Aunt Xiao was very neat, and the next day she found three courtyards, two carriages and a small house, and obediently handed over the decision to An Lingrong.

After looking at the site and negotiating with the main family, An Lingrong finally settled on a courtyard not far from the palace. The main family is a scholar, very good to talk, the courtyard is also trimmed into a particularly chic and elegant, bamboo shadow is sufficient, flowing water is murmuring, although it is close to the main street, but it is quiet, which makes people feel very at ease.

The name is also elegant, called "Seifuen".

An Lingrong waved his hand and paid a deposit of fifty taels for two months, and gave ten taels as collateral, and hired someone to move in on the same day.

The carriage and the little servant An Lingrong chose one that looked smarter, placed him in the outer courtyard, thought about it, and hired two thugs to be the guardian of the courtyard, and lived in the outer courtyard together, and the three of them spent another fifty taels.

This shot was one hundred and ten taels of silver, and Aunt Xiao's heart was dripping blood, but she didn't dare to say a word, and honestly took her things and went to the West Wing.

After An Lingrong arranged everything, he sat down and rested for a while.

Now she is physically weak, not as good as the years of recuperation in the palace, she is really tired, but it is not time to rest yet.

In order to save money, Aunt Xiao took care of the house's cleaning, cooking and other sundries: "Miss, this capital is not as expensive as our Songyang, the cost is really high, and the concubine is responsible for these things, and she saves having to hire an old mother." ”

An Lingrong didn't break her thoughts, and nodded in response.

After lunch, An Lingrong took a nap for a while, and then beckoned the little servant to prepare to go out.

"Miss, where are you going?" Aunt Xiao hurriedly followed An Lingrong's footsteps.

An Lingrong glanced at her and said with a smile: "It's been a few days since I entered Beijing, why don't you go shopping with me?" So saying, he got into the carriage.

Aunt Xiao was worried and climbed into the carriage.

After getting into the car, she looked at An Lingrong who was sitting in the middle, pursed her lips, and didn't speak after all. She always felt that the eldest lady seemed to be a different person, but she couldn't say that there was anything wrong, she just felt that when she smiled and looked at it, it made people's hearts flutter.

Don't get caught up in ghosts, right?

Aunt Xiao shook suddenly, but she heard An Lingrong laugh softly: "What is Aunt thinking?" ”

"I didn't think about anything, I just felt that the eldest lady didn't seem to be the same in recent days." Aunt Xiao laughed stiffly twice.

An Lingrong looked at her straight, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were cold: "What does my aunt think, what should I do?" ”

Here it is again, this creepy feeling.

Aunt Xiao had goosebumps all over her body, and she didn't dare to say half a word more: "No, no, the eldest lady has grown up now, and now that she has left home, she naturally has to think about it more, but the concubine is cranky." ”

An Lingrong retracted his gaze, closed his eyes and gently leaned against the wall of the car.

The carriage was stable with a little swaying, which made people can't help but relax, An Lingrong couldn't help but think of his previous life, the carriage he hurriedly found on the day of the draft, sat on it and shook all the way, and almost didn't vomit out her breakfast.

Suddenly, a messy footsteps came into An Lingrong's ears with a cry of pain, and the curtains were lifted slightly, only to see seven or eight big men boxing and kicking two people together, and the two hugged each other and kept begging for mercy.

"Dare to run? See that I don't kill you. ”

"Phew, shameless little hoof......"

I could vaguely see that it was two girls, one big and one small, and the small one was protected by the big one, and kept shouting "stop fighting".

People in the past come and go, all cold-eyed and indifferent.

An Lingrong's heart moved slightly: "Stop." ”

The carriage stopped, along with the movements of the men.

