It was the second night that Zhou Ling returned to Ganquanfang House drunkenly.

Qi Si brought him back and took him to the back room, where he watched two maids undress and untie him.

"Song Xianggong is indeed very interesting. He said a lot of good things for me in front of the Crown Prince and General Chen Jue. The Crown Prince thinks highly of me. He came out of Ziyun Tower last night and took us to Jujingyuan... He kept playing until

today...."

Zhou Ling was drunk, her face was red and her neck was thick, she was stammering when she spoke, and she kept burping.

Qi Si waved his hand to send the maid away and helped him sit on the soft couch.

"Jujingyuan is a royal garden, and only important ministers of the country have the right to go there. The prince took the general to Jujingyuan to have a drink. This is treating the general as one of his own!" Qi Si flattered him in surprise.

If Zhou Ling is promoted by the prince, the rising tide will lift all boats, and he himself will also benefit a lot.

"Hehe~" Zhou Ling smiled proudly and said with a breath of wine: "If the old lady doesn't help me, I can still rise to the top! The Zhou family, the Zhou family will rely on me to support them in the future!"

Qi Si squatted aside and beat his master's legs, and sneered: "The old master is ignorant. When the general becomes famous, he will regret it!"

Zhou Ling fell on the bed and smiled with her eyes closed: "You don't know, in Jujingyuan, there are several beauties hidden in the golden house of the prince. I was lucky enough to meet them once. They are really beautiful and fragrant~~

~It's a pity that they are all the prince's people, so they can't be touched..."

Qi Si swallowed her saliva, her eyes full of longing: "The beauty the prince is hiding in Jujingyuan? What will it look like~"

Zhou Ling said hey: "In terms of beauty, she may not be as good as my Ehuang, but that little girl has not yet grown up, and is far less charming than those women who know how to please men..."

Qi Si smiled and said: "So, the prince also likes women?"

Zhou Ling sneered and said: "Nonsense, as long as it's a man, who wouldn't be lewd?"

After a pause, Zhou Ling said proudly: "If you see my Ehuang, the prince will definitely not be able to move his eyes away!"

Qi Si said casually: "It's a pity that the ages don't match. If Mrs. Zhou were older, she might have a chance to become the crown princess."

Zhou Ling was just about to lie down on the bed, but when he heard this, he sat up in excitement and stared at a pair of red drunken eyes: "What did you say?"

Qi Si thought she had said something wrong and said cautiously: "Basically speaking, the prince is more than ten years older than Mrs. Zhou. If Mrs. Zhou had been born a few years earlier, she might have become the crown princess due to her beauty... Unfortunately, the prince is already married now.

The old master is at odds with the prince again, so there is absolutely no way he would marry his daughter to the prince..."

Zhou Ling was stunned for a long time before murmuring: "The prince is so lustful. If I dedicate Emperor E to him, do you think...will he be grateful to me?"

Qi Si was also stunned, startled, and said hurriedly: "General, what do you mean, secretly give Mrs. Zhou to the prince?"

The drunkenness in Zhou Ling's eyes disappeared without a trace, and everything returned to clarity and terrifying calmness.

He stood up in a hurry and walked around the room with his hands behind his back.

"The prince is lustful, and Emperor E has an appearance that will overwhelm the country. If I dedicate it to the prince and win the prince's favor, I will be prosperous in the future, just around the corner!"

Zhou Ling looked fierce and punched her palm.

Qi Si swallowed his saliva: "How should I explain to the old lady?"

Zhou Ling sneered and said: "Let's see what the prince's attitude is first. If he likes Emperor E and wants to be his concubine, he will naturally find someone to propose marriage to the old man.

If he just wants to have fun, then he can only tell the old man that Ehuang was killed by those northerners..."

Qi Si's eyes flickered, showing a little fear, thinking that General Zhou was really vicious this time, even his cousin was willing to kill him.

However, the villain is Zhou Ling, and the woman who is dedicated to the prince is also a woman from their Zhou family. In the future, if Zhou Ling is favored by the prince and his official career is prosperous, he will also benefit from it.

Qi Si chuckled and said, "Congratulations, General! The prince is lustful, so let's give him what he likes and give him a stunning beauty. Why can't he think of the general?"

Zhou Ling smiled and said: "There is no shortage of loyal people around the prince. If you want to stand out, you must think of some ways. Ehuang, just think of it as my certificate of submission to the prince!"

"When the prince ascends the throne in the future, Madam Zhou may even become a concubine, and the general will be a relative, with wealth and glory at her fingertips!" Qi Si complimented.

"Hahaha~~"

Zhou Ling laughed, feeling more and more proud of his idea.

"Oh~ Ehuang is beautiful. In two years, she will definitely be the most beautiful woman in Jiangning. It's a pity to give it to the prince~~"

Zhou Ling's gloomy eyes narrowed slightly, and she shook her head and said: "That's all, as long as you have the power in your hands, you can't get any kind of beauty!

Are those three untouchables still alive?"

