Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 411
at dusk.

after dinner.

Zhu Xiuyuan, Dong Cheng, Dong Shuyu, and Dong Shuzhen gathered in the flower hall of the main house.

Yan Dashan was also called over by Zhu Xiuyuan.

The reason why it was called Yan Dashan was because the discussion this time was about the formation of generals.

"The earl can form 1000 generals, and the generals' food, salary, armor, horses, weapons, and training must be prepared by themselves. The court will not provide money or food."

"In our mansion, the Jinwu Guards are still serving as family generals. After all, the Jinwu Guards are the emperor's personal soldiers. It is okay to serve as family generals in the short term, but definitely not in the long term."

"So, father-in-law, Shuyu, Madam, and Dashan, we are going to start forming our own generals for Jiangcheng Uncle Mansion!"

Zhu Xiuyuan glanced at everyone and announced his decision to form a family general.

"Well, the good son-in-law is now the uncle of Jiangcheng. It is indeed time to form a family general. However, as far as I know, the consumption of family generals is very high. There are many lords who either plunder tenants or deduct the military pay of their soldiers... Only in this way can we Ensure the supply of our generals.”

"This is also a major shortcoming of our Chen country... Generally speaking, family generals are always more elite than regular soldiers..."

Dong Cheng twirled his beard and made some analysis.

"Well, Dashan, you once served as a captain in the army. What do you think?"

Zhu Xiuyuan looked at Yan Dashan.

"My dear friend, what I said is very correct. I have nothing to add."

Yan Dashan suppressed the excitement in his heart and organized a family. His benefactor would definitely give him this task...

His hands were already itchy.

"So it seems that the most important thing when setting up a family is to ensure that there is enough money and food."

Dong Shuyu also spoke, her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed, obviously racking her brains to think about this issue.

Because of the title of "Kefu's daughter", Dong Shuyu was ready not to marry for the rest of her life.

Then the things at home and the people at home are one of her sustenance.

Regarding Zhu Xiuyuan, she always dreamed that he would be promoted step by step and become a general.

Now, Zhu Xiuyuan is about to form a family, which is what a count should have.

Therefore, Dong Shuyu also actively participated and made suggestions.

"Well, Shuyu is right. A good general can save his life at a critical moment, but it takes a thousand days to maintain an army. Needless to say, it costs a lot."

Zhu Xiuyuan nodded and looked at Dong Shuyu approvingly. Money and food were indeed the biggest constraint.

"Father, Xiuyuan, before my Dong family, although there were no high-ranking officials or dignitaries, they were considered a family of poets, ceremonies and scholars. Fame is more important than fate."

"Therefore, we cannot do things like exploiting tenants and withholding food and wages. The expenses needed to build a family must be earned from business activities!"

Dong Shuyu spoke slowly, looking at the faces of Dong Cheng and Zhu Xiuyuan from time to time.

Dong Cheng and Zhu Xiuyuan both nodded, agreeing with Dong Shuyu's words.

"Shu Yu said it right. We don't bother to do those things, so let's make money from the business of merchants!"

Zhu Xiuyuan agreed, which set the tone for the matter.

"That being the case, Xiuyuan, the matter of opening the restaurant we discussed yesterday needs to be done as soon as possible." Dong Shuyu said again.

"Okay, in two days, it will be the Winter Solstice Festival. After the Winter Solstice Festival, we will start to deal with the matter of opening a restaurant!"

Zhu Xiuyuan has the final word.

……

After the discussion, everyone went back to their respective courtyards.

Zhu Xiuyuan took a comfortable bath, changed clothes and came out, ready to chat with his wife.

Dong Shuzhen is his "removing trouble fruit".

Just listening to her silver bell-like laughter made Zhu Xiuyuan feel comfortable, as if all the worries of the day had disappeared.

This way, you can sleep more soundly.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan walked around their small courtyard but could not find Dong Shuzhen's shadow.

Even Xia Wu didn't know where she was going.

Only the little maid Qiu Wen followed him, seriously being her little follower.

"Hey, where is the lady? Xia Wu is not here either. Where have they gone?"

After searching around and not finding it, Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't help but ask.

"My lord, the slaves don't know either, when my aunt came out of the bath, Miss and Xia Wu were gone."

However, only the little follower Qiu Wen responded to Zhu Xiuyuan.

"Forget it, the lady and Xia Wu should be playing somewhere in the mansion."

Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head, this mansion is too big, and there are also disadvantages.

For example, now, he can't find his wife...

Shaking his head, Zhu Xiuyuan turned around, walked towards the bedroom, and ordered: "Get ready to go to bed, ignore them."

"Good uncle."

So Qiu Wen went to make the bed, fold the quilt, light sandalwood, and arrange everything properly.

