Chapter 16 Blessing and Misfortune - Severely Beaten
Princess Tranquility saw that everyone was leaving one after another, seeing that only she and Mu Chenfeng were left, and she looked at this young master Mu pacing around the room while knocking on the folding fan, and she didn't mean to take herself out to play, so she had to pout, hold her chin, and wait for her second brother and Ling'er to come back.
Just when Princess Ning was almost drowsy, the door was pushed open from the outside with a creak, and Ning Yiheng and Ling'er followed each other, and King Heng looked like a spring breeze, with blue clothes fluttering, adding to the ** handsome, and Mu Chenfeng was not jealous in his heart. But looking at Ling'er again, there is not much change, which is also strange. After all, there is a good result, and now I am waiting for Xunyinlou to find the three return of the rat to correct Ling'er's name.
The four of them sat down, Princess Tranquility looked at the two who had just come in, Ling'er smiled at her to apologize, and King Heng still looked indifferent.
Princess Tranquility said scoundrelly: "Second brother, you brought your sister out to play, but you left me alone to play with the second lady and didn't come back until now, how can you punish me?" ”
King Heng smiled, "How about taking you on a tour of the capital today?" ”
Princess Tranquility was overjoyed, clapped her hands and said happily: "Okay, okay, second miss, don't be polite, if you see anything you want, just take it, it's all mine." ”
The four of them asked for a meal, finished it leisurely, and went out for a walk.
Princess Tranquility had a rare chance to get out of the palace, and she would never let go of any novelty place, holding Ling'er's hand and watching while walking. Although Ling'er has been out a few times, because of her identity, she can't have all the fun, especially when she dresses up as a man, she inevitably doesn't dare to be casual with women's objects. Today, I can play like this without any care, where can the two girls take care of anything else.
While walking and looking, it is strange to see anything, there is no one who does not love the people, sugar people, woodcuts, and bamboo carvings, looking exquisite, I can't help but buy a few, and the Hengwang and Mu Chenfeng who followed behind unconsciously acted as the bag.
Mu Chenfeng is okay, although he is a noble child, but he is dissolute by nature, chic and uninhibited, he can enter the court, and he is a follower, so he just passes the time and doesn't care.
But King Heng He had done this, although he still had an indifferent expression, taking out silver and carrying things, but he did it quite easily, as if it had always been like this. Mu Chenfeng looked at it and said secretly in his heart: "Thanks to my knowledge of current affairs, otherwise for the sake of the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, don't say that the brother can't do it, it is possible." After thinking about it, looking up at the radiant pink-clothed Ling'er, there was still a little pain in his heart.
"Sister Ling is here," Princess Tranquility shouted, and at some point she had already called Ling'er her sister.
Ling'er reluctantly put down the peach hairpin in her hand, and walked towards Princess Tranquility, only to find that it was a jewelry shop, and looked up at the plaque, which read "Shuyan Pavilion". Stepping into the door, the interior layout of Fanggan is quite elegant, a few calligraphy and paintings are hung on the walls around the wall, all kinds of jewelry are neatly placed on the mahogany long table against the wall, and a seat is also placed in the middle of the room for guests to rest and drink tea, and it is also thoughtful.
The four of them entered the room, King Heng and Mu Chenfeng sat down to rest, the shopkeeper also had a lot of experience, seeing that these people were well dressed, they were busy ordering the guys to serve with the best tea.
Ling'er carefully looked at the various types of jewelry on display, pearls, agate, jade, gold and silver, it can really be said that everything should be there, everything. And look at this workmanship, I can't find a flaw, it's really a treasure, all of them are rare. Seeing that Ling'er was dizzying, she couldn't wait to put it in her pocket and take it back, and she was satisfied with Dai Fang every day.
After some careful selection, Ling'er took a fancy to two sets of heads, one set of blue flowers carved from agate stone, two inlaid into hairpins, two smaller ones made into earrings, and one of the largest inlaid on a gold collar was eye-catching, which made Ling'er quite excited. The other set is a hosta and two jade pendants and two bracelets, the hairpin and the bracelet are all green, touch the heat, people can't put it down, the two pendants are like two drops of water, very exquisite.
The shopkeeper saw Ling'er pick it up, came up and said with a smile: "The girl has good eyesight, this is a new product just on the shop, and the master of Baofangzhai in Beijing makes it, which is really rare." ”
Ling'er heard the shopkeeper say this, and said in her heart: "It's definitely not cheap, those gadgets just now are good for people to pay money, and now these things really can't be opened." If he hadn't just seen that everyone hadn't brought their personal maidservants, he had sent Qingxi back, and now even if he asked him to go back to get the silver, it would be too late. ”
Ling'er was hesitating, only to hear King Heng behind him say: "The shopkeeper wraps these two sets." ”
Ling'er turned around and looked at King Heng with a warm smile, and her heart was so warm.
