In the study, Liu Sheng was very angry and kept emphasizing that Zhou Fugong had trampled the face of Prince Hou's Mansion under his feet.
Zhou Fugong was also incomprehensible. He hadn't even figured out why he, who had always had good self-control, suddenly acted like a wild beast that had lost its mind and did what he did to County Master Hou Pan last night.
He also called over Chuntao and several other girls who were waiting on the side last night, and inquired carefully about what happened.
Chuntao kept looking at Liu Sheng with her eyes, and Liu Sheng returned her gentle and firm smile.
So Chuntao and other girls did not mention anything unusual that happened last night. They only said that the master was drunk, and that the young master and the mother of the Hou Prince were sent away by the master... What happened in the end
, several girls all said that Zhou Fugong took action and forced Hou Pan.
This is exactly what happened. In order to make this scene realistic, Liu Sheng and Mu Ma did not even tell Hou Pan their plan.
The reason is that Hou Pan, who is naive and not deeply involved in the matter, will show his flaws.
What they need is Hou Pan's true performance.
Zhou Fugong was slumped. He sat behind the desk, wiped his face and drove away Chuntao and others.
Seeing this, Yagyu Sheng, who was sitting upright at the side, made an excuse to ask Zhou Fugong to think about the next thing, and followed Chuntao and others out of the study.
Chuntao in front was walking and fell behind the other girls. When passing by a rockery, she was hugged from the side and rolled into the rockery.
"Son..."
Chuntao exclaimed softly, but before she could finish her words, she was greeted by Yagyu's passionate kiss.
He always has his own way of teasing women.
After a while, Chuntao's face turned red, like a puddle of water, and she slumped obediently in Yagyu Sheng's arms.
"Well done, dear Taoer, you did a great job."
While praising her, Yagyu put his hand under her skirt.
He swallowed all Chuntao's exclamations into his lips, and with just one hand, he could make Chuntao ecstasy.
This Chuntao is the eldest girl next to Zhou Fugong. She is responsible for all the maids and women in the prefect's mansion. As long as they deal with this Chuntao, it is equivalent to placing an informant next to Zhou Fugong.
And just now in the study room, the girls were so unanimous in their opinions, precisely because of what Chuntao explained.
She did a good job, and this person was of great use to Yagyu.
Not long after, Chuntao walked out from behind the rockery with a flushed face and slightly disheveled clothes, and left in a hurry.
And Yagyu, like a real good man in troubled times, walked back to the study at a leisurely pace.
Zhou Fugong had already sorted out his mood. As soon as Liu Sheng came in, he bowed to Liu Sheng.
"Thousands of mistakes are made, and they are all my fault. It is me who has tarnished the innocence of the county lord. If the young master does not dislike it, I am willing to welcome the county lord as his equal wife."
"A common wife?" Yagyu narrowed his eyes, "Isn't that a concubine?"
He sneered,
"Master Zhou is so brave. How dare you take the county owner of Prince Hou's Mansion as your concubine?"
Zhou Fugong straightened up, and did not say anything else. He only showed himself to Liu Sheng.
"Sir, at my age, I still don't have a real wife. Do you think you are right?"
Speaking of which, Zhou Fugong was already in his forties. At his age, he could actually be Hou Pan's grandfather.
Yagyu slapped the table,
"Then divorce your wife, or demote her to be a concubine. I, the head of the county, will never become a concubine."
"My official wife is the niece of my mother-in-law. She has a royal decree. In terms of rank, the county lord can only be inferior to my official wife."
When he said this, Zhou Fugong looked serious, without any emotion. He just told Liu Sheng the truth very seriously.
He suddenly felt a little confused. Liu Sheng seemed not familiar with the rank of official wives. A county head was just a county head after all. Compared with Lady Gaoming, Liu Sheng couldn't tell whether she was more junior or more noble.
This was Yagyu's shortcoming. He was stunned for a moment, then realized it and skipped the topic.
"Since we are going to get married, Mr. Zhou, this young master will take over the throne..."
After all, in fact, Liu Sheng didn't really care about whether County Lord Hou Pan was his wife or concubine. He only cared about whether he could become the little prince.
