Chapter 55: The Envoy of Another Country

Maosheng Teahouse.

"Cat Four, has Young Master Fan arrived?"

"Don't worry, Childe, the villain watched Young Master Fan go in with his own eyes."

"Here, wash yourself well, and then change into clean clothes."

threw a silver ingot to Mao Siyi, and walked into the Maosheng teahouse with Zhou Kangren.

The teahouse is divided into two floors, and there are no so-called private rooms, and there is a small square table in the hall on the first floor, on which a small square table is placed more than one meter high. In addition to the small table, there were tables and stools in the front row of the hall, and rows of benches in the back. The second floor is a good style, surrounded by wooden fences on three sides, each side has a Taishi chair and a big red small wooden table, on which snacks such as fruit and melon seeds are placed, and a tea set will be placed where someone sits, and the steaming teapot is bubbling with different flavors of tea.

With Zhou Kangren by his side, Shi Zhongtai will not treat himself badly, "Little Er, there is a pot of Biluochun on the second floor." ”

"Okay, wait a minute for the elegant seat on the second floor, and the tea will arrive."

"There are quite a lot of people in this teahouse."

went up to the second floor, seeing that the hour was coming, looking at more and more people, Zhou Kangren couldn't help but praise.

What Childe said was that the small shop was indeed not well-known, but fortunately, the shopkeeper was willing to spend money and effort, so he invited Mr. Liu from Dongshan. The reason why there are so many people in the small shop today is not for Mr. Liu's sake, hehe, our small shop is also taking the opportunity to pick up more customers. ”

Xiao Er put down the teapot in his hand and explained softly to Zhou Kangren and the others.

"Well, what a fragrant tea."

"Listening to a book should be accompanied by excellent tea, otherwise wouldn't it be a refutation of Mr. Liu's face?"

Shi Zhongtai smiled faintly, and he didn't care about that.

"Kang Ren, look at that person, isn't it Fan Mingde?"

Pointing to a person in the northeast corner, Shi Zhongtai asked Zhou Kangren beside him, Zhou Kangren looked in the direction he was pointing and nodded, "Yes, it's him." ”

"Pretty handsome." Seeing that Fan Mingde and Fan Mingxiu are similar in appearance, Fan Mingxiu has more of a woman's tenderness and gentleness, but Fan Mingde has changed his body to be masculine and burly.

Picking up the teapot, Shi Zhongtai walked towards Fan Mingde.

"Zhongtai, where are you going?"

"You want to know, why don't you just come along?"

Shi Zhongtai's stubbornness had been seen by Zhou Kangren, but he understood it clearly, and seeing that the direction he was going was Fan Mingde's side, he sighed, so he had to put the tea on the tray and follow him.

"Why don't you sit next to him!"

Seeing that Shi Zhongtai and Fan Mingde were sitting next to each other, the difference was only that there was an empty chair and table in the middle, and Zhou Kangren didn't dare to gasp for breath when he spoke.

"Since I'm here to drink tea and listen to books in the teahouse, I naturally have to pick a suitable position, and here I just think I will listen more clearly."

While eating pastries, Shi Zhongtai drew his eyes to Fan Mingde. Seeing that he was staring at the small platform on the first floor with all his thoughts, Shi Zhongtai admired it in his heart, and at the same time, he was also drawing the ins and outs of the matter.

Kunning Palace.

"Niangniang, this is a snack that the slave maid specially brought back to the palace from her hometown."

Fang Gu put the pastry in her hand on the wooden table, took the teapot from the palace maid's hand, poured a cup of tea and put it next to the queen's hand, "In the past few days when the slave maid left, there have been a lot of things in the palace, but it has made the mother worry a lot. ”

The queen picked up a piece of pastry and put it in her mouth, it was glutinous and sweet, the taste was very fresh, and her face couldn't help but show joy, "Hey, Aunt Fang, what is this made of, it tastes so strange, but it tastes delicious." ”

Fang Gu picked up the teacup with both hands, handed it to the queen, and replied with a smile, "If you go back to Niangniang, this is a sweet potato." ”

"Sweet potato? What a strange name. ”

Pulled out the embroidered handkerchief and wiped her mouth, Fang Gu quickly called the palace maid to bring water, the queen stretched out her hand to Buddha water, took the handkerchief handed by Fang Gu, and her body also stood up.

"Ming Dai's marriage has now been decided, but the emperor feels sorry for his daughter, whether he is at ease or not, and he has an exam question, and I don't know if it is to marry his daughter or to check his talent."

"In short, the marriage between Ming Dai and Shi Zhongtai must be promoted, and there can be no other accidents."

Fang Gu helped the queen to the hall, "Niangniang, the slave maid heard that the witness involved in the case seems to have been killed. Fang Gu only felt a tightness in her wrist, and the queen sighed before saying, "The matter is a foregone conclusion, no matter how the case is tried, even if the emperor wants to repent, this marriage has already been decided." Let him go with the rest. ”

"What Niangniang said is that the emperor is an old-fashioned person, and since Princess Mingdai has specified that he was selected, the emperor will recognize him no matter what. Otherwise, when the envoys from other countries come in the coming year, Princess Mingdai will be far away from home, and the emperor will inevitably be heartbroken. ”

Hearing this, Empress Yan glanced at Fang Gu with a smile and whispered, "What you said about this, estimate the time, and in a few days, Kyoto will be lively soon." ”

The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

"Li Lianfu"

"Li Lianfu"

"The old slave is here."

Li Lianfu hurriedly walked in from outside the hall.

The old emperor raised his head from the stacked hills, and waved his hand to Li Lianfu, "Come here." ”

"Hey"

Li Lianfu walked over happily.

The old emperor knocked his head with a brush, and said with a strange smile, "You old thing, where are you lazy?" ”

"Hehe, the old slave just went to the side and secretly drank a cup of tea, and after a while, he was discovered by the emperor, and the old slave was really embarrassed and thrown home." can be knocked by the emperor with a brush, Li Lianfu couldn't be happy in his heart, touched the back of his head and smiled.

"Old Fellow"

Disgusted, the old emperor took out the fold next to him and threw it into Li Lianfu's arms, "The envoy of the Borneo country has already arrived at the north gate, and it is estimated that he will arrive in Kyoto in a few days, you take this piece of music to the study, hand it over to Zhang Chengli, and say that I let him assign the princes to be responsible for the affairs of the Borneo country." ”

"Didn't the emperor arrange for the third elder brother to receive him in previous years, how about this year?" Seeing that the emperor was in a good mood, Li Lianfu rarely interjected.

"Brother San every year, I'll change my tricks this year, so that I can get to know a few more people."

After saying that, the old emperor waved his hand and motioned for Li Lianfu to retreat.

"It seems that Mingdai's marriage is going to be hurried."

Maosheng Teahouse.

"Young Master Fan, please stay."

The time is not short, not long, exactly an hour, when Liu Yizui left the small platform, everyone recovered from the anger of the twelve "golden plates" ordering the famous general Yue Fei to return to the court, but Rao is storyteller has left, but the afterglow of everyone is still lingering.

Stopping Fan Mingde, who was about to get up and leave, Shi Zhongtai moved to the position next to him.

"In the lower division Zhongtai, if Young Master Fan is not busy, I want to talk to Young Master Fan for a while."

Fan Mingde motioned to the subordinates behind him to step back, and said with a smile, "I said that the young master of the family is so handsome, it turns out to be Master Tanhualang." ”