long live the queen

Chapter 46

When Wei Yunqing arrived at Yan's mansion, he naturally didn't enter the door, so he asked Xiaoman to inform him, and after a while, three people came out on horseback.Two of them were Yan Rusong and Deng Hong, the only one they didn't recognize was a young man who was about the same age as Yan Rusong, dressed in flowing white clothes, he was the most eye-catching among the three.

When the three of them came to the carriage, Wei Yunqing opened the curtain and looked out. When she was looking at the strange man, he was also looking at her curiously.

"This is Miss Wei." Yan Rusong introduced them, "He is my good friend Wu Shangwen."

"Miss Wei, Shangwen is being polite." Wu Shangwen smiled and cupped his hands.

"Brother Tianxin, don't be too polite." Wei Yunqing smiled slightly, "I'm not familiar with Shangjing, so I'll ask Brother Tianxin to be a tour guide next."

"Tour guide?" Wu Shangwen felt that the word was fresh, and he could roughly understand the meaning of the word, and said with a smile, "That's natural. Among the three of us, I am the most familiar with Shangjing. Can't say enough."

Wei Yunqing smiled and said, "Then there will be Brother Lao Tianxin."

Originally, Wei Yunqing wanted to let Yan Rusong into the carriage. After all, she hadn't seen him for a long time, so she really wanted to have a few more words with him, but now that Wu Shangwen was added, she felt embarrassed to do that, so she had to read it quietly and sadly. Yan Rusong took one look and hid back in the carriage.

Yan Rusong and Wu Shangwen led the way on horseback, and Wu Shangwen smiled and said, "Brother Gongmao is very lucky."

Yan Rusong smiled helplessly, but did not speak.

Wu Shangwen smiled again: "I would like my wife to visit Miss Wei some other day. You and I are good friends, and your wife and I, how can we not communicate?"

Yan Rusong's face turned slightly red, and then he said seriously: "Miss Wei and I haven't engaged yet, so don't say that again in the future."

Wu Shangwen raised his brows. Regarding the fact that this friend is so old and has not engaged in marriage, he has persuaded him a long time ago. After all, people's words are terrible. There are rumors in Shangjing that General Yan did not marry a wife because of a hidden illness.As Yan Rusong's close friend, he knows that he has been fighting outside all year round, and he doesn't want to marry a wife but neglects the other party's inside information, but others don't know. Yan Rusong explained a few words, what can't you hear?But no one can shake what his friend believes, and he is just trying to persuade him, but it can't affect the other party's actions.

Now that this friend has returned to Beijing, it is rare to find him, and he said that he would introduce a confidante to him, so why isn't he curious?Marriage in the world is mostly at the behest of the parents and the matchmaker's words. Of course, there is no need to be so cautious when accepting concubines or intercourse, but judging from the importance Yan Rusong pays to this "confidante"'s words, he is pretending to marry the other party as his wife idea.That being the case, what are you waiting for if you don't hire as soon as possible?
Wu Shangwen naturally asked Yan Rusong this question, but the answer he got was vague, and he only said that he had his own plans and told him not to ask more.What else can he say?This friend has always been organized and measured in his work, as long as he supports him.

"Then you have to work harder. Although Miss Wei has no relatives or reasons, but..." Wu Shangwen raised his hand and arched her face, "That person is her biggest backer, and those who know her identity are probably thinking of something secretly. Woolen cloth."

Wu Shangwen is Yan Rusong's good friend, there is nothing you can't tell him about Wei Yunqing's background, even if you don't tell him, is there any news about this court that can really be kept secret?What's more, Wei Yunqing was so high-profile when he came back from saving the emperor.Therefore, Wu Shangwen, who has a strong background in Wei Yunqing, will naturally feel worried.She has no relatives and no status, but she can't stand the emperor's attention to her. She is a bit older, but she is not yet married, so there will always be someone who has ideas.Now that she has just left the palace, other people may not have heard the news. After a long time, it is hard to guarantee that there will be long nights and dreams.

"I know it." Yan Rusong only responded lightly, without saying much.

