Joy of Life: I, a man, became the Queen of Northern Qi?

Chapter 95 "The Red Chamber" and Shen Wan'er.

Zhan Qiaoqiao had only seen such a plot in storybooks, and now she found it very interesting.

Only today did she know that there is such a profession as fortune teller in this world.

But the other party looked like an immortal, which was very intimidating. How come Sister An'er scared him so much that he ran away with just a few words?
She looked at Li An with her eyes blinking, while Haitang Duoduo beside her smiled gently, becoming more and more curious about Li An. Apart from not knowing martial arts and coming from a peasant family, this Defei seemed more like a noble lady from her words and actions than a real noble lady. She had a temperament that made people want to sit with her!
and many more!

Haitang Duoduo, what are you thinking about?

Holding up the teacup, the crabapple blossoms conceal the panic they have brought upon themselves
As the meal continued, Li An turned his head and saw Zhao Gao had disappeared to the second floor of the restaurant. He chased after Bu Zifu.
Savoring the delicious food, Li An felt that this was what it meant to be alive. Maybe one day, when he had everything he needed and was no longer under any threat, he would be able to make the people of the world live well. Who knows?
Perhaps he was in a good mood, Li An called the waiter and said, "Bring me some paper and pen!"

Although the waiter was puzzled, he still went downstairs to prepare.

Tianranju was a restaurant, so there were no good pens or inks. The waiter had to run to the bookstore next door and spend a lot of money to buy paper, ink, pens and inkstones, which made Li An feel a little satisfied.

I picked up the pen and wrote on the rice paper: I am a guest in a natural residence, and I am actually a guest from heaven.

After saying this, seeing that Zhao Gao had already returned, he turned around and asked Zhan Qiaoqiao and Haitang Duoduo, "Have you finished eating?"

"Uh-huh!"

Zhan Qiaoqiao kept nodding her head.

To be honest, the taste of the food here is different from that in the palace, and it is difficult to tell which one is better. But Zhan Qiaoqiao is subject to many rules in the palace, and even the amount of food she eats is restricted.

This time, when she went out of the palace with her sister An'er, she was not only able to see many new things, but also to eat to her heart's content. This was much better than when she sneaked out by herself and was caught shortly afterwards!

As for Haitang Duoduo, she didn't say anything.

She likes fine food, and simple meals are also fine, in her eyes they are all the same.

"Now that we've finished eating, let's go." Li An didn't know how much this meal was worth, so he asked Zhao Gao to pay a hundred-tael silver note. He didn't have to return it if it was more, and he didn't want to make up for it if it was less. They were all respectable people.

There was a lot of noise on the second floor, and the shopkeeper knew about it a long time ago.

At this moment, he came upstairs slowly, and said with a kind smile: "Young Master, the letter you left behind, just this couplet 'Guests at Tianranju, unexpectedly guests from heaven' is enough to pay for the meal! If you leave a banknote, how will the scholars in the future deal with it? I'm afraid they won't dare to come to this building. Haha, please take it back, take it back."

The scene was well spoken.

Li Ang's talk today has earned much hidden value for Tianranju. The shopkeeper is a wise man.

He also understood that the backgrounds of these people must be not small. Such a talented woman would probably be promised to a real noble. It would be better for him to be careful.
Li An didn't care and waved his hand to stop Zhao Gao's actions.

With a light chuckle, he went downstairs as the diners saw him off. The carriage was already waiting at the door.

"Sir, shall we go directly to the river? If Guo Heng is not here at this moment, won't we have made a trip in vain?" Zhao Gao asked puzzledly while operating the carriage.

"We've already left the restaurant, don't you know what to do?"

Li An rubbed his forehead helplessly, and the strange look made Zhan Qiaoqiao cover her mouth and laugh softly.

"what"

"I have already noted down the dishes that Master and Master Qiao like to eat. I will have the chef prepare the dishes for the imperial banquet later. No, I will have the chef prepare the dishes for the palace!"

