Gonggong Ruan stabilized his mind, sighed sympathetically, and said sympathetically: "Miss Liu has something to tell our family directly, see if our family can help." ”

Liu Rong, who only lowered her head and shed tears sadly, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a sly smile, and when she raised her head, she immediately changed her face to sadness.

He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief and smiled embarrassedly.

Let my father-in-law see the joke, the folk girl sees that she is going out of the boundary of Wenxian County, and she also understands that she will never have the opportunity to return to Wenxian when she enters Beijing this time, and at home, the folk girl likes to eat the roast duck of Side Restaurant. ”

After speaking, his eyes stared expectantly at the signboard of the Side Restaurant in front of Ruan's father-in-law on the right.

Father-in-law Ruan followed her gaze and looked at the Side Restaurant, and his white face flashed.

commanded the little father-in-law behind him.

The little father-in-law just raised his foot, but was stopped by Liu Rong.

Her purpose was not to eat any roast duck at all, but to find the steward of Side Restaurant, if she let her little father-in-law go, her plan would be ruined.

"Wait. ”

Father-in-law Ruan didn't know, and asked with a smile, "What else does Miss Liu have to order?"

Liu Rong's expression tightened, feeling the chill and dissatisfaction under the smile mask of Ruan's father-in-law, her nervous palms were sweaty, and she pinched the seal in her sleeve.

"Father-in-law Ruan, we also walked for half a day, and seeing that it was about to be noon, the people wanted to invite all the officials to go to the Side Restaurant for dinner. ”

Du Mei on the side, although Jiang Xinyi did not speak, the expectation in her eyes was undisguised.

When Wen Yue'er heard about eating, her eyes lit up, her little belly was still gurgling, her pretty face turned red, and she looked at Grandpa Ruan pleadingly.

"Grandpa Ruan. ”

Father-in-law Ruan was embarrassed, the emperor's decree was to let him rush back to the capital in ten days, if it was delayed, I was afraid that he would miss the trip, but seeing the begging in their eyes, thinking of the sadness of leaving home when he was young, his heart softened and agreed.

Liu Rong's nervous heart relaxed, and she glanced back at Wen Yue'er appreciatively.

Because they were show girls, when they got out of the carriage, all four of them put on their hats.

The little father-in-law ran to the Side Restaurant first and took over the entire restaurant.

The diners who were dining inside, shouting dissatisfiedly, the little father-in-law did not change his face to show his identity, and the group of diners obediently closed their mouths and left quickly, for fear of running slow and inviting death.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant led Xiao Zhan to greet Liu Rong and others with trepidation.

Liu Rong and the four of them were show girls, and they did not eat with Ruan Gonggong and other officials, but were alone in a private room.

The shopkeeper waits aside.

Liu Rong didn't look at the menu in her hand, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, all the best dishes in your restaurant are brought to me, this is a deposit." ”

When I came to the restaurant to eat, I always paid after the meal, and I never paid the money before the meal.

The shopkeeper's shrewd eyes flashed a hint of suspicion, but his face did not show it, and he took the silver ticket with a smile.

There were five hundred silver tickets, and the shopkeeper couldn't open his eyes with a smile, and suddenly saw a familiar mark on a silver ticket, his brows furrowed slightly, and he glanced at the girl in front of him imperceptibly.

Liu Rong looked back at him generously, her face slowly flushed, and she said shyly: "Shopkeeper, where is the place to pay tribute here?"

The shopkeeper understood, quietly hid the silver ticket, and said with a smile: "Girl, please come with me." ”

Jiang Xinyi wanted to follow, but Du Mei pulled aside to speak, and when she was done, she couldn't see Liu Rong for a long time, so she could only sit in a seat.

The shopkeeper took Liu Rong to a room in the backyard, ordered the doorkeeper to close the door, walked to a wall in the room, and regularly turned a vase on the shelf, and a door appeared on the seamless wall.

The shopkeeper turned around, saw the surprise on Liu Rong's face, and smiled smugly.

"Girl, please. ”

Liu Rong nodded, raised her feet and stepped into the secret room.

The chamber was small, with only a large table and a few stools, and nothing else.

Then the shopkeeper also entered, and the door of the secret room slowly closed.

The shopkeeper took out the imprinted silver ticket, looked at Liu Rong quietly, and did not speak first.

Liu Rong hesitated, took out the seal from her sleeve and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper carefully checked the seal and confirmed that it was true, and then let down his vigilance against Liu Rong.

He respectfully returned the seal to Liu Rong with both hands, and said with a fist: "The Lord has instructed that if the girl comes to us with the seal, we must obey the girl's arrangement, so what is the girl's order to come today?"

At this time, the shopkeeper was neither humble nor arrogant, and swept away the previous obscene image of being timid and afraid, which made Liu Rong feel a lot more relieved.

Liu Rong solemnly returned the salute and said: "I entered Beijing and entered the palace this time, and I don't know what the future holds, the only thing I can't worry about is the second elder in the family." ”

The shopkeeper was surprised, he didn't expect Liu Rong to have such a request.

"Girl, don't worry, we will definitely send someone to take care of Master Liu and Mrs. Liu. ”

Liu Rong made a solemn salute.

"Please. ”

Coming out of the secret room, Liu Rong was in a much more relaxed mood, and when she met Jiang Xinyi halfway back, the good-looking willow eyebrows were raised, and the corners of her mouth hooked up with a playful smile.

By the time Jiang Xinyi noticed her, Liu Rong had regained her composure.

"Why has Sister Liu been gone for so long, Sister Du and Sister Wen are almost exhausted of delicious dishes. ”

Jiang Xinyi naturally stepped forward to hold Liu Rong's arm, making her very uncomfortable, and withdrew her arm without a trace.

"Why did Sister Jiang come out, that meal didn't suit my sister's appetite?"

Jiang Xinyi covered her mouth and chuckled, and was about to answer, when Du Mei's joking laughter came from behind.

"Where, the signboard of Side Restaurant is famous in our Chu country, Sister Jiang is overeating, come out for a walk." ”

Jiang Xinyi's face turned red, and she glanced at Du Mei.

"It's as if you've eaten very little. ”

The two of them said a word, but they ignored Liu Rong on the side.

Liu Rong didn't interject either, and only interjected when they were about to speak.

"Seeing what you say is so delicious, I'm hungry. After saying that, he left the two of them and went back to the private room.

Du Mei looked at the distant back, and resentment flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Jiang Xinyi patted her soft soothingly.

"Bear with me. ”

When Du Mei thought of currying favor with Liu Rong in the past few days, but only in exchange for a lukewarm attitude, the anger in his heart couldn't be suppressed.

Shaking off Jiang Xinyi's hand fiercely, Sen Leng said: "This girl is the daughter of the dignified prefect, and she dares to despise me so much as a lowly businesswoman, and when I am favored in the future, I will definitely dismantle her to vent my shame." ”

Jiang Xinyi rubbed her sore hands, her drooping eyes blocked the hatred in her eyes, and when she looked up, the hatred in her eyes disappeared and was replaced by an understanding smile.

Without Du Mei and Jiang Xinyi to disturb her, Liu Rong had a great appetite, occasionally laughing with Wen Yue'er, and only after she was full did she come back.

After eating and drinking, under the order of Ruan's father-in-law, the team immediately left.

The shopkeeper of Side Restaurant looked at the figure in the distance, and his eyes were dim.

Turning back to a miscellaneous room in the backyard, he grabbed a carrier pigeon from the bird cage, quickly wrote a few lines, stuffed it into the bamboo tube on the pigeon's feet, and threw it into the sky.