When Ning Xia Qing went out of the front hall, Zhao Xiang'e and the others had not yet left the front hall, in order to ensure that the matter of caring about Tan Wenshi's body could reach Xue Qianqian's ears, Ning Xia Qing deliberately went to the courtyard early to look for opportunities, and pretended to wander around the courtyard for a long time, so that he had the opportunity to "meet" Tan Wenshi.

Therefore, when she returned to the front hall, she was already frozen all over, her eyelashes were almost frosted, and everything she could see in front of her was covered with a layer of ice crystals, and even her steps were a little trembling when she walked.

She walked into the antechamber and trembled and folded her arms, secretly glad that she had finally returned to a warm place, and suddenly realized that there seemed to be a lot of eyes on her.

The entire front hall was full of men, and when the men saw a pair of eyes still shining behind the ice crystals of their eyelashes, they couldn't help but be surprised, and they all started to talk about it-

"Who is this little girl? Why did you get here? ”

"Look at it, it's a girl from a good family, is it the young lady of the Xue Mansion?"

"This Xue girl is really beautiful, in terms of appearance, she is not inferior to those sisters just now......"

"You can be quiet, if Deputy Lieutenant Xue listens to it, let Deputy Lieutenant Xue know that you compare the girls from the Xue Mansion with those sisters, you will definitely be angry."

"What nonsense? If it's really the young lady of the Xue Mansion, why don't you stay in the inner courtyard? Running to the front room? Haven't you all heard that Hua Caiyuan has a female leader? ”

"Could it be her?! Is it such a young and beautiful girl?! ”

"Not really! You didn't even go to Wah Choi Court on the day it opened, did you? I went to take a look that day, and I was shocked to see such a young girl. You said that this Ning Dangjia is so young, and he is a woman, can he run Huacai Garden? ”

"Eighty percent of them will have to close after a few days! How can a woman do business well? But this little girl looks really handsome, I look forward to Hua Cai Yuan open for a few more days, I will also go to talk to her about business, talk to her a few more words, look at this pretty appearance a few more, watch her smile and talk to me, alas, think about it is beautiful......"

One of them said with a wicked smile: "Don't say it, this girl's style is very special, maybe, if you give her more profits, she will be happy, not only can she smile and say a few words to you, but also let you touch her hand and kiss her mouth......

The people around him suddenly became interested, and asked with a smile, "Really?" Come and hear it! ”

"I heard that this girl has a relationship with Gu Fu and Xiao Shi, when Hua Cai Yuan opened, Gu Fu and Wan Sheng Xing both sent a plaque to the past, and the Wan Sheng plaque was personally sent by Wan Shengxing's boss, and there is a Xiao family's gold seal on the plaque, and even the new Gu man from the City Bo Division was present!"

The people around were suddenly surprised: "What's the matter?" How could Hua Cai Yuan have such a big pomp? ”

"It is said that this girl's family has had some dealings with the Gu Mansion in the past, so it is not surprising that the Gu Mansion sent the plaque, but no one knows how Hua Caiyuan and the Xiao family are related. But there are rumors, you see that the prevailing Xiao Gongzi is strong, and the female head of Huacaiyuan is like this, cough cough...... That's why this girl has a special style......"

"What's so special about this? Isn't this just debauchery......"

The man with the long tongue waved his hand again and again, but said, "This is not what I said, you said it yourself, and it has nothing to do with me!" If you let Xiao Gongzi, who is prevalent, hear this, Xiao Gongzi will settle accounts with you, don't pull me in! ”

"Come on, where can Xiao Gongzi hear it!"

"Are you blind or don't recognize Xiao Gongzi? The person sitting at the top, wearing an ink-colored cloud-sleeved brocade robe, is it! ”

"It turns out that he is Wan Sheng's Xiao Gongzi? I just saw that the officials and masters were all respectful to him, and Yao Sanxing also nodded in front of him, I still wondered what he was about, it turned out that he was Wan Sheng's Xiao Gongzi! ”

"And the one sitting next to Xiao Gongzi, wearing a bamboo leaf pattern trimmed stone blue satin robe is the one surnamed Gu."

"What! That's the lifter! Oh, my God...... Looking at this weak and elegant appearance, I really can't see it, it turns out that he is also an official master! ”

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Ning Xia Qing listened to the gossip of the men, but she didn't take it to heart for a long time, she just walked to her seat, and before sitting down, she nodded slightly in the direction of the head, and Quan Zuo greeted Xiao Jingyuan and Gu Xuesong.

