At the beginning of December, a heavy snowfall came unexpectedly, and it snowed for a whole day and night, and the entire capital was shrouded in thick snow, like a white fairy tale world.

After dawn, people from all over the capital were busy cleaning the snow in the courtyard and on the road outside the gate, and the silent city gradually became noisy.

When Li Hongyu got up, the people of Li Mansion had already swept the snow from the road in his yard to other places, but there was still a thick layer of snow on the ground in the yard, and because there was too much snow, the snow in other places could only be allowed to melt slowly except for the snow on the road.

"Young master, this is Miss Qin's customized dayu for you, mink hair, the guy from the tailor shop just sent it, you try to see if it fits."

Just when Li Hongyu was moving his body in the yard, Rou'er walked into the yard with a black big coat in her hand and said with a smile.

Li Hongyu smiled and nodded when he heard this, and Rou'er then draped the big coat on his body, whether it was long or short or the size was just right for him, obviously the tailor shop sewed this big piece according to his size.

"Young master, the model of that three-masted sailing ship has been sold for so many days, when are you going to see the imperial grandson?"

Rou'er asked while tidying up the big schoon for Li Hongyu, since the model of the three-masted sailing ship was bought, Li Hongyu seems to have forgotten about this matter, and these days in addition to preparing for the exam, he is there to tinker with wood.

"You can't rush this matter, but you can't rush for quick success."

Li Hongyu groaned for a moment when he heard this, looked at the thick snow on the buildings around him and said with a smile, "The so-called Ruixue Mega Year, we can't live up to the good intentions of God, Sister Rou'er, you take the ticket number to Gumutang, take back the silver, and everything is according to our plan." ”

"Don't worry, young master, I will definitely do this errand well." Rou'er's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard this, and it seemed that Li Hongyu was ready to take the hook, which made her feel a burst of inexplicable excitement in her heart.

Rou'er's mood was naturally excited, you must know that Li Hongyu's target is the imperial grandson of the Ming Empire, the future emperor of the Ming Empire, she never thought that she would see the emperor one day, and ordinary people like her don't talk about the emperor, even the county prince of the county government is difficult to see.

Seeing Rou'er's joy, Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile, in fact, he was also looking forward to seeing Zhu Youxiao, if he could gain Zhu Youxiao's favor and trust, it would undoubtedly be of great benefit to his future development.

In the afternoon, Liulichang Street.

When the guys from Gumutang were wiping the wooden utensils on the shelves of the store, a carriage stopped in front of the door, and a guy hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face.

As the curtain was lifted by the coachman, Rou'er in a red coat got out of the carriage, due to the cold weather, she got off the car and tightened her body, leading a maid into the store, and the guy who came out to greet her hurriedly opened the thick curtain on the door for Rou'er to block the wind.

"This young lady, I don't know what you want?" When Rou'er entered the door, the guy who lifted the curtain for her bowed down with a smile on his face and asked.

"My young master once sold a thing on consignment here, I wonder if it is sold now?"

Rou'er glanced around at the wooden utensils on the shelves in the store, quietly took out a piece of paper from her waist and handed it over, it was the receipt issued by the shopkeeper Liu after receiving the three-masted sailboat, commonly known as the "ticket number", which listed the size, style, texture and other information of the consignment items, as well as the agreed price.

"Wait a minute, I'll go ask the shopkeeper." The guy glanced at the contents of the ticket number, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and after returning the ticket number to Rou'er, he hurriedly went to the backyard to ask the shopkeeper Liu.

Rou'er noticed the change in the expression on the guy's face, and a subtle smile suddenly flashed at the corner of her mouth, it seems that Zhu Youxiao likes the model of the three-masted sailing ship very much, otherwise the guy would not have gone to the shopkeeper Liu in such a hurry, and he looked a little flustered.

In fact, as Rou'er guessed, Shopkeeper Liu now desperately wants her to appear, otherwise he can't explain to Zhang Hu, but he knows Zhang Hu's identity and can't afford to mess with Jinyiwei.

As the end of the year is approaching, people in the capital are busy buying New Year's goods, so there are many fewer customers who come to Liulichang, and the business of the entire Liulichang Street store is very deserted.

In addition, there was a heavy snowfall last night, and there were fewer people who came to Liulichang, so Shopkeeper Liu did not go to the shop in the front yard, but stayed in the house in the backyard and laughed with the concubine.

Knowing that the person who consigned the three-masted sailing ship model had come, Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly sorted out some messy clothes and hurried to the store, as if he was afraid that Rou'er would run away.

"This young lady, your goods have been sold, this is a thousand taels of silver tickets, you can order it."

When Shopkeeper Liu entered the door, Rou'er was checking the wooden utensils on the shelves, and he stepped forward with a smile and handed over a silver ticket of 1,000 taels.

"Shopkeeper, this is the ticket number, let's get the money." Rou'er glanced at the silver ticket, handed the ticket number in her hand to Shopkeeper Liu, and then turned around and walked towards the door.

"Miss, please stay." Seeing this, Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly stopped in front of Rou'er with a few quick steps, and asked with a smile on his face, "I have a reluctant request, can I let you meet the son who made the ship?" ”

"Shopkeeper Liu, I'm really sorry, my young master is busy preparing for the exam now, and he doesn't see any guests." Rou'er had been prepared for a long time, and replied in an orderly manner when she heard the words.