How could he not know what Wu Shangwen said?It's just that he thinks those are second, and the one that disturbs him the most... is actually that one.He can vaguely feel something, and when he thinks of it occasionally, hidden worries will arise.However, thinking of Wei Yunqing's love, her smile, her unscrupulous and smart beauty when facing him, he made up his mind - as long as her heart is toward him, even if she competes with the emperor, it doesn't matter?
In the carriage behind some distance.

Zheng Xiang opened the curtain and looked outside and said, "Miss Wei is really going to see General Yan."

Yang Yi looked at the carriage ahead with a gloomy expression, gritted his teeth and stared unwillingly at the back of the horse riding in front of the carriage.

Zheng Xiang glanced at Yang Yi, and sighed: "General Yan is a young man who achieved great ambitions, and now he has performed military exploits. His family has not yet married a wife. It is no wonder that Miss Wei would fall in love with..."

"Shut up!" Yang Yi angrily interrupted Zheng Xiang, "It is impossible for Sister Yun Qing to like Yan Rusong! Absolutely impossible!"

Zheng Xiang was amazed at Yang Yi's decisiveness, hesitated for a moment and said: "But it is an indisputable fact that Miss Wei is traveling with General Yan now..."

Yang Yi didn't speak again, there were some things he couldn't say to Zheng Xiang.He remembered that when he persuaded Wei Yunqing to live in the palace back then, she insisted on refusing, saying that Xianfan was different.But now?Outside the palace, she has been in contact with Yan Rusong, and it seems that she has been in contact for a long time!
The more Yang Yi thought about it, the more furious he became, he gritted his teeth and said, "Follow them, if you lose them, I will punish you nine clans!"

Hearing this, the Jinyi guards dressed as servants at the side immediately cheered up and stared at the front, not daring to neglect.

Wu Shangwen led Wei Yunqing's carriage for a while, then got off the horse and said, "Let's go ahead."

Wei Yun was tired of sitting in the carriage early in the morning, and when he heard that he was going to get off, he immediately got out of the carriage happily. If everyone left together, she could still walk up to Yan Rusong and have a few words with him.

This time Wei Yunqing brought Xiu'er and Xiaoman with him. Uncle Ma stayed to watch the carriage, and the two followed Wei Yunqing.Yan Rusong followed Deng Hong, Wu Shangwen was unrestrained and didn't have a servant by his side, but Wei Yunqing still had Xiaoman here, so he could still take care of him.

"The street in front is the busiest one in Shangjing. Look, there are many people, right?" Wu Shangwen pointed to the bustling crowd in front of him.

Wei Yunqing looked around, and there were indeed a lot of people, shoulder to shoulder, and the stream was endless. Her first reaction was to be careful about her wallet and not to give the thief a chance.

"There is an embroidery workshop here that is exclusively for the imperial palace. If Miss Wei is interested, we can go and have a look. Maybe I have free time recently." Wu Shangwen said.Thinking that Wei Yunqing is a woman, he naturally introduced places that women would like.

Wei Yunqing was really not interested in female celebrities, and it was hard to refuse Wu Shangwen's kindness, so he coughed and said, "Since it's only for the imperial palace, it would be a waste of time for us to come, why don't we change places... For example, is there a shop here that sells Kit Kats?"

"Kit Kat stuff?" Wu Shangwen wondered, he was a little confused what Wei Yunqing's so-called "Kit Kat" was referring to.

"Interesting things like wooden figures that can move by themselves, Western clocks." Wei Yunqing gave an example, with anticipation and excitement on his face.

Wu Shangwen was stunned, and then he glanced at Yan Rusong: Your confidante's preferences can be said to be out of the ordinary.

"This kind of thing is hard to find." Wu Shangwen frowned, "There are not many people who like these things on weekdays, and there may not be any shops that sell them specifically, but you may come across one or two in some shops that sell antiques."

"Then how about we go over and see?" Wei Yunqing said.

"Naturally, this way please." Wu Shangwen smiled and led the way.

