On the official road on the outskirts of Beijing, the two carriages walked in the direction of entering the city.

Yin Lingyuan sat in the carriage in front of her, retracted her body looking back, lowered the curtain and asked, "Did you really tell the eldest brother?" ”

"No", Yin Anlu spread his hands honestly: "If not, how can I take you away smoothly in front of Chu Ji, I can't beat him." ”

"I can't get rid of it now", Yin Lingyuan pointed back at the carriage that followed, Chu Hui refused to return to the palace first, and Chu Ji didn't let Yin Lingyuan leave his sight.

"It's okay", Yin Anlu smiled, "Chu Ji is strong in martial arts, and he just happens to protect him." ”

The official road near the imperial capital is quite smooth, the carriage moves gently, enters the city gate, and then walks soon to the gate of Xianming Xiaozhu.

The curtain of the car was opened, Yin Lingyuan jumped out of the carriage, and Zhao Huanyu, the female shopkeeper of Xianming Xiaozhu, had already been ordered to wait at the door.

"Good owner." Zhao Huanyu called Yin Lingyuan like this, which means that she knows her identity.

"Shopkeeper Zhao doesn't have to be polite", Yin Lingyuan couldn't hide her excitement, walked to Zhao Huanyu's side in a few steps, and waved at Yin Anlu, "Second brother, then I'll go in first." ”

Although Yin Anlu is the owner of Xianming Xiaozhu, it is inconvenient for him to enter as a man during normal business, so Chu Ji was naturally stopped outside, only Chu Hui walked a few steps and followed Yin Lingyuan's side into the room.

Since the Xianming Xiaozhu was opened, Yin Lingyuan had never come in to see it, although all kinds of arrangements and arrangements were according to what she said, and Yin Anlu also described the grand occasion of the Xianming Xiaozhu in the letter, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he felt shocked.

The whole hall is a bit like a high-end cafeteria in the previous life, with counters on all sides, and a variety of goods on it, and the ladies of Kozuki are all dressed in the same clothes, standing in front of their respective counters and ready to serve customers.

And the hall is full of people, there are young ladies who personally choose food, there are young ladies waiting in the seats, maids come to take things according to instructions, between the clothes and temples, the girl's chuckle comes from time to time, which is refreshing.

"The second floor has prepared an Accord for you", Zhao Huanyu said, "The owner is upstairs, please." ”

"Don't worry", Yin Lingyuan looked around curiously and with relief, since she came, she wanted to experience the feelings of ordinary guests, and sat directly at the Accord and waited for someone to serve.

She pulled Chu Hui to mix milk tea first, and Zhao Huanyu followed with two female guys, but Yin Lingyuan waved her hand directly: "You guys are busy with your going." ”

The two glanced at the shopkeeper, and after receiving a positive answer, they bowed down and retreated, and Zhao Huanyu accompanied each other while introducing various services to Yin Lingyuan.

At this time, the peaches were not yet ripe, and most of the fruits of Xianming Xiaozhu were purchased by Zhao Huanyu from outside, except for the fruits sent by her palace.

"It's all the same fruit, but the guests love it even more." Zhao Huanyu said softly.

Yin Lingyuan smiled, saw that there were many dried fruits next to the fresh fruits, and immediately asked, "What kind of dried fruits are these?" ”

"Raisins, dried plums, and dried fruits made from ground apricots," explains Zhao Huanyu, "Some young ladies love sweets, and they prefer these dried fruits to fresh fruits." ”

Yin Lingyuan mixed a cup of dried fruit milk tea, and another cup of fresh fruit for Chu Hui, in the past, she often mixed milk tea for them in the palace, Chu Hui naturally took it, only took a sip and felt that the taste was not as good as in the palace, but she didn't say it.

went to see the nail and dim sum counter again, Yin Lingyuan walked to the second floor under the leadership of Zhao Huanyu, and then Chuhui ate with a snack she selected.

Yin Lingyuan said as he walked: "It's hot in summer, so we can also consider making some ice products." She doesn't know how to make modern cream ice cream, but it should be feasible to make a smoothie with crushed ice with some milk tea and dried fruits and pulp.

In fact, although there is no ice cream at this time, there are still a lot of drinks for the rich and noble to cool off in summer, and Yin Lingyuan once ate a summer dessert called "ice bowl" at the Queen Mother.

Steam the cored lotus seeds and the seeds, then blanch the lotus root cut into small slices, spread the crushed ice in a small bowl, put all kinds of fresh fruits, lotus root slices, lotus seeds, and seeds into the bowl, pour sugar water, and enjoy it after chilling.

In the scorching summer, as long as you eat a bite of this "ice bowl", you will feel refreshed and cool.

Zhao Huanyu had planned to make some ice products, but if it was a common ice product on the market, these young ladies would be used to eating it, and they would not feel novel.

"I heard from the owner that you have a lot of ideas, but now it's better to see it." Zhao Huanyu sighed.

Everyone walked to the second floor, which was different from the spacious and lively on the first floor, adding a touch of delicacy and elegance, and the sound of silk and bamboo came out from time to time in the room.

Yin Lingyuan was led to the door of a room, and saw a delicate wooden sign hanging on the door, on which was written in hairpin letters, "Fireflies in the depths of the green poplars", Yin Lingyuan read it softly, and then smiled: "This name is also elegant." ”

Then I was quite interested to see the door next to a room, the sign on it read: "Tang pear leaves fall rouge", and then to the side, and see "sparse shadow horizontal slope water shallow", she looked at the past, the name of each Accord is a poem, some she does not know its meaning, but it feels beautiful to read.

