Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

[sixteen]

After dismissing the old housekeeper of the Princess's Mansion, Zhou Jinyu felt very tired.

How many times is this?

The eldest princess sent her housekeeper to look for her again and again, and tried again and again. Could it be possible that she really fell in love with her?

But just relying on a portrait to invite a 'man' over and over again, even if she is a powerful princess, she can't do this...

This is against the rules and inappropriate, far beyond her understanding of the world and the relationship between men and women.

Zhou Jinyu lay sprawled on the bed, sighing helplessly.

Hey……

If you really want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being too handsome.

Hey……

Skull pain.

After noon, Qingfengnian suddenly sent a man over, saying that her mother, Mrs. Liu, was in a hurry to deliver a palace gown to the old concubine, and the old concubine was in a hurry to enter the palace, so she was in a hurry. You have to leave the shop to send it to the old princess.

But this afternoon, Qing Fengnian just sent a batch of new rice from Jiangnan, so before leaving, Liu could only ask the store clerk to call her, telling her to go to the store to keep an eye on it.

"I see, you go first."

Zhou Jinyu waved his hand and let the guy go first.

Although she still looked sleepy and lazy, she had no choice but to get up from the bed, put on her usual green robe, and took Zhou Xiaoshan out the door.

All the way to Qingfengnian without stopping, I saw five carriages parked in front of the door, and on the four-wheeled trailer behind the first four carriages, sacks of rice bales were neatly lined up.On both sides of each carriage stood four strong men dressed in short black clothes to escort the carriage. Each of them had a knife hanging on their waist.

Zhou Jinyu quietly came behind the leading man, patted his shoulder from behind him with a little force, and shouted with some uncertainty: "Brother Xiang?"

The man turned around, still keeping his hands behind his back, and said with a loud smile, "Brother Zhou, I haven't seen you for five or six years!"

Zhou Jinyu was taken aback, then reacted and said excitedly: "Brother Xiang, it's really you!"

The man's name is Xiang Nantian, and he is the head of the Cao Gang.The rice in the Qingfeng year was transported from the south of the Yangtze River to Chang'an City by taking the Jinjiang waterway all the way, but the Jinjiang waterway has always been uneven, and water bandits are infested, often robbing passing merchant ships.Therefore, from five years ago, for the sake of safety, Mrs. Liu personally went to the Cao Gang to take charge of the shipping for Qingfengnian.

"Five years and four months," Zhou Jinyu smiled with her teeth bared, shrugged helplessly, and said, "My mother didn't discuss it with me, so she threw me to Qianlong Temple. It lasted five years. After I came back, I went to the Cao Gang to look for you, but I heard from Hall Master Zhao that you were in the south of the Yangtze River. I couldn’t even see you. Now that we finally met, we must go to the Baoxiang Pavilion for a drink. He stayed all night!"

Zhou Jinyu and Xiang Nantian, the leader of the Cao Gang, are sworn brothers. Zhou Jinyu comes from a wealthy businessman's family, but Xiang Nantian is a hero in the world. Got it!

It took a long time to talk about it. Five years ago, with the marriage of the Liu family to the Zhou mansion, Zhou Jinyu had just been promoted from the young companion of the Guining palace to the fourth young master of the Zhou family. At that time, she often hid Liu's , and the little prince Sun Hao sneaked to the library on Qianmen South Street to listen to books.

It's just that the teahouse was not peaceful that day. The two unlucky children had listened to "Guan Gong Fighting Qin Qiong" well, and they were applauding vigorously there. The Cao Gang scrambled for territory, and the two parties started fighting at the slightest disagreement.

During the melee, Sun Hao almost peed his pants in fright at that time. Zhou Jinyu grabbed his sleeve and pulled him under the table, covering his mouth to keep him from screaming. The two children were a little nervous at first. I was afraid, and then I started to watch the excitement with fear.

Seeing that the two leaders were fighting more and more fiercely, the old beggar and the young man were not ordinary people. The old beggar's palms were extremely powerful, and he smashed the square table above the heads of Zhou Jinyu and the little prince Sun Hao with one palm. As soon as the old beggar saw someone under the table, he didn't care whether he was indifferent or not, and he was about to slash under the table with his palm.

