Chapter 399 Don't Seek Death
Xu Wei returned to the mansion and threw the pork kidney to the cook. The cook was puzzled, "Eating this at this time of year...Mr. Xu, your kidney..."
Xu Wei touched his waist with his backhand and said, "Give some nourishment to Master!"
Not long after, the shopper came back and found the cook and said, "I noticed that Mr. Xu often went to buy pork."
The cook rolled his eyes. "Do you need to find out? He brings some pork to the kitchen every few days, and I thought I didn't cook it well."
"I was also worried that I hadn't bought the right ones." The servant who was doing the shopping said, "So I followed Mr. Xu... and found that he always went to hang out with the same woman."
"woman?"
"Yes, it's the female butcher."
"A woman actually kills a pig?" The cook's eyes widened, feeling that the man's authority was being violated.
"My knife skills are better than yours." The servant who was doing the shopping said, "After a few cuts, each bone that was cut was about the same length."
The cook wanted to brag about his knife skills, but the servant who was buying things said, "But Mr. Xu is very talented. I guess he just felt lonely and went to have fun with the butcher."
Xu Wei returned to his room and sat there for a long time.
"I am such a talented person, but I was rejected by a female butcher!"
Xu Wei scratched his head, feeling that this matter was a little strange.
"Is this playing hard to get?"
"That's not right. Playing hard to get won't last that long."
"Does she look down on me?"
Xu Wei picked up the bronze mirror on the table and said, "White and plump, so festive."
He suddenly shuddered, "I actually like her?"
Xu Wei turned the bronze mirror over and placed it on the table, and said with a smile: "Am I crazy? Yes, I must be tired. If I am tired, I will take a rest..."
He didn't even take off his clothes and just fell down with them on.
But the image of that damned female butcher kept appearing in my mind.
The stern face, the unbelievably steady hands, the miraculous knife skills...
"go to bed!"
Xu Wei pulled the quilt over his face.
……
"We have to hurry up and arrange Old Xu's marriage." Jiang Qingzhi was worrying about Xu Wei's marriage in the backyard.
"I showed Mr. Xu a few women last time, but he didn't like any of them." Li Tian was also troubled. "Either they were too old, or their looks were not pleasing to him. Or they said their temperament was not good."
This guy is quite picky.
Unlike the marriages of young people, the marriages of Xu Wei and Erguotou had to be handled with great care. So Li Tian would always let Xu Wei participate, show him the woman's portrait, and even find an opportunity for him to meet the woman.
"Just take this matter to heart."
Jiang Qingzhi suddenly felt that he was being a little stubborn.
Old Xu is talented. Even if he doesn't get married, he can still live like the second Liu Yong by going to a brothel. Why is he worrying about this?
"Be a bridegroom every night, and there are mothers-in-law in every village."
Jiang Qingzhi hummed a tuneless song as he prepared to enter the palace.
Mo Zhan was waiting in the front yard. When he saw Jiang Qingzhi coming out, he reported, "Master, there is some progress in the matter of that woman."
"Which woman?" Jiang Qingzhi was stunned.
His mind has been occupied recently with the issue of recruiting disciples for the Mohist school, and he has left all other matters to Xu Wei and Hu Zongxian.
"It's the woman named Wang."
"Prince Yu's cinnabar mole?" Jiang Qingzhi remembered, "How is it?"
"The girl's father has close contacts with several literati. In addition, the young lady is not as virtuous as the outside world knows, and she has many friends."
"And he's good at networking? Yes, if he wasn't good at socializing, how could he win over people and suppress opponents in the harem..." Jiang Qingzhi reached out and touched his chin, but unfortunately he had no beard.
Men still have to grow beards!
Jiang Qingzhi was thinking about whether he should scratch his chin if he had nothing to do. "How is her father?"
"This person works in the Five Military Commandery. His position is not prominent, but he is also steady and calm."
"I will enter the palace now."
……
"father."
Miss Wang entered the room and knelt down to salute.
Wang Zhu sat on a chair, holding a book in his hand, and looked at his daughter and said, "When you met Prince Yu that day, what did you think of him?"
Miss Wang lowered her head and said shyly, "He just stared at me."
"Interesting!" Wang Zhu smiled, "Are you sure?"
Miss Wang nodded. "I just looked at him a few times and he blushed. He was at a loss what to do."
"It seems that Prince Yu really likes you." Wang Zhu stroked his beard and smiled, "I have asked someone to ask Concubine Lu for permission. You can prepare some embroidery you made and bring it with you. Use this as an excuse to ask Concubine Lu for permission. Remember, Concubine Lu is a very cunning woman. Don't let her see anything."
Miss Wang nodded, "Don't worry, Dad."
"Prince Yu will leave the palace today. You will wait there and decide what to do when you see him..."
"You don't need to do anything, just stop and look at him."
"My daughter is smart." Wang Zhu lowered his voice, "The crown prince has passed away, and now Prince Yu is the eldest. He has no relatives to support him. If I can marry him, with my daughter's ability, she will definitely be a good wife to him.
Once he ascends the throne, my daughter, you will be the queen, second only to the emperor and above all others. And as a father, I will also become the father-in-law of the emperor.
My Wang family will be able to leap from a carp to a dragon in an instant... The wealth of our entire family is in your hands."
Miss Wang looked up and saw that there seemed to be flames burning in her father's eyes.
She knew it was the fire of ambition, "Yes."
"Go!"
Wang Zhu watched his daughter go out and smiled, "What a great time!"
……
"...That's right. Confucianism is not the way to govern the world."
