"If you really don't accept my toast, what are you going to do?"
The shopkeeper wanted to slap himself to death, but what could he do? He knelt on the ground trembling with fear.
Gu Yong stopped looking at him. "I heard that you are short of embroidered silk. The rewards from the palace and my mother over the years are quite a lot." Gu Yong waved his hand, and boxes of things were carried in. "I am a man, and I don't expect to use much of these silks."
"I don't want it." Liu refused. They had no relationship, so how could she use his things again?
However, Gu Yong grabbed her hand and said, "If you don't want it, I will carry you directly to the Marquis' Mansion. Do you want to use it or not?" How could the woman that Gu Yong liked be forced into a desperate situation by others?
"You--" Liu wanted to pull her hand back, but she didn't know what was wrong with him. Her hand didn't hurt at all, but she couldn't pull it back.
Seeing this scene, Chen Mama, Jin Cai, Tu Jiu and others all avoided looking at it appropriately.
The shopkeeper kneeling on the ground still had something to understand: What a sin! Why didn't you tell me earlier that Shopkeeper Liu's lover was Marquis Gu! Forget about him. Even if Princess Changping had the guts, she would dare to mess with Marquis Gu's woman!
"Why don't you get out of here?!" Gu Yong said.
The shopkeeper rode away without stopping.
"I'm going to go see why Mother Chen's tea hasn't arrived yet?" Jin Cai found an excuse to slip away.
"Tu Jiu, go to the yard and show me a new set of moves." Shen Qingqiu said. Tu Jiu responded and quickly followed. Only Gu Yong and Liu were left in the room.
Liu also wanted to go out, but was hugged by Gu Yong from behind.
The man's voice was low, "I was not good last time, I spoke too harshly, huh?" A handsome man like this, who has some wealth, can be very charming when he softens a little.
"I finally managed to calm down the situation in the capital, just to come to you. Don't make trouble with me anymore. I'm not a young boy, and I can't say such disgusting words, but I will treat you well."
Liu never doubted how he treated her, but that was not the crux of the problem between them.
"My Lord, I should be grateful for your kindness, but if I continue to be a concubine, my daughter will still be a concubine's daughter. When she grows up, she will be inferior to others in terms of going out and making friends." It would be fine if there was no chance, but now she has the opportunity to free her daughter from that identity.
"So what if she's a concubine? She's my daughter. No one in the Marquis' Mansion dares to look down on her!"
"But no one outside the Marquis' Mansion looks down on her, and no one looks down on me either."
Liu said, "I used to be a woman in the backyard, but now I have experienced many risks and have seen the world. Lord, you are not a woman, you don't know how terrible it is for a woman to entrust her whole body and soul to a man. I used to think that I was not competitive, but in fact I am not as good as I thought."
"If I move into the mansion and you have a wife in the future, I will feel uncomfortable and jealous." After all, he is different from Shen Bin.
Gu Yong had never really listened to her thoughts, because she seemed as gentle as water, so he thought she was a soft willow. But the deeper he got to know her, the more he discovered that she had a tough heart that was no less tough than a man's.
She was not trying to show off, nor did she take him seriously as Marquis Gu's legal wife.
"So, what do you want to do?" Gu Yong said, "Forget me, and then wait for time to pass and find someone to remarry?" With her looks, it would not be difficult for her to remarry. It would not be a bad idea for her to become the legal wife of a merchant family.
Liu said, "After a while, I will establish myself as a female householder and never get married."
Gu Yong's expression suddenly changed. Becoming a household tyrant would not only cut off her path, but also his path!
"If you insist on doing this, I will rob you of your heart..." Having said this, Gu Yong couldn't continue. After all, he was the one who had fallen in love with her from the very beginning.
"I just thought you were soft-hearted, but I didn't expect that this woman could be more ruthless than anyone else?" Gu Yong touched his face, "Okay, since you want to be independent, I won't bother you anymore in the future. Just pretend we have never met!" Then he turned and left.
She's just a woman, no one can live without her!
Gu Yong had been through the same thing for the past twenty years, so what could he do?
Mother Chen came back with tea, but she only saw Gu Yong's angry back, "What happened? Why did he leave right after he came? He didn't even have a sip of tea?"
Liu sat on the chair in a daze, glanced at Mother Chen, and only murmured: "He won't come, and he won't come in the future..." Someone as arrogant as him will never come again.
Shen Qingqiu had good hearing and could hear everything clearly even outside the door.
Then he looked at Tu Jiu who was flexing his fists in the yard and asked, "Why, your master and my mother have broken up, and you still don't want to leave?"
Tu Jiu's knees went weak and he almost fell to his knees before his master.
He stopped practicing and just looked at Shen Qingqiu with a guilty look on his face, "How did you figure that out?"
"I couldn't see it at first, but half a month ago, that man sneaked into my mother's room. I don't believe that you kept coming out because of the sound?" But Tu Jiu didn't care. Who would believe it if he didn't know him? "Master, God knows, although Tu Jiu works in the army of the Marquis, he has never had any bad intentions towards your family!" Although the Marquis Gu asked him to find a way to sneak into the Liu family, he was the one who wanted to worship the little girl as his master.
