Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

At this moment, Mrs. Ge was bloated, with a stiff expression, and a thick layer of powder on her face. When she smiled at him, there was even a hint of inappropriate flattery.

It had been so long that he could no longer remember why he took her into his house as a concubine, and he couldn't even remember whether he had ever felt attracted to her that day.

Ge chatted with him for a long time, but he didn't listen to a word. He just said sullenly, "Min'er has made great progress recently. Today I met the Minister of Personnel, Lord Li, and he said that there was a job for an exiled Yunzhou official who needed a fifth-rank rank candidate. I recommended Min'er and he immediately agreed."

"Sent away?" When Ge heard about the fifth rank, she was a little excited, but she was reluctant to be sent away. She had one son and two daughters. Hong Ling passed away just a few years ago, and Hong Chu got married. She couldn't go home often. Only her eldest son Min'er was by her side, so she was reluctant to let him go.

"Given the current situation, it's a blessing to be sent out." He has always been the one who has the final say in this family, but today he was patient for the first time and explained everything to Ge.

After hearing this, Mrs. Ge was really happy and nodded, saying, "With the abilities of the two brothers Hongze and Hongyuan, our Min'er is certainly not weak either! If he earns a good reputation and returns, our family will be able to have more imperial decrees!"

Hong Shilang looked at Ge's arrogant look, and felt a trace of pity in his heart, but his face showed no expression. He just nodded and said, "Tell Min'er and his wife to pack up and set off early tomorrow morning!"

"Early tomorrow morning?" Ge was shocked and couldn't help muttering, "His sister is about to give birth, can we wait a little longer?"

"Ignorant woman!" Hong Shilang lost his patience and snorted coldly, "In official circles, if you can catch up, you'll be lucky. You can't afford to wait any longer. If you delay any longer, the night will be long and dreams will be many. The opportunity will be taken by others first!"

When Ge understood what he meant, she stopped talking and ran to Hong Min's courtyard.

Hong Shilang leaned against the couch, his eyes swept across the clutter in the room, and then looked at the beams. Somehow, he suddenly thought of Wanru. When they first met, she was wearing a light red dress and riding a horse across the stream. The horse's hooves clattered, and the stream water splashed all over him.

The stream water was cold, but his heart was as hot as fire.

He had never seen such a wild, bright and passionate girl. She was as dazzling as the sun. He followed her with his eyes until the aqua red color completely disappeared into the deep forest.

The governor of Quzhou had only one daughter, who was not only outstanding in appearance, but also in her good upbringing. She was also elegant and fearless of power and disliked vulgar things. At first, she did not take him, the son of the Earl's Mansion, seriously, and even disliked him for being too formal and boring, and often thought of some clumsy ways to tease him.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Hong Shilang looked up at the tall building standing in the distance, with its top corner exposed through the window. A tear quietly slid down from the corner of his eye and quickly disappeared without leaving a trace.

Early the next morning, he returned home from court. Hong Min, his wife and young son were waiting at the door of the study to kowtow to him and say goodbye. He pulled his son up, said a few words to him, and then let them go. In the eyes of the servants, this son of Ge was regarded as the eldest son of the Earl's Mansion, but his words, deeds, appearance and demeanor were very different from Hong Ze.

Everyone used to say that Hong Min was well-behaved and sensible, and that he had never disobeyed his parents, so he should be the prince of the Earl's Mansion, but he had never let it go. Although Hong Ze had always had a lot of feelings for him, he still hoped that his earldom could be passed on to Hong Ze.