Chapter 303: A Missed Night Visit
As soon as he heard the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howling in the house, Xiao Fengnan gloated: "These people have suffered the loss of talking nonsense today, and if they want to discuss things in the future, they are afraid that they will have to check the house up and down first." β
Hua Lianyue sneered: "If you do it properly, you won't have these troubles, it's their own body that is not right, so don't blame someone for being caught in braids." β
Xiao Fengnan said a little strangely: "It's just that where did those secret guards come from? β
Hua Lianyue sneered and said, "What kind of secret guards, those people are Zhang Duwei's personal guards, and they are all quite neat." Ah Hui borrowed it temporarily, and Feng Qi taught them some superficial concealment methods in order to bluff these old fritters in officialdom. β
"Don't talk about them, even I was almost bluffed!" Xiao Fengnan's eyes suddenly lit up, and said, "When these officials and masters came, they showed off their might, and they also drove away my guests, causing me to lose a full amount of one hundred and thirty-seven taels of silver, plus these banquets, they are all high-quality ingredients, and I am afraid that they will add up to more than five hundred taels of silver, I have to take advantage of them to not relax and ask for the silver back first." β
Hua Lianyue's eyes rolled, she lowered her voice, and said to Xiao Fengnan extremely mysteriously: "When did Boss Xiao become so small, five hundred taels is nothing, you didn't hear them say that listening to a song is one hundred taels, and you think it's worth it."
You only charge five hundred taels of silver for so many people to eat, which is too much to save the face of these officials. Later, I will let Feng Qi follow you, and you can ask for it ten times and a hundred times.
For example, the osmanthus duck, you can say that those ducks have been fed osmanthus since childhood, so they will have the fragrance of osmanthus when they are fired, and it is not expensive to charge them thirty taels of silver!
There is also the roasted lamb, it is said that this sheep grew up drinking milk, and there is a special person to massage them every day to ensure that the meat is tender and delicious, and it is reasonable to charge them sixty taels of silver together......
Xiao Fengnan's jaw almost hit the surface of his feet, and after listening to Hua Lianyue's words, he couldn't help sighing: "Profiteer, profiteer, fortunately, Liu Hui's kid accepted you, if one day you suddenly run to open a restaurant, wouldn't my Wufulou even have a place to stand." β
Hua Lianyue grinned, covered her mouth and yawned big, and then said, "Okay, I'll tell you how to ask for money, as for how much money you can pull out from them, it depends on your Boss Xiao's ability." Anyway, I know about it, and I can finally go back to sleep with peace of mind. β
Xiao Fengnan sneered and said, "You are relieved to see that your family Ah Hui was not seduced by that jade fairy." Hua Lianyue smiled and shook her hand at him, wrapped her cloak tightly, and turned to walk towards the guest room in the back.
Back in the well-furnished room, Hua Liyue washed her face, clamped the burning brazier with copper tongs, and dragged it to the side of the bed. Then she took off her coat and slipped into the soft quilt. Almost the back of his head was next to the pillow, and he fell into a dark and sweet dream.
When she woke up, most of the day had passed, she opened her eyes in a daze, but saw Liu Hui coming over, and said with a smile: "Are you awake?" He was originally half leaning on the edge of the bed to read, and Hua Lianyue slept next to him, so as soon as she moved, he immediately noticed it.
Hua Lianyue's eyes were open in a daze, but they collided with the shining starlight in his eyes, and his deep but dazzling eyes made her unable to take her eyes off. Especially at this moment, he is also half-distangled, wearing only a loose royal blue straight-up robe, and the neckline is still loose, revealing a trace of lustrous collarbone......
Looking at the delicate collarbone looming in front of her, Hua Lianyue suddenly felt a dry mouth. Liu Hui does not have a golden crown and jade robe at the moment, so he naturally has a little less sharp and shrewdness, and more of a rare lazy state. Her fingers moved in the warm bed, and she felt the urge to reach out and touch it.
Hua Lianyue's obsessive eyes made Liu Hui very satisfied, he reached out and touched her smooth forehead, and said in a low voice: "Why did you sleep stupidly?"
A hint of blush slowly crept up Hua Liyue's cheeks, and she whispered: "No, it's just that I've slept for a long time, but I'm a little lazy!" Then she said strangely: "Why are you reading a book, and you haven't taken a break?"
Liu Hui smiled low and said, "Don't worry, I've slept for three hours, and I'm in good spirits now." β
"Three hours!" Hua Liyue exclaimed, "It's so late!"
