"Guan'er, I'm ......" Wang Manqing shouted, her eyes widening in surprise. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li Wan didn't expect her to come, threw down the flour in his hand, ran over and said in surprise: "Manqing, why are you here?" ”

"Y-What are you doing?" Wang Manqing was puzzled, only to see that she was wearing a half-new plain silk jacket, her hair was only tied behind her head with a hairband, and her hands and face were stained with flour, looking quite embarrassed.

Li Guan looked down at himself, suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "It's okay to be idle at home, make some fresh pastries to play." ”

Wang Manqing saw her smile brightly and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Aren't you sick, I'll come and see you." She said with a smile, and then looked at Li Wan suspiciously, "You don't look like you're sick......

Li Wanman waved his hand nonchalantly: "Hey, it's such a little problem, it's good to raise it for two days." ”

"That's good." Wang Manqing nodded, looked at the room full of servants, and suppressed the doubts in her heart.

"Sister, do you know Sister Manqing?" Li Zhizhi looked at the two of them and said curiously.

"Oh, it's here too." Wang Manqing saw Li Zhizhi at this time, and touched his head with a smile, "Your sister and I are friends, of course we know each other." ”

Li Zhi nodded knowingly.

Wang Manqing continued: "What pastries are you doing? ”

Li Guan explained to her and brought her a piece of cake to taste.

"It tastes special!" Wang Manqing was surprised, and then became interested and joined the team to make cakes.

A few people tossed around in the kitchen all afternoon, making three or four cakes in a row before stopping.

When it was close to You, Li Guan and Wang Manqing went back to the room to bathe and change clothes together, and Li Zhizhu was also surrounded by the maid and the maid and went to the main courtyard.

Xun Fang took Li Guan's clothes for Wang Manqing to change, and her clothes were stained in the kitchen.

“…… It is newly made, and Miss Six can wear it with confidence. ”

Wang Manqing's personal maid peony took it, thanked her, and swept her eyes over the clothes on the black lacquer plum blossom pattern tray, showing a slight strangeness on her face.

After Wang Manqing put it on, she turned around in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, smiled with satisfaction, and walked out of the clean room.

Li Wan had already freshened up and was sitting on the Luohan bed by the window drinking tea.

Wang Manqing sat opposite her, and the little maid served tea lightly.

"You look good in red." Li Wan glanced at the begonia red lotus pattern sleeve gown on her body and praised.

Wang Manqing's pink face was red after bathing, and she said happily when she heard this: "My grandmother also said so, so I have a lot of red clothes." ”

"Yes, I also have red clothes, but I always feel like I can't hold myself up, so I rarely wear them."

"You're a little thinner, and your face is too good." Wang Manqing looked at her seriously a few times and said with concern, "You should make up for it." What medicine do you usually take, I'll have someone send you some tomorrow. ”

"Don't!" Li Wan hurriedly waved his hand, "I grew up in a medicine jar since I was a child, and the most important thing is medicine, so I almost talked about the color change of medicine!" ”

Her expression was slightly exaggerated, which made Wang Manqing laugh.

"Eh, why did you suddenly come here today?" Li Guan said, "Didn't the first two **** letters say that your grandmother is not in good health, and you have to be around to serve the sick, so you can't come to see me?" ”

Wang Manqing smiled slightly. A hint of sadness flashed across his face.

"What's wrong?" Li Guan asked her in a low voice.

Wang Manqing wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Wan looked at the people serving in the room and said lightly, "You all go out." ”

The maids came out in a stream.

Peony glanced at Wang Manqing, who nodded at her before she withdrew with the others.

When there were only the two of them left in the room, Wang Manqing said: "I heard that you are sick and want to come to see you, but my grandmother disagreed, saying that you need to recuperate, so I don't want to quarrel with you......"

With this embarrassing identity, he is now in trouble with the Golden Crossbow Battalion, and it is normal for Wang Taijun not to want Manqing to contact her.

Li Wan smiled at her without mind.

Wang Manqing breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want to lie to Guan'er, but she was worried that she would know the truth.

She continued: "Yesterday, my second aunt's sister-in-law brought her son to visit relatives, and it seems that she will not leave until the end of the year. Seeing Li Guan's question, she explained, "My second aunt is the daughter of the Jiangnan Jin family......?"

"Jiangnan Jin family?" Li Guan was slightly surprised, "The Jin family, one of the four giants? ”

Wang Manqing nodded a little embarrassedly: "Well, the second aunt is ...... It's a step-room......"

Li Guan suddenly realized, no wonder the daughter of a businessman can be Mrs. Rongninghou, which has both the reason for being a stepfamily and the entanglement of interests.

"But what does that have to do with you?"

Wang Manqing lowered her head: "They arrived yesterday afternoon, and they had dinner in their grandmother's house in the evening, everyone was there, and the second aunt's sister-in-law said that she wanted to be close to our family." I listened to her tone, not like it was just joking" Speaking of this, a trace of shame flashed on her face, "We only have two daughters in our family, me and Seventh Sister, and Seventh Sister is only six years old this year......"

Li Guan understood.

Although the Dakang people are open, the hierarchical concept of Shinong industry and commerce is still deep-rooted. No matter how rich Mrs. Wang's maiden family is, after all, she is just a low-status businessman, how can she be worthy of the concubine of the Hou Mansion. You must know that Manqing's father is the eldest son of Wang Taijun, if he hadn't died young, he would definitely be the one who attacked the lord.

