In the afternoon of the next day, the last play of the Cave Spirit was performed to the last turn, and Li Ran, who was watching and listening attentively, was shocked by a sharp cough behind him.

turned around, it was Huo Wencan and Li Qingning again, but this time it was Huo Wencan standing in front, facing Li Ran's gaze, arching his hand, raising his feet and entering the private room, Li Qingning followed closely behind.

The two of them each pulled up a chair and sat next to Li Ran.

"I have something to do today, I just finished being busy, I took leave with the prince, come here...... Hey, this is almost over? Huo Wencan vaguely said the words behind him, leaned forward, and pointed to the stage in exaggerated surprise.

Li Qingning's gaze first fell on the candlestick on the ground, and after a while, he raised his eyes and slanted to Huo Wencan, who had an exaggerated face, the corners of his mouth pulled down, crossed Huo Wencan, and said to Li Ran: "The third prince and I have long wanted to read this book of cave spirits, and I heard that it is very good, but it is extremely difficult to book in the elegant room, so I have to come to you to ask for a bother." ”

Li Ran smiled, pointed to the stage, and motioned for the two to watch the play quietly.

Huo Wencan and Li Qingning stopped talking, and watched the play absentmindedly.

But after more than a quarter of an hour, after the last performance, on the curtain, Li Ran exhaled with satisfaction, stretched out his hand to pick up the cup, and remembered that Huo Wencan and Li Qingning were still sitting next to him, and hurriedly apologized: "Do you drink tea?" It's just a little cold. ”

Huo Wencan raised an eyebrow, looked at Li Ran's satisfied face, and couldn't help but say, "You really like watching this play so much?" What's the point? ”

Li Qingning had already signaled the little servant to come in and make tea, and then pointed to the cup in Li Ran's hand and said, "Don't drink it when it's cold, it's a cold day, and you're sick when you drink it, let them change a hot cup for you." ”

"Yes, yes, how do you drink herbal tea? Prefer herbal tea? After Huo Wencan's words just now, he was speechless at Li Ran's extremely obvious expression, and quickly took Li Qingning's words, which was a fork.

"I don't like it, I'm too lazy to move." Li Ran put the cup on the table.

Huo Wencan was stunned by Li Ran's words, then turned to Li Qingning, and was just about to speak, when he met Li Qingning's wide eyes, heyed, hurriedly turned around, looked at Li Ran and said with a dry smile: "Yes, yes, it's not that I'm too lazy to move." After this play, where are you going? Or is it just going back? ”

"We're going to go to the old Song family store for dinner, and then go back after eating." Li Ran smiled.

She wants to eat the few houses that Zhou E said first, she has already eaten the old Xu family and Ma Dengtou soup shop, and it is time to eat the old Song family's old store today.

"What's delicious in the old Song family's shop?" Huo Wencan looked at Li Qingning and asked.

"I haven't been there again, so I'll know if I go to eat once." Li Qingning took a cup of tea from the little maid and handed it to Li Ran.

"What's delicious in the old Song family's shop?" Huo Wencan turned his head and asked Li Ran again.

Li Ran smiled, "It's not that I said it, I only knew it after I ate it." ”

"I thought you knew what was delicious, so I rushed to go, since I only knew it when I went, it was better to go to Fanlou, have you been to Fanlou?" Huo Wencan laughed.

Li Ran shook her head, she was going to Fanlou tomorrow.

"Tonight, Liu Dalang will meet in Fan Lou, and invite the bell heads of Qingfeng Lou and Yuxian Shop to make specialty dishes, it is rare for one store to gather three bell heads, how about we also go and have a good mouth?" Huo Wencan then suggested.

Li Ran nodded immediately.

The two in front of them are the prince's companions, yesterday and today, whether they are their own meaning, or the prince's meaning, it's hard to say, what they say, then what's good.

Moreover, there is a literary club, and there are three bells, and if you can get together, you can't ask for it.

"Refreshing!" Huo Wencan clapped his hands in admiration, and jumped up, "Let's go!" ”

Li Qingning only drank half of a cup of tea, hurriedly put down the cup, took a step to the side, let go of Li Ran first, followed Li Ran, and walked out of the private room.

