Looking at his worried look, I hesitated a little, it was not easy to say yes, nor to say no, after thinking about it for a while, I still said softly: "There is a way for everything, but it also depends on the will of God." Do your best. ”

He looked at me, was silent for a moment, and nodded slightly.

Then, he turned and walked away.

I stood in the doorway, watching his back disappear in front of me, a cold wind blew, and a chill to the bones also invaded my body through my clothes, I didn't know which direction this matter would go, but the faint warmth in my chest made me want to try twice for them.

In this world, there should not only be sad people.

At this time, Cai Wei came behind her, and she said softly: "Madam, it's windy at the door, don't catch a cold, go back quickly." ”

I nodded, turned around and walked with her, Lao Zhu closed the courtyard door in the back, and after walking for a while, I said to Cai Wei, "I'm going to go out tomorrow." ”

"Huh? Where is Madame going? I'm going to talk to the driver and tell him to get ready tomorrow. ”

"It's okay, you let him get ready tomorrow morning."

"Then I'm—"

"You don't have to go."

"Why?"

"You forget, tomorrow those maids and servants will come to the door, and I will leave this matter to you, and you will stay at home and deal with their affairs. You have to think about how to arrange what they are going to do. ”

She looked at me, "Madam, don't you ask for it yourself?" ”

"Since I handed over this matter to you, it is natural for you to ask."

“……”

She didn't speak, but felt the hands holding me with a little effort, I turned my head to look at her, only to see her eyes flickering, like Rue Xiang who took over the embroidery workshop back then, half worried, but also with uncontrollable excitement.

I smiled faintly.

The night passed.

This night, I didn't sleep as peacefully as the first night I came here, and my mind kept churning the faces of Wu Yanqiu and Yang Jinyao, as well as the entanglement between them, although I comforted Wu Yanqiu, there is always a way to solve things in this world, but whether we can find a proper way, until now I am not sure.

I can only say that I did my best.

I tossed and turned until late at night, and I fell asleep very late, but fortunately, I was in good spirits when I got up the next morning, and this night, I didn't hear the ghost cry that Lao Zhu said, and I didn't even hear Cai Wei.

She got up early to get dressed because she had a "big event" to do today, and when I got up, hot water towels were readily available, all ready, after freshening up, and after breakfast, I explained to her a few words, and I went out alone. When I went out of the gate, Lao Zhu also asked me a few words worriedly, after all, a woman's house, there is no girl to accompany her, so it is not convenient to go out in this way, but the coachman Lao Xia promised him that he would take me completely and bring me back completely, and the old man was relieved.

After I got into the carriage, I gently waved my hand to Lao Zhu at the window, asking him to close the door quickly, he stood on the threshold, and watched us leave, and then retreated.

I think this old man has been staying in this deserted house, his relatives are gone, how much lonely, finally came to us people, of course he hopes that we can stay for a long time, even if he accompanies him, he accompanies us, life can not be so lonely.

It's just that I don't know how long I can stay in this bustling capital.

I sat by the window, watching the traffic outside, early in the morning, the city seemed to be completely awake, the streets were lined with breakfast stalls, all kinds of breakfast exuded an enticing aroma - steamed buns, steamed buns, steaming spicy soup, people's nose and mouth always wake up earlier than people's hearts.

Chromophobia also.

I couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's so fragrant here." ”

Lao Xia looked back and said with a smile while driving the car: "Miss, this is a famous gluttonous street in the capital, and delicious things from the south and north are gathered here, not bragging, even in the palace, the emperor may not be able to eat more flavors here." ”

I laughed.

Ordinary people must think that the emperor's meal must be the delicacies of the mountains and seas, dragon liver and phoenix marrow, in short, all the treasures in the world must be placed in front of him, but in fact, there is indeed a lot of food in the imperial dining room, even if the rats eat better than ordinary people, but the emperor can not eat everything, in order to prevent someone from assassinating, poisoning the meal, the emperor's meal can not have a preference, what he likes can not eat more, what he hates can not eat less, every time it is the eunuch of the cloth vegetables to pick out some from each dish, After tasting it, give it to him, and there will not be many people who actually eat it in his mouth, and to be honest, it is really not as comfortable as the people who sit on the bench and drink bean juice on the street.