However, as soon as Zhu Xiuyuan entered the room, Dong Shuyu's maid Chunxue ran over and said that the eldest lady wanted to talk to him about something.

Zhu Xiuyuan froze for a moment, put on a coat and went out, followed Haruyuki to a pavilion near the main house.

Dong Shuyu had already been waiting in the pavilion.

There is no moon tonight, but there are lanterns on the corridors in the mansion, illuminating the pavilion and corridors.

The pavilion was built near the water, and underneath was a lotus root pond. It was winter now, and there were no lotus flowers or leaves in the pond, only "withered lotus" in the pond.

Zhu Xiuyuan approached and saw Dong Shuyu sitting on the fence of the pavilion, with his back against the stone pillars of the pavilion, looking at the dead lotus in the pond, as if in a daze.

Zhu Xiuyuan could only see her profile.

The candlelight of the lantern hit Dong Shuyu's snow-white long dress, which was heavily piled with gauze, and dyed it a light red.

Through the outline of the long skirt, one can vaguely see her legs and feet, which are very ladylike. Under the hem of the skirt, a pair of small and delicate embroidered shoes reveal a naughty head...

What a small pair of lotus feet!
Zhu Xiuyuan vaguely understood why people in ancient times liked to bind their feet.

Because under this soft ancient long skirt, a pair of lotus feet are hidden, which indeed looks very interesting and fascinating...

Her whole painting style looks very gentle and soft, with a unique temperament of a lady, like a spring breeze!

The footsteps of Zhu Xiuyuan and Chunxue disturbed Dong Shuyu, who was in a daze.

She turned back and stood up.

Looking at the beauties under the lantern is naturally interesting.

Dong Shuyu is undoubtedly a top-notch beauty, but her beauty is not overt, but more about her inner temperament, which is graceful, reserved, graceful, and has the temperament of a lady.

It's very pleasant to get along with it.

"Xiuyuan, you're here. Please sit down."

"It's getting late. Shuyu called me here. Is there something urgent?"

Zhu Xiuyuan asked while sitting down in front of the stone table in the pavilion.

"It's not that important..."

Dong Shuyu also sat down, his face slightly red.

After night fell, her sister-in-law was summoned. Although Chun Xia and Dong Mei were here to accompany her, it still made her feel a little strange in her heart.

But for that matter, she could only endure the strangeness in her heart.

"I just want to ask about Miss Huamanlou Kou..."

Dong Shuyu was a little embarrassed to speak, and his face turned redder.

"Oh, so that's it. Shuyu, please don't worry, that girl Kou and I just met by chance, and it's nothing more than a nod!"

Zhu Xiuyuan was quite generous. Obviously, he had simulated this answer in his mind countless times.

"So... that's how it is!"

Dong Shuyu nodded, raised his eyes to look at Zhu Xiuyuan lightly, then immediately lowered his head.

"But... today..." "Oh, although Miss Kou is famous all over the world, she is still a weak woman after all. It is extremely difficult for her to deal with the powerful people in the capital. Therefore, Miss Kou needs to find some help."

"Oh I got it……"

Dong Shuyu nodded.

Although she was the one "questioning" Zhu Xiuyuan this time, she was too embarrassed to even look at Zhu Xiuyuan. She still needed Zhu Xiuyuan to guess her thoughts and take the initiative to "confess".

She felt very embarrassed.

Because Kou Wanwan's identity is so special, it is really hard for Dong Shuyu to say the word "singing and dancing girl"...

Dong Shuyu took a deep breath to calm down his ups and downs.

Then he raised his eyes, looked into Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes, and said slowly: "Xiuyuan, you are now the uncle of Jiangcheng, and you are not an ordinary citizen..."

"Since ancient times, it has been a rule for men to have three wives and four concubines. Besides, Xiuyuan, you have a distinguished status now... If Xiuyuan wants to take concubines, that's okay, but... don't neglect Zhen'er!"

Dong Shuyu also risked his life for his sister.

Such words made her, a yellow-flowered girl, so shy that her heart trembled, but she endured it with all her might.

As Zhen'er's eldest sister, she had to say these words.

"I wish Xiuyuan made an oath to the sky, never to neglect my lady, never to disappoint my lady, if I break this oath, the sky will be struck by lightning, and I will die!"

Zhu Xiuyuan got up immediately, swearing to God, his spirit was extremely serious.

"do not……"

Dong Shuyu was startled and stood up too. Her beauty was pale, but Zhu Xiuyuan had already finished her oath, and she couldn't stop him even if she wanted to.

"Xiuyuan, you don't have to do this!"

"Haha, Shuyu, you don't need to persuade me. She is my married wife. No matter what, I will never break my oath, so don't worry!"

