Chu Lingran's yard was very monotonous and boring, except for the unpruned wildflowers and a few medicinal herbs on the side of the road, Chu Lingran's mansion had not even placed some rockery and flowing water, and the huge yard was so empty that it looked a little cold.

Mu Ruoying came to the tea tree courtyard that Chu Lingran said, and the breeze brought a long and fresh spring smell, but it made people's irritable mood become comfortable. Mu Ruoying didn't like to drink some flower tea like other girls since she was a child, she only loved Pu'er, which tasted sweet and bitter, and knew that the price of this tea was definitely expensive, and Chu Lingran was not afraid to dig it up by herself.

"General, are you better?"

"No problem."

The two of them went to pick the tea leaves with their own thoughts, smelling the fragrance of the tea trees and not feeling much embarrassment in the quiet atmosphere, Mu Ruoying only came to express her gratitude to Chu Lingran, and to see who General Qingfeng was, so she didn't want to see herself.

Mu Ruoying returned to the main hall soon after, and saw Ling'er and Qingfeng sitting in the farthest position, silent, it seemed that the girl's anger was still not gone. Mu Ruoying had no choice but to say goodbye to Chu Lingran, and then led Ling'er back to the house.

"Miss, don't you want to talk more to General Chu?"

Ling'er, this girl, didn't see any clues about her own affairs, but she was more sensitive to her affairs than anyone else, as if she and Chu Lingran must have something. I don't know if she knows about the relationship between men and women, Mu Ruoying shook her head and had no way to take this girl.

"We're going to find a friend this afternoon."

"Who?"

It's not surprising that Ling Er asked like this, Mu Ruoying really hasn't had any friends in the past sixteen years, if it weren't for the fact that she has had more contacts with Chu Lingran recently, and she has this relationship with herself, Mu Ruoying has always been alone.

"An old man."

Ling'er followed Mu Ruoying to the most famous Beijing Embroidery Pavilion in the capital, which was the origin of Mu Ruoying's mother. It was here that Mu Jinghong bought her while drinking with his colleagues, and began Mu Ruoying's mother's more humble life. The proprietress here is her mother's sister, and Mu Ruoying turned around for many years before she learned that Aunt Feng Kite actually ran such a huge restaurant. Mu Ruoying often goes there on the day of her mother's death to ask for a cup of her mother's favorite peach blossom brew, and it is inconvenient for Mu Ruoying to go to the cemetery often on weekdays, so as not to be discovered by He Xiyou, and Aunt Feng Kite will also talk about her thoughts about her mother for her.

"What do you want to drink? We entered the spirits from the Western Regions today, and if the guest officer feels that he is not strong enough to drink, our peach blossom brewing here is also quite famous. ”

Mu Ruoying and Ling Er have already changed into men's clothes, and the identity of her daughter, especially her identity as the lord of Rong'an, is here after all, it is discussing, she looks around at the pavilion on the second floor, ordinary guests are ordering some wine and food in the main hall on the first floor, and each pavilion on the second floor is booked by someone with status, so the shopkeeper looked at Mu Ruoying's face, and naturally led her to the empty seat on the first floor.

Mu Ruoying didn't shirk either, she didn't want to be too high-profile, her aunt was dealing with the guests at this time, and she didn't have time to meet her, so she first ordered a cup of peach blossom drunk with Ling'er and some snacks that men usually love to eat, and began to enjoy the graceful dancing and slender waists of the five or six women on the stage.

"Miss... What are we here for? ”

After all, Ling'er is still a child who has not grown up, and it is normal to not be used to such a sound and lustful scene, but it is just an ordinary place to eat and drink, and she looks at her like this, but there is some * meaning, which seems quite impolite. After all, most of the men who came still had some status and thought that they were different from the gentlemen in the flower building.

"In order to... Make you feel that this restaurant is something that becomes real. ”

Ling Er listened to Mu Ruoying's words and stopped even more foggy, what did she think? I'm just a little uncomfortable, what is Miss going to do?

"I have a premonition that your ancestor will come in the next few days, and now the capital is full of rumors about you, and you have finally repaid your wish for many years?"

Coming down from the second floor is a handsome woman who is about thirty years old and graceful, although Aunt Feng Kite's name is elegant, but in fact her temperament is almost the same as that of a man. This restaurant is said to be a place for individual customers to stop and rest, but it is not good, and the dragon and snake are mixed. This is raising Aunt Feng Kite's ability to see through people's hearts and minds for a long time.

