Colorful

Chapter 44 Polo Match (2)
Only then did Shen Cui nod her head, forced a smile and said, "Actually, if you don't tell me, I also know the difficulty of adults, but I still feel uncomfortable. But I think it over, Wang Yueniang is not just jealous that I won the middle school competition Is she? Even if she resorted to dirty tricks, wouldn't I be fine? I would have slapped her in the face hard on the day of the performance in the Zhongtan, otherwise she would always think that she is the only girl in the world."

"En." Ji Cheng patted Shen Cui's hand lightly.

"Sister Cheng, can you help me?" Shen Cui asked, after what happened the night before, Shen Cui seemed to be less pretentious overnight.

Could Ji Cheng still say no to Shen Cui?Naturally, I can only respond.

It’s just that this dog can’t change his shit, so Ji Cheng can’t help but give Shen Cui some advice. She thinks this is not good, and that is too much trouble, picks and chooses, no matter how good Ji Cheng’s temper is, sometimes Shen Cui frowned in anger.

As the saying goes, like a daughter, like a mother, when Shen Cui made trouble for Ji Cheng, her mother was not idle.

The news that Hao Ren wanted to see Ji Cheng was sent by Liu Ye'er. Ji Cheng wondered if there was something to be said about the last time he asked him?

Sure enough, when Hao Ren saw Ji Cheng, he said, "Third Miss, it's a good thing you didn't disgrace your life. The thing you said last time is finally showing signs of happening now."

Seeing Hao Ren's expression of rubbing his hands with joy, Ji Cheng knew it was not just a sign.

Hao Ren didn't hold back, and told Ji Cheng all the ins and outs of the incident.

"To be honest, third girl, even if you don't ask me for help in this matter, I have to help you out. Your aunt is too worthless to send you to the old emperor's bed. Isn't that right?" A tree of pear blossoms pressing down on crabapples, what a waste of everything." Hao Ren said with a look of apologizing for Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng was so excited by the "a tree of pear blossoms" in Hao Ren's mouth that he almost choked on the tea. Sure enough, the dog's mouth couldn't spit out ivory, and he was gasping.But Ji Cheng didn't do anything about Hao Ren.

"Your method won't work. A sensible person will know it's impossible when they hear it. How could the old emperor leave the palace in disguise? How could my aunt believe it?" Ji Cheng said.

"Miss San, you don't know. Your aunt didn't have such a plan today. She went to the palace early and wanted to make you a queen. I haven't told you. At that time, I felt that There is a joke, but you are right, this matter is absurd, how can ordinary people believe it, so I just acted on Jiang Taigong's attitude of fishing volunteers, she will believe it or not, anyway, we will not take the initiative. Your aunt There was no movement for more than a month, I reckoned there was no way out, and I was thinking of other ways, but she came to the door on my own initiative, and I saw that she was very anxious, as if she had nowhere to go." Hao benevolence.

"When did she find you?" Ji Cheng asked.

"The eighth day of July, I remember it very clearly." The seventh day of July is the Qixi Festival, and Hao Ren and his concubines spent a very memorable night, so the impression was particularly deep.

Ji Cheng chuckled, her aunt herself was unwilling to tear herself apart with the Wang family to avenge Shen Cui, and wanted to send herself to the old emperor in a blink of an eye, so that she could avenge her mother and son?

No wonder Ji Lan likes to talk about the Wang family sisters in front of her these few days. Is this to provoke herself to jump into the old emperor's bed?The abacus is really clinking.

"It's really Li Degao's godson who is connecting with her? You can find out this kind of thing once you inquire about it." Ji Cheng said.

Li Degao is now the head servant beside Emperor Jianping, he is most trusted by Emperor Jianping, and no one else can afford it, even if he wants to follow Li Degao's door, there is nowhere to go.

Hao Ren chuckled: "How can this be fake? Your aunt is the third wife of the Shen family. Then He Changsheng is really Eunuch Li's godson, but Eunuch Li has several such godsons, so he can't take care of them so well. How long is this? Although the man below has lost his roots, he still misses the fragrance of this daughter in his heart. He got a maid in the palace as a counterpart, not only to buy flowers for the maid, but also to support the old man and the maid. Little brother, so money is tight. No, it hits it off with us."

"Is there anything I need to do?" Ji Cheng asked.

Hao Ren hurriedly said: "Third Miss is a smart person. She knows how the old emperor could go out of the palace in disguise to find flowers and ask Liu, so we have to find someone to pretend to be him. But we have never seen the old emperor, so even though He Changsheng has seen him If I can’t draw a picture, I will ask the third girl if there is any way.”

