Chapter Twenty-Six: Li Niang

Watching Lie Yun walk into the Duobao Gate without looking back, Chen Xi clenched the hand hidden in his sleeve, and a trace of pain appeared on his face.

And Xiao Nianyuan was originally afraid that Lie Yun would find trouble for him because of the matter of Fang Cai, but at this moment, seeing that Lie Yun ignored him, even Chen Xi also ignored it, and immediately gloated.

Seeing that Lieyun's figure was no longer visible, Xiao Nianyuan approached Chen Xi's side and sneered, "Heh, I still wronged you, you can see it yourself, how much the Lie family's baby liked you before, and now how much he hates you!" Calamity, star! After saying it hatefully, he didn't care about his little cousin Cui Wanning, who was following Lie Yun and peeking at him from time to time, and walked away with the maid.

Cui Wanning saw that Xiao Nianyuan ignored herself at all, pouted, and chased Lieyun's back into the Duobao Gate.

"Miss, she ......" The maid beside Chen Xi was so angry that tears appeared in her eyes, "Miss, the county lord is the best with you, why is the county lord ...... today?"

"Yan'er, shut up!" Chen Xi shouted in a low voice, "How about the Feiyun County Lord, you can also put your beak as a little maid!" Alright, let's go home. Also, remember not to let your father know about today's events, lest he be angry. When we see Xiao Nianyuan in the future, we will avoid her. After speaking, Chen Xi turned around and walked towards the carriage.

Yan'er glanced at Duobaomen unwillingly, and then reluctantly followed her young lady into the carriage and left.

In Duobaomen, Cheng Jinsi picked a plum blossom Turui pure gold step shake, and for Cui Wanning, he picked two mutton fat white jade inlaid with gold butterfly beads, the little girl suddenly forgot the unhappiness of being ignored, and thanked Lieyun with a smile, and the five of them went out to get into the carriage under the congratulations of the fat boss, and continued to go to Baihua Pavilion.

In the carriage, Mo Ju peeked at Lie Yun from time to time, and stopped talking a few times.

"Say whatever you want." Mo Ju usually looks very aggressive, but at this moment, he suddenly let the little daughter-in-law possess her, Lieyun looked funny, and the depression in her heart was slightly reduced.

"County Lord, didn't you say it, the rumors about the eldest prince outside are not credible, you still like Miss Chen the most, but how can you ......" Mo Ju looked at Lie Yun and asked herself, and hurriedly said what was depressed in her heart.

"You want to ask, since I believe in Brother Lobby, I still like Sister Xi, but why did I see Sister Xi being bullied by Xiao Nianyuan like that, but I don't care." Lieyun cut off Mo Ju's words, and reached out to pick up a jasper teacup on the small table in the car and play with it.

"Yes, why is the county lord like this? That Xiao Nianyuan is really hateful, saying those words in front of the public, is simply ruining Miss Chen's reputation, and her intentions are too vicious! Mo Ju gritted her teeth and said, wishing that Xiao Nianyuan would appear in front of her and reward her with a punch.

Stretched out his hand and gave Mo Ju a popping chestnut, Lie Yun ignored Mo Ju's protesting eyes, "Hehe, Xiao Nianyuan is just a girl, and it is worth your anger for her like this, today's account will be let her pay it back sooner or later, if she offends us in the future, you don't have to be polite." As for Sister Xi," Lie Yun had a distressed look in his eyes again, "I thought that as long as the Lie family believed in their cousins, and the bright-eyed people believed that the children of the Lie family were born open and would not do anything against the country's righteousness, but I didn't expect that words are like knives, and they can almost kill people." If in the past three years, I have not closed my door, but often visited Sister Xi, even if Sister Xi has pain in her heart, she will not change from a bright and spring-like girl to an old man who seems to be dying now, with no vitality and no life. “

Mo Ju didn't expect that he was just talking about Chen Xi, but he brought Lie Yun in, and blamed himself, and suddenly regretted it in his heart, and hurriedly persuaded, "Don't blame yourself, take the fault on yourself, and blame the person who poisoned you, and blame those who spread rumors." “

"You're right," Lie Yun suppressed his emotions, "Why didn't I come forward to protect Sister Xi today, it was to guard against the person behind it." Judging from all indications, one of the purposes of the people behind it is to nurture me, and at the same time to separate me from all the people close to me. Now we have felt that something is wrong, but we must not let the person behind it be aware of it, otherwise not only we will be in danger, but our grandparents and grandmothers, including the Chen family, will be in danger. “

"Mo Ju understands, the county lord can rest assured."

