Chapter 347: Encounter at the Princess's Residence
"You are hiding something from yourself!" Cen Mingzhu couldn't win the argument with Zhu Yixuan, and she kept repeating the same thing over and over again. Even Cen Li felt that she was being unreasonable.
Originally he could still hold himself in front of Zhu Yixuan, but after being tossed around by Cen Mingzhu, he felt a little shorter and quickly asked the maids to take Cen Mingzhu back to rest.
He apologized to Zhu Yixuan, "That girl has been spoiled by my eldest brother since she was a child. She is stubborn and stubborn. Don't bother with her. When we get to the border, she won't be able to cause any trouble with my eldest brother watching over her."
Zhu Yixuan shook his head humbly, "Uncle, you don't need to explain. I understand everything. I really didn't know she cared so much about Ke's affairs. If I knew Ke's whereabouts, I would definitely not hide it. She is just an insignificant woman. Why should I bother to pay attention to her? Now I really can't untie her knot."
Cen Li understood, and then asked, "Is it true that no one knows the whereabouts of the mistress?"
Facing Cen Li's suspicious and inquiring eyes, Zhu Yixuan was very calm, "Yes! The Shen family should know, otherwise Mingzhu would not have come to their house to interrogate them personally, but you also saw the result. The Shen family cannot be provoked, because Mingzhu made such a fuss, Shen Yi broke up with me, let alone tell me the whereabouts of Ke, he didn't even let me in, what can I do?"
Cen Li instantly wilted, "You are right, don't worry, I will persuade that girl and will not let her continue to do whatever she wants."
With Zhu Yixuan's words, what Cen Mingzhu did seemed more like childish pranks, which were not only not presentable but also annoying. Cen Li was ready to have a good talk with Cen Yingfan and not let Cen Mingzhu continue.
When Shen Yi received the news from the county government, he immediately asked someone to tell Su Tai and Huang Xinghua's family.
Huang Xinghua felt relieved and repeatedly told Shen Dagou, who was about to go to the imperial capital, "Be sure to tell your sister that the bad woman has been exiled. Make your sister happy."
Shen Dagou nodded repeatedly.
After the spring ploughing, he followed the caravan.
As soon as the caravan left, Shen Yi began to gather people to prepare to build a floating bridge.
After a winter of accumulation, they have made more than 10,000 leather bags, which have undergone secondary processing and are stronger and more durable than the original ones.
The next step is to tie these leather bags to the raft.
The damaged skin will need to be replaced later, and the raft needs to be made movable to facilitate replacement from above.
These are all very particular.
Chen Yi called all the skilled craftsmen from the surrounding area, and they brainstormed and came up with many ideas. In the end, they came up with a segmented design that could not only flexibly replace the skin, but even replace the damaged wood on the bridge deck.
All of these require welded iron chains.
Su Tai can find a way to make a protective net, but a thick iron chain like this needs to pass through a clear passage of the government, otherwise it will easily arouse suspicion from others.
The bridge construction was in full swing, and at this time Shen Dagou and his party finally arrived at the imperial capital.
There are many activities in the imperial capital in spring, such as outings, flower viewing, and boating on the lake. The scenery is everywhere.
Su Chuan and his companions were infected by the joyful atmosphere, and they arrived at the Xiji Assorted Store laughing and cursing all the way.
Xiaoxi had just sent off a group of girls who were buying snacks. When she saw them, her eyes lit up and she hurried out to greet them. "Brother, what good stuff do you have this time? Do you have any jewelry?"
Su Chuan raised his lips in amusement and said jokingly, "Why? You don't like anything except jewelry?"
"No, no. It's because the last batch of goods was so exquisite that even the princess was alarmed and came to see the goods in person. At that time, they were almost sold out, so where could I show them to the princess? I could only promise again and again that I would notify the princess when the new batch of goods arrived and let her be the first to choose.
Do you think we can offend those nobles? Especially since we made a promise to them, we must keep thinking about it! I just want to get this done quickly, otherwise I won’t be able to sleep well. "
Xiaoxi said with a sad face, words that made other merchants envious.
When Su Chuan heard this, he didn't dare to delay and let Su Zhan and the others unload the valuable goods first.
Xiaoxi only took one look and happily asked Shen Dagou and others for help, and carried the things to the Princess's Mansion.
When the doorman learned of their purpose, he let them in through the side door.
Shen Dagou had been to the Marquis' Mansion before, but he didn't have much feeling about the Princess' Mansion. He just wanted to get things done quickly before going to the Marquis of Yong'an's Mansion.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I carried the things to the backyard, I saw Chen Tian, "Second sister! Why are you here?"
Chen Tian happily stepped forward, "Brother! You've arrived in the imperial capital!"
"What are you doing?" Shen Dagou was happy but more confused.
Shen Tian led them to the pavilion and introduced, "Brother, this is Princess Qingfeng."
"Your humble servant greets the princess." Shen Dagou and the other two bowed awkwardly.
Princess Qingfeng smiled gently, "Everyone, get up!"
Xiaoxi hurriedly said, "Princess, a batch of jewelry just arrived in the shop today, so I delivered it to you first."
"It's rare that you still remember it, open it and show it to me!" Princess Qingfeng fanned herself slowly. She didn't have much expectation for the so-called beautiful jewelry. She had seen a lot of good things since she was a child, and ordinary things were not pleasing to her.
Shen Dagou and Song Yongnian hurriedly opened the box.
Xiaoxi took out the exquisite boxes one by one, and the first one she opened was a set of twelve flower hairpins. No matter whether it was the plum blossoms in January, the apricot blossoms in February, or the peach blossoms in March and the peonies in April, they were all exquisite and elegant, so beautiful that people could not take their eyes away.
Princess Qingfeng was intrigued and said, "Take out the others for me to see."
Xiaoxi did not dare to delay and opened the brocade boxes one by one. She found that there was not only one set of the Twelve Flower Gods in it, but several sets of designs, all different. There were also dreamy butterfly hairpins, exquisite fishtail hairpins, pretty ginkgo hairpins, elegant and refined bamboo hairpins, and cool and noble peacock feather hairpins.
With so many beautiful things in front of her, Princess Qingfeng was in a good mood and asked Shen Tiantian to help her choose.
Chen Tian fell in love with the red cardinal tail feather jade hairpin at first sight, "This one is beautiful, simple and elegant, and it is inlaid with jasper, which is worthy of the princess."
Princess Qingfeng covered her face and chuckled, "If you said it's good, then it must be good. Anything else?"
Following her words, Chen Tian selected a butterfly jade hairpin, a jade bamboo hairpin, and a set of twelve flower gods.
Princess Qingfeng asked Xiaoxi to keep all those things without blinking an eye, and also selected several hairpins.
Xiaoxi attentively left the things behind and put away the rest that Princess Qingfeng had picked out.
The steward took her downstairs to settle the bill.
Seeing this, Chen Tian stood up and said, "Princess, it's getting late. I should go back and take my medicine. I'll come and bother you another day if I have the chance."
"You! Come whenever you want. The door of my princess's mansion is always open for you. Let Hongqin take you there." Princess Qingfeng said in a good mood.
Chen Tian brought her maid Liusu and Princess Qingfeng to exchange blessings, and then led Shen Dagou and the others away.
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