In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

"Otherwise, she wouldn't have sent all the children to you just for safety..."

"She thinks that the most dangerous place is the safest place."

"This way...someone is watching them, and they are by your side, so you can be happy..."

Bai Lu nodded, "It's just that I'm worried about the Queen Mother being alone over there."

She covered her forehead and felt a headache.

Then Murong Jinshu said, "You don't have to worry about that. The Queen is accompanied by many secret guards, and some of the Bai family's maids are also staying there."

Bai Lu was happy, "Then I feel relieved."

"Early on, I was planning to leave the children in Liangzhou. Now I know that leaving them in Liangzhou was a really stupid idea!"

"As their mother, I should always stay by their side and protect them... Only then will they feel happy and joyful."

As they were talking, they heard hurried footsteps not far away.

A cry of surprise came: "Jinshu, are you here?!"

Bai Qingze was anxious, running over with sweat all over his forehead, looking completely different from the noble young man he had been. "Jinshu, why are you here? It's so dangerous here in Qingzhou!"

"Didn't I tell you to stay in Liangzhou? Why did you come here suddenly?"

Hearing this, Murong Jinshu was startled, turned around and quickly held Bai Qingze in his arms.

They hugged each other affectionately for a while, then Murong Jinshu lowered his head and said a little embarrassedly.

"But... Qingze, it's not that I don't want to stay in Liangzhou."

"Something happened in Liangzhou. Let me tell you in detail..."

Bai Qingze saw that Bai Lu next to him didn't look very happy, so he nodded quickly.

When Bai Lu turned her head, she saw a very familiar person next to Bai Qingze...it was Shangguan Fusheng.

"Master Shangguan."

Bai Lu stepped forward and smiled at Shangguan Fusheng.

Shangguan Fusheng didn't know whether he could tell what they were talking about. After all, it was just a couple whispering to each other, and he was embarrassed to go forward and eavesdrop. He hurriedly walked a few steps closer and spoke to Bai Lu.

"I have something to ask you."

Bai Lu nodded, and then pulled Shangguan Fusheng to the yard to eat with the children.

After all, it’s my first meal in Qingzhou, so I have to eat it with my children.

Shangguan Fusheng was surprised to see several children at the dinner table.

He looked at the seven girls and thought they were all as pretty as flowers and looked very much like Bai Lu.

The last time I saw them, I thought they were both very good-looking. Now... they seem to have grown more mature.

But it's only been a month or two.

Must he have experienced a lot along the way? Otherwise, how could he have become so calm and composed in such a short time.

Shangguan Fusheng was silent for a while, feeling a little strange in his heart.

If Bai Lu hadn't given birth to a child, she might still be married now.

Bai Lu has given birth to a child, and now asking her to get married and let her daughters suffer...it will be difficult to deal with the complicated relationships in her husband's family when the time comes.

Moreover, marrying a second time would definitely be unacceptable to the world.

Thinking randomly in their minds, Bai Lu and Shangguan Fusheng ate a few bites and then went to a small room next door to talk about something.

Shangguan Fusheng directly said to Bai Lu: "Before, you told us, the wealthy merchants, that you would balance the price of rice, and we all agreed to it!"

"We finally decided to raise the price of rice to nine cents per pound!"

"If you want to lower the price of rice further, to seven or eight cents, then your Bai family rice shop will come forward, or the prefect will come forward... and give us the official silver as a subsidy."

"We also believe that the government is willing to advance the money!"

"If you don't have money at that time, you can just give us an IOU."

"..."

After hearing this, Bai Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

During war, the most important things are actually medical resources and food resources.

If these two are guaranteed, the lives of the people in Qingzhou will be better.

She smiled and sighed, "Thank you so much, Master Shangguan, and the other wealthy businessmen, for your help. You are all good people."

"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid these people wouldn't be able to live such a good life."

Bai Lu was truly grateful to them and said sincerely, "I also experienced the war in Liang Province back then. Many people really starved to death back then!"

"If I hadn't told you to sell the worm-infested rice to the people, do you believe there would still be people killing each other right now, treating other people as rice meat?"

