He was betrayed at the beginning, from a cake seller to a wealthy person

The caravan got a bunch of furs this time, counting dozens of sheepskins, three fox skins, and two wolf skins. Lu Yan bought them all for fifty taels of silver.

Lu Yan and Lu Sheng walked side by side back to the Princess Mansion, while He Wenjing walked behind with Lezi in her arms.

Lu Yan was thinking about how to use the skins: "I want to use two pieces of sheepskin to sew a sleeping bag like a prince's, three of them, one for each of us. The fox skin is made into a coat, one for each of us. The wolf skin is made into boots. We each have a pair."

Lu Sheng nodded, and she said yes in one sentence.

After Lu Yan finished talking, she said faintly: "It's a pity that I don't know how to sew. He Wenjing, can you?"

He Wenjing was suddenly named, and her whole body was shocked. Hearing Lu Yan's question, she showed an expression of disbelief: "Looking at your question, do you think I can do it?"

Lu Yan pouted: "That's alright, no one knows how to do needlework. I'll ask Princess Anhe to give me a tailor."

Rich families have slaves who specialize in making clothes, so there's no reason why the princess's mansion doesn't have them. Looking at Princess An and her bright clothes that look different every day, I know she must have them.

Lu Sheng was just about to say that he could give it a try, when he heard Lu Yan say that she was planning to hire a tailor. He swallowed the words silently and could only nod.

Lu Yan felt that something was not right with Lu Sheng these past two days, so she couldn't help but ask him: "Are you worried about something?"

Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "Why do you ask that?"

Lu Yan pouted: "You haven't talked much these past two days."

"No." Lu Sheng frowned: "I don't talk much?"

"No more nonsense." Lu Yan said, "Of course it's normal to talk about serious matters, but basically everything we talk about these days is all serious matters."

Lu Sheng was a little dumbfounded: "Don't I think you've been busy these past two days? You're too busy with business. How can you have time to listen to my nonsense?"

"Then I'm free now, you can tell me." Lu Yan said, "Don't act like you're hesitating to talk every day."

As they talked, the two of them walked back to the princess's mansion. Lu Sheng was silent for a while, and finally said: "Actually, I have always wanted to ask you, why did you give up your good life in the capital and follow me to Liaozhou?"

Lu Yan was a little surprised: "You should know that I am voluntary and I am willing to come with you."

Lu Sheng nodded: "I know you are willing, so I asked you why. Aren't you working hard for so long just to live a good life? Is there any better life than the one in the capital? Why do you follow me to Liaozhou to live like this all over again? The beginning of hard times? You are not my wife."

Lu Yan sighed: "If I just wanted to live a good life, I might not have to follow you to the capital. Once you become an official, I will go back to Hengzhou directly. With Hot Spring Village and Lu Ji, I will have no worries about food and clothing in my life. , just lying around and making money.”

"But I can't do it. I do want a good life, but I want more people to live a good life too. I can't just watch such a huge treasure in Liaozhou go undiscovered. So I am willing to come with you. , not because I am yours, but because I want to do something for Liaozhou."

"It's called establishing a heart for heaven and earth, establishing a destiny for the living and the people, carrying on the unique knowledge for the past saints, and creating peace for all generations. I don't know how much I can do, but there is only as much as I can do. I don't allow myself to not do it even though I can do it. "

Lu Yan's words set off a storm in Lu Sheng's heart. To be honest, every official's initial dream is to do something for the people, and Lu Sheng is no exception. He was born into a farmer and has seen all the suffering in the world. If he didn't want to do practical things, then he wouldn't have written in such detail on his answer sheet that he would be favored by His Majesty and "sent" to this remote country to let him do practical things. Studying in the Hanlin Academy for a lifetime would be a leisurely life, but he didn't want to.

Lu Yan's thoughts coincided with his. Lu Yan's thoughts really made him have mixed emotions. On the one hand, he was glad that Lu Yan's ideas matched his own, and on the other hand, he was amazed that Lu Yan, as a woman, could have such ideas. He had long known that Lu Yan was different from ordinary women in the boudoir, but Lu Yan's ideas were far beyond those in the court. At least half of the men she met, and not only that, she really knew how to do whatever she thought of, and achieved every goal she set out to achieve step by step.

But at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He asked Lu Yan: "So you came to Liaozhou just because you want to develop your ambitions here. It's not because of me at all, right?"

Lu Yan looked at Lu Sheng blankly, feeling a little unspeakable in her heart. She knew what Lu Sheng was thinking. Lu Sheng talked a lot when he was at home, and he always teased her a few words every day. She was already accustomed to Lu Sheng's confession.

She also had complicated thoughts about Lu Sheng. On the one hand, she felt that if she had to find someone to marry, then this person must be Lu Sheng, because only by marrying Lu Sheng would it not have any negative impact on the development of her plan. On the one hand, she felt that because of the different backgrounds of the times, Lu Sheng was still an ancient man no matter how influenced he was by her. Whether he could truly respect her and respect women was still an unknown thing.

But after all, it is just a consideration of interests. She had never seriously considered whether she liked Lu Sheng. In other words, have you ever had feelings for Lu Sheng?

Lu Yan closed her eyes: "No. There are so many remote places in Dali waiting to be developed. I only came to Beidi. Who do you think it's because of?"

Lu Sheng couldn't help but ask: "Is it because of me? Why? Do you have any interest in me?"

Lu Yan sighed: "Honestly, I can't tell. We haven't been separated since I came to our house. I don't know if it's habit or something. I can't give you a clear answer. Please let me know. I’ll think it over myself.”

The time Lu Sheng blocked the knife for her, she was really upset. But it was hard for her to say why. There were too many factors involved between her and Lu Sheng, and she had to sort them out bit by bit.

But these words alone were enough to make Lu Sheng happy.

Lu Sheng was overjoyed: "Okay, you can figure it out yourself. You can tell me after you think about it clearly."

Lu Yan looked at him strangely: "What do you enjoy?"

Lu Sheng: "That's not what you said before. When I asked you if you were interested in me, you always said no or told me to get lost. Now you can say you don't know. Of course I'm happy."

Lu Yan rolled her eyes and slapped him, still telling him to get out.