In the Three Lions Hall, a drop of dew rolled down from the tip of the thick green phoenix tail leaves, Mrs. Pearl woke up from a nap, the ambergris was gone, and Changqing was already kneeling in front of the couch with longan water.

"Madam, the second master has been waiting for two hours to see me." The maid outside the bead curtain reported. Madame Pearl sat on the edge of the bed in a daze, as if she had not heard of it. Since Xia Qiao's death, she seems to have suddenly grown old, and she often has this kind of poor spirit. The maid reported it again before she said "hmm", and the maid knelt down and put on her moon-white satin soft shoes.

"Madam, the night before yesterday, Yanhou was smuggling at sea, so frightened that now the merchant ships dare not leave the port, and some of them even withdrew their goods from the ship. The corners of Bai Erye's mouth were blistering, obviously his heart was not small. The ship stopped at the dock for nothing, and those sailor ship bosses had to start calculating the cost day by day even if they didn't go to sea.

In fact, for Mrs. Pearl, it is a matter of handing over money, but it is the difference between handing it over to Yanhou or handing it over to Yanzidao. The difference between the two is not very far, but it is more humiliating to deal with the latter.

"Hand over the post, I'm going to visit that Lord Lu." In the past, it was the people of the City Ship Division who came to the Three Lions Hall to see him in person, but since Lu Xiyue came to Nanquan, Mrs. Pearl has never seen this official who has mastered the City Ship Division. Now the situation is no longer up to her.

Changqing combed Lady Pearl's hair, and Lady Pearl saw her face in the mercury mirror, and the ruthlessness of the years had never been seen so clearly at this moment. After Xia Qiao's death, her long black and dense hair began to gradually turn gray in many places, no matter how she used egg whites, pearl powder, or even human milk, time still flew by her, as if she had grasped the elegance and power before revenge.

Her biggest reliance, King Kangjun tactfully told her that Yanhou was doing things for Jinshang, and he had no reason to look for Yanhou; And another shrewd person Zheng Quanduo, who can sit in the position of the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, is a person who is full of heart.

Although the saint is not special to Yanhou, and he rarely praises him, the work that can be sent is the important policy of the country, and the right given is the real power to transfer troops. And since the first batch of tax silver from Nanquan Mansion was sent to the household department, the Son of Heaven saw it, and when he saw the expression of the Son of Heaven, Zheng Quan understood his intentions.

What's more, Xia Qiao's death made these two people have a deep sadness in their hearts, this woman they have known for many years, her wisdom, courage, unruliness and even madness were so charming, so that they were willing to help her, and they were also impressed by her. But she seemed to be spoiled, playing with people's hearts too much, and according to the power of the Three Lions Hall and Xia Qiao's identity, she was killed in her territory like this. It's really ·····

It's just that she took them too lightly before. If she had paid a little bit of attention to them, a little bit of importance in addition to their rights, Xia Qiao should not have died.

Lu Xiyue still took the time to meet this strange woman who made the Nanquan Bai family big, respectfully and praised her, stood and bowed slightly to talk to her throughout the whole process, and only looked at the ground. However, it just doesn't spit out. The Bai family's profit cannot be less.

Madame Pearl looked at the water swaying in her teacup and lost her mind for a moment. Lu Xiyue had already said goodbye, she was still sitting in a daze, and Changqing couldn't help but worry. At this time, a little official with a white face and beard came upstairs, and saw Changqing greeting in a soft voice: "May I ask if it is the evergreen girl from the Three Lions Hall?" ”

He said an authentic official language, and before Changqing could ask questions, he saw this person take out a letter and hand it to himself: "Grandpa wants the little one to transfer this letter to the master of the Three Lions Hall." ”

"Madame, Madame" Changqing called twice, and Madame Pearl woke up and took the letter, and her tentacles smelled of ambergris.

I love ambergris the most, and in order to please myself, King Kangjun, Zheng Quan, or Xia Qiao, all use ambergris to incense. There is no word on the cover, and for a while I can't tell who brought it from.

Inside turned out to be three silver tickets worth 100,000 yuan. The word is Zheng Quan's.

