The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

Huanhuan thought to herself that something was wrong, afraid that Xu Qu had discovered her little trick, and said a little embarrassedly: "If I go without being invited, wouldn't it be impolite for me to go? People will laugh at me and you, and it will also bring shame to the Xu family. I won't go."

Xu Qu smiled faintly and said, "Mother plans to invite Manager Cao and his wife to Yongshengfang the day after tomorrow. She has specially chosen a day when the governor's wife and his wife are resting and not going out, so that she can invite someone from Lingnan who understands Mandarin to interpret. After all, this is the reason why she invited Manager Cao and his wife to come. Mother attaches great importance to it."

"That's great." He spoke slowly, somewhat absentmindedly.

Xu Qu kept looking at her, and the look in his eyes showed that he was thinking a lot at the moment, but who knew what he was thinking about.

Xu Qu looked at him for a long time, and finally said, "It's getting late, and you are weak and need more rest. Go to bed early."

Huanhuan was indeed tired, and nodded after hearing this. After washing up somewhat dejectedly, he fell asleep with a worried look on his face. Alas, it was another night of bizarre nightmares.

She hadn't slept well for two days, and gradually became groggy. When she was busy in the shop, she could still be energetic, but when there were few people around, she would have trouble sleeping, and could only sit there with her head down, her forehead in her hands, and her eyes closed to rest.

"What is this young lady doing!" She knew it was Jiang Liwan again by the voice. She slapped her on the back without any hesitation. The "pa" sound was very loud.

This sudden blow startled Huanhuan, who was already feeling a little uncomfortable. She endured the discomfort and could only turn her head and force a smile towards Jiang Liwan.

"Ah! What's wrong with you? You look so bad!" Jiang Liwan exclaimed and then gently patted his back a few times to comfort him.

"It's okay. I didn't sleep well last night." He said slowly and lightly.

"Were you too tired last night?" Jiang Liwan reached out to touch Huanhuan's forehead to see if she had a fever, while also teasing her.

"It's OK, it's normal." She moved her hand from Huanhuan's forehead to her own forehead and came to this conclusion. Then she said to Huanhuan seriously: "You are injured now, you need to exercise restraint."

In broad daylight, even though there were no customers in the shop, Huanhuan had already blushed to the root of her neck. She said in a low voice, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "No, don't make fun of me."

Jiang Liwan leaned forward to take a closer look at Huan Huan's expression, lowered her head and murmured to herself: "That's right, Xu Qu likes Long Yang."

After saying that, she looked at Huanhuan sympathetically, patted her shoulder, and lamented, "Alas, infatuated little girl."

Huanhuan was really at a loss for words at the moment, and she couldn't explain the truth to Jiang Liwan. If Jiang Liwan knew that Xu Qu had sent Youcheng to make up such a lie to deceive her, no, to deceive her whole family, she would not only destroy Shi Shi Yanzhi, but they would definitely not be close friends anymore.

Thinking of this, Huan Huan had no choice but to pull Jiang Liwan into the inner room, and while pulling her, he changed the subject and said, "My dear Liwan, come, come, I'll treat you to tea."

When they arrived at the inner room, Jiang Liwan just sat there quietly looking at her after she had done some work.

After taking the cup of tea that was slowly brought over, Jiang Liwan said, "I'm serious. You need to rest. Otherwise, even the best wound medicine I can give you won't work."

As she spoke, Jiang Liwan took out an exquisite porcelain bottle from her waist and handed it to Huanhuan.

Huanhuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly thought of what Jiang Liwan said yesterday, and said with some surprise: "You really brought me medicine?"

Jiang Liwan stuffed the small bottle into Huanhuan's hand and said, "I came here specifically for this! I'm not a jerk. A gentleman's word is as good as his bond." After saying that, she tilted her head back and drank half a cup of tea.

She slowly held up the exquisite little porcelain bottle and thanked him repeatedly, but she heard Jiang Liwan sigh: "What a good tea! Is it the tea from Qingcha Garden?"

The slow smile froze in an instant, and he stammered, "Xu Qu sent someone to bring the tea, I don't know."

Jiang Liwan was not a careless person. She immediately noticed the change in Huanhuan's mood, and then she thought again, "Xie Jin has been back to Shanghuai for a while, right?"

Huanhuan's smile completely disappeared, and he replied, "Yes, I am currently living in Xu's house."

"In Xu's house?" Jiang Liwan leaned over and grabbed Huanhuan's wrist, spilling the remaining half cup of tea on the floor. She asked, "Her family is also in Shanghuai, so why is she living in Xu's house?"

Huanhuan then told Jiang Liwan the whole story of Xie Jin's help in receiving Manager Cao.

Jiang Liwan "tsk tsk" twice and said, "The person who almost got engaged to your husband is right under your nose, no wonder you look unhappy."

He asked slowly, "You also know about the almost-engagement?"

Jiang Liwan said: "Even if others don't know, I have to know it too. Don't forget that my family investigated Xu Qu back then."

As if the suppressed emotions of the past few days finally found an outlet, Huanhuan asked in a tone of inquiry: "Liwan, you must have known Xie Jin's excellence since you have been in the circle of Shanghuai. So when you heard about the almost engagement, how did you sort out your mentality?"

