Inside the National Mansion.

Duchess Guo looked at the letter from Rong Che in her hand, and her pure face added a bit of seriousness and worry: "In this case, don't tell Che'er about the capital for the time being, and talk about it when he comes back safely." ”

"Then Miss Wei's ......"

"This kid is a smart one. If I can't even deal with this little thing, when she comes to the Guogong Mansion, I have to worry about whether she will be able to live. The Duchess said with a gloomy face, burned the letter, and then called the grandmother beside her to whisper a few words.

Mama's eyelids raised, and seeing that the Duchess of the State didn't seem to be joking, she reminded: "The people of the Guogong Mansion are now only thinking that the second master wants to marry Miss Wei is a joke, if you bring her to the Guogong Mansion at this time, I am afraid that the people of the Guogong Mansion will take it seriously." ”

"It's really the best."

The Duchess looked at the flowers outside with a little disgust, and the tip of her nose overflowed with a hint of snort: "It's already a rotten place, and I don't expect them to care about any family affection or not, I just want my son to be happy." ”

Mama saw that she had made up her mind, so she should go out.

As soon as Mama left, Rong Hai, the eldest son of Rongfu, came.

Rong Hai is more than ten years older than Rong Che, but he doesn't look old at all, but wears a blue and white brocade robe, looking steady and mature, but there is always a bit of pain in his eyes.

"Mother."

"You're also here for the Chen family's business?" The Duchess asked him displeased.

Rong Hai couldn't help but smile when he saw his mother's vigilant appearance, and then shook his head: "The affairs of the Chen family have their own second brother to worry about, and besides, my future second brother and sister are not a disadvantage at first glance." ”

The Duchess heard him say so. The heart is getting a little heavier, her eldest son has been holding everything in his heart since he was a child, always reporting good news and not bad news, not like her thoroughly, playing tricks and coquettish since he was a child has been stronger than others.

"Is it the princess's business?" Duchess Guo's tone was a little lighter.

"Hmm."

Rong Hai didn't want to worry his mother, but the matter had come to this point, and he had to tell the truth: "The princess asked for peace, and she will arrive in the capital in a few days to mention this matter to the queen mother and the emperor, and the son is powerless to dissuade him." I have to tell my mother first, so that you can get ready first......"

"Ready!" Duchess Guo's face turned blue: "What are you going to prepare, it was she who harmed you and ruined your future, but now she says that she will leave and leave, what do you think of, what do you think of my country's mansion!" ”

Rong Hai looked at his mother, whose eyes were red, sighed lightly in his heart, and only said a few words of appeasement before withdrawing.

But looking back on my past few decades, isn't it ruined? But what if it is ruined, it is better to ruin his future alone than to destroy the entire Guogong Mansion with him.

Thinking about it, Rong Hai had unconsciously walked outside the mansion, and it happened that Wei Qingqing also came out.

Rong Hai saw that it was her, and he wanted to avoid it, but he saw from a distance that several thieves were waiting at the entrance of the alley, and his eyes seemed to fall on Wei Qingqing, and his footsteps couldn't help but stop. Stopped Wei Qingqing: "Where is Miss Wei going?" ”

"It's Uncle Rong."

Lan Sheng immediately reminded Wei Qingqing.

Wei Qingqing naturally recognized this Uncle Rong, but since the last time he saw him, it seems that many years have passed, and now looking at him, the years do not seem to have left traces on him, but make him appear more and more mature, and Rong Che has four or five similar appearances, but not as white and demonic as Rong Che, he is more of a handsome mature man.

"Uncle Rong's words, the courtiers are about to buy some rouge." Wei Qingqing lowered her eyes and saluted.

"But where to go to the West Market? It just so happens that I'm going to go over too, so I'm on the same road. Rong Hai smiled slightly, and walked forward.

Wei Qingqing always felt that his smile didn't reach the bottom of his eyes, floating on the surface, very bitter.

Although she thought so, Wei Qingqing still followed, she was worried that she couldn't go to the tavern to arrange things openly, and it was just right for Rong Hai to go along the way.

Although it was a way, Wei Qingqing still wore a weft hat and walked far behind, Rong Hai's footsteps were not fast, she was just able to keep up, and Rong Hai also paid special attention to the defense of men and women, not too close to Wei Qingqing at all, but just enough to protect her.

Along the way, Rong Hai paid attention to the thieves who followed behind him, but he also occasionally glanced at Wei Qingqing, seeing that she was following with a small face and swaggering, not embarrassed and shy at all, the corners of her mouth unconsciously overflowed with a smile, and after walking to a fat powder shop somewhere in the West City, Rong Hai stopped and said to Wei Qingqing: "I don't know when Miss Wei will go back?" I'm just going to meet a few friends here at Chongyang Tower, and I'll be back in about two hours. ”

Wei Qingqing knew that he wanted to escort him back, such a good thing, Wei Qingqing naturally would not refuse, and nodded obediently to indicate that he knew.