Zhu Xiuyuan was in a good mood, and suddenly thought of Dong Shuyu's words.

What's "Besides, Xiuyuan, you have a distinguished status now... If Xiuyuan wants to take a concubine..."

His heart suddenly became enlightened.

Yes, he is now a member of the privileged class and can marry multiple wives...

In ancient times, although there was a distinction between wives and concubines, it actually depended on his attitude. If Zhu Xiuyuan did not distinguish between wives and concubines, then what difference would there be!

This seems to be a good way to solve certain problems, and it is probably the only way!
Once he figured this out, Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes immediately turned hot when he looked at Dong Shuyu... In fact, ever since the Lushan Thief Den incident, Zhu Xiuyuan could never forget Dong Shuyu.

In the past, due to various constraints, he could still maintain restraint and was only secretly entangled in his heart.

But just now, Dong Shuyu woke him up personally... His status now is extraordinary!

This is like opening a floodgate that can no longer be closed...

As a woman, Dong Shuyu was so sensitive that she immediately noticed the change in Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes.

She subconsciously raised her eyes to greet him.

As soon as their eyes came into contact, a huge wave surged through her body...

She couldn't help but open her mouth slightly, and her heart was beating fast.

Immediately afterwards, she suddenly noticed Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes looking at her and moved downwards...

That fiery gaze, like warm water, flowed over her forehead, eyes, nose, face, chin, neck, collarbone...

Further down, I stopped at two places.

"It's getting late, I...I'm going back first!"

Dong Shuyu immediately turned around, said nothing, and ran away.

"Miss, wait..."

Haruyuki and Dongmei immediately chased after him.

At this moment, Dong Shuyu's heart was extremely complicated, he was up and down, his heart was pounding, and his whole body was full of warmth.

Zhu Xiuyuan's fiery gaze and the position where it stayed.

In front of her eyes, the scene of Zhu Xiuyuan's violent nosebleed in Lushan's den of thieves could not help but appear.

And the night before Dong Shuzhen went to Beijing, the two sisters slept together, what Zhener once said.

It seems that Zhu Xiuyuan likes her like this...

Tonight again, Zhu Xiuyuan's eyes... consciously stayed there...

Thinking of these things made her blood flow accelerate, and only by running wildly could she get some relief.

……

The night is like water.

In Dong Shuyu's boudoir, she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

In the darkness, she held her hand over her heart, which was still beating wildly and seemed unable to stop.

She pressed hard, but couldn't stop it.

Those miscellaneous pictures kept appearing in front of my eyes, and I couldn't get rid of them.

Before I knew it, the night was already very deep.

After such a long period of "cooling down", Dong Shuyu finally stopped being so excited, and her heart gradually calmed down.

Although her body felt tired, she could not sleep at all.

My mind was still empty.

She was extremely smart. In this quiet night, she suddenly figured out why Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly changed.

It turned out that it was what she said that "woke up" him.

"Then...Xiu Yuan...he actually wants to take me as...concubine?!"

As soon as Dong Shuyu figured out this answer, his whole body began to throb again.

My limbs seemed to be twitching, and my heart was beating wildly...

At the same time, she couldn't help but feel sweetness in her heart.

Although her limbs were "wiggling", the corners of her mouth could not help but twitch. In this night, she opened her eyes wide and stared at the top of the bed curtain...

For a moment, she had a picture in her mind.

There are scenes of her and Zhu Xiuyuan being intimate with each other.

There are also scenes of pregnancy and childbirth, sewing small clothes, small shoes, etc., all of which she imagined in her mind.

"inappropriate!"

Suddenly, Dong Shuyu thought of the "iron hat" he was wearing -

"Keff's Daughter"!
This was really a cold sword that cut into pieces all the love, all the longings, all the images in her mind...

Her limbs have calmed down, her "beating" has stopped automatically, her heart has calmed down, and the heat all over her body has disappeared in an instant...

She suddenly felt a little cold.

In this very deep night, Dong Shuyu was lying on his back, eyes wide open, staring at the top of the bed tent in the darkness, silently weeping.

The tears were hot, coming from the corners of the eyes, sliding down the temples, and dripping onto the pillow.

Absorbed by silk pillows!

"I can't marry Xiuyuan, I can't destroy him! I can't marry Xiuyuan, I can't destroy him! I can't marry Xiuyuan, I can't destroy him..."

Dong Shuyu shed tears silently, repeating these words in her heart.

At this moment, her heart ached.

It was as if she took a carving knife with her own hands and carved these words into her own heart.

Repeated over and over again.

Despite the heartbreaking pain.

Although my heart is "bloody".

But Dong Shuyu didn't stop, and was still chanting silently: "I can't marry Xiuyuan, I can't ruin him..."

(End of this chapter)