The palace maid outside took the letter from the guard's hand and handed it to the palace maid who opened the door. She glanced at Princess Lin 'an who was sitting on the edge of the bed with her body turned sideways and looked very unhappy. She tactfully retreated.
The one who opened the door was the delicate and pretty palace maid whose buttocks had been slapped by Xu Qi 'an. She opened the envelope and looked at it.
After reading the first sentence, the clever palace maid no longer read it. She also guessed who the letter was. She covered her mouth and laughed, "Your Highness, the dog servant has sent a letter."
The palace maid immediately turned her face and glanced at the two pages of the letter. She then turned her head away, "It's too long to read."
This was very in line with Princess Lin 'an's character. The two palace maids snickered and put the letter on the table. They said softly, "This servant will go out first. Your Highness has something to summon."
As soon as the palace maid went out, the palace maid frequently looked at the table. When the footsteps were far away, she muttered and walked to the table. She picked up the letter and read it.
After listening to Huaiqing's words, she was a little angry. The dog servant looked honest on the surface but was secretly a lecherous person. He lingered in the Musical House all day long. Thinking about it made her panic.
But she did not know the reason, so she sulked after coming back.
It was reasonable to say that she was the dignified Princess of Lin 'an. There were countless guards under her. She never cared about those people's style of life.
She sat down in front of the table, straightened her back and slightly bowed her head. Her sitting posture was very energetic. Since she was a child, she had been trained to have a good walking posture.
"… The night is long and I have no mood to sleep. Your Highness's voice and smile seem to be in front of me and in my ears. I haven't seen you for half a month and I miss you very much."
"Bah!" The palace maid spat and the corner of her mouth unconsciously hooked up.
This kind of unformulaic beginning fully expressed the other party's dependence and miss and highlighted her own importance. Princess Lin 'an liked this the most.
She was a girl who liked romance. Overbearing CEO could not germinate in this era. Otherwise, the palace maid would be a fanatic fan of women's novels.
She continued to read. In the letter, there were many strange and dazzling things. For example, there was an incident of a water ghost in the canal. Her dog slave jumped into the river to save the poor guard. After fighting for three hundred rounds, he saved the poor guard. The guard was so grateful that he knelt down and kowtowed. However, the dog slave helped him up and said in a deafening voice, "A man's knees are made of gold!"
"Well said …" The corner of Fan Fan's mouth curled into a smile. The more he read, the more fascinated he became.
She liked to watch these strange things. They were interesting, scary, and exciting.
Outside the door, two personal palace maids quietly pushed open a gap and leaned over to take a look. They were stunned to discover that the Princess of Lin An was sitting at the table, as though she was intoxicated. At times she would chuckle, at times she would frown and at times she would reveal a fearful expression.
They retreated quietly and whispered to each other.
"The princess is in a good mood again?"
"Yeah, it's obvious … You read the letter so seriously."
"Sister, what's in the letter?"
"Do not ask. Do not inquire about the matters of the Mistress. Have you forgotten what the Momo in the Palace taught us?"
"That Xu Qi 'an is really capable. The Princess only knew him for a short period of time and you are already so attentive to him … En, I will not talk about these words everywhere."
…
The palace maid unwillingly read to the end and discovered that the story had ended. The dog slave talked about a type of lotus in the Qing Province, called Red Lotus. It was as beautiful as fire and would always make this official think of the peerless charm of Her Highness wearing a red dress …
As she read, the palace maid's round and crystal clear face blushed shyly, which was charming and intoxicating.
Even though she knew that there was no one in the room, she still glanced at the door guiltily and then held the letter tightly in her palms.
"He, he …"
Princess Lin An heard her 'thump thump' wildly beating heart and her goose egg shaped face was on fire.
How dare he write such a letter to her? To hook up with the Princess, if it was leaked out, he would have to die as an apology. Thinking of this, the palace maid wanted to tear up the letter and destroy the evidence.
But she was somewhat reluctant as it was the first time Her Highness the Princess received such a letter since she was born. The story was exciting and Xu Ningyan's words were so pleasant to hear …
The bright black eyes turned and the clever Lin An thought of an idea. She put the dehydrated petals and the letter together and placed them in a thick book. It was the only copy that her Lady Mother had given her.
