The Precious Lady – Chapter 342

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第342章 敏锐
元家的是非和温婉无关,一关上门,温婉便沉浸在自己的世界里。她脚下的草纸篓已经被废纸灌满,一张张酒楼设计图纸被她丢弃。

甚至,连午饭也是红梅送进屋来。

不知过了多久,红梅来敲门,说侯继又带着东西折返回来。

温婉抬眸,才看见外面月上黄昏,天色逐渐昏暗。她揉了揉发酸的胳膊,放下手中纸笔,迎上门口那人。

侯继跟重复任务的NPC没有两样,只原样照搬魏峥的嘱咐。

“侯爷说,让我选个人少的时间来。温掌柜放心,我刚看了,眼下您左右邻居都在用饭呢,没人注意到我。”

温婉:……

“侯爷嘱咐,既温掌柜说寡妇门前是非多,那他以后从后门走。”

“还有,您别告诉其他任何人,那长命锁给昭昭小姐和珲少爷悄悄戴着就行。”

温婉:……

金灿灿黄橙橙的长命锁又出现在温婉面前。

温婉:这一定是上天在考验我!
当你和前夫若即若离极限拉扯的时候,前夫直接砸到榜一大哥的位置,试问…哪个女人禁得起这样的诱惑?
温婉脑子里仿佛出现了两个打架的小人。

穿白衣服的那个小人说:收了吧,前夫给的,有便宜不占是乌龟王八蛋。你只是犯了一个全天下女人都会犯的错误!

穿黑衣服的那个小人说:收了吧,在商言商,你开酒楼不要钱?你养娃不要钱?全家吃饭不要钱?你只是一个没有感情的收钱机器。

温婉一脸勉为其难,“既是侯爷的心意,我实在是不好推辞…红梅,收下入库吧。”

侯继擦了擦脑门的汗,暗道侯爷真是料事如神。

他说三个回合内,温掌柜必会收下。

没想到这才两个回合,温掌柜就缴械投降。

“对了,侯爷给您留下口信一封。”侯继将一封书信递给她,温婉暗自惊愕,拆开一看,映入眼帘的是魏峥那手十分熟悉的工整漂亮的楷书,再抬眸侯继已经离开。

随后,温婉脸色发白,攥住纸张的手青筋迭起。

微黄的灯火之下,宣纸上的字仿佛变成了吃人的鬼怪,从纸里伸出手来将她拽进去。

上面赫然写着:修文师弟午后至府衙寻我借城防图一观。

温婉一接到魏峥的口信,当下疾步往督抚院的方向去。

督抚院紧挨府衙,离温家落脚的院子并不远,大约走了片刻钟温婉便到了地方,禀了前院的护卫,自有一府兵引她去内院。

这是温婉第一次到魏峥居住之所。

手办的品味似乎从没有变化,只钟情简约清爽的装饰,一路走来只有庭院绿植,不见古玩字画,来往仆从皆是男子,地方偌大却一片寂静,只有风声呼呼吹过廊下悬挂的暖帘及灯盏,倒是颇有军队大院朴实生硬的风格。

温婉走过一处院子,看见院子里圈起来一块地做演武之用,墙上挂着各式各样的兵器。

温婉心中抱憾:手办终于实现了武器自由,这自由却是靠他自己。

得亏从前她和温老爹还时常想着等酒坊生意好转,就给手办买一整套十八般武器,没想到小丑竟是她自己。

温婉心中慌乱,脚下却四平八稳,走了片刻却也不见有女子,她不由得问那府兵:“督抚院中没有丫鬟吗?”

上次见到那姓许的小娘子似乎也不在这里。

舌尖一颤,来不及阻止,温婉已经脱口而出发问:“难道魏大人身边就没一两个红颜知己?比如说…什么夫人姨娘通房丫头之类?”

温婉暗中咬下唇。

都火烧眉毛了,你还在关注前夫有没有跟人厮混?
温婉啊温婉,你这脑子都可以拿去涮火锅了。

那府兵微微蹙眉,虽不理解,但还是老实回道:“督抚大人嫌小娘子聒噪,因此府中皆是男子。后厨倒是有个厨娘,还有个老妈子。”

呵,手办还是很洁身自好嘛。

听闻大户人家男子尚未成年就安排通房丫头,魏家权势滔天,又有个魏皇后事事安排妥帖,温婉还以为魏峥早就万花丛中过呢。

魏峥此刻穿一件玄色暗花家居服,他是天生的衣架子,宽袖长袍更称他流畅的肩线,因是炎热的夏季,魏峥领口微微敞开,露出强壮结实的胸肌一角,他取了发冠,乌发如墨,飘逸如仙。此刻慵懒的坐在太师椅上,右手一把折扇,坐手边一盏青铜烛台,火光幽幽,显出他略苍白的肌肤。

温婉看得愣神。

这能怪她吗?
拒绝男色。

从你做起。

我做不到。

她只是犯了一个全天下女人都会犯的错误而已!

作为一个风流俏寡妇,她深夜来寻一年轻公子,反正都会风言风语。那既然撞上了,那不得看够本啊!
温婉掩面低咳,老半天才想起今天这天大的正事,“侯爷说程允章来寻你要城防图?”

魏峥一抬头,看见温婉站在门口不进来,不由眉心微簇,“进来说话。”

温婉表示婉拒,她并不接话,也不入内。

如果她是寡妇门前是非多。那么魏峥…就是王侯门前尸骨多。

她暂时还不想被魏皇后捅成筛子。

于是她站在门口问他,“程允章可有说拿这城防图做什么?”

魏峥抬眸余光瞧着月色下那人,此刻他竟还有心情调笑,“从前听你一口一个修文师兄,如今倒是直呼其名,温小娘子…真是君心似铁啊。”

“侯爷还有功夫说风凉话?”温婉冷笑,“若侯爷不急,我也不急。说到底,我并不是杀害元五郎的凶手。”

见温婉作势要走,魏峥才慢条斯理的从太师椅上坐起,他素手拨动茶杯,倒上一杯清茶请温婉示意温婉入内。

温婉被男色所迷,情感拧不过最后一丝残存的理智,跨步入内,坐在离魏峥一米开外的椅子上。

“他只是问我要城防图,并未说明理由。”

“那你应了他?”

“没有。我以城防图为机密文书为由拒绝了他。但是…”魏峥那双幽黑的眸子转动,视线落在对面那小娘子脸上,“他如果当真起了怀疑,也能从其他人那儿弄到城防图。”

温婉抿唇,敛眸,脸色阴晴不定。

程允章的敏锐超出了她的设想。

The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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