The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 552: call the shots
Chapter 552: Make the Decision
Thinking of this, Lupin did not dare to delay. He whipped his horse and galloped straight to Dengzhou City.
In Dengzhou City.
Princess Mingcheng was settled in Dong’s mansion. Famous doctors from the surrounding counties of Dengzhou gathered together and tried every means to save Princess Mingcheng’s life.
Dong Qingyue probably admired Princess Mingcheng’s loyalty for the country, so he ordered that no matter what medicinal materials, as long as the doctor could use them, the Dong family would not be stingy. If the Dong family did not have them, they would search the whole city to get them for Princess Mingcheng.
Xiao Rongyan was very grateful to Dong Qingyue. He could not interfere in Princess Mingcheng’s affairs, but he talked to Dong Qingyue about the trade between the two countries. He said that he was willing to go to the Southern Rong to see if he could arrange trade between the two countries to prevent the Rongdi from looting the Jin State again.
But Dong Qingyue already had other plans in mind. He was waiting for the Rongdi to come and plunder, so he smiled and rejected Xiao Rongyan, saying that Jin had just rescued Princess Mingcheng of Dayan from the Southern Rong, which had ruined the Southern Rong’s business. If he asked Xiao Rongyan to go to the Southern Rong to discuss the trade, he was afraid that Xiao Rongyan would be implicated for no reason. Moreover, he needed to consult the emperor on this matter, so he decided to wait until next year when things were stable before discussing this matter.
Dong Qingyue disagreed, but Xiao Rongyan did not force him. In the past few days, he was accompanying the Dong family guards to look after the shop in Dengzhou City.
Xiao Rongyan did not hide it from Dong Qingyue and Dong Changlan, saying that he was planning to open a shop as a contact point. When he exchanged the best furs from the Rongdi people, he could process them in Dengzhou and make them into wind cloaks, and then send them to Jin, Yan and Wei to make profits.
In accordance with Xiao Rongyan’s usual style, when he talked about this matter with Dong Changlan, he expressed his willingness to share the profits with Dong Changlan. However, Dong Changlan said that as long as Xiao Rongyan was only doing business and the Dong family did not take any profits privately, Xiao Rongyan was still the benefactor of the Bai family.
But Xiao Rongyan understood Dong Changlan’s words. If Xiao Rongyan did business in an honest way, the Dong family would not interfere. But if he wanted to use the shop for other purposes, the Dong family would not let him go easily.
Xiao Rongyan agreed with a smile, and asked Dong Changlan and others to take good care of their own shop after the shop was settled.
Dong Changlan accompanied Xiao Rongyan to visit several shops, and also accompanied Xiao Rongyan to buy an elegant courtyard not far from the Dong Mansion in Dengzhou. The courtyard had obviously been newly renovated not long ago, but Xiao Rongyan was picky about everything except being satisfied with the layout of the courtyard. He wanted to dig a lake here, move a rockery there, build a viewing pavilion, and ask someone to find a florist to fill the yard with exotic flowers and plants, just like a rich young man who spends money lavishly.
Xiao Rongyan’s yard began to be renovated. It would probably take several months to renovate it according to Xiao Rongyan’s requirements. Xiao Rongyan was originally embarrassed to bother the Dong family anymore and wanted to move out of the Dong Mansion and stay in an inn, but Dong Qingyue smiled and kept Xiao Rongyan.
Privately, Dong Qingyue felt that Xiao Rongyan was no simple person. Instead of letting him leave the house, it would be more reassuring to keep him under his watch.
Xiao Rongyan saw through it but didn’t say anything, so he just smiled and kept bothering Dong at his house.
Xiao Rongyan had just gone to pay the silver and bought the shop with Dong Changlan and returned to the Dong Mansion when he heard people in the Dong Mansion talking about how Aunt Luo’s brother had taken the underwear of Princess Zhenguo’s maid with great fanfare and came to the mansion to ask Dong Qingyue to act as a matchmaker, asking to marry Princess Zhenguo’s maid.
Dong Changlan was startled. Before he could ask in detail, he saw Dong Changmao, who had heard the news and came from the military camp, jumped off his horse and saluted to Dong Changlan with a pale face: “Brother!”
“But have you heard about it?” Dong Changlan asked, standing with his hands behind his back.
Dong Changmao’s throat rolled, and he nodded awkwardly: “Father sent someone to call me back, brother, don’t worry… I will definitely handle this matter. I am sorry to father, brother and cousin, I…”
“How can this be blamed on you! We all know what kind of person Luo Fugui is. This matter has nothing to do with you. Father called you back only because you are a family member. You need to be informed of this matter. After all, you are about to get married and I am afraid that it will affect you! Don’t think too much!” Dong Changlan whispered to comfort his brother.
The more Dong Changlan said this, the more guilty Dong Changmao felt.
“Brother Xiao, I cannot accompany you back to the yard as something has happened at home. I’ll ask my personal attendant to take you back!” Dong Changlan clasped his fists to Xiao Rongyan.
“Brother Changlan, please…” Xiao Rongyan nodded with a smile.
Dong Changlan took Dong Changmao and walked a few steps towards the inner house, while whispering to comfort Dong Changmao, telling him not to show his head and just follow behind him.
At this time, Luo Fugui had been detained, and the frightened Aunt Luo was called to the yard by Old Lady Dong. She knelt trembling on the blue brick floor of the yard, not daring to look up, secretly hating her brother for doing such a stupid thing.
How could the things of the Princess Zhenguo’s personal maid be obtained by her good-for-nothing brother? He must have taken the things of someone else and deliberately spread the news in the Dong Mansion, hoping to use the woman’s reputation to force the Princess Zhenguo to marry her maid to him.
Stupid! It’s so stupid!
Only caring about himself, the toad wanted to eat the swan’s flesh, but forgot her growth…
Her stupid brother didn’t even think about it. He used such dirty means to marry Princess Zhenguo’s personal maid. With such a shameless uncle, how could Changmao hold his face up in this family!
Aunt Luo burst into tears when she thought of Dong Changmao. If she had known earlier, she would have listened to her son Changmao and kicked that good-for-nothing brother out of the Dong Mansion and never allowed him to set foot in the Dong Mansion again. However, she took into account the family relationship… and also thought that after all, he was Changmao’s uncle and could help Changmao in the future!
Now look what has happened, such a big thing has happened!
When Aunt Luo thought of Princess Zhenguo’s warning that day, she trembled all over.
Bai Qingyan was sitting next to Old Lady Dong with a gloomy face. Chuntao’s face was pale, and she was clutching tightly in her hands a shirt with the word “Chun Tao” and peach blossoms embroidered on it.
She turned around and knelt down in front of Bai Qingyan, her voice choking with sobs: “Young lady, this is my undergarment, but I have never given you this filthy thing! Young lady, you know that I am already engaged!”
“This undergarment was clearly dropped when you were being intimate with me. Otherwise… how can I obtain your personal belongings!” Na Luo Fugui shouted loudly and kowtowed to Old Lady Dong. “Please Old Lady Dong and Princess Zhenguo make the decision for me!”
Chuntao was about to say something, but Bai Qingyan waved his hand at her, signaling her not to be anxious.
Bai Qingyan looked at Chuntao and asked, “Besides this undershirt, did you lose anything else?”
Chun Tao was so anxious that tears were about to fall. She shook her head and said, “I don’t know! I didn’t even notice when I lost this thing!”
Only Chuntao came with Bai Qingyan this time. Chuntao took care of everything herself and was always around Bai Qingyan. She didn’t pay much attention to keeping her own things packed.
Second update! Keep rolling around and asking for monthly tickets…