Honglian took a cursory look at it, and before she could fully memorize each step, she heard the sound of "creaking, creaking" from the wooden floor upstairs.

She hurriedly took the "Book of Tea" to the counter, and at this time, Mu Qingao and Jiang Jue also walked down from the second floor together.

"How much silver?"

Honglian deliberately stood with her back to the stairs and asked the shopkeeper softly.

"Twenty Wen."

Honglian was shocked, she pinched the purse on her waist, and there were only five copper plates in it.

"Girl, will you wait a minute?"

When the shopkeeper saw King Jing coming down, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Lord Wang, have you chosen everything?"

"Well, settle the score!"

"Lord Wang, these books are not worth much, you can put the books here first, and I will send a man to send you to the mansion later."

"No need, I'll take it back directly, you can settle the account."

"The slave has seen the prince!"

Honglian hurriedly stepped forward and blessed Mu Qingao, and then stood aside with her head down.

Mu Qingao glanced at her and found that she was wearing the clothes of the maid in the house, but she felt that her eyes were raw, so she asked, "Who are you?" How is it here? ”

"Back to the prince, my name is Honglian, and I came out with the plain-clothed girl and Ah Fu to buy flower dew for the princess, and the princess allowed the slave to take a look outside, and the slave came to the bookstore to have a look, but I didn't expect to meet the prince, and the prince handed the book to the slave and maid to take it back!"

Mu Qingao glanced at the book in her hand and said to the shopkeeper, "Count hers as well." Then he lifted his leg and walked out of the bookstore.

Red Lotus chased after her shyly and whispered, "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”

Mu Qingao just nodded slightly and left quickly.

Outside the door, Suyi and Ah Fu didn't expect to meet King Jing here, and with Suyi there, Jiang Jue handed her a heavy bundle of books.

"Go back and tell the princess that I won't go home to eat dinner, and tell her not to wait for me."

"Yes!" Suyi replied.

"Also, these are bought for the princess to see, and sent directly to her room."

After Mu Qingao left with Jiang Jue, Honglian reluctantly withdrew her eyes.

Su Yi gave her a strange look and said to Ah Fu, "Let's go!" ”

Back in the house, Su Yi carried the book to the inner room, repeated the words of the prince and went out to stand guard, while Ah Fu carefully put out the bottles of flower dew.

"Madam, take a look, I don't know if it's the right one."

After a glance, Qingyun nodded and said, "Put it all up." ”

"How did you meet the prince?"

Song Qingyun rummaged through the stack of books, except for one or two books, the others were all books related to astronomy, geography or agriculture.

Sure enough, there were no travelogues and miscellaneous conversations she wanted.

"After we finished buying the flower dew, we passed by the bookstore and Honglian said that I wanted to go in and have a look, and I was illiterate, so I waited outside with the girl in plain clothes, who knew that she came out with the prince."

"What a coincidence!" Song Qingyun said with a smile.

"Madam, I always think the red lotus is weird."

"What's strange?"

Ah Fu wanted to speak and stopped, and Song Qingyun was a little displeased.

"If you have something to say, what does it look like?"

"Madam, a few days ago, I saw Honglian carrying water into the room to serve the prince to wash."

"What day?"

"Three days ago." Ah Fu thought for a moment and replied.

Three days ago? Wasn't it the night before I picked up the handkerchief?

"Who told her to come in and serve the prince?"

Ah Fu shook his head, "It's definitely not Mother Guo who told her to do this, that morning Mother Guo scolded her because she dropped her veil in Mrs. Wang's house, saying that if she dared to overstep the rules, she would do things without reporting, so she let her go to the kitchen to do chores." ”

"Oh, I see, you go and rest."

picked out a book that introduced the humanities of Shudi, and Qingyun leaned on the chaise longue and slowly flipped through it.

I watched it for a while, but I couldn't concentrate my thoughts.

If Honglian really thinks about the prince, she must strangle this sprout in the cradle.

Whether she is domineering or jealous, she will not agree to let Mu Qingao take a concubine.

In this era, men can have a room girl from the age of eleven or twelve, Mu Qingao is clean and self-conscious, except for Jiang Jue, who can serve closely, there is no woman around, let alone those messy and dirty things.

Now the situation is slightly different, after the two got married, Ah Fu, Xiaohong, and Xiaolu sometimes take care of Mu Qingao's daily life, but they are only limited to fetching water and tidying up clothes.

Some intimate contacts were all done by Song Qingyun alone.

She believed in Mu Qingao's determination, but she couldn't stand the arrogance of some women.

In order to please him, Wang Shuqi ignored the woman's reserve and reputation, chased him all over the world, and finally ended up tragically and became the laughing stock of others.

She is not the last woman who disregards shame, some girls will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, if the prince is accidentally framed and cooked with raw rice, he will not be able to marry someone in at that time?

"Xiaohong, go and call Red Lotus in." Song Qingyun sat up and shouted to the two sisters who were whispering under the porch.

Soon the red lotus hurried over, blessed her body with a frightened face, and then stood in the corner like a wounded quail.

"Red Lotus, have you always been so timid?"

"Back to the princess, slave maid, slave maid has always been timid, and she doesn't know what mistake she has made, so please make it clear to the princess."

"Just because I asked you to come, it means that you made a mistake?" Song Qingyun asked unhappily.

I saw Honglian kneeling on the ground with a "poof", and her little face turned pale with fright.

"Princess, the slave is wrong."

"Don't you have a ghost in your heart and have done something sorry for me, right?"

This is simply a thunderbolt from the sky, the red lotus was caught off guard, she looked at Song Qingyun in shock, kowtowed like pounding garlic, cried and begged for mercy, "Princess, the slave maid has not done anything, please take a look." ”

Song Qingyun's face flushed angrily, and she said to Xiaohong Xiaolu, "What are you still standing for?" Pull her up! ”

Good fellow, she just asked casually, and the girl took on a posture as if she was going to kill her.

"Red Lotus, since you are so cautious, then I will be a bad person and make things clear to you. You do your duty and do your own thing, don't do something that makes me hateful, my temper is good, and I really don't get used to anyone if I don't say it well, do you understand? ”

After Honglian agreed, she ran out crying.

Guo's mother came in with a frown, and when she saw that the atmosphere in the house was tense, she waved her hand to Xiaohong and Xiaolu and asked them to go out first.

"Madame, what's wrong with you?"

Song Qingyun rubbed his eyebrows and said angrily, "I was angry with that red lotus." ”

"What happened?"

Song Qingyun was depressed in her heart, and Guo's mother was her confidant, and she was willing to tell her anything, so she told her the ins and outs of the matter.

"Hmph, I think this girl is evil, maybe she already knew that the prince was going to the bookstore to buy books for his wife, and deliberately let the prince notice her."

I also thought about it this way, but there was no real evidence, and I couldn't say anything, but I secretly reminded her, but before she could say anything, she hurriedly made a little low, looking aggrieved. There are so many people in the courtyard, I don't know how to spread the word that my princess is rude and willful, and treats her subordinates harshly! ”