Chapter 159: Ning Jiaotou
The people in Yan Wuying have not yet arrived, but the Yunzhi Building is also lively. Xie Ning didn't have any acquaintances here, and secondly, she didn't want to be caught by Qin Xi, Qin Feng was chatting with the chamberlain beside her, so she had to stay alone, pretending to enjoy the scenery in the building.
"Thank you, girl."
Suddenly there was a man's soft call behind her, which was a voice that Xie Ning had never heard in her memory, she turned her head and looked at King Shangqi with a slight smile.
"Your Highness." Shainin nodded slightly towards the other party and called out at the same time.
The noble man in front of him was handsome, and there were not many wrinkles on his face, but there were a few strands of silver and white mixed in his hair, so that Xie Ning couldn't tell the other party's age for a while. However, according to the age of the current saint, it can be roughly inferred that His Royal Highness King Xuan is only in his thirties at most.
"What is the girl looking at?" King Qi took a step forward and walked to Xie Ning's side, keeping a distance of about two feet from her in a measured manner, even if he spoke rashly, it was not abrupt at all.
Xie Ning was very fond of his approach, so he replied with a calm smile: "The little girl didn't care about observing anything, she was just bored for a while, just looking at it casually." β
"I see," King Qi bowed slightly, and as soon as his voice changed, he said: "This Yunzhilou can be called one of the best restaurants in Beijing, and every festival, it is a doubling of diners, just like the Mid-Autumn Festival and Qixi Festival not long ago." β
The other party must have been a little embarrassed to see her alone, so he took the initiative to talk to her. Xie Ning naturally didn't take away the other party's kindness, so he followed the other party's words and said: "It's a coincidence, the night of the seventh day of the seventh month." The little girl is in this Yunzhi Building. I wonder if His Royal Highness the King of Prayer has visited? β
King Qi glanced at her and said with a slight smile: "Yunzhilou guessing the lantern has always been a grand event. Although the king stayed in the palace that day and did not go out, he also heard a lot of news afterwards. Miss Gu Jia guessed nine lantern riddles in a row, which can be regarded as breaking the tradition of Yunzhilou for several years. It's just that I don't know what wish she made in the end? β
As soon as the other party's voice fell, a lot of speculations appeared in Xie Ning's mind, but Yun Zhilou's rules were there, no matter how much she thought about it, it was just chasing after the wind and shadows. After a turn of thought, he put the matter down. smiled at King Xuan and said, "This is only known to her and the owner of Yun Zhilou." β
"That's right." King Qi echoed, raised his eyes to look at the top of the building, and sighed with emotion: "I don't know how many people flock to it. It's no wonder that Miss Gu would act like this. β
"Your Highness knows only one thing. I don't know the other two. Miss Gu Jia's charter in our Yunzhilou this time, but she has other plans. The handyman who was standing not far away wiping the porcelain vase heard the conversation between Xie Ning and the two, and suddenly stopped what he was doing. stepped forward and interjected.
"Oh?" King Qi was obviously attracted by the other party's words, and immediately asked curiously, "I don't know what the meaning of what you just said?" This king would like to hear about it. β
After all, the handyman is a person who works in the restaurant, and the dignitaries have seen a lot, even in the case of praying for the king to reveal his identity, he is not timid at all, but he cleverly rolled his eyes, and said in a colorful voice: "Back to the prince's words, this young lady in Prime Minister Gu's family has always been famous for talent and appearance in our capital, and it is not a problem to guess the lamp on the day of Qixi Festival, although the villain was not present that day, but afterwards I also heard some of the people in the building mention, saying that this Miss Gu exchanged the lamp for a promise, and made a request in front of our host, It was to make His Royal Highness King An, who was about to go to Yandi to suppress bandits at that time, have a smooth trip. β
Xie Ning and the others had never heard of these words. Seeing the thoughtful look on the face of King Qi beside him, Xie Ning couldn't help but ask, "Is this serious?" β
"This is natural," the little handyman glanced at Xie Ning quite smugly, and continued to speak: "Although there was no one present when Miss Gu went to visit our host's house that night, after all, they were all under the first floor, and it was common sense to be able to hear a little. If the girl doesn't believe it, she can think about it. At that time, His Royal Highness King An was about to set off, and Miss Gu was so eager to guess the lamp, what else could she be for? β
On the day of Qixi Festival, Gu Qingyun had no intention of guessing the lantern at first, but then suddenly changed her mind. What's more, she has always been in love with Qin Feng, and it does seem like her handiwork to exchange with Yun Zhilou in this way.