Seeing her like this, Rong Hai's smile deepened a little, and he only watched her enter the rouge shop, and then signaled the little guys around him to arrest the thieves.

After Wei Qingqing entered the rouge shop, he directly found a side door and slipped into a nearby alley, and saw Guo Qing who was waiting.

"I found out clearly, the Chen family jumped over the wall in such a hurry because they were served a pot of private salt in Jiangnan, and the matter must soon be stabbed to the imperial court."

"Illegal salt?" Wei Qingqing immediately laughed: "I just said that the Chen family is only a four-grade family, how can the family be so rich, not only to feed a large group of 'Lian Chen' in the capital, but the lady in the palace is also extravagant and generous, it turns out that they are actually doing the work of robbing business with the emperor." "At the beginning, Rong Ruizhang also wanted to use the business of private salt several times, after all, it was a matter of great profits, if she hadn't let go, she would have been served today, I am afraid that it would be the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Thinking of this, Wei Qingqing actually regretted it a little.

"But the Chen family has passed the old nest, why do you want to come to the Wei family to do it?" Wei Qingqing was a little puzzled.

Guo Qing glanced at her and saw that she really didn't understand. couldn't help but sneer: "You look smart, how can you understand this little bit of the Chen family, but you are confused in this game?" ”

Wei Qingqing glanced at him, what did he mean was that the Chen family wanted to blackmail Rong Che with him?

She has long known that her second uncle Rong is not simple, but she has never seen him do anything out of the ordinary for any woman, and she is just a pawn of him.

"No matter what madness the Chen family has, you will solve Chen Sanniang's matter for me first." Thinking of Chen Sanniang's crazy appearance today, Wei Qingqing knew that she couldn't leave any way out.

"What do you want to do?"

Guo Qing looked at the cold appearance in her eyes, and shrugged her shoulders uncomfortably, as if she wanted to shake off the cold behind her.

Wei Qingqing whispered a few words in her ear, and after Guo Qing listened, he looked at Wei Qingqing and smiled: "You are really not a good person." ”

"I've never said I'm a good person." Wei Qingqing replied indifferently and went back to the rouge shop.

Guo Qing looked at her back for a long time before he smiled appreciatively, turned around and disappeared into the alley.

And after Wei Qingqing made sure that Rong Hai's people were no longer outside the shop, he took Lan Sheng into the tavern not far from here.

The tavern is still the same as before, but with a new plaque with three big characters written on it, 'Four Seasons Brew'.

"You're here."

Yang saw Wei Qingqing's figure from a distance, so he greeted him: "You go to the backyard to rest?" ”

"Hmm." Wei Qingqing glanced at the endless stream of people in the tavern, and had other thoughts in her heart, now making money is still her goal, and no one will know the role of money in the capital better than her!

Wei Qingqing called the Yang accountant and his wife to the backyard to discuss it carefully, and after listening to Wei Qingqing's thoughts, the Yang accountant and his wife stared at the boss: "Miss, do this." How much money does it cost? ”

"Sooner or later, the money spent will be earned. Recently, you have been going to call the people in the house business, and you are staring carefully at Aunt Wen and the Chen family in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and during this time, they will definitely sell a lot of shops. Wei Qingqing handed over the two house deeds that Huang Ying gave her before: "These two shops are not far away, find a way to put the middle shop down, directly open it up, and make it into a winery." ”

The two of them had never seen such a spend-of-money in their lives, and when they took the deed handed over by Wei Qingqing, their hands trembled a little.

Wei Qingqing smiled and comforted: "Even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter, with me in your pocket, you just have to let it go." ”

"But Miss, this is too risky, let's fold the four seasons brewing business is good now, and if it goes on like this, there will be a net profit of one or two thousand taels a year......"

Yang was still not at ease, Wei Qingqing looked at him, and sighed lightly in his heart, he had never seen the world, he was old, and his vision was limited, even if she explained everything clearly, he didn't dare to do it.

"Then you go and keep an eye on buying a few shops first, and then talk about the rest." Wei Qingqing was helpless, and after saying that, seeing the relieved appearance of the Yang account room and his wife, he was even more helpless. Only a few words were explained, and then it came out.

"Miss is not happy?"

Lan Sheng asked keenly.

Wei Qingqing was a little discouraged, thinking that when she first started to learn to take care of the shop business, she was not so sad, in the final analysis, the few shopkeepers she found at the beginning were all sophisticated and shrewd, but where to find such a group of people now?

