On this day, the weather was clear. Gu's mother and daughter took their respective personal maids Chunlan and Yinggui and left Jiang's mansion in a carriage.

The breeze in the capital in spring is light, and the willows are green.

Xin Yao lifted the curtain of the car and carefully looked at the scenery of the capital, for some reason, she always felt that this bustling capital, the streets of eight streets and nine mo, were faintly lonely.

Xin Yao lowered the curtain and said, "Mother, has there been a big event in the capital recently?" ”

Gu said: "I heard your father say that after the death of the Queen Mother, there was some peace in the court. ”

"Oh, why is that?"

Gu said with a smile: "It seems that why the prince was established, I am a woman, where can I understand any national affairs?" It's just that your father has been a little worried when he comes back from the yamen these days. ”

Xin Yao leaned her head lightly on her mother and said, "I heard that the old lady picked up the post of the Hou Mansion yesterday, mother, is there such a thing?" ”

Gu Shi said angrily: "I can't hide anything from you, it's true." The housekeeper of the Hou Mansion personally sent it, but because he was sick last time, he didn't make it, and the old lady talked about it for a few days. ”

Xin Yao said lightly: "Didn't you say that where there is a family, there is no banquet music within a year?" ”

Gu said with a smile: "Silly boy, it's just talking, behind the scenes, there are a few who can really do it, besides, the old lady has lived in Jiangnan for a long time, and it is rare to go back to Beijing, and it is also a long-term love to go back to her parents' house to see her brothers and sisters." ”

Xin Yao pursed her lips and said disdainfully: "In that mansion, I'm afraid it's the Longtan Tiger's Den, I don't want to go." ”

Gu Shi said helplessly: "It's Longtan Tiger's Den, as long as the old lady speaks, our mother and daughter have to go." ”

Jiang Xinyao sighed again and again, hugging Gu's and humming.

Gu Shi was rubbed helplessly, slapped lightly on his daughter's hand, and scolded: "Only go this time, if there is another banquet in the future, you just pretend to be sick, and I don't bother to care about you!" ”

Jiang Xinyao suddenly smiled. He gave his mother a thumbs up, and a series of sycophants blurted out of his mouth.

Gu Shi was angry and funny, so he just let her go.

As he spoke, the carriage stopped. The coachman replied: "Madam, miss, the Jinjue Pavilion at the south gate of the imperial city has arrived!" ”

Dongmei and Yinggui each stepped forward to help their masters and entered the shop. When the money shopkeeper saw the visitor, he greeted him excitedly, and after saluting, he placed the second wife and led the young lady to the second floor. Xin Yao glanced at the warbler, and the warbler showed joy. This is a close second.

……

In the private room on the second floor of the Fu Ren Residence, two men in brocade clothes stood by the window, one gray and one white. The same tolerance is elegant, noble and dusty.

There was a bright look between the eyebrows of the man in white: "Ah Yuan, look." The carriage of the Chiang family. Who do you say it would be? ”

The man in gray had a clear complexion and a beautiful contour, frowned lightly and said lightly: "How do I know who it is?" ”

The man in white was slightly stunned, and sighed: "Ah Yuan, standing here every day to look and see, across the street, what is there to see?" Isn't it just a jade shop? It's so cold that you can't even see a ghost. This business is done, and there is a chance that you will lose money! ”

The man in gray glanced at the man and snorted coldly, "I like it!" If you're tired, you can go back, no one will let you come along! ”

The man in white looked shocked, and said solemnly: "I'm not tired." I'm not tired, I'm very stuffy in the house every day, and it's good to go out for a walk. It's just that if the shop continues to open like this, it will have to close sooner or later. ”

The man in gray didn't bother to pay attention to him, his eyes were fixed on the vermilion-wheeled car in front of the Jinjue Pavilion. I wondered who was coming?

The man in white said with a dark look in his eyes: "Don't look at it, it's probably your niece." At this time, Jiang Hongsheng must be in the yamen. The Jiang family has no one else except her. ”

The man in gray sighed: "I really want to see her, my father valued her the most when he was alive!" ”

The man in white turned slightly gloomy when he heard this: "Don't worry, the queen mother's filial piety has just passed, let them jump for a while, and sooner or later the master will serve them in a pot." ”

The man in gray looked slightly moved, but he still said lightly: "Okay, take care of yourself first, the court has not been peaceful these days, you should be careful." ”

The man in white smiled miserably, and his eyes suddenly became a little ethereal: "What's the use of being careful?" Isn't it a man with his tail between his legs? Sometimes I really want to walk away, see the mountains, see the water, and see the scenery, it's better than being stuck in this square inch. ”

The man in gray glanced at him and sneered: "You just go to the edge of the sky, but you still can't escape, you can't hide." ”

The corners of the man in white's mouth curled, and he said hatefully: "Hmph, since you can't escape, you can't hide, then the master will go." ”

The man in gray hurriedly stretched out his arm and stopped: "Where are you going?" ”

The man in white laughed, took out a brocade fan from his waist, opened it with a "snap", and slapped it twice, and the old god was saying: "The more I look at it, the more I feel that this jade pendant on my body is unbearable, and I want to buy some treasures in Jinjue Pavilion." Ah Yuan, do you want to come with me? ”

The man in gray was so shocked that his eyebrows tightened, and he said angrily: "I can't see them now, don't make trouble!" ”

The man in white straightened his clothes, pretended to dust off the ashes, and said while laughing: "You can't see it, you can!" Wait here obediently, and come when you go. As he spoke, he was already outside the door.

