Cai Wei smiled gloomily, and counted with her fingers: "Back then, the old lady spent three thousand taels to buy off a cousin of my grandmother in her hometown, falsely claiming to be my grandmother's childhood sweetheart, and staged a death fraud drama of life and death, framing my grandmother for falling out of favor and her status plummeting; The old lady also spent a thousand taels to have Mrs. Wen stillbirth a pair of twin sons born to my mother's adoptive mother and aunt; He also spent five hundred taels to poison a certain aunt's rouge and disfigured her, and he once ......"

With a few words, the crimes that the Wang family had committed were counted like a number of treasures, which made the Wang family tremble and fall into an ice cave.

These things, all of them are true, they are all things she has done, but she has concealed them very well, and she has not revealed a trace of them for so many years, she thought that these things have been forgotten, and even she has almost forgotten herself, but she suddenly turned it out, and she knows it in such detail, it will inevitably make her frightened!

"You, Hugh is talking nonsense!"

She tried her best to suppress her fear, and threatened in a low voice: "Beware of me showing your rebellious behavior to the queen, the queen hates the kind of unfilial person the most, and will definitely abolish your princess name!" ”

At this time, although she was very flustered, after all, she had been in charge of the Guogong Mansion for many years, and the majesty on the surface was still pretended.

Who knows, in the face of her threat, Cai Wei ignored it and smiled sarcastically: "Old lady, you don't use the name of the princess to scare me, since you want to play the queen, just go and play it, it's best to go now, let's go to the palace together, explain the cause and effect of the matter to the queen's mother, and see how the queen handles it?" ”

"You ......"

Seeing that Cai Wei was not threatened, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but be angry and afraid, trembling all over, pointing at Cai Wei, trembling her lips, unable to speak.

Cai Wei glanced at her, and said unhurriedly: "I will ask for this twelve thousand silver early tomorrow morning, I hope the old lady will not let me down!" ”

After saying that, he left the old lady who was trembling all over, stood up, and walked towards the door alone.

"Stop!"

Outside the door, Du Wanyue suddenly broke in, a pair of beautiful eyes glared at Cai Wei, and the inside was full of murderous energy.

She had been eavesdropping outside the door, and when she saw Cai Wei threatening her grandmother, she couldn't hold back and rushed in to point at Cai Wei and scold.

"Slut, you are so bold and daring, you dare to blackmail the emperor's enshrined Mrs. Yipin, beware that I sued my grandfather, and drove your family out of the Anguo Mansion!"

Cai Wei raised her eyebrows, looked at Du Wanyue like an idiot, and said with a smile: "Go, I can't ask for it!" ”

Du Wanyue snorted: "Slut, do you think that grandfather will be angry with grandmother after listening to your words?" Even if what you say is true, it is just a few aunts and a few lowly people, and my grandfather will never blame his wife for them. ”

Cai Wei sneered and said: "Blame it or not, you have to try it to know, I want to see what kind of attitude An Guogong will have when he hears that so many of his children have been mutilated!" ”

"Hmph, do you think I dare not go? Slut, you wait and see! ”

Du Wanyue said on the one hand, and on the other hand, she really wanted to invite An Guogong.

"Stop!"

Mrs. Wang shouted.

At this time, Mrs. Wang's expression can no longer be described in words, she has lived for most of her life, she has never been so nested like today, she was threatened and intimidated by a junior, and she couldn't do anything.

She knew the old man's temper that the two most tangled things in his life were Mei's betrayal of him back then; The other is the untimely death of several concubines he loves, if the old man knew that she did these things, she couldn't imagine what the consequences would be!

In the face of threats, although she held her breath, she couldn't think of any other way than to compromise.

"Yue'er, there is a difference between respect and inferiority, Wei Yatou is now a princess, I can't tolerate you being presumptuous, and I won't retreat!"

"But, grandmother, she ......"

