Chapter 102: Beili Wolf King x Central Plains Prince 38
Qian Zhou slept during the day and at night. When Xiao Jintian went out and came back, he was still lying on the couch sleeping.
There were several thin red marks on his cheeks left by his hair, his wrists were resting on the quilt, and his chest rose and fell slowly and regularly with his breathing.
Xiao Jintian stood by the bed and looked at him.
How can you sleep so well?
He only did it once, so he shouldn't be that tired, right?
Xiao Jintian reached out and touched Qianzhou's cheek, and kicked the sword on the ground with his toes.
The hilt is smooth and round, with black raised snake patterns coiled on the long hilt.
Thinking of Qian Zhou's look of struggling with eyes wide open yesterday, Xiao Jintian couldn't help but react again.
Today, Beili had the first heavy snow of the year. The snowflakes were like goose feathers, falling with the howling wind.
The room was quiet and warm, the sound of the wind was blocked out, and only the sound of Qianzhou's sweet breathing could be heard as he slept.
Xiao Jintian's heart was filled. He sat on the couch and peeled off Qian Zhou, who was stuck to the quilt.
Qianzhou opened his eyes drowsily and looked at Xiao Jintian unhappily.
"You slept for twelve hours in total, Qianzhou."
Xiao Jintian supported his back, let Qianzhou put his arm around his shoulders, and picked up his outer robe.
Qian Zhou half opened his eyes and took a while to come to his senses. He took the outer robe and put it on slowly.
"Can you see clearly?" Xiao Jintian asked.
"I can see clearly."
Xiao Jintian put his hand into Qianzhou's neck and chilled him before he could fully recover. "Wake up, go later—"
Qianzhou threw his outer robe in his face.
Only then did I finally wake up and remember that I was angry. Just now, I was still in a daze when I was lying obediently in his arms.
Xiao Jintian was hit hard and took off his outer robe.
"In a moment—"
"Get lost." Qian Zhou interrupted him.
She glanced at him and covered herself with the quilt again, her expression a little cold.
Xiao Jintian stood up, folded his outer robe and placed it on the bedside. "If you haven't slept enough, you must get up at noon."
Qian Zhou ignored him. When Xiao Jintian came back at noon, there was no one in the room.
After several dangerous situations, Xiao Jintian felt a pang in his heart.
He strode out of the door and started looking for someone. He saw Qianzhou bringing a bowl of soup from the kitchen. The tender beef brisket was soaked in the hot bone soup sprinkled with chopped green onions.
The servants and guards in the mansion also gathered in the kitchen, each holding a bowl of soup and eating with great relish.
Qian Zhou hadn't eaten yet, and was instructing his servants:
"Send the beef tendon to Yin Chi later, and ask Doctor Zheng to come and take another look at her. And the same goes for Yin Wu."
"I've paid for today's beef. The rest will be used to buy some charcoal and stored in the mansion."
"Clear the site for the ancestral hall first, and then have craftsmen build a new one in the spring. Also, build a new one for the collapsed stable."
The accountant wiped the cold sweat from his head and said, "Um, Your Highness..."
His voice was too soft and Qianzhou didn't hear it.
"My room is still a little cold. I'm going to see if I can get a new stove and some tea from Yuding Pavilion."
"There are quite a few broken weapons. Ask the blacksmith to make a new batch."
The accountant covered his heart and waved his hands repeatedly, "Your Highness, Your Highness... Please wait."
"We can't buy Yuding Pavilion's tea here. Besides, tea production stops in winter, and the price of tea has risen sharply. Ordinary tea is not cheap, let alone Yuding Pavilion's. One or two ounces of tea costs 120 coins..."
"The expenses of the mansion are all fixed. This, this... after adding the food expenses, there is basically no surplus. Besides, building the ancestral hall and the stables is time-consuming and labor-intensive..."
"Weapons...we still have some in stock in our mansion. We don't need to buy new ones. They can still be used."
Qian Zhou frowned, "Some of them are rusted, how can we use them?"
The accountant hesitated, his face flushed red, "You, you are used to living in the Central Plains, we..."
Xiao Jintian couldn't even afford to drink the tea from Yuding Pavilion. If anything collapsed or broke, he had to wait for next month's tax revenue to come in.
First, allocate military funds, then provide relief to refugees, and finally, only a little can be allocated for use by the government.
The servants and guards in the mansion might not even have the chance to get together to eat beef for half a year.
In other words - poor.
Qian Zhou rubbed his brows and said, "If you need money, just tell me directly. Take the three boxes of things in my room."
The accountant looked up suddenly, "All, all can be taken?!"
"Well, I thought there was some spare money in the mansion." Qian Zhou said.
The accountant angrily slammed the stove, "There was one before! But I don't know which bastard broke someone's three hundred and forty taels of silver, and after paying for it, I'm out of money!"
It's outrageous that the king didn't even ask him to ask!
Qianzhou: "Ahem...I understand."
He pointed at the accounting office and said casually, "You're in charge of this matter. If even a single bead is lost, I will hold you and everyone in your accounting office accountable."
“...Yes.” The accountant scratched his head. Somehow the situation became his.
The Third Prince was intimidating without even getting angry, and although he was quite friendly, when it came to serious matters, no one dared to disobey him.
Even in the vast and deep court of the Central Plains, he could thrive, truly awe-inspiring in every way...
Qian Zhou looked at the beef soup in the pot, remembered something, and said with some disdain:
"Change Xiao Jintian's bedding too. Don't wash it, just throw it away. It smells like his sweat."
The accountant looked up and exclaimed, "Ahem!"
"What's wrong?" Qian Zhou turned around and met Xiao Jintian's eyes.
Xiao Jintian grabbed Qianzhou's waist and said, "You are acting like a master now. You give orders very clearly."
The accountant and the servants exchanged glances and immediately retreated.
Qian Zhou sipped the beef soup with a spoon, then pointed to the location of the ancestral hall and the stables slowly and said, "I'll pay for all this from now on. Can't I use your people?"
"You can use it." Xiao Jintian said.
He reached into the pot with a large wooden spoon and added a piece of beef to Qian Zhou. "But we haven't even started dating yet. We're not king and subject, nor are we relatives. What status can allow you to sleep in the same bed with me and manage my household affairs?"
Xiao Jintian leaned over, "Hmm?"
Qian Zhou's eyes turned, and the corners of his eyes curved upwards. "How about I marry you and take you home? When I go to war, you can stay at the Wolf King's Mansion and sew clothes and cook for me. How about that?"
"If you're good, I'll take you horseback riding to see the flowers when the weather's nice, and buy you the best rouge in town."
Qian Zhou's smile grew brighter as he spoke, and finally he tapped Xiao Jintian's tall nose and said, "Now, you have to call me husband."
Xiao Jintian leaned over, holding Qianzhou's hips and lifting him up easily, "Shall I call you husband?"
Qian Zhou's body swayed, and he held Xiao Jintian's shoulders and said:
"I am richer than you, and once I am well, my Kung Fu will be no worse than yours. Who in the world has not heard of my name?"
"Xiao Jintian, is it unfair for you to call me husband?"
Xiao Jintian narrowed his eyes, pushed Qianzhou against the wall and kissed him fiercely, "...try again."
His voice was horribly hoarse. "I see you've recovered. I didn't enjoy myself last night. Can you make it up to me, husband?"
"......" Qianzhou struggled for a while, but couldn't move.
"Well, I don't want to play with you anymore. I have something important to do today. Put me down..."
Xiao Jintian refused to let go and forced Qianzhou to call him "husband" several times before he let go.
Qianzhou ran away in a hurry.
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