When Ruan Sanniang was suffocating to touch the fourth prince, Ruan Xi's foot injury finally healed.
"Miss, is it really not hurting anymore?" Suyu massaged Ruan Xi's ankle with moderate strength and was very comfortable.
In the past few days, Suyu Suzhu took turns massaging Ruan Xi's ankles.
Ruan Xi smiled slightly, and looked at her small, white and tender feet, secretly glad that this dynasty did not have the bad habit of binding feet, otherwise, Ruan Xi wondered if she could accept a pair of three-inch golden lotuses.
"Actually, it didn't hurt the first two days, but brother Tingzhou was worried, so he had to apply plaster for two more days."
Ruan Xi has been staying on the soft couch for the past few days, and Ruan Xi is almost bored. Now that she can finally sit on the couch and walk, Ruan Xi's brows and eyes are tinged with joy.
"Miss, Mr. Wen cares about you."
Suyu smiled and said, now she really let go of her worries and continued to massage the lady.
"I know, so I applied the plaster for two extra days."
Ruan Xi leaned comfortably on the soft pillow, with a smile on his lips.
At this time, Suzhu walked in with a happy face, and put the title deed on the low table on the soft couch.
"Miss, you have done what you told me. Here are the land deeds. I bought four shops and ten big villages. The four shops are in more prosperous locations and cost more money. The ten big villages all brought their own In the mountains, there is a big Zhuangzi with a big lake..." Suzhu introduced Zhuangzi's situation one by one.
After Ruan Xi read the land deeds one by one, she was very satisfied. Now she is also a farmer.
She bought Zhuangzi for self-sufficiency, and she raised ducks by the way. The braised duck shop's business is booming, and her money will only increase, so she can start to buy dowry slowly.
Ruan Sanniang's entry into the palace as a concubine is a matter on the chopping block. I don't know if Ruan Sanniang will ask for a generous dowry.
Ruan Yuwen is not young anymore, and his marriage will also be on the agenda.
Although Chengyi's mansion does not have to worry about food and clothing, and has a lot of property, but the daily expenses are also high, her dowry must not be shabby.
Ruan Xi's sale of braised ducks at sky-high prices may not mean that she is planning for a rainy day. The richer the dowry, the more confident she will be in Wen's family.
Seeing the young lady's happy look, Suyu Suzhu was also happy in her heart. The young lady has earned a large amount of private property by relying on the stewed duck shop, and she will not worry about a bad life in the future.
Ruan Xi put away the land deed and looked at the continuous drizzle outside. It has been raining from time to time these few days, and the originally sweltering weather has turned cooler.
"Suyu, go get some travel notes."
Suyu brought some travel notes and couldn't help asking.
"Miss, are you not copying scriptures today?"
Miss has been copying the Huayan Sutra for the past few days, but today she suddenly wanted to read the travel notes, Suyu was a little dazed.
Ruan Xi shook his head while flipping through the travel notes: "Relax today."
In the past few days when her ankle was injured, she was actually not idle, and her daily schedule was very fulfilling.
Now she wants to read travel notes to relax her mind and combine work and rest.
Suzhu went to the small kitchen to wash some clean melons and fruits and brought them some snacks.
A whole morning passed like this, Ruan Xi has been studying a travel book, the smile on his face is getting more and more joyful.
Seeing this, Suyu and Suzhu were very strange.
Miss Zhang Liang's Travel Notes has been read several times.
"Miss, I heard that Zhang Liang's travel notes were written by an arty traveler. What he wrote is not credible, and many of them are exaggerated. If it weren't for his family's bookstore, it is still a question of whether this travel note can be published. When it was released, not many people bought it, and it was left in the bookstore to accumulate dust."
"However, this traveling businessman likes to publish books very much, and doesn't care about paying for money."
Suzhu was afraid that Miss would believe the messy things written in "Zhang Liang's Travel Notes", so she hurriedly opened her mouth to reveal the details of Zhang Liang, a traveling businessman.
The corners of Ruan Xi's mouth curled up slightly.
"Well, don't worry, I know it well."
I really didn't expect that this traveling merchant named Zhang Liang had seen such high-yielding crops as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes overseas. The description in the travel notes is indeed a bit exaggerated, but it is true.
