Chapter 50: The Tavern of a Thousand Boats
A few months passed quickly, and Yu Yi'an never showed up, but An Xi always listened to the maids and mothers-in-law say how rich the dowry prepared by the Seven Princes, how luxurious the auspicious clothes made by King An, how happy his own young lady was, and so on.
So she knew that although Yu Yi'an said cruel words, she did not give up her plans.
In the past few months, An Xi gave Xiao Nan a large sum of money and told her to go down a very large restaurant, with a wine girl, a storyteller and a musician, almost completely replicating the business model of Frost Immortal Pavilion - she needs a intelligence system of her own.
Half lying on the chaise longue, listening to Xiao Nan holding a thick account book and making a routine report to himself.
An Xiaobei's eyes on the side were full of jealousy and envy, "Why don't you let me take care of the accounts?" ”
For the thousandth and first time, Xiaobei asked this question aggrievedly, looking very pitiful.
"Because you're stupid, baby."
It was also the thousandth and first time that Anxi answered this question.
Watching Xiaobei jump to her feet with satisfaction, An Xi nodded and motioned for Xiaonan to ignore her and continue to make a report.
Yu Yi'an's Frost Immortal Pavilion was huge and perfect, but it couldn't bring useful news to himself.
For example, Zheng Xian.
She has been secretly developing her Thousand Boat Tavern in the past few months. Although it is not located in any bustling streets, according to Xiao Nan's report, Qianzhou Tavern has only been open for three or four months, and it can already be said to be the most popular place in Beijing.
The girls are young and beautiful, attracting an endless stream of high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, and it is easy to find out the information. She even learned from Yu Yi'an to arrange many male musicians, setting a precedent for female musicians, not to mention that some men were also interested.
The Qianzhou Tavern is located in the necessary place of the central avenue of the capital, and the merchants, scholars, and people from the rivers and lakes who come and go to live and rest every day are not one thousand but eight hundred.
So there are hundreds of pieces of news that enter An Xi's ears every day, such as the daughter of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Officials married into the palace of the Three Princes as a side concubine, such as the wife of Dali Siqing who was waiting for the rabbit in the Frost Immortal Pavilion to catch Dali Siqing when she was hooked up by the musicians, such as the opposite Aya Luoju was smashed, such as the caravan from Jiangnan was robbed when it passed through the capital to stay, such as the poem written by the Seven Princes in the ages, such as this year's champion surnamed Luo from Changshan.......
But she never got any news about Zheng Xian. Every time she heard the name of some unfamiliar men, she would set off to find out if it was Zheng Xian, and after a long time, even Xiao Nan knew that she was looking for someone.
Zheng Xian is five years older than himself, and he should be twenty years old like Yu Yi'an now, so he shouldn't be unknown all the time. How could he be willing to be incognito? The reputation of her arrogant and domineering princess Zhun An is known to everyone in the capital, and the caravans and caravans coming and going have to pass through the capital, so the people of other state cities must have heard of her Anxi.
But the original owner's lover has not yet come to her.
Another example is Yu Yi'an.
She didn't even see him at the funeral of Lord Shangshu's father a few days ago, as if Yu Yi'an had evaporated in the capital and couldn't be found at all. There was no way to implement Anxi's plan, so she could only put it off again and again, feeling more and more pain in her chest.
Another example......
"Smack"
An Xi grabbed a white jade teacup and smashed it to the ground. The cup made an extremely nice popping sound when it shattered, and then scattered at Xiao Nan's feet. Xiao Nan looked at An Xi a little bewildered, and Xiao Bei's eyes, which were still giggling in the last second, were also full of doubts.
"Little Shuang?" Li Furong was taken aback by An Xi's unexplained behavior, and glared at her and called her.
"Tell me, Xiao Nan, where did you go every day, except for the three hours you spent in the tavern and the one hour you had a tryst with Ah Zhang, and the hour before you returned to Qingxi Pavilion?"
An Xi's face turned pale, and Xiao Nan hurriedly knelt on the ground when he saw it, and he didn't even avoid the white jade fragments, and pierced straight into his delicate knees.
Xiaobei heard An Xi say this, although he was distressed, he still looked at Xiao Nan who was kneeling with an unkind face.
"Little ...... Miss, slave maid...... The slave has not betrayed you..... The slave is ...... It is entrusted by Xiangye to report your physical condition and learning progress at any time, Xiangye...... It was out of concern that you found the slave maid and asked the slave to go to the study once a day to make a report...... The slave and maid definitely did not betray you......" Xiao Nan quickly knelt down, this time An Xi did not call her up, Xiao Nan was very sad, Miss is her master, and she treats her very well on weekdays, she is like a sister, she herself has lost her proportion, Miss does not treat her as a slave, she can't, she can't agree to Xiangye's request if she knew it...... "Miss ......."
Xiao Bei saw An Xi sitting on the cushion, and his little face couldn't see clearly against the light, but he just felt that the young lady was really angry.
Her young lady has never been the kind of boudoir woman who is delicate outside, and her plans and plans in her heart Xiaobei are clear, how can such a person tolerate the people around her to ventilate and report to others?
It's Anan who is too confused, just like he was at the beginning. Although I only think that Xiangye is caring about Miss, it's not a big deal, but looking at the current posture, I'm afraid it......
Thinking of this, Xiao Bei pouted and stopped talking, just looked at Xiao Nan helplessly. The tears in the latter's eyes could no longer hold back and fell.
"Did you say anything about the industry?" An Xi asked indifferently, Xiao Nan has been in a relationship with her for so many years, she is not a wood, looking at her expression, An Xi is really distressed, but no matter how distressed she is, she will not allow a wolf by her side to report to others.
The industry naturally refers to the Thousand Boat Tavern.
"No, no, no, the slave never says much, Xiangye definitely doesn't know these things." Xiao Nan hurriedly denied it. If she even said these things...... Mademoiselle will never forgive herself.
Tsk, that's too hard.
An Xi is very irritable now, she originally calculated every step, but she couldn't say what the reason was, it was disrupted, she now felt that she was in a fog, others could see it clearly, only she was in front of a mess.
Xiao Nan was sent by An Xi to serve outside the hospital and be a messenger slave. "Doesn't she like to spread the word," An Xi said.
In fact, Xiao Nan's move was not a betrayal, but An Xi's mood was not good, and he was afraid that he would implicate Xiao Nan indiscriminately, so he quickly kicked her out.
It's night.
Anxi was lying alone on the gorgeous and noble bed, the candles in the room were not extinguished, she didn't like to turn off the lights to sleep, the night would always bring her a lot of fear.
The same is true of her previous life, she has no mother since she was a child, and her father is always away from home when he is filming all year round, and there is only her and a nanny aunt in the empty big villa. Auntie sleeps downstairs.
Whenever this happens, she turns on all the lights to illuminate every inch of darkness. When the nanny saw it, she told her father that it was too much electricity, but her father just said a word, and let her be.
The father did not feel his daughter's loneliness because of this incident. It wasn't until later that she began to follow Director Pei to film, there were so many people in the crew, sometimes filming night scenes all night, sometimes a large group of people returned to the hotel after supper, and the beautiful artist sister would sleep with her, so she gradually stopped being afraid.
Originally, she wanted to ask Furong or Xiaobei to accompany her, but Li Furong didn't like to sleep with people, and Xiaobei was sent by her to temporarily take over some things in the Qianzhou Teahouse.
Forget it, it's just right for her to go to bed early and get up early.