"Take the guest to apply for a membership card," Bai Zheng instructed.
The young maid answered with a "Yes" and then respectfully extended her arm towards Feng Jingye. "This way, please."
Feng Jingye understood her meaning. He nodded slightly at Bai Zheng and said, "The silver will be sent to the Marquis Mansion tonight." Then he followed the young maid downstairs.
Bai Zheng watched Feng Jingye leave with a slightly excited and floating step. She tilted her head slightly, and the curve of her lips gradually widened.
"So happy?" Feng Linyuan walked up at some unknown time. Instead of sitting in Feng Jingye's seat, he squeezed onto the same sofa as Bai Zheng.
He instinctively put his arm around Bai Zheng's waist and pulled her closer to him.
Bai Zheng's eyes curved into a crescent. "I've settled all the accounts that should be settled and made a great profit! I can even take a two - day break next. How can I not be happy?"
Feng Linyuan couldn't help but chuckle softly. "Our Zheng'er is really a smart girl."
Bai Zheng was just about to proudly raise her chin to show that "it's natural" when she suddenly remembered the information she had revealed to Feng Jingye. She quickly said to Feng Linyuan, "By the way, I've already told our Crown Prince about Feng Jingxuan's raising of troops."
"I'll ask Lan Xun to follow up on this matter." Feng Linyuan nodded slightly and tapped Bai Zheng's forehead.
"Zheng'er is still the smart one. Once Feng Jingxuan's engagement with Princess Yunxi is finalized, our Emperor will have the extra energy to deal with us. If we don't find something for them to do, our days will be hard."
Bai Zheng's eyes sparkled slightly.
All her painstaking efforts were just to give the Marquis Mansion of Dingyuan more breathing space.
Feng Linyuan naturally knew her thoughts, so he didn't tell her that he was no longer the Marquis of Dingyuan who was once powerless and could only be oppressed by Feng Linche.
Even if Feng Linche really wanted to do something to him now, he had plenty of ways to fight back.
Looking at the soft and fragrant beauty in his arms, Feng Linyuan's heart melted.
When he came out of the back kitchen just now and Bai Zheng threw herself into his arms, her fear and grievance were so real.
It was the first time he had seen such a Bai Zheng.
Since she married him, this delicate and thin woman had never had a single day of peaceful life.
Thinking of this, Feng Linyuan's heart ached as if being grabbed.
He tightened his arms and hugged Bai Zheng in his arms even tighter.
Let Feng Linche calm down as much as possible. As long as Bai Zheng lived well, he was willing to do anything.
After the beginning of summer, the weather became even hotter. In this era without air - conditioners, the heat was everywhere, making it hard for people to sleep well.
In the Marquis Mansion of Dingyuan, the servants all got up early and were busy with various affairs in the mansion. Everything was in an orderly manner.
But when passing by the main house, everyone would consciously lighten their steps, lower their voices, and walk by quietly and quickly.
Since the wedding, the entire Marquis Mansion of Dingyuan seemed to have woken up from a six - year slumber and began to regain its vitality and popularity. Only the main house where the Marquis and his wife lived was still peaceful at this time.
After two days of rest, Bai Zheng had become lazier recently. She was always a bit reluctant to get up in the morning.
Especially after the refrigeration machine she designed was installed yesterday, the whole room was filled with cool air, making people feel refreshed and extremely cool.
Today was the engagement banquet of the Third Prince Feng Jingxuan, but Bai Zheng still lingered in bed. Her fair and delicate fingers with painted nails stretched out of the bed curtain. Her eyelids drooped, looking really comfortable and lazy.
Feng Linyuan was half - reclined on the head of the bed, looking at Bai Zheng's sleeping face tenderly. He couldn't bear to wake her up, so he just watched quietly. After a while, he finally couldn't help but lean over and kiss Bai Zheng's forehead.
Maybe Feng Linyuan's lips were a bit cool, so Bai Zheng shrank her head further into the quilt. Then she slowly opened her eyes.
A pair of clear and bright eyes came into view, and Feng Linyuan burst out laughing.
"Sleep a little longer. The engagement banquet is in the evening. There's plenty of time to dress up."
He knew that Bai Zheng had been extremely busy these days. Now that the shop had been smashed, she was actually free. After being busy for so long, she became lazy as soon as she had some free time.
Moreover, there would be a tough battle tonight. If Bai Zheng didn't rest well during the day, Feng Linyuan would never allow it.
Bai Zheng didn't decline either. She nodded and then closed her eyes to continue sleeping.
Feng Linyuan tiptoed out of the inner room, put on his outer robe, and walked out of the door. He also told the servants not to disturb his lazy wife.
It was not until late in the morning that the impatient Zhu Qin couldn't wait any longer. She simply pushed open the door, lifted the bed curtain, and called Bai Zheng, "Madam, it's time to get up. The Crown Prince has sent someone to look for you."
It seemed that there was never a moment of leisure.
Bai Zheng covered her head with the quilt and sighed deeply.
Zhu Qin knew her young mistress's temper. She stepped forward and directly pulled the quilt away. "If Madam doesn't get up, do you plan to go to see the person sent by the Crown Prince in this outfit with a disheveled hair and a dirty face?"
"Don't worry. I've told Lan Xun about it. He'll handle it."
Although she said so, unable to resist Zhu Qin's determination to pull her up, Bai Zheng had no choice but to sit up weakly. She didn't even want to open her eyes and was pulled by Zhu Qin to sit in front of the dressing table like a soulless puppet.
After dressing up and having breakfast and lunch, Bai Zheng finally woke up completely. There was still an afternoon left, so she went to the warehouse to check the congratulatory gifts for Feng Jingxuan again.
In the past, as the daughter of a third - rank assistant minister, she never had to worry about the matter of giving gifts at banquets.
Now that she was the mistress of the Marquis Mansion of Dingyuan, these trivial matters had come to her.
Although the general manager of the Marquis Mansion, Lan Wu, had given Bai Zheng a lot of suggestions. But this time, Feng Jingxuan's fiancée was the princess of the Western Liang, whose status was really special. And it was Bai Zheng's first time preparing gifts as the wife of the Marquis of Dingyuan, so she had to be extremely careful.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were many rules about giving and receiving gifts. What kind of gifts should be given and received according to one's status was very particular. Once the wrong gift was given, one would be accused of overstepping one's rank or showing contempt.
It seemed to be the same from ancient times to the present.
Bai Zheng smiled self - deprecatingly. Even in modern times, when giving red envelopes, one had to consider the situation and the relationship to decide the amount. It was not good whether it was too much or too little.
Moreover, now Feng Linyuan and Bai Zheng were at the center of the storm. There were countless pairs of eyes in Yongding City, even among the envoys from the Western Liang, staring at them.
Naturally, she didn't dare to slack off at all. She tried her best to choose the gifts that conformed to the etiquette from the warehouse.
The warehouse of the Marquis Mansion of Dingyuan was really too big. Bai Zheng was dazzled. She even asked Zhu Qin to bring lunch into the warehouse and just took a few bites casually.
When Feng Linyuan returned to the mansion after finishing his work and came to find her to set off together, Bai Zheng had just stepped out of the warehouse door.
Behind her, four servants were carrying two big boxes out.