Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

Chapter 161 Approaching
After Mu Xiaoxiao got the news from Pei Ce that day, she has been paying attention to the movement of Prince Jing's Mansion these days, but it snowed for several days, Ling Youyao didn't go out, and she didn't find a chance until today.

It was already past the meal time, there were no guests in Qianzhen Pavilion, and no one recognized Mu Xiaoxiao.

When Lu Sheng was upstairs, he felt that this girl was beautiful, but no matter how beautiful she was, she couldn't compare to Ling Youyao's kindness in his heart.

He smiled and asked: "I am the shopkeeper of Qianzhen Pavilion, I wonder why the girl is looking for me?"

Mu Xiaoxiao smiled slightly, and said: "It's not a big deal, but I asked the maid to buy short chestnut cakes earlier, but I couldn't get them, so I wanted to take advantage of the snow to stop today, and come over to see if there are any."

"Oh, that's how it is," Lu Sheng explained, "Our chestnut cakes are all made of fresh chestnuts. It's almost the twelfth lunar month, and the snow is so heavy that no one wants to go up the mountain to pick chestnuts. Last time This is the last batch of short chestnut cakes, you may have to wait until next year if you want to eat them."

Mu Xiaoxiao regretted: "It seems that we can only wait until next year."

"I'm really sorry."

Lu Sheng expressed his apology again, and then said: "Girl, if you like chestnuts, why don't you buy a chestnut cake and try it? The taste is similar to chestnut cake, but the outer layer of meringue is missing."

Mu Xiaoxiao's expression moved slightly, feeling the probing gaze upstairs, and immediately said: "Okay."

"Hey, please come with me."

Ling Youyao sat on the side of the second floor, watching Lu Sheng lead Mu Xiaoxiao to the other side of the lobby.

Yin Zhu couldn't stand it any longer, and said helplessly, "Princess, don't look at it. If the servant is not mistaken, she should be Miss Mu from Huixian Tower, who had previously performed at the Nanyang Princess' birthday banquet. Miss Mu, Mu Xiaoxiao."

Some people may have never seen Mu Xiaoxiao, but they must have heard the name "Mu Xiaoxiao".

Mu Xiaoxiao showed her talents in the capital at the age of 15. At that time, the song "Turn the Red Sleeves" became famous in the capital, attracting many literati and poets, and the princes of aristocratic families fell in love with it.

It is precisely because of Mu Xiaoxiao's presence that Huixianlou has been able to gain a firm foothold in the capital in the past two years.

Yinzhu glanced at the plain figure downstairs, and continued: "Ms. Mu is a showman but not a person. There are many dignitaries who want to redeem her body, but she doesn't want to, and Huixianlou is reluctant to let people go. , and has remained until now.”

After hearing these words, Ling Youyao was stunned. She had heard of Huixianlou—the largest brothel in Beijing.

But she saw that Mu Xiaoxiao had no romantic atmosphere, on the contrary, she was as clear as pear blossoms in the mountains, so she couldn't imagine that she would be from a brothel.

"Being able to perform at the Nanyang Princess' birthday banquet must be something extraordinary."

"That's right," Yin Zhu nodded, "Miss Mu's pipa is so superb that even the princess of Nanyang once praised it herself. Miss Mu has a performance on the fifth day of every month, and it must be full of guests on that day. Listening to music on the wall of Huixian Building!"

When Ling Youyao heard this, she looked at Mu Xiaoxiao with a little more admiration, "It sounds a bit like a star."

Since ancient times, most of the women who lived in the brothel had a bad fate, either desolate and miserable, or beautiful and unlucky, but it is rare to live a comfortable life like her.

Yinzhu didn't hear clearly: "What star?"

"It's nothing," Ling Youyao casually perfunctory, got up and prepared to leave, "It's getting late, let's go back first."

Although Yin Zhu was puzzled, she didn't ask any further questions.

After the master and servant left Qianzhen Pavilion, Mu Xiaoxiao looked away, "Let's go, we should go back."

Xiao Jin opened the umbrella, a little confused, "Girl, didn't you come to see Princess Jing today? Why didn't you say a word to her?"

"I just came to see her today. Now that I've seen her, it's time to go back."

"But." Xiao Jin still didn't understand.

Mu Xiaoxiao explained patiently: "If you want to get close to someone, you don't have to come up to her and talk to her. If you can leave an impression in her heart, you will have the chance to meet next time."

"Then how do you know if Princess Jing remembers you?" Xiao Jin asked again.

Hearing this, Mu Xiaoxiao thought of the way Ling Youyao looked at her just now, and couldn't help but smile: "Well, I'll know it at a glance."

"Huh?" Xiao Jin was even more confused.

But Mu Xiaoxiao didn't want to explain further, and just said: "Remember to find a way to inform Princess Jing about the performance in a few days, and don't be too deliberate."

"okay, I get it."

The warm sun hanging from the corner of the eaves sank little by little, and the snow on the eaves had not yet melted, and it was dyed with layers of chill.When Ling Youyao returned to the palace, she happened to meet Fu Mingjue who was about to go out, she couldn't help asking: "My lord, do you want to go out?"

Fu Mingjue's face was frosty, but subconsciously softened when he saw Ling Youyao, and he said, "Well, there are some things to deal with."

Seeing his dignified expression, Ling Youyao wisely didn't ask any more questions, just whispered "protect yourself" and left in a hurry.

With Ling Youyao's concern, Fu Mingjue raised an imperceptible arc on his lips. When he noticed that Jiang Liu was looking at him, he immediately returned to indifference, "Where are they?"

Jiang Liu snapped back to his senses, and said seriously, "It's in Xinghua Lane, but we were too late to let them escape."

"After lurking in the capital for so long, I finally showed my tail," Fu Mingjue sneered, "I just don't know how long he can keep this mouse."

Now that the day of the court meeting is getting closer and closer, envoys from Nanjiang and Xizhou have stepped into the territory of Dayan one after another. Only Beidi entered the capital early, but did not report to His Majesty. He even sent a letter to enter the capital yesterday, saying that it was two The prince came to Dayan for the first time, and he was not acclimatized to the environment, so it might take a day or two longer than the original schedule to arrive in the capital.

Whether this letter is genuine or not, Fu Mingjue does not know yet.

Perhaps as the letter said, Yuan Yuxuan had just entered Dayan, and the Beidi people hiding in the capital might be from another team.

But, besides that, there is another possibility——

The letter is false, Yuan Yuxuan has already entered the capital, the reason why he will write a letter to His Majesty may be delayed by something.

No matter what the possibility is, once Beidi shows his feet again, it will break the peace between Dayan and Beidi for many years.

Fu Mingjue quickly got on his horse and told Jiang Liudao: "Let Jiang Zhou lead people to search secretly. Remember not to startle the snake. As long as they stay in the capital for one day, they will be exposed sooner or later."

"Yes!" Jiang Liu took the order, and then asked: "My lord, do you want to seal the city for search?"

"No, you go back to the Xuanyu camp first, I can go alone."

After finishing speaking, Fu Mingjue galloped away, leaving only a dark shadow behind.

Even though the capital is mixed with fish and dragons, the habits of the people in Dayan and Beidi are very different. No matter how well the disguise is, as long as you investigate carefully, you will always find clues.

(End of this chapter)