Shen Qingqiu snorted coldly.
"Master, you don't dare to let me go?" Tu Jiu said worriedly. Not to mention that his mission was to protect the Liu family, he was unwilling to leave at this moment.
"If I chase you away, who will fight with me?" Those few people in Jin Cai's group didn't fight back. Tu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly continued to practice.
Shen Qingqiu drank water and ate fruit while lying on the rocking chair and watched. After a while, he saw Jin Cai leaning over and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Jin Cai was startled, as if she had not expected Shen Qingqiu in front of her to suddenly speak.
After a moment, he stammered, "There are guests in the front yard."
"Guests, why are there so many guests these days?" Just as one was sent away, another came. Thinking that it was her mother calling her over, Shen Qingqiu jumped down from the chair and went over.
"Here are some of my silks and fabrics. Take them if you want."
When she came in, she heard a female voice talking. Shen Qingqiu looked over, and the woman also looked at her. Her eyes lit up instantly, "Whose little baby is this? She's so cute!"
Wang Qingluo usually likes cats and dogs, and now when she suddenly sees a cute little girl, she wants to hug her and pet her.
Before Shen Qingqiu could prepare himself, he pinched her face twice and rubbed her head.
Seeing her sticking out her mouth and trying to kiss him, he immediately ran to Liu's side out of fear. Because he was born cute, the older girls and young wives in the neighborhood would often treat him like this. Shen Qingqiu was not afraid of bad people, but he was afraid of these older girls who would treat him like a cat.
"Ms. Wang, this is my daughter, Qiu'er, call someone."
Shen Qingqiu stayed behind Liu and called her "Miss Wang".
Wang Qingluo still looked at Shen Qingqiu with shining eyes, which made her feel frightened.
"These silks are too valuable. If the young lady gave them to me like this, I would never dare to accept them." Liu said.
Wang Qingluo waved her hands, "I know everything about you. I heard that Changping wanted to deal with you. I think it was my fault. If I didn't want that feather fan, I would have gone to the palace again..." It was useless to say this, "Anyway, it was me who harmed you. You should keep these, otherwise I won't feel at ease."
Shen Qingqiu said: "Why don't you sell all these materials to my mother?"
Wang Qingluo frowned, but heard Shen Qingqiu say again: "My mother can't collect the silk now. If you are willing, you can help us collect it."
"Good idea!" Wang Qingluo clasped her hands. Since Changping was going to deal with them, she would naturally help them. "I don't believe that those people would dare to stop me from selling silk and brocade when my Prime Minister's Mansion wants to buy them! Okay, this is a great idea!"
When Changping saw that the Liu family's embroidery building had silk making fans, she was so angry that she died.
Liu didn't dare to trouble the Prime Minister's daughter like this, so she thought for a moment and said, "If you help me collect the silk, I'll give you one cent of profit for every beauty fan you make."
Wang Qingluo's eyes lit up. The only thing she was jealous of Changping was her ability to make money.
But she can do nothing except eating, drinking and having fun. Seeing that Liu's Embroidery House provides her with a way to make money, she is very happy if she can make money. "Very good, very good. Then let's order it. I will go back today and ask the silk and satin shops."
"No, girl..." The maid next to Wang Qingluo said something in her ear.
Wang Qingluo sighed and stamped her feet in anger, "What a bummer."
Seeing Liu and the others looking at him, he explained, "Next month is the prince's birthday. Although the prince and I are not engaged yet, my father said that the emperor has already informed us. I have to prepare for his birthday banquet in the next few days, so I'm afraid I won't have time to collect silk."
Liu said, "It's okay. What the young lady sent today is enough."
Wang Qingluo supported her chin with a distressed look, "There are enough silks, but I haven't found any clothes yet... I get annoyed just thinking about it, Changping is so bad!" Just as she was getting angry, she saw the little girl hiding behind Liu looking at her suspiciously.
Cute things always make people feel better. Wang Qingluo waved her hand.
Curious about what was going on, Shen Qingqiu walked over. Wang Qingluo rummaged through her purse and found a few candy beans for her.
"The best embroiderer in the capital is Chu from Yongxingfang. The fabrics and designs of her clothes are not inferior to those in the palace. But I don't know what tricks Changping used. Originally, Chu worked in Yongxingfang and she would take on the clothes of the noble ladies in the capital whenever she had time. But now, she won't make clothes for anyone except Changping's outings."
"Then can't you get someone else to do it for you?" Shen Qingqiu asked.
There is no shortage of embroiderers in such a large Prime Minister's Mansion, but there must be a reason why Miss Chu is so popular.
If a person has 50% or 60% of beauty, then the clothes that Chu Xiu Niang wears can look 70% or 80% good-looking. It is Chu Xiu Niang's deft hands that are loved by the noble ladies in the capital. No ordinary tailor can make clothes that fit her like hers.
"I am the prince's fiancée, and at his birthday party, Changping outshined me. How can I feel comfortable?" Besides, this is not the first time.
Just because I'm the prince's designated fiancée, this little bitch has targeted me many times.
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