The capital of Da'an, the Imperial City of the Son of Heaven, and the capital are such an important place that a falling brick may hit three officials. Everyone has a family background and a talker. The prince doesn't know that the Chu family is normal.
But the problem is that the Chu family is not an ordinary family. They once sent a daughter to the palace to serve the first emperor. Now this girl is old, but she is still alive and has been posthumously named too noble. Where is the old age
The prince's words are somewhat inappropriate.
I don't know about the Chu family, but I just don't know if that noble man disrespected the late emperor a bit? If you know it and ask on purpose, it's a slap in the face, you don't like Chu Mu, and you don't like the Chu family either.
Either way, it's not good news for Chu Mu.
Chu Mu didn't seem to notice it, his face was calm, his eyebrows were handsome, and his temperament was as pine as bamboo, which was pleasing to the eye.
Chu Mu was able to hold on to the prince's question, but Long Qinglin couldn't let the situation be awkward, and he was the one who answered before, so of course he continued now: "As long as I mention something, Your Highness will know immediately."
The prince seemed to be very interested, the corners of his lips raised slightly, and he looked straight at Long Qinglin: "Oh?"
Long Qinglin smiled: "Lan Yingbu."
"Lan Ying Cloth?" The Crown Prince's voice raised slightly, "I heard that this cloth is extremely beautiful. It is made into clothes and worn on the body. It is full of brilliance when you walk around, like stars and moons covering your body. My little aunt likes it very much."
The little aunt he was talking about was naturally the youngest sister of the Holy Majesty, Princess Changning.
Long Qinglin: "Your Highness is right."
The prince looked at Chu Mu, and smiled even more: "This Lan Ying cloth was made by a businessman surnamed Xie. I heard that he is a man and his wife, whose husband's family name is Chu."
Chu Mu smiled and nodded: "That's right, my wife's surname is Xie, and she's the second in the family."
Long Qinglin: "I've known Brother Chu for so long, I never thought that Brother Chu would become famous because of his wife."
Seeing that the atmosphere was good, he made a joke at the right time.
Of course, there is a bit of joking and sarcasm in this voice, but it is a matter of opinion.
"It's Chu's blessing to have a wife, and I can't ask for it," Chu Mu said bluntly, not only was he not angry at all, he seemed quite proud, because of this pride, he especially wanted to make the other party 'empathize', "Lord Long's Madame Bingxue is as smart as a man, and she has done a lot of important things in the capital recently, which is quite appreciated by everyone, why didn't Master Long bring it out?"
Those who don't know the inside story of the Long family will think that Chu Mu's words are intended to be flattering, or they are simply brought in by the context. Only those who know will truly understand where the subtleties lie.
Of course, Long Qinglin would not be troubled by such a small problem, and looked at the prince with a smile: "Your Highness, I am afraid that I don't know, but I am brother-in-law with Young Master Chu, and his wife and my wife are brothers and sisters, so the two families are very close." Close, know a lot of things."
Changed the subject lightly and cleverly, not only did not answer why the wife didn't come, but also blurred the key point of the information that the two families are close and there is no need to avoid suspicion - it is impolite to casually greet someone else's wife, if it is an in-law, there is no problem.
The crown prince looked at Long Qinglin and then at Chu Mu, his expression didn't change, but he said something interesting: "No wonder you two have such a good relationship."
Are the two on good terms
Long Qinglin would not object to the prince's words, so she smiled and said nothing.
Chu Mu lowered his eyebrows, thoughtful.
The prince... was very different from what he had imagined.
Wisdom, calmness, and insight into the subtleties, he is quite a city at a young age.
Eye contact for a short time, and a few words of contact, the prince should clearly know something, and also hinted at something.
It's a pity that in my previous life, my body was not strong enough, and I didn't have enough energy to deal with others. In the end, I died before I got to the front of the stage. I don't know who got the better of it. If I had met the prince earlier, maybe everything would have been different.
