Chapter 45 Mrs. Zhong’s little moves
Zhao Yurui remembered the first time they met. When Song Ningzong was present, everyone looked noble, cool, dignified and decent.
"I don't know if Rui has three ladies playing cards here. If you cause any disturbance, please forgive me."
"You don't need to be formal with Rui? We are all one family." Yan Meiren said softly.
Zhao Yurui smiled, but still didn't dare to raise his head.
"What is Yu Rui holding in your hand? Was it given to you by the officials?" Mrs. Zhong asked at this time.
"It was written by uncle Yu Ruiqing."
"Show me." Mrs. Zhong said. There was a maid behind her who wanted to come forward.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhong walked forward and reached out to take it, but the maid immediately stopped.
Zhao Yurui lowered his head and saw a hand suddenly stretched out in front of his eyes. The fingers were white and slender, especially beautiful.
He quickly raised the words in his hand.
This time Mrs. Clock has her back turned to everyone except Zhao and Rui.
Everyone else can only see Mrs. Zhong’s back.
Just when Zhao Yurui raised the word, he clearly felt Mrs. Zhong's fingers gently sliding across the back of his hand from below, holding his hand and the word at the same time.
Mrs. Zhong held his finger and paused for about a second before calmly taking the calligraphy into her hand.
She turned around with a calm expression and said: "Let's enjoy it together. It seems that the official family hasn't written for a long time."
Cao Meiren and Yan Meiren did not notice Zhao Yurui's unusual expression. They were really interested in what the official wrote to Zhao Yurui and gathered around him.
"The only one in the world?"
Mrs. Zhong’s beautiful eyes are full of confusion.
She slowly turned to Zhao Yurui.
Zhao Yurui happened to look up at this time and found that Mrs. Zhong had a natural look on her face, as if she had just bumped into her by accident.
For a moment, even Zhao Yurui couldn't tell whether Mrs. Zhong was intentional or not.
Accidentally, accidentally, Mrs. Zhong, definitely accidentally, he comforted himself.
"Yurui is so praised by the officials?" Yan Meiren said in surprise.
"No, no." Zhao Yurui quickly explained: "Yurui made two small gadgets. He was afraid that others would imitate them, so he asked his uncle to write the "Vice Royal" character."
"What gadget is it?" Mrs. Zhong asked curiously.
Her eyes have been staring at Zhao Yurui since he entered the building, and she almost never moved away except to read the words.
Zhao Yurui felt guilty when she saw her, and regretted coming here for a moment, but it was unfilial to enter the palace without paying homage to her elders.
He could only lower his head and say: "It's a fun card, similar to the three empresses' leaf play."
The three empresses' eyes lit up almost at the same time.
Zhao Yurui said again: "When the work is completed, Yurui will send a few sets to the palace for you empresses."
Mrs. Zhong said meaningfully at this time: "I really look forward to entering the palace with Rui again."
Cao Meiren and Yan Meiren nodded with smiles.
Zhao Yurui raised his eyes carefully at this time and saw Mrs. Zhong's charming eyes staring straight at him.
He shrunk his neck and quickly lowered his head, feeling his face burning.
Seeing Zhao Yurui's slightly shy expression, Mrs. Zhong couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a rather playful smile.
After coming out of Lingxu Tower, Zhao and Rui originally wanted to leave the palace directly, but after thinking about it, they let Hu Song take them to Ciming Palace again.
Before Queen Yang got up, Zhao Yurui said hello to the smiling palace maid again.
When he spoke, he was very close to the palace maid, with a gentle tone and a kind attitude. The little palace lady did not dare to look at him, her face was red and she kept her head lowered.
When he looked at the appearance of the little palace maid, he thought of how embarrassed he was when he faced Mrs. Zhong in Lingxu Tower. She looked like a mold.
The same experience tells Zhao Yurui that usually this kind of behavior proves that the little palace maid will definitely not hate herself.
