17Chapter 17 Rumors

Jing Shao was stunned for a long time before he realized that his princess was borrowing money from him. He couldn't help but frown, and took Mu Hanzhang to Tingfeng Pavilion's study, and brought him a small box made of ebony and gold: "Take these first, and then tell me if they are not enough."

"Something happened at the wet nurse's house. I don't have any cash in my hand." Mu Hanzhang lowered his head, "I will pay it back to you when the landlord collects the rent." As he spoke, he opened the box. There was about one hundred gold and silver in it. Two, and a stack of banknotes, one thousand taels each, five in total.

"Say it again!" Jing Shao heard this and became angry. He reached out and pinched Mu Hanzhang's chin, forcing him to look at him.

Mu Hanzhang was startled and stared blankly at the angry Jing Shao. He realized that it was wrong to tell his husband to pay back the money. He pursed his lips and said, "The harvest in my village is not good. These five thousand taels, I’m afraid it won’t be enough for ten or twenty years.”

Although it was obviously an excuse to refuse to repay the debt, Jing Shao's mood felt strangely better, but he still held his chin and shook it: "Come to me if you need anything. It is my responsibility to support you." After that, After kissing the still pursed lips, he went out to continue practicing his sword.

Mu Hanzhang looked at the ebony box in his hand and sighed.

He took out one hundred taels of cash and asked Lanting to take a guard to the farm. Mu Hanzhang looked at the quite generous pocket money and became active. The properties allocated to him by the Marquis of Beiwei were either desolate forests or fields with poor harvests, and there were no shops in the capital.

Mu Hanzhang's biological mother was originally a merchant. Although she could not learn from her mother's skills in arguing weapons and recognizing silk, she still had the ability to keep accounts and manage business. The five thousand taels given by Jing Shao were enough for him to buy a restaurant in the capital. It would be good to use only part of it to buy a small shop, at least he would not be left with nothing.

After putting the ebony box away, Mu Hanzhang decided to go out in the next two days to see if there was any suitable business to do. A gentleman should have a foundation for his life.

With the idea in hand, Mu Hanzhang's mood improved. Of course, there was another thing that made him happy, that is, today is March 15th. According to the last roster, Jing Shao should go to Mrs. Xiang today. The room is in. In the past few nights, Jing Shao always pestered him to kiss and hug him. He was also a man, and he knew how easy it would be to lose control if this continued, so he was frightened every day and waited until Jing Shao fell asleep before going to sleep with peace of mind.

After dinner, Jing Shao went to eat next to his princess, and Mu Hanzhang winked at Duofu. Duofu wrinkled his face in embarrassment, coughed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, the princess has made a reservation a few days ago. Today you should go to the concubine's courtyard."

Jing Shao raised his eyes and looked at Duofu, who had a wrinkled face: "Booklet? How did you decide?"

"In the first half of each month, we stay in Dongyuan and in the second half of each month, we stay in Xiyuan, nine days for the side wife and three days for the concubine." Mu Hanzhang took out the brochure and showed it to him.

Jing Shao frowned: "I'm not interested tonight." After saying that, he yawned and climbed into bed.

Mu Hanzhang was helpless, thinking that he might have been practicing swordplay for a long time, so he didn't think much about it, read a book for a while and went to bed. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got up, Jing Shao turned over and pinned him down.

"Your Majesty..." Mu Hanzhang's body suddenly became tense.

Jing Shao raised his hand and pulled it, and the curtain immediately dropped. Mu Hanzhang became even more nervous and put his hands on Jing Shao's shoulders. Didn't this man say he was not interested tonight?

Feeling that the reaction of the person below him was very interesting, Jing Shao slowly leaned forward and kissed the side of his neck gently. Then he looked up at him and saw that his eyes were tightly closed and his long eyelashes were trembling. I couldn't bear to scare him anymore, so I turned over and hugged him: "You let me touch you, and I will let you go tonight."

Hearing such straightforward words, Mu Hanzhang's face quickly turned red: "Touch...where?"

"Well... we kissed here last time," Jing Shao ran a finger on that beautiful collarbone, feeling the body in his arms shrinking in fear, and gently pulled open some of the soft clothes, "Just go to Just a little bit, okay?”

Mu Hanzhang bit his lower lip, embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. Jing Shao took it as his acquiescence and happily stretched his wolf claws into his clothes. Jing Shao stroked the white chest with his calloused big hands, feeling how good the skin felt while feeling out the positions of the two little beans.

"Well..." Mu Hanzhang's back was to Jing Shao, one hand tightly grasped the sheets, and he let that hand roam around his body, until two fingers suddenly pinched a small bean, "Well... don't ..." A burst of itching exploded from that point, and his body trembled uncontrollably. Finally, he couldn't help but hold down the offending hand.

