Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

"Did I hurt you?" He took the wine glass from her hand and put it back on the table, then gently pulled open her collar, clearly seeing the evidence of his crime last night. He stroked the bruises with heartache and sighed softly.

Anan slapped his forehead and asked helplessly: "Did Aunt Su tell you something?"

He just smiled, without making any comment, but put on a pitiful look and begged: "My dear wife, I will definitely restrain myself in the future. Please, don't let me take a concubine, okay?"

Anan couldn't help but roll his eyes, grinned at him, and snorted coldly: "You want to!"

"Is it okay if I want to?" he teased her.

"You wish!" Anan leaned over, bit his lips, and said angrily, "You will only be with me for the rest of your life! Forget about having a concubine or anything like that!"

He laughed so hard that his chest shook. He held the back of her neck and kissed her lips fiercely. He rubbed her lips repeatedly and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll take you over the wall today, okay?"

Anan panted, put a little distance between himself and him, and smiled slyly: "It's okay, I've asked Bai Shao and the others to take Su Ma away. They are drinking with her in the corridor, and she doesn't have time to come and take care of our affairs."

The two were just being affectionate with each other when suddenly someone came from outside with a message that the Crown Prince had summoned them.

Anan stood on tiptoe, bit his ear gently, and whispered, "I'll wait for you..."

He turned around and kissed her hard on the lips again before turning and leaving.

The night was as cold as water, the snow was falling heavier and the wind was getting stronger. Anan took a bath, changed his clothes, and lay on the big wooden bed, thinking about the intimacy and love he had shared yesterday, his heart filled with warmth.

She could always see his face in countless midnight dreams. When she first met him, dreams and reality always overlapped, but now, she knew very well that he was him, not anyone else, not even the shadow in her dream.

She hadn't dreamed for a long time, and her heart and eyes were filled with him.

That night, Nanny Su was not available to come over, so Bai Shao and the others lived up to their expectations and worked together to get Nanny Su drunk. But unfortunately, after Hongze went out, he did not come back until dawn, with a face full of fatigue.

Anan brought his change of clothes to the bathing pool, and saw that he had fallen asleep while sitting in the pool leaning against the wall. He just quietly closed the door and came out. Jiuling ran over and whispered, "Madam, Hong Ling committed suicide in the inner prison last night."

Anan was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What's going on?"

"Your Highness Sixth Prince has found out that a sum of money embezzled by officials was used to buy silk and exchange it for salt permits at the border, and then the salt permits were sold at a high price to merchants in need. The embezzled money was then swaggered back to the capital, turned into a new value, and went into the pockets of the officials involved." Jiu Ling was afraid that he couldn't explain it clearly, so he explained, "This line is very secret and outsiders don't know about it. Unfortunately, the second young lady of the Earl's Mansion got excited and saw that others made money. She was jealous and rushed to invest money in it without clarifying the matter."

"How much did she invest?" Anan frowned. Everyone in the Hong family is as fierce as a wolf, so how come there is such a stupid person among them?

"130,000 taels." Jiu Ling lowered his voice and said, "If she didn't have the most silver, His Highness the Sixth Prince wouldn't have touched her."

This is the truth. If he really wanted to touch her, Jin Liu would not have gone to the Crown Princess for help. I'm afraid he would have sent the Jinyiwei long ago. To a certain extent, he was considering Hongze's face.