Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 134 Gossip
There have been rumors in the capital recently: Ruibo is going to accept his favorite concubine again.

"It's really a yearly rhythm."

"How many is this?"

"The tenth?"

"Ninth?"

"Hey, isn't there nine No.90?"

After dinner, royal gossip.

The news soon spread to the court and to the ears of the Empress Dowager Rui Jiang.

"Hmph, womanizer."

"The rumors in the market may not be true," Chunyue said from the side, "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has not taken any action, and I haven't heard that there will be any action. It seems to be untrue."

"Every day he is flirting outside, and after marrying him, he throws him in the palace and ignores him, and the Ai family will help him take care of him."

Rui Jiang is not interested in who Ji Wan wants to accept as his favorite concubine, because the few he accepted before are not successful.She just felt irritable when she heard about Ji Wan.

Chunyue knew the trick and winked at Xia Die who just came in.

Xia Die stepped forward and said: "Madam, the snow has stopped outside, shall we go to sweep the snow later, or go now?"

"Go now, I'm bored to death in the house," Rui Jiang said suddenly, "Pull the few in his bedroom out for a walk, and let them sweep the snow together. It saves me from eating and sleeping all day long." Eat, I'm afraid I'm going to turn into a fat sow."

Rui Jiang has a straight temper, and sometimes her words are a bit harsh.But she is the Queen Mother, the highest-ranking woman in the Kingdom of Rui.

The first time mother and child met Ji Wan, Rui Jiang also said some unpleasant things.This is probably why Ji Wan has been avoiding Rui Jiang.He didn't want to quarrel with Rui Jiang, and he didn't want to be hurt by her again.

Rui Jiang is an active person and always takes the lead in doing things.

Every winter when it snows, she will take the palace people to sweep the snow.At the same time, she will also order the government in the city to clear the snow for the people.

The winter in Ruiguo is damp and cold.Clean up as soon as the snow stops.If the snow on roofs and roads is not cleared during the day, the melted snow will condense into ice at night.

In Reb's bedchamber.

A group of women is in a mess.

"But the lord is back?"

"The lord is back?"

"No, it's Xia Die who is beside the Queen Mother coming over."

"Uh, what is she here for?"

"The queen mother asked us to clear the snow."

"Hey, don't you have to sweep every year? You don't need to call in previous years. There are so many things this year?"

"The empress dowager said, let us clean the palace and then go outside to help the palace people clear the snow."

"Okay, stop arguing, work quickly, finish early and rest early."

"Still resting? Resting all day and night, resting every day. If I had known that entering the palace would be like this, I would rather go outside the palace to sweep the snow."

"Hey, when was the last time the Lord returned to the palace?"

"I don't remember, who remembers?"

"I don't remember either."

"Hey"

"Why did the lord leave us in the palace, but he didn't come back?"

"At the beginning when the lord asked me whether I would like to enter the palace or live outside the palace, I thought that the palace must be better than the outside, so I chose to enter the palace. If I had known that the palace was so boring, I would have chosen to live outside the palace. Why did you enter the palace in the first place? palace?"

"Like you, I also chose Gongli. Thinking about it now, knowing that the lord likes to live outside the palace, we still chose Gongli. Even if we were abandoned, we couldn't complain."

"Why didn't the lord just tell us to live outside the palace?"

"Probably because he saw that we wanted to enter the palace."

"Why so?"

"Haven't you noticed? The lord is at odds with the queen mother, he left this palace to the queen mother, and we were sent here to play with the queen mother."

"Playing with the queen mother? I'm scared when I see the queen mother, but I dare not."

"The queen mother is afraid and doesn't want to see us."

"I have met the queen mother, she looks very kind, but the sword in her hand is always pointing at people intentionally or unintentionally, I am afraid that she will cut me off by mistake."

"Bold, how dare you slander the Queen Mother?"

"Come on, there is no one else here. If it reaches the Queen Mother, it will be those of us present."

"Sister, let them talk if they want to talk. Even if the queen mother finds out, what can she do to us? Anyway, we are already like this. If we can be kicked out of the palace, we will be free. We should be thankful."

"Sister, everyone finally came out, so don't disappoint."

"Forget it, I can't control you, whatever you want."

"Sister, you are not the countess, why bother to worry about the Lord."

"Hey, the lord has inherited the title, and our life is not as good as before."

A group of young women were chattering, but unfortunately, no matter how loud their voices were, they couldn't reach outside the palace, let alone the ear of Rui Bo.

Kunlun Tea Library in Chongyifang.

In the past few days, more and more people have come to listen to "The Legend of Mountains and Seas".It seems that the number of guests from the capital has increased a lot.

Cui Panpan had to add a few more desks to the cubicle.

