Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 220: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 17

After coming out of the old lady's yard, Xie Rong went straight to West Street.

Ping An watched Xie Rong leave. Before he returned to the Third Master's yard, the little maid from the old lady's yard came running over and called him to the backyard.

When the old lady learned that the cousin from the Marquis's Mansion went to the noodle shop to ask for the recipe of the Third Master's favorite dish, her face fell.

When Xie Rong arrived at the noodle shop, there were not many customers inside. He found Lin Shu and asked, "Is Miss Shen here? I want to see her."

"The boss is in the back hall looking at the account book."

Lin Shu led Xie Rong to the backyard and then went back to the front.

Shen Guli was sitting in the armchair behind the desk. When she saw Xie Rong coming, she asked Yingtao to serve him tea, then stood up and walked to the square table. "General Xie, please sit down! What do you want from me?"

Xie Rong sat down as he was told. Seeing that Shen Guli looked normal, he didn't know what to feel for a moment.

He took out the two hot prescriptions, placed them on the table, and pushed them towards Shen Guli's hand with two fingers, "Keep these prescriptions, I don't want them."

Gu Li didn't answer, she just smiled and said, "General Xie, do you have any misunderstandings? I just thought that since you come to our noodle shop every day to eat noodles, I thought of writing down the recipe of your favorite toppings and giving it to you, so that you don't have to travel to West Street every day!"

"This is what you used to open your shop, how can you just give it away!"

Gu Li smiled, "They are just external possessions."

Xie Rong's face looked very ugly. Did she mean that she wanted to use some of her possessions to buy the fulfillment of his previous promise?

He said coldly: "Boss Shen, there is no need to do this. Since I have made a promise, I will be responsible to the end. You don't need to do anything extra!"

After saying this, he stood up and left, walking very quickly and was out of the back hall in no time.

Gu Li glanced at the recipe on the table and sat down to drink tea calmly. She had never thought that this incident would block the marriage between Zhao Yurou and Xie Rong.

However, she was also happy to plant a thorn in their future relationship.

Xie Rong returned to the front and was about to leave. When he looked up, he saw the seventh prince Li Xuanzhi. He looked around and stepped forward, "Seventh Prince, why are you here?"

Li Xuanzhi glanced in the direction blocked by the curtains. Seeing that no one came out, he said, "Recently, I've heard from the soldiers in the garrison that a noodle shop with very good food has opened on West Street. General Xie comes here almost every day. I was curious, so I asked Dong Da to bring me over to take a look."

What kind of delicious noodles could make Xie Rong come to the noodle shop every day as if it were his job?

"Lin Shu, arrange a room on the second floor!"

Lin Shu also realized that the identity of the person who could make Xie Rong receive him carefully must be no simple person. He immediately responded and led a few people to the largest private room on the second floor.

Li Xuanzhi sat down at the main seat, and Xie Rong instructed Lin Shu, "Bring a portion of the best-selling noodles in your store, and also a large platter of braised dishes!"

"Okay. General, please wait a moment!" Lin Shu left the box, went downstairs to inform the kitchen, and then hurried to find Shen Guli.

As soon as Shen Guli heard it, she guessed that the person coming should be the mysterious man she had met once at the farm.

The seventh son of the current emperor, Lee Hyun-ji.

He is also Xie Rong's current superior, a second-rank General of Cavalry.

Shen Guli thought about it, and stood up to entertain the distinguished guest in person. After all, Xie Rong would be back on the battlefield soon, and it would be good for her to have another supporter in the capital.

Xie Rong and Shen Guli just happened to think of the same thing.

"Your Highness, the border war is tense right now. If I return to the barracks soon, I hope Your Highness can take care of Miss Shen!"

Li Xuanzhi gently put down the liquor in his hand that he had taken several sips of, and did not respond to Xie Rong's request.

Not to mention that Xie Rong was chased by the killer and fell off the cliff because he was trying to save him, and was finally saved by Shen Guli. In the final analysis, he also had a share of this favor.

However, "Miss Shen is so capable, does she still need a third-rank general to find her protection?"

"Your Highness."

Li Xuanzhi raised his hand, "Do you know Miss Shen, and the Shen family, the richest family in Yonghe Prefecture?"

Xie Rong paused.

From the first day he came back, he asked people to investigate everything about Shen Guli, including the Shen family and why she was in the country farm.

He knew Shen Guli's plan, a woman who wanted to rely on her own strength to compete with her father's family, came to Beijing alone to open a shop in order to break out another way of life. After knowing this, he became more determined to help her.

"Ms. Shen probably wants to separate herself from her family. Miss Shen and the Shen family are two different things." Xie Rong just wanted to help her, but it was indeed a bit abrupt to ask His Highness for help.

Since I happened to meet His Highness today, I didn't think much about it.

"If I hadn't been leaving the capital, I wouldn't have made such a request to the prince. After all, this is just my way of repaying her. If it makes things difficult for the prince-----"

Li Xuanzhi raised his hand to stop him, "It's good that you know the details, but Miss Shen may not be as weak as you see on the surface!"

"Well, I also saw how difficult it was for her."

Li Xuanzhi sighed, and suddenly felt that he and Xie Rong couldn't agree on a point. "I thought I shouldn't have made it public with my third brother so early. But since you asked me for the first time, I agreed."

Xie Rong frowned, "What does this have to do with the Third Prince?"

"As far as I know, my good third brother has long been eyeing the Shen family's wealth." It's unclear whether his third brother is on the same team as his eldest brother, or if he wants to form his own faction. In short, his methods of making money have never stopped.

"They want to form an alliance with the Shen family through marriage?" Xie Rong couldn't help but worry about Shen Guli. The most direct way for aristocratic families to win over people is through marriage.

And marriage alliance means either marrying or marrying.

If it is a marriage of a daughter, Shen Guli, as the only legitimate daughter of Mr. Shen, is the most likely candidate for marriage.

Miss Shen didn't even take the opportunity to propose to me seriously, so how could she allow Mr. Shen to arrange a marriage for her at will?

Xie Rong's intuition told him that Miss Shen was not the type to let others do whatever they wanted.

Xie Rong thought a lot at once. Li Xuanzhi lowered his eyes and said nothing more. His third brother was becoming more and more ruthless. This time, he might not stop until he swallowed up the Shen family.

Shen Guli came to the second floor at this time. The room was full of people practicing martial arts. When she heard the light footsteps approaching, she stopped talking.

With the master's consent, the attendant at the door let Shen Guli in.

This time, Xie Rong introduced Shen Guli and Li Xuanzhi. His transfer order will come soon, and when he leaves the capital, he wants to leave some connections for Miss Shen.

"Mr. Shen, there's no need to be so polite." Li Xuanzhi said distantly.

After Shen Guli's blessing, she smiled and added two new dishes for them before coming out.

A noble family like Lee Hyun-ji has been held in a high position since childhood, and the thing he has no shortage of is flatterers and sycophants around him.

She just needs to be herself.

Shen Guli did not appear until Lee Hyun-ji finished his meal. She only came out to see them off when they left.