Murong Shuqing didn't care either, and adjusted the slightly wrinkled skirt, completely ignoring Fu Bowen's anger. Everyone is inexplicable. How many times has Master Fu seen this list? Is it surprising
Perhaps only Fu Bowen and Murong Shuqing understood the mystery. This year, on the Queen Mother's birthday, the Queen gave birth to the emperor's first son. Double happiness is coming. In view of the fact that there are still many bright yellow brocades left in previous years, the emperor deliberately ordered that this year's royal brocade bright yellow will be reduced from 50% to 20%. The empress dowager's favorite crimson purple and the queen's favorite bright red are doubled. Then the locust tree seeds collected by the Fu family were useless at all, and they paid twice the price to buy them. It's no wonder that Master Fu's face turned ashen when he saw the list.
Ignoring everyone's curious eyes, Murong Shuqing saluted Rong Deren and Lin Hang slightly, and left the government office calmly.
Summer is coming to an end, and it seems unwilling. In the last few days, it is desperately releasing all its energy, and the heat is unbearable. The soft moonlight failed to dispel the ubiquitous heat. On the tranquil lake, there were only mottled bamboo shadows, but no breeze could be felt.
Murong Shuqing held the fan and fanned it for a while. It was really hot whether it was fanned or not, so he threw the fan and walked to the edge of the bamboo bridge to sit down. She had taken off her coat long ago, and she casually rolled her trouser legs to her knees, dipped her legs in the lake water, and rolled her sleeves up to her elbows, so it was cooler. Murong Shuqing looked down at what he looked like now, shook his head and smiled. If she was seen by those girls, she would be reminded that she didn't look like a lady.
In the past three years, she has gradually become accustomed to life here, and occasionally still thinks of her parents and brothers from afar, but she believes that they will live well, and people are indeed animals of habit. At this time, she also hoped that they had become accustomed to being without her.
Four groups of black shadows chased a white figure into Suiyuan and fought in the bamboo forest. The man in white is very skilled in martial arts. If he was fighting alone, the four of them would probably not be his opponent, but now the four of them are attacking him. Gradually, the man in white can't resist, but he can still flexibly avoid the attack.
By the moonlight, Murong Shuqing narrowed his eyes slightly to see who the man in white was.
"Stop." The clear voice successfully prevented the confrontation between several people. The man in black had stopped his hands and feet, but he did not put down the long sword in his hand, and still pointed at the man in white alertly.
Murong Shuqing chuckled lightly, ignoring the embarrassment that he was surrounded by, and said leisurely, "I didn't prepare tea to treat you today."
An Qinxuan didn't take the bright sword in front of him, shook the two small wine jars in his hand, and replied, "It doesn't matter, I brought some fine wine for you to drink."
Murong Shuqing waved his hand, and the man in black instantly retracted his sword and disappeared into the bamboo forest. In the quiet bamboo forest, only An Qinxuan was left, as if the fight just now had never happened.
An Qin Xuan Xiemei's smile remained unchanged, and a sharp light flashed in the narrow phoenix eyes. The guards of the Murong family were not ordinary guards. Their martial arts were considered masters in the arena, but Murong Shuqing could make them obey like this. It was really exciting to have such an opponent. .
An Qinxuan jumped up, came to Murong Shuqing's side, threw the wine jar in his hand at her, grabbed another jar, and drank it on his own.
Murong Shu caught the wine that was thrown over, and looked helplessly at An Qinxuan, who was sitting beside him casually, and lamented in his heart, she has no martial arts skills Why are the people around her all masters, do they think she is too? Opening the cork, a faint fragrance wafted through the nostrils. Murong Shuqing shook the bottle lightly to make the wine's aroma more intense, and said with a smile, "Zhuyeqing? It is indeed a good wine."
Just smell it and know it's Zhu Yeqing. She is a lady who is also a good drinker. An Qinxuan teased: "It's really not easy to see you once." It's really not easy. It took time to find this Suiyuan, and today he was targeted as soon as he entered the mansion.