Of course Ji Cheng can draw the appearance of Emperor Jianping.

"Where can you find someone who looks like the old emperor in such a short time?" Ji Cheng asked.

"Third Miss, don't worry about it. There are many capable people in this world. Although you can't imitate [-]% of them, you can't make a difference." Hao Ren seemed very confident.

Ji Cheng nodded.

"I have one more thing to ask the third girl. When your aunt wants to coax you out, you have to cooperate a little bit. It's agreed that you will pay the money only after watching the third girl enter the room." Hao benevolence.

"I know." Ji Cheng said calmly, "How much money did she promise to give?"

Hao Ren gave Ji Cheng a slap.

"5 taels?" Ji Cheng sneered, "It's a big deal." This family only gave 1 taels if they married many daughters.Ji Lan is willing to spend all her money for her own sake.

Ji Cheng did the math. Although the Ji family gave Ji Lan half of the family property at that time, Ji Lan spent a lot of money in the past few years. Last time, he spent 6000 taels on the Seven Treasures League, and the Jinshan Bank also suffered. I can't help her being so flowery.

Now that 5 taels are going to be withdrawn in a short period of time, all the money that can be mobilized from her shops must be transferred away, so when is it not time to draw the bottom line?
When he returned to Shen Mansion to meet Ji Lan, Ji Cheng's expression was not abnormal at all, and he was respectful towards Ji Lan as usual.I probably didn't expect much, so I wasn't too disappointed.Ji Lan was plotting against her for her husband and children, and she was also plotting against Ji Lan for her own future. There was no difference between good and bad, but each was for their own benefit.

Ji Lan seemed to be really worried. It was only a few days after Hao Ren informed Ji Cheng that Ji Cheng heard Ji Lan say to her: "I feel a little uncomfortable these days, Ah Cheng will go with me to the temple tomorrow to burn incense. .”

Ji Cheng naturally responded, and asked again: "The last thing was really thanks to the blessing of the Bodhisattva. Fortunately, it was Cousin Che that I met. My fifth sister and I should go burn incense."

Ji Lan didn't answer after hearing this.Who would have thought that before departure the next day, Shen Cui would have a stomachache.

Ji Cheng said, "Then what should we do? How about we go to the temple another day?"

Shen Cui was about to nod, but Ji Lan said: "Everything is ready in the temple, the carriage and servants have been arranged, you are a real kid, but you have a stomachache at this time, so I have to ask your cousin Cheng to help you." You are burning incense."

Ji Cheng looked at Ji Lan, and this meant that he had to go.She sighed inwardly, her aunt had indeed become a lot more irritable these days, and it was no wonder that even Hao Ren's absurd tricks could lure her into a trap.When the dog is in a hurry, it will inevitably want to jump over the wall, regardless of whether there is a big fire pit behind the wall.

Ji Cheng followed Ji Lan to the temple to burn incense, and accompanied her to listen to the lectures of eminent monks. He did not leave the temple until dusk. to accompany.

At this time, when the lights came on, the most famous vegetarian restaurant in the capital, Fafuyuan, was already full of seats. Fortunately, Ji Lan had reserved a box in advance, so the carriage drove directly into Fafuyuan's courtyard.

Ji Cheng followed Ji Lan to the private room on the second floor. While walking, he heard a row of footsteps coming from behind. Someone said rudely from behind: "Dodge, dodge, dodge."

Ji Cheng followed Ji Lan to the side, and saw two rows of muscular men in navy blue robes coming in one after another. Starting from the stairs, one person stood every two steps until they reached the box at the end of the corridor on the second floor.

Judging from this posture, there must be some distinguished guests who cannot afford to offend.

Sure enough, a moment later, a carriage stopped in the yard, and a man who looked like a butler carefully helped a fat man into the door.

The housekeeper Ji Lan recognized it at a glance, it was He Changsheng who took over from her, the godson of Li Degao, Eunuch Li, and who was the person he was carefully supporting, if not Emperor Jianping?

It's just that since the emperor was visiting in private, he definitely didn't want to be discovered by others, and Ji Lan didn't dare to look directly at Sheng Yan, so she hurriedly lowered her head after a quick glance.

When the pedestrian walked up to Ji Lan and Ji Cheng, his footsteps paused. Although Ji Lan and Ji Cheng didn't raise their heads, they could feel the fat man's eyes on Ji Cheng, but soon the footsteps stopped. It rang again.

