Lady of Fortune, Jiao Niang

Ye Pingrong returned to the court after winning the victory, so the capital was very lively for a while, and when the bustle passed, it was July.

The people in the capital began to make arrangements again for the Qixi Festival.

On Qixi Festival, it is not only unmarried women who want to beg for marriage, married women will also gather together to have a banquet and game, and Jinling Zui, who has just been launched on the market, has quickly become popular and is in short supply.

Qin Guanshi has been walking with wind in the past two days, even if he can still maintain the usual elegance and gentleness in front of Qi Yun now, but the speed of speaking is much faster than usual: "The second young master did not expect anything. Bad, Qixi Festival is a really good day."

At this moment, Qi Yun was sitting in the study and fiddled with the wind wheel on the side. Hearing the words, he said: "What's the good thing?"

I thought Guan Shi Qin had a happy woman, but who knew Guan Shi Qin blurted out: "Naturally, Jinling Zui is selling well. This is the biggest good thing."

Qi Yun:...

Well, what was he expecting before?The temper in the eyes of losing money as a housekeeper probably won't change in this life.

The iron on the side suffocated a smile, stretched out his hand to pull the rope.

This rope drives the wind wheel newly installed in the study these days.

Because the original Wen’s house was merged before, Qi Yun’s study room was also changed. The front was planted with green bamboo, which brought in running water. Even if it was not as refreshing as the cool house, it was much better than the previous study. .

Originally, Qi Yun was not afraid of heat. Before, he was always cold. In the summer, he could be held by Ye Jiao as Mrs. Zhu. He was always afraid of the cold and not the heat.

But now that Qi Yun's body is much healthier, and his body is much warmer, he will inevitably feel hot in the summer.

However, Qi Erlang still can't eat cold things, Ye Jiao is also staring at all times, fearing that his body will be repeated, so he can only try to relieve the heat. Therefore, Ye Jiao specially asks a craftsman to come and settle in his room. On the wind wheel.

A row of large silk fans hung on the roof of the house. They were drawn down with a rope, and the iron was slightly pulled. These fans swayed slowly, and naturally they could blow out the wind.

Tie Zi was originally looking at the account book in one hand and pulling the wind wheel in the other, but after Guan Shi Qin came in, he focused his eyes on Guan Shi Qin.

At this moment, when Guan Shi Qin wanted to talk about Jinling's drunkenness, Tiezi looked at Qi Yun and said, "Second Young Master, I'll go and see if the apricot is ready."

Qi Yun waved his hand with a gentle voice: "You follow along, don't go out."

Tiezi sat firmly now, straightened his back, and listened to them intently.

Guanshi Qin didn’t mind this, he just said with a smile: “Three hundred bottles of Jinling drunk have been sold, but the buyers are from all walks of life, and many high-class ladies have asked people to come early for this Qiao Qiao Festival. Line up and sell them the most."

Qi Yun was not surprised by this: "Originally, Jinling's drunk taste was lighter, but the taste is sweet, and it is not too spicy. It is normal for women to like it." Then Qi Yun paused, "But we still need to be cautious and do business. , Ask for money but not gas."

Manager Qin responded, still smiling, and handed the ledger to Qi Yun.

Qi Yun didn't open it immediately, but put it aside first, and said to Guan Shi: "I said before that I want to do this business with Princess Huaning, do you have any reply?"

Guan Shi Qin straightened his face slightly when he heard this, and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness has been here to talk before. Because General Ye is busy with military affairs, she can't handle it for the time being. Therefore, Royal Highness the Princess will personally intervene in this matter. After talking twice, the regulations have been drawn up, and after a few days, the Royal Princess has free time before discussing it."

Qi Yun couldn't help but glanced at Guan Shi Qin, and said, "You seem to be more concerned about this matter?" It was clear that Guan Shi Qin was particularly unhappy at first.

This person is used to being a money fan. Jinling Zui is a huge profit, and the money he gets will only increase.

Cooperating with others is to give up the benefits gained. The money that falls into the palm of his hand has to be taken away by others, and Qin Guan is naturally unhappy.

Qi Yun was very curious about what changed Qin Guanshi's mind.

As soon as this remark came out, Guan Shi Qin had a smile: "Before, it was because of my incomprehension of my boss's mind, but now I think about it, if the Royal Princess is there, it will be beneficial and harmless to this business."

He only thought about it in the last few days.

