incense as a medium

Chapter 89 Disappointment
Leaving behind Qi Pei'an who was full of doubts, Liu Bailu went out with a dignified smile, holding tea.

She is still dressed in white, but because she is a new woman, she has a bit of coquettish air, her peach blossom eyes are even more youthful, but because she is a new woman, there is still a bit of girlish innocence between her brows. Two diametrically opposite beauty appearances are presented on Liu Bailu, making her already dazzling even more eye-catching.

Qi Peiyun looked straight at her for a long time, and he quickly went out to take the tray in her hand, and said with a smile, "Why did you come out so soon?"

Liu Bailu glanced at him with a smile and said: "My mother-in-law summoned me, how dare I not answer?"

Qi Peiyun was full of guilt and said: "I have wronged you."

"We are a husband and wife, why should we be wronged or not? It is my duty to take care of my mother-in-law." What's more, Qi Ding didn't get much advantage from his subordinates.Liu Bailu lowered his eyes and smiled, now that Qi Ding's reputation is bad, if she spoils herself with half a sentence, someone will help her with ten sentences, and she can win everyone's hearts just by pretending to be wronged. In the struggle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the Qi Ding clan had already lost long ago.

The husband and wife said a few words as if no one was there, and Liu Bailu glared at Qi Peiyun reproachfully and said, "You knew that you were dragging me to talk and neglecting Ms. Du."

As he said that, Liu Bailu took the tray from Qi Peiyun's hand and carried it into the room with a smile: "I made Miss Du laugh."

Du Shuang was well aware of Liu Bailu's deliberate display of affection, but she had no intention of poking it out. In her opinion, this was nothing more than normal.She only smiled and teased: "You two have such a good relationship."

Liu Bailu smiled shyly, put down the tray, and said, "Miss Du, please sit down and try the tea I made."

Du Shuang sat down loudly, and said, "I don't know much about tea, it's a waste of you to entertain me with good tea."

After getting along for a while, Liu Bailu knew Du Shuang's temper. Looking at her behavior now, Liu Bailu knew that it was her own narrow-mindedness just now. She smiled embarrassedly and said: "In those days you helped It helped me a lot, and I should really thank Ms. Du."

"If you call me Ms. Du, you'll meet outsiders." Du Shuang glanced at Qi Peiyun, and said, "Brother Qi and I are not outsiders. If you don't mind, just call me sister, and I'll call you sister-in-law, okay?"

"Of course it's good." Liu Bailu rejoiced from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing the two women recognize relatives there, Qi Peiyun touched his nose uncomfortably, and said, "You guys chat first, I'll go out for a while."

Liu Bailu smiled and nodded.

But Du Shuang stood up, stopped Qi Peiyun, and said, "Wait a minute." She then said to Liu Bailu, "Sister-in-law, I have some things to do and I'm leaving first. By the way, this is what you put in our house." I brought your clothes for you. Also, my sister-in-law’s teahouse has lost two waiters, I have asked my father to take care of it first, but as the owner, my sister-in-law should also come forward to take care of it.”

"Thank you." Liu Bailu's smile subsided slightly, and he also stood up.

Du Shuang watched Qing'er put the two bundles on the stool, and said, "Then I'll be leaving, Brother Qi, I still have something to do with you."

"Okay, let's talk while walking." Qi Peiyun said with a virtual salute.Earlier, because he was worried about Liu Bailu, he just asked someone to transfer the goods and came back in a hurry, but when he got up today, Liu Bailu stuffed 2000 taels of silver notes on him, and now he has to rush to deal with the goods .

Liu Bailu watched Qi Peiyun and Du Shuang's backs go away with a smile, and the corners of his mouth gradually drooped.

Qi Pei'an appeared behind Liu Bailu at some point, looked at the main room with his head, and said with a low laugh: "Sister-in-law, look, I'm right?"

Liu Bailu frowned, cast her a glance and walked away.

***
The young couple's lingering for three days and three nights actually aroused Qi Dingshi, so she ordered Liu Bailu to remain on duty in the bedroom of the main room so that she could serve her at night.

But how can Qi Peiyun know the taste after eating the marrow?Without Liu Bailu giving him a look, he went to Qi Ding's and begged and acted like a baby, leaving Liu Bailu in the east wing.

However, Qi Dingshi was not so easy to talk to, every night when the two of them were in high spirits, she would knock on the door of the East Wing and ask Liu Bailu to come and serve her, or ask her to go out and buy some refreshments.

There are policies and there are countermeasures.

Qi Peiyun has always been an unruly person. On the surface, Liu Bailu obeys the three virtues and obeys the four virtues meticulously, but he is also a rebellious person in his heart.

As a result, going to buy dim sum every night has become a two-night inn, making Qi Ding wait at home until dawn before eating dim sum.After going back and forth, Liu Bailu didn't toss, and his body couldn't bear it, so he stopped these small thoughts.

After a day or two, Liu Su's family came to visit Liu Bailu, because of Qi Ding's relationship, Liu Bailu didn't let her mother in, and rented a courtyard for her to stay in the inn in Luogu Lane.

Knowing that Liu Bailu is fine, but because of treating the wounded, Qi Ding caught the handle, Liu Su felt very distressed but helpless.However, her own daughter has never been one who is willing to suffer. Liu Su's family is quite at ease. After seeing that her daughter and son-in-law are very friendly, Liu Su's family returned to Xiongtang County with peace of mind.

Even though the teahouse has made money in the past few years, it has always been a small income, and this time the war caused a lot of losses to the teahouse, not to mention the death of two employees, so Liu Bailu took out dozens of taels of silver for compensation.In addition to the 2000 taels of silver given to Qi Peiyun, Liu Bailu actually only had a hundred or so taels of silver left.