Li Ran followed Huo Wencan and went out through a small door that she had never walked through, outside the door, a group of long-standing servants formed a semicircle, and outside the semicircle, the horse's head was crowded.

Li Ran stood still and looked at Huo Wencan and Li Qingning.

The two in front of her are real nobles, she doesn't understand the world of nobles, and when she doesn't understand, she takes a few steps back and listens to others' arrangements.

"Fan Lou is not far in front, and it will only take a quarter of an hour to walk over, there are many people here, and you don't ...... Do you know how to ride a horse? Huo Wencan was halfway through speaking, and suddenly asked.

Li Ran shook her head.

Lin Hui took her on a horse, she can ride, but her riding skills are very poor, but at this time, she can only shake her head, here, no matter how she says, she shouldn't be able to ride a horse.

Also, she doesn't like horseback riding or golf.

"Walk over there, then?" Huo Wencan looked at Li Qingning from Li Ran.

Li Ran nodded quickly, Li Qingning looked at Li Ran and nodded, and nodded, he was indispensable, he could do anything.

Huo Wencan and Li Qingning's little guys are all very clever people, seeing Li Ran and Li Qingning nodded, Huo Wencan ordered to come down before leading the horse to Fan Lou to quickly retreat and get out of the way, and the rest of the little guys followed, gathered around the three of them, and went to Fan Lou.

Li Ran walked between Huo Wencan and Li Qingning, Zhou E still followed her closely, and Li Ran looked around as she walked.

This was the first time in her life that she had enjoyed the treatment of nobles of this level like the two in front of her.

The long-term guards surrounded one layer outside, and the little ones surrounded another layer inside, separating them from the market outside.

"You were in the private room of Fuzi on the first day?" Huo Wencan found a topic.

Although he knew that Li Ran was a person who could not say a word for a few days, he still felt that it was not good to walk with her without saying a word, and he was very embarrassed, so he had to find something to say.

"Hmm."

"Do you know that the private room of the lotus shed can't be booked three or five days in advance?" Huo Wencan asked again.

Li Ran shook her head.

She really didn't know.

"I knew you didn't." Huo Wencan laughed, "Your Fuzi private room, I heard that it was a lot of tossing, and it was poured out, and the person who cares about this lotus shed is really capable."

First of all, I didn't know where to vacate a third-class private room, and replaced a second-class private room with a second-class private room for the father of the high-ranking official, and then begged Liu Hanlin's younger brother Liu Er, to change him to a first-class private room, and then begged Zhong Sanye, the nephew of Vice Minister Zhong, to exchange his Fu number to you.

Yesterday, Liu Hanlin saw me and your third brother. Tete came over and said his brother had given up the private room, hey. Huo Wencan laughed dryly.

"Fuzihao is the best private room?" Li Ran asked.

"There are a total of eight first-class private rooms in the lotus shed, Fu Lu is happy, happy and auspicious, in fact, eight rooms are about the same, but the Fu number starts with the beginning, the beginning, it is a little different." Huo Wencan explained a few words, snorted, and laughed.

This girl had no idea how rare her Fuzi private room was!

A few days ago, she said that she would come, and this lotus shed forcibly vacated a private room for her, what a big favor this is, she didn't even know it!

Huo Wencan is very sympathetic to the lotus shed, and if the pearl is dark, it will be dark like this.

"Let you go in with a favor?" Li Ran glanced at Li Qingning.

"What kind of favor do we have?" Huo Wencan sneered, "This is the people of the Lotus Shed who want to honor you and take favors, and it is also the favor that the Lotus Shed owes to them in this circle, what does it matter to us?" Again. ”

Huo Wencan's words paused slightly, and then he smiled: "You are a person, you are surprisingly cool, I will say it directly, whether it is Liu Hanlin's younger brother, or Vice Prime Minister Zhong's nephew, who else is there to let this private room be to give face to the Marquis of Chang'an?" It's definitely not right, everybody understands it.

As for our Huo family, we can't get along, right? It has nothing to do with our family.

They respectfully let you...... Is the status precious, right, everyone knows it.

Liu Hanlin just found me and your third brother and said a few words, hey, no wonder they all said that Liu Hanlin was stupid to do academics, but not two. ”

"When you say that, I'm in a much better mood." Li Ran pursed her lips and smiled.

