

Wei Ruo felt this fiery gaze, but she chose to ignore it.

Chu Lan's attitude towards her will not affect what she has to do.

Chu Heng on the side also changed his previous attitude and looked at Wei Ruo several times.

He has no interest in women, so he never cares if Wei is a charming beauty or a vulgar fan, but today, Princess Rui gave him too much surprise.

His appreciation for Princess Rui has surpassed his appreciation for women.

After the climax of Prince Rui and his wife's gift, the subsequent singing and dancing seemed dull.

Until the end of the banquet, everyone was still full of curiosity and surprise about the gift from Prince Rui and his wife.

The emperor took Concubine Qi and Concubine Hui to leave the venue, and the rest of the people also got up and left.

Wei Qingwan on the seat had a pale face, as if she had been cast with a hold spell.

King Yu and Princess Yu were about to leave, but she was still sitting there in a daze, motionless.

"What's wrong with you?"

Qi Shijing noticed something was wrong with Wei Qingwan, she reached out and touched Wei Qingwan's arm.

Wei Qingwan was startled suddenly, her eyes were full of horror, she didn't come back to herself until she saw that the person in front of her was Qi Shijing.

"I... my concubine..." Wei Qingwan panicked and forgot how to respond.

"What's wrong with you? Did your sister scare you?" Qi Shijing asked with concern.

"No...not..."

Wei Qingwan didn't hear the Thunderbolt very clearly, she was completely shocked by Prince Rui's appearance at that time.

Prince Rui looks very much like Wei Jinyi!

But Wei Jin is also the **** son of the Wei family, and he is already dead!

Perhaps the lights on the square are not bright, and with some distance, she misread it?

Or maybe there are similarities in people, this Prince Rui just looks a bit like Wei Jinyi?

"Let's talk about it when we go back to the palace." Qi Shijing said to Wei Qingwan.

"Yes." Wei Qingwan was still a little distracted.

Old Master Wei and Mrs. Wei were far away, so they did not see Prince Rui's face like Wei Qingwan did.

The two elders stood up with the help of their maids, and they were surrounded by the crowd as they planned to return home.

Everyone warmly congratulated the two.

"Uncle is so lucky!"

"Princess Rui actually has such abilities, it's a great blessing to me!"

"Uncle is far-sighted!"

"Uncle, I hope you will raise more points in the future..."

Old Master Wei and Mrs. Wei could only respond one by one with a smile, happy on the face, but a little guilty in the heart.

Because they just learned about these things about their granddaughter today.

Back to Uncle Zhongyi's Mansion, the already exhausted elders did not wash up and fall asleep under the service of servants, but ordered someone to notify their son and daughter-in-law, and summoned them all to Shou'an Hall.

Chapter 511 The whole family blames Yun

In addition to the descendants, Old Master Wei specially ordered someone to call Wei Yichen and Wei Yilin brothers over.

Today's palace banquet, apart from the royal relatives and lord's family, the invitees are officials of the fifth rank or above. Wei Yichen is now only the editor of the sixth rank of the Imperial Academy, so he did not participate.

That's why Wei Yichen didn't know what happened at the palace banquet today.

Soon, everyone gathered in Shou'an Hall.

Wei Mingyong, who was the most impatient, came up and asked the two elders: "Father, mother, what happened?"

Old Master Wei looked dignified, making everyone very worried.

"It's not a bad thing. Today, Wang Rui and Princess Rui have been praised by the emperor." Old Master Wei said.

"Then parents, what are you doing with such a sullen face? You scared your daughter-in-law to death." Bai couldn't help but said.

She patted her chest, visibly relieved.

Old Master Wei ignored Bai Shi, and looked at Yun Shi: "Third daughter-in-law, tell me, when did Ruo'er become a teacher of Master Tiangong, and when did he learn the skills?"

Yun's face was surprised when he heard the words: "What master of heaven?"

"Do you know what Prince Rui and his wife presented to the Emperor today? They presented thunderbolts! There is also a huge copper object that can throw thunderbolts! And these things were all made by Ruo'er!"

"How could it be? How could Ruo'er know these things? My daughter-in-law has never heard her mention them, nor has she ever seen her touch these things..." Yun quickly denied.

"Could it be possible that Ruo'er and Prince Rui are deceiving the emperor today?" Old Master Wei asked Yun.

"Daughter-in-law doesn't mean that..."

"Then tell me, you mother, why don't you even know who your biological daughter has studied as a teacher? Even if she was wrongly raised in someone else's house, when you brought her back, you always Should I ask clearly? What's more, you have lived together for two years. Could it be that during these two years, your mother and daughter have never had a heart-to-heart talk?" Old Master Wei questioned Yun again.

"This..." Yun's mind was also in a daze at the moment.

Mrs. Wei couldn't speak for Yun this time: "Third daughter-in-law, Ruo'er's talent this time has really exceeded our expectations. The things she made are bigger and can solve the urgent need of the court! It's so important! You really didn't know anything about it before?"

Mr. Yun's mind was in a mess at the moment, and he froze in place for a moment.

Mrs. Bai urged Mrs. Yun to say: "Third siblings, you should tell us, my eldest niece has so many abilities, why didn't you tell us before? You should know that if I had known earlier that my eldest niece has such abilities , then we let the eldest niece envoy early, and the thunderbolt was presented by our Zhongyi House, isn't it a great achievement of our Zhongyi House?"

Bai Shi is not all mocking Yun Shi for watching a good show at the moment, she is also really annoyed.

Wei Minghong couldn't help but said: "Yes, third sibling, Ruo'er is also your biological daughter after all, why don't you, mother, know what she is capable of? Or are you deliberately hiding it from all of us?"

Wei Minghong had always distrusted the second and third family members, and always felt that they were planning something behind the scenes, trying to take away the title from him.

Now it's not only his eldest niece who doesn't help his uncle well, but also his third younger sibling. How can he not be suspicious?

Yun Shi was anxiously asked by everyone.

Not only did she not know how to respond to their questions, but she also felt waves of turmoil in her heart because of today's events.

Her daughter, how many things are she hiding from her?

Just when Yun didn't know how to respond, Wei Yichen spoke for Yun.

"Grandfather, grandmother, two uncles, aunts, the matter of my eldest sister is indeed surprising. It was our negligence that we did not have a deep understanding of the past of my eldest sister, but the matter has come to this point, and it is meaningless to pursue responsibility."

Wei Yichen's words still have a lot of weight. Hearing what he said, everyone temporarily stopped and continued to criticize Yun.

Old Master Wei sighed: "We don't want to blame your mother, but what the second daughter-in-law said is correct, such an important matter, if we had known earlier..."

Wei Yichen said: "Grandfather, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything. It may not be good for the Wei family to come forward for some things. Now it is not a bad thing for the Wei family. The eldest sister is always the girl who went out of the Wei family. If she and Prince Rui's house can make contributions , to the Wei family, it is also a matter of glory."

Old Master Wei said in a deep voice, "What you said makes sense."

Immediately afterwards, Old Master Wei said to Yun: "Third daughter-in-law, there are some things you'd better discuss clearly with Princess Rui so that we can be mentally prepared. What happened to Master Tiangong made me break out in a cold sweat, I was afraid that if I said something wrong, I would miss out and be caught by someone."

Yun's mind was a little distracted.

"Third daughter-in-law, did you hear that?"

It wasn't until Old Master Wei called her again that Yun Shi came back to her senses and agreed.

"My daughter-in-law knows." Yun agreed in a low voice.

Because it was too late and there was really nothing to ask, Mrs. Wei asked everyone to go back, and we can discuss anything tomorrow.

Coming out of Shou'an Hall, Wei Yilin carefully supported Yun, who was obviously a bit out of his mind.

"Mom, are you better?" Wei Yilin asked concerned.

"Your sister, she kept a lot of things from me..." Yun said in a deep voice.

Wei Yilin didn't know how to comfort Yun, and now he is gradually becoming sensible, and he can understand some things that he didn't understand before.

For example, he now feels that his attitude towards her eldest sister was simply too bad when her eldest sister came back two years ago. No matter how much he loves her sister Wanwan, he should not spread this resentment on her, because her eldest sister is The person who was more wronged than Sister Wanwan.

It's a pity that time cannot be turned back.

Wei Yichen said to Yun: "Mom, let's go back to the room to rest earlier, the matter of the eldest sister will be unclear for a while."

Yun nodded slowly, and then returned to Anxin Pavilion accompanied by Wei Yilin.

Yuwang Mansion.

After returning home, Chu Heng and Qi Shijing called Wei Qingwan to them.

Chu Heng and Qi Shijing sat on the main seat.

Wei Qingwan stood in front of the two, feeling a little nervous inside, lowered her head, and timidly greeted Ann.

"The concubine has met the prince and concubine."