Since the Qixi Festival is here, Jinling Drunk sells very well, some want to drink, some want to give away, and after the stock is out, there are no longer a few noisy people.

Even though the Qi family is one of the best among merchants, the capital is full of rich and powerful people, and they are really hated by others, I am afraid it will not end well.

In the past few days, there have been a lot more people looking for things in the Qi's restaurant than usual.

Although Guan Shi loves money like fate, he understands the truth.

With the support of the eldest princess, this business can only be done for a long time. Anyone who wants to make trouble has to weigh whether he has the courage to offend Princess Huaning.

The profit is to make more profits in the future. It is especially cost-effective to buy Ping An with some money. After understanding this, Guan Shi Qin is naturally willing.

Qi Yun nodded when he saw what he said transparently and looked at Tiezi on the side.

Tiezi nodded and took what they said in his heart, so he would always use it in the future.

But Qi Yun didn't say much about Ye Pingrong. He had a guess in his heart, but this guess could not be known to outsiders.

People next to him may not know, but Ye Jiao often goes to and from Huaning Mansion and is also very concerned about her eldest brother. He can find out that Ye Pingrong went to the palace to fight again not long ago, as if he wanted to strengthen Liu Rong.

But in the end, Chu Chengyun didn't send him, but let another old general with rich experience lead the troops.

Ye Jiao didn't care when she heard that there was nothing strange inside, but Qi Yun heard it in her ears, but remembered it in her heart.

Now that Ye Pingrong has been an official to a general, it will be a matter of time for him to be titled, and he has just returned from the border. It should be time to recuperate, but he is going to ask for reinforcements. The only reason Qi Yun can think of is because of him and Liu Rong. Having a close personal relationship, Liu Rong was afraid that he was already in trouble.

As for what the trouble is, just by looking at Ye Pingrong's nervousness, you know how big it is.

But Qi Yun would choose to remain silent, even if he was facing Ye Jiao, he would never say a word.

Not only because it was just speculations in his heart that couldn’t be true, but also because the things between Liu Rong and Shi’s family were known to everyone close to them. Shi’s family even went to Shi Tianrui and talked about it, which provoked the Lord Shi. I have been black for several days, thinking that as long as Liu Rong returns, the two will get married.

Now that Liu Rong is not going well, ordinary people don't know it, but people who are related must know it.

Ye Pingrong is a general, and Shi Tianrui is a Privy Councilor who is in charge of military affairs. They should all know it well, but both of them chose to conceal the Shi family. They have their own reasons.

It's useless to lead soldiers to fight, no matter how worried the people behind are, it's better to avoid them, so as to avoid that worry and to save the thoughts of people on the front line.

But as long as you want to conceal this kind of news, you can keep your mouth shut. I rushed to tell the Shi Shi that there was either a grudge or something wrong.

Qi Yun didn't do this hateful thing, so he didn't think much anymore, just picked up the account book and looked through it.

Guan Shi Qin was sitting on the sidelines, occasionally speaking, all he said was about Jinling being drunk.

Qi Yun listened carefully, and when the account was clear, he put it aside again.

Guanshi Qin was about to say goodbye, but he heard Qi Yun say: "There is something, I want to talk to you in detail."

When Qi Yun said that, it was because he had the idea of ​​making money again.

Manager Qin's eyes lit up, his smile was still gentle, and his voice calmly said: "Please say the boss, the villain listens thoroughly."

Qi Yun waved to Tiezi. Tiezi loosened the rope of the wind wheel on the side and ran over to stand aside. Qi Yun said: "Nowadays, we have done enough business on the river. Even if the court is now preparing to open a new port, it will still take a long time, so I thought, I should look farther."

Guan Qin was taken aback for a moment, seemingly puzzled.

But Tiezi remembered what Qi Yun had said to Chu Chengyun before, and looked at Qi Yun with straight eyes.

Just listen to Qi Yun said: "If we can open the sea route, we will send a ship to try the sea, okay?"

No one has ever touched the sea road until now. Ordinary people’s awe of the sea is like awe of the sky. Even if someone is curious about what the sea is like, they usually go out to sea only nearby and no one is far away. Dare to go.

If you change other people, you will say he is whimsical after hearing Qi Yun's words.

But Qin Guan is different.

Qi Yun was sure that this man was a money fan, and he was an extraordinary string of money. As long as he had money to earn, Qin Guan could have unlimited courage and imagination.

Qi Yun always felt that it would be nice to be a fan of people and wealth, at least bold.

