Chapter 65: Needing People
Because of the economic situation of the soldiers in the border town, they should eat salt mud or vinegar cloth. The King of Li cannot eat so much salt in his lifetime.
Li Zhoumu guessed that the King of Li was buying green salt to reward his subordinates. What a luxury! A group of frontier soldiers deserve to eat green salt! Unexpectedly, Yan Shiyi said with a slightly proud tone:
"This is a gift from me to the Li Da Wu Xian Restaurant, because I am a salty person!"
Li Zhoumu: ...
What the hell! Was Yan Shiyi beaten stupid by the King of Li?
After Yan Shiyi explained what the "salt carrier" did, Li Zhoumu looked at him as if he were a fool and asked:
"You know, the value of this green salt is enough for you to eat in that restaurant for three years."
Yan Shiyi didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and said proudly: "So what? Anyone can sell green salt to the King of Li, but there is only one person who brings salt, and that's me!"
Li Zhoumu actually found it difficult to refute him. This is what businessmen like most: stupid people with a lot of money.
At this time, Yan Twelve Niang asked back:
"Why is Lord Li going to the border town? Hasn't Zheng Pengpeng been rescued?
Is the Zheng family going to pick a fight with the prince? Lord Li is going to help the Zheng family bully the prince? "
Li Zhoumu choked again, feeling that the brother and sister's ideas were different from those of ordinary people.
The King of Li disrupted the funeral of Old Master Zheng, locked the head of the Zheng family in a tomb for several days, and stole his beautiful concubine.
Is this not a big deal for Yan Shier Niang? The Zheng family should just swallow their anger, and I have become an accomplice of the Zheng family, teaming up with them to bully the King?
How on earth did you say the word "bully"? Anyone with eyes can see who is being bullied!
What puzzled Li Zhou Mu even more was what kind of drug did the Li Wang give to the Yan brothers and sisters? Yan Jiulang went to the border and reportedly spent 15,000 taels of silver to buy a book.
Yan Shiyilang was beaten black and blue by King Li. He went to the border and was fooled into working as a salt carrier.
This Yan Twelve Niang has always been different from other girls in the boudoir. She did not learn needlework but martial arts, and did not read the Four Books instead of Women's Training. She was educated like a boy.
When she reached the age of marriage, she rejected all the handsome men from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan who proposed to her.
Yan Jiu was also very indulgent and told his sister bluntly that her sister's marriage had to be one that she herself was pleased with.
Such a maverick daughter of a rich family, went to the border town and spoke to the King of Li? Lizhou Mu thought about the King of Li's handsome appearance that was different from the men of Yandi, and then looked at Yan Shierniang's reaction, and he understood.
He deliberately said: "Prince Li stole the beautiful concubine of the Zheng family. I want to get it back for the Zheng family."
Yan Twelve Niang's tone really changed: "Your Highness only saved an innocent woman. Does Lord Li support the Zheng family in taking the woman as a burial companion?"
This was a serious accusation, and Li Zhoumu hurriedly said, "I am an official appointed by the court, so I will naturally agree with the Zheng family's actions. But the woman is indeed a member of the Zheng family, how could she be snatched away like this?"
"Haha, if the King of Li really likes that woman's beauty, he should just tell the Zheng family and let her warm his bed. Why make such an embarrassing scene?"
Yan Shierniang was immediately furious. She couldn't explain why she was so angry. She stared at Li Zhoumu and said:
"Your Highness doesn't want any beauty to warm your bed! Or a concubine of the Zheng family, so dirty."
Li Zhoumu smiled meaningfully and said:
"Maybe the King of Li likes this. If he hadn't snatched the warm bed and saved the woman, he could have placed her somewhere else."
But the fool Yan Shiyilang echoed:
"There isn't even a decent woman in the border town. How can the King of Li survive without a woman to serve him at his age?"
Yan Shier Niang was so angry that her teeth were itching. She whipped her horse and galloped towards the border town ahead of the other two.
Han Xing was bowing on the side of the road when he saw the vicious woman. She didn't even look at him and rode straight into the city.
Han Xing stretched out his hand to stop her, but then thought better of it. This woman was arrogant and fierce, so he should talk less to her.
When Jinsui heard the neighing of a horse in the house, he came out while eating a tomato to see what was going on.
Then we saw the angry Yan Twelve Niang, dressed in a fiery red riding suit, looking very heroic.
His long legs drew a perfect arc in the air and landed on the ground. He held the whip tightly in his hand, and then he saw the King of Li who was eating a tomato with a smile on his face.
Before he could even utter the question, he heard the King of Li laugh and say:
"I have been waiting for you for a long time. It is sunny outside. Please come in and have some refreshments to cool down."
Yan Shierniang's rage was extinguished by the King's tenderness, and she followed her into the house.
She saw the flowers on the table, the bamboo branches in the corner, the cool breeze blowing in from the wide-open window, and some snacks on the table that she had never seen before.
Even the utensils were made of crystal clear glass, which showed that she had put a lot of effort into entertaining him.
Jinsui asked her to eat the ice jelly first. It was cool and had the sweetness of brown sugar and the fragrance of osmanthus.
After eating a bowl of jelly, Yan Shier Niang's eyes lit up and her anger disappeared completely.
But she still asked: "Why did the prince steal the Zheng family's concubine?"
Jin Sui smiled and asked, "What's the rumor out there? Is Li Heng here to ask for someone on behalf of the Zheng family?"
Yan Twelve Niang stirred the ice powder with a spoon and bit her lip as she said, "Master Li said that the prince took that beautiful concubine to warm his bed."
Jin Sui spat out all the tea in one gulp, glanced at Cheng Yu outside the house, and was glad that he had never been alone with Chen Yun, otherwise it would be hard to explain.
He said seriously, "Of course not! I just want to save people. I can't just watch the Zheng family kill innocent women!"
In order to make Yan Shierniang have a good impression of Chen Yunniang, Jinsui pushed the snacks on the table and said with a smile: "All these snacks today were made by Chen Yunniang."
Then Jinsui realized how wrong what he said was. Yan Shier Niang, who was eating the steamed cake sweetly, suddenly put down the cake in her hand after hearing this.
He looked disgusted and if it weren't for etiquette, he would have wanted to rush out and vomit the snacks he had eaten.
"Your Majesty, you snatched that girl away and asked her to serve you personally, and asked her to cook soup and snacks for you?"
"Your Highness, do you know that she was once the concubine of Old Master Zheng? She is a slave girl, nearly thirty years old. What qualifications does she have to serve you so closely?"
At this time, Li Zhoumu and Yan Shiyilang arrived. Upon hearing this, Li Zhoumu hurriedly echoed: "That's right. Your Majesty, if you want beauties to serve you, I can give you a few innocent girls. Why do you have to turn against the Zheng family for a lowly concubine?"
"The prince asked me to take Chen away today. I mediated and the prince and the Zheng family shook hands and made peace."
Jin Sui ignored Li Zhoumu and looked at Yan Shier Niang, saying seriously:
"Ms. Yan is the daughter of the high and mighty Yan family, and Chen Yunniang is a lowly concubine.
But as a woman, how can you comment on a poor woman like this before you know the truth? "
"The world is already harsh enough on women, why should women make things difficult for other women?"
Yan Shier Niang was stunned. No one had ever said such words to her.
At this moment, she did not have the anger that King Li had compared her with Chen Yunniang, nor did she have the pride that there was no distinction between them.
I only had one thought, that is, King Li was indeed a gentle man, who was able to jump into the water to save her without knowing her true identity.
When he knew that Chen Yunniang was of low status, he did his best to save her regardless of other people's opinions.
(End of this chapter)
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