She looks delicate and charming, the light reflects on her face, making her complexion more delicate and soft, and her voice is like a yellow warbler sprouting mushrooms, melodious and melodious.

However, King Yu Chu Heng in front of her was in no mood to appreciate Wei Qingwan's beauty.

"You and Princess Rui are twin sisters, so logically speaking, your relationship should be far beyond that of ordinary people. Tell me about your sister." Chu Heng spoke concisely and went straight to the point.

Chapter 512 Wei Qingwan is upset

Wei Qingwan's brain was spinning rapidly.

She could see how much King Yu cared about Wei Qingruo's affairs. If she could provide them with useful information, it would definitely be a good opportunity to make meritorious service in front of them.

But she, like everyone else, doesn't know Wei Qingruo's experiences in the past years. If she makes up something random at this moment, says something wrong and self-defeating, the loss outweighs the gain.

After thinking about it, Wei Qingwan felt that instead of taking risks, it is better to choose a safe answer and not make mistakes.

So Wei Qingwan stated: "My sister was in poor health when she was young. Her parents listened to the advice of the fortune teller and sent her to the countryside to recuperate. For a while."

Wei Qingwan didn't dare to deny what Wei Ruo had said in public, so she could only passively choose to lie for Wei Ruoyuan, because once Wei Ruo's lie in the country was exposed, her identity might also be exposed.

"This king has heard all these things, let me tell you something I don't know, such as whether the gun is really as powerful as she said, and it is expected to repel the Japanese pirates." Chu Heng said.

"My sister said so today, so there should be no falsehood." Wei Qingwan replied.

Considering that Wei Qingruo should not deceive the king, Wei Qingwan judged that since Wei Qingruo dared to present this object on such an occasion as the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, he would not cheat.

"Did she tell you in advance that she can make thunderbolts and the copper thing that increases the throwing distance of thunderbolts?" Chu Heng asked again.

"My sister seldom returns home after she got married, and the concubine is not very clear about what happened to her in recent days." Wei Qingwan explained.

"Then do you know where to find your sister's master?" Chu Heng asked.

"Chen Qie doesn't know... Chen Qie has never met that master." Wei Qingwan replied cautiously with her head down.

"Then do you know the purpose of your sister making this object and presenting it to the emperor? Does she intend to use this object to help Prince Rui win something?"

"The concubine doesn't know..." Wei Qingwan said again that she didn't know.

"Why don't you know anything?" Chu Heng was a little unhappy, with a stern expression.

Wei Qingwan was frightened, her expression panicked and she was at a loss.

Qi Shijing took Wei Qingwan's performance into his eyes, and spoke to persuade Chu Heng at the right time: "My lord, calm down, how can ordinary people expect that the dignified Bofu's daughter will learn from Master Tiangong to learn skills that only men can do normally? Princess Rui is also talented because of years of cultivation in the countryside. If you get this opportunity, you will definitely not tell people about it, so as not to damage your boudoir's reputation, no wonder Sister Wan'er doesn't know about it."

Listening to Qi Shijing's persuasion, Chu Heng's expression improved slightly.

It wasn't that what Qi Shijing said was reasonable, but that Qi Shijing's speech made him realize his gaffe.

He then asked Wei Qingwan: "What about you, your sister once studied under the master of Tiangong, have you ever learned similar skills?"

"The concubine has never learned it." Wei Qingwan replied in a low voice, with a slight tremor in her voice.

"Then what have you learned?"

"The concubine has studied women's studies, women's precepts, embroidery, women's work, accounting, ordering tea, burning incense..." Wei Qingwan listed what she had learned one by one.

The more Chu Heng listened, the more disappointed he became.

The things that Wei Qingwan knows are things that ordinary ladies know.

It is good to know these things, but it is useless for him to want them.

Seeing the disappointment in Chu Heng's eyes, Wei Qingwan's heart tightened.

She didn't know why things turned out like this, why what she learned suddenly became useless, but what Wei Qingruo learned in the countryside became something that the prince valued. "Okay, you step back."

Chu Heng waved his hand impatiently.

Wei Qingwan was full of grievances, and looked at Qi Shijing with shining eyes.

Qi Shijing comforted her with her eyes: "It's getting late today, sister, let's go back to Cuitingxuan to rest."

Qi Shijing beckoned for her servants to take Wei Qingwan down.

After Wei Qingwan was taken away, Qi Shijing continued to say to Chu Heng: "Cousin, don't worry, judging from today's situation, it may not be a bad thing for us."

"What's your opinion?" Chu Heng asked.

"The things that Prince Rui donated are beneficial to the court and the border defense. This country will be your cousin's country in the future, so what is today will also be used by you in the future." Qi Shijing replied.

"It's still hard to say that this country belongs to this king. Now there are King Jing Chulan and Prince Rui Chuyi standing in front of me."

"Prince Jing really needs to be careful, but Prince Rui is a sick child with a limited lifespan. Cousin doesn't have to worry too much about him."

"Although Prince Rui is a sick child, but the emperor favors him, and now he has a virtuous wife, how can you not worry me? If he is pretending to be sick, wouldn't he catch me by surprise? Then what is Chu Yi doing?" He is the grandson of Duke Xu, and Duke Xu's mansion and Empress Xu were..."

"Prince Rui is not long alive. We have confirmed this matter repeatedly. Cousin you were worried and sent people to visit Prince Rui's mansion several times at night. You have already got a clear answer. He really does not live long. And there is no need for him to pretend to be sick. If he doesn't take advantage of the present to win over people's hearts and establish his own influence in the court, even if the emperor passes the throne to him in the future, he will not be able to sit still. It's like being sick." Qi Shijing analyzed.

Chu Heng rolled his eyes, but calmed down.

Chu Heng: "You are quite reasonable, I was a little impatient just now."

Qi Shijing: "Recently there has been a lot of activity at King Jing's side, and my father has frequently rewarded King Jing, and my cousin is also involved in trivial matters. Today, such unexpected things happened. It is normal for my cousin to be a little irritable and bored."

Chu Heng: "One Chu Lan is enough to give me a headache, I really don't want to bring out Prince Rui to cause me trouble."

Qi Shijing: "Now we can use Prince Rui first, to draw him to our side, and deal with King Jing together, and when he is successful, we will kill the roots and get rid of him, the blood left by Duke Xu's mansion, so as to prevent future troubles forever. "

Chu Heng: "What Jing'er said makes a lot of sense."

Qi Shijing: "What my cousin is worried about is exactly what Shijing is worried about."

Chu Heng looked at Qi Shijing, and said softly: "My cousin understands me, and she is like this when she gets a wife. What more can a husband ask for?"

Qi Shijing lowered her eyelids, her long eyelashes covered her eyes, showing a shy expression.

Then Chu Heng stretched out his hand to embrace Qi Shijing in his arms, and kissed her intimately.

The surrounding servants hurriedly retreated when they saw this.

In the room, the figure was shaking, and the sound of panting was mixed with heavy breathing.

On the other side, accompanied by Cui He, Wei Qingwan returned to Cuitingxuan alone.

After entering the door, Wei Qingwan sat on the chair, her eyes were fixed, and her hands were clenched into fists.

Chapter 513 She should be wrong

"Miss, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Cui He asked with concern.

"I don't know, too many things happened today..."

Wei Qingwan was very upset at the moment.

It was a great thing for her to accompany King Yu and Princess Wang to attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, and she finally had the opportunity to meet King Yu.

However, the reality was very different from what she expected, King Yu didn't respond when he saw her.

Talking to her is only for Wei Qingruo's affairs.

This made her feel a deep sense of crisis. If she couldn't be favored, she didn't know what her situation in the palace would be like in the future.

The prince seems to be very concerned about Wei Qingruo's affairs, and the princess also seems to hope that she can get closer to Wei Qingruo.

But how could she swallow this breath and make friends with Wei Qingruo? The reason she took the position of King Yu's side concubine was to trample Wei Qingruo under her feet!

What should she do? Can he make good use of his relationship with Wei Qingruo without being overwhelmed by Wei Qingruo?

Another thing she couldn't let go of was Prince Rui's appearance.

Although the lights during the palace banquet were not as bright as in daytime, they were not too dark. When Prince Rui spoke, the distance between her and Prince Rui was not too far away. Is it possible to make a mistake in that situation?

Wei Qingwan was a little annoyed, she knew that when she went to toast Wei Qingruo with Princess Yu, she should have had a look at Prince Rui's face, and the distance between them would have been even closer then, so she should have been able to see it at that time A little clearer.

"Miss, miss, what's wrong with you?" Cui He asked worriedly when she saw that Wei Qingwan was lost in thought.

"Cuihe, did you see clearly when the second brother's body was brought back?" Wei Qingwan asked.