Zhao Gao was distracted by pulling the reins and didn't think about what the queen meant.

Fortunately, the carriage was huge and did not need to be pulled by someone all the time, so it moved steadily.

Li An's face darkened when he heard this. This Zhao Gao is useless!

"I'm asking you, do you know who the owner of this restaurant is? "

Zhao Gao was accompanying the nobleman out of the palace today, and he didn't know anyone else. He only knew one person, Guo Heng, so he responded cautiously: "Guo Heng?"

"Humph!"

"It seems you are not that stupid yet!"

Li An snorted in dissatisfaction, and then chatted with the eldest princess. A few little jokes from the past life made the latter laugh so hard that she covered her stomach and groaned.
As the carriage moved forward, Zhao Gao finally realized what was going on.

He turned his head inconspicuously to look at Haitang Duoduo who was listening to the words of the Queen with her eyes closed in the carriage, and then he understood the significance of the Saint Lady mentioning this restaurant. Previously, while waiting for the Queen Lady to change her clothes, he simply mentioned to the Saint Lady the purpose of the Queen Lady's trip out of the palace. Unexpectedly, when the Queen Lady asked which restaurant was famous, she already understood the deep meaning!

No, who is the one on duty between us?
There is such a big difference in business capabilities. Tianranju is Guo Heng’s industry. It seems to be just a small secret, otherwise the Saint would not have known it. I was careless!

Suddenly, Haitang Duoduo opened her eyes and said, "I think this time is enough for Guo Heng to know of our existence. If we go there, he will definitely be waiting at home!"

"Exactly this!"

Li An rubbed the belly of the princess seriously, his technique was so skillful and his strength was so professional that the princess blushed. That feeling was even more uncomfortable than laughing at a joke and having a stomachache!
"It seems that Master Haitang knows me best!"

"Don't say that. I just taught you a few martial arts." Haitang Duoduo said calmly, "There have been a lot of troubles these days. I wonder how you are progressing, An'er? Wait a couple of days, I have to check it out!"

Recalling the last time the Saint had touched his chest and buttocks, Li An paused, leaving Zhan Qiaoqiao with a gap to breathe in the air. She wanted the other party to take his hand back, but she was reluctant to do so. For a moment, she was in a dilemma whether to loosen her hand or not.
"Let's talk about it later when we have free time."

Li An smiled awkwardly. He would not give Haitang Duoduo a chance. This woman was sharp-eyed and hard to fool. Besides, it was not easy for him to pretend that he did not know martial arts, especially in some special situations. It was difficult for him not to resist!
Very difficult!
After savoring the feeling at that time, Haitang Duoduo suddenly thought of an important matter and said seriously: "Sister An'er, you can focus on martial arts. With me and my senior brother in the palace, we will never let the incident of the previous night happen again! But you haven't finished writing the story of "The Little Milk Ball of the Big Boss is a Black Heart Lotus". I wonder when you can continue writing it?"

"Can sister An'er write storybooks? I wonder what kind of books they are. The names are so weird!"

The princess is very innocent!

Didn’t you see that she was too embarrassed to refuse me when I rubbed her belly?

How could such a beautiful woman be harmed by such a poisonous story? No, Li An would not allow it!
"It's nothing, just a work I did in my spare time. I heard about it from someone else!" Li An didn't pretend. He was really a little flustered. "I've only heard this much, and I don't know what's next."

Haitang Duoduo was a little suspicious.

She found many treasures from the young emperor, and those were all told to Your Majesty by Li An'er. Did you hear all this from others?

There was no conversation along the way, and Zhao Gao did not dare to interrupt the nobles' private conversations. He only heard the empress suddenly ask about Bu Zifu in order to change the subject, and then he drove the horse without looking away while recounting the whole story.
Not long after Bu Zifu left, Zhao Gao chased after her.

He had been silently following not far behind this man until the other party turned and walked into a sparsely populated alley. Then he revealed his figure and threw the sack he had "picked up" from the road at Bu Zifu's head. He then used the wooden sticks he had "picked up" one after another to beat Bu Zifu all over the head!

