Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 29

As the weather turned cooler, there were more people in the market, especially in the morning, when stalls could be seen everywhere in some lively markets. Yingxiu asked the carriage to stop at the entrance of Zhenbao Pavilion, and walked in with her zither.

After ordering something in Zhenbao Pavilion, Yingxiu saw that it was still early, so she turned a corner and arrived at a shop specializing in tea sets. When she walked into this shop, she could smell a faint fragrance of tea. When she looked up, she saw that the shop was cooking by the wall. The tea leaves are boiled in a very novel way. They use stones similar to the color of stone mills. The middle is hollowed out, and the bottom is heated.

"Shopkeeper, do you have a tea set made of jade?" Yingxiu looked around but didn't see Ruyi, and asked the shopkeeper who was pouring tea, and the shopkeeper passed a cup to Yingxiu, "Try it quickly, this The cooking method was invented by the third kid in our family."

Yingxiu took the cup with a smile. The tea in it was not as thick as usual, but rather clear. After smelling it, Yingxiu couldn't guess what kind of tea it was made of. After taking a sip, there is a light fragrance in the warmth, without a trace of bitterness, and there is a faintly invisible refreshing taste on the tip of the tongue.

"This..." Seeing Yingxiu's puzzled face, the shopkeeper said with a smile, "I had this expression at the beginning, but that kid refused to say what was added here. By the way, miss, you just asked What am I doing?"

Yingxiu put the cup back on the tray, pointed to some tea sets in front of the counter, "Boss, do you have any tea sets made of jade?"

"Jade tea sets are labor-intensive, and the price is not cheap. Only when customers come to order, we will make special ones according to their requirements. Generally, they are not sold in shops, but individual tea cups are available. Miss, would you like to have a look?" See?" Yingxiu followed the shopkeeper to the place where the teacups were placed, although there were quite a few individually placed there, but the workmanship was far less good than what Yingxiu received.

Seeing the disappointment on her face, the shopkeeper closed the door of the cupboard, "Our shop made a very exquisite jade tea set two months ago. If the lady came a month earlier, she might still be able to see it." Now that thing has been sent to the guest's house."

Yingxiu smiled, but still chose a set she liked and asked Baoqin to take it out of the shop.

Asking Baoqin to buy some small items that she likes, Yingxiu stayed in the carriage and rested near a tea shed for a while. Near noon, many stalls in the market began to close, and the tea shed gradually became lively. From the small window of the carriage, Ying could see that Xiaoer was holding a very large teapot with a very long spout, and when someone called for tea, he could fill the bowl for him within a few steps.

As long as you sit down, you can drink as much as you want, the stove on the side is burning, and there are some wonton pasta cooked in the tea shed for sale to customers. After a while, the five or six tables that were originally empty will be filled. They were all full of people, and those who didn't have a seat simply squatted on the ground, ordered a bowl of simple noodles in clear soup, and started eating with chopsticks.

"Hey, let me tell you, what do you always run to the east of the city? Pull a car and pick a place." Four or five people came over, and a table happened to be vacant. Ask them what they want to eat.

One of them, who seemed to be pulling a cart, yelled a bowl of wonton noodles, and said to the people on the opposite side, "He is not only going to the east of the city, but also going to the street in that place. Hey, I wonder if there is something special in there?" It smells so good, hahaha." After speaking, he bumped his elbow to the people beside him.

"Don't tell me, let me guess, it must be Miss Yingying's powdery smell, right~" The person on the opposite side stretched out his hand to stop it, and looked at the flushed person with a smile on his face.

"Stop, stop, don't laugh at him, he is very popular with Miss Yingying, who among us is so lucky to be able to pick up the handkerchief she dropped from upstairs in broad daylight, I said Ah Er , that silk handkerchief smells like a woman, doesn't it?" Everyone at the table laughed, Yingxiu looked away, and when the curtain was pulled down, she felt that their words were very obscene, and she had no interest in reading any more. .

That Ah Er just happened to pass by the alley on the side of the Huafang Building, and a piece of veil fell out of the upstairs window, Ah Er picked it up dumbfounded, and saw that Yingying girl was showing half of her veil. Su Ching poked out her chest to take a look, and seeing Ah Er raised her head with a dazed look, she smiled and closed the window.

Since then, Ah Er has been delivering goods to the east side of the city, causing friends around him to make fun of him all the time, asking him if he saved enough money to go to Nafang to sleep with the girl Yingying. In the evening, Ah Er ignored them, even if he didn't want to wash the veil, he hid it like a treasure.

"Speaking of Miss Yingying, the smell is too strong, I still like that catkin." Yingxiu originally wanted to ask the coachman to pull the car further away, but she felt uncomfortable hearing those disgusting words, so she just opened the curtain When she wanted to shout, she heard Liu Xu'er mentioned in their mouths. Yingxiu put down the curtain and leaned back into the carriage, squinting her eyes to listen to the chat outside.

"That's Shizi Qi's man, you are not worthy of picking up shoes for others!"

"Damn, I've been paid 50 taels, and I'm still pretending to be innocent. I'm just a prostitute. If I'm rich, I can afford it." One of them drank a big mouthful of noodle soup, spraying soup in his mouth and making a loud voice. road.

"Hey, let's not talk about it, she just has that ability, and now she is about to leave Huafang. It is said that Prince Qi is going to find a house in the capital to put her down, and the golden house cangjiao!"