Xiao Jingyuan gestured from afar, and Gu Xuesong just nodded gently, but when Gu Xuesong looked at Ningxia Qing, his eyes were sparkling, like willow branches blown by the spring breeze.

Seeing the level of familiarity between the three of them, the men couldn't help but look at each other, with a contemptuous and respectful smile in their eyes, hindering the face of Xiao Jingyuan and Gu Xuesong, and also out of curiosity about Ningxia Qing, they all greeted Ningxia Qing.

Ningxia Qing was busy talking to the people who came to talk, Dong Zizhen suddenly ran over from a distance and said loudly: "Be in charge!" You haven't met Brother Yao yet, have you? I just mentioned to Brother Yao that you are here, saying that you went out to sober up, but I didn't expect you to come back so soon, what is this called, this is called Cao Cao Cao arrived! ”

Yao Sanxing heard someone mention himself, and couldn't help but glance at the place where the voice came from, Ningxia Qing looked at Yao Sanxing's eyes when he looked at Dong Zizhen, and he knew a little bit in his heart, this Dong Zizhen was really familiar, Bacheng just said hello to Yao Sanxing like other merchants, but said as if he was worshipping Yao Sanxing.

Ningxia Qing saw that Yao Sanxing had noticed Dong Zizhen and his side, so he had to get up and walk in front of Yao Sanxing, toasted a glass of wine, and said calmly: "I have heard the name of Boss Yao for a long time, and I finally got to see it today, thanks to the invitation given to me by Xue Gongzi, thank you Xue Gongzi here." After speaking, he raised his glass and gestured to Xue Shaoqing next to him.

Yao Sanxing saw the woman in front of him with a graceful figure and bright eyes like paint, and immediately said very politely: "I also borrowed the noble land of Xue Mansion, so that I can have the honor to meet the bosses of Meigong County, everyone is a businessman, if there is a place to support each other in the future, please also give advice to Ning Dangjia." ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled, then drank the wine, thinking that this Yao Sanxing was really shrewd.

After Ning Xia Qing returned to the front hall, she first greeted Xiao Jingyuan and Gu Xuesong, letting others know that she had a close relationship with Xiao Gu, and then specially mentioned in front of Yao Sanxing that Xue Shaoqing gave her an invitation, obviously thanking Xue Shaoqing for inviting her, but actually telling Yao Sanxing that Xue Fu had a positive attitude towards her.

Ning Xia Qing knew that the reason why the banquet of the merchants in Yueling was chosen in the Xue Mansion was because Yao Sanxing wanted to take this opportunity to tie up with Deputy Lieutenant Xue and the group of officials around Deputy Lieutenant Xue, so as to open up all kinds of joints in the officialdom of Meigong County.

And Ningxia Qing let Yao Sanxing know that she not only has a relationship with the world-famous Xiao family, but also has a relationship with Lord Tiju and Deputy Lieutenant Xue, Yao Sanxing will naturally look at Ningxia Qing differently, and sure enough, in the face of a fledgling girl like her, Yao Sanxing, who is a big businessman, is so polite when he speaks.

When Ning Xia Qing and Yao Sanxing spoke, her delicate and crisp voice reached the ears of a group of men, which was simply sober and forgetful, and everyone's faces had a special color, and they couldn't help but stir up for this warbler's voice, and gathered together to discuss.

Xiao Jingyuan, who was next to Yao Sanxing, said with a smile: "There have always been only men in the business field, and the appearance of Ning Dangjia is really refreshing, but it really makes your eyes shine." ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled and exchanged a few words with Xiao Jingyuan. Not far away, Tan Wenshi watched silently for a while, and when Ning Xia Qing returned to her seat, Tan Wenshi stopped her.

Tan Wenshi politely and kindly reminded: "Miss Ning just came back, I'm afraid I don't know, my father-in-law said that in order to give you a chance to negotiate business in front of Yao Fushang, I will let all merchants sell their own materials in front of Yao Fushang one by one." If Miss Ning also wants to participate, don't forget to go to the housekeeper of the Xue Mansion to register her name first. ”

Ningxia Qing said politely: "Actually, the shopkeeper of my family has already gone to the name, but I still have to thank Tan Ye for telling me." ”

Tan Wenshi asked again: "I don't know how many names Miss Ning is?" For things like this, the first and last few are the most popular, and they are the easiest to impress Yao Fushang, and the middle ones are often difficult to remember. If Miss Ning is in the middle, I am willing to exchange with Miss Ning and let Miss Ning play the fourth. ”

