The Marquis' Wife
Back to work with Uncle Xu

Is the first prince the crown prince? Or the third prince or the fourth prince?.

Lu Xiang's eyes flashed, it seemed to be between the first prince and the fourth prince because the third prince was a prince who was arrogant enough because of the Emperor's affection for his mother and himself that he did not want to act low key and preferred high profile.

But thinking further, Lu Xiang finally concluded that the man he saw was the first prince of the crown prince!! Because based on information the fourth prince is a prince who prefers literacy rather than the military so that his body is definitely not sturdy and acts as elegant and insightful as ordinary scholars.

Lu Xiang sighed and chose not to think about it anymore, whoever he met would not make him interested in the knowledge he had.

Lu Xiang did not know that they did not attach much importance to the knowledge he had but it was the recognition from the Emperor that made them interested in drawing him into their faction.

The next day, Lu Xiang and his friends went to the venue of his exam to report and register as participants after showing documents that they were Juren scholars.

Only after that they went around the inner city of Shenyang to find a rental house to be closer to the building where the exam will take place but unfortunately after looking to and fro they did not find any homes to be rented because everything has been booked by other scholars.

The reason they were looking for a rental house rather than staying at the inn was because of the tight competition among the examinees, this has been told by Jinshi and Juren undergraduate teachers who had taken the Hui-shih exam but failed because they were trapped in the trap of other participants.

Compared to lodging, rental houses are more difficult to manipulate so they are safer. As for their safety, Wang Tianjin and Zhang Yunlei were worried after hearing the news but the teachers at the Academy had told them that their safety was not to worry because the Emperor would not remain silent if there are people who dare to take excessive actions to try to eliminate the lives of other participants.

Lu Xiang finally gave up after spending a few hours but did not get the rental house they wanted and chose to rent a house in the outer part of Shenyang city.

"It looks like we should be earlier than the others". Chirping Wang Jiayou.

"You're right" Wang Tianjin and Zhang Yunlei nodded in agreement.

The four people immediately moved out of the inn and cleaned the house and sat down to rest.

They did not hire any other waiters and it was fortunate that Lu Cai was able to cook even though it was not very tasty but it was enough to stuff their stomachs.

Lu Xiang helped lower the items he brought into the room and counted them before sitting down to rest.

He saw fine wine and tea powder prepared by Adelia for Shu Taifu, at first he thought of visiting Duke Shu Taifu's residence the next day but he eventually resigned his intention after learning that the leader overseeing the Hui-shih exam was him, he did not want people to think that he was close to Shu Taifu and was accused of nepotism.

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In the city of Fucheng, Adelia had an unexpected guest: manager Xu, the manager who runs the Fuyuan restaurant in Cheng City, who was promoted to run a restaurant in a big city in another province.

"Uncle Xu! It has been a long time since we met!! Please sit". Adelia greeted warmly.

"Yes, we haven't seen each other in a long time. How are you Adelia?". Uncle Xu was relieved that Adelia still remembered and welcomed him.

"I'm good uncle, how about you? Has uncle moved to Fuyuan's restaurant in the big city?".

"Hahaha already, uncle came here because he wanted to supervise the restaurants in Fucheng and small towns around and remembered you so that uncle came to visit. Uncle hope uncle's visit doesn't bother you".

"Hahaha, did I hear that you gave birth? Congratulations Adelia, I'm sure your son will inherit Lu Xiang's ingenuity and innovation from you".

"Hehe, thank you uncle. Baobao is sleeping, if he wakes up I'll show him to uncle".

They then discussed about the new restaurant that Uncle Xu managed or the news circulating in the city of Fucheng.

"Have you started making Adelia's wine?" Uncle Xu was finally onto the main topic of his visit intent.

Adelia was stunned and nodded slowly.

"Good!! Are you going to sell it?".

"Did uncle buy it?" Adelia answered with another question.

Uncle Xu nodded unabashedly. "Your wine is very high quality, if you intend to sell it then uncle will definitely buy it".

Adelia was silent for a moment, she thought hard about whether she agreed to sell the wine back and connect the connection with the crown prince's maternal family? Or reject her for not wanting her husband to get caught up in the faction.

Lu Xiang who was not at home made Adelia unable to make a decision but she knew that she had to give an answer today as well, if he bailed his time to be sure which prince had the potential to occupy the throne then it would be too late and offend the crown prince.

He knew that his family could not fight against the most powerful people other than the Emperor and the Queen Mother. Adelia finally took a deep breath and decided to bet, the crown prince based off of the title is the one who has a higher potential to sit the throne, he had to take this opportunity and after all had no other choice, resisting is taboo for princes because those who are used to not getting any rejection will feel humiliated if rejected by a lowly woman like her.

"How much do you want to buy? Adelia did make some wine but not much because of her previous pregnancy".

"Hahaha, uncle knows that you are indeed the best and reliable Adelia. How much can you sell?". Uncle Xu's eyes flashed cunningly, he did not mention nominally and let the woman before him who called it himself.

"20 medium jugs of wine, 10 wines, 10 rosella wines, I can't sell more than this uncle".

Uncle Xu was stunned, he already knew the new type of wine Adelia made from young master Cheng!! But he did not expect that this woman offered him the wine.

The original purpose of his arrival to Fucheng was of course to meet with Adelia and buy wine from her but young master Cheng advised that not to convey too clearly his original purpose and not to force Adelia to sell wine to him because he does not want to give a bad impression on the couple.

Uncle Xu patted his thighs excitedly!!. "Alright, uncle will pay 3 times the price we agreed to before. Do not refuse Adelia, uncle know that the cost of making wine in Fucheng is more expensive than in the city of Cheng".

Adelia laughed happily and nodded in agreement, the two immediately made a contract.

Adelia went to an underground storage warehouse and took out 20 wines before telling her servants to pick up the wine.

"Hopefully my bet is in a favorable place" Despite her decision, Adelia still worries if her decision is wrong and harms her husband.