"By the way, let people find out what happened between Xiao Nianyuan and Sister Xi in Duobaomen just now." Lieyun put the jasper cup in his hand back on the table and instructed Mo Ju.

Mo Ju responded "yes", and listened to the "hoo" of the car outside, the whip sounded, the carriage stopped, and it turned out that the two of them had reached Baihua Pavilion.

What happened in front of the door has been passed on to people by good deeds, so now the shops in the whole street know that the county lord of Feiyun, who has not appeared for a long time, has finally come to visit Zhengyang Street again, and they are all ready to receive this rare guest.

As soon as the carriage of five people stopped in front of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, I saw a handsome woman of about thirty years old, a few young and pretty girls, and a few young and handsome maids come out of it. The woman was tall and wore a purple skirt with straight collar and small sleeves, revealing a dark pleated skirt under the skirt, and a fragrant breeze was brought when she walked. has a pleasing round face, sees people without saying a word and smiles, and the two apricot eyes are crooked, which makes people feel kind at first sight.

When the woman took the girl and the servants to three feet in front of Lieyun, she stopped her footsteps and knelt neatly to Lieyun, "The county lord Chitose Jin'an." The housekeeper of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion and the guest girl in the pavilion greeted the county lord. “

It turned out that this woman was the chief steward of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, and the world did not know her real name, but only heard her call herself Liniang, so she was also called so. And the girl and the little maid behind Li Niang were hired by Baihua Pavilion to be responsible for receiving distinguished guests.

Lieyun is much more polite to the Liniang of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion than to the fat shopkeeper of Duobaomen.

I saw Lie Yun approaching, stretched out his hand to help Li Niang get up, and said jokingly, "Li Niang doesn't have to be polite, today the county lord brought the eldest girl of the Cui family who is also my little cousin to buy Qinglian paste, and Li Niang can greet my little cousin." “

Li Niang thanked Lie Yun, led everyone behind her to get up, and saluted Cui Wan behind Lie Yun, and said with a smile, "The county lord is serious, the county lord is a distinguished guest of Baihua Pavilion, and the county lord's cousin is naturally also a distinguished guest, how can Li Niang not be a good hospitality." The county lord please, Miss Cui please. “

As he spoke, he walked in the present, leading Lie Yun and Cui Wanning to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.

Baihua Pavilion is different from other shops in Dingjing, if it is really compared, it can be said that it is somewhat similar to Huafu Fang, which is simple but atmospheric. The store is neatly packed, and the goods are placed in the designated area. When guests enter the door, they don't need to be dazzled by their eyes, they just need to determine what they really want to buy, and go to the corresponding area to choose their favorite, saving time and effort.

Because Qinglian paste is the most difficult and expensive balm to make in Baihua Pavilion, the finished products are placed in a separate room on the second floor of the pavilion, and a special person is assigned to take care of it. Anyone who wants to buy it is invited to the second floor, and no matter what their status, each person can only buy one box at a time, and other rouge gouache except for the lotus paste can be bought two boxes per person at a time.

If you want to ask, those who can afford this Qinglian paste must be people who are either rich or noble, can it be that a small Baihua Pavilion has set up such a rule, and everyone can still obediently abide by it? This is a saying, originally from the 12th year of Mingde, this Baihua Pavilion opened a store to sell rouge gouache, because all of its products are good, so it attracted Dingjing women to flock to come. In the fourteenth year of Mingde, Baihua Pavilion launched Qinglian Cream, and the scene was even more out of control, and it was common for maids to line up all night in front of Baihua Pavilion, just to grab a box of Qinglian Paste for their own young lady and wife. Later, even the concubines of the palace heard about the name of Baihua Pavilion, and couldn't help but send the palace maids around them out of the palace to buy it, and after using it, they became loyal fans of Baihua Pavilion.

There are people with dirty thoughts, or peers who are red in the eyes of wealth, seeing that the business of Baihua Pavilion is so good, and they actually robbed more than half of the gouache business on Zhengyang Street, so they can't help but think of all kinds of bad tricks, or come to steal secret recipes, or blatantly come to make trouble, but they are all resolved one by one by the steward of Baihua Pavilion. Later, the steward of Baihua Pavilion found someone in the palace to ask the queen for a decree and set up this rule in the spirit of making money in harmony. In this way, no matter how unwilling those women were, they had to follow the rules, and the other gouache shops saw that Baihuage had no way to cut off their own way, so they stopped making trouble.