Chapter 286 Karma
The maids came in one after another and placed the food on the small table by the window.
"It's a bit stuffy." Chen Yu said, "Open the window."
The maid glanced at Xie Tingzhou and opened the window when she saw that he had no objection.
"The weather is starting to get hot." Xie Tingzhou placed the porridge in front of Shen Yu, "It would be best if we can get rid of Xuanping Hou before the beginning of autumn."
Chen Yu drank a mouthful of porridge and suddenly listened outside the window, "Why is it so noisy outside?"
"It's finishing."
Chen Yu was stunned for a moment, "You killed King Wei?"
Xie Tingzhou said: "I wanted to have a good talk with him, but he didn't appreciate it."
"I was wondering why you went to the bathroom right after the banquet."
Xie Tingzhou leaned on the small table with his arms and moved closer. "You trust me so much, what if it's because of something else?"
"Anything else?" Chen Yu thought for a moment while holding the chopsticks. "The beautiful women and wine at the banquet, I'm afraid it's like 'Xi Shi dancing drunkenly, leaning against the white jade bed by the east window with a smile'①, so I have to wash myself well when I get back."
Xie Tingzhou stretched out his arms, "Do you want to check it out?"
"How can I check it if it's already been washed?" Chen Yu put some food into his bowl.
"I didn't drink the wine, I didn't have any beauties, and I didn't have a white jade bed." Xie Tingzhou said, "But I heard that the little girl of King Wei was extremely beautiful, but I didn't see her."
"That sounds really unfortunate." Chen Yu looked at him, "You killed someone's father, how can you make a beautiful woman smile?"
This look, the seductive look of looking at him with half-lidded eyes is so rare.
Xie Tingzhou's throat tightened as he pulled her over, nearly knocking over the small table. "You're so sharp-tongued. I see you're in good spirits. Are you feeling better?"
"Not well." Chen Yu put her arm on Xie Tingzhou's chest, "Don't mess around."
Xie Tingzhou didn't let her sit back. He brought the porridge over to her and watched her eat it all before letting her go.
The sounds of fighting outside lasted until midnight. Xie Tingzhou just got up at that time. A group of people had been waiting outside the yard to report the battle report of last night.
After finishing the discussion, Chen Yu also got up. She was in better spirits today, but she still had a stuffy nose and spoke in a muffled voice.
Chen Yu picked up the account book of Prince Wei's Mansion presented to her from below and looked through it for a while.
"Prince Wei is extremely wealthy, and His Majesty's pockets are about to get fatter."
Xie Tingzhou leaned over to look, and flipped through a few pages with her hand. "It can't be raised. It's all the people's money extorted. It should be used in Luzhou. Let the gentlemen discuss a rule tomorrow."
"Good trick." Chen Yu said, "Now the people of Luzhou will follow you wholeheartedly."
"I just want you to follow me wholeheartedly." Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and looked at Chen Yu.
Chen Yu didn't respond and continued
Let's talk business. "The people in other prefectures may not be able to sit still. If someone raises his arm and calls for action at this moment, the prefecture will not be able to suppress it."
"The chaos is temporary." Xie Tingzhou said, "It is good for us."
…
Servants came and went in the yard, leaving muddy footprints everywhere.
Mrs. Jiang avoided it with disgust, "Oh my, what happened? There is mud everywhere."
She looked up and said, "Collect it, collect it."
Jiang Lianzhi walked over and said, "Mother."
Mrs. Jiang looked worried. "It's a good lake. Why did you fill it up?"
"I don't like it." Jiang Lianzhi asked: "Does mother want to see me for something?"
Madam Jiang nodded, and when she saw the servants carrying mud, she quickly moved aside and said, "Come over here, Lianzhi, I heard that Miss Lin has sent another letter, right?"
"What exactly does mother want to ask?"
Madam Jiang said, "Last year, the new emperor ascended the throne and issued a general amnesty, and the Lin family was also released. If you really like the girl from the Lin family, I won't stop you from taking her home as a concubine, but you still have to find a girl from a good family as your main wife."
Jiang Lianzhi looked at Madam Jiang, "What is considered a good family?"
"Of course he has a good family background and a gentle temperament." Mrs. Jiang blurted out.
