Chapter 258: The Ears of Others
"Who wants to be a family with this kind of poor sour girl!" As she spoke, the woman's expression was disdainful, and then she waved her sleeves and turned to leave.
In fact, Nan Ci heard all these words, but she didn't say much, and she couldn't influence other people's opinions, so she just let them go. Anyway, they say theirs, and they won't lose a piece of meat.
Finally, a middle-aged woman in a plum red dress came, and she looked like a grandmother.
After the mother finished assigning the dormitory, she took the women to where they should go.
Southern Autumn Kingdom, Purple Capital City
Zijing City is the capital of the Southern Autumn Kingdom, and it is the most lively place in the whole country, where large and small shops surround the entire street, with a lot of traffic and a tide of people.
All around was the shouting of hawkers, and from time to time someone would stop and fiddle with the items on the stall.
On a sunny afternoon, the sun is shining, and it's the perfect time to hang out and sleep!
"County, county lord, can't we sneak out like this? Will it be discovered by Mama Liu! Bai Zhi gently poked Xu Ruoyun, who was eating happily in front of him, with his fingers, trotted to Xu Ruoyun's side, and said in her ear.
"What? Mama Liu? Just that forty or fifty-year-old old shrew who is still pretending to be tender? Xu Ruoyun was stunned for a moment, and then took another big bite of the flatbread wrapped in oiled paper in his hand.
After eating all the flatbread in his hand, he patted the non-existent flatbread crumbs in his hand with satisfaction, and turned his head to ask Bai Zhi: "Can I be afraid of her?" ”
Bai Zhi heard Xu Ruoyun's rebellious words, and quickly covered Xu Ruoyun's mouth, the good-looking willow eyebrows frowned together, and pouted and complained: "County Lord, how can you say that about Mama Liu, be careful of being listened to by others, this is the Southern Autumn Kingdom, the county lord's words and deeds represent Feng Lin, if this is passed on to the ears of people with hearts......
Xu Ruoyun slapped Bai Zhi's hand away in disgust, and several red handprints appeared on the back of Bai Zhi's tender hand. Bai Zhi rubbed the back of his hand painfully, and complained in his heart, why is the county lord so ruthless!
"Mama Liu is so careful! Even if it reaches her ears, she won't blame me, right!? ”
Xu Ruoyun said, raised her little face, walked to a folding fan shop not far away, picked up a folding fan on the shelf, and touched her chin, "Besides, I am the dignified Fenglin County Lord, even if there is anything, this emperor still has to look at the monk's face, what can she do to me as an old shrew?" ”
Bai Zhi is helpless, which woman likes to be said to be old by others, Xu Ruoyun is an old shrew on the left and an old shrew on the right, everyone has to be angry with her, right? also invisibly put on a high hat for Mama Liu.
Xu Ruoyun looked at the folding fan with landscape paintings in front of him, and at a glance, he caught a glimpse of the white lotus flower in the corner of the folding fan and suddenly remembered the lotus pond at home. Break the rules and push it big!
"This folding fan is really worthy of Miss." Bai Zhi nodded, the fan and Xu Ruoyun's dress are so simple and simple, and Xu Ruoyun is destined to have a road that is not simple.
Xu Ruoyun hooked her lips and smiled, closed the fan happily, nodded to Bai Zhi, and motioned for her to go to the counter to pay the bill and buy the fan. Bai Zhi got Xu Ruoyun's order, walked to the counter, and paid the shopkeeper.
Xu Ruoyun put away the folding fan, waved his hand to Bai Zhi, and took the lead in stepping out of the store, his white clothes fluttering, full of fairy spirit: "Go, go back to the palace!" ”
On weekdays, relying on her illustrious background and noble status, the emperor's favor for her can be described as arrogant and unreasonable.
