When Chu Gui and Cao Yingchun were mentioned, Shi Chunfen couldn't help laughing, "How come you even know about them?"
Shi Cui rolled her eyes at her, "You and Utu have both married into the Chu family. Can I not ask about the Chu family's affairs? Besides, there are no secrets in wealthy families. Your third uncle prides himself on being affectionate and righteous. The whole Liuzhou
Johto knows."
"Love and justice?" Shi Chunfen chewed these words carefully and smiled very intriguingly.
If there was true love and justice, how could he add insult to injury at this juncture?
After staying in the Chu family for a long time, she became more and more able to see through the phenomena and see the essence. I am afraid only they themselves know whether the relationship between Chu Gui and Cao Yingchun is really that good.
Shi Cui noticed her disapproval and quickly asked: "Why, are they making things difficult for you?"
Shi Chunfen quickly shook his head and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just feel that it is quite difficult to meet a true relationship in this world."
Shi Cui was stunned for a moment, then quickly thought of the relationship between her son and Du Yumei, and immediately lowered her head, "At least you have a good relationship with the eldest son."
Mentioning this, the smile on Shi Chunfen's face faded. She had always felt this way before Chu Ling left Liuzhou City, but since he left, everything he did made her doubt herself.
Is it important to him? She knows that the personal relationship between her children is not as important as the family and country, and she also understands that Chu Ling must be careful in his words and deeds in order to keep it secret, but... even a simple greeting can't do it?
Seeing her dim eyes, Shi Cui became nervous, "What's wrong? Did something happen to the eldest son? I heard that he brought troops and horses to save Liuzhou City. Could it be that the battle was not won?"
Shi Chunfen came back to his senses and consoled him: "It is true that we have not won the battle, but the imperial court will not give up on Liuzhou. You don't have to worry."
"How can we not be worried?" Shi Cui sighed: "The Chu family is the richest man in Liuzhou, and your mother-in-law is the head of Huating County. If anything happens, we will be the first to be operated on."
Seeing that she used "we" to describe the relationship between the Yu family and the Chu family, Shi Chunfen was very happy and said with a smile: "You have to believe in A Ling's ability and the court. If something really happened to the Chu family, the rebels would have already
Let’s start now, there’s no need to wait until now.”
"That's true." Shi Cui nodded slightly, staring at the dark circles on her face, "You said that the Chu family gave birth to a baby last night, didn't you stay up all night?"
"Yes." Shi Chunquin did not deny it, "But it doesn't matter. I don't have much to do today. I will go out in the afternoon and then I can come back and rest."
"What has to be done today? Can't we go tomorrow?" Shi Cui asked worriedly.
Shi Chunfen smiled and said, "Go and report to the rebel leader. Do you think we can change the date?"
Shi Cui was startled and quickly understood the anxiety in her heart. He immediately grabbed her hands tightly and asked, "You'll be fine, right?"
Shi Chunfen nodded quickly, "Of course."
After coming out of the courtyard of the Yu family, Shi Chunfen had a brief lunch and then got on the carriage and went to Huang Yifu's mansion. Because he knew that she would not be able to escape, even if she delayed her arrival until the afternoon, Huang Yifu did not rush her.
However, seeing her calm and relaxed look, I was still somewhat dissatisfied.
"The eldest young lady is really leisurely. It's hard for me to spend the whole night thinking about what news you will give me."
Seeing that he was straightforward, Shi Chunquin smiled and said, "Why doesn't the general have the confidence to defeat my husband? Why would he want to be so nervous all night?"
Huang Yifu was choked by her and laughed angrily, "You are very brave, dare to talk to this general like this?"
Since he led his troops into the city, because he controls the life of the entire Liuzhou City, all the common people and merchants he meets have been groveling and ingratiating with him. Only Shi Chunfen chokes him from time to time to remind him that he has not won the hearts of the people.
, on the one hand, he was a little annoyed with the other party's unobtrusive speech, but on the other hand, he admired Shi Chunfen's courage to tell the truth.
Shi Chunfen looked at him with a slight smile on her lips, "If the general hadn't been a reasonable man, I would not have dared to talk to you like this."
Hearing her compliments, Huang Yifu laughed loudly, stood up quickly, and walked to her, "I led the troops to occupy Liuzhou City, beat back your husband, and occupied 80% of your Chu family's property. You
You actually said that I am a reasonable person?"
"Isn't it?" Shi Chunfen met his eyes and asked: "If the general was not a reasonable person, he would not leave us the remaining 20% of his property. What's more, at the city gate that day, I
My husband shot me with an arrow, but it was General you who saved my life. I have always believed that you are not a bad person, you just have a different stance from the court."
After hearing the last sentence, the smile on Huang Yifu's face faded and he looked at her steadily, "Do you really think so?"
"Of course." Shi Chunfen looked at him and said with emotion: "Actually, apart from the generals, how can we, the Chu family, not please both sides? In the eyes of the court, we are merchants from the richest side, and we should be responsible for more things. But in the eyes of the imperial court, we are wealthy merchants.
In the eyes of the common people, we are just local cowards who are greedy for wealth and have no mercy, and we have achieved our current glory by relying on the imperial court. As the eldest mistress of the Chu family, I know better than anyone else how the general feels at this moment."
Seeing that she spoke truly, Huang Yifu's expression was obviously moved, but it was only for a moment. He turned around and sat back down, "Don't think that by saying this, you don't have to fulfill your promise and do what you promised last night.
tell me."
Seeing how he was wary of her, Shi Chunfen pulled his lips in a funny way, "I'm not naive enough to think that I can deceive the general with just a few words."
"It's better if you don't." Huang Yifu said coldly: "Why don't you tell me quickly?"
Shi Chun Equinox was silent for a while, and then quickly said: "That day, my husband hurriedly left home to go to Beijing to take the exam. He never wrote me a letter home after that, so I had no idea what he was doing outside. But just a few days ago,
I looked through the military books in his study and found a few formation diagrams drawn by himself, which I thought would be very useful to the general."
As she said that, she took out the formation diagram she had prepared long ago from her sleeve and presented it respectfully.
Huang Yifu quickly reached out to take it, opened it and glanced at it, his expression softened a lot, "The real battle map."
Shi Chunfen lowered his head and said, "I don't dare to deceive the general."
This formation diagram was the one she saw after a quick glance at the city wall that day. In addition, Lin Zhongyue later gave her the response formation diagram that the rebels had rehearsed day and night, so she roughly estimated that Chu
There might be some discrepancies in the drawing of Ling's formation, but because it was drawn by Chu Ling before he left home, there would be changes later, so Huang Yifu had no doubts at all.