Li Wanming was still very puzzled. "Didn't you say that Father-in-law came here to help with the work today? Dressed like this, how can he work?"
"Oh, the work? It's easy!"
Xiao Jingnan pushed Feng Xiao. "There are so many people in the General's Mansion. It's not difficult to do some work, right? Lieutenant General, I'll leave the task of moving the wine here to you. We'll go in first!"
Feng Xiao responded and immediately shouted, "Come on, carry all these wines in!"
More than twenty servants from the Feng Mansion swarmed up and started to carry the wine without hesitation.
Li Wanming was still in a daze when Feng Xiao led her and Chuntao into the yard.
"Miss Cheng, please rest assured. You've delivered the wine here. Just wait here and enjoy the feast later."
"Me? I'm also going to join the feast?" Li Wanming exclaimed.
"Of course!" Feng Xiao said matter-of-factly. "You've worked so hard to deliver the wine. How can you not have a couple of drinks?"
Well... it seemed reasonable.
However, Li Wanming still had lingering fears when she recalled the flower-viewing banquet hosted by Princess Chengping last time. She declined, "I'd better not go in. It's not appropriate for me to join the feast on General Feng's big day..."
"What's inappropriate?"
Feng Xiao said, "You're General Li's daughter. In a way, you're a heroic woman from a military family. It's only proper for you to join the feast. Besides, the Crown Prince... Brother Cheng has already gone in. Aren't you going to wait for him?"
That's right...
Xiao Jingnan had taken Father-in-law and rushed in so fast that they were already out of sight.
Li Wanming grumbled to herself in her heart: Even if General Feng is Father-in-law's idol and he's eager to meet his idol, there's no need to rush in so quickly, right?
As a clerk in the wine shop, rushing straight into the customer's house like this. People who don't know might think that the employees of the Li Family's wine shop don't know the rules!
No, she must strengthen the training when she gets back. She had to let them know what service awareness is!
On this side, Feng Xiao led them through the verandah and into the courtyard.
The scenery here was completely different from that in Princess Chengping's mansion.
The doors, windows, and railings were all without any red or pink paint. There was only a uniform ink-colored courtyard wall. At the foot of the wall, there were jagged rocks piled up, looking quite interesting.
There were no rare and precious flowers and plants planted in the courtyard. Only vines, pine trees, and bamboo were allowed to grow naturally, winding around the mountains and rocks, looking grand and imposing.
Feng Xiao led them through the courtyard while enjoying the scenery. It was okay at first, but whenever they met someone on the way, the person would immediately raise their voice when they saw them coming.
"The Li Family's wine shop has no background at all, but it can operate so successfully. It's really remarkable!"
"That's right. I heard that the shopkeeper is a woman. A woman can run a business like this. She's really a heroic woman and not inferior to men!"
"Yes, it's really rare for a mere farmer's family to achieve this!"
After this happened twice, Li Wanming couldn't stand it anymore.
She walked up to a lieutenant general and asked, "Don't you know that the shopkeeper of the Li Family's wine shop is a woman? Haven't you heard about the incident of her beating the Drum of Admonition a few months ago?"
The lieutenant general didn't expect her to come straight at him. He was startled and stood there for a long time before stammering, "I... Your subordinate... I just transferred back to the capital recently. I don't know about the incident of the Drum of Admonition..."
"What about the incident that the Emperor personally went to the Li Family's wine shop to order wine? Haven't you heard about that either?"
"Ah... this... I seem to have heard about it..."
"Then why do you act as if you don't know at all that the shopkeeper of the Li Family's wine shop is a woman?"
Feng Xiao quickly stepped forward and said to Li Wanming, "Miss Cheng, General Li is here. Do you want to go and see him?"
"Really?"
As soon as she heard that her father was here, Li Wanming immediately forgot about everything else.
"Yes! Of course!"
She hadn't seen her father for several months. Of course, she had to go and meet him this time.
After Li Wanming left, Feng Xiao frowned and glared at the two lieutenant generals. "Did you learn your acting from the same place? It's so fake! All the way here, your lines are the same. Don't you know how to change a few sentences?"
