Chapter 244 042: The emperor’s relatives are not short of money (1st update)

Author: Dream Builder

Chang Xi smiled in a friendly manner, "I see your carriage is parked here, but do you need help?"

Han Yongzhu also looked at Chang Xi with a smile, waved her hand and said, "Thank you, Madam Chang, for your kindness. No, I just met your tea brick workshop here and stopped to pay homage. After all, it's not the same in the capital."

I’ve heard of your reputation for making tea bricks.”

Chang Xi immediately caught the keyword. She came from the capital. Seeing that the young woman was speaking without defensiveness, she pointed at herself and asked, "Does this girl know me?"

Han Yongzhu smiled again, "We stopped here for a while, and then we heard Mrs. Chang's name. Now we know each other."

Chang Xi laughed and said, "I'm very happy to have friends from far away. I welcome the girl to Yiyang. By the way, I still don't know the girl's surname?"

Just when Han Yongzhu was about to announce her home without warning, Aunt Tao grabbed her and signaled her not to tell others about her origins easily, especially this Mrs. Chang.

Han Yongzhu frowned, not satisfied with Aunt Tao's style of being on guard whenever there was any disturbance. She felt that Mrs. Chang had no ill intentions towards her, and she also felt that she was quite kind. She wanted to talk to her

What's wrong with saying a few more words?

Chang Xi's smile did not reach her eyes. She was definitely seeing this nanny for the first time. After all, this person did not exist in her original memory. So where did her hostility towards her come from?

Feeling that Chang Xi was looking at her, Grandma Tao raised her head arrogantly and said, "Madam, please respect yourself, we are on our way." Then she ordered the coachman to set off.

Han Yongzhu was extremely displeased by this rude manner of speaking. Just as she was about to say a few words to make amends with Chang Xi, the carriage suddenly started off. She lost her center of gravity and fell onto Aunt Tao, thus missing the explanation to Chang Xi.

Chance.

Chang Xi rode his horse and watched the carriage go away, his eyes incomprehensible, and he began to guess in his heart. After all, there is no unprovoked hostility in this world.

"Who is this?" Huniu on the side cursed with raised eyebrows.

"You pretentious people, there is no need to be careless, let's go." Chang Xi said coldly.

Huniu made a "poof" sound towards the carriage going away, then turned her horse's head to chase Chang Xi who was one step ahead.

After Han Yongzhu sat down again in the carriage, she looked at Aunt Tao with an unhappy expression, "What are you doing, Auntie? Mrs. Chang has no ill intentions, but you treat her like this?"

"Why should the girl care about people with unknown origins?" Aunt Tao stroked her forehead. She had not been through hardships since she was a child. The girl was too naive and dared to make friends with anyone.

Han Yongzhu said sternly, "Mommy, what we are here to represent is the face of the mighty Houfu. If you do this, people will criticize the Houfu for being arrogant. If you are not good, you will also be criticized by the censor. Why bother?"

To be kind to others is to be kind to yourself.

Aunt Tao looked at the righteous Han Yongzhu with complicated eyes, and she couldn't help but regret in her heart. She should have suggested to the Wei family to teach her girl how to be humane. She was so naive that she would probably still be helping to count the money if she was sold in the future.

"She's just a passerby. Why should we argue over her? She's someone we'll never meet again."

Seeing that she couldn't communicate with Aunt Tao, Han Yongzhu immediately stopped wasting her words and turned to look at the scenery outside the window to calm her mood. When she left the capital, her mother had repeatedly told her to listen to Aunt Tao's advice. Now it seems that her mother's words may not be true.

right.

Aunt Tao knew that her girl was angry, so she sighed imperceptibly. How could the girl doubt her wholeheartedness?

That's all, if you try to persuade her better in the future, the girl's anger will dissipate as time goes by.

It wasn't until they entered Yiyang City that they found out where Yuan Hao's mansion was and headed straight for it. As they approached, Han Yongzhu became nervous and forgot about the Chang Xi she met, and started talking to Aunt Tao again.

Naturally, Aunt Tao would not mention Chang Xi again without knowing it, but would say nice words to comfort the nervous Han Yongzhu.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the carriage arrived at the door of Yuan Hao's mansion, a man in long casual clothes was waiting there and stepped forward to ask a few questions. Grandma Tao responded with a smile.

Han Yongzhu, on the other hand, was looking for Yuan Hao in the crowd, but couldn't find her. Her eyes were full of disappointment, but then she thought that she arrived suddenly, and it was reasonable that he didn't know that he didn't come to greet her.

, a smile appeared on his face again.

Zhan Xin looked at the girl from the Han family with a smile on her face, and felt quite unbearable, but she still said what Yuan Hao ordered.

Aunt Tao's face was startled, "Let my girl stay in an inn?"

"This is for the sake of Miss Han's reputation."

Aunt Tao had an angry look on her face. Who would believe such nonsense? This marriage was a marriage granted by imperial decree, so it cannot be annulled. Yuan Hao did not save face for his girl.

Han Yongzhu looked shaky, "It's impossible, I don't believe it. The original eldest brother wouldn't treat me like this. Are you lying to me?"

It took a lot of effort for her to get this marriage, and she must not fall short when she was about to get married. At this moment, she stared at Zhan Xin closely.

Zhan Xin sighed and said helplessly, "This is really what our master ordered, Miss Han. Our master has already reserved the best courtyard of Yuelai Inn. It has been decorated there. Please go down and stay there first."

