Chapter 144: The Market Surprises
As soon as Steward Wei came, he respectfully presented the elegant and exquisite fold in his hand, "Madame, this is from the palace early this morning." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Mrs. Chen Shilang was in a hurry, and he didn't have a chance to report.
Ruan Xian took the fold and opened it, and sure enough, it was the invitation to the flower viewing party issued by the inner court for the queen's mother. Ruan Xian, as Yan Xu's wife, has an embarrassing identity, it stands to reason that she should not be equal to the officials and nobles, and the queen should not be so inconsiderate. But now that Yan Xu is doing things for the emperor outside and summoning Ruan Xian into the palace, there must be an element of appeasement here, or...... Ruan Xian's mind turned, or is it not just the meaning of the queen here?
I don't understand.
She put the fold aside for the time being, anyway, there are still ten days, and then she will bring people into the palace on time.
However, after leaving the palace for so long, now I think back to the time in the palace, worried about doing something wrong, worried about losing my life, and kowtowing and kneeling when I meet my master...... The life she lives now, not to mention how she eats and wears, but for her, it is definitely the difference between heaven and earth.
For her, freedom and safety are the most important things.
is used to being a master, if she is allowed to be a slave again, Ruan Xian will definitely not be able to bear it this time.
Two days later.
Cui Bao'er is here again.
Because she was going to enter the palace to participate in the flower appreciation banquet, Cui Baoer wanted to invite Ruan Xian to go out with her, and personally go to the jewelry shop to order a few new jewelry, and let Ruan Xian refer to it by the way. Ruan Xian held the treasury in the mansion in her hand, but she didn't worry about having no good things, but since Cui Bao'er had spoken, it was better to be respectful than to obey her orders, and she could go out shopping together.
The two of them shared a carriage and went out with a group of maids and maids.
On the street, the pedestrians flow, the traffic is busy, the shops, vendors, sheds on both sides of the row, the carriage directly drove into the famous Sanfu Street in the capital, the shops on the Sanfu Street sell silk and satin, jewelry, the price is expensive, very popular with the dignitaries and nobles in the capital. The two got off the carriage at the gate of Xiangyun Pavilion on Sanfu Street. Xiangyun Pavilion is a time-honored brand in Beijing, specializing in the production and trading of jewelry, the price is expensive, the craftsmanship is exquisite, it is an old store in Beijing.
Entering the store, the two of them were dressed extraordinarily, followed by the maid and mother-in-law, and the shopkeeper immediately greeted them warmly, and the pastries and tea came up together, not to mention how thoughtful the service and attitude were. The shopkeeper took out a piece of exquisite jewelry and showed it to the two, Xiangyun Pavilion is worthy of being a century-old shop, the jewelry in the shop is exquisite and extraordinary, Cui Baoer fell in love with a pair of heads and two pairs of bracelets at a glance, as well as a few Zhu Hairpin hairpins, Cui Baoer was rich and rich, and unceremoniously let the maid pay, and took a pair of bracelets to give to Ruan Xian, Ruan Xian couldn't push it, so she had to pay for a pair of jade pendants.
Cui Bao'er happily left Xiangyun Pavilion with Ruan Xian.
The horses had been walking for a while, when suddenly there was a sudden screech outside, followed by a commotion, and a high-pitched screech in the air.
"Ahh
As this scream fell, followed by more panicked voices of others, the carriage shook slightly, Ruan Xian frowned and lifted the curtain slightly, "What happened?" ”
Qing'er outside the carriage looked panicked, "Madam, someone in front of you is startled, and the horse suddenly ran around like crazy, trampling on a lot of people, madam, what should I do?" The horses are coming towards us—"
Located in the middle of the market, Sanfu Street is one of the busiest and most crowded places in Beijing, and pedestrians and vendors on the road are panicking and running away. People's emotions are infectious, and everyone's fear stimulates the crazy horses, Ruan Xian and Cui Bao'er sat in the carriage, the carriage was sandwiched on the crowded street, and the exclamations of Qing'er and Hong'er were outside, and then the carriage curtain was suddenly opened, Hong'er said with a white face, "Madam, come out quickly, the crazy horse is coming this way, there are too many people next to you, the carriage can't work, it's not good if you collide." ”
Cui Bao'er's maid also nodded beside her, and the two in the car looked at each other, and prepared to get out of the car without saying a word.
Cui Bao'er lived in the north when she was a child, and she rolled on horseback, and she didn't need to get out of the car with a convenient noose, Ruan Xian climbed Qing'er's men and got out of the carriage, and when she looked up, she saw the crowd of people dodging and fleeing on the not very wide street, as well as the dark horse in the middle of the road.
The two of them took the maids and coachmen to temporarily abandon the carriage and hide on the side of the road under the cover of everyone, at this moment, the rampaging horse seemed to suddenly find the target, suddenly increased its speed, and suddenly rushed towards Ruan Xian's group of people.
Besides, this is still a crowded street, Ruan Xian was protected by a few maids and pushed together with the pedestrians around, the horses pounced like a deadly black shadow, she suddenly regretted in her heart, she didn't look at the yellow calendar when she went out, and she didn't know that she was going to suffer such a flying disaster today.
At this moment, the lightning flashed.
Suddenly, a vigorous figure leaped down from the second floor of a teahouse on the side of the road, and sat on the back of Crazy Horse with lightning speed in front of everyone's eyes. The owner of the stall hid next to him, looking at the things all over the ground with a pale face, and he was about to cry.
Everyone's eyes were attracted to the man on horseback, and the man hugged Crazy Horse's neck tightly, and he was strong on the horse's back trying to control the horse. But the horse couldn't help but not stabilize, but became more and more crazy, his pace flew and saw that he was about to collide with Ruan Xian and the others again, and there was a scream and wailing all around, and the man saw this, and suddenly pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into the horse's neck.
Red blood erupted violently, and the horse let out a terrible roar of pain, and jerked its limbs to a halt, and its two front hooves were raised high and almost to their feet. Blood splattered, warm crimson liquid flowed all over the ground, the man jumped nimbly off the horse's back, and the next second, the horse's tall body fell to the ground abruptly, snapping, only the limbs were still twitching slightly.
"Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Chen, frightened, are you okay?"
The man's gentle voice sounded in his ears, Ruan Xian and the others looked at this handsome boy who walked in front of them with palpitations, and never expected that the man who subdued Crazy Horse turned out to be Yong'an Hou Shizi. obviously looked at the appearance of a merry scholar, but he didn't expect to have such good skills.
Crazy Horse was subdued, and Fan Zizhuo, the son of Yong'an Houshi, also became the focus of the whole street, especially those girls and aunts, the hero who subdued Crazy Horse turned out to be such a handsome and extraordinary noble son, and he couldn't wait for his eyes to stick to Fan Zizhuo.
Ruan Xian and Cui Bao'er had a false alarm, their faces had not yet replied, and when they saw this, they hurriedly said to Fan Zizhuo, "Thank you Fan Shizi for your help, I will definitely go to the house in person to thank you in the future, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, I will leave first, and please forgive me." ”
Fan Zizhuo didn't understand, and nodded understandingly, "Mrs. Yan is serious. ”
There were too many burning eyes around, Ruan Xian didn't want to say more, pulled Cui Bao'er back to the carriage quickly, and ordered to go home. Fan Zizhuo sent the two of them into the carriage, his eyes were deep and obscure, his face was playful, and the people hurried over, and he was not interested, "Go home." ”