"Alright, this way no one will find out!" The palace maid exhaled and put her hands on her waist.
Not long after, the two personal palace maids in the courtyard heard the call of Her Highness the Princess, "Come in and change. BenGong wants to change into a red dress!"
The palace maids answered and entered the room to help Princess Lin An change her clothes. Under her instructions, she changed into a beautiful red dress.
Lin An nodded her head in satisfaction and turned around, the skirt was like a blooming flower.
"Look, BenGong's peerless charm!" She raised her chin and said confidently.
"…" The palace maids looked at each other in confusion.
"Your Highness, are you not angry anymore?" The palace maid that was patted on the butt by Xu Qi 'an probed.
"What am I angry about?" Lin An asked.
"That dog servant." The palace maid had just finished speaking when she saw the palace maid's eyebrows raised and she interrupted her aggressively.
"What dog servant? Is that what you can call a dog servant? You must call him your excellency Xu. "
My dog servant is not for others to call, she said in her heart.
…
Ying Mei Pavilion.
Dressed in a white cotton dress, with her hair loose, Fu Xiang was carrying a bamboo basket in the courtyard to pick plum blossoms.
The plum blossoms were beautiful and the courtyard was quiet. She was wearing a complicated white dress that dragged on the ground. A bamboo basket was hung on her snow-white wrist and there were clusters of plum blossoms in the basket. She raised her other arm to climb the branches.
The plum blossoms and the beauty complemented each other.
The maids in the courtyard looked at this scene and found it pleasing to the eye. Now her wife was becoming more and more indifferent. Every day she would practice dancing, tune the zither, appreciate the plum blossoms and do some elegant things.
She almost never showed up for tea or went out to have a drink and then left the guests. Instead of being angry, the guests became more and more popular.
Gradually, men could boast for several days if they could see Fu Xiang's top courtesan.
After the "Hidden Fragrance Floating in the Moonlight at Dusk", there was another famous poem: The beauty rolled up the bead curtain and sat in the deep room with her eyebrows knitted …
After the publicity of the Musical House, they made up an allusion for this poem:
The talented your excellency Xu made Lady Fu Xiang cry. In order to make her happy, he was so anxious that he ran around in circles. Finally, he drank three glasses of hard liquor in a row. With the help of alcohol, his literary ideas came out and this poem was born.
Simple poems had no soul. With the allusion and story, people immediately took it seriously.
Many scholars believed it and thought that Fu Xiang was a talented woman. If they got to know her more, they might be able to write a poem like Xu Qi 'an and leave a lasting legacy.
Daibun's version of hyping up the public image!
However, since your excellency Xu left the capital, she often sighed. Every three days, she sent someone to inquire whether your excellency Xu had returned to the capital.
At this time, the servant who guarded the gate ran in with a letter in his hand and waved it in the distance.
"Lady Fu Xiang, there's a letter from Qingzhou. It's from your excellency Xu."
Xu Qi 'an did not dare to sign his name on the envelopes sent to the princesses, but he did not have to worry about the letters sent to Fu Xiang and his family.
Fu Xiang, who was quite interested, was stunned at first, and then reacted quickly. She threw away the bamboo basket and the plum blossoms. She lifted her skirt and ran to greet him, not even letting the maid deliver the letter.
She snatched the letter from the servant's hand. Her beautiful eyes were shining, like a little girl who suddenly received a gift and was immersed in the unexpected joy.
"Darling Xu actually sent me a letter …" Fu Xiang was overjoyed, because she realized that she still had some place in that man's heart, and it was not just a playful relationship.
This enlightenment made her feel light-headed, and she even felt a little dizzy.
"My wife …" The maid reminded her in a low voice. The smile on her wife's face was too silly.
Fu Xiang ignored her. She lifted her skirt with one hand and the letter with the other, quickly returned to the bedroom. After closing the door, she couldn't wait to open the letter. While reading, she walked to the bed and sat on the edge of the bed.
She pursed her pink lips and read the letter word by word. Because the letter was not long, she was afraid that it would be gone if she read it too quickly.
