Next, Fuyao and Shulan stayed in the mansion.
They can take a day off every five days, and on the day of rest, Liu Tangxi will take them to the capital to eat and drink. The two sisters had a great time.
After about half a month, the work in the field was over, and Mrs. Li came to the capital to see Liu Tangxi.
Seeing that everything was fine with her, she was relieved.
However, she also asked if the sisters Fuyao and Shulan had quarreled with her.
Seeing that Liu Tangxi really didn't think they were noisy, he left the two granddaughters behind.
When her son said to let the two sisters come over, she disagreed. My daughter-in-law is five or six months pregnant, her belly is big, and it is not very convenient to do anything. If there are two more children in the family, wouldn't it make trouble for her.
But the son said that his daughter-in-law was bored at home alone and wanted someone to accompany her. She said at the time that she came to take care of her daughter-in-law, but was rejected by her son.
Now that her daughter-in-law and her two granddaughters are getting along well, she gradually believes in her son's words.
That day, when Mrs. Li left, she still took the two sisters away. After all, they hadn't been home for half a month, so it was time to meet at home.
However, they returned to Liu Tangxi the next day.
The fruit on Zhuangzi was indeed collected for her by the Yin family, and the orchard was still open to the public as last year, and money was collected to enter the garden.
When Fuyao and Shulan were resting, Liu Tangxi took the two of them there. Mainly, she also wants to see how many apples are still in the apple orchard and how many days they can sell this year.
Liu Tangxi knew that the situation in the capital was complicated now, and she was pregnant, so she didn't go to places with many people. She didn't go in until the second half of the day, when people were almost gone.
She also went to a place open to ordinary people, because there were still several nobles in the garden next to her, and she didn't want to talk to those people.
"Wow, Aunt San, you are amazing, you can actually come up with such a method." Fuyao praised.
Shu Lan looked at the apples on the tree, swallowed her saliva, and said, "The apples are so big and red, they look better than the apples we grow at home."
Liu Tangxi glanced at the maid next to him, the maid understood, and immediately picked up a few red ones and washed them aside.
Next, the three of them nibbled an apple and walked inside.
"It's delicious, what the third aunt grows is delicious." Fu Yao praised while eating.
"Yes, everything the third aunt cooks is delicious." Shu Lan also praised.
Liu Tangxi smiled and patted the heads of the two of them, thinking that it would be nice if the baby in her belly was a daughter. How cute and caring her daughter is, she will support everything she does.
In case of bad luck, a person with Wei Hanzhou's temperament would be depressed to death.
It's enough to have one person in the family who doesn't like to talk. If there is another person who doesn't talk with a cold face every day, it will make people very uncomfortable.
Thinking that several men in the Wei family seemed to be the third child of Wei and not Zhongxing too much, Liu Tangxi felt his stomach and prayed secretly that he should have a daughter for the first time. When the daughter is older, the son will be born again.
After one apple was eaten, the three of them walked back.
However, when he turned around, Liu Tangxi found a figure. The man was sitting under a tree, and from her point of view, it looked like he was asleep.
Looking at the sun, Liu Tangxi said to Mammy Cheng: "Mammy, go and wake people up, the sun is going down soon, it's cool, so as not to catch a cold."
"Yes, ma'am."
After Momma Cheng walked over, she was about to talk to the man, but she saw that the man was not asleep, but was reading a book with his head down.
Madam Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Young Master, it's getting late, our garden is about to close, you—"
Before he could finish speaking, the young man under the tree raised his head.
Madam Cheng came from the Hou Mansion, and she basically knew all the noble houses of the third rank and above in the capital. At this moment, looking at the familiar young man in front of her, she suddenly widened her eyes and said in fear, "Second...Second prince, I have seen the second prince."
She really didn't expect to see the second prince here.
The shock in the second prince's heart at this moment is no less than that of Cheng Ma.
He had already been hiding here, how could anyone recognize him? Could it be that he is so famous now
In case someone finds out that he pays ten pennies every day to come in and eat for a whole day... I wonder if the emperor will scold him for being unpromising again.
"Ah? He is the second prince? How is this possible." said the servant who was cleaning here.
How can there be such a prince, who takes a small advantage every day and pays ten cents to eat for a day. Not only that, but he also stole food from their house before.
The second prince looked at the young servant's inquiring eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.
He was once scolded by this little servant, and he also met him when he went to steal vegetables that day.
"I... I... I'm not the second prince, you've identified the wrong person." The second prince picked up the book and covered his face, stood up in a panic and wanted to run.