"Thank you Tan Ye for your kindness." Ning Xia Qing smiled gently: "I just need to say a few words in front of your peers, so that everyone can know me, as for leaving an impression on Yao Fushang or something...... My material is not as good as yours, and I didn't think that I could really make a deal with Yao Fushang, so it doesn't matter if I will be remembered or not. ”

After speaking, she returned to her position, thinking that Tan Wenshi would be a favor. Tan Wenshi relied on the mandala, thinking that he was bound to win, and it didn't matter if he was in the front or middle, so he wanted to push a favor to Ningxia Qing, he was really shrewd.

Ning Xia Qing sat down in his seat again. Because of her status, her seat is in the lower seat, not close to Gu Xuesong who is sitting at the top, but it is almost opposite to Gu Xuesong's seat, as long as the two of them raise their heads, they can meet each other's eyes impartially.

At this time, the materials were already on sale in the order of the name.

Xia Qing glanced slightly, there were actually a lot of colleagues she knew in this front hall, all of them were gearing up and eager to try, including Ning Zhiheng, who was sitting next to Tan Wenshi.

Basically, only the second master Ning in the front hall had a faint face, almost no expression, and even had a playful attitude, which attracted the people sitting next to him to throw surprised glances at him from time to time.

The first merchant to bring up was a gold-entangled flower Tianhua pattern brocade.

This brocade belongs to Song Jin, the texture is thin, the flower is faint, the gold hook outline, the texture is soft, the surface is neat, gaudy but not vulgar, simple and elegant. This Song Jin was extremely sought after in the previous dynasty, and the emperor and princess loved this material very much, and regarded it as leaving a reputation of "floating like clouds and smoke, bright as the morning glow", and even gave it to overseas countries as a treasure.

Ning Xia Qing and Gu Xuesong glanced at each other, and understood each other, this gold-entangled flower Tianhua pattern brocade is too ordinary, it can't get into Yao Sanxing's eyes at all, and this is not a material unique to Meigong County, even if Yao Sanxing wants to buy this kind of material, he will not be willing to buy from Meigong County.

The second merchant brought up the two-color vault brocade.

As the so-called look at the color from afar, look at the flowers from afar, the bright and bright color of the two-color vault brocade fell into the eyes of a lot of people, and everyone only felt that it was rich and elegant, and the color was bright and solemn. If you look closely, you can see that the texture is solid, the pattern is rich and beautiful, and there are many gold threads hidden in it, which is magnificent.

Although this brocade is a cloud brocade, it is not in good condition, and it is impossible for Yao Sanxing to take a fancy to it. Ning Xia Qing and Gu Xuesong glanced at each other, and then looked at Yao Sanxing together, only to see that Yao Sanxing really had no expression on his face, and Xiao Jingyuan on the side also looked uninterested.

The third merchant brought up the Nine Silks.

This Jiuxiao silk is decorated with red, blue, green three colors, and through white as the outer halo, the color level is rich, very beautiful, and the gold thread twisted edge, depicting the auspicious clouds out of the glaze scene, as if not like the things in the world.

Jiuxiao silk is a kind of material of Meigong County's local specialty, only the silk produced in the local mulberry garden of Meigong County can be woven, and the folk have a nickname of "wine to eliminate sorrow", which adds a bit of elegant and chic feeling to this material.

However, although Jiuxiao silk is special, it is not gorgeous enough, and if it is compared with the special materials of Chengsong County, it is really inferior. When it comes to self-produced materials, the self-produced materials of Chengsong County are both rich in variety and noble in style.

For example, the Xiao family, which originated in Chengsong County, in addition to producing imperial satin, also produces amber silk, Fuxing brocade, apricot satin, Xin silkworm Luo, etc., and these special materials of the Xiao family are better than Jiuxiao silk and have a better luster.

Yao Sanxing is a native of Yueling County, Chengsong County, since there are so many good materials in Chengsong County, why did he go all the way to buy Jiuxiao silk from Meigong County?

Ningxia Qingruo casually looked in the direction of Tan Wenshi, and saw Tan Wenshi's face was melancholy, and he was anxiously ordering something with Luzi behind him.

Ning Xia Qing knew what Tan Wenshi was anxious about.

According to Tan Wenshi's plan, the mandala should have been given to Yao Sanxing in public by Deputy Lieutenant Xue for Tan Wenshi.

