Yutai Bi

Chapter 251 Peeping
She ordered tea, the two drank slowly, and chatted about the styles of winter clothes that were popular in Beijing this year, and Madam Xu left.

After sending Mrs. Xu away, Cen Sanniang silently calculated her current property, and still had tens of thousands of taels of cash in her hands.I feel that Fang’s military uniform business has a foot in it, and it’s not impossible to be a venture capital investment.When the Zou family has another merchant ship going to sea someday, they will invest another sum to try.For other money, buy individual gardens and a few fields in places with good scenery. Anyway, the world is peaceful, and being a landlord is the most secure.

She suddenly thought of the dozens of taels of silver poured out of the box when she first entered the Duke's mansion to receive the bill, and she couldn't help laughing.She finally understood why everyone wanted to be an official.The benefits are great.

Cen Sanniang was thinking about it, but found a stick on the kang table.She said in a low voice, "Ah Qiu, I forgot to take the lottery that Mrs. Xu asked for. She must not have gone far? Hurry up and send it to her."

Ah Qiu took the lottery, went to the door to change his clogs, and chased after him holding an umbrella.

Mrs. Xu left Cen Sanniang and hurried back to her yard.

The courtyard she built is behind the Taoist temple, and its location is relatively remote.It's quiet here.

She told the girl to guard the door, entered and turned to close the door.Lifting the curtain and entering the back room, he bowed his knees and said, "My lord, Mrs. Du plans to leave after the rain stops. She is here for the annual puja."

"This king is destined to be with her." Teng Wang hummed: "Have you settled with her?"

Mrs. Xu said: "It's settled, we can open the store when we go back."

Laojun Temple occupies a large area.From time to time, believers go up to the mountain to stay.

When Aqiu chased him out, Mrs. Xu was nowhere to be seen, so he had to ask a knowledgeable Taoist to inquire.Asked the direction of Madam Xu's yard, and looked for it with an umbrella.

This place is really quiet, there are a large row of wing rooms at both ends of the back profile, all with closed doors, and a low white wall at the end protects a courtyard.

She patted on the door and shouted, "Is Mrs. Xu here?"

Not long after, a servant girl dressed as a girl came to open the door.

Ah Qiu saluted and said, "Sister, may I ask if this is Mrs. Xu's courtyard in the Brocade Pavilion?"

The girl recognized her as Cen Sanniang's maid, so she smiled and said, "Exactly, I wonder if my sister is looking for my wife?"

Ah Qiu handed over the lottery: "Mrs. Xu forgot to take the lottery drawn by Mrs. Xu, and my young lady asked me to bring it."

The girl accepted the sign and thanked her again.

Ah Qiu said no thanks, turned around and left.

Seeing her leaving, the girl closed the courtyard door.

Ah Qiu walked for a while, and when he went to the corridor, his clogs slipped and fell to the ground with an ouch.

She slowly got up, picked up the umbrella and clogs, rubbed her waist, and walked away slowly.

The wing room in the small courtyard is facing the courtyard wall of the Taoist temple, and a corner of the flying cliff is surrounded by the wall, and the brown grass on the cliff sways feebly in the wind.There is a wild chrysanthemum in the crevice of the mountain, and its flower buds are blooming against the cold wind.

Will she be like that wild chrysanthemum?Will it bloom against the severe cold?

King Teng remembered Cen Sanniang being forced by the Fan family to ask him for help, and also remembered her determination to jump into the Ganjiang River.If he really pushed her into a desperate situation, would she still surprise him?

He laughed softly: "I will rush to make thousands of pieces and send them over by March next year. Fans should like it very much. Silk floss is expensive. If you use this instead of silk floss, you can exchange it for a lot of jewels. I have earned silver and I will give it to you." The Du family dug a hole, it's very good."

The laughter made Madam Xu's heart go cold, and she couldn't help feeling sorry for Cen Sanniang: "My lord, if the Zhengxi army finds the down jacket on Fanzi, the Du family may not be able to escape the fate of being ransacked."

That's right, I'm afraid I can't escape the charge of collaborating with foreign enemies.

But so what?
Thinking of the dug-up hill of Panlong Mountain, King Teng couldn't help snorting coldly when he thought of the words he had with Du Yansui: "He knows too much about this king. With him by the emperor's side, sooner or later he will become a serious problem for this king. "

Back then you valued Cen Sanniang so much.How could he be willing to see her go to the guillotine?Mrs. Xu sighed silently.

"When will the people from the palace come?" King Teng changed the subject.

Mrs. Xu collected her emotions and said softly, "It's only been a few days. My lord, Mrs. Du is on the mountain. If my lord leaves from the back mountain, I'm worried that she will see me."

King Teng thought for a while, then sighed softly and said, "No matter what, this king will sit here, and he will be at ease seeing her take the phoenix position."

Now that King Teng has made a decision, Mrs. Xu no longer hesitates: "Yes. I will arrange it now."

Aqiu was covered in mud, and went back to the courtyard in a panic.

Mantou couldn't help laughing: "Miss Aqiu, you should ask for a lottery for yourself today if you accompany the young lady to Sanqing Palace. Then I will ask the old Taoist to calculate for you whether it is not suitable to go out."

