Chapter 151: Pawnshop
After staying in Jiangli for seven days, the two set off for Yanlong. Six days later, when the sun set, the two returned to Yanlong.
Returning to the long-awaited Ningjun Palace, the familiar and intimate feeling immediately came to my face. Compared with the Imperial Palace, Yaoling likes the small elegance of the Ningjun Palace, and more importantly, she has been living in it since she returned from studying art, spending her happiest and most carefree girlhood.
She took care of the Ningjun Mansion as if they had never left, pushed open the hut where she lived, she sniffed hard, smelled the faint familiar fragrance in the house, and lay on her back on the brocade couch, stretching her waist.
"I'm not eating, I'm going to sleep. With that, he hugged the pillow and fell asleep.
It wasn't until the next day, when the sun was three o'clock, that she opened her eyes, looked at the top of the bed, her eyes were in a daze, and it took a long time to realize that she had slept in the Ningjun Palace.
"It's better to be the princess of Ningjun. He muttered to himself and his face turned red quietly. Fortunately, there was no one else in the house except her at this moment.
Rolled over and got out of bed.
Immediately, the maid brought the toiletries.
"Where's the county lord?" she asked as she washed.
A maid hurriedly replied: "The young master has entered the palace, leave a message, and let the princess dine alone." He may have come back late. β
The servants of the Ningjun Mansion and the Xuan Wangfu were actually dead soldiers cultivated by Fengzhao. Therefore, when there is no one else, they always call Fengzhao "young master." β
Hearing the maid call herself the princess, she was stunned for a moment, knowing that the regular wind had instructed these people to call her like this. "Stinky little wind, rotten little wind" muttered two sentences in his heart.
After scolding, he asked, "Where is Lan Yan?"
"Miss Lanyan followed the young master into the palace. β
Yaoling remembered the reason why Lan Yan followed Jiang Li, and knew that she must have entered the palace to see Princess Fengxi.
After eating, she walked out of the Ningjun Mansion very leisurely and aimlessly along the bustling flow of people on the street. looked at the people coming and going, looked at the sky above her head, and the long-lost freedom and happiness returned to her.
Besides, when the wind is just showing a hint of white in the east. So he got up and washed, and took Lan Yan into the palace. Before leaving, he summoned Gongsun Ya.
"Gongsun Guards have been living in the imperial capital, this time I came to Yanlong with this king, and I will take your men to Yanjing City for a walk today. Buy some gifts for your family to take home. β
After speaking, he took Lan Yan out of the Ningjun Palace. Gongsun Ya's deep eyes behind him flashed with a hint of gratitude, which was fleeting.
When Chang Ruojin looked at the wind in front of her, which was calm and introverted, she felt a trace of emotion in her heart.
I wanted to ask something, but I couldn't ask for a while. After a long time, he asked lightly: "What about your future princess?"
The future princess of Fengzhao has long been passed from the imperial capital to Yanlong, and for a long time, it has been the talk of the Yanlong court officials after tea and dinner, and there is even a minister Jianyì Chang Ruojin who changed a prince to Dalong as a proton.
"Erchen didn't ask her to follow her into the palace. Feng Zhao suddenly remembered that when Yao Ling lived in the Yanlong Palace, he stole all the precious goldfish raised by Chang Ruojin back to the Ningjun Palace. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but grin slightly to both sides. Seeing the look on his face that he wanted to smile but didn't smile, Chang Ruojin couldn't help but feel a trace of embarrassment on his face.
"Hmph" he pretended to cough lightly, and Feng Zhao hurriedly put away his smile.
"You... Have you seen them all?" Chang Ruojin asked secretly, Feng Zhao knew what his uncle was asking meant, and the expression on his face became a little solemn.
"See. He replied to Chang Ruojin's question in a low voice.
Hearing Fengzhao's answer, Chang Ruojin's restrained and calm eyes flashed with a faint joy.
"What do you have to ask for coming back this time?" he asked Fengzhao in a low voice, remembering the somewhat obscure letter written by his sister Chang Ruoli that Yueming brought back last time.
"Nope. Fengzhao replied in a low voice, and he was very strange in his heart, this time he returned to Yanlong, and his mother did not let him bring anything back. Just instructed Yueming, who stayed in the imperial capital, to take care of Fengze.
There was a hint of disappointment in Chang Ruojin's eyes, but it was fleeting. After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth again to ask some questions about the Imperial Court. As for Fengzhao and Yaoling's marriage, Master Wen had already told her.
Asked Emperor Jing, Feng Zhao reported the news of Feng Qing's plan to start a war in the Ji Kingdom to Chang Ruojin, and when Chang Ruojin heard the news, his face became a little heavy.
Since the founding of Yanlong Jianguo, Yanlong has adopted an evasive attitude towards war, but this time is different, if Dalong asks Yanlong to join the war, Yanlong can't avoid it, because Fengzhao and Yueming have been requisitioned into the army and made commands.
He stood up and walked around the room silently with his hands in his hands, thinking carefully in his heart.
"That's right. What do you think Yanlong should do?" After a few turns, he immediately asked about the wind in front of him.
