Chapter 7 Dependence
Entering the palace, Tang Qianyi was arranged in a small courtyard in the Queen Mother's palace. After settling everything, she went to the main hall to meet the Zhou family.
"Qian Yi to meet the Queen Mother."
"Hmm." Zhou was lying on the couch with his eyes closed, and a palace maid kneeling below skillfully pinched her legs, "Take you into the palace, do you know the reason?" ”
"I don't know, but I know that this is a blessing for him."
"Blessings, after entering this royal family, those who are blessed or not are blessed to see creation." Zhou opened his eyes and looked at Tang Qianyi, who was standing below, thin and weak, and he didn't know if he could bear this royal life.
After all, Tang Qianyi still didn't know the reason for entering the palace this time, except for asking the Zhou family for a time in the morning and evening, he never left the hospital.
Five days later, Zhou's aunt came to say that the general had returned and had entered the palace to pick her up. Hearing the news, Tang Qianyi felt inexplicably at ease. She lived in the Queen Mother's palace for the past five days, and although the days were quiet, she was always restless in her heart, and she didn't dare to talk much. At this time, after listening to Li Jinyu's news, I felt down-to-earth.
Li Jinyu's armor has not been taken off, so he can't enter the palace, so he only waits for Tang Qianyi at the palace gate. Seeing Tang Qianyi's carriage coming, his face finally had some sunshine.
He stood with his hands behind his back, no one by his side, only a black horse quietly accompanying him. Tang Qianyi got out of the carriage and saw him standing tall, the sun was setting, and the golden sun shone on his armor, making her unconsciously cast all her eyes on him, but she didn't know that the sun was dazzling, and her steps sped up.
"Qiangyi." Tang Qianyi walked up to him, he gently called her name, and the corners of his mouth went up.
"General." Tang Qianyi also smiled slightly, "Can you win?" ”
"Won." Li Jinyu said and helped her into the carriage.
The two sat opposite each other in the carriage. Tang Qianyi saw that his armor was still on his body, and he knew that he had come to pick him up before he entered the palace, and his heart was a little moved, and he wanted to ask about the recent events, but Li Jinyu asked her first: "These days, can you be wronged in the palace?" ”
"Not aggrieved."
"I'm sorry." Li Jinyu said in a hoarse voice, "I don't want you to get involved in this battle between the government and the opposition, but ...... It's fine if you're okay. ”
Tang Qianyi saw that he was lonely, his nose was a little sour, and he didn't know how to act, so he only squeezed out two words from his throat: "It's okay." ”
Back to the general's mansion, Liuyun Siyu waited for Tang Qianyi to take a bath, her hair was half wet, and she sat at the table and cut the lanterns. The movements of her hands suddenly stopped, and then she put down the scissors in her hand again, called the morning star to fetch the tulips, put on a cloak, and walked towards the courtyard where Li Jinyu lived.
Although it was already time to arrive, Li Jinyu had no intention of resting, and he was still in the study when Tang Qianyi came over. Seeing her coming, Li Jinyu hurriedly put down her subordinates, stepped forward and asked, "Qianyi?" ”
"General." Tang Qianyi handed over the box in his hand and said, "Today, I see that the general's eyes are blue, I think it is because he is busy with affairs and lacks rest." I used sandalwood, cumin, benzoin and frankincense to make this anti-tulip, and it was very good for calming the nerves, so I sent it to the general. ”
Li Jinyu took the box and replied, "Thank you." It was cold at night, and the cloak was a little thinner. As he spoke, he took off the cloak on Tang Qianyi's body, and took another cloak hanging on the shelf and put it on her, and put it together.
"Thank you."
"It's just a box of incense."
"Thank you for not asking too much about this. When it happens, I'll tell you all the truth. ”
"Okay."
"This is a muddy water, and if it weren't for me, your life might have been much more peaceful. If you are tired or afraid, tell me that I went to ask the emperor and revoked the marriage contract. ”
"Although I am just a pawn of you, but in the huge imperial city, there is only you, and I can rely on it."
On the way back to her yard, Tang Qianyi was in a trance, and she couldn't believe that she would say such a thing. She knew in her heart that he was just using her, but when she said this, she seemed to be in the middle of an evil spirit, and when she saw him looking at herself with a guilty face, she couldn't help but want to brush away this guilt for him, maybe she said this just to comfort him. However, wouldn't it be just right for him to go and ask the emperor to withdraw the marriage contract, and all dust would return to dust.