Wei Yunqing was a little behind, walking side by side with Yan Rusong.Xiu'er, Xiaoman and Deng Hong were all knowledgeable people, Xiaoman went to the front and followed behind Wu Shangwen, while Xiu'er and Deng Hong lagged behind.

"Brother Tianxin, do you have a wife?" Wei Yunqing asked Yan Rusong in a low voice.

Yan Rusong said with a smile: "He has already married a wife, and his wife gave birth to his first son, who is now seven years old."

Wei Yunqing laughed softly: "His son can make soy sauce, but you haven't married a wife yet, don't you worry?"

Yan Rusong's face turned reddish, he coughed lightly, but did not answer.

Wei Yunqing smiled secretly, and said again: "Then does he have a concubine at home?"

Yan Rusong glanced at Wei Yunqing, seeming to understand what she meant by asking this question, but he only replied in a low voice: "When he was young, he originally had a concubine, and later he gave birth to a daughter for him, and then he became a concubine."

"Sit and enjoy the blessings of all people." Wei Yunqing muttered, although she knew that men in this era would basically have many women as long as they had some money, but she would always look forward to Yan Rusong's good friend , although having only one wife and one concubine is considered rare, but this result cannot completely satisfy her.

"He is him, and I am me." Yan Rusong said in a low voice.

Wei Yunqing glanced at him, overflowing with joy in her heart, she was so happy that she wanted to give him a hug, but in the public, after all, she couldn't ignore the order of this society too much, so she had to endure it, and quietly grabbed Yan Rusong's body underneath. hand.

Yan Rusong turned away her eyes and walked forward without looking sideways. Wei Yunqing's delicate fingertips scratched his palm, making him itch from the palm to the bottom of his heart. When she let go of her hand, he felt disappointed and almost wanted to grab her. Her hand does not let go.In the end, sane, he didn't do that.

Wu Shangwen walked to an antique shop and stopped. Looking back, the two were talking and laughing. He immediately showed a narrow smile, and planned to tease his good friend later.For many years, he hasn't seen such a smile on his friend's face. Is this Miss Wei really his true destiny?

"Miss Wei, let's take a look at this house first?" Wu Shangwen stopped asking Yan Rusong's opinion, ignored him and talked to Wei Yunqing directly.

Wei Yunqing looked at him and smiled, "Okay." She turned her head to Yan Rusong and smiled coquettishly, "Shall we go in?"

Yan Rusong nodded: "Okay."

A group of people walked in.

Not far outside, another group of people stopped there, and the leader Yang Yi's complexion was so dark that ink was dripping out.

There are a lot of people here, which can block their group, so their tracking distance is much closer, and Yang Yi can clearly see Wei Yunqing's charming appearance when he looks sideways at Yan Rusong.He remembered that in front of him, his sister Yun Qing would always look like a sister, and she had never shown such a shy and beautiful look to him.

Jealousy grew from the bottom of his heart, Yang Yi took a deep breath, his remaining rationality prevented him from rushing forward to "catch the adulterer".From the fact that Sister Yunqing insisted on leaving the palace, he knew that his Sister Yunqing was a very stubborn person. There was no room for others to comment on her decision. Of course, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Isn't it normal for fairies in the fairy world to have such a temper?He was afraid that once he rushed in, his sister Yun Qing would be angry with him, and even told him not to look for her again in the future.So he didn't dare, he could only hate it outside.

"Master... There are dragons and snakes mixed here, this old slave thinks we should go back first. As for Miss Wei...isn't it a matter of your imperial decree?" Zheng Xiang said.

Yang Yi was taken aback, feeling a little eager to move.Zheng Xiang is right, as long as he makes an imperial decree, then sister Yun Qing will have to enter the palace?But in the end, he still didn't dare.Sister Yun Qing is not an ordinary person, she is a fairy in the sky, who knows what will happen if she angers the fairy?Even if Sister Yun Qing has no mana now, but when she returns to the sky, what is he, the emperor?
"Shut up, what do you know!" Yang Yi was annoyed, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't tell the truth about this matter and discuss it with others, so he turned his anger on Zheng Xiang.