"This...slave, how dare you look at it? I heard from other people that the second young master was hacked to a **** mess by the bandits, and died in a miserable state. In addition, it took a long time for the body to be transported back, and it has already begun to rot. It is very terrifying." Cui He replied.

After finishing speaking, Cui He asked Wei Qingwan again: "Miss, why are you asking this question? It's scary to ask a dead person in a decent way."

"It's okay." Wei Qingwan didn't know how to say this.

She must have misread it. One is the concubine of the Wei family, and the other is the prince who was born in the first place. The identities of the two are very different, so how can they be connected?

Besides, Prince Rui is a sick child, he will die soon, Wei Jin is also in good health, if it hadn't been for some misfortune, he would not have died at a young age.

It was late at night, Wei Qingwan washed and changed her clothes under the service of Cui He. After lying down, she was still full of doubts, worries and unwillingness. Looking out the window at the moonlight in front of the bed, she couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

Prince Rui's Mansion.

As soon as Wei Ruo returned home, he immediately washed up, and then went to bed.

"I'm really exhausted." Wei Ruo felt exhausted all over.

"Miss, I have never seen you so tired when you do farm work for a day." Xiumei teased Wei Ruo with a smile.

"This is not the same. Farm work is tiring for the body, and attending such an occasion is tiring for the heart! I am not good at flirting with them, your lady, and there are many rules in the palace. This is the first time I have appeared in such a place Occasionally, if you lose your head by doing something wrong or saying something wrong, wouldn't it be a big loss? Your lady, my head is very valuable!"

Wei Ruo asked a lot of questions before attending the palace banquet, and also did some psychological construction, but it was the first time, he didn't make a mistake, and he was able to calmly respond to the emperor's questions. Wei Ruo felt that he was already pretty good.

It is inevitable to be a little nervous and tired. How can most people feel comfortable doing this kind of thing for the first time? Anyway, if Wei can't, she feels that her ability to deal with this matter is limited.

"But miss, you are the one who wants to present this thing yourself. It will be very tiring, but miss, you still ask to do it." Xiumei said.

"Yeah, who told your lady that I want to see the anti-Japanese army win the battle? And I don't want to give the credit to other people for nothing. The second brother said that this matter can be exchanged for a lot of rewards. White silver! Maybe it will be yellow gold!" Wei Ruo said helplessly.

Xiumei nodded approvingly: "Of course you can't just give credit to others."

While talking, Xiumei came forward to rub Wei Ruo's shoulders: "Miss, I will squeeze your shoulders to relieve your fatigue. I will light you a soothing incense that you match in a while, so you can take a good rest."

"Meimei still loves me." Wei Ruo smiled all over her face.

"I don't love you, who loves you! Miss, you want to do nothing while shouting tired." Xiumei said angrily.

"I can't help it, I don't feel comfortable not doing some things to your lady." Wei Ruo squinted her eyes, enjoying Xiumei's massage service comfortably.

Xiumei smiled, pinching and continuing to talk to Wei Ruo: "I heard from Sister Lin Fang that the prince has other arrangements for the thunderbolt and the Shenwei cannon?"

"After observing the respectable muzzle-loading smoothbore gun I presented in person tomorrow, the emperor will probably ask the second brother about the manufacturing. The second brother should have his plans." Wei Ruo said.

Wei Ruo did not ask the specifics, but she interrupted what the second brother wanted to say. Her brain is used to pretend to be those things she is good at. Good brains.

The two of them have always had a clear division of labor. She is responsible for telling the second brother what she wants to do. If he agrees, he agrees.

And how to use this matter in the future is her second brother's business, and she only cares about making money.

For example, "Xu Heyou's death", she just put forward her request - to ask Xu Heyou to die. Originally, she wanted to arrange for Xu Heyou to fall off a cliff or be accidentally poisoned. This made the Qi family and King Jing suspicious of each other.

This time the same thing happened.

After relaxing for a while, Wei Ruo fell asleep peacefully smelling the calming incense she had prepared herself.

She didn't know that tonight was a sleepless night for many people.

King King's Mansion.

In front of Chu Lan stood his confidant Xue Shaoyuan, dressed in a capable black embroidered fish pattern robe, with a stern face and an obvious scar on his face.

"My lord, the investigation that you have asked your subordinates to investigate has come to fruition. Xu Heyou does have this person, and his household registration information can be found in Taizhou Prefecture. He is the cousin of Xu Zhengyong, the deputy guard of the Anti-Japanese Army, and Xu Zhengyong's mother Princess Rui's nanny, Princess Rui lived with her nanny's family when she was in Huzhou Mansion, and she has a very close connection with the Xu family." Xue Shaoyuan said.

After Xu Heyou died, Chu Lan ordered Xue Shaoyuan to investigate Xu Heyou's identity.

If Xu Heyou was pretended by Wei Qingruo, then he should have no corresponding household registration information.

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Because the capital is far away from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it took some time to go back and forth. Xue Shaoyuan did not bring the news back until today.

However, the result was different from what Chu Lan expected.

"Is there really such a person as Xu Heyou?" Chu Lan narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, the subordinates really found out the household registration information of this person, but both of his parents died, and he wandered around with a barefoot doctor in his early years. There is a lot of information that cannot be tested." Xue Shaoyuan replied.

Chu Lan fell into deep thought, could it be that he really made a mistake, Wei Qingruo and Xu Heyou are really not the same person?

They're just connected and that's all?

Thinking of this, my heart began to ache.

"My lord, what's the matter with you?" Xue Shaoyuan asked with concern, wanting to come forward.

"It's okay." Chu Lan waved her hand.

Chu Lan continued to say to Xue Shaoyuan: "Today Prince Rui and his wife presented a new firearm. This weapon is powerful and will definitely have a huge impact on the court situation. You have been watching the actions of King Yu these days."

"The subordinate understands."

After Xue Shaoyuan took the order to leave, Chu Lan got up, looked at the shelf behind him, and took down a can of winter melon tea from it.

Chu Lan didn't use it for brewing, but just stared at the jar in a daze.

Xu Heyou... Are you really dead?

After that day, he has always believed that Wei Qingruo and Xu Heyou are the same person, so when he heard that Xu Heyou died, he didn't have any disturbances. He firmly believed that this was Wei Qingruo's way to escape the golden cicada.

But now, Xue Shaoyuan has found out that Xu Heyou does have this person.

Chu Lan's hand holding the jar gradually tightened...

On the second day, the emperor couldn't wait to let people demonstrate the effect of using the cannon and thunderbolt made by Wei Ruo for him.

That afternoon, the Emperor sent someone to Prince Rui's Mansion to inquire about Wei Jinyi's mass-produced matter. The Emperor meant that since this object was presented by Prince Rui's Mansion, it was the Mansion of Prince Rui's most proficient in understanding it, so he intended to let Prince Rui's Mansion be in charge of this matter.

Wei Jin also responded that he was not in good health and had no energy to supervise the mass production. He hoped that the emperor would choose a prince to take on this important task.

The emperor felt sorry for Wei Jinyi, and at the same time accepted Wei Jinyi's proposal, and decided to choose one of several princes to take the position.

Among them, King Yu and King Jing are naturally the most vocal.

But no matter who gets the final award, Prince Rui first appointed him as the head of the Dushuiqing Officials Department of the Ministry of Industry, the sixth rank.

The head of the Department of Officials, Dushuiqing, Ministry of Industry, is not idle.

The Ministry of Industry is in charge of auditing, estimating and writing off the funds for river courses, seawalls, river defenses, ditches, water conservancy, bridges, and road projects, as well as the funds for repairing warships, ferries and other various ships in various provinces, and writing off the salaries of river defense officers and soldiers.

Everyone knows that this errand is clearly appointed by Prince Rui, but in fact it may require Princess Rui to provide her professional knowledge.

At the same time, the rewards from the palace were sent to Prince Rui's residence as Wei Jinyi said.

When Wei Ruo saw the reward, he suddenly felt that the hardships suffered on the Mid-Autumn Festival were worth it.

"Miss, a lot of gold!" Xiumei was very excited.

Like Wei Ruo, Xiumei also saw gold at first sight.

"The list of rewards says a thousand taels of gold!"

The reward of a thousand taels of gold alone is not considered the value of other rewards.

Among them, silk, tea, porcelain, and jewelry are all expensive and have no market, and ordinary people cannot buy them even if they have money.

"Miss, it's much easier for us to make money now than before!" Xiumei couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Indeed."

At the beginning, it sold medicinal materials from the mountains, and later sold some homemade soy sauce, fruit wine, and seasonings.

Because of limited sales, they can only be sold to other nearby farmers, and they can't be sold at a good price.

At the beginning, only Wei Ruo, Xiumei and the nanny made it in the yard by themselves, and the output was very limited. The three of them couldn't make much money even if they worked hard for a day.