"Aunt said with a smile, Ruoying doesn't care how many years she has, she is still her aunt's Ying'er."

If there is anyone in this world who treats Mu Ruoying with a sincere heart, I am afraid it is a wind kite, she has heard the death of Mu Ruoying's mother since eight years ago, it was her sworn sister, she wanted to go to Mu Mansion to seek justice, who knew that Mu Mansion did not enter the door, and was bombed by the housekeeper, she swore that from now on she would not be able to stand with Mu Mansion, and a few years later, a girl with a peerless face suddenly appeared, saying that she was the daughter of her stupid sister, and her eyebrows and eyes looked like she was right. The kite never treated the girl badly, but the girl was so well-behaved and sensible that she didn't say anything but tell her that she would avenge her mother.

"Say, you asked me three years ago, if you succeeded, could you wish you a hand, what do you mean?"

Feng Kite has no daughters under her knees, and she loves Mu Ruoying as her own daughter, Mu Ruoying has a cold temperament, but she knows that Mu Ruoying's blood is still hotter for her.

"Auntie, now Ruoying's name is Rong'an, but the court has never allowed a woman to be around, Ying'er can go to the court, but she can't go to the court, and there are not many people in the government and the opposition who look up to me. Ying'er really needs my aunt to help me, only rights can protect me from being used and harmed, isn't it? ”

"You say, I understand your difficulties, I'm a restaurant owner, what can I do to help you?"

Feng Kite is used to being in the rivers and lakes, and there is more righteousness, of course she will not shirk Mu Ruoying's request, that girl can have her own solution, even if she breaks her teeth, she will not ask others for half a point. She is in the rivers and lakes, how can she not know the difficulties of this worldly woman, as Mu Ruoying's aunt, she can help her, and naturally she wants to help her.

"Auntie, I know that the capital is the most famous for the Beijing Embroidery Pavilion and Huazhifang, you attract customers with the fragrance of wine, and she recruits people with women, if I have a way to make Huazhifang unable to open, can you expand your business, so that all the dignitaries and nobles in the capital will come to you, and you have recently recruited some beautiful and loyal women."

The meaning of Mu Ruoying's words is already very obvious, if the two largest restaurants in the capital are united, all the ministers and sons will rush here to eat, and there is nothing to hide in the heart of the three tour beauties on the side, Mu Ruoying wants a handle, the handle of many people, if she can master the family affairs and secrets of all the courtiers, she has no right to use it.

"Do you really have a way? That Huazhifang has been open for decades, and the proprietress is also an old Jianghu, you little girl can't easily deal with it. ”

Although Jingxiu Pavilion and Huazhifang have their own plans, and the business is also dominant, but the wind kite is extraordinary, and he never really determines his identity and status by money and customer flow, so he does not have too much intersection with Huazhifang, and it is naturally good to be able to do it, if not, Mu Ruoying will also have * annoyance.

"Auntie can rest assured, what my aunt has done in recent days is to find some smart girls, and the girls and aunts who came out of Huazhifang can take them all, and in a few days there will be officials who will seize Huazhifang, and my aunt will go to the north of the city to take all the girls to the cabinet and place them."

Mu Ruoying is inconvenient to stay for a long time, her actions are not meticulous, and I don't know how many forces have gathered in this capital, how many eyeliners, and the identities of her and her aunt cannot be put on the table for the time being. Now what he has to do is to find a way to make the old fang fall, as for how to do it, it seems that he still needs Mu Jianran to help him.

Mu Ruoying returned to the house silently, the atmosphere in the house was very strange, and the people saw that they were like rabbits and tigers, running far away, so that the road back to the side courtyard was so quiet that no one was around. Mu Jinghong may be because of He Xiyou's affairs in recent days, and he no longer stays with other ladies, and he heard Ling'er say that the people are still reading the current affairs reported by various places when they see him on the fifth watch. It's Mu Jianran and Mu Jingfei, they haven't appeared under Mu Ruoying's nose these days, I heard that Mu Jianran has changed his high-spirited young man these days, and he is nostalgic for the land of fireworks with fox friends and dog friends every day. Today, he allocated a few thousand taels of silver in the Mu Mansion to squander it. The loss of their mother naturally made them hate Mu Ruoying, and they must be thinking of some way to make Mu Ruoying fall into hell at this time.

