The rich and noble peasant daughter

Chapter 234 The crisis around me, labor
It doesn't matter if Yun Xi is suspicious, but as soon as she heard that it was related to Nanling, she immediately became 12 vigilant.This can't be blamed on Yun Xi's desperation. Whoever made Yuan Lingxi and Yuan Lingyu left a bad impression on Yun Xi.

After staring at Zhang Ming all day long, he really found some so-called clues.

Zhang Ming and the royal merchant Du's family have gotten very close recently.The Du family is a well-known tea-growing family in Dachu. More than 400 years ago, the ancestors of the Du family accidentally found a land that was very suitable for planting Maojian and bought it.The hair tips in the palace are basically supplied by the Du family.The history of tea planting in the Du family even predates the establishment of Da Chu.

As for the reason for Xu Manzhen's contact with Zhang Ming, Yun Xi quickly figured it out through Xiaowen who successfully became Xu Manzhen's confidant.Xu Manzhen used some means to gain Zhang Ming's trust, and successfully got a Gu worm.

This Gu worm has a very beautiful name, it lives and dies at night.Speaking of life and death, people can't help but think of mayflies whose adult voice is only one day.This kind of Gu worm, after taking it, will glow the most beautiful appearance in your life within a month, and then life will come to an abrupt end on the last day.As if the essence of life was taken away by that month, at the last moment, the beauty faded and she became a white-haired old woman.

In short, he traded his life for a one-month peerless appearance, like fireworks, bursting out with a short-lived light.

Xu Manzhen tried every means to get this Gu worm, but she definitely didn't use it on herself.She was reborn with great difficulty, so how could she be willing to let her life last for only a short month, let alone turning into an old grandmother before she died.For women, even if they have to die, they must die in their most beautiful appearance.

This kind of life and death is undoubtedly a very vicious Gu insect.During that month, the reason why he was able to look peerless was only because the Gu worms in his body absorbed all the essence of the human body and reflected it on his appearance.After the absorption is dry, the human body collapses instantly like a piece of rotten wood.

Yun Xi thought about who Xu Manzhen would use this Gu on, and found that she was the most likely one.A person like her who always wants revenge, when Yun Xi rejected her, I'm afraid he would have hated her long ago.Moreover, the things she used to make her famous were basically plagiarized from Yun Xi. She could only wish to destroy Yun Xi, the original owner, so as to annihilate all the evidence.

Zhang Ming was able to hand over this Gu worm to Xu Manzhen, probably because of Yuan Lingxi's intention.After all, this vicious method of targeting a woman's appearance is more like Yuan Lingxi's idea.

Speaking of which, Yuan Lingxi hasn't heard much recently.According to the time of her pregnancy, her child should have been born...Speaking of which, it is true that there has been no news from Nanling for a while.

Yun Xi frowned slightly. Logically speaking, Yuan Lingxi had Yun Shen's spies by his side, and there were more than one or two. Under normal circumstances, Yuan Lingxi's actions could not be concealed from others.However, the intelligence department over there did not send any news.

Not appropriate.Unless something went wrong.

Yun Xi whispered to Li Qiu, "Let Li Xia and Dong Zhi take part of the people to Nanling and set up an intelligence base there. Just say to the outside world that I arranged them to Chuzhou."

Li Qiu wondered: "Didn't Yinmen already have a stronghold there?" Because of the relationship between Yun Xi and Yun Shen, Yinmen and Wanshiwu share information together.

The corner of Yun Xi's mouth curled into a cold smile, "I can trust Yun Shen, but I can't trust everyone."

If it wasn't for Xu Manzhen who showed her feet, Zhang Ming would be stared at on a whim, and she really didn't know that Yuan Lingxi had already made a move.

In charge of the Nanling area, one is Pan Youliang, who was originally promoted from Wanshiwu, and the other is Feng Qingcheng.And these two, none of them reported what was wrong with Yuan Lingxi.

Li Qiu nodded vigorously, "I must tell Li Xia and Dong Zhi to investigate thoroughly." She was also a little annoyed, especially towards Pan Youliang.It can be said that the girl has contributed a lot to the development of Wanshiwu today.If there were no girls, they would have been despised gangsters in Fenghuang County.Therefore, when he knew that Pan Youliang was likely to betray him, Li Qiu became even more angry.

