Chapter 1099 What's the matter

The dumpling and wonton stall where Su Changan and his friends were located was on the left side of the stage, facing the entrance to Huajie.

There are crowds of people here right now, and it's already noisy.

But because of the noise at the moment, many people stepped aside and made way for a passage. Even those who were chatting about all sorts of things at the stall stretched their necks to look.

Maomao raised her eyes to glance, but she lost interest after just a glance, mainly because she couldn't see anything, so she turned her head to look at the paper that Master Qin was carefully spreading out.

But looking at the words above, the disgust in the cat's eyes is clearly visible. It is so ugly that there really must be a fool who would imitate and write like that.

Maomao glanced at Master Qin who had also stopped what he was doing, looking at him as if he were a weirdo, then turned around and continued to do his own thing.

Su Changan looked over there

Seven or eight officials in fancy clothes, who all looked like big bosses, followed behind several young masters from wealthy families, all with frivolous smiles and fawning attitudes.

And next to those rich young masters, there were several girls, all of whom were first-rate in appearance, with extraordinary looks and extraordinary temperament.

"How dare Yan Wenxu show off like this in the current situation?" The young man next to Master Qin showed disgust without hiding his expression.

Then he added: "And Zhangtai is also here. Could it be that he has forgotten what the situation is like in the capital recently? How did the Yang and Liu families get eliminated?"

Young Master Qin smiled softly: "They are very smart, and it is normal for those merchants to fawn on him. Have you forgotten what his father does? Come on, Brother Changhao, help me get it. I will ask the boss to bring some batter."

The young man named Li Changhao frowned when he saw his friend like this: "Brother Shaoyou! Have you forgotten that he also likes Miss Qu? Half a month ago, he spent thousands of gold to buy the rouge gift box of the Queen Crimson Lips for Miss Qu. And now he appears here, especially so ostentatiously. I know what he is going to do again."

Qin Shaoyou heard this and looked at Li Changhao with a wry smile: "Then I don't have as much money as him, what can I do? Besides, Miss Qu is not a worldly person. No matter how much Yan Wenxu tries to bribe her with money, it will eventually backfire."

Li Changhao scolded, "You have become stupid because of reading too much! Although Miss