Imperial City, Qinglian Pavilion Tea House.

This elegant teahouse, surrounded by green bamboo on the bank of the Yunmengxi River in the imperial city, is the top tea tasting place in the imperial city.

In addition to the quiet environment and strong tea fragrance, it is also a rare summer resort in the imperial city.

Because it is surrounded by verdant bamboo forests on three sides, facing the water on one side, the scenery is beautiful, the air is fresh, even in the hot summer, as long as you walk into the teahouse, you will immediately feel refreshing and pleasant, refreshing.

Therefore, every summer, especially in the hottest afternoon, many people will come here to drink tea, chat, listen to books, listen to music, chant poems and paintings, and play chess, and this is indeed the best place to enjoy a cool rest.

It's just that this is the best teahouse in the imperial city after all, so the cost is not low, and usually those who can come here are either rich or noble.

Even every time the kings of the past paid a private visit, this is a must-visit place.

Moreover, this is also the most well-informed place in the Imperial City, and any news of the Imperial City can always be heard here as soon as possible.

Many people who come to the Imperial City from other places, if they want to know about the Imperial City and inquire about the news, then the first thing that comes to mind is to come here and sit down.

The reason why this teahouse is called Qinglian Pavilion is because of the waterfront side of the teahouse, and as far as the eye can see, it is all lotus flowers on the bank of the Yunmengxi River.

Most of them are green lotus, the faint purple is noble and cold, fresh and refined, and has a unique elegance.

In particular, the lotus flower is regarded as the god of flowers in June, so every summer it always attracts countless literati and artists to gather here, enjoy the flowers, chant poems, paint and play music, and express their love for the lotus flower in their hearts.

After all, the lotus flower has had the reputation of being unstained from the mud since ancient times, and it belongs to the flower of the gentleman.

It is not an exaggeration to praise it with the most revered words in the world.

At this moment, it is the hottest time of the day, so the whole teahouse is almost full, crowded with people, so it is not lively.

An old storyteller is telling the legend of Princess Wangfulian.

"This Lotus Princess, who fell from the sky, dressed in white and beating snow, her ice muscles are like snow, and her skin is like clotted fat......"

Maybe the old man spoke so wonderfully that from time to time he could hear the cheers from below.

"Good! Wonderful! ”

"Wow! What a beauty! ”

The old man who was interrupted by the applause didn't mind, and after taking a sip of tea, he continued: "This princess of the lotus has the appearance of a country and a city, no one can match! It can really be said that the hibiscus is not as good as the beauty makeup, and the water hall is fragrant! There is a way to look back and smile at Bai Meisheng, and the six palaces have no color......"

The old storyteller praised Princess Lian as much as he could, and the miraculous words that had been passed on also made the people below fascinated.

In addition to a large number of words praising Princess Lian's appearance of the moon and the flowers, the fish and geese are shy, and it is also said that Princess Lotus is actually a thousand-year-old white fox in the deep valley behind the palace, and she has a deep relationship with the palace.

On the day when Princess Lian happened to become an immortal, she inadvertently rescued the little prince who accidentally fell into the stream.

And after this thousand-year-old fox fairy saved the little prince, he found out that he had been rescued by the little prince in his previous life, so his heart sprouted, and he planned to repay the favor with his personal promise.

Therefore, yesterday after the prince grew up, he took the initiative to return to the palace as Princess Lian to fulfill this rare heavenly fate.

When the concubine learned the reason, she did not hesitate to accept this princess Lotus who was like a fairy.

And for the first time, Princess Lian was allowed to drastically modify the rules of the palace that had lasted for a hundred years, purely so that Princess Lian could live unrestrained in the palace.

At that time, the Queen Mother happened to be in the palace, and after learning the origin of Princess Lian, she also recognized this Princess Lian on the spot.

He also promised in public that the emperor would give the marriage on a certain day, and the whole country would celebrate for three days to celebrate, so as to accomplish this great good deed.

When the old storyteller finished speaking, the applause of the entire teahouse lasted for a quarter of an hour.

Although the audience applauded thunderously from time to time, and the cheers interrupted the storyteller's energetic narration many times, there were two people at the scene who did not think so, and even felt that the storyteller was exaggerating, which was just making up nonsense and grandstanding.

One of them was Princess Lian, who dressed as a man, and after she told Qin Lan to take care of Rue Xiang in the morning, she went out.

At first, she didn't think about it so much, she just walked around in a woman's clothes that had not been out of the palace, only to find that passers-by were pointing at her, and some men looked at her with obvious ill intentions.

So Princess Lian was puzzled and stopped an old woman to ask for advice, and the old woman told her that a famous lady who has not been out of the cabinet should not be so casually wandering on the street, which is not polite.

Even if you come out, you have to wear a beaded curtain or a hat, and it's really not okay for a woman to dress up as a man, otherwise it will be easy to be accused by everyone and even attract lustful people.

Princess Lian doesn't care about the so-called etiquette, she is a woman who likes to be unrestrained.

If she is allowed to go shopping with beaded curtains or hats, it is better to stay in the palace and not go out.

But because of this, she was invited to follow her, which always made her uncomfortable and disgusting, so she asked the old woman to take her to a nearby tailor's shop, exchanged her expensive women's clothes for a good son's clothes, and continued to shop.