After staying in the back house for so many years, Aunt Tao naturally heard Zhan Xin's unfinished words. Now she can only accept this arrangement first. It is impossible for Yuan Hao to not come to see her girl all the time. Wait for him to come and meet her.

, it’s not too late to elaborate further.

After thinking about it in her mind, she in turn persuaded Han Yongzhu to go to the inn to rest for a while. Seeing that Han Yongzhu was just sad and silent, she gritted her teeth and whispered in Han Yongzhu's ear, "Girl, let's retreat first and make progress in the future.

It’s never too late to make plans again.”

Han Yongzhu pushed Aunt Tao away with tears in her eyes and looked at Zhan Xin outside the car, "Tell me, does the former eldest brother have a woman in the house, so he won't let me in?"

Zhan Xin didn't expect that Han Yongzhu only cared about such things, so he hurriedly said, "Our father has always kept himself clean."

What he said is correct. Since the death of the young lady, my father has only a few concubines given by the eldest princess to serve him. When he left the capital, he didn't take any of them with him. They all stayed in the capital. When he got here, there was no trick.

Doesn't messing with people count as keeping oneself clean?

According to him, he is almost becoming a saint.

Han Yongzhu then broke into laughter and no longer insisted on entering the house, and said to Aunt Tao, "Then just listen to Brother Yuan's arrangement. He also cares about my reputation. I can't let him down."

Grandma Tao really wanted to split her girl's head open and see what she was thinking. People who arranged this way were clearly despising her. It was better for her that after hearing a few specious good words, she immediately said good things to others. How could she be so simple?

Stupid?

That's all, her girl is still young, she still has time to teach her well, let's get over the current hurdle first.

"Since we girls have agreed, let's go to the inn you have booked first."

When Zhan Xin saw that the matter was settled, the smile on his face became a little more sincere, and he quickly personally led the way for the convoy to go to Yuelai Inn.

Yuan Hao, who was hiding in the house, just paused with the pen in his hand after hearing Zhan Xin's return report. His expression could not have been colder. He was about to continue writing, but a drop of ink fell on the half-written part.

On the letter, the letter was destroyed in an instant. He threw down the pen impatiently, crumpled the letter into a ball and threw it into the waste paper tank nearby, then stood up and walked out.

"Uncle, where are you going?"

Yuan Hao ignored Zhan Xin's questions, but waved his hand and said that he was going out and asked him to stay in the house.

He mounted his horse and headed straight to the tea brick workshop in the suburbs.

The workshop was still brightly lit, and even the spinning workshop under construction next door was still busy. He stopped and took a look, and then plunged into the tea brick workshop. Unexpectedly, Chang Xi was not in the workshop.

Without stopping for a moment, he turned around and ran towards the other courtyard.

Sometimes, liking someone only has to do with yourself and has nothing to do with others.

When he arrived at the other courtyard, he got off his horse, threw the riding whip to the boy beside him, and asked Manager Jin. Only then did he know that Xie Jin and Chang Xi were still in the laboratory and had not come out. He frowned and waited patiently.

They appear.

In the laboratory, Chang Xi looked at the steam exhaust machine that was already working. She still felt that it was too simple with the perspective of future generations, but after working on it for so long, it was already the most efficient one.

Xie Jin's eyes were shining brightly, and he kept asking questions. Lin Yuqi was very talkative at this time, explaining the working principle tirelessly, and then murmured what could be improved, and then he didn't understand Jin.

I went aside and started writing and drawing again.

Jie Yuxin had an embarrassed look on his face and said, "Brother Ninth, don't argue with him. He has such a temper. Whatever comes to mind, he will immediately draw it and then make it..."

"Third sister, there is no need to explain, Brother Ninth understands in his heart." Xie Jin said in relief.

Jie Yuxin stopped saying anything and turned to discuss with Lin Yuqi, leaving Xie Jin aside.

Xie Jin smiled and shook his head, and then he had to observe the machine by himself.

Chang Xi said, "Security needs to be strengthened..."

"We can't rush this. It's much better than before when miners went into the mines without any protection," Xie Jin said soberly, "You can't make a big fat man out of one mouthful. We have to go step by step. Wait until we make the second decision."

When we replace machines, they will naturally be better than this."

He was very confident about this.

Chang Xi raised his eyebrows, and then reflected on himself, "I was the one who drifted. You are right. There is no need to do it in one step. We can update it."

"Those two ran away irresponsibly. Come and tell me what you should pay attention to when using this machine."

When Chang Xi heard what Xie Jin said, she had no choice but to explain it to him in detail, and even taught him how to use the steam exhauster step by step.

When the two came out of the laboratory, they realized that Yuan Hao was here.

The two looked at each other, what was he doing here?

Chang Xi just felt very tired at this time and really didn't want to talk to Yuan Hao, but thinking that the tea brick business had to continue to be exported and was subject to the control of Yuan Hao's official position, she had to suppress her temper and go to see Xie Jin.

Yuan Hao almost fell asleep after waiting. Seeing that Shanshan and the other two people were late, he couldn't help complaining, "You have excluded me now. You don't reserve a share of any good things for me."

This statement makes people confused. What does it mean to not reserve a share of good things for him?

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so arrogant." Xie Jin said bluntly.

Chang Xi smiled businesslikely, she also wanted to hear him say that he was ugly, otherwise it would be a slander.

Yuan Hao sneered, pointed in the direction of the spinning workshop, and complained: "Knowing that I am interested in new spinning machines, I have long wanted to participate in this business, but you guys actually want to live alone, be careful.
To be continued...