But with the current situation in Quanshui County, it would not be enough for him to become the Xiaohou Wang on his own. At least he didn't know how to go to the Zongren Mansion to report.
This matter still has to rely on Zhou Fugong.
Zhou Fugong smiled and said,
"It is not difficult for the young master to succeed to the throne, but the actual power of Quanshui County must be carefully considered."
This is a big mistake. In fact, it is very troublesome for the fiefdoms to manage their own affairs. The imperial capital has long discovered that this disadvantage is too great, and many years ago it wanted to take back the rights from the princes of various places.
This idea has been around for decades.
However, due to various reasons, it has never been put into practice.
This gave the position of prefect a big loophole. In other words, if Zhou Fugong could grasp the real power of Quanshui County, his status would be the same as that of the prince.
As long as he works a little, he may not be able to deceive his superiors and deceive his subordinates, and become a local emperor in this Quanshui County.
Of course, this also requires the cooperation of the Prince Hou's Mansion.
The two discussed in detail, and in the end what they discussed was no longer about Hou Pan as a wife or concubine, but how to divide the tax revenue of Quanshui County.
It went on like this from day to night, until midnight, before Yagyu left with satisfaction.
He returned to Prince Hou's Mansion and was about to go back to sleep, but his mother came over in a hurry.
"Go and see the county princess. She is crying so much."
Liu Sheng frowned and scolded Mother in a masterly manner,
"Slave dog, who are you talking to?"
Mother was stunned, and felt very angry.
"Hey, Mr. Liu is different from the past now. What, now you have secured the throne of Xiaohou Wang, and you don't need us, the county master, to prove your identity for you?"
At this time, Yagyu began to wander? His name has not yet been admitted to the clan, and the clan office has not registered for him. Now except Hou Pan, the county head, there is nothing to prove Yagyu's identity.
So Liu Sheng wanted to get rid of Hou Pan? But it was really a dream.
Liu Sheng calmed down and looked at his mother, a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but in the end, he pursed his lips, sneered, and followed his mother to see Hou Pan.
As soon as he entered Hou Pan's room, he heard a frowning cry.
Yagyu seemed quite impatient, but at this moment he could only patiently comfort her.
"County Lord, don't cry. I have already talked with Mr. Zhou and he is willing to marry you as his equal wife."
"Plain wife?"
Before Hou Pan could say anything, Mother screamed,
"Why? We are the county owners of Prince Hou's Mansion, and this Quanshui County is the fiefdom of Prince Hou. Why can we, the county owners, only be the equals? The equals are just concubines!"
It sounds nice to say that she is a wife, and everything is the same as a real wife, but in reality she is still just a concubine.
Liu Sheng turned his head, with cruelty in his eyes,
"Then what do you think? This week, Fugong's official wife is married, and our Prince Hou's Mansion has been destroyed. We are just a county lord. Being able to marry the eunuch and be his wife is already what I can get for the county lord. In the end,
Good luck."
Have neither Hou Pan nor Mu Ma ever thought about what the county owner is doing now?
Not to mention that she is no longer a young lady, she still has a small one in her belly.
If she doesn't get married now, she will get pregnant after a while, and she won't even be qualified to be a wife of a nobleman.
Mother's application was hesitant, and she looked at Hou Pan on the bed.
Hou Pan sat up and hugged Liu Sheng.
"Liu Lang, I don't want to marry anyone else. We are back to Quanshui County now. You can be the little prince, and I will tell others that you are my little uncle. But I don't want to marry. The child in my belly is yours."
Ah Liulang."
Mom's lips moved and she stood aside not knowing what to say.
However, Liu Sheng pulled Hou Pan's hand away from her neck. He stretched out his prosthetic hand and said to Hou Pan with a sinister expression,
"Look, I'm like this now. What future do you have with a cripple like me? We are both rats in the gutter. Holding each other together will only rot and stink in the gutter. Of course we have to climb up together.
yes."
He grabbed Hou Pan's hair and forced her to look up and look around.
"Cry, cry, cry, what else can you do besides crying all day long? Now I am working hard for our future prosperity. I don't ask you to do more. You only need to serve Master Zhou.
He pressed our child on his head, he is the county governor, and a person who can achieve this position has much wider connections in the imperial capital than we do."