The man in gray was so angry that he stomped his feet, but he looked helpless, stared at the back for a long time, smiled with relief, and said to himself: "That's it, that's it, and leave it to fate!" ”

……

This side Xinyao went up to the second floor, Jiang Quan, Yan Ming had been waiting for a long time, since last year, Suzhou Mansion and Miss goodbye, I haven't seen each other for a few months, and when we met at first glance, I was excited.

Yan Ming, Yinggui sister and brother reunited after a long absence, and their eyes were even redder.

The money shopkeeper quipped: "Miss, looking forward to the stars and the moon, finally looking forward to you, a few months have passed, Miss will not come again, this business is ......"

Xin Yao glanced at the cyan color under the money shopkeeper's eyes, and said with a smile: "Money shopkeeper, didn't I come?" ”

The shopkeeper personally made tea for everyone, and when he saw that the fourth lady had lost a lot of weight, he said, "I heard that the young lady fell ill when she entered Beijing, but now she is better?" ”

"I'm afraid that the imperial spirit of the capital is too heavy, and I can't help it. After two months of rest, it was just better. The money shopkeeper looks good, but there is a happy event? ”

Qian Jincai smiled humbly: "Where is the happy event?" Miss's entry into Beijing is a great joy. I'm so sad about old money, look at my eyes, I can't sleep well night after night. ”

Jiang Quan and others went to Beijing to prepare for the opening of the shop, and the journey was quite smooth, but they didn't expect that since the store opened, it was deserted, and there was no figure for half a day, which could not be compared with the three places in the south of the Yangtze River. The money shopkeeper was so anxious that his hair turned white.

Xin Yaoqing said with a smile: "Money shopkeeper, it's normal for business to be bad, okay, then there are ghosts." The shop opened quietly during the period of national filial piety, which I did on purpose. The capital is not as good as the south of the Yangtze River, at the foot of the imperial city, there are many princes and generals, and there are many eunuchs. When we first came to the road, we were helpless and helpless, how could we make a noise to seize the lord as soon as we came up, causing people to be jealous. If that's the case, you're in trouble. You have to feel how deep the water in this capital is, and see if you can cross the river with the stones. ”

Jiang Xinyao looked at the face of the shopkeeper and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Qian, I know that I have indeed wronged you by letting you come to the capital, don't worry, our shop will get better sooner or later, and the red envelopes at the end of the year are indispensable to you." ”

The money shopkeeper looked at him with a smile: "There is a young lady sitting in the capital, and my heart is set for old money." Miss, you talk to the whole master, I will go downstairs and wait for the old money. ”

Jiang Xinyao said with a smile: "I heard that the shopkeeper Qian has a very good distribution of tea, Yinggui, Yan Ming, don't taste it soon." You siblings haven't seen each other for a few days, so talk about it. ”

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "How can I mention this little skill?" It's the warbler's good cooking skills, so that I miss the old money to this day, I drool when I think about it, I don't know if there is such a blessing today? ”

Yinggui said angrily: "Money shopkeeper, take people softly, eat people with short mouths, you, how many times have I been short?" ”

"Yes, yes, a few more times, I'm willing, go, go, let's go downstairs and talk to the second wife."

The room was quiet again, Jiang Quan knew that time was precious, and said, "Miss, the matter of Yiyuan, what does Miss plan to do?" ”

"Master Quan, don't worry, tell me first what the situation in the capital is now?"

Jiang Quan stretched his brows and said: "The queen mother passed away, I heard that the emperor often called the dynasty sick, and the call for the crown prince to become higher and higher day by day. Restaurants and tea shops are talking about the establishment of the crown prince, and I have heard that the officials of the DPRK and China are frequently transferred, and there is nothing else. ”

"Master Quan, is the emperor still clear today?"

"Miss, what is clear or not? Listening to the people in the teahouse, this person has a weak temperament, and the queen mother is the master of everything. At that time, the queen mother relied on her own strength to pull the son of Hui Guifei off the horse and help her son to ascend the throne. ”

Jiang Xinyao said: "How do I look at these years, the country and the people are safe, the wind and rain are smooth, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Jiang Quandao: "Miss has lived in Jiangnan for a long time, the land of fish and rice in Jiangnan, with outstanding people, it is indeed stable, and the war in the northwest still exists every year." ”

"In this way, this emperor is not weak and confused, and he still has a decision in major matters."

Jiang Quanqi said: "What is Miss asking about these things?" ”

Jiang Xinyao leaned closer, lowered her voice and said, "Master Quan, if I'm not mistaken, that one is going to do it." Glory and wealth, high-ranking officials and generous people, sometimes it's just a beauty bottle, and if you say it's broken, it will be broken. Haven't you heard of a son of heaven and a courtier? Now that the Queen Mother has died, the Son of Heaven is still the Son of Heaven, but the minister should no longer be the minister. ”

Jiang Quan said incredulously: "Miss, what does this have to do with our shop?" ”

Xin Yao shook her head and said with a smile: "There are no eggs under the nest." The most important thing in doing business is to see the six ways and listen to the eight directions. The above every move seems to be inadvertent, but in fact, it will more or less affect us to these ordinary people, as the so-called leaves know autumn. Master Quan, why did the Xu family fall in the first place, wasn't it just involved in the palace? ”

Jiang Quan's face was gloomy, and he said, "Miss is right, what does Miss mean?" ”

Xin Yao took a sip of tea, cleared her throat and said, "Master Quan, I am in the boudoir, and the news from the outside can't come in." Whether the capital is wind or rain, I don't know the bottom of my heart, just like a blind man. I'll just ask, it's not interesting. Does Grandmother Xu have any news? ”

Jiang Quan looked at Xin Yao and put down the tea bowl happily, and said, "Miss, if there is any turmoil in the capital in the future, I will send you a letter." There is no news yet, but there is something very strange. ”(..)

( Miss Jiang Si )