Chapter 272: Suffering the consequences
Cui Yueling wanted to plot against Lu Shili, but she also wanted to play innocent and put the blame on someone else. This way, she could gain benefits while saving face. Most importantly, Lu Shili couldn't blame her and might even feel sorry for her because she accidentally lost her virginity.
But she was destined to be disappointed.
Not to mention that this is not the capital, it is not convenient for her to use the methods commonly used by the women in the inner palace.
Given Lu Shili's cautious nature, he wouldn't give her a chance.
He has been running around the four big cities in the past few years. In addition to doing business, he often helps Lu Shiyan do some very dangerous things. There are countless open and secret attacks to guard against. Cui Yueling's little tricks are no match for him.
What's more, Lu Shili noticed her intention just as she started to deploy.
Lu Shili was truly fed up with her pestering and wanted to resolve the matter once and for all. So, after learning of Cui Yueling's actions, he not only didn't stop her, but even pretended to be fooled. However, at the last moment, the person who was supposed to administer the Chinese medicine was replaced by the servant who had been traveling with Cui Yueling.
Cui Yueling was greedy. While plotting against Lu Shili, she also wanted to pretend to be innocent and drugged herself first. She didn't even know that someone else had been replaced. When she woke up and found out, she was completely devastated.
But no matter how she collapsed, it had nothing to do with Lu Shili, and he no longer paid attention to it.
He didn't even have time to go back home to reunite with his family during the Chinese New Year. After selecting a team to go out to sea, he went straight to Taiwan to learn shipbuilding from the old men in the shipyard.
He felt that only if he was familiar with the structure of large ships, or even knew how to build ships himself, could he better deal with emergencies at sea.
Cui Yueling didn't dare to bother Lu Shili anymore.
She wasn't stupid; a quick thought would tell her that all the humiliation she'd endured was Lu Shili's warning to her. It meant that her every move was under his control. Yet, she was being clever and trying to scheme against him.
However, Lu Shili's ruthless counterattack completely shattered her dream. She realized that Lu Shili had no feelings for her and only disliked her.
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Jiang Tangtang was so busy this year that she didn't even have time to celebrate the New Year. She is currently preparing to build a tea garden.
She originally wanted Yuan San to arrange for the palace masters to go to the mountains to find some high-quality tea trees and move them into the space, but she didn't expect that these palace masters were so helpful and actually helped her find so many tea trees.
Jiang Tangtang moved a few tea trees from various places into the space. After picking them, she learned how to make tea simply by following the book.
It was discovered that the large-leaf tea from Luoye Mountain is very suitable for making green tea.
Although the tea trees absorb the spiritual energy of the space after being transplanted into it, making the quality of the tea trees better, the quality of the tea trees themselves is also very important.
Her novice tea-roasting skills waste a lot of tea leaves. Jiang Tangtang plans to leave the tea-roasting to more professional tea farmers after she sets up the tea garden!
In addition to tea trees that are very suitable for making green tea, Jiang Tangtang also discovered partridge tea, which has been praised by scholars and poets throughout the ages as the Ganoderma lucidum of tea, as well as many tea trees that are hundreds of years old.
Jiang Tangtang was very satisfied with these tea trees. She roasted some tea leaves with her very unfamiliar skills and sent some to the Su family.
Su had tasted all kinds of good tea before, but she was stunned by the tea Jiang Tangtang brought. "Tangtang, where did you get this good tea?"
Jiang Tangtang could lie without blushing or beating her heart. It was very easy for her. "Didn't I recently ask someone to go to the mountains to find tea trees and set up a tea garden? There was a place where the new leaves of the tea trees grew early, so I picked some and took them home to try. If you think it's good, I'll be relieved."
"It's more than just good. The tea soup is bright yellow-green, and the flavor is mellow and refreshing. It's even better than the Gongcha I used to drink."
Looking at the capable and beautiful daughter-in-law in front of her, Mrs. Su couldn't help but think of the several flower-viewing banquets she had organized.
A few girls she liked.
These girls look pretty good on their own, but they can't compare with the eldest daughter-in-law. Once compared with the eldest daughter-in-law, they instantly pale in comparison.
She never asked her son what the rumors about her eldest daughter-in-law being a disciple of a god were about.
But in fact, I personally feel that it is not an exaggeration to say that the eldest daughter-in-law is a god.
Apart from anything else, just the appearance alone is almost like that of a god.
Looking at Jiang Tangtang's fair and tender skin without a trace of age, Su quickly put away her thoughts and took Jiang Tangtang's hand, saying, "Let's talk about the tea garden later. Come and give me some advice. Which girl would you recommend to your second brother?"
"Mom, I can't do that!" Jiang Tangtang had a headache. She didn't want to interfere in other people's marriages.
"You have good taste. The person you like can't be wrong. Please help me take a look." Su pulled Jiang Tangtang and insisted that she help him with the consultation. Jiang Tangtang had no choice but to sit down and look at the album in Su's hand.
This was because Lu Shili refused to come back, so Su hired a painter to paint the pictures specially and wanted to send the album to her son for him to choose from.
In addition to the small portraits, the girls' personalities and family situations are also written on the sides.
Lu Shili's age in modern times would be considered a recent college graduate, but in this era, he was already considered an older, unmarried young man. Furthermore, he was about to go to sea. Given the risks of sailing in that era, not only was his return date uncertain, but even his life and death were unpredictable.
Even though the Lu family is now the ruler of Lingnan, many parents who love their daughters do not want them to marry such a man.
Most of those who are willing to marry into the Lu family do so simply for the sake of benefits.
Jiang Tangtang really doesn't like this blind date list.
But the ancients valued the continuation of their family lineage, and she understood Su's approach, but she was unwilling to go against her will. In the end, she could only euphemistically say that Lu Shili was a rare talent, and none of the women in the small portrait were worthy of him.
A mother always thinks that her children are the best in the world. Su agreed with Jiang Tangtang's words very much. After feeling a little regretful in her heart, she turned to talk to Jiang Tangtang about the tea garden.
"If you're free sometime, come back to Treasure Island and take a look. There was a wildfire a few days ago, and a hilltop over there in the thorn forest was burned. I've been thinking about what to plant there, but I had no idea before. But when I heard you mention the tea plantation today, I think that hilltop would be a good place to plant tea."
Jiang Tangtang nodded, "I'm going to send some things to my second brother in a few days, so I might as well take someone to the mountain to have a look."
She recently found all the books related to sailing in the bookstore, picked out some that might be useful to Lu Shili when he went to sea, and copied them down. Maybe in three to five days she would have almost finished copying them all, and then she could hand them over to Lu Shili.
Hearing Jiang Tangtang talking about her son, Su couldn't help but count the days of her son's departure in her heart.
She frowned and thought for a while, then decided to pick out a few people she liked and send them to her son.
Anyway, my son is so old, he should have had a concubine long ago.
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