Shen Nanzhu's face was hidden in the dark light and shadow, only the light of his eyes flickered slightly with the flickering candle flame.

"Aman, you have been in the capital longer than me, and you know better than me who the king of Kangcheng is like. In addition to collecting landscape paintings, his other hobby is collecting beautiful women. ”

"You can't guess that his other purpose for asking me to paint is to take the opportunity to trouble the young lady, but you know that she left her there alone, do you know what the consequences are?"

The woman's eyes were dark and silent, and Shen Nanzhu didn't seem to want her answer, and continued: "The young lady doesn't have any ability to protect herself, and the maids around her don't know martial arts, so if you do this, you will undoubtedly hand her over to the people of the King of Kangcheng County, and let them dispose of it." ”

"As far as I know, the last woman who was favored by King Kangcheng and refused to follow him was skinned alive by him and made into a human skin lamp called a beautiful face......"

As he spoke, his eyes flickered, a hint of danger flashed in his eyes, and his voice was cold, as if thinking of this would bring him to the dangerous situation that Meng Bao was facing at that time.

Aman almost bit his lip, his fists clenched and released.

"I didn't mean to."

She really didn't mean it, she really didn't mean it, she just ......

"I know."

Shen Nanzhu said.

"I know you didn't mean to, or you wouldn't be lying here right now."

He stood up in the darkness and straightened his sleeves.

"The only people in this world who know the young lady's secret are you and me, it stands to reason. I chose to keep her a secret, and I should have killed you right away. ”

His voice was as low as the night, as if he was not talking about life and death, but about an inconsequential matter.

"I didn't do it because I trusted you."

"Mengbao is an extremely important person to me, I trusted you, so I gave her to you, and you betrayed my trust."

Not only did he almost hurt the young lady, but also betrayed his trust?

Aman's fist slowly clenched again.

"I also understand to sù you. Ever since I arranged you by Mengbao's side. I don't plan to let you do anything else, and your only task from now on is to protect her. If you can't, I'll change you, but you'll be of no use. ”

"As far as I'm concerned. A useless person. Even if it's dead. It doesn't matter, even if it's you. ”

Even if that person is you!

Ah Man's whole body tensed up because of these words, and the wound on his back oozed blood again.

"I could have done something more important! I could have ......."

"There is nothing more important. There is nothing more important than her. ”

Shen Nanzhu said loudly.

"The things you call more important are the things you think are important to you, not the things that are important to me. If you just want to do what you think is important, get out of here and go back to Saburo. There, you can do whatever you want. ”

After he finished speaking, he didn't say anything more, turned and walked out of the room.

The curtain fell gently, blocking the darkness outside and the man's tall and straight back.

Aman lay on the bed in a daze.

Is she wrong again? Is she wrong again?

What she thinks is good for him is not what he thinks is good for him, and what she thinks is important to him is not important to him.

Ah Man took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

Wrong, wrong, since the young lady ......

No, she's always been making mistakes since this person from another world came along.

She lost her heart, forgot what she was here for, forgot her identity, and repeatedly imposed her ideas on the prince.

For his good, for his good, she always told herself like this.

But she felt good for him, and he didn't feel good at all.

Wrong, wrong, and wrong......

"Moan!"

She shouted outside.

Mo An hurriedly walked in: "Sister Aman, what's the matter?" ”

"Dose me!"

"Oh! Good! ”

Mo An happily took out the medicine bottle, walked up to her and stopped again, his face flushed.

"That...... Sister Aman, can you go on it yourself? ”

"What do you say?"

Aman turned his head and glared at him.

"I ...... That one...... Men and women ......"

"Then I gouged out your eyes first, or castrated you first, and you are helping me with the medicine?"

Mo An only felt that his lower body was stiff, and his two legs were subconsciously clamped: "No, no, no!" Sister Aman, you are a real man! There is no distinction between men and women! ”

Ah Man glared again, Mo An almost bit his tongue, and hurriedly explained: "I mean, Sister A Man, you are an iron-clad man in my heart!" You ......"

