The eldest princess and Li [rebirth]

Chu Ran was unsure, looked left and right to see the rose flower, took a look, and said: "This has already been delivered."

She got up to take a look, Lu Shi was finally annoyed, and held her back: "Do you think this is fun?"

Chu Ran felt guilty, and was pulled by her hand: "Don't Lu Xiang, don't you think it's cute?..."

"Where is it cute?" Lu Yi laughed angrily.

Chu Ran bent her lips and smiled: "It's cute, look, that flower is exactly the same as the real one, and it really doesn't have so many colors, yellow and pink..."

Lu Shi's eyes were cold, "A fake is a fake, how can it become true."

"I really can't afford it, and the fake ones will die." Chu Ran licked the corners of her lips, the smile in her eyes couldn't stop, she broke away from Lu Shi's hand, touched the flowers and leaves, and glanced at the flowers from the corner of her eye. Eye Lu Shi.

Lu Yi looked cold and stopped talking.

It is common to be noisy in the inn. When the two of them suddenly quieted down, the noise outside became louder. The sound of hurried footsteps superimposed disturbed Chu Ran.

Today's work is half successful, if Liu Zhang is smarter, he will go to the private market to get a lot of treasures; if he is stupid, he will waste all his hard work.

Liu Zhang must be grateful for such a big gift.

The golden bell was a bit of an eyesore, placed on the rose, the color was beautiful, but Lu Shi didn't dare to look at it.After Chu Ran made a fuss, he behaved himself, put the bell away and put it in the corner.

Lu Xiang was angry, so she walked over to coax her, "Lu Shi is so angry, I won't play anymore, I'll take you out to play, okay?"

"Don't go!"

Chu Ran reached out to hug her and rubbed her shoulder, "Lu Xiang, don't be stingy, I won't trouble you next time, okay?"

"Your Highness, go out and play by yourself."

"One person is not very interesting. I just smashed Liu Zhang and gave him the address of the private market. Tomorrow will be interesting. Let's celebrate in advance." Chu Ran has never coaxed anyone, and most of the time he does things by himself, with dry mouth He couldn't make Lu Xiang show off his face either.

Lu Shi didn't want to pay attention to her, just let it hang out, so as not to do it again next time.

There is only one room booked in the inn, so it's not easy to drive people out. After listening to her nagging for a while, I covered her mouth: "One more thing, Your Highness, it's better to go outside."

"It's just one room, where do you want me to go?" Chu Ran giggled, leaning against her and still not moving, muttering to herself: "I can't coax you, after I just smashed Liu Zhang, my heart was thumping, and my body was twitching." It's still weak."

"Coax me?" Lu Shi lowered his eyes, his eyes were unpredictable, which made Chu Ran's heart skip a beat, and she let go of her hand in fright, "I'd better go outside and wait for you to calm down before coming back."

Chu Ran was able to run away, and before leaving, she gently closed the door, and went to sit in the lobby by herself.

There are dragons and snakes in the inn, and there are people from all over the world, sitting, eating, and talking loudly.Chu Ran sat in the corner, listening casually, wondering if there was something about Yingdu.

I haven't received any letters in the past few days, and I don't know the prince's current situation.Heng Wang's party has bad methods, and they don't know what kind of monsters they will be.

A few people came in at the entrance of the inn, and they didn't take their swords out of their hands. It seemed that they were not locals.Chu Ran took another look, and saw that the figures were very well-regulated, without any sloppy look. Seeing their dark skin, they guessed that they were from the army or from some teams.

The group wanted to pass through a room, and went upstairs in the blink of an eye without lingering in the lobby.

There were still people coming and going in the lobby. Chu Ran sat outside for a while and went to the county office for a walk. She found that the guards there were stricter than yesterday. She asked for money as usual, not wanting to be kicked out.

She had no choice but to go back to the inn. It seemed that something happened in Qinghe.

With someone coming from the court, maybe she still has a chance. If she appeared so quietly, it would be suspicious if she appeared rashly.

The ferry from Qinghe to Wujiang is controlled by the imperial court, which is the same as customs clearance in other places. No matter how clean Liu Zhang is, he has made a lot of money. He kept the private market from him.

Opening a private market is not a small crime. If you catch them, you will be exiled. How to deal with them depends on Liu Zhang.The county government waited and waited, so why not come back a few days later to see the result, then we will know the result.

