Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 157 Embarrassed
Li Taiwei took a meal with the chopsticks of the fish, and said in surprise:

"The Jingzhao Mansion has caught people so quickly?"

Gu Yu nodded and said:

"Returning to the princess, in the afternoon someone went to the pawnshop in the north of the city to pawn the maid's jewelry, which was caught by someone. But the man has not yet confessed to the crime, he only said that he picked up the jewelry himself, let alone the jewelry His master is dead."

"Master Pei of Jingzhao Mansion is investigating this matter, and I think we will know the truth tonight..."

Li Taiwei looked at Lu Xiao with a not relaxed expression on his face.

Lu Xiao understood and said:
"You eat first, and I'll go to Jingzhao Mansion after I send you back to the mansion later. Even if it's not this person, it's good to have one more clue right now."

Li Taiwei thought about it too, Dafu scooped up a bowl of fish soup for her, and heard Lu Xiao ask:
"Lan Fei, what are your plans?"

Li Taiwei is not a tolerant master, since Concubine Lan dared to plot against her, how could she allow her to retreat completely?

Sure enough, Li Taiwei stirred the fish soup in the bowl, raised her head and glanced at Lu Xiao, her eyes sparkled:

"Since she is so anxious to marry her daughter-in-law... why don't we go along with the flow and make a relationship?"

Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows, his eyes lit up:
"You mean..."

Li Taiwei glanced at him meaningfully:
"I have my own arrangements for Concubine Lan's affairs, and I'm not in a hurry. Right now, the capital is restless, and the matter of Shinto has not yet been figured out. You still have to investigate the inner ghost by yourself... Da Zhou Jiangshan, the world is bright and clear, it's broken It cannot be destroyed by these silverfishes!"

Lu Xiao looked at her picturesque eyebrows, and the heroic spirit in her jade-like eyes, his eyes immediately softened a little, and he said with a smile at the corners of his eyes:
"I listen to you. Your Majesty will hunt in the paddock next month, will you go?"

Li Taiwei took a sip of the fish soup, thought for a while and said truthfully:

"Should be able to go, listen to my father, maybe I want to take my mother to relieve boredom." Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows a little:

"Alright, I'll hunt some silver foxes to make shawls for you mother and daughter later"

Li Taiwei couldn't help raising her eyes and looked over. She thought that this silver fox is not easy to hunt, the old man is trying to please her, maybe he has some kind of scheme?

Before she could ask, there was a commotion from below.

Someone called out in a high-pitched voice:
"Our girl just wants the private room on the third floor! What's the matter? Your Taibai building is in such a recession now, how dare you offend the guests?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly begged for mercy, whispered a few soothing words, and bluntly said that all the distinguished guests on the third floor were booked today, and it was indeed not intended to offend.

The maid was still very arrogant, and said unrelentingly:
"An honored guest? Could it be that the shopkeeper deceived our girl? Given the reputation of the Taibai Building in the capital, which other honored guest would book your entire private room?"

"If our girl didn't care about your good service in the past, how could she do this? I advise the shopkeeper not to be ungrateful. If you refute our girl's face, you will not be able to return to Taibailou in the future." Able to gain a foothold in the capital!"

The shopkeeper had received Lu Xiao's order early in the morning, so it was naturally inconvenient to reveal the identity of the distinguished guest. Seeing this, the maid felt that the shopkeeper was making things difficult for her, so her face darkened immediately, and she turned to the door to whisper to the master sitting in the carriage.

Li Taiwei didn't know that Lu Xiao had taken over the entire floor, so it would not be difficult to give up a room, but when he heard the girl's bad words, he became suspicious.

She was a little curious to be so rampant in Beijing, which family's girl this is.

Li Taiwei asked Dafu to open a gap in the window, looked down, and sure enough saw two familiar faces.

When Pan Yumei heard that the maid had bumped into a shopkeeper, she was very unconvinced. She took her concubine Pan Yulan out of the carriage and went straight into the Taibai Building.

At this time, there were very few people dining on the first floor, Pan Yumei glanced at the lobby, and bossed the shopkeeper:

"Shopkeeper Lu, I don't know how much money that distinguished guest paid, but this girl is willing to pay three times the price, so I'll spare the private room on the third floor."

"Second sister."

Pan Yulan, who was standing behind her, called softly.

Pan Yumei couldn't listen, she insisted on asking the shopkeeper to order someone to go upstairs to urge her.

After a while, there was a sound of horseshoes outside the door, Pan Yuming, the young master of the Pan family, came in with his robes lifted, and asked why.

The maid told the story one by one, Pan Yuming frowned, and said to the shopkeeper:

"Please trouble the shopkeeper to be accommodating, say hello to the guests on the third floor, and just give us a room."

"Big brother!"

Where did Pan Yumei agree, but was glared at by her elder brother in public, and finally stopped talking, and cast a bitter glance at the shopkeeper of Taibailou.

The shopkeeper saw that Taiwei Pan's daughter might not be easy to deal with today, and was hesitating whether to ask someone to go upstairs to ask Lu Xiao what he meant, and see if he could share a room with the girl from the Pan family. The corner of the skirt came down, followed by Lu Xiao with a frosty face.

Pan Yumei never thought that it was Lu Xiao and Li Taiwei who reserved the private room upstairs, she was stunned for a moment, her eyes became more hostile.

Her father once went to His Majesty to ask for a marriage proposal, and intended to marry the Lu family, but was rejected face-to-face by Marquis Lu, which made her father lose face. How could she swallow this anger?
Pan Yuming also didn't expect to run into these two people here, so he glanced at them hastily, stepped forward and greeted them with cupped hands.

"Lu Shizi, Princess Chonghua."

Pan Yumei stepped forward with a sullen expression and knelt slightly towards the two of them. Pan Yulan also followed behind her and saluted the two of them.

Lu Xiao asked someone to mess up the dinner, and he was unhappy in his heart. Seeing this, he nodded with a stern face, which was considered to be coping.

The title of "King Lu Yan" is like thunder, and now he is the leader of the Jinwu Guard. Lu Xiao is in high favor, so Pan Yuming naturally does not dare to argue with him, and flirts with him.

Li Taiwei returned the gift with everyone, and Pan Yumei said in a strange way:
"I said which distinguished guest is so generous today that he actually booked the entire private room. It turned out that Lu Shizi and Princess Chonghua also blamed shopkeeper Lu for concealing it. If we know that it is you two, we will not dare to disturb you."

As soon as these words came out, the few guests on the first floor fell silent immediately, and quietly pricked up their ears to listen.

Lu Xiao's face suddenly darkened, and he stared at Pan Yumei with warning eyes.

Pan Yuming froze, and subconsciously stepped forward to block Pan Yumei behind him, and said with Lu Xiao:

"I heard that the son won the championship the day before yesterday, but I haven't congratulated the son yet!"

Lu Xiao lowered his eyelids, nodded slightly when he heard the sound, and thanked him.

Li Taiwei didn't want to talk too much with Pan Yumei, so she hurriedly greeted her and walked outside, but Pan Yumei stepped forward to block her way.

"Why is Princess Chonghua leaving in such a hurry? It's just a private meal with Lu Shizi, so why should it be worth your embarrassment?"

Pan Yuming never thought that this direct sister would be so courageous, and when he was about to smooth things over, Mrs. Li raised her eyes, glanced at Pan Yumei coldly, and said:

"I think Miss Pan doesn't recognize the word shame. Otherwise, her fiancé will die, and she will come up to Taibai Tower blatantly. It's really lenient."

(End of this chapter)