The teahouse only provides hot ginger tea, and no other snacks and snacks are served.

In response to the demand of the teahouse when it is full of customers, a lot of snacks and flavored hot drinks have been added to the grocery store opposite.Guests of the teahouse can hand over the money to the clerk to run errands, and buy food and drinks from the opposite side to the teahouse.

Although the two stores are owned by the same owner, the revenue and finances still have to be separated.The accounts are separated, and the business status of the store will be clearer.

This afternoon, the snow in front of the door had been cleared away.Because the surrounding shops were closed, the Kunlun guys cleaned up the nearby streets, up to the intersection.

People who do business can't just sweep the snow in front of the door.When customers want to come to the store, they always have to pass through other places.If he sees that there is snow and it is difficult to set foot, he will not go to your shop door.

Before it was time for storytelling, Lin Er had a full meal and took a nap in the study on the second floor.He has to stand and talk for two hours a day, and it is very tiring to put all his heart into it.

Lin Er now has his own room in the backyard of the grocery store, but he doesn't like to go back to the house during the day.The house is not as warm as the store.

There are still guests on the first floor.Some people do not go home at noon, and lie down on the sackcloth blanket after having lunch in the teahouse.Some people were talking with their eyes closed, while others were snoring lightly.

Cui Panpan will not drive people away.She built this teahouse with the intention of giving everyone a place to relax.

Cui Panpan will go back to the backyard of the grocery store to rest at noon, and go back to his room to take a nap.Before she came over, A Numi would light a charcoal basin in her house to make the house warmer.

The mother-in-law originally followed her closely, but not long ago she was pregnant again, so Cui Panpan let her stay in the backyard to manage the warehouse.

Cui Panpan usually walks back and forth between the two shops, so there is basically no danger.As for Amu, he usually raises horses.Only when Cui Panpan went out, Amu had contact with her.

According to Cui Panpan's plan, there is no work this afternoon.As long as no one came to her specifically, she could rest for a while.

Maybe the business has been relatively good these days, and Cui Panpan is in a high mood, so he suffers from insomnia at noon.She simply took Lin Xiaoxiao's mobile phone and listened to the cross talk, and fell asleep when she was tired.

I ate a bit too much at noon today. Cui Panpan walked around the room with his back to help him digest his food. With earphones on his ears, he could still giggle after listening to the cross talk countless times.

Suddenly there was a voice calling her outside the house, it took a long time for Cui Panpan to hear her, she quickly dropped the phone and opened the door to leave the house.

"Treasurer, there are guests in the teahouse, and the carriage they ride looks like a nobleman from the capital, and I want to see the shopkeeper by name."

Cui Panpan understood.Recently, there have been a lot of guests who come here for fame, and they are all curious about the shopkeeper of Kunlun, and she is very used to it.

From the grocery store to the tea library, Cui Panpan saw the carriage parked on the street and saw the intricate patterns carved on the corner of the roof.Although she couldn't recognize which noble family it was, those who could use this pattern were not ordinary nobles, but royal relatives with the blood of the emperor.

Cui Panpan tidied up his clothes and walked leisurely into the Tu library.She didn't go to the teahouse, but went directly to the tearoom on the second floor.

Through the bamboo curtain, I saw three figures in the tea room.The two with their backs facing each other should be guests, and the one standing opposite is Lin Er.Lin Er is receiving two guests.

Ji Huang, the third son of the Sima Mansion of Rui State, has a close relationship with Gu Yan and is Rui Bo Ji Wan's cousin.Ji Huang is playful by nature, he doesn't like reading, he doesn't like doing business, so he only has the name of a school captain under his father, Master Sima.

Lin Xiangzi, originally a member of the noble family of the Song Dynasty, his ancestors had a good relationship with the Kong family, fled to South Korea due to the disaster of the Hua family, and then followed Ji Wan to the country of Rui.Lin Xiangzi's father was Situ Rui, and he himself was Ji Wan's adviser.

In Lin Xiangzi's eyes, Ji Wan is a good boss because he won't make trouble for nothing.In fact, Ji Wan usually doesn't frequently convene counselors, and only consults with people when encountering important events.

Ji Wan himself is a very cunning monarch, and his counselors may not have as many ideas as he does.

In short, Lin Xiangzi was holding a monthly payment of a lot of money, but he was very leisurely.

A few days ago, Ji Huang and Lin Xiangzi heard a rumor, of course it was "Bo Rui wants to favor Ji Ji again".

Out of curiosity, the two went to ask Ji Wan himself, but of course they were thrown out.But they learned something from the servants in Ji Wan's mansion, so they came to Chongyifang.

In other words, Ji Huang and Lin Xiangzi came here for Cui Panpan, not to listen to books.

However, before Cui Panpan came over, Lin Er left a deep impression on them.