For a while, Princess Tranquility was also lacking, after all, as a princess, what kind of jewelry did not have in the palace
She was just playful and watched, but she didn't have time to take a closer look.
Only then did the four of them leave Shuyan Pavilion and walk towards the newly opened restaurant in Beijing, the Drunken Immortal Residence. It is said that the owner of this drunken immortal residence is also a gentleman, and all guests are treated equally regardless of wealth and poverty, and there is no deception between men and women, young and old, and the wine and food are also said to be very exquisite. Although it has only been opened for a short time, it has a good reputation and is full every day because of its good management.
Because the four of them came early, there were not many guests in the restaurant at this time, so Xiao Er directly led a few to the private room on the second floor. Sitting around the table for a while, Xiao Er handed over the menu, and Ling'er curiously took it over to see what fresh dishes were there. After a closer look, I found that the diet of this dynasty was quite monotonous, although there were not many ingredients, but the dishes made were only cooked according to the simplest method of that dish. For example, this lotus root has only one fried lotus root slices; Eggplant is also fried eggplant, these are really not the phenomenon that should appear in such a large restaurant, and I shook my head again and again after watching it.
Mu Chenfeng and King Heng had tasted Ling'er's craftsmanship, and when they saw her shaking her head, King Heng said: "Ling'er can be very dissatisfied, and we can also change restaurants." ”
Ling'er smiled: "If you are not satisfied with this place, where else can you go?" ”
Mu Chenfeng said: "This drunken immortal residence is better than that of Nahongxing Building, but I think the second lady has the best skills." ”
Princess Tranquility came to her senses as soon as she heard this: "Sister Ling can cook?" ”
Ling'er smiled: "A little bit, Young Master Mu praised it falsely." ”
Princess Tranquility has a child's temperament, where is she willing to follow, she only shook Ling'er's arm and said again and again: "Sister, let's make some for Jing'er to taste!"
Ling'er couldn't help it, Fang said: "But there is no place to do it now, how about the next time my sister eats with the princess?" ”
Mu Chenfeng hurriedly said, "Don't be afraid," shouted out Xiao Er, whispered like this, Xiao Er bowed and left.
After a while, a young man dressed in white and holding a folding fan walked in slowly. Ling'er fixed her eyes, "I saw that this person was born like an elegant scholar with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he looked at that demeanor and demeanor, and he was really a beautiful son, and he was no worse than the two handsome guys around him." ”
The man clasped his hands into fists and saluted slightly: "I have seen you in Bai Yuntian, the shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal Residence, I don't know what you are dissatisfied with, so let the guy do it immediately." ”
Mu Chenfeng pointed at Ling'er and said, "This girl wants to borrow a few dishes from your restaurant, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”
Bai Yuntian glanced at Ling'er, "The girl has some advice, Bai is grateful, please." As he spoke, he personally led the way and led Ling'er towards the back kitchen, and the three of them only sat quietly and waited.
Ling'er came to the back kitchen, and she didn't have time to think about it, so she made a few side dishes at random, anyway, she knew that they were all rare in this big week, and although her skills were not excellent, she still ate them. looked at Bai Yuntian, who had been standing behind him, and secretly praised it, it was all the same ingredients, slightly more varied, and the color and fragrance had increased several times.
With only a stick of incense, Ling'er had already come out of the kitchen to the second floor, and Xiao Er had already begun to serve food one after another. Glutinous rice lotus, eggplant pot, sweet and sour short ribs, fried chicken, and a chicken soup with shiitake mushrooms, although they are all ordinary ingredients, but this can be much better than simple cooking. Ling'er said politely: "Princess, please try it, is it still delicious?" ”
Princess Tranquility was stunned early, the imperial dining room in the palace changed the way to cook food every day, but she had never seen such a practice, she was busy tasting everything, all of them tasted very good, and she praised again and again: "Second brother will be blessed in the future, Sister Ling'er not only has a beautiful appearance and a good appearance, but also cooks so well, it is really difficult to find a second one in the world." ”
One said that the others laughed, and Ling'er couldn't help laughing when she saw her cuteness: "If you like it, you will often come to the palace in the future, and I will make it for you to eat." After speaking, he felt that he had said the wrong thing, looked up at King Heng, and saw that the man was smiling at him, so he hurriedly lowered his head to eat vegetables and covered it.
Everyone had a good meal, and after a short rest, King Heng proposed to send Ling'er back to the house first, and then send Princess Ning back to the palace as soon as possible. In fact, it was unreasonable for him to take Princess Tranquility out of the palace without authorization, so he had to send it back before the palace gate closed.
Ling'er said that it was still early, and he went back alone and hindered him, although King Heng was not at ease, Ling'er insisted on it, so he had to give up. It was the four of them who came out of the drunken immortal residence to say goodbye, Ning Yiheng and Mu Chenfeng sent Princess Ning Ning back to the palace, and Ling'er returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion alone.
