Qi Concubine's Cultivation Notes in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 43

The person called Wang Ling, seeing Fahrenheit who deliberately put on an imposing manner, was already three points shorter. Fahrenheit had a red face and a pale face like Su Mu, and what he said was the same. The lady in their house was kind and saved. Her father didn't ask her to sell her body, but it was serious to take care of her old father at home.

Wang Ling blushed with embarrassment at these words, and finally kowtowed three times to Li Yunting, saying that this kindness would be remembered forever.But finally left.

After returning to the room, it was almost time for dinner. Zuixianlou's work was clever, and it was conceivable to introduce the characteristics of their building so that people didn't see it.

In addition to the chairman, there is a small table in the private room where the attendants can eat, so the three maids don't have to stand to serve them, but sit down and eat some plum cakes first.The bunt guards waiting outside the door also gave some cakes to eat.

However, I heard the sound of silk, bamboo and elegant music. Apart from a window facing the street, this private room is facing the porch, and there is also a window next to the door. Seeing the masters all looking in that direction, Danshen He got up and pushed the bed away.

In the center of the first floor, there was room, but there was a man with full hair and closed eyes playing the erhu. The sound quality of the erhu was a bit vicissitudes and gloomy, but the performance of this old man was cheerful at the beginning, and the middle part was high-spirited. , the majesty of the second half, and the vicissitudes of the ending, it is not like a song, but more like life.

When Li Yunting was learning music, if she played with emotion, it was easy to distinguish the emotion in it, but it was her turn to play music, but she was ingenious and lacked half aura.

Li Yunting even closed her eyes, the vocal music seemed to surround her ears.

"Fourth brother, this is really good." Because of listening to the music, all the windows on the corridor were opened, and the third elder brother Yinzhi next to him said to Yinzhen like this.The voice was also full of praise, and he said: "The shopkeeper of the Zuixian Tower is really interesting. He will recruit some talented people to perform in the hall. After the song is over, someone will hold a plate, and a string of copper coins is a blue silk flower. If it’s one tael of silver, it’s an apricot silk flower; if it’s ten taels of silver, it’s a purple silk flower.”

Then a young man's hoarse voice sounded, the voice was not as loud as that of the third elder brother. Li Rulan heard it intermittently, but Li Yunting heard it all, and said: "This is a good idea. Think arty, a blue flower will do."

Then Yinzhi said again: "It's not enough to use these methods, but still put up a list, but got the top three. It is said that after the list came out, many people flocked to it. There were many programs in those days, but the fish and eyes were mixed. There are quite a few people, and there are even those who can only harvest one or two blue flowers, the shopkeeper finally set the rules."

Yinzhen chuckled and said, "How did Third Brother get this information?"

"This is nothing new, your third brother, I am not a dead book." Yinzhi said with a smile.

It can be said that Li Yunting could hear clearly from this side, but Li Rulan didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two, and sometimes Yin Zhi's voice was a little louder to hear.

Saying so, there is a guy, carrying a cloth bag, and holding a crystal porcelain vase, with silk flowers in it, mostly blue, mixed with a small amount of apricot, and occasionally one or two purple silk flowers.The crystal bottle was originally transparent, and there were exquisite silk flowers of various colors in it, which was really beautiful.

Seeing two purple silk flowers lost next door, the little girl came to them with a crystal bottle, "Miss Madam, this is the first time I've come to our Zuixianlou, let me explain to you." Then he said the silk flowers the rule of.

"Three apricot flowers." After saying that, Danshen took out the silver.The little girl smiled and took the money, but picked three apricot flowers from the bag and threw them into the crystal bottle.

Li Rulan asked: "Will there be more after this song is finished?"

"Return to Miss." The little girl said with a smile, looking rather pleasing, "Usually one or two, and there is one more today."

"Excuse me." Li Rulan nodded to Xiaoer and said.

Xiao Er was stunned. Although many dignitaries in Beijing kept a low profile, there were only a few who were so polite to him. Xiao Er finally retreated holding the bottle.

The first erhu can be said to be wonderful, while the second one is allegro, not of much interest, and the food is already served, so the window is closed.

The waiter also explained that after the window is closed, no one will hold the bottle and ask if they want silk flowers to reward the performer.

After the three of them finished eating, and with the charcoal fire burning in the house, it seemed a little hot, so they simply opened the window for a while.

"Mother, let's go to the bookstore and pick out a book for brother." Li Rulan said.

"Let's go for a while." Li Yunting said, "It's also a good time to digest food. After choosing a book, go to a nearby teahouse and sit for a while. It's almost the same."

"It's really cute at the moment." Hua said.

Li Yunting did not argue, if she hadn't gotten involved with Li Rulan in the inner circle, and hadn't formed a cause and effect, she wouldn't have acted casually.

Hua Shi put his arms around Li Yunting and said: "I don't want to disturb your interest, it's just that you really did something wrong with today's matter."

"I see, mother." Li Yunting said softly.

Li Rulan looked at Fahrenheit eagerly, but she was afraid that because of what Li Yunting did, it would affect her plan to go to the bookstore in the afternoon. "Mom, let's go shopping for books as usual, and you will be together, nothing will happen. In fact, it's my fault this morning, so it's fine to buy accessories, and we have to join in the fun, otherwise nothing extra will happen. .”