So, I chimed in, "Yes, how nice things are here." ”

Lao Xia said with a smile: "The eldest lady can eat well early, if you don't eat well, you can use a bowl here if you don't put it." Lao Xia, I know best, there is a wonton seller there, and the taste is the best. ”

I laughed and said, "No. I ate a lot of breakfast, and I still hold on. And, it's important to get down to business. ”

"Oh, yes, yes."

As he spoke, Lao Xia shook the reins in his hand again, and drove the horse a few steps faster, after this lively street market, the road ahead was slightly wider and smoother, and our speed was also faster, and after a while, we saw that familiar scenery.

Lao Xia finally seemed to be unable to hold back, and turned around and asked in a low voice, "Miss, what do you have to come back?" ”

I didn't speak, just raised my head, looked at the Yang Mansion that was getting closer and closer in front of me, the carriage stopped at the gate, Lao Xia helped me get out of the car, and immediately went over to knock on the door, the porter was familiar with him, and hurriedly came over to answer the door, and when he saw me, he was stunned for a moment: "Miss Yan, you are, is there something wrong?" ”

I smiled and said, "I'm presumptuous, I'm here to find your eldest lady." ”

"Miss?" The porter was stunned for a moment, and turned back to another attendant who came up to see the excitement: "The eldest lady seems to have gone out early in the morning, right?" ”

The squire nodded, "I also seem to have heard from someone." ”

I smiled dumbly - this porter is guarding the door, why does Yang Jinyao go out, but he still has to ask others? Probably seeing me smiling like this, the porter also laughed and said: "Don't blame Miss Yan, Miss Yan has been staying in the house for less time these days, often running out, and she doesn't go through the front door, her own car is waiting at the side door, often we don't know, she has already left." ”

"Oh?"

I couldn't help but frown.

"So, when will she be back?"

"It's impossible to say, sometimes I come back quickly, sometimes I come back in the middle of the night."

"So late?"

"yes."

“……”

If it was the eldest lady of an ordinary family who went out early and returned late, she would probably have been locked in the boudoir by her father and mother a long time ago, but Yang Jinqiao's status in the Yang family is really strange, it seems that it is also because of the incident that forcibly sent her to Shangyang Palace back then, which made Yang Wanyun feel guilty about her, so she was also extraordinarily lenient, and speaking of which, she is actually not a deep boudoir lady, of course, it is even more difficult to manage.

But, in this case, I'm afraid I'm going to run out if I come here today.

The porter asked earnestly, "Miss Yan, why don't you go into the mansion and sit down?" I'm afraid that after a while, the eldest lady will come back, and I don't have to say that it may be. ”

I thought about it, but I still shook my head: "Forget it, I'm afraid that there are a lot of things in your house, so I won't go in and bother, I'll come back later." ”

"That's fine, Miss Yan walks slowly."

I turned around and went down the steps, Lao Xia helped me into the car, and then asked, "Then, miss, where are we going here?" ”

I smiled and said, "Since you have time, let's go to the wonton stall you said and try something new." ”

When Lao Xia heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately climbed into the car and raised his whip: "Let's go!" ”

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Because Yang Jinqiao was not at home, I was empty on this day, so I really followed Lao Xia to wander around the street, and went to the wonton stall he was familiar with to eat wontons, sure enough, the filling was big and thin, the meat was delicious, the soup was fresh, and even the amount of vinegar and green onions in it was just right, I ate most of the bowl, got into the car with a round belly, and let Lao Xia drive the car around the capital, to see the scenery, but also to familiarize himself with the city that has been away for a long time.

In the afternoon, it was always dark early in the winter in the capital, and seeing that twilight was approaching, I urged Lao Xia: "Go to Yang's Mansion and ask again." ”

"Okay."

Lao Xia drove to the Yang Mansion, turned around, and said to me: "Actually, Miss Jin Qiao was like this in the Yang Mansion in the past, and the lord and the lady didn't care much about her. ”

I wondered, "But, what does she do when she goes out like this every day?" ”

To my surprise, after I asked this question, Lao Xia did not answer immediately, but fell silent.

I subconsciously felt something, and opened the curtain to look at his back.

A cold wind blew, making me and him tremble slightly, I felt Lao Xia's shoulders twitch a little, as if he was hesitating, and after a while, he said softly: "This matter, I will just say it now, the eldest lady must not spread it." ”

"Well, you say."

