Chapter 479: Maintaining Order
The more and more people gathered outside, Xiao Xiaoying sent a clever little guy to the outside to shout, to the effect that in order to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, "Water and Clouds" held an embroidery competition, and people can participate in the selection between noon and noon.
As soon as these words came out, the crowd of onlookers exploded with a buzz, the purse of the "water and clouds"! That is something they have never seen, let alone bought, although it is only a small purse, but in ordinary people, even if it is a dowry, it can afford it. Immediately, someone went back, and it seemed that they must have called friends.
At this time, it was still early, a young lady had not come yet, Chu Ning came out for a walk when he was idle, didn't he just happened to meet Fang Yiyuan, but this time Fang Gongzi did not come in a carriage, but came over.
Chu Ning looked at his sleepy-eyed appearance and asked with a smile: "Brother Fang, won't you just get up, Sister Ying'er and I have been busy for a while!"
Fang Yiyuan was also a little embarrassed, and hurriedly defended: "I went to the Protector's Mansion for you yesterday to deliver a post, but I was pulled by Chu Qianyu to drink, and I didn't come back until the middle of the night, and I haven't slept for a few hours!"
Hearing a new name, Chu Ning asked curiously, "Is it the son of the Protector Mansion?"
"Well, it's the third son born to Aunt Fang. Fang Yiyuan replied simply.
"Oh, don't you have to attend the birthday banquet today?" Chu Ning remembered this question yesterday, but then forgot to ask.
"Are you worried that no one will come?" Fang Yiyuan said with a smile: "Don't worry! Then the palace banquet will not start until it gets dark! We must be over here at the end of the third quarter, and it will definitely be too late for them to go back and dress up, and it is rare to have such an interesting thing in the capital, and there are colorful heads, how can there be any reason not to come." ”
Chu Ning was relieved at this time, and walked in with Fang Yiyuan, when a hearty voice called: "Young Master Fang!"
The two turned around, only to see an official dressed as a messenger waving behind him, followed by a team of more than a dozen soldiers, Fang Yiyuan hurriedly smiled and turned around to greet him and arched his hand: "Hard work Wu Qianzong!"
The middle-aged man hurriedly replied: "Fang Gongzi said that he laughed, it's all within his own responsibility, isn't it all for the Queen Mother's birthday!"
Fang Yiyuan laughed and said, "Okay, invite Mr. Wu Qian to drink another day!"
"Gongzi Xie Fang, Gongzi Xie Fang, that little one is busy!" Wu Qian replied with a smile, and then turned around and went back to arrange.
Fang Yi saw that Chu Ning was unclear, and said with a smile: "Isn't it that I'm worried that the number of people can't be controlled, in case something happens, let's not say that we will definitely not be able to afford it, even if the queen has no face! After all, this is also a shop managed by the queen, so he specially asked the commander of the infantry army to command the yamen, and sent a thousand households to help maintain order." ”
Only then did Chu Ning know that he was also afraid of group incidents here! But this is indeed the case, if there is a stampede or something, it will definitely be unlucky, not to mention that many noble ladies will be present, and nothing can happen.
Looking back, those soldiers were really well-trained, under the command of this Wu Qianhu, they immediately improved the originally chaotic situation at the scene a lot, and arranged a few people at the intersection on both sides, if only the carriages that passed by, they were all detoured, and only the carriages that went to the "water and clouds" were released, and the area where the ordinary people were waiting was specially demarcated, so as not to disturb the nobles.
Chu Ning was also relieved, and the ordinary people were still very in awe of the officers and soldiers, so although there were only a dozen soldiers, they were already completely in control of the situation on the spot.