"So you are the storyteller? Do you know that "The Legend of Mountains and Seas" is also being talked about in the Sajin Building in the capital? It is said that you wrote "The Legend of Mountains and Seas"?"

"It was written by me. It is my luck to be able to enter the eyes of noble people."

"Did you know that I asked the second shopkeeper of Sajin Building to hire you to go to the capital?"

"I know this matter, it turns out that it was supported by noble people, so I am very frightened."

"Are you still going to talk in the afternoon?"

"There are still two quarters of an hour to start."

"Okay, then I want to hear the difference between you and the one hired by Sajinlou with a lot of money. If you speak better than that one, I will recommend you to Sajinlou again. You should seize this opportunity .”

"Thank you for your help, but my family is here and I don't want to enter the city."

"You don't want to go to the capital? Do you know that if you enter the capital, you are a Chinese, but in this Chongyifang, it seems that there is no shortage of food and clothing, but you are still a savage?"

"Lin Er was originally an orphan, and he got his name only when he was adopted by Shannv. Although Shannv does not accept domestic slaves, Lin Er will only serve Shannv as his master in this life."

Lin Xiangzi lowered his eyebrows: "The mountain girl you are talking about is the Kunlun mountain girl who lives in Laiqi Mountain in legend?"

"It's Yu Jingzi, a girl from Kunlun Mountain." Lin Er's expression was solemn, neither humble nor uttered a word.

"You are said to be from Laiqi Mountain?" Lin Xiangzi became interested.

"I was an orphan and had no home in the world. By luck, I went up the mountain with the villagers who fled to Laiqi Mountain. The mountain girl saw that I was lonely and helpless, so she left me on the mountain and gave me the name Lin Er. Mountain girl She taught me how to read and write, and she also taught me how to write books."

"Oh? That mountain girl can still read, do you know where she is originally from?" Lin Xiangzi asked.

"Shannv not only can read by herself, but also requires the villagers to be literate. All the children in the village can read. It is said that Shannv came from the old Hu Xiao Kunlun Mountain. She came from the mountain and walked on earth."

"Old Hu?" Lin Xiangzi was thoughtful, "It turns out that a subjugated person can get the emperor's edict. It seems that this mountain girl is not as simple as the legend."

Lin Xiaoxiao's emperor's edict was shown to Han Wu and Gu Yan.Later, there were occasional legends about her, and it is possible that it spread to the capital.It seems that Gu Yan and Han Wu probably told some people about her.

It was precisely because Han Wu had already made up his mind about Lin Xiaoxiao's matter that no one went to Laiqi Mountain to trouble them.In fact, Han Wu blessed two stores in Laiqishan and Kunlun.

After all, with the decline of the emperor, the effect of the edict issued by the emperor will be even weaker.If someone doesn't recognize her, Lin Xiaoxiao has nothing to do with him.

Lin Xiangzi's curiosity about the Kunlun Mountain girl surpassed his expectations for the Kunlun shopkeeper: "Can I go to Laiqi Mountain to visit that Kunlun Mountain girl?"

"This"

Lin Er hasn't answered yet, Cui Panpan has already come over.

Cui Panpan waved to Lin Er, Lin Er retreated to make room, Cui Panpan stepped forward to salute.

Seeing the visitor, both Ji Huang and Lin Xiangzi's eyes lit up, and they believed the rumor a little more in their hearts.

Ji Huang and Lin Xiangzi got up and returned the salute to Cui Panpan.Cui Panpan was a little surprised, and quickly turned sideways to avoid it.

To be reasonable, Cui Panpan is just an ordinary commoner, while Ji Huang and Lin Xiangzi are nobles. In this era, there is no rule for nobles to salute commoners.

When Ji Lin saw Cui Panpan, they didn't dare to do anything wrong.

Cui Panpan didn't know why, so he asked, "You two are here to buy tea, or to hear about books?"

Ji Huang blinked his eyes: "I'm not only buying tea, but also listening to books."

Cui Panpan continued to ask habitually: "Do you want to take away your tea, or keep it here?"

Lin Xiangzi asked curiously, "How about putting it here?"

"If it is placed here, the two of you can come here to taste tea at any time, and all the utensils in the tea room can be used for free. In addition, the books in the study room next to you can also be read here. It is the first time for you to drink tea from our shop. Tea?"

"Exactly, the two of us came here from the capital, and asked the shopkeeper to teach us."

"Then I'll make a pot for the two distinguished guests. I will talk later, and you can bring the tea to the bakery below to taste."

Cui Panpan waved Lin Er away, and made tea calmly as usual.

It's just that the tea here hasn't boiled yet, and someone came up the stairs again.

Cui Panpan looked up and saw Han Wu's figure.

(End of this chapter)