"Close! Mouth! ”

"Yes yes yes, shut up, shut up ......"

Mo An wiped the sweat from his forehead, closed his eyes and trembled to give her medicine.

…………………………

"Miss, although this shop is good, but ...... We don't have enough money......"

Red Note said with a pout.

Mengbao's face was also a little embarrassed, she used to think that five thousand taels of silver was a lot, but now if she wants to open a shop in the capital, these silver seem to be a little stretched.

"Or ...... Write a letter to the lord and ask him to help think of a way? ”

Zhao's mother said on the side.

Mengbao shook his head: "Daddy's money is not much, and these five thousand taels of silver may be all his belongings." Besides, I have already married the water spilled by my married daughter, so how can I bother him again and again for my own business. ”

Mother Zhao looked slightly stunned, and only smiled with relief after a while: "If Master Hou knew that Miss is so sensible now, he would definitely be very pleased." ”

Meng Bao smiled and said nothing, looking at the few shops written on the paper.

The shop under the plate needs money, and the decoration and renovation of the shop needs money. It takes money to hire people, it takes money to use raw materials, and all the money needs to be used, but where do you get money?

"Or ...... Let's set up a small shop first, and then change places when we have saved enough money? ”

Red Note said hesitantly.

If it was placed in the past, Mengbao naturally felt that this was okay, after all, she was not in a hurry to gain a foothold in the capital.

But now, she desperately wants to gain a foothold in the capital.

"Miss, actually...... You don't have to. Now that you have reconciled with the prince, you are still the young lady of the Dingnan Hou Mansion. Then you just need to take care of the affairs of the inner house for the prince. Why ......"

"You can't rely on him for everything."

Mengbao interrupted.

Can't rely on him for everything?

Zhao's mother looked puzzled.

As a woman, shouldn't you take your husband as your god? Isn't it a matter of course to rely on your husband?

Meng Bao smiled: "Mom, the prince also has his difficulties, I don't want to drag him back." I can't help him with anything else. But at least the money can be shared for him. I wanted to do what I could. It's not that all day long I just know to stretch out my hand and ask him for this and that. ”

Mother Zhao's expression was still a little dazed.

Is that so?

Is that the truth?

That sounds right, too. But I felt that something was wrong......

Shen Nanzhu stood outside the door and listened to their conversation, his originally stiff face softened after Mengbao said the next words, and he opened the curtain and walked in.

Zhao's mother and Hongjian saw him and hurriedly saluted and retired. Shen Nanzhu nodded and walked to Mengbao's side.

"Coming back? Are you busy in the government office today? ”

Meng Bao said as he poured him a glass of water and handed it over.

Shen Nanzhu took it, but didn't drink it, and put the cup back again.

"It's very gratifying to have such a little hind leg as you."

He said as he pinched the tip of her nose.

"You're eavesdropping on us outside?"

Meng Bao laughed.

"Listen openly."

He sat down beside her, reached over her, and pinched her fingers to play with it.

He seemed to be enjoying this little gesture lately, pinching her ten fingertips one by one, sometimes gently running his fingers along the edges of his nails, sometimes gently kneading her round kneaves, sometimes overlapping his own fingers with hers, feeling the difference between her silky skin and his own.

"Azhu, I have something I want to discuss with you."

Meng Bao pulled out his hand and said.

"Well, you say."

Shen Nanzhu pulled her hand back again.

"Hmm...... Do you have any extra silver? ”

She said, looking at his face.

Shen Nanzhu raised his eyebrows, and a smile curled up on his lips: "Do you want me to borrow silver?" Who just said that you don't want to hold me back, you don't want to reach out and ask me for this and that? ”

"It's not borrowing!"

