Reborn as a bride, pretending to be virtuous, the prince held his waist and regretted

Dachun shook his head repeatedly, "Sir, I'm already married and have children, so I don't dare to covet a beautiful girl like Xiuzhu. Besides, Miss Xiuzhu has her eyes set on being a master, but she doesn't like me."

Wang Shiwen touched his chin and said, "That's true. But this maid showed her desire to make progress in front of me for the first time. After that, although she didn't hide from me, she didn't have any ambition towards me. Why is that?"

"This..." Dachun was speechless, he was also confused!

Originally, he wanted to find something fun for the young master, but Xiuzhu was not interested in his own young master. If he brought it up rashly, he might offend Xiuzhu, and then the channel to get information from the back house of Changning Marquis' Mansion, which he had spent a lot of money to open up, would be gone.

When Wang Shiwen saw that Dachun couldn't answer, he was slightly stunned. Could it be because Zhou Jin was too good and Xiuzhu looked down on him?

When Wang Shiwen thought of this, he became unhappy.

Why is it that when he stands next to Zhou Jin, everything about him is outshined?

It would have been fine if there wasn't an interesting lady like Gu Xiling, but even the beautiful maid didn't have any intentions towards him.

Wang Shiwen suddenly became listless and lay down on the mat.

Seeing this, Dachun hurriedly explained, "Sir, don't think too much. Maybe Xiuzhu is playing hard to get. It's not a good deal. At the beginning, she showed her love for you, but now she is reserved, maybe she wants you to take the bait."

Wang Shiwen, who was originally disheartened, suddenly brightened up when he heard Dachun's words, "Dachun, you are right. How about this, you buy a nice hairpin later, and next time you see Xiuzhu, tell her that I gave it to her as a reward."

Seeing this, Dachun quickly responded, "Yes, sir."

The next day, the sun was scorching hot and dried all the corn kernels.

Following Emperor Kangping's instructions, Eunuch Xu left 100 kilograms of corn on the farm, and packed the rest into sacks and transported them to the capital for storage.

In order to prevent it from being burned or stolen if placed in one place, it was placed in ten places.

It can be seen that people in Kangguo attach great importance to corn!

The day after Gu Xiling and Zhou Jin arrived home, the Queen Mother's reward arrived.

One thousand taels of gold and a golden crown with rubies, gold brocade and peonies. This golden crown can only be worn by members of the royal family. It is a great favor to give it to Gu Xiling now.

The tribute of ten pieces of Xiangyunsha and other imperial gifts were all of use to Gu Xiling.

There were also rewards for the old lady and Mrs. Song.

Three generations of hostesses knelt together to thank the Queen for the reward.

"Madam Crown Prince, His Majesty has been praising you in front of the Queen, and the Queen has been looking forward to your entry into the palace." Eunuch Cao smiled like a dough ball, and his voice was very soft.

This is the first time in all these years that His Majesty has praised a woman like this.

The praise here is just praise, without any desire between men and women, but sincere admiration.

The Queen Mother was very curious, so she specifically asked him to tell her that she hoped Gu Xiling could come to the palace to express her gratitude as soon as possible.

Gu Xiling replied respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty and the Queen for your kindness. I will go to the palace to express my gratitude tomorrow."

"Okay, then I will go back and report to the Queen." Eunuch Cao agreed.

"Eunuch Cao, take care!" Gu Xiling said softly, watching Eunuch Cao leave.

Butler Zhou took out a five-liang gold ingot and handed it to Eunuch Cao, and gave two gold ingots of two liang each to the two young eunuchs behind him.

It is made very delicately and brightly, and is specially used for rewards.

After Eunuch Cao left, Gu Xiling looked nervous and looked at her mother-in-law and grandmother, "Grandma, mother, I have never been to the palace. I am very nervous. What should I do? Mother, what should I pay attention to?"

Madam Song smiled and said, "Silly girl, how can we let you go alone for such a big event? My mother and I are all thanks to you, because the three of us have to go to the palace to express our gratitude."

Hearing this, Gu Xiling breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. If I meet His Majesty and the Queen outside the palace, I won't be nervous. Because there are not so many rules outside the palace."

