An Gouer put down the soup bowl and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
He pursed his lips and smiled lightly, shaking his head at the third princess: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, what the elder brother said is right, the younger brother is just too touched. The elder brother has no way of repaying the love for the younger brother. I wish I could be reborn as my daughter in the next life and pledge myself to you!"
"
The third princess is not a fool, she just doesn't want to use her mind to guess her husband's behavior.
Queen Nangong Meng talked to the third princess for half the night the night before her wedding.
Among them, the words that the third princess remembered most clearly were: "Although Dalong does not advocate that women should not be virtuous, they must not be too smart in front of their husbands, and they must pretend not to understand what they know, otherwise a
If a woman is too smart, as long as her husband is not mediocre, she will feel uncomfortable and stressed, which will sooner or later put up a wall in her relationship!"
An Gouer's resentful tone and awkward expression made the three princesses immediately guess that the sour plum soup she made was unsatisfactory.
Staring at Young Master Liu with an angry look: "Husband, you don't have to say good things just to protect my face. If you don't point out my mistakes, how can I correct them? I also want to be in the same hall as Sister Yun.
It’s the kitchen!”
Liu Mingzhi laughed twice and looked at the third princess with resentful eyes in embarrassment: "You...you can see it all!"
The third princess puffed out her cheeks and pursed her lips: "Does your husband treat me like a fool?"
"No, no, I will give you some advice right away! Just put some sour plums, ice cubes, and a little honey into the sour plum soup. You don't need to add things like salt, dogwood, and bitter lotus powder. By the way, especially don't add vinegar.
, I’m not used to drinking! I’ve never drank like this!”
The third princess's face suddenly became hot. She stood up and grabbed Ping'er's ears with her beautiful hands. She looked angrily at Ping'er whose eyes were evasive: "Damn girl, didn't you say that adding vinegar can improve the sourness of the sour plum soup? Do you know how to do it?
meal?"
Ping'er looked at the third princess pitifully: "Princess, I have told you that I only know a little bit!"
"A little is too much. I thought you were being modest!"
Ping'er curled her neck and looked at the third princess tangledly: "This servant has always been by the princess's side to serve her. When I went to the royal kitchen to pass the meal, I saw the royal chef setting the fire and chopping vegetables, but I can't do anything else!"
Young Master Liu looked at the aggrieved Ping'er with a black hair, "You really only know a little bit."
An Gouer's teeth creaked when he gritted his teeth. It wasn't because he was resentful, but because his sore gums were trembling.
After the third princess got the result, she looked at Young Master Liu pitifully: "Husband... I am..."
"It's okay, it's okay, people are not born with knowledge, just learn it slowly!"
"I must learn cooking skills from sister Yun. By the way, I saw that my husband was frowning just now. Is there something wrong? If you have any difficulties, tell me. I will ask my father to help you.
Done! If you cause trouble to your husband due to some character, you tell me, I will deal with him myself! Yan'er still has a weak point in the capital, if I can't handle it well, let the prince brother take care of it.
He has done it, if the prince brother cannot do it anymore, he will ask the father to do it!"
Young Master Liu was so moved that he burst into tears and secretly thought that this wife was not in vain. Only today did he discover that the third princess, who is usually so cute and naive, was actually so protective of her nest!
She sighed silently in her heart, "Young master, you are such a silly princess. Your father is now a miser who values wealth as much as his life. Let's not say whether he is willing to give money to my husband to study artillery or something like that."
My husband is most afraid that if you don't take care of others first, your father will take care of me first.
And it was done cleanly. I'm afraid that your daughter, who is extremely favored, will inevitably be implicated.
Liu Mingzhi shook his head slightly at the third princess: "Yan'er, my husband is fine, it's just because of some money matters, it's not a big deal!"
"Silver..." The third princess bit her lips lightly: "The total value of my dowry and some jewelry and gifts sent by princes and nobles is about one hundred thousand taels of silver. Husband,
You are really in a hurry to use the money, so I asked Ping'er to pawn it and exchange it for silver notes for your husband in case of emergency. If there is not enough money, I will see if I can borrow some from my mother. But this is a loan and we have to pay it back.
of!"
Liu Mingzhi laughed dumbly and tidied the hair on the temples of the third princess: "I understand my heart, but I don't need you to provide money right now. Let's wait until we really need it in the future. We and brothers Jiang He
Tell me something, let’s see how your sister Yun’er’s watermelons are doing. Once they’re done, send someone to the palace to give some to your father and mother!”
"Okay, I'm going down first. You must tell me to use the money. I will prepare it for you in advance!"
"Okay, go quickly!"
After the third princess left, Young Master Liu looked at An Gou'er with a faint smile: "How is it? Is your second sister-in-law's cooking skills good? A bowl of soup can give you five flavors. It's worth it. It's the only one in the world.
Nothing!"
An Gouer looked at Young Master Liu with a bitter face: "Brother, does it count as treason if a brother beats the eldest brother?"
"calm down!"
Liu Mingzhi looked around: "Let's continue talking about the artillery. I thought about it for a while, but I still can't kill these thousand people. Isn't it just money? Let's spend it, but we can use appropriate intimidation, but no lives are allowed.
, blindly being kind will make them more and more arrogant, and they can save as much as they can!"
"I listen to eldest brother, but Donghai's money is almost used up. Does eldest brother still have any money?"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head: "I still have a lot of use for the remaining silver. Let's go to Guannei Marquis Zhu Run's house to see if we can put some money around."
"OK!"
"Jianghe!"
"Yes, brother, please tell me!"
Liu Mingzhi put the hand holding the jade fan of Wanli Jiangshan behind his back and looked into the distance.
"Gold, silver and jewels are all on the western ocean, and the truth is within the range of the cannon. No matter how much money you spend now, I don't feel bad, because you will come back sooner or later. I hope you can get what I want as soon as possible."
The truth is perfected!"
An Gou'er looked at Liu Mingzhi with a calm expression and nodded: "Brother, don't worry, Jiang He's life belongs to eldest brother. Jiang He will always obey the advice of eldest brother alone!"
"Well, it has been almost three months since the news of the voyage to the West. How come there is no news from Your Majesty? I am really afraid that something will happen. For the sake of future generations, I must let Dalong's footprints go to the Western Ocean to see! At the same time, for the sake of
Enlightenment to future generations, don’t just focus on your own one-third of an acre of land. The world is so big, you have to take a look. It’s not enough for your own people to beat your own people. If you have the ability, go and fight foreigners!”
"foreigner?"
"People outside are commonly called foreigners!"
“Brilliant!”
"The car and gifts are prepared, and they are at the residence of the Marquis of Guannai!"
"yes!"
"Brother, why do you have time to come to my little brother's house!"
The greeting card had just handed over half a cup of tea, and Zhu Run came out happily, his eyes full of sincerity.
"It's not okay to come and sit at your house!"
"Okay, of course, brothers will be happier if you stay here every day!"
"Old housekeeper!"
"Master Hou!"
"I have turned down the invitations from the Fourth Prince, as well as the Young Masters from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, and the Imperial Family. Today, I am concentrating on chatting with my eldest brother!"
"yes!"
The old housekeeper looked at Liu Mingzhi respectfully. He understood that his little master's ability to regain the glory of the Guannei Hou Ancestors was inseparably related to Liu Mingzhi, the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households in front of him.
It was natural for Zhu Run to respect Liu Mingzhi so much. The old housekeeper didn't care at all that the young master had extended the invitation and withdrew respectfully.