"Shut up! Retire! ”

Wang pointed out the door, his eyes revealing an irresistible majesty.

Du Wanyue stomped her feet, gritted her teeth, and turned around and left angrily.

Cai Wei glanced at Mrs. Wang coldly, and said lightly: "It's not too early, I won't disturb the old lady's rest, I hope tomorrow morning, the old lady won't let me down." ”

After speaking, without waiting for the old lady to speak, she walked away.

Mrs. Wang sat slumped on the couch, crumbling, as if the sky had fallen.

Her handle was grasped, and from now on, her dignified Duchess An Guo will be subject to others, and moreover, she is also subject to the granddaughter of a woman she despises the most, how can she be embarrassed?

While he was in pain, the thrush suddenly came in and reported: "Old lady, the general's wife is here with Miss Ruizhu, and she is waiting at the Lotus Champs-Elysées." ”

"Okay, I'll go—"

Wang Shiqiang stood up with spirits, stood up with the thrush's hand, and slowly walked towards the lotus lotus champs.

Cai Wei went out of the Songhe Hall and leisurely returned to his Changchun Garden, at this time, Zhaoqiu had returned, and was fiddling with a birdcage in the yard, and a pure white pigeon was locked in the birdcage.

"Miss!"

When she saw Cai Wei and called Qiu Fu, she turned her head and went to fiddle with her bird cage.

"Is he gone?"

Cai Wei walked over and asked seemingly unintentionally.

"Well, let's go!"

Sumqiu replied simply, then lowered his head and continued to feed the pigeons, without saying anything more.

Cai Wei waited for a long time, but she didn't see that she had any intention of continuing, so she had to bite the bullet and ask, "Uh, is he okay?" Did you give him everything? Did he say anything? ”

Zhao Qiu said lightly: "The master is all right, and the things are handed over to him, the master didn't say anything, only left this carrier pigeon for the young lady, if the young lady has something to say to the master, let the carrier pigeon help you pass the message!" ”

"Oh, that's it!"

Cai Wei looked at the white carrier pigeon, the corners of her mouth were unintentionally curled, and her porcelain white face was also dyed with a faint flush.

"Miss, it's time to give you a massage!"

Mama Dou walked out at some point, looked at Cai Wei, who was crimson and shy, and reminded her.

Cai Wei hurriedly put away her expression, touched her slightly hot cheeks, and looked slightly embarrassed.

"Mama Dou, my lower abdomen doesn't hurt anymore, I don't need to massage it anymore!"

Mama Dou smiled: "The old body is not to help the girl treat menstrual cramps, the master has an order." ”

As she spoke, she leaned close to Cai Weidao's ear and whispered a few words, making Cai Wei blush, she gritted her teeth and said, "This shameless bastard!" ”

Mama Dou smiled and said, "The master is also for the good of the girl, the girl should go into the house with the old man." ”

Cai Wei hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Mama Dou, does the massage really work?" ”

Mama Dou said affirmatively: "Of course it works, the girl just rest assured, this matter is wrapped up in the old body, as long as the girl is willing to cooperate, I dare to guarantee that when the master comes back, the girl will be hehe"

Mama Dou's smile was meaningful, Cai Wei understood the reason, and said with a red face: "Okay, I'll just go." Zhaoqiu, you stay outside the door, no matter who comes, just say I'm sleeping, and no one is allowed to disturb me. ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Qiu put down the work in his hand, walked over, and stood at the door of Cai Wei, with a stern face.

Cai Wei looked around weakly, Mei saw that her mother and Fei'er, Xiaoqing and Xiaohong didn't come out, presumably they were making snacks in the back kitchen, so she followed Mama Dou into her room and went for a massage......

She wants to develop herself as much as she can, and that's what he thinks

Early the next morning, not long after Cai Wei got up, when she was sitting in front of the dresser to do her makeup, the old lady Wang sent a thrush and sent a box.

