After finishing speaking, Gu Banqin took the initiative to stand up and pull Helian Hongyi, Helian Hongyi had no choice but to stand up, and as she went out, several female household officials guarding outside saw them come out, hurriedly stepped forward nervously, and asked respectfully:

"Childe and Mrs. are ......"

Gu Banqin took Helian Hongyi's hand, waved his hand at them, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I haven't read the account inside, I'm very relieved that you Lord Tong personally manages the account, it's not too early, we won't keep it here, you wrap me a few special pastries, I'll take it back." ”

The female official of the household department glanced at each other and hurriedly responded: "Yes, please ask Mrs. Gongzi to go downstairs and wait for a while, and we will go to buy it." ”

Helian Hongyi took Gu Banqin's hand and carefully escorted her downstairs, Gu Banqin took a big turn in the hall, and sighed in his heart, it is worthy of the royal pastry shop personally supervised by Lord Tong, and it looks like it is more delicious than the dim sum of ordinary shops.

There are many kinds that can only be seen in the palace, and there are a few special ones, which are the handwriting of Gu Banqin, Gu Banqin once copied the pastry recipe of Lihua Palace to Master Tong, who handed it over to the pastry master, and after some research, it has become the signature dim sum in the store today.

Known for its novel style and peculiar taste, Gu Banqin has passed on the craft of making sugar anyway, and this shop has now become the leading sugar producer in Beijing, in this era when sugar and salt are controlled, such a sugar shop is simply a blessing.

Gu Banqin personally selected a few items, and when the guy gave her the package, she looked left and right, and wanted to ask Helian Hongyi if she had taken a fancy to it, but she saw Helian Hongyi standing at the top of the stairs.

Staring at a corner of the store, Gu Banqin followed his gaze and saw a young man in his twenties sitting in the corner, gobbling up the signature cakes in the store, looking quite handsome and bookish.

Wearing a dress that looks a little strange, a bit of a beggar's outfit, with a big cloth bag around his waist, looking nondescript, there is a golden sign hanging behind the cloth bag, it is such a brand, which makes him look different from a beggar, Gu Banqin walked to Helian Hongyi's side and bumped into him, Helian Hongyi came back to his senses, looked at Gu Banqin, Gu Banqin asked:

"What are you looking at?"

Helian Hongyi shook his head, waking up like a dream: "It's nothing. Have you picked it out? ”

Gu Banqin nodded: "Almost, I'm just here to ask if you have a fancy for it, take it back together." ”

Helian Hongyi is not good at eating sweets, so he is naturally not interested in these things, and after shaking his head, he said to Gu Banqin: "I'll wait for you outside." ”

When he turned around, Helian Hongyi's gaze fell on the young man in the corner who was eating a lot, looking thoughtful.

Gu Banqin couldn't help but look at the man a few more times, but he couldn't see that there was anything on him that was worthy of Helian Hongyi's attention.

The female official of the household department wrapped the pastry and brought it to Gu Banqin, Gu Banqin pointed to the carriage outside, and asked them to hand it over to Bi Geng, and then walked out of the store, and naturally looked back at the young man, to say that the only strange thing about him may be the golden sign hanging around his waist.

Walking outside, he saw Helian Hongyi standing on the steps frowning, Gu Banqin walked over before he turned around and bent the corners of his mouth to Gu Banqin: "Where else are you going?" ”

Gu Banqin pointed to Suzaku Street and said, "Just go shopping, there's a ready-to-wear shop over there, I'll take a look, if you want to be bored, just wait for me in the car." ”

Helian Hongyi glanced at the direction Gu Banqin pointed, looked across the road, and said to Gu Banqin: "Is that the shop?" There's a liquor store across the road, I'll be waiting for you in the liquor store. ”

Helian Hongyi likes to drink, Gu Banqin knew, and nodded: "Okay, then I'll just call you when I'm done, anyway, it's on this street, and I won't go far." ”

Gu Banqin always felt that Helian Hongyi was really a little strange today, he was fine in the morning, since he saw the down-and-out scholar in the Lanxiang Building, he seemed to be a different person, and he couldn't give up.

Helian Hongyi nodded, stretched out a hand to Gu Banqin, and asked Gu Banqin to lead him down the stairs and walk in the direction that Gu Banqin pointed to before, Gu Banqin looked at Helian Hongyi's side face as he walked, and when he was about to walk to the shop, Gu Banqin took Helian Hongyi's hand and said:

"Forget it today, I see you're in a bad spirit, do you remember that there is something you haven't done? Why don't we go back today, I've been out anyway, and I don't have anything special to buy. ”

Gu Banqin intuitively felt that Helian Hongyi should be brought back to the palace now, Helian Hongyi's expression really worried her, but Helian Hongyi was stunned, and then showed a smile and said to Gu Banqin:

"It's all out, I'm not in a hurry, I really think of something, but it's okay, I can't solve it for a while, you go shopping first, I'll go to the wine shop for a drink, after you're done, let's go back together."