After the pedestrian entered the box, Ji Cheng asked Ji Lan, "Which family are Aunt and the others from? They are so angry."

Ji Lan said: "I'm not very familiar with it, but I should know everyone. I'll ask someone to inquire about it later."

After a while, Linglong who was next to Ji Lan came in from the outside, she said something in Ji Lan's ear, and she followed her out.After a while, Lingzhen came in and asked Ji Cheng, "Biao girl, Madam has met someone I know, I want you to come over and say hello."

Ji Cheng nodded, and followed Lingzhen to the box at the end of the corridor. When she reached the door, Lingzhen said that she had other things to do and asked Ji Cheng to go in by herself.

Ji Cheng didn't seem to doubt him, he pushed the door open and went in.

Lingzhen breathed a sigh of relief outside, fortunately Miss Cheng went in by herself, otherwise she would have to follow Madam's order and tie her in too.

When Ji Cheng entered, Ji Lan was sitting downstairs anxiously, not sure if He Changsheng inside would do anything after receiving the money.

Emperor Jianping's body has become weaker and weaker in the past two years. According to He Changsheng, it is difficult to stand up without eating meatballs.Fortunately, Emperor Jianping was greedy for flowers and lust, so he still thinks about Sleeping Beauty after he looks like this.He Changsheng complied with her and gave Emperor Jianping medicine in advance.If not, he would not have dared to ask for such a large price, 5 taels is not a small sum.

Seeing Ji Cheng go in, Lingzhen didn't dare to stay any longer when she saw the guard at the door, so she hurried downstairs to ask Ji Lan to answer.Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked downstairs, she saw Ji Cheng walking over: "Sister Lingzhen, are you kidding me? There is no one in the room."

Lingzhen was taken aback: "How could it be?!" She ran upstairs and pushed open the door of the box, but there was no one there, not even the two guards guarding the door. .

Although Lingzhen was panicked in her heart, she still forced a smile on her face and said, "Hey, that girl Linglong must be teasing me. Miss Cheng is really sorry, this girl even dares to tease you. Go back and sit down first. I'll find my wife and teach her a lesson."

What Lingzhen said was full of loopholes, Ji Cheng didn't point it out, just smiled and went back to the box that Ji Lan had reserved.After a while, a woman came to ask Ji Cheng to get into the carriage, saying that the third lady was not feeling well and went back first.

Ji Cheng nodded. It seemed that her aunt was in such a hurry that she didn't even want to deal with the aftermath.

When Ji Cheng returned to Shen's house in Tiemao Hutong, he naturally wanted to check on Ji Lan's health, but Ji Lan only said that he was not feeling well and did not see anyone.She has been sick for several days, and there is no sign of improvement.

Because Ji Lan was not only defrauded of the 5 taels of silver, but now the shops in Beijing have no cash and cannot pay for the goods, and are being chased for debts. It became a real disease.Those people recognize money but don't recognize people, even if it's the third house of the Shen family, Ji Lan also cares about face, if people find out that her shop can't even pay for the goods, how can she see people in the future.

In the end, Ji Lan had to take out a few shops, and then used the money to fill the shortfalls of other shops.As a result, more than half of the shops in her hand went away, and the remaining few were not as profitable as they were when Ji Cheng managed them because of poor management and bad reputation.

Of course this is all for later.When Ji Lan was ill, Ji Cheng naturally went to serve the sick. Ji Lan probably felt ashamed and was afraid of seeing Ji Cheng, so she just shirked that she was afraid of spreading illness to her, and asked her to concentrate on helping Shen Cui prepare for the altar Performing arts thing.

In this way, the matter of Fa Fuyuan that day was nothing.Ji Cheng didn't ask any more about what happened that day, anyway, she knew it clearly in her heart.

As for Ji Lan, although she went everywhere to look for the person who connected her and He Changsheng at that time, she couldn't find it in the vast sea of ​​people.But she didn't dare to make a fuss with He Changsheng, because she herself was guilty, and if this matter was exposed, she would not be able to bear it and walk away.

Hao Ren was sure of this point, so he came up with such a trick full of loopholes to deceive Ji Lan. In fact, as long as Ji Lan is not greedy, even if Hao Ren has two heads, he can't deceive her.

As soon as the Ghost Festival in mid-July was over, the polo match of the private polo club organized by Qibaomeng kicked off in full swing, and the excitement would not be reduced in the slightest because Ji Lan was bedridden.

And the excitement was a bit too much, and there were even sisters who turned against each other because of the polo match, just because they liked different polo clubs.

(End of this chapter)