Chapter 592 I’m afraid I’m not worthy of my brother-in-law
"Perhaps it's because the princess lives here that there's a patrol." Zhang Liang sneered and said, "It's just a small village patrol. What's there to be afraid of?"
Zhang Liang stared at Xiao Jiuyue with a burning gaze and said, "The most important thing is to protect the princess's guards!"
"But, what should we do if Princess Ling doesn't come out?" The masked man said worriedly, "We've been here for three days, and the brothers have taken turns going into the village five times, but we haven't seen the princess come out once!"
"If Princess Ling won't come out, then force her out." Zhang Liang snorted coldly, glanced at him and said, "Wu Xi, Your Majesty, we have issued a death order. If you can't take Princess Ling away, then we will bring your head before you."
The masked man, Wu Xi, subconsciously touched his neck and said, "I haven't married yet, so..."
Wu Xi hesitated and said, "How about we just use the medicine and take the princess away?"
"Can you get close to Princess Ling?"
Zhang Liang snorted coldly, "I heard that Princess Ling has someone around her who's very good at pharmacology. There's also a woman named Dong Gui who's so skilled that no ordinary man can defeat her. What do you think is faster, your medicine or her sword?"
"What should we do then?" Wu Xi looked back at the brothers he had brought with him and said, "If Princess Ling doesn't come out, we can't stay here forever, right?"
Zhang Liang half-closed his eyes and waved at Wu Xi.
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"It seems like there are a lot of people coming to the village recently."
Tian Jinhong said doubtfully that now the medicine workshop in the village has been made, and the women who have nothing to do are making gauze.
There were many new people in the village, including pregnant young wives, who were all making gauze with their big bellies.
"There are so many people who want to come to our village every day," Aunt Shi replied disapprovingly. She looked at her daughter-in-law who was spinning and asked, "Are there any other good girls in your village?"
Shi Chang's marriage really made her anxious and angry.
"Mom, I'm afraid the girls in the village are not worthy of my brother-in-law." Tian Jinhong said tactfully. At first, when her mother-in-law talked about introducing a daughter-in-law to her brother-in-law, Tian Jinhong was very happy.
Tian Jinhong returned to her parents' home because she married well. Fu'an Village now has a princess, Fu'an tribute oranges, Ming bamboo shoots, and a canning workshop. It is easy to make money. Every time she returns to her parents' home, Tian Jinhong feels that she is highly valued.
As soon as she returned to her parents' home and told them that her younger brother-in-law, who had passed the imperial examination and was looking for a marriage partner, the girls lined up to come.
After all, she would be her sister-in-law in the future. In the end, Tian Jinhong picked and chose again before telling her mother-in-law.
But my mother-in-law either complains that this one is not pretty enough or that there are too many daughters in the family. What if I take after my mother and only have daughters?
The remaining girls were either disliked by their mothers-in-law for being too short, or disliked by their mothers-in-law for their families...
In a nutshell, all the people that Tian Jinhong carefully selected were rejected by her mother-in-law. After wave after wave of candidates, Tian Jinhong realized that her mother-in-law wanted to find a rich girl as a wife for her brother-in-law, and there was no way she would be from an ordinary family like hers.
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"Is there any news from the prince?" Xiao Jiuyue wanted to ask three times a day.
"Not yet, don't worry, Princess. If there is any news, I will tell you as soon as possible." Dong Gui said comfortingly: "No news, that is good news."
"Well, maybe I'm overthinking it." Xiao Jiuyue also felt that she had been thinking too much since she became pregnant. Because of a dream, she couldn't sleep well that night. She calmed herself down before asking about the workshop. "Does the workshop have enough medicinal herbs?"
Although the pharmacy was set up ahead of schedule because of a dream, Xiao Jiuyue had always been thinking about building a pharmacy. Now, it can be said that it was built ahead of schedule.
"A batch of medicinal materials will be shipped from the provincial capital today." Dong Gui replied.
"Then let's go check out the workshop later." Xiao Jiuyue stretched lazily. She hadn't even left the house for the past two days because of the dream. She said, "Is Master in good health? He's old and can't endure any longer."
"Don't worry, Princess. I have asked Xiaotie to follow him." Donggui replied with a smile. Xiaotie was a follower specially assigned to Doctor Wang. He was also responsible for helping Doctor Wang with miscellaneous tasks. At the same time, he also had to take care of Doctor Wang's food, clothing, housing and transportation!
If Doctor Wang hadn't been unwilling, I'm afraid Xiao Jiuyue would have paired him with servants and maids.
Men are never as careful as women.
"Well, although Xiaotie is young, he's quite clever." Xiao Jiuyue took a few steps and looked at Donggui helping her. She couldn't help but laugh, "Donggui, you're exaggerating. I'm only five months old, less than six months old. With this loose skirt, you can't really tell!"
Xiao Jiuyue touched her skirt and pushed it down, only then could he tell that she was pregnant. If he hadn't moved, the loose skirt would have made it impossible to tell that she was pregnant!
"That won't work. Hua Qing has been making medicine pills recently. I have to stay with you." Dong Gui didn't listen and helped Xiao Jiuyue out of the door. She was very cautious, as if a stone on the ground outside could hurt Xiao Jiuyue.
"Princess, just listen to Donggui. Let's go slowly and there's no rush." Luokui also joined in. Lianxin has been in charge of the medicinal materials in the workshop recently, so Luokui and Donggui are guarding the princess.
"Okay, don't do this when you meet Aunt Shi and the others later." Xiao Jiuyue reminded them. She didn't want people to laugh at her behind her back for being too delicate.
"Okay, okay."
Luo Kui and Dong Gui responded and said that they should be careful when they got to the place.
Aunt Shi and Aunt He also knew that Xiao Jiuyue was pregnant, so they were very cautious when meeting Xiao Jiuyue.
"Princess, if I didn't know you were pregnant, I really wouldn't be able to tell." Aunt Shi looked at Xiao Jiuyue's face that was more beautiful than a flower, her slender limbs, and the loose Confucian skirt she wore. She didn't look like she was pregnant at all.
"Maybe I'm too thin." Xiao Jiuyue smiled. Just then she saw the person delivering the herbs coming over. She looked at the herbs being carried back and asked, "Did something happen to the carriage?"
"Princess, I don't know who threw a big rock today. I wasn't paying attention and the carriage overturned." Yu Ge wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Fortunately, these herbs are fine."
"Is everyone okay?" Xiao Jiuyue asked immediately when he heard that the carriage had overturned.
"Everyone is fine. It's just a coincidence that we met these strong men who came to the village and helped us carry the medicinal herbs back." Yu Ge turned around and pointed at the men who were carrying the medicinal herbs.
Xiao Jiuyue looked at the unfamiliar men, her gaze subconsciously falling on their hands: "Thank you for your hard work."
In a flash, Xiao Jiuyue realized something was wrong. The calluses on the man's hands were from years of martial arts training. She stepped back, and Donggui also realized something was wrong and immediately protected Xiao Jiuyue.
Oh no, we’ve been discovered!
Zhang Liang and Wu Xi, disguised as ordinary people, watched this scene. Zhang Liang's eyes turned fierce, and he grabbed Aunt He who was helping to move the herbs nearby and said, "Princess Ling, come with me, or... I will kill her!"
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