Helian Hongyi said to Gu Banqin thoughtfully, Gu Banqin thought about it, if he was forced to go back now, it would be a bit deliberate, even if there was something, it was indeed not possible to go back immediately, it was better to let him go to the wine shop to drink a glass of wine, relax his mood, maybe he would be able to come up with a solution after he went back, and said in favor:

"Okay, then you go have a drink, don't drink more. I'll come to you when I'm shopping. ”

After finishing speaking, Gu Banqin walked to the ready-to-wear shop, and Helian Hongyi exhaled a breath, went to the wine shop opposite, and went directly to the second floor, with a better view and a more convenient view of Gu Banqin.

Gu Banqin is not short of clothes, but wants to see the styles in the ready-to-wear store or something, and after writing it down, if you like it, you can talk to the Shangyi Bureau.

The palace clothes in the palace are still the same as in the past, Gu Banqin feels that it is too cumbersome, so it is also a lot of expenses every year, the clothes are slightly simpler, and the palace maids are also convenient to wear, which can save a lot of money.

came to see the ready-to-wear shop, just so that when this request is made at the Monk Clothing Bureau in the future, he will not be dumbfounded by questions.

It is said that the boss behind the scenes is an old palace maid who retired from the previous dynasty, and she changed the style of clothes seen in the palace and opened such a ready-to-wear shop.

The business is very good, it is getting bigger and bigger, and it has developed to this day, it is already a unique coordinate ready-to-wear store.

Gu Banqin looked at a lot of styles, and finally selected a few sets of eyes and fits, looked at the time outside, seeing that it was about to be noon, Gu Banqin walked out of the shop, Bi Geng greeted him, Gu Banqin asked:

"Where's the son? Still drinking? ”

Bi Geng pointed to the second floor opposite, and saw Helian Hongyi sitting on the railing, with a pot of water and wine in front of him, and there was actually a person sitting opposite him.

Gu Banqin let out a 'huh' in surprise, because it was not someone else sitting opposite Helian Hongyi, it was the down-and-out scholar she and Helian Hongyi had seen in the Lanxiang Building before, and he was sitting opposite Helian Hongyi unceremoniously at this time.

"Who's that?"

Gu Banqin asked Bi Geng, Bi Geng shook his head: "I don't know who it is, I was going to go up to find the master before, but the guards stopped him, and the master personally ordered him to go up." ”

From Helian Hongyi's eyes just now, Gu Banqin could see that Helian Hongyi had a little different eyes on this scholar, and would let him go upstairs, which was not strange, and asked:

"Listen to you, it's been a long time?"

Bi Geng nodded: "Yes, it's been a long time, not long after you entered the shop, he went up, and he hasn't come down until now." ”

Gu Banqin felt very puzzled, Helian Hongyi was not the kind of casual and hospitable character, and the down-and-out scholar didn't know what it was, Gu Banqin asked Bi Geng to put the things she bought in the carriage, and he walked into the wine store and went to the second floor.

The decoration of the wine shop is relatively simple, after Gu Banqin went upstairs, a guy took her to the private room where Helian Hongyi was located, Gu Banqin did not pass through, so she went in directly.

After entering, Helian Hongyi didn't react, but the down-and-out scholar sitting opposite him turned his head to look at her, Gu Banqin walked over quietly, and smiled lightly at the scholar:

"Childe is polite."

The scholar looked flattered, hurriedly stood up, hugged Gu Banqin's fists, and saluted back: "Oh, Madame is polite." ”

After Gu Banqin smiled, he fell on Helian Hongyi, only to see Helian Hongyi looking at a place downstairs with empty eyes, as if he was unaware of Gu Banqin's arrival.

Gu Banqin sat down beside him and gently pushed him, Helian Hongyi came back to his senses, turned his head to look at her, with deep confusion in his eyes, Gu Banqin asked with a smile:

"Master, what's wrong with you, but you don't know me after a while, don't you know me?"

When he said this, Gu Banqin's eyes couldn't help but glance at the down-and-out scholar, only to see him standing on the side with a worthy expression, as if he didn't hear the temptation in Gu Banqin's words.

Helian Hongyi stared at Gu Banqin for a long time, and then he came back to his senses, his eyes suddenly became clear, and he said to Gu Banqin:

"You're done shopping?"

Gu Banqin glanced at the down-and-out scholar next to him, and smiled sweetly: "Yes, I'm done." I don't know if the master and this son can finish talking? ”

Helian Hongyi looked at the down-and-out scholar and introduced Gu Banqin:

"Oh, he's a good friend."

"Old friends?" Gu Banqin expressed surprise at the identity of this down-and-out scholar, and looked at him from beginning to end, and the wind was clear and not afraid of Gu Banqin's look, and he took the initiative to explain his name to Gu Banqin.

"Hello, ma'am, in the wind and in the wind."

Gu Banqin nodded and smiled: "Good name." I just don't know when you and my son-in-law met? ”

Feng Qingyang thought about it for a while, touched his chin and seemed to really fall into the memory of calculation, and after a while, he replied to Gu Banqin: "I have known him for a long time, at least twenty years." ”

Twenty years...... Wouldn't that be the year of childhood sweethearts!