Xie Ning had already believed what this miscellaneous servant said, but this was not a good thing for Gu Qingyun after all, she thought about it for a while, then pretended to groan, and said with a straight face: "Even so, it is empty after all, and it must not be believed." What does His Royal Highness think? β
King Qi glanced at her and nodded slightly.
Seeing this, the miscellaneous servant couldn't help but feel a little unwilling, and as soon as his mind moved, he spoke up again: "Your Highness, what the villain said is true." Something nastyβ"
The other party's voice was suddenly lowered, and he said very mysteriously: "Rumors have been rising in Beijing these days. His Royal Highness King An has always been frail, and this time he went to Yandi and only led three hundred recruits who had never been on the battlefield, and it was a fluke that he was able to retreat from the group of bandits in Yandi. Unexpectedly, this Highness could actually lead troops to beat them to the ground. Lord Wang, think about it, behind this matter, did Miss Gu make a contribution? β
According to this, the reason why Qin Feng was able to win the battle when he went to Yandi this time was not by himself, nor by his three hundred soldiers, but by Gu Qingyun in exchange for a promise? When Xie Ning heard this, he was angry and laughed for a while.
King Xuan is just that, if this miscellaneous servant knows his identity, he will definitely regret what he said at this moment. Dare to love her to go out early and return late, train the troops hard, and turn back and forth between the palace and Tianlinfang, can't she match the few word puzzles that Gu Qingyun guessed?
It is ridiculous that there should be such rumors in Beijing.
Although he was not angry in his heart, Xie Ning was not angry with the miscellaneous servant in front of him who took the initiative to talk. It's not that she doesn't want to stop the rumors, it's just that Qin Xi is also in the building right now, and if she makes a move at this time, she may fall into the wrong hands. Moreover, she knew in her heart that if she was impulsive, it was difficult to guarantee that it would not backfire and cause misunderstanding.
Thinking of this, Xie Ning put away the cold color on his face. Seeing this, King Qi on the side also put down the embarrassed expression when he first heard about it, and said to Xie Ning as usual: "It's just a rumor in Beijing." Such baseless words have been heard. Miss Xie, can you accompany this king to sit at the table for a while? β
Seeing that the other party intended to relieve her, Xie Ning smiled slightly, and then pushed the boat down the river and said, "Your Highness, please." β
Today is a chartered venue, the seats in the restaurant are very spacious, and the king is very peaceful, but he didn't put any prince's shelf, so he directly picked a nearest empty table and sat down, and casually talked with Xie Ning. "I heard that Miss Xie is from Shudi? I don't know the customs and folklore of Shu. How is it different from Kyochu? β
"Except for food, there is not much difference between our Shu and Beijing, but the towns are not more prosperous than the capital, and even when they go out to play, they are mostly mountains and rivers. It's not often that there are wine shops and teahouses. Shainin was replying. But his mind couldn't help but drift away. All he was thinking about was the promise that Gu Qingyun had made to the owner of this Yunzhilou on the day of Qixi Festival, but when he was distracted for a while, he didn't notice the person coming from behind him.
"Third brother."
King Qi, who was still sitting opposite, spoke first. Only then did she notice the fabric of the Yuebai brocade beside her, smiled slightly, temporarily jumped out of her immersed thoughts, and called out loud: "His Royal Highness King An." β
Qin Feng nodded slightly, then naturally sat down beside Xie Ning, and said to King Qi: "What are the eldest brother and Xie Ning talking about?" β
"It's just a few words of chatting about the customs and customs of Shu," King Qi replied with a smile, then reached out and poured two cups of tea, and said with a kind expression: "You also know that this king and I have never liked palace banquets, and on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I gave my father early and said that he was sick." But I didn't know that you would return from Yandi in advance, and I didn't come to disturb you when you were recuperating in the house in the past few days. Today, I will take the opportunity of the generals of Yan Wuying to pick up the wind and wash the dust, replace the wine with tea, and congratulate the third brother. As he spoke, he pushed the teacup next to him in front of Qin Feng.
"Thank you, big brother," Seeing that the other party had already raised the teacup, Qin Feng also bowed his head and took a sip.
As the prince and grandson, the demeanor of the two in front of him is impeccable. Especially Qin Feng, the slender fingers that were as white as jade seemed to be just casually placed on the tea cup, but they were very in line with the etiquette when Mama Qin taught her to taste tea. Xie Ning glanced at him in admiration, and then poured himself a cup, imitating Qin Feng's appearance, and calmly tasted tea.
"After this year's birthday, presumably the third brother's marriage should be put on the agenda. I don't know what kind of woman you like, but do you want your two sisters-in-law to help each other? King Xuan put down the teacup in his hand and suddenly sighed.