Xu Ruoyun saw at a glance that Liu Xi just didn't want to pay attention to her at the door, and originally thought that she couldn't see her and walked in, and Liu Xi wouldn't care about her, but she didn't expect that she actually grabbed Xu Ruoyun and asked for warmth.
"Sister of the county lord, why did you come back so late today? Seeing that you have not returned for a long time, this princess is so worried. Seeing Xu Ruoyun coming over, Liu Xi opened his mouth and pulled Xu Ruoyun into him as he spoke, and his white and tender hands grabbed Xu Ruoyun's white little hands.
Liu Xi has a strong smell of rouge on his body, and if he gets a little closer, he can make people smell the pungent smell. Bai Zhi couldn't help but take a step back, and looked at Xu Ruoyun who was being pulled by Liu Xi with a solemn look.
Xu Ruoyun is not surprised, she has lived for so many years, she Xu Ruoyun has seen a lot of people like Liu Xi, and she is naturally immune to this pungent taste.
Xu Ruoyun's hand was dragged painfully, Liu Ye's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he still followed Liu Xi's movements and got closer to her, Xu Ruoyun felt that something was really wrong, it was so late, why did Liu Xi come here?
Nangong Li had already learned from Bai Zhi that this little princess was usually a little witch, short-tempered and moody, why was she so close to her today?
Liu Xi saw that Xu Ruoyun was obediently obedient, so he took a step and pulled Xu Ruoyun to go inside, although Xu Ruoyun was very suspicious and reluctant, he still followed her in.
When the two entered the house, Liu Xi gently patted Xu Ruoyun on the shoulder and asked Xu Ruoyun to sit down, as if this was his own dormitory, but Xu Ruoyun was a guest, like a kitten to be slaughtered.
Could it be that these people in the palace think they are stupid and cowardly? This feeling made Xu Ruoyun very unhappy.
Liu Xi slowly took out a sachet from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Ruoyun.
The sachet is embroidered with a pair of mandarin ducks, and the image is realistic and impeccable, which makes Xu Ruoyun a little puzzled, how could Liu Xi be bored enough to make such a thing?
"What do you mean, princess? Didn't you fall in love with the son of which family? Xu Ruoyun's gaze shifted from the sachet to Liu Xi, and his eyes were full of doubts.
"Princess Ben just wants to ask the county lord to do her a favor. The sachet embroidered by the princess herself was given to the eldest young master of Liufu at the banquet of the concubine Niangniang. Liu Xi said shyly, and put a step shake on Xu Ruoyun's hand.
"What is the princess talking about, this busy county lord is naturally going to help." Xu Ruoyun smiled and handed over the step shake to Bai Zhi, everyone has a love for beauty, this step shake can be regarded as a high-quality product, and each knife carved is very exquisite.
Bai Zhi hurriedly took the step shake handed by Xu Ruoyun, picked up the sachet on the table with a good look, and carefully put it into the box in front of Liu Xi.
"It's great that the county lord can agree, then, thank you county lord." Liu Xi got Xu Ruoyun's satisfactory answer, and after saying this, he didn't stay long, thanked him and went out. Only Xu Ruoyun and Bai Zhi were left in the house.
"Why did the county lord respond so happily? What if this princess of the tide cheats? Seeing Liu Xi leave the courtyard, Bai Zhi finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart and asked, the previous county lord would never smile so much and respond to anyone's request.
Although Bai Zhi finally understood the meaning of the county lord's words, Princess Xi must have mixed something into the sachet that the county lord gave this time, but as for why, I'm afraid she can't think of it in her brain. She was slightly blessed: "Yes, the slave understands." ”
Xu Ruoyun sighed lightly in her heart, Bai Zhi has served her since she was a child, the two are like sisters, Bai Zhi is also much smarter than other maidservants, and some things are not very clear to the master, she can figure out seven or eight points. People are also clever, but their hearts are too soft.
The night was sleepless, and the next day, early in the morning, the cold wind that was sent out by Xu Ruoyun yesterday had already stood at the door and waited for Xu Ruoyun to get up.
