Chapter 81: Matters of the Heart
Que'er walked into the room, came behind Zhen Jiang, looked at the young lady who looked like a fairy in the glasses, and smiled, "Miss, Wang Gongzi personally came to invite the young lady to play in Xiaoxiang Tower." β
Zhen Jiang came back to his senses, and his curved willow eyebrows frowned slightly, "You go to sue Prince SΓΉ, just say that I am unwell today and don't want to go out." β
"Wang Gongzi will definitely be disappointed!"
Zhen Jiang turned his head, glared at the finch, and said angrily: "What kind of tongue are you chewing?" Why don't you go soon? β
"Oh." The finch answered, and was ready to reply.
"Wait a minute." Zhen Jiang suddenly stopped her.
Finch turned around, "Miss, what else do you command?" β
Zhen Jiang stood up and walked towards the finch with a look of thought. glanced at the finch, "You go and tell the prince to wait, I'll come soon." The finch looked puzzled, "Miss, didn't you mean ......?" Seeing the young lady glaring, she couldn't help but stick out her tongue and hurriedly replied.
Zhen Jiang returned to the dressing mirror and began to dress up carefully.
Wang Duo waited in the hall for almost half an hour, already a little impatient. At this moment, there was a crisp sound from outside the door, and he looked towards the door. At this look, Wang Duo was stunned. He saw Zhen Jiang walking in accompanied by Que'er, Zhen Jiang was dressed in a lilac palace dress, with a shawl for his hair, a hairpin inlaid with gold leaves inserted in the bun, his eyebrows were lightly swept, thin powder, and his lips were red and gorgeous.
Zhen Jiang saw Wang Duo staring at him, his heart was slightly unhappy, and he frowned.
Qi'er said angrily: "Wang Gongzi, why are you staring at my young lady like this?" β
Wang Duo came back to his senses, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "In the bottom, in the bottom, it is really a beautiful woman!" Then I thought to myself: Miss Zhen is really a beautiful country! If you can win his heart, it will be in vain!
Zhen Jiang said lightly: "Wang Gongzi, can we go?" β
"Of course, of course! Miss please! Wang Duo looked gentle and polite.
Zhen Jiang walked outside, and Wang Duo, who followed closely behind, looked at her beautiful back with a fascinated look.
The three men walked out of the gate, while two carriages and dozens of guards were waiting at the gate. The three of them boarded two carriages respectively, and then the carriage headed towards Xiaoxiang Tower under the escort of the guards.
Suzaku Street was heavily guarded and very quiet, and there were no other pedestrians except for them.
Coming out of Suzaku Street, there is South Avenue where merchants gather. In the past, it was always bustling with people, but now it is very deserted, with only a few hurried pedestrians, and every now and then a group of heavily armed soldiers passing by the carriage.
Finch lowered the curtain and said with a look of chagrin: "Those thieves are really hateful! It's so bad that everyone can't live a good life! β
Zhen Jiang said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense!" They're not thieves! β
Puzzled, the finch asked, "Why did the young lady say that?" β
Zhen Jiang did not answer. The finch was bored and closed her mouth.
When the group came to Xiaoxiang Tower, Wang Duo hurriedly jumped out of the car, ran to the carriage behind, and lifted the curtain. The finch came out first, and when she saw Wang Duo, she grinned, and jumped out of the carriage by his hand. Immediately, Wang Duo stretched out his hand to Zhen Jiang again, wanting to help Zhen Jiang get out of the car, but Zhen Jiang only helped Qi'er's hand to get out of the carriage. Wang Duo's diligence was in vain, and he couldn't help but be very disappointed.
The deacon of Xiaoxiang Building greeted him, smiled and hugged his fists and said, "I've seen Wang Gongzi, Miss Zhen." "This deacon is not the same person as the deacon of that day, there are ten deacons in Xiaoxiang Building, and there are always three or four deacons in Xiaoxiang Building who are responsible for handling various affairs. The deacon in front of him was named Tong Baiye, a fat man in his forties, who gave people a very shrewd feeling.
Zhen Jiang bowed slightly.
Wang Duo asked, "Old boy, take us to the Treasure Pavilion to have a look." β
Tong Baiye smiled slightly, "Wang Gongzi, Miss Zhen, please come with me." He then led the two of them through the lobby and up to a gallery on the left.
Zhen Jiang couldn't help but look at the corridor on the right, as if he was looking for someone.
Tong Baiye led a few people out of the gallery, through a beautiful garden, and into a heavily guarded wooden building. This wooden building is located on the west side of Xiaoxiang Tower, a five-storey building, very tall, hidden in a field of pine and cypress. On the eaves of the first floor of the wooden building hangs a plaque, 'Treasure Pavilion'. It turns out that this is the place where Xiaoxiang Lou specializes in dealing in all kinds of treasures and antiques, here, you can find coral pearls from the East China Sea, you can see the gold from the legendary Great Qin Kingdom in the West, you can taste the copper tripod of the Zhou Dynasty thousands of years ago, and you can buy precious spices that can only be produced in the wild land in the south.
Everything here is extremely precious, and it's hard to see everything outside, but here it has it all.
Wang Duo diligently introduced the rare treasures to Zhen Jiang, and carefully observed Zhen Jiang's expression, but to Wang Duo's disappointment, Zhen Jiang's expression had always been very flat, as if these rare treasures and antiques in front of him were all broken copper and iron. Compared with Zhen Jiang's coldness, the finch on the side was completely dumbfounded, and the rare treasures in front of her made her feel as if she was in a dream.
Zhen Jiang stopped and asked Tong Baiye: "Uncle Tong, my stomach is a little uncomfortable, I don't know ......."
Tong Baiye understood, and hurriedly recruited a waitress and ordered: "Take the young lady to the toilet!" Good life waiting! "No." The maid softly agreed, and led Zhen Jiang and the two to leave.
As soon as Zhen Jiang left, Wang Duo lost his excitement just now and felt bored. Tong Baiye invited Wang Duo to sit down next to a small table, and the two chatted without a word.
Zhen Jiang and the maid followed the maid out of the Treasure Pavilion and walked along the flower path towards a wooden building not far away. Zhen Jiang deliberately slowed down his pace and asked seemingly casually: "I saw a heroic and extraordinary son in front of me just now, who is he?" What are you doing here? "Where did Zhen Jiang see what a son! She was actually cheating on the maid. The finches on the side looked puzzled.
However, the maid seemed to know who Zhen Jiang was talking about, and replied respectfully: "The slave doesn't know the name of that son. The boy chartered a yard and wandered around every day except drinking. β
Zhen Jiang was secretly happy in his heart, and asked quietly, "Which yard did he contract?" β
"Bamboo Garden No. 9."
Zhen Jiang secretly made a note of it, and then quickened his pace and walked towards the toilet.
After a while, Zhen Jiang came out of the toilet and said to the maid who was waiting outside: "When you go back and tell the prince of SΓΉ, you will say that I have to go back in advance." β
The maid said yes and turned to leave.
When the maid walked away, Zhen Jiang pulled the finch and walked in the direction of the bamboo garden.