The young lady was dressed up in a fancy way, with gold hairpins and silver hairpins on her head, and beads and flowers, obviously she had never heard of Liu Zi'an's name, but she showed a critical expression: "Such a plain hairpin is better than jade." ”

She looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, but unfortunately the fat powder was too thick, and her cheekbones were slightly high, which made her look a little mean.

Song Ran looked at her when she heard this, and said in a consultative tone: "In this case, the girl will give it to me, how about it?" ”

Originally, she also fell in love with it first.

The other party squinted over, probably seeing that she was dressed plainly, and immediately smiled contemptuously.

Song Ran looked at her calmly.

I only heard her say: "Let it be given to you, can you afford it?" As she spoke, she said to the shopkeeper, "How much does this girl buy." ”

The shopkeeper was naturally pleased, and opened his mouth to quote a price, although it was a little amazing, but it was still within Song Ran's affordability, and he couldn't help but feel even more pity in his heart.

The shopkeeper quickly put the hosta in a brocade box and handed it to the young lady, who was as proud as if she had won the battle, and immediately asked the accompanying maid to insert the hosta into her head.

Song Ran only smiled slightly, and stepped out of the door with the dumb man and Liuniang.

Liu Niang muttered in a low voice: "What kind of person, the girl should reason with her." ”

Song Ran had a good temper: "It's not good to reason with her, it's just that." ”

Liu Niang's expression has always been a little indignant, and she didn't even have the heart to go shopping, and there was a thoughtful look on her dumb face.

Walking to the bookstore called "Thousand Scrolls", Song Ran said: "You can go shopping at will, I'll go buy a few drama books." ”

Liu Niang had no intention of shopping again, and went to the bookstore with Song Ran, while the dumb man raised his feet and walked towards the jewelry shop where Shi had just left......

This bookstore is open on the east side of the Gongyuan, in Song Ran's picking and choosing, there are many young children in and out, Liu Niang is illiterate, and asked her what the play book in her hand is about, Song Ran replied softly. Her voice was soft, and she read poetry and books as soon as she heard her words, and a man next to her couldn't help but glance at her.

Sensing his gaze, she nodded slightly at him, then walked up to the shopkeeper with the script she had picked up, and said, "Sir, I would like to ask you about a book." ”

The shopkeeper is a tried-and-true talent, holding a book to read every day, ignoring people's love and answers, and not raising his head: "What book?" ”

She didn't feel sluggish, and still said in a gentle tone: "Liu Erlang's "Splendid Story". ”

Hearing "Splendid Notes", Xiucai raised his eyes slightly: "Liu Erlang from Hangzhou Mansion Guimengyuan? ”

Song Ran said: "Exactly." I heard that more than 30 years ago, Liu Erlang burned all the scripts of "Splendid Notes" and did not allow anyone to reprint them. ”

Xiucai is fond of books, and he remembers all the books he handles, especially the rare ones like "Splendid Notes", thought about it, and said, "I did receive one last year." Song Ran just showed joy, and listened to him again, "But it has been bought by others." ”

Song Ran was extremely disappointed, but he refused to give up this opportunity, and asked without giving up: "I don't know if you remember, who is the buyer?" After asking, he secretly shook his head in his heart, so many people come and go in this bookstore every day, and this Xiucai doesn't even raise his head when he talks to people, where can he remember who the buyer is.

His answer was exactly as she expected: "Xiaosheng can't remember." ”

She sighed, paid the silver taels of the play book in her hand, and was about to leave, but a clear voice sounded behind her: "Girl, stay." ”

She turned around and saw that she was greeted by a young man dressed in a straight blue body, with bright eyes and beautiful eyebrows, and a long jade body, like a bamboo pole.

"Childe called me?"

He nodded and walked up to her: "I take the liberty of asking, what is the girl looking for "Splendid Story"? ”

She said: "I heard about Liu Erlang's story from a friend by chance, and I thought it was very legendary, so I wanted to find it and read it. ”

He nodded slightly: "I see." He added, "Coincidentally, this play book was bought by Zaixia." ”

Song Ran didn't expect that there would be such a coincidence today, and immediately rejoiced: "Is this true? ”

There was a hint of a smile in his eyes: "Seriously, I just don't know where I put it, I want to find it." If the girl really wants to see it, she can go down and get it. ”

Although the people of Ling'an are open, but a girl's house, go to a man's house where they meet in Pingshui at will, it will inevitably be immoral, Song Ran pressed the eagerness in his heart, and said: "I don't know where the son's house is, if it is convenient, the little girl will send someone to pick it up another day." Thank you first. ”

He was about to answer, when a man dressed as a servant came in and called out to him, "Childe." Leaning into his ear, he whispered the reason, he frowned slightly, and said in his heart, this has just been free, and he is busy again. He had no choice but to turn to Song Ran and said, "The girl still told the address of the house below, stayed in the house and found the script and sent someone to the house." ”

Song Ran thought about it and thought it would be good, so he told him the address, thanked him again, and watched him leave with the little guy.

