I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Time goes by.

In the blink of an eye, it has been a month and a half later.

New Year is coming.

In Chang'an City, fiery red lanterns are hung everywhere, and a festive atmosphere permeates every corner of the city.

The bustling streets are full of people.

In front of a shop somewhere.

Thousands of people lined up quietly, looking orderly.

"Master Xiang, there are so many people there!"

Not far away, Yang Yuhuan, wearing a white fox cloak and ponytails, stretched out her slender fingers and pointed at the crowd, her big watery eyes blinked, looking pure and cute.

Fang Xiu looked in the direction of her finger, and felt a little curious when he saw the crowd in line.

What makes so many people scramble to line up?
"Go and see, what's for sale in front?"

Fang Xiu looked at the shadow guard beside him and gave an order.

"Yes!"

The shadow guard responded and stepped forward.

After a while, he returned to Fang Xiu and said respectfully, "Master Xiang, we are selling cloth up front."

"cloth?"

Fang Xiu and Yang Yuhuan were startled when they heard this.

Cloth is not something that is in short supply in Chang'an, so why do so many people line up here?
"Go and ask again, how is the cloth of this family different from that of others."

Fang Xiu waved his hands.

"Yes!"

The shadow guard took the order and left again.

After a while.

The shadow guard returned to Fang Xiu, bowed and said: "According to the people who lined up, this shop has a large amount of cloth, so don't worry about not being able to buy the style you like, and the price is lower than other shops. , and the more they buy, the cheaper the price, so they are willing to wait here."

The more you buy, the cheaper the price. It sounds a bit like a clearance sale for future generations.

Fang Xiu nodded, said no more, and continued to stroll with Yang Yuhuan.

After walking a few steps, I suddenly saw a familiar figure in front of the queued shops.

She was dressed in a black long dress, wrapped in fox fur, with black hair on her head, her face was like a silver plate, her eyes were like autumn water, and her two eyebrows were like a slender crescent moon.

It was Fang Xiu's wife, Li Yaoyue, Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"What is she doing here?"

When Fang Xiu saw her, there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.

A month ago, he had sent servants from the mansion to Zhenbaozhai to tell Li Yaoyue to take time to go back to the Xiangguo Mansion, and he had something to discuss with her.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed, Li Yaoyue seemed not to have heard the news, and stayed in Zhenbaozhai all the time, never coming back once.

Fang Xiu also shelved her original plan to let her go back to Jinnan for the new year.

This was just a whim, since she didn't seize this opportunity, that's all.

aside.

Yang Yuhuan also noticed Li Yaoyue, looked at her subconsciously, and thought: I haven't seen her for two or three months, why do I always feel that she looks better than before.

Li Yaoyue, who was imprisoned in Xiangguo Mansion back then, looked graceful, but compared with her current appearance, she always felt that she lacked some indescribable temperament.

This is not an illusion of Yang Yuhuan, but it is true.

Fang Xiu felt the same way.

"Master Xiang, you and your wife haven't seen each other for two months, do you want to have dinner together later?"

Yang Yuhuan took Fang Xiu's arm and asked delicately.

Fang Xiu said lightly: "No need."

Seeing this, Yang Yuhuan smiled.

It was rare for Master Xiang to go shopping alone with her, and she didn't want a third person to come out and disturb her.

"Ma'am is really amazing. For two whole months, she spent sleep and food forgetting to earn money for Zhenbaozhai. Unlike the slave family, who didn't see the Prime Minister for two days, she didn't think about eating and drinking, and couldn't do anything."

Yang Yuhuan held Fang Xiu's arm and said softly.

Fang Xiu glanced at her and thought to himself, this little girl is practicing very well now, and she comes here as soon as she talks teasingly.

"Master, I heard that Yirenju has recently released several new dishes. There are oysters brought from the country of Yan, pork rib soup stewed with high-quality goji berries, and tea made with cordyceps sinensis. Let's try it."

Yang Yuhuan said delicately.

When Fang Xiu heard the names of these three dishes, the corners of Fang Xiu's mouth twitched inexplicably.

He thought to himself, this is a plan to give a lot of nourishment to Truth's kidney.

"Just listen to you."

It was rare for Fang Xiu to accompany her out, and he almost responded to such trivial matters.

"Master Xiang is the best."

Seeing that Fang Xiu agreed, Yang Yuhuan had a smile in his eyes and arched eyebrows.

The two walked side by side, planning to go to Yirenju.

at this time.