Mu Ruoying slept peacefully, and when she got up tomorrow morning, she was going to Huazhifang as a guest and meet her brother.

"Miss! Miss! ”

The sky was still bright, and Ling'er woke up Mu Ruoying in a hurry, and as soon as Mu Ruoying woke up, she took a book of accounts and looked worried about Mu Ruoying.

"Miss, I checked the account book yesterday, and the expenses in the house are a little uneven except for the expenses that the eldest young master used to squander in Huazhifang. The day before yesterday, you brought the quicksilver box used in the palace for the generals, and I sent someone to send it to the Chu Mansion today, but there was a whole box missing, which is official silver, and if it is lost in our mansion, it will cause you trouble. ”

"Ling'er, do you know the difference between official silver and the quicksilver used by ordinary people?"

Mu Ruoying was not surprised at all, she could have sent the official silver for the customs ceremony handed over from all over the country to Chu Mansion two days ago, but she deliberately stayed in Mu Mansion for two days, and what he wanted was that someone didn't have time to report it, so he took away the battlefield silver taels sent to Mu Mansion.

"Aren't they all made of sterling silver, with the same vintage?"

"No, the official silver has an extra seal, if it circulates in the market, it can be seen that someone stole the silver taels of the official family, you said that I still gave Chu Lingran and other soldiers life-saving food and grass money, what will the emperor do with the people who let the silver taels circulate?"

"That's naturally a killing. Then if we lose this box of money, we will definitely suffer trouble, why is Miss so calm? ”

"Because I can find that box of money."

Mu Ruoying was woken up by Ling'er early in the morning, and while the sky was still bright, she didn't feel sleepy anymore, so she sent someone to Dali Temple to let the Prime Minister of Dali Temple come to visit. Mu Ruoying began to wash and dress up, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple is in charge of the big and small cases in the capital, and she is diligent day and night, she asked him to come to the house at this time, and people must be unwilling, so Mu Ruoying specially asked Ling'er to say that Mu Mansion and Chu Mansion have encountered some trouble.

Sure enough, before a stick of incense passed, the prime minister's mansion rushed all over the place, mostly through the face of Mu Jinghong and Chu Lingran, but when he saw that there was only Mu Ruoying in the main hall, he was a little impatient.

"The lord of Rong'an summoned this official to the mansion early in the morning, I'm afraid it's not as simple as drinking tea."

"The Prime Minister is right, my house is not very lost a box of official silver for the battlefield, if I guessed correctly, my brother who did not make a weapon accidentally took it to spend all day drinking, I was taking the money from my own house to take back the official silver, and I can settle the matter, who knows that this official silver has been circulating in the capital, if this is a disturbance to the Chu Mansion, the Chu general pays so much attention to the battlefield, he will not stop, but if you investigate thoroughly, it is not to sell my father's face, I am really worried about you."

Mu Ruoying analyzed the pros and cons for him, pushed himself away, and left the Dali Temple Prime Minister alone in the same place frowning and sighing, Mu Ruoying's analysis of this matter is right, if it goes to the emperor, these three first-class officials themselves can't afford to offend, not to mention that Mu Ruoying is still a celebrity around the emperor at this time, and the only one who suffers can only be herself.

"I've thought of a solution for adults."

"Please advise the lord, and the lower officials must remember the kindness of the lord today."

When he came, he made a salute with Mu Ruoying, but at this moment, he made a big salute, it seems that he is still a smart person who can distinguish the pros and cons, this matter is the fault of Mu Fu, and Mu Ruoying is also responsible, but others are soft-spoken, so they naturally have to take it from themselves.

"Why don't you say that the Qinglou is rampant, which leads to the decay of the atmosphere, kill a hundred people, take a big offense, and then all the owners of the Qinglou will go to the adults to dredge, and you can get the silver back."

Mu Ruoying's plan is to let him take Huazhifang to open the house, if this matter is done by Mu Ruoying herself, it doesn't matter to others, it's just that Chu Lingran is so smart, she must be able to know her purpose, Chu Lingran has a deep heart, although she has feelings for herself, but both of them know that before they completely open their hearts to each other, these intersections are deliberate.