Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Meat Is Too Hard
Mrs. Liu summoned the very old man to look at the old man and said to Liu Xuan: "This is your third uncle who is in charge of punishment in the clan, and he will read the family rules for you and record your name on the family tree, so you are a member of my Liu family." ”
Liu Xuan solemnly knelt down and bowed to the third uncle: "Third uncle, please." ”
Although the third uncle is old, but his voice is loud, the Liu family rules are very simple, in general, it is four words: loyalty, filial piety, loyalty, filial piety, brotherhood and brotherhood to brothers and sisters, and to know the great righteousness and great gifts.
After the third uncle finished reading, he spread out the family tree in front of everyone and recorded Liu Xuan's name, and since then Liu Xuan has become a member of the Liu family, although her surname is Liu, she is equivalent to the surname Liu.
After entering the genealogy, it is to give tea to Mrs. Liu and Mother Liu, Mrs. Liu and Mother Liu sat aside, and Liu Xuan served tea one by one and called lightly: "Father-in-law and mother-in-law." ”
Mother Liu got up and helped Liu Xuan up, with tears in her eyes, and said repeatedly: "Good boy." ”
On the side, Mrs. Liu motioned to the housekeeper to step forward, and the housekeeper handed over the wooden box in his hand, Mrs. Liu got up and took it and said to Liu Xuan: "There is nothing to give you for my father, these are my Liufu operations for many years, and it can be regarded as a piece of my father's heart to send you here." ”
Liu Xuan looked at the familiar wooden box, excused herself slightly, then reached out to take it, and thanked Mrs. Liu again.
Because the front hall is full of male guests, Liu's mother took Liu Xuan to retreat, the sky was already dark, Liu's mother stayed overnight, and placed Liu Xuan in a guest house, Liu Xuan's yard is relatively close to the front yard, and the sound of silk and bamboo can be heard, and everyone laughs from time to time. It's clearly a happy scene.
It was already dark at this moment, and lanterns were hung up in the courtyard early. Qiu Ju entered the room and asked, "Miss, do you want to take a bath and rest?" ”
Liu Xuan thought for a while: "Let's take a bath first." But there was no mention of rest.
Qiu Ju and Dongmei brought water, and Liu Xuan spread her long hair after bathing. I lit the lamp, sat down at the table, opened the wooden box, and looked at the contents.
There are house deeds and title deeds in the wooden boxes, and most of them are shops. Liu Xuan looked at it little by little, and only after this look did she know how much Li Che had given her!
There are four restaurants alone, rice shops, clothes shops, money villages, farms, fertile fields, horse farms, and even iron shops!
The more Liu Xuan looked at it, the more shocked she became, Xiao Gong once said that this wooden box contained all the properties of the Prince's Mansion, although she had a plan in her heart, but she didn't expect Li Che to really hand over all his properties to her.
Liu Xuan's heart was turbulent, his chest was undulating, and Deng Yu said that Li Che's profits from the industry over the years had been handed over to the state treasury. If the profits of these industries are paid to the treasury, how empty is the treasury? Liu Xuan closed his eyes and felt a slight tingle in his heart, was he so difficult?
Qiu Ju saw her close her eyes and thought she was tired, so she asked, "Miss, do you want to rest?" ”
Liu Xuan opened her eyes and shook her head, the sound of silk and bamboo in the front yard did not stop, she still had to wait a little longer, she thought about it and ordered: "Extinguish all the lanterns in the courtyard, just leave the lanterns in this room." You don't have to wait to rest first, I have something to rest later. ”
Autumn chrysanthemum and winter plum are naturally inseparable. How can there be a reason for the master to rest before the maid rests, Liu Xuan smiled at the two of them and said helplessly: "Don't forget who is here today." ”
Qiu Ju and Dong Mei instantly understood the meaning of Liu Xuan's words, the two looked at Liu Xuan with a smile, and Dong Mei said narrowly: "Since this is the case." The slaves and maidservants are no longer in the way. After speaking, he didn't wait for Liu Xuan to reply, and retreated with Qiu Ju.
Liu Xuan helplessly watched the two of them close the door, chuckled and shook her head. Then she lowered her head and looked at the contents of the wooden box, her willow eyebrows slightly carried it both for Li Che and for herself.
I don't know how long it took. The front yard gradually quieted down, and Liu Xuan came back to her senses to find that her hair had dried. She casually tied her hair in a bun and loosened it on her head, and she straightened her clothes and waited quietly.
After waiting for about half an hour, Long Yi suddenly broke through the window and appeared in front of her, although he broke through the window and entered Long Yi did not make a sound, until he stood still Liu Xuan did not find him, Long Yi suddenly appeared silently, Liu Xuan couldn't help but show a trace of surprise on his face.
Long Yi quietly looked at Liu Xuan's fleeting astonishment: "The master invites the girl over." ”
Liu Xuan looked at the window where he turned in, and struggled slightly, but Long Yi paced two steps to the door, and directly opened the door and made a gesture of inviting her.