Huo Wencan laughed, took a wrong half step to the side, stretched out his hand and patted Li Qingning and said: "Look at how smart your sister is, you are a big family, and your sister is the smartest, alas, don't stare at it, this is what the emperor said." ”

Li Ran's heart jumped, what the emperor said, said that she was the smartest.

"Can you walk well? Look at it, you're stumbling over Aran. Li Qingning angrily pushed Huo Wencan back.

Three people...... In fact, Huo Wencan was alone, and while he was talking, Fan Lou could already be seen in front of him.

Getting closer, the bustle inside and outside Fan Louhuan's door almost hit his face.

There was no car to be seen outside the gate, and the horse stalls were crowded but orderly, and it seemed that they all came on horseback.

"Let's go in through the back door." Huo Wencan looked at Li Ran and explained, "Look at this door, if they see ......"

Huo Wencan dragged out a long voice and laughed dryly, "Liu Dalang gave it to me, and your third brother, after the post, we both said that we didn't have time to go back, and we both went back, and we all went back, and it will be over now, so it's not good, isn't it."

Besides, they know how to write, it's very boring, we're here to eat three bells, not to talk to them. You say, don't you? ”

In the last sentence, Huo Wencan crossed Li Ran, looked at Li Qingning and smiled.

"You're right!" Li Qingning's applause was crisp and neat, but not sincere.

Li Ran pursed her lips and smiled, and nodded.

The little guy led the way in front, and a group of people who were familiar with the door entered the back door of the Fan Building and went to the private room on the second floor.

"I heard that the bells of Qingfeng Lou and Yuxian Store have come over?" Huo Wencan entered the private room, looked at the shopkeeper who hurried over to greet the ceremony, and asked with a smile.

"Yes, it's all the golden face of Prince Liu." The shopkeeper smiled.

"We're here to feast on our mouths, including your family's bell heads, do what the three of them are good at, by the way, don't alarm Liu Dalang." Huo Wencan's orders were crisp and neat.

The shopkeeper agreed and withdrew.

Li Qingning walked to the window looking downstairs in the lobby, pushed the window open, and looked downstairs.

Li Ran also stood over and looked downstairs at the bustle.

It was the first time she had seen such an event as a cultural meeting, and the first time she had seen so many young elites of the empire get together.

Huo Wencan turned the folding fan, also paced over, from between Li Ran and Li Qingning, stretched out his head to look downstairs, and said: "The one in the middle, wearing lotus clothes, is Liu Dalang, the eldest son of Yang Guogong, the leader of our literary world in the capital." ”

Before Huo Wencan's introduction, Li Ran was looking at Liu Dalang.

In the spacious downstairs hall, this Liu Dalang is tall and gentle, standing among twenty or thirty young talents with their own styles, and he still feels like he stands out from the crowd. It can be seen at a glance.

"You don't hear anything wrong?" After Huo Wencan's words, seeing that Li Ran had no reaction, he couldn't help but ask.

"Huh?"

Li Ran was stunned, what's wrong?

"Liu Dalang is the eldest son of Yang Guogong!" Huo Wencan bit the words Liu and Yang heavily, you shouldn't be so stupid with a face.

"Yang Guogong, Yang is the surname? A Guogong surnamed Yang? Li Ran's eyebrows raised slightly.

Li Qingning burst out laughing, raised his hand and patted Huo Wencan, but he couldn't speak.

"Yes." Huo Wencan folded his fan and patted his head, "It's my fault, I always forget you...... cough, Yang Guogong, too, this Guogong or something, it is easiest to disturb and be confused.

The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Officials, the Book of Officials, you know what it is, right? ”

Huo Wencan didn't forget Li Ran this time, and he didn't understand anything.

Li Ran pursed her lips and smiled, "I understand this, the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion of officials, and Shangshu is the first of the first." ”

"You know a lot, I won't ask you, if you don't understand anything, you can ask." Huo Wencan confessed.

Li Ran smiled and nodded.

"Yang Rui, the secretary of the ministry, there is a word in the middle, I omitted it, it's not that I don't respect him, you just know it. It is Yang Guogong.

When Yang Guogong was in his early twenties, he met with the emperor as a counselor.