"Get out of the way!"

Wei Qingqing was pacing and preparing to go back to Xishi to wait for Rong Hai to go back together, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves on the street, and the people on the horse waved their whips to whip away the pedestrians who had no time to dodge on the side of the road, and laughed.

Wei Qingqing saw the person on the horse clearly, and quickly pulled Lan Sheng to the side to avoid it, but saw that the person was followed by Xu Chang in the whirlpool of scandals in the past two days, and his heart was not good, so he hurriedly lowered his head, but Xu Chang had already discovered her!

In other words, Xu Chang just stared at her and went out, so he followed.

"You, why don't you know how to salute when you see His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince!" Xu Chang directly stopped Mahler in front of Wei Qingqing, pointed at her with a horsewhip and asked.

"A folk girl. You care so much and do so much. The green-clothed young man who was riding on the horse snorted, but as if he was teasing, he raised his hand and hit Wei Qingqing's face directly with a whip, Wei Qingqing's weft hat was instantly split in half by the force on his whip, and Wei Qingqing's left face was even cut open by the sharp qi A thin bloody wound.

Accompanied by the frightened soft cries around him, the six princes who were hanging children looked at Wei Qingqing in a daze and forgot to exhale.

The girl's pair of watery eyes were staring at him coldly, and the bright red blood on her little face was as white as snow, but it added a bit of bewitchment, especially when she looked angry, the corners of her eyes were slightly upturned, with an unconscious charm.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Xu Chang shouted at him a few times, and he came back to his senses, and immediately snorted at the people around him: "Take this unrespected folk girl back to the house for me and leave, His Royal Highness will punish her well!" ”

Wei Qingqing was dumbfounded, I used to hear Rong Ruizhang say that the sixth prince had been raised with the eldest princess in Saibei, and he was an unruly and lawless, but now that he looks at it, it is really so. But why did he return to Beijing, Rong Hai also returned to Beijing a while ago, is the eldest princess also coming back?

When the emperor matched Rong Hai and the eldest princess, he hinted that they were not allowed to return to Beijing, and most of the reason was that he wanted to lock up the six princes from the former queen in Saibei, why would the six princes appear in the capital with swagger now?

"Ryano. Why are you here? ”

Rong Hai's smiling voice suddenly came from behind him.

When the sixth prince saw Rong Hai, his brows furrowed, and he obediently called out to his brother-in-law, before he put away his whip and looked at him with the reins high and said, "I was about to go to the Guogong Mansion." ”

Rong Hai guessed what he was going to do, he had already arrived in the capital, and the princess must have arrived soon: "Have you gone to the palace?" ”

"I'll go in a moment." After Qin Liangye finished speaking indifferently, he glanced at Wei Qingqing again, didn't say more, and only asked Rong Hai: "Brother-in-law is going to the Guogong Mansion with me now?" ”

"Nature." Rong Hai glanced at the wound on Wei Qingqing's face and the weft hat that fell to the ground. Seeing that her face was just a little pale, but she didn't look frightened at all, the smile in her eyes deepened a little, and she specially instructed the people around her: "Miss Wei is afraid that she will be frightened today, you should send it back immediately, otherwise my mother will definitely say that I don't know how to protect my future brother and sister when she has an accident." ”

These words directly explained the relationship between Wei Qingqing and herself.

Qin Liangye's brows tightened a little, and he looked at Wei Qingqing unhappily, but saw that Wei Qingqing didn't even look at him. He turned around and walked away.

Hey, this little girl!

"Did His Royal Highness meet him halfway? Why don't you go to the Guogong Mansion for a cup of tea together? ”

Rong Hai looked at Xu Chang, who was staring at Wei Qingqing with a fierce face, and asked with a smile.

Xu Chang came back to his senses at this time, but he didn't take Rong Hai too seriously, and unwillingly dismounted and saluted, only to hear Qin Liangye wave his hand indifferently: "You go back first." ”

"Yes."

Xu Chang didn't dare to refute, but it was indeed a coincidence that he met the six princes today, who would have thought that the prince, who had not returned to Beijing for more than ten years and was almost forgotten by the Manchu Dynasty, would suddenly return to Beijing.

After that, Qin Liangye reluctantly dismounted under Rong Hai's gentle eyes, and walked with him to the Guogong Mansion.

When Wei Qingqing returned to the Wei Mansion, he knew that the situation in the capital was about to change.

"Seeing that Xu Chang still dares to come out, it shows that the Xu family does not take the rumors seriously." Lan Zhi made tea neatly, and didn't dare to say more.

"Perhaps, it's the Xu family who pretended to be fine." Lan Sheng thought for a moment and said softly.