The corners of Liu Xuan's mouth twitched slightly, this Long Yi had to break through the window if he didn't leave the door, obviously deliberately wanting to see her frightened appearance, she stood up and walked towards the door, and smiled at him slightly when she crossed Long Yi: "Today, Xuan wrote it down." ”
Long Yi's eyebrows jumped, and as Liu Xuan came to the door, he hugged his fist at her and said, "Offend." Then he grabbed her and took her to jump in the air, Long Yi's light skills needless to say, three or two of them took Liu Xuan to another courtyard, and the courtyard was brightly lit.
There were two silver-armored guards standing in front of the door of the main house, Long Yi put Liu Xuan down, and when he saw her standing still, he clenched his fists and said inwardly: "Master, Miss Liu has arrived." ”
Li Che's clear voice came from inside the house: "Come in." ”
The silver-armored guard in front of the door opened the door sideways to let Liu Xuan in, and as soon as Liu Xuan entered the house, the door behind him closed gently.
Li Che sat at the table in the room, he seemed to be a little tired and rubbing his eyebrows, seeing Liu Xuan slowly standing up, the original tiredness had long disappeared, standing in front of Liu Xuan was still the man who was as noble and handsome as a god, he lightly opened his thin lips and said lightly: "Come here." ”
Liu Xuan stepped forward from Shanruliu, and stood still when he was about two steps away, and just stood still, he smelled a clear smell of wine.
Li Che's deep eyes looked at her quietly, those dark eyes seemed to be a whirlpool to attract Liu Xuan, he looked at it quietly for a while, and then said, "Today you are very beautiful." ”
Liu Xuan was slightly stunned when she heard this, and after she was stunned, the corners of her mouth slowly raised, and she suddenly smiled playfully: "What's the matter, I'm not beautiful on weekdays?" ”
Li Che didn't seem to expect her to ask him like this, and when he heard this, his body seemed to stiffen, and then he tilted his head slightly and looked away, and did not answer.
It was rare to see him avoid it first, Liu Xuan's smile was even stronger, and she coughed lightly: "I haven't seen His Highness for a long time, His Highness invited me here today so that I can see His Highness's handsome face?" ”
After speaking, Liu Xuan couldn't help but laugh first. She felt that since she met Deng Yu, she had become more and more bold. At this moment, he dared to laugh at Li Chelai.
Li Che naturally understood the meaning of the ridicule in her words, and turned his head to look at her again. Seeing her smiling appearance, her bottomless black eyes revealed a glimmer of light, and when she laughed enough, he lightly opened his thin lips and said lightly: "Soon." ”
Soon? What's not long? Liu Xuan was a little puzzled, did he mean that the days when they didn't see each other were not long?
Li Che didn't explain Liu Xuan's doubts in his eyes, and asked instead, "Have you seen the things in the wooden box?" ”
"See." Liu Xuan nodded and said, "Why did Your Highness give me such a large amount of wealth?" ”
"A lot of wealth?" Li Che raised his eyebrows slightly: "For you and even for the powerful people of the dynasty, those are enough to be called a lot of wealth, but for this palace, those are just a drop in the bucket." ”
There was a hint of helplessness in his voice, Liu Xuan half-lowered his eyes and asked in a dumb voice: "Is the treasury so empty?" ”
A faint sigh rang in her ears. She heard Li Che say in that clear voice: "The treasury is empty beyond your imagination. ”
Liu Xuan raised her eyes and looked at him: "Then why do you still want to hand over these properties to me?" ”
Li Che looked at her quietly and then said: "This palace believes in you, this palace believes that these properties are in your hands, and you will be able to expand them a hundred times." After he finished speaking, without waiting for Liu Xuan to answer, he stepped forward and reached out to gently pull up a strand of hair hanging from her forehead and pull it behind her ear.
He withdrew his hand and looked at Liu Xuan's face with a softness that he had never seen before: "Lonely desire to build water conservancy and reclaim fertile land, lonely desire to smelt refined iron to expand military supplies, lonely desire to purge the Qing Dynasty's opposition government. The rule is clear, but the treasury is empty, and most of the money and silver are in the hands of the powerful of the family, and they can't do it alone. ”
Speaking of this, Li Che burst out with a trace of arrogance. He looked at Liu Xuan and asked seriously: "So, Liu Axuan, are you willing to join hands with Gu to earn the silver of the world for Gu." Create a peaceful and prosperous world with orphans? ”
Liu Xuan looked at him quietly, looking at this man who was proud all around at the moment, she had never been lucky at this moment. Fortunately, the man in front of her was the prince of her country, although she had realized that she was smarter than ordinary people since she was a child. But he never thought that he had such a great ability, and he could be so trusted and entrusted with such a great trust.
She looked at him and couldn't help but ask, "Why?" ”
Why do you believe in her so much? Why do you entrust such a heavy responsibility to a small Yizhou businesswoman?
