Chapter 176 Qingyue's Worry
Chang Xixi found workers and started to build the peach forest according to her ideas. She also selected some upright guards from Gu Rongyu's men.
I also bought some maids and servants from the market to supervise the young ladies and gentlemen so that they would not overstep their bounds and break the rules.
This project was carried out in full swing for more than half a month!
The business at the teahouse is also very good. Most people come here to listen to stories about mountain ghosts and lake monsters. Occasionally there are one or two love stories, but none of them have a happy ending!
At least, an income of one hundred taels a day is considered a huge income in Kyoto!
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After that, the virtuous prince was summoned by the imperial concubine again, still because of the matter of Chang Xixi and Gu Rongyu. The imperial concubine asked the virtuous prince to figure out what to do on his own.
She had long since left the vortex of power in the court and was just a woman who gained power because of the emperor's favor.
The virtuous princes had no right to inherit the throne, and therefore were not in the vortex of power. Therefore... any decision they made was unimportant. It was not like the crown prince and the wise prince, who would repeatedly face obstacles in their fight for that position, and every decision could be historic!
The imperial concubine felt that she could make the decision on her own about such matters!
After walking out of the imperial concubine's palace, he still couldn't figure out what was going on on his way out. He even felt that his mother didn't care about him enough.
This time, Qingyue did not follow him to the palace, but met Chang Xixi at home.
The two haven't spoken to each other for a long time.
Although Qingyue told everything about the virtuous king in the letter, it was, after all, the content of the letter, and it felt a bit like reporting good news but not bad news.
Qingyue is now a princess. She puts on airs and asks all the palace maids to leave, leaving only her maidservant who has always stayed by her side.
"Sit down!"
She spoke in a low voice, with a rare look of sadness between her brows!
Gu Rongyu knew that she was entertaining Chang Xixi today, so she would just wander around somewhere else and not return to her own palace to avoid suspicion.
After hearing Qingyue's words, Chang Xixi sat down.
"Having a bad time?"
Qingyue shook his head. "It's not bad, it's very good. But I still feel resentful about what happened back then. You know? He was the one who abandoned me first, and then... he apologized, and finally... I forgave him. But, just to repay my lifesaver, he acted like this. I really don't know... whether what he said before about love or not was fake. Do I have a place in his heart?"
She spoke carefully.
Since he is so anxious and dissatisfied, he must be the wise king who loves him!
After listening to her again, Chang Xixi realized that these panic and anxiety were not caused by herself and Gu Rongyu, but came from Qingyue's uneasiness.
She probably doesn't know what's disturbing!
"Qingyue, have you ever told the virtuous king about these things? If not, I think you can tell him what you think."
"Why? Shouldn't he handle it himself? I owe you a favor I'll never be able to repay in this lifetime, but now we're friends, so I don't have to repay you. But he's different... If it weren't for you, he wouldn't have been able to marry me."
Qingyue is a rare person who understands things!
Unfortunately, Chang Xixi thought, "Qingyue, he loves you! Otherwise, he wouldn't be so cautious and hesitant to test your feelings. You are together now, these are trivial matters, you should sit down and talk about it. Listen to his inner thoughts, otherwise you will only drift further and further apart, leading to discord in your married life. It's not worth it."
"Xixi, I know what you mean."
"But I didn't want to let you down. The general actually didn't have to show up at the time, but he did so to accompany you to the consultation. I received your favor, but I couldn't repay you, and I felt very sad. The money I gave you back then was just hush money. You've made more than its value with the money I received later. Besides, it's not like you're incapable of making money... I'm afraid you weren't short of money back then."
As Qingyue spoke, tears began to fall.
During that dark time, she had always been by her side...If it weren't for Chang Xixi's encouragement, she wouldn't be alive today.
Chang Xixi understood Qing Yue's inner thoughts, "Don't think too much. Even if the virtuous prince doesn't agree, our relationship will remain the same. It's just that my husband's matter will have to be postponed a little longer."
"Do you have any other ideas?"
way?
Of course there are, but... hehe, they just don't want to use it. There are much simpler methods right in front of them, so why use other methods?
She couldn't figure it out! She still wanted the virtuous king to agree, which would save some steps and make it simpler.
Gu Rongyu and she didn't want to hurt Qingyue. They didn't want to use that method to force the virtuous king to submit, and Chang Xixi didn't want to stop the process because of this matter and Qingyue's relationship.
"Um."
She gave a brief reply and invited Qingyue to play in the peach blossom forest, and also invited Miss Zhang to join them.
Some officials’ daughters also sent out invitations!
The daughters of dukes and marquises do not ask for money, but men who want to enter have to pay one or two taels of silver, and they also have to write a contract that they will not molest the daughters before they can enter.
Those who can come here all have official positions in their families!
If not, the family must be a wealthy merchant, or a famous squire. However, common people are not accepted, and scholars with official positions can also enter.
However, Chang Xixi didn't open the shop first...
The news was released first, just like the previous marketing, waiting to whet everyone's appetite before sending out invitations.
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Qingyue and Miss Zhang took a carriage out of the city and arrived at the door of Taohua Temple. Someone greeted them directly and then introduced their names.
They were first brought in by the guards, and then led by a little maid into the peach blossom forest.
Not far away there is a small place with screens on all sides.
The person behind the screen heard someone coming and opened a corner from the inside. Chang Xixi sat on the chair inside and waved at them.
"Come, try my wine."
When they walked in, they found two chairs, two pairs of bowls and chopsticks, and wine glasses on the mat.
"Sit down! Why are you so restrained?"
Chang Xixi spoke.
They sat down, and the maid on one side added wine and left through the screen on the side.
"Good, very good! This screen is also beautiful. How did you come up with this idea?" Miss Zhang asked, stood up and walked around, and found that this small corner was quite large.
Qingyue also thought it was good. He took a sip of the wine and found that it had a floral scent. He looked at Chang Xixi.
"this……"
"It's brewed with the peach blossoms here. It tastes good, right? We're going to be Tang Bohu and sit with the Peach Blossom Fairy."
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