Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Fengchenju.

Perhaps because of the previous relationship of being "suspected of harboring bandits", even though it was later clarified, Fengchenju's business was still greatly affected.

At least, at this hour, there was almost no one around.

The person who came out to receive Ning Xiuyuan was Ruoshui. When she saw Ning Xiuyuan, she looked at Shen Qian and couldn't help but asked about Chao Yun's situation.She heard that they were all skin injuries and would heal after a while, so she breathed a sigh of relief and went back to prepare tea.

The tea was the best frozen oolong, and in the dense fragrance of the tea, Shen Qian's eyebrows slightly raised, and his eyes instantly brightened, "It seems that today I have taken advantage of the Third Master." I have been to Fengchenju several times, and I have never been there before. I've seen Dongding Oolong on the tea list, and it's still of this quality. I'm afraid it might not be available in the palace at this time of year.

Ruoshui explained with a smile, "This tea is not sold by Feng Chen, but the girl kept it privately here. She told her that if her friends came over in person and did not explain it deliberately, just serve this tea. Mr. Shen is Miss Shen. Father, of course he is also included in this list."

After saying that, he took out three small porcelain bottles from his pocket and held them in front of Ning Xiuyuan, "Third Master. Although Aunt Chaoyun may not be short of them, these three bottles of Shuhen Cream are some of my thoughts. I would like to ask Third Master to fill them for you." Hand it over, I just told her that I would visit again in a few days, and asked her to have a good rest in the past two days." She didn't know that Chao Yun was still awake, and she only thought that although it was a skin injury, a walk in the East Palace might also hurt her. There is a lot of energy and energy, but it is disturbing to use it at this time.

Ning Xiuyuan didn't explain much, nodded and accepted.

Ruoshui then retreated.

Shen Qian poured the tea, lowered his eyebrows and took a sip intoxicatedly, and sighed, "Good tea! They say that Jiangnan produces good tea, and the royal family in the palace also purchases or pays tribute from Jiangnan. In the past two years, I heard His Majesty complain, It is said that there was news from Jiangnan that the weather has been bad in the past two years and there has been an insect infestation, so the tea is not as abundant as in previous years... I didn't expect Miss Ji to be so generous."

Although Ruocai Ruoshui's words could only be believed to three points, he was afraid that he could not be ranked as a "friend and family member" with Ji Wuyan. If not, how come he had never been treated like this when he was alone?

Ning Xiuyuan lowered his eyebrows and smiled, holding the tea cup and accepting it casually, but sighing in his heart, this tea has become less and less available on the market in recent years, either because of the bad climate or insect infestation, but because of the tea farmers in the south of the Yangtze River. We have such a generous young master and little princess.The little princess sympathized with these common people and always collected some agricultural products, tea, silk, etc. at high prices. The common people remembered their kindness and thought that they had nothing to offer. Since the little princess liked it, they always gave it away when they got better things.

After going back and forth like this, there are less and less things that can be taken out and sent to the palace, not to mention, they are all inferior - these common people would rather pay more agricultural taxes than send really good things to the palace. tax deduction.

As a result, over the past few years, Jiangnan, which has been blessed with good weather, good harvests, and has become increasingly prosperous, has become more and more like an offending deity due to insect infestation this year and heavy rain next year to outsiders.

This news was suppressed layer by layer, but it was never revealed to Yanjing City.The emperor was suspicious of this and that all day long. The tributes from Jiangnan were more or less. For the time being, they could only be ranked at the end of his long list of suspicions. As for the continuous disasters in Jiangnan?No one on the left or right wrote a memorial and reported it to the court to allocate funds or people, so who would care?
So much so that the emperor did not discover the real reason for the decrease in tribute from Jiangnan over the years.

Ning Xiuyuan later learned from Ji Wuyan that this little princess from the south of the Yangtze River was much better than the real royal family in Yanjing City in terms of food and clothing. Even so, Mrs. Ji still felt short-changed. .His little girl was well raised during the period before he reached her.

He lowered his eyebrows and smiled softly, as if the aura around him was dyed with a soft temperature by the dense mist. The cold and distant gods began to have the smoke and fire of the earthly world.Shen Qian thought that he had been through this before, so he couldn't see through it.

He slowly put down the teacup in his hand. At that time, the surprise and amazement in his eyes had dissipated, leaving only the calmness and transparency rarely shown in front of others.He looked at the young man sitting in front of him and said softly, "If it were the Third Master Ning before, I would never have said this. But now, the Third Master Ning, I want to try..."

Ning Xiuyuan raised his eyes to look at him, but did not speak, only nodded silently, indicating for him to continue speaking.

"Actually, you and I both know that the Prince of Jiangdu... now we should call him the former Prince. In prison, the only people he comes into contact with every day are the guards who deliver meals. I heard that because he always looks like He is yelling such treacherous words like a maniac that even the patrolling jailers avoid that place. He is almost isolated from the world, but how come this disease was discovered in him first?"

After saying that, he picked up the tea cup again, took a sip, and looked at Ning Xiuyuan.

Even if it was God's will that such an isolated person should be infected with the epidemic first, there should be a process of getting from mild to worsening... But the news we got now is that Li Yanxian, who was fine before, only half an hour after eating , suddenly...died violently.

It’s either God’s will or man-made.

Ning Xiuyuan knew what Shen Qian meant, but there were some words that you knew and I knew, so there was no need to explain them too clearly.He nodded slowly, with a serious look on his face, "You continue." Such a person who insisted on "they are them and we are us" naturally had something important to talk about since he proposed to drink this cup of tea.

"Third Master." Shen Qian called. This Shen Dingtou, who loves beautiful writing, fine wine, and beautiful people, slowly stood up with a serious and dignified face, bowed to Ning Xiuyuan in a formal manner, and then said, "Third Master. I'm worried about my wife in Dali Temple. I have to go in and accompany her when we're married. But... I'm also worried about Luo Xin outside Dali Temple. Although that girl is smart, she's still just a girl who hasn't experienced anything big. The girl's home. Currently, her mother and I don't know if we can come out safely due to the epidemic. If so, if so... I would like to ask the third master to protect her in the troubled times that may come."

After saying that, he bowed again.

As a husband, he has no hesitation, but as a father, he can no longer have both.

Ning Xiuyuan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and finally nodded slowly. The expression on the other party's instant relief showed something on his mind, "Master Shen, it seems that you have forgotten two people."

In the Dali Temple, there was his wife, and outside the Dali Temple, there was not only Shen Luoxin, but also the person who stayed with him day and night, and his other daughter, but he never mentioned a word about it from beginning to end.Although he guessed that the so-called love in the past was probably the moon in the mirror, Ning Xiuyuan was still surprised that the other party actually "didn't mention it at all".

Is it deep affection or coldness?