After a long time, Wei Ruo saved money and bought an ox cart, which would be convenient for them to transport things to the small town for sale, but it was also because he was not familiar with the place where he was born, and he didn't even know the rules of selling things, so he was hunted down by the gangsters in the town. trouble.

Go to the small paper-making workshop at the back and open the first Sibaozhai.

This process took Wei Ruo seven years.

But now, Wei Ruo's speed of making money and opening a shop has become extremely fast.

Not only because Wei Ruo has completed the most difficult primitive capital accumulation, but also because Wei Ruo's identity has changed and the people he contacts have changed.

After receiving this batch of rewards, Wei Ruo will turn these coins she loves most into assets she loves even more.

It is already August, and the weather is about to turn cold. The large amount of materials she purchased requires cost.

Now she has how much money she has invested.

When the cotton is picked, in addition to the batch of long-staple cotton she planted herself, she also plans to purchase a batch of ordinary cotton. Although the quality is not as good as long-staple cotton, she shouldn't be picky at this time.

Originally considering the cost of funds, if Wei didn't plan to hoard a large amount of supplies in the capital, it would be enough to stock up the two large warehouses of the manor she bought in Hejian Mansion, but now with this reward, Wei If you think about it again.

Wei Ruo decided to make use of the empty yard in the backyard of the palace, stock up what can be stockpiled, and plant what can be planted.

Second brother said that she has the final say in the backyard of the palace, so he shouldn't have any objection to her using the backyard as a warehouse and the yard as a vegetable and chicken farm, right?

August 20th.

Early in the morning, when Wei Ruo was washing up, Xiumei came in to report: "Miss, there is another visitor from Uncle Zhongyi's residence."

"Oh." Wei Ruo responded flatly.

"Miss, are they here to inquire about crimes?" Xiumei asked.

"So what? What can they do to me?" Wei Ruo looked calm.

If those members of the Wei family were really capable, they wouldn't be made that way in the original book, and they would have to rely on sucking Wei Qingwan's blood to continue their lives.

Xiumei nodded heavily.

"Let them come to see me, just like last time, arrange it in the back garden." Wei Ruo said.

"Yes, miss."

Wei Ruo didn't change his clothes, but went to the back garden in the casual clothes of the mansion.

When she arrived, several people from the Wei family had already arrived, this time it was Yun and Bai.

"The minister's wife (civil woman) pays homage to the princess."

Yun Shi and Bai Shi greeted Wei Ruo.

"No courtesy."

Wei Ruo bypassed the two of them, came to the pavilion and lay down on the rocking chair that had already been placed.

"Are you two here for something?" Wei Ruo was rocking leisurely on the rocking chair with an extremely leisurely posture.

Yun Shi looked at Wei Ruo with a complicated expression: "Ruoer, what happened to that Master of Heavenly Works? Mother has never heard of you."

Chapter 515

"You haven't asked me about this, have you?" Wei Ruo asked back, still feeling the same alienation and indifference.

"If you didn't take the initiative to mention it, how could my mother have guessed that you would have such an adventure in the countryside of Huzhou Prefecture?" Yun said.

Mrs. Bai hurriedly helped Mrs. Yun to say good things: "Yes, Princess, your mother only knows that you have suffered a lot in the countryside of Huzhou Prefecture, and she feels very sorry for you. How can she dare to mention your sad past casually? What if this is the case? What should I do if I make you sad for no reason?"

Wei Ruo was not surprised to see the Bai family speaking for the Yun family. Although the Bai family was secretly competing with the Yun family behind their backs, she should still be able to distinguish what was important and what was important in the interests of the Wei family.

"I have indeed not taken the initiative to mention it to you, so what?" Wei Ruo asked.

Yunshi felt a pain in her heart and turned a little pale.

Mrs. Bai hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "It's really nothing. It's just that on the Mid-Autumn Festival, your grandfather and grandmother were shocked by this incident. For a moment, they didn't know how to respond to other people's inquiries. What your grandparents meant was that if you still If you want to hide something from us, tell us in advance so that we can be prepared and not be in a hurry when the time comes."

"I can't tell you more about my affairs," Wei Ruodao said.

Wei Ruo's attitude was cold. Yunshi and Baishi's expressions became stiff again and again, but they could only endure it.

Yunshi remained silent, while Baishi smiled apologetically: "Princess Rui doesn't want to talk if she doesn't want to. You can tell us when you feel better."

Immediately afterwards, Bai asked: "By the way, Princess Rui, I heard that the emperor plans to select one of the princes to be the minister of the Ministry of Works to supervise the affairs of the Qingli Department of Dushui, the Ministry of Works. Is this relevant?"

"I don't know what happened in the court."

Wei Ruo's light words directly blocked Bai and Yun's throats.

After Wei Ruo finished speaking, he looked at the expressions of Yun and Bai.

Yun's expression was a little complicated, as if he was hesitant to speak.

Bai frowned, with anxiety in her eyes.

Then he nudged Yunshi with his elbow.

Yun did not move during the first blow, and Bai pushed again.

Yunshi then said, "Ruo'er, there were some things I didn't do well for my mother before. I hope you can forgive me."

Yunshi apologized to Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo, who was shaking, suddenly stopped, then raised his eyes to look at Yunshi, with a smile on his lips, the old **** asked: "What do you want to ask me to do?"

There must be a reason for such a sudden apology.

Yunshi pursed her lips, thinking about how to answer.

She came here this time indeed at the request of everyone in the family to ask her daughter to do something.

But at the same time, she also had other reasons...

During this period, as Wanwan did various things, she began to realize that she might have really wronged her biological daughter in the past.

Her Wanwan is really not as kind and simple as she thought.

Yunshi was unwilling to admit her mistakes. It was not easy to apologize like this today, so after thinking about it, she replied: "Why can't Ruo'er think of the bright side? Why do you think of your mother so badly?"

Wei Ruo raised her lips and smiled softly: "You have always come to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, so you must have something to do here today, right? You have laid the groundwork for this, so why don't you explain your purpose clearly in one breath?"

"There is nothing else, nothing else." Bai Shi quickly helped Yun Shi and replied, "Princess, please don't think too much, we are here simply to reminisce with you today, and the third brother and sister feel that there were some things in the past. I apologize to you for not doing things well. After all, you are mother and daughter. You are connected by blood. Even if you break your bones, your tendons are still connected!"

"Oh? Really?" Wei Ruo raised an eyebrow. "That's natural!" Bai gave an affirmative answer.

Then the maid who followed him hurriedly brought a few gift boxes.

"These are gifts for the princess, specialties brought from Huzhou Prefecture, including silk, dried bamboo shoots, smoked bean tea and potato vermicelli."

Wei Ruo smiled lightly and did not comment.

Bai Shi could only bite the bullet and continue: "That's it for today, let's go back first."

After saying that, Mrs. Bai took Mrs. Yun and said goodbye to Wei Ruo.

The two left the palace. Xiumei checked the gifts sent by the Wei family. They were indeed specialties of Huzhou Prefecture as they said.

"Why are they so nice this time? They didn't ask you to do anything, Miss. They even gave you gifts." Xiumei asked.

"They don't ask for anything, they just don't dare to say it directly. They have already said that, and if they speak again, won't it seem that they are not sincere today?"

Just now, Bai Shi had already started to speak halfway, but was blocked by her cold attitude.

"Miss, what are your plans?" Xiumei asked.

"Just pretend I don't know. If they don't explain clearly, I will continue to pretend to be confused. When they explain clearly, I will find some excuses to shirk it." Wei Ruo didn't bother to think about this problem.

Xiumei nodded heavily.

Prince Yu's Mansion.

Cuitingxuan.

"Sister, you and Princess Rui haven't moved around for a long time. These days, the prince just got some pearls from Nanyang as tribute. Please help my sister send them to Prince Rui's Mansion to Princess Rui."

Qi Shijing brought a whole box of pearls and said to Wei Qingwan with a smile.

Wei Qingwan looked at the round and plump pearls in the box, her expression a little stiff.

Each pearl here is a valuable treasure when taken alone, and there is a box full of such pearls.

What made Wei Qingwan even more uncomfortable was that Qi Shijing actually wanted to send such a whole box of pearls to Wei Qingruo.

Seeing that Wei Qingwan was in a daze and did not reply immediately, Qi Shijing asked with concern: "What's wrong, sister Wan'er?"

"No...it's okay. I was thinking about the unhappiness I had with Sister Ruo'er before, and I was afraid that Sister Ruo'er would still remember me this time, so I was a little worried."

"You are sisters from the same mother. There is no hatred, but there is hatred. Sister, if you sincerely apologize, the matter will be over, right?" The smile on Qi Shijing's face did not diminish.