"Yes, the old slave is wrong, please calm down!" Zheng Xiang begged for mercy.He also felt that he couldn't understand Yang Yi's thoughts this time. In the past, he could easily guess Yang Yi's thoughts, so he was able to get to his current position. But since Yang Yi went outside and came back, his thoughts It's a little harder to guess - no, it's easy to guess what you think on weekdays, but when it's related to Miss Wei, it's quite confusing.

What should be said has been said, Zheng Xiang didn't speak again, he decided to wait a little longer, so that he could always see what the emperor was thinking.

Wei Yunqing and Yan Rusong walked into the antique shop side by side, and the shop assistants immediately greeted them warmly.Wei Yunqing is not interested in vases at all. If she really wanted to keep antiques, she would bury porcelain produced in this era in the ground, and leave a treasure map or something. It will be antiques if it is passed down.

Wu Shangwen had already understood Wei Yunqing's interests before, so he directly ordered that he didn't want antiques, but rare things. The guy was also a smart man, and he smiled and led them to the other side of the shelf, pointing An object on it said: "Guests, please look here, just turn around a few times, the villain on it can move by itself!"

Wei Yunqing looked curiously at what the guy was pointing at. It was a wooden box like a music box, with a clockwork on the side, and inside the box were some small figures made of wood. It started to move, as if it was performing some play.

Her eyes lit up. Is this the ancient music box?It is indeed a very delicate thing.

The clerk didn't turn the clockwork much, and it stopped after a while. He said with a smile, "This is new to our store. I heard it's from the previous dynasty. It's rare in this world!"

In modern times, Wei Yunqing would not buy something like this to take up space, but in this era, this "Music Box" is extremely precious, so she decided to buy it back.

"How much does this cost?" Wei Yunqing asked curiously.Ask first, if it's expensive, don't buy it, if it's cheap, buy it back.

The guy looked at Wei Yunqing calmly, and said with a smile: "Miss, this thing is a rare item, and the asking price is not cheap!"

He was getting a vaccination, and there was no contempt in his tone, after all, the demeanor of this group of people was there.

Wei Yunqing said with a smile: "You can say what the asking price is. If I can afford it, I will buy it. If I can't afford it, I won't buy it. It's so simple."

The clerk smiled and said, "Miss is a straightforward person. The price for this item is 330 taels, which is the price set by our shopkeeper."

"It's really expensive." Wei Yunqing can be regarded as a pragmatist. When he heard the price, he didn't really want to buy it. It was more than 300 taels. Back then, Yang Yi's finger puller didn't sell for that much. The RMB is nearly 20 yuan , What is not good for her to buy, buy such a thing that can't be eaten or used just to look at it and go back.Too much money is not the way to spend it.

"Miss, look how exquisitely made this thing is. You can't find such a good thing anywhere else. If you really want to buy it, I can go to our shopkeeper and give you a cheaper price." The man laughed.

"Can it be cheaper than 100 taels?" Wei Yunqing asked.

"This..." The guy showed a troubled expression. From 330 taels to 100 taels, such a large range is probably impossible.

"Then forget it." Wei Yunqing didn't mind, and smiled.

"Please go find the shopkeeper." Yan Rusong said suddenly.

As soon as the guy saw that the man who seemed to have an extraordinary demeanor spoke, he immediately smiled and said wait a minute, and went to find the shopkeeper.When there are men and women shopping together, as long as the woman is interested in something, the man will desperately have to buy it, so he especially welcomes such a combination to buy things in the store.

"What do you want to do?" Wei Yunqing asked Yan Rusong in a low voice.

Yan Rusong coughed and said in a low voice, "If Yunqing likes this, then buy it."

"You buy it?" Wei Yunqing looked at him.

Yan Rusong nodded.

Wei Yunqing approached him and said in a low voice, "How much is your annual salary?"

"Six hundred stones." Yan Rusong was a little puzzled, she asked what she was doing, and replied honestly.