Murong Shuqing took a sip of wine, shrugged, and said with a smile, "My house has a door, but why do you like to climb over the wall."
Because of the heat, Murong Shuqing braided one end of black silk into two braids, casually hanging it on her chest, patted the bamboo bridge with one hand, and shook the wine jar with the other. She seemed to enjoy the mellow smell of wine even more. His legs were swaying on the water, and under the moonlight, he could faintly see his graceful figure.
An Qin raised her eyebrows and said frivolously, "Would you like to go in and change clothes?" She was really an interesting woman, barefooted and bare in front of men, and she could still talk eloquently, As if it were the right thing to do. But today, she is very different. She is less cold and elegant than usual, but rather lazy and charming.
Murong Shuqing smiled and said, "You came to me at this time. You should have already thought about what I will wear. You and I are not people who care about worldly vision. Is it too hypocritical to change clothes now?" She looked down. His attire was fine, only his calf and a small section of his arms were exposed, and everything else was neat.
An Qinxuan stretched out his hand, just about to feel the silky smoothness of his hair again, but was separated by Murong Shuqing with a wine jar. He smiled and retracted his hand, but his body quickly approached Murong Shuqing, and when his face was almost pressed together, he whispered in Murong Shuqing's ear: "It's not necessarily, maybe, I'll get excited. "
Do men in this era like to stick to other people's faces when they speak? Murong Shuqing remembered that domineering and resolute face, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart, but she didn't step back. With her knowledge of these martial arts masters and pretentious men, as long as she took a step back, a hand would be amputated around her waist. her retreat.
Ignoring the confusing voice coming from his ears, Murong Shuqing replied lightly: "I'm not beautiful enough to make you lose your mind. I've heard a little about Young Master An's name of hunting for beauty, but he's not the most beautiful person. It's hard to get into your eyes."
Yes, you can make fun of him. An Qin Xuan Xiemei raised her lips, put her lips on Murong Shuqing's ear, rubbed gently, and whispered slowly, "Maybe, I have changed my taste. I want to eat some porridge and side dishes."
Porridge and side dishes? ! Murong Shuqing laughed lowly, this man was so arrogant that he couldn't stand it, he adjusted his body slightly, and faced An Qinxuan face to face, Murong Shuqing also looked like a joke, and asked with a smile, "I should feel for this. Are you honored?"
An Qinxuan also laughed softly, this is the only woman who can tease him when he is softly whispering. Sitting up straight, looking up and taking a sip of wine, An Qinxuan laughed loudly: "This time you can completely knock down the Fu family and make him never turn over. Why did you let him go in the end?" It seemed that she was by no means an indecisive, womanly kind of person.
Just like him, Murong Shuqing took a big gulp of wine, and after a long time, he said: "Now is not the time to break the situation, if the Fu family falls, then the Murong family will be placed on the cusp of the storm, and the expansion will be too fast. Aroused the jealousy of the imperial court, no emperor would allow the national economy to fall into the hands of one or two people, the wood alone is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. It means fighting against the regime of a country.
"Are you going to miss such a good opportunity?" After all, the Fu family was the Murong family's biggest rival in silk, worsted and embroidery.
Did you let it go? Murong Shuqing smiled softly and said confidently and calmly, "The Fu family has lost a lot of money on the seeds of the locust tree this time, and he has not won the title of the emperor. His Caiyunfang business will definitely not be as good as before. In the industry, the Fu family will gradually become an empty shell, and it is only a matter of timing to destroy the Fu family."
Seeing her flying and confident appearance, An Qinxuan suddenly realized that her beauty was displayed in this way. Not charming, not enthusiastic, not absolutely gorgeous, but always so unique.
Perhaps, while they become rivals, they can also cooperate once. "Last time you said that there was no interest that prompted us to cooperate, and we had no chance to cooperate, so now I want to talk to you about a cooperation."
