Although it was almost midsummer, the breeze on the lake was still comfortable, Su Qing rarely changed into a women's dress with light gauze and chest binding, coiled up the girl's hairstyle, wiped some light rouge, and the feeling of charm was immediately highlighted.

Quartz and Su Qing were in the same narrow carriage, they couldn't control their eyes at all, and from time to time they glanced at her slightly exposed place, this is the fashionable dress of the women of the Ling Dynasty, Quartz thinks that she has seen a lot, and she has seen it more beautiful than Su Qing, but what is wrong with it today, there is no resistance at all.

Su Qing was also very nervous, she kept swallowing saliva when she saw Quartz, and she was not embarrassed when she saw Quartz's flushed face.

Only Quartz's heavy wheezing sound could be heard in the carriage, and it was not a way after all, Quartz stammered: "Commander Su, what kind of character is the young lady?" ”

Su Qing finally took a breath, embroidered a mouth, and said: "I actually don't have much contact with the eldest lady, I was not old when the eldest lady got married, she has always been fond of Sanniang, but the eldest lady is not of Zhong's blood. ”

"Not the Zhong bloodline?" Quartz asked.

"Yes, the eldest lady's background is quite mysterious, even Sanniang only knows that the eldest lady is not the daughter of the prince of Dongyang, but the three sisters have a good relationship with each other." Su Qing pursed her lips and said, Zhong Rouxuan has always been very good to the people in her family, including herself, a maid, she has never despised her, she has never looked down on her, she has never forgotten her when she got married a few years ago, and her attitude is still kind.

"Commander Su, you are now the righteous sister of the Duke of Nanchentan, and you are the envoy of the Duke of the Kingdom, you should pay attention to the title of Miss." Quartz abruptly changed the subject.

Su Qing fell silent, and subconsciously touched the word "Lan" on his shoulder, the identity of the Zhong family's maid still can't be erased, and whenever she hears about the Zhong family's affairs, she always has a hard time making a choice.

"The Zhong family raised me, and the kindness is unforgettable, but you are right, I am now a person from Zhengxi Mansion after all, not the maid of the county lord, and I am not a servant of Dongyang Palace." Su Qing said that her eyes were full of tears, and she wrapped her hands around her legs and shrunk into a ball, she was so helpless at this moment.

Quartz looked at Su Qing's face full of guilt and love, he wanted to go up and hug Su Qing in his arms, but he didn't dare, the hand that was stretched out didn't know where to fall, suddenly he remembered something, and carefully handed Su Qing the old blue and white handkerchief with patches in his arms, and said softly: "Wipe it, it doesn't look good if you wear makeup." ”

When Su Qing heard this, he was stunned for a moment and then laughed, and when he saw the square handkerchief full of patches, he sniffed and looked unhappy, and said, "I'm afraid that this handkerchief was given to Shi Zhizhi by a girl, I don't dare to use it!" ”

Quartz shook his head and waved his hand, and stammered, "No! No! This veil was left by my mother, and it was my only thought. ”

Su Qing was stunned and muttered, "You still have a mother, and you still have thoughts, what do I have?" ”

Quartz was at a loss for a moment, and said without thinking: "This handkerchief is given to you, is it good to take it as your thoughts?" "I regretted it when I said it.

Su Qing stared at the quartz strangely, and then wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and said disdainfully: "Who is rare about your handkerchief!" A smell of stinky sweat. However, Su Qing's next action was to directly stuff the handkerchief into the sleeve cage.

This is too much, Quartz said angrily: "You dislike you and stuff it into your sleeve!" ”

Su Qing seemed to be a different person at this moment, pinched his waist and puffed up his chest and said scoundrelly: "If you have the ability, you can come and rob it!" ”

Quartz opened his hand to scare Su Qing, only to see Su Qing raise his head, that bay was more obvious, Quartz stood up with a blushing face, only to hear the "bang", Quartz's head hit the roof of the car, and Su Qing was already laughing at the moment.

Quartz turned around and bowed his waist to pick up the curtain, his movements were done in one go, and a voice came after he went out: "Su Qing, that handkerchief is my life!" If you want to keep my life, I'll leave it to you. ”

Su Qing was immediately stunned, took out the handkerchief and took a good look at it and didn't find anything special, and then smiled, she may have guessed Quartz's thoughts.

