The evening banquet was also set up in the Imperial Garden, and compared to the last book exposé, it was unexpectedly casual and free. Everyone sat in pairs and threes in various water pavilions and pavilions. Some people even sat on the lawn like a spring outing.

The courtyard is illuminated by lanterns of various colors, and the sound of silk and bamboo, the sound of wine and the laughter of women are endless. The largest pavilion in the middle of the courtyard belonged to the emperor. In the middle of the Dishui Lake in front of the pavilion, a dancing girl wearing a feather veil is shaking her water sleeves, dancing lightly like a heavenly maiden.

Those who were fortunate enough to be invited to sit in the pavilion were all the most noble and powerful people in Da Song. In the pavilion, except for Jiang Qi and Luo Yuan, the remaining two Yang Ruoning have never seen each other.

When the two eyes swept over Yang Ruoning, she felt uncomfortable. People are terrifying, the relationship between her and Luo Yuan is the hottest topic in Bianliang, and at this moment she was invited into the pavilion by the emperor and sat with Luo Yuan and them, which is subtle and really intriguing.

The little palace maid came up with a white jade bottle and poured the wine in turn. When it was Yang Ruoning's turn, she said to the little palace maid, "I don't need it." ”

Luo Yuan was very surprised. "This is the best wine that the West has paid tribute to this year, why not try it?"

Yang Ruoning said, "Quit and stop drinking." ”

"Oh? Quitted? Why so suddenly? ”

"Hmm...... I decided to live a good life from now on. ”

Luo Yuan smiled, "That's a good idea. ”

Yu Guang saw the gazes of those people who swept over intentionally or unintentionally, and Yang Ruoning knew that her and Luo Yuan's every move was under their close attention. She touched him lightly under the table, indicating that she would say no more.

Luo Yuan received her signal and didn't say any more.

This kind of occasion really made Yang Ruoning feel like sitting on pins and needles, like a mango on her back, and the delicate snacks in front of her were tasteless. And Luo Yuan was talking to the others on the side, sipping the wine in the white jade glass, and didn't pay attention to her for the time being. Yang Ruoning excused herself to go to the toilet and came out of the pavilion.

She walked slowly to the hut, and when she was done, she didn't really want to go back immediately, so she walked around the imperial garden. This garden is very large, and at this moment, the candles are about to run out, and the palace people have not had time to put on new candles, so in the darkness, Yang Ruoning lost the way back. Behind a hidden rockery at a corner, I unexpectedly met Jiang Qi. Yang Ruoning knew that this was probably not a coincidence, he followed her to find it.

Sure enough, Jiang Qi asked her straight to the point, "Miss Yang, has there been any movement in Luo Yuan recently?" ”

Yang Ruoning replied, "No. He has always been cautious. I've been listening to him these days and don't have any useful information to tell you. ”

"Oh, really?" Jiang Qi lowered his head and turned the jade wrench on his finger, "Miss Yang, do you have no useful information or don't you want to tell me?" ”

There was something in his words, and Yang Ruoning was puzzled. Although she doesn't like Jiang Qi, he is Aono's uncle and Jaso

Friend, they have the same goal, they are allies, and she doesn't want to hide his place.

She replied, "Master Jiang, I don't have anything to hide from you, if you don't believe me, you can take those recordings and listen to them." ”

Hearing her say this, Jiang Qi raised his eyes and looked at her, "It's not that the old man doesn't believe in the girl, it's just that it's about the society, and the old man can't be careless." ”

Yang Ruoning frowned, and she also looked at him. "Why didn't the adults just arrest Luo Yuan?"

"I don't have any handle in my hands, and if I arrest him, I'm afraid it gives them an excuse."

"Don't you have an army that can resist him?"

Although the capital is known to be garrisoned by a million troops, due to the policy of the first emperor for many years to promote commerce and heavy agriculture, most of the soldiers have been discharged and returned to the fields to do business, and it will take time to assemble. At present, the Luo Jiajun has no intention of going south. ”

If he didn't have a large army to fight, how did he plan to seize power? Assemble a squad for a raid? This seems to be a bit possible, Yang Ruoning suddenly thought.

Luo Yuan was unstoppable, but Qingye insisted on refusing to give up, all she could do was find an escape path for Qingye and Yuefeng.

Until then, she had to find a way to get out safely.

Yang Ruoning looked at Jiang Qi and said solemnly, "Lord Jiang, I will inform you immediately if there is any news." ”

"Miss Yang, the old man still has to remind you, Luo Yuan ......"

Yang Ruoning interrupted him, she knew Jiang Qi's worries. "Master Jiang doesn't have to worry about the matter between me and Luo Yuan. Aono and Tsukifeng are my family, and family always comes first. ”

Since returning from the palace on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Jiangxian Pavilion has launched a new business, that is, door-to-door selection business. Customers can choose a day and ask the people of Jiangxian Pavilion to bring the latest products for door-to-door service for selection. If the customer has a good style, you can place an order and measure the size on the spot, and the underwear will be delivered to your door by the store after it is ready. This is mainly aimed at the ladies in the boudoir who are not free to go out.

