Noble Lady Jing Zhao

"This old lady is cooped up at home all day long. If I hadn't thrown in some steamed buns every day, she would have died of hunger."

The old woman's eyes were full of indignation.

"By the way, are you relatives of his family?"

After the old woman finished speaking, she remembered to inquire about their origins.

Hong Zao quickly replied, "We were passing by this place and came in to look around. We didn't come here to look for anyone."

The old woman glanced at the two of them with a smile and did not ask any further questions.

Lifting his feet to leave, Ye Jingzhao followed suit quickly.

Seemingly casually, he started chatting with the old woman and said, "I don't know what to call you, aunt."

The old woman saw that she was beautiful and her voice was sweet and soft.

She liked her so much, "Girl, just call me Aunt Qin."

Ye Jingzhao nodded slightly, smiled and chatted a few more words.

Looking at the entrance of the alley just around the corner.

Aunt Qin was about to say goodbye to her.

Ye Jingzhao asked about the business, "Ms. Qin, I have never heard of any gambling house in Liuxiang Hutong."

Aunt Qin quickly pulled her and walked into the alley again.

His eyes glanced around before he glanced at Ye Jingzhao angrily.

He sighed and said, "Girl, I don't know where you come from. Don't spread the word about this gambling house in the six alleys."

"I heard that it was a secret gambling house run by high-ranking officials in the imperial court. On weekdays, the winnings could easily be all one's wealth, and most of the money was from selling one's wife or daughter. It's really a crime."

Aunt Qin frowned, but her eyes were full of anger.

Gambling houses like this have existed for many years.

How many families in Kyoto have their wives and daughters sold.

It's really heartless.

But the government didn't care, and it was opened in Liuxiang Hutong.

If you are not a person who likes card gambling, who would know that there is such a gambling house hidden in Liuxiang Hutong.

Ye Jingzhao said goodbye to Aunt Qin.

Instead of returning home, he took the red dates to Liuxiang Hutong.

Hong Zao saw that Fourth Miss was going to Liuxiang Hutong.

I was so anxious that I almost cried. I pulled the fourth lady's sleeve and refused to let the fourth lady go.

"Fourth Miss, Aunt Qin has already said that we can't go there. Let's go back home first. Don't ask the Third Lady to wait in a hurry."

Hong Zao persuaded her earnestly.

But Ye Jingzhao had no intention of going back at all. Instead, he pulled Hong Zao and pointed to the six-lane alley just ahead, saying, "Hong Zao, look, there is a teahouse there. Let's go in and have tea."

"I promise I won't take you to that gambling house."

Hong Zao stretched out her head to take a look, but was pulled by Miss Fourth, and the master and servant entered the six-alley alley.

Ye Jingzhao quickened his steps and headed straight for the teahouse.

This tea house can be opened here, and the business it does on weekdays is probably the guests coming and going from the gambling house.

The waiter who was seeing off guests at the door of the tea house froze when he saw Ye Jingzhao and his servant.

Very few women pass by a place like this on weekdays.

But looking at the woman's attire, it doesn't look like an ordinary person's attire.

Kyoto is full of noble people.

It is not easy to offend.

He hurriedly arched his body, with a cautious smile on his face, and said, "Sir, would you like to have a private room on the second floor?"

Ye Jingzhao nodded.

The waiter at the teahouse welcomed the person to the second floor.

Went to the private room and the waiter served refreshments.

Just about to exit.

But he was stopped by Ye Jingzhao, "Wait a minute."

After finishing her words, she looked at Hong Zao again. Hong Zao pursed her lips. After all, she lowered her head and took some broken silver from her purse and put it on the table.

He looked at the waiter with an unkind expression and said, "Watcher, let's ask you about something." The waiter looked at the broken silver on the table, thinking that there might be one or two pieces of silver.

He stepped forward with a smile, holding the tray tightly in his hands, and his eyes almost fell on the broken silver on the table.

"I heard there is a gambling house here, I don't know where it is."

Ye Jingzhao spoke calmly.

The waiter's eyes never left the broken silver on the table for a moment, and he casually said, "It's inside the back door of our teahouse. However, I kindly advise the two young ladies that you can't go there."

"If you ladies are curious, just take a look from a distance. It's very smoky there, so I won't taint your eyes."

The waiter reached out and picked up the pieces of silver from the table, then put them into his arms.

Pointing to an open private room on the second floor, he added, "That private room is empty. If you open the window, you can see the gambling house in the backyard."

Ye Jingzhao took the red dates and went to the elegant room.

The waiter then brought over the refreshments.

After the waiter said goodbye, Ye Jingzhao stood up and walked to the window coffin, stretched out his hand and slowly pushed the window coffin open a gap.

He glanced sideways.

The back door of the teahouse is a courtyard, and behind the courtyard is the door of another house. The door of the house is ajar, and you can see a house on the first and second floors.

There were noisy sounds inside from time to time.

Someone came out of the gambling house, and Ye Jingzhao frowned.

Looking at the smiling old man not far away.

Who else but Grandpa Cui? Seeing him so happy today, he must have won a lot of money.

Behind him were three old men, who were joking and complimenting Master Cui.

"Brother Cui is really lucky today,"

"Yeah yeah."

"Brother Cui, you have to treat me today."

Under the compliments of the three people, Mr. Cui looked at ease.

"That's natural, but let's go have tea first. After playing for so long, we're all thirsty."

With that said, the four of them entered the teahouse. Mr. Cui insisted on having tea in the private room on the second floor because he won money today.

By coincidence, the four of them were right next door to Ye Jingzhao.

Hong Zao covered her lips with her hands, her eyes widening.

Ye Jingzhao held his breath and concentrated. Fortunately, the door to the private room was closed.

The two of them were already prepared, but Aunt Cui didn't hear their voices.

Ye Jingzhao walked step by step to the position against the wall and listened.

The three of them kept complimenting Master Cui.

"We brothers will follow Brother Cui in the future. Brother Cui will lead us three brothers to make a fortune together in the future."

"Don't worry, don't worry, you can follow me from now on."

"My son-in-law is now a cabinet bachelor. From now on, you can follow me with peace of mind. I will definitely not let you suffer."

"The wife of Mr. Ye Er, cabinet bachelor, is not a girl from the Xiaoyong Hou Mansion. Brother Cui, are you..."

"Why, you guys look down on me. If it weren't for my status, how could I be so comfortable in the gambling house these days?"

The three of them looked at each other and didn't think much, just thinking that Brother Cui was bragging.

But he secretly pointed out that there was some noble person who was not easy to offend.

The compliments sounded again.

Ye Jingzhao's face completely darkened.

Aunt Cui didn't drink, but she actually claimed to be her second uncle's father-in-law outside.

Ye Jingzhao returned to his house, worried.

When he saw his father returning, he told his father where Aunt Cui had settled.

After dinner, Ye Jingzhao avoided his mother and pestered his grandmother back to his house.

The two chatted.

"Grandma, Aunt Cui came to visit me earlier and said that she was my mother's biological mother."

Ye Jingzhao and his grandmother, Mrs. Xie, were acting coquettishly and asked inadvertently.