Three months later.

On the official road not far from the capital, a small convoy was moving slowly.

Agarwood stopped one of the carriages, lifted the curtain and said inward: "Miss, you are about to arrive in the capital, do you want to freshen up?" ”

A woman with a delicate face poked her head out of the carriage and said sleepily, "Get some water and just freshen up." ”

Agarwood blessed the blessed body and took the order to leave.

This delicate woman is Liu Jiaojiao after her disguise, the appearance of the original owner is too attractive, and it is not convenient for her to open a store in the future, and Xie Ping'an is worried that Xu Tianci will make trouble after discovering her amazing beauty, so she simply looks ordinary.

However, this time I entered Beijing to recognize my relatives, so my appearance after the disguise is somewhat similar to Xu Tianci and Xie Linlang, but I deliberately avoided the advantages of their appearance, and it can be seen that they are their children, but it is a pity that I did not pick up the advantages of my parents, and I was blind to the good appearance of my parents.

This is also Liu Jiaojiao's intention, too prominent appearance will attract the jealousy of others, she has not yet gained a foothold in the capital, it is not suitable to set up too many enemies, it is better to keep a low profile for the time being.

Agarwood is a maid specially found by Lei Zhong for her, proficient in pharmacology, and the sale and body deed are pinched in Liu Jiaojiao's hands, and her family has Lei Zhong to take care of, so there is no need to worry about her loyalty.

There is also a maid called Red Sleeves, who was Liu Yuanyuan's closer, a big girl, and she is a good hand at taking care of housekeeping, Liu Yuanyuan was worried that there was no one around her to take care of her, so she just stuffed people to her.

Red Sleeves is the son of Liu Mansion, his parents and brothers are all working in Liu Mansion, Liu Yuanyuan has long been told to let her serve her well, and her character is also reliable.

Because Liu Jiaojiao is the master, she rides in a carriage alone, Niu Haoran, Liu Shugen and Liu San sit in one, Liu Lotus and Zhaodi take one, and the other three are loaded with their luggage.

Xie Ping'an was worried that they were not safe on the road, so he specially arranged two yacha escorts, and Liu Fu also arranged six Kongwu family members to escort them, but fortunately, there was nothing wrong all the way, so seeing that the capital was about to begin, several people came to say goodbye, and they had to return the same way.

After Liu Jiaojiao thanked them, Niu Haoran stuffed a purse containing twenty taels of silver, which was used as a hard fee.

The silver is not too much, but it is not too little, and a few people naturally thanked them again and again, and then beat their horses and left.

Agarwood soon brought a basin of water, and the red sleeves helped Liu Jiaojiao to freshen up, both of them had seen her true appearance, so when they saw her after dressing, they inevitably felt some regrets.

"Miss looks like a fairy, but she has to pretend to be like this, is the capital really that scary?" Agarwood is younger, although he is now selling and being a slave, but he has not been able to do it after the family has been dilapidated in the past two years, and he has been working in the pharmacy and has not suffered any hardships, so he is a little naïve in his thinking.

Red Sleeves was older, and he had seen and heard a lot of messy things in the mansion gate, so he explained: "In the absence of complete self-preservation, beautiful women are more likely to find trouble." After all, Miss is a newcomer, and it is the right thing to do to keep a low profile. ”

Agarwood nodded as if she didn't understand, but she still regretted that her young lady's beauty couldn't see the light of day.

This way has been going for more than a month, so Liu Jiaojiao has become familiar with these two maids, smiled and raised her hand to point the forehead of agarwood, and quipped: "It's not better for me to look ordinary, so that my beauty can be reflected." ”

Agarwood couldn't cry or laugh when she heard this, stomped her feet, and pouted: "Miss, you always make fun of me, obviously Sister Red Sleeves looks better than me." ”

"No, no, no, I'm good for you, how comfortable it is to pinch your little round face." Liu Jiaojiao said as she gently pinched her face.

Agarwood is a baby face and is born baby fat, so Liu Jiaojiao also likes to pinch her face and feels very good.

In fact, if you really want to talk about the appearance of the two maids, it's really hard to say, Agarwood is cute, Red Sleeves is the Royal Sister type, there is no comparison between different types, but Agarwood stubbornly thinks that Red Sleeves is better than her, and it is estimated that she was pinched by Liu Jiaojiao's face.

After joking with the two maids for a while, Niu Haoran came over and said, "Little owner, it's not early, let's go to the city first!" ”

"Well, don't rush to Xie's house, find a better inn to live in first." Although she must come to the capital to recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors, she has to rest first before going to the door, and she has other things to do, what if it is inconvenient to go out when she enters the Xie family? After all, women in this era are usually not out of the door.

Niu Haoran nodded in response, and then said to Liu San, let him take care of him, and he took the willow roots into the city to find the inn first.

With Xie Ping'an here, there was no problem with the guidance of several people, so after checking it with the soldiers guarding the city and stuffing some silver, the big guy entered the city smoothly.

There is no comparison between the capital and the town, the roads are big and wide, and the streets are full of people and shops.

Except for Liu Jiaojiao, the others were almost dazzled, but fortunately, their concentration was good, so they barely stabilized their minds and did not miss timidity, giving people the illusion that a hillbilly was entering the city.