"Besides, I sent someone to inquire." A thick mockery flashed in Wang Manqing's eyes, "That Young Master Jin is the heir." Mrs. Kim couldn't give birth to a son, so in order not to be robbed of the family property, she succeeded her sister's second son. Her sister's husband's house is nothing more than a pawnshop on the street! ”

Although the Dakang Dynasty emphasized agriculture over commerce, driven by interests, the development of commerce was still very prosperous, coupled with the opening of the sea ban during the period of the first emperor, which promoted the development of overseas trade, and today, the economy of Dakang has reached unprecedented prosperity. Although the merchants had no say in politics and their status was still at the bottom of society, they had a subtle influence on the country, especially in the area of taxation, and they paid huge amounts of silver to the imperial court every year.

The four giants are the Jin family and the Jiang family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Meng family in the capital, and the Fu family in the northwest. Among them, the Jin family is the main weaving, the Jiang family is the main grain salt, the Meng family is the main grain and spice, and the Fu family is the main animal husbandry and coal mine.

Six years ago, Mrs. Rong Ninghou died of illness, and Rong Ninghou married the daughter of the Jin family as his stepfamily the following year. At that time, the Jiangnan weaving, the Jin family and the Qi family went hand in hand, the Jin family because of the marriage with the Rongning Marquis Mansion and the internal affairs of the relationship, and finally collapsed the Qi family, in the weaving of the outstanding.

Aside from the side branches, the Jin family has a total of two rooms, and the long house holds most of the family business, and the current Mrs. Rongning Hou Wang is from the Jin family's house. The eldest head of the long house is Mrs. Wang's eldest brother, and for some reason, Mrs. Jin has no movement after giving birth to four daughters in a row, and the concubines have also given birth to daughters. The second room has long been dissatisfied with the long house, so he asked for a redistribution of the family business on the grounds that the long house has no children. In order to keep the family business, Changfang succeeded the son of Mrs. Jinda's sister as the heir.

The Jin family has a big business, and the situation is very complicated, and Li Wan is very clear about the twists and turns, so when she heard that the palace wanted to marry Manqing, she was really surprised.

"Don't worry just yet." Li Wan hurriedly comforted her, "There is still Mrs. Tai in your family, her old man loves you so much, she will definitely not watch you be wronged." ”

Wang Manqing smiled reluctantly and shook his head: "Grandmother certainly loves me, but now the second uncle has the final say in the affairs of the family, if he is determined to marry me to the Jin family...... Just like today, my grandmother can only ask me to find an excuse to come out and avoid it. Even if he doesn't disobey his grandmother for the time being because of filial piety, but his grandmother is old......"

Wang Taijun is already in his prime, maybe one day he will drive the crane west, and then Manqing will become a fish on the chopping board and be slaughtered. That Rong Ninghou can ignore the feelings of his brothers and sisters and push his niece into the fire kang, thinking that he is not a good person. Poor Manqing's parents died early, and there were no reliable elders to protect her at this time, so I didn't know what it would be like to be uncomfortable......

Thinking of this, Li Guan suddenly felt very sorry for her.

"It's okay, we're sure we'll find a way to do it." She held Wang Manqing's hand tightly and gave her an encouraging smile.

Li Guan's gaze made Wang Manqing's heart warm, although she knew that Li Wan was just comforting her, marriage has always been decided by the elders, even if she is unwilling, she can only obey.

"Hmm." She raised a smile at Li Guan, and then changed the topic, "Don't talk about me, let's talk about you, why did you get into trouble with the Golden Crossbow Camp?" ”

Li Wan smiled embarrassedly, she let go of Wang Manqing's hand and picked up the teacup: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding is just ......"

"What the hell is going on?" Wang Manqing was even more interested, her eyes were shining, flashing with gossip, "Don't fool me with that set of rhetoric outside, I want to listen to the truth!" ”

Li Wan really regarded Wang Manqing as a friend and didn't want to deceive her, so she hesitated for a moment, then avoided those sensitive details and told her what happened.

After Wang Manqing listened, his mouth opened into an "O" shape, and he said after a while: "You...... Did you really tie them up? ”

Li Wan nodded.

"You're too bold!" She looked at Li Guan's expression as if she had seen a ghost, "Do you know how terrifying the Golden Crossbow Camp is?" That's the emperor's cronies! ”

"It's not that I don't know, I was dizzy at the time, and I was thinking about how to clean them up, how could I take care of so many ......"

"But you're really good enough, hit a rake, and let them suffer a dark loss, amazing!" Wang Manqing praised excitedly.

"That's why I haven't been out lately, just because I'm afraid they'll make trouble for me." Li Guan smiled helplessly.

"But I've heard that the people in the Golden Crossbow Camp are very skilled, and they can all be used as ten, how did you get them?"

Li Guan raised his eyebrows: "More to bully less, I have so many guards to deal with a few of them, and they can drag people down." But I said in my heart, what about my skills, is my person a vegetarian?

Wang Manqing chuckled, and suddenly said mysteriously: "Then have you seen Shen Guogong?" I've often heard people say that he is ruthless, but he is very handsome, is it true? ”