When Fu Yunkai returned to the house, the housekeeper was already waiting for him.

Seeing Fu Yunkai get out of the carriage with an ugly expression, he felt a thump in his heart and felt something bad. He originally wanted to ask about the result, but now he didn't dare to say a word and followed Fu Yunkai into the house.

Fu Yunkai sat on the chair and said nothing for a while with a sullen face.

After a long while, he said: "There is no need to prepare official media, betrothal gifts or anything like that. His family rejected the marriage."

"Refused?"

Although he guessed this result from Fu Yunkai's face, the housekeeper was still surprised: "How could it be?"

In his opinion, his eldest son is the only son-in-law candidate in this capital city.

It turns out that the prince’s fiancée is still alive, and many noble girls have expressed their love to him in person; there are also many important people who have expressed their desire to marry their daughters to the prince.

After the death of the fiancée, in the past six months, there has been an endless stream of people asking for matchmakers. Even if the prince is the second prince's companion, the ministers who are close to the third prince and the fourth prince have expressed their intention to get married and win over them.

The meaning couldn't be more obvious.

When they conquered the Nanhou Mansion, they were not only favored by the saints, but the prince himself was also outstanding, and he also represented military power.

A small and dilapidated Suiping Suiping residence, with an empty title and nothing else. The prince had taken a liking to his girls and praised them very much. If it hadn't been for this Miss Zhao Wu who had become a disciple of Mr. Kumu, she would be in the housekeeper's house.

In his eyes, girls from the Zhao family are only worthy of being concubines to the prince.

So he really couldn't understand why the Suiping residence would reject this marriage.

Fu Yunkai didn't know that the housekeeper's mentality was as inflated as his mother's.

He sighed and said: "He said that his daughter had just been found and wanted to stay for a few more years. He also said that the fifth girl likes painting and wants to find someone who is like her."

The butler's face was even uglier than Fu Yunkai's.

This is obviously an excuse.

His girl doesn't even like the prince, so why does she still want to marry the prince?

Seeing that the prince didn't want to talk, he poured a cup of tea and wisely withdrew.

"Dad." A woman with her hair combed came to his side and called softly.

The housekeeper heard his daughter's voice and turned to look at her.

"Dad, there is something going on at home, and I want to talk to you."

The woman took her father to a place where no one was around, and then said: "Dad, my wife sent me to ask you about the prince's marriage."

The housekeeper rolled his eyes and said: "Rejected. It seems that the Suiping Prefecture is not willing to let Miss Zhao Wu get married so early."

"Ah?" The woman screamed in surprise and quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

"Don't talk about this matter carelessly. It's not honorable to the prince. If it spreads to everyone in the house and he finds out that it was you and me who spread the word, we, father and daughter, will be in trouble." The housekeeper was stern.

He warned her.

"Yes, dad, don't worry, I will definitely not spread the word to anyone else," the woman said.

Only then was the housekeeper satisfied, waving his hand and saying, "Go ahead, don't wander around in the outer courtyard."

"Yes." The woman quickly left.

Looking at his daughter's back, the housekeeper's beard curled up.

When his daughter got this news, she might not only report it to his wife and get a reward, but also go to the second young master to ask for credit.

Anyway, this matter cannot be hidden, and the prince probably did not deliberately hide it from his wife and the second young master. In this case, it would be good for his daughter to get some silver reward.

He didn't know what the lady would think if she knew about this, but the second young master must be looking forward to the prince marrying Miss Zhao Wu. This way he can take a free ride and marry Miss Zhao Liu.

If the Second Young Master can help with the prince's marriage after receiving the news, it will be considered a good use of his resources.

…

The next day, as soon as Zhao Ruxi got on the carriage after school at noon, she received a letter in German from Qing Feng.

Zhao Ruxi thought for a while and asked Gao Weiqiang to go to the Kang Family Painting Academy to tell the cook that she had something to go to Zhuangzi and would not eat there. Then she asked Lu Bo to change direction and go to the address mentioned in the letter.

The house Xiao Lingyan rented this time was much better than last time. It was a courtyard with two entrances. The two of them were talking in the inner courtyard, and the servants could at least stay in the outer courtyard and not have to avoid the door.

Xiao Lingyan has been waiting there for a long time.

"In the future, we will meet less frequently and keep in touch mainly through correspondence. Even if we want to meet, don't choose this time. I used to go to my master's art studio for dinner at this time. If I don't go suddenly, they will definitely ask, which will easily expose me.

I will have to lie to cover up my whereabouts. It will be too troublesome." Zhao Ruxi said as soon as she entered.

Xiao Lingyan subconsciously wanted to quarrel with her, but he swallowed the words and nodded: "Okay."

Seeing such an obedient Xiao Lingyan, Zhao Ruxi was really not used to it.

She glanced at the guy, sat down and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Xiao Lingyan pushed the plate on the table: "Are you hungry? Let's have some snacks first."

Zhao Ruxi looked at it and found that the plate contained small, trembling, milky-white squares.

She picked up the spoon next to her and scooped a piece into her mouth. The snack melted in her mouth, and a smell of frankincense and coconut filled her mouth.

Her eyes lit up.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Lingyan couldn't help but smile: "I remember that you like to eat this kind of raw milk tofu with coconut flavor, so you asked the people in the imperial kitchen to make it."

Zhao Ruxi looked at him strangely: "To be courteous for nothing is to be either a traitor or a thief. Tell me, what else do you want from me?"

"You woman." Xiao Lingyan was speechless.

He leaned on the back of the chair, crossed his legs, and was extremely relaxed: "We are fellow villagers after all, and we are in the same trench. Isn't it right for me to be nice to you? You have to get used to it, okay?

?”

"Ha!" Zhao Ruxi sneered back at him.

But this didn't stop her from happily finishing the raw milk tofu on the plate.

Xiao Lingyan looked at Zhao Ruxi, whose cheeks were as bulging as a hamster's, with unusually soft eyes.

Zhao Ruxi felt uncomfortable being stared at by him. She raised her head and glared at him, then raised the plate and said, "You don't want to eat?"

"I have already eaten."

Xiao Lingyan saw her put the last piece into her mouth and swallowed it, and then asked: "Do you have any ideas about what to do?"

"I have a lot of ideas." Zhao Ruxi took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth, "But I need to confirm with you how far the current steel smelting technology has developed. Can springs be produced?"

Xiao Lingyan nodded: "Queen Shengyao has been working on steel smelting for more than ten years before her death. Now the steel smelting technology is pretty good. As long as the requirements for the smelted steel are not too high, it should be enough for us. But if you are right
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