Servant Li is really awkward in the yard these days.
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This kind of spy or undercover agent doesn’t have a few good endings since ancient times. She, Servant Li, is capable of housekeeping and working in the kitchen. She was a first-class servant of the Royal family. How respectable!
As a result, she took The Prince’s job and became a liar who cheated ladies in vain.
Therefore, no wonder Miantang give a cold face to her.
But the time she spent with Miantang was not short. She knew that she was from a bad family, but Miantang was too popular. This sudden break with Lady Liu was not easy for her even if she’s hard-hearted.
Unexpectedly, Miantang suddenly sincerely told herself that she was sorry, which shocked her!
She immediately said that she could not take the weight of Madam’s words.
Miantang smiled, “Don’t call me Madam. I’m not married to him. Just call me Lady Liu.”
This is the truth, but Servant Li felt difficult and sigh to change the calling thus, she remains silent. She only helped Liu Miantang wash and cut the vegetables, and thinly slice the meat.
Because of the help of another, Miantang can also make it quickly. After it is fried and seasoned, it is ready to serve.
Servant Li had also made other side dishes and put them on the table first.
So when Miantang carried the plate to the inner room, Cui Xingzhou had already sat cross-legged on the Kang Table with her uncle and started drinking.
However, Lu Xian was injured and could not drink, so he used hot water instead.
At first, he didn’t expect Cui Xingzhou to take the initiative to have dinner with him, and he can’t help suspecting that he was here to get some more information from him again.
Miantang did those things on the Mountain of Yang under the name of “Lu Wen”. Nobody knew about them except Lu Xian and his brother, Lu Mu. They even kept a secret from their father.
Therefore, Lu Xian is not afraid that his escorts will slip their tongue when they are interrogated by the men of this Military Master Cui.
However, if Military Master Cui always insinuates and sets traps in his words at any time, it will make people somewhat hard to deal with it.
But when he got to the table, Cui Xingzhou didn’t lead him to the topic of the Mountain of Yang. He just asked Mr. Lu about the local customs, popular food, and interesting stories in the Northwest.
Lu Xian, who had been in the northwest for long, is very familiar with these natures.
So the two asked and answered one by one, and gradually began to talk more. That kind of leisurely spirit is no different from talking about everyday life.
Seeing that he didn’t mention the rebellion of the Mountain of Yang, Lu Xian gradually relaxed, but it was difficult to be as comfortable as Cui Xingzhou at first.
However, when Prince Huaiyang is being polite and virtuous, the tone was friendly, and those who knew him dared not recognize him. In addition, his speech was originally very insightful, and the others would never feel bored chatting with him.
As a person in the Jianghu, Lu Xian was originally a person who liked to talk and make friends. Sometimes, the friendship between men would rise sharply if he spoke the right words.
Lu Xian felt that if Cui Jiu and his niece had been married in an open marriage, what a good couple they would be!
It made Miantang a little surprised when she saw that Master Cui Jiu and his uncle were in a hot conversation when she was delivering the dishes.
The Military Master Cui has lived in Lingquan North Street for so long that he has never talked to any neighbor more than three times. Why is he so hospitable to an escort who smuggles ore deposits?
Miantang went out after delivering the dishes. However, Cui Xingzhou took the initiative to make a space in the hot Kang and said, “Uncle is not an outsider. You can also come to the table and eat the dishes. Let the servant girls serve the rest.”
In the past, when Zhao Quan and the others came to eat at home, Miantang would hide in the wing room to avoid suspicion, so Cui Xingzhou took the initiative to ask Miantang to stay and eat together.
Miantang thought for a moment and said, “It’s okay, I’ll eat next door…”
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Of course, her Uncle is not an outsider, but since Military Master Cui is not her husband, if they eat at the same table again, they are suspected of relying on others.
Liu Miantang felt that although she didn’t have to treat Cui Jiu coldly, she should also distinguish between inside and outside and avoid suspicion.
However, Cui Xingzhou didn’t want her to be uncomfortable with him anymore. He only reached out and dragged her onto the hot Kang. He then ordered the servant girl to take a clean plate and put them in front of her. He also picked her favorite sweet and sour stewed shrimp for her.
There are no shrimp in the wilderness of the Jinjia Checkpoint in the Northwest. Cui Xingzhou ordered people to buy this at a high price in villages and towns far away a few days ago.
At that time, he did this just to make Miantang eat more happily, but unexpectedly, when the shrimp arrived, the love between the fake couple came to an end.
Miantang looked at the golden shrimp on the chopsticks and naturally knew that it was specially bought by Cui Jiu.
Although he took advantage of her with impure motives, he really took good care of her… Miantang’s mother passed away early. Her father and brother were also like a display and never cared about Miantang.
This also allows Miantang to develop the temperament of repaying others as soon as she receives kindness from someone.
Cui Jiu treated her well, bit by bit, although nothing happened in the first year. But after moving to Lingquan Town, all those memories, she will never forget forever.
So he picked the dishes for her, and Miantang ate them silently.
For a moment, Lu Xian looked at the pair of little children in front of him. They were a perfect match.
Although his niece is open-minded and just wants to leave, how can he, who is her uncle, be so muddleheaded? One must know that, before the scam was revealed, his niece was so good to her husband that she couldn’t let anyone say anything bad about him.
It’s a pity for him to see it so scattered!
So when they got together, Lu Xian asked Cui Jiu what he meant.
“Miantang was in danger before and she was saved by you. The Lu family will never forget the kindness of saving her life. I’ll salute you with a glass of water instead of wine.”
Cui Xingzhou deserved this feeling, so he naturally raised his glass in return and exchanged a drink with Lu Xian.
Lu Xian put down his glass and said, “However, Miantang and you have been together for a year, without the betrothal gift or matchmaker. It’s not a good thing for people to talk about it… What’s your plan?”
Cui Xingzhou also thought about this point. This uncle is rarely an understanding and polite person. It’s better to communicate with than Miantang, who is not sensible and shows a little temper.
Since he mentioned it, Cui Xingzhou goes along with his words and said, “It’s natural to make up for it, but at present, there is war in the Northwest, and it’s not suitable for marrying. Miantang lost her parents, and there are no decent elders in her father’s family. When I return to the State of Zhen, I will need you to take charge of it. As for the betrothal gift, I will let others prepare it wholeheartedly so that Miantang won’t be ashamed…”
Lu Xian finished his question and waited with bated breath for Cui Jiu to answer. After listening to his sincere manner, Lu Xian breathed a sigh of relief.
When they talked, Miantang kept her head down, obviously listening to what they said.
Seeing Cui Jiu’s intention to marry Miantang, Lu Xian could rest assured and ask, “I wonder if you have any family members above you?”
Cui Xingzhou nodded and said, “My father passed away early, but my mother is still alive and healthy.”
After listening to this, Lu Xian asked anxiously, “Can you decide on this important marriage by yourself? You still have to tell your mother about it, right?”
Cui Xingzhou didn’t care and said, “I can decide this by myself.”
In the future, Miantang will be his high-ranking concubine after she has received the betrothal gift and the letter of marriage. She is so popular, that there should not be a problem for her to enter his mother’s heart.
Seeing Cui Xingzhou’s certainty, Lu Xian felt relieved again. However, there is one more thing. It is still a problem not to make it clear.
“Since Military Master, you want to marry my niece… Could you tell me your name?”
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Cui Xingzhou knew that his identity could not be concealed now, so he simply told it at one time.
“My name is Xingzhou, and the word is latent [Qian].”
Lu Xian nodded. He thought the name Cui Xingzhou was elegant.
But Liu Miantang, who had been looking down beside him, suddenly raised her head, looked at him in disbelief, and asked aloud, “You are… Cui Xingzhou, Prince Huaiyang, from the State of Zhen?”
After listening to Miantang’s words, Lu Xian was also late-witted. Right! Prince Huaiyang from the State of Zhen, the fierce Prince who almost wiped out the elite of the Mountain of Yang and made Miantang run off with her people… Isn’t that Cui Xingzhou?
Thinking about this, Lu Xian looked at Cui Xingzhou in surprise and wondered if he was just the same name as Prince Huaiyang.
But Cui Xingzhou said calmly: “… It’s me.”
For a moment, Lu Xian understood. No wonder Cui Jiu was able to release him from the camp and arrange for him to the Wuning Checkpoint without asking anyone for instructions on his illegal doings of smuggling ore deposits privately.
He is the Marshel of the Great Yan Dynasty Military Camp in the Northwest. He was just letting a prisoner off, who should he ask?
Lu Xian didn’t speak for a long time. He wouldn’t have thought that the one who cheated on his niece… Was Cui Xingzhou, his niece’s deadly foe!
In the beginning, Miantang commanded the followers to fight guerrillas. She encircled Prince Huaiyang’s men several times and made the soldiers of Prince Huaiyang howl.
Later, the successive defeats of the State of Zhen’s army may have angered Prince Huaiyang. He went so far as to personally lead the troops, bury traps, set traps, step by step, and lure Miantang, who was careless for a while.
It was also the tragic defeat of Miantang that damaged many soldiers and caused the dissatisfaction of the old people of the Eastern Palace, who began to take the opportunity to attack Miantang…
On the other hand, Prince Huaiyang, although he won a battle, still offered a high reward for Lu Wen’s arrest, regardless of whether he was alive or dead!
My God!
After a while, Lu Xian realized that the two sworn enemies who used to fight against each other and who can’t tolerate each other were husband and wife now. They lived together for nearly two years!
For a while, when Lu Xian looked up at the pair opposite him again, there was no longer the feeling of compatibility. He just wanted Miantang to stay away from Cui Xingzhou and never let him find out!
Liu Miantang’s focus is obviously different from that of her Uncle. After seeing Cui Jiu finally nod his head and admitted it without hesitation, she also remained silent for a while and asked directly, “You promised my uncle that you would ask for marriage. Would you marry me as your wife or serve me as a concubine?”
This is actually a very good question to answer. But Cui Xingzhou looked down at her and said nothing.
He is the hereditary King with a different surname. Even if he doesn’t want to be nepotistic and marry an aristocratic woman with a strong family to shine on his family, he must at least marry a clean daughter.
This is also why, in the beginning, he agreed to his cousin’s marriage. His uncle’s official title was not well-known, but he was still a regular official. In the future, his wife would not have taken her family status against him. In all aspects, his cousin is the best candidate for him. If he hadn’t had the mind of delaying and, wait and see the situation when his Northwest accident happened, Cui Xingzhou wouldn’t have ruined the marriage letter.
