Sheng Tang: What is Liu Jianjun going to do today?

Chapter 153 Liu Jianjun's Urgent Matter
Before falling asleep, Li Xian only remembered that maids and servants from the Prince's mansion were helping him back and forth, that many hands were stroking his waist and back, and that someone was bringing warm water to wipe his body.

Li Xian slurred, "Liu...Liu..."

Then, a gentle voice said, "Brother Jianjun has someone to take care of him."

So Li Xian let the other party "do as they pleased." He didn't remember how long it had been, but Li Xian ended up in the arms of someone with a strange touch, but that touch was somewhat familiar.

The last vestige of reason reminded Li Xian of what that touch felt like.

Oh, it's cotton cloth.

This woman is an embroiderer.

I just covered my head and went to sleep.

……

When Li Xian woke up the next day, he was alone on the bed. The quilt covering him was quite thick. Li Xian lifted it and found it was a cotton quilt.

No wonder it was so hot last night.

Before him was his bedroom. Li Xian rubbed his slightly dizzy head and walked out. Just as he reached the door of the guest room, he saw Xiu Niang sitting inside. Seeing that he was awake, Xiu Niang came over with concern and said, "Husband, I just asked the cooks to make ginseng soup. Why don't you rest for a while..."

"Have them deliver it to Liu Jianjun's yard. I remember I had something very important to discuss with him this morning!"

The wine at that tavern was pretty good, and even though he was hungover, Li Xian didn't feel a headache. He was just a little dizzy and couldn't quite remember what had happened yesterday. He only vaguely remembered Liu Jianjun saying that he had something urgent to do today.

The embroiderer asked with concern, "Husband, have you gone out drinking again? Should we send some servants with you? It's too dangerous for you to come back like you did last night!"

Li Xian asked in confusion, "How did I get back last night?"

The embroiderer covered her mouth and smiled: "Last night, my husband and Jianjun were both drunk. My husband kept saying he would help Jianjun, and Jianjun kept saying he would support you, but in reality, neither of them was sober. They were walking all over the place."

"I don't know how you two got back to the back gate of the Prince's Mansion. Luckily, the gatekeeper saw you and had someone help you and Brother Jianjun back."

"I heard from the servants in the manor that when they separated you two, you were both arguing and saying that you wanted to help each other up!"

Li Xian blushed.

I can't quite remember what happened yesterday.

But then he noticed the concern in the embroiderer's eyes. After thinking for a moment, he rubbed his dizzy head, walked back to the embroiderer, took her hand, and said solemnly, "Embroiderer, I am doing something important, and it is by no means an unreasonable drinking spree."

The embroiderer was stunned for a moment.

But then, a look of surprise appeared in her eyes, though she said apologetically, "My lord, are you annoyed by my constant nagging? I..."

Without saying a word, Li Xian cupped the embroiderer's face and kissed her.

He gave her a long kiss, then savored the taste on her lips for a moment, and said, "Don't worry, husband and wife are one. I will always think of you before I do anything."

Then he walked towards Liu Jianjun's yard, waving his hand: "Remember to deliver the ginseng soup to Liu Jianjun's yard, he's definitely having an even worse hangover!"

……

When Li Xian arrived at Liu Jianjun's yard, Liu Jianjun was doing his morning exercise in the yard with great energy. He stretched his arms straight out and swung them to both sides, then naturally twisted his hips.

Upon seeing Li Xian arrive, he greeted him warmly, "Xianzi, you're awake? Looks like you're not completely drunk!"

Li Xian was a little embarrassed. He only remembered that Liu Jianjun had said yesterday that he was going to take care of something important, but he couldn't remember what it was.

So, he walked into Liu Jianjun's yard with a stern face and said, "Didn't you say yesterday that you had something important to do? Shall we go out and do it now?"

Liu Jianjun looked embarrassed for a moment, but Li Xian didn't notice.