After thinking about it, she rode back to the inn, guessing that Lu had calmed down quite a bit, and bought an altar of Taohuadu at the wine shop, so she could coax her.

After returning to the inn, she happened to see those people going out. They were wearing hats and armed with broad knives. She felt that they were not simple.

After the face-to-face meeting, Chu Ran hurried upstairs.She has a bit of a temper, and was calmed down by Lu Shi these days, but she became irritable when something happened.

On the contrary, Lu Shi's temperament is like a pool of water, bottomless and extremely tolerant.

She held Taohuadu and knocked on the door, thinking that Lu Xiang would leave her alone, and didn't want to open it as soon as she knocked, she squinted and smiled, and gave her the wine as if offering a treasure: "Lu Xiang, try Qinghe Taohuadu."

Lu Shi glanced at her, sized her up, and said, "Where have you been?"

"I just went to the county government office, and there seems to be something going on there." Chu Ran's face was peachy, her skin was radiant, and she was a little more charming than before. She looked at Lu Shi with a smile, and the meaning of flattery was obvious.

Lu Shi pretended not to see him, so he counted the time, and Qinghe should have received the imperial court's order.She thought in her heart, but didn't say it, she just said: "Liu Zhang must go to the private market tonight, so don't say anything."

"I'll go and see, there's nothing wrong here," Chu Ran said.She lazily climbed onto the bed, planning to take a nap, so she was very energetic at night.

After leaving Yingdu City, Chu Ran was an offline kite, which he couldn't pull.Lu Shi didn't go out, and he didn't restrain her. He didn't want her to always run into the dangerous pit and catch people in the private market. If she didn't run fast, she would be caught.

Lu Shi didn't persuade her what she wanted.

The two were quiet for a while, when someone knocked on the door, Chu Ran got up immediately: "Don't move, I'll go and have a look." She was dressed in men's clothing, so people wouldn't pay too much attention to it, the world would pay more attention to beautiful women.

Lu Shi nodded, and sat on the side without moving.

Chu Ran tidied up her clothes and calmed down. When she opened the door, her eyes lit up, and it was Liancheng.

With joy in her eyes, she pulled the boy into the room, and couldn't help but rejoice: "Why are you here? It is a serious crime to leave the city without permission."

Although he was happy, he still couldn't help worrying about him in his words, His Majesty's temperament is unpredictable, if he knew, even his family would be guilty of serious crimes.

Seeing Chu Ran, Liancheng was so happy that he didn't know what to do. He raised his hand and hugged her. The young man smiled happily, "The prince begged His Majesty for me, and nothing will happen."

"After the shipwreck, the court was in chaos, and His Majesty was also impatient, so he sent someone to search the canal, and King Heng recommended himself, but His Majesty never agreed. It just so happened that Li Chuzuo sent me back, and the crown prince asked me to come here. It was really safe and sound." The young man said. He was handsome, and when he smiled, he showed his white teeth, and he looked happy.

Everyone in Ying capital city was disturbed, Heng Wang's party had escaped so badly, the crown prince fell ill because of this, and his old illness got worse, Lian Cheng didn't dare to speak, only dared to pick the good ones.

After he told the story, he saw Lu Xiang when he was looking at the furnishings in the house. He was so frightened that he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Lu Xiang."

Lu Shi didn't care about his rudeness. Hearing what he just said, he also had many questions in his heart, "How is King Heng in Beijing?"

"Compared to the past, he is more pleased with His Majesty. All good deeds and filial piety are the first. Nowadays, many people praise him, and even some literati write poems to praise him." Liancheng said, he felt aggrieved, and always felt that he bought those people with money. of.

Lu Shi was determined. In the previous life, after the death of the crown prince, he looked like this. His Majesty took pills all the year round, and his body broke down. In the end, he was so stupid that he believed in Heng Wang's filial piety.

Now that the Huo family is guessed by His Majesty, King Heng has lost his backing, and his reputation of filial piety has been established in advance.

"It's okay, King Heng is filial."

When Lu Xiang boasted so much, Liancheng didn't understand. He touched his head in a daze, and finally didn't dare to speak. Finally, Chu Ran broke the deadlock: "How do you know I'm here?"