However, Miantang’s father was convicted and executed, and his brother was still in the process of being exiled for penal servitude. Her grandfather’s family is just an escort in the Jianghu. Her uncle has recently smuggled ore deposits…
Take ten thousand steps back, even if he is dizzy and bent on marrying the daughter of a sinner as his first wife, the elders, and his mother of the Cui family can never tolerate Miantang! When he is not at home and if her mother listens to the instigation of others, who can protect her?
If virtue doesn’t match, it’s doomed to be a tragedy everywhere.
Therefore, Miantang might as well have started as a concubine to avoid the exclusion of his mother and other relatives. At that time, he will dote on her with all his heart. What is worse than being his legal wife?
His willingness to accept her and marry her as a concubine is enough to prove his feelings and importance to her. But why did this woman not see his concession, but advance by an inch and always think of impossible things?
However, before he spoke, Miantang had given her answer firmly, “You said that you can make your own decisions without telling your mother. Prince Huaiyang should not be disobedient and unfilial to his family. However, if you take concubines, you don’t need to disturb the Old Princess Consort about such trivial matters… I am not sensible before. Please forgive me for offending Your Highness!”
With these words, she neatly went down on the hot Kang and knelt toward Prince Huaiyang, giving the highest standard of kowtow to him.
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Lu Xian also woke up after learning that he had spoken the wrong things. He immediately followed his niece to the ground and knelt in front of Prince Huaiyang.
Cui Xingzhou was about to get up and help them, Miantang then said, “However, I know my qualifications are vulgar and shallow, and I’m not worthy of the admiration of Your Highness. My dead mother once gave me a family motto, so that “when I became an adult, I would not be a concubine of others, and when I was down, I shouldn’t be a second wife.” with this family motto, I really can’t bear the love and kindness of Your Highness. Please don’t pay attention to what my uncle said just now. He didn’t know your honor, and he opened his mouth and put Your Highness in a difficult position… ”
In the beginning, her mother became the second wife of her father, but her father disdain her everywhere, always saying that she was inferior to her ancestors, so her dying mother’s explanation was also a lesson from her blood and tears. Miantang speaks forcefully.
Lu Xian was beating his mouth and heart at this time. If he had known that Cui Jiu was Miantang’s life-threatening king. He would never say anything to make Cui Xingzhou responsible even if he die.
Now, fortunately, his niece has self-esteem and doesn’t want to be the concubine of The Prince. He immediately accepted good advice and said, “I don’t know that Your Highness is noble and had just talked nonsense. I would like to ask Your Highness to let me atone for my sins. Just treat that I didn’t say anything…”
Cui Xingzhou’s affinity of being courteous to the wise and condescending today is not much left. His face is as gloomy as thunder.
Liu Miantang! How awesome.
What was her mother’s death motto? What? She feels humbled and unworthy! All excuses for not being satisfied!
Does she treat his Royal Residence the same as the North Street Mansion in Lingquan Town? If she says she wants to be the main hostess then she can? He thought about everything for her and made concessions again and again, but she didn’t know how to sympathize with him. It was as if he had given her so many grievances!
Cui Xingzhou has always been proud. He has his bottom line for the things he does. Now he retreats again and again for Miantang, but nobody appreciates him.
Cui Xingzhou will never do anything like this. So he let the two-person kneel for a long time before he said to Liu Miantang lightly, “You’ve thought it all over. Won’t you regret it in the future?”
Miantang didn’t look up, but her tone was extremely firm, “Please rest assured, I will never regret it!”
Cui Xingzhou shook his fist tightly and said, “Well… I changed the shops and houses in Lingquan Town to your name a long time ago. Now the title deed of the medicine shop in the Wuning Checkpoint is also under your name. Tomorrow, I will ask Servant Li to give you all the land deeds. In addition, there are some land properties. You can be free in the future when you have money.”
Speaking of this, Cui Xingzhou stretched out his long legs, got off the hot Kang, shook off the bottom of his robe, and walked out of the room with great strides.
Liu Miantang saw that he had left, so she got up and helped his uncle up. At that moment, she heard a horse neighing outside the gate. It should be Cui Xingzhou who got on the horse and left.
Lu Xian was still terrified, “Is… Is he telling the truth? Is he really Prince Huaiyang?”
Miantang’s heart is much more complicated than her uncle’s. Now she finally understands the reason why Cui Jiu left angrily when they chatted in Lingquan Town previously.
It’s because she had spoken ill-ly in front of the main character.
At that time, he didn’t order people to kill her, which was really giving mercy.
Although their title of a married couple is fake, Liu Miantang still understood Cui Jiu’s temper and temperament. He was a proud man from the bottom of his heart. She said so clearly today, he obviously had no intention of asking to stay.
From then on, the bridge will return to the bridge, and the road will remain as the road.
The next day, Servant Li brought a box full of land deeds. As for the silver notes, it was so overwhelming that make people gasp. However, Miantang didn’t take it. She just told her to put it aside.
Miantang didn’t know whether Prince Huaiyang had also kept concubines outside before. When they parted, he’s being so comprehensive.
But when she recalls all kinds of things in Lingquan Town, Prince Huaiyang has the capital to be merciful everywhere. No wonder… Lady He Zhen can’t forget about him.
In addition to his good looks, his generosity also adds color. Even if it is a romantic marriage, it will make people feel that it is very appropriate and satisfactory to have a match with The Prince, and there is no criticism.