Seeing that Xu Qi 'an did not go to the Musical House in Qingzhou, Fu Xiang was inexplicably happy. When she heard him say that when she missed him, she should remember to trim her nails. Fu Xiang was stunned for a while before she reacted.
"Bah!"
Fu Xiang blushed and spat. She held the letter to her chest like a treasure, lay on the bed, closed her eyes, and curled her plump lips.
…
The letter from the Celestial Commissioner was received a little late. It happened to be dinner time. In order to become an alchemist, Chu Caiwei felt that she had used up all the efforts of the next year.
Next year, she would be a salted fish, and in a few years, she would try to be promoted to the next level. Anyway, it would not be so tiring.
Her round oval face became a little thinner, and her chin became sharper.
She was sitting in the canteen, having dinner with her fellow apprentices. But before eating, Chu Caiwei planned to read the letter Xu Ningyan sent her.
She was a little happy.
"There is a delicacy in Yuzhou called yellow sprouts and ham. Ham is a delicacy unique to the south and difficult to find in the north …
"There are countless delicacies in Qingzhou. Let me list them one by one …"
As she read, Chu Caiwei widened her eyes and swallowed her saliva. When she finished reading the letter, the ordinary meal of the Celestial Commissioner suddenly did not taste good.
She found it hard to swallow.
"Damn Xu Ningyan …" Chu Caiwei slammed the table and stood up, angrily walking out.
"Sister Caiwei, where are you going?"
"I want to go to Qingzhou and Yuzhou!"
"Ah?"
"To a restaurant, I don't want to eat the food of the Celestial Commissioner, it sucks!"
…
Before dusk, Xu Lingyue brought the little boy back from the private hall, followed by two strong servants.
Her aunt, who was wearing a dark red dress and a pleated dress, was holding a pair of scissors, trimming the potted plants in the hall.
Being the mistress of the family was very boring. The children had just grown up and had not married yet, so there was no evil daughter-in-law waiting for her to fight.
In addition, the Xu Mansion did not have a lot of people, unlike those families that had a lot of people inside and outside, so the aunt's responsibility to manage the mansion was not heavy.
Every day, she drank tea, watered the flowers, and went shopping with the servants.
The inner city was more prosperous and safer than the outer city. She did not have to be afraid of bullies on the street. This was because the inner city was patrolled by the night watchmen, the capital's five guards, and the magistrate's constables.
She was already so old, but there were still men staring at her on the street, it was really annoying.
Xu Lingyue entered the hall and saw her mother bending over to trim her back. Her waist was slender, and under the loose dress was a full moon.
She was a little envious.
"Mother, I'm back …" Xu Lingyin had a small cloth bag hanging on her neck, and as she ran, the cloth bag swayed.
It swayed so much that she lost her balance, and her head bumped into her aunt's butt.
"So noisy." Aunt turned around and scolded her.
After scolding the little girl, she looked at her eldest daughter, "How was Lingyin's performance in the private hall?"
The little boy went to school. This was the request that Xu Erlang made when he came home last time. He had absolutely no intention of venting his dissatisfaction, but simply did not want to see his younger sister neglect her studies.
Thus, the second Uncle Xu asked someone to find a rather famous private hall in the inner city. The teacher was an old scholar, and he was very good at learning. A scholar would not teach children to be enlightened.
Even if he was a scholar, teaching children to be enlightened was like killing a chicken with a butcher's knife. But there was no other way, the parents gave too much.
The children who went to school with Xu Lingyin were not from ordinary families.
Xu Lingyue looked at her simple-minded sister, sighed, and said softly,
"The teacher said that when she was studying, she was always the loudest and the most serious. But after she finished reciting, she forgot about it. Today, she could finally recite three sentences of the Three Character Classic … The teacher was so happy that he almost cried. "
Aunt felt embarrassed, and used her finger to poke the little girl's forehead, "Idiot, you need to think before you study. Don't go in one ear and out the other. "
"I'm not an idiot, no, no, no." Xu Lingyin protested loudly.
"You are an idiot."
"Mother is the idiot, because I was born to mother." The little boy argued with her.
