Chapter 64: Laughing
On a rainy day, the quiet restaurant became a little noisy, and the footsteps were sloppy.
"Lord Shizi, you are so clever, it's so right to stare at the cinnabar line."
"Today, I heard that someone was looking for their big shopkeeper, and they said that the big shopkeeper was not there, and they went to clean up the house."
"The merchant joked that the big shopkeeper had added another newcomer, and the guys did not follow the coax as before, but waved their hands in fear."
"If you don't dare to talk nonsense, you can't talk nonsense, it was prepared for the second lady of the family who was ordered to enter Beijing."
Zhou Chengzhen flicked her sleeves and jumped down the steps, and the little guy behind her ran a few steps to keep up.
The king of Dongping County did not come and go with him and posed as a stranger, and the emperor drove him back to the old residence of the Zhenbei Wangfu, and it seemed that no one cared about him, but he could not get in touch with all kinds of news as before.
Those news are nothing to him, the news he wants is just a south and a north, no news in the north is the best news, this south, don't underestimate those low-level miscellaneous servants, but you can get the freshest news, although nine out of ten in this news are fake, and one is exaggerated, but you can also get a glimpse of some useful from it.
Sure enough, isn't this the news of her.
The corners of Zhou Chengzhen's mouth curled.
"On what orders?" He asked.
"Then I don't know." The little guy said, "The little one will ask again." ”
"No need." Zhou Chengzhen said, "Since it is said that it is ordered, it is ordered." ”
Speaking of which, eyebrows fluttered.
"My daughter-in-law is really amazing, she can be ordered to enter Beijing again as soon as she leaves Beijing."
He raised his hand and whistled as he spoke.
A horse next to the restaurant was flicking its tail, and the little guy next to it quietly patted it. The horses got to come.
"This horse is so stupid." Zhou Chengzhen said with a disgusted face.
The little guy laughed and laughed.
"It would be nice to raise the prince for a little longer." He said.
Zhou Chengzhen sneered.
"It's innate, and you can't raise it anymore." He said. "You haven't seen my horse, what is smart?"
The servants often heard him talk about the horse he had gotten in Pengshui. The more I listened, the more curious I became.
"How smart?" They couldn't help but ask.
I was able to cooperate with that girl to take herself off the horse a few times
But it's not a glorious thing, and it seems like he's not as smart as a beast.
"Just look at your stupidity, just see how smart it is." Zhou Chengzhen snorted, kicked the little guy away, turned over and galloped away in the rain.
The little guys hula and followed.
Out of the capital, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the official road became a little muddy.
It was difficult for a dozen horses to ride two carriages.
The carriage shook in a mud puddle, and the screams of girls could be heard from inside the carriage.
Xie Yao stumbled to the side, touching his head, and tears were about to flow out.
"What kind of road are you going to be these days!" She angrily pulled up the curtain and shouted.
"Miss Yao, isn't it too early?" A steward who was riding a horse in a lily coat outside said nonchalantly, "We can't help it." ”
No way? There is no way to change horses all the way. Horses change boats, walk for three days and stop for two days, and now the heavy rain is in a hurry, who to toss!
"Shut up." Xie Rouhui shouted, sitting upright in the shaking car.
Xie Yao put down the curtain and looked aggrieved.
"I'm wronged for you." She choked up.
Xie Rouhui smiled.
"I don't feel wronged." She said.
"Then it was definitely not like this last time you went to Beijing." Xie Yao said.
"Of course not, I wasn't the second lady last time I went to Beijing." Xie Rouhui said, raising her hand and shaking the fan, with a little ease, "I know this very well. So there's nothing to complain about. ”
Xie Yao leaned close to the carriage with a loud sound, and suddenly there was a loud sound.
"What's the matter? It's been all the way, and you haven't gotten used to it yet? In that case, why come out with me. Xie Rouhui said.
Xie Yao looked up at the roof of the car and stretched out his hand.
"It's leaking." She said.
Xie Rouhui shook her fan and smiled.
"It's unprecedented. If you leak, you will leak. She said.
Xie Yao shook off the water in his hand.
"Megumii, you're really pampered." She sighed.