"But there are so many rules in the palace, and they are so strict. I'm really worried that I won't follow the rules and make mistakes, bringing shame to my family!"

Upon hearing this, the Marquis's wife, Mrs. Song, smiled and held Gu Xiling's hand, "Then there is no need to be so afraid. The Empress and His Majesty both value Changning, and the Marquis's Mansion also values ​​you, so they will naturally not embarrass you."

"When we enter the palace, there will be eunuchs to lead us all the way to Fengqi Palace. When the time comes, just follow our instructions and do the same!"

Hearing this, Gu Xiling breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good!"

Today, not only Gu Xiling and the people from Changning Marquis' Mansion received rewards, but even the foreign merchants in Fan City also received rewards.

Not only money, but also royal treasures.

Wumu, the foreign merchant, was so excited that he fainted. Fortunately, there was a clinic nearby and he was given a few injections before he woke up.

Ebony knelt before the imperial gift and kowtowed again.

After getting up, Wumu said to his servant Bayan, "Prepare a generous gift for me immediately. I will go to the Changning Marquis's mansion to deliver the gift myself."

The servant Bayan had stayed in Kangguo with Wumu for a long time and was familiar with the rules there.

"Master, that is the Marquis of Changning's residence. We can't just visit casually. Even if we want to express our gratitude, we have to send a visiting card first. If they agree to let us visit, you can bring generous gifts to express your gratitude. If they don't allow us to visit, we'd better not go."

Wu Mu, whose mind was still in an excited state, suddenly realized what was going on after hearing this. "Yes, yes, that is the top noble in the capital. We were able to receive the reward this time thanks to his recommendation."

"Then let the Han accountant we hired write the visiting card, and you go and prepare the generous gifts. Be sure to find out what kind of gifts Kangguo will send."

"Yes, sir." The servant agreed and asked the accountant.

When Accountant Li heard this, he was also very happy and felt that he was being valued. He immediately bought some fine paper, wrote a visiting card, and gave it to Bayan.

Bayan asked: "Li, the accountant, you are from Kangguo, and the master wants to send a generous gift to the Changning Marquis's Mansion, but he doesn't know what to send?"

Accountant Li stroked his beard and thought for a moment, "In fact, the reason why the Wudong family was appreciated by the Changning Marquisate and rewarded by His Majesty is because we brought such good seeds from your distant hometown."

"For a wealthy family like the Changning Marquis's, what good things have they not seen? If you want to impress the Changning Marquis's family, you have to give them something that Kangguo doesn't have."

Bayan touched his chin and sighed, "Since hearing that seeds can be rewarded, many people have taken seeds and looked for ways to get them, but they can't get them from foreign merchants. It is estimated that our fleet will have to wait for more than a month to return."

Li Zhangfang nodded and said, "If you don't have seeds, you can go for other things, such as raw gemstones, spices and other good things. When the seeds arrive, we will send them over."

Bayan agreed with this and said, "Thank you, Mr. Li, for reminding me."

Zhou Jin was drinking tea with his grandmother, mother, and wife. Lai Fu came over to report, "The servant of the foreign merchant Wu Mu sent a visiting card."

Zhou Jin took it, looked at it, and nodded, "Let him come over in three days."

"Yes!" Lai Fu agreed and replied to Bayan.

Bayan was very happy to know that the Marquis of Changning was willing to meet his master Wumu. Now that he had completed the mission successfully today, he could go back and report.

Who would have thought that after a while, many people sent invitations, wanting to visit the Changning Marquis' Mansion.

Almost all the foreign merchants in the capital were getting restless!

Zhou Jin frowned, too lazy to deal with it, "No!"

Instead, Gu Xiling collected these posts, read them carefully, and then smiled, "Prince, you are too narrow-minded!"

Her young master had heard too much praise recently and felt a little over the top. She wanted to pull Zhou Jin back down from his ecstatic state.

Zhou Jin narrowed his eyes slightly, with a suspicious look on his face, "Madam, what do you mean? Do I have to meet all the cats and dogs who come here?"