The box was not large, and it did not sink in the hand, and when it was opened, it was a thick pile of silver tickets, each of which was a thousand taels, and there were twelve of them.

Cai Wei picked up the silver ticket and laughed, the old lady has always been stingy, and she must be so distressed that her heart bleeds when she takes out such a large sum of money. However, the amount of money was nothing compared to the suffering of her grandmother, so she had no intention of letting her go.

Breakfast is the regular meal of the Anguo Mansion, which was originally four dishes and one soup, but Cai Wei sealed the princess, so it was changed to eight dishes and one soup, which was very hearty.

Cai Wei ate a vegetarian bun, drank a small half bowl of purple rice porridge, and was full, and was about to take Zhaoqiu, go to the street and then go to find a dim sum shop, Mu Zhongqing suddenly said: "Wei'er, a young man who claimed to be surnamed Mo came to the restaurant last night, saying that he wanted to see you, and his father asked him to go again this morning, do you want to go and see?" ”

Cai Wei heard it and knew that it was Mo Liancheng who came, so she told her father and mother about meeting Mo Liancheng.

Du Shi is a soft-hearted person, and when he heard what happened to Mo Liancheng, he was immediately sad, and almost burst out a few tears of sympathy; Mu Zhongqing also admired Mo Liancheng's backbone, so he discussed with his daughter and said, "Wei'er, why don't you find a job for this child in our restaurant." ”

Cai Wei smiled: "I was about to open a dim sum shop recently, and I was worried that no one would take care of it, but it happened that he came, so I will hand over our dim sum shop to him to take care of!" ”

"What? You're going to open a dim sum shop again? Du asked.

"That's right!"

Cai Wei said: "Our dim sum can be regarded as second to none in the capital now, but unfortunately it is not enough to sell every day, in this case, why don't we open a shop specializing in selling dim sum, expand our production scale, and commercialize our dim sum to the maximum?"

Mu Zhongqing said: "Wei'er is right, in our restaurant, there will be customers who can't buy dim sum every day to complain about this, and I also thought about opening a shop specializing in selling dim sum, but there are a lot of things in the restaurant, and I feel a little powerless, so I just give up." ”

Cai Wei said: "The Huo family is rich all over the world, if every store is taken care of by themselves, I am afraid that we will be tired to death, we must also learn the management model of others, find suitable management talents, and hand over the shops to them to take care of, as long as we play the role of supervision and management." ”

"Hmm!"

Mu Zhongqing agreed with her daughter's unique point of view and admired her ideas, so she let go of her hand with confidence and left the matter of the dim sum shop to her to do.

After breakfast, Cai Wei took Zhaoqiu and took a car with her father to the restaurant, and when she arrived at the restaurant, Mo Liancheng was already waiting there.

"Miss Mu—"

Seeing Cai Wei, Mo Liancheng rushed forward and threw a deep bow towards Cai Wei.

Cai Wei smiled: "Don't be polite, I haven't seen you for many days, is Aunt Mo's body better?" ”

Mo Liancheng said: "Miss Tomu's blessing, my mother is now much better and can take care of herself, so she urges me to come to work at Miss all day long, so the little one hurried over. ”

Cai Wei smiled and said secretly: This lady is still a grateful person, so it can be seen that she is not looking for the wrong person.

"You're here just in time, but I want to open a dim sum shop, you can help me take care of it!"

Mo Liancheng was stunned, but he didn't expect Miss Mu to promote him to be the shopkeeper, he originally planned to come to work as a coolie!

"What? Don't want to? ”

Seeing that Mo Liancheng was stunned, Cai Wei raised her eyebrows and asked.

Hearing Cai Wei's question, Mo Liancheng took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and solemnly bowed to Cai Wei: "The little one must live up to his mission, he will take care of the shop, and he will never disappoint the owner!" ”

Of course, Cai Wei will not be disappointed in him, from the first time he saw this young man, he attracted Cai Wei's attention, not only his background, personality attracted him, but also his virtue and his integrity, which also attracted Cai Wei, so that Cai Wei respected her, so that he could rest assured that he was entrusted with important tasks!