The more Tang Qianyi thought about it, the more annoyed she became, she forgot her feet, stumbled, and almost fell, but fortunately, Morning Star was quick and helped her.
"Miss, it's dark, pay more attention to your step."
The next day, Tang Qianyi remembered the agreement with Yang Liu before entering the palace, and sent Morning Star to inquire. Yangliu is the largest cloth merchant in the imperial city, starting from Yun'an, a small city in Huizhou, and now has a mansion in the east of the city, but does not live permanently, often lives in a separate garden in the north of the city.
Tang Qianyi simply cleaned up, and then took Morning Star to Yang Liu's other garden in the north of the city.
"Girl, please go back, the son's villa is not a guest." That disciple rejected Tang Qianyi before he could report it.
Tang Qianyi didn't expect Yang Liu to have this rule, standing there, he didn't go in, and he was unwilling to go back. Fortunately, the flying leaves beside Yang Liu happened to go out, and when he saw the two of them, he led them in.
This garden is not big on the outside, but there is a hole inside. Tang Qianyi followed the flying leaves and turned left and right to the pavilion inside. Yang Liu was sitting in the pavilion, with a lyre in front of him, holding a book in his hand, which seemed to be a musical score, and was studying. Feiye stepped forward and said softly, "Childe, Miss Tang is here." ”
When Yang Liu heard this, he hurriedly put down the book in his hand, got up and said, "Miss Qianyi." ”
"Young Master Yang Liu, I didn't make an appointment in advance, so I bothered."
"It doesn't matter when Miss Qianyi comes."
Tang Qianyi sat down, Yang Liu signaled to Feiye, removed the lyre on the table, and after a while, brought tea and snacks. Yang Liu pushed the dim sum in front of Tang Qianyi, and said with a smile: "Miss Qianyi, this lotus cake and Dingsheng cake are made by the master from Suyang, you can taste it." ”
Tang Qianyi didn't love these sweets since she was a child, but seeing Yang Liu like this, it was inconvenient to refuse, so she picked up a piece of lotus cake, took a small bite, and replied: "It's the taste of Jiangnan." She put down the pastry in her hand and wanted to say what she meant, but she didn't want Yang Liu to speak first.
"Miss Qianyi came this time to tell me about the teahouse last time."
"Now that Young Master Yang Liu knows, then I'll just say it. That day in the Fang Mansion, what you said was not half a word, and as you said, this thing could not be done, and three days later, Mrs. Wen did not enter the palace. So, I want to ask for a lesson or two. ”
"Although Master Tang died of illness, the foundation of the Tang family is still there." As he spoke, Yang Liu glanced at Tang Qianyi.
"Yes, after something happened at home, I couldn't take care of it from a distance, so I put it down, but Su Yang's business is still there, and now Uncle Hu is in charge. It's just that the status is not as good as before, and the business in Jiangnan is not good, so I want to go north and find the eldest sister. ”
"Jiangnan is rich and comfortable, and there are naturally more people who use incense, and there are many fewer people who use incense in the imperial city. Therefore, there are very few people in the imperial city who can make incense, not to mention those who can compare to your Tang family's craftsmanship. In this way, the business of the Imperial City is very good, but it depends on what to do. If you want to take the road in the palace, it is indeed a good way, but it is a little harder. ”
Tang Qianyi listened to Yang Liu's careful analysis, and became interested, staring at him intently.
"The spice market in the imperial city is divided into fragments, and if you want to squeeze in, it is easy, you just need to buy a few shops and occupy a seat."
In this way, Tang Qianyi was mentioned, these are very easy to think of, why can't I think of it?
Yang Liu then told her some business experiences in the imperial city, and Tang Qianyi remembered them carefully.
At noon, Yang Liu wanted to stay with Tang Qianyi for dinner, but she refused. It would have been inappropriate for her to come to his other garden with only the morning star today, and if she stayed for dinner, she was afraid that she would leave a talking point.
Tang Qianyi sat in the carriage, and she didn't realize that the car stopped without realizing it, but Morning Star told her: "Miss, I'm parading the street in front, and I can't get through." ”
"Parade?" Tang Qianyi opened the curtain as she spoke, and looked outside.
The people outside surrounded the road so hard that they couldn't see it at all, and only heard a few people talking about it.
"How can a Shangshu have such courage, and he doesn't have the prime minister behind him."
"I heard that the general led the troops to capture these traitors."
Hearing Li Jinyu, Tang Qianyi wanted to get out of the car and ask a few more questions, but a few people had already gone away, so he lowered the curtain and let the coachman take a detour to go back.