Shangguan Fusheng sighed inwardly, staring at Bai Lu with a pair of clear eyes like glass.

Although he was cold, he revealed a look of compassion for the world.

Shangguan Fusheng rarely shows such obvious emotions.

Shangguan Fusheng sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do! War is just like that."

"It's all the fault of the upper class... their greed is so strong! If the two emperors didn't want to unify the world, how could they have caused these people to be displaced?!"

There are Qingzhou officials here to protect the people. They are all good people, so the people live quite well.

But in Liangzhou...even the kind-hearted Bai Lu was unable to take care of herself at that time.

Moreover, Bai Lu had a hard time surviving under King Cheng's suppression, and many people in Liangzhou really died.

It's too awful.

Bai Lu forced a smile after hearing this.

At this time, she thought of the people in Liangzhou... If there was another war, she would feel sad.

I can't leave Qingzhou, let alone Liangzhou.

Everyone cares about me! No one can help me!

But that's not necessarily the case. The people in Liangzhou...must be protected by the Queen Mother no matter what.

Since the Empress Dowager has ordered the official silver to be distributed, it doesn’t matter whether the price of rice is adjusted or not.

If the people have money, they can still survive.

Moreover, Liangzhou is heavily guarded, and it is not certain whether the governor of Liangzhou can mobilize troops himself.

Bai Lu smiled. No matter what, she would do her best to help.

Of course, as a wealthy businessman...she couldn't help much. At most, she could help balance the rice prices. If there was a vacancy, she could just ask the Bai family rice shop to fill it.

Anyway, there is a lot of cheap and good rice in my rice warehouse.

If you want it for free, just buy the ones with worms in them. That would be almost the same as free.

Bai Lu and Shangguan Fusheng discussed for a long time. Shangguan Fusheng stood up and bowed slightly to Bai Lu, saying, "Then Lady Bai, it's settled!"

"I'm going to go downstairs to prepare the rice first. I'll meet you later after I and a few wealthy merchants have finished counting the rice in the rice warehouse."

Bai Lu smiled and nodded. She took out another key for Shangguan Fusheng and said, "This is the key to my Bai family rice shop."

"My Bai Family Rice Shop has three large warehouses, all located within Qingzhou Prefecture. I can give you control over two of them... Please help me take inventory."

"okay."

Bai Lu repeatedly warned, "Fusheng, I really don't have much time here!"

"My children are here and need to be settled. I also want to ask about the situation in Liangzhou... Sorry to bother you."

"When the war ends here, I will definitely do you a world-shattering business! Then you will become the richest businessman in all of Dawu!"

Shangguan Fusheng was happy. Isn’t this the business in the Western Regions that we talked about before?

"Then we'll talk about it later."

It’s not certain that we will live to that time.

Shangguan Fusheng saw that Bai Lu was in a hurry and knew that she was very tired.

I don’t know how they managed to encounter a plague and fight with the Turks outside before Bailu... What kind of magic medicine did they take to be so busy?

And he is always so energetic.

Sometimes, Shangguan Fusheng really admires Bai Lu.

After they handed over the keys, Bai Lu suddenly felt her legs go weak and she stepped on empty air!

She slipped and almost fell with a bang, and her waist hit the wooden armchair.

Shangguan Fusheng was shocked and quickly picked up Bai Lu horizontally. The atmosphere seemed very ambiguous!

Isn’t this the plot in a TV series?

Shangguan Fusheng and Bai Lu were both speechless, staring at each other for a while.

At this moment, the door outside was suddenly pushed open!

The two were so frightened that they both let go at the same time.

Bai Lu did a Thomas turn and immediately stood up straight!

Shangguan Fusheng blushed a little. The atmosphere just now was really weird...

I looked directly into Bai Lu's bright eyes. Hmm, look so good, so good?*???*?~

But at that time, Bai Lu's eyes were full of righteousness, as if there was no distraction at all. Did she dislike herself?

Shangguan Fusheng pondered for a while, and suddenly realized, "Oh my god! What am I thinking?"