Pearl, the appearance of your hairpin is still in front of you, but you and I are not young anymore, the stars are changing, and the aging gives way to the young is the constant evolution. Why don't you take advantage of this and get away with it and spend the rest of your life in the lake and sea. I am an incomplete person, imprisoned within the palace walls for life, and Akang is willing to take you into Beijing and accompany you until the end of your life.

Mrs. Pearl came out of the teahouse and suddenly wanted to take a walk around at will. She has always dressed in plain colors, and there are not many jewelry on her body, so no one noticed for a while that this middle-aged woman who was in a trance was actually the famous Madame Pearl.

A small shop on the long street carries a pretense of eating words, and there is an endless stream of people coming in and out, and the business is good. "Little shrimp, fill me with a steamed meat patty and a taro white meat, and my mother-in-law will come to the door and add two dishes." The ordinary pudgy woman yelled.

"Okay, second aunt, you wait, take down the hot noodles for you." A young man in Tsing Yi and short brown moved away the short-selling steamer, exposed the lower layer, held up the hot clay basin with a wet cloth, and put it into the woman's basket, "This bowl of steamed winter melon with sea rice is for you, the second aunt is our old customer, and I will take care of it more in the future." ”

"Xiao Shrimp is so good at being a person, his mouth is sweet, and it's no wonder that business is not good."

Madame Pearl watched the woman carry the food and went away with a smile. "Ma'am, would you like to go in and get something to eat?" Changqing asked in a low voice, although this restaurant is vulgar, but it is good for Mrs. to sit down for a while.

Madame Pearl let out a long sigh: "I heard that this is her business, but she is really not greedy. "Changqing knows that she is talking about that Mrs. Li, a little woman, doing a little business, and what she wants to live is a small life.

After Aunt Xu married Bai Zhutou, she relied on her husband's advantage to find a suitable store on Long Street and opened a steamed restaurant, and Xiao Shrimp is now a well-off home. The two of them looked happy and satisfied, never thought that they could have such a day, Aunt Xu was holding her bulging belly and checking out, watching the copper plate jingle and stuff the bamboo tube, she grinned, and felt that she had an explanation for Mrs. Li.

Seeing the woman's bloated figure and freckled face full of smiles because of pregnancy, Madame Pearl wondered if she would be happier if she married and had children like this, like thousands of ordinary women.

"Madam, there are not only house sparrows in the world that are satisfied with a handful of broken rice, but also wild geese who are willing to spread their wings and fly high." Changqing comforted his master, "Even if the wings fly over the wind, frost, rain and snow, and even thunder and lightning, how can the scenery of tens of thousands of miles be appreciated by the house sparrows." ”

"Yes, although I have lost a lot, I have also been as wanton as the wind. How many women can be as happy as I am? Lady Pearl's eyes finally began to clear, and she even smiled as she looked at the simple disguise. I just looked at the wrong person and did one thing wrong.

Li Chun should have been a partner at the beginning, instead of thinking about warming the bed. Remembering that the first thing he had assigned him was to deal with the infected ship, his ruthlessness in setting fire to the ship despite the fact that there were still living people on the ship was very similar to his uncle who knelt down in front of his father's spirit and slashed three times on his arm with a knife, stained half of his sackcloth red with blood, and scared away his uncle who forced him to marry.

Li Chun is so obsessed with that little woman, in fact, Xia Qiao is not to himself, even King Kangjun and Zheng Quan have also been obsessed with themselves, but they are not the kind of little women like Li Niangzi, they are only satisfied with a low roof.

I don't regret it, though, Xia Qiao, I miss you a little.

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After Mrs. Pearl returned to the Three Lions Hall, she went to discuss with Little Eleven, but was told that Little Eleven had gone to Jiangnan.

When Lu Xiyue returned to command the embassy, she saw that the door of Youlan Courtyard was open, and she couldn't help frowning, this was really getting more and more unruly. A young woman sat in the hall, her face was as beautiful as a bright moon, and she wore a thin green shirt, embroidered with a swallow piercing the forest; Comb a woman's common ingots, a filigree inlaid with pearls and gold hairpins, and beaded earrings hanging from the ears, all of which are soybean-sized pink South Sea pearls.

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