Zhou Fugong could even marry the queen's niece, so he must have a deep foundation in the imperial capital.
Why don't you just end up currying favor with a person like this? Maybe in the future, through Zhou Fugong, he can marry a princess or something like that.
So at this time, Hou Pan couldn't run out and make trouble with him.
Liu Sheng loosened Hou Pan's hair and carefully and gently wiped away the tears from Hou Pan's face.
"Pan'er, you should be more obedient. If you are obedient, life will be easier for all of us. If you are disobedient, think about it. You are an unmarried young girl who got pregnant with an actor.
If my son is found out by the clan government, I am afraid that in order to protect the reputation of the royal family, no one will know how you disappeared."
These words made Hou Pan's eyes burst into tears again.
She longs for love, but at this time, she is even more afraid of the clan mansion.
In the end, she could only nod with tears in her eyes and agreed to Liu Sheng to be Zhou Fugong's equal wife.
Since she is a concubine, there is no reason for her to be more famous. What's more, Zhou Fugong also has to worry about his imperial wife who is still in the imperial capital.
A small sedan was used to welcome Hou Pan into the prefect's mansion from the side door. A few scattered reds symbolized the joy of the wedding ceremony.
It was really worse than the wedding ceremony of the Yao family.
Hou Pan was sitting on the bed, without a covering on his head, and the quilt under his buttocks was not a comfortable quilt.
She shed tears in grievance,
"Mom, tell me how come I am in this situation. I am the head of the county. Prefect Zhou, how dare he despise me like this!"
My mother felt very uncomfortable. What could she say at this time?
In fact, secretly, my mother had a little bit of regret, and she really didn't know it. In comparison, being an equal wife to the prefect was not as good as being the first wife to Yao Jun.
However, my mother did not dare to say such words for fear of irritating Hou Pan.
What happened next made Hou Pan feel even more panicked.
Because Zhou Fugong actually entered the room.
He is not Yao Jun. Yao Jun feels that he and Hou Pan have not reached spiritual harmony, so he will not touch Hou Pan.
But Zhou Fugong is different. Although he is a prefect, he is also a man. Even though he forced Hou Pan, he is not irresponsible.
She has already been married to her, so he has a reason to sleep with her.
The fat Zhou Fugong walked to the bed and looked at his mother standing beside him.
"go out!"
Mother looked at Hou Pan hesitantly.
Hou Pan had panic in his eyes and shook his head at Mu Ma.
It means asking mom not to go out.
She didn't want to serve a fat, ugly and old man like Zhou Fugong.
But my mother had no choice but to comfort Hou Pan in a low voice.
"County Lord, this is how women are born, you...you and your Excellency, please rest."
With that said, she went out and closed the door before leaving.
On this night, for Hou Pan, doing such a thing no longer felt comfortable and enjoyable. In fact, compared to Liu Sheng, a man like Zhou Fugong was as good as heaven and earth.
He made Hou Pan feel sick.
It was so disgusting that every place he touched her made her feel uncomfortable.
It didn't take long for the news of Hou Pan's pregnancy to spread in the prefect's palace. Zhou Fugong seemed very happy. Although his granddaughter was as old as Hou Pan, in this world, who doesn't like his descendants to be prosperous.
Having many children means being blessed.
At the same time as this news came out, there was also the matter of the young master of the prince's palace succeeding to the throne of the prince.
The news reached Hua Jin's ears. She and Li Yunqing were riding horses outside Yao Jun's market town in Hushan County.
They did not enter the market town, but camped outside.
On horseback, Hua Jin teased Li Yunqing,
"This Hou Sheng is probably the same Yagyu. Why is your royal family's blood so easily adulterated? Do you want to write a letter to your emperor to find out how many fakes have been adulterated into your royal family?"
Faced with her teasing, Li Yunqing glanced sideways at Hua Jin without saying anything. On the galloping horse, he flew from his own horse and landed on Hua Jin's horse.
He just sat firmly behind Hua Jin.
"Hey, you are so heavy, you will crush my horse to death!"
Hua Jin turned around and used her elbow to push Yunqing hard, hoping to push him off the horse.
Li Yunqing grabbed Hua Jin's arm with one hand, held her hands forward, and controlled this fierce woman.
