"The mourning family can listen to any play, it doesn't matter, what matters is the holy country." Knowing her son Mo Ruomu, the Queen Mother saw Mu Jianyu's inner irritability at a glance.

"Even if Yi'er's background is now cleared, there is always a knot in his son's heart, so he was only crowned a prince, but he was not given the right to be a prince. Concubine Xiao and the slut are from the same maternal family, and the son doesn't know how to face Concubine Xiao now. When Mu Jianyu saw his mother mention it, he said the depression in his heart.

"People are different, you look at the flowers in the yard of the mourning family, different flowers have different colors, even if they grow from the same root system, the flowers are not exactly the same. Xiao Guifei's child temperament is more like Concubine Yun, not as scheming as her sister, should you go and see it or go to see it, after all, you still have a child. Yi'er's child looks and has a good character, and he also comes to the mourning palace from time to time to ask for peace, and the mourning family looks at it steadily, even if his mother has done something, it is not his fault, why should the saint be angry with him. ”

"Yes, my son understands." The Queen Mother's words made Mu Jianyu seem to understand something, and the most important thing is that he figured out that people are different.

"Okay, the mourning family is tired, let Yi'er do the arrangements above the birthday banquet, and the saint can also see his ability and ambition." After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she closed her eyes.

"Rest the queen mother, my son has retired." Mu Jianyu saw that his mother was sleepy, so he left with interest.

"Sister Pearl, I want to discuss something with you." In the evening, after Qiu Tang and Pearl served Xu's mother to eat, Qiu Tang pulled Pearl into the yard.

"You say." Pearl shook the drops of water on her cuffs and said without raising her head. She hadn't done menial work in a long time.

"Madame's health is not good, I'm afraid this decoction won't stop for a while, and the softness we bring out is also limited, I want to go to the teahouse in the city tomorrow to see if I can find something to do and make some money." Madame's side is afraid that it will trouble my sister to take care of it. ”

"It's okay, you don't need money to live in this house, but after all, you still have to eat, so it's hard for my sister. Mom, don't worry, I'm not serving my mother for a day or two, no problem. Pearl nodded, how much softness did Mother Xu bring out, her heart was like a mirror, although the house she lived in and the soup and medicine she drank on weekdays did not cost money, but the meal still had to be eaten.

"Since my sister agrees, then I will keep the jewelry and the piano I brought out, and when I really don't have any money to live, I will hand it over to my sister to pawn."

"Good. Everything is in the east wing, so you can get whatever you need. ”

"Eh, you're here." Meng Ling'er, the most beautiful bustard of the Fengqi Pavilion of the Holy City girl, saw the little shunzi walking towards her at a glance, although she said hello on her lips, she was ten thousand unhappy in her heart, this master is not a whole person, and her temper is not good, every time the girls who come back from him have a blue nose and swollen face and bruises all over her body, and she can't meet guests normally for several days. The girl who was kept in her hands couldn't see guests, which was a loss for Meng Ling'er.

"What? Not welcome? Xiao Shunzi looked at Meng Ling'er, who was smiling and not smiling, from top to bottom.

"How dare you, it's our blessing that you can come." Meng Ling'er grinned, "It's just that our Ruoning girl only came back from you a few days ago, and she has been sick for the past few days, so I'm afraid I won't be able to serve you today." Meng Ling'er half-leaned in front of Xiao Shunzi.

"Your huge Fengqi Pavilion is only Bai Ruoning, a girl?" Xiao Shunzi sneered, "Since Bai Ruoning is not feeling well, then change to another girl." Xiao Shunzi knew that this Meng Ling'er was also the famous Oiran of the Holy City when she was young, and she also knew a lot of dignitaries in the officialdom, and Xiao Shunzi didn't want to have a head-on conflict with her.

"That ......" Meng Ling'er was a little embarrassed, changing people, to put it lightly, but everyone knows that this is a fire pit, which girl is willing to jump into the fire pit by herself.

"Mother Dream is so embarrassed?" Xiao Shunzi squinted at Meng Ling'er.

"It's better to write the girls' names on the flower sticks, and whoever you smoke, I'll take them away today." Meng Ling'er knew that this little Shunzi was Xiao Guifei's person in the palace, and she didn't dare to offend, so she could only give up her girls.

"Okay, then let's drink tea and draw lots!" Xiao Shunzi picked up Meng Ling'er and strode into Fengqi Pavilion.

After drinking a cup of tea, Meng Ling'er came to Xiao Shunzi again with a flower stick with her name written on it, Xiao Shunzi touched the non-existent beard on her chin, and sneered: "Mother Meng, don't you have a girl in Fengqi Pavilion?" It took so long to take out so many flower sticks. ”

"Master, you have wronged the slave family," worthy of being a former Oiran, and it is also a thousand kinds of romance when she is coquettish, "The girls are busy, just these few are still waiting, and they all look good, Master, you can pick any one, and you will not feel a loss." ”

"Then ...... Let's do this! Xiao Shunzi's hand dangled in the flower stick, hesitated, and finally drew one, and looked at it in turn, there was a more delicate name written in the beautiful font on it, Lu Jiaman. That's it! What about people? ”

"Master, you sit down for a while, I'll go and bring the girl." Meng Ling'er twisted her waist and left.

