Chapter 48: Knowing the Heart
If he is close to his own purpose, it is really arranged by Concubine Xiao, then it will be considered good for her, Second Brother Xiao.
He won't let him go easily, because Bai Mengtan clearly knows that there are some people or things. Indecision will only lead to self-destruction, just like herself in her previous life.
"Zhuzhu, let's go out of the palace."
Zhu Zhu replied a little bit, "Out of the palace, do you want me to go to the bamboo building and shout, Sanshu come over." ”
Bai Mengtan glanced at her, "No." ”
"Then I'll call Jiale over."
It may be that Bai Mengtan has not asked Zhuzhu to go out of the palace together for a long time. So he was slightly frustrated, and was suddenly stopped, but Zhuzhu was a little afraid. I wondered who my landlord was going to call with me.
Bai Mengtan shook her head and was really suspicious, she was a personal maid with a good IQ, and told him with certainty. "Zhuzhu is you, I'm with you."
"Ahh Good. Zhuzhu was obviously a little flattered, after all, she was about to wonder if her master didn't want her.
But when he turned his head and thought, "Three princesses, let's go up to the three trees a little!" Anyway, she knows martial arts. ”
"It's okay, the place to go today is safe." Bai Mengtan waved his hand.
Yes, the place she is going to today is the moat of the capital of Qi, where there are heavy guards outside the city walls. Presumably, her father's secret guard would also follow her closely, and the last time she went to the ghost market, if she hadn't deliberately used a trick to get rid of the secret guard.
It will not be attacked in the ghost market of Natsuyato.
Although Shizi's brother didn't tell her those things clearly, the identity of the red-clothed ghost-faced man. But Bai Mengtan inexplicably had a hunch about whether she had seen these people in her previous life, and they were in the palace. If that's the case, then maybe the identity of those red-clothed ghost-faced people is not for Natsuya Teng.
And the person she asked for tonight was Xiao Tingxuan, with this city protector, even if Xiao Tingxuan really wanted to do something to her, he wouldn't dare.
What she was worried about, whether he would come.
Reflected on the river in the middle of the night, the red lanterns hanging on the rows of willow trees on the bank of the river swayed slightly on the sparkling lake, and the lights on the water were faintly visible.
There is a flower boat docked by the river, and the light of dusk shines through it.
An elegant man walked towards the side of the boat.
Two pairs of maids with their heads side-by-side saluted him.
He didn't show any surprise at the maid's outfit tonight.
The maid lifted the curtain from the boat and walked in without hurry.
Inside the hull of the ship is a private room, and through the dim candlelight, you can roughly see the basic outline of the woman behind the screen.
"Late at night, inviting Second Brother Xiao to come is Tan'er's faux pas."
The girl was dressed in a silk purple orchid skirt, combed two playful hemp braids, and wore a purple crystal agate forehead between the quotas, which was cute and innocent.
"It is a great honor for Xiao to be invited by the third princess of the Northern Qi Kingdom." Xiao Tingxuan bowed his hand.
Bai Mengtan hurriedly stepped forward to return the salute.
"Second Brother Xiao, you don't have to be like this, when you are wearing men's clothes, you still call me brothers. Even if I change back to women's clothes now, I sincerely want to have a brother like you. ”
"Third princess, lift love." Xiao Tingxuan knew very well that since she had used her daughter to know people, she must have known his true identity.
Ben wasn't going to lie to her. It's just that because of the relationship between the queen and Xiao Guifei, they must still be rare and subtle.
so as not to cause displeasure to both families.
"Second Brother Xiao, since I met you with my true identity, I want to show my sincerity, I don't know if you can still count if you told me before that you can still count if you can count the wealth of the world and collect all the wealth in the world."
Xiao Tingxuan's body was slightly slight, Bai Mengtan at that time deliberately concealed his identity, he pretended to open one eye and close one eye.
Now she has recovered her identity as the third princess in front of her eyes. The identity disparity between the two is huge, and he is afraid that he can't stand it, so he walks side by side with her.
"Third princess, you just take Xiao's words as untrue, you don't have to take it seriously." He bowed his hand again, and turned to leave.
"Wait." Bai Mengtan's voice carried the majesty that the royal family should have.
Xiao Tingxuan instinctively stopped and turned around.
Bai Mengtan's gait is light and his body is slender.
She walked to Xiao Tingxuan's side and whispered softly in his ear, "Second Brother Xiao, you dare to come alone, by this moat, you should have expected that I would plant an ambush here." ”
"What do you want?" Xiao Tingxuan immediately became vigilant, he originally came here to worry that it was not safe for a girl's family to come to this riverside.
completely forgot that she was the identity of the third princess, just as if she was an ordinary girl.
I have done a lot of things on weekdays, and when I see a simple-minded face, my heart seems to have been led astray.
It wasn't until he saw Bai Mengtan's personal maid on the riverbank that he realized that things were not as simple as he thought.
But even so, Xiao Tingxuan still plunged into the boat.
"I don't know what the third princess wants to do next?" He was unusually calm.
It was so calm that Bai Mengtan felt strange, but even so, Bai Mengtan still hoped that he could cooperate with him.
She said softly, "Second Brother Xiao, don't worry, Tan'er will never do anything sorry for you." ’’
Xiao Tingxuan didn't speak, and looked at the person in front of him blankly.
Bai Mengtan knew that it would be useless to explain what he was doing, so it was better to explain it straightforwardly.
"I hope that Second Brother Xiao can cooperate with me as originally planned. ’
"Do you know who you're working with?" Xiao Tingxuan said with a serious expression.