"Actually, Miss Jin Qiao also has her own business outside, and she is not doing badly."

"Oh......"

I raised an eyebrow.

"How do you know?"

"In the past, Miss Jin Qiao was like this, running out every day, and the people in the family were a little suspicious, and then I heard the family say that they met Miss Jin Qiao outside to talk about business, saying that she had a lot of business outside. Even after she came to Shangyang Palace later, she only found someone to take care of it for a while, and she didn't lose it all. ”

"Really?"

"Well, so this time, when she comes back, I estimate that Miss Jin Qiao must be busy with her own business again."

I see.

No wonder, after Yang Yunhui's death, Yang Jinqiao has left the Yang family, and has nothing to do with Pei Yuanhao, but she can afford to support so many people around her, when I met her in Jiangnan, she had at least one militia under her, and it turned out that she was still running it herself.

It is true that people cannot be seen, and the sea water cannot be measured.

"So, what kind of business does she have?"

"I don't know, I didn't like to hear them chew the root of their tongue originally, but every night the old man used the car, and when he returned to the house, he wanted to go to the kitchen to eat something, so I heard what they said."

"Oh."

I nodded, and at this moment, our carriage drove to Yang's Mansion again.

This time, before I could get out of the car, the porter had already seen me and ran down in a few steps: "Miss Yan, you are here again." ”

"Well, is your young lady back?"

"It's not a coincidence, we also specially asked for you, Miss, she hasn't come back yet."

"I haven't come back yet."

"yes."

I frowned.

If it was really as Lao Xia said, Yang Jinqiao had his own business and went out to talk about business, it would be really difficult to decide at that time. Seeing that I was displeased, the porter asked me earnestly if I wanted to go in and sit down, maybe Yang Jinqiao would come back after a while, but I thought about it, but it was really not good to go in, as soon as I came, I just left Yang's mansion, I didn't want to go back to trouble Yang Wanyun and them; Second, if you are willing to come here today to find Yang Jinqiao, I am not willing to let others know; The third point is that because of Yang Jinyao, she was shut out by Wu Yanqiu, I can almost think of how much this little girl has been wronged, she must need to find someone to talk to, in fact, at this time, I should have come to listen to her and comfort her, but this matter was not handled well, all the comfort was empty words, I would like to set a game for her and Wu Yanqiu in this matter, and then talk about it.

Thinking of this, I refused the porter's request, thought about it, and added: "No need to tell your young lady, I have been here." ”

The porter was a little confused, but immediately agreed.

So, this time, I didn't even get out of the car, so Lao Xia drove the car again, and the two of them went back.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and after the sky got dark, the street became a little deserted, Lao Xia drove for a while, turned around and asked me, "Miss, are we going back home?" ”

I lifted the curtain and said softly, "Go back—"

As soon as I finished speaking, my voice was drowned out by the sudden sound of horses' hooves.

In the street ahead, a carriage came sideways, turned a corner with great speed, and ran in the other direction, but fortunately there were no pedestrians in the street, otherwise they would have knocked down one or two.

I still didn't care, but Lao Xia said "huh".

"What's wrong?"

"That car—" he hesitated, "like, it seems to be Miss Jin Qiao's carriage." ”

"What?"

"Yes, it shouldn't be wrong. Miss Jin Qiao usually doesn't use Yang's car, she has her own carriage. ”

"Is that the one?!"

"It's supposed to be that."

I immediately said, "Then, you hurry up!" ”

This time, Lao Xia did not hesitate, and immediately raised his whip and beat flowers in the air, and the carriage drove forward quickly.

Fortunately, it was late at this time, there were not many pedestrians on the street, Yang Jinqiao's carriage was running in front, our carriage followed from a distance, and we could always see their backs, but they had not lost it, and after a while, I saw her carriage parked in a back alley, she got down from the carriage and entered the back door of a big house.

What is this place?

Her private home?

However, this area is Yangliu Street, which is not a place for dignitaries to set up houses, especially the place where she entered, it is not like a house.

I asked Lao Xia to pull the carriage aside, got out of the carriage by himself, and slowly walked around the street in the cold wind and walked to the main street.

When I saw it, I was dumbfounded.

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