The Wife is First

Chapter 16: Short of money

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After an hour of rain in the yard, Jingshao didn't speak or move, Mu Hanzhang quietly accompanied him, hugged him and sat in the rain for an hour, and dragged him when he calmed down. Go into the house to shower and change clothes.

Although the other courtyard was used by Jingshao for military training, it was a royal courtyard after all. It should have everything that it should have, and it also has hot spring water. There is a large hot spring pool in Jingshao's main courtyard, but because it was raining, the open air could not be washed, so he soaked in the small pool in the house to drive away the cold.

"Ah!" Mu Hanzhang coaxed Jing Shao to drink a bowl of ginger soup, but he sneezed.

"Hurry up and drink a bowl." Jing Shao handed him the ginger soup, and he took a towel to wipe his hair. Then he remembered that Jun Qing's health was not good, and he was frozen when he was a child. Although the spring rain It's not cold, but sitting in the rain for an hour will make most people sick, not to mention him. Thinking of this, he hurriedly pushed Mu Hanzhang to soak in the hot spring for a while.

"I'm in good health," Mu Hanzhang said with a smile, seeing Jing Shao's intentions, "I used to kneel in the rain for three hours without getting sick, not to mention..." Seeing Jing Shao's expression changed, Mu Hanzhang smiled. Realizing that he had slipped his tongue again, he hurriedly dragged him to bed.

Because it was built for rest and entertainment, the bed in the other courtyard was much wider than that in the palace. Jing Shao crawled into the bed twice and lay down beside Mu Hanzhang, with a faint anger in his eyes: "why?"

"At that time, the nurse made a mistake. In order to save the nurse," Mu Hanzhang leaned on the large pillows at the head of the bed, and used the cloth and medicine he just found to bandage the wound on his hand, "The child will be punished. Isn't it normal to kneel?"

At that time, the nanny's son was caught stealing things from the house, and the lady wanted to drive them out. When he fell into the lake back then, it was the nurse who took care of him in a tangled fashion to save his life. The wife didn't give her a way to live. In the final analysis, he was not pleasing to the eye. I knelt down for three hours, but my grandmother couldn't stand it, so I saved the nurse and her son, but drove them to Zhuangzi.

When Jing Shao heard this, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Yes, I still knelt in front of the Qinzheng Hall for a day and a night."

Mu Hanzhang covered the people around him with a quilt, slid down by himself, put his head up with one hand, and lay on his side to look at him: "One day and one night?" King Cheng is an orthodox son-in-law, so did he not live well in the palace

"At that time, I insisted on going to the military camp. My father said that if I could kneel in front of the Qinzheng Palace for twelve hours, let me go," Jing Shao laughed at himself, "without the protection of my mother, my brother and I are in the palace. The eldest prince who is not as good as Jisheng, I just wanted to lead the army, hold the military power, and kill all those who bullied me!"

Mu Hanzhang frowned, put his hand on top of Jing Shao's head and gently stroked, but did not speak.

The gentle touch made Jing Shao squinted his eyes comfortably and took a deep breath. He smelled the faint fragrance of Jun Qing's body, which gradually calmed down the manic mood: "When I was a child, my mother would make small clothes for me by herself, and she would also make clothes for me. The especially delicious sweet-scented osmanthus cake, I broke her favorite orchid, she beat me up, I didn't cry, but she cried first, hugged me and asked me if it hurt..." As she spoke, Jing Shao's Eyes get wet.

The boy didn't cry easily because he didn't reach the sad part. For someone as strong as Jing Shao, the tears became more and more painful. Looking at Jing Shao like this, Mu Hanzhang felt extremely pity, slowly lowered his head, and placed a light kiss between his frowning brows.

Jing Shao opened his eyes to look at him, turned over and buried his face in Mu Hanzhang's chest, fearing that he would see his embarrassed appearance.

Mu Hanzhang lay down, hugged him, and gently stroked his back, like soothing a wounded little beast, stroking him over and over again. The tired Jing Shao gradually fell asleep with such a beautiful touch, 'Xiao Shao'er, you are about to have a younger brother or sister... '

'Even if she has younger siblings, Xiao Shao'er is still her mother's favorite child... '

'It's red! It's a big red! 'A confused figure, who is screaming? Where is the queen mother

'Shao, don't be afraid, it's alright, it's all over...' Whose voice was so nice, the blood-red scene in front of him gradually disappeared, leaving only a gentle face, a beautiful and unparalleled person in the cool spring rain smiling at him. The nightmare never appeared again, and there was only peace in the dense dream.

The next day, when Jing Shao woke up, the person beside him who had comforted him all night hadn't woken up yet. He looked up at that person's peaceful sleeping face, and remembered the gentle kiss from last night, which is only now coming to his mind. Although he only kissed between the brows, it made him excited. Slowly leaning over, he dropped a kiss on the underside of his eyes with a faint blue shadow.

Mu Hanzhang slowly opened his eyes and saw a handsome face close at hand, he was in a trance for a moment before he woke up: "Your Highness..."

"As I said, you are not allowed to call me your lord in private. You will be punished one at a time." Jing Shao kissed him on the lips in dissatisfaction.

Mu Hanzhang blushed and endured this "punishment", why does this person have so many names? "But it's awkward to just call the word 'Shao', and you don't have a word... Then, do you have a nickname?"