Qi Si hurriedly said: "You are still alive. Untouchables have a hard life and it is not easy to die."

Zhou Ling asked again: "Is there any news from Zhou Tong?"

"not yet."

"Send someone to inquire and find out the whereabouts of that group of Northerners as soon as possible. Tomorrow you will go back to Gongsheng camp to mobilize troops and make arrangements..."

Zhou Ling gave instructions, and Qi Si nodded in agreement and kept it in mind.

After explaining the matter, sleepiness came to his head. Zhou Ling stretched himself and yawned, ready to turn off the lights and go to bed for a good sleep.

Qi Si quietly closed the door and left.

The house was quiet.

Outside the northwest courtyard wall, a dark figure lay motionless, completely hidden in the shadows.

It's really hard to spot if you don't look carefully.

After another hour, the dark shadow slowly climbed down the wall, without disturbing the soldiers in the house.

Early the next morning, Zhu Xiu went to the room where the two children lived next door and prepared to have breakfast with them.

The brother and sister got up early. Zhu Liang was holding a hairpin bought on the street yesterday and studying how to tie the little sister's hair.

Correct

Da Ya was sleepy-eyed, and her messy yellow hair was left to Zhu Liang to play with.

"My mother used to comb Da Ya's hair, just bundle it with a straw rope. I really don't know how to use this hairpin..." Zhu Liang looked distressed.

Zhu Xiu reached out to take it, held Daya on his lap and sat down.

The little girl was a little embarrassed at first, but soon she was so sleepy that she closed her eyes and fell into Zhu Xiu's arms to doze off.

Combing hair these days is a crafty job. Zhu Xiu learned from Shi Lingyan when he was in Jingzhou, and sometimes he would comb his own hair and tie a turban.

Tighten the hair with a hairpin, twist it up a few times and insert it diagonally into the bun, and a little girl combing her bun will appear in front of her eyes.

It's just that Zhu Xiu's bun was not quite standard and a little crooked. Zhu Liang covered his mouth and giggled.

The little girl woke up with a yawn, touched the new headdress on her head, and grinned happily.

"Brother-in-law, I wish you were really my uncle!" Zhu Liang said suddenly.

Zhu Xiu touched his shaved forehead and said with a smile, "Why?"

Zhu Liang said angrily: "You have the ability. If you are really my uncle, no one will dare to bully my family in the future!"

Zhu Xiu smiled and said: "Remember, no matter whether I am your uncle or not, no matter what changes will happen to your family in the future, whether you are rich or poor, the only person you can rely on in your life is yourself! Don't think about who you rely on or who you rely on.

It’s better to rely on yourself! As long as you have the ability, you will not starve to death wherever you go, and you can live a good life!”

Zhu Liang was confused. He stood up straight unconsciously and pushed out his thin chest: "I remember! If you want to learn skills, you have to rely on yourself!"

"Very good!" Zhu Xiu touched his head.

Zhu Fang snuggled into Zhu Xiu's arms, pouted and muttered: "I want to learn my skills too!"

Zhu Xiu laughed and said: "You little girl, learn to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and you will be a good lady!"

Zhu Fang said in a sweet voice: "I want to learn pipa from my beautiful sister!"

"Haha~ No problem, as long as you want to learn, my uncle will let her teach you." Zhu Xiu gently rubbed the little girl's bun, her face full of doting.

Zhu Liang hesitated for a while, then said with a worried face: "Uncle, when my grandma and parents are replaced, will you let Sister Zhou go?"

Zhu Xiu looked at him with interest: "Do you want me to let her go, or not?"

Zhu Liang blinked and scratched his head: "Sister Zhou is a good person, different from the bad guy with the black mole on her forehead. I hope she is as safe and sound as my grandma and parents..."

"So you want me to let her go?" Zhu Xiu said with a smile.

Zhu Liang nodded vigorously and whispered: "But, uncle, you are not willing to let her go..."

Zhu Xiu was startled and said amusedly: "How do you know I'm not willing to let you go?"

Zhu Liang was a brat. He grinned and said, "Sister Zhou is beautiful. My uncle wants to marry her and become his mother-in-law!"

Zhu Fang clapped her little hands and started cheering: "I'm going to be a mother-in-law!"

"You two little guys, stop talking nonsense!" Zhu Xiu couldn't laugh or cry.

While they were chatting and joking, there was a knock on the door, and Pan Mei and Hu Guangyue walked in.

"For your information, Lord Marquis, my subordinates have found out where Qi Si and Zhou Ling live."

Zhu Xiu nodded, "Call Dongmei to come over and take the child away."

After Dongmei took Zhu Liang and Zhu Fang away, Zhu Xiucai asked Pan Mei to close the door. Hu Guangyue continued to report: "According to the investigation by his subordinates, it was learned that the house in Ganquanfang was not Zhou Ling's main residence, but

Very few people know where he kept his outer room.

The house is heavily guarded, with more than twenty Gongsheng soldiers stationed there, and my subordinates guess that the Zhu family is most likely inside!"
To be continued...