"What's there to be afraid of." Xie Rouhui said lightly, "It's good to be a pet or a humiliation." It's not because of me, it's because of a name. As I said, we are like this now. Not because we are bad people, but because our lives are bad. ”
Xie Yao nodded, lowered his hand and sat upright.
The carriage staggered through the heavy rain for a while before coming to a halt.
"It's not dark yet, why don't you hurry? Can you make it to the city gate? Xie Yao lifted the curtain and asked.
"Second Miss, Miss Yao, we're here." The steward said.
Arrived?
Xie Yao and Xie Rouhui looked at it, there was a mansion in front of them, but the surrounding area was wild, where there was a little bit of the prosperity of the capital.
"This is the mansion that the eldest master ordered to prepare for the second lady." The steward said.
"Where's the capital?" Xie Yao asked in surprise.
The steward stretched out his hand and pointed forward.
"Over there." He said, "Less than twenty miles away is the gate of the capital. ”
Twenty miles!
Xie Yao was dumbfounded.
"Aren't we going to the capital? How is it outside the city? She asked anxiously.
"The old man said it was clean here." The steward said with a smile.
"Pure?" Xie Yao hurriedly said, "The second lady came to Beijing to meet the princess, what should I do if I live so far away and am delayed?" ”
The steward shook his head with a smile.
"Second Miss, don't worry, if the princess summons, we will enter Beijing one night early." He said, and then gave a salute, "How is the second lady going to meet the princess?" Do you also deliver posts to the princess or only to the eldest lord's post? ”
This steward was Xie Wenxing's personal entourage, and he was called by Xie Wenxing to tell him carefully before leaving.
He must have been very clear about his visit to Beijing this time.
Xie Rouhui smiled and got out of the car.
"Since the princess invited me here, I naturally have to hand over a letter to me. Otherwise, it would be rude to have only the father's worship. She said.
The steward replied yes.
"Second Miss, please." He bowed and stepped away.
Wait for the carriage behind and the servant girl in the house to come with an umbrella. Xie Rouhui was already standing in the rain, and her clothes were a little wet before she was hugged in.
The steward straightened up and waved his hand.
A group of guards dressed in robes and hats immediately dispersed along the courtyard. Tightly fence this place.
In all fairness, this house is not bad, but of course it can't be compared to the Xie family's mansion.
Xie Yao pushed the door and went in, and saw Xie Rouhui sitting in the room, reading a book while the girls were waiting to dry her hair.
"I'll do it." She stepped forward and said.
The girls glanced at Xie Rouhui.
Xie Rouhui nodded, and the girls lowered their heads and retreated.
"These girls are also newly bought." Xie Yao said, sitting down, it was difficult to hide a little apprehension between his eyebrows, "Huihui, this is to take care of us as prisoners." ”
Xie Rouhui hummed.
"Of course I won't be the eldest lady." She said.
Xie Yao moved to her side.
"That. Can you get the princess to take us out? She asked, expectantly.
Xie Rouhui's hand holding the book tightened, and her eyes were dark under her long eyelashes.
In fact, she was not sure that she would be able to meet the princess at all.
Xie Wenxing's suspicions were indeed correct.
When she left the capital, she talked to Princess Xianrong on the boat, and through Princess Xianrong's anger at her taking a small boat Xie Roujia on a big boat, she hinted that she might be ridiculed by her sisters when she returned, so Princess Xianrong gave her an address to write a letter.
"If there is anything difficult to tell me, my father will give you the glory of your sister, I can't compare to my father, I can't give you anything. I can only recognize you as a friend, listen to your complaints, and tell me if you are unhappy. She said indignantly, "I know best what it's like to be bitter in the face of my sister." ”
Then she wrote a letter to Princess Hyunrong at that address.
Of course, the letter did not say that she had become a second lady. Instead, according to what he said to Princess Xianrong at the beginning, he said some bitter things that he felt useless and failed to win glory for the family, and intentionally or unintentionally mentioned when Princess Xianrong's birthday was. When the time comes, send yourself some gifts.
Princess Xianrong directly sent her an invitation, but there was only one invitation. It means to let the sisters of the Xie family see that Xie Rouhui has a princess to intersect, and they did not say that they would let her enter the palace to see her.