Jing Shao didn't feel embarrassed at all when the touching turned into pinching. He smiled and kissed the sweaty forehead of the person in his arms, covered him with the quilt and tucked him into his arms, rubbing him happily. Go to sleep.

Like this, for several days in a row, every evening, Jing Shao was either tired or said it was too late. Anyway, the end result was to stay in Dongyuan again. Mu Hanzhang guessed that Jing Shao might not like the Song family, so he didn't urge him anymore. He just considered giving the two concubines a few more days next month.

Originally, Jingshao was supposed to go back to court on March 18th, but he submitted a letter and postponed it for a few more days, so on the morning of March 20th, His Highness King Cheng was still fast asleep in his wife's bed.

When he woke up in the morning, Mu Hanzhang could only sigh helplessly at the big hand that ran to his chest again, stretched out his hand to take it out of his clothes, and slowly sat up.

Jing Shao, who was moved, reached out to touch her in a daze, hugged her waist, closed her eyes and continued to sleep.

"Aren't you going to another hospital today? Can't you afford it?" Mu Hanzhang pushed him helplessly.

"No hurry." Jing Shao muttered and buried his face in the other person's waist.

"It's time to go to court tomorrow, so it's better to finish the matter today," Mu Hanzhang looked at his exposed ear and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pull it, "That Ren Feng's accent doesn't sound like a person from the capital, how could he become the commander of your guards?"

"He was originally a hero who traveled around the world, but he retired because he was short of money and followed me to do real work." Jing Shao opened his eyes and lay down flat.

Jianghu? The heroes in those novels and legends? Do these really exist? Mu Hanzhang couldn't help but get curious when he heard it.

"The Jianghu really exists, but it's not as exaggerated as in the books," Jing Shao turned over and got out of bed, stretched his waist, "Next time I'll take you to see those heroes in the Jianghu." He planned to let Ren Feng start recruiting talented people in the Jianghu. According to the experience of his previous life, the three-way competition will begin in the fourteenth year of Hongzheng, which is next year. Before that, he must be fully prepared.

Jing Shao went out, and Mu Hanzhang, who had nothing to do, took Yunzhu out for a walk.

The main street in the capital was bustling every day. From big wine shops, pawnshops, antique shops to small performers and candy figurine blowers, there was no end to it.

"Master, it's getting late, let's find a place to eat." Yunzhu touched her hungry face and suggested alone. It was not easy to call the princess outside, so he followed Lanting and the others and called her Master.

Mu Hanzhang smiled and looked at Yunzhu, who was greedy: "Where are we going to eat?"

"Of course it's Huiweilou," Yunzhu immediately became energetic, "It's just right to go now, it will be full later."

Although Mu Hanzhang didn't go out often, he had heard of Huiweilou. It was a restaurant that opened only two years ago. Because the Central Plains dishes it made were particularly delicious, its business has always been very prosperous.

The decoration in Huiweilou was not very exquisite, but it was clean and tidy, and there were many tables and chairs. I guess they added more tables because of the good business. Soon after the two of them sat down, people began to sit around them one after another, and soon the restaurant was full.

"Master, do you know who the boss here is?" Yun Zhu whispered in Mu Hanzhang's ear.

"Who is it?" Mu Hanzhang took a sip of tea and his eyes fell on the young shopkeeper who was counting the bills behind the counter. The man was tall and had a resolute face, but he was wearing a long emerald green gown, which was really weird.

"That person is the male wife of the Minister of Revenue." Yun Zhu said mysteriously. The Minister of Revenue was from the south, handsome, but a little short, while his male wife was a northern man, tall and mighty, and his colleagues in the court often joked about the Minister of Revenue.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Mu Hanzhang's eyes lit up. Since the wife of the Minister of Revenue could open a restaurant, then no one should gossip about him opening a few shops, right? Thinking of this, Mu Hanzhang had some thoughts about making friends with this boss, but he didn't know what kind of relationship Jing Shao had with the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so he went back to ask him first.

"Hey, have you heard? Recently, there are rumors that the fourth prince likes to eat human flesh." A person at the next table said to his companion in a low voice.

"How can it be so disgusting? I heard that he likes to eat placenta, which is very nutritious. Some powerful people also eat this." A person next to him corrected.

"Haha, you don't know as much as I do," the person at another table heard their conversation, laughed, and came over mysteriously and said, "The fourth prince was born a little weak. A Taoist priest said that he had to eat a bowl of raw baby meat every year to live a long life."

Mu Hanzhang lowered his head and drank tea silently. The people of Chen Dynasty were open-minded. They could marry male wives and discuss government affairs, so rumors about the royal family could spread quickly. I just don't know what news Jing Shao had spread, and it has become so bizarre!