On the twentieth day of the lunar month, the sky is clear. The aunt and nephew held hands and strode out of the Qin Palace, it was a small step for Yuan'er, but it was a big step for Cailing, and they thought that they were not far from regaining their freedom, so they became more and more happy. accompanied by Manyun, who was willing to cover his face with a light veil to go out of the palace to relax.

However, I was able to leave the house today because I wanted to set up a banquet in Dongxi, entertain and thank Shen Muchi. After begging for a few words, the prince was happy, so he asked them to go back to Dongxi Building first.

She didn't go straight back, she took Yuan'er's hand and went to the wooden cake shop first, the shopkeeper was very happy to see her, and hurriedly took out all kinds of pastries to entertain, Cai Ling let Manyun and Yuan'er eat with their bellies open, Manyun ate two pieces, but Yuan'er kept eating, knowing that her stomach was bulging.

Cai Ling went to Chilong Silk Village and Dusk Chi Xuan successively, chatting with the shopkeeper, although he did not look at the account book, but casually said the major events in the recent business operation and pointed out the solution, the shopkeepers secretly sighed that the young master was in Cao Ying's heart in Han, and it seemed that he had never forgotten them.

The sun was gradually going down, so Cai Ling took Yuan'er, who was playing with mutton fat and jade pendants, and walked to the ground floor with his head held high. The shopkeeper knew that she had heavy affairs and it was not good to stay any longer, so he just sent someone to lead the carriage, but Cai Ling said, "It's still early, let's take a walk." The shopkeeper panicked, and he didn't know when the young master, who used to go out and take the car, became like this, but he just waved goodbye to her group of three from afar.

The time for a stick of incense.

"The city is lively, Yuan'er should take her aunt's hand and get lost after a while." She didn't forget to tell Yuan'er, and when she looked down, she saw him pouting and looking unhappy, "What's the matter?" ”

"Auntie is a liar!" Yuan'er tilted her head, her eyes glaring like copper bells, "You said that there is a wood carving carved by my father in the Dusk Chi Xuan, which can be sold for 100 gold, but I haven't seen it all over." ”

Cai Ling sighed in her heart, but she didn't expect Yuan'er, the child, to look big and grinning, but there was still something hidden in her heart, and she didn't know when she had remembered what she said. It was about the third brother, she was a little excited, and a little sorry, she groaned for a moment, squatted down, "It's not right to lie to your aunt." But you know, your father is not useless. ”

"My dad ......," Yuan'er said softly, "he will play peek-a-boo with me, and he will also give me a beautiful kite, he can catch mice and is not afraid of big snakes." ”

Dare to love his father is an old cat? Cai Ling couldn't help laughing, nodded and said, "Yes, your father loves you very much." ”

Yuan'er finally burst into tears and laughed, pointing to the sugar cake stall on the side of the street and said, "Auntie, I'm going to turn the sugar man." ”

Cai Ling and Manyun smiled at each other, and followed Yuan'er who ran away with a smoke. After several efforts, Yuan'er finally turned to the big tiger, holding a big bamboo stick to lick it happily, and turned to the sugar man, "Five money." ”

Cai Ling only had gold leaves on her body, and she was hesitating, Manyun hurriedly took out her pocket, found just the right change, and put it in the spread hand of the candy man. Jingle bell is the pleasant sound of many copper coins colliding together, and someone is also putting money into the hands of the candy man.

Manyun raised his head, only to see that the man in front of him was more than eight feet tall, wearing a crow-blue narrow-sleeved woven patterned shirt, with the same color cloud brocade and mutton fat hosta tied his hair, his complexion was slightly bronze, and his face was slightly smiling, but he had an aura of not being angry and arrogant. He was holding a red horse in one hand, and he was telling the candy man, "Take me." ”

Before the half sentence of "Childe ......" was "why do you have to be like this", Cai Ling smiled and said, "Manyun, you don't have to fight with him." ”

The brocade-clothed boy smiled and arched his hand, "Young master." ”

"I haven't seen you for months, why have you started talking about these false rituals?" Cai Ling pretended to be displeased, and after a while, she was already smiling brightly, "This is Manyun." Yuan'er and I are in the palace thanks to her care. ”

"Miss Manyun." The boy also arched his hand.

"This is the eldest brother of Yuan Jie's widow that I often mention." Cai Ling also said to Yuan'er, "This is your Uncle Yuan." ”

The light gauze covered by the clouds couldn't see the change in expression, only the apricot eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, and the head was slightly bowed, "Brother Yuan is good." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Yuan." Yuan'er licked the brown sugar cake like a big tiger and said attentively.

On the way back, Yuan Jieyi put Yuan'er on the horse's back, parallel to Cai Ling, and Manyun slowed down and followed behind the horse. The sun sets at the head of the city, behind you.

"I returned to Beijing yesterday, why don't you have a good rest for a few days?" Cai Ling asked.

"Actually, I ......," he observed her for a moment before he said slowly, "I didn't go to the Western Regions, I just went to Yongzhou. ”

"But Yongzhou, north of the state?" Cai Ling only asked.

The crowd in the market was surging, and a strong man with a sack stumbled towards this place, Yuan Jieyi took a step forward and half a body to block Cai Ling, and when he saw the man turn around, he retreated, and moved his gaze back to Cai Ling's face, "It is the border land of the northern country." ”

She paused for a moment, and only said slowly, "Have a business?" ”

"A business that only makes money and doesn't lose money." He was sure.

"Are the joints all over the place? Is the cost enough? She only asked.

"It's not a big problem." He buried his head.