Jiang Lianzhi thought of Chen Yu, who had a gentle temperament in her previous life, but was disliked by her mother-in-law because of her poor family background. In this life, her family background is good, but her temperament is not so gentle anymore.
Jiang Lianzhi didn't want to talk to Madam Jiang anymore. "I understand, mother. I'll take my leave now."
"Hey..." Before Mrs. Jiang could finish her words, Jiang Lianzhi had already walked away.
Lin Qingli was released last year due to a general amnesty and sent him several letters.
Jiang Lianzhi naturally knew what she meant, but he did not write her a reply. He had had enough of his previous life.
Father Lin taught him knowledge, and he had already repaid that favor in his previous life.
Gao Jin came back from outside, "Sir."
"What news?"
Gao Jin said: "Xie Tingzhou killed King Wei."
Jiang Lianzhi stopped and asked, "What's the situation in Weizhou?"
"It is said that Xie Tingzhou confiscated all the silver vaults of the King of Wei and exchanged them for relief grain to distribute to the people. The people of Weizhou are grateful to him, and the people of other prefectures are looking forward to the King of Beilin to attack as soon as possible."
Jiang Lianzhi looked into the distance and said, "What a good move! Now he has transformed himself from a traitor to a righteous army without spending a penny."
He changed the subject and said, "I have a letter. Send someone to Weizhou as fast as possible and give it to..."
Jiang Lianzhi paused.
Gao Jin continued, "Hand it over to King Beilin?"
"Leave it to Chen Yu." Jiang
Lian Zhi laughed, "Xie Tingzhou is very proud of himself now, I don't like to see him too happy."
It took seven or eight days for the letter to reach Weizhou.
After reading the letter, Chen Yu felt puzzled. The letter was all about discussing things with Xie Tingzhou, but she didn't know how it was delivered to her.
Chen Yu took the letter and walked across the yard to the front hall, just in time to see two women coming out with a group of girls.
The two women had never seen Chen Yu before, but just by looking at her clothes and demeanor, they guessed who she was.
“Greetings, Princess.” The woman in front knelt down quickly, and the ones behind followed suit and knelt on the ground.
Chen Yu glanced at the group of girls kneeling behind him, "What are they doing?"
The two women looked at each other and said, "I am a servant in the residence of the Left Chief Envoy. I am here with you to give gifts to the prince."
Chen Yu nodded, it turned out that she was here to send a woman to Xie Tingzhou.
All the girls were kneeling, and they looked quite young just by looking at their bodies. Occasionally, a few of them bravely looked up at Chen Yu, with eyes filled with panic, curiosity and envy.
Chen Yu walked in, took a few steps, and suddenly stopped.
She turned her head and looked down at the person at her feet, "You, raise your head."
The girl kneeling on the ground didn't dare to look up. Only after the woman twisted her arm hard did she look up.
Chen Yu half closed her eyes and looked at this face, which was both familiar and unfamiliar. She had never thought that the scene they met would be like this.
The person who pushed her into the water in the previous life now kneeled at her feet and didn't even dare to raise his head.
"What's your name?"
"Reply, reply Princess, I am Lin Qingli."
Chen Yu asked, "Did the prince confiscate it?"
The woman smiled apologetically, "In reply to the princess, the prince said that the princess doesn't like noise, so he asked me to take the person back."
"What are you going to do with these people?"
"Usually they are sold to brothels. If the princess likes her, she can be kept as a tea-serving maid."
Chen Yu was silent, looking at the shade of the trees in the yard for a long time without saying a word.
"Take them all away."
She no longer had any revenge to take against Lin Qingli. If Lin Qingli hadn't pushed her, she wouldn't have met Xie Tingzhou.
If you know the cause in your previous life, then you will suffer in this life. If you know the result in your next life, then you will do it in this life.
Destiny has its own plans.
Just as the woman was about to take the people away, Lin Qingli rushed towards Chen Yu.
"Please save me, Princess."
① Tang Dynasty - Li Bai's "Slogan: The King of Wu and the Beauty Are Half Drunk"
② From the Buddhist scripture "The Sutra of Cause and Effect in Three Lives", which means: If you know the cause in the previous life, then what you experience in this life is the result; if you know the result in the next life, then what you do in this life is the cause, good deeds will bring good results, and evil deeds will bring evil results.
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