Suddenly there was a loud noise not far away.

"This group of sons of bitches, don't follow the rules! My old lady must smash his shop today!"

"Yes! Smash them!"

Fang Xiu frowned slightly when he heard the voice, and turned his head to look.

In front of cloth village.

Dozens of shrews with big arms and round waists, holding wooden sticks in their hands, gathered together, shouting, and walked towards Li Yaoyue aggressively.

Li Yaoyue stood where she was, looking at these shrews with a calm expression.

All around.

The people who were queuing up saw this scene, but they were puzzled and didn't understand what happened.

in a blink.

The shrews came to Buzhuang.

A woman in cotton clothes stood up, with her hands on her hips, and with a fierce look, she shouted loudly: "Where is the shopkeeper of your cloth shop! Let him come out to see my old lady!"

In front of cloth village.

When the guys heard this, they subconsciously looked at Li Yaoyue who was at the side.

Li Yaoyue didn't evade, she stood up directly, looked at the woman in front of her, and said calmly, "What's the matter?"

The woman with big arms and round waist looked Li Yaoyue up and down, and said coldly: "You are the shopkeeper?"

Li Yaoyue looked at her with a calm expression and did not speak.

Seeing her calm appearance, the woman felt an inexplicable anger in her heart, and said through gritted teeth: "You son of a bitch! How dare you ask my old lady what's wrong! What immoral things have you done yourself! You don't know ?”

As soon as this word comes out.

The common people who lined up suddenly became interested and looked at Li Yaoyue one after another, with various thoughts flashing in their hearts.

This shopkeeper looks so young and so beautiful, could it be a man who seduced a woman?

Should not be!

This woman looked like a commoner.

Presumably her man is not a high-ranking official.

How could the young and beautiful female shopkeeper fall in love with such a person?
but.

If she didn't seduce her man, why did she come here to make trouble?
strangeness.
It’s weird.

The people were curious and talked about it.

at this time.

The shrew raised her voice and said loudly, "If you didn't use those messy things to weave cloth, you would lower the price of cloth so low! Wouldn't the cloth we weave be sold?"

The voice fell.

The women behind her responded.

"That's right! Before your cloth shop, everyone weaved their own cloth. At the end of the year, they could make a fortune. Now it's all right. The cloth we worked hard for a year is not worth what you weave with those messy machines. one day!"

"Now that other cloth shops have lowered the price of cloth so low, how do you let us live this year!"

"Whoever makes my old lady have a bad year, my old lady will fight with anyone!"

"Today, I must smash your cloth shop and your shitty looms!"

Angry cries echoed through the streets.

After hearing this, the onlookers froze in place, and it took a while to react.

It turned out that these women came to look for work only because the price of cloth here was low and the quantity was sufficient, which affected the price of the cloth they wove.

"I said you are too unreasonable! You still care about how people weave?"

"Exactly! As long as the cloth can be woven and the quality is not bad, you don't care how they weave it!"

"Besides, the cloth you weave and how much money you sell for it is up to you, so what does it have to do with you!"

A few young women who couldn't stand it anymore pouted and said.

Hearing this, the leading shrew glared at the young women, waved the wooden stick in her hand, and said angrily, "If you sons of bitches dare to fart, I will tear your mouths apart!"

The rest of the women also stared at the young woman, pointing and cursing.

After all, these women are young, they have never experienced such a thing, and they are weak. Facing these women, they all bowed their heads in fear and did not dare to speak again.

When the women saw that they had given up, they turned their attention to Li Yaoyue and said angrily: "Bitch! You smashed the machine yourself! Let the old women do it!"

Li Yaoyue stared at them with a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, her expression was indifferent, and she asked calmly: "Do you know that according to the law of Daqian, whoever gathers a crowd to make trouble will be punished twenty times! The leader will be killed with a stick!" "

When the leading woman heard this, she sneered and said disdainfully: "You are so frightened to be an old lady! My old lady doesn't believe it. If you smash a few broken machines at you, what will the government do to my old lady!"

As soon as the words were finished, Li Yaoyue's voice, neither happy nor sad, sounded again.

"You may not know that behind this cloth shop is Zhenbaozhai, and behind Zhenbaozhai is the Xiangguo Mansion. In short, this is the prime minister's business, and these machines are the prime minister's machines. Zhuang, it may be fine elsewhere, after all, the law does not blame the public.

But here, even if you just smashed the machine once, the Governor of Kyoto will find you out one by one and punish you severely!

