Wangfu Shenyuan

Xia An was pressed back and forth several times, when he thought he was about to die in the outer room of the palace, Rong Li finally realized his conscience and let him go, but he still failed to ask about the imperial business.

Empress Xiaoren simply didn't force Xia An to do that anymore, as if ordering Xia An to get rid of the princess and annex the imperial business was just a casual remark.

In fact, Empress Xiaoren really didn't expect Xia An to help Rongli anything, she saw only Xia An's attitude and courage.Later, Rong Li complained to her a few words, and she stopped saying those things in front of Xia An.

However, Empress Xiaoren didn't take it seriously, but Xia Anke did.He took advantage of the power that Rongli gave him to manage the shops, opened up territories, from south to north, and only picked profitable businesses.In addition to earning money, some goods with special needs, such as food, he also quietly hoarded a lot.

Most of the shops in Rongli used some aristocratic business families to open shops under their names, and gradually merged and expanded.He wanted to get the Fang's shop, and he also wanted to use the Fang's name to expand his business again.After all, no matter how famous a family is, it can't be too big to attract the attention of the government.

Xia An and Rongli gradually fell into a strange circle. Using Xiao Jin's and Wei Huang's words to describe it, it was a cruel and bloody person who was worried about the safety of another person to the point of choking on food. It's enough to make people's jaws drop, but the other person is timid and afraid of death by nature, and he always likes to talk about the dignity of a scholar, about marrying a wife and having children to inherit the incense, but in the end he is a female under another person, and he will fight wherever there is danger. Thinking about where to drill.

The palace was silent for a long time.The concubine seems to have recognized the situation, and rarely fights tough battles with concubine Xi, but hides her edge and hides in the Lanxi courtyard to live her own life.

Xia An's little life is also going well.The masters live in peace, the subordinates live in peace, he only needs to watch the subordinates do things every day.What made him happiest was not only the quiet time, but also his large amount of silver, and the occasional rewards from his masters.

The official master of the palace is the most stingy one.Since Xia An entered the mansion until now, he has never rewarded Xia An with a penny.

"Why did the business decrease for a few days in mid-March?" Xia An found out that among all the shops in Rongli, the brothel was the most important one, the one that could make the most money and get the news he wanted the most.

Guanshi He said: "A junior official of the sixth grade was assassinated to death in the restaurant, but he was the second prince's cousin who was studying with him, and he had a good relationship with the second prince. Sealed."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Xia An frowned: "You will tell me everything big and small in the future."

He Guanshi smiled and said: "My lord said that you only need to sort out the accounts, and you are not allowed to meddle in other things."

"Steward." Xia An hurriedly offered a cup of tea. "Just help me, don't listen to him all the time, you can help me once too. Didn't he always ignore the shop business? If you tell him, he won't know."

"He is my master, can I not listen to him?" He Guanshi gestured on his neck: "My life belongs to the master, if I make a mistake, I will lose my head. You forgot the last time I entered the torture hall, If you hadn't pleaded for mercy, I would have been beaten to death."

Xia An apologized, "I'm sorry for causing you to suffer so much."

"What are you apologizing for?" Manager He looked at him amusedly.

Xia An was so watched that she wished she could find a crack in the ground and slip in. She talked too fast just now.

"However, the prince probably beat me because I detained you privately." Steward He took a sip of tea, saw Xia An's increasingly apologetic expression, and smiled, "You don't have to feel sorry. I betrayed you that time, so let's be even."

"You, when did you know about me and the lord, ah." Xia An asked vaguely.

Guanshi He said: "After you replaced me as the steward of Aduyuan, the prince immediately told us that you are the master we all must protect. Xia An, you won't blame me if I disrespect you? "

"Of course I won't blame you, but." Xia An suggested: "If you can respect me a little bit and tell me what happened in the brothel, I will be very grateful to you."

"The lord only said that you are the master who must be protected, not the master who must be loyal. I am sorry to say what you say."

Xia An sat back in frustration, continued to read the account books, and suddenly remembered that the time that Manager He said happened to be the time when Qing Tu, He Cheng and others were estranged from him. "Steward, have you told Qingtu and the others about me and Rongli?"

"They are not the prince's people. Of course I won't go into details with them. I just remind them, don't underestimate you. If you really have no ability and no backing, how can you be promoted to the top of the first hospital in such a short period of time?" Long. Why, they rejected you?"

Xia An nodded: "Even Qingtu doesn't like to talk to me."

"It's okay, you have a special status, it's good for you and others to know less people."

When Rongli was celebrating Daji, the palace was full of excitement, the concubine didn't show up, almost all the concubine Xi took care of it.Concubine Xi took this opportunity to carry out another major renovation of Mingxuan Courtyard, involving many individuals.Xia An began to intervene in Mingxuanyuan because of the relationship with Concubine Xi.