"My mother and brother call me 'Xiao Shao'er'." A certain prince shamelessly contributed his nickname.

Provoked by the sticky name, Mu Hanzhang twitched the corners of his mouth and chuckled: "'Little Spoon', this name is really good."

"It's 'Little Shao'er'!" Jing Shao said dissatisfied.

"Well, Xiaoshao, then I'll call you that in the future." Mu Hanzhang patted his head, then got up and started to get dressed.

Jing Shao's eyes widened, was he being molested by his own princess

When Jing Shao returned to the palace, he was stopped by Mr. Yun and asked him to deal with the consequences of running a horse in the busy market yesterday. Mu Hanzhang reluctantly went back to Dongyuan to make up for his sleep.

"My lord, the matter you asked me to investigate has become clear." After finishing a bunch of chores, Mr. Yun mentioned the news that had just arrived, "It's about the princess who fell into the water when she was a child."

The servants of the Beiweihou Mansion are changed every three years. After many years, many people who know it are no longer in the mansion. Even if some are there, they are very secretive about this matter. This seems to be a taboo in the Beiweihou Mansion. After many setbacks, the person sent by Mr. Yun found out that the nurse who took care of Mu Hanzhang when he was a child actually heard the whole story from the nurse in a farm under the name of Mrs. Beiwei Hou.

Back then, the old lady of Beiwei Hou made a fur cape for each of her two grandsons, a fox fur for Mu Lingbao and a rabbit fur for Mu Hanzhang. Because of Mu Hanzhang's good looks, Mu Lingbao felt that the cloak on his brother's body was better than his, so he insisted on grabbing it, and pushed him into the lotus pond during the tearing. There were also two cousins who were present at the time, and the three children ran away with the snatched fur cloak, leaving only three-year-old Mu Hanzhang struggling in the pond covered with thin ice. Fortunately, the nurse came over. , I picked him up, and then he was ill for half a year before he was able to get his life back.

"Damn things!" After Jing Shao heard this, he raised his hand and threw the cup in his hand. Presumably, Mrs. Beiweihou only threw the servants away in order to protect his son's reputation, and let no one mention it again. An unrighteous man who killed his siblings, the royal family would not agree to him becoming the heir.

Pacing around the room with his hands behind his back, he turned around and said to Mr. Yun, "There are two things for you to do now. First, go to check on Lingbao's whereabouts, hobbies, friends, and places he frequents; second, Find someone to spread in the capital, Fourth Prince Jingyu likes to eat raw meat, don't say anything else."

Mr. Yun understands the first thing, but what's the matter with these four princes who like to eat raw meat

"Didn't Jingyu like the raw fish that Dongying paid tribute? It's just that the word "fish" is omitted, you can do it." Jing Shao curled his lips and smiled coldly. It's just a rumor, who wouldn't? He can kill 500 soldiers and turn them into 100,000 prisoners. I don't know what the little hobbies of these four princes will be passed down. It's really exciting!

After Jingshao let people release the news, he stayed at home every day to accompany his wife, practice swords, read books, and enjoy this rare leisure time, and Mu Hanzhang also finished reviewing the three-year account books of the palace in a few days.

Looking at the monthly records on the account, Mrs. Side's monthly records are fifty taels, so he will have at least eighty taels of silver per month as the concubine. In this way, the problem of no cash on hand will be solved, and Mu Hanzhang closes the last book. The account let out a sigh of relief, which was much more than his monthly salary.

"Yunzhu, take this for a trip to get my salary from last month." Suddenly remembering that he still had a salary to receive, Mu Hanzhang handed a document to Yunzhu, although it was very meager, After all, it is an income, "the money you receive is yours."

"Really!" Yun Zhu immediately became energetic, "Thank Princess!" He grabbed the piece of paper and put it in his arms, and ran out happily.

"Master!" Lan Xuan hurried in.

"What's wrong?" Mu Hanzhang motioned for her to speak slowly.

"Grandma Zhou's young daughter came to look for you today, and was stopped by the guard at the side door. The slave and her servant talked to her at the door..." Lan Xuan said in a panic, but incoherently.

"What's the matter?" Mu Hanzhang frowned, "What happened to her family?" Grandma Zhou was referring to his nanny, and it must have been difficult for a young daughter to come to find him who was married.

"Her son broke his leg the day before yesterday and has no money to see a doctor. The people in Zhuangzi said that their family is old and disabled, and they can't work and eat food for free, so they will be driven out." Lan Ting, who came later, hurriedly took it Otherwise, Lan Xuan's stupid mouth will definitely make the young master angry, "She came to you because she wanted to borrow some silver taels from you."

"I see, you all go down." Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips, he had no cash in his hand, but there were some jewels in his dowry, but pawning the dowry as soon as he got married, that is, slapping his husband in the face, was absolutely impossible.

In the garden, Jing Shao was dressed in a white outfit, and a long sword danced smoothly. After finishing a set of swordsmanship training, Jing Shao stopped, and just happened to see his own princess standing by the rockery, throwing the sword to the maid beside, wiped the sweat with a cloth, and walked to Mu Hanzhang's side, seeing him want to speak again. Looking like he stopped, he chuckled and said, "Jun Qing, is there something wrong?"

Mu Hanzhang pursed his lips, lowered his eyes and said softly, "Can you lend me one hundred taels of silver?"