According to the law, you may be able to bear twenty rods, but if the Governor of Kyoto imposes a slightly severe punishment, thirty or even forty rods, none of you will be able to walk out of the yamen alive. "

These words were neither rushed nor slow, and seemed extremely calm.

Seeing this, the women were inexplicably flustered.

Even the leading woman couldn't help but feel a little scared.

But thinking that as long as this cloth factory is still there, the cloth they weave will not be sold at a high price, and the cloth will not be sold at a high price, and she will have no money to buy food, let alone celebrate the New Year, and she regains her courage.

Pretending to be calm, he said loudly, "Who are you scaring! A man as big as the prime minister! How could he have anything to do with your cloth shop!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Yaoyue's voice was heard again.

"You don't have to believe it, you can also smash the cloth shop, smash the machine, as long as you have the courage to bear the possible consequences, you can do whatever you want."

After finishing speaking, she looked at the buddies at the side, and said calmly: "Open the door of the shop and let them go in and smash it."

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The guys were slightly taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and replied, "Yes!"

Seeing this scene, the leading woman gritted her teeth angrily, but did not dare to act rashly.

Seeing this, the rest of the women also fell silent, no one dared to be such an early bird.

For a moment, the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.

Time passed minute by minute.

Finally, the group of women couldn't bear the pressure and left here cursing.

Seeing this scene, the people who lined up became even more convinced that the cloth of this cloth shop was of high quality and cheap, and there were many discussions.

"Madam is worthy of being the empress of the Zhou Kingdom, she has such a temperament!"

Yang Yuhuan took Fang Xiu's arm and admired him sincerely.

If it was her, she might be able to find a way to deal with these troublesome women, but it was absolutely impossible to behave so calmly, as if she was dealing with a trivial matter from the beginning to the end.

Fang Xiu was silent for a few seconds, and said softly: "She has grown up very quickly, and now she has the shadow of when she first saw her."

Hearing this, Yang Yuhuan was slightly taken aback, hesitated for a while, and asked, "Do you want Mrs. Xiang to change back to her original appearance?"

The original appearance refers to her appearance before she lost her memory.

Fang Xiu thought for a few seconds, did not answer this question, just smiled and said: "Enough of the fun, let's go eat."

Seeing this, Yang Yuhuan tactfully didn't ask any more questions, but responded sweetly.

"Ok!"

New Year's Eve is approaching.

Not only ordinary people are preparing for the New Year, but so is the palace.

Walking into the palace gate, you can see lanterns and festoons everywhere.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Wu Mingkong sat on the dragon chair, looked at the list in his hand, and thought about who he should invite to the banquet.

aside.

Lin Wan'er was busy adding some decorations to the Hall of Mental Cultivation that symbolized the New Year's atmosphere, and looked back at the Empress from time to time.

Seeing that His Majesty the Empress was still frowning as before, she couldn't bear the curiosity in her heart, and asked: "Your Majesty, the list is full of princes and ministers, royal family and nobles who were invited by the ministers' banquets in the past, so this year, according to the invitation? Well, why bother to worry about it?"

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong raised his eyes to look at Lin Wan'er, and said in a deep voice, "I was wondering whether she should be invited to this ministers' banquet."

Lin Wan'er was dazed in her eyes, and hesitated: "This servant is stupid, I don't know who your Majesty is referring to"

Wu Mingkong said flatly: "Fang Xiu's wife, Li Yaoyue."

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Lin Wan'er was slightly dazed, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

According to the rules, the ministers are allowed to bring their wives to the ministers' banquet, especially important ministers like Fang Xiang, who bring their family members to the ministers' banquet, which can on the contrary show that the monarch and ministers get along harmoniously.

but.

Fang Xiang's wife is different.

In any case, she is the Empress of Great Zhou in name, if she is invited, what capacity should she participate in?
Is it a courtier or an empress?

After thinking for a while, Lin Wan'er hesitated and said, "Mrs. Fang has a special status. From the perspective of slaves, it's better not to invite her."

Wu Mingkong heard this, glanced at her, and said calmly: "I don't want to invite her, it has nothing to do with her identity, it's just that I simply don't want to see her."

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The corners of Lin Wan'er's eyes twitched, and she thought, to be precise, she probably didn't want to see her sitting with Fang Xiang, right?

Seeing that Lin Wan'er was silent, Wu Mingkong said again: "However, the signing of the Gan-Zhou covenant is imminent, and there are great benefits in inviting her to the banquet in the palace."