Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 42 Mid-Autumn Festival
The Langhuan Bookstore has five floors, the first and second floors are for ordinary customers, and the third floor houses precious ancient books. If you want to go up, you have to get the approval of the store owner.

There are only a handful of people who can go up to the fourth and fifth floors, and King Jin is among them.

King Jin went up to the fifth floor alone, while his followers stayed on the fourth floor.

There are four rooms on the fifth floor, King Jin went to the innermost room, opened the door and entered.

There was already a person in the room. Seeing King Jin coming in, he stood up, cupped his hands and said, "My lord."

If the emperor was there, he would definitely recognize this person as Lei Chao, the deputy guard of the Northwest Army who was summoned by him yesterday and should leave Beijing today.

"I've been waiting for a long time." Jin Wang smiled and nodded, "Sit down."

"Your Majesty, yesterday, His Majesty asked about the military affairs of the Northwest Mansion, and seemed to be dissatisfied with the number of recruits."

"It's not that he's dissatisfied, but he wants to send someone to take over. After seeing you, His Majesty summoned the Deputy Commander of the Forbidden Army." King Jin said casually.

Lei Chao's heart trembled. Hearing this, he could know that the prince knew everything about the imperial court like the palm of his hand. Fortunately, he never thought of hiding it.

When Lei Chao and King Jin met, Jiang Changning, who had returned to the Jiang residence, sent Liu Ye away and told Xiulan, "Go and call Xiao Chun over."

After a while, Xiaochun came in and saluted: "Miss, the slave is here, please give orders."

"Arrange a few clever people to keep an eye on Liu Ye and find out how she sent the news to the palace." Jiang Changning's face darkened, "I don't want to know what I'm eating tonight, the people in the palace will know tomorrow morning gone."

"Miss, she dares to spread the news of the girl to the palace, so it's better to get rid of her." Xiaochun cut her neck.

"It's not that simple. She belongs to the Empress Dowager. Killing her will cause dissatisfaction with the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager secretly sends someone here, which is even more difficult to guard against. It's better to keep an eye on someone like her."

"The servant girl knows that the servant girl will let people keep an eye on her so that she can't pass on a word. Even if she wants to pass it on, the girl wants her to pass it on."

"Xiaochun, you are right." Jiang Changning smiled, "Okay, go get busy."

Xiaochun saluted and withdrew.

Time flies like water, and it will be the fifteenth day in a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Girl, Uncle Wu sent over two large baskets of crabs." Fu Cui came in with a smile and reported, "My servant asked them to send the crabs to the kitchen."

Around Mid-Autumn Festival, crabs are the fattest.

Thinking of delicious crabs, Jiang Changning immediately became eloquent, and said with a smile, "Let Mrs. Cui warm up a pot of soju."

Fu Cui responded with a smile, and backed out.

At noon, Jiang Changning ate lunch in the water pavilion by the pond, "There is no outsider, sit down and eat together."

The four maidservants thanked them and took their seats, but they only took half of the chairs.

The steamed crabs have the original taste, which retains the freshness, deliciousness and nutrition of the crabs to the greatest extent.

Use eight pieces of crab, take out the crab shell, eat the crab roe, take out the crab meat, and dip it in a special sauce.

Crabs are cold in nature, Xiulan waited for her to finish eating a crab, and quickly picked up a small wine glass, "Girl, drink some wine and squeeze it."

Jiang Changning took two sips of wine in her hand, leaned back on the back of the chair, half-closed his eyes, and said leisurely: "Drinking warm wine, eating delicious crabs, enjoying the warm wind, Looking at the most beautiful scenery is really a joy in life.”

In the dealership, she was repressed, but after moving out, she was willful.

It's a pity that such good days are only a few short months away.

When he was slightly tipsy, Jiang Changning raised his glass and said, "You must be happy to be happy in life, don't let the golden cup be empty to the moon. Oh, there is still no moon."

"It will be there in the evening." Fu Cuihan answered with a smile.

