Soft and crispy waist

Ever since the news of Gu Yizi's death came, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion has fallen into silence.

Not only was there no joy on anyone's face, the entire mansion was devoid of any festive colors, and no laughter or joy could be heard, as if the place had lost all life.

Now the heavy black cloth has been removed, and the entire mansion is decorated with lights and colorful decorations.

The servants walked back and forth, all with happy smiles on their faces.

Fireworks were even lit at Yueguitai, which continued to explode brilliantly in the sky, reflecting on everyone's smiling faces, creating a rare atmosphere of joy and harmony.

Even Wei Qingqing and Xue Wuyang, who always quarreled when they met, sat at the same table for a rare moment without any verbal battles. Instead, they held the things in their hands with smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes.

"You guys arrived at the right time." Seeing Xia Zheng and Chunzhi coming, Tao Yurong smiled and winked at Caiwei beside her.

Caiwei took a step forward with a tray in her hand. When she got closer, she saw two jade hairpins placed on the velvet cloth of the tray, one green and one white, one carved with a lotus flower and the other with a peach flower.

"This is the gift that the prince sent back along with the family letter. You two sisters can choose yourselves."

Lotus is a summer flower and peach blossom is a spring flower, so there is no need to pick and choose.

Xia Zheng reached out and took the green lotus flower hairpin first, and glanced at the ones in Wei Qingqing and Xue Wuyang's hands. They seemed to be hairpins as well, but from the soft light reflected under the sunlight, it could be seen that the quality was different from theirs.

Giving gifts of different materials to people of different identities is quite thoughtful. However, it is estimated that Gu Yizi did not prepare them himself, but asked his subordinates to prepare them on his behalf. Otherwise, given Gu Yizi's personality, he would not prepare the same things.

Tao Yurong didn't have any jade hairpins on her head or hands. Perhaps only the gift for the wife was prepared by Gu Yizi himself.

Treating wives and concubines differently is a matter of etiquette, but Xia Zheng doesn't care. Even the worst of the etiquette can be sold for a lot of silver if it is sold outside.

Now her warehouse is empty and needs to be filled.

"Don't stand, sit down. Today is a family dinner, so there's no need to be so formal."

Tao Yurong asked the two to sit down. Chunzhi looked at Xia Zheng and saw that she sat down readily before she sat down with her.

But even if Tao Yurong said that it was not formalities, they could not really be at ease. They had to pay attention to Tao Yurong and the others' every move and not offend them.

Chunzhi didn't even eat a few bites of the meal, and her stomach started rumbling on the way back.

"If I had known this would happen, I would have pretended to be sick and not gone. I could have gotten some white flour buns from Chef Yang and I wouldn't have been so hungry. I'm so hungry that I can't even walk." Chunzhi covered her stomach with her hands and drooped her eyes, looking extremely pitiful.

"We have tasted some of the delicacies from the mountains and the sea, and we also received gifts, so it's not a loss at all."

Xia Zheng's comfort did not make Chunzhi feel any less worthless. Instead, she complained while holding the jade hairpin: "Tasting it makes me even hungrier. And this jade hairpin is just for looking at. I can't leave the house, and I don't need to see the prince. I don't need it at all. It's just a dead thing. You might as well replace it with roast duck."

Xia Zheng was unable to refute for a moment. To Chunzhi, this hairpin was indeed not as valuable as roast duck. If she was given a duck leg, she might even be willing to exchange it.

"The prince is the same. Everyone gives these useless things and doesn't know how to choose the right ones for them. Only the concubines treat them like treasures and never let go."

Xia Zheng couldn't explain Chunzhi's confusion to her. In her opinion, this thing was not practical, but for Wei Qingqing and Xue Wuyang, it was a treasure that had been lost and found again.

It's definitely a signal.

Only if Gu Yizi is still alive, Wei Qingqing will have the opportunity to completely replace Tao Yurong's position by virtue of her son's status as a mother, and Xue Wuyang will regain her vitality and have another chance to climb up.

Naturally, it was impossible for her to let go. She wished that the hairpin was Gu Yizi and she could hold it tightly in her hand.

"Everyone is polite. What could the Crown Prince's wife have? Could it be a jade hairpin? The Crown Prince is too careless. I won't say anything. It's normal that you don't remember me, but you're pregnant, and..."

"Chunzhi." Xia Zheng interrupted Chunzhi and shook her head.

Realizing that she had spoken too quickly again, Chunzhi quickly covered her mouth.

"Cook Yang should have prepared some food. I can smell the aroma. Go and see if you like it."

When Chunzhi heard that there was food, she immediately sniffed it, smelled the fragrance, and ran to the yard.

Xia Zheng smiled as she walked in. Just as she entered, Cook Yang came over from the side and handed a book to Xia Zheng, saying, "Yang Xun just sent this. I don't know what it is, but he said that Big Brother said he had to hand it to you personally."

I took a look at it and it was just an ordinary notebook.

But Brother Yang specifically instructed Xia Zheng to take care to bring the storybook back into the house and have Shuangjiang watch outside before opening it.

The word "gift" was written on the inside page, which was a bit confusing.

I looked through it, but found nothing.

Xia Zheng touched it carefully again and finally found that one page was thicker than the others.

I carefully cut it open with a pair of scissors and found that there was indeed a layer inside. Inside was a folded piece of paper with a red mark showing through it.

Feeling strange, Xia Zheng took it out and opened it. Her eyes widened and she blinked again and again before she was sure that the thing in front of her was not fake.

This... this is a contract!

The contract between the Luo family and the Yang family’s food shop!

To be precise, it should be the contract between her and the Luo family.

After all, Brother Yang's contract is in her hands, and the food shop is registered in Brother Yang's name. In the final analysis, it is her final decision.

A contract is similar to a marriage between merchants. Once signed, the two parties are tied together, sharing honor and disgrace and mutual benefit.

But there is also a distinction between high and low. The lower ones depend on the upper ones, and the upper ones have control and decision-making power over the lower ones.

Generally speaking, merchants want to become bigger and surrender to more powerful and superior people.

From any perspective, the Yang family should be inferior to the Luo family, but the Luo family's seal is clearly on the inferior side.

This means handing the Luo family over to her.

It’s Gu Yizi!

She had chosen Luo Qing because he was the only candidate. She wanted to give it a try first, and she didn't specify anything. She just asked her to choose whether to pay the money. Naturally, it would be up to Gu Yizi to decide whether to use the Luo family after that.

She thought that no matter what decision Gu Yizi made, it had nothing to do with her, but she didn't expect that he would give the Luo family to her.

A wealthy family second only to the richest man in Kyoto, even if it may be now a facade of wealth but rotten inside, but a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. The amount of money he paid this time was an amount she had never seen before.

With this effort, the Luo family has already stood on Gu Yizi's side. There will definitely be more exchanges in the future, and they will not disappear like in the previous life. Even if they cannot move to a higher level, Xia Zheng will have at least one million silver coins in her hands.

Is this the gift for her?

But this is too big.

Could it be that Gu Yizi had injured his head before?

While Xia Zheng was shocked, Tao Yurong washed her hands and carefully opened the brocade box that Gu Yizi had sent back.