Chapter 282 The owner of Jinxiufang
Gu Danxue watched the woman lying on the ground and fell asleep, and she returned to the firewood pile. Not long after she lay down, a staggering man, smelling of alcohol, entered the room. It should be the stepfather that Huahua mentioned.
Not long after, there was a jingling of bells in the room, mixed with the man's cursing. Gu Danxue was a little apprehensive.
But then, the woman groaned in pain. Mixed with the man's fierce beating and smashing.
Gu Danxue stood up slowly, staring at the closed door, holding her heart high, always thinking what should she do? But he hesitated to go forward.
But the man was beating more and more fiercely. Hearing the woman's miserable howl, she couldn't help but clenched the corner of her clothes tightly. Until she heard Huahua's miserable cry, she couldn't bear it anymore, picked up a stick as thick as an arm, and pushed open the door.
In the room, a shirtless man kicked Huahua's mother to the ground, but he didn't think it was enough, and raised his fist at Huahua cursing. At this time, the man turned his back to the door.
Gritting her teeth, Gu Danxue picked up the wooden stick and swung it hard at the man's back.
Because when she was eight years old, her father gave her a set of throwing pot racks, and she always practiced secretly when she was depressed. Maybe it's because she is talented in this, and her accuracy is naturally sharper than others.
Watching the man slowly fall down in front of him, she raised her hands in a daze, unable to believe that he actually knocked him out!
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In Biezhuang, Shen Mingjiao heaved a sigh of relief after listening to the guard's report.
Gu Danxue's problem is that she has been tamed to be too inferior and cowardly. No matter how many thoughts she has in her heart, she dare not say or do it.
It can be seen from her decisive suicide in the past and present that her nature is not weak.
Suicide also requires courage. People who are truly born cowardly will only live a life of obedience.
What Gu Danxue lacks is the courage and will to take the first step.
Gu Zhao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that his daughter was finally able to eat, but he still couldn't help worrying and said, "Why don't I ask someone to check on the Hu family and that Huaniang."
Shen Mingjiao waved her hand and refused: "Let's go with the flow, too deliberate will backfire."
Naturally, they couldn't really leave Gu Danxue there alone, and secretly sent several guards with high martial arts skills to guard.
Thinking of what the guard reported just now, his daughter knocked down a grown man with a stick. Although he was a drunk, Gu Zhao still felt unbelievable and gratified.
After a long silence, he suddenly sighed and said:
"In the past few days, I have often wondered, if I hadn't sent her back to the capital and stayed at the border, would the frames be different now? Wouldn't Danxue have become like this?"
Shen Mingjiao glanced at him, and said calmly: "Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world."
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Three days later, Shen Mingjiao returned to the palace. According to the secret guard's report, Gu Danxue has been staying at Hu's house for the past few days, led by the lively and cheerful Huahua, and because she feels sorry, she has already set up a stall with Aunt Hu. Her heart can be regarded as letting go of most of it.
Cui Lingling asked: "Then when shall we pick her up?"
Shen Mingjiao pinched the needle and thread in her hands, without raising her head, she said: "No hurry, it's not like she can't find Ningyuan Hou Mansion? When she wants to come back, she will come back naturally."
At that time, she will truly walk out of the haze of the past and be able to face the world bravely.
Cui Lingling didn't ask any more questions, glanced at the pile of fur materials on the table, raised her eyebrows and teased:
"For Your Highness? Didn't you say that you would never make clothes for your family in your life?"
Shen Mingjiao's face didn't wait to change: "How can a woman take what she says when she's angry!"
Shen Mingjiao skillfully measured the size: "I heard that it's very cold in Beidi, and it's still snowing now? It will take at least four or five months to warm up."
Cui Lingling has never been to the Northwest. "I heard that there are many good horses in the Northwest. When I have a chance in the future, I must go and see it."
Shen Mingjiao really wanted to go, although she knew that the border was bitterly cold, she often heard Tie Zhu and the others talk about the border in the mansion, and Feng Lisheng would go there for several months every year. She was always yearning and curious about the border. only…
She shook her head regretfully: "When you give birth, let Qin Yan accompany you. Anyway, I can't go."
At this time, Haitang lifted the curtain and came in: "Girl, Your Highness's letter has arrived."
Shen Mingjiao put down the ruler, took it casually,
Cui Lingling stood up hesitantly: "How about I avoid it first."
Shen Mingjiao waved her hand: "No, you are not someone else."
While speaking, the letter has been opened. read it. The expression on Shen Mingjiao's face was volatile, with sadness mixed with joy.
Cui Lingling endured it, but finally couldn't hold back her curiosity, and asked: "You laugh and frown now, what's the matter!"
Shen Mingjiao put down the letter paper, glanced at the fur that was almost trimmed, and scratched her hair angrily:
"You said why didn't he deliver this letter a quarter of an hour earlier? I've been busy for so long!"
Cui Lingling saw this speculation: "Your Highness wants to come back early?"
"No, he said that he received a secret order from His Majesty to take people to Jiangnan secretly, but he had to keep it from the outside world."
Cui Lingling understood that the black-robed man captured a few days ago had been handed over to Jing Hedi, and he presumably sent Feng Lisheng to Jingzhou to investigate the rebellion against King Yu.
Involving such secret matters, the two of them wisely did not go into details.
Cui Lingling was puzzled: "Then why are you happy? Could it be that you want to go too?"
Shen Mingjiao nodded: "His Royal Highness said in his letter that he will arrive in Jiangnan in about a month, and he will send someone to pick me up when the time comes."
Cui Lingling was very envious when she heard it, touched her belly with her hand, and said regretfully: "Then you can't catch up with me to have a baby?"
She is now nearly six months pregnant, and Feng Lisheng's trip to the south of the Yangtze River will definitely not be an easy task, and it may take several months to come back.
Shen Mingjiao waved her hand: "It's okay, when your baby is born, I will make him the most beautiful clothes."
The two chatted for a while, and seeing the sunset, Qin Yan, who got off the Yamen and left the palace, came to pick him up on time. Although the two have reconciled, due to some reasons, they still live in King Su's Mansion.
Just before dinner, Tie Zhu came over: "Princess, you have already found out the matter about Jinxiufang that you asked to investigate earlier."
Shen Mingjiao was suspicious of Jinxiufang's imitation of beautiful horse-faced skirts before, so she ordered Tie Zhu to investigate Jinxiufang and the owner behind it in detail, but it took some time because the owner of Jinxiufang was in the south of the Yangtze River. .
Shen Mingjiao asked Haitang to pour him a cup of tea, Tie Zhu picked it up and took a sip casually, saying:
"The owner of Jinxiufang is surnamed Ye, and they do a lot of business in the Jiangnan area. Now the young master of the Ye family, Ye Chen, is in charge. This Ye Chen is said to be a natural business genius, and he can make plans when he is less than six years old.
As for the spring peach that the princess asked to check. Although Young Master Ye is the head of the Ye family, he has an uncle who is the old son of Mrs. Ye, so the old couple are naturally in great pain, and Second Master Ye is in charge of the business in the capital.
Compared to Young Master Ye, Second Master Ye's business ability is only mediocre, but fortunately, he hasn't made any major mistakes. But he has a problem, that is, he likes to visit flower houses. Chuntao is an outer room he keeps outside, and he has been with him for seven or eight years.
More than a month ago, this Chuntao used some tricks to get Ye Erye to agree to her going to Jinxiufang on East Street to be the shopkeeper. "
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(end of this chapter)