Aqiu glared at him: "Make fun of this girl again, and ask the young lady to marry you an evil wife in the future!"

"Oh, you're so vicious! I think the evil daughter-in-law is none other than you..." Mantou laughed loudly.

Ah Qiu was so angry that he raised the umbrella in his hand to hit him.

Mantou started running with her head in her arms, and kept turning her head to provoke: "Oh, I can't hit it!"

The guards roared with laughter.

Cen Sanniang heard the sound and came out of the room. Seeing Ah Qiu covered in mud and water, stepping on clogs and chasing steamed buns, she couldn't help but also laughed: "Okay, Ah Qiu! Seeing how you fell, why don't you hurry up and change it?" clothes!"

Ah Qiu gave Mantou a hard look, threw the umbrella towards him, lifted her skirt and went to the wing.

When she changed her clothes and was about to go out, a strange feeling floated up in her heart.Ah Qiu violently opened the door.

The steamed bun jumped, and the ginger soup in his hand burst out, making him grin his teeth, but he held the bowl firmly in his hand: "Young lady, the young lady told you to boil it for you, drink it while it's hot."

Ah Qiu was taken aback.

"Hurry up and bring it over, I'm scalding to death!" Mantou's face gradually turned red, and he didn't know whether it was hot or embarrassing.

Ah Qiu took the bowl, it was so hot!She quickly put it on the cabinet next to her, and saw Mantou leaving with her hands on her ears.She glanced at the bowl of ginger soup, pursed her lips and smiled, and cursed with her hands on her hips, "You're so stupid! It's so hot that I don't know how to get a tray!"

Mantou ran faster, and got into the inverted room where the guards lived.

Ah Qiu moved his mouth to the side of the bowl, took a big gulp of Ziliu, and puffed on his breath, then he put a handkerchief on his hand and finished the bowl of soup.A layer of capillary sweat broke out all over her body, and she took a comfortable breath.Thinking about it, I ran to the door and shouted: "Steamed buns! Steamed buns!"

There were bursts of laughter in the sitting room, and Mantou raised his head slowly: "...what's the matter?"

A Qiu waved at him, Mantou walked over slowly, cleared his throat, before he could speak, A Qiu grabbed him and pushed him into the room: "Stay, don't make a sound."

Let him in!She let him into her room!Mantou's heart was pounding, blood rushed to his head, his face was flushed, and he stood up straight with his fists clenched.

Aqiu pulled the door shut and said outside, "Are you looking at me?"

The tissue paper pasted on the door reflected a slender figure, Mantou swallowed nervously, his voice trembling: "I...I watch you every day...I, I..."

The door was opened, and Ah Qiu looked at him thoughtfully.

"I, I, I..." Mantou felt his throat was blocked, he swallowed again, and took a deep breath.

Ah Qiu said: "I see. You go back!"

She lifted her skirt and quickly ran to the main room.

She knew it, she knew it without him telling her!Mantou walked out of the room with a happy face, and floated back with a smirk.

"Young Madam!" Aqiu entered the main room, seeing Cen Sanniang and Feng Chun splitting the line, she said nervously, "Young Madam, this servant finally found out."

Cen Sanniang glanced at her: "What do you know? Sit on the kang, don't catch cold."

Ah Qiu walked over and said in a low voice: "Mrs. Xu lives in the remotest small courtyard of the Taoist temple with the girl. There is a back room in the middle, with a courtyard wall on one side and a large row of rooms on the other. The doors of the rooms are closed tightly, like No one lives there. When I went to the corridor, my servant’s feet slipped, and I yelled, as if I felt that something was wrong. Just now, I locked the steamed buns in the room and let him look at me. That’s how it feels. Young Madam, there is a man in the wing Look at the slaves. But it's quiet. By the way, the yard is too far away, facing the back cliff, not far from the back door."

Cen Sanniang put down the thread in her hand.

She quietly recalled the scene of meeting Mrs. Xu.Mrs. Xu braved the rain to come to Laojunguan to fulfill her wish, but dropped the lottery to herself.It proves that she is not fancy about the lottery.If you are a believer, there is no reason why you should not look at the signature if you specially offer incense to fulfill your vow.Then why is she here?

If she met her by chance on purpose, she had inquired about her itinerary, and even talked about opening a shop for herself.What is her purpose?
It's not that Cen Sanniang is careless.After all, Mrs. Xu belongs to King Teng.No matter how easy she was to get along with, she was obviously doing business.Who knows what's going on in the dark.

If there are guards hidden in the wing, is she here to see King Teng?

Why did King Teng take the risk of leaving Longzhou again?If it was really King Teng, it would be strange this time.He didn't come to provoke himself.

Cen Sanniang was made restless by the series of thoughts in her mind.

She looked out of the window, the rain had lightened, but the dripping rain hadn't stopped.

"Aqiu, make two snacks. I'm going to visit Mrs. Xu." Cen Sanniang made a decision.

In the afternoon, she took Aqiu and Fengchun, ordered steamed buns and accompanied several guards, and went to look for Mrs. Xu.

It's really quiet here.Not far away is behind the Taoist temple.You can stay or retreat.

(End of this chapter)