However, he went against Liu Tangxi.
Liu Tangxi just heard the voice of Cheng Momo, and then walked towards this side.
Although she didn't have a good impression of the second prince, she still respectfully saluted him: "I have seen the second prince."
The second prince pursed his lips, embarrassed and at a loss.
He can fool Cheng Momo, but he can't fool Liu Tangxi. After all, they've known each other since childhood.
"Yeah." The second prince tried his best to stabilize his emotions and responded.
The relationship between the two was not good, and Liu Tangxi didn't speak.
The second prince was in a complicated mood.
He now relies on what Liu Tangxi planted to keep his mind clear, and Liu Tangxi is like a panacea to him. But he was beaten by Liu Tangxi when he was a child, he hated Liu Tangxi very much, and he slandered her after others.
However, since Liu Tangxi returned to the capital again, he seemed to have changed, becoming more gentle than before, which also made it difficult for him to say unpleasant words.
"Apples are delicious, thank you." The second prince whispered.
Liu Tangxi was very surprised and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Seeing that Liu Tangxi was about to speak, the second prince was afraid that she would say unpleasant words, so he turned aside and ran away.
Fuyao looked at the back of the second prince and asked in a low voice, "Aunt San, is this really the prince? Why doesn't he look alike at all."
Liu Tangxi carefully recalled the image of the second prince, and said, "It's the prince, but his temper is a little weird."
"Oh."
Liu Tangxi pondered the current situation and said to Madam Cheng, "Let someone pick a basket of apples and send them to the Second Prince's Mansion."
"Yes, ma'am."
Liu Tangxi thought, multiple friends are better than multiple enemies.
Even if the second prince is no longer skilled in general affairs, he still knows what the current situation is. Therefore, he did not go to the mansion of King Jin's mansion at night, but returned to his mansion. On the way back, he was still thinking, if Liu Tangxi found him, would he not be able to go again tomorrow.
In fact, he can also buy it and eat it in Fuzhong.
But, for some reason, he always felt more sober in the apple orchard.
Moreover, as soon as he was in the mansion, many people came to him, such as his eldest brother, his third brother, and some irrelevant officials. Especially recently, more and more people come to him, which is annoying.
He didn't understand, what was so good about the throne, why this bunch of people were fighting for it.
Moreover, even if it was other people arguing, he didn't want to fight, why bother him, can't he be quiet for a while
In the evening, looking at the basket of apples that Liu Tangxi sent over, the second prince suddenly felt that he really treated the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and his heart gradually changed towards Liu Tangxi.
That night, Wei Hanzhou still came back very late.
Because he slept in the afternoon until it was almost dark, Liu Tangxi was not sleepy at the moment.
Thinking about it carefully, she and Wei Hanzhou hadn't had a good chat for a few days. Every time Wei Hanzhou came back, she was already asleep. When she woke up in the morning, Wei Hanzhou left early again.
Taking advantage of the lack of sleepiness today, Liu Tangxi wanted to talk to Wei Hanzhou.
After Wei Hanzhou went to bed, he found that Liu Tangxi was looking at him with his eyes open.
"Did I wake you up? I'm sorry." Wei Hanzhou said.
Liu Tangxi said, "No, I slept a lot in the afternoon, so I'm not sleepy now."
Hearing his wife's sober voice, Wei Hanzhou asked, "What did you do today?"
In fact, before entering the door, he had already asked the next person. Every time he returned to the house, he would ask.
All the people in the house are from Liu Tangxi, so Liu Tangxi also knows about this. Hearing Wei Hanzhou's question, she blinked and teased, "Didn't you ask mama what I did?"
Wei Hanzhou was not embarrassed at all, lying on his side, raised his hand to touch Liu Tangxi's blushing face, and said, "Well, I asked. But my husband wants to hear from the lady herself."
Liu Tangxi smiled and started talking to Wei Hanzhou. For example, what did you eat this morning, what did you do, what did you eat, what time did you take a nap, and so on. Listening and listening, Wei Hanzhou knew why she didn't sleep at the moment.
"Did you meet the second prince today?"
"Yes, see you in the orchard."
"What did he say?" Wei Hanzhou asked. He remembered that the second prince didn't say anything good when he first saw the lady, and later said bad things about the lady to him behind his back.
"That's not true. After he saw me, he seemed too frightened. He said a word and ran away."
"Um."
"The second prince is really different from the prince and the third prince."