"How much is it in silver?" Wei Yunqing asked.

Yan Rusong said: "More than one thousand and one hundred taels."

Wei Yunqing was speechless. She spent three months' salary to buy something that was not practical at all just to please his girlfriend. Why didn't she see that Yan Rusong was such a prodigal before!
"Although I like this thing, it costs 300 taels to buy it, but it's not worth it." Wei Yunqing leaned closer to Yan Rusong again, and made a little confession, "When I left the palace, the gold, silver and jewels the emperor gave me were converted into money. If it’s silver, it’s nearly 5000 taels. If I really want to buy this thing, it’s not that I can’t afford it, but it’s really unnecessary. It can’t be eaten or used. I bought it and put it on display. What do I spend my money on? ?”

Yan Rusong's expression was a little unnatural when he was "rebuked" by Wei Yunqing.

"I thought..." He remembered that sometimes he saw Wei Yunqing's rewards to the subordinates, he was really not stingy at all, and he thought she had no concept of money.

"What do you think?" Wei Yunqing looked at him with raised eyebrows, "Am I being taken advantage of?"

"...I didn't think so." Yan Rusong said.

"This thing is more than 50 taels, whoever buys it is stupid." Wei Yunqing came to a conclusion.

Now, Yan Rusong is naturally reluctant to buy this thing again, otherwise isn't it the "stupid" in Wei Yunqing's mouth?

"Let me tell you, did the two of you discuss something?" Wu Shangwen couldn't help asking after seeing Yan Rusong and Wei Yunqing discussing for a long time regardless of other people's eyes.

"Well, we have discussed it." Wei Yunqing raised his head and looked at Wu Shangwen, "The shopkeeper will come in a while, and if you can't negotiate for less than 50 taels, you can just say aside that this thing is not worth that price at all, and whoever buys it will be taken advantage of. You That being said, Rusong and I can't talk anymore, we can only leave."

Wu Shangwen was startled, and stared at Wei Yunqing dumbfounded: "Miss Wei...you, are you trying to make me make a bad face?"

"No way, just now Rusong and I expressed our intention to buy it." Wei Yunqing said seriously, "Brother Tianxin, please! I know you are a very loyal person, and you will definitely not sit back and watch us lose face. But stand by and watch! After all, you are Rusong’s friend, you can do anything for your friend, but it’s just such small things, it will definitely not trouble you!”

Wu Shangwen stared blankly at Wei Yunqing, then turned his gaze to Yan Rusong again.

They want to take care of face, so they don't need his face!He wanted to ask Yan Rusong, where did he find such a girl, who could come up with such fallacies!
Yan Rusong silently turned his gaze away, apparently not intending to speak for his friend.

Before Wu Shangwen protested, the shopkeeper rushed over under the call of the clerk. He had heard the clerk talk about the general situation earlier, so he looked directly at Yan Rusong, and said with a smile: "This customer, the things in our store are But they are all good things, you will never suffer a loss if you buy them, and they will appreciate in value after a long time! This is really a one-of-a-kind thing, and it is really not expensive at 330 taels."

"Can't it be sold for 50 taels?" Wei Yunqing interjected.

The guy on the side was stunned: Didn’t you just say 100 taels?Why did it lose half as soon as I turned my head!If he had delayed this longer, wouldn't she have said 20 taels?
The shopkeeper's complexion also changed, and he still smiled: "This... 50 taels is really not for sale, and we didn't take only 50 taels. I think you really like it, why don't you just erase a fraction, how about 300 taels?"

"Shopkeeper, 50 taels is already the highest price I can offer, can you really not lower it?" Wei Yunqing pulled Yan Rusong and did not let him speak.

The guy couldn't bear it anymore, and hurriedly said: "Miss, you just said 100 taels."

Wei Yunqing looked at the guy and blinked, shook his head and said, "No, I said less than 100 taels, 99 taels is less than 100 taels, and so is one tael, why not 50 taels?"

Dude: "..." Then I really want to thank you for not saying a word or two...

(End of this chapter)