Chapter 1 Young water chestnut
At the end of the Shen period, the north gate of the capital squeaked and closed in the setting sun.
Looking at the shining copper nails on the city gate, Mrs. Gao sighed secretly, her nephew Mu Hanchi did not come back today. Judging by the date on the letter, he should have returned yesterday.
There won't be another war in the north!
Mrs. Gao was about to get back into the car, when she suddenly heard a shout from outside the city gate: "Wait a minute, wait a minute......
A young girl in a goose yellow light shirt slipped through the crack in the city gate that was about to close.
With a "bang", the city gate closed tightly behind the girl, and three large iron chains fell in succession.
Seeing the girl, the burning expectation in Mrs. Gao's eyes dimmed, like the sunlight that suddenly fell next to the city gate tower.
It was getting dark.
Seeing that his wife was still reluctantly staring at the city gate, the two big maids stepped forward and grabbed Mrs. Gao's arms to help her get into the car.
Mrs. Gao sat in the cuigai zhuying car with the paint plate of the Huaiwangfu, and couldn't help but lift the curtain to look at the girl who had just entered the city.
She felt that the girl seemed to be covered with a layer of light, and she looked fairy. If this girl is allowed to give birth to a few little sons to her nephew, she is guaranteed to be as aura and lovely as the fairy child next to Taishang Laojun.
There is a white-clothed nun in the Compassion Nunnery who once gave her a glimpse of it, and she seems to be shrouded in fairy energy, but compared to this girl, the white and bright fairy aura on the white-clothed nun may be because of the white-clothed Zen clothes on her body.
Mrs. Gao wanted to take a second look, but the girl had already walked into a restaurant and couldn't see it.
I don't know whose girl it is, so I have to send someone to inquire. There are not many girls in the capital who are really worthy of their nephews!
Mrs. Gao lowered the curtains of the car and began to worry about her nephew's marriage again.
Zhao Youling followed the fragrance into the restaurant on the side of the road, the first floor was full, and there was a vacant seat by the window on the second floor.
The location by the window was excellent, and she walked briskly over it.
"Wait, this position has been booked."
The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.
"So where do I sit?"
The first floor was already full, and the only vacant seat on the second floor was not allowed to sit, Zhao Youling turned around in place, flashing his eyelashes and looking puzzled.
A beautiful girl came into the tavern, which had already attracted the attention of the diners, and the beautiful girl spun in circles on the spot, her fluttering clothes like fluttering butterflies, attracting several tables of male guests to wipe the saliva that slipped from the corners of their mouths.
"I advise the girl to go home early, this is not suitable for the girl to eat."
The shopkeeper looked at the girl, a jade-like person, there was no maid entourage behind him, and there was no purse with money on his body, and he looked like a young lady of the family, but there was no jade pendant or step shake that should be there.
He kindly stepped forward and whispered, first, he wanted to remind the girl that the world was turbulent and it was not safe to be dark; The second is that I don't want the girl to eat white food in the store, which will cause a bigger sensation.
"I'm hungry, you said... The guests didn't come either, so let me eat first. I eat quickly, and I will leave after eating, and I will definitely not delay you...... The guest who booked it. ”
The tempting aroma in the tavern had already aroused the cravings in her stomach, Zhao Youling sat down by the window as she spoke, and pointed to the plate on the adjacent table with a serious face and asked Xiao Er to take a copy of it.
The unreasonable strong man has seen a lot of scoundrels, and such a delicate and beautiful girl is also pretending to be stupid with him. The price of the dishes in the restaurant is not cheap, and when you meet those who eat white food, they are unlucky to be a group of young guys.
Shopkeeper picked up the towel on his shoulder and stepped forward, raising his hand to grab Zhao Youling's arm.
Zhao Youling moved flexibly, dodged the shopkeeper's hand, and looked at him with a strange expression, as if wondering why this person was preventing her from eating.
Zhao Youling pinched his numb hole when the shopkeeper grabbed it again, and the shopkeeper's hand had not touched the girl's sleeve, and his arm suddenly went numb, and the entire left half of his body seemed to be unable to move, his expression was painful, and his face was squeezed into a bitter gourd.
"I defeated you, so I can sit here now."
Zhao Youling raised her chin reservedly and said with a smile.
"You girl is so unreasonable, I said that there is a son-in-law in this position......"
Xiao Er's arm regained consciousness, and the bitter gourd face was not sweetened.
"Xiao Er let her sit, it's rare for someone to share a table with me."
The person who came up at the top of the stairs interrupted Xiao Er's words. Xiao Er immediately stepped forward.
"Shen Gongzi, this ......"
"Let's go down and get ready to serve."
The originally noisy restaurant became quiet because of Shen Zhao's arrival, and the eyes of the diners watched Shen Zhao's every move in unison.
Shen Zhao, the prince of Zhenguo Mansion, has always liked to collect beauties, and all the beauties who are included in his mansion love him to death.
It is no wonder that Shen Zhao is handsome and generous, and he is a good product but not obscene. What's even more rare is that he is also humble and low-key, never hugging him when he goes out, and has always traveled lightly.
Suddenly there was a boy in brocade clothes in front of him, Zhao Youling estimated that it was that. Guests who book a location.
People agreed to share a table for her to eat, she didn't care, and politely shared the territory she had just occupied.
got up and gave a salute, but his eyes fell on the food on the table next to him.
"You're welcome, girl."
Shen Zhao smiled and raised his hand to invite Zhao Youling to sit down together.
"I'm afraid that the prince of Zhenguo Mansion has taken a fancy to this girl......"