Prince Huaiyang has never returned since that time. He just left a message, saying that once Lu Xian’s injury is alright, the Jinjia Checkpoint will send a guard to escort Liu Miantang and her uncle away and return to the current Lu family in the State of Xi.
In the daytime, Miantang started to prepare for leaving the Wuning Checkpoint as usual.
Liu Miantang naturally doesn’t have to worry about the Royal servants like Servant Li and Fan Hu, but whether Bi Cao and Fang Xie can be allowed into the Royal Residence is an open question.
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Servant Li said that what The Prince meant was that the two girls were too vulgar to enter The Prince’s Residence. Fortunately, they were good at doing menial work, so she gave their personal deeds to Lady Liu.
Liu Miantang hesitated a little. Fang Xie and Bi Cao knelt in front of her crying. She only begged the Madam to show mercy and keep them with her. Otherwise, if they entered the Royal Residence, wouldn’t they be under the control of hundreds of Servant Li? How can they be compared to a small house that makes people feel comfortable?
Miantang saw that Bi Cao was crying and her snot was going to run into her mouth. She then said slowly, “If you follow me, your life may not be as good as it used to be, and you will need to suffer a little. Are you willing to do that?”
The two of them nodded hurriedly, and Miantang said, “Fine, but there is one thing. Don’t call me Madam. Just call me Lady Liu.”
The two servant girls had been taught by Servant Li for half a year and they didn’t dare to call her by other names. In the end, they reluctantly changed their calling to Liu Miantang as “Lady”
Lu Xian’s injury was serious, but fortunately, he was treated in time.
During this period, some unidentified people seemed to want to sneak into the Wuning Checkpoint, which was unfavorable to Lu Xian. But there are heavy soldiers around the house. Those thieves and rascals were captured before they got close.
Perhaps, it was to make Prince Sui, who has always been unfaithful, feel secure. In April, Prince Huaiyang sent a memorial to the Court stating that someone colluded with Agufan to sell iron ore privately.
The Empress Dowager Wu, who was holding court from behind a screen, was furious and ordered a strict investigation. Unfortunately, the memorial submitted by Prince Huaiyang gave only limited clues, implicating countless officials from all over the country and the final leader was never revealed.
At one time, officials from all over the Northwest were killed countless times to make an example. The smuggling case of iron ore seems to have ended up like this.
Next, it was time for the annual allocation and accounting of military salaries and supplies in the Imperial Court. Originally, the northwest army, which could not get any benefit at the back of the queue, has won the favor of the Ministry of Revenue this year. They not only get the majority but also the local Princes such as Prince Sui take the lead in making charitable donations.
Both the government and the people wondered when Prince Sui and Prince Huaiyang were on good terms.
The grain, grass, and supplies from the State of Hui were directly transported to the northwest. Without the exploitation of officials, there was no need to worry about the military funds in the northwest this year.
However, on the commercial road from the northwest barbarian to the Great Yan Dynasty, local officials are constantly beheaded, so the common people in the Wuning Checkpoint heard about it. When there is nothing to do, they will also talk about this iron ore smuggling case that has caused a sensation in the local area.
When the case happened, Liu Miantang was sweating for her uncle, and even Lu Xian had trouble sleeping and eating all day.
After all, this smuggling case is interlinked. How can he, as a paver of the trade route, pick it clean? As long as an official confesses him away, all the people of the Lu family will be implicated…
Thinking of the worst, Lu Xian once again regretted that he had not listened to Miantang’s advice and waded through this muddy water. He hated that he was injured and couldn’t immediately take his niece to escape from the control of Prince Huaiyang…
However, when the iron ore smuggling case gradually calmed down, no one mentioned the name of Lu Xian of the Shenwei Escort Agency.
Liu Miantang knew clearly that Cui Xingzhou’s original words of protecting his uncle’s integrity were not deceitful, but that only Prince Huaiyang knew what elaborate arrangements he had made.
Because… He will never come to this house in the Wuning Checkpoint again.
Although Liu Miantang has no spare time in the daytime and is busy making arrangements for going home, she will habitually reach out to his pillow every time she sleeps and wakes up in the middle of the night. Every time she touches the cold pillow, it will take a long time for her to remember that she is no longer the wife of the Cui family, and there will be no one lying next to her pillow…
So for the rest of the night, she couldn’t sleep, but she forced herself not to think deeply about the reason why she couldn’t sleep. Sometimes she simply gets up, lights up the oil lamp, and practices the abandoned calligraphy under the light of the firefly. Somehow, the loose font that has not been changed for a long time has actually been practiced a little…
The important border towns in the northwest, after a series of the reshuffle of officials, have returned to peace.
Miantang heard the news about Prince Huaiyang occasionally, which was also the words of the military dependents around him. It is said that the soldiers of the Jinjia Checkpoint have changed their usual defensive posture and started to fight back with all their strength to recover the important town occupied by barbarians.
The command ability honed during the suppression of bandits in the State of Zhen has more room to play in the open region in the Northwest.
It is said that all the soldiers and horses trained by Prince Huaiyang are like tigers and wolves. After all, how many commanders can eat and live with their soldiers day after day and practice in the hot sun and rainstorm? However, Prince Huaiyang, a hereditary king with a different surname, has done it up to this point.
However, the soldiers complained a lot in private, saying that Prince Huaiyang has been training people and horses like he is not tired recently. His face is cold and his words are few. His ruthlessness is really frightening…
Isn’t he… Sleepy? ”
Servant Li is really awkward in the yard these days.