"Yes...yes." Wei Qingwan bit her lip.

She understood what Qi Shijing meant, which was to ask her to lie low, apologize to Wei Qingruo, and pray for Wei Qingruo's forgiveness!

"Sister Wan'er, you should also know that recently our prince wants to take over the position of supervising the construction of warships. Even if he is not the prince himself, he must be someone from the prince, otherwise it will be very disadvantageous for our prince." Qi Shijing continued.

"I understand."

Wei Qingwan also heard about it.

"Then my sister must have heard that this matter originated from Prince Rui and Princess Rui, so the opinions of Prince Rui and Princess Rui are very important. If they speak up, my father will definitely adopt it." Qi Shijing mentioned again.

Chapter 516 Wei Qingwan asks for help

"Yes, I understand..." Wei Qingwan agreed.

"I also believe that my sister understands. She is a smart person and a close confidant of the prince. She knows that she must do her best for the prince." Qi Shijing looked satisfied.

"Yes, I understand."

"Okay, then I'll bother my sister and run for her today."

"yes."

Wei Qingwan had no choice but to agree.

Qi Shijing has talked about this. If she still doesn't agree, she will not only fail Qi Shijing's care for her, but also may cause the prince to be disappointed in her.

She absolutely cannot do this.

So Wei Qingwan took over the job.

After Qi Shijing left, Wei Qingwan asked Cuihe to dress herself up again.

"Make my face paler and choose old clothes." Wei Qingwan requested.

"Miss, what are you doing? Didn't this make Princess Rui a joke?" Cui He said.

"Isn't Wei Qingruo the most fond of seeing my jokes? Then I will satisfy her." Wei Qingwan said.

"Miss, it's too hard for you." Cui He said heartbrokenly.

"What can I do? The princess has made it very clear just now. This matter is not only my business, nor is it the princess's business. It is related to the prince's grand plan and is not a trivial matter. If Wei Qingruo's desire to humiliate me is satisfied, I hope that my wish will come true in exchange for the prince, so it doesn't hurt to sacrifice me a little."

Wei Qingwan looked at herself in the mirror and had already made up her mind.

"Miss, I have made you suffer. When the prince knows that you have made such a big sacrifice for him, he will be moved." Cui He said hurriedly.

"I hope so." Wei Qingwan hoped that what she had done would win the prince's favor.

She has been married for some time, but she is still a virgin and has not received the blessing of the prince.

If this continues, her situation will be very worrying...

So this matter was very important to her, so important that she was willing to put down her dignity and accept Wei Qingruo's humiliation.

Prince Rui's Mansion.

Songzhuyuan.

"Miss, someone from Prince Yu's Mansion is here. It's your sister. She wants to see you for something." Lin Fang reported to Wei Ruo who was sitting in the garden roasting sweet potatoes and roasting pheasants.

"Let her in."

She was not surprised at all that Wei Qingwan would come.

Wang Yu sent a message to his second brother, who replied that he was not in good health and was missing. If Wang Yu still wanted to find them, he would have to send Wei Qingwan.

I just don't know if they know the true relationship between her and Wei Qingwan.

If you knew, you wouldn't have made this stupid move, right?

She happened to have some free time today. Taking advantage of the autumn sunshine, she and Meimei were baking and eating in the sun in the yard. They could also take the opportunity to see what kind of opera Wei Qingwan was going to sing.

Not long after, Wei Qingwan arrived at Songzhuyuan under the leadership of people from Prince Rui's palace.

As soon as she entered the door, Wei Qingwan saw the fruits and vegetables all over the yard, and even the walls of the yard were covered with plants she didn't recognize.

After walking for a while, Wei Qingwan saw Wei Ruo sitting on a rattan chair in the yard. On the same rattan table in front of her was a freshly brewed pot of green tea, and next to it were freshly roasted sweet potatoes and taro. He looks very relaxed.

Wei Qingwan walked up to Wei Ruo and saluted: "I have met the princess."

Wei Ruo looked at Wei Qingwan's outfit today. "What, you look like this now, why do you feel that you have suffered a lot in Prince Yu's Mansion?" Wei Ruo teased.

Wei Qingwan lowered her head, looking aggrieved, but stopped talking.

Cuihe, who came with Wei Qingwan, helped Wei Qingwan answer: "Princess Rui, you don't know something. Our young lady's life in Prince Yu's Mansion is very difficult. The prince does not like our young lady and feels that our young lady does not have a strong natal family to support her. He couldn't help, so he kept neglecting our lady..."

Wei Ruo raised his eyebrows, "Good guy, are you planning to play a trick on her?"

"Then why are you here with me? Your natal family is incapable of supporting you, so you are not favored. Why don't you go to your natal family to come to me?" Wei Ruo asked.

"elder sister…"

"Stop it, you can just pretend when outsiders are around. Now that no one else is around, you don't have to call me sister so nicely." Wei Ruo interrupted.

"Sister, it was my sister who made mistakes in the past. She did a lot of wrong things and said a lot of bad things. I hope you will forgive me."

Wei Qingwan knelt down in front of Wei Ruo with a pop, her eyes filled with tears, and she apologized word for word to Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo looked at her and commented: "I have to say, your apology is much more sincere than the previous one."

After Wei Ruo said this, he sipped tea leisurely.

Wei Qingwan continued: "Sister, I was sorry for you before. This time, I came here shamelessly. I want to ask you to help my sister for the sake of you and me being both girls of the Wei family."

"How can I help you?" Wei Ruo said in an unhurried tone.

"Sister, regarding the Shenwu Cannon, if you are willing to put in a good word to His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty Prince Yu will remember the goodness of Prince Rui's Mansion," Wei Qingwan said.

Shenwu Cannon is the name given by the imperial court to the heavy front-loading smoothbore cannon made by Wei Ruo.

"So what if he remembers it?" Wei Ruo continued to ask.

"This…" Wei Qingwan didn't know how to speak.

Seeing her embarrassment, Wei Ruo helped her continue: "Are you trying to say that King Yu will remember the kindness of Prince Rui, so that he will treat Prince Rui's palace well after he ascends the throne, even if Prince Rui goes to the west and leaves me as a widow? Are you also willing to take care of Princess Rui?"

Wei Qingwan's face stiffened, she paused for a moment, and explained: "That's not what I meant. I just said that His Highness Prince Yu would be grateful to His Highness Prince Rui. I had no other meaning, and I didn't dare to curse His Highness Prince Rui."

"Then why does Prince Rui's Palace need Prince Yu to worry about it?" Wei Ruo asked.

"Sister..." Wei Qingwan was confused by Wei Ruo's question.

Seeing that something was wrong, Cui He quickly presented the box of pearls given by Qi Shijing to Wei Ruo.

"Your Majesty, Princess Rui, this is a gift from our concubine, Princess Yu. I hope you like it."

Wei Ruo raised his eyes and Xiumei stepped forward to take the box.

Xiumei opened the box, and Wei Ruo just glanced at it lightly, with no emotion on her face.

They were just pearls. If Wei hadn't seen them before, the rewards she received included many large, plump and round pearls.

"Thank you, Princess Yu, for me." Wei Ruo replied slowly.

"I hope that Princess Wangrui can give us a few kind words for our Royal Highness, Prince Yu." Cui He said.

"I can't agree to this." Wei Ruo replied.

Such a straightforward rejection made Wei Qingwan turn pale. She felt that she had been greatly humiliated, but she had to suppress the grievance in her heart and begged again: "Sister, how can you be willing to help?"

Chapter 517

"Wei Qingwan, you don't need me to remind you if there are any issues between you and me. Given our relationship, why should I be willing to help you?" Wei Ruo asked.

"It was my sister who did something wrong in the past, and it was me who did not think I could do anything right against her. I hope that my sister will not forget the faults of others and can forgive me." Wei Qingwan apologized again.

"I heard your apology, but I still don't intend to help you." Wei Ruo replied with an indifferent expression.

At this moment, Wei Qingwan's inner defense collapsed.

No matter how much psychological preparation she did before coming, she could no longer deal with it calmly when she saw Wei Qingruo humiliating herself like this.

"Sister, what else do you want from me? What else do you want me to do before you forgive me?" Wei Qingwan pursed her lips and asked Wei Ruo with red eyes and a trembling voice.

"What you want is your business, and my choice not to forgive is also my business." Wei Ruo replied.

"I've already knelt down here to apologize to you for letting you trample my self-esteem under your feet. Why can't you calm down?"

"What? If you apologize, I will forgive you?" Wei Ruo asked.

Wei Qingwan stared at Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo continued: "If you apologize sincerely, then be prepared that I will not forgive you. Apology is your way of expressing your regret and recognizing your mistakes, so you must be prepared for the other party not to accept the apology. Think that as long as If you apologize, I have to forgive you and then help you. That's not an apology, it's just a play you put on to achieve your own goals."