Sure enough, after he left, Queen Yang got up. The little palace maid mentioned that Zhao and Rui, kings of Yi, came to Ciming Hall twice and wanted to pay homage to the saint. She said Zhao and Rui's attitude was very good.
Queen Yang was very happy to hear that. Zhao and Rui paid homage to the marquis twice, with a good attitude.
After coming out of the imperial city, Quan Yong asked his cousin, where are we going next?
Zhao Yurui thought for a while: "Go to Fenglai Tower."
As expected, Fenglai Tower has closed down. The three characters "Feng Lai Tower" have been demolished, and the empty door is very eye-catching.
After Zhao Yurui arrived at the door, he stood outside and looked around.
To the left of Fenglai Building is a small alley, which leads to the backyard. On the left side of the alley is a grocery store, which sells everything, but mainly fabrics, rouge, gouache and other products for women, because there are many red buildings here, and there is Gongyuan Academy opposite.
Students also like to buy things for the girls.
There is a teahouse next to the right side of Fenglai Building. The teahouse also sells breakfast, mainly steamed cakes, trowels, etc. There will also be rice noodles at noon. Now they sell herbal tea in summer, and the business is also good.
Seeing his cousin standing quietly outside the door and looking around, Quan Yong didn't know what his cousin was looking at, so he could only stand behind him.
It turns out that Zhao Yurui was thinking that if this were the Ming Dynasty and I was a member of the clan, I would buy both the left and right sides directly. Who would dare not to sell them?
It's a pity that it was the Song Dynasty. The two emperors of the Song Dynasty did not dare to demolish the houses and shops near the imperial city, let alone a powerless clan like his.
He still felt that Feng Lai Tower was a bit small, but in fact it was not too small in ancient times.
There are four houses facing the street. If in later generations, a row of floor-to-ceiling windows could be made, it would look very grand. However, we don’t have this technology now, so if we want to look grand, we have to make the doors bigger.
Zhao Yurui was just thinking about how to make the facade look grand, when suddenly another carriage arrived beside him.
Behind this carriage were four servants, all of whom were strong men with ferocious faces.
Huh, as the carriage stopped, a young man jumped out. The man was dressed in a brocade robe and looked to be in his twenties. As soon as he got off the carriage, there was a loud bang, he opened the folding fan in his heart, shook it slightly for a few times, and screamed.
: "Feng Lai Building is closed?"
He obviously saw the words Feng Lai Lou disappear.
Then he turned his head and glanced at Zhao Yurui beside him, ignored him and hurried forward.
As soon as I walked in, someone greeted me inside.
"Hey, Yuan Daguan, my family has met Yuan Daguan." Mother Wang from Feng Lailou came up and greeted with a smile.
"Mother Wang, are you closed?"
"Back to Mr. Yuan Daguan, our shopkeeper has decided to close the business."
"Has it been sold?" Yuan Daguan asked with a bad expression.
"It's sold."
"Damn it, how much did it cost? Zhou Qiong said he would sell it to me last time."
"Sold for 30,000 yuan." Mother Wang said calmly.
"Hiss, it's so expensive." Yuan Daguan had a look of disbelief on his face.
He was definitely not willing to pay 30,000 yuan, but he didn't really believe it: "Where's Zhou Qiong, call her out."
"The shopkeeper is not here." Mrs. Wang smiled along with her.
"Hmph." Yuan Daguan sneered, got up and rushed to the backyard.
Mother Wang still wants to stop her.
"Go away." Yuan Daguan pushed Mother Wang away.
"Mr. Yuan, what are you doing?" With a sharp shout, Zhou Qiong appeared from the back door.
Her clothes were changed to plain color, and she was no longer as gorgeous as before, but she looked more beautiful. Suddenly she changed to plain color. Yuan Mihai's eyes lit up when he saw it. In his eyes, she actually had a fairy-like and refined temperament.
Chapter completed!