After a lot of twists and turns, the dim sum shop was finally finalized, and the location was opposite the most famous restaurant in the capital, "Jufu", which was originally a dim sum shop, but because Jufu's dim sum was too delicious, his shop was squeezed out of business, and he could only make a few dollars by making small profits and quick turnover, barely maintaining.

However, since the advent of egg tarts, sandwiches and other dim sum in the Eight Blessing Restaurant, the sales of Jufude's dim sum have been obviously affected, so the price has been forced to drop, and the customers who were originally greedy for the cheap dim sum shop, seeing that the dim sum of Jufu has been reduced, naturally chose to buy dim sum in Jufude, and the price of this shop has been pressed to the lowest, and it can't be cheap, so after a few days of hard support, it finally couldn't hold it anymore and announced the closure.

The door of this shop is not big, only one floor, so the price is not very expensive, as long as 6,000 taels, Cai Wei did not return the price, 6,000 according to him 6,000, but proposed to pay in installments, pay 500 taels per month, pay within a year, and pay interest according to one cent.

The original owner of the shop was not in a hurry to use the money, and when he saw the high interest rate of Cai Wei, he readily agreed, and the two signed the sales contract and handed over the title deed, and the transaction was considered a transaction.

After signing the paperwork, Cai Wei began to set about opening her own dim sum shop.

Mo Liancheng was very dedicated to this matter, staying in the shop all day, cleaning, decorating, and doing every job himself, and even the work of the two hired men was rushed by him to do it.

For the opening of the dim sum shop, Du Shi deliberately chose an auspicious day of the zodiac, which was scheduled to open in three days.

During this period, Cai Wei carefully developed the method of frying twist flowers with honey, which was fried crispy and soft, and sprinkled with a layer of sesame seeds, which tasted fragrant and sweet, suitable for all ages.

The cloth village was also secretly bought by Cai Wei, without changing the name, and without reopening with great fanfare, all of them were operated according to the original appearance, and the business was still booming, almost no one knew that this cloth village had changed hands unconsciously.

Three days later, it was the auspicious day of the zodiac that Du Shi found out.

On this day, on the opposite side of Juford Restaurant, there was a burst of 'crackling' firecrackers, which was deafening and attracted passers-by to stop.

A beautiful girl like a flower, smiling in front of a makeshift stall, presented samples of dim sum to passers-by.

"The Beatitude Dim Sum Shop opens today, welcome to come and try it for free!"

Cai Wei generously distributed small pieces of dim sum to passers-by, and after tasting them, they were immediately amazed by the sweet taste and did not hesitate to go into the shop to buy them.

There are also some old customers who have been buying dim sum in the Bafu Restaurant, and they heard that the Bafu Restaurant has opened a shop here that specializes in selling dim sum, so they specially rushed over to cheer the party.

The business of the shop is very prosperous, and the customers are endless, and it is almost crowded, thanks to Mo Liancheng's cleverness, he sorted and wrapped the dim sum with oiled paper in advance, weighed it, and bought and took it as he wanted, so as not to be too busy.

When it came to the evening checkout, Cai Wei roughly calculated, and there were more than 30 taels of silver a day, plus the income from the restaurant and the cloth village, which was enough to pay off the installment payment of the shop.

"Everyone has worked hard today, and everyone will share the leftover dim sum from these sales, and it should be a reward for everyone."

In the Bafu dim sum shop, in addition to Mo Liancheng, he also hired two young men, these two guys have long heard that the owner of Bafu Restaurant is kind and gives the guys a lot of salary.

Although there wasn't much left today, everyone could get a few roasted golden egg tarts, as well as an oily honey hemp flower, and a sandwich with stuffing, all of which they couldn't eat even after licking their lips in the past.

