Chapter 38: A Turning Point
Chapter 38: Turning Point
The original four cities in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the capital, close to the Chongning Gate of the West Market delineated range, there are five horizontal, seven vertical and twelve streets, the outermost street within the critical point, all of them are counted in the scope of the West Market, and the main road under the Chongning Gate just crosses the entire West Market.
Zhao Ying and Song Leyi sat in the private room on the side of the street on the second floor of Jintangchun, the window was half open, and the two of them were eating tea while looking out, and they could see the shop of Liuyan's house in the southeast direction.
At this hour, those who went out of the city to buy are returning to the city, and those who come into the city to do goods are just going to go back out of the city, and this time is the most lively time of the day.
Zhao Ying took a sip of tea, and withdrew his gaze from the southeast: "The business is very good, although it is a small business, but according to this view, there is a lot of income in a month." β
Song Leyi was embarrassed for a while: "I said the same thing, I came to see it with my eldest brother before, and I told you that you don't believe it, so you have to come and see it yourself."
There are only her parents and her brother and sister-in-law in her family, and her brother and sister-in-law have been married for many years and have not given birth to a child, with a total family of five, this shop is more than enough to support their family, not to mention that Liu Shuyi may not give her a reward in private. β
Ouchi's reward, if you take any one out of the palace, is enough for their family to live for a long time.
What's more, Zhao Ying never treats the people around her harshly, needless to say, Liuyan was also able to pour tea and water at the front of her at the beginning, and she was able to talk, and during the New Year's holidays, the rewards were never less.
Zhao Ying took a deep breath, and her eyebrows furrowed again.
Song Leyi couldn't help but sigh when she saw her frowning: "Then what now?" β
She only shook her head.
In her previous life, she paved the way for Zhao Che, and her despicable means were not unused, and her hands were also stained with blood, not that innocent people died at her hands.
But that was a last resort.
It is a road to success and defeat, if she is soft-hearted and cares about what kind of righteous man and gentleman behave, she and Zhao Che will probably die long ago without a place to be buried.
But the matter of staying in the wild goose can't be done-
Zhao Ying looked down at her hands.
It is indeed impossible to damage the reputation of such a person.
"Wait, I'm not in a hurry." She closed her eyes slightly and settled down, "Yesterday I was confused for a while, and I almost thought about it." β
Song Leyi breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Ying saw it in her eyes, and the corners of her lips raised slightly: "Do you know what I want to do?" β
"When I heard you say that yesterday, I thought you were going to find someone to smash her shop, so that her business could not continue." Song Leyi propped her elbows on the table, palms facing up and supporting her cheeks, "But I see that you seem to be angry, and I don't dare to ask more, I can't persuade you for fear that you will make a mistake." β
Zhao Ying seemed much calmer: "This thought did flash in a flash, but I knew that I couldn't do it, I was just angry for a while."
Actually, I want to open it, what is there to be angry about. Over the years, Liu Shuyi has installed such a person beside me, and I don't know how to work hard to support her, not to mention responding to requests, I'm afraid it's almost the same.
Now that she is useless, Liu Shuyi did not treat her as an outcast, but supported her well, so that her family lived so well.
It's to raise a dog, and you still know how to be grateful.
People have never been my people, so there's nothing to be angry about. β
Song Leyi's eyes lit up: "That's right, I think you are entangled in everything for a while, and people are confused." β
When she said those words yesterday, Song Leyi should have wanted to teach her a lesson, thinking that even if she moved such a mind for a while, she would surrender her identity, but she just left the palace, and she was happy to say these unhappy words, so she suppressed it and didn't speak.
Zhao Ying pursed her lips and picked a round golden silk dangmei and put it in the palm of her hand.
Jintang Chun's golden silk party plum is not quite the same as the outside, after the plum is made, it is dried, and then wrapped in a layer of frosting powder, the original sour taste of the plum is gone to seven points, and after the entrance, even the tip of the tongue is only left with the sweetness of the frosting.
She was staring at the door of the private room when someone suddenly pushed it open from the outside, bringing in a hurried gust of wind.
The two girls were taken aback, who was so presumptuous and bold in the righteous way, and looked at the past with a sinking face, Xue Xianting was shaking the white jade fan bone folding fan in his hand and entered the door.
Zhao Yingyi gritted his teeth: "How do you know I'm here?" β
Xue Xianting smacked his tongue, stepped forward slowly, pulled out the round stool next to the table very unceremoniously, and sat down next to her: "You are hiding my business now, it's a bit too much." β
Zhao Ying was stunned, and subconsciously went to look at Song Leyi, and saw that her eyes were also blank.
She wrinkled her eyebrows: "When did I hide something from you?" β
Xue Xianting didn't smile, and a shallow laugh overflowed from his lips and went straight into Zhao Ying's ears.
When he raised his eyes again, he was revealing a somewhat grim face at the moment: "Yesterday, I went to Mingshan Building to make an appointment to have a drink, and the wine was strong at the banquet, and when I came out to disperse the wine, I heard someone in the elegant seat next to me mention something, and I couldn't help it, and listened to two more sentencesββ"
His voice stopped abruptly, and his eyes stared at him heavily: "Zhao Ying, how did Liuyan get out of the palace?" β
Zhao Ying chuckled in her heart: "What did you hear?" β
The only people she has served since she was a child are Hua Chun and Shu Xia, who are Liuyan, and she only arrived in Shangyang Palace when she was ten years old.
She was especially uplifted when she saw that the girl was clever and pleasant.
Sometimes when I go out of the palace to play, I will naturally bring it with me.
The people and things around her, Xue Xianting has always paid attention to.
Xue Xianting didn't make a special trip to embarrass her, he roughly explained it to her, and later, even Song Leyi understood.
A hint of surprise flashed on her face, and she only looked at Zhao Ying: "I saw that her shop was doing well, and I thought that her brother was an upright and motivated good man, but I didn't expect that he was a ridiculous bastard, drunk and drunk, and even dared to talk about things in the palace, and he was so proud, for fear that others would not know that Liu Shuyi was promoted by Liu Shuyi in his family?" β
This kind of thing, Liuyan can't hide it from his family.
sent her into the palace as an errand, but she was released from the palace before she was old, it could only be an errand smashed, but it didn't look like she was punished, but there were little eunuchs in the palace who came to the door several times to send silver, which was because she helped Liu Shuyi do things, and when she asked at home, she could only return truthfully.
This man's family is drunk and drunk, and he only uses this as a capital to show off.
Zhao Ying's eyebrows moved, her eyes were shining, and she couldn't help the smile in her eyes: "I really thank you." β
Xie Zi is Xue Xianting, but Xue Xianting doesn't understand what she is thanking, and Song Leyi doesn't understand.
"What are you thanking me for? Yesterday the banquet was full of family members, and this is not a long-faced thing, although I hate it so much, I have never taught him a lesson for you. β
Xue Xianting was a little awkward, and turned his face away for a while, "It's you, Liu Shuyi really planted eyeliner in your palace, why didn't you tell the Queen Mother and the Emperor?" This woman is so presumptuous, you should let the emperor make the decision for you. β
But if he just planted eyeliner in her Shangyang Palace, even if Emperor Zhaoning was unhappy in his heart, at most he would snub Liu Shuyi, and he would not kill her for this.
She is not a concubine after all, Sun Jieyu is a stand-in, why is she not?
Emperor Zhaoning has been sitting on the high platform for more than ten years, and he is the best at imperial power, but there is a Liu family behind Liu Shuyi, if she doesn't fight her most painfully, how can she die?