Long Qinglin pushed back the words lightly and cleverly, but Chu Mu didn't let it go easily, smiling like a spring breeze: "Your Highness is very right, my wife is concerned about my sister's body, and I haven't seen you with Master Long for a long time, I have already thought about it The Long Mansion has been busy for a long time, but there is no chance, just happened to meet Mr. Long today, I'm afraid I have to prepare a few jars of good wine at home."
"What's so difficult about it?" People in the officialdom are the best at Tai Chi, Long Qinglin smiled, "Brother Chu is coming, I will sweep the couch to welcome you! My wife is young and loves her family, she has been ill for a few days, and she misses her brother more and more, and misses his care— Speaking of which, what about Xie Er? How could you let you walk alone without accompanying you to take care of him, how could he feel relieved about your body?"
Chu Mu's face was calm, and his smile was the same as before: "A person like me who has been ill for a long time doesn't like other people making a fuss. My body is not as fragile as Lord Long thinks. I just want to be alone occasionally, so there is nothing to worry about."
The prince's eyelashes moved slightly, and a trace of sadness quickly passed through the bottom of his eyes.
This expression was too obvious, and he himself noticed it, regardless of whether others were paying attention, whether he wanted to ask a question or not, he spoke first: "Your words reminded Gu of my elder brother. He would occasionally be like you, wanting to be alone. Others make a fuss."
Long Qinglin immediately cupped his hands: "People who have been ill for a long time are mostly thinner and have similar mentality, but there are some similarities in some places. The prince must not mind his own suffering."
similar
Did you use the wrong words, or did you mean something
Chu Mu smiled playfully.
Regardless of whether he or the prince, he didn't say these two words.
…
Xie Tingyue walked all the way in the direction of King Li, and those who were eager to try had already returned in defeat.
For example, the head of the Mu family.
When the two passed by each other, Xie Tingyue smiled politely, and the other party also acted like an elder, "painful reminder": "Young man, you should be cautious and cautious in doing things, too proud, be careful and break your wings."
No matter what happened to He Yuanqi before or what happened to Xie Ru recently, neither side could have any good feelings. The Mu family disliked Xie Tingyue, and Xie Tingyue's temperament naturally wouldn't be afraid.
He smiled and said, "So Patriarch Mu has broken his wings?"
Patriarch Mu's dismal end, broken wings is already a fact, but Xie Tingyue has not even tried, how can people accept this statement
The other party froze for a moment, snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and left.
Xie Tingyue is not afraid of offending the Mu family at all.
As time goes by, information accumulates, and many things that I didn't understand before can now be figured out clearly. The Mu family is an imperial merchant, and their own abilities are also sufficient, so some misleading directions have arisen. Xie Tingyue used to think that He Yuanqi was hugging the Mu family's thigh, and Long Qingfu was relying on his mother's family to get ahead, but it was not the case. It should be the other way around, the Mu family was originally a vassal of the Long family, and the dogs raised by the Long family obeyed people's orders to fight wherever they pointed, so some actions were ordered by the Long family, but the head of the Mu family was very capable, so he covered up all this. It makes people think that everything is his own strength.
Xie Tingyue thought about it for a while, and felt terrible.
The cooperation between the two families has been reached, with the bridge of in-laws, Long Qingfu's biological mother is the sister of Patriarch Mu. Long Qinglin and Long Qingfu are brothers from the same father, but the former was born of Long's father's first wife, while the latter was born of a concubine. Regardless of whether the concubine is a good concubine or a noble concubine, they are all concubines, born short.
Long Qingfu's noble concubine died early, she didn't know how she died, and she died in her prime. Long Qingfu was thrown to his grandfather to be raised at a young age, and his words are nice to hear, but his grandfather has deep obsessions, and he is wrong, how to raise children? Coupled with the various words of people next to my ears...
Long Qing got hysteria again, and her condition is very serious, she can't get married and have children like ordinary people at all, so she has to be locked up and supervised.