Deputy Lieutenant Xue did leave the table for a moment just now, and he should have been found by Xue Qianqian, but when Deputy Lieutenant Xue came back, he didn't come back with the mandala.

Tan Wenshi just said that he was the fourth to be registered, and it would be his turn to play next, and Tan Wenshi's face was naturally getting worse and worse.

Ningxia Qing saw Tan Wenshi say a few more words to Luzi, and then Luzi went to say something to other shopkeepers, the shopkeeper nodded, and Tan Wenshi left in a hurry.

Ning Ningqing thought that Tan Wenshi must have gone to Xue Qianqian to ask what was going on, and it was estimated that the two would have to quarrel a few words.

Ning Xia Qing retracted her gaze, but looked at Gu Xuesong's eyes that were looking at her, Gu Xuesong sat upright, her gaze was always so gentle and calm, but Ning Xia Qing always felt that she could see things from Gu Xuesong's eyes that others could not see.

Is it an innate desolation?

Perhaps a lingering tragedy.

Tan Wenshi walked out of the front hall, his face was full of burnt, and he asked someone where Xue Qianqian was, I heard that since he met Tan Wenshi, Xue Qianqian came out once, and then went back to the boudoir, and then came out and said something to Deputy Lieutenant Xue, and then went back to the boudoir, and then never came out.

Tan Wenshi suppressed his anger and hurried to the place where Xue Qianqian was.

He wanted to ask Xue Qianqian, why didn't he hand over the mandala to Deputy Lieutenant Xue as he had agreed with Tan Wenshi before, and let Deputy Lieutenant Xue give it to Yao Sanxing in public?

Could it be that when Xue Qianqian and Deputy Lieutenant Xue met, after discussing it, the father and daughter felt that it was better to send it in private? If it is said that it is okay to send it in private, it can be reached to Yao Sanxing anyway, but if Xue Qianqian and Deputy Lieutenant Xue change their minds after discussion, they should always send someone to inform Tan Wenshi.

After Xue Qianqian and Deputy Lieutenant Xue met, they went back to the boudoir and asked people to clean up the fragments of the mandala.

immediately lost her temper, complaining that after she got married, the maids were slacking off on her, and dared to clean her boudoir from time to time, even knowing that she would go back to her parents' house today, she didn't clean up her boudoir in advance.

Xue Qianqian asked the maids to kneel in front of her, and slapped a few big mouths one by one, only then did she lose her anger and shouted angrily: "Why don't you go and clean up quickly!" ”

"Yes, yes......" The swollen faces of the maids were sobbing silently while hurriedly cleaning, and anyone who moved slowly would be beaten and scolded by Xue Qianqian.

Xue Qianqian reclined on the couch and asked Biying to kneel on the edge of the couch to massage her.

If in the past, when the maid massaged Xue Qianqian, Xue Qianqian always picked her nose and eyes, one would be heavy in her hands, one would be light, one would be if she didn't pinch it, and one would be if she pinched it too many times, so no matter which maid she was, she almost didn't even dare to breathe when she massaged Xue Qianqian.

However, today, Biying gave Xue Qianqian a massage, but Xue Qianqian was not picky.

However, what is more terrible than being picked on by Xue Qianqian is being stared at by Xue Qianqian.

Xue Qianqian always stared at Biying, expressionless but more terrifying than having an expression, and not saying a word was even more terrifying than scolding and scolding.

In such an early winter, the clothes on Biying's back were soaked with sweat, her face was pale, and it seemed that her whole person was trembling, but her hand was very steady when she was massaging Xue Qianqian, and her fear of Xue Qianqian had obviously become an instinct.

When Tan Wenshi walked in, the maids with swollen faces and tears in the corners of their eyes happened to line up and walked out with copper basins and rags sobbing and choking.

Tan Wenshi only glanced at it, and found that there was no heat rising on the water surface in the copper basins, it seemed that it was directly scooped up from the tank and used, but it was conceivable how cold the water would be, Tan Wenshi just thought about it, and couldn't help but shiver.

When he looked at it again, he saw that for the convenience of work, the cuffs of the maids were narrow sleeves with untied cuffs, and because these sleeves were not closed, the cold wind could be poured into them wantonly, and they could not protect their wrists at all.

I saw that the hands and wrists of the maids were red and red, and there were two little maids who were only ten years old, and even their hands holding the copper basin were trembling, and they almost shook out the water in them.