Wei Qingqing didn't answer, she only felt strange, why did Xu Chang jump out first, but Rong Ruizhang didn't move, could it be that Rong Ruizhang could still persuade the Xu family?

This matter is too strange, if Rong Ruizhang realizes that this is his own handiwork, and finally asks him to beat him up, it will bring trouble to the Wei family.

"Lan Zhi, go and call Xiaobai ......"

"Miss."

Before Wei Qingqing finished speaking, he heard Qiu Ling's voice coming from outside.

Since Yu Xia was sent away, Qiu Ling's whole person has settled down a lot, except for the phoenix bracelet that is missing......

"What's the matter, come in and talk back." Wei Qingqing said.

"Yes." Qiu Ling answered, then lifted the curtain and walked in, and handed Wei Qingqing a gilded invitation, please paste, and there were four big characters written on the Suiguo Mansion.

It's the Guogong Mansion again?

Wei Qingqing opened her eyes and saw that the annual flower viewing party of the Guogong Mansion was about to open again. Every April and May, the ladies and ladies in the capital like to hold flower viewing parties. First, there is a reason to move around with each family, and secondly, it is also to show off the skills of the lady in charge, after all, to organize such a flower viewing party, it is not only laborious and laborious, but also extraordinarily expensive.

In the past, Aunt Wen was very fond of holding flower viewing parties, and posted in the name of Wei Qingqing's wife, and then secretly said that these were all her handiwork, and put gold on her face.

Thinking of these past events, the corners of Wei Qingqing's mouth hooked, sent Qiu Ling down, and instructed Lan Zhi: "Send someone to check and see if the post of the Guogong Mansion has been sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion this year, if so, ......"

Wei Qingqing thought for a moment, and her eyes narrowed: "There is a Linglong embroidery workshop in Dongcheng, which contains two smoky brocades, which are worth a lot of money. ”

Lan Zhi was clever and instantly understood what Wei Qingqing meant: "The slave understands." Slave and maid are going to ......"

"Don't let anyone know, understand?" Wei Qingqing interrupted her words and looked at her seriously. This is the last chance she gave Lan Zhi, if she is still the master of the Gongguo Mansion, then she doesn't want this girl.

Lan Zhi naturally understood, and nodded heavily with her palms clenched.

Just wait for Lan Zhi to go out, and it's not too early.

Wei Qingqing asked Lan Sheng to go to the front hall to inquire about the situation of Wei Qingshan and Wei Xun, and learned that they had no action for the time being, so he was also a little relieved, and sent Lan Sheng to the kitchen to order that he would have dinner with the Wei family tonight, and then go back to the room to prepare the next season's flower wine.

But as soon as he returned to the room, the familiar and tense aura came, accompanied by a slight smell of blood.

Wei Qingqing subconsciously took two steps back, but instantly saw the purple dress sitting in the corner of her room at the moment.

Wei Qingqing calculated the time, it was exactly fifteen today, she looked at Helian Zifeng again, and saw that his usual white hair was casually sprinkled on his shoulders at this moment, and he buried his face in it with his hands and knees, and his whole body was constantly trembling, and she knew that his illness had happened again.

Every fifteenth day, he will be like this, only by drinking a large amount of human blood can he be suppressed, and when Wei Qingqing picked him up, he had just finished drinking blood and hid alone in a deserted cave to avoid the people who were chasing him around.

"...... that won't leave"

Just as Wei Qingqing was about to retreat, Helian Zifeng muttered this sentence, his voice hoarse.

Wei Qingqing frowned: "Zifeng, I'll go find blood for you, you ......"

"You said you would never leave me, Qingqing."

Helian Zifeng raised his head, his plain and indifferent eyes were full of the pain and struggle of betrayal at the moment, Wei Qingqing knew that his thoughts must have been tormented by this disease again to the point of losing his mind, but as soon as he finished thinking about it, Helian Zifeng swept her into his arms like the wind, and his teeth also bit on Wei Qingqing's delicate neck.

Outside the house, Lan Sheng heard the movement and asked vigilantly, "Miss, are you okay?" ”

Wei Qingqing felt a slight pain in her neck, she knew that Helian Zifeng still had some sense, she couldn't provoke him, otherwise it would be easy for him to wash the Wei Mansion with blood today.

"I'm fine, tell my dad and eldest brother that I can't go over today, I want to rest." Wei Qingqing replied softly.

Lan Sheng already knew that something was wrong when he heard this, so he went out to find someone, but no one expected that at such a late hour, Rong Ruizhang would appear in the Wei Mansion, and when Lan Sheng appeared, he was keenly aware that something had happened to Wei Qingqing!