Wei Ruo ruthlessly exposed Wei Qingwan.

Wei Qingwan's face turned green and white in turns, and she looked really good-looking.

If this was the past, she would have responded to Wei Ruo, but today, she has not yet had an attack. She just stared at Wei Ruo with resentment in her eyes.

Wei Ruo looked at these resentful eyes and knew that his judgment was correct.

She had almost finished watching the show, and nothing happened that surprised her.

So Wei Ruo stood up and waved his hand: "Send King Yu's concubine away."

Wei Qingwan was still dazed, and suddenly she was shocked when she heard that Wei wanted to drive her away.

"Sister!" Wei Qingwan called Wei Ruo, "Sister, listen to me! If you help me, you are also helping yourself. Prince Rui will not live long. You need someone to rely on in the future! I can help you, Prince Yu can help your…"

Wei Ruo couldn't hear what she said next.

Lin Fang and another maid "invited" Wei Qingwan out of Songzhuyuan.

Since King Rui and his wife presented Shenwu cannons and thunderbolts, the emperor began to consider selecting one of the princes to be responsible for the mass production of copper cannons and thunderbolts. This caused a dispute between King Yu's faction and King Jing's faction in the court.

Both sides held their own opinions and had a heated argument in the morning for several days in a row.

Both King Yu and King Jing wanted to win the task of supervising the construction of cannons and thunderbolt shells. For them, this was not only an excellent opportunity for meritorious service, but also a good opportunity for them to take control of the Ministry of Works.

In addition, the firearms to be made this time are all very powerful. Whoever can take the technology of making these firearms into their own hands will have more initiative.

However, the emperor has not made a decision for a long time, leaving everyone confused.

So, in addition to arguing in the court, both King Yu and King Jing sent greeting cards to Prince Rui's Mansion.

Wei Jin also replied that he was in poor health and could not see guests.

He continued to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, letting King Jing and King Yu's men fight to the death. A few days later, the corruption and bribery case of Wen Chong, a cabinet scholar, came out. The person who reported it was a good concubine in Master Wen's house. Because she was bullied by Mrs. Wen and almost died, she went to the government to sue Mrs. Wen for troubling human life. She was a good concubine. , do not kill at will.

It was originally just a small matter of competing for favor between wives and concubines, but who would have thought that this trial would actually lead to a case of corruption and bribery.

And this Master Wen was Qi Yansong's confidant and a supporter of King Yu. His corruption case implicated King Yu.

The emperor denounced King Yu in the morning court, and even ordered the Inspectorate to investigate the matter thoroughly and investigate the matter thoroughly.

When something happened at this juncture, people had to suspect that someone was behind the scenes, and the most likely person was King Jing.

In fact, the person who did this was indeed Chu Lan.

Chu Lan has already made plans over the years. On the surface, the situation is overwhelmingly in favor of King Yu. However, if he can become the final winner and ascend to the throne in the original work, he must have had the chips in hand early.

Just when these chips will be released depends on how the situation changes.

It seems that this competition made Chu Lan feel that he must do something to stabilize himself.

Although King Yu was caught off guard, he did not admit defeat in vain.

They also gave Chu Lan a counterattack and revealed that the son of the left servant of the Ministry of Finance was drinking, causing trouble and injuring people. Although they could not directly hurt Chu Lan, there was still a chance for Chu Lan to lose a general.

In addition, the previous investigation on the attack on King Rui also gained some insights.

The Inspector Zuodu Yushi reported to the Emperor that although the weapons used by the black-clad assassins who raided King Rui were not clearly marked, it was found that the forging workshop was the most famous forging shop in the east of the city. This forging shop does not sell privately to civilians. Weapons are only provided to a few families who have the power to set up private military forces, including the Qi family.

This investigation result once again made the emperor suspicious of Qi Yansong and King Yu.

So the emperor, who had great trust in Qi Yansong, changed his previous attitude and withdrew many of the privileges given to Qi Yansong. Many things that were originally handled by Qi Yansong were changed to be handled by himself.

Qi Yansong, who knew that he had never made such an arrangement, suspected that Chu Lan was setting the blame on him, in order to suppress himself and King Yu's faction.

At this point, the relationship between King Yu's faction and King Jing's faction was completely in dire straits.

After a month of tossing about this, the emperor was extremely annoyed. Without waiting for the final results of the investigation of several cases, he handed over the task of supervising the construction of Shenwu cannons and thunderbolts to the King of Qin, who had never had any sense of existence.

King Xingsan of Qin was older than King Yu and King Jing. However, he was lame since he was a child. In addition, his mother was born as a palace maid, and her abilities in all aspects were really not outstanding. When she was studying in the Imperial College, she did not perform well, so she never had a sense of existence.

This time I got a good job for nothing and got a big deal.

But King Yu and King Jing suffered both losses.

Wei Ruo learned all this information from Wei Jinyi and Lin Fang.

These things are quite interesting to hear as stories.

"As expected, they are all thousand-year-old foxes." Wei Ruo commented while pinching her chin.

Then he raised his eyes and glanced at Wei Jinyi in front of him, and added: "You too."

It was very rare for Wei Jin to be in Wei Ruo's room today. Of course, Wei Ruo sent someone to invite him over.

Wei Jin, who was called a thousand-year-old fox by Wei Ruo, could not refute and just looked at Wei Ruo quietly.

Chapter 518

He knew that Wei Ruo came to her today not just to hear what he said about the changes in the situation in the court.

"Second brother, I have shipped a lot of things to the capital recently." Wei Ruo's eyes were cunning, and he grinned with a playful smile.

Recently, she has had a bumper harvest of rice and noodles in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Because she is still hoarding the rice and noodles she harvested in the past two years, Wei Ruo arranged for people to transport a large amount of the new harvest of rice and noodles to the north. She has already purchased the rice and noodles in Hejian. The two large warehouses in the Manor were full.

A while ago, the warehouse Wei Ruo set up in the city with the money from the Qi family and the Lu family to buy her medicine was also full.

"Yeah." Wei Jin also responded, waiting for Wei Ruo's follow-up.

"I want to store some supplies in the backyard of the palace." Wei Ruodao.

"I said you have the final say in the palace's backyard. You can do whatever you want." Wei Jinyi.

"And I want to build a chicken farm and a duck farm outside the capital city..." Wei Ruo continued.

"You can make the decision." Wei Jin didn't have any objection.

"But I need you to help me with this matter..." Wei Ruodao.

If it were just to set up a chicken farm, Wei Ruo would naturally not ask Wei Jinyi. She would have someone with money to do it herself.

"The government control around the capital is very strict. It's okay for farmers to raise some chickens and ducks by themselves. I want to raise chickens and ducks on a large scale, but others don't agree. Especially I have to buy a large piece of land from the village." Wei Ruo said, and then looked at Wei Baally. Jin Yi.

In such a situation, Wei Ruo would have to move out of Wei Jin Yi Lai, and then do it openly and openly in the name of Prince Rui's Mansion.

"Yeah, okay." Wei Jin didn't ask any more questions and agreed immediately.

"When are you free?" Wei Ruo asked hurriedly.

"I'm free now."

"Then let's set off now." Wei Ruo stood up immediately, pulled Wei Jinyi and went outside.

It wasn't until he left the room that Wei Ruo remembered that he had held Wei Jinyi's hand.

Wei Ruo turned around, smiled awkwardly, and then let go of his hand.

Wei Ruo secretly blamed herself in her heart: Wei Ruo, Wei Ruo, what did you do? Even in the modern era she lived in, there was no reason to hold a man's hand casually!

Why did you unconsciously hold your second brother's hand now?

Even if you still regard him as your elder brother in your heart, you should always avoid the suspicion that you should avoid!

Wei Ruo didn't know what was wrong with him, so he became so unruly in front of Wei Jinyi.

She had never been like this in front of Xu Zhengyong before!

Wei Jin also looked at Wei Ruo's hand that was let go, and couldn't help but feel disappointed.

However, he also knew that even if Ruoer held his hand, she only subconsciously regarded him as his brother, and there was no other reason.

"You need to change your clothes before you go out." Wei Jin also took the initiative to resolve the embarrassment.

"Yes, I was so excited that I forgot all this. Second brother, you go ahead and change your clothes. I will also change my outfit. We will meet at the west gate in a while." Wei Ruo said hurriedly.

"Um."

Then the two of them went back and changed their clothes.

Wei Ruo went out as Princess Rui this time, but she still chose relatively light clothes.

As for Wei Jin, he also needed to put some white on his face to pretend to be sick.

After dressing up, the two took a carriage and headed out of the city. On the way, Wei Ruo explained to Wei Jin why he wanted to open a chicken farm and a duck farm.