He counted while hitting.
When the count reached 'thirty-nine', Bu Zifu exploded!

"Good man! Just ask whatever you want to ask!"

"Just hit it?"

Zhao Gao snorted coldly, silently making a mental note that he still needed sixty-one more blows, and opened the sack so that the latter could see his face.

Before he could even ask any questions, the latter had already fallen to the ground in a limp state, as if he was deflated.
"Is my young master's prediction accurate?" Zhao Gao asked in a low voice with a gloomy face.

Bu Zifu wiped the blood from his nose, tears mixed with a bitter smile on his face as he firmly replied, "Sure!"

There is no better way to be more accurate than to make your own questions and answer them yourself!

The art of physiognomy and divination is indeed profound and extensive. This is a path I have never imagined. It turns out that there is a way to make my divination results accurate?

learnt!
Zhao Gao thought that he couldn't be away for too long, so he simply told her not to leave the capital easily, and to wait for him here on the first and fifteenth day of every month. After giving her instructions, he planned to go back to the restaurant. He couldn't keep the queen waiting for too long!
At the last moment, Zhao Gao threatened: "Let me tell you my fortune! You can try to escape, but the end result will be your body torn apart. Don't say I didn't warn you!"

Good guy!
It turns out that this is where one loses his freedom!
I regret it so much for just one hundred taels!

"I understand!" Bu Zifu reluctantly opened his one intact eye, raised his head and asked, "I still don't know who you are, sir."

"These are not things you should know! You should use your brain for now!"

Before Bu Zifu could ask again, in the blink of an eye, the former had disappeared from the spot.

It feels so great!

Bu Zifu thought he had seen a ghost.
"well done."

Li An pondered for a moment, then instructed: "Sir, I will write something later. You should send it to that person on the agreed date. Ask him to memorize the content and be able to answer it when asked! In addition, his expression and tone when answering questions must reach the level at the beginning of today!"

"Little understands."

The carriage moved forward steadily, and when passing a bookstore, Li An asked Zhao Gao to stop the carriage.

With the help of the latter, Li An got out of the carriage, and the eldest princess followed him to the ground with the help of Haitang Duoduo.

"Sister An'er, do you want to buy a book?"

The eldest princess' eyes were bright and full of vitality, just like the stars in the sky, which made Ang Lee feel happy no matter how many times he looked at them.

Calculating the time, Nanqing Fan Xian's "masterpiece" should have been out for a long time!
He vaguely remembered that the bookstore that Fan Xian asked Fan Sizhe to open was established during the period before and after the assassination on Niulan Street, and the products sold there, apart from some of her brother's works that Fan Ruoruo had collected and stored in the past, was the serialized version of "A Dream of Red Mansions"!

As for the later collection of poems, it was not until the Northern Qi envoys entered Southern Qing that they were born.
“I do need to buy some books.”

Li An turned his head and looked at Haitang Duoduo, with some ill intentions in his eyes, "Sister Haitang, don't you want to read something? Here is a book I can recommend to you!"

Haitang Duoduo became interested.

If it could be recommended by sister An'er, who has a good literary accomplishment, then it must be a work that is definitely worth reading!

Then let's get to know each other.
A few people walked into the bookstore, and Li An said to a busy clerk: "Do you have "Dream of Red Mansions"?"

"Gu Keshang is well-informed!"

The guy stopped and took the time to respond. Although he was shocked by the former's appearance, the other party's temperament calmed him down.

He walked to the back shelf, took out a book with a light red cover, handed it to Li An, and asked, "This was sent from the capital of Nanqing to Shangjing not long ago. Is it what you are looking for?"

Li An flipped through it casually and found that it was exactly what he remembered.

He nodded and said, "I want five copies, packed well and without any wrinkles."

"Sixty taels for you!"

The waiter was about to pack up when he heard the lady next to the customer, who was also obviously dressed as a man, exclaim, "So expensive?"