Sure enough, Manager Qin was not shocked. Instead, he slightly lowered his head and began to think about the feasibility of this matter. After thinking for a while, he said to Qi Yun: "If it can be done, it will naturally be a big profit, but there are also a lot of risks. With the current capabilities of the shipyard, I am afraid that there is no way to build a ship that can sail for a long time at sea."

Qi Yun said lightly: "What if the court supports it?"

Guanshi Qin's eyes lit up, his face was overjoyed, and he stood up and said, "This is great. If the court supports it, this matter is feasible!"

The corner of Qi Yun's mouth was slightly tilted, and Tie Zi looked at Qin Guanshi in surprise. He didn't seem to expect that Mr. Guanshi, who had always dressed like a literati, would be so bold.

But think about it carefully, Qin Guanshi knows how to do it. Before in front of the Qi's house, in order to drive away the girl Shen, Guanshi Qin was just one enemy ten. It was nothing more than a fool to dress him as a scholar.

Then Guanshi Qin who had a goal suddenly left, ready to prepare for the dream of sailing.

Qi Yun looked at Tiezi and said, "You just remember what you said just now."

Tie Zi knew that Qi Yun was cultivating him, so naturally he said seriously, "Yes, I wrote it down."

Qi Yun nodded, took the tea cup on the side and took a sip, then said: "This milk tea tastes good, how about Jiao Niang?"

Tiezi replied: "Mrs. Shi is here, she should be in the garden right now."

"Prepare a pot of this milk tea and send it to the Jiao Niang."

"Yes."

In the long corridor of the yard, Ye Jiao was holding Ruyi, Shi was holding Ning Bao, and the two of them were smiling and watching Xu Bao chasing butterflies everywhere.

Today is the Qiqiao Festival, Shi clan hosted a banquet in his orchard, but the banquet will not start until the sun is down.

Now it's still in the dog days, the sun is venomous, and it is common to rarely go out during the day, and begging for clever things is also arranged between the evening and the night, and the air is cooler to make the fun together.

Shi hugged Ning Bao, who was yawning with a ball of wool tightly, and smiled at Ye Jiao: "Although it is a bit hot today, the weather is very good. The rain has stopped a while ago. When the dark clouds cleared, the sky was naturally bright and clear."

Ye Jiao doesn’t care too much about whether it rains or not. She doesn’t even care about Qiqiao Festival. After all, Little Ginseng is not like an ordinary woman. When she ever asked for marriage, when she was an adult, she sat married to Qi. In Yun's sedan chair, there is no need at all, and the marriage is set.

However, she still likes the customs of the Qiqiao Festival. Now Ye Jiao stretched out her hand and looked at the crushed flowers and plants on her nails. She shook a little strangely. She looked at Shi Shi and asked, "Really. Is there a color?"

Shi Shi nodded with a smile, stretched out her hand and gently pulled her wrist: "We have to wait for the color to be applied, don't worry."

This dyeing of nails is a custom of the Qiqiao Festival, but the Shi clan can't tell what it actually means. He just thinks that dyeing his nails is interesting, so I came to take Ye Jiao to have fun.

Ruyi is still young, and I don’t know anything about these daughters’ homes, so I can just eat the cakes at this moment.

Seeing that the color of my mother's fingertips is beautiful, I must put it in my mouth when I grasp it.

Ye Jiao quickly took a piece of milk cake and fed it to her. This was regarded as breaking Ruyi's thoughts, and Ruyi's attention was quickly attracted by the Longfengtai brother who was holding the ball. He smiled and stretched out his hand to pinch Ning. Bao's shank.

Ning Bao is the one who dislikes being rubbed the least. Except for the close ones who can touch him, no one else is allowed to touch him. In addition, his strength is indeed much larger than that of children of the same age, and kicking is also painful.

Ruyi is the exception. Ning Bao will not object to what Ruyi wants. Even if Ruyi pinches his legs and rubs his belly, Ning Bao just takes a look and just flattens himself and let it go.

Shi thought they were funny, and smiled while covering his lips, with love in his eyes.

Ye Jiao looked at her a lot. She knew the temper of her children and didn't restrain them. She just hugged Ruyi firmly to prevent her from falling. His eyes were looking at Mrs. Mo and said, "Go call Xubao. Come in and eat some melons to cool off the heat, and always run outside to avoid the sun."

Mrs. Mo responded and walked down the steps to talk to Xu Bao.