Fahrenheit smiled and said, "Let's go buy books. But this time I don't dare to be lazy."

At first, Li Rulan breathed a sigh of relief, her heart was not enough, and then she couldn't help thinking that if Li Yunting didn't get the limelight in the morning, maybe Huashi would stay in the teahouse in the afternoon, and that would be a good thing.

The three of them sat down in Zuixianlou for a while and then went to the bookstore, but the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother were already in the bookstore, women in the bookstore seldom come here, especially even though Fahrenheit had three sons, the charm still exists, but Li Yunting and Li Rulan, the two are like newborn flowers, waiting to be released shyly.

"It's them I just met in Zuixian Tower." Yin Zhi said with a suppressed voice.

"How do you know?" Yinzhen said.

"The one I saw just now is in the blue flag dress." Li Rulan is wearing the blue flag dress, while Li Yunting is in crimson red. Both of them have good skin. The color contrast makes them look like a beautiful woman. Jade.

When they were talking, the three of them walked closer, but the two of them remained silent. If they were still talking at such a distance, it would appear frivolous.

In the Zuixian Tower, I even drank a small glass of wine, because of the good music, the third brother's humor, and the silk and bamboo music, I was in a slightly depressed mood, but I was slightly happy.Just now the third brother said that Li Rulan has good looks,

Then he went to see Li Rulan in the blue flag dress, her skin was like jade, and her appearance was as beautiful as a flower, she was indeed a beauty.Then he looked at Li Yunting in the crimson outfit, different from Li Rulan's Yanmei, but another kind of beauty with a bit of coldness.The temperament is elegant, but it is better than the blue dress.

The two had already chosen the book, checked out and left the bookstore.

"It's all right for me to look at the one in blue, but the one in red is even better." Yinzhen said suddenly.

Originally, Yinzhi was already thinking about where to go next, when he suddenly heard the fourth brother talking, he was taken aback for a moment, and then responded: "I just took a look at it, and the appearance is not the same, but the temperament of the red dress is better Let’s not talk about that, how about we go to Liulichang in the afternoon? Try your luck.”

"Liulichang..." Yinzhen murmured, "Go over there."

When Yinzhen was looking at Li Rulan, Li Rulan also saw Yinzhen, not as gloomy as in Zuixianlou, his eyebrows were stretched, it can be said that the appearance of a member of the royal family is not bad, especially his pair of deep eyes, and his temperament is not angry And Wei, even the slightly taller one beside him has such a temperament.

Originally, Li Rulan didn't believe that a person's temperament can be shown, making people feel warm and powerful, but seeing Li Yunting, she knew that a person's temperament can make people so convinced, with some warmth like water in the deserted, but today The two men in the house are full of rich and powerful qualifications, so they are masters.Her heart skipped a beat, and just as Fahrenheit turned around and said something to Danshen, Li Rulan tugged at Li Yunting's sleeve.

"What's wrong?" Li Yunting asked.

"Do you think it's possible that those two came out of the palace?" Li Rulan bit her lower lip and said.

"There are quite a few dignitaries in the capital." Li Yunting said.

"I look at the two of them who are following them, they look like father-in-law." The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother are both under the age of cardamom, and they are accompanied by eunuchs in the palace. Their faces are fair and beardless, and they have something special, different from others temperament.

"Prince Yu's side also belongs to father-in-law." Li Yunting said.

Li Rulan was inevitably a little disappointed, and sighed, thinking that even if the fourth elder brother stood in front of her, he would not be able to recognize him. There are multiple versions of the fourth elder brother Yinzhen in the TV series, and she has also studied the portraits of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty , but I'm afraid it will be difficult to recognize, unless the other party directly reveals his identity, but if he is outside the palace, if he can finally come out, how can he easily reveal his identity?Thinking of it this way, she felt a little dispirited, even if she was in a bookstore, it was difficult to change her mood.

"There is a chess record over there, so I'll go over and have a look." Li Yunting said.

Because she was not in a good mood, and because the two who seemed to have the highest status in this bookstore were the two who had just left, they had already left and could not confirm whether they came out of the palace or if they were the fourth elder brother, so Li Rulan chose randomly. two books.

When we arrived at the teahouse, some individuals were playing chess, so Li Yunting went to watch it. If he saw a chess player with superb chess skills, there were often too many people around him, so he just stood on the periphery and swept the chessboard with his spiritual sense. It made Hua Shi chat with Li Rulan very unhappy, if Li Yunting came close to watch the chess game, she would not, if she was far away, she wondered if her daughter didn't see anything.

After another half-pillar of incense, Li Yunting saw that Hua Shi was always looking in her direction, so she simply returned to her seat.Holding the chess record I just bought, I fell in love with it.

Li Rulan chatted with Fahrenheit for a while, and felt better, and joked: "I haven't given it to my brother yet, you should read it first."

"I bought two identical copies." Li Yunting said seriously, "I kept this copy for myself."

Because I bought a lot of books, I really didn't notice it. When Hua Shi and Li Rulan saw it, they were indeed two identical chess books.On the contrary, Fahrenheit smiled: "You."

The three of them tasted tea, or said these words, and they spent the whole afternoon leisurely.

(End of this chapter)