As for Feng Qingcheng... Yun Xi didn't want to speculate about her in the worst way, after all, she still didn't know what the situation was.

You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others.She wouldn't directly suspect her because of this, but to be on the safe side, it's better to let her own people pass by.

Liqiu's actions were quick, and the next day, Lixia and Winter Solstice were arranged directly, not only from Wanshiwu, but also a few girls from Baiyijiao.

After arranging these things, Yun Xi stayed behind closed doors, declined all posts, and concentrated on waiting for the birth at home.For her, no matter how big it is, it can't compare to the child in her belly.

As for Xu Manzhen, after she gave birth to a child, she will be free to deal with her. Before that, just accept a small interest.

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Xu family.

Xiaowen whispered: "Girl, Mrs. Yun has declined all the invitations now, and is only preparing to give birth at home. She even refused Mrs. Wen and Princess Roujia." Mrs. Wen is Dai Yanling, and Princess Roujia is Lu Yiran, everyone in the capital knows that these two are Yun Xi's best friends.

Xu Manzhen frowned, and twisted the handkerchief into a ball. She managed to get the Gu worm from Zhang Ming's hands, and vowed to use it on Du Yunxi.Xu Manzhen is confident that Du Yunxi has already regarded her as a lovely younger sister, and will not have too much defense against her.

It's just that she doesn't even have a chance to visit the door now, let alone a voodoo.Could it be that we have to wait for Du Yunxi to give birth to a child?

Xiaowen hesitated for a moment, and said, "Girl, I helped a rough servant girl in Mrs. Yun's yard earlier, and she overheard some news."

Xu Manzhen's expression tightened, "What did she hear?"

Xiaowen said: "Mrs. Yun seems to be setting up some kind of salon after giving birth to her child. Is this salon a new store?"

She deliberately made a puzzled expression.

Xu Manzhen's face changed drastically, "Isn't there still two years left?"

Du Yunxi obviously opened this salon two years later, completely established a circle, and she herself is the leader of this circle.Xu Manzhen has been envious of this for a long time, but at that time, her status was low, let alone entered the circle, and she didn't even have the chance to get in touch with those people in the circle.

"Two years?" Xiaowen was still puzzled.

Xu Manzhen tried her best to calm down and shook her head, "It's nothing." However, restlessness and anger inevitably arose in her heart.

Things did not develop according to the previous life, which made her feel uneasy that she was out of control.Angry at Du Yunxi for not letting this go... She has so many ways to make money and has great connections, so this salon is just icing on the cake for her.But even this she wanted to snatch it away, not to keep it for her.

In Xu Manzhen's eyes, since God has given her a chance to do it again, then these are no longer Du Yunxi's, but a gift from God to her.That's why he was so angry when he found out that he was about to be robbed.

She knew that the difference in strength between herself and Du Yunxi was huge. If Du Yunxi opened the salon first, she would definitely have no chance of winning.

A trace of cruelty flashed in her eyes. The current plan is to open the salon first before Du Yunxi opens it.Although funding is a big problem... If you want to open the salon, you can't do it without five or six thousand taels of silver.

Xu Manzhen took out a pen and paper and started writing letters to borrow money.

If it doesn't work, she can sell the shares to those people in exchange for part of the funds.

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After Yun Xi received Xu Manzhen's letter, she was almost amused.She had never seen such a shameless person as Xu Manzhen.On the one hand, he deliberately wanted to harm her, on the other hand, he wanted to use her recipes to make money, and he also wanted to borrow money from her.

In the letter, Xu Manzhen stated with certainty that as long as Yun Xi was willing to pay 5000 taels, she would give up [-]% of the salon's dividends. Between the words, she even felt that Yun Xi was making a fortune.

Speaking of which, Yun Xi really didn't intend to set up this salon now, she just deliberately let Xiao Wen pass the news to Xu Manzhen, forcing her to borrow money everywhere.The same salon, if Yun Xi opens it, can guarantee to make money, but if Xu Manzhen opens it, it is not necessarily so.