Wei Hanzhou said: "Well, the second prince likes to read, and he can hardly put it down."
Liu Tangxi thought of hearing someone say that the second prince went to the orchard to read books almost every day, and he read it all day, and complained: "Then he is not suitable for the Ministry of Rites, but suitable for being a librarian."
"Librarian?" Wei Hanzhou wondered.
Liu Tangxi realized that he had said something wrong, and said vaguely, "Just go to the library to do things. You can do things and read books."
Wei Hanzhou agreed: "Well, this is a good idea."
For Liu Tangxi, the second prince was a little better than a stranger. After saying a few words, he didn't want to continue discussing this kind of irrelevant person with Wei Hanzhou, and instead talked about other things.
It just so happened that Wei Hanzhou didn't like to discuss other men with his wife in bed, so he followed Liu Tangxi's words and talked about other things.
As he talked, Liu Tangxi thought of a question he had thought about today, and asked, "Do you prefer a son or a daughter?"
Liu Tangxi had asked this question before, but Wei Hanzhou replied that he liked it.
This time, Liu Tangxi added: "I can't say I like them all, I have to choose one!"
Wei Hanzhou pondered for a moment and said, "If it is the first child, I hope my husband will give birth to a son."
"Why?"
Liu Tangxi was slightly surprised. I don't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Wei Hanzhou should like her daughter. She clearly felt that among the nephews and nieces, Wei Hanzhou liked Shu Lan the most. Unexpectedly, he said he wanted a son.
Patriarchal? This is unlikely. There are no patriarchs in the entire Wei family. In their house, men don't talk much, and they don't have much sense of existence, but the two girls grew up pampered. Especially the soft, cute and well-behaved Shulan, the family dotes on her the most.
"Because, when my husband is not at home, my son can protect my wife instead of me."
Liu Tangxi didn't expect that Wei Hanzhou would suddenly say such a dirty love story. If someone else said it, she would be embarrassed until her toes grabbed the ground. But at this moment, listening to Wei Hanzhou say it, although he felt embarrassed as well, his heart was filled with joy.
"Really, so you think so." Liu Tangxi said with a smile, "Then you can't be at home every day? Before your son was born, you let him shoulder the responsibility of housekeeping. You are really cruel. father!"
Although he was accused by the lady, Wei Hanzhou did not feel any guilt, nor did he feel that he had done anything wrong.
"But what if I want a daughter?"
Wei Hanzhou thought for a while and said, "Then I will work hard as my husband."
Liu Tangxi burst out laughing, raised his hand and hit Wei Hanzhou lightly, and said, "It's like you can have whatever you want."
"Well, if it doesn't work once, it's two times, and if it doesn't work twice, it's three times."
Although Wei Hanzhou was talking about having a child, Liu Tangxi suddenly thought wrong. Thinking that the two of them hadn't had sex for a few months, Liu Tangxi's face suddenly turned red.
"You treat me as a pig, I don't give birth to so many."
Wei Hanzhou continued to say solemnly, "The lady will have as many children as she wants. If you don't have a daughter, let Fuyao and Shulan accompany you."
"I won't tell you, go to sleep."
"Well, go to sleep, it's getting late."
Due to the large number of fruit trees planted this year, several villagers have been transplanted, and a lot of them have been sold to the capital. Therefore, by the time the fruit is almost sold, Liu Tangxi has already earned nearly 20,000 taels.
She exchanged all the money for bank notes. Bring some with you, and put the rest with the previous tens of thousands of taels.
Seeing these amounts that she never dared to think about before, Liu Tangxi prayed secretly that she would be saved.
In mid-November, the first snow fell in the capital.
This snow was heavier than in previous years.
Wei Hanzhou suddenly came back for dinner recently. However, he often disappeared after dinner, and Liu Tangxi, who came back, didn't know at all. If it wasn't for the familiar smell on Wei Hanzhou's body after waking up, Liu Tangxi would have suspected that he hadn't come back overnight.
On this day, Wei Hanzhou came back despite the wind and snow.
Looking at the snow on his body and hair, Liu Tangxi frowned and said, "Why didn't you ride a carriage?"
Wei Hanzhou had already learned to ride a horse, and now he rides a horse to go to court.
Seeing that it was snowing today, Liu Tangxi asked Dongsheng to drive the carriage.
"Well, seeing that the snow is not big, I rode on a horse."
"Don't do this again next time. If it's cold today, it will be bad if you catch the wind chill."
