They are both at the age of budding. If the old emperor had not passed away, the eldest daughter of the Bai family would have been married within the new year.
Now, it can only be stranded.
Not only her, but also her younger sisters who were originally in the process of marriage planning were affected.
The Bai family is different from the villagers in Qingshan Village. There are countless eyes watching their every move, and they dare not make any mistakes.
At most, you can use the excuse of visiting your elders to meet the other party's younger generation of the same age.
You can't even talk too much.
Seeing Chi Xingyue come in, no one was interested.
Instead, he jokingly said, "Fortunately, you stopped us from using brightly colored silk that day, otherwise..."
I'm afraid this dress will become old if I can't wear it.
Chi Xingyue seemed oblivious to the ladies' annoyance. She opened the box and took out a dress from it. "Miss Bai, take a look. Does this dress suit you?"
When Miss Bai looked up, she was amazed by the design of the horse-faced skirt.
Even though she bought the most beautiful dresses from all over the Dayong Dynasty every year, she had never seen this style before. It was truly refreshing.
It was as if all the previous inhibitions disappeared, and she asked anxiously, "How do I wear this skirt?"
Chi Xingyue picked up the skirt and tried it on herself, and the other ladies were also eager to try it.
Chi Xingyue simply divided the skirts among them, and the young ladies of the Bai family pushed and shoved each other into the house.
When they came out a moment later, everything had changed.
It’s quite special and beautiful!
Miss Bai was very satisfied with the Ling family's craftsmanship and paid the bill happily.
He also said that this skirt is simple and elegant, and can be worn to show off without giving people any room for criticism.
Chi Xingyue complimented them a few words and left.
It took two hours and the net income was more than two hundred taels, which was worth it.
The group went straight to the Liu Mansion and gave the horse-faced skirt to Mrs. Liu.
Madam Liu also liked this style and asked Chi Xingyue, "Is there anyone else in Youzhou Prefecture who makes a horse-faced skirt?"
Chi Xingyue did not hide it: "Several ladies of the Bai family made two sets each.
We also bought some silk from the county cloth shop and made some ready-made clothes.
The quality isn't as good as the Liu and Baifu ones. I was planning to sell them on the street, but now that they're in this state, I'm afraid I'll just have to keep them at home and let them gather dust."
Madam Liu nodded and asked the maid to give Chi Xingyue some silver, cakes and candied fruits.
"Take it and go back to sweeten your mouth!"
Chi Xingyue nodded: "Thank you, Madam Liu!"
Another few hundred taels of silver came into the account. Baozhu sighed that it was really easy to make money from these ladies.
However, the most capable one is the second young master's wife.
If she hadn't come up with this idea, the masters in the house wouldn't have made much money even if they worked harder.
The group didn't stay on the street for long and returned to Qingshan Village.
Chi Xingyue took out the silver and distributed it to several elders according to their merits.
After a busy month, Shu Muyun earned ninety taels. Holding the silver, she laughed like a woman who had never seen money before.
He casually took out ten taels of silver and said proudly, "Hey, mother will give you a red envelope too, spend it as you like!"
Chi Xingyue thanked her very flatteringly, and kept praising her with nice words, "Mom, you don't know that the ladies of the Liu and Bai families really like the cooking skills of you, your aunt, and your uncle.
Especially the embroidery, they had never seen anything so exquisite!"
"Ah, really?" Shu Muyun was surprised. "Back then, I studied it for several years at my mother's house!"
However, the brief surprise was followed by loneliness.
Chi Xingyue raised his hand and slapped his mouth. Hmm, I said the wrong thing.
Ling Jiheng came into the room and brought sweet soup to everyone, breaking the awkwardness.
***
The Zhou family army and the eunuch who announced the decree once again rushed into General Zhou’s tent in a hurry.
The guards at the door were unable to stop them and let them in: "General Zhou, it's not that I'm trying to embarrass you, but the emperor is urging you.
If I can't bring you back within a month, my head will be in danger!"
General Zhou turned his head to look at the sky and said with a smile, "No rush. I will go to the capital naturally after I finish my work."
"General Zhou, you can't say that. I've already sent the message back, and His Majesty has received it, but we're leaving immediately!"
General Zhou sighed pretentiously, "I also want to set off immediately, but as you can see, the Northern Liao army has been attacking repeatedly.
If we don't defeat them, they will bring disaster to Youzhou City sooner or later."
"Don't we still have General Zhou and Little General Zhou?
The Zhou family members are all brave and good at fighting. One can defeat a hundred. I believe that with them, we will definitely be able to defeat the Northern Liao!"
General Zhou shook his head, his expression solemn: "The battlefield is like no other, there is no room for error.
If anything were to happen, the entire Dayong would be doomed to failure.
I haven't been back to Beijing for many years, and I want to take advantage of the new emperor's ascension to the throne to go back and see my wife and granddaughter.
But the war is imminent, and it's not like you can just leave if you want to."
The eunuch announcing the decree became anxious and stamped his feet, asking, "Then you should give us a specific time. You can't just keep dragging it out!"
If you don’t go back, Third Prince, oh no, how can the emperor’s plan proceed?
General Zhou hurriedly bowed, his face full of anxiety: "How dare I not return to the capital? Wouldn't that be disobeying the order and deceiving the emperor?
It's just a sudden matter now. Once I'm done with this, I will definitely go to the capital with my father-in-law. Please be patient and wait for a few days."
The eunuch who announced the decree had no choice but to turn around and go back to the tent prepared for him by Zhou's army.
The weather was 20 to 30 degrees below zero, and they didn't even know to provide a few more charcoal braziers. This business trip of his was really miserable.
He turned around to look for the third prince's confidant, but found that he was not there.
After asking the guards who came with him, he learned that his confidant had gone hunting nearby, but he didn't take it seriously.
Since I couldn't leave, I could only vent my anger in the tent.
This barren Youzhou is indeed a place of exile. It's freezing to death!
Not long after the eunuch who announced the decree left, Zhou Chengyu slipped into General Zhou's tent.
The old general asked calmly, "Did you pick him up?"
Zhou Chengyu nodded in agreement.
The old general asked again: "Has the letter been spread?"
Zhou Chengyu lowered his voice and said, "We've already arrived in Hejian Prefecture. My grandson has sent people to follow us. We'll make sure the news spreads throughout Shangjing!"
General Zhou put down his brush and said, "If that's the case, then let's get started!"
A hint of joy flashed across Zhou Chengyu's face. He replied "yes" and went to do his work.
A moment later, several sharp screams came from one of Zhou Jiajun's tents.
Warm blood splattered everywhere, and the strong smell of blood spread over ten meters.
But the patrolling soldiers passed by quickly, as if they hadn't noticed, without a trace of panic or fear on their faces.
Half an hour later, in a forest ten miles away from the base, more than a dozen armored guards were stabbed in the throat by a sword.
The third prince's confidant lay on the ground with his pupils dilated, thinking that they were wrong and should not have tried to consolidate General Zhou's power through marriage.
The Zhou family army rebelled, rebelled!
Unfortunately, it's too late.
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