Queen's Development

Chapter 103 Late Night
When it was time to set off, the carriage of Liang Yingyu and his party also followed Lin Jia and his party, meandering towards the capital.

When Liang Yingyu went to Beijing this time, she was escorted by a housekeeper and four servants of Liang's mansion, as well as the nanny Wang Mama and four maids, and the rest of the carriage was full of her luggage.

Hurrying all the way, until it was dark, Zhao Xi and his party arrived at the inn outside Yi County.

A Lan and A Qing were sent to be the guides, and they had booked two yards at the Yixian post station in advance, and then A Lan went along the road to meet Zhao Xi and the others.

When they arrived at the post station, Zhao Xi ordered Ah Qing to lead the people from the Liang residence into the east courtyard reserved for the Liang family, while he went back to the west courtyard first.

At night, Yuzhi took a bath in her room and went to the main room to serve Lin Jia.

Lin Jia also just got out of the shower and was sitting on the Luohan bed reading in the Mingjian. Seeing Yuzhi coming in, she smiled and said: "I also found the "Historical Records" you are reading, you should read it too!"

When he went to the bookcase to get the books just now, he thought that Yuzhi loved to read "Historical Mirror", so he found the second "Historical Mirror" that Yuzhi was reading.

Yuzhi grinned and agreed, and said, "Second Lady Xu cooked lily, lotus seed and white fungus porridge for you in the kitchen in the courtyard. I'll bring the porridge here first, and it won't be too late to read a book!"

Lin Jia loves sweets very much. Lily, lotus seed and white fungus porridge clears the lungs and moistens the throat. Before going to bed, let Lin Jia use a bowl, which is just right for sleeping.

Lin Jia covered herself with a "huh" and lowered her head to continue reading.

What he is reading now is the notes of Hu Yuguang, the former Prime Minister of the Reform Dynasty, which he took from the Wangwai Study Room of Xingping County.

In order to solve the problem of land annexation at that time, Hu Yuguang carried out reforms, but under the strong opposition of big bureaucrats and big landlords, the reforms ended in failure, and Hu Yuguang was also executed.

Lin Jia wanted to find Hu Yuguang's reform ideas from Hu Yuguang's notes, and find a solution to the increasingly serious land annexation problem in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After dinner, Liang Yingyu took a bath and found that the nanny had directed the maids to lay out the bedroom and the main room. Whether it was the bed in the bedroom or the Arhat bed in the main room, the soft pillows and embroidered mattresses made of Sichuan brocade that she often used at home were laid. Being caught, couldn't help laughing, holding the arm of the nanny Wang Mama coquettishly: "Mom, thank you for your trouble!"

Mama Wang's son died young, and she was alone. She took care of Liang Yingyu as her own daughter, and immediately said with a smile: "My girl, I brought your usual biserite tea set and Huangshan Maofeng, which you like to drink!"

When Liang Yingyu heard this, her heart moved, and she asked Mum Wang with a smile, "Mom, how many Huangshan Maofeng did you bring?"

Mother Wang smiled: "Master gave the girl two cans of Huangshan Maofeng, one of which has been opened, and the other has not been opened. I think you like to drink, so I brought them here!"

Liang Yingyu smiled slightly: "Mom, take out the unopened can, I'll send it to Brother Ajia!"

Mama Wang naturally understood what her master and girl were thinking, she immediately smiled and clapped her hands: "Young lady is so smart!"

She immediately turned around and entered the west dark room, and quickly came out with a delicate biserite jar: "Girl, this jar of tea leaves hasn't been opened yet!"

Liang Yingyu nodded and said, "Mom, can I go out to meet people with my appearance?"

Madam Wang looked up and down, and saw that Liang Yingyu had combed her long bun, with a red gold pearl hairpin inserted into her bun, and she was wearing a light pink embroidered slim-fitting gown and a pink satin skirt, which made her look dainty and dainty. The figure became more and more lovely, so he smiled and said: "The girl looks like the beauty in the painting, so she is impeccable!"

Liang Yingyu smiled when she heard this, put on a jade-colored satin ferret cloak, asked her close servant Xiuzhu to take the can of Huangshan Maofeng and followed her, and went out to the west courtyard where Lin Jia lived.

A few well-armored soldiers stood at the gate of the west courtyard. When they saw a beautiful girl coming with a pretty maid, they hurriedly called Ah Cheng who was sitting in the duty room inside the gate.

Ah Cheng came out and saw that it was Liang Yingyu, and hurriedly led Liang Yingyu's master and servant into the west courtyard.

Lin Jia was studying, and when she heard footsteps, she thought it was Yu Zhi who came over with a supper, but when she raised her eyes, it was Ah Cheng who walked in.

He glanced at Ah Cheng and continued to read.

Ah Cheng smiled and said: "My lord, Miss Liang came to see you, she is waiting outside!"

Lin Jia: "... Please come in, Miss Liang!"

He had to put down his book and go out to meet him.

As soon as Liang Yingyu entered the Ming Room, Lin Jia, who was wearing a black satin forehead and a white brocade robe with silver patterns, came over to meet her.

She hurriedly curtsied and bowed timidly: "I met Brother Ajia!"