"In that case, I don't know if Miss can conveniently tell you where your son-in-law lives, and I'll visit you when I'm done trying." Shopkeeper Liu is well-informed, and after smiling when he heard this, he said that his top priority now is to find out Li Hongyu's identity, so that he can explain to Zhang Hu.

"If Shopkeeper Liu likes the woodware made by my young master, if my young master makes it in the future, he can continue to sell it in Gumutang, as for the visit, he will be exempted, my young master likes to be quiet and does not want to be disturbed." Rou'er groaned for a while, and quietly rejected Shopkeeper Liu.

"That's it!" Shopkeeper Liu's eyes couldn't help but flash a look of disappointment, and then he asked, "I wonder if Miss can tell me the origin of the next ship."

Shopkeeper Liu is a person with rich experience, and seeing that Rou'er put on a posture of rejecting people thousands of miles away, it is naturally impossible to be cheeky and entangled, so he retreats to the next best thing, wanting to know the origin of the three-masted sailing ship.

He did this not only to confess to Zhang Hu, but more importantly, to become interested in the three-masted galleon, and to find out where the ship was, of course.

"According to my young master, he had heard the master talk about overseas Western countries before, so he built this ship according to the master's description." Rou'er didn't refuse this time, and said to Shopkeeper Liu.

"The ship of the Western barbarians!" Shopkeeper Liu was stunned when he heard this, his face was full of surprise, in his opinion, except for the Ming Dynasty, all other countries in the world are barbarian countries, how can they build such a beautiful and novel ship.

Seeing this, Rou'er bowed slightly to Shopkeeper Liu, led the maid behind her to leave the Gumu Hall, got into the carriage parked in front of the door and left.

"Follow up and see where she lives." Shopkeeper Liu immediately chased out of the door, looked at the back of the carriage in the distance, and summoned a clever guy to instruct, this time he can't let Rou'er go so easily, otherwise how to deal with Zhang Hu?

Besides, if he wants to cooperate with Li Hongyu in the future, he must know where Li Hongyu lives.

Li House.

"Young master, the matter is done!" In the study in the backyard, when Li Hongyu was flipping through the books, Rou'er pushed the door and walked in, and said with a smile, "I glanced at the door just now, and Shopkeeper Liu really sent a guy to follow." ”

"Sister Rou'er, you have made a great contribution this time." Li Hongyu smiled slightly when he heard this, got up and walked over to hold Rou'er's somewhat cold hands in his hands, and asked with a concerned face, "This trip is frozen, the winter in this capital is really cold." ”

"It's not cold at all." Rou'er's cheeks suddenly turned red, and she shook her head at Li Hongyu, she was very happy to be able to do things for Li Hongyu.

"Here, roast the fire."

Li Hongyu laughed when he heard this, knowing that Rou'er was comforting himself, so he pulled her to sit down in front of the brazier in the house, and said with a smile while holding Rou'er's hand to bake the fire, "When the matter is done, I will ask the imperial grandson for a favor in the future and give Sister Rou'er a seal." ”

"Seal?"

Rou'er's eyes lit up when she heard this, and a look of surprise appeared on her face, you must know that only the wives of officials can be awarded the title of the imperial court to become a wife, which can be described as the upper class of women, which is a supreme honor for women, even if they have money, they can't buy it.

If an ordinary woman wants to obtain the title and become a wife, she can only obtain the emperor's decree, such as Li Hongyu's old lady Zhao, who became a court wife of the seventh grade through the decree of Emperor Wanli.

Rou'er was born as a maid, and she was also a maid who signed a deed of sale, and she could only become a concubine in the future, so she never thought that she would one day be able to obtain the title of the imperial court and become a wife.

Li Hongyu's look on his face suddenly darkened when he saw this, to be honest, he never regarded Rou'er as a human being, in his eyes, Rou'er was his woman, and she would not be divided into three, six, nine and so on.

It's just that Rou'er is not Li Hongyu after all, and she can't understand what Li Hongyu thinks, so Li Hongyu can only use this way to express his attention to Rou'er, and only after obtaining the title can Rou'er get rid of the psychological shackles and truly become a hostess of the Li family, without feeling inferior because of the humble psychology.

Although it is difficult for ordinary women to obtain the emperor's favor, if Li Hongyu can catch Zhu Youxiao, then the matter will become easy, it is just a matter of Zhu Youxiao's words.

Now that Li Hongyu has given the bait out, then he will naturally wait for Zhu Youxiao to take the bait, and if he bets heavily on Zhu Youxiao at this time, he will definitely get an incomparably huge reward in the future.

"Brother Yu, someone has come to the palace, pass you into the palace." Just when Li Hongyu was holding Rou'er's hand and talking and laughing in front of the brazier, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Qin Yue hurriedly walked in.

Seeing this, Rou'er hurriedly withdrew her hand from Li Hongyu's hand, and got up with red cheeks to salute Qin Yue, Qin Yue's current identity is Li Hongyu's fiancée.

Qin Yue naturally noticed the intimate scene between Li Hongyu and Rou'er, but she didn't mind, and smiled at Rou'er in a friendly manner, she naturally knew that Rou'er would be Li Hongyu's concubine in the future, and she was also a lowly concubine, how could she, a good concubine, care about Rou'er, after all, it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines.