Wang Qingluo was stunned when she said this, and she was still thinking about what she had just said until the person left.
"Miss, don't listen to the little girl's nonsense. She is just a child, what does she know?" The maid saw that the young lady had been absent-minded since she talked to the little girl, so she tried to comfort her.
"What do you know?"
Wang Qingluo woke up the maid, and now her son also felt that Shen Qingqiu's words were absolutely right, "I am the daughter of the Prime Minister, she is right, I have a much better life than many poor people. Instead of complaining about the future and fighting with Changping for no reason, it is better to find something meaningful to do." It also saves her from marrying the prince in the future, where her hands and feet are tied and she can't do anything.
The maid, Miss Wei, obeyed her orders, "What is the intentional thing?"
Wang Qingluo didn't know either, so she propped up her cheek and looked at the purse on her waist after a while, "Making money?"
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"Bitch!"
After returning home, Changping was furious again and tore the beautiful skirt made by Zhao Xiu Niang into two pieces with a sharp knife.
"Princess, this is your favorite skirt?" When the maid saw that the princess had even torn off her skirt, she knelt on the ground and dared not to get up.
"My favorite skirt?" Changping tore the skirt into pieces and threw it into the fire. "Is it beautiful?"
The maid nodded tremblingly, but Changping lowered the corners of his lips, "Beauty is something of the mortal world, it can't compare to that fairy dress!" In the past, she always defeated Wang Qingluo, but now she is defeated by that bitch again and again. How can she be willing to accept this?
"I want to see who made that dress with her."
Changping's eyes were filled with venom, "If it's really such a skillful pair of hands, then this princess will take them."
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With Wang Qingluo's help, it is no longer difficult to buy silk products such as satin.
That day, Liu went out with Ah Xiu and the others, firstly because there was a lantern festival tonight, and secondly, they wanted to find some long-term cooperation cloth workshops and hire a few embroiderers. I don't know what the Miss Wang family got up to, she insisted on coming to their embroidery shop to work and earn money.
She wanted to do something serious, so her father, the prime minister, coaxed her. It happened that there was a group of refugees under the country, and the national treasury allocated silver to make winter clothes for them.
Liu's embroidery building ate such a pie that fell from the sky. No one dared to touch the silver from the prime minister, and Liu was the first to get the silver. There were about 20,000 refugees in Jeju City, and each of them had a set of winter clothes. The court calculated the silver per head, a total of 20,000 taels.
“You can see how dark this is. The court clearly allocated so much money, 20,000 taels for making winter clothes, enough for each refugee to have two sets of clothes. But in the end, many people still froze to death because they had no coats.” Mother Chen was born in poverty, and she couldn't help but complain when she saw such injustice.
Liu sighed and did not discuss the affairs of the court.
Regardless of whether it makes money or not, it is almost autumn now, and the 20,000-plus garments must be rushed and completed before winter. After all, it takes a lot of time to put them into storage for inventory and then send them to Jeju City.
"Mother Chen, go check out the silk threads. When making clothes for the refugees, don't use the expensive, inedible ones. Use tight threads that won't rot or get loose easily."
Mother Chen waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, Madam. I know how I can understand this."
Liu nodded and took Jin Cai and A Xiu to see the cloth shop. But just as they entered the alley, a dark figure suddenly appeared in front of them. Jin Cai and A Xiu were confused and asked someone to knock them unconscious. When they opened their eyes again, Liu was gone.
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"What are you doing? You can even lose a living person right in front of you!"
Mother Chen was so anxious that she was jumping up and down.
Jin Cai rubbed his head without saying a word, while A Xiu was crying out of grievance.
Shen Qingqiu frowned, "It's good that they didn't take the two of them away together. If they were really kidnappers, why did they only kidnap my mother?" Although Ah Xiu and Jin Cai were not as outstanding as Liu, they would still be beautiful ladies if they were placed in a crowd. However, the thieves only kidnapped her mother, which clearly showed that they had already gathered the news.
"What a sin! What should I do?" Mother Chen felt as if the sky had fallen down. She sat down on the ground and started crying.
Shen Qingqiu closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down.
Tu Jiu came in from outside the door, "Master, since something like this has happened, I'd better go back and report it to the Marquis."
Shen Qingqiu glanced at Tu Jiu with a complicated expression, but she didn't stop him. She had just arrived in such a big city, and it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find someone. It would be great if the man could help.
Seeing that she had no objection, Tu Jiu went to the Marquis' Mansion. Soon, Gu Yong was wearing armor and had just taken off one of the knee pads on his legs. He looked like he had just come down from the martial arts arena.
"Tell me in detail what the situation is," Gu Yong ordered.
Mother Chen was crying, so only Jin Cai and A Xiu could tell the truth, but they were so stunned that they didn't even see the thief's back. Gu Yong had no choice but to find out where the person disappeared and take his men to check.
Feeling a pair of eyes looking at him, Gu Yong turned around and faced Shen Qingqiu.
The child's eyes were originally dark and careless, but now there was more fear and panic in them. No matter how mature she was, she was still a child after all, and now it was her mother who was missing. "Don't worry, I will bring your mother back safely."
Gu Yong approached her and rubbed her face with his hands.
"Don't worry." He hugged her gently again.
Shen Qingqiu pressed her little face against Gu Yong's armor, and she inexplicably felt at ease. She had always protected Liu and her family, but if she was in trouble, it would be nice to have someone who could protect her mother for her: this person was quite suitable to be her father.
Although Gu Yong was a marquis, he did not have the power to seal the city. In order to prevent the thieves from taking Liu out of the city, he stationed Gu's soldiers at every entrance and exit of the city. They would not allow anyone to enter the city, but would investigate anyone who left the city. Under such a tight net, not to mention a living person like Liu, even a fly would have difficulty flying out.
However, after such an investigation, two and a half days passed without any news about Liu.
Shen Qingqiu had grown impatient waiting, so that night he put on his nightgown and left the mansion.
As soon as she left, Tu Jiu and Gu Yong looked at her from behind and said, "My Lord, do you really want to ask Master to go and make a scene? With her temper, I'm afraid she will get into a big fight." After spending these days together, Tu Jiu also got to know his Master very well.
Gu Yong's eyebrows were slightly tense in the night, "Go ahead and make a fuss. I am tired of her being a princess."
Liu's people could not be found no matter what. Gu Yong thought that his feelings for her had faded a long time ago. After all, he didn't think much about her after not seeing her for a few days. But when she really disappeared, he realized what it meant to be anxious and worried.
Did Princess Changping really think she had done it perfectly? He wanted to give her some time to hand over the person, but Gu Yong couldn't wait any longer. He might as well ask Qiu'er to make a big fuss. As an elder, he was embarrassed to slap the girl Changping. Let her slap him. At worst, she could kill him and he would clean up the mess for her!
Changping Princess Mansion
"Is this Gu Yong sick? He asks the Gu family's soldiers to guard the city gates every day just for a woman!" Changping gritted his teeth, "The emperor is really something. He doesn't care about him at all!"
The maids below were not in a position to say anything about this.
"How's that woman?" Changping asked again.
The maid said, "Feed it with good food and drink." Since it was raised to be a canary, its appearance could not be damaged.
"Still thinking of escaping?"
"Don't worry, Princess. Those maids are all capable. They can make her suffer immensely without leaving any scars on her body." The maid said, "But I'm afraid this woman won't obey. After all, her lover is Marquis Gu. If she really wants to escape in the future."
"Give her a mute potion so she can't speak." As long as she's pretty enough, what does it matter if she can't speak?
"I remember there was a kind of house arrest used to train girls in brothels. Make her drink eight or ten times more. As long as she can still stand up, she will not be able to write or use her hands soft in the future." Anyway, most men like weak and vulnerable girls.
“Pah, pah, pah!”
There were a few crisp claps and the flickering candlelight.
"Who, who is playing tricks?" Changping was shocked and immediately sat up from his chair and looked around, trying to see where the person was.
"If you don't do bad things on weekdays, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night. You are so scared. Have you done a lot of bad things?"
I couldn't find anyone outside, but the sound seemed to be coming from all directions.
Princess Changping was so scared that she couldn't help but pinch her palms, "Who on earth is it? If you are playing tricks, don't blame me for being rude!"
Changping didn't see anyone, but the maid next to her did. She pulled the princess's sleeve and pointed at a dark shadow sitting on the beam. Changping looked in the direction of her hand, but before she could take a closer look, the shadow rushed down. She felt a strong force rushing over, and the whole person sat on the chair, and then the chair tilted backwards.
A knife was hanging from her neck.
"I'm right here, how can you be rude to me?"
"Who are you? Release our princess!"
Changping did not move, fearing that the knife would cut his neck, and then he looked at the person holding him hostage, and it turned out to be the little girl from Liu's embroidery building. She looked relaxed, but she was just a child, and even if she could really kill him with a knife, he wanted to take the knife from her when she was not prepared.
Shen Qingqiu also saw through her thoughts and immediately gave her a strong warning.
“Aaaaaaaaah!”
"Princess!"
Shen Qingqiu pressed the knife deep into Changping's knee, "I have five knives on my body, four joints on your body. I'll ask you a question, and if you don't answer, I'll stab one of your joints."
No matter how vicious Changping was, he was only sixteen years old. How could he endure such pain?
"What do you want to ask?" the maid asked anxiously.
"Where is my mother?" Shen Qingqiu looked at the two of them coldly.
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