"My people saw His Highness in the lobby and confirmed that it was you, so I dared to come here. By the way, His Highness has to go to the post house. There are dragons and snakes mixed here, so it's not safe." Lian Cheng explained.

Chu Ran held her chin and turned to look at Lu Shi: "What does Prime Minister Lu think?"

"Let's go after tomorrow." Lu Shi said, if he went now, he would miss the private market.

Chu Ran also understood what she didn't say. She nodded and said to Liancheng, "I'll go tomorrow. Don't disturb Liu Zhang. By the way, you can follow him tonight and make a fortune."

Even the family's money is used in the army, and even the renovation of the Hou's mansion is the money of the Xiang's mansion.Chu Ran didn't know these things. Liancheng wanted to ask the prince to take it back to Lu Xiang, but he didn't dare to contact the prince too much. The large sum of money would definitely make people suspicious.

When she thought about it and wanted to tell Chu Ran, she was going out of the city.

He always felt embarrassed when he saw Lu Xiang, so he backed out after a few words, Chu Ran followed, and the two went to the lobby to talk in detail.

Liancheng was determined, and he said the words like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube, "How did you and Lu Xiang get out of danger?"

"I was saved by a child. You send someone to thank me for me. That child is smart. It would be good to bring him into the company's army." Chu Ran said casually.

The situation in Yingdu City remained unchanged, and she had nothing to worry about. She held her chin and thought for a while, then whispered, "Do you have any money?"

Liancheng touched his body and took out two taels of silver, "That's all."

Chu Ran was helpless, all her money sank to the bottom of the river with the boat, and she had no choice but to open her mouth. She didn’t even bring money with her when she came out of the city. Seeing this, she didn’t want it anymore. gone?"

"I'm fishing. Your Highness is in a hurry to ask for it. I'll ask someone to urge you to send it to Qinghe. However, you can't ask for clothes and the like. Hairpins and jewelry should be fine." Lian Cheng put away the money, not understanding what His Highness wanted. What do you do with money, you don't lack anything when you go to the post house.

He has a lot of things to do, and he has to keep the news secret today. As for the private market His Highness mentioned, he will take someone to look at it later.

Chu Ran didn't get the money, so she held onto Liancheng before leaving, "Remember to take me with you when you go at night."

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Dragons and snakes are mixed in Qinghe, and so are the officials in the yamen. Liu Zhang is easy to fool, and the subordinates below see one and the other. There are old rice and new rice almost every year. In previous years, no one would care about it, but this year is different.

Qinghe is a treasure land, the Huo family has never been able to enter, Liu Zhang is pedantic, and believes that His Majesty is the master, no matter what Huo Qi does, he is unwilling to change his words, how can he be stable after a long time.

Lu Shi knew this, counting the time, the winter food hadn't been distributed yet, and there was still a chance to save it.

She recalled the names and surnames of the officials involved, and wrote them down one by one. Except for Liu Zhang who didn't know, they were all criminals who had committed crimes several times and should not be tolerated.

When thinking back in her mind, Chu Ran pushed the door open and entered. She wanted to go to the private market, but Lu Xiang disagreed. If she went privately, the consequences would be disastrous.

She paced over, pretending not to approach, her steps were small and slow, and she looked over with her eyes: "What is Lu Xiang writing?"

"It's all right, where did Liancheng go?" Lu Shi knew she was spying on her, and he didn't mind, the paper was full of people she didn't know, so it didn't matter if she read it.

Chu Ran knew the officials in Beijing very well, as well as generals from all over the country, but the local officials knew very little.She didn't know how many times she had seen it, so she simply stopped watching it.

She hesitated, considering her words, and looked at Lu Shi with burning eyes: "Mr. Lu, shall we go to the private market?"

"Arrested by Liu Zhang?" Lu Shi said lightly.

There are only two kinds of people who go to the private market, buyers and sellers, and there is absolutely no one to watch the excitement.In the past, Chu Ran must have been the former, who was caught by Liu Zhang and lost all face.

Chu Ran's face was flushed by the words, and he touched his face: "How come Lu Xiang didn't say anything good about me, so I went to have a look, and watched from a distance."

Lu Shi's thoughts were interrupted by her arguing, and she couldn't remember the rest. She had a very good memory, and when she saw Chu Ran's pink-faced peach blossoms, she didn't have the heart to think about it.