Although Xiao Xubao hasn't caught the butterfly yet, he obediently followed Mrs. Mo into the promenade. Normally, this child is sitting in a house and reading. Today, this is considered a lot of exercise. I started to gasp.

But Ye Jiao could see that Xu Bao was having a good time, and there was a smile on his face. He wiped his sweat with the kerchief, pointed to the plate with the melon, and said softly: "Here, it's all Let it cool in the well."

Xu Bao took a piece and took a bite, his mouth was swollen. After swallowing it in, he asked Ye Jiao: "Mother, isn't there a fruit on ice? This is not cold enough."

Ye Jiao squeezed Xu Bao's small fleshy face, and said, "You can't eat more of the ice book, or you will ruin your stomach."

Xu Bao responded and stopped asking, just continued to eat melon.

This made the Shi clan on the side particularly surprised, and asked Ye Jiao in a low voice, "You are a very well-educated child. You are extraordinarily reasonable. You can listen whenever you say it. It's not easy for a child of this age to be so obedient."

Ye Jiao didn't feel that she had taught Xu Bao too much. She didn't greedy kung fu. She only used channels: "Xu Bao has read books since she was a child, and he remembers everything in the book, and he feels right if the book is right." Ye Jiao looked at Xu Baodao, "What do you think of Xu Bao?"

Xu Bao was gnawing on the melon. Although his ears had been listening to the two of them, he didn't have time to talk.

Seeing Ye Jiao asking himself, he put the clean melon peel aside, wiped his mouth with a bupa, and said suddenly, "A mother and a child, it is not for retribution. Mother loves naturally. Xu Bao, what she said is always good for Xu Bao, of course you must listen."

Shi's eyes were surprised and envious when he heard the words.

Xu Bao's well-behaved is naturally excellent, but how many children can say verses casually when they are older?

I really don't know if I envy Ye Jiao or Xubao's talent and intelligence, like Wenquxing.

Ye Jiao smiled and touched the top of her baby's hair, looked at the hour, and asked: "Usually you would go to Mr. Feng to study at this time. Why didn't you go today?"

Xu Bao was holding the second piece of melon, before he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Ye Jiao and said, "Mr. wants to publish the book, saying that he will not study today."

Sun book?

Ye Jiao was puzzled, and Shi Shi explained: “Today is not only the Qixi Festival, but also the birthday of the legendary Kui Xing. Scholars will publish books on this day and worship Kui Xing. Many scholars will go out to party if they want to come today. ."

When Xu Bao heard this, he couldn't even think of eating melons. Instead, he straightened up and asked, "Auntie, what does it mean to worship Kuixing?"

Shi Shi smiled, and his voice slowed down when he spoke to the child: "I just hope that Kuixing will bless him as the top high school student in the imperial examination."

When Xu Bao heard it, his head immediately reacted.

High school champion is to be an official, a high official, and a prime minister!

Xu Bao, who was to be the official slaughter and the adult goal, immediately lost the thought of eating melons. He stepped down from the stone bench and bowed to Ye Jiao and Shi Shi, and ran to find Feng Xiucai, and prepared to go with him. After publishing the book, I went back to test a champion.

Mother Mo hurriedly followed behind to protect her, for fear that Xu Bao would fall.

Ye Jiao didn't ask much, just smiled and watched Xu Bao walk away, then looked down at the nails on her hands and said, "Can you remove them?"

Shi felt that the time was about the same, so she asked Ning Bao and Ruyi to go to the small bed next to her first, and she took the veil to remove the muddy flowers from Ye Jiao's nails.

Then, Ye Jiao saw that her nails were covered with a layer of red color, which was not as thick as vermilion, but this layer of red color on the nails was also very beautiful.

Ye Jiao looked like she liked it, and she also felt fresh, fiddling with her endlessly.

Shi Shi said: "This color can last for a few days, and it will disappear after washing too much. If you like this color, you can buy more flowers for dyeing your nails. The colors are different."

Ye Jiao smiled and nodded, then she took Shi's hand and helped her get rid of the muddy flowers.

Because the mud used by two people is the same, the nail colors of the two hands are very similar when they are placed together.

However, Shi's hands are no longer as delicate as a girl, but Ye Jiao's hands are still as white and smooth as satin.

Shi looked at the contrast and felt unhappy, but felt that she was lucky. When she was at Wen's house, her hands were delicate, but her fate was about to get in. Now playing with the orchard, she likes fishing and boating again. , Life is happy, so I don’t care how it works.