Hanfeng is Xu Ruoyun's biological mother's guard, with a good skill, a pair of double knives to play superbly, sincerely, unswervingly, Hanfeng's lifelong protection is the only useful gift left to her by her mother.
Xu Ruoyun sat on a chair, holding a teacup in his hand and steaming, blowing lightly, taking a sip of tea, and tapping the table with his other hand rhythmically.
"Hanfeng, how did you do what I asked you to do?" Xu Ruoyun put down the teacup in his hand, raised his head, and asked.
"County Lord, I went out of the house overnight yesterday and went to the most famous medical hall in the east of the city to check the contents of the sachet, which not only contained spices, but also added Aracea." Hanfeng knelt down on one knee, clenched his fists, and replied respectfully.
"Arace? What is it? Xu Ruoyun didn't know anything about spices, she only knew a few common spices, and she really hadn't heard of poisonous spices like Aracea.
"Aracea is one of the poisonous spices that can be highly toxic if used incorrectly." Xu Ruoyun nodded as if he didn't understand, anyway, Liu Xi put this kind of thing in the sachet and asked Xu Ruoyun to send it over, I'm afraid that a fool can see that it is a false accusation, right?
"Not only that, but the sachet also contains a lot of medicinal materials that can increase the toxicity of Aracea by ten times, if you bring it on your body, within three days, you will definitely be poisoned to death." Cold Wind added.
Hearing this, Xu Ruoyun was very angry, and even the cold wind was startled. This Liu Xi's mind is really impure, since she has found her here, don't blame her for being polite.
Well, Xu Ruoyun thinks that Liu Xi should be made ugly. Not..... How to punish her? Hiss~ It's not bad to lose your innocence.
Han Feng swallowed his saliva, looked at Xu Ruoyun's gradually perverted smile, and couldn't help but burn high incense for the people who offended his own county lord!
At noon, Xu Ruoyun wrote a note, asking Han Feng to go to the largest medical hall in Zijing again, and buy eight taels of each medicinal herb according to the name on the note.
"Bai Zhi, what is the banquet of the concubine? On which day is it held? Xu Ruoyun looked at Bai Zhi, who was sorting out the tea set next to him, and asked.
This question stumped Xu Ruoyun, Xu Ruoyun was stunned, indeed, since she came to Nanqiu Kingdom and began to buy all kinds of things for Nan Mingzi, she was poor!
It's been a long time since she's eaten a good meal and worn a good one. In Fenglin, she Xu Ruoyun has never been short of money to spend, but now that there is a shortage of funds, it is difficult for Xu Ruoyun to stump her.
Bai Zhi also said that Xu Ruoyun's money can't help but be spent, and if they continue like this, they may drink the northwest wind.
It seems that she is going to find a way to solve the money crisis.
"You don't have to worry about this problem, the money will come slowly in the future, and the top priority is to solve the current matter." Xu Ruoyun waved her hand, first reassuring the cold wind, of course, this is not to coax her, Xu Ruoyun will indeed have a lot of money in the future.
She let the cold wind go out, and she tinkered with the pile of medicinal herbs in the room alone for a long time, and after a few hours, Xu Ruoyun finally came out of the room, she stretched her waist, rubbed her eyes vigorously with both hands, and this tinkering lasted until the evening.
She was tired of lying on the bed, and it was really sad to focus on doing something for a long time, but she was very excited when she thought that the medicine she had carefully developed would be used on Liu Xi's body.
Xu Ruoyun doesn't know spices, it doesn't mean that she is not familiar with medicinal materials. The dignified Fenglin County Lord has had to receive all kinds of education since he was a child, how can he not even know the properties and usage of a medicine.
Xu Ruoyun spent so much time to make something, she was very satisfied. just waited to be used on Liu Xi, and made a fool of himself at the banquet.
Wonderful, exciting.