He stopped and waited for the customer's decision. This book was indeed a bit expensive.

Zhan Qiaoqiao pulled Li An's sleeve and whispered, "Why don't we just buy one copy and ask the servants in the palace to copy a few more? One copy costs twelve taels!"

Little princess, this idea of ​​yours is not a good idea!

"We must respect intellectual property rights! When an author writes a book, we must actually consume it. Otherwise, if everyone pirates it, many authors will starve to death, right?" I believe that many readers feel the same way!
Ang Lee always believed it!

Although she didn't understand what intellectual property rights were, Zhan Qiaoqiao still listened to Li Ang's words.

When the waiter finished packing, Zhao Gao stepped forward to pay the bill. Li An turned to Haitang Duoduo and said, "This is the book. After reading it, I believe you will discover a new world!"

"Well, I'm looking forward to it."

Although I don't believe that this book is more exciting than those domineering CEOs written by Ang Lee, since it is highly praised by the other party, it can be a good way to kill time considering Ang Lee's "slow updates".

Li An smiled and nodded. When he was about to say something else, a figure walked into the bookstore from outside, making Li An open his eyes wide suddenly.

This girl, positive, nine points!

This is not the killer figure in front of the restaurant! This is a beauty whose looks, figure, and temperament combined can make Ang Lee give her a 9!

"Zhao Gao!"

"Little is here!"

"I'll give you two hours. I want all the information about this girl!"

"I understand!" Seeing that his master's voice had become a little higher, Zhao Gao responded in a deep voice.

"No need."

Haitang Duoduo gave the answer expressionlessly: "This girl is the sister of the commander of the Jinyiwei, her name is Shen Wan'er."

"Yes, yes!" The eldest princess also said with blinking eyes, "I saw her in the back hall the night before. She seemed to be arguing with someone at that time. I also remember it!"

Zhao Gao turned his head silently and angrily.

He dared not look directly at the two people in front of him or complain. He could only say in his heart: Grand Princess! Saint! The Queen finally arranged an easy and important task for me. Can't you two let me show my talents? The Queen called him a fool today.
Shen Waner?
She is Shen Wan'er!

very good!

A good man has ambitions, and a good girl is blessed by me!
According to the rules of Tian Ji's horse racing, a high-class girl should be paired with a low-class me!
Yan Bingyun, I'm sorry. I didn't know whether the melon was sweet until I twisted it. Besides, why would I care whether it was sweet after I twisted it? I didn't even pay for the melon, I just asked if it was ripe!
I have something important to do today, so I can only leave the palace tomorrow to discuss literature with my family! Zhao Gao was not disappointed. Li An's new mission had been issued. He leaned over to whisper in the ear of the person, and the latter nodded seriously, which made Haitang Duoduo look very strange.
Is there anything special about Shen Wan'er?
After taking a deep look at Shen Wan'er, Li An took the large number of light bulbs and left the bookstore, got on the carriage and headed towards the river bank.
At this moment, Shen Wan'er was concerned about Yan Bingyun, so she had to think of a solution.
As the saying goes: It’s easiest to pursue a woman who has a boyfriend, because you only have one opponent!

What's more, Shen Wan'er and Yan Bingyun are not even remotely related.

This woman, Yan Bingyun, you can't bear it! Brother, I will suffer and help you fight! Robbery, at this time, Li An's head is full of dirty things.

Time passes steadily bit by bit, never stopping for even a moment because of anyone's footsteps.

When the carriage began to slow down and the voices outside the carriage grew louder, Li An lifted the curtain and carefully sensed the atmosphere of life here. The eldest princess also looked out through the gap. She could not imagine that there was such a place in Shangjing.

"There are so many people, Sister An'er."

The wind was getting stronger, and it was all coming from the river.

It's a little cool and even more humid.

They blend in harmoniously with the pedestrians and laborers at the distant dock.

Who could have imagined that Guo Heng, a tycoon in the horse business, would love this place so much?
What an elegant taste!
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