But seeing that Ye Jiao's hand looks good, Shi couldn't help but grasp it, squeezed it, and felt it felt great.

Ye Jiao let her pinch, and said with a smile: "It's about time when I watched, let's go to the orchard."

Shi nodded, stood up, walked to the gate with Ye Jiao, and got into the carriage.

Because today is the Qiqiao Festival, there are many pedestrians walking on the street, and there are also many vendors on both sides. Ye Jiao and Shi did not sit in the carriage all the time, but stopped and stopped, and they would come down when they saw the things they liked. Check it out.

Whether it’s a street vendor or a shop on both sides, they will go and see, buy the small ones and give them to the girl who is following, if they are interested in the big ones, buy them first and let the store Sent to the house later.

When they were tired from walking, they returned to the carriage, which ran all the way to the orchard in the suburbs of Beijing.

Shi’s orchard is in the outskirts, not far from the village that Qi Yun bought. Ye Jiao looked at it when he passed by, and saw that the rest of the house was almost the same, thinking about moving here later, better than in the capital. Cooler.

When you get outside the orchard, you can see a lot of carriages parked nearby.

Although each car frame rarely has various brands on the outside, the cars of large families are mostly custom-made. Both the inside and the outside must be carefully decorated. The materials used are different, the patterns are different, and they are seen more often. You can recognize who owns the carriage.

Ye Jiao is not as memorable as Qi Yun and Xu Bao, but there are not a few tea parties and flower banquets she has attended in the capital, and she can recognize them all.

At a glance, I know that these people are mostly high-ranking families, but few merchants.

The reason for this is that Shi Tianrui is clear in his heart. Now Shi Tianrui is in the imperial court, and he is firmly seated in the official position. Everyone said that the Privy Councilor is poisonous. He has changed several in three years, but now Shi Tianrui can control Living in the Privy Council can still be appreciated by the emperor, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Shi Tianrui's future is boundless.

Master Shi does not have many relatives. The Zheng family is a noble family and cannot climb high. But Shi is his direct sister and is willing to make friends. Now every family who hosts a banquet will naturally come to join in.

The Shi clan has always been good at dancing with long sleeves. Even when the Wen family had a hard time before, as long as they went out, the Shi clan was a frequent visitor to many tea parties, and he was very familiar with these scenes.

At this moment, she held Ye Jiao with a smile and said, "Let's go, I have prepared a lot of good fruits, as well as the newly acquired lychee trees. They are very rare, and they must be eaten when they are fresh."

Ye Jiao is addicted to sweetness and naturally likes lychees, so she smiled and entered the door with Shishi.

However, Ye Jiao didn't go with the Shi clan to socialize with others. Little Ginseng was not a person willing to do this. She came only for the Shi clan and the table fruit.

She responded when someone talked to her, but when no one took care of her, she was happy, peeling lychees and eating happily.

The Shi clan returned to Ye Jiao after a round outside and said, "The girls who are not married are begging for cleverness. Some games are particularly interesting. Although you and I don’t need to ask for marriage, it’s also very interesting if you don’t go and see. ."

Ye Jiao put a freshly peeled lychee into Shi's mouth and said with a smile: "Okay, let's see it later."

At this moment, someone came over and said: "The old slave greets Madam Qi, Madam Shi, I wonder if the two ladies are free? My master wants to come and talk to the two ladies."

When Ye Jiao looked up, she felt that this person was familiar, and after thinking about it, she remembered that this person was the woman who had kidnapped the fourth girl Zhu outside the Qiming gate.

At that time the lady said, her master...

Shi Shi obviously recognized this woman, so he smiled and said, "If you have time, please come, please come." After the woman left, Shi Shi whispered to Ye Jiao, "Her master is Meng The fifth girl of the family, Meng Zhilan."

Ye Jiao blinked, then she remembered that she had never seen Meng Wu girl before, and now she finally wanted to see it?

But before the Meng Wu girl came, a woman picked up the curtain and walked forward quickly, and whispered to Shi Shi: "Madam, you can go out and see, there are two girls outside who are arguing."

The author has something to say: Ruyi: Pinching Brother

Ning Bao: Well, here you are

Xu Bao: Pinched brother

Ning Bao: Pinch back with the backhand

Xu Bao: ...???

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Today, the author wants to go out for a walk, but in order not to be blown away, I choose to stay at home, cute. jpg

I expect good weather tomorrow~