"Tell me about it." Murong Shuqing was also interested. Is there anything they can cooperate with
An Qin Xuanping lay on the bamboo bridge, not caring at all about his fine white shirt, with his hands under his head, looking up at the already black sky, after a long silence, he said in a low voice: "Yan Rui's current political situation I'm very nervous, I suspect that the motives of these people in the arena recently are not pure, although they haven't done anything yet, but as the situation becomes increasingly unstable, they will definitely take action."
She knew all of this, and it was what she was most worried about. Murong Shuqing thought for a moment, then sighed, "Then what are you going to do?"
"Fight the grass and startle the snake!"
An Qinxuan said these four powerful words with ease and firmness, but Murong Shuqing frowned, "You should know that doing this will most likely involve Yan Rui in the battle for succession."
"Others are already eyeing us, so we can't help but fight." An Qinxuan poured a sip of wine into his mouth and said with interest, "The most important thing is to get the most from it."
Without leaving the bank, Murong Shuqing shook his head and smiled, "You really are a mercenary businessman."
"you flatter me!"
Stretching lazily, Murong Shuqing picked up the feet that had been soaked all night, and regardless of their still wet feet, he sat cross-legged beside An Qinxuan, drinking Zhu Yeqing, and asked, "What are you going to do? How to work with me?"
"I know that you have your own information channels. I want all the information in your hands, and if necessary, financial support. Of course, the benefits I get from it will be half and half yours."
"Will the An family be short of money?" Murong Shuqing looked up and down An Qinxuan with a half-smiling smile.
An Qinxuan was not to be outdone, the corners of his narrow mouth twitched lightly, and he replied, "When it comes to money, your Murong family is no less willing."
Want to cooperate? Murong Shuqing felt that it was a little difficult to choose. Since Hongming had already found them, he wouldn't stop there if he didn't achieve his goal. She didn't care about burning a few shops and granaries, and she was afraid that he would hurt the Murong family. to blackmail her. Although she has strengthened her protection for them now, she is afraid that they will be lost. It would definitely not be a blessing for the Murong family to be involved in this battle for succession! It would be more appropriate for An Jia to come forward.
That's all, Murong Shuqing sighed softly, and then said lightly: "I'm not interested in politics, but sometimes I have to participate. Your guess is correct, the ninth prince of Yan Rui, Hongming, has contacts with people in the arena. The appearance of a person is inseparable from him. I can cooperate with you, but I will only provide you with information. I will not invest money in Hongming. If you can negotiate with him, I will take three points of the benefits. one."
An Qinxuan is funny, she still wants one-third of the profit without paying a penny. When it comes to the true nature of a businessman, she also gives full play to it. But he was more curious about her evaluation of Hong Ming, "You don't seem to be optimistic about Hong Ming?"
"No, he is the most likely person to become emperor." Hong Ming was only a concubine. In the court and palace, he had almost no support from any power, but he could grow up safely. At the age of sixteen, he was widely used by the people. To spread the name of his virtue. He has always maintained the image of an idle cloud and a wild crane, and he is indifferent to the world, but he knows the changes of the imperial court very well. When I was young, I knew very well the truth of keeping a low profile and winning the hearts of the people, so how could I be an idle person
"Then why don't you want to invest money in him?"
"He's a dangerous person, and I don't trust him." She could never forget those eyes that seemed to be gentle, but were actually so sinister that she was startled. Dealing with such a person is very likely to be bitten back.
"So it's very challenging? I like it!" It's interesting to play against such people. Turning over and sitting up, An Qinxuan and Murong Shuqing faced each other, shook the wine jar, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Is our cooperation negotiated?"
Murong Shuqing, just like him, shook the wine jar lightly, and said with a smile, "Your wine has been drunk." However, she still touched An Qinxuan with the empty jar, and agreed to cooperate.
An Qinxuan said with a smile: "I can't imagine that there will be a good place to drink in the future."
"If you don't climb the wall next time."
An Qinxuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud. After a few ups and downs, he disappeared in front of Murong Shuqing. When his figure left, two dark shadows followed him until he left Murong's house.
Murong Shuqing also stood up slowly, stretched his waist, walked over the two empty wine jars, and walked into the bamboo house.