Chapter 104: Mustard Heart
The most luxurious restaurant in Baoding Mansion is actually not worse than that in Beijing, and the decoration and layout here are even better than the most famous Baoding Building and Feixian Building in Beijing----- because everything is new, and the curtain curtain is low, which looks like entering a fairyland on earth.
Lu Mingwei took the hat into the private room and sat down, when she heard Xiao Er coming and knocking on the door.
Although this is a restaurant, but the government can escort the gambling house, there may be some connection between this restaurant and the gambling house, Lu Mingwei nodded cautiously at Xu's mother, Xu's mother smiled and asked Xiao Er to prepare wine and food: "Our girl is going to enter Beijing's official's house, passing by here, because our wife is a little uncomfortable, so we came out to eat something, and brought some back to Mrs. by the way, and our young master will come over later, and I will bother the little second brother to let the kitchen clean up some decent wine and food." โ
Xiao Er responded with a smile and left happily.
After a while, Cui Minglou also entered the door with Yuanshan.
Before he sat down, Cui Minglou said to Lu Mingwei with a solemn expression: "The prefect of Baoding Mansion and the same governor are here." โ
The prefect of a prefecture, plus the same governor, the two biggest officials are here, it can be seen that the place is not wrong, but it also proves that this gambling house is really very involved, and I don't know what the identity of this big man is.
Lu Mingwei was not surprised, when she heard Cui Minglou say this, she glanced outside, and asked softly, "Is it next door to us?" โ
Cui Minglou shook his head: "They are on the third floor, and there will be no other guests on the entire third floor today." โ
Also, since it is a great secret, of course, it is impossible to be too cautious.
But then, what's the point of them finding a place? One floor apart, you can't hear anything.
As if knowing what Lu Mingwei meant, Cui Minglou said in a deep voice: "They called the singer." โ
This is expected, no matter how big the characters talk about things, they can't avoid calling these singers.
Lu Mingwei glanced at him: "Could it be that we are pretending to be a singer?" โ
Let's not talk about whether she will be discovered, she can barely get by, but Cui Minglou can't wear women's clothes, right?
Cui Minglou knew that she was thinking crookedly, so he glared at her angrily: "Singers and beauties always need someone to carry the cage." โ
Those singers and beauties generally prepare several sets of clothes and jewelry, just to prevent the nobles from dancing or playing the piano on a whim, and they all have special costumes.
Lu Mingwei quickly changed into a girl's outfit, and followed Cui Minglou, a little girl dressed as a cage, to the third floor.
With the singer beauties in front of them, no one will focus on these little people.
On the third floor, the singer beauty went into the private room to say hello, saluted, and then withdrew to change clothes.
The room where the cage jewelry was placed was in the innermost room, Lu Mingwei glanced at the corridor----- perhaps because the topic of conversation was very secret, so there was no one guarding the door, only at the staircase at the end of the corner, someone was stationed to prevent someone from coming up downstairs.
And the entire corridor is empty.
The beauties quickly changed their clothes and put on their jewelry, and while discussing today's guests, they quickly stuck something on their heads: "You are all numb, my mother has repeatedly told you that you must not slack off and make mistakes." โ
They were soon ready, leaving only the people below to guard the cage----- which is also a common practice, the people in the green building all know the rules, they stay in the room to guard the things of the girls in their own building, and will never go to the guest's room.
It's just that this time Lu Mingwei and Cui Minglou are not guarding things.
They quickly found an excuse to come out, Cui Minglou briskly pushed open the door of the room next to the conversation, pulled Lu Mingwei into the room, and then walked around the screen next to him, and nodded to Lu Mingwei.
Lu Mingwei followed and turned the screen, and here she could already hear someone scolding next door.
Immediately after, the music that had just started stopped.
Lu Mingwei and Cui Minglou glanced at each other, and heard the door next door creak, as if someone was going out.
Cui Minglou lowered his voice: "It should be to send the singer away." โ
The people of Da Zhou are used to feasting and drinking with singers and beauties, but the white envoy has not been in Da Zhou for many years, and it seems that he has already tested each other with the gambling house before, so he should not want others to be present.
Lu Mingwei was a little worried: "After those singers go back, will they find out that we are not there?" โ
Cui Minglou shook his head: "We only made excuses to come out after the Turtle Guild, and the Turtle Guild prevaricated for us." โ
As long as you don't alarm the guards at the staircase, it stands to reason that nothing will happen.
A man next door said in an excited voice: "Don't tell me these high-sounding scenes!" Back then, you were greedy for life and afraid of death, and after seeing the death of the king of Pingjiang and the crown prince, you unilaterally cut off contact with us, and almost killed my father and them on the spot! If we hadn't escaped so fast, where would I still be standing here?! โ
Here it comes!
Lu Mingwei's heart suddenly sudden, and when she heard that they had finally brought up the topic, she was a little relaxed.
She had waited so long for useful information at last.
The one just now should be the White Envoy.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have said anything like a quick escape.
Sure enough, someone soon chuckled and interrupted the white envoy: "Don't be in such a hurry. โ
Cui Minglou's eyes widened suddenly.
Lu Mingwei turned her head to look at him, and when she saw that he seemed to be extremely frightened, she immediately realized that Cui Minglou should be the owner who knew this voice, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" โ
Cui Minglou's face was still surprised, but he didn't prevaricate Lu Mingwei's meaning, and said in a deep voice: "It's Princess Baochuan's concubine who speaks, Lu Ziqian." โ
Lu Ziqian?!
Lu Mingwei was stunned.
Of course, she will not be unfamiliar with this name, Lu Ziqian, Lu Lingyue's father.
Lu Lingyue's arrogant temperament is rumored to be favored by this father.
The reputation of this colt is very good, and everyone says that this colt captain is a rare and genuine person, worthy of the princess.
The Lu family is also proud of Lu Ziqian.
Lu Mingwei heard his clansmen compare him with Lu Xianzong more than once, in order to show Lu Xianzong's ordinariness.
He was even involved in the Northwest back then?!
Or the big man behind the gambling house?
The white envoy was already sneering next door: "What you said is simple, how much can I pay if I come from the royal court this time?" Now, I want you to tell you the truth, whether my brother is ...... or not."
There was a moment of silence next door.
Someone coughed: "White envoy, don't be impatient, everyone is here, and those who come are guests, why be so aggressive?" โ