"…" Aunt was speechless, and she picked her up and spanked her a few times. Xu Lingyin, who had rough skin and thick flesh, was not afraid at all, and insisted on proving that she was not an idiot.
Aunt sighed, and didn't want to argue with the little girl. Other than making herself cry out in anger, there was no effect at all.
"Your big brother sent a few letters, they're on the table. Lingyue, go and take a look." Aunt was illiterate.
Xu Lingyue's eyes lit up, and she walked to the table excitedly. She picked up the letters and glanced at them. There were three letters, addressed to her, father, and mother.
"Mother, big brother sent you some too."
Aunt was stunned, and her watery eyes flashed with surprise, thinking that this unlucky nephew was still thinking about her.
"I'll read them, I'll read them …" The little boy felt that after a few days of school, he was a scholar, and the burden of reading the letters should be handed over to her.
Xu Lingyue looked at her with a funny smile, and handed the letter to her father, and opened it to be addressed to herself.
The little boy took the letter, and suddenly raised his little eyebrows, "That's amazing, big brother can write so many words. Big brother's handwriting is better than mine. "
"Of course, do you want to read them?" Aunt sat on the chair.
"At birth, people are good by nature. Similar by nature … "She finished reading.
"Is this a letter? Is this a letter written by your big brother? "Aunt was angry.
"This is a letter, I've already read it." The little boy flapped his arms like wings to increase his persuasiveness.
"You only know how to read these three lines, right?"
At this time, Xu Lingyue had already finished reading the letter. She put away the shriveled petal, and planned to put it in a sachet for safekeeping.
Xu Lingyue's delicate oval face was full of smiles, and then she opened the letter addressed to Aunt, "Mother, let me read the letter from big brother to you."
Aunt immediately changed to a lazy sitting position, and reservedly nodded, "Okay."
"Please take care of Lingyin, over!" Xu Lingyue awkwardly forced a smile, "Big brother's letter is concise and to the point …"
"He wrote it on purpose to anger me," Aunt shouted, and angrily turned her face away.
…
Xu Qi'an, Song Tingfeng, and Zhu Guangxiao changed into casual clothes, and only brought their swords. They left the courier station before the curfew, and arrived near Huangbo Street.
They ordered a table of food in a small restaurant, and while drinking, they waited for the sunset. Xu Qi'an held chopsticks in his mouth, and a glass of wine in his hand. He watched as the number of people on the street decreased, and the sky gradually darkened.
The last ray of the afterglow disappeared in the west, and he put the wine glass on the table, "Waiter, the bill."
Song Tingfeng watched him take out a piece of silver to pay the bill, walk out of the restaurant, and walk towards Huangbo Street. He wondered, "Ning Yan, where did you get so much silver? I've never seen you use copper coins. "
"Copper coins are not worthy of me, the Son of Luck …" Xu Qi'an said, "It's none of your business."
"No, I just felt that the piece of silver you just used was a bit familiar, it's missing a corner … I lost three silver coins yesterday, and it's also missing a corner. That seems to be my silver?" Song Tingfeng said with uncertainty.
"Be confident, remove the 'seems', that's your silver." Xu Qi'an patted him on the shoulder. "I picked it up at the door of your room."
"You motherf * cker … give me back my silver." Song Tingfeng chased after him.
Soon, they arrived at Huangbo Street, one of the famous black markets in White Emperor City. Unlike the streets outside, this place was not deserted, and it was bustling with people.
However, they all wore hoods or masks, and did not show their true faces.
The three put on a black robe, put on the hood, hid their swords in the robe, and entered Huangbo Street.
The strong smell of blood assailed their nostrils. The shops on both sides were all selling dog meat. There were live dogs on leashes, cooked meat, and raw meat.
"I haven't eaten dog meat for many years …" Xu Qi'an was a little tempted.
After the matter was done, they bought a few pounds of dog meat and returned to the courier station. Eating dog meat around a hot pot in the cold winter was a great thing in life.
Soon, they found the number of the shop according to the number of the shop and found Shop D15. From the outside, this was also a shop selling raw dog meat, but the ears of the three people with sharp ears moved at the same time, and they heard the sound of birds swaying in the shop.
This was indeed a shop selling dog meat.
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