"Wait and see. It is expected that once the war starts, the Ji Kingdom will definitely deploy heavy troops on the border with Yanlong. But as long as Yanlong does not move, the country of Ji will not move. Feng Zhao slowly continued: "This war is just a tentative small-scale war between Dalong and Jiguo, so Dalong will not ask the three small countries in Jiangnan to participate in the war, but Yanlong is now a border of Dalong, and he still has to be prepared to guard Yanjing, because the main battlefield of this war is on the border between Dalong and Jiguo, so Dalong will definitely send heavy troops there, and Yanlong's side will mainly rely on Yanlong's own defense." Be prepared for the Ji Kingdom to launch a war against Dalong from Yanlong's side at any time. β
After listening to Fengzhao's words, Chang Ruojin pondered for a long time, war was not what he wanted, but Yanlong's small land area was extremely difficult to survive in the gap between the two big countries, and no country dared to offend too much.
sighed secretly, the war is together, and I don't know how many families are separated.
"Go see your aunt. After walking for so long, she misses you very much. Chang Ruojin said to Feng Zhao, Feng Zhao nodded, left the study room, and went to the West Palace where Princess Fengxi lived, and today he was going to visit the Empress Dowager Qingshan and his grandmother.
Yaoling had nothing to do all the way, looking at the familiar street scene and listening to the familiar accent, not to mention how relaxed she was, she took a big breath of the air in Yanjing City, and felt that the air in Yanjing City was full of floral freedom. Today, she put away the colorful brocade, and she didn't want to walk down the street. Behind her, a bunch of people were pointing and talking about her, and the name of the Variety Little Magic Bell was very loud in the three countries south of the Yangtze River.
Thinking about buying something, I can't go home empty-handed after walking around the city. That didn't seem to suit her character, and she looked up at the rows of shops on the side of the road. But there are no good shops. The street was not very busy, and she decided to change the street.
Suddenly, she was stunned for a while, and then suddenly looked at a shop not far ahead, and sure enough, she saw the chief guard named Gongsun Ya, walking out of the door of the shop and walking towards the crowd.
Raising her head, she looked at the plaque of the shop, and a large "dang" word hung on the door. There was a hint of doubt in her big beautiful eyes. After a moment of deep thought, she raised her legs and walked towards the pawnshop.
"Boss," she saw a skinny guy and a chubby middle-aged shopkeeper inside the counter as she entered.
I saw Yao Ling who entered the door. The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile, "What do you have to do with the girl?"
"Excuse me, what is the person who just went out for?" asked Yaoling straight to the point, her crisp southern accent was extremely nice.
"Oh, that guy isn't dang, he's here to redeem things. The old shopkeeper answered Yaoling's question in a long voice.
Yaoling was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What is he going to redeem?" The beautiful big black eyes stared at the chubby shopkeeper with curiosity.
The old shopkeeper was also a talkative person, and looking at the curiosity of the rattle, he hurriedly said, "Hey, it's an item from fifteen years ago." Fifteen years ago, the man had brought a big-bellied woman to pawn all the jewelry. Now he wanted to redeem one of the jade bracelets in those jewelry. But girl, you said that everything from fifteen years ago was sold in our store a long time ago. How can it be put now?" said the old shopkeeper helplessly, and kept shaking his head. At the end, he said to himself: "Besides, her bracelet is still carved by Jiang Li's famous jade master Wu Xiang, and it is the best old white jade." It's very sought-after. β
"You said that bracelet was carved by Wu Xiang?" Yao Ling heard her heart "knock" for a moment.
"yes. "I remember the bracelet very well, it was my father's possession. I remember my father holding the jade bracelet and telling me that it was the best item he had received since my family opened a pawnshop.
Yao Ling tilted her head and thought carefully for a while, and finally asked, "Then do you remember who bought the bracelet in the end?" β
The shopkeeper shook his chubby head, and said with a twinkle in his eyes: "It seems that the person who is in business buys it back and gives it to him." β
When Fengzhao came back from the palace, it was already Shen Shi, and Yaoling was sitting under the blooming kapok tree with her eyes closed, leisurely rocking the rocking chair, and the ribbons on her dress swayed with the rocking chair. Fengzhao deliberately put away the footsteps, walked in front of her lightly, and Yao Ling suddenly opened her beautiful and bright big eyes. smiled brightly at the wind.
Jumping out of the chair, she naturally took his arm. She pouted and asked softly, "What did you bring me to eat?" because she saw that Feng Zhao was carrying a brocade box in one hand. There was a faint sweet scent.
Fengzhao pinched the tip of her upturned little nose dotingly. "If you are a glutton, you know how to eat. β
With that, he handed the brocade box in his hand to Yaoling. "I know you love to eat palace pastries. Specially let them do it. β
The two laughed and returned to the house, Yaoling couldn't wait to open the brocade box, picked up a piece of soft and sweet osmanthus cake and stuffed it into her mouth. While looking at her wind photos, she shook her head, this girl has been uncontrolled since she was a child, and her appearance is really indecent.
After Yaoling ate a few pieces, she suddenly remembered that Gongsun Ya, so she told Fengzhao about what she saw in the pawnshop. Immediately, Fengzhao's beautiful sword eyebrows involuntarily twisted together, and his eyes became flickering.
Seeing his deep appearance, Yaoling obediently restrained her indecent eating appearance, sat quietly on the side, gently ate those pastries, and watched the wind photos pacing in the room and meditating while eating, and her curly eyelashes kept flickering. (To be continued)