Chapter 1723 Rice Seeds

These words made Lixia and Liqiu burst into laughter.

"Thank you, Madam!"

"Madam, you understand that it is the blessing of our servants!"

Qiao Xuan glanced at Lixia and joked, "I'm still waiting to drink at your wedding!"

Li Qiu "Puchi!" covered his mouth and laughed.

"Madam, please don't tease me!" Lixia blushed and was too embarrassed to laugh.

Lixia had been flirting with Songshi for a long time, and Qiao Xuan had already noticed it.

If Shao Yunduan had not been exiled from Beijing, if he had stayed in the capital, Song Shi would most likely have proposed marriage to Qiao Xuan.

Now that I have come to Anze Prefecture, I just need to wait for a while to settle down, and Songshi will definitely propose marriage.

Many people in the Shao family knew about their affair, and Liqiu had made countless jokes with Lixia in private. Qiao Xuan was also happy to see it happen, but she only gave a few subtle reminders, asking Lixia not to cross the line, otherwise, even if she and Songshi didn't really have anything going on, people would spread rumors and slander her, ruining her reputation, which was not a good thing after all.

Lixia obviously took Qiao Xuan's words to heart and absolutely refused to meet and talk with Song Shi alone in private, which made Song Shi very anxious and he couldn't wait to get married as soon as possible.

The market gradually dispersed, and Qiao Xuan and her servant went downstairs, got on the carriage, and returned to the backyard of the provincial government.

Not long after, Shao Yunduan also came back.

Seeing that Qiao Xuan's complexion had improved and she was not feeling unwell, he felt relieved.

Fan Ruyin returned home, her thoughts running wild. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she ran to find Old Mrs. Fan to cry to.

Old Mrs. Fan was already feeling upset because of the seed issue, and now seeing her beloved daughter being bullied by Qiao Xuan again was like adding fuel to the fire, and she was furious.

"Master Shao and Madam Shao are so arrogant! They don't take our Fan family seriously at all. Ha! I wanted to let it go, but they are getting even more aggressive!"

"Humph, you even want to meddle in the affairs of my daughter and son-in-law. This wife of the prefect is really nosy and arrogant without knowing it!"

When Mrs. Fan heard her daughter say that Mrs. Shao even had the guts to say something about her own son-in-law not taking a concubine, and even mocked her daughter for being unvirtuous and not taking the initiative to find a concubine for her son-in-law, she was almost furious.

This is simply going too far!

Is it her turn to meddle in her own private affairs?

Are you so arrogant just because you have a little family background and some connections?

Don't forget that this is in Anzezhou. If the Fan family really wants to go against them in Anzezhou, do they really think they can get away with it? Naive!

Old Madam Fan was determined to teach Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan a lesson! There was no end to this kind of thing.

As a result, the rice seeds sent to Liangshan Town, southeast of Anze Prefecture, were robbed by bandits from Liuhebao in Luoshizi Mountain!

Liangshan Town is the second largest grain-growing town in Anze Prefecture. Its terrain is much flatter than other towns, and there are more fertile fields than in other places.

Just the rice seeds needed, excluding some wealthy families who purchase rice seeds through their own channels, still amount to about 160,000 jin.

However, about half of these 160,000 kilograms of rice seeds were robbed by bandits from Liuhe Fort during transportation.

Liu Shuli, who was in charge of this route, was frightened out of his wits, and Sun Qian's face also turned pale.

He sent two yamen runners back to the provincial government to report the news, and used both soft and hard tactics to force Liu Shuli and himself to continue to deliver the remaining rice seeds to Liangshan Town.

The rice seeds that were stolen by the Liuhebao bandits must of course be taken back, but the remaining half must first be sent to Liangshan Town.

(End of this chapter)