She originally wanted to pass the time, but was suddenly hit by this big surprise. She didn't know if Ruan Sanniang would send people to find high-yield crops like in the book in this life. Will pretend not to see.
When Wen Tingzhou comes, let him go to the traveling merchant named Zhang Liang to bring back the high-yielding crops.
Wen Tingzhou came over at noon as usual, and saw Ruan Ruan happily welcoming him at the door of the house, a gentle smile escaped from the corner of Wen Tingzhou's lips, and strode towards her.
"Ruan Ruan, is your foot healed?"
"Well, okay, brother Tingzhou, come in quickly, I have something to tell you." Ruan Xi couldn't wait to enter the hall holding Wen Tingzhou's hand.
Zhang Qing, who was neglected, followed in with familiarity.
Wen Tingzhou looked at the hand being pulled, and the smile on the corner of his lips deepened.
When Wen Tingzhou sat down, Ruan Xi quickly handed him the travel book, looking at him expectantly: "Brother Tingzhou, take a look at this travel book, it contains several edible crops, I am very grateful Interesting, brother Tingzhou, send someone to bring these three crops back."
Suyu Suzhu almost didn't cover her face.
The lady actually believed in the travel notes written by Zhang Liang, a traveling businessman.
"Let me see." Wen Tingzhou raised his eyebrows, seeing Ruan Ruan's anticipation, he suddenly became interested, took the travel notes that Ruan Xi handed over and looked through.
"Brother Tingzhou, here, look here first." Ruan Xi sat beside Wen Tingzhou, watched him slowly flip through, and quickly turned the travel notes to the page she had folded.
Wen Tingzhou nodded with a smile: "OK."
Looking at it, Wen Tingzhou's handsome face gradually became serious. What he valued was the crop called sweet potato. This kind of operation does not pick the land, and can be planted on barren wasteland, and the yield seems to be not low.
Although the description of the travel notes is a little exaggerated, Wen Tingzhou thinks it is possible to get it back and try planting.
If it is true, there will be three more types of food that can fill their stomachs, which is also a great joy for the common people.
"Ruan Ruan, I'll send someone to find Zhang Liang when I go back, maybe he has these kinds of crops there."
Ruan Xi was very happy.
She knew that Wen Tingzhou would believe what was written in the travel notes.
Suyu Suzhu: "..."
Mr. Wen dotes on Miss too much.
This time, under Ruan Xi's urging, Wen Tingzhou didn't stay in Chengxin Garden, but hugged Ruan Xi fiercely before leaving.
After Ruan Xi's foot injury healed, Wen Tingzhou could no longer meet Ruan Xi under the guise of visiting him. This time, he hugged Ruan Xi hard enough.
After Wen Tingzhou left, Ruan Xi felt lost and didn't know when the next meeting would be.
But her sadness didn't last long. A woman came in and reported that there was not enough marinade in the braised duck shop. Ruan Xi hurriedly went to the small kitchen to cook a big pot of marinade.
The rich aroma of the marinade filled the air again, and the servants of the Bo's mansion were distracted by the aroma.
Ruan Sanniang gritted her teeth even more, Fourth Sister is a lucky guy.
Ruan Sanniang swallowed her saliva when she smelled this tempting fragrance, she endured it, and finally couldn't bear to go to Chengxin Garden anymore.
Ruan Xi had just changed her clothes when she saw Ruan Sanniang who broke in again, her brows furrowed slightly.
"I want to eat braised duck, fourth sister, get me a braised duck." Ruan Sanniang said bluntly.
Both of them were tearing their faces apart, and Ruan Sanniang didn't bother, and asked for it directly.
"No, if you want to eat, go buy it in line." Ruan Xi smiled angrily seeing Ruan Sanniang's natural appearance.
No one is so thick-skinned.
It's a pity that Ruan Xi is not used to her.
"You want me to spend a hundred taels of silver to buy you a stewed duck. You must be crazy about money." Ruan Sanniang glared at Ruan Xi viciously.
"Yeah, I'm used to being poor." Ruan Xi looked at Ruan Sanniang with a smile.