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This kind of spy or undercover agent doesn’t have a few good endings since ancient times. She, Servant Li, is capable of housekeeping and working in the kitchen. She was a first-class servant of the Royal family. How respectable!
As a result, she took The Prince’s job and became a liar who cheated ladies in vain.
Therefore, no wonder Miantang give a cold face to her.
But the time she spent with Miantang was not short. She knew that she was from a bad family, but Miantang was too popular. This sudden break with Lady Liu was not easy for her even if she’s hard-hearted.
Unexpectedly, Miantang suddenly sincerely told herself that she was sorry, which shocked her!
She immediately said that she could not take the weight of Madam’s words.
Miantang smiled, “Don’t call me Madam. I’m not married to him. Just call me Lady Liu.”
This is the truth, but Servant Li felt difficult and sigh to change the calling thus, she remains silent. She only helped Liu Miantang wash and cut the vegetables, and thinly slice the meat.
Because of the help of another, Miantang can also make it quickly. After it is fried and seasoned, it is ready to serve.
Servant Li had also made other side dishes and put them on the table first.
So when Miantang carried the plate to the inner room, Cui Xingzhou had already sat cross-legged on the Kang Table with her uncle and started drinking.
However, Lu Xian was injured and could not drink, so he used hot water instead.
At first, he didn’t expect Cui Xingzhou to take the initiative to have dinner with him, and he can’t help suspecting that he was here to get some more information from him again.
Miantang did those things on the Mountain of Yang under the name of “Lu Wen”. Nobody knew about them except Lu Xian and his brother, Lu Mu. They even kept a secret from their father.
Therefore, Lu Xian is not afraid that his escorts will slip their tongue when they are interrogated by the men of this Military Master Cui.
However, if Military Master Cui always insinuates and sets traps in his words at any time, it will make people somewhat hard to deal with it.
But when he got to the table, Cui Xingzhou didn’t lead him to the topic of the Mountain of Yang. He just asked Mr. Lu about the local customs, popular food, and interesting stories in the Northwest.
Lu Xian, who had been in the northwest for long, is very familiar with these natures.
So the two asked and answered one by one, and gradually began to talk more. That kind of leisurely spirit is no different from talking about everyday life.
Seeing that he didn’t mention the rebellion of the Mountain of Yang, Lu Xian gradually relaxed, but it was difficult to be as comfortable as Cui Xingzhou at first.
However, when Prince Huaiyang is being polite and virtuous, the tone was friendly, and those who knew him dared not recognize him. In addition, his speech was originally very insightful, and the others would never feel bored chatting with him.
As a person in the Jianghu, Lu Xian was originally a person who liked to talk and make friends. Sometimes, the friendship between men would rise sharply if he spoke the right words.
Lu Xian felt that if Cui Jiu and his niece had been married in an open marriage, what a good couple they would be!
It made Miantang a little surprised when she saw that Master Cui Jiu and his uncle were in a hot conversation when she was delivering the dishes.
The Military Master Cui has lived in Lingquan North Street for so long that he has never talked to any neighbor more than three times. Why is he so hospitable to an escort who smuggles ore deposits?
Miantang went out after delivering the dishes. However, Cui Xingzhou took the initiative to make a space in the hot Kang and said, “Uncle is not an outsider. You can also come to the table and eat the dishes. Let the servant girls serve the rest.”
In the past, when Zhao Quan and the others came to eat at home, Miantang would hide in the wing room to avoid suspicion, so Cui Xingzhou took the initiative to ask Miantang to stay and eat together.
Miantang thought for a moment and said, “It’s okay, I’ll eat next door…”
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Of course, her Uncle is not an outsider, but since Military Master Cui is not her husband, if they eat at the same table again, they are suspected of relying on others.
Liu Miantang felt that although she didn’t have to treat Cui Jiu coldly, she should also distinguish between inside and outside and avoid suspicion.
However, Cui Xingzhou didn’t want her to be uncomfortable with him anymore. He only reached out and dragged her onto the hot Kang. He then ordered the servant girl to take a clean plate and put them in front of her. He also picked her favorite sweet and sour stewed shrimp for her.
There are no shrimp in the wilderness of the Jinjia Checkpoint in the Northwest. Cui Xingzhou ordered people to buy this at a high price in villages and towns far away a few days ago.
At that time, he did this just to make Miantang eat more happily, but unexpectedly, when the shrimp arrived, the love between the fake couple came to an end.
Miantang looked at the golden shrimp on the chopsticks and naturally knew that it was specially bought by Cui Jiu.
Although he took advantage of her with impure motives, he really took good care of her… Miantang’s mother passed away early. Her father and brother were also like a display and never cared about Miantang.
This also allows Miantang to develop the temperament of repaying others as soon as she receives kindness from someone.
Cui Jiu treated her well, bit by bit, although nothing happened in the first year. But after moving to Lingquan Town, all those memories, she will never forget forever.
So he picked the dishes for her, and Miantang ate them silently.
For a moment, Lu Xian looked at the pair of little children in front of him. They were a perfect match.
Although his niece is open-minded and just wants to leave, how can he, who is her uncle, be so muddleheaded? One must know that, before the scam was revealed, his niece was so good to her husband that she couldn’t let anyone say anything bad about him.
It’s a pity for him to see it so scattered!
So when they got together, Lu Xian asked Cui Jiu what he meant.