"Is this all you want?" Yin Lingyuan asked.

"It's the proprietor's proposal," Zhao Huanyu said, "As for the word, it was written by Miss Cai, who is well-known among the boudoirs. ”

Yin Lingyuan didn't know what Miss Cai was, she only felt that she wrote very well, and after looking around, there were still people in some rooms, and she couldn't always stand at the door of people's rooms, so she was led into her own Accord by Zhao Huanyu.

As soon as the two of them entered the Accord, the door to the next room opened.

Le An was about to go down to get some things, but when he saw Zhao Huanyu smiled and said hello: "Shopkeeper Zhao is also here." ”

"The county lord of Le'an is good." Zhao Huanyu turned around and blessed slightly.

Le'an often comes to Xianming Xiaozhu, and he is also familiar with Zhao Huanyu, so he chatted casually: "But which family's distinguished guest, Lao Zhao's shopkeeper, you personally entertain you." ”

Yin Lingyuan hurriedly hid in the back room when she heard Le An's voice, and at this moment, seeing Zhao Huanyu's inquiring eyes, she hurriedly waved her hand and shook her head, she was secretly here to see a doctor, if Le An knew, I was afraid that it would make trouble to the emperor, and then it would be another turmoil.

"It's nothing, it's just an old friend", Zhao Huanyu smiled, motioned for Le An to take care of himself, entered the house and closed the door, Le An just asked casually, and turned around to do his own thing.

Yin Lingyuan patted his chest, but fortunately he didn't bump into it.

Zhao Huanyu didn't ask her why she was like this, but still introduced her to the layout and arrangement of Accord.

Accord is generally a place for ladies to have a banquet, and Yin Lingyuan is not interesting alone, so he only shared the dim sum he brought with Chu Hui and the two of them, and asked them to wrap some of each, ready to take them back to the palace for Xian Concubine and Hanlu.

It was past noon now, and although she was not hungry after eating snacks, Yin Anlu was still waiting outside, so she left Xianming Xiaozhu and went to the Cyclamen Building together.

The cyclamen building is still the same as when it came back, except that in the hot summer, no one eats hot pot anymore. The lobby was overcrowded, but there was no boiling noise, a pair of grandchildren on the stage were babbling and singing small songs, the gray-haired old man was fiddling with a musical instrument that Yin Lingyuan did not recognize, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old granddaughter's voice was tactful and clear, and there was quite a style between the manners, and many people in the audience listened very seriously, clapping and applauding from time to time.

Yin Lingyuan also went to the private room on the second floor, Chu Ji followed silently, without saying a word, and stayed there when he arrived at the door of the private room, not entering or leaving.

Yin Lingyuan had the heart to ask the second brother to arrange a lunch for him, but Chu Ji didn't move, and only said that he would follow her every step of the way.

"The meat burger I said last time, can anyone here do it, second brother?" While waiting for the food to be served, Yin Lingyuan asked.

"I can cook it in the kitchen", Yin Anlu said, "Every day, my father and brother come to buy it and bring it back to the young children to eat." ”

"Let's make one for Chu Ji", Yin Lingyuan said, "It's hard for him to follow like this." ”

Yin Anlu nodded, and immediately ordered someone to do it. Although Chu Hui followed, he was also standing far away, Yin Lingyuan didn't need her to serve the cloth, so she insisted on refusing to eat at the same table, Yin Lingyuan had no choice but to go with her.

The dishes on it are all the signature dishes of the cyclamen building, and some of them are still the recipes she gave, and the second brother is studying and making them, not to mention, it really tastes like I remember.

The two talked about the business situation of the cyclamen building, as well as the situation on the side of Zhili, Yin Lingyuan was worried about Yin Annian's family affairs, and the topic involuntarily turned up.

"I just met the county lord of Le'an in Xianming Xiaozhu", Yin Lingyuan began with this, "She is sixteen this year, and the eldest princess of Ningchang is talking to her about kissing, does the second brother know who she wants?" ”

Yin Anlu's heart was so keen, and he immediately thought of the fact that the Yu family was invited to the eldest princess's mansion for a banquet a few days ago: "Isn't it, big brother? ”

Yin Lingyuan nodded: "What does it mean to be at home, does the second brother know?" ”

The eldest brother's family affairs, it was not his turn to intervene as a cousin, Yin Anlu completely heard Aunt Lu mention it, so he briefly talked to her.

Yin Sheng naturally attaches great importance to Yin Annian's family affairs, and the Yu family also has a lot of big feasts and small banquets.

"Have you ever had a match?" Yin Lingyuan asked again.

Yin Anlu shook his head, but he didn't hear his aunt say which girl was particularly eye-catching: "Now the eldest brother is a well-known young talent in the imperial capital, and my father and mother are only afraid that they will be picky." ”

"But you have to like it yourself." Yin Lingyuan said, "Although Le'an has a good family background, I always feel that she is not a good match for her eldest brother, and her generation is not right." ”

"Then, what does the emperor mean?" Yin Anlu asked, Le'an's family affairs, the emperor will definitely not sit idly by.

"This is what I want to ask you", Yin Lingyuan looked at the second brother with a smile, "The emperor intends to give the eldest brother a marriage, and I am also worried that our mother will not sincerely find a daughter-in-law for the eldest brother, so I asked the emperor to promise me, first asked the eldest brother what kind of woman he liked, and then asked the emperor to give him a marriage, this errand to inquire about the eldest brother's preferences, I will ask you, second brother!" ”

Yin Anlu: ......

The two of them talked energetically, but they didn't know that Yin Annian, who was sitting next to them, listened to all this.