Mo Liancheng carefully wrapped a few things in oil paper and brought them home.

The house he lives in now is a small house with a single courtyard, although it is not big and not luxurious, but compared to the time when he lived in a shed, it is much better.

When Mrs. Mo heard that her son was back, she hurriedly got up and went out, and when she saw Mo Liancheng coming back with a bag of snacks, she couldn't help but squint happily.

"Cheng'er, why do you spend money on this thing? It's a lot of money, right? ”

"Mother, these are not bought by my son, they are rewarded by the owner!"

Murliancheng replied as he washed his hands.

Mrs. Mo untied the straw rope tied to the oiled paper bag, and said with emotion: "Miss Mu is really a great benefactor of our mother, if it weren't for her, I'm afraid my mother wouldn't be able to survive this spring!" You have to do your best when you are doing things in other people's places! ”

"Son saved!" Mo Liancheng replied.

Mrs. Mo untied the oiled paper bag, took out a golden egg tart, handed it to her son, and said, "Cheng'er, you are also tired for a day, let's eat a piece of dim sum to make up for it." ”

Mo Liancheng sold dim sum for a day, of course he knew how expensive these things were, so where could he afford to eat them? Then he shirked and said: "My son ate a day's snacks today, and he was already tired of panicking, so my mother should keep it for herself, and I will go to the kitchen to find something light, which is also easy to restrain myself." ”

Knowing her son Mo Ruo's mother, Mo Liancheng's thoughts, where would Mrs. Mo not understand, but her son is sensible, she couldn't bear to brush her son's mind, so she took a piece of egg tart, put it to her mouth, and chewed it carefully.

The sweet taste was better than any dim sum she had ever eaten when she was a lady, and I heard Cheng'er say that their dim sum shop was open opposite the restaurant of the negative person, and with such delicious dim sum, it must have had a big impact on his restaurant!

Cai Wei returned to the Anguo Mansion, just got off the carriage, and saw a azure carved carriage parked not far from the entrance of the mansion.

"Sister Caiwei!"

Cai Wei subconsciously turned her head and saw that in the carriage covered by the green curtain, the curtain was opened, and Huo Yuan sat in the carriage, smiling warmly at her.

"Brother Huo! What are you doing here? ”

Caiwei walked over and stood in front of his carriage, looking up at him.

Huo Yuan smiled lightly and said, "I came to wait for my sister." ”

Cai Wei pointed to her nose and said in surprise, "What are you waiting for me to do?" ”

Huo Yuan's expression darkened, and he smiled bitterly: "It seems that my sister has forgotten the appointment of the Moon Pavilion that day." ”

"The covenant of the Moon Picking Pavilion?"

Cai Wei thought for a while, and suddenly remembered that when Cai Yue Pavilion was besieged by archers that day, she had comforted him and said, "If you escape this catastrophe, you must consider him carefully..."

It seems that he took this sentence to heart!

"Brother Huo, I..."

Cai Wei really didn't know how to talk to him, Huo Yuan was an excellent man, if it weren't for Nangong Yi's strong intervention, maybe she would really marry him.

However, now that everything is different, she has accepted Nangong Yi in her heart, and it will be difficult to tolerate the second person.

"Come up and talk about it!"

Huo Yuan smiled warmly and stretched out his hand to her.

Cai Wei smiled obscurely, avoided the hand, climbed the wall of the carriage, and got into the carriage herself.

Huo Yuan withdrew his hand, smiled bitterly, and said to the coachman, "Let's go!" ”

"Where are you going?"

Cai Wei raised her eyes to look at him, with a puzzled expression.

Huo Yuan looked at the bright face, endured the sourness in his heart, and said, "I'll take you to see something." ”

Cai Wei closed her mouth and sat there silently, letting the car roll.

Huo Yuan looked a little lighter than the previous two days, wearing a navy blue moire round-necked robe, with a dark green hook jade belt around his waist, his hair tied at the top of his hair, and a purple jade hairpin, he still looked handsome and handsome, like jade.

