The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

Lu Yun's mouth twitched slightly, and she coughed twice. "Let's talk after dinner."

Dashou picked up his chopsticks, his face full of questions, "Return to Kyoto and get married?"

"Yes!" Zhou Zhongyi stuffed the sauced meat roll into his mouth and squinted his eyes. "The princess said..." chew chew chew "that her brother is you..." chew chew chew "the one he married as a child."

After that, Lu Yun held her face in a tense manner and winked at Dashou, "What do you think, Dashou?"

Dashou was stunned. "Sister, what is a child marriage?"

Zhou Zhongyi, who had swallowed the meat, immediately answered, "It means that when you were young, we found your future husband, and you could marry him when you were older. For example, if you were engaged to me when you were young, you would marry me when you grew up."

Lu Yun's fists hardened. What a lousy metaphor.

"Marry? Marry you?" Dashou frowned and glanced at the shop's main customer whose eyes were wandering. "It's not impossible for someone like Mr. Zhou Er."

Zhou Zhongyi's face flushed instantly, and he hesitated, "No, thank you for the compliment, Chief Steward."

"But why should I marry you?" Dashou analyzed seriously. "You are the second son of the royal family. You should marry a noble lady and use the Yue family to expand your sphere of influence. And then... well, you figure it out yourself."

After a pause, he added, "Sister, I will always support you."

Zhou Zhongyi's face turned from red to white, and he lowered his head and said, "I'm full, I'm leaving first."

Lu Yun awkwardly dug out a Junzi Pavilion on the ground with her feet, thinking that her sister had a simple personality. She never expected that she would be an invincible god of war who would make a decisive move.

Lu Yun put the meat floss New Year set she brought on the table. "There are many beautiful women in the world, so why should you be obsessed with just one flower?"

Zhou Zhongyi's fair face was covered with red circles under his eyes. He stretched out his hand and pushed the door open. "I appreciate your kindness, Princess. Please go back."

Dazhi reminded, "Sir, we have your favorite golden chicken velvet and spicy chicken."

Zhou Zhongyi: "...Princess, please go back." Thinking of his rough life, he could only find comfort in delicious food.

"cough cough"

Lu Yun turned around and saw Zhou Boli standing at the entrance of Junzixuan, looking at the two of them expressionlessly. Liuzi popped his head out from behind him, wishing he could cough up his lungs.

"What is this doing?"

"Happy New Year." Lu Yun was surprised and pointed at the large gift bag on the table. Zhou Zhongyi quickly took the gift bag away and told Dazhi to "put it in the inner room."

One looked innocent, and the other was not mentioned. Zhou Boli turned around, hands behind his back, and walked out without saying a word.

Lu Yun thought he had something to discuss with her, so she quickly followed him.

Unexpectedly, the man stretched out his hand to her, his eyebrows slightly raised. "Where's mine?"

Lu Yun finally reacted and quickly explained, "Well, there is a reason for this, and the Second Young Master is different from you."

"Why is it different?"

Seeing no one around, Lu Yun stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear. "There's a difference between inside and outside."

Zhou Boli's lips curled slightly. "I am narrow-minded."

Liuzi: “…” Can you speak louder? He can’t hear you.

Having said that, Lu Yun still took advantage of the night to send more than a dozen hardcover gift packages of meat floss to Muyangju. For one thing, in the past few days, gifts and letters from officials from all over the country would be delivered to the palace one after another, and the palace would definitely send gifts in return, so the extra money would be just right for giving gifts.

Secondly, it also provides an opportunity for advertising. The first crop of chili peppers will soon mature, allowing for the cultivation of more seedlings. At the current growth rate of chili peppers, it should take at most another six months to fully commercialize. Allowing local officials to taste the delicious spicy chicken in advance will reduce resistance to promotion. If this trial is successful, future sweet potato promotions could follow the same path as Chang Fu Ji's initial approach to increasing brand awareness.

Finally, Lu Yun had a selfish motive, which was to lay the foundation for Chang Fu Ji to open branches in various places in the future.

Zhou Boli had to give return gifts to officials from all over the country, and Lu Yun also had to prepare return gifts for the Zhao Mansion, the Maritime Affairs Bureau, the small fishing village, the mountain villa, and several familiar families.

Caihe lit the candle, took out the gift list written by her master before the New Year and placed it on the desk, leaving it for checking one by one tomorrow.

The palace was busier than usual on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Butler Zhou hadn't been able to sit down and sip tea since morning, as he had to arrange for the reception of the guests who came to bring gifts. He also had to personally distribute the gifts from outside, delivering them to Muyang Residence, Sansi Hall, Mingde Courtyard, and the Princess and Consort Heyue Pavilion.

Anything that can be brought to the master is valuable and cannot be left out.

The open space in front of the door was filled with boxes and cages of all sizes, containing everything from flying creatures to running creatures in the air and swimming creatures in the water. Among them, a few large boxes, sealed with seals, stood out.

Manager Zhou took the gift list and checked it for a long time, and finally recognized that it was a festival gift from a man named Li to the princess, and there was also a letter sealed with wax.

Inside the Heyue Pavilion, Lu Yun was completely baffled. She didn't know anyone named Li in Kyoto. Signaling Caihe not to touch the boxes on the floor, Lu Yun opened the envelope in her hand.

There were a few simple lines of words written on the thin piece of paper, but it successfully made Lu Yun laugh.

It was true that the letter and the gift were sent to her, but the problem was that the sender came from the Cheng'en Marquisate, which had recently become very popular in Kyoto. Compared with the content of the letter, the author's words were so arrogant and condescending that they were almost insignificant.

Translated into plain language:

You were born a concubine, ordained as a nun at a young age, and then sent to marry into a barbarian land. It's clear your father and mother don't love you. Your petty, mean-spirited sister, who's not as pretty as you, is about to become the empress. Your unscrupulous father has been promoted to a higher position, your vicious mother has been granted imperial decrees, and your family is filled with honor. Yet, you struggle to survive in a barbarian land. Aren't you envious or jealous?

Even if you're not jealous, you should still think about your aunt and brothers. As long as you agree to cooperate with us and provide us with everything, I will vent your anger, trample the Lu family under my feet, and ensure that your aunt and brothers will be prosperous and wealthy.

Come and cooperate with me!

Li always thinks of you!

Under the pitch-black night, a small fire started in the yard next to the palace. The orange flames rolled upwards and finally turned into a wisp of green smoke that drifted away into the unknown.

Dashou silently placed the scriptures in his hand into the flames one by one, turning them into black ashes.

Lu Yun took out the letter she had read during the day and muttered to herself.

"Mr. Qin, with all your wits and strategies, you never thought that such a large-scale killing would attract your concubine, right?"

"If you feel bored down there, why not send a dream to Concubine Li."

“People should cherish their blessings.”

"I won't go into more detail. You must know more about the power of this than I do."

As he finished speaking, a whirlwind blew up from the ground, and sparks wrapped in black ashes swirled and intertwined, and soon disappeared.

Lu Yun patted the ashes off her hands and reminded Dashou to close the doors and windows before leaving.

After returning to the yard, Lu Yun asked everyone else to stay in the house and not come out, and she opened the box herself. Who knows what the Li family would put in the box.

Fortunately, it was just some common silks and satins, with some jewelry and jade, the quality of which could only be described as average. He was reluctant to spend money on a favor, so he was destined to be unworthy of high rank. Lu Yun estimated that these were worth a few thousand taels of silver. Since the large ship was about to leave, he could use these to exchange for Luzon's gold nuggets.