“There is an important matter to attend to. Yesterday, I talked to Wu Youji about setting up a cotton factory. I checked his situation, and Empress Wu's instructions to him were just to pay attention to troop deployment, so it's not a problem for us to hire civilians or craftsmen.”

After saying that, Liu Jianjun glanced at Li Xian.

Li Xian nodded, his expression revealing nothing. He didn't want Liu Jianjun to realize that he had forgotten what important things they had discussed yesterday were.

Liu Jianjun continued, "We also need to find Liu Rengui to arrange for the spinning wheels for weaving cotton cloth. We told him before we went to Luoyang, but we don't know if we have enough spinning wheels yet. However, the factory location hasn't been decided yet, so the spinning wheel issue isn't too urgent."

Li Xian nodded again, his face still showing no sign of betrayal.

At the same time, I felt a little strange.

So far, Liu Jianjun has mentioned things that are important, but none of them are urgent, so there's no need to take care of them first thing this morning.

What is that important thing?
Liu Jianjun continued, "Well, it's always better to make the trip."

Li Xian was suspicious.

Could it be that Liu Jianjun has figured something out?
So he nodded silently: "Alright, shall we set off now?"

Liu Jianjun's expression froze for a moment, then he nodded: "Okay! By the way, I promised to order two sets of black stockings for my sister-in-law yesterday. I already asked Yu'er and the others to call the seamstress over this morning. The seamstress will come to take your measurements later. Have you told my sister-in-law about this?"

Li Xian had forgotten about this matter and said vaguely, "It doesn't matter, the embroiderer knows about your relationship with Yu'er and Cui'er."

Liu Jianjun nodded: "That's true."

Then the two walked towards the back gate of the courtyard.

Halfway there, Liu Jianjun suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Hey! We should have gone through the front door to find Liu Rengui. What a terrible memory I have! Why did I go through the back door!"

Li Xian immediately rubbed his head and said, "I drank too much, I drank too much, my head is all foggy."

At this moment, Liu Jianjun suddenly looked over with a suspicious expression and asked, "Xianzi?"

Li Xian's heart skipped a beat: "What's wrong?"

"You wouldn't... have forgotten what it was about, would you?"

"No, how could I forget..." Li Xian started to say, but then suddenly realized what he meant and stared wide-eyed at Liu Jianjun: "Eh?"

"Damn it!" Liu Jianjun instantly lost his composure.

Li Xian was both amused and exasperated. He simply stood there and asked, "So what do we do now? Didn't you say that matter was very important?"

"No rush. I remember I had a backup plan yesterday. Just wait here for now." Liu Jianjun simply squatted down at the entrance of the courtyard.

Just then, a maid carrying a vegetarian box walked over. It was the embroiderer who had arranged for her to deliver ginseng soup. Li Xian simply told the maid to take out the ginseng soup, and together with Liu Jianjun, they squatted down at the entrance of his courtyard and drank it heartily.

While drinking his soup, Liu Jianjun said, "I remember I told someone yesterday to come to us this morning. The matter we need to handle is related to him."

Li Xian nodded and asked, "Is it related to Wu Youji?"

Liu Jianjun shook his head: "There is some connection, but I don't remember very clearly. I was just testing you! Who knew you didn't remember either! I do remember that this matter is related to Liu Rengui... Brother Xue!"

Liu Jianjun suddenly stood up halfway through his sentence, smiling broadly as he walked forward to greet them, saying, "I was just talking to Xianzi about helping you with your household registration problem! What a coincidence, isn't it? You just happened to arrive!"

Li Xian turned his head and saw Xue Zhongzhang walking towards them.

Almost instantly, Li Xian remembered what Liu Jianjun had mentioned yesterday.

Xue Zhongzhang's identity.

He was a rebel before, and he needed to change his identity in order to appear openly in the Prince of Pei's mansion.

For this matter, you should contact Liu Rengui.

Li Xian immediately stood up and smiled warmly: "Zhongzhang, you've kept Liu Jianjun and me waiting!"

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(End of this chapter)