She shook her head, directly rejected the proposal, and wished Xu Manzhen a prosperous business in the letter.

After Xu Manzhen received Yun Xi's rejection, she was so angry that she dropped several more glasses.

After hitting a wall on Yun Xi's side, she wrote to Lu Yiran instead.But you should be more respectful in the letter to Lu Yiran.

How could Lu Yiran talk to her, and she didn't lack the money, so he tore up the letter directly, and kicked out the servants of the Xu family, so that Xu Manzhen would not be so whimsical.

Others might think that Concubine Mei, who was in the limelight in the palace, would give Xu Manzhen face, but Lu Yiran was really not afraid.

As for Lu Yiran, Xu Manzhen really didn't dare to complain about her. Everyone in the capital knew her temperament, and she was the most chaotic.She hadn't forgotten that Lu Yiran in her previous life dared to throw a whip at a concubine in the palace to disfigure her.

She can only borrow money from other people, and in the letter, she will say as much as Sharon said, as good as she wants.

The big cake that Xu Manzhen drew really confused some people, especially some merchants' daughters. They imagined that after the establishment of the salon, they, as merchant girls, would also have the opportunity to mix into the aristocratic circle of the capital and become handkerchief handkerchiefs with those aristocratic daughters. , So they took out their own ladders one after another, and what's more, they helped Xu Manzhen buy a shop with a good location.

When Xu Manzhen saw that the salon was about to be completed, she was relieved - she was ahead of Du Yunxi.Even if Du Yunxi manages to set up a salon in the future, it will be a waste of her wisdom.

It's just that in order to rush work and save money, the quality of the decoration inevitably dropped a lot.

……

Because of Xiaowen, news from Xu Manzhen was continuously sent to Yun Xi.For example, in the salon, there is a so-called badminton court, a billiard room, and a checkers hall.

After Yun Xi knew what the so-called badminton and billiards looked like, she almost burst out laughing.

The so-called badminton is to make a ball with duck feathers, and then hit each other with a wooden sign.In billiards, balls are piled on the table and hit into various holes.It's just that there are names of badminton and billiards, which are actually far from Yun Xi's previous life.

Yun Xi also guessed that before Xu Manzhen was reborn, she probably never had the opportunity to enter Yun Xi's salon, and she only heard hearsay about the places to play in the salon.So in the end, I fiddled with such four different images.

After Xu Manzhen successfully finished the salon, she set a time to open the shop, which happened to be April [-], Yun Xi's birthday.She also made a lot of posts inviting people to attend her opening day.

Even Yun Xi received Xu Manzhen's post.

Xu Manzhen said in the letter that April [-] is Yun Xi's birthday, and it must be a good day to protect her and open the door, so she set the time on it.

Speaking of which, Yun Xi really didn't care about her carefulness to compete with her for attention.In April, she was still in the period of filial piety, so she would not have held a birthday banquet.Next year, whether Xu Manzhen's so-called salon can continue to open is still a question.

What's more, even if those people couldn't come to attend Yun Xi's birthday, they wouldn't go to attend Xu Manzhen's opening ceremony, especially Yun Xi's friends.

Xu Manzhen thought that she was doing it secretly, but the others were not fools, so they couldn't see her careful thinking.In addition, she deliberately dragged Yun Xi to hype her up, which made her even more unfavorable to her.

Besides, even a girl from a family with an ordinary relationship with Yun Xi would not let go of her dignity to make friends with Xu Manzhen, because her status is over there.Although the Xu family seems to be very popular, in fact, they are not even considered as upstarts. Those daughters of aristocratic families also have their own pride.Unless Xu Manzhen can come up with something that will impress them enough.

Xu Manzhen didn't know what other people thought of her, but she was still at home imagining the grand scene of the opening, and her mood subconsciously surged.

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In mid-March, the Princess Mansion welcomed a guest, Du Yunxia who came to the capital from Fenghuang County with her two children.Du Yunxia's youngest son is named Lin Kun. He is only six months old now.

Although Yunxia's expression was a bit haggard, she was still in good spirits. Seeing her like this, Yun Xi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Since the cousin came to the capital, she thought she had made a decision.

Seeing Yun Xi coming to meet her in person with her belly outstretched, Yun Xia was taken aback, "You can just wait for me inside, why bother at the door."

It will be bad if you accidentally bump it.But Yunxia was still very moved when she saw her cousin caring about her so much.In any case, she still has reliable relatives.

Yun Xi smiled, "I'll just wait for a while."

Then he welcomed Yunxia in, and lightly tapped his little nephew, "This is my nephew, she looks so cute."

When Lin Kun was touched by her, he immediately laughed and drooled, which shows that he is not afraid of life.

Du Yunxia's son, Lin oath, became jealous, "And me."

Yun Xi patted his head, "Let's swear we'll be a little man now."

Lin oath puffed out her small chest proudly.Du Yunxia looked at her sons with love in her eyes.

Yun Xi quickly asked a few maids to lead Lin oath down to play. There were a lot of toys for children in her house, and just a few of them were enough to attract Lin oath's attention.

Yun Xi asked: "Sister, are you planning to stay in the capital?"

Yunxia said: "I will stay here for the time being. Whenever I see him, I think of the disgusting things he did, and I can't face him calmly. If I stay in Fenghuang County, I'm afraid many people will persuade me to forgive him. "

Yun Xi said: "My good sister, I didn't marry into their family to be angry. No matter what decision you make, I will support you. Do you want to tell the aunt about your visit?"

Yun Xia said: "Speaking of which, if it weren't for your support, I would definitely choose to swallow my anger for the sake of the two children. I'd better tell my parents about this, and they must not let others know about it."

Yunxia didn't talk about reconciling with Lin De, which shows that she is still hesitating.After all, the two children are still young, if they get along with each other, they might leave her side.How could Yunxia be willing to give up.

It's fine if you don't get along with each other or live apart temporarily.

Yunxia said: "I also brought some money here, and then you can see if you can help me buy a small courtyard in the capital."

"Why bother, you can live with me directly, or you can live at home. In this way, someone will take care of you. You have two children with you, and there is no one to take care of you. How can I rest assured?"

Yun Xia hesitated and said: "But I'm already married, so there's no reason to stay at my mother's house." Yun Xi didn't think about it.

"So what if you are married? Even if you are married, you are still a daughter of the Du family, and your room has always been reserved at home. Uncle and aunt are in the capital, and you are the most missed thing. They are eager to see you every day. Even if you are here If you rent a house outside, they will definitely visit you all day long. Tiring them like this is also a kind of unfilial piety."

Yun Xi talked all kinds of things, and finally dispelled Yun Xia's thoughts.Next, she asked a lot of questions, knowing that Yunxia's dowry property was all in her hands, so she felt relieved.

After Yun Xi talked to Yun Xia for a long time, after seeing the tiredness on her face, she asked her to rest first, and then asked Lu Sheng about the situation in Fenghuang County.This time it was Lu Sheng and others who escorted Yunxia to the capital.

"The boss directly asked the He family to tell the He family about Lin De taking care of the widow Xing. The master of the He family had a bad relationship with Lin De. After taking advantage of this, he immediately spread the news to everyone in the county."

"It's not filial to take care of an outsider during the filial piety period. So Lin De and the widow Xing were beaten a hundred times with a cane. Widow Xing's husband's family saw her doing such an immoral thing, so they divorced her directly and sent her back to her natal family. "

"With such a stain on Linde's reputation, many people have canceled their cooperation with the Lin family." Lu Sheng paused and continued: "Speaking of which, your sister is indeed courageous. She directly said that since Linde didn't want to She was said to rely on the Du family, so she gave him a chance to be self-reliant. So she directly announced the prescription of the preserved egg."

Yun Xi really didn't expect that Yunxia's gentle and gentle temperament would be so decisive.To be honest, the reason why the Lin family was able to make money was because they had exclusive access to the recipe. After the recipe was made public, it was impossible for the Lin family to make the same money as before.In addition, Lin De was sorry for Yunxia, ​​how could the Du family help the Lin family as before, and it was good that they didn't get in the way.

However, this approach was indeed very relieving. If he had the ability, Lin De relied on his own ability to continue to raise the Lin family.Anyway, it is impossible for Yun Xi to ask someone to help the Lin family a little bit.

"What does my elder sister's mother-in-law Lin Sun say?" She continued to ask.

"Ms. Lin Sun scolded Lin De. If it wasn't because Lin De was lying on the bed recuperating, she would probably have beaten Lin De too. Mrs. Lin Sun apologized to your elder sister and said that there would be no more This kind of thing happens."

Yun Xi's expression was light, "They are mother and son after all, and Lin De has always been filial to her. Although Lin Sun is angry with Lin De's actions, it is impossible to sever ties with Lin De no matter what, and stand on the side without reservation." Eldest sister, this is human nature, I can understand."

From Lin Sun's point of view, she is indeed difficult to be a human being.

"Originally, your sister wanted to bring her two children to the capital, but Lin Sun was still not happy. Later, your sister said that she had to reconcile or let her bring the children to the capital, so Lin Sun let go."

Yun Xi couldn't help but nodded. Fortunately, although the eldest sister has a gentle personality, she is not a bun.

After knowing everything she needed to know, she asked Lu Sheng to go down to rest first, and then asked Du Zhou and others to come over and tell them about Yunxia.Du Zhou couldn't help crying, and cursed Lin De over and over again.She saw that Lin De had always been honest and treated Yun Xia well, and she felt that Yun Xia was blessed.How can I think that people will change.

Du Zhou's and Du Yifu's thoughts were the same as Yun Xi's, which was to keep Yun Xia at home.The rest will be discussed later.

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After the matter of Yunxia came to an end, Yunxi also received news from Nanling.The news was sent by someone from Feng Qingcheng—as for Li Xia and the others, they haven't gained a firm foothold in Nanling yet.

In the letter, Feng Qingcheng said three things. One was that Yuan Lingxi gave birth to a boy. The boy was taken away by Yuan Lingyu and sent directly to a concubine in the harem.

The second thing is that Yuan Lingxi disappeared, and the nail that Yun Shen originally arranged beside her was also dead. Obviously Yuan Lingxi discovered her existence and wiped out her.

The third thing is that Yuan Lingxi's target is likely to be her.Yuan Lingxi seems to think that the reason why her brother Yuan Lingyu hasn't fallen in love with her until now is because the previous concentric Gu connected Yun Xi and Yuan Lingyu together.

In her heart, she probably thought that as long as Yun Xi died, Yuan Lingyu would be able to dissolve the relationship with Yun Xi, and then fall in love with her completely.

Although she knew that someone secretly wanted to harm her, Yun Xi didn't have the so-called fear.She wished Yuan Lingxi could act as soon as possible. If she didn't move, how could she find out her existence and prevent future troubles forever.

Da Chu is her territory.If Yuan Lingxi appeared around her, it would undoubtedly be a trap for herself.

Although she was very confident about this, Yun Xi did not take it lightly.This is the so-called contempt for the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy in action.

After Yun Shen found out about this, he cleaned up the people in the mansion again, leaving no suspects around to serve him.

At the same time, Yun Shen had an unusual opinion on Feng Qingcheng, so he directly sent his confidants there to exchange Feng Qingcheng back.From Yun Shen's point of view, Feng Qingcheng couldn't even look down on Yuan Lingxi, which can be described as a great dereliction of duty.

Not to mention, Feng Qingcheng passed Yun Shen directly this time, and conveyed the news to Yun Xi.If other pregnant women know that someone is staring at them behind their backs, Bao Buqi will move their fetuses in fear.Even if there is no fetal gas, worrying about it all day long is not good for both the pregnant woman and the baby in the womb.

Even Shuang Jiang, who was usually reticent, couldn't help turning cold, saying that Feng Qingcheng was uneasy and kind.

Yun Xi knew that Feng Qingcheng had always held a different kind of attachment to Yun Shen.As for whether she did it accidentally or on purpose, Yun Shen would naturally investigate carefully.

Yun Xi also didn't understand, with Feng Qingcheng's appearance over there, it's not difficult to find a good marriage, why she insisted on staring at other people's husbands.If she really did it on purpose, even if she was Yun Shen's cousin, Yun Xi would not be lenient.She didn't even think that Yun Shen would stand by Feng Qingcheng's side.