"Well, remember." After speaking, Wei Hanzhou took Liu Tangxi's hand and said, "Go back to the house, it's cold outside."
Although Wei Hanzhou came on horseback, his palms were warm for some reason.
"Okay." Liu Tangxi said with a smile.
"Uncle Three."
"Uncle Three."
Fuyao and Shulan saluted Wei Hanzhou.
"Well, how did you read today?"
Shulan said with a smile, "eldest sister is a good reader, and her husband even praised her, saying that she has a unique idea."
Fu Yao was very happy, but he also praised Shu Lan: "My sister is not bad at reading, and her writing is better than me."
Wei Hanzhou glanced at Fuyao, he knew this niece very well. Smart is really smart, but also a little impetuous, unable to calm down.
"If you can calm down, your words will not be overtaken by Shu Lan, and you should not be impetuous when you do things. You should write an extra page tonight."
The smile on Fuyao's face gradually disappeared, and he said, "Yes, thank you Third Uncle for his teaching."
Liu Tangxi said: "I heard from my mother that my husband said that Fuyao is very smart and can learn everything very quickly, especially reading and playing chess. Shu Lan is quiet, writes well, and plays the qin well."
Both Fuyao and Shulan laughed again.
Wei Hanzhou glanced at Liu Tangxi and said nothing about the two nieces.
Liu Tangxi smiled and said, "Okay, the meal is already ready, let's eat quickly, don't talk about it."
"Um."
After eating, Wei Hanzhou talked to Liu Tangxi for two quarters of hours, and then left the house on the snow.
After he left, Liu Tangxi could clearly feel that both Fu Yao and Shu Lan were relieved.
Nowadays, there is a lot of sex outside the capital, and the neighboring countries to the south seem to be starting to move.
Third Wei also knew what happened in the north.
The reason why he knew it was because he met a diners from the north when he was delivering goods to Wei'erhu. The diner was a wealthy businessman, very wealthy. Seeing that something was wrong, he hurried to the capital to seek refuge.
That place is very close to Weijia Village, so after Wei Erhu learned about it, he immediately asked for leave and ran home to tell Wei San.
Third Wei hurriedly set up a car and went to the capital to find Wei Hanzhou.
When it was dark, Wei Hanzhou came back.
Wei Hanzhou is still calm, let the third Wei not worry. But how can this kind of thing be said not to worry about it? Even if Wei Hanzhou said it, the third child of Wei was still too scared.
However, after half a month, after entering the twelfth lunar month, the third child of Wei no longer worries.
There is no reason for him, because he found that people around him don't take sex seriously.
The capital is like a paradise, and people's faces are still full of smiles. Everyone felt that no matter how chaotic they were, they would not be able to come to the capital, and their hearts were very stable.
In this atmosphere, Wei Laosan's family gradually calmed down.
When I heard from passers-by that Weijia Village was in chaos due to the increase in taxes last year and the reduction of production in the land, Wei Laosan and others were afraid, but they were also glad that he brought his family to the capital.
Otherwise, if there is chaos, the old and young of their family really don't know what their fate will be.
"This tax is too high, so I don't blame those people for being against it." Li said in a low voice.
Although these words came out of Wei's heart, when he heard her say it, Wei's third hurriedly said: "Keep your voice down, now the third is an official, and this has been heard, and I have to give it to the third. cause trouble."
Li Shi was frightened and quickly shut up.
The third Wei is the only one who thinks the same as Li's, but most people won't say it.
Liu Tangxi is not as optimistic as people in the capital. Although the plot has changed, the throne is about to be replaced, and it will be even more chaotic.
Therefore, in addition to carrying money with her at all times, she also hoarded a lot of food, put it in the house, put it in each village, and sent a lot to the Li family in case of emergency.
In the blink of an eye, it was almost the New Year's Eve, Liu Tangxi's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she was about to give birth in half a month.
Fuyao and Shulan are already on vacation, and they are going home too.
Liu Tangxi thought that if she waited for the baby to be born, she would not be able to go out for a month, so before giving birth, she would go out this time and take the two of them to buy some New Year's goods.
When it was time to buy something, Liu Tangxi finally went to the dried fruit shop.
It just so happens that there are a lot of dry goods here, such as melon seeds and preserved fruits, which can be eaten during the Chinese New Year.
Just as he was picking, he heard a voice.
"Mrs Wei."
Turning his head, Liu Tangxi saw Fuping County Master.
"Fuyao, Shulan, long time no see." Fuping County Lord greeted the two little girls.