This person, tsk, is very smart, what is the best strategy, after the founding of the country, he was crowned the Duke of the State and the Duke of Lu.

Hey, it's quite indistinguishable, Lu Guogong, Yang Guogong, Yang is the surname, and Lu is also the surname. However, there was a Lu country in the past, but there was no Yang country, so this title has the word Lu, but there is no Yang word. ”

Li Ran laughed as she listened.

The heart of this third prince touched her very much, and she was grateful.

According to Yang Guogong's merits, he can be crowned king, but he said: Compared with the soldiers who rushed to the front with flesh and blood, no matter what, he should be ranked behind.

What else to say, his planning and arrangement, can be successful, it all depends on the life and death of the soldiers, and they fight to kill, if there is a mistake, what is filled in is the life and flesh of the soldiers. Hey. ”

Huo Wencan laughed, looked at Li Ran and said, "Listen to what you say, tsk, the more you listen, the more comfortable you are, isn't it?" ”

Li Ran nodded.

"I didn't seal the king, but I was crowned a prince. I heard that the emperor also thought about making him the prime minister and commanding hundreds of officials, but he felt that his prestige was not enough, so he recommended Wang Xiang, who was the grandfather of Wang Liuniang. Huo Wencan explained to Li Ran.

Li Ran let out a low sigh.

That Wang Liuniang, Wang Ji, has a grandfather who is a prime minister, and his father is the prince's husband......

"Yang Guogong is really smart, his eldest son, surnamed Liu." Huo Wencan looked at Li Ran and blinked.

Li Ran smiled and asked casually: "Duchess Yang Guo's surname is Liu?" ”

"You're so smart! Look, I'm much smarter than you. Huo Wencan slapped Li Qingning a few times, and Li Qingning, who was patted, glared at him angrily.

"What's so clever about this." Li Ran couldn't help laughing.

If you don't follow your father's surname, you follow your mother's surname, how normal is this...... No, I'm afraid it's not normal here.

"Yang Guogong is a person who is impeccable in his life and work." Huo Wencan's praise is sincere.

"Duchess Yang Guo's surname is Liu, the two are childhood sweethearts, Yang Guogong's father and his father-in-law are sworn brothers, the two families are quite poor.

Yang Guogong has been smart since he was a child, and the two families pooled money to send him to study, and knocked out his family's bottom and sent him to take the Qiuqiu exam.

Later, when Yang Guogong sent someone home, both families were already dead. There was a shortage of wars, and those years were all disaster years, either drought or flooding, alas.

Mrs. Liu followed Yang Guogong to take the Qiuqiu exam at that time, and if she was poor, she brought a daughter-in-law to be used as a little girl, and the two families lived for them.

Mrs. Liu gave birth to her eldest son, who grew up to be seven or eight years old, and looked outstanding in talent, outstanding everywhere, and Yang Guogong gave him the surname Liu. Yang Guogong not only wants to pass the succession, but also to succeed someone who can support the Liu family. Rare, right? ”

Huo Wencan sighed a few times, raised his chin and motioned to Liu Dalang downstairs, "Look at it, you have outstanding character, and your talent is also very rare.

The marriage that just became a marriage last year is the eldest daughter of Xie Envoy, the cousin of General Xie, and the golden boy and jade girl. Tsk, the future of the Xiangcai. ”

In Huo Wencan's admiration, Li Ran heard a faint sourness, and raised her eyebrows to look at Huo Wencan.

Huo Wencan was extremely sensitive, leaning back, "I'm not jealous of him, I just think his daughter-in-law is very well married, the Xie family is beautiful, his daughter-in-law is a talented woman, and she is beautiful, the real wind of the forest is not this, where did this go......"

"If there is no Liu Gongzi, our Huo San Gongzi will be the first beautiful man and the first son in the capital, but there is a Liu Gongzi, which makes people sour." Li Qingning answered slowly.

Li Ran couldn't even say anything with a smile, "Now that he is married, you will be the first, after getting married, no matter how beautiful a man is, it will be someone else's family, that is, the eyes of a dead fish." ”

Li Qingning burst out laughing, and slapped Huo Wencan wildly while laughing, "That's good!" You're finally number one! Hahaha! ”