Leaving the Drunken Immortal Residence, Ling'er took all kinds of gadgets and head jewelry sent by King Heng and walked back slowly, until the palm lamp was very square to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Pushing open the small door of the Lingxi Courtyard, Ling'er found that the courtyard was brightly lit, and more than a dozen nurses were standing in the courtyard with torches. Ling'er hurriedly entered the room and saw Liu sitting there with angry eyes, and Ji Ran standing next to him with a face full of anger. Ling'er said in her heart: "It's not good, today these two people are probably looking for trouble again, look at this situation, they are prepared." ”
When the Liu family saw Ling'er coming in, he didn't ask, but only said to the people standing on both sides: "If you don't come yet, someone will take this slut for me." ”
Immediately, the two guards grabbed Ling'er's arm, and only put one foot on his knee, and Ling'er knelt down normally, and his knee suddenly hit the ground, and his heart hurt.
Ling'er hurriedly said, "Why are you doing this? ”
Before Liu could speak, Ji Ran hurriedly said: "You little slut, you do shameless things and have the face to ask, saying, who did you go to have a private meeting with today?" ”
Ling'er was surprised, and said in her heart: "Could it be that today they found out that I not only met the princess, but also met King Heng and Mu Gongzi, but they shouldn't be so angry?" For a while, the monk of Zhanger couldn't figure it out, and only looked at Liu's mother and daughter blankly.
Seeing that Ling'er was silent, Fang hated and said: "King Rui has already divorced you, you shouldn't be ** him in private, seeing that Ran'er is about to marry into King Rui's Mansion, you do such a thing, where will you put the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”
It turned out to be a coincidence, and today, the eldest young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ji Yu, also went to Mochiyue Tower. He accidentally saw Ling'er take Qingxi into a room on the second floor, and he wanted to go up to take a look, but he didn't want to see King Rui also enter that room after a while. The eldest young master didn't think about anything else at the time, but said that he had discovered a big secret and was busy going back and forth to his mother. Isn't it true that after the servant invited Ling'er in, King Narui went uninvited, this is really a coincidence. Liu Shi and Na Ji Ran were so angry when they heard it, especially that Ji Ran couldn't wait to tear up Ling'er and eat it immediately before relieving his anger, which was the scene that happened just now.
Ling'er saw that the Liu family had misunderstood herself, and hurriedly defended: "Madame misunderstood, today I really went to see Princess Ningning, King Rui just went to see the princess for a while and left, Qingxi can testify." It was also a sudden incident, Ling'er actually forgot that as soon as she entered the Moon Tower and saw everyone, she sent Qingxi back. And the Liu clan had already interrogated Qingxi, and Qingxi just argued: "Miss went to see the princess, and she didn't see King Rui at all." For a moment the master and servant spoke differently.
Liu's mother and daughter didn't believe what Ling'er said at this time, and only used her blind quibbles, and Liu's shouted "beat". The guards can't say anything, they hold it down and hit it, and they go down with a mess, poor Ling'er is a golden girl with a weak willow quality who can withstand this kind of torture, and after a while, the skin is already open, and there is only the breath that comes out and there is no breath in.
The Liu family was also afraid that it would be difficult to explain to that Ji Qian, although he had always cared about the matter of this Lingxi Courtyard, if it was really beating people to death, it would be difficult to say, seeing that the fight was almost over, he said: "Stop." got up and led Ji Ran and the others to leave, and Ji Ran walked to Ling'er and spit on Ling'er fiercely, eager to stomp it to death to relieve his hatred.
When everyone in the Liu family left, without the obstruction of the guards, Qingxi and several maids and daughters of Lingxi Courtyard rushed up, only to see that Ling'er was dressed and became a bloody person. Qingxi wanted to help the person to the bed, but there was still a place to touch, so he was so anxious that he cried. Everyone also whimpered, a good young lady, and that kind temper, suddenly beaten like this, there is no one who is not distressed. However, the silent Nuo'er looked around at this time, ran to the bed and ripped off the sheet, and spread it next to the sleeping Ling'er, everyone carefully moved her body, and it took a long time to put her on the sheet, and then everyone lifted the sheet to get Ling'er to lie on the bed.
The two mothers-in-law hurriedly went to boil hot water, and Nuo'er carefully cut and tore off the bloody clothes on Ling'er's body slowly, and scrubbed them with warm water. Just look at the skin on that body, how can there be an inch of good, it's not shocking. Qingxi didn't dry his tears when he saw the injury, Qingqing was irritable, and he almost wanted to go out to find a doctor to treat Ling'er, but he was blocked by the guards in front of the door, and he only hated that he didn't know martial arts, and he could only look sad.
For a while, there was grief in the Lingxi courtyard.