webnovelfull Chapter 267 Planning
Chapter 267 Planning
"The third brother probably doesn't know yet, but that may change once the others get to know him."
Zhao Fangyu was thinking, and he heard the man's low advice again: "These days, you should go out less, lest the bastard Lao San jumps off the wall in desperation."
"There is a secret passage under the flower room in the mansion. If something happens, don't worry about anything else. Just get out of the secret passage."
From within the bed curtains, Zhou Qinghe's warmth slowly filtered through.
Under the cover of the brocade quilt, Zhao Fangyu couldn't help but pinching his palms. The pain he felt overwhelmed the inexplicable pain.
"it is good."
The word "good" almost froze the atmosphere in the tent. Zhao Fangyu bit her tongue silently. She felt that she was actually quite heartless towards Zhou Qinghe sometimes.
But the next moment, Zhou Qinghe hugged Zhao Fangyu and laughed softly.
The man's hand hooked onto the empty earlobe, kneading it again and again, without any lust, just pure playing, just like fiddling with the pads on a cat's palm when he has nothing to do, with a sense of inexplicable comfort.
In the dim light, Zhou Qinghe looked at Zhao Fangyu with eyes as thick as ink.
"I try my best."
He tried his best to prevent Zhao Fangyu from losing her husband at an early age.
Zhao Fangyu clasped his palms silently. Zhou Qinghe heard a swallow and the smile on the corners of his lips unconsciously widened.
She is not heartless.
She just didn't dare.
The world was not a good place, and few women around her had good results, so she didn't dare to hope that she could get one.
Even her respected elder sister, the mother-in-law and aunt-in-law in the family, were not necessarily good in every way.
After marriage, her younger sister was beaten by her husband and imprisoned by her in-laws. Her aunt was driven insane by her husband's family, and her own biological mother died because of jealousy in her father's harem.
She has a strong enough heart, so everything she says and does is the same as before.
But that doesn't mean she isn't afraid.
Zhou Qinghe didn't ask for much, as long as she had him in her heart, even if it was only a little bit, it would be enough.
"Go to sleep."
This was the first time that Zhou Qinghe fell asleep with Zhao Fangyu in his arms. Zhao Fangyu's earlobe was pinched by Zhou Qinghe all night, and she also rested her head on Zhou Qinghe's arm all night.
After a night, the two returned to their old ways.
Zhou Qinghe took some time to get dressed, and was stopped by Zhao Fangyu when he was about to go out in a hurry.
"It's snowing heavily outside, put on a coat before going out."
Zhou Qinghe got not only the cloak, but also a portion of steaming vegetable and meat pie and wontons from Zhao Fangyu's kitchen.
"Eat in the car, don't let the wind get in your mouth."
Xuanbi stood aside and watched, and felt that the prince and princess were no different today than in the past, but...it seemed that something was different.
Zhou Qinghe went out in court robes. Zhao Fangyu was no longer asleep. The servants propped up the windows and the cold wind gradually blew in.
Zhao Fangyu planned all the business matters one by one, and then took out the old things in the dowry.
She seldom did embroidery, so she was not very good at it at this time.
When I had nothing to do, I embroidered two sachets for myself.
Outside, the snow piled up layer upon layer, and the Zhao family's porridge stall at the city gate was still set up. Further away, on the river from Jiangnan to the capital, large and small ships were constantly sailing on the river.
The caravan from Nanzhao left the capital.
Countless people wanted to do business with them, but failed to reach an agreement. The reason was that these people asked for too high a price.
They sell their wares in the capital city on their own and sell them cheaply. If you place an order with them, the price will be much higher, not much different from Qianjinlou.
Gradually, after the Nanzhao caravan left, everyone only went to the Fourteen States and Qianjin Tower to buy the scented dew.
The warehouse in Quanzhou was gradually filled up. Zhao Fangyu found a lot of good things from small countries outside and stored them in the warehouse.
For example, a special warehouse was built in Nanzhao to store cotton and cotton-padded clothes.
After learning that the third prince secretly owned an iron mine, Zhao Fangyu made a lot of preparations in advance.
She had no iron ore, but she had money.
Fine steel swords and armor, as well as small and medium-sized grains of food, flowed in continuously from small countries outside to Longxi and Quanzhou.
Chunshao came over with a cup of warm ointment, rubbed Zhao Fangyu's temples, and then quietly walked away to trim the candle wick and light the charcoal fire.
Zhao Fangyu suddenly asked about Die Cui and Su Re.
"Sure is now in Quanzhou. Most of the letters sent after the New Year are written by Surure."
"Diecui just went to Jiangnan, and I'm afraid she's still on the way."
Su Re and Die Cui followed Zhao Fangyu to learn business. One of them went to Quanzhou and the other went to Jiangnan. Jiangnan was rich and Quanzhou had abundant goods. Both places had their advantages, and it would be good for both of them to go wherever they went.
Zhao Fangyu looked down at the plump two-color camellia she had embroidered and threw it into the embroidery box angrily.
"Why did Suer leave so early?"
Chun Shao looked puzzled. Zhao Fangyu glanced at her, and she lowered her head and replied, "She didn't say anything when she left, but I heard that her family came to find her and said they had arranged a marriage for her, and asked her to take the money home to support her brother who was getting married."
Zhao Fangyu snorted, "Don't let this family into the palace from now on. They won't ruin my place."
He gave up his daughter's bright future and took the immediate benefits to support his son.
Suer has reached the age to get married, and her brother must be older than her. If she is not married at such an old age, it is either because she is poor or has bad habits, so she has to prepare a high price for the bride price to get married.
My parents, my young and strong brother can't even afford the bride price. It's hard to say whether such a family is a safe haven or a vampire pool.
"Where is Diecui at home?"
Chun Shao said softly, "Die Cui is fine. She said she would never marry, and she combed her hair in front of the Buddha."
Zhao Fangyu was surprised at Diecui's determination, but since she had already combed her hair herself, he increased the monthly allowance for both of them.
"Has there been any letter from Miss Fifth?"
Zhao Fangyu hasn't been back for some time, so news naturally spreads more slowly.
Chun Shao shook her head, stood up and continued to massage Zhao Fangyu's shoulders: "Don't worry, Princess, we have the eldest lady at home."
Zhao Fangyu ignored all this. What she was mainly worried about was Liu Yao. The girl's wish had been half fulfilled. It would be a pity if she couldn't bear it and committed suicide.
"Go and ask around to see if the Fifth Miss has any plans for Liu Yao?"
In a situation like Liuyao's, she would either die or marry a widower. It is highly likely that she would not be able to find a good husband.
I don't know about his ability, but his loyalty is still top-notch.
Zhao Fangyu still liked her, and thought that if Zhao Fangyun could no longer take care of Liuyao, he would talk to the eldest lady and ask her to bring Liuyao to his side.
It's a life at stake. It doesn't make sense that the scum should be alive while the victim is dead.
Zhao Fangyu vaguely remembered that Liuzhu's family seemed to report the case to seek justice for Liuzhu later, but Liuyao's family seemed to have never shown up from beginning to end. It was unclear whether they didn't exist or they disliked her for being innocent.