"I wonder what happened to this young lady?" The one who stood up and spoke seemed to be the leader, but his words were not polite at all, "If it doesn't matter, it's better not to meddle in things." ”

"This boss is from the tooth shop?" An Lingrong's voice came out through the curtain, with a hint of no anger and self-authority, "Since they are doing business, I will buy these two people, please make a price." ”

The man was surprised: "Miss has good eyesight, and Xiao is indeed a person in the dental industry." After a pause, he smiled and said, "Miss wants to buy these two female slaves, the price is naturally easy to say, I don't know how to write the small ones on the deed?" ”

An Lingrong replied lightly: "I am the daughter of Songyang County Cheng, you can only write and sell it to Songyang County Cheng's family." ”

is still an official lady, although the official position is not big, but now she appears at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and she wants to be a show girl to be selected, but she can't be offended.

The human tooth flashed his eyes, and he immediately changed his expression: "Miss fell in love with these two girls, it is their blessing, one is thirty dollars, one is fifty dollars, and the slave contract is now on the little one, if Miss agrees, it will be both money and goods." ”

An Lingrong glanced at Aunt Xiao, who immediately understood, took out eight taels of silver from his arms, and got out of the car to give the human tooth.

The two dirty girls climbed into the carriage, and after that, Aunt Xiao also got into the carriage with the slave deed and the sales contract.

"Miss, I have made an appointment to go to the government tomorrow morning to pay taxes for the record." Aunt Xiao handed the slave deed and the sales contract to An Lingrong and looked at it, "When the time comes, the concubine will take back the cheap documents of these two girls, that is." ”

"Well, it's hard aunt." An Lingrong nodded.

Outside the carriage, Ren Ya said loudly: "Miss, the name of the small one is Sansuizi, if you still need to use people in the future, you only need to go to the east street and shout Xiao Sanzi, and someone will come to answer." ”

This is to pull customers to do business.

An Lingrong was not annoyed, and responded with a chuckle, but after making such a fuss, he didn't have the heart to go shopping anymore, so he went home.

Back at Qingfeng Garden, An Lingrong first asked Aunt Xiao to take the two girls down to wash, and then found two clothes that she didn't wear much for them to change into, and only after dressing up did she come over.

The eldest is about fifteen, and the youngest is only in his early tens, and they all look good.

"Do you have a name?" An Lingrong sat on the main seat and asked lazily.

"Miss Hui, the slave has no name, the tooth line is only named by number, the slave ranks twenty-one, and the slave sister ranks twenty-seven." The older one saluted in good shape, and the smaller one hid timidly behind her.

"From then on, your name will be dill, and your sister will be called cardamom." An Lingrong looked at Aunt Xiao, "When I go to the government tomorrow, I will register my name by the way." ”

"Miss Xie's name." Dill pulled the cardamom and knelt down, and kowtowed to An Lingrong three times, "Miss today's great grace, Dill will never forget." ”

An Lingrong got up, personally pulled her up, and said softly: "Life is long, there are always difficult times, today is you and me." After a pause, he said again, "I also made it clear to you that I will enter the palace draft in half a month, and if I am lucky enough to be selected, you two will have to accompany me in the future, are you willing?" ”

Dill nodded without thinking about it: "The slave maid is willing to go anywhere with the young lady." "She couldn't take her sister back to that dark place.

Cardamom also nodded after him: "Where is my sister, I'm ...... and the slave and maid shall go with them. ”

"Okay." An Lingrong nodded with satisfaction.

This trip is not without gain.

"In that case, I'm going to test your abilities." An Lingrong asked Aunt Xiao to take out thirty taels of silver, "Dill, the clothes and jewelry I want to choose when I enter the palace have not yet been settled, you take this money to make a difference for me." ”

Dill received the money and answered yes.

"As for Cardamom, come in and do my hair." An Lingrong got up and walked into the inner room.

Cardamom looked at Dill uneasily, who nodded at her and turned to go out the door.

Walking all the way to the main street, Dill pondered for a while, walked into a shop, then quickly walked out, changed shops, and so on, until finally settled in a store called "Jumbo Pavilion".

After looking around, I did see a lot of good things, but dill had already seen a lot of good things by shopping around in advance, so his face was calm and not timid.