As soon as the business came out, the scheduled customers were already lined up for two weeks. Yang Ruoning took the initiative to undertake the work of delivery errands. Su Su, the proprietress of Jiangxian Pavilion, was very puzzled by this. She didn't know why, as the only two proprietress of Jiangxian Pavilion, Yang Ruoning had to do this hard errand, but she also knew that Yang Ruoning had always acted unusually, so she didn't want to say anything, just told the little song girl in charge not to give Yang Ruoning a lot of work, just run once or twice a day to mean it.

Of course, Yang Ruoning didn't really want to deliver the goods. Delivery is just an excuse. And at this moment, the red dot on the mobile phone happened to move, which showed that Luo Yuan was coming out of the palace.

Because there was no map available, and his location could only be displayed on his phone, Yang Ruoning had to track it in person to confirm where Luo Yuan had been.

After a while, she saw Luo Yuan's red dot and the red dot representing herself passing by, Yang Ruoning looked up and saw Luo Yuan's carriage driving out of the palace gate. She pulled down the hat on her head and quietly followed.

Although she walked much slower than the carriage, she knew where he was moving, and she could find him wherever he stayed.

And today, after a short pause after returning home, the red dot came out of the house again. Yang Ruoning saw Luo Yuan change into civilian clothes, hold a fan, walk out of the back door of the mansion, and disappear into the crowd after a while. Yang Ruoning hurriedly followed.

Luo Yuan was not in a hurry, and Yang Ruoning always kept a certain distance from him so as not to be discovered by him. She followed him through the East Market and into the West Market, where he stopped for a short time in front of a blacksmith shop and bought a pair of freshly made scissors; After he crossed West Chang Street, he crossed the bridge and came to the alley on the other side of the river. This alley specializes in groceries and food, Yang Ruoning is very familiar with it, she used to come here to buy wine and listen to people's stories. She saw Luo Yuan buy some osmanthus cakes from the shop; After that, Luo Yuan turned to the end of the alley, turned around inside, and came to the ferry. The ferry was busy at this time, with many merchant ships coming and going, and on the dock, shirtless workers were sweating profusely to unload their cargo. Luo Yuan walked across the dock and then went north.

On weekdays, there will be some idle young people by the wharf, they stand in a pile, as long as someone greets, they will help people load and unload goods, and earn a day's wages. Yang Ruoning saw that there were many more people today than usual. Some of them look very strong and burly, and they seem to be practicing families.

Yang Ruoning heard Qingye mention that there was a flood in the Huaihe River some time ago, which caused many refugees to come all the way south to Bianliang, hoping to get a livelihood, so there have been more displaced people on the street recently, which has brought a lot of pressure to the security of the capital.

Thinking of this, Yang Ruoning put away her mobile phone and wanted to walk past them quickly.

Suddenly, someone blocked her way. The person who came had a piece of grass in his mouth and looked at her in a daze, "I really didn't expect that even women who do rough work have such fine skin and tender meat, and the women in the capital are really different, hahaha." A group of people standing next to him also laughed, "That's it, that's it, this arm is as white as a bamboo shoot." ”

The man suddenly stretched out his hand and tried to pick open the placket of her chest, "I guess this is more ...... than that white-flour steamed bun."

Yang Ruoning knocked away his outstretched hand and glared at him fiercely.

"Haha, it looks like a temper isn't small."

Yang Ruoning didn't want to entangle with them too much, she took a step to the left, wanting to bypass the person in front of her. Unexpectedly, the man seemed to be determined not to let her pass. She goes to the left, and he goes to the left; She spun backwards, and he immediately jumped over to block her path.

Yang Ruoning stopped, glared angrily, and lowered her voice, "You really messed with the wrong person today!" I advise you to get out of the way, otherwise the consequences will ...... I don't guarantee what will happen to you! ”

The man actually laughed, "Yohe, you see, the little beauty is still threatening me, I want to see what kind of person you can't provoke, can it be that the emperor Lao'er?" Hahaha. As he spoke, he grabbed Yang Ruoning's arm fiercely.

Yang Ruoning raised her knee and pushed it towards the man's lower body, and the man howled and let go of Yang Ruoning. When everyone saw this, they burst out laughing. At this moment, a person in the crowd who had been sitting quietly suddenly said, "Let her go." His voice was not loud, but it had a certain commanding majesty.

When a circle of people heard this, they immediately put away their jokes. And the man's face changed in a second. He let go of Yang Ruoning and sneered, "You can go." ”

Yang Ruoning looked into the crowd, and she saw that the owner of the majestic voice, although he was dressed in shabby linen, he also had an extraordinary temperament. I think it should be the head of this gang. She glanced at the man and hurried away.

After this toss, Luo Yuan had already disappeared. She took out her phone and saw Luo Yuan's red dot directly west of her. She hurriedly ran in the direction of Luo Yuan.

Yang Ruoning found that after Luo Yuan stopped at a restaurant for a while, he returned home. After she hurriedly delivered the goods, she went back to Jiangxian Pavilion to change her clothes, and then went back to the house.

When Yang Ruoning walked into the study, she saw a plate of osmanthus cake and a new pair of scissors on the coffee table at a glance.

Luo Yuan saw her come in and said, "Ruoning, I bought your favorite osmanthus cake and came back." Oh, and the scissors you wanted. "He was still writing something on the paper, so he didn't look up." In the evening, I booked a seat at Fengle Building, let's go there and eat. ”