“Miantang was in danger before and she was saved by you. The Lu family will never forget the kindness of saving her life. I’ll salute you with a glass of water instead of wine.”
Cui Xingzhou deserved this feeling, so he naturally raised his glass in return and exchanged a drink with Lu Xian.
Lu Xian put down his glass and said, “However, Miantang and you have been together for a year, without the betrothal gift or matchmaker. It’s not a good thing for people to talk about it… What’s your plan?”
Cui Xingzhou also thought about this point. This uncle is rarely an understanding and polite person. It’s better to communicate with than Miantang, who is not sensible and shows a little temper.
Since he mentioned it, Cui Xingzhou goes along with his words and said, “It’s natural to make up for it, but at present, there is war in the Northwest, and it’s not suitable for marrying. Miantang lost her parents, and there are no decent elders in her father’s family. When I return to the State of Zhen, I will need you to take charge of it. As for the betrothal gift, I will let others prepare it wholeheartedly so that Miantang won’t be ashamed…”
Lu Xian finished his question and waited with bated breath for Cui Jiu to answer. After listening to his sincere manner, Lu Xian breathed a sigh of relief.
When they talked, Miantang kept her head down, obviously listening to what they said.
Seeing Cui Jiu’s intention to marry Miantang, Lu Xian could rest assured and ask, “I wonder if you have any family members above you?”
Cui Xingzhou nodded and said, “My father passed away early, but my mother is still alive and healthy.”
After listening to this, Lu Xian asked anxiously, “Can you decide on this important marriage by yourself? You still have to tell your mother about it, right?”
Cui Xingzhou didn’t care and said, “I can decide this by myself.”
In the future, Miantang will be his high-ranking concubine after she has received the betrothal gift and the letter of marriage. She is so popular, that there should not be a problem for her to enter his mother’s heart.
Seeing Cui Xingzhou’s certainty, Lu Xian felt relieved again. However, there is one more thing. It is still a problem not to make it clear.
“Since Military Master, you want to marry my niece… Could you tell me your name?”
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Cui Xingzhou knew that his identity could not be concealed now, so he simply told it at one time.
“My name is Xingzhou, and the word is latent [Qian].”
Lu Xian nodded. He thought the name Cui Xingzhou was elegant.
But Liu Miantang, who had been looking down beside him, suddenly raised her head, looked at him in disbelief, and asked aloud, “You are… Cui Xingzhou, Prince Huaiyang, from the State of Zhen?”
After listening to Miantang’s words, Lu Xian was also late-witted. Right! Prince Huaiyang from the State of Zhen, the fierce Prince who almost wiped out the elite of the Mountain of Yang and made Miantang run off with her people… Isn’t that Cui Xingzhou?
Thinking about this, Lu Xian looked at Cui Xingzhou in surprise and wondered if he was just the same name as Prince Huaiyang.
But Cui Xingzhou said calmly: “… It’s me.”
For a moment, Lu Xian understood. No wonder Cui Jiu was able to release him from the camp and arrange for him to the Wuning Checkpoint without asking anyone for instructions on his illegal doings of smuggling ore deposits privately.
He is the Marshel of the Great Yan Dynasty Military Camp in the Northwest. He was just letting a prisoner off, who should he ask?
Lu Xian didn’t speak for a long time. He wouldn’t have thought that the one who cheated on his niece… Was Cui Xingzhou, his niece’s deadly foe!
In the beginning, Miantang commanded the followers to fight guerrillas. She encircled Prince Huaiyang’s men several times and made the soldiers of Prince Huaiyang howl.
Later, the successive defeats of the State of Zhen’s army may have angered Prince Huaiyang. He went so far as to personally lead the troops, bury traps, set traps, step by step, and lure Miantang, who was careless for a while.
It was also the tragic defeat of Miantang that damaged many soldiers and caused the dissatisfaction of the old people of the Eastern Palace, who began to take the opportunity to attack Miantang…
On the other hand, Prince Huaiyang, although he won a battle, still offered a high reward for Lu Wen’s arrest, regardless of whether he was alive or dead!
My God!
After a while, Lu Xian realized that the two sworn enemies who used to fight against each other and who can’t tolerate each other were husband and wife now. They lived together for nearly two years!
For a while, when Lu Xian looked up at the pair opposite him again, there was no longer the feeling of compatibility. He just wanted Miantang to stay away from Cui Xingzhou and never let him find out!
Liu Miantang’s focus is obviously different from that of her Uncle. After seeing Cui Jiu finally nod his head and admitted it without hesitation, she also remained silent for a while and asked directly, “You promised my uncle that you would ask for marriage. Would you marry me as your wife or serve me as a concubine?”
This is actually a very good question to answer. But Cui Xingzhou looked down at her and said nothing.
He is the hereditary King with a different surname. Even if he doesn’t want to be nepotistic and marry an aristocratic woman with a strong family to shine on his family, he must at least marry a clean daughter.
This is also why, in the beginning, he agreed to his cousin’s marriage. His uncle’s official title was not well-known, but he was still a regular official. In the future, his wife would not have taken her family status against him. In all aspects, his cousin is the best candidate for him. If he hadn’t had the mind of delaying and, wait and see the situation when his Northwest accident happened, Cui Xingzhou wouldn’t have ruined the marriage letter.