There is nothing between me and Bai Lu!

What do you mean by like or dislike... Why do I have such evil thoughts?

This really shouldn’t happen!!

Just as the two of them withdrew their hands and Bai Lu stood still, they saw Shangguan Fusheng next to them, who had withdrawn his hands too quickly and whose feet had not been stable for a moment, and was about to fall to the ground.

Bai Lu was shocked and subconsciously went forward to help.

So the scene directly changed to Bai Lu hugging Shangguan Fusheng.

And it’s a princess hug.

Shangguan Fusheng, "...You're quite energetic!!"

The prince was stunned.

He looked at Bai Lu with a puzzled expression, gritting his teeth a bit, "You are a woman, but you can hug a man, it's really amazing."

"..."

The air was silent, as if a crow had flown by.

Bai Lu was a little stunned. She quickly helped Shangguan Fusheng up and said to the Crown Prince with an awkward smile, "Your Highness, that's true... After all, I'm a military commander."

"As a military commander, if I can't even lift a sandbag weighing hundreds of pounds, how useless do you think I am?"

Hearing this, the prince nodded and said, "You are right, but this Shangguan Patriarch is not a sandbag, but a living person!"

"After all, you are a woman and he is a man. Between the two of you... you should be more careful."

At first glance, there seemed to be nothing wrong with what the prince said, and Bai Lu didn't think there was anything wrong with it either.

Shangguan Fusheng sensed something was wrong.

He looked at the prince and saw that he was smiling, but the smile did not reach his eyes, which were cold.

The prince is angry???

Shangguan Fusheng was shocked and immediately stepped forward, bowing slightly to the Crown Prince and saying, "Your Highness, you have misunderstood. There is nothing wrong between Bai Niangzi and me. We have nothing to do with each other."

The prince's smile froze for a moment. He turned to look at Shangguan Fusheng and sneered, "Could it be that I'm saying that the two of you are having an affair?"

"I just want my cousin to stop getting so close to you like before. Don't let you ruin my cousin's reputation!"

"Now you say this, why do I feel like there's something fishy about you, Patriarch Shangguan?"

"???"

Bai Lu was completely confused.

Shangguan Fusheng felt even more sweaty.

Why do I feel that the prince is being unreasonable and unyielding today?

"..."

Just when the few of them were in a stalemate, they heard a faint smile coming from outside.

Lin smiled and said, "I am late and have not been able to welcome the distant guests!"

"Oh, who was it? It turns out it's the Crown Prince, and the head of the Shangguan family is here too! They are truly two distinguished guests, and two rare guests!"

"Recently, the two of you have been away on the battlefield, one fighting on the battlefield, your heart concerned about the world... and the other working hard to make a living for the people in our city! You've been working so hard."

"Come on, come on, drink some herbal tea."

As she spoke, Lin pulled Murong Jinshu in and said to them with a smile: "My sister is an unmarried girl after all, so I feel embarrassed to entertain you two now..."

"Let me, your sister-in-law, take care of you. I'll entertain you two."

So, Lin replaced Bai Lu.

Bai Lu was pushed out by Lin just like that.

When he walked out of the door, he saw his elder brother Bai Chuyao looking at him with a look of disappointment on his face and snorted.

"???"

Bai Lu was confused. No, why was he humming?

Then I heard Bai Chuyao say coldly, "Come with me."

Bai Chuyao took Bai Lu to a secluded place in the Qingzhou prefecture.

"Hey......"

He sighed and hesitated to speak.

Bai Lu couldn't help but say, "Brother! If you want to say something, just say it directly."

Bai Chuyao glanced at Bai Lu slowly and smiled at her, "I don't want to say anything, I'm just thinking... some people are just too lucky in love, one after another."

"What do you mean by romantic luck?"

Bai Lu was stunned, her heart skipped a beat, and she pointed at herself, "Mine?"

Bai Chuyao's eyes turned green, and he said angrily: "What else? Who do you think I'm talking about? If it's not you, then what about me?!"