Her braised food shop needs a stable supply. When she was in Taizhou Prefecture, she purchased chicken and duck meat from nearby villages, which saved Wei Ruo the trouble of opening a chicken farm by herself and could also bring food to the people in the village. Come and gain, kill two birds with one stone.

But when we arrived in the capital, the situation changed slightly.

First, the shipment volume has increased. Eating chicken and duck is still a luxury for ordinary people, but there are many powerful people in the capital, and chicken, duck, fish and meat are all available.

Some people think that the braised food in a braised food shop is good, so they just ask the shop to deliver the food to their house every day.

At present, we have received more than ten door-to-door delivery orders.

Not to mention that the sales of daily stores have also increased a lot.

Second, the supply of goods is unstable.

The people near the capital are still different from the people outside Taizhou Prefecture. Many people want to buy the chickens and ducks they raise, including those in the palace, in the palaces of princes, dignitaries and ministers, and in major restaurants.

In addition, because everyone's harvest has been poor in the past two years, there are fewer farmers raising chickens and ducks.

As a result, Wei Ruo's braised food shop was not only unable to receive chickens and ducks stably, but the procurement cost was also high.

Under such circumstances, Wei Ruo decided to open his own chicken and duck farm, which could not only stabilize the supply but also reduce expenses.

Then Wei Ruo explained his plan to Wei Jinyi.

There are two pieces of land she wants to buy, one for raising chickens and one for raising ducks.

When it came to raising chickens, Wei Ruo took a fancy to a hill and a large flat open space at the foot of the hill.

After enclosing the entire hill and open space, build a breeding base, put the chickens on the mountain during the day, and let them eat bugs, grass, and grass seeds on the mountain.

In addition to bugs, chickens and ducks also need to be fed other foods, such as rice bran, on a daily basis.

There are a large number of people in Wei Ruo's village who need to eat. They consume a lot of rice and flour every day, which will produce a lot of bran. In the past, the two major uses of these bran in Taizhou Prefecture were to compost and feed pigs.

Here in the capital, Wei Ruo has not let people raise pigs in his village, so the chaff produced in his village is just being stored, which can be used to feed chickens and ducks.

The duck farm Wei Ruo was interested in an open space next to a rice field and contracted it together with the rice field.

In this way, ducks can be driven into the rice fields during the day and allowed to peck at insects and weeds in the rice fields. This can not only increase the activities of the ducks, solve part of the feed problem, but also help the rice grow better.

Of course, just like raising chickens, raising ducks also requires some extra feed. Just eating bugs in the rice fields is not enough.

But these costs are controllable.

Another very important point is that raising chickens and ducks can produce eggs and duck eggs stably. Eggs are one of the best ways for humans to obtain high-quality protein.

After Wei Ruo analyzed the reasons and plans for Wei Jinyi, he suddenly turned his head and saw Wei Jinyi looking at him with a doting look on his face, and his eyes were so gentle that they could water.

Yes, that feeling is pampering.

"Second brother, don't look at me like that." Wei Ruodao.

"Why?"

"When you look at me like this, you always give me an illusion..."

"What illusion?" Wei Jin also frowned slightly.

"Just...just..." Wei Ruo thought for a while, but couldn't think of a suitable word, "Anyway, don't look at me like that."

Her heartbeat couldn't help but beat a little faster, which was strange.

So Wei Jin also turned his head away as Wei Ruo asked.

Wei Ruo looked at it and felt that it was too much, so she said: "I don't mean to hate you, it's just that my heart beats a little faster when you look at me like that."

Wei Jin was also startled and looked at Wei Ruo again..

Chapter 519

At this time, Wei Ruo had turned his head away and looked outside through the carriage window.

Wei Jin also stared at Wei Ruo's profile, her rapidly beating heart unable to calm down for a long time.

Arrived outside the city, Wei Ruo helped Wei Jin also get out of the carriage.

In the past, Wei Ruo thought Wei Jin was too cunning in pretending to be sick, but now she thought about it, with her second brother's temperament, it was not easy to pretend to be sick in front of others all day long.

But it's worth it for him to pretend to be sick. It can save them a lot of unnecessary trouble and make it easier for them to do things.

In order to perform well in his tricks, Wei Ruo always had to support Wei Jinyi in front of others.

And Wei Jin also cooperated and put his hand on Wei Ruo's hand.

The two palms were pressed together, and they could clearly feel each other's temperature.

Both of them felt that the feeling was a little subtle, but neither one said it out loud.

As soon as Wei Ruo helped Wei Jinyi out of the carriage, Xiumei ran over and told Wei Ruo: "Miss, the matter is done. Just now Li Zheng here said that we can get as much land as we want."

"So fast?" Wei Ruo was a little surprised.

Xiumei nodded heavily: "When the prince's team was still one mile away from the village entrance, someone came to report the news, and then Li Zheng came to ask our people. When he asked, he knew it was someone from Prince Rui's Mansion, and he immediately agreed. He said that he would personally go to the county to go through the formalities, and he also promised that it would be completed today."

"This is really good. If I had known about it earlier, I wouldn't have had to drag my second brother here." Wei Ruodao said.

Wei Ruo turned her head and glanced at Wei Jinyi who she was supporting.

Wei Jin also replied: "No, this trip will also benefit me."

"Would it be beneficial for you to help me build a chicken farm?"

"Hmm." Because there were only their own cronies around and no outsiders, Wei Jin also explained to Wei Ruo, "I should let others see that you and I are not doing our jobs properly."

Wei Ruo thought for a while and smiled: "What you said makes sense. Then you have to spend some time with me today. As a reward, Meimei and I will cook roast chicken for you with my secret sauce. oh."

"Okay." A smile appeared on Wei Jinyi's face, his eyes soft, like water and mist.

Wei Ruo didn't know why but felt something strange in his heart again, so he quickly looked away.

There was a pond not far away, and Wei Ruo ordered someone to set up a barbecue rack by the pond to fulfill the roast chicken she promised Wei Jinyi.

The chicken was naturally bought from a nearby farmer's house. One second it was jumping alive, and the next second the neck was bled, and then the hair was removed with hot water.

Not long after, it was placed on the barbecue rack, and Wei Ruo applied the secret sauce.

Xiumei went to the pond to catch fish.

This pond originally belonged to the village, but it will soon belong to Wei Ruo.

Wei Jin also lay on the wicker chair and looked at Wei Ruo in a leisurely manner.

It's not that he doesn't want to help, it's that the place is empty and can be seen from a long distance away.

Even if outsiders can't get close and can't hear their voices, if they see the rumored sick Prince Rui from a distance actively helping his princess, I'm afraid it won't take half a day for those in the capital to I'm about to jump.

Soon, the aroma of roasted chicken filled the surrounding area. Wei Ruo put a roasted chicken on a plate and handed it to Xiaobei: "Xiaobei, serve your master to eat the chicken."

"Yes." Xiaobei accepted the order, took the roast chicken and came to Wei Jinyi.

"Master, I will serve you." Xiaobei was also a little embarrassed.

He has followed his master since he was a child, but he has never fed his master once.

The master never likes to be served while dining.

If he were to feed his master, I wonder if his master would be uncomfortable with it.

"Tear off the meat and put it aside." As expected, Wei Jinyi still didn't want anyone to feed him.

"Okay!" Xiaobei immediately complied with the instructions. He was even a little panicked when he was asked to feed chickens to his master. Wei Ruo couldn't help but smile and said: "Second brother, it's really not easy for you now. You have to be extremely careful when eating chicken outside."

Wei Jin didn't say anything, these little things didn't bother him.

Now that she can do what she wants to do happily, it is worth it to him.

After finishing handling the chicken for Wei Jinyi, Xiaobei immediately ran to the pond to help Xiumei.

"Miss Xiumei, I'll help you catch fish."

"No need, I can do it myself." Xiumei said.

"Two of you, catch it faster." Xiaobei volunteered and went straight into the water regardless of Xiumei's obstruction.

The fish Xiumei was targeting was scared away.

Xiao Bei looked embarrassed: "Yes...I'm sorry..."

Xiumei said helplessly: "You'd better go to the shore and wait for me. When I catch the fish, you can help me remove the scales, remove the gills and disembowel it."

"Okay then." Xiaobei didn't dare to have any objections, for fear of causing trouble for Xiumei again.

After a while, Xiumei caught two big fish, and she and Xiaobei handled them one by one.

After cleaning, wash it with wine, and then take it to Wei Ruo to bake.

Wei Ruo and the others were playing when they saw a group of people approaching where they were not far away.

You can tell by looking at his attire that he belongs to the royal family. Ordinary people cannot use such ceremonial guards.

Wei Ruo glanced at Wei Jinyi, and Wei Jinyi whispered: "I'm sorry Ruo'er, it seems I can't accompany you today. You and I must have attracted the attention of some people by going out openly today, and they came here to lecture us on purpose. of."

