"What? Why? Xia Wanrou was very surprised.

Looking at the smile on Xiao Mandeng's face, Wei Xiuyuan became more and more unsure of how to speak, he frowned and found a place to sit down, silent for a long time.

Lu Li on the side stepped forward to hold Xiao Man's hand and comforted him softly: "It's okay, listen to Xiuyuan first." ”

Although he didn't know what was going on, but seeing that Xiao Man had changed so much, he could guess a few points, it was possible that Wei Xiuyuan had promised something, but now he suddenly changed his hexagram, so Xiao Man would be like this, and it must have something to do with the store, otherwise Xia Wanrou would not have been involved.

"Canglan people live in the north, where it is very cold, and it snows heavily all year round, but we go to Beijing with four distinct seasons, even in winter, it is not as good as half a point there, and they are unlikely to like our clothes." Wei Xiuyuan spoke with difficulty.

Indeed, Xiao Man had been worried about this before, but after hearing Xia Wanrou's words, she was so excited that she forgot about this stubble.

Speaking of this, Lu Li roughly understood what they were talking about, so he was puzzled: "This time people from Canglan Country came just to do business?" How have I heard that they seem intent on making peace with a princess of our country? ”

Whether it is to let the concubine stay in Shangjing, or let the princess of Donglan go to Canglan, this has to be discussed in advance, if you want to marry after the beginning of spring, you have to come now.

Wei Xiuyuan nodded again and again, and responded: "It is true that there is also a relationship in this regard, in addition to a team of envoys from their country, there is also a caravan dedicated to business. Hey, I remember I didn't tell you about it, how do you know? ”

Lu Li is no longer involved in court politics now, and the emperor rarely summons him, and it has only been a few days since Canglan Kingdom entered Beijing, how did he know about this matter, and he still knows so much.

"Of course, I listened to the emperor." Lu Li sat down and informed everyone about the afternoon.

At noon, he received an edict from the emperor inviting him to sit in the palace. Lu Wei knew that the words were simple, but the things he talked about after going to the palace were not necessarily simple, so he set off for the palace after lunch.

The emperor in the palace was approving the folds, and before he had lunch, he didn't say a word after Lu left, and the people from Canglan Country arrived.

Accompanied by the emperor and the people of Canglan Kingdom, they had another lunch, during the banquet, Canglan Country has been taking the initiative to show goodwill, and praise the Donglan woman very much, everyone present can guess the other party's intentions, Lu Li is naturally not surprised.

"So that's the case, is the emperor calling you for this matter?" Xiao Man asked with a wink.

Lu Li nodded, "Yes, but there is only one princess under the emperor's knees, and the princess is still from the queen, the emperor is very sorry, and he is reluctant to marry her so far, and he is worried about this matter." ”

Wei Xiuyuan couldn't help but interject when he heard this: "Then find a county lord of the right age from the royal clan, or a young lady from the family, and marry the princess is the same." ”

In all dynasties, there have been countless such things, and this is also for the two countries to reconcile and avoid war, even the clan courtiers dare not have objections.

But as soon as he heard this, Lu Li immediately shook his head and said very embarrassed: "Do you think the emperor didn't expect it?" It's a pity that there is no suitable woman in the Donglan clan, so the emperor is worried! We talked for a long time today, but I still didn't come up with a suitable idea. ”

The only suitable one is the princess, but the emperor is reluctant, if he really rejects the kindness of Canglan Kingdom, he may make some other moves.

When you think about it, it's a complicated matter.

"If I'm not mistaken, Donglan and Canglan have never had the old custom of getting along, this time, how could Canglan suddenly send an envoy to lobby for this matter?" Xia Wanrou dragged her chin and asked thoughtfully.

Canglan country is far away from Donglan, and it is in the northernmost part, Shangjing is in the south of Donglan country, in the past, Canglan came to Donglan to do business, it was also on the border or in the north, and he never came to the vicinity of Shangjing, let alone to mention the matter of peace and affection.

Speaking of this, Lu Li was also very puzzled, but based on the guess he knew: "It may be that the new monarch has ascended the throne, so I suddenly remembered this matter, as for the rest, I don't know very well." ”

Everyone talked about doing business with Canglan and talking about the envoys with Canglan, very fast, if it weren't for Xiaoman's stomach gurgling a few times, she would have forgotten that she hadn't eaten dinner yet.

Lu Li, who was closest to her, naturally heard a slight sound, so he took the lead in getting up and ending the conversation, "It's not too early, let's talk about the rest of the things tomorrow." ”

"Okay, then let's go back first."

After sending the two away, Lu Li took Xiao Man to the dining room and ordered the kitchen to cook, but he sat on Xiao Man's side a little helplessly, half spoiled and half blamed: "What are you busy with in the afternoon?" I didn't even bother to eat dinner. ”

As he spoke, Lu Li put the dishes and chopsticks in front of Xiao Man, and casually helped the other party sort out the broken hair on his sideburns.