"Be honest and stay in my arms. Is this how I care for you?"
Li Yunqing opened his mouth and bit Hua Jin's face. He looked at other people's women being held by his own man, with a shy look on his face.
Looking at his woman, she was showing her teeth and claws when she was held by him, and she wanted to have a fight with him.
He was furious.
Hua Jin was bitten on the face and felt that Li Yunqing's behavior was undoubtedly that of a zombie. She turned around and gave Li Yunqing a white look.
"Go down and let us have another fight. If you lose, call me daddy!"
"No fighting today."
Li Yunqing smiled and glanced at Yao Jun and the town stewards who were walking opposite.
"Your little apprentice is here, you can't fight in front of your apprentice."
With a victorious smile on his face, he sat on the horse with Hua Jin in his arms, watching Yao Jun and others gradually approach.
Those market town managers were all promoted by Hua Jin, and most of them were promoted from civilians.
Because someone had already told her not to be disrespectful to Princess Li, everyone could only see the silver-haired woman in Li Yunqing's arms from a distance, but when they got closer, they didn't dare to glance around.
Even Yao Jun is the same.
Although he was shocked in his heart, he was not surprised by this result. After all, his master was so talented and his ability to control the situation was the most powerful in the world. If he didn't have some background, Yao Jun himself wouldn't believe it.
Now he is told that his master is Princess Xiao Li, and it is connected with the fact that Sun Guogong has been attacking the market town.
Everything forms a logical closed loop.
They knelt down and bowed politely, and then Li Yunqing let go of Hua Jin and let her get off the horse.
Hua Jin turned around and whipped the horse's butt, driving Li Yunqi away. Then she looked at Yao Jun and others with a smile.
"Get up and get down to business as soon as possible. Has the iron you bought from Beidi arrived?"
This was a basic people's livelihood policy she set when she was still Yao Jun's master in the market town. She imported iron ore from the North to Hushan County, processed and smelted it in Hushan County, made exquisite ironware, and then sold it to Hushan County.
Hegu Banner Prefecture.
Yao Jun stood up and bowed to answer,
"We have arrived. The blacksmiths of the Yao family are gathering people in the market town to start forging iron."
"Very good, where are the cows and horses?"
She also plans to raise war horses and cattle in Hushan County, and also plans to export them to Beidi and Guqi Prefecture.
Yao Jun replied,
"They have all been raised, and within a few months, a group of cattle and horses will be put on the market."
He lowered his head and walked behind Hua Jin, who was in front of him in a black dress and silver hair, walking forward with his hands behind his back.
This time she didn't wrap her face with black gauze, but no one dared to look directly at her difference.
Everything in Hushan County is well arranged, and the market town has expanded several times compared to before in a short period of time.
Without the threat of Sun Guogong, Hushan County will not be in any danger for the time being in the hinterland of Tianjing Kingdom.
Now it’s a question of how to develop. With Hushan County’s current foreign trade export volume, it’s still not enough to support rapid development.
Hua Jin led Yao Jun and a group of stewards into the king's tent. She sat down directly on the throne and gave seats to Yao Jun and others. Before she could say anything, Shence Jun came and went.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Yu is here."
"Please come in."
Hua Jin's body was slightly tilted, her elbows resting on the soft pillows of the throne, and the expression on her face looked extremely beautiful.
Even with a slight chill.
There were all the stewards in the house, and with the addition of Commander Yao, no one dared to make a sound.
Hua Jin didn't say anything, and you could hear a pin drop in the quiet room.
This is probably the majesty of a superior person. This kind of momentum can make people awe-inspiring.
There was a burst of messy footsteps outside, and Duke Yu was led into the king's tent by the Shence Army.
He looked directly at Hua Jin, then slowly knelt down and kowtowed to Hua Jin.
"The common people have seen Princess Xiao Li."
"rise."
Hua Jin was just one word, and a pair of phoenix eyes looked at Mr. Yu.
Mr. Yu was not hesitant, he quickly stood up, his back straight, and he held his hand towards Hua Jin,
"Mother, I wonder where Prince Xiao Li is? The people were rescued by Prince Li, and they brought many gifts to the prince. They wanted to express their gratitude to the prince."