Because of this, the news of the hidden door passed Yun Shen's eyes first, and then Yun Xi's hands.

In other aspects, Yun Shen has increased his vigilance.Yun Xi's usual food is first tasted by Yun Qi, who is good at medicine, before eating.

Yun Qi even jokingly said that he had a good fortune.

It's just that as a man, Yun Qi is inconvenient after all. Yun Xi thinks that after the baby is born, she will see if she can find some suitable medical women.There is no shortage of medical ladies in the palace, but because she is not one of her own, Yun Xi is not at ease using them.

During this period of time, Yuan Lingxi never made a move, and Yun Xi's side was peaceful.

In March, Chu Xiyuan rewarded a lot of tribute tea like last year.

Yunfu also received a lot, especially Maojian, Yunxi's favorite, and got four cans.

Yun Xi never expected that it was precisely this tea that went wrong.

This day, Yunxi had a whim and wanted to drink Maojian, so she asked someone to take out a can.

Yun Qi also followed his recent habit of tasting it first.

Before making the tea, he joked, "This is the new tea of ​​this year. I'm lucky to be the first one."

As soon as the tea was in his mouth, his expression changed drastically, and he sprayed out the tea directly.

Seeing his reaction, Yun Xi knew something was wrong with the tea, and quickly said, "What's wrong?" Could it be that the tribute tea was poisoned?
Yun Xi frowned, and asked someone to bring the antidote stored in the room.Earlier, Yun Shen made some detoxification pills with Qingluan wood, which might come in handy.

Yun Qi shook her head with a serious expression, "It's not poison, it's just that this tea is obviously fried with safflower, so it is infected with the poison of safflower."

Safflower is harmful to pregnant women, but for men, there is no harm.

Everyone in the capital knew that Yun Xi liked to drink Maojian, and the tribute tea Maojian that Yun's family got on weekdays was basically in Yunxi's hands.This was obviously aimed at Yun Xi.If it wasn't for Yun Xi's habit of letting Yun Qi taste the food before eating, I'm afraid he would be tricked.

Yun Xi's complexion changed, and she suddenly felt a pain in her stomach. She bent down subconsciously, stroking her stomach with her hands, her forehead was constantly sweating because of the pain, "Oops, I seem to be about to give birth."

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Xu House.

Surrounded by smoke, Xu Manzhen held three handfuls of incense in her hand, and bowed to the Buddha on the incense table, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

Xiaowen couldn't help asking: "Miss, did something good happen? You look very happy."

The corners of Xu Manzhen's eyes and brows were filled with joy, "It's a good thing, a very good thing."

"Du Yunxi, I'm going to have a difficult delivery today."

Xiao Wen's heart trembled, but he showed a surprised expression on his face, "How did Miss know? I don't think there is any movement in the Princess Mansion."

Xu Manzhen's tone was meaningful, "She has made too many enemies, others can't see her happiness, and it's normal to have a difficult delivery."

Before she was reborn, she accidentally met Princess Lingxi, who became a beggar, and learned that Du Yunxi's dystocia was caused by her hands and feet, so Xu Manzhen took the initiative to contact Zhang Ming some time ago, because she knew that Yuan Lingxi hated Du Yunxi deeply. Yun Xi will definitely cooperate with her.

In her previous life, Du Yunxi was lucky. Although she was recruited for difficult labor and experienced a lot of risks, she finally gave birth to a child successfully. It was only after a few years of recuperation that she regained her health.In this life, she had already bought the midwife for Du Yunxi's delivery in advance. This time, Du Yunxi did not have the good luck of her previous life.

Thinking of this, Xu Manzhen's mood became more and more cheerful, and she couldn't help humming a little song.

"I hope that midwife Wang can give a little more strength."

Xiaowen looked at Xu Manzhen's happy face and said, "Miss offers incense to the Buddha, how can there be no lack of tributes, I'll go to the kitchen to find some fresh fruits and put them here."

Xu Manzhen made sense after thinking about it, and waved Xiao Wen down.

After Xiaowen successfully found a reason to leave, he quickly passed on the news.

　Tears running, a little bit of Calvin... I was brewing a big plot, but I was stuck to death
　　
　
(End of this chapter)