Two people who are truly related to the Mu family ended up like this, but the alliance between the two is still unbreakable. What do these people think
Does the Long family cherish this relationship, or do they not want it? Why didn't Cherish treat Long Qingfu's mother and son well? The Mu family didn't react at all to this, did they not mind at all? Because of the help of the official power brought by the other party, and the possible benefits in the future, the lives of your own family are not important
Xie Tingyue sighed inwardly.
He never dared to explore too much about the horror of human nature.
Compared with Patriarch Mu, Mrs. Hang was much more kind-hearted, and she took Xie Tingyue's hand and said a few words: "It depends on your younger generation after all, you are a young man, and you know how to go to the envoy to trick you." talk."
While talking, the old lady looked towards the direction of the mission, blinked her eyes, and was very lively.
Xie Tingyue was amused by her, and helped the old lady to the table and sat down: "Would you like to visit the mission too?"
The corners of the old lady's lips drooped, and she snorted: "I have nothing to say to the barbarians, so I might as well sit here and drink water to moisten my throat."
Seeing the old man losing his temper like a child, Xie Tingyue thought to himself, did this Chiman offend her
From Hang Qingxi's reply and the dossier of Chu Mu's news channel, he knows that Mrs. Hang's business style is the same as that of a human being. You have to kneel down and sing Conquer, don't blame the old lady for being rude if you dare to think wrongly.
Mrs. Hang is definitely not someone who disregards the overall situation because of personal grievances and personal preferences.
Now that it looks like this, it seems that they are not very interested in the leading position of the mutual market...
I'm not interested, I don't care, so why come here
Xie Tingyue thought about the problem all the way, and finally walked up to King Li.
Fearing that there would be too many variables, he saluted and simply hit a straight ball: "Dare to ask the lord, is that little thing Leng Songyan?"
King Li almost pulled off a strand of beard directly: "How do you know!"
And this kid doesn't follow the routine! He got right to the point without even exchanging pleasantries, did he want to scare the prince to death!
Xie Tingyue felt relieved, sure enough, it was this thing.
King Li was very excited for a while, looked around, then became nervous again, grabbed Xie Tingyue's arm: "You can bid now, be careful, you only have three chances!"
Xie Tingyue lowered her eyes: "Thank you, Prince Xie, for your reminder, I understand."
King Li still didn't let go of his hand.
Xie Tingyue: "My lord... hurt me."
As if he just realized it, King Li quickly let go of him, and patted him on the shoulder with a laugh: "I'm sorry, I'm so excited, so excited! Come on, tell me your price!"
"My lord is so strong," Xie Tingyue complained, and then said the price she guessed, "Leng Songyan, no money."
In the previous conversation with the head of the mission, Wu Kui did not give any detailed clues, but guessing based on the other party's emotions, he did not like the hurdle he fell, and he felt resentful, unwilling and angry. The fact that Leng Songyan was robbed by the bandits was known to those who were well-connected. In order to save face, few people would dare to mention it. It is difficult to dare to mention it.
Coupled with the other party's evaluation of Chu Mu, the words are very unpleasant, such as rotten sores, dying people, useless things are worthless...
Lost items are worthless.
What's more, the palace basically has a letter of approval, and the eldest prince can't survive for a few days.
This cold pine smoke is useless and worthless.
Xie Tingyue boldly guessed that the price given by the mission was just free!
The Chiman mission is probably a gambler, very daring to play, everything thrown is stepped on sensitive points, it depends on whether you dare to gamble! Also because the facts are not complicated, and the bet is only courage, the prince has no reason to refuse!
What three bidding opportunities are simply blindfolded!
Xie Tingyue was very confident in his guess, but no matter how confident he was, he would inevitably be nervous before he got the final answer. He looked at King Li without blinking his eyes.
King Li was stunned for a while, and suddenly patted Xie Tingyue on the shoulder vigorously: "You are amazing, good job! Here is something for you!"
He directly took out a small box from his pocket and handed it to Xie Tingyue.
"Thank you, my lord."
Xie Tingyue took the things, didn't dare to keep them for a moment, turned around and ran away.
King Li made too much noise! Everyone's eyes were drawn to him, everyone probably knew by now that the thing was on him, Xie Tingyue!
Let alone around King Li, Xie Tingyue dared not stop in any crowded corner.
He has been running and going around in various ways. In short, no one can find him now!
The rules of the game are only for the first round. Now that Leng Songyan has left King Li, the rest depends on his ability. Others can go the right way, ask him to ask him to bid, or take the unusual way, cheating, coaxing, lying, steal…
After all, the rules of the game didn't say it wasn't allowed, did they
Xie Tingyue urgently needs to buy some time now, and do some things to confuse the line of sight.
He ran all over the field, and people chased him all over the field, and it was not easy for the guards to intervene. He thought of all possible accidents and prepared a lot of emergency measures, but he never expected that he lost in physical strength!
He has no energy!
Shortness of breath, constant sweat on the forehead, sore and sore feet, and the people behind are about to catch up!
Xie Tingyue sighed helplessly, could it really be that he had to let things out for a turn before making another plan
At this moment, a person suddenly rushed out of the oblique stab, with a big hand wrapped around his waist.
The familiar breath and temperature came rushing towards her face, Xie Tingyue subconsciously jumped onto the person and grabbed hold of him tightly.
"Madam is so enthusiastic... But do you want to be a husband?" Chu Mu's laughter was the same as before, jokingly and teasingly, making people blush slowly.
Xie Tingyue didn't have time to be shy at all, and hugged Chu Mu's neck tightly: "What are you talking about? Let's go!"
Chu Mu laughed lowly: "I would like to follow Madam's order."
The wheelchair is equipped with mechanisms, which can hide sharp weapons for injuring people, and can also move quickly.
Soon, the two left everyone behind and came to a secluded corner.
"It's finally all right..."
Xie Tingyue's feet were still limp, she simply leaned on Chu Mu's lap and sighed faintly against Chu Mu's chest.
He was panting slightly, his face was red and attractive after intense exercise.
Chu Mu couldn't hold back, leaned over and kissed him for a while.
Xie Tingyue was shy for a moment, pushed him away, saw no one around, and excitedly described what happened to him: "You don't know, I met the leader of the mission—"
Poured out all the information before and after, and talked about his own analysis and guess, how to hit with one blow, get something from King Li, and then be chased by such a person...
Xie Tingyue was very excited, but also a little proud.
"Madam is so smart." Chu Mu kissed his forehead, his voice was as low and mellow as wine that has gone through the years, "It's just..."
Xie Tingyue suddenly raised her eyebrows: "Just?"
Chu Mu has always been targeted, and never casually throws cold water on others. There must be a reason for saying this. What did he think of
"Is it a little too smooth?" Chu Mu lowered his eyebrows, with cascading tides hidden in the corners of his eyes, "How can you understand all the mysteries after a few words with that Wu Kui?"
Madam is naturally smart, but the result that can be obtained because of smartness requires the cooperation of others.
Xie Tingyue frowned: "You mean, Wu Kui did it on purpose?"
It was impossible for Wu Kui to deceive him. If he deliberately deceived him, he would not be able to come up with the correct information and get something from King Li.
The other party took the initiative to show up and knew him, and seemed to be very interested in Lan Yingbu, but the topic somehow brought up Chu Mu—the other party seemed to dislike Chu Mu very much.
On purpose, or on purpose
Is Wu Kui really interested in Lan Yingbu, or is he interested in Chu Mu
Because he didn't want Chu Mu to be unhappy, Xie Tingyue didn't tell him about this conversation. Now that he no longer hesitated, he recounted this conversation in detail, and asked Chu Mu directly: "Do you know anyone from Chiman?"