Early in the morning.

Mrs. Yu from the Palace of Wei came to the living room with the help of Hongxiu. Her feet were actually almost healed and she could walk freely without support. But women are like this, they always want to show off in front of men.

She sat upright and tried to straighten her body, trying to make herself look more graceful and noble.

Just as Hong Xiu was about to walk out, Mrs. Yu suddenly asked: "Hong Xiu, how do I look?"

Hong Xiu turned around, looked at Mrs. Yu, and said with a smile: "Madam looks very good, Prince Yi will definitely be very happy."

".." Mrs. Yu glared at her, wondering what my good looks had to do with King Yi, and said nothing more.

Hongxiu stood at the door as before.

Counting the time, King Yi is coming soon.

Sure enough, soon there were footsteps outside.

Mrs. Yu took a deep breath and tried to put on a faint smile on her face.

"Sister Xu."

"Red sleeves."

There was a conversation outside.

There was a sudden buzz in Yu's head, as if she heard that King Yi slept outside in the shop last night because he had something to do. He mainly wanted to see if there was any business at night and he didn't come back.

He's not coming? Mr. Yu couldn't accept it for a while.

Zhao Yurui has been staying in Prince Wei's Mansion for more than a month, and this is the first time he has not come to greet her.

For some reason, she suddenly felt empty, as if she had lost something extremely important.

After a while, Mrs. Xu came in, saluted her, and said a few words to her, but she didn't hear her at all.

She didn't come back to her senses until Hongxiu called her.

"Ah."

She began to look at Mrs. Xu.

Mrs. Xu looks older than her, but Mrs. Yu looks younger, so she knows that Mrs. Xu and she should be about the same age.

Xu's face is relatively round, her figure is plump, her eyebrows are low, and she is quite charming.

Yu Rui likes this?

"What's your name?" Mrs. Yu couldn't help but talk to Mrs. Xu.

"Madam, I am Xu Li." Mrs. Xu said meekly.

Mrs. Yu was slightly moved, because ordinary people rarely talked about their concubine's identity. Ms. Xu did look like she came from a wealthy family, but how could she be the Zhao Yurui she met in Shaoxing?

She couldn't help but wonder: "You look like you come from a wealthy family, why are you living in Shaoxing?"

Zhao and Rui had never asked about these matters. Xu hesitated and whispered: "I was originally from De'an Prefecture. Due to the war, I fled to the south of the Yangtze River."

Mrs. Xu did not elaborate. Mrs. Yu suddenly felt a little unhappy for some reason.

Mrs. Xu may be older than her, and not as good as her in terms of body and appearance, but she can stay with Zhao Yurui every day and help Zhao Yurui sleep. Thinking about this, Mrs. Yu's mind became inexplicably irritated:

"Yu Rui is still young, so you must not let him do whatever he wants. When it comes to staying out at night, the people around you must advise you to be more restrained in everything."

"Yes, madam." Mrs. Xu raised her head unexpectedly and glanced at Mrs. Yu.

Mrs. Yu was also watching. The two women looked at each other. Mrs. Xu lowered her head, but Mrs. Yu's face turned red.

Why am I saying this? Yu regretted it after saying it, but there is no point regretting it now.

"Go down." She waved quickly.

After Mrs. Xu walked out of the house, she had a thoughtful expression on her face. Mrs. Yu's words and expression just now didn't sound like that of an elder, but more like?

In the room, Hong Xiu asked Mrs. Yu with a smile: "Madam, what do you want to eat today? I'll let the people in the front yard prepare it?"

"Whatever." Mrs. Yu said irritably. After saying that, she stood up and left, as if she was very angry.

Hongxiu looked confused. Did I say something wrong? Why does Madam seem unhappy today?

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There were actually people who stayed up last night. Not only were some people lighting candles and playing ball, there were also people lighting candles and playing mahjong.

Zhao Yurui wanted to see how the business was going at night, so he stayed at Café de Coral. Zhou Qiong also gave her boudoir to Zhao Yurui.

The person playing mahjong that night was Mr. Xie. He was the grandson of the former right-hand prime minister Xie Shenfu. After learning the mahjong, he became a little happy and reluctant to play. For the first time he played mahjong and he played all night with several officials' children.

The mahjong box is very expensive. After playing all night and last night, it still doubled after nine o'clock in the evening. Mr. Xie and the others paid twelve guan.

This is equivalent to the monthly salary of an ordinary ninth-grade civil servant.

But their wins and losses were relatively high. Zhou Qiong also taught them that after each game, the winner would get two hundred coins, and they would collect ten coins at first. In the end, they were still short of two coins. The young man who won the money paid two more coins.
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So regardless of how expensive the mahjong box is, as long as you win or lose big, you don’t care at all.

On the first day of business, not only was it overcrowded, but there were also people playing at night, which greatly increased Zhao Yurui's confidence. The first turnover exceeded 30 guan, and two pairs of mahjong were sold, with the total income reaching more than 100 guan.

This is based on the fact that there are only two mahjong boxes and the money is collected. When mahjong is promoted in the future, the profits will be even greater.

He wanted to sleep in at Café de Coral that day.

Since arriving in the Song Dynasty, he had to get up every morning to exercise and meet his elders. He never slept in at the Palace of the Prince of Wei.

It was quite busy during this period, and Zhao Yurui couldn't stand it anymore, so he found an excuse to sleep in at Café de Coral. When he returned to Prince Wei's Mansion, it was already four o'clock in the morning.

After a brief wash, he led the teenagers to play a game of football. It didn't last long, only two-quarters of an hour, but he yelled and made a lot of noise, and the momentum was so overwhelming that even Moze and the others in the front yard

They all heard it clearly and kept shaking their heads.

Near noon, Li Pingbao and Li Pingshan came to report.

After the two bought official positions, they successfully stayed in the capital and were assigned as deputy commanders of the Imperial City Department.

Their official positions are higher than those of Zhou Lai and them, but they have no choice but to buy a higher official rank. They are junior envoys, although they are the lowest among junior envoys.

But the two of them didn't have any subordinates. They were posted in the Imperial City Department and then came to the palace to report.

Zhao and Rui summoned them in the backyard. They followed Niu Bao to the backyard and saw the teenagers training.

"Meet King Yi." Brother Li Pingbao stepped forward and thanked him. His long-cherished wish finally came true.

Li Pingshan has failed the exam for two years. Fortunately, King Yi came forward this time.

"We are all our own people here, no gifts or gifts, come and see how my team is training?" Zhao Yurui laughed.

The two looked at each other in confusion. Why did King Yi start a team? Cuju is not popular anymore.

Cuju was very popular in the early Song Dynasty. There were football clubs all over the country and there were regular competitions, like the leagues of later generations.

But after entering the middle period of the Southern Song Dynasty, it had completely declined, and fewer and fewer people played.

The two of them disagreed, and felt that it might not be a good thing if King Yi liked Cuju.

The two brothers looked at each other and wanted to persuade, but they didn't dare.

At this time, Chen Xiaodao was shouting in the field.

"Prepare."

With a bang, the teenagers picked up a ball one after another with uniform movements. The two brothers looked stunned.

No matter how elite the soldiers and horses in this army are, their movements cannot be so neat.

"Raise the ball." Chen Xiaodao called again.

The teenagers raised the ball one after another.
Chapter completed!