Wei Ruo brought Wei Jin to the outskirts this time to get the land as Prince Rui, so naturally he did it in an honest way.

Wei Jin also said the same thing. Wei Ruo could probably guess that the person coming was either King Jing or King Yu.

However, now that the matter of supervising the construction of Shenwu cannons and thunderbolts has been settled, even if they have ideas, there is nothing they can do.

Not long after, the team arrived at the wasteland where Wei Ruo and others rested temporarily.

Wei Ruo saw Chu Lan coming out of the riding group on horseback.

He is dressed in black and elegant clothes, with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. He is handsome and has the unique heroic spirit of a military commander.

He jumped off the horse with a neat turn.

He came to Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi. At this moment, Wei Jinyi was still lying on the wicker chair and had no intention of getting up, while Wei Ruo was still sitting on the bamboo chair nearby, concentrating on roasting her chicken.

Chu Lan looked at the two of them condescendingly: "Ninth brother looks a lot better today and can actually go out for fun outside the city."

"The princess has taken good care of her." Wei Jin also spoke slowly and unhurriedly.

Hearing this, Chu Lan's eyes fell on Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo noticed the warmth of Chu Lan's gaze, but she did not raise her head and continued to roast her chicken.

She is not so afraid of Chu Lan now that her second brother is here.

She just does her thing, and her second brother will help her deal with it.

Chu Lan looked away and said to Wei Jin, "I have a generous gift to give to my ninth brother."

Wei Jin also just looked at him indifferently and did not speak.

Then he saw Chu Lan bringing someone up: "Does Ninth Brother recognize this person?"

Chapter 520: Mutual Calculation

Wei Jin did not turn around to look at the man being held on the ground by Chu Lan's men. His expression was dull and his eyes were lifeless.

Chu Lan continued: "If Ninth Brother doesn't recognize it himself, you can ask someone from the Duke of Xu's mansion to come over and ask."

Wei Jinyi slowly raised his eyes to look at the person, then raised his right hand to signal to the people around him.

Then Xiaobei took a step forward and bowed respectfully to Chu Lan: "Your Highness King Jing, my prince is not feeling well and will soon be exhausted. If you have anything to say to my prince, you can tell me first. Man, I'll take note of this first, and then I'll tell him in detail when my prince feels better."

Chu Lan looked in the direction of Wei Ruo again: "Why don't you, the princess, come to talk to me on behalf of the prince?"

Wei Ruo didn't even raise his head when Chu Lan called him by name, pretending not to hear at all.

Xiao Bei smiled and explained to Chu Lan: "Prince Jing, you are joking and this is not in line with etiquette. I think Prince Jing would not do such a rude thing."

Chu Lan slowly withdrew his gaze and explained the identity of the person he brought.

"This man is Shengtong, an old subordinate of Xu Guogong. The man who was supposed to die in the battle is still alive today. Your Highness, Prince Rui, doesn't want to hear why he is still alive. He changed his name and lived happily."

Wei Jin did not show any surprise when he heard this and still lay weakly.

This is the posture of a person who is about to die.

Wei Ruo, who was busy roasting chicken on the side, was also not surprised. She had known for a long time that Chu Lan would have criminal evidence that the Qi family framed Xu Guogong's mansion, but she didn't know what it was.

Now it seems that this man named Sheng Tong is very likely to be his move that inflicts heavy losses on King Yu and the Qi family.

But this time Chu Lan did not choose to bring the person to the emperor for a confrontation, but tried to hand the person over to Wei Jinyi and let Wei Jinyi help him make this move.

"Ah, there is such a thing!" Xiao Bei looked surprised, his eyes widened, and then said, "Prince Jing, this is such a serious matter, please send this person to the Inspectorate as soon as possible. Please Check the people there!"

"I think it would be more appropriate to hand this person over to my ninth brother. After all, this person is most likely the criminal who framed Xu Guogong." Chu Lan said.

"Absolutely not! It is absolutely forbidden for Prince Jing to do this! My prince has weak bones, and the doctor said that he should not be worried and nervous! Furthermore, my prince is not good at this investigation, and he needs to find specialized people to do it. OK!" Xiaobei quickly refused.

As he spoke, Xiaobei looked back very worriedly at Wei Jinyi, who was sitting on the same wicker chair.

Wei Jin could obviously hear the conversation, but he looked tired, and it seemed that it was not appropriate for him to work hard.

Looking at Xiaobei's anxious look, Wei Ruo sighed in his heart. He didn't know that his master could act, and the subordinates around him were also very good at it.

For this performance, Wei Ruo must give him ninety-nine points. One more point to avoid making him proud.

Chu Lan followed Xiaobei's line of sight and looked at Wei Jinyi, his eyebrows slightly narrowed.

Xiaobei said again: "It's getting late, Prince Jing. It's going to be cold as soon as the sun sets in autumn. My prince can't bear the cold! I'll have to help the prince back to the carriage soon. The delay will affect the prince's health." , the villain can't afford it!"

Chu Lan glanced at Wei Ruo again, an unusual light flashed in his eyes.

After a while, "Okay." Chu Lan agreed, then turned around, got on his horse neatly, and left with his people.

After he left, Wei Ruo came to Wei Jinyi's side, sat down and put his head close to him.

"Chu Lan wants to use you as a spearman?" Wei Ruo asked Wei Jinyi.

"That should be the intention." Wei Jin also said. Wei Ruo looked at Wei Jinyi's calm face and asked, "Second brother, are you really not angry when you see the man brought by Chu Lan just now? He might be the one who killed your grandfather's family. "

"That person just now is not really Sheng Tong." Wei Jin also replied.

"Second brother, you mean that person is a fake?"

"If it is really Shengtong, then he is a very important witness. Chu Lan should not take him around. He will definitely hide the person and then choose the right time to reveal it in public to Prince Yu and the Qi family. A fatal blow, instead of showing his trump card in advance like this. Even if he wants to borrow my hand, he will definitely choose a more hidden opportunity to avoid being discovered by King Yu and the Qi family. Now he chooses to do it when I am here Outside the city, he brought people to see me in a grand and grand manner, which shows that this person is not really Shengtong."

Wei Jin also analyzed the suspicious aspects of Chu Lan's actions today and concluded that the person Chu Lan just brought was a fake.

"The second brother is right." This is indeed strange!

Wei Jin also continued: "He came to look for me today, not just because he wants to use my hand to deal with King Yu and the Qi family. If he takes people on this trip in such a arrogant way, the eyes and ears of King Yu and the Qi family will definitely hear about it. . If the Qi family believes that Chu Lan has captured Sheng Tong, they will definitely take action."

"So Chu Lan is defrauding King Yu and the Qi family?" Wei Ruo asked.

"It's very possible." Wei Jin also replied.

So today Chu Lan's trip, if he can persuade Wei Jin to take action, is good, but if he can't persuade, his goal can be achieved.

As long as the news reaches the ears of King Yu and Qi Yansong, they will inevitably take action against time to prevent Chu Lan from bringing people to the emperor for a confrontation.

Once King Yu and the Qi family took action, they gave Chu Lan a chance.

"They are all thousand-year-old foxes." Wei Ruo sighed once again.

Chu Lan is, and so is her second brother!

Chu Lan's actions against the Qi family are earlier than those in the original work. It is difficult to say that it is not related to her second brother's series of actions to sow discord.

After a pause, Wei Ruo asked again: "Does the second brother think that this Sheng Tong is really the person who stabbed Xu Guogong in the back and made Xu Guogong suffer unjust injustice? Is the Qi family really the mastermind behind the scenes?"

"I didn't know about Shengtong before. What Chu Lan said today is that there is a high possibility that this person is the person who was bribed to forge false evidence about my grandfather's rebellion. As for the person behind the scenes, the person I suspect is indeed Qi Family, because the biggest beneficiary of what happened back then was the Qi family." Wei Jin also replied.

"Yeah." Wei Ruo nodded.

She asked her second brother because she wanted to remind him that the mastermind behind the scenes was indeed the Qi family, and Chu Lan was not mistaken about this.

Now that the second brother said that the person he guessed was also from the Qi family, she didn't need to say more.

Due to the appearance of Chu Lan, Wei Ruo lost interest in continuing to play.

So after eating roast chicken and fish, Wei Ruo asked everyone to pack their bags and set off back to Prince Rui's Mansion.

The team moved very slowly along the way. Wei Ruo and Wei Jin were also eating in the car while admiring the scenery. It was already dusk when they returned to Prince Rui's Mansion.

Getting out of the car, Wei Ruo suddenly thought of something important as soon as his feet landed on the ground.

"Second brother."

Wei Ruo grabbed Wei Jinyi's arm who was about to go to the front yard.