Seeing that Zhou Jinyu was about to bleed from the old beggar's palm, the young man who was confronting him easily dispelled his palm with just one move. The old beggar was furious and rushed forward again, The two fought again.

Although the young man's martial arts are superb, but he is only blessed with a dexterous figure, if he relied on his strength, he would definitely not be a match for the old beggar.Therefore, within a short while, the young man had the upper hand. The old beggar seized the opportunity, kicked the knife flying under his feet, and was about to stab the young man.

Zhou Jinyu didn't know where her courage came from, she picked up the chair beside her, and at the moment when the knife stabbed her, she used the back of the chair as a shield to block the young man.

Later the boy asked her: "Aren't you afraid that the knife will be stuck in your heart?"

Zhou Jinyu nodded honestly: "I'm afraid! But you saved me just now, and I have to be loyal, so if I save you once, I won't owe you anything."

"You kid, you look weak and weak, you can't imagine being so bloody! I like Xiang Nantian!"

At that time, Xiang Nantian had just pulled up the banner of the Cao Gang, and it was the time for employing people, not to mention Zhou Jinyu, who was so stupid that he was loyal and willing to work hard for him, so he laughed and patted Zhou Jin Yu's shoulder said: "You and I have become brothers today, how about you come to be the second head of my Cao Gang?"

Zhou Jinyu was only 11 years old at that time, and she didn't want to be the second head of the Cao Gang, so she only agreed to become brothers with Xiang Nantian.

Later, when she was in Qianlong Temple, she learned from the pilgrims that under the leadership of Xiang Nantian, the Cao Gang developed into the largest gang in the world in only two years, directly crushing the Beggars' Gang to death. Only then did Zhou Jinyu know how powerful her elder brother Xiang Nantian was.

Now she hasn't seen Xiang Nantian for five years. Compared with the bold and unrestrained young man back then, today's Xiang Nantian has a bus black beard on his chin, and his every move is more reckless.

Right now, Xiang Nantian directly refused: "This Baoxiang Pavilion can be avoided, the girls there are for romantic scholars like you to enjoy, and rough people like me can't bear it!"

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said, "Brother Xiang is not a brute, but he is clearly the hero who leads the Cao Gang!"

Xiang Nantian burst out laughing at her flattering words: "Brother Zhou, if you want to drink, I still have a few jars of old daughter's red in the Caobang. If you come to the Caobang some other day, I will go to the cellar to dig them out myself."

Zhou Jinyu nodded: "It's a deal! I'll bother Big Brother in two days!"

Xiang Nantian stared and said: "You said this, if you don't come, I will send someone to tie you up!"

Zhou Jinyu made a bitter look: "Please tie me up lightly, my brother's bones have not been strong."

Xiang Nantian laughed twice: "Not strong? Then when you were on the girl's bed in Baoxiangge's house, didn't you have a strong body?"

Zhou Jinyu was taken aback, what did he say?

God can testify that she went to Baoxiang Pavilion purely to listen to the song, chat with the sisters in Baoxiang Pavilion about life, let alone go to bed, and she didn't even hold her little hand!

Zhou Jinyu explained anxiously, "Brother Xiang, what's the matter? You actually made fun of me."

Xiang Nantian stared at her for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing, clapping his hands and laughing: "Second brother, second brother, I never thought that after so long, you still blush like a daughter."

Zhou Jinyu laughed twice, looked at the four carriages in front of the shop, and changed the subject: "The rice looks like forty or fifty shi?"

Xiang Nantian said: "It's more than fifty, the four carts add up to eighty shi, top-grade pearl rice."

Zhou Jinyu was a little puzzled: "Did mother order so many goods?"

Xiang Nantian was taken aback: "Ask me? How would I know about this, but when I came here, I looked at your account on the water transport to celebrate the harvest year. The top-grade pearl rice from the general store has always been sent at [-] shi every half a month. There are not so many shops, and this time I bought [-] shi, maybe the business is good."

"That's right," Zhou Jinyu smiled, and suddenly caught sight of the four large wooden barrels on the last carriage. The wooden barrels were half the height of a person, and the outside was wrapped tightly with haystacks, and he asked curiously, "Hey? Brother Xiang, what is that mask?"