Mengbao Zhengse said: "Share! I let you buy shares, and I will share the money I earn in the future, and I will give you dividends! ”

Become a shareholder? Dividends?

Is this little girl messing around and getting serious?

He chuckled.

"I don't lack that little bit of silver, and I don't need your dividends, why should I buy shares?"

"That'...... Isn't the more silver the better? Who would be okay with a lot of money! ”

"Are you so sure you can make a profit? Tens of thousands of taels of silver is not a small amount, in case I not only failed to get the money but also lost money when I bought the shares, then how can it be calculated? ”

"It's not going to be a loss! I weighed it carefully and did a lot of research before I decided! ”

As she spoke, she got up and ran to the makeup bride, pulling out a thick stack of papers from a small box.

"Look."

She stretched out her hand and spread out the stack of papers in front of Shen Nanzhu.

Shen Nanzhu looked at the ghost-drawn thing in front of him, and his brows were twisted together.

Mengbao realized that he didn't recognize Arabic numerals, and hurriedly explained them to him one by one.

With her explanation, the seemingly messy things in front of her gradually became extremely clear, and Shen Nanzhu's originally joking face gradually became solemn.

He flipped through the pages one by one, and although he was not very familiar with the unfamiliar numbers, he could see what they meant.

"You wrote all this?"

He asked, looking up.

"Hmmm! You see, the wood used for mulberries today is actually everywhere in the mountains and forests, and it costs nothing. Because of the ordinary materials, these wood products could not be sold for much money originally, but they were only exquisite. ”

"But from the time we started doing beckoning cats. Attach a good meaning to something, and then sell it for some specific people, and the price can increase several times. ”

"Take this beckoning cat as an example, we sell it to some shops, the price is five taels, it seems very high for ordinary people, but it is really not much money for those shops, they just bought it on the table to look good and auspicious, to attract the eyes of guests."

"They don't think it's a lot of money, but it's not profitable for us."

"The mulberry hand is very fast. You can make at least two or three beckoning cats a day. You can make something else. We sold the half-moonlight beckoning cat for two hundred taels of silver, not to mention anything else. ”

"I calculated that if I hired some people, I could make twenty a day. Ten days is two hundred. That's a thousand taels of silver. It shouldn't take long to earn your money back. And we don't need to hire these people for a long time, just bring them in when we need to rush to make something, and pay the bill on a daily basis. This maximizes cost savings. ”

Shen Nanzhu shook his head with a smile as he listened to her talking about her ambitions.

"You're thinking too simply. Let's not talk about whether anyone will buy it if you make so much, just say that your lucky cat is not difficult in my opinion, as long as you have the heart, ordinary carpenters buy one and take it apart to take a look, maybe you can learn it. When you first make it, there may be people who buy it, and when the street is full of the same thing, it's not worth much. ”

"And, even if the carpenters outside can't learn it, can you guarantee that the craftsmen you hired yourself won't leak out the method of making zuò? Can you guarantee that he has learned this craft today, and tomorrow he will not go back to open a shop by himself, and sell it cheaper than you? ”

"Besides, you have sold dozens of them now, no matter how prosperous the capital is, the number of shops is limited, even if each shop buys one from you, there will always be a time to run out, right? By then, all the shops will already have this thing, who are you going to sell it to? ”

"Besides, the wood is not like clothes, shoes and socks are often damaged, if you don't move there for a long time, it won't be broken, you don't need to replace it with a new one, you have made the first batch of silver and earned some silver, I'm afraid that there will be no second batch of business for a long time, how do you maintain the shop during this time? Craftsmen can be hired now, and the shopkeeper of the shop always has to be kept for a long time, right? ”

He threw out a series of questions one after another, thinking that Mengbao would be troubled by it, but he didn't expect her eyes to become brighter and brighter.

"I remember that the chores of the Hou Mansion were all handed over to the second brother to take care of, why do you know so much?"

She asked with a smile.