"Hmm." She nodded, and then instructed, "Be careful. ”

He replied "yes" and smiled at each other.

"Now is the time for the imperial court to employ people." Thinking that the greedy officials in the household department were about to be caught, Cai Ling was stunned in her heart, "Brother Yuan, have you ever thought about gaining fame again?" ”

"I've put it down. From now on, only live in the present. He looked directly at her, and his faint smile was like a warm winter sun. When he was about to walk to Dongxi Tower, he said in a low voice, "There is something I still need to explain to you." ”

"I'll go to your room later." Cai Ling saw Liang Mingyue standing downstairs in Dongxi at a glance, stepped up, and it was important to greet the guests first.

"Mingyue, go in and sit." Cai Ling said with a smile.

At this time, Manyun took Yuan'er's hand and followed closely. Yuan'er couldn't help but be overjoyed when she saw her aunt, broke free of Manyun's hand and hugged her aunt, chattering about what she had seen and heard in the city today, Mingyue patiently listened to him intermittently, with a gentle smile on her face.

Before everyone entered the store, a gold-painted carriage slowly stopped at the door, and King Qin was sitting in the car and was half-squinting to listen to Yang Taotao's anxious words, "Dali Temple has been investigated for ten days without success, Shangshu Mansion has been turned over and there is no silver in the sky, Su Mochen is an official of the imperial court, and I am afraid that I will ...... my humble position."

"Keep looking." Shen Muchi's face was as usual, but a small Sichuan character pattern appeared at the center of his eyebrows.

After the carriage stopped, the son of Jinyi got off one after another, Shen Muchi looked at it coldly, and Tao Tao immediately understood the meaning of the prince, but said with a shy face, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I also came to the banquet." The prince's face was a little bad, and he only turned around and walked towards the gate with his head held high.

"Tao Tao!" Cai Ling waved at the door of Dongxi Building, the sunset had already set in the west, the building was lit with ten thousand lights, and the guests were staggered in the singing and dancing, pushing the cup and changing the lamp. Under such a background, she stood on tiptoe and waved her hand, as if she was a grandmother greeting benefactors in the Baique Tower, Tao Tao couldn't help laughing. The prince glanced back at him, and he immediately changed his color.

"And he said that he wanted to thank the king." The location of the window on the second floor has not even been arranged by the Accord. Shen Muchi glanced at the endless flow of people downstairs, carefully avoided the wolf-like gaze cast by the adjacent tables on the left and right, and whispered to Cai Ling on his side.

Tao Tao sat opposite, beside him was the gentle Liang Mingyue, who was feeding Yuan'er with care. Manyun didn't dare to sit at the same table with the prince, so Cai Ling asked Yuan Jieyi to greet her well.

"Now the business of Dongxi Building is really good, it is really difficult to book a private room, this trip is in a hurry, Your Highness must understand." Cai Ling frowned and said, but a flower had already bloomed in her heart, and she finally seized the opportunity to publicize, so that the neighbors could see that King Qin often visited here and build momentum for Dongxi Building, which was a great thing, of course she tried her best to arrange him in a conspicuous place. After pondering for a moment, this time it was also to thank him for his help, and thinking that he was not good, he said softly, "These dishes are made according to the taste you like." ”

Tao Tao just smiled, but Mingyue suddenly looked up at the table full of food, and Cai Ling beckoned her again, "Don't just take care of the children, you have to eat more." ”

"Sister Xie Ling." Mingyue smiled.

"Didn't I say that I was called Shang Mingming, why did you come alone today?" Cai Ling sandwiched a duck leg to Tao Tao.

Tao Tao gnawed on the duck leg and replied as if nothing happened, "My sister has been in poor health recently, and it is estimated that she will need to recuperate in the boudoir for most of the year, so it's better not to go out." But there was a look of worry in his eyes.

Cai Ling has always been very yearning for the friendship between his brother and sister, so he asked a few more words, "Do you know what the problem is?" What does Lang Zhong say? ”

"Overwork becomes a disease. Lang Zhong only said that he needed to recuperate to be healthy. Tao Tao replied.

Cai Ling is worried, how can you be tired of such a beautiful lady with fine clothes and food? glanced at Shen Muchi, and saw that he was taking a sip of wine indifferently, and his heart suddenly became clear. Meng Meng is afraid that if she knows about Biluo's canonization, she will become depressed and sick, and she is also pitiful.

"Why does my aunt only pick up vegetables for Uncle Yang?" The topic was forcibly changed away by Yuan'er.

She wanted to laugh twice perfunctorily, but she didn't think that Shen Muchi was staring at her with one hand on the table without squinting, there was banter and anger in her eyes, she hurriedly said to Xiao Er, who was waiting outside the bead curtain, "Don't wait until you come and cook for your guests." ”

The handsome little man trembled and sandwiched a bowl full of dishes for Shen Muchi, he didn't even look at it, Cai Ling was afraid of scaring the young man, so he hurriedly told Xiao Er to step back, and said earnestly to Shen Muchi, "Your Highness is not hungry?" ”

He didn't say a word. Cai Ling thought to herself, today was a reward banquet, and she couldn't let the main owner return disappointed, so she hurriedly laughed, "If you're not hungry, drink a few more glasses." "Carefully fill him with wine.

The atmosphere was very awkward for a while, until the cold and arrogant prince suddenly pointed to the jasper tofu in front of him, "Little four." This king wants to eat that. ”

Tao Tao bit his tongue in shock, and Mingyue's hand slipped and fell to the ground, making a crisp sound. Cai Ling smiled casually, "Yes! Be! Be! ”