Jiang Changning staggered and stood up, "Girl." Hiccupped a little, "I'll take you out to parade the streets at night and set off river lanterns."

"Miss, have you eaten? After eating, go and rest. You can only go out at night when you have enough energy." Xiulan wiped her hands and went forward to help Jiang Changning.

Jiang Changning was sent back to the room, Xiulan asked the little maid to fetch warm water, washed Jiang Changning's face, loosened her hair, and coaxed her to bed.

When Jiang Changning woke up, it was Shen Shizheng.

Xiulan asked someone to prepare water, and asked Jiang Changning to take a bath to wash away the smell of alcohol and sweat.

At the first moment of the unitary hour, after a light dinner, Jiang Changning ordered Fangju to bring a set of light blue Confucian uniforms that he had prepared earlier.

Jiang Changning changed into a Confucian student uniform, but it was still obvious that she was a woman at a glance.

Her long black hair was tied on top of her head with a hosta.

Jiang Changning, who was wearing men's clothes, was holding a folding fan with blue sea, blue sky and landscape painted on the fan.

"Let's go." Jiang Changning took the four maidservants and a few people who were responsible for protecting her, and left Jiang Zhai for Zhuoying Terrace.

"Wow, I didn't expect the street to be so lively at night." Fu Cui exclaimed.

"Today is the holiday, there is no curfew. Usually, it is not so lively." Xiao Chun is not like the four maids who are trapped in the dealer's house all year round and cannot go out. She is very familiar with the things in the neighborhood.

The streets are noisy and crowded with people coming and going, and the vendors on both sides are shouting all kinds of pastries and gadgets.

On the banks of the Yudai River, there are already girls setting off river lanterns.

On the shore, willows and willows are hung with small and exquisite lanterns, flickering in the river wind, like stars in the sky.

Looking from a distance, it is connected to the sky, like the Milky Way rushing down.

"It's so beautiful!" Fangju turned her head and asked Jiang Changning, "Girl, can you draw it?"

"Try it." Jiang Changning said with a smile.

At this time, the Zhuo Ying Terrace was full of people drinking tea and listening to books.

King Jin sat alone by the window, looking out of the window, playing with Ru Kiln teacups in his hands.

The light blue teacup, like jade but not jade, made his hands look whiter and slender, with distinct joints.

Seeing the prince bored, Chang Youzhong said in a low voice: "My lord, Gu..."

As soon as the words started, King Jin's spirit lifted, the corners of his lips rose, and he said with a smile, "You're really naughty."

It turned out that King Jin saw Jiang Changning who was wearing men's clothing and was walking towards this side with a maidservant.

King Jin put the teacup on the table, got up and left.

Chang Youzhong hurriedly took out a piece of broken silver and threw it on the table, and followed behind King Jin, "My lord, please slow down, it's getting late, slip your feet carefully."

King Jin hurriedly walked past those who greeted him, and went straight to the Zhuoying Terrace.

However, the streets were crowded with people, and it was hard to find them.

"My lord, my daughter's family is here to set off river lanterns." Chang Youzhong reminded.

King Jin raised his legs and walked towards the river. After walking a few steps, he heard a surprised female voice shout: "My lord."

King Jin stopped to look and called his woman, but he didn't know her.

The two men next to the woman, he recognized, were the eldest son and the second son of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites.

The identity of this woman is ready to be revealed.

Chen Dalang and Chen Erlang brought their sisters and came over to salute the King of Jin, "I have seen the prince, please greet the prince."

"You don't need to be too polite." King Jin casually raised his hand, and was about to pass them and continue to search for people by the river.

Chen Yi suddenly said: "Miss Jiang, no, it's the county lord of Chun'an."

The King of Jin saw that in the dimly lit place, a slender girl was holding a lotus lantern with a smile on her face.

Jiang Changning didn't hear Chen Yi's words. She just bought the river lamp, turned around, and by coincidence, she saw Chen Yi and King Jin standing beside her.

(End of this chapter)