She pressed the paperweight against the paper, and said to Chu Ran: "Whether to go or not, it is up to His Highness."

"I don't believe what you say, go ahead, you will get angry behind, duplicity, I can't trust you." Chu Ran muttered.

"Since His Highness cares so much about the minister's feelings, why don't you go?" Lu Shi advised.

Chu Ran was aggrieved, moved her mouth, and didn't know what to say. She looked at Lu Shi, her eyes froze, and finally nodded sullenly.

After Liancheng returned to the post house, someone quietly brought over sweet-scented osmanthus tea and persimmons.There is a temple in Qinghe called Yongshou, and the persimmons inside are sweet, and those growing in front of the Buddhist gate always have good meanings, and everyone scrambles to ask for them.

Once he went to Qinghe, there were not a few people who fawned on him, especially Persimmon.He is a man and he doesn't like sweets, so he naturally sent them to Chu Ran.

Chu Ran couldn't go out, pinched the persimmons, and didn't want to eat them. She wanted to go to the private market to see if she was short on cash, and it would be good if she got good things then.

Lu Xiang didn't know that she was in Xiao Jiujiu, so he was relieved after he finished writing the list, and then hid it in the book after reading it carefully.She looked up and saw Chu Ran's sullen expression, and she squeezed a persimmon to eat, "His Royal Highness wants to go to the private market?"

As soon as you hear this, there is a turning point.

Chu Ran nodded hurriedly: "Lu Xiang wants me to go?"

"Going to the private market is worse than going to the street market." Lu Shi said lightly.

She left half of her speech, Chu Ran was annoyed, Lu Shi smiled lightly, after the teasing, her eyes were gentle and amiable, reflecting her lightly.

Chu Ran couldn't get angry anymore, she touched the smooth skin of the persimmon, her delicate eyebrows twisted together: "If you don't go, then don't go, rest earlier."

At dusk, Liancheng thoughtfully sent a lot of food.Qinghe has a lot of aquatic products, and the crabs that are sent are steamed thoroughly. At this time, they are still hot.

The visitor walked quickly, taking advantage of Lu Shi not paying attention, he whispered to Chu Ran: "General Lian said that he will wait for you outside the inn at Haishi tonight."

Chu Ran watched the crab's eyes light up, and wanted to answer the next moment. When Lu Xiang came over, she quickly retracted and lowered her head to eat the crab.

The crabs in Qinghe are big and plump. It is still far from Yingdu, even if they are sent there, they are regarded as rewards, and there are not many of them.

Chu Ran pretended to take a big one, lifted the navel cover, removed the crab legs, and took the stick that came with it to dig out the crab roe inside. Unfortunately, he said: "It is also good to eat noodles with crab roe."

Lu Shi ignored her words, pushed the side of the sauce to her hand, took one, and scooped out the crab roe for her to eat.

Crabs are cold in nature, so she dare not eat them casually, especially when she fell into the water a few days ago and her body was cold, it is not good after all.

Liancheng sent five or six over, but after Chu Ran ate a few, he stopped eating and did not persuade Lu Xiang to eat.

After eating, it was dark. Chu Ran bit the plum and looked outside, thinking about how to go out in Haishi. She knew that Lu Shi would not agree, and she would be annoyed anyway, so she might as well go with her.

Suddenly I remembered what Xinyang said, when I was angry, I went to kiss her to coax her, and it was fine after I kissed her.

Thinking of this, she gained confidence in her heart. She looked at Lu Shi with her eyes, pursed the corners of her lips and said, "Lu Xiang, don't you rest?"

Lu Shi sat in front of the case, still bent over the pen and paper, and only said after hearing the words: "Your Highness, sleep first if you are sleepy."

If she doesn't sleep, it's serious if Lu Xiang sleeps.

After thinking about it, Chu Ran leaned in front of Lu Shi and took her pen: "Let's sleep together, you see you are tired after a busy day."

She was so considerate that Lu Shi was taken aback. Before he could refuse, Chu Ran dragged her to bed with her, reaching out to untie her belt.

Chu Ran's movements were extremely natural, with a serious face, as if she was doing a very ordinary thing. Lu Shi felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly pressed her restless hand: "Why did your Highness go to bed so early today?"