Facing the man's blame, Xiao Man stuck out his tongue, and in order not to worry the other party, he deliberately opened the topic and said: "Fang Cai, I see that you are all in a hurry, but I don't understand, if the emperor can't pick out the princess of the right age to kiss, what about the Canglan Congress?" ”

Speaking of this, Lu Li couldn't help but sigh, looked out of the half-opened window, and said thoughtfully: "Donglan is getting stronger and stronger, and Canglan won't really be good, but the people of Donglan, who are closest to Canglan, may suffer a little." ”

Those people have been doing business with the Canglan people for a long time, and if they annoy the Canglan people this time, they will not dare to attack Donglan, at most they will cut off business with the border people and no longer have contact, but even if it is just so, the lives of those people will be affected, and they don't know how to spend it at that time.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh again, retracted his gaze and lowered his eyes.

"Oh..."Xiao Man nodded as if she didn't understand, looking at the other party's worried appearance, she couldn't help but be affected, and her two beautiful eyebrows were slightly wrinkled.

There was silence in the dining room, which was completely different from the excitement in the room before, and the maids who were waiting around were also silent, and they lowered their eyebrows and stopped talking.

It wasn't until the cook in the back kitchen brought the prepared meal that there was a little more lively atmosphere in the house, Xiaoman hurriedly ate a few bites, then put down the chopsticks and went back to the bedroom with Lu Li to rest.

Because he was still busy with a few days of competition, Xiao Man didn't care about resting much the next day, so he went to Jiangfu early in the morning and told the other party that Qin Chun was also going to participate in the competition, so that he could add Qin Chun's name as well.

Speaking of which, Qin Chun's participation in the competition this time can be regarded as representing Manrou Garment Fang, so he did not change his name and surname, but used his real name. This is also what Qin Chun said before, saying that he wanted to make up for the regret of the last time, so Xiao Man naturally wanted to fulfill the other party's wish and respond to the other party's request.

After all, he is familiar with Jiang Qiming, and it is very simple to add a name.

"It's still troublesome Lord Jiang." Xiao Man owed a debt and bowed respectfully.

Jiang Qiming waved his hand, not caring much, "Speaking of which, I want to thank you." You and Qin Chun's embroidery work is good, each has its own merits, if you participate in this competition, it will be more lively, I can't ask for it. ”

When it was decided to hold the competition again, Xiaoman and the others were not in Beijing, Jiang Qiming just went to the store to talk to the guys, and he didn't have much hope, after all, Xiaoman and Lu Li have been playing everywhere in the past few years, and they rarely live in Shangjing, and this competition is very energy-consuming, even if Xiaoman is in Beijing, he may not necessarily come to participate.

Unexpectedly, Xiaoman not only happily agreed, but also brought Qin Chun to participate together.

Jiang Qiming was very grateful, and couldn't help but get up again and thanked: "Shopkeeper Su doesn't have to be so polite, the competition will be in Beijing at that time, and it will not be necessary to go out of the city to live in the garden, and it will be more convenient for you to go home." ”

"That's very good." Xiao Man nodded and said: "I haven't used needlework much in the past few years, and I will participate in the competition in a few days, I have to go back to practice my hands first, I'm afraid I can't talk with Master Jiang anymore." ”

"I'll send you out."

Although the Jiang family has a big fortune and a big business, but this house is built very elegantly, pavilions, rockeries and lakes, there are a few strange flowers and plants on the roadside, and occasionally you can hear the crisp and pleasant bird calls.

Under the leadership of Jiang Qiming, Xiao Man and the maid Pearl walked through a rockery and went straight to the gate of the courtyard.

As he was walking, a male voice suddenly came from not far away, and the voice was getting closer and closer, "Guest, please come here, my lord is entertaining guests, please wait in the hall for a while." ”

Xiao Man couldn't help but follow the prestige curiously, but it happened to collide with a pair of deep eyes, she subconsciously lowered her head to avoid, but in the next second, she couldn't help but look in the direction of Fang Cai.

I saw that the man was wearing the clothes of Donglan Country, but his hair was only loosely tied with a brown leather rope, his face was clearly contoured, his eyes were deep, and his nose was high. Like the Canglan people who entered Beijing that I saw by chance in the attic before......

As soon as he thought of this, Xiao Man couldn't help but stop and leaned over again to look over there.

It's a pity that this time I looked over, but I only saw a back, and the other party walked farther and farther, straight in the direction they had just left.

"Shopkeeper Su."

Jiang Qiming's voice made Xiao Man withdraw from her thoughts, she hurriedly turned around to keep up with Jiang Qiming's footsteps, and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I was so distracted that I forgot to walk for a while, and I hope Lord Jiang will forgive me." ”

"It doesn't matter." Jiang Qiming waved his hand and asked casually: "I don't know what is in my mansion that attracted Shopkeeper Su, but I was fascinated." ”

Su Xiaoman pursed his lips and said tentatively: "Fang Cai, I seem to have seen the people of Canglan in Lord Jiang's mansion, dare to ask, you and them ......"