Seeing that there was a guest, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him and complimented him with a few words, and explained his intention.

Knowing that it was a dress to be selected, the shopkeeper knew that he had received a lot of such orders recently, and he was already familiar with it.

"Girl, this is only half a month away from the draft, I'm afraid it's too late to tailor it at this time, why don't you take a look at the ready-to-wear in the shop?" The shopkeeper took out a booklet and flipped to one of the pages, "This 'Azure Smoke and Rain' must be touching when worn on the body." ”

Dill glanced at the booklet in the shopkeeper's hand, the clothes were indeed beautiful, but the price was also very beautiful: "This one is made of Shu brocade, right?" Indeed, the embroidery is extraordinary, and the embroidery lady of your pavilion is really skillful. "Three hundred taels, it's really sky-high.

The shopkeeper was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect the maid in front of him to see the material of this dress at a glance, and before he could react, Dill opened his mouth.

"I am relieved of the things in your pavilion, but my young lady is low-key, and I bother the shopkeeper to recommend some clothes that are not too outstanding, but do not lose their exquisiteness." Dill said lightly, "The materials don't have to be too expensive, just medium and high." ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately had a plan in his heart, and quickly turned to one of the pages of the booklet, "This 'closed moon' is ingenious, embroidered with silver wire, with floating brocade, showing the beauty of moonlight flowing in the sun, but this is a unique product, I don't know how big your lady is?" ”

Many ladies have taken a fancy to this dress in the past, but the size of the dress is too small, and few people can wear it, so it has been shelved in the warehouse.

Dill recalled An Lingrong's figure: "The shopkeeper took out the clothes and let me take a look." ”

Dill looked at her clothes and nodded secretly: "I'm tired of the shopkeeper." ”

The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly.

The real thing of "Closed Moon" is better-looking, low-key, restrained, unassuming, but luxurious, the streamer flashes slightly between walking, and the silver-white moonlight is embedded in the clothes as if it has been crushed.

Dill knew that it must be suitable for An Lingrong at a glance, and nodded secretly, but his face remained silent: "How much does this cost?" ”

"If this dress can be worn to the draft, it will be a blessing. Fifty taels of silver, how? The shopkeeper gestured.

Dill smiled lightly and did not speak.

The shopkeeper was a little uncertain: "Girl, this dress is the most fashionable material and pattern, fifty taels is already a good deal." ”

Dill sneered: "The shopkeeper actually tricked me, this dress has obviously been in the warehouse for many years, and no one wants it, so it was spread in front of me!" ”

What a girl!

The shopkeeper was shocked by the momentum of dill, and hurriedly explained: "Miss Mingjian, although this dress has been in the warehouse for two years, our Treasure Pavilion has always been well maintained, and this material and this pattern are not outdated at all. It's just that the embroidery lady who made this dress has passed away, and no one has inherited the craftsmanship of twisting silk, so it can't make a second piece, and the size of this garment is small, so it has not been able to sell it so far, and it is really not a backlog of inventory in the warehouse! ”

"Whether the clothes are good or not, I know it." Dill slowed down her tone, "It's just that this is the clothes of the previous two years after all, if it is seen by someone who cares, I don't know how to laugh at my young lady." ”

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth: "Forty-five taels, how?" ”

"Twenty-five taels." Dill smiled and slowly bargained with the shopkeeper.

"Twenty-five taels is not enough for this garment to return to its original value, forty taels, it can't be less." The shopkeeper raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, arguing with reason.

"Twenty-seven taels."

"Thirty-five taels."

"Twenty-eight taels."

"Thirty taels."

"Deal." Dill smiled and nodded, "The shopkeeper has wrapped this matching piece of jewelry with me." ”

The shopkeeper almost squirted out a mouthful of old blood: "Girl, you ......"

"I know that such a unique product will always have matching jewelry gifts, and the shopkeeper should not deceive me." That's exactly what the dill was meant by shopping around in advance.

The shopkeeper nodded and tearfully accepted thirty taels.