Only then did she realize that the starlight shining in Liu Hui's eyes turned out to be a flickering candle flame, but the whole room was illuminated as daylight, and she didn't notice it for a while.
"It's not too late!" Liu Hui smiled lightly and said, "I'm just about to wake you up, there's still a good show waiting for us!"
"Fun?" Hua Lianyue looked at him suspiciously, and she didn't know if she was in a daze, she suddenly noticed that Liu Hui seemed to have two big upright ears on the top of his head, and a fluffy tail wagging behind him!
Hua Lianyue swallowed a mouthful of saliva again, the male vixen described in those words book is probably like this!
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At the end of the first quarter of the moon, the night breeze is cool!
The streets are bustling with activity during the day, but they are now deserted. The door of Wufu Tower was closed, and the lights had been turned off inside, shrouded in silent darkness. Only two papier-mΓ’chΓ© lanterns hung under the black-on-gold signboard outside, emitting a faint candlelight that illuminated the three stone steps in front of the door.
Suddenly, two small pebbles flew from nowhere, and I heard two soft sounds of "popping", and the candle flame in the lantern was instantly extinguished, and the entire Wufu Building was covered in darkness. A variegated wildcat that had been napping in the corner of the wall was alarmed, it "meowed" a few times, stretched its soft limbs, and then jumped lightly on the wall and quickly disappeared in the darkness, and the silence around it soon returned.
After a while, several black-clothed people quietly appeared in front of the door of Wufu Tower, they vigilantly observed the movements around them, and then climbed up the wall as lightly as the wild cat, and soon disappeared in the darkness.
It just so happened that the men in black had just disappeared from the wall when a carriage suddenly appeared on the long silent street. The soft sound of the wheels as they crushed over the broken leaves mixed with the crisp clattering of the horses' hooves carried far away in the silence of the night.
The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Wufu Tower, the curtain was lifted, and the lantern hanging under the rim illuminated Yu Xian'er's beautiful face. Plain and white dress, full of green silk and only gently held by a headband, and a silver fox with a hood on his shoulders.
If it weren't for the big hat, she would have looked like she had just gotten up from the couch, or like she was about to go to the couch to rest, but she didn't look like she was going out to meet guests. The maid was dressed very neatly, with a pretty snake bun, a silver-red flowered jacket, and a jade-colored pleated skirt embroidered with tender yellow daffodils. Carrying a moon-white cloth bag embroidered with plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum pattern, the top of the cloth bag reveals a corner of the guqin.
The maid looked up at the dark and silent Wufu Building, and muttered: "Why don't you even leave a lamp, this black is weird and scary." β
Yu Xian'er also raised her white porcelain-like cheeks, looked at the two pitch-black lanterns under the signboard, and her beautiful brows couldn't help frowning. She wrapped herself in a big coat and said to the maid, "Go knock!"
The maid received the order, and immediately unceremoniously knocked on the closed black lacquered wooden door, and the dull beating sound was particularly harsh in the night. The cold at night became more and more biting, and no one responded for a long time, Yu Xian'er tightly hugged the copper entwined peony and green leaf warmer in her arms, showing a trace of impatience on her face.
Finally, there was a flickering light in the dark room, and after a muffled sound of the deadbolt twitching, the door finally opened a crack. A sleepy-eyed man in a padded jacket showed half of his body. He lifted the oil lamp in his hand and shone it, and said, "It's so late, who!" Before he finished speaking, he yawned again.
The maid waved her hand on the tip of her nose with disgust on her face, and then said crisply: "Our girl is here to find the virtuous prince, please trouble the little brother to go in and report it." β
"Come to the prince so late?" The man's eyes fell on Yu Xian'er, who had not made a sound behind the maid, with a bit of playfulness and a bit of obscenity.
"Hey, where are you looking?" the maid quickly blocked his eyes, glared at him fiercely, and said, "Look at it again, be careful to take your eyeballs out." β
The man pouted and said, "The prince has already fallen asleep, if the girl has something to do, it will be early tomorrow morning." With that, he retracted his neck and wanted to close the door casually.
"Wait! The maid can't wake up, and please don't blame this little brother. Yu Xian'er finally spoke up, her voice was soft and weak, and a little soft and glutinous, which would be very useful to a man.
The man really stopped closing the door, and refused to let them in, but said: "Miss Xian'er is polite, I can't talk about whether to blame or not." But it's getting late, and even if I have two heads, I don't dare to disturb the prince's rest. If the girl really has anything important, let's run again tomorrow!" The guy didn't need Yu Xian'er to speak, he knew her intention to stop her, and hurriedly said the ugly words in front of her and gagged her.
