Candles were lit in the cabin.

The two rooms inside and outside are decorated with fine carvings and are very spacious.

She was silent, sitting at the square table outside and not moving.

Wang Shiqiang saw that she was wearing a thin slit red and white silk summer dress, and her posture was beautiful, but she was still wearing a black gauze hat on her head that concealed her identity when she got on the boat, and the pitch-black light gauze covered her upper body.

He could only see the beautiful wheel of her eyebrows, nose and chin in the shadow of the candles.

-- After the spring tour from the Canglang Garden, he and she have not seen each other for two years.

His clothes fluttered, and he unfastened his cloak and strode closer, seating himself at the table in front of her.

“…… Will you go back to Chuzhou and marry Lou Yun immediately, or will you wait? ”

She glanced at him and did not answer directly, but said:

"This time I went to Suzhou, I also obeyed the will of the official family. Anyway, I want to go back to the capital to die. ”

Wang Shiqiang understood her words.

What she meant was that the families of the border state commanders should stay in the capital, especially before such a war. She knew the rules.

If Lou Yun insists on getting married, she will get married. Then he was sent back as Mrs. Lou.

Anyway, she wants to go back to the capital.

Wang Shiqiang also heard from her words that she had a relationship with Judge Li in Suzhou, and it seemed that she came by order of the official's family.

“…… That's right. Now that you've arrived in the capital, let's start walking around with our family. ”

After all, he reminded him.

“…… Mrs. Lou is the sister of Lord Lou, so I naturally want to come to visit. ”

She has been in the capital for two or three years, and she has never been to Wang Shiqiang's mansion in the capital, nor has she officially met Lou Luanpei.

Therefore, she has never really entered the eunuch circle in the capital.

But after marrying Lou Yun. It's a different story at all.

In addition to the Xie family, she had to start socializing with the eunuchs.

The first one is Lou Luanpei.

"You've become a parent. Help me ask Lou Yun about something. ”

Wang Shiqiang said directly.

That's why he wants to talk to her alone in private.

The hatch was open, and the river breeze blew in.

Candlelight flickering. Ji Qingchen was three points surprised, staring at him behind the veil.

"What's the matter?"

“…… Luan admires which family she used to be a childhood sweetheart. ”

Wang Shiqiang didn't have much embarrassment, and explained the reason lightly,

"After all, I am a businessman, and the people who come and go in the Han Mansion are all official people. I still don't know any of her relatives and friends. ”

“……”

Ji Qingchen knew that what he said was Lou Luanpei's previous scandal at Mingzhou's home.

But she also speculated that at least fifty percent of this matter was set up by Lou's stepmother, wanting Lou Luanpei to marry her mother's nephew, and then twenty percent of it was Mrs. Qi's good intentions to do the wrong thing.

In that rumor, the childhood sweetheart, at most thirty percent of the men who eloped with her were real people.

The pot is lightly slammed. Wang Shiqiang took the kettle on the table and poured water.

When he took the water, the lamp obscured most of his face, and she couldn't tell what he was going to do.

"I could only promise to ask once, but he said I couldn't guarantee it."

She whispered.

She and Wang Shiqiang thought the same, Lou Yun must know the inside story.

And she wants to return the favor he gave her a boat ride this time.

Wang Shiqiang saw that she agreed happily, and he also wanted to see the look on her face.

However, he could only see her blurred face under the veil

He didn't bother to think about whether he came too quickly and she didn't have time to take off her veil, or if she was deliberately waiting for him to come.

She is only doing this to get to Chuzhou tomorrow. Xiang Lou Yun expressed her sense of proportion on Wang Shiqiang's ship.

"Just ask Lou Yun, who is the man who communicates with her at home on the fifteenth day of the month."

She listened, it should be some evidence that Wang Shiqiang caught. He replied simply:

"Okay."

Wang Shiqiang paused, and finally poured a cup of water and put it in front of her.

"After I returned to the capital to hand over the decree to the officials, I was afraid that there would be a war. If you go back to the capital, we can discuss the workshop well. I'm supposed to go to the Ministry of Industry to supervise the manufacture of ordnance. Iron and charcoal are well stocked. It's just that there is a lack of skilled craftsmen......"

"It's your business that the craftsmen under your own name are in a hurry to dedicate to the imperial court."

She calmly blocked back,

"There are also craftsmen under the name of Huang's Warehouse. You have to discuss it with Huang Qige. I'm happy for you, too. Dedicate these to the imperial court, and Huang Qige is indispensable for a real lack of official positions. ”

She didn't wait for him to persuade more, and made the price clear,

"No matter how much I offer craftsmen, even if I become the wife of the country, I will not be able to get the real shortage of officials in one government and one county, and I will not be able to sit in the position of prime minister of the political hall in the future. You have received more benefits than me, so why should I be asked to follow you as a craftsman? ”

“……”

Wang Shiqiang was dumbfounded when he heard this, and couldn't help but speak,

"That's not what you said when I helped you smuggle the Raven Gun......"

"At the beginning, Tangfang had not been built, and I was short of money everywhere, so even if I was exchanged for a county lady's grade, it would be enough for me to be blushing. But now I'm not short of money. ”

"You know it was a joke to say that firearms were supplied for free," she said of course. ”

"Young Lady ......"

Wang Shiqiang saw that she turned her face and didn't recognize anyone, and he was surprised to have a few words of laughter, talking about the past when he met and fell in love with her.

However, the door opened slightly, and Lao Siniang pushed the door and walked in with her baggage.

Wang Shiqiang retracted, and Lao Siniang was also startled by the man who suddenly appeared in the room.

She went to the small cabin just now to sort out her luggage, and took a few dresses for Ji Qingchen for the evening and when she got off the boat tomorrow, Zuo Pingzheng helped them arrange the cabin, and said a few more words.

She was alert, but walked back quickly.

After she recognized it as Wang Shiqiang at a glance, she didn't cry out in surprise, and stood silently by the door.

Ji Qingchen reminded her that after getting on the boat, she would inevitably have to deal with Wang Shiqiang.

She knew that Lou Yun's henchmen Jun Mo and Guan Suo were all next door.

The eldest lady said that there is no need to alarm them unless necessary.

Wang Shiqiang glanced at her, knowing that this servant woman would not leave, and he turned his eyes to look at Ji Qingchen again.

But she looked straight at him.

"If you dedicate the workshop to the imperial court, won't it be good for Erlang and Saburo?"

He knew that he could leave without paying a high price right away.

"They became officials, and their orders were also Shuqing and ...... and Hyland's. What does it have to do with me? ”

She stood up, posed as a send-off guest, and sighed regretfully,

"It's a pity that I'm going to marry out and share the family property with them, not the old lady they have to endure for the rest of their lives."

Lao Siniang stood by the door, and after listening to these few words, she roughly understood what she was talking about, and couldn't help but laugh.

Wang Shiqiang stood up helplessly and said:

"You're not for Lou Yun either?"

She was amazed and said:

"He will be happy if I give you the dowry to change his official position?"

She looked at Wang Shiqiang, "Lord Wang is already a person, do you think Lou Yun is generous?" ”

Isn't he still inquiring about his wife's old looks? (To be continued......)