However, Miantang’s father was convicted and executed, and his brother was still in the process of being exiled for penal servitude. Her grandfather’s family is just an escort in the Jianghu. Her uncle has recently smuggled ore deposits…
Take ten thousand steps back, even if he is dizzy and bent on marrying the daughter of a sinner as his first wife, the elders, and his mother of the Cui family can never tolerate Miantang! When he is not at home and if her mother listens to the instigation of others, who can protect her?
If virtue doesn’t match, it’s doomed to be a tragedy everywhere.
Therefore, Miantang might as well have started as a concubine to avoid the exclusion of his mother and other relatives. At that time, he will dote on her with all his heart. What is worse than being his legal wife?
His willingness to accept her and marry her as a concubine is enough to prove his feelings and importance to her. But why did this woman not see his concession, but advance by an inch and always think of impossible things?
However, before he spoke, Miantang had given her answer firmly, “You said that you can make your own decisions without telling your mother. Prince Huaiyang should not be disobedient and unfilial to his family. However, if you take concubines, you don’t need to disturb the Old Princess Consort about such trivial matters… I am not sensible before. Please forgive me for offending Your Highness!”
With these words, she neatly went down on the hot Kang and knelt toward Prince Huaiyang, giving the highest standard of kowtow to him.
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Lu Xian also woke up after learning that he had spoken the wrong things. He immediately followed his niece to the ground and knelt in front of Prince Huaiyang.
Cui Xingzhou was about to get up and help them, Miantang then said, “However, I know my qualifications are vulgar and shallow, and I’m not worthy of the admiration of Your Highness. My dead mother once gave me a family motto, so that “when I became an adult, I would not be a concubine of others, and when I was down, I shouldn’t be a second wife.” with this family motto, I really can’t bear the love and kindness of Your Highness. Please don’t pay attention to what my uncle said just now. He didn’t know your honor, and he opened his mouth and put Your Highness in a difficult position… ”
In the beginning, her mother became the second wife of her father, but her father disdain her everywhere, always saying that she was inferior to her ancestors, so her dying mother’s explanation was also a lesson from her blood and tears. Miantang speaks forcefully.
Lu Xian was beating his mouth and heart at this time. If he had known that Cui Jiu was Miantang’s life-threatening king. He would never say anything to make Cui Xingzhou responsible even if he die.
Now, fortunately, his niece has self-esteem and doesn’t want to be the concubine of The Prince. He immediately accepted good advice and said, “I don’t know that Your Highness is noble and had just talked nonsense. I would like to ask Your Highness to let me atone for my sins. Just treat that I didn’t say anything…”
Cui Xingzhou’s affinity of being courteous to the wise and condescending today is not much left. His face is as gloomy as thunder.
Liu Miantang! How awesome.
What was her mother’s death motto? What? She feels humbled and unworthy! All excuses for not being satisfied!
Does she treat his Royal Residence the same as the North Street Mansion in Lingquan Town? If she says she wants to be the main hostess then she can? He thought about everything for her and made concessions again and again, but she didn’t know how to sympathize with him. It was as if he had given her so many grievances!
Cui Xingzhou has always been proud. He has his bottom line for the things he does. Now he retreats again and again for Miantang, but nobody appreciates him.
Cui Xingzhou will never do anything like this. So he let the two-person kneel for a long time before he said to Liu Miantang lightly, “You’ve thought it all over. Won’t you regret it in the future?”
Miantang didn’t look up, but her tone was extremely firm, “Please rest assured, I will never regret it!”
Cui Xingzhou shook his fist tightly and said, “Well… I changed the shops and houses in Lingquan Town to your name a long time ago. Now the title deed of the medicine shop in the Wuning Checkpoint is also under your name. Tomorrow, I will ask Servant Li to give you all the land deeds. In addition, there are some land properties. You can be free in the future when you have money.”
Speaking of this, Cui Xingzhou stretched out his long legs, got off the hot Kang, shook off the bottom of his robe, and walked out of the room with great strides.
Liu Miantang saw that he had left, so she got up and helped his uncle up. At that moment, she heard a horse neighing outside the gate. It should be Cui Xingzhou who got on the horse and left.
Lu Xian was still terrified, “Is… Is he telling the truth? Is he really Prince Huaiyang?”
Miantang’s heart is much more complicated than her uncle’s. Now she finally understands the reason why Cui Jiu left angrily when they chatted in Lingquan Town previously.
It’s because she had spoken ill-ly in front of the main character.
At that time, he didn’t order people to kill her, which was really giving mercy.
Although their title of a married couple is fake, Liu Miantang still understood Cui Jiu’s temper and temperament. He was a proud man from the bottom of his heart. She said so clearly today, he obviously had no intention of asking to stay.
From then on, the bridge will return to the bridge, and the road will remain as the road.
The next day, Servant Li brought a box full of land deeds. As for the silver notes, it was so overwhelming that make people gasp. However, Miantang didn’t take it. She just told her to put it aside.
Miantang didn’t know whether Prince Huaiyang had also kept concubines outside before. When they parted, he’s being so comprehensive.
But when she recalls all kinds of things in Lingquan Town, Prince Huaiyang has the capital to be merciful everywhere. No wonder… Lady He Zhen can’t forget about him.
In addition to his good looks, his generosity also adds color. Even if it is a romantic marriage, it will make people feel that it is very appropriate and satisfactory to have a match with The Prince, and there is no criticism.