The lieutenant general said aggrievedly, "We were only told not to reveal the Prince's farmer identity. No one told us specifically what to say... We don't know what others have said either..."
Feng Xiao said, "Then don't you know to stay farther away? You clearly saw me leading the Crown Prince's wife here, but you still deliberately came up to take a look! How could you not be caught red-handed?"
The slightly younger lieutenant general beside him stepped forward and said with a smile,
"Lieutenant General, you know Prince Ning's prestige in the army. Although he has been away from the court for many years, everyone still wants to take a look at the future mistress of the Ning Mansion when they heard that the Crown Prince has gotten married."
"Then you should stay farther away and take a look. Just now, you almost exposed the secret!" Feng Xiao said angrily.
Although he said so, he knew in his heart that he couldn't stop them at all.
Back then, Prince Ning guarded the southern border. In the battle against the Anluo Kingdom, he commanded the army calmly and forced the Anluo army to retreat. In the hearts of the soldiers of the Great Sheng Dynasty, he was undoubtedly like a war god.
Later, his three sons all died in battle one after another, just to defend the territory of the Great Sheng Dynasty. In the hearts of the soldiers of the Great Sheng Dynasty, it added a bit more solemnity and sadness.
After that, General Huo and his son died tragically, and the Huo family declined... Until now, only Xiao Jingnan was left as the only descendant of the Xiao and Huo families!
Therefore, Xiao Jingnan's marriage not only worried Prince Ning and Princess Ning but also affected the hearts of all the generals of the Great Sheng Dynasty.
Back then, when the rumor that Xiao Jingnan was a wife-killer spread, some people said that it was because the Xiao and Huo families had killed too many people.
This made the soldiers in the army extremely dissatisfied!
They fought bravely on the battlefield to protect the common people and the country. How could they be said to have killed too many people?
Why were Prince Ning and General Huo all so difficult to have descendants?
God is unfair!
Fortunately, the Crown Prince has finally married a wife now!
The bloodline of the Xiao family can finally be passed on!
How could they not be curious and eager to take a look at this legendary woman who could withstand the Crown Prince's fate?
Feng Xiao sighed. "Take a look if you want, but be careful. Don't go too far. If you scare away the Crown Prince's wife, don't blame him for not sparing you!"
...
Li Wanming ran to the front hall and just saw her father coming in.
"Daddy!"
She rushed over and shouted.
Li Rusong looked up and saw his daughter. He was stunned at first, and then he felt like crying. "My Wanming, am I hallucinating? How could I see you here?"
He hadn't seen Li Wanming for a long time and missed his daughter very much.
Unfortunately, the military camp on the outskirts of the capital had been busy training soldiers recently, so neither he nor Yuan Jinqiu had time to go home.
Li Wanming jumped up and said with a smile, "Daddy, you're not hallucinating. I'm here to deliver the wine! I just arrived. When I heard that you were here, Lieutenant General Feng told me to come and see you!"
"Deliver the wine?"
Li Rusong wiped his eyes and then remembered that his daughter's business was booming now. A jar of Jinyutang wine had already become famous in the capital.
"Amazing! Amazing!"
Li Rusong gave her a thumbs up. "My daughter is really born to be a good businesswoman!"
He was different from Yuan Jinqiu. Although Mrs. Yuan was busy, she was strict with her daughter. But Li Rusong thought his daughter was good no matter how he looked at her.
Even when Li Wanming was rolling the dice in Fujian and was invincible in the whole city, he would only exclaim in surprise, "Wow, my daughter is so amazing!"
This often made Yuan Jinqiu scold him for being "a kind father spoils his daughter"!
Unfortunately, although Yuan Jinqiu was in the army, she didn't have an official title, so she didn't come to this banquet.
Li Wanming felt sorry for her mother for a while. Suddenly, she pulled on her father's sleeve and whispered, "Daddy, do you feel that something is wrong? It seems that everyone is looking at us..."