The post is true. The letter inviting her to enter Beijing was fake.
Anyway, she escaped from the Xie family by relying on this wish, although she was monitored and treated lightly along the way, it was better than being pointed at in the Xie family with nowhere to hide.
She still knows this truth, not to mention that there are not many people in the family waiting to step on her to please the new eldest lady.
Can you get the princess to take us out?
Let's talk about whether I can see the princess first, if I can see the princess, then it won't matter, if I can't see it......
Xie Rouhui's eyes flashed all the way when she thought of this steward.
Perhaps Xie Wenxing was very happy to hear the news that the second lady died of illness in the capital.
But I can't tell Xie Yao about this, being able to catch the princess is the only reason for her to catch herself, otherwise, she will definitely not be able to leave home now.
"I'll write to the princess tomorrow." Xie Rouhui smiled at her and said, continuing to read with a bit of ease and casualness, as if this was a trivial matter not worth mentioning.
Xie Yao immediately smiled, and her movements gently baked Xie Rouhui's long black and shiny hair.
Xie Rouhui did not lie to Xie Yao about this, she wrote the letter early the next morning and handed it to the steward.
"Since you're here, don't delay, let's go into the city today and hand over the fold." She said.
The steward pinched the letter and did not open it without the slightest hesitation, bowed down in response, and immediately called for someone to prepare the carriage and horses.
Watching the steward walk away, Xie Yao shook Xie Rouhui's sleeve.
"Why didn't he read the letter? You're not saying that they're watching our every move, every word and action. She whispered.
Xie Rouhui turned her head to look at her.
"Of course he will watch it, but I'm also the second lady, so I have to save some face." She said.
Yes, yes, Xie Yao smiled.
How did a person who used to be quite smart become stupid now?
It seems that it is just fake smart, and if you leave home and rely on it, it won't work.
Xie Rouhui raised her feet and stepped forward.
"Let's go." She said.
Xie Yao hurriedly followed.
Standing behind a carriage and horse, the steward opened the letter, and saw that only a few words were written on it, expressing his gratitude to the princess, and did not mention that he was the eldest lady, let alone about the family.
The steward was relieved, put the letter away, turned over and took the people out of the house.
After the rain, the official road has been trampled by people who have been in the early morning and is getting more and more muddy, and they are walking, and the horse's hooves suddenly sound in front of them.
"Get out of the way, report urgently."
With this shout, a horse galloped forward.
The group couldn't help but panic.
Urgent? Here in the capital, there are often urgent reports from the government in all directions.
The crowd hurried to give way, but the centaur approached, but instead of galloping along the road they had away, they rushed straight to the carriage.
There was a burst of screams, accompanied by the neighing of horses, and the clattering of carriages and horses.
Xie Rouhui and Xie Yao screamed and fell out of the car.
"Bold!"
"What's going on!"
The stewards and guards shouted and gathered around.
The man who had hit the carriage and horses restrained his horse and laughed.
What kind of person is this!
When everyone looked at it, they saw that this was a young man, with a gorgeous brocade robe, and a handsome appearance that made the gorgeous brocade robe tarnish.
This is not a messenger.
Xie Rouhui raised her head and wiped the muddy water on her face with her sleeve, and was stunned when she saw this person.
"Lord Shizi." She said in surprise.
Zhou Chengzhen looked at her and smiled slightly, revealing her white teeth.
"Second Miss." He said, tightening his grip on the reins, his body tense.
Xie Rouhui watched him slowly stand up, her eyes flickering.
"Shizi." She said again.
Zhou Chengzhen looked at her and her phoenix eyes were slightly raised.
"Second Miss?" He also said again.
Xie Rouhui lowered her eyes slightly and bowed to him.
"Shizi." She said again.
Zhou Chengzhen looked at her.
"II...... Miss? He said again, this time the tone was elongated, and then the tone rose again, and the laughter jumped out like a clear spring, "Second Miss! Second Miss! ”
He shouted several times in a row, stopped laughing and looked at Xie Rouhui, and the smile on his lips still couldn't be hidden.
"My daughter-in-law is amazing!"
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Tomorrow's update has been postponed until the evening. (To be continued......)