At this time, the war has just passed, and everything is recovering. Talking about places of entertainment such as restaurants and tea shops, even the rice and grain shops are not as prosperous as in the past, let alone Liu Bailu, who only has a small face, and even a A small tea shop on the second floor that cannot be separated from the seats.

But in just a few days, the tea shop has been losing money. Liu Bailu wanted to rent it out and collect some rent, but this Yongkang Pass has just experienced war, and everyone is busy recuperating and rebuilding their homes. Who cares? Open a shop?
In desperation, Liu Bailu could only keep the tea shop open and maintain it in a miserable state.

After Liu Bailu took care of everything at home and Qi Peiyun's affairs came to an end, the two of them thought of Zhou Weiqing. However, the inn was already empty at this time.

***
"Queen? The queen is at Yongkang Pass? Did you hear me right?" Potala asked, looking at Wuda who was lying on the ground.

Uda was shot in the heart at that time, but his life was too high, and the arrow happened to go wrong, so he saved his life. He ran to Potala just after waking up to ask for credit: "Yes, Uda used the grassland god I swear in the name of you, you heard me right! At that time, the woman wanted to say 'the queen is here', but when the arrow was shot, the woman swallowed back the words. Uda wondered if the woman wanted to say that the queen is here Yongkang Pass?"

Potala jumped up excitedly. This time Yongkang Pass was defeated, and the plan to annex other tribes also failed. Father Khan was not happy. If he knew the news, Father Khan would be happy!

Potala jumped up, and walked excitedly to the king's tent. Just as he reached the door, a person lifted the curtain and came out. That person saw Potala and saluted, and said, "Brother."

Potala nodded arrogantly and said, "Sixth brother, are you here again?"

This person is Dayan Khan Damo's youngest son, Bujisi. He turned his head and glanced at the big tent, and said, "Father Khan has not been very happy these two days. I'm here to talk to Father Khan."

Potala laughed twice, and said: "Sixth brother has grown up, and he is no longer a kid who asks me to fly you high with a snot in his nose. He knows how to be filial to his father, very good, very good."

The shoulder was sore from being slapped by Potala, and the two consecutive "very good" had a taste of gnashing of teeth, but Bujisi still smiled brightly: "Brother is here, I think Father Khan will be happier."

Potala laughed, patted Bugis on the shoulder twice and strode into the big tent.

The sound of the curtain being lowered behind him and Potala's greeting sounded at the same time. The smile on Bujisi's face disappeared instantly, and he looked back at the big tent with a gloomy face, and walked quickly to the distance.

"What you said is true? But Da Zhou no longer has a queen." Damo looked at his eldest son, with the disappointment in his eyes that couldn't be concealed.The older he gets, the less energy he feels. This time he assembled all the ministries to attack Yongkang Pass. In fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to unify the prairie and leave a legacy for his eldest son. Not to mention cheap, those tribes have also turned against them.

If it weren't for the huge losses in the battle of Yongkang Pass, the grassland would not be so peaceful now, but Da Mo knew that this was just the calm before the storm, and it wouldn't be long before those people would swarm up to attack the Dayan tribe .

In the early years, I felt that the eldest son was brave and good at fighting, and he could inherit his position and strengthen the Dayan tribe. But now that I think about it, this eldest son is extremely reckless and conceited. If he inherited the Dayan tribe, he would probably only lead the Dayan tribe to fight everywhere, instead of worrying about the tribe and try to recuperate.

When Damo was young, he also admired force, thinking that only force can conquer everything. However, as the Dayan tribe continued to grow, he realized that recuperation is the way to long-term stability.

But Potala didn't see that Da Mo's expression was wrong, and he didn't know what Da Mo was thinking, and he didn't pay attention to Da Mo's saying that "there is no queen in the Great Zhou". We lost, but Yongkang Pass also killed a lot of people, just when the defenses are lax, we can send a team of warriors to rush into Yongkang Pass to snatch the queen! When the time comes, won’t Da Zhou let us make a deal?”

Da Mo's disappointment could not be concealed. He lay down on the couch wearily, and said, "As I said, there is no queen in Da Zhou now."

"Eh? No?" Potala was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "Maybe this is a newly elected queen by the people? She hasn't entered the palace yet? So..."

"Nonsense!" Damo slapped the table, interrupting Potala's sweet dream. He said in a deep voice, "Do you think that Da Zhou is like our grassland tribes, whoever they like will snatch a girl to be their princess? Da Zhou's The position of queen is a throne that many famous families are vying for, do you think a place like Yongkang Pass will produce a commoner queen who has no backing from any power?"

Potala couldn't refute a word, but still quibbled: "Na Uda said, he heard the woman say 'Queen' with his own ears."

Da Mo sneered, and said: "Da Zhou is as cunning as a fox, she may be trying to get away and talk nonsense."

"Then I'll have someone arrest that woman and ask, won't I know?" Potalahuo stood up and made up his mind: "If it's nonsense, then arrest that woman as a slave, if it's true , we can just capture the queen and negotiate terms with Da Zhou!"

As Potala said, he hastily saluted Damo and turned to go out.

Seeing that the eldest son had more ideas of his own and neglected etiquette, Damo couldn't help but feel chilled for a while, and then remembered what Potala said. He shook his head and asked someone to come in. Anyway, it was his son. I can't help but care about his safety.

Potala returned to his tent, glanced at Wu Da who was sitting on the mazar with a pale complexion, and asked, "Maybe you travel far?"

Although Wu Da didn't know what happened, he still stood up and said, "It was driven by the eldest prince!"

"Okay! I'll give you 100 people, and you take people to Yongkang Pass to capture that woman and ask her what the 'queen' means!" Potala ordered.

"Yes!" Wu Da hesitated for a moment, but he agreed very quickly.

(End of this chapter)