On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

The sandalwood on the third floor of the Hero Casino burned quietly in the gilded incense burner. The smoke drifted into the night sky along the carved window lattices, mixing with the noise of the gamblers downstairs, weaving into an ambiguous mist.

Lin Zhen leaned against the rosewood Arhat bed, occasionally tapping his black jade ring on the small mother-of-pearl inlaid table, his eyes fixed on Zhang Li lying on the soft couch opposite.

She was wearing a purple brocade cheongsam, and her snow-white legs exposed at the slit glowed warmly in the candlelight, with the toes of her shoes dangling from the tassels hanging from the incense burner.

Lin Zhen likes to appreciate a beauty like this the most, without any evil thoughts or weird ideas, just as pure as appreciating a blooming flower.

Zhang Li knew he was looking at her, and while feeling sweet inside, she said, "My dear, this incense was newly brought by the Persian caravan. It's called 'Night Banquet'. It smells quite enticing when it burns, but I always feel sick. How does it smell to you, my dear?"

Her fingertips brushed against the pearl necklace at the neckline of her cheongsam, the pendant casting a speck of light across her collarbone, a whiteness that was almost blinding. Her eyes arched slightly, and her nail-painted fingers unconsciously caressed the jade bracelet on her wrist.

The more Lin Zhen looked at her, the more he felt that her collarbone was delicate, as if it could hold fish, but she was not a skinny beauty.

"Well, I've made so much money that even the incense has a coppery stink."

Seeing Zhang Li about to get angry, Lin Zhen laughed and said, "I was just kidding. You know I never use incense, but I seem to have smelled this scent somewhere before, but I can't remember where. You just said it was given by a Persian merchant?"

"Yes, he's an old client we've worked with several times. Every time he comes to Beijing, he brings some new gadgets."

Lin Zhen had no good feelings towards the Persians since the Zoroastrianism incident. When Zhang Li mentioned it, he frowned and said, "Be careful. The Persians are not good people."

"Don't worry, my husband. Every time they bring something here, it has been inspected by someone. There will be no danger."

Lin Zhen had a keen nose. He sniffed the night banquet incense and finally fanned it with his hand: "Put it out quickly and don't light it again."

Zhang Li obediently extinguished the incense burner.

Lin Zhen picked up the celadon teacup, Zhang Li's beautiful profile reflected in the tea, and said, "Actually, compared to the spices, I'm more curious about how you made Fugui lose everything."

Zhang Li suddenly sat up straight, and the slit of her cheongsam slid up an inch. "What are you talking about, husband? Isn't Fugui the gambling king? Can he lose too?

After saying that, she picked up a grape from the fruit bowl, and the juice slid down the corner of her lips.

Seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, Lin Zhen pressed her, "Don't you know? Just now, Fugui lost all his property and was taken home by you debt collectors."

"I really don't know. All matters concerning the casino are left to Yan Fei and Yan Miao to take care of. I am only in charge of the general direction."

After saying that, Zhang Li called the maid and ordered her to bring Yan Fei and Yan Miao over.

Lin Zhen was curious about the whole story, so he didn't care.

Soon, Yan Miao went upstairs and knocked on the door.

"Dong dong dong."

"Enter."

"Boss!" Yan Miao saluted Zhang Li first, then saw Lin Zhen and said with a smile: "Prince!"

The call of "Prince" was filled with a bit of surprise and joy.

Zhang Li coughed twice and asked, "Ahem. Let me ask you, what's going on with Fugui?"

"In reply to the boss, my sister is just following the rules. Fugui keeps betting big for 18 consecutive times, and no one can stop him. We can't just watch him empty the casino, right?"

Before he finished speaking, there were three knocks on the box door.

Zhang Li said again: "Come in."

Hou Chun pushed the door open and walked in, standing by the door with his hands hanging down: "Prince."

Lin Zhen raised his hand to signal, and Hou Chun stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear.

Then Lin Zhen waved his hand and Hou Chun retreated respectfully.

Lin Zhen looked at Yan Miao and saw that the girl was wearing a bright red cheongsam, which was very stunning.

"Miaomiao, I heard that you accepted the wealthy mansion?"

Yan Miao replied, "Yes, the prince is well-informed. However, his house is just a dilapidated one, except for the solid foundation. I plan to take it back, raze it, and rebuild it to use as a warehouse."

After saying that, Yan Miao looked at Zhang Li's face. Seeing that she was not angry, she timidly moved closer to Lin Zhen, and the scent of cosmetics mixed with sandalwood hit her face.

"Does the prince have any other ideas? I will obey you."

Lin Zhen put down the teacup and touched her cute little head.

Yan Miao was like a clingy kitten, showing a hint of joy.

"I don't have any idea. I just want to ask you how you let Long Er set up the trap? Eighteen consecutive big moves, if it were someone else, they would have been suspicious long ago."

Yan Miao subconsciously glanced back at Zhang Li's expression. Seeing her cross her legs, the soles of her satin socks scraping against her footstool as she leisurely sipped her tea, he replied, "There's no such thing as a game. It's just that the zither girl on the second floor plucked a few strings in coordination. Fugui got so angry himself, it's no wonder he blamed others. Besides, every time he placed a bet, he would touch the jade pendant in his sleeve three times, as if no one else could see."

Lin Zhen looked at the pearl necklace swaying on her chest. The top button of her cheongsam had come undone at some point, revealing her plump breasts. "You're quite attentive. You even know my habits. But I see your cheongsam is slit so high. Aren't you afraid of exposing yourself?"

Yan Miao's ears flushed red as she whispered, "I just secretly untied this for you, the prince."

"Ahem." Zhang Li coughed lightly and glanced over here indifferently.

Yan Miao quickly sat up straight and didn't dare to say anything more.

Lin Zhen laughed and said, "Hou Chun took it upon himself to have the debt collector release Fugui's wife. Isn't that breaking the rules of the casino?"

Yan Miao smiled cunningly: "Hehehe, even if General Hou doesn't say it, we don't want her as our wife."

"Why? Didn't Fugui mortgage his property and wife?"

"Your Highness, you don't know this. Hero Casino is the best-paid industry in the capital. Even the women doing laundry and cooking in the backyard are desperate to get in. Why would we want his wife? We only did this to make him hesitate when betting. Who knew this scumbag would become so obsessed with gambling that he wouldn't care about anything else."

"That's right, all the girls in our casino are carefully selected."

Zhang Li suddenly sneered and continued, "Choose carefully? Haha, that Cui Xi I adopted last month has hands rougher than a man's. She broke three of my celadon cups while serving tea. Only Hou Chun would do a favor. If it were Long Er, he would have sold her out of the country long ago."

"You guys specially trained Long Er, right?"

"Of course, otherwise this casino would have closed down long ago and wouldn't be as prosperous as it is today." Zhang Li was still very proud.

Casino is the industry that Zhang Li is best at.

Lin Zhen never interferes in professional matters, leaving them to professionals.

Looking back now, my original choice was correct.

He suddenly stood up and pinched Yan Miao's little face: "It's getting late, I should go back."

Zhang Li suddenly grabbed his sleeve, and the jade bracelet hit his wrist bone: "What's the rush?"

With tears in her eyes, she said, "I have a new batch of rouge. I asked someone to mix it into a reddish red. I was just about to show it to my husband~"

strangeness.

Zhang Li was not like this before. She basically never took the initiative to keep Lin Zhen here.

what is it today?

Could it be that he is worried because he sees that several of his wives and concubines are pregnant?

Lin Zhen looked at the red nail polish on her fingertips and suddenly felt soft-hearted: "Okay."

After saying that, he lay down again.

Seeing that he had no chance, Yan Miao retreated tactfully.

Zhang Li's eyebrows curved as she took out the rouge box from her makeup box: "Your Highness, this rouge should be used with Persian rose water."

She dipped a cotton swab into the rouge and gently touched it to his lips.

"Back then, Concubine Xiao used this method to confuse the late emperor."

Lin Zhen looked at her face so close to him and suddenly chuckled, "Why are you acting like a brothel owner now, applying makeup?"

"Madam?" Zhang Li suddenly rushed over, threw herself into her arms, opened her mouth and bit his earlobe, "That depends on which playboy is worthy of my attention."

After saying that, her red lips were directly imprinted on Lin Zhen's mouth.

After kissing for a while, she raised her head and looked at the rouge mark on his lips: "Look, this color makes my husband even more handsome."

A woman's mood comes and goes, and Zhang Li was very emotional at the moment.

Suddenly, there was the crisp sound of dice falling downstairs, accompanied by the laughter and curses of gamblers.

Lin Zhen touched the rouge on his lips, put his arm around her slender waist, and said, "Let's have a good time today."

"Hehehe~"

The two hugged each other tightly, and when they were about to take the next step, there was a knock on the door.

Zhang Li said impatiently, "What are you doing?"

"Boss, the Chess Buddha is here and wants to see the prince."

"This old bald donkey! Why..."

Lin Zhen put his hand over her red lips and said, "It's okay, we'll stay here tonight, sit up."

There was no other way, so Zhang Li had to get up and sit back in her chair, smoothing her messy hair and saying, "Come in."

squeak-

The door opened and the chess and card Buddha walked in, smelling of sweat.

"Wulian Tianzun!! Female donor, we meet again."

Zhang Li asked in confusion, "Aren't you a monk? Why are you using Taoist idioms?"