Li Che looked at her deeply and said softly: "When this palace was in Yizhou, I saw that you could turn the originally ordinary shops into something that everyone in Yizhou was eager to grab. This palace knows that you have this ability, Xiao Gong can keep the stiff, but it is not possible to open up, this palace does not believe in others, only believes in you. ”
She suddenly felt that the wooden box seemed to have the weight of a thousand gold, and she wanted to refuse without great ambition and intuition, but he believed her, and he gambled his great ambition on her, what reason did she have to refuse? Even if it wasn't because of his trust, just for the sake of that peaceful and prosperous world, she was willing to fight with all her might.
After being silent for a long time, Liu Xuan nodded and responded, "Okay." ”
She met his deep eyes and said again, "Good." ”
This good voice has exhausted what she thinks in her heart and her firmness.
Li Che smiled shallowly, although his smile was shallow but dazzling, he looked at Liu Xuan's eyes without blinking: "I believe in you." ”
Liu Xuan saw his smile, heard his sentence 'believe in you' and lowered her head slightly, and then pinched the sachet hidden in her sleeve, and her eyes moved slightly. She raised her head, took out the sachet from her sleeve, and said to Li Che with a smile: "This sachet was embroidered by Xuan herself, and it can be regarded as a return gift for the gift given by His Royal Highness." ”
Li Che looked at the sachet in her hand and nodded slightly.
Liu Xuan didn't give it away, but smiled and said softly: "Is it okay to let Xuan hang it on His Royal Highness's waist with his own hands?" ”
With Li Che nodding in response, she stepped forward and stood close to him half a step, stretched out her hand to tie the rope on the sachet to his jade belt, and the sachet she made was white brocade and green bamboo, hanging on his dark waist was very eye-catching.
Liu Xuan hung up the belt and did not leave, but suddenly stood on tiptoe and bit Li Che's shoulder fiercely. The clothes are the outer robes, Liu Xuan's bite almost used all her strength, Li Che frowned slightly and let her bite silently.
Liu Xuan bit it as if it was not enjoyable, and pulled the cloth in her mouth together with the sturdy lean flesh under the cloth, and when she heard the sound of Li Che taking a light breath, she was finally satisfied.
She slowly relaxed, looked at the tooth marks and faint wet stains left on the outer robe, and coughed lightly: "The meat is too hard." Her voice was slightly disgusted, as if she was disgusted that Li Che's flesh was too hard and knocked on her teeth.
Li Che's bottomless eyes revealed a glimmer of light, he reached out and gently touched the hair on the top of Liu Xuan's head, and asked softly, "Can you relieve your anger?" ”
Liu Xuan snorted heavily, turned her head to avoid his palm, and did not answer.
Li Che withdrew his hand behind him and looked at her silently. Liu Xuan was slightly uncomfortable by him, and finally couldn't help coughing lightly: "If there is nothing else, I will go back first." ”
Li Che nodded: "Okay." He summoned Long Yi and asked Long Yi to send Liu Xuan back to the courtyard.
Long Yi didn't take Liu Xuan into the house through the window this time, but sent her outside the door to leave, Liu Xuan stopped him out of the voice, and looked at his cold face that had not changed for thousands of years with a smile: "Before, I told Your Highness that you prefer small windows, and I implore Your Highness to let you do as you like, and only enter from small windows in the future." ”
As soon as Long heard this, his face turned blue, Liu Xuan looked at him and finally changed his face, winked at him with a smile, and showed his playfulness: "Tease you, don't send it slowly." ”
Long Yi glanced at her silently, and then turned around and disappeared into the night without looking back, he sighed in his heart, he was almost bluffed by Liu Xuan just now, not that Liu Xuan would really say those words to the master, but that according to the master's favor for Liu Xuan, if Liu Xuan really said it, the master would probably respond.
I shouldn't be bored and amused by her for a while, this woman's flaws will be avenged, and the master spoils her in every way, and it is really inappropriate to be her enemy.
After Liu Xuan left, Li Che looked down at the sachet of white brocade and green bamboo on his waist, a smile on the corner of his mouth, he untied the sachet and hid it in his sleeve and then ordered: "Drive home." ”
As soon as Long Yi returned to the courtyard, he saw Li Che walking out of the house, and Mrs. Liu and Liu Zhiqing, who were originally standing outside the courtyard, frowned slightly when they heard that Li Che was leaving, and when Li Che walked out of the courtyard, Mrs. Liu stepped forward and said, "Your Highness has drunk a lot of wine today, why don't you rest here?" ”
Li Che waved his hand: "No need, I still need to go to the court tomorrow, and there are still things to deal with in this palace." ”
Seeing him say this, Mrs. Liu didn't say much, and Liu Zhiqing sent Li Che all the way to the door, and watched his carriage disappear into the dark before turning around and returning home. (To be continued......)
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