Although I don't know the exact age of Brother Ziyue, he should be three or four years older than him, and it is indeed time for him to discuss his relatives. Xie Ning nodded secretly in his heart, and then also looked in the direction of Qin Feng.
Having already sniffed out the clues from the same smell on Xu Banxia's body as Qin Feng, Xie Ning was not surprised when he heard the words at this time, but King Qi couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said again with concern: "The third brother has always been closed, when did he have a favorite person?" Could it be that Miss Xie can't do it? β
Unexpectedly, the other party's voice was stunned, and he actually turned the topic around himself. Xie Ning suddenly turned sideways, and with a "poof", he sprayed all the tea that had not yet been swallowed in his mouth to the ground.
It was already a gaffe, and it was useless for Xie Ning to dwell on it no matter how much he was entangled, and after the flushing on his face faded, he slowly straightened up and said, "The little girl has lost her honor for a while, please forgive the two highnesses." β
"It's not her."
Qin Feng's faint three words couldn't help but make Xie Ning a little confused, she raised her eyes to look, but she could only see the other party's frowning side face.
After a while, she suddenly realized that the other party's concise words were in response to what Fang Cai Qi said.
When it comes to the person you like, no one wants to be misunderstood. What's more, Xu Banxia has excellent medical skills and speaks decently, which is more than a step stronger than himself, a tomboy who can only dance knives and guns. Xie Ning was very considerate of Qin Feng's dissatisfaction at this time, so he smiled and laughed at the other party's words: "Your Highness really thinks highly of Xie Ning. His Royal Highness King An has an outstanding demeanor, which is what I, a little woman, can think of. β
"Where, where," almost as soon as Xie Ning's voice fell, King Qi naturally took over the conversation, "Miss Xie is very courageous, how can she be compared to an ordinary little woman?" β
"Your Highness has praised it." Xie Ning smiled, and was about to change the topic when Qin Feng's voice came from his ear - "I don't know where they are now, A-Ning, do you want to go outside with me to have a look?" β
"Okay." Although he doubted Qin Feng's intention to call her away, Xie Ning did not hesitate in the slightest, and responded directly.
Qin Feng bowed slightly, then took his eyes off her and turned to look at King Qi, "Big brother wants to go along?" β
"You can go yourself," King Qi didn't seem to like the excitement of the occasion, but smiled slightly, "I'd better stay here." β
The two of them walked out of the restaurant one after the other, and they didn't go far before they ran into the people of Yan Wuying who came all the way. Xie Ning thought of the entanglement in his heart before, and was timid for a while, so he called Qin Feng with words, "Brother Ziyue, do you say that I am dressed as a woman today, will it scare everyone?" β
Qin Feng stopped, turned his head to look at her, and suddenly hooked his lips and said, "No." β
"How do you know? It's not going to comfort meβ"
"His Royal Highness King An!" Hou Zheng's call suddenly came, and Xie Ning's words were stuck halfway.
But seeing that the other party suddenly sped up his pace, Xie Ning was about to shake his head and smile, and instantly another high call came into his ears.
"Ning Jiaotou!"
Hearing the sound, Xie Ning almost couldn't believe his ears, and looked up in surprise, but he was greeted with bright smiling faces, "Ning Jiaotou!" β
Several different voices came neatly, which made Xie Ning very unexpected, but for a while, he couldn't think about so much in his head, and his heart was full of joy that kept overflowing.
"Let's go in first, everyone is still waiting." Qin Feng whispered and reminded Xie Ning.
"Oh, yes," Xie Ning smiled, and then raised his voice to the people in front of him who hadn't seen him for many days, "Let's go in." β
Everyone rushed in, but Xie Ning and the others fell behind. Thinking of what everyone called him, Xie Ning couldn't help but gently raise his hand and pat Qin Feng's shoulder, "Brother Ziyue, how do they know ......?"
Before she finished speaking, Qin Feng had already understood what Xie Ning said, tilted his head slightly, and then hooked the corners of his mouth lightly: "As early as when I went to Yandi, I had already told everyone about it. It's just that I'm in a hurry to come back, and I haven't had time to tell you yet. β
"No wonder ......" Xie Ning glanced at him thoughtfully, with a genuine smile on his face that could not be concealed, "They were able to recognize my identity as soon as they saw me." Brother Ziyue, thank you. β
"Do you still need to say this thank you to me?" Qin Feng slowed down his pace, walked to Xie Ning's side, and suddenly said with a straight face: "Ah Ning, don't be arrogant in the future." You're good. β
Hearing these endless words, Xie Ning subconsciously blinked his eyes and wondered, "Brother Ziyue, what does this mean?" (To be continued.) )
PS: Are the names of the most recent chapters simple and crude?