"Haha, female donor, you don't know that in this world, different paths lead to the same destination. I chant Wuliang Tianzun and Amitabha Buddha, both of which are respects to the gods, without distinction between you and me."

"Stop talking nonsense here, come sit down, I have something to ask you."

Lin Zhen stood up unhappily and sat down beside the chair.

Zhang Li knew that the chess and card Buddha was Lin Zhen’s guest, so she poured the tea herself.

The chess and card Buddha fanned himself with the tattered wicker fan, and the smell of sweat on his body became even stronger.

Zhang Li couldn't help but touch her nose, feeling a little disgusted but unable to show it.

At this moment, the Chess and Cards Buddha suddenly raised his head and sniffed, then said with a smile, "What a nice fragrance! Could the lady donor be using something from a Persian night banquet?"

"The Chess and Card Buddha is indeed knowledgeable and experienced."

"Hahaha, the female donor really despises me. If I hadn't walked into your boudoir today, I really wouldn't have known that there was such a good thing waiting for you."

Lin Zhen narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"

"Sir, do you know what the main ingredient of this Night Banquet Incense is?"

Raw materials...

These three words.

Damn it, if he wasn’t a time traveler, I, Lin Zhen, would jump from the third floor.

"What do you say?"

"Musk."

"What!!" Before Zhang Li could react, Lin Zhen was already furious.

Musk!

Isn't this a common prop in palace dramas? It turns out that if a pregnant woman smells musk every day, it will affect the fetus and, in severe cases, cause miscarriage.

Seeing Lin Zhen so excited, the chess and card Buddha knew that he knew about musk and smiled.

"Haha, Prince, don't be so excited. In addition to musk, there is also a secret medicine in this night banquet. This medicine was prepared by the ancient witch tribe and is specifically used to prevent women from getting pregnant. That's why the female donor and the prince have been having sex for so long but still haven't conceived a child."

boom--

Zhang Li slammed her fist on the table, her eyes wide open as she shouted, "How dare these Persian thieves cheat me!"

After she finished speaking, she stood up and said to Lin Zhen, "My dear, I have a few things to do. Please wait a moment, I will be back soon."

"Well, take people with you and be safe."

"Don't worry, my dear husband. If these people dare to cheat me, I will make them pay the price! From now on, no merchant in Daqian will ever do business with the Persians!"

After saying that, Zhang Li left angrily.

Because of the Zoroastrianism issue, everyone had a very bad impression of the Persians. Zhang Li only cooperated with them reluctantly because the products from Persia were profitable.

Later, the Persians were very filial, which made Zhang Li naively believe that they couldn't all be bad people, so she officially became friends with them. But who knew that these people were still so ambitious and didn't even want Zhang Li to get pregnant!

What's the purpose of doing this? Isn't it to trick Lin Zhen through Zhang Li and make the Lin family extinct?

Lin Zhen sighed. He looked at Zhang Li's back as she left angrily and said quietly, "Given Li'er's temper, I'm afraid none of these Persians will survive. You old bald donkey, do you know how many Persians will die because of your words?"

The Chess Buddha curled his lips and said, "Prince, we are all smart people. Why are you pretending to be so hypocritical with me? Do you feel sorry for those Persians? Oh, if you don't laugh out loud, you are respecting life."

"Hahahahaha!" Lin Zhen laughed heartily. "Old man, if there's anyone in the world who knows me best, it's definitely you! Tell me, why are my son's eyes red? Will it have any effect on him?"

It is rare to have a true friend in life, although so far Lin Zhen is not sure whether the chess and card Buddha is an enemy or a friend.

But no matter whether he is an enemy or a friend, Lin Zhen is happy that he appears by his side.

At least his identity as a time traveler wouldn't make Lin Zhen feel like he was an exception.

The chess and card Buddha took a puff of his cigarette: "Hiss... huh... Actually, there's nothing wrong with what you're thinking. It's just the influence of the Heart-Eating Gu."

"But when Wen'er was pregnant, I hadn't been infected with the Heart-Eating Gu yet."

"Oh? You mean you didn't have sex when the lady was pregnant?"

"This..." Lin Zhen's old face turned red.

At that time, Qingwen's fetus had just stabilized, but the girl insisted on having it, and it actually happened that day.

"Tsk, looking at your expression, I know you're up to no good. If you don't believe me, wait until Madam Qingxia's child is born and see if there's any difference between him and Madam Qingwen's child. To be honest, the Heart-Eating Gu and you are a symbiotic system. When you're comfortable, it's comfortable too, and when you're defecating, it's defecating too. So, the larvae of the Heart-Eating Gu have already burrowed into your son's body, forming a symbiotic relationship once again. Do you understand?"