Shen Nanzhu pinched her cheek dissatisfiedly: "Do you think I'm not as powerful as him?" ”

"No, I just think that each has its own duties, he is responsible for general affairs and dealing with businessmen, and you are responsible for being an official and gaining a foothold in the officialdom, each with its own strengths."

Strengths?

Shen Nanzhu was noncommittal.

Before, Shen Nancheng put Chen Er into the mansion without checking for a while, and let him blend into the garden, and he was always a little worried about this matter.

For this reason, he later wrote a letter to Shen Nancheng, asking him to hold all these banquets outside the mansion in the future, and not to invite businessmen into the mansion again.

It is estimated that his second brother still doesn't know the real reason why he asked him to do this, and he may still think that Chen Er's "not falling into the water" made him palpitate, so he told him so.

Thinking of this, he thought of the Chen Mansion again, and his eyes were a little gloomy.

The matter over there in Bei'an should have been dealt with almost, right? It's time to hear back when the days are calculated.

"What do you think?"

Meng Bao stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes.

He took her hand and squeezed it gently, "I'm thinking...... If you have to do your own thing, what should you do now...... Is it for me to extend the offspring and spread the leaves? ”

The second half of the sentence was extremely soft, almost touching her cheek, and the warm breath sprayed on her neck and ears.

Mengbao's face was slightly red, and he reached out and patted him: "Seriously!" Where are you going to! ”

"I'm talking about the real business, Bao'er, you tell me honestly, are you still unwilling in your heart? Or rather...... Are you afraid, afraid that once you really have a child, you will be trapped, afraid that after having a child, I will feel that I will eat you, not take you seriously, not abide by our agreement, and turn around and take a concubine again? ”

He took her hand and rubbed it gently, as if to reassure and hesitate, a little eagerly waiting for her answer.

Mengbao was stunned for a long time before asking, "Do you still plan to take a concubine after I have a child?" ”

Shen Nanzhu looked stunned, and the hand holding her stiffened: "You...... Isn't that what you think? ”

"No, I think my current body is actually a little small, and it is not suitable for having children, and I want to wait for two years to grow up and regenerate. It may be normal for you to have a baby at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but in fact, it is not good for either the mother or the child, and if there is any danger during childbirth, it is likely to ......."

"Shut up!"

Shen Nanzhu scolded lightly and reached out to cover her mouth.

Meng Bao pulled his hand down and took a bite out of dissatisfaction: "Tell me honestly!" Are you already planning to take a concubine after I have a baby? ”

Shen Nanzhu, who was originally a little displeased because she didn't know the seriousness of her words, chuckled, feeling as if she had dug a hole for herself again.

"No, it's not like you don't know that I can't touch other women."

"Who knows if you can touch it now and in the future," Meng Bao said indignantly: "You still thought you couldn't touch me at the beginning!" It's not ...... yet."

"Not yet?"

He asked, pinching her chin.

Meng Bao wanted to turn his face away and ignore him, but he tried a little to prevent her from turning her head.

"Bao'er, let me kiss it, this time it won't count, good ......"

As he spoke, he was about to lean down.

What!

Meng Bao glared.

How can there be such a sloppy skin!

"Lord Shizi, Mulberry is here, saying that there is a letter from the young lady."

Mo Chou's voice came from outside the door.

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PS: Recommend a friend's work: "Cannon Fodder Pit Fairy Road"

Introduction: Even if the qualifications are wasted, my sister will kill the genius Daxian. (Happy Xianxia Wen, if you like the relaxed mode, you can take a look~)

4919 words, barely 5000, right? Forget it, let's count 4900...... Other words...... (crackling abacus)...... Still in debt of 1500, huh...... Continue to return it another day~

I'm sorry, I also know that I haven't written well recently.,The low tide of the plot is also a little low.,I don't even dare to read the book review area.,I'm afraid that I'll be more emotional.,It's a very bad thing for an author.。

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