Ruan Sanniang was furious, and threatened: "Even my sisters need a hundred taels of silver to eat a stewed duck, so you are not afraid that I will spread the matter?"
Ruan Xi said nonchalantly, "It's up to you."
Ruan Sanniang's face was as black as the bottom of a pot in an instant, and she was trembling with anger. Finally, seeing that she really couldn't get the braised duck, she rushed away angrily.
Suyu worried: "Miss, aren't you afraid that Miss San will spread rumors?"
Ruan Xi raised the corners of her lips: "There is nothing to be afraid of. There are dozens of versions of rumors about me in the capital. If there are too many rumors that are messy and unreliable, there will be fewer people who believe them."
Besides, Ruan Sanniang's reputation is so bad now that it is not so easy to recover, and she seems to have no intention of redeeming Ruan Sanniang.
Suyu thinks about it too, so she no longer struggles.
Ruan Sanniang rushed out of Chengxin Garden angrily, the glutton in her stomach has not subsided, she has not eaten braised duck for a long time, she is really greedy, Ruan Sanniang gritted her teeth, and decided to go to the main courtyard to find Zhang who loved her.
In the end, Ruan Sanniang still didn't get the braised duck, so she could only secretly send people to line up to buy it aggrieved.
After failing to buy it for five consecutive days, Ruan Sanniang almost vomited blood, and had no choice but to give up.
She still has more important things to do—Pengci Fourth Prince.
It's a pity that she had a good plan, but she underestimated the female guards around her, and underestimated the importance the old emperor attached to her.
She just went to visit Mu Qingci in the fourth prince's mansion. Although she hit a wall and didn't see anyone, but such a small action, plus the words she was overheard by the female guard when she threw something in the house, the old emperor guessed to her intentions.
The old emperor was furious, and quickly issued an imperial edict to make a concubine.
Ruan Xi didn't know what Ruan Sanniang was doing in private, she was reading Wen Tingzhou's letter.
Sure enough, as she expected, the traveling merchant named Zhang Liang really had three crops: sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corns, but the quantities were not large, and they were all used as seeds.
Not only that, but also the method of planting, Ruan Xi was very happy after seeing it.
When Ruan Xi was about to write a reply to Wen Tingzhou, Su Zhu hurried in.
"Miss, there are people coming from the palace. Madame invites you to the hall to receive the order."
Ruan Xi was taken aback for a moment, and then thought of what Wen Tingzhou had said to her, that this decree might be Ruan Sanniang's decree to make a concubine.
She tidied up her appearance and took Suyu Suzhu to the main courtyard.
At this time, the main courtyard was full of people. A white-faced and beardless father-in-law was standing with an imperial decree in his hand, followed by a team of forbidden soldiers.
The old lady, Mrs. Zhang, Ruan Yuwen, Ruan Sanniang with a strange expression...
The strange thing is that today is not the day for Hugh Mu. Ruan Xi couldn't help being a little surprised when she saw her uncle was there. At this time, Bo Cheng saw Ruan Xi coming and bowed his hands to the father-in-law who was holding the imperial decree.
"Eunuch Liu, everyone is here, please read the imperial edict."
Eunuch Liu nodded.
Everyone knelt down to accept the order.
As Ruan Xi expected, this is an imperial decree to enshrine a concubine, which probably means that Ruan Sanniang invented movable type printing, and made great contributions.
Except for Ruan Xi, everyone present was shocked.
There was a gloomy look in Zhang's eyes.
The moment Ruan Sanniang heard the concubine's decree, her blood surged up, she was so stimulated that she passed out, and the jewels on her head rolled down to the ground, making a crisp sound.
Ruan Xi: "..."
The old lady and Uncle Chengyi were very happy that Ruan Sanniang was named concubine, but Ruan Sanniang suddenly passed out.
The faces of the two were ashen, startled and angry, wishing to wake up Ruan Sanniang, and for failing to accept the order, the emperor knew about it, so he didn't know how to punish him.
The old lady quickly put on a happy smile, opened her eyes and spoke nonsense.
"Eunuch Liu, Sanniang fainted from excitement when she heard that she was going to enter the palace as a concubine."
Ruan Xi: "..."