Don't be a salted fish, the daily life of the concubine in the palace

Shangguan Xuan nodded happily: "Yes."

Zhaoyang seemed to have seen something extremely filthy, and said with disdain, "Yun'er, quickly take this unlucky letter out and burn it! Scatter the ashes far away, it's too unlucky!"

Yun'er immediately went to the toilet to burn the letter.

Shangguan Xuan was shocked and reminded again and again: "Your Highness, this is a letter from Master Yan Yunting!"

Zhaoyang rolled his eyes at him and said, "If I had known that you brought a letter from Yan Yunting, I shouldn't have let you into the princess's mansion! What bad luck!"

Shangguan Xuan: ...

Shangguan Xuan was completely confused. He still remembered that in Liangzhou City, Yan Yunting kept saying "The princess admires me", but now when he saw Zhaoyang, there was no admiration on her face, only disgust.

Having angered the princess, Shangguan Xuan had to quickly leave with Zhao Qing.

The carriage of the Marquis's Mansion left the Princess's Mansion and drove into the bustling streets of Yanjing. In the carriage, Shangguan Xuan thought of the IOU of 10,000 taels and had a headache.

The Marquis's Mansion was in decline, and the treasury was out of money, so it would be difficult to pay back the 10,000 taels. Shangguan Xuan wanted to marry Zhao Qing soon, and the Marquis's Mansion would cost a lot of money to hold a wedding.

Zhao Qing was born in a humble family and was indifferent to fame and fortune. She only had the empty title of "County Princess" and did not have enough dowry.

Shangguan Xuan frowned frequently. If Sun Qingmei had been more sensible and stayed in the Marquis' Mansion, he wouldn't be in such a predicament now. A dignified Marquis was trapped by copper money.

"My Lord, you have been frowning, but are you in trouble?" Zhao Qing's concerned voice came.

Shangguan Xuan raised his head, looking at the beautiful girl who was so close to him, and smiled: "Nothing. Ah Qing, don't worry, I will definitely marry you to the Marquis' Mansion in a grand manner and make you my only legal wife."

No matter what, he couldn't let Zhao Qing down.

Zhao Qing has a smart mind. As long as Zhao Qing continues to come up with new weapon ideas and the new weapons are valued by the emperor and the Ministry of War, the Marquisate will surely continue to prosper.

Zhao Qing is more valuable than Sun Qingmei.

"Aqing also wants to marry the Marquis as soon as possible." Zhao Qing looked gentle and leaned lovingly in Shangguan Xuan's arms.

The carriage of the Marquis's Mansion slowly drove off the street, and at the corner of the street, the carriage of Prince Heng's Mansion quietly stopped.

In the carriage, King Heng was wearing a flamboyant and coquettish red robe, with his black hair untied, and lazily leaning against the pillow. At King Heng's feet, curled up a small white fox, which was sleepy and its belly rose and fell slowly with its breathing.

Prince Heng lifted the curtain with his white jade fan and watched the carriage of the Zhennan Marquis leave. Prince Heng fell into deep thought, a hint of amusement flashed across his lips as he murmured, "Firearms, mines, compound bows... This Zhennan Marquis really knows how to choose a wife."

It is rare to find a woman who can conceive of an exquisite weapon.

The butler outside the car door heard this and came over to give advice: "Your Majesty, Zhao Qing has not yet married the Marquis of Zhennan. If you ask, I will bring Zhao Qing into the palace right away."

Prince Heng glared at the old butler and said, "How can there be such an ugly thing in my backyard?"

Zhao Qing is too ugly and King Heng looks down on her.

If Zhao Qing was as pretty as Shen Wei, Prince Heng would definitely find a way to bring Zhao Qing back to the palace as a concubine.

The housekeeper shut up silently, thinking that Zhao Qing was quite good-looking, but Prince Heng’s standards were too high.

The housekeeper was also very distressed. In recent months, Prince Heng suddenly changed his temper and did not ask the housekeeper to find a beautiful woman who could kill pigs.

Because King Heng has a new favorite, the new favorite is the little fat fox under his feet. Some time ago, King Heng went to Yunzhou for inspection. It happened to be raining heavily. King Heng saw a little fox in a puddle that was almost drowned and screamed miserably.