Jiang Liwan curled her lips and said, "What's so great about him? He's just pretending to be nice. In the end, he still coveted wealth and abandoned his childhood sweetheart Xu Qu. I'm telling you something funny. I'm afraid Xie Jin's efforts will all be in vain."

Huan Huan asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"

Jiang Liwan said mysteriously: "My cousin who married into a distant branch of the royal family told me this herself."

Huanhuan said anxiously: "Liwan, don't keep me in suspense. Tell me now."

Jiang Liwan continued, "When the Crown Prince of Qing was selecting a Crown Prince's Consort, he had a candidate in mind who he had known for a long time, even if they were not childhood sweethearts. She was the niece of the Minister of the Chancellery. But as luck would have it, when the selection process was underway, that person had fallen seriously ill and was on the verge of death. Xie Jin was very active in making arrangements, and after many rounds of selection, he finally chose Xie Jin as the Crown Prince's Consort."

"Oh, is that so?" He listened slowly, then stood up and refilled Jiang Liwan's tea.

Jiang Liwan wanted to talk a lot, so she anxiously pushed Huanhuan down to sit down, signaling her to listen carefully: "Not only that! What's strange is that the niece of Minister Li actually recovered from her illness in the end. She planned for so long in advance, but in the end Xie Jin took the cake. How could she let it go? After all the operations, she finally entered the palace and became the prince's personal attendant."

"Since she is willing to be a mistress, she must be sincere to the prince." Huanhuan thought thoughtfully.

Jiang Liwan waved her hand and said, "I don't know if she is sincere or not, but being willing to be a mistress is not the case. Although Xie Jin was selected from the selection of the Crown Prince's Consort, the edict of canonization has not been issued, which makes people have to have a lot of reverie. For example, is it that the emperor does not approve of her, and is the palace dissatisfied with her. Moreover, the niece of Minister Li is not a good person. I heard that she and Xie Jin are jealous of each other. Originally, they were evenly matched, but recently Li gave birth to the eldest son of the Crown Prince and the eldest grandson of the palace. The mother is noble because of her son, and she is clamoring to make her son the legitimate son. The old prince, who was already weak, fell ill. I'm afraid the situation is not good."

Huanhuan's heart sank when he heard this, he lowered his head and frowned, "That's bad."

Jiang Liwan asked curiously: "Who are you talking about? The old prince or Xie Jin?"

He slowly raised his head and said, "I'm talking about me!"

Then, she slowly told Jiang Liwan everything about the irrelevant words of her aunt that she had heard at the Shen Mansion, the look in Xie Jin's eyes after he arrived at the Xu Mansion, which she wasn't sure if it was an illusion, and what happened when her aunt asked Xu Qu to take her pulse.

Finally, he said slowly, "I have always thought that what my aunt said was just a way of attacking me because she didn't like me. It was just her own fantasy. From what you said, it seems that it is not impossible, and they have already started to take action."

Jiang Liwan was surprised and said, "Oh, I've heard that this Duke's wife is capable of making trouble, but this is too much! I've never heard of this before! This is a bit complicated!"

After saying that, Jiang Liwan and Huanhuan both fell into deep thought.

But soon Jiang Liwan slapped her thigh and said to the worried Huan Huan confidently: "Don't worry, it's impossible!"

"Why?" Huanhuan asked with a hint of expectation, although she was confused.

Jiang Liwan looked outside, then turned back and whispered to Huanhuan: "Everyone knows that the Tian family is old but still has no prince. In this case, the future heir can only be chosen from the royal family. My cousin said that Prince Qing and Prince De are the closest relatives, but Prince Qing's lineage is more favored by the emperor. I tell you, if you want to be the crown prince's consort, you underestimate Xie Jin. Her ambition is not that simple! And the Xu family? Even if she wants to, the people behind her cannot agree! So how can she give up the palace! Impossible! Just put your heart in your stomach!"

Hearing that it involved such an important matter, Huan Huan was surprised and suspicious, and murmured: "Is this... like this?"

"Yes. What do you think?" Jiang Liwan added, "After all, she is the niece of the Shangshu Ling - a legitimate daughter of a powerful family. Why would she risk becoming a concubine to enter the palace? There is a lot behind this!"

Seeing Huanhuan's uneasy look, Jiang Liwan stood beside her, patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, don't worry."

He slowly raised his head and looked at Jiang Liwan with resentment, and said, "You said at the beginning that Xie Jin was going to get nothing, and now you say so again."

Jiang Liwan said helplessly: "Alas, I am just trying to enlighten you. Your matter is a bit complicated and hard to explain. If it were me, I would take care of Xu Qu first. If you dare to have second thoughts, ask my fist and sword first."

Huanhuan didn't react after hearing this, she just stared blankly at the door of the inner room.

Jiang Liwan patted her and said, "I have something else to do, so I have to go back first. You, take care of yourself first and go back to rest! Don't die before you can see what's going on outside and make room for others. Besides, the boss lady of the rouge shop looks so bad, why would she still sell rouge!"

I was already feeling unwell today, and after listening to Jiang Liwan's words, I felt even more dizzy and tired.

So after she sent Jiang Liwan away, she explained the things in the shop and went back to Xinyuan to rest.