In the Yongshou Palace, the Taoist priest was sitting cross-legged in meditation, and Jiang Qingzhi followed him, but he was sitting with one leg crossed, and could not achieve the Taoist priest's level of emptiness and spiritual strength.
"After recruiting people, we will teach Mohist knowledge. How do you plan to do it?"
"I will focus on fortifications, supplemented by common sense such as astronomy and geography." "Common sense?" Emperor Jiajing shook his head. "If you throw away your so-called common sense, it will become a secret heirloom of many families. Are you willing to do that?"
Jiang Qingzhi smiled and said, "Why would I be reluctant to give it up? Can I take all this knowledge with me to the underground?"
"You can't bring anything with you when you're born, and you can't take anything with you when you die. I didn't expect you to be so carefree." Emperor Jiajing said meaningfully, "The Beijing Guards are being rebuilt, and all the departments are saying they're training hard. If you have nothing to do, go and take a look."
"Your Majesty, why don't you let Yan Xu go?" Jiang Qingzhi evaded.
Even in later generations, military power is an extremely dreaded issue.
"I don't doubt you, but you doubt me." The Taoist said calmly: "Go!"
Jiang Qingzhi stood up, "Your Majesty."
"What else?" The Taoist asked impatiently.
"I heard that a new batch of mountain delicacies has arrived in the palace?"
Emperor Jiajing said coldly, "I heard that you paid a lot of money to those merchants just to let them bring some special ingredients from the south when they traveled back and forth. Why, it's not enough?"
"Your Majesty eats light food, and most women in the harem like to diet. Most of the food sent to the palace ends up in the stomachs of the stewards. They are wasting good food by chewing on peonies..."
Emperor Jiajing pointed at him and glanced at Huang Jin.
Huang Jin sent Jiang Qingzhi out, and when he came back, Dao Ye asked, "Is it really as Qingzhi said?"
"Your Majesty, those nobles... like to diet."
"Why?"
"It is said that His Majesty does not like obese women."
The Taoist priest was thin to begin with, and he was unwilling to help the women in the harem, which led to all kinds of speculation. However, Concubine Lu had a well-proportioned figure and was a little thin, which led the concubines to follow suit.
"The King of Chu has a thin waist, so many people in the palace are starving to death!"
Daoye shook his head. Huang Jin gritted his teeth and lowered his head, "Your Majesty, I will die!"
"Oh! Tell me about it." Taoist said lightly.
"As Long Wilbur said, most of the food went into the stomachs of those people after entering the palace."
The Taoist looked at him coldly, "That is to say, those people are using me to feed themselves."
"I will die!" Huang Jin knelt down.
"Eat what I have... make them spit it out!"
……
Jiang Qingzhi went to look for Prince Yu, but learned that Prince Yu had left the palace.
"His Highness said he was bored from reading too much, so he went out for a walk."
Outside the palace, as soon as Prince Yu came out, he saw the familiar carriage beside him and the beautiful woman standing next to the carriage.
Miss Wang heard the maid beside her whisper, "Miss, His Highness has come out."
Miss Wang raised her eyes and glanced at Prince Yu shyly.
Prince Yu stood there blankly, feeling that the whole world had disappeared and that person was the only one left in his heart and eyes.
"Your Highness!" Yang Xi whispered, "It's time to go."
Prince Yu turned a deaf ear.
Miss Wang lowered her head, as if she was overwhelmed with shyness.
What do men like?
Unless he is that kind of timid...most of the time, he likes gentle women.
When he lowered his head like this, Prince Yu's heartbeat instantly accelerated by 30%, as if ten thousand war horses were roaring past his chest.
I want to marry her!
Prince Yu took a few steps forward, then stopped and asked, "How are you...how are you doing recently?"
Miss Wang said softly, "Your Highness, I am very good."
"That's good." Prince Yu didn't know what to say, "I... I'm also... I'm not bad either."
puff!
The maid couldn't help laughing, then covered her mouth and stepped back.
"What do you do at home?" asked Prince Yu.
"Just... do some embroidery." Miss Wang said, "In addition, I have to learn housework from my mother and learn how to cook."
"Do you still have to learn how to cook?" Prince Yu looked at her hands with heartache. Although he didn't see any signs of roughness, his mind had already completed the answer.
"Your Highness!" Yang Xi followed.
"Go away!" Prince Yu only had eyes for the beauty.
"Long Wilbur is here."
In an instant, Miss Wang found that her enthusiasm had dissipated. She looked up and saw Jiang Qingzhi standing not far away, with his arms folded, a medicinal cigarette in his mouth, looking at her and Prince Yu.
"Uncle." Prince Yu scratched his head. Thinking of his uncle's previous warnings to him, he couldn't help feeling guilty.
Jiang Qingzhi came over, and Miss Wang bowed, "Hello, Master."
"I have discussed the prince's marriage with His Majesty." Jiang Qingzhi has the guardianship and management rights given by Daoye, so he has a say in this matter. "There is no need to rush your marriage with the fourth son within two or three years."
He glanced at Miss Wang seemingly casually.
The delicate hands suddenly grasped the handkerchief tightly, then relaxed.
Ha ha!
No matter how fast you are, you can't hide from my eyes!
Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "Many times, fate is not necessarily a good thing. Remember this, it will be good for both of you."
This was Jiang Qingzhi's hint and warning: Do what you should do and don't get involved with Prince Yu.
This was also his final warning.
Miss Wang raised her head and glanced at Prince Yu first, her eyes full of fear.
Damn it!
Jiang Qingzhi sneered in his heart and turned away.
If you really want to die, why wouldn't it be wrong for me to help you?
(End of this chapter)
