Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Early Bird Has Worms
Meng Zhining was woken up by the sound of martial arts practice outside the courtyard. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
I rubbed my eyes and got up and went outside the courtyard, and I saw that Princess Qiongjiu, who was cute yesterday, was wearing a strong suit, and the whole person who was dancing with a long sword in her hand was about to fly.
Seeing that she woke up, Princess Qiongjiu put away her posture, and the long sword turned around and said, "Why are you only up now." ”
Under normal circumstances, she hasn't woken up at this point, there is no breakfast in this Qianyu Courtyard, only lunch and dinner, so Meng Zhining automatically sleeps in the morning, and occasionally she will ask Mingyue to bring some broken silver and ask the kitchen to buy a little.
Meng Zhining hit a hatche: "I don't have the habit of getting up early, and it's useless to get up early?" ”
This Princess Qiongjiu said: "The queen mother has told me since she was a child that the early birds have insects to eat. ”
Meng Zhining said with a smile: "It's right that the early bird has insects to eat, but you have to consider that the early insects are not eaten by the birds." ”
This Princess Qiongjiu was stunned, but she didn't expect Meng Zhining to answer like this.
Just listen to her continue: "So you have to see if you are a bird or a bug, if you are a bird you should get up early, but if you are a bug, you should avoid getting up late in the morning." ”
"Seems to make sense." She put away her sword and muttered.
Meng Zhining snorted and said, "Moreover, even if you are a bird, you don't have breakfast when you get up early here, and someone will naturally pick you up for breakfast later." ”
Princess Qiong Jiu asked curiously, "What about you?" ”
Meng Zhining turned around and said, "Wait a minute, I will ask Ming Yue to go to the kitchen with the broken silver to exchange for a little breakfast, so that the princess doesn't have to worry about being a concubine." ”
She nodded, and the next sentence made Meng Zhining plant on the ground: "Since that's the case, then I'll eat with you." ”
"Okay." Meng Zhining happily agreed.
Meng Zhining's mind had already turned several times, since Princess Qiongjiu had to stay here, she was not reluctant.
When Yan Xiling looked for someone to call her, Princess Qiongjiu showed her head from the side room and said, "You go and tell the imperial brother that I'll eat a little with Sister Zhining here." ”
The subordinate was a little embarrassed: "Princess, if you don't go with the little one, then the prince will blame the little one, and it will be troublesome." ”
Princess Qiong Jiu waved her hand at him: "I said why are you so annoying, I said that if I don't go, I won't go, and you chirp crookedly in front of me again, be careful that I cut your tongue." ”
Meng Zhining almost choked on her own saliva, and couldn't help but be a little funny when she saw her waving her little fist.
"What do you see?" Qiong Jiu rolled his gaze, then sighed.
Meng Zhining said softly: "I just think you're cute like this." ”
Princess Qiong Jiu said in a low voice: "My father said that I should find me a husband like this. ”
After a pause, she continued, "My husband must beat me. ”
Meng Zhining smiled silently, the reason why this princess has never had a marriage contract turned out to be this, how many others can beat her? In the morning, when I saw her martial arts and sword dancing airtight, I knew that her kung fu was not necessarily bad, and the officials above the court basically did not know martial arts, and the generals were all over thirty years old, so naturally there was no suitable one.
"I don't know when I'll get married," she said, holding her cheeks.
At this moment, there was a noise outside the door, and servants rushed in one after another, filling the table with dishes.
Yan Qiongjiu asked, "Didn't you say that there was no breakfast?" ”
Bian Yu, who was beside him, wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, "Princess, Master Meng is just joking with you, how can you not send breakfast to Qianyu Courtyard?" ”
She sat down happily and said, "I see." ”
Meng Zhining also sat down happily, well, there will be breakfast in the future.
After breakfast, she was about to go out to play, and a word came from Yan Xiling's side, Yan Xiling had already gone to the morning court, and this task was on Meng Zhining.
That's right, and he also asked the bookkeeper to allocate five hundred taels of silver.
Meng Zhi smiled and accepted the five hundred taels of silver.
Now no matter when she comes back, Qiong Jiu pulled her out of the house directly.
"Princess, where do you want to go first?" Sitting in the carriage, Meng Zhining asked.
She thought for a moment, stopped the carriage first, and then yelled at the people behind her, "You all leave first." ”
Behind them were all the guards of the palace, mixed in the crowd, not leaving the carriage an inch.
Meng Zhining opened her mouth and said, "Princess, these people are here to protect your safety. ”
I'm afraid that something will happen to her.
Qiong Jiu smiled and patted the sword under his skirt: "Don't worry, I can protect myself." ”
The head of the guard at the back gave the people below a look, and all of them disappeared.
She snorted, satisfied.
"I heard that a new teahouse has opened on Mellow Red Road, do you know?" Princess Qiong Jiu said leaning against the cushion.
"Of course you know, it's the one on North Road?" Meng Zhining guessed that it was the Xu Teahouse.
She nodded happily: "Yes, you know, I heard that the tea there is delicious, it seems to be some kind of flower tea, but there are only fifty cups a day, and I want to go there several times, but it is too late." ”
She sighed, and had already read the tea several times in her heart.
"Then let's go check it out."
When he arrived at the Xu Teahouse, Qiong Jiu jumped out of the carriage and asked, "Shopkeeper, how much tea is there today?" ”
Xu Si was settling the accounts, when he saw the person jumping from the carriage at the door, his brows furrowed slightly: "Princess, you are late today, this tea has been sold out." ”
Xu's teahouse has been open for half a month, Xu Mi has already known this little princess, he has seen her three or four times hurriedly entered the store and gasped and asked if the tea is still there, unfortunately, she came relatively late, this tea was sold out early.
Today, it's late again.
"Huh." Qiong Jiu pursed her mouth, she was unhappy again, she obviously came early today.
"I said," said a familiar voice from inside the carriage at the door, and then the curtain on the door was lifted, and a gentle face was seen, "I think there must be a cup left unsold." ”
Why did Madame come?
Xu was stunned for a moment, Meng Zhining gave him a look, he immediately went to fiddle with the abacus, patted his brain and said, "It seems that there is really a cup missing." ”
The people around her are all acting.
"Princess, wait a minute, please go to the private room upstairs and sit down, the little one has miscalculated, I'm sorry." Xu Mi respectfully walked to the inner room to make tea.
Qiong Jiu sat on the chair and asked, "Sister Zhining, how do you know that there is still one cup that has not been sold out?" ”
"I guess." Meng Zhining said, "I think it's quite early today, and there should be some that haven't been sold out." ”
After about a cup of tea, Xu Qi had already come up with a plate and put the tea in front of Qiong Jiu.