"I hope you can have your own life, your own person, and your own love, Cui Liu."

Cui Liu looked at Yu Xuanji hesitantly, not knowing whether to say the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

Seeing Cui Liu's expression, Yu Xuanji said, "Just tell me what you have to say."

Cui Liu thought for a moment and spoke carefully, "Then Miss, please forgive Cui Liu for being innocent and don't be angry with her."

Yu Xuanji frowned slightly, but began to say: "Speak, I forgive you and I am not angry with you."

Cui Liu then said, "Cui Liu thinks that the young lady may have become stupid from reading a story book."

"Um???"

Cui Liu was immediately startled by Yu Xuanji's "hmm" and quickly said, "Miss, you said you are not angry and you don't blame me."

Yu Xuanji was stunned when she heard this, but still wanted to know why.

"Tell me what you want to say. If you don't say it well, I'll let you go."

Upon hearing this, Cui Liu had no choice but to tell the truth in the hope of not being abandoned by Yu Xuanji.

"Well, that's right, young lady, you always yearn for free love, but love is not so beautiful."

"Miss, haven't you seen Du Shiniang in the opera? She was cheated of her money and her body and then sold. How miserable."

Yu Xuanji immediately retorted: "That's different..."

"What's the difference? Although Du Shiniang is a prostitute, she is the most beautiful woman in the world and has the right to make her own choice."

"And the fact that Du Shiniang paid nine thousand taels out of her own pocket shows that she likes Li Jia."

"But Li Jia sold Du Shiniang for only one thousand taels."

"What would have happened to Du Shiniang if she hadn't jumped into the river? I'm afraid her future would have been extremely miserable."

"In that case, it's better to marry into a wealthy family. At least this way you won't be sold."

"But being rich and powerful isn't good either. Being a prince is better. Even if you're a concubine, no one would dare to let the young lady sleep with him."

"And young lady, you may have overestimated us slaves. Having a place to settle down and live a good life, eating and drinking well is what we pursue all our lives."

"The young lady is going to marry the prince. If Cui Liu follows the young lady and becomes her maid, then Cui Liu will make a fortune."

"Your Highness, if you ascend the throne in the future, I will at least be a Zhaoyi."

“Isn’t this definitely a winner in life?”

"Even if the prince didn't open his eyes to Cui Liu, I won't suffer any loss as long as the young lady is here."

"Anyway, Cui Liu is with Miss Ding, so don't try to drive me away."

Yu Xuanji opened her mouth when she heard this, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

And what’s strange is that she actually thought what Cui Liu said made sense, which... is scary.

Yu Xuanji waved her hand in pretended impatience.

"Alright, alright, follow me if you want. It's so annoying."

"Let's go, it's time to go out."

Cui Liu was not worried, because she knew Yu Xuanji's temper very well. Hearing this, she chuckled and reached out to support her young lady.

"Miss, go slowly. I'll support you."

Yu Xuanji: I'd better be fast.

At the same time, Hai Bie also came out of the Honglu Temple and got on a carriage heading to the post station outside the city.

"No news yet from Sister Mingyue?"

"Yes, Princess, Princess Mingyue disappeared after arriving in Shangjing City."

"The last time the princess came was the day we entered the city before the New Year. We stayed overnight in an inn."

"Someone took the princess away the next day."

Hai Bie frowned slightly when he heard this.

"Someone? Is it Li Xiuzhu?"

"Princess, it wasn't Li Xiuzhu. Many people in Shangjing know Li Xiuzhu. The boss just happened to have met Li Xiuzhu. The person who went there that day was not Li Xiuzhu. But I don't know if it was someone sent by Li Xiuzhu."

Hai Bie frowned and thought for a moment before speaking again: "Send someone to monitor Li Xiuzhu. The princess' disappearance must be related to him."

"Yes, Princess."

After a pause, the voice outside the carriage continued: "But most of us don't have much time to stay here. After the food from Da Zhou arrives, most of us will return to Silla."

"Besides, the Great Zhou will not agree to our staying. At most, I can only leave two people for the princess."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Hai Bie also knew that they couldn't stay for too long, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you leave two people to monitor Li Xiuzhu, and when you get the information, have someone wait for Jin Mingzhu outside the Prince's East Palace."

"I'll try to get her out and about."

After hearing Hai Bie's words, the people outside breathed a sigh of relief. The two men had already tried their best. Even so, they had to be careful everywhere. Although they would not have to sleep in the open air, they would definitely not be too comfortable.

"Yes, Princess. I will arrange it right away."

Just when the princess had arranged for Li Xiuzhu, Li Xiuzhu and the Fu family had already sat down at the table.

Go back one hour in time.

Fu Wenhan came to him to talk about the Grand Canal, meaning that the human issues had been resolved. In order to complete the project as soon as possible, Fu Wenhan wanted to start work on the fifth day of the New Year, so he asked Li Xiuzhu how to dig.

We have the people and the explosives. To be honest, digging the Grand Canal is not difficult. With so many people, even if only manual transportation is available, it is enough to transport all the soil out within the construction period.

"The terrain was surveyed years ago. As long as we avoid rocks and carve out a dirt road, there won't be much of a problem."

"I had a rotary shovel built that would go straight down to dig a hole, and then use explosives to break up the density of the soil, which would quickly loosen the soil and make digging less laborious."

"With these two things, the construction period can basically be increased several times."

"Finally, I worked out a human-powered transport as quickly as possible so that the earth could be quickly transported to the riverbank."

Li Xiuzhu's words made Fu Wenhan startled. Why did Li Xiuzhu always seem to think this was easy? If it was someone else, Fu Wenhan would probably ask the other person to be pragmatic, but he had seen the magic of his own son-in-law, and when it came to studying things, his son-in-law was no problem either.

Since his son-in-law asked, he must be sure, but he still asked: "Are you sure? Dad doesn't have much time. I can only give you one month at most to study the tools."

Is it really that long? Li Xiuzhu has a wordless book on him. It's not too easy to learn from it and research a human teleporter.

"Father-in-law, I have an idea about this. I can give you the blueprint within seven days."

"Seven days? Xiuzhu, you really helped Dad a lot."

Li Xiuzhu thought that if she hadn't agreed to go to the prince's bridal chamber, maybe it would only take three days, which would be most of the time needed to draw the blueprint.

"Father-in-law, will you go with the prince tomorrow?"

Fu Wenhan nodded when he heard this.

"If it were an ordinary woman, I would definitely not go, but after all, I am marrying a foreign princess, so I cannot lose my manners."

"By then, not only me, but all the civil and military officials in the court will be there."

"By the way, you have to go too, otherwise you can go with dad."

(End of this chapter)