In the carriage, a small desk separates the two, each with one side, although it is not far away, but it is like being separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, which makes him feel unreachable.

"Brother Huo..."

Cai Wei broke the silence, since she had made up her mind and chose Nangong Yi, she should tell him truthfully about her choice, lest he have hope and delay the good time of others.

Cai Wei pursed her lips and whispered, "I'm sorry, I"

"Say no more!"

Huo Yuan interrupted her, and there was a little more gloom in his eyes.

"Wei'er wants to sue me that you chose him, right?"

"Hmm!" Cai Wei bit her lip and nodded slightly.

The fists on his knees were clenched, the white bones 'clicked', Huo Yuan tried his best to suppress the loss in his heart, and asked obscurely: "Does Wei'er know his identity?" ”

"I know, the prince of our Great Jin Kingdom, the third prince of King Qin!"

"Huh."

Huo Yuan chuckled, "Then do you know that Queen Mo's requirements for choosing a daughter-in-law for her son?" ”

Cai Wei said: "Brother Huo is saying that I am not worthy of him and not worthy of marrying him, right?" ”

Huo Yuan shook his head, "King Qin's princess has already been decided, if you marry in the past, you can only be a side concubine or a concubine, when the time comes, surrounded by wives and concubines, fat rings and thin swallows, he will treat you for a long time, if he falls out of favor one day, how should you deal with yourself?" ”

Huo Yuan's words, Cai Wei had already thought about it, the reason why she hid her heart and resisted that person before was nothing more than this.

But now, she has figured out that in a person's life, it is not easy to find a person who loves herself deeply and loves herself, if she doesn't try, she gives up because of some objective factors, it is unfair to herself and to that person.

Therefore, she decided to give it a go and try as much as possible for the hard-won love.

"I won't let him take a concubine, and he can only take me as his wife in this life." Cai Wei said categorically.

Huo Yuan opened his eyes and smiled helplessly, as if he was laughing at her naivety and ignorance.

"Do you think the emperor and the queen can allow it? Or, do you think that with King Qin's own strength, he can compete with the heavenly power of the emperor and the queen? ”

"Even if he resists the pressure of the emperor and the queen, do you know that his identity is embarrassing, if one day, the crown prince ascends the throne, the Qin palace is afraid of being wiped out, and you follow him, there is only one way to die; If he can achieve great things, he will have to borrow the power of his ministers, and all the people will be able to protect him, and he will definitely send his daughter into the palace to consolidate his own strength, at that time, how can he shirk it? There are three palaces and six courts, and you are just one of them, are you willing to be trapped in that situation for the rest of your life? ”

"I don't want to." Cai Wei said firmly.

Huo Yuan's face was relieved, "There is still ...... there"

Cai Wei turned her head sideways, lifted the gauze curtain on the car window, and looked at the ancient capital in the moonlight and the bluestone road that stretched far away, and her voice was ethereal.

"He wouldn't do that."

The night breeze blew into the window, the dim car lights flickered, and under the light, the young girl looked indifferent, but her eyes revealed a resolute look.

"He promised that he would only take me as his wife in this life, and live a life with me as a couple."

Huo Yuan looked at her for a long time, and suddenly smiled, his eyes full of pain and mockery, "Do you think it's possible?" ”

Cai Wei looked at him, her eyes were clear, and she didn't see confusion, "I believe in him." ”

"Cai Wei, wake up, use your business shrewdness a little bit emotionally, and you won't be so confused. Since ancient times, there have been few noble children who do not take concubines, let alone emperors? Even if he can take you as his wife now, what about ten or twenty years from now? How could the courtiers allow only one person in the emperor's harem! ”

What Huo Yuan said was all reality, Cai Wei understood and worried, but after all, she couldn't escape her feelings, and from the moment she compromised, she was fully prepared.