After that, she never met a womanizer to follow her, and she was much more relieved, so she decided to go back to the palace and ask Rue Xiang to find someone to customize a few sets of men's clothes for her, and when she came out in the future, she would be dressed as a woman, and she could walk around as she wanted.

Princess Lian felt that this way was also convenient for her to hide her eyes, otherwise it would be too ostentatious to wander around the streets as Princess Lian.

It was even more inconvenient for her to secretly inquire about the place where the concubine was holding Ruxiang's family.

After a morning of strolling around the imperial city disguised as a woman, she learned that this Qinglian Pavilion teahouse could find out the most secret news, so she came here to see if she could take this opportunity to find out where the concubine secretly detained Ruxiang's family.

For Princess Lian, the sooner she finds out this, she will be able to rescue Ruxiang's family as soon as possible, and there will be no need to live in the palace as Princess Lian and suffer crimes.

It's just that not long after she sat down, and before she had time to find someone to inquire about the affairs of the palace, the old storyteller told the legendary story of Princess Lian of the palace yesterday.

After Princess Lian told the confused Rue Xiang last night that she had made up the so-called origin of saving the little prince, although she was mentally prepared, this matter would soon spread throughout the palace.

But I didn't expect that only one morning had passed, and it had already been compiled into a book by the storyteller of the Qinglian Pavilion Teahouse, which meant that the entire imperial city was almost well known.

Princess Lian couldn't laugh or cry at this, and secretly sighed that she underestimated the speed at which the rumors spread in this world.

Especially after listening to the old storyteller's exaggerated description of the fox fairy, he was also angry and scolded in his heart: "I hate it!" He also said that this fairy was a vixen! You're a vixen! Your whole family is a vixen! If it weren't for the fact that this fairy still counted on finding out the news here, he would have left here a long time ago. And never again! Hum! I'm! ”

After complaining, Princess Lian also pretended to be drinking tea, and looked around, looking for someone who might let her inquire about the news.

It's just that there are too many people in this teahouse, and Princess Lian doesn't know who to ask for a while.

Princess Lian felt that if she could secretly eavesdrop on what everyone was talking about in private, she might be able to know who might know about the princess of the palace.

When the time comes, find a way to get to know the other party, and naturally have the opportunity to ask for the news she wants to know.

But she doesn't walk around and stand behind the guests and eavesdrop blatantly, does she?

After a quick thought, she quickly thought of the turquoise bracelet she was wearing on her wrist.

This bracelet is a transformation of her main body, lotus seed, and has the magical ability to summon birds, fish, and insects.

So Princess Lian immediately used the jade bracelet on her wrist to quietly attract a butterfly from the bamboo forest outside the teahouse.

This small butterfly didn't attract much attention from the guests, after all, there is a bamboo forest outside, and it is common for one to fly in occasionally.

When the little butterfly flew up and down to Princess Lian's side, Princess Lian quietly whispered to the little butterfly, that is, let it fly around the teahouse and eavesdrop on what everyone was talking about.

Then find out the people who talk about the princess of the palace the most and tell her.

Princess Lian felt that the person who talked about the concubine the most in private must be the person who knew the concubine very well, so as long as she found a way to get close to the other party and get to know each other, it should not be difficult to find out what she wanted to know.

After listening to Princess Lian's request, the little butterfly obediently flew around the entire teahouse according to Princess Lian's wishes.

In addition to the guests passing by at every table, even the private rooms of the VIPs on the second floor went in one by one.

About a quarter of an hour later, the little butterfly flew back to Princess Lian again, and told her that in the third private room on the second floor of the teahouse, there were two men who talked about the concubine the most.

He also told her that someone was eavesdropping on the people inside behind the door of the private room.

After listening to Little Butterfly's report, Princess Lian was very satisfied with Little Butterfly and let Little Butterfly leave, then got up and walked to the staircase on the second floor.

When she quietly came to the corridor on the second floor, Princess Lian was indeed at the door of the third private room, and saw a black-clothed and masked man sneakily leaning against the door and eavesdropping.

I also saw two guards at the door who looked like this private room fainting on the ground.

Apparently he must have been knocked unconscious by the black clothes so that he could eavesdrop on the conversation inside.

Princess Lian was very satisfied with the existence of this masked man in black, and also thought of using him as a meeting gift, and took the opportunity to get acquainted with the two men in this private room.

So, in a flash, Princess Lian floated behind the black-clothed masked man, and gently touched several important acupuncture points on the man's back with her fingertips.

"Click!"

"Poof!"

The man slammed the chambers and fell to the ground, and a razor-sharp dagger fell from his waist.

"Who!"

The two men inside asked instinctively.

"I said you two were too careless, didn't you? was knocked unconscious by this person, and eavesdropping at the door for a long time, didn't you even notice it? If it weren't for the fact that Ben Gongzi happened to pass by and helped you, I'm afraid you two wouldn't just be eavesdropped, right? ”

Princess Lian walked in generously, pointed to the black-clothed man who was lying on the ground and couldn't move, glaring at her angrily, and said meaningfully.

It's just that what Princess Lian doesn't know is that the two men in this private room are actually the current saint and the prince who came back from a private visit by Weifu......