Just when Su Qing was sleeping in a daze, Quartz's voice came in from outside and said, "Wake up, it's only two streets away, and you still have to ask for the face of Zhengxi Mansion." After saying that, he pushed in a box of rouge from the outside.

Su Qing was curious to know when he bought the quartz, and he bought it in pink, and he never used the color of his eyes, so he said angrily: "Stupid, I brought my own powder box!" ”

Speechless for a moment.

It didn't take long to arrive at the place where Zhong Rouxuan was staying, Su Qing sorted out her outfit, took a deep breath and spit it out gently, and opened the curtain.

Zhong Rouxuan heard that the envoy of Tan Guogong had arrived, and she was waiting at the door early, Zhong Rouxuan had been a woman for many years, and her eyes were as bright as stars, but there were many unknown vicissitudes hidden in this look, and her delicate face accompanied her plump figure had no sense of disobedience.

Su Qing originally wanted to make a big gift from Dongyang City, but he still held back, and said lightly: "Su Qing, the Mingjian Division of Zhengxi Mansion, has seen Mrs. Shizi. ”

Zhong Rouxuan's face changed many times in an instant, and after all, she still smiled and accepted this salute, and said, "Miss Su, don't come to harm!" After speaking, he took Su Qing's arm and walked into the door.

Tu Shan Jinyuan did not appear, Quartz and Su Qing looked around, only to hear Zhong Rouxuan say: "Don't look at it, today I am not the minister of Tanguo in the name of the young lady of the Tu Shan clan, I am the eldest daughter of the Zhong clan today." ”

Hearing Zhong Rouxuan say this, Su Qing immediately gave her a big gift from Dongyang City, and said with a smile: "Miss, the pear is rude, please bear with me." ”

Zhong Rouxuan smiled bitterly and said, "Crisp pear, if I don't say that, will you always be Su Qing?" ”

"Miss, I can't help myself, Sanniang left me by Guogong's side that day, Guogong treated me like a sister, I am a person from the Xifu, and naturally the interests of the Xifu are the first." Su Qing said it directly, there was no point in hiding it, it was better to directly pick out the comfort.

"Crisp pear has really grown up, and she is no longer the little girl next to Lan'er." Zhong Rouxuan said embarrassedly.

"Miss, the meaning of the prince is very clear, I hope you let go, the county lord is already ready in Jiujiang and Chuzhou, is it meaningful to fight?" Su Qing was straightforward.

"How do you know that I'm not for Sanniang's good, not for Zhong's good?" Zhong Rouxuan's expression was slightly angry, in her eyes, no matter how high and powerful Su Qing was, she was just the Zhong family's house slave, such a-for-tat confrontation was really a crime, and she was already much more tolerant of her.

"Miss, Sanniang and Guogong have reached an agreement, and the Guogong of Xizhou and Huizhou will never think about it, but Qizhou must be attached to Zhengxifu, which is the bottom line, this is not only the meaning of Guogong but also the meaning of Zhengxifu." Su Qing knew that Zhong Rouxuan was angry, and she could see that Zhong Rouxuan had a killing intent, so Su Qing directly moved out of Zhengxi Mansion and was tough with her.

Zhong Rouxuan listened to Su Qing's tough tone, and took out Zhengxi Mansion to talk about things, her expression immediately eased, and said: "Su Qing, you can't be the master, it's better to go back and talk to Guogong again, I don't think Guogong will be willing to give up Tu Shan's help." ”

If the identity can't threaten, then speak with strength, Zhong Rouxuan is this attitude, she wanted to talk to Meng Yan with Sanniang's kindness, hoping that Meng Yan could give up Qizhou and Jiangxia, and she didn't want Sanniang soldiers to be stationed in Xizhou, Tushan Jinyuan, as the next generation of Tushan clan, lived in Jingzhou and Xiangyang all the year round, and did not have much business in Ezhou, Jiangxia and Qizhou, but I heard that Tushan Yinyuan took Qizhou and Jiangxia and gave them to Mengyan, so she couldn't sit still, and Sanniang's stationing in Xizhou was equivalent to directly fighting with the imperial court, she didn't think that Sanniang was an opponent of the imperial court, Of course, Sanniang can't be stationed in Xizhou, which doesn't mean that Tu Shan's can't.

Su Qing was in a dilemma all of a sudden, she couldn't answer this matter, and she didn't dare to answer, as far as she knew, one-third of the expenses of Zhengxi Mansion were provided by the Tu Shan clan, if she lost the help of the Tu Shan clan, it would indeed greatly reduce the strength of the Zhengxi Mansion.