Yu Xian'er's eyes flashed, and she quietly gave the maid a look. The maid was clever and immediately understood what she meant. She hurriedly took out a purse from her sleeve, stuffed it into the man's hand, and said with a smile: "Little brother, don't blame me, I was wrong before." But our girl is such a temper. After listening to the comments of the virtuous prince during the day, the mouth suddenly opened. After I went back, I practiced alone for a long time, but I tasted a different taste from usual.
No, she hurried here again, just to play what she felt and understood, and asked the prince to give me another advice. We didn't dare to disturb the prince's rest, so we asked the little brother to take a look, and if the prince was free, we would help our girl reply. If you have seen it or not, it is a word from the prince, and the prince will not blame him. β
The guy checked the purse in his hand, but the amount was not clear. It seems that this jade fairy girl still paid a lot of money in order to see the virtuous prince, and what she asked for was also an elegant thing, presumably a man, he would not bear to refuse a stunning beauty like her, and would only sigh at her obsession with piano skills.
The man thought about it for a while, and finally put the purse in his arms, and said, "You wait here, I'll go to the back and take a look, if the prince hasn't rested, I'll find an opportunity to help you mention it." If the prince has already rested, I can't help with this favor. β
Hearing that the guy was finally relieved, the maid couldn't help but smile happily and thanked her again and again. The man quickly retracted and closed the door with a "snap", locking the master and servant outside.
The smile on the maid's face suddenly froze, she stomped her feet, and said stupidly: "This cold day is heavy, and I don't know if we should go into the house to avoid it." Yu Xian'er smiled faintly and didn't speak, but the jade hands that were holding the big box were already twisted together.
Liu Hui was sitting under the closed window with Hua Lianyue drinking the freshly ground peanut cheese, the newly dug peanuts were already very fragrant, and they were sprinkled with fine snowflake sugar, which was fragrant, smooth and sweet in the mouth. It's just that you can't eat too much of this thing, and it will get tired after eating it. So they also prepared some hot tea in front of them, as well as sour and cool Fu Tangerine.
"Lord Wang, Miss Yuxian'er is out asking to see you!"
Hua Lianyue was drinking tea, and she choked and coughed violently when she heard the words. Liu Hui raised his hand to help her gently pat her back, and said idly: "People are here to see me, what are you doing so excited!"
Hua Lianyue was a little annoyed, pinched him secretly, and whispered: "She chased after her in the night, what does she want to do?"
Liu Hui reached out and pinched her little hand, and said quietly: "I'll take a look, and I'll know what she's going to do!"
"You still want to see her!" Hua Lianyue's voice couldn't help but raise a little, she blinked her eyes wide, and said, "I came to the door in the dead of night, there must be something important, why don't I accompany you on this trip?"
Liu Hui lowered his eyelids, reached out to wipe away the little peanut cheese left on her lips, and coaxed: "Didn't you just say that you were hungry, I asked them to get two bowls of silver silk noodles, and when the noodles are cooked, I will come back, and I will eat with you then." β
Hua Lianyue knew that he was politely refusing his proposal by saying this, and she pouted dissatisfiedly, but she still obediently let go of her hand and said, "Then you go, the night is cold, remember to put on an extra piece of clothing." β
"Hmm. Liu Hui smiled and wanted to get up. Hua Lianyue suddenly reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes. Because the brazier in the house was burning vigorously, they took off their coats when they were too hot. Liu Hui even had his neckline open, just to be comfortable.
Hua Lianyue neatly helped him tidy up his neckline, and said babblingly: "Be careful that the wind is poured into your neck, and you will have an uncomfortable throat tomorrow." She didn't stop until she pulled the hem of his shirt tightly. Touching his seamless collar, she smiled and said, "Okay, go early and come back early, I'll wait for you to eat noodles together." β
Liu Hui raised his hand and touched her face before turning to leave. When he reached the door, he stopped again, turned back and said, "Don't sit under the window all the time, even if the window is closed, the wind will inevitably pour in through the crack." Be careful that blowing for a long time will give you a headache. Hua Liyue happily waved his hand to let him get out of here.
Returning to the table and sitting down, there was one less person, and the room seemed much quieter. She touched a round orange in her hand a little boringly, and with a slight stroke of her fingernails, the soft orange peel immediately cracked a slit, revealing the white orange and neat orange petals inside.
Hua Lianyue ate most of it slowly, and suddenly heard a melodious and beautiful sound of the piano in the silent night, she was stunned, and then stood up suddenly. I came to see you in the middle of the night, why did you still play the tune, what did you want to do?