The Marquis' Wife
Adelia's deal with young master Chen

Adelia got up and saw her empty bed next to her and remembered that her husband had gone to the city of Qincheng, she felt the cold bed then got up and prepared for a new day.

Adelia prepares the cream ingredients to be shaken by Lu Kai and Lu Tao and starts baking sponge cakes that will be coated with cream before being beautifully decorated and filled with fruits or liquid chocolate.

"Good morning Brother Adel" Lu Shan and Lu Cheng woke up and greeted as they rubbed their eyes.

"Good morning. Wash your faces and wait in the study room, I'll be there in a minute". Adelia prepared a warm soup and took it to the study room.

Lu Shan and Lu Cheng spent a warm soup before starting to learn to write calligraphy and listen to Adelia's story which is famous in the modern world but has deep meaning, that was their activity in the morning before breakfast and started studying with the teacher hired by Lu Xiang.

Adelia has free time and uses it to beautify calligraphy writing because she is not used to wearing brushes or drawing jewelry designs or modern hanfu clothes that she remembers just spending the time she had before her meal time daylight.

Adelia put down her brush and daydreamed at the thought of Lu Xiang, her husband must be very busy preparing for the exam, she was worried that Lu Xiang would become sick from the cold and make it difficult for her to take the exam. She had already prepared paracetamol and amoxicillin if her husband had a fever and supplement tablets to keep his immunity fit but she was still worried because this was her husband's first test and Lu's great hope Xiang and he put it in this test.

"Madam, Xu's manager from Fuyuan's restaurant came to visit". Lu Fang's report broke Adelia's daydream.

"Tell my uncle, I'll go to the restaurant". It seemed like news from the capital had come. Lu Xiang's absence makes Adelia unable to meet other men who are not family in her home.

"Good mistress".

Adelia went to the restaurant and Xu's manager greeted her warmly.

"Adelia, I've already gotten an answer from young master Chen. Young master Chen offered a price of 150 silver coins for each jug of wine and wanted to buy fruit wine if you still had stock" the manager explained enthusiastically, he also got word that he would be transferred to the city of Dancheng in Shengnai province to become a manager there.

Adelia was stunned for a moment, she thought that the highest price she could offer was 100 silver coins but did not expect that her fruit wine was more valuable than she had imagined in the eyes of restaurant owner Fuyuan.

Adelia gave the fruit wine that half of the water was lotus well water and only provided the fruit wine with full lotus well water for her and Lu Xiang.

He smiled knot. "Uncle, I only have stock for my own family and gifts for Uncle Zhao Fan so I'm sorry if I can't help uncle".

Manager Xu only sighed in disappointment, he thought that the high price offered by young master Chen made Adelia sell all the stock she had on her but she was wrong and could do nothing about it.

"How long does it take to make fruit wine until it's ready to drink?"

"Fruit wine has a shorter process than any other wine and is ready to drink in a month but mellow taste is not the same as the fruit wine I gave my uncle because the fruit wine was already reaching almost five months, if the uncle wants to achieve results that are not much different from the previous fruit wine then two months is enough before the wine is opened".

Manager Xu tapped his finger on the handle of the chair then asked. "Can you make it now if I provide the fruit?".

"I can make it as long as it's got an uncle".

Manager Xu patted his thighs with vigor. "alright. I will bring wine to your house in a few days, young master Chen said that he will provide fruit and jugs of wine and still pay the same price"

"That's too much, I can't accept it uncle" There's nothing free and easy to get in this world without effort, he doesn't want to carry a debt of gratitude just because of some silver of money.

"Young master Chen did that not unconditionally anything. You can't sell fruit wine to anyone for a year" The terms offered by the boss are so minimal that it makes him confused, although fruit wine is high quality, it makes the Chen family a backer much more valuable than the wine.

Manager Xu thought Adelia would be happy and offered a more favorable condition for the restaurant to only sell the fruit wine to the Fuyuan restaurant because she wanted to back Chen's family but Adelia's words and relieved expression stunned her.

"I was relieved that I didn't take advantage that I didn't deserve to take uncle. Well, this year I won't sell this fruit wine to anyone but Fuyuan's restaurant". It seemed like restaurant owner Fuyuan was harder to deal with than he had imagined, usually the businessman will prioritize selling patents because he wants to monopolize sales but young master Chen instead offers a small condition for him to make Adelia think deeper.

He did not know what influence and how big the influence of the Chen family in the capital because it did not have connections or anyone who could give him information but his mind was focused on Zhao Fan's friend who was in the capital and thinking it was because of that person that restaurant boss Fuyuan gave those tenuous terms, but it was impossible for young master Chen to consider that point in determining the terms since friends were only friends not relatives. Adelia decided not to think further because she was unsure of the point.

Manager Xu prepared a sales contract including the terms in it and was signed by both.

Adelia came home and her mind was distracted at the letter coming from Qincheng city. She entered the room and opened the letter from her husband impatiently.

How are you, dear? May you still miss me every second when I'm in Qincheng.

Adelia's lips pulsed speechless while smiling amusedly.

The weather in Qincheng is also as cold as it is at home, you must wear knitwear and jackets so as not to fall ill even if you do not travel out of the house. I'll punish you if you get sick when I'm not next to you. It seems like bed punishment is perfect as punishment, right?.

"Bas perverted, you still think about that in the midst of your busy preparing for the test" Although muttering annoyed but blushing face shows the true feelings that Adelia feels.

Tomorrow I will take the exam and promise to bring you the Xie title, will I get a special gift if I succeed?.

Wait for me and don't look at other men because I'll also give you a bed sentence if I find out. Take care of your health and always miss your husband.

Greetings from the man you love so much. Lu Xiang's.

Adelia was increasingly speechless reading her husband's letter and then laughing amusedly, from beginning to end Lu Xiang would ask for whatever rations happened when she came home later.

Adelia replied to Lu Xiang's letter by telling him what happened during the few days after his departure and gave it to Lu Cai to send it through the merchant who was going to the city of Qincheng.