Xiang Nantian smiled and said: "Ah, this is also pearl rice, but these ineffective hands and feet were clumsy when unloading the ship, and they tore the sacks that originally supported the rice, so I just found a few wooden barrels and brought them here." Xiang Nantian pointed at his subordinates and said, "I'll beat them with a whip when I go back, and make them mess around."

"Forget it, forget it, there is nothing to lose anyway," Zhou Jinyu smiled and begged for the little brothers of the Cao Gang, and then said: "Then let's take a look at it first, and then unload the goods."

Xiang Nantian nodded, and didn't know if he didn't hear clearly or what, he waved his hands and said: "You guys, unload the goods!"

"Yes!" The strong men shouted in unison, rolled up their sleeves and started to work.

Zhou Jinyu frowned slightly. At this time, the old butler Zhou Cheng ran out of the shop in a hurry, pulled Zhou Jinyu aside, and carefully glanced at Xiang Nantian who was not far away, and then whispered: "Madam, let's go!" At the time, I asked you to inspect the goods before letting them unload the car."

"Of course I remember." After Zhou Jinyu finished speaking, he turned around and shouted, "Brother Xiang, I—"

Before she could finish her words, Xiang Nantian walked up directly, hugged her shoulders and laughed loudly: "Brother Zhou, I haven't seen you for a long time, let's go! Find a restaurant to drink!"

"Brother Xiang... hey! Brother Xiang!"

He was so strong that Zhou Jinyu was half pulled and half dragged by him, and he was pulled far away in a short while.

In desperation, she could only push with all her strength, and finally got rid of Xiang Nantian's entanglement.

Xiang Nantian was suddenly pushed three steps away by her, and stared at her with some sense of blame: "What? You look down on men's wine after being awarded to Tanhualang on Thursday? Is this disrespectful?"

Zhou Jinyu was taken aback, Brother Xiang seemed to be a little different now, but she couldn't tell what was different.Quickly making amends, he said: "Brother misunderstood, how can I ask brother to invite you to drink? Let brother come! Let brother be the host today!"

"That's right," Xiang Nantian laughed loudly, and patted her on the shoulder vigorously: "Don't be like a bitch all day! Go, go drink!"

Perhaps it was a coincidence, right now, there is a newly opened restaurant called 'Sifang Restaurant'.

Zhou Jinyu laughed twice, pointed at Sifang Restaurant in front of him, and said, "Go, go in and treat Big Brother to a drink!"

The old butler Zhou Cheng looked at the two pushing and shoving in the distance, squinted his eyes, and remembered what Zhou Jinyu said to him in a low tone before he was pulled away: Uncle, stare at the wooden barrel, wait me back.

Clusters of peach blossoms bloomed in the garden, and Wei Huanian wanted to take Wei Zrui to see it, but the big girl Wanqiu persuaded Wei Zrui, a young master who ignored her for a long time, and finally said dry mouth, Wei Zrui didn't even raise his head in a daze, his attention was all on the calligraphy and painting scroll spread out on the table.

Wan Qiu finally felt helpless, and said to Wei Huanian, "Master, young master, he ignores me."

Seeing her aggrieved look, Wei Huanian smiled and said, "It's not been a day or two since he ignored you, since he doesn't want to go, then he won't go, let someone pick a few blooming luxuriant ones and come over." , into the bottle."

Wan Qiu hurriedly replied: "Alright, I'll do it right now, servant girl."

While the master and servant were talking, the butler came back, knocked on the door and came in. He bowed and considered, "Princess, the villain is back."

Seeing him like this, Wei Huanian knew that the matter had not been accomplished, so he asked, "What do you say?"

"This..." The steward paused, and then said: "Young master Zhou said that he has a serious illness, so he might not be able to be the master of the young master."

Wei Huanian was taken aback: "A chronic illness?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhou said that he has a heart disease. When the villain passed by, he caught up with him. It seems...it doesn't look like a fake."

Wei Huanian didn't say much, and waved his hands with a flat expression: "Okay, I know."

As soon as the housekeeper left, Wan Qiu said: "Master, Mr. Zhou is probably prevaricating us again, isn't he?"

Wei Huanian sat on the armchair thinking for a while, and seemed to sigh softly: "Since she refuses to come, let's go again."

Wan Qiu: "Ah? Master, you want to..."

Wei Huanian ordered: "Prepare the carriage."