Just taking advantage of the Tsing Yi and coordinating the inside and the outside, Xia An began to try to entangle the two courtyards into a ball of thread. In the future, Mingxuan Courtyard would have to let him handle everything.

Xia An didn't have much money to give Rong Li a gift, so he went to Piaoxiang Courtyard to ask Ah Fu to teach him how to cook a few dishes, secretly bribed the cook in the big kitchen, and whenever he had time, he quietly went to practice.After more than a month, Xiaojin gained a lot of weight as a test, and Xia An's money bag was used as a payment, and she lost a lot of weight.

Anyway, there is no possibility of marrying a wife and having children. Although he must redeem himself, Xia An is no longer so eager.Since he spent all his savings on inviting Manager He to dinner, he actively ran errands and saved a lot.If it weren't for the item of treating Ah Fu, Xia An would probably have five or sixty taels of silver.

Bribing the cook to buy ingredients, especially those ingredients that are almost all big fish and meat to satisfy Rongli's taste. When it was time to serve Rongli to the table, Xia An spent half of his savings, and he could almost buy two Cheyenne is gone.

But Rong Li was very satisfied with the food, and Xia An felt that it was worth the money.It's just that after Rongli had eaten enough, he held on, and caught Xia An and made him do it all night.It really was a whole night. Xia An lay on the bed for ten days before going to the ground, and vowed never to cook and feed this white-eyed wolf again.

The white-eyed wolf said: "I don't need to eat, but I can eat you."

In the blink of an eye, it was Xia An's birthday, and Rongli planned to give Xia An a good one this year. Since Xia An entered the mansion, which year's birthday has not been bored alone.

Xia An didn't know that Rong Li had already started making preparations, and he had been thinking about how to talk to Rong Li for a few days. In fact, he didn't have to celebrate his birthday. However, that day was special after all, and he really wanted Rong Li to spare some time. Spend all day with him.

Rongli has been very busy since years ago.Sometimes Xia An doesn't see Rongli for several days, and this is the time Rongli desperately squeezes out.But Xia An was also secretly thankful for this, at least Rongli no longer had time to spend time with others.

"Rongli, are you busy these days?"

"Busy, I guess I won't have time these few days." Rong Li lifted the quilt up, he couldn't sleep without the quilt at night because of the warm weather.

Xia An was very uncomfortable, but it was not easy for Rong Li to let go of his business and accompany him.In the end, he asked without giving up: "Is there no time the day after tomorrow? I've been busy for a while, let's take a rest the day after tomorrow."

"No, not in the next few days. Tomorrow I will go hunting with my father, and it will take several days to go back and forth." Rong Li yawned, looking very sleepy, closing Xia An's eyes with his hands, and said vaguely: " Go to sleep, I'm leaving early tomorrow morning."

"Go hunting." Xia An froze all of a sudden.Don't expect to be tired of being together all day, even seeing each other is impossible.Xia An turned around, turned his back to Rongli, secretly sad.

After a while, when Rong Li was hesitating whether to coax Xia An first, he heard Xia An ask him if he was asleep.He quickly closed his eyes, pretending to be woken up, and his voice revealed displeasure: "What's the matter?"

Xia An turned around, leaned over cheekily and asked, "Can you take someone to hunt?"

"No, the princes bring personal bodyguards."

Xia An took a deep breath, and then said: "How many people can I bring?" If there are fewer people, he will not go, Rongli's safety is still the first priority.

"There are only four who can enter the paddock."

Xia An did the math, four should be considered too many.After all, it was the emperor who was traveling. I believe that besides the guards brought by the princes, there must be many people protecting them.

"Can you take me with you?" Seeing Rongli's eyes widen suddenly, staring at him as if trying to see through him, Xia An felt embarrassed.He's done it all, and he thought about his birthday, would it be too embarrassing.He hastily made an excuse: "I haven't hunted before, I want to see and see." If he went with him, he should be by Rongli's side all day.

"Do you want to go?" Rong Li asked calmly with a suppressed chuckle in his tone.Why is his Xia An so funny, directly saying that he will have his birthday the next day, so why beat around the bush.

Seeing that Rongli's tone was not very friendly, Xia An didn't seem to welcome him, so he turned around again and said sullenly: "Forget it, I don't know how to ride a horse and shoot arrows, next time you take me to play alone. "

"Well. Okay, next time."

"Oh." Xia An closed her eyes.

Listening to Xia Anlue's rapid breathing, Rong Li knew that his Xia An must be secretly sulking.I really couldn't bear Xia An's discomfort, so I hugged him in my arms, and said in a low voice: "Let me teach you how to ride a horse and hunt. The paddock is very beautiful. You will definitely like it when you go."

Xia An opened his eyes suddenly: "Take me there?"

"Well, I'm worried about putting you in the mansion. What if you go to the inner courtyard again and cause chaos in the mansion?" Rong Li still couldn't help laughing out loud.