"No one can take a fancy to such a beautiful beauty, don't drool and say you didn't like it."
"The girl that Shen Gongzi can fancy is a blessing for a girl."
……
Whispers and whispers are endless.
The diners immediately focused on the movement of a man and a woman by the window.
This kind of talk is exactly what he wants.
Shen Zhao smiled and picked up the pumpkin purple clay pot, poured it into the plum blossom cup in front of him, put down the teapot and handed it to the girl opposite.
"Girl's surname?"
Shen Zhao's voice was elegant and calm, and it was a sultry thing to listen to in the ears of the diners.
"Zhao Youling."
It's not good to eat at the same table and ignore others, not to mention that the person who speaks is not annoying, and there is a bit of cordiality between the eyebrows.
Zhao Youling was silently listening to the noise around her, trying to absorb useful knowledge from it and fill in the blank head. was suddenly called, and subconsciously answered the only name that belonged to her in her mind.
Then he raised his eyes and looked at Shen Zhao and added:
"It's the young of the young, the water chestnut of the water chestnut. It should be a young water chestnut, not the kind that grows into a grain of rice. ”
"Poof!"
Shen Zhao didn't laugh, and the diners around him couldn't help but laugh.
This girl is very funny!
"Well, yes, good name."
Shen Zhao didn't smile on his face and smiled in his heart.
It's rare to see such an innocent and lovely girl.
"And what's your name?"
Come and don't be rude.
Zhao Youling raised her small chin, held the plum blossom cup in both hands, and looked like she was listening carefully.
"Under Shen Zhao, Shen Zhao's Shen, Shen Zhao's Zhao."
Shen Zhao planned to tease the girl in front of him.
"Oh, that's a mediocre name."
Zhao Youling said casually.
"Poof!"
Dare to say that the prince of Zhenguo Mansion, this little girl doesn't want to enjoy the good fortune. The diners were in a commotion, feeling like they were going to see a good show tonight.
The first time someone talked to him like this, it was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, Shen Zhao smiled dumbly.
At this time, the shopkeeper appeared at the staircase with a tray, Zhao Youling's eyes suddenly lit up, and his eyes did not leave the dishes in the tray of the shopkeeper for a moment.
The shopkeeper put the dishes on the table one by one, and Zhao Youling stretched out his chopsticks to clip them.
"This dish is Shen Gongzi's, you ......"
"It doesn't matter, go and bring all the signature dishes."
Shen Zhao waved his hand and decided to entertain the "little muddy ball" who said that his name was mediocre tonight.
The shopkeeper flattened his mouth and didn't speak again, and if he talked more, he would really please the customer.
Shen Zhao is generous, he can spend a lot of money to buy a girl with the head of the flower boat to sing in the house, and it is nothing to invite a little beauty who has a good eye to eat. It seems that he is a young man who runs the hall and doesn't know the depth, as if he thinks Shen Gongzi is searching.
The food is so fragrant, and if you don't eat it hot, you're sorry for the good craftsmanship of the cook.
When Shen Zhao set his eyes on Zhao Youling, the rice bowl in front of her was already full of vegetables, a pair of thin and just right lips were oily, and the face of chewing the food made people have a great appetite.
"Don't be in a hurry to eat slowly, there are still vegetables."
"It's too much to eat and waste."
Zhao Youling swallowed the food in her mouth and said happily.
At this time, Xiao Er brought up a plate of white water meat slices that were as thin as cicada wings. Shen Zhao stretched out his chopsticks to clip them, and Zhao Youling also stretched out his chopsticks to clip them, and the chopsticks of the two people touched together.
Shen Zhao took back the chopsticks and motioned for the girl to eat.
Zhao Youling unceremoniously picked it up and put it in her mouth, squinting and smacking her face intoxicated.
What a funny girl!
Watching the other party eat was more satisfying than eating himself, Shen Zhao put down his chopsticks and looked at Zhao Youling.
"It's so delicious, if I can eat such a meal every day, I will wake up with a smile in my dreams."
Zhao Youling saw Shen Zhao looking at her, raised her eyes and smiled, and then buried her head in the newly arrived dishes. The expression is natural and innocent, without a trace of embarrassment.
"Where are you from?"
This big restaurant at the gate of the city has always entertained outsiders, because the chef's skills are particularly good, so it attracts diners in the city to come one after another. Shen Zhao came here to greet his childhood friend, Mu Hanchi, the general of Zhenbei.
The city gate has been closed, and it is too late to welcome Mu Han today. I haven't seen him for ten years, and he imagined all kinds of reunion scenarios in his heart, but he didn't expect that a greedy girl would come for some reason, and it would be so interesting.
"I ......"
Zhao Youling was confused, she really couldn't remember where she came from, her mind was blank, as if something had erased the memory of the past, and only one of her names remained.
It seems that the girl is reluctant to reveal where she came from, and she must be another girl with a hard time. Shen Zhao's eyes revealed a touch of pity.
"And where are you going?"
"I ......"
Shen Zhao asked another question that overwhelmed Zhao Youling. Zhao Youling didn't know where she was going.
"You can go anywhere."
Zhao Youling was nerve-wracked, she really couldn't remember why she suddenly appeared at the city gate, seeing that the city gate was about to close, a voice in her heart urged her to hurry into the city.
Shen Zhao looked at the girl opposite with a smile in the corner of his eyes.
"See, Shen Gongzi doesn't eat and just looks at the girl, then it's called beautiful and delicious!"
The diners who probed their brains paid attention to Shen Zhao.