Lin Jia did have three younger sisters, but these three younger sisters were quite estranged from him, so seeing the petite and exquisite Liang Yingyu bowing to him, she couldn't help but feel a little helpless, so she hurriedly returned the salute.

Liang Yingyu smiled sweetly, took the can of Huangshan Maofeng from Xiu Zhu, and said softly: "Brother Ajia, this is my favorite drink of Huangshan Maofeng, I came here specially to give you a can!"

Lin Jia took the biser jar, thanked her, and asked Liang Yingyu to sit down on the armchair by the east wall.

After Liang Yingyu sat down, she glanced at Lin Jia with watery eyes, and saw that there was a book turned upside down on the small kang table in his hand, and asked with a smile, "Brother A Jia, is he reading a book? What book is it?"

Her speech is different from others, her voice is delicate and timid, soft and soft, with a baby voice, Lin Jia has never heard anyone speak like this, so she couldn't help but look at Liang Yingyu, and found that although she was born petite and exquisite, she was indeed Fifteen or sixteen years old.

Lin Jia looked a little like a child in front of Yuzhi, but in front of outsiders he always looked like a son like jade. He smiled and said, "I read the notes of Hu Yuguang, the former prime minister. What kind of books does Sister Liang usually like to read?"

Liang Yingyu smiled sweetly, and said, "I love reading Tang Dynasty poetry!"

In fact, she hates reading the most, because she is good friends with Wang Yixiu, the eldest lady of the Xiangfu, so she studied in the girls' school of the Xiangfu for two years, and now she has almost forgotten it.

But she saw that Lin Jia seemed to love reading, so she immediately changed her words and said that she "loves reading Tang poetry"—anyway, most scholars in the Zhou Dynasty loved Tang poetry, and it is always true to say this!
Lin Jia couldn't find a common topic with Liang Yingyu, so she bit the bullet and planned to talk about Tang Dynasty poetry with Liang Yingyu, so she said, "I like the poems of Du Gongbu when he was wandering in Shu, where is sister Liang?"

Liang Yingyu smiled sweetly, but her hands were sweating—she really couldn't remember which poet belonged to the Tang Dynasty!

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then the thick curtain on the Mingjian door was lifted, and Yuzhi walked in with a bowl of lily, lotus seed and white fungus porridge on a tray.

As soon as she came in, she saw Liang Yingyu, and hurriedly bowed her knees while holding the tray, "I've met Miss Liang!"

Yuzhi's entry not only rescued Lin Jia, who had no obstinate topics, but also rescued Liang Yingyu, who had forgotten the poets of the Tang Dynasty to Java.

Liang Yingyu said coquettishly, "Brother Ajia, it's already late, I have to go back!"

Although she doesn't like to read and dozes off whenever she sees a book, she is a smart person who knows the principles of moderation in everything and refuses to sit too long.

It was indeed late at night, and Lin Jia didn't want to keep any guests. She took Yu Zhi and sent Liang Yingyu's master and servant outside the gate. Seeing Liang Yingyu entered the east courtyard, she turned and went back.

Yuzhi thought in her heart: It's past Haishi, and Miss Liang still came to see Lin Jia, either because she is familiar with him or because she has ulterior motives!
She has always been able to hide things in her heart, so she didn't say much, after Lin Jia washed up after supper, she helped Lin Jia go to bed.

Yu Zhi helped Lin Jia tuck the head of the brocade quilt, and was about to retreat, when she heard Lin Jia call her, she looked up and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Lin Jia was lying on the bed, and Lin Jia said: "Yuzhi, when I came here in the evening, I found many graves outside the east wall of the Yixian Inn..."

Yuzhi is good at everything else, but she is timid and thinks that there may be ghosts in the world. She was so scared that she couldn't sleep all night when she heard him read the Tang Dynasty's ghost story "Ye Yu Ying Huo Lu".

After hearing Lin Jia's words, Yu Zhi's face turned pale.

At this time, the night was already deep, and the wind outside was very strong, and the wind was whistling, blowing the dead leaves left on the poplar trees in the yard, making a crisp "crawling" sound.

Yuzhi shuddered suddenly, remembering a poem in a ghost story that Lin Jia read to her - "The people in Baiyang Village sobbed, and the ghosts under the Qingfeng Forest groaned."

Seeing that Yuzhi's face was pale, Lin Jia hurriedly hit the iron while the iron was hot, and said quietly: "There are a few lines in Du Fu's "Dream of Li Bai", "The soul comes to Feng Linqing, and the soul returns to Guansai to be black. The colors', the atmosphere depicted and the Yixian Inn really seems to be..."

Yuzhi had a very rich imagination, so she smiled and said to Lin Jia: "My room is a bit cold, I'll sleep on the couch in your room tonight!"

Lin Jia's trick succeeded, and she was happy in her heart, but deliberately put on a look of indifference, closed her eyes and said, "If you want to sleep here, you can sleep here, I don't care."

Yuzhi ran out quickly and took her bedding.

Lin Jia buried her face in the jade-colored soft pillow Yu Zhi embroidered for him, and secretly laughed.

(End of this chapter)