Prince Huaiyang has never returned since that time. He just left a message, saying that once Lu Xian’s injury is alright, the Jinjia Checkpoint will send a guard to escort Liu Miantang and her uncle away and return to the current Lu family in the State of Xi.
In the daytime, Miantang started to prepare for leaving the Wuning Checkpoint as usual.
Liu Miantang naturally doesn’t have to worry about the Royal servants like Servant Li and Fan Hu, but whether Bi Cao and Fang Xie can be allowed into the Royal Residence is an open question.
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Servant Li said that what The Prince meant was that the two girls were too vulgar to enter The Prince’s Residence. Fortunately, they were good at doing menial work, so she gave their personal deeds to Lady Liu.
Liu Miantang hesitated a little. Fang Xie and Bi Cao knelt in front of her crying. She only begged the Madam to show mercy and keep them with her. Otherwise, if they entered the Royal Residence, wouldn’t they be under the control of hundreds of Servant Li? How can they be compared to a small house that makes people feel comfortable?
Miantang saw that Bi Cao was crying and her snot was going to run into her mouth. She then said slowly, “If you follow me, your life may not be as good as it used to be, and you will need to suffer a little. Are you willing to do that?”
The two of them nodded hurriedly, and Miantang said, “Fine, but there is one thing. Don’t call me Madam. Just call me Lady Liu.”
The two servant girls had been taught by Servant Li for half a year and they didn’t dare to call her by other names. In the end, they reluctantly changed their calling to Liu Miantang as “Lady”
Lu Xian’s injury was serious, but fortunately, he was treated in time.
During this period, some unidentified people seemed to want to sneak into the Wuning Checkpoint, which was unfavorable to Lu Xian. But there are heavy soldiers around the house. Those thieves and rascals were captured before they got close.
Perhaps, it was to make Prince Sui, who has always been unfaithful, feel secure. In April, Prince Huaiyang sent a memorial to the Court stating that someone colluded with Agufan to sell iron ore privately.
The Empress Dowager Wu, who was holding court from behind a screen, was furious and ordered a strict investigation. Unfortunately, the memorial submitted by Prince Huaiyang gave only limited clues, implicating countless officials from all over the country and the final leader was never revealed.
At one time, officials from all over the Northwest were killed countless times to make an example. The smuggling case of iron ore seems to have ended up like this.
Next, it was time for the annual allocation and accounting of military salaries and supplies in the Imperial Court. Originally, the northwest army, which could not get any benefit at the back of the queue, has won the favor of the Ministry of Revenue this year. They not only get the majority but also the local Princes such as Prince Sui take the lead in making charitable donations.
Both the government and the people wondered when Prince Sui and Prince Huaiyang were on good terms.
The grain, grass, and supplies from the State of Hui were directly transported to the northwest. Without the exploitation of officials, there was no need to worry about the military funds in the northwest this year.
However, on the commercial road from the northwest barbarian to the Great Yan Dynasty, local officials are constantly beheaded, so the common people in the Wuning Checkpoint heard about it. When there is nothing to do, they will also talk about this iron ore smuggling case that has caused a sensation in the local area.
When the case happened, Liu Miantang was sweating for her uncle, and even Lu Xian had trouble sleeping and eating all day.
After all, this smuggling case is interlinked. How can he, as a paver of the trade route, pick it clean? As long as an official confesses him away, all the people of the Lu family will be implicated…
Thinking of the worst, Lu Xian once again regretted that he had not listened to Miantang’s advice and waded through this muddy water. He hated that he was injured and couldn’t immediately take his niece to escape from the control of Prince Huaiyang…
However, when the iron ore smuggling case gradually calmed down, no one mentioned the name of Lu Xian of the Shenwei Escort Agency.
Liu Miantang knew clearly that Cui Xingzhou’s original words of protecting his uncle’s integrity were not deceitful, but that only Prince Huaiyang knew what elaborate arrangements he had made.
Because… He will never come to this house in the Wuning Checkpoint again.
Although Liu Miantang has no spare time in the daytime and is busy making arrangements for going home, she will habitually reach out to his pillow every time she sleeps and wakes up in the middle of the night. Every time she touches the cold pillow, it will take a long time for her to remember that she is no longer the wife of the Cui family, and there will be no one lying next to her pillow…
So for the rest of the night, she couldn’t sleep, but she forced herself not to think deeply about the reason why she couldn’t sleep. Sometimes she simply gets up, lights up the oil lamp, and practices the abandoned calligraphy under the light of the firefly. Somehow, the loose font that has not been changed for a long time has actually been practiced a little…
The important border towns in the northwest, after a series of the reshuffle of officials, have returned to peace.
Miantang heard the news about Prince Huaiyang occasionally, which was also the words of the military dependents around him. It is said that the soldiers of the Jinjia Checkpoint have changed their usual defensive posture and started to fight back with all their strength to recover the important town occupied by barbarians.
The command ability honed during the suppression of bandits in the State of Zhen has more room to play in the open region in the Northwest.
It is said that all the soldiers and horses trained by Prince Huaiyang are like tigers and wolves. After all, how many commanders can eat and live with their soldiers day after day and practice in the hot sun and rainstorm? However, Prince Huaiyang, a hereditary king with a different surname, has done it up to this point.
However, the soldiers complained a lot in private, saying that Prince Huaiyang has been training people and horses like he is not tired recently. His face is cold and his words are few. His ruthlessness is really frightening…
Isn’t he… Sleepy? ”
