Chapter 13: Goodbye Madame Hou
After Rong Wangci got up from a nap, Su Zhi was indeed no longer in the house.
Fran only breathed a long sigh of relief when she was summoned into the inner sanctum, and then went to the bronze mirror to resign her hair.
"Is the princess alright?"
Fran asked herself, her voice was very small, but Rong Rongci still glanced at her, and her eyes swept the outer hall outside the next door, and then she said softly.
Fran knew that Fang had just spoken a little recklessly, so he stopped talking, and Rong Elegy opened his mouth first.
"Is there anything else going on in Kin Hing Street today? No matter how detailed, you have to listen to me carefully. ”
Sure enough, the people who are wandering in horse-drawn carriages in Jianxing Street today are not tolerant.
Hearing this, Fran thought for a moment, added some trivial things, and wrote down the words one by one, then put her mind at ease and asked Fran to comb a simple bun for her.
"Does the princess still want to go out?"
Seeing that Rong Wangci was wearing an inconspicuous Yunyan fine brocade robe, and also turned out a few pieces of broken silver from the makeup, Fran hurriedly asked.
Rong Wangci nodded: "Since Su Zhi said that the charcoal-roasted duck in Xianglai Building on Pingde Street is very good, let's go and take a look." ”
"Didn't the prince order that you can't go out today?"
"The news has reached where it should go, and he will naturally not detain me anymore."
Rong said that the person had already left the inner hall of the Chaolu Palace, and his steps were not slow at all.
Fran thought for a while, and quickly understood the meaning of Rong Rong's words, and immediately frowned: "Since the prince is guarding against us, why do you still want to marry you into the door?" ”
Outside the Chaolu Palace, there were only a few maids in the corners of the temple, Rong Rongci glanced at it, and did not answer Fran's words, but just ordered: "Prepare the carriage and go." ”
Fran didn't ask any more questions, replied "yes", and went to prepare the carriage.
As Rong Yongci said, Yue Xiu heard that the two of them wanted to go to Pingde Street for a stroll, so he didn't stop it, but just prepared the carriage himself and played the role of a groom.
The carriage turned left from Chang'an Avenue to Zhuque Street, perhaps because of the rain, many stalls are no longer on both sides of the street, and the shops that open to welcome customers are also a little deserted because there are not many pedestrians.
Rong Wangci sat in the carriage with his eyes slightly closed, seemingly indifferent to the situation outside.
"Princess, the prince is also on Pingde Street, are you looking for the prince?"
Yue Xiu's voice came in from outside the carriage.
Rong Rongci still closed his eyes, but the corners of his mouth hooked up a shallow smile: "Why, the prince didn't punish you, so you have the leisure to worry about me?" ”
Yue Xiu drove the carriage, his brows furrowed, and muttered, "I'd rather be punished now......"
Rong Bangci opened his eyes and laughed when he heard this, and Fran laughed even more, and explained to Rong Bangci: "I heard that the prince didn't say a word to him after he came back, he went to ask for guilt, but he was sent away by Xi Zhu without even seeing the face of the prince." ”
After Fran finished speaking, a heavy sigh came from outside the carriage, and the master and servant were both a little distressed and a little funny, but they still suppressed their laughter first.
"Don't worry, the prince is just upset by the court, and he didn't mean to snub you."
There was a reluctant response from outside the carriage, and then there was silence.
Since there were not many pedestrians on the street, the carriage slowly traveled for two quarters of an hour before turning left onto Pingde Street.
Rong Rongci, who was sitting in the carriage, raised his voice at this time and ordered Yue Xiu outside the carriage: "Just stop at the side of the street, I'll go out for a walk with Fran." ”
"The princess wants to go down by herself?"
As he spoke, the carriage had stopped steadily on the side of the road, Rong Rongci opened the curtain of the carriage, and smiled gently at Yue Xiu: "It's really boring to sit in the carriage all the time." ”
Fran got out of the carriage first, and Rong Rongci immediately got down with Fran's support.
Although Yue Xiu was willing to be a groom to drive the car, he was unwilling to accompany the two women to hang out, so he went to sit on a tea stall not far from the carriage and steal a leisure.
Rong Wangci wished that Yue Xiu was lazy, and seeing that Yue Xiu had indeed gone to drink tea, he hurriedly took Fran's hand and walked quickly to the inside of Pingde Street.
"Miss, where are we going?"
Because Rong Rongci had been instructed in advance, Fran firmly remembered that he only called Rong Rongci Miss, not Princess.
"I don't go anywhere, I just walk around Pingde Street."
Away from Yue Xiu's sight, Rong Rong's steps slowed down, and when he saw Fran's puzzled expression, he carefully explained to her.
"Although he didn't get anything out of it today, but I have been to Pingde Street in the end, he is thoughtful, and he will test me if he can't keep it, I will come to Pingde Street openly, and if I say anything wrong, there is a reason."
Fran nodded, and immediately showed a panicked look: "Yue Xiu said that the prince is also on Pingde Street, what if he bumps into it?" ”
Rong Rongci looked calm: "If he doesn't mention it today, I really don't have any good excuse to come here, since he said Xianglailou, what's so strange about me coming to see?" ”
"Since you're afraid of revealing your stuffing, doesn't Miss have to go to Jianxing Street to see for yourself?"
"You can forget what you have seen, but you can't say what you haven't seen in a vacuum."
Rong said and glanced at Fran deeply.
"Miss Wise!"
When his heart calmed down, Fran's tone and expression became much brighter.
Pingde Street is not as lively as Suzaku Street, and now there are foreign missions living in the post station, and there are fewer and fewer people wandering around.
Rong Rongci walked and paid attention to the restaurants and shops around him, teahouses and restaurants, and when he was looking around, Fran opened his mouth again.
"That seems to be Mrs. Hou..."
Because Fran lowered her voice, Rong Elegy didn't really hear it, but she followed Fran's gaze and saw Mrs. Jian'anhou in gorgeous clothes in the rouge shop opposite.
Mrs. Jian'an Hou wore a four-happiness ruyi cloud pattern brocade dress today, and she knew at a glance that she was the wife of a rich and noble family.
Because Mrs. Hou was too conspicuous, Rong Rongci almost ignored Ye Chengcheng on Mrs. Hou's side.
"Miss, shall we go over and say hello?"
As soon as Fran asked tentatively, she heard Rong Rongci chuckle, and seemed to be a little displeased: "Heh, let's not disturb the Yaxing of the mother and daughter." ”
"Last time I went to Jian'an Hou's Mansion, I saw that Mrs. Hou was very kind......"
"You, you!" Rong said with a finger and pointed at Fran's head: "You don't have the heart, the last time I went to Jian'an Hou's Mansion, Mrs. Hou was not well-mannered, I didn't care about her, it doesn't mean I don't know." ”
Seeing that Mrs. Hou and Ye Chengcheng were about to leave the door of the shop, Rong Rongci pulled Fran into a silk shop, pretending to be choosing brocade.
Rong Rongci glanced outside, and gently stroked a moon brocade in his hand.
"Although Emperor Shangyin has not appointed a queen, but in terms of status, the princess regent can almost be compared with the queen, no matter how noble her wife is, in the end, she is a lord's family, where can she compare with the royal family, let alone the queen. But when I arrived at the Jian'an Hou Mansion that day, she only sent a small servant out to greet me, and after meeting in the main hall, she just got up and made a salute, which was not even a regular salute, and it was really no respect. ”
"Why is Mrs. Hou like this?!"
Fran said indignantly, and as she spoke, she heard a crisp, and somewhat pretentious cry from the cold street outside the shop.
"Brother Su!"