Chapter 94 Zhou Qiwu offers compensation!
The Third Princess's Residence
Zhou Qiwu hesitated for a whole night, but still decided to follow Yuan Lang's advice and appease Zhou Ru'an with money!
"Open the storeroom, take out half of the items and make an inventory. The inventory must be completed today. After I have reviewed it, I will send it to the Second Prince."
Yuan Lang patted Zhou Qiwu's hand reassuringly: "I will personally supervise."
Zhou Xiwu reminded them, "Only our trusted confidants can handle this!"
Yuan Lang nodded and said, "Our men just reported that the Prince Consort will be arriving around noon!"
Zhou Qiwu frowned, a bad feeling creeping over him.
Yuan Lang reminded him, "Whenever the Prince Consort returns home, he always invites the young master and young lady to dine together!"
Zhou Qiwu knew things were going badly. Now, one of his children was contemplating suicide, and the other was injured; neither of them could face anyone.
"Princess, the Prince Consort usually visits your residence once a month, but it's only been ten days since his last visit. Is our residence unclean?"
The Wang family has planted spies in the princess's residence!
Upon realizing this, Zhou Qiwu's face darkened, and he gripped the chair tightly.
"That damned Wang Mingru, he actually dared to lay his hands on my princess's residence!" The thought that Wang Mingru probably knew everything she had done made Zhou Qiwu furious and ashamed, wishing she could tear Wang Mingru to pieces.
"Princess, should we try to stop the prince consort from returning to the mansion?" Yuan Lang asked.
Zhou Qiwu thought for a moment, then a vicious smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"You said last time that he had a concubine?"
Yuan Lang: "I haven't heard of her being promoted to a concubine yet; at most, she's considered a maidservant. However, I heard that after serving the emperor, she wasn't given any contraceptive medicine."
In other words, it's highly likely that the slut is already pregnant with her illegitimate child.
"I wonder what Wang Mingru's reaction will be when he finds out that the concubine is having an affair?"
Yuan Lang understood: "I'll go arrange it right away!"
By noon, the gift list from the Princess's residence had reached Zhou Ru'an's hands.
After reading it, Zhou Ruan closed it with satisfaction.
"Go back and tell your aunt that not everyone who knows about that matter needs to be silenced, but the fewer people who know, the better!"
The princess's steward quickly flattered her, saying, "You are truly kind and compassionate. Our princess has asked us to inquire whether the goods should be moved to an inn or somewhere else."
Zhou Ru'an smiled with satisfaction: "Take it straight to the dock!"
"Yes, sir, I'll arrange it right away!"
Zhou Ru'an instructed his two guards, one to follow the steward and the other to go to the dock to make arrangements.
Everyone was watching this disaster relief trip closely, and there was absolutely no profit to be made. In fact, to gain a good reputation, he even had to put some money out of his own pocket.
Fortunately, this trip to the princess's residence not only brought back what we had invested, but also generated a considerable profit.
When I was happy, even the nausea in my heart lessened a lot.
Once he has achieved great success, he will surely deal with those two disgusting siblings.
Zhou Qiwu watched as boxes of valuable goods were carried out like a flowing river, and his heart ached as if it were being torn apart.
"Any news about the Shen family?"
Yuan Lang: "We have searched the entire area within a hundred miles of Tianjin, but we have not found any trace of the Shen family. They must have traveled by water!"
"The Liu family hasn't replied yet from the waterway!"
After hearing this, Zhou Qiwu began to resent his daughter.
It's just a mistress giving birth, why does she need to personally intervene? Childbirth is like passing through the gates of hell, she can just quietly kill her and no one will find out.
Now things are really messed up. They've fallen out with Liu Chengen. Although the Liu family hasn't made a scene openly, they definitely harbor resentment. This time, when the Princess's residence needs their help, they'll surely slack off.
"Yuan Lang, select a few beautiful women and send them to the Liu residence. Tell them that the young lady has chosen concubines for her son-in-law!"
Yuan Lang's eyes flashed: "Yes!"
On the ship's roof, Shen Lanxi was practicing martial arts. She moved nimbly and leaped, her long staff creating a fierce wind wherever it pointed, and no one dared to approach the ship's roof!
With a sharp cry, the long staff withdrew its momentum and lay horizontally on the ship's railing. Xiaoxue landed steadily, her sharp claws gripping the staff firmly!
As Shen Lanxi untied the documents from the eagle's leg, she called out, "Chunxue, have you caught any fresh fish?"
Chunxue and Qiushuang initially stood on the top of the boat, but their faces stung from the gust of wind created by the long sticks, so they retreated to the steps to wait.
"Young master, I'll go take a look!"
Three catties of fish cost one coin, which was too low a price. More than half of the people returned to the cabin. They would rather have a black cornbread a day than work as cheap laborers!
There were also those willing to earn money through hard work, such as Song Niangzi's family, a dozen or so exiled prisoners who made a living by fishing, and Shen Yuanjing and his siblings!
The boat has fishing nets and tackle, and the boat owner is willing to let them use them for just a small fee, which is deducted from the catch.
Liu Yanhui was also fishing with his family. Since he joined Chen Lanxi, he had arranged for his family to stay with Wang Mama's family so that if he had to leave for something, his mother and sister would be taken care of!
"Mr. Liu, the young master asked if there's any fresh catch?" Chunxue hurried over.
Liu Yan handed the fishing rod to her younger sister: "I have a fish here, Brother Zhao caught it!"
Brother Zhao is Wang's mother's son; he is honest, kind, and doesn't talk much.
Chunxue bent down to take a look and saw that it was quite large, weighing at least two pounds.
"I'll take it to the young master first!" She picked it up and was about to leave.
Liu Yanhui hurriedly asked, "Would the young master like to eat fish?"
Weren't they just practicing martial arts? He heard the whooshing sound of the stick and didn't dare to go up.
Chunxue guessed it was for feeding eagles, but she was just guessing and didn't want to say it out loud.
"I don't know, I've already taken it!"
Liu Yan thought for a moment, then went to the area where the fish were caught. When she left, she was carrying a bucket with two palm-sized sea fish inside.
The sea fish was very fresh; when Shen Lanxi scooped it out of the bucket, it was still jumping around. She tapped the fish's head twice, cut open its belly, removed the bones and other debris, leaving only the snow-white fish meat.
The knife slid horizontally across the fish skin, removing the scales along with the skin, and cutting it off. The fish was cleaned without a single finger touching the fish, not a drop of blood getting on it, not a single scale splattering.
Chunxue and Qiushuang watched in disbelief, feeling as if the fish had been cleaned up in just a couple of blinks.
They didn't even see where they made the cut or how they cleaned it up!
Xiaoxue ate fish pieces one by one, and finished the fish in no time!
Still not full, his sharp eyes were fixed on Chunxue!
Shen Lanxi couldn't bear to look at this gluttonous eagle anymore.
"Let's check again, see if there's any left?"
Chunxue nodded blankly and hurried away. Just as she was about to go down the stairs, she saw Liu Yan coming up with a bucket.
"Young Master." Liu Yanhui had heard the eagle's cry earlier, so she wasn't surprised to see it now.
Shen Lanxi handed the knife to Qiu Shuang: "You and Chunxue, go and clean the fish!"
Qiu Shuang reluctantly took the knife.
“Let’s talk over there!” she said, pointing to a corner of the teahouse.
Liu Yan followed two steps after her. There were several books and a bamboo tube on the table.
"My lord, why did the Second Prince suddenly appear in Tianjin?"
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