She straightened her sleeves and said with emotion: "I really met a good person today." ”

Liuniang's focus is not here: "Girl, that son is so good-looking." ”

Song Ran looked at his departing back, and thought to himself, it is indeed good-looking, in the Book of Poetry, "There are bandit gentlemen, such as cutting, such as grinding", probably what he looks like.

Back home, Uncle Zhong had already prepared a fragrant dinner, Song Ran was already so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and he picked up a pair of chopsticks before he washed his hands, and wanted to pick up vegetables, but unfortunately he was caught by Uncle Zhong, and he said solemnly: "Young master." ”

Zhong Bo is always happy on weekdays, and he is also tolerant of her requirements, and only makes rules when he eats. Song Ran smiled helplessly and obediently went to wash his hands. Seeing this, the mute followed, and as she wiped her hands with a hand towel, he took out a brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to her.

She put down the handkerchief and said, "What is this?" ”

The dumb said: "Open it and you'll know." ”

She opened it curiously, and when she saw the object inside, her forehead jumped slightly. Inside is the hairpin she fancies today. She was not in a hurry to make up her mind, and tried to ask him calmly: "How did you come?" ”

He said, "I bought it." ”

She was skeptical: "But the lady who bought the hairpin is not like a person who will resell things to others." ”

He looked calm and said, "I don't lie to you, I did buy it." ”

When the shopkeeper of the jewelry shop put the hairpin into the brocade box, he replaced the hairpin with a very fast method, and the hairpin that Song Ran saw was indeed genuine, but when it arrived in the brocade box, it had been replaced with a fake, and the lady who bought the hairpin did not know the goods, so she did not find it.

I don't know how many people this shopkeeper has deceived in this way. When the dumb man first heard him quote money, he felt strange, Liu Zi'an's handwriting could not be worth only this price. Probably the other party is afraid that the price is too high, and no one will buy it. Poor young lady with flowers, she thought she had picked up a bargain.

So, the dumb man went back to the jewelry shop, exposed the shopkeeper's tricks, and bought the hosta at the price he had set today.

Song Ran listened to his explanation, and then showed his face and said, "Dumb, well done." Seeing that he hesitated, as if he still had something to say, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he winked at him, "Since you have given me something, then I will give you the same in return." ”

As he spoke, he untied the brocade bag containing the peace charm around his waist and took out half a jade pendant from it.

That half of the jade pendant was given to her by the dumb man before.

She picked up his hand, put the jade pendant in his palm, and said, "The thing is returned to the original owner, I hope that this half of the jade pendant will have a reunion day as soon as possible." ”

His eyelashes trembled, he clenched his palms, and said, "Thank you, girl." ”

It was late at night, Song Ran bathed and changed clothes, and was about to go back to the room to read the drama book he bought today. As soon as she pushed open the door to her room, she was dumbfounded.

I saw a person sitting at the table, holding her play book and reading, and a sarong lamp was placed on the table, shining on his white brocade robe. He lifted his eyes and glanced at her. She rubbed her half-dried hair and approached him with a look of apprehension on her face: "My lord, why are you here?" ”

This is the first time they have met since they returned from Hangzhou. He has been busy recently, and Xia Xiaoqiu hardly sees him. She hadn't seen her for half a month, and she had the illusion that she hadn't seen her for many years.

Shen Hanxi asked her lightly: "Xiaoqiu can come, can't this official come?" ”

She looked at the sky outside and pouted: "Lord Xia didn't come at this hour." And how did you get in? I didn't hear any movement. Then he leaned over and asked, "You can't come in over the wall, do you?" ”

Thinking about the way he climbed over the wall, I couldn't help but be a little funny, seeing his look, I hurriedly returned to normal, and complimented: "Even Wangcai was not alarmed, adults are good at kung fu." So saying, he sat down beside him. He put down the script in his hand and didn't speak, just looked at her for a long time.

The atmosphere flowing between the two became more and more subtle, and Song Ran took the lead in coughing and breaking the silence: "Listen to Lord Xia, my lord has been very busy recently, and I haven't seen anyone all day. Why do you have time to come to me today? ”

He flipped up a teacup, and Song Ran quickly scooped up the teapot and poured him a cup. In the dim light, there was a dark blue under his eyes. I'm used to seeing him commanding, but today I saw that he couldn't hide his tiredness, and he was a little unaccustomed.

"After the edict of the prince came down, there were a lot of slight remarks in the court, and the second prince was the eldest son of the holy concubine, and Wu Boying, the general political envoy who just married his daughter into the second prince's mansion this year, was the first to be dissatisfied. Although the reputation of the eldest prince in the market is far better than that of the second prince, he is bent on self-preservation, tries his best to stay away from the political arena, and is too low-key. I married a side concubine last year, and I was just the daughter of a small five-pin lang. Relying only on this paper to establish the edict to enter the East Palace, it is difficult to convince the public in the short term. ”

Song Ran nodded: "It seems that the prince's road to the country is long and obstructive." ”