King Heng braved the rain, personally fished the fox out of the puddle, washed it clean, and kept it as a pet.

Because of this little fox, all the beauties and handsome men in the palace fell out of favor. A bold concubine was unwilling to lose favor and wanted to secretly poison the white fox, but King Heng sent someone to chop off her hands and feet and threw her into a mass grave.

"Oh." The housekeeper sighed inwardly. If he had known that his master had doted on a white fox, he should have tried hard to find a beautiful woman who could kill pigs.

Prince Heng lowered the heavy carriage curtain and told the butler: "Shangguan Xuan wants to marry Zhao Qing in a grand manner, so he must be short of money. Go get 10,000 taels of silver and send it to the Zhennan Marquis's Mansion."

It is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow.

The Marquis of Zhennan has a genius like Zhao Qing and a talented general like Shangguan Xuan. Prince Heng must win over the Marquis of Zhennan's Mansion before Prince Yan.

The butler followed Prince Heng and naturally knew what his master was thinking. He immediately took the order and said, "I will do it right away."

The carriage of Prince Heng's mansion slowly drove away. Prince Heng lowered his eyes and looked at the little white fox sleeping soundly at his feet.

The embroidered golden boots kicked the fox, and King Heng scolded with a smile: "Wake up, lazy fox."

The white fox was awakened. It opened its eyes impatiently, glanced at King Heng with displeasure, and took a bite of King Heng's black boots embroidered with gold, revealing its ferocious nature.

After its teeth left teeth marks on the edge of King Heng's boots, it continued to fall down, curled up into a ball and fell into a deep sleep.

Prince Heng thought that its ignorant look was just like the ignorant Shen Wei in Prince Yan's mansion.

"Your Highness, the carriage in front is from Prince Yan's Mansion." The butler reminded outside the carriage.

Prince Heng became interested.

He knew that Shen Wei was going to the Princess's Mansion today. The white jade fan lifted the thick curtains, and Prince Heng was about to chat with Shen Wei, but the carriage of Prince Yan's Mansion suddenly sped up and soon disappeared from Prince Heng's sight.

Prince Heng was silent. Does Shen Wei hate him so much?

King Heng raised his foot and lightly kicked the sleeping white fox. The white fox screamed in fear and pounced over to bite King Heng's boots.

...

The carriage of Prince Yan's Mansion slowed down. Shen Wei didn't want to meet Prince Heng, so she avoided him if possible.

In the carriage, Cai Ping stuffed the hot soup bottle into Shen Wei's hands and said in a nagging voice, "Master, you asked me to find out about Zhao Qing's background before, and I found out some information."

"Zhao Qing was born in a small village outside Liangzhou. Her father was a carpenter and died many years ago. She grew up collecting herbs in the mountains. One time, she was injured in the mountains and was saved by Shangguan Xuan who passed by."

"In order to repay her gratitude, Zhao Qing showed her outstanding talent in weapon making and became Shangguan Xuan's military advisor. I heard that some of the weapons she conceived were very lethal and defeated the Yue bandits. Later, she and Shangguan Xuan fell in love with each other and Shangguan Xuan brought her back to Yanjing... Liangzhou is too far away, so I can only get a general idea."

As if she felt that the information she had gathered was too brief, Cai Ping racked her brains for a while and added, "Zhao Qing has been on the streets of Yanjing these days, buying a lot of rouge, powder, and jewelry. She seems to like dressing up."

Shen Wei curled her eyes and said, "There is nothing I want to know."

Caiping lowered her head embarrassedly.

Shen Wei thought for a moment and told Caiping, "Caiping, go to the agent and pick out a smart maid. Find a way to send her to the Marquis's residence. It would be best if she becomes Zhao Qing's maid. I want her to monitor Zhao Qing at all times to see if there is anything strange about Zhao Qing."

The Marquis of Zhennan wants to marry Zhao Qing. Since the wedding is a complicated matter, the Marquis's mansion must buy some new servants to do the work.

This is the best time to send spies into the Marquis' Mansion.

Shen Wei guessed that Zhao Qing should have brought the secret of "drawing weapon blueprints" back to Yanjing. Shen Wei wanted to dig out Zhao Qing's secrets and take them away.