Yingxiu's face in the carriage became serious, but the big men outside the carriage were chatting very vigorously. When the people eating noodles and drinking tea heard them chatting about the things that had been rumored a while ago, they all gathered around, and each talking.

If you say where the news in the house is the most well-informed, there are the most gossiping women and maids, if you say where the news in the capital is the most well-informed, there are people in the streets and alleys where there is a rest, everyone is talking. , I was about to analyze when and why Qi Haocheng picked up Liu Xu'er.

"If you want me to say that this is about picking up worn-out shoes, you haven't seen me, but you have seen that Mr. Jin, who is so tall, I'm sorry for my parents." Yingxiu in the carriage laughed unceremoniously when she heard the description, It happened that Baoqin opened the curtain, carried a bunch of things in, wiped the sweat from his brow, "Miss, what are you laughing at?"

"Why have you been here for so long?" Baoqin took out two bunches of candied haws from behind as if conjuring, "I even ran to buy these, last time I heard from the sweeping maid that the candied haws at the entrance of the alley are the best."

"You, you know how to eat." Yingxiu poked her little face, and asked the coachman to set off for Shen's mansion. From a distance, I could hear the laughter in the tea shed, watching the joy of eating while holding the piano, Yingxiu also felt hungry, so she picked up a pack of halva she bought, opened it and took one into her mouth, the sweet and greasy taste melted between her teeth...

In the study of Nanyang Houfu.

Qi Zhongyang slapped the table and threw the received letter on the table. His face was flushed with anger and he looked at the eldest son standing in front of the desk. His hands trembling when pointing at him.

"Okay, okay, you're really promising, Qi Haocheng, you're really promising!" Qi Zhongyang walked back and forth in the study a few times, pointing to the letter on the desk, "Tell me what's going on, What exactly is going on!"

Qi Haosheng raised his head and glanced at the letter, there was no ups and downs in his eyes, Qi Zhongyang's punch seemed to hit cotton, and he felt powerless in his heart. Qi Haosheng, the eldest son among several sons, has always been his pride, There is no dispute that the position of the eldest son was passed on to him, but since two years ago, something is wrong with this child. He used to think that it is good for this child to be affectionate, at least not to kill brothers, but now it seems that it is better to be ruthless .

"Don't think that I didn't know that you went there on the stage, but now that you do this kind of thing again, you are going to ruin all the reputation of the Nanyang Houfu." Qi Zhongyang's raised hand did not fall after all. go.

"Father, didn't you say that if the child likes it, she can be redeemed. Now that the child has redeemed her, why is the father so opposed?" Qi Haosheng looked straight at Qi Zhongyang and refused to budge. Qi Zhongyang picked up the letter on the table. Throwing it on him, "I said that's right, but everyone knows who taught you to make trouble, how many pairs of eyes are looking at you, how many people are staring at you waiting for you to make mistakes, how do you want me to make peace with Qing?" The prince confesses!"

"Father, Xu'er has my child." After a while, Qi Haocheng looked at Master Qi Hou and said.

Qi Haoming outside the door could only hear the sound of something falling to the ground, and then the roar of Lord Qi, "You bastard!"

The door was pulled open suddenly, Qi Haocheng's face was full of gloom, and there was an obvious wound on his forehead, the blood flowed to the underside of his eyebrows, it was very hideous, Qi Haocheng looked down at Qi Haoming, and walked past him , quickly left the yard.

Looking into the study room, there were broken porcelain all over the floor, and a vase that was originally on the shelf was gone. Qi Zhongyang didn't expect him to come back, and his angry face couldn't calm down for a while, "Ming'er, you Why are you here?"

"I'll come and see my father." Zhuo Ye pushed him into the study room. There was a letter lying quietly on the shards of porcelain. Qi Haoming motioned Zhuo Ye to pick it up. "Why are father and elder brother arguing so hard?"

"Oh, your elder brother actually bought another yard outside, took that prostitute from Huafang out, and placed him there." Qi Zhongyang sighed, took the letter from him and put it on the table , "Your Uncle Zhuge found out about this, and wrote a special letter. How can you talk about this marriage with Yuxin?"

Qi Zhongyang chose the wife of such a big family for Qi Haosheng, in order to consolidate his position as the eldest son, so that he can smoothly take over the position of Marquis of Nanyang in the future. How could Prince Qing allow his daughter to be wronged, let alone Qi Haosheng just now? He also said that this prostitute was pregnant with a child!
"Father, my son thinks that the marriage in Prince Qing's Mansion may not be appropriate. The eldest brother should do this to let father dispel the idea of ​​marriage and stop asking him to marry Zhuge Yuxin." Qi Haoming thought for a while and said.

"Why?"

"Father, can you remember, among the many princes, which one does Prince Qing like the most?"

Qi Zhongyang looked at the smiling second son, and narrowed his eyes slightly. There are many emperors and princes, and there are many outstanding and not outstanding ones. As for the most qualified one...

"By the way, father, I almost forgot. The fourth brother is about to return to Beijing. The emperor must be very happy when the teacher returns to court." Qi Haoming changed the subject in a timely manner, and Qi Zhongyang's eyes flashed with relief, looking at Qi Haoming Said, "I still call him Fourth Brother, but I want to call him Fourth Prince. Maybe I will be crowned king when I come back this time."

Seeing that his father was in a slightly better mood, Qi Haoming talked for a while, and asked Zhuo Ye to push him back. After sunset, there was a smear of colorful clouds on the sky, like red ink splashed on it at will. The light slanted lazily in the corridor, half warm, half shady...

(End of this chapter)