"It's not impossible, Guogong said that if the prince thinks that this friend can't do it, the Tu Shan clan still has the second son and the third son." Quartz, who had not spoken all the time, was sitting upright, but when he heard that Su Qing was threatened, he suddenly crossed his legs, and said with a rogue look, This kind of threat is not easier than cutting off money.

"You dare! What are you?! Zhong Rouxuan's voice became sharp, and she slapped the table and stood up.

"The last general will conquer the left guard of the West Mansion to command the quartz, please remember it clearly." Quartz still looks like a child.

Zhong Rouxuan pointed at the quartz and looked at Su Qing, Su Qing got up helplessly and said: "Eldest Miss, whether it is Zhengxi Mansion or Tu Shan Clan, they are all working for Chenguo, can King Dongyang divide the old department into two, doesn't the eldest lady still know the national policy of Chenguo?" Didn't Miss Second tell you? Are you the eldest lady or the young lady? ”

A series of questions made Zhong Rouxuan stunned, Su Qing was right, Zhong Rouning did tell her about the national policy, but she thought that the Tu Shan clan was only a business Xiao Huli would not be forced too much, and wanted to take the opportunity to expand the power of the Tu Shan clan, or to expand her own power, so as to accumulate more negotiation capital in the future, seeing Quartz's posture, she estimated that she had miscalculated.

"Instructed by Shi, the Tu Shan clan has been operating in Yunmeng Seven Prefectures for hundreds of years, and Guogong really thinks that we are easy to bully." Although Zhong Rouxuan's tone was tough, her heart was not as stable as just now.

"Yunmeng Seven Prefectures, Xiangyang, Yiling, Jingzhou, and Suizhou occupy two-thirds, while Qizhou, Jiangxia, and Ezhou are just places you use to buffer with the major families, how many Tushan clan disciples are dissatisfied with your master family in these three states, can you know? I think the second son is very smart, why not exchange Jiangxia and Qizhou for Tushan Taiping? How was the Xingtan Gu family back then? And now? Quartz said with a grin, but he didn't know how much disdain was hidden in this smile.

"Miss, Guogong doesn't want to come over in person, he just doesn't want to tear his face with the prince, and Guogong has promised to help Tu Shan's clan take the six counties of Shangyong, Shangyong is located in the throat of the main road, Tu Shan's clan occupies Shangyong, no matter which one it is, it will not easily turn against Tu Shan's family, isn't this good?" Su Qing saw that Zhong Rouxuan began to hesitate, and took the opportunity to add firewood.

Zhong Rouxuan has no interest in anything else, this Shangyong is indeed greedy, the six counties of Shangyong cross Jingxiang in the south, Shangluo in the north, Nanyang in the east, and Hanzhong in the west, and it is the main business road for the south ship and the north horse, which is indeed a very attractive condition.

Zhong Rouxuan thought for a while and said, "Is what Guogong said true? ”

"No jokes!" This time quartz was ahead of the curve.

"My son and I will return to Xiangyang tomorrow to prepare for the mediocre thing, I don't know what the second brother wants to do." Zhong Rouxuan is very decisive.

"Thank you, Miss, I will definitely convey your kindness to Guogong." Su Qing saw that the task was completed, and he was a lot more relaxed.

Zhong Rouxuan agreed with the two of them about some things and sent the two out of the door, just when Su Qing got into the car, Zhong Rouxuan suddenly stopped Su Qing and said with a smile: "Crisp pear, presumably your good things are coming, I have a piece of topaz here, which is a product of the depths of the East China Sea, and I have been with me for many years. ”

As soon as these words came out, Su Qing's face immediately turned red, and even with the quartz was a stumbling, Zhong Rouxuan smiled slightly as if she had seen through it.

Looking at Su Qing's car, Zhong Rouxuan's smile turned into a wry smile, she is really a cheap daughter, Dongyang City is divided into two and everyone knows it, I am afraid that I am the last to know, Sanniang decided to take Huizhou and Xizhou and did not tell herself, it is clear that she doesn't care about the existence of this eldest sister, it's better to learn from the pear, it seems that when you occupy the mediocrity, it is time to draw a clear line with the Zhong family, I hope that this world-famous Tan Guogong will not break his word.