Agarwood and Red Sleeves both sat in the carriage with Liu Jiaojiao, not daring to open the curtain directly, only carefully opened a gap to look outside, although they had tried their best to endure it, but their mouths were still wide open, and their eyes were even more wrong, for fear of missing something.

Seeing this, Liu Jiaojiao couldn't help but sneer, and said, "You two can look at it generously and generously if you want to see it, why are you like a thief?" ”

Red Sleeves hurriedly put down the curtain and said a little embarrassed: "Miss, the female dependents can't open the curtain at will for outsiders to see, it's the slave who is reckless." As she spoke, she didn't forget to pull the agarwood that she was still watching there with relish, and she was not allowed to look at it again.

Agarwood knew that Red Sleeves was right, but it was inevitable to be curious when she came to the capital for the first time, and she forgot her feelings for a while and couldn't control herself, afraid that Liu Jiaojiao would be angry, so she hurriedly lowered her head and pretended to be quails.

Liu Jiaojiao didn't care about these rules, but she didn't want to be the enemy of the whole era, so she said with a smile: "It's okay, I can understand, so let's do it, when we settle down, I'll take you to the capital for a good visit when we find a time, what you want to eat and what you want to buy, I've got it all!" ”

Agarwood hurriedly raised her head and nodded vigorously, although the red sleeves were not as emotionally exposed as her, but it could be seen that she was also extremely happy.

The inn arranged by Niu Haoran arrived soon, and they had already completed the check-in procedures, so a few people went upstairs directly with the shopkeeper.

Liu Jiaojiao naturally lives in a first-class guest room, the kind of suite, she sleeps in the master bedroom, and the two maids who serve her can sleep in the second bedroom.

She is really not short of money now, in addition to the ones she earns, Lei Zhong, Xie Ping'an and Liu Yuanyuan each stuffed her with a lot of silver tickets, and even Lao Li Tou didn't know where to get a whole box of gold leaves for her, and everyone was afraid that she would lack money when she went to the capital.

So the current Liu Jiaojiao is a veritable little rich woman.

Several other people chose ordinary rooms, Niu Haoran and Liu Shugen, Liu San, and Liu Lotus.

Red Sleeves is a clever one, and she asked the shopkeeper to prepare hot water as soon as possible, she knew that Liu Jiaojiao loved to be clean, and she was bound to take a shower first.

After Liu Jiaojiao took a shower and cleaned up, several people went to the lobby on the first floor to eat.

A lot of dishes were ordered, and the entire large round table was filled, but after eating a few bites, several people who were spoiled by Liu Jiaojiao's food invariably showed indescribable expressions.

As a foodie, Liu Shugen took the lead in complaining: "Can you be a cook at this level? The threshold for cooks in the capital is too low, right? "Fortunately, he knew to keep his voice down, otherwise if he said these words to him, the cook would definitely pick up the kitchen knife and cut him.

Niu Haoran coughed and signaled him not to talk nonsense, so as not to pull hatred, but the expression on his face was obviously agreeing.

After Liu San and Liu Lotus glanced at each other, they smiled bitterly: "Speaking of which, we have eaten too many good things, and our mouths have been fed. ”

Liu Lotus nodded approvingly: "No wonder the old man often says that people who are used to living a good life can't live a hard life, and we are like this now." ”

Red sleeves and agarwood, as maids, are standing behind Liu Jiaojiao to serve, and they have no right to serve on the table, so naturally they can't judge, but they don't eat less food made by Liu Jiaojiao on the way, and they know how delicious it is, so after hearing the words of a few people, they immediately lost interest in this seemingly sumptuous table of dishes.

Liu Jiaojiao couldn't cry or laugh when she heard this, "Do you mean that I want to risk being chased by the boss and the chef and personally go to the back kitchen to give you a whole table of dishes?" What do you think? When Qingxin Fang opens, are you still afraid that there will be nothing good to eat? Let's make do with it for a few days! ”

This problem is what she is used to, so she really can't talk about them, she can only carry her own pot, no problem.

After all, I was hungry, so although I said all kinds of disgusting words in my mouth, the speed of a few people putting down the chopsticks was not necessarily slow, and it didn't take long for a large table of dishes to be eaten.

In fact, the taste of these dishes is quite passable, how to say that this inn is also more famous in the capital, and it will not smash its own signboard, but it can only blame this group of people for being too tricky.

When they were about to finish eating, the words of the guests at the table next to them inadvertently reached Liu Jiaojiao's ears, and she immediately put down her chopsticks and listened attentively.

"Have you heard? The Hubu Shangshu who married the daughter of the Xie family, Tanhualang, who was famous in the capital back then, is about to take a concubine, and it is said that he is still a noble concubine. ”

"Isn't it? Isn't he famous for loving his wife and saying that he will never take a concubine in this life? ”

"How many men don't steal and fishy? Besides, since the Xie girl married him, she gave birth to a daughter after so many years, and she never came out again, can she watch herself die? ”

"It's not unreasonable to say this, but can the Xie family agree? That Xie daughter is the only daughter of the Xie family. ”

"Hehe, the current Xie family is not the Xie family of the past."

Hearing this, the corners of Liu Jiaojiao's lips pulled a sneer.

Before her mother didn't reconcile, she wanted to take a concubine? Dream!