"I have seen the county master." Fuyao Shulan returned the salute.
"Why did the county master come here?" Liu Tangxi asked.
The county master of Fuping said, "I'm here to buy candied haws to eat."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Liu Tangxi's belly and said in surprise, "I haven't seen you for a few months, your belly is so big."
Liu Tangxi touched his belly and said with a smile, "Well, the child will be born soon, it's a little older."
After a few words of greeting, Fuping County Master went to chat with Fuyao in the room beside him.
Both of them have a carefree temperament, but they hit it off.
Liu Tangxi glanced at them and continued to choose dry goods for Li's New Year's Eve.
At this time, a carriage drove down the street.
"I didn't expect Megatron to be an idiot. Even a group of unarmed people couldn't solve it." The third prince said angrily.
Although the girl from the Marquis of Megatron became the third prince concubine, Liu Yunan still analyzed it objectively: "I'm afraid it's not because Marquis Megatron can't deal with it, but because there is King Jin intervening behind this matter, I'm afraid that some of the people who belong to King Jin are mixed in. in."
The third prince narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Fortunately, the prince is even more useless. Liu Can will be hacked to death by someone with a knife, and Marquis Megatron will be able to come back alive. In the eyes of the emperor, you are more useful than the prince." Liu Yunan said.
This is probably the better piece of bad news, the third prince breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as he is stronger than the prince, the father's throne will still be passed on to him. It's just that the fear is that the father's throne will not be preserved.
Liu Yunan saw the obvious anxiety on the face of the third prince, and reminded: "You need to calm down and don't mess around."
"Yeah." The third prince nodded. However, the mood is still disturbed.
Listening to the lively hawking outside, the third prince lifted the curtain of the car and glanced outside.
However, when he saw a familiar carriage, the third prince suddenly came up with an idea.
"parking!"
The carriage stopped immediately.
Liu Yunan was a little surprised and looked at the third prince.
The third prince looked at the carriage outside, and Liu Yunan followed his line of sight. Looking at the sign, it was the carriage of the King's Mansion, and looking at the specifications, it should be the master of Fuping County.
"I heard that King Jin loves Fuping County Master very much. You said, if I threatened Fuping County Master, what would King Jin do? Why would he dare to confront this prince?"
Hearing this, Liu Yunan seemed to know the third prince for the first time. She really didn't expect him to say such a thing.
Immediately, she wanted to object.
However, after thinking about the situation carefully, she calmed down and changed her mind.
"This is a good method. If the Fuping County Master is captured alive, King Jin will definitely make some compromises. However, how do you plan to capture the County Master? It looks like these people who are guarding outside are masters."
The third prince looked at Liu Yunan with deep meaning in his eyes, and said, "Is this shop owned by Liu Tangxi?"
Liu Yunan heard this, looked at the eyes of the third prince, and understood what he meant.
"Well, this is the big sister's shop. If I go in, I won't be suspicious. I heard that the princess has a very good relationship with my big sister. I think I will give an excuse and she will come out with me."
"An An, I will leave everything to you." The third prince said with a smile.
Today is really a coincidence. If you can really catch Fuping County Master, everything will be done with half the effort.
"But what if my eldest sister is also there?" Liu Yunan asked.
The third prince snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Then arrest her together, Wei Hanzhou is against the prince in private. Besides, she has never done anything good before, bullying you everywhere, and she should also give it to her. a lesson."
Liu Yunan pondered for a while, and felt that this method was feasible.
Her eldest sister is stupid, and the Fuping County Master is young. It is really easy to deceive these two people.
but-
"Big sister is pregnant with a child now, and Fuping County Master is a child again. You promise me that after catching them, you will only threaten them, and don't hurt them." Liu Yunan said.
"It's natural. The Fuping County Master is my cousin after all, so how can I care about a little girl. If you don't care about Liu Tangxi, I naturally won't."
"Um."
"You go to Tantan first, and I'll transfer troops, just in case."
"it is good."
Then, Liu Yunan got off the carriage and went.
She remembered that when they first met, the third prince was still a little transparent in the palace, and his heart was soft. But later, in the struggle with the prince, his heart became more and more hard. Although it is tough, it has not broken through the bottom line. It is cruel to the wicked, but it will not involve innocent people.
But now, when the situation was almost irreversible, he began to do something to children and pregnant women.
But she also has to admit that this is the best way for now,
If this move is successful, maybe they can turn the situation around.
She has worked hard for decades, and she doesn't want to lose.