Chapter 263: Marriage
Gu Huan took Pei Jinglei to two orphanages and a nursing home.
Pei Jinglei saw that they were all learning embroidery, weaving and jewelry making seriously. He walked over to take a closer look and found that their craftsmanship was quite good.
“I didn’t expect that there would be such good craftsmanship in Southern Xinjiang?”
"I specially invited an embroiderer from the palace to teach them in the capital, and the shopkeeper Qiu from Linlanglou sent a master to teach them how to make jewelry. Only by learning a skill and being self-reliant can they have a foundation for their own survival."
Pei Jinglei looked at Gu Huan with admiration in his eyes.
"The merits are immeasurable."
"No. It's just that I've suffered a lot myself, so I know what women need most in this world."
Gu Huan smiled and led him to the exhibition room, where there were all kinds of embroidery, ready-made clothes and jewelry.
“Not bad, not bad.”
Pei Jinglei nodded frequently.
"Uncle Pei, our labor is cheap. Do you think that with their skills, they can take over the work of your Pei family?"
Pei Jinglei was stunned, and stopped to look at Gu Huan: "You mean they can take over the textile and embroidery work of my Pei family?"
“It’s not just textile embroidery, but also kesi silk.”
Gu Huan tilted her head and smiled brightly: "I know that the Pei family's kesi was successfully sent to the palace and became a tribute. The Pei family also wants to promote kesi so that ordinary people can afford it. But kesi is too time-consuming and labor-intensive, so they are the most suitable. The wages are less than half of what you get in Jiangling."
Pei Jinglei was really shocked this time.
He didn't expect Gu Huan to think of this.
"Mr. Min taught you?"
"No, this time it was my own idea. I want these women to be able to support themselves and no longer have to rely on men."
Pei Jinglei would not feel offended by her words, because the daughters of their Pei family all work in public and do business.
"Okay, it's settled! We're worried that the business is increasing and we can't keep up with the shipment."
The third prince of Dali County quickly replied and agreed to come over in three days to discuss trade matters.
Gu Huan accompanied Pei Jinglei for a day or two, and as she had been very busy recently, she suddenly felt very tired.
Chen Li handed her the medicine with a stern face: "You are always like this, what if I am not by your side?"
Gu Huan took the bowl of soup and smiled flatteringly: "No, I can't live without our great doctor Shen."
Chen Li stared at her and didn't say anything for a long time.
Gu Huan drank the bowl of medicine obediently, and Dong Qing quickly fed her a tangerine peel plum.
"Let me show you."
Chen Li lifted the quilt, and Gu Huan slowly lay down, unbuttoned her pockets and opened her collar, revealing her underwear and bulging belly.
Shen Li reached out and felt around, and suddenly his belly bulged out, scaring him so much that he almost cried out.
Gu Huan giggled happily: "The baby is really energetic."
Shen Li knew that the child could move, but it was the first time he was kicked.
She glared at her bulging belly and said, "The troublemaker might be a boy, but the girl is the well-behaved one."
Gu Huan was stunned: "Ah? Two?"
Chen Li quickly shut up, and the two of them stared at each other, and she finally lost her temper.
"They are twins. Dad and I were worried that you would be too nervous, so we decided not to tell you."
Gu Huan wanted to sit up in joy, but her stomach was kicked again. She cried out in pain and quickly lay back down, not daring to move, and gently stroked her stomach with her hand to comfort the baby.
"I'm a twin? I'm actually a twin, a boy and a girl?"
Shen Li wanted to keep a straight face, but he couldn't suppress the slightly curled corners of his lips. He touched her belly curiously and murmured, "It should be."
Gu Huan said happily: "No wonder I felt my belly was bigger than that of other pregnant women. It turns out I have two. If Ziyuan knew about this, he would be so happy."
"lady."
Akabane rushed in like a gust of wind and went straight to the inner room behind the screen.
When he suddenly saw the scene inside the house, he froze.
Chen Li quickly pulled the quilt over Gu Huan, turned around and scolded with a cold face: "What's wrong with you? Why didn't you inform me when you came in? How can you be so reckless!"
Akabane turned around and stammered, "I, I..."
"Get out now!"
The red flame shot out with a whoosh.
Gu Huan smiled and said, "He has been reporting in and out quite a lot recently, so I will exempt him from the responsibility of passing on information."
Shen Li turned his head and glared at her: "This is your bedroom."
Gu Huan chuckled: "Okay, I was wrong. If you hadn't checked my body, I would have been well dressed on weekdays."
Shen Li glared at her again, "You are becoming more and more careless."
"I just follow my husband. As a warrior's wife, I shouldn't be too particular about small matters."
Chen Li laughed angrily: "You are becoming more and more eloquent!"
Gu Huan coaxed her: "You talk a lot every day, you've developed this habit. Good sister, Akabane must have something urgent to do."
Chen Li was speechless and shouted outside: "Come in."
Gu Huan: “…”
The little girl looks cold and fierce, but she is actually a kind-hearted person.
When Akabane came in again, he lowered his head and quickly glanced at Chen Li from the corner of his eyes. She glared at him and he quickly looked away.
He spoke politely across the screen: "Madam, there is an imperial decree from Bianjing saying that the Crown Prince will bring a marriage team to Juzhou and welcome the Princess of Dali County to Bianjing."
Gu Huan was stunned: "Marriage? Marriage for whom?"
"Say it is..."
Akabane raised his head and looked at the figure in the inner room through the screen: "Jiang Ruoxi."
"Jiang Ruoxi?"
Gu Huan couldn't help but sit up: "She...!"
I’m so angry. She had to come to southern Xinjiang to stir up trouble, right?
"Did Ziyuan say anything?"
"The master has no letter."
Gu Huan thought for a moment and said, "Come if you want. If the enemy comes, we will stop him. If the water comes, we will block it with earth."
"Isn't the envoy from Dali County still in Juzhou? I want to see him tomorrow."
"yes."
"By the way, ask Mr. Min and Zhilan to go to the front hall and wait for me."
"yes."
Gu Huan got out of bed while speaking.
Chen Li hurried over and squatted down to help her put on her shoes.
Gu Huan looked at her: "Thank you."
Chen Li felt a sour feeling in his nose. He wanted to say something to her, but he couldn't.
Gu Huan worked so hard, and they all saw it.
The group of people who followed her were all working hard, because they knew that Gu Huan wanted to turn Juzhou into a blessed land where people could live and work in peace and contentment.
When the master returns, Juzhou will already have sufficient capital to support the great things that Mu Junyan wants to do.
When Min Dongsheng heard that Jiang Ruoxi was coming to marry, his eyebrows twisted into a "川" shape.
"I don't know whether the Jiang family is unwilling to give up, or His Majesty has other ideas. If Jiang Ruoxi marries the new king of Dali County, she will definitely try every means to trip up the Mu family army. Our business of using Dali County to carry out salt, grain, tung oil and mining will be more risky."
Gu Huan continued, "So, I want to prevent her from getting married. I have an appointment with the envoy of Dali County tomorrow. He has been in Juzhou, discussing the details of peace and trade with the prefect. We just need him to go back and tell the new king not to marry Jiang Ruoxi."
Zhou Zhilan said coldly: "If this woman wants to marry a foreign prince, she should go to the north. She came here just to disgust us."
"Then Mr. Min and Sister Zhilan will come with me to meet the envoy tomorrow."
"good."
The two said in unison.
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