"Xiao Tingxuan, the second son of the Xiao family." Bai Mengtan said affirmatively.
''You are not afraid, I will stab you in the back.' His voice was cold, cold to the bottom.
In the Xiao family, he is an undesirable existence, no matter how hard he works and how much he can make money for the Xiao family, but the elders of the Xiao family are unwilling to look at him more, and even the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion look down on him.
So he moved out of a place and was willing to spend every day with copper coins. I don't just step into the door of Xiao Mansion for half a step.
"Don't be afraid, Second Brother Xiao is not that kind of person." Bai Mengtan said firmly.
Xiao Tingxuan suddenly laughed wildly, took off his hypocritical mask, and his eyes sharpened.
''Third Princess, I'm not a good person, what benefits can I get by cooperating with you?'' ’’
"The wealth of the world." Bai Mengtan said bluntly.
Because she knows that the person in front of her can sit on the world's wealth even without her help, but with her, it is just that these riches will come much faster than he expected.
The wealth of the world, this is what he said to her, yes! He cared so much about the eyes of the Xiao family that he lost the value of his original existence.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Tingxuan put on his elegant mask again, but for some reason Bai Mengtan felt that it was both eye-catching and pathetic.
She still likes the man in purple with a gentle smile when she met for the first time.
It's just that there's no going back.
"I hope the three princesses can cooperate happily." Xiao Tingxuan saluted, pulled away the curtain, and left the boat.
The back is illuminated by the lantern, and the lonely shadow is stretched out on the surface of the river.
Some things, once some people talk about it, they really can't go back.
With Xiao Tingxuan's help, Bai Mengtan's confidant Zhai quickly opened, but the person who handed over to them was no longer him. Instead, a chubby middle-aged man was arranged to be the shopkeeper in the store and called Fu Kuan.
On the first day of opening, Fangxiang Street was crowded with people watching the excitement, and it can be said that it was full of traffic.
Originally, everyone was crowded at the door of the store with a strange mood, but when Zhixinzhai brought out all the pastries in the store, everyone was attracted by the food in the store, and Bai Mengtan stood at the door in disguise as a man and shouted.
The most important thing is that she actually brought Xu Lingyu with her, this is the youngest general in the Northern Qi Kingdom, a young marquis. Even if it is far away on the northwest border, it is also the object of admiration of many official eunuchs.
Bai Mengtan kicked it away early in the morning, and Xu Lingyu occupied the post station, saying that he had something important to ask for. What Xu Lingyu didn't expect was to let him sit on the street full of women with tea, for others to watch.
No matter how he thought about it, Xu Lingyu also felt like he had fallen into a trap.
Bai Mengtan saw the endless stream of beauties entering the store, and his smiling mouth couldn't close.
The store is not big, but the decoration is exquisite, pink lacquer, and there are all kinds of cute clay dolls on the shelves, which are accompanied by flowers, and exquisite and well-behaved pastries, and there are many animal-like desserts that are crystal clear, which has attracted the love of many ladies.
Fu Kuanfu, who was arranged by Xiao Tingxuan, is also a good businessman, don't look at his chubby figure, coaxing people, it is a set of things, and he can be as sweet as he says.
There are handsome guys and good food here. In just one hour, more than half of the pastries in the store were sold.
Zhuzhu held the freshly made, the potato balls were snatched up by a swarm of bees before they were put on the shelves, and the three trees and Jiale who were arranged in the back kitchen, even what should they put next, the three trees were about to have some circles.
Bai Mengtan just said to let her help with the cooking, she originally thought that at most she would only make a dozen dishes, and it would not be difficult for her, but what she didn't expect was that there were more than a dozen, looking at the mountains of ingredients in the backyard, she didn't know when she was going to be busy.
Jiale was also wondering if the third princess said that she wanted to help her and save Su Khan's people, but she pulled her here to help cook. There were doubts in her heart, but because of her identity, she had to endure it first.
After a busy day's work, everyone was so tired that they couldn't straighten their backs.
Although Xu Lingyu said that it was okay, he couldn't stand it after drinking tea and eating pastries for a day.
However, the pastries here are more exquisite and delicious than any of the restaurants he has eaten since he was a child, but he doesn't know what ingredients are used.
It wasn't until all the guests left that Bai Mengtan took out a small part of the proceeds from the shopkeeper and put it in Jiale's hands.
Even if it is a tenth of the amount of income, the number is thirty thousand taels of silver.
"Third princess, who are you?" Jia Le asked in surprise.
"Jiale, you first distribute this silver to every victim. In addition, I need you, my people, to help the people. Bai Mengtan pulled her to a corner and glanced at the people in the store arranged by Xiao Tingxuan in the store.
Jiale understood, and didn't ask too much.
It was late at night, even if he was accompanied by Sanshu, who knew martial arts, Xu Lingyu still insisted on escorting the three of them to the palace gate. Bai Mengtan couldn't help him, so he had to give up.
Outside the palace gate, Bai Mengtan shouted to Xu Lingyu, who was about to leave.
Carrying the corner of his clothes, he got out of the carriage, leaving Zhuzhu and Sanshu in the car.
"Big cousin, please stay."
Xu Lingyu was slightly startled, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, and he smiled at Bai Mengtan in embarrassment, "Tan'er, the pastry shop you opened tastes really good, but I have something to do with the army tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to pull away." ”
If he was to sit there every day, being questioned by the women, and drinking tea and eating pastries, he would probably go crazy.
It's just that he can't bear to say the latter sentence, for fear that it will make Tan'er sad.
Xu Lingyu is upright and has no heart for people and things, which Bai Mengtan knows very well. How could she not know what Xu Lingyu was thinking.