As soon as the day dawned, Qiu Tang made breakfast and went out with the pipa in his arms. The holy city in the early morning is quieter than the mausoleum city, there are no small vendors hawking, there are all kinds of morning shops on both sides of the clean street, both sellers and buyers are whispering, Qiu Tang holds the pipa and shuttles through it, the curling steam rises around him, the street in his memory is becoming clearer and clearer, and Qiu Tang's heart rises with a trace of familiar intimacy. Along this street to the inside are selling flower cloth to make clothes, along the intersection into it, inside are selling crickets grass insects, although Qiu Tang is raised in the courtyard of the official family, but because of the favor of the parents, will often be carried out by the nurse, sitting in a sedan chair, through the sedan curtain to see the streets of the holy city. Qiu Tang with a faint memory, walked to the largest teahouse in the holy city, when she was a child, she often asked her nurse to carry herself here, she and her mother liked the hibiscus crisp here. Standing at the door of the teahouse, childhood memories poured uncontrollably into my heart like a wave, and the slight pain stimulated Qiu Tang's eyes, and before I knew it, Qiu Tang had already burst into tears.

"What's wrong with this girl?" The guy in the teahouse saw Qiu Tang standing at the door of his house for a long time, and now he was crying, and he couldn't help but be curious.

"Oh, that's rude." Qiu Tang was awakened, wiped away the tears on his cheeks, and blessed his buddy, "I went to the city with my adoptive mother to look for relatives, but my adoptive mother suddenly became seriously ill, and the whereabouts of my relatives could not be found, I want to find an errand with you, earn some money, and treat my adoptive mother." ”

"Our shopkeeper and the proprietress are all kind-hearted people, you wait, I'll go and invite them, you tell them." The young man looked at the begonia in front of him, which was like a flower, a jade pear flower, and a rain, and couldn't help but feel pity.

"Thank you, little brother." Begonia is blessed again.

After a while, the young man ran back: "This girl, our shopkeeper and the proprietress invite the girl in to talk." ”

Qiu Tang walked into the teahouse with the young man, bypassed the tables and chairs that had just been placed, and went up the stairs to the top. The young man led Qiu Tang to stand in front of a room and knocked lightly on the door: "The shopkeeper, someone brought it." ”

"Come in." A deep male voice came from inside the door.

The young man pushed open the door and said, "Girl, please, I still have something to do, I'll go and get busy first." ”

Qiu Tang thanked the young man and walked into the house with his head bowed while holding the pipa. There was a middle-aged couple sitting at the green jade round table in the room, the two of them were kind and kind-eyed, and Qiu Tang peeked at them, these two seemed to be the son and daughter-in-law of the old shopkeeper.

"I've heard everything the guy said, you look up and I'll take a look." The woman at the table looked Qiu Tang up and down for a long time before speaking.

Qiu Tang raised his head slightly, but his eyes were still drooping, and he did not look at the proprietress at him.

"Yes, I know a little bit about the rules." The proprietress nodded, "Our Shuyutang has been operating in the Holy City for decades, and now it is the largest teahouse in the Holy City, you have also seen it, we have a platform, we also have a girl who sings songs, and we also have a storyteller. Let me hear what you're capable of. ”

Qiu Tang said deeply: "Thank you, madam." After thanking him, Qiu Tang picked up a stool by the door and sat down, plucked the strings with his slender jade fingers, lightly opened his lips, and the sound was like a yellow warbler, fluttering and curling, which was intoxicating.

At the end of the song, the proprietress finally showed a smile on her face: "Okay, stay." I started singing this afternoon, singing for two hours a day, no matter what I eat, no matter where I live, no matter what clothes and jewelry, prepare my own, I look good, don't be so plain as now, I will give you ten copper coins every day, since there is a sick person in your family, I will give it to you every day. ”

"Thank you, ma'am, thank you shopkeeper." Qiu Tang heard that the proprietress asked her to stay, and couldn't help but be moved to tears.

Qiu Tang got an errand, overjoyed, ran out of Shuyutang with the pipa in his arms, and ran to the most lively embroidery street in the holy city with his memory. Qiu Tang ran into a showshop, took out the silk handkerchief he had embroidered in his arms and handed it over: "Boss, please take a look, how much can this be exchanged?" "A pair of red-gold long-tailed butterflies flutter among the flowers.

The owner of the show took a closer look, and looked up at Qiu Tang, whose face was slightly red, and his eyes rolled: "Ten coppers." ”

Qiu Tang frowned, snatched the silk handkerchief from the boss, turned his head and left: "It's not for sale!" ”

"Hey, you wait." Seeing that Qiu Tang was leaving, the boss hurriedly stopped, "Then how much do you want to sell?" ”

"Three copper coins." Qiu Tang thought for a while and said.

"......" The owner of the show pondered for a moment, "Okay, deal!" As he spoke, he turned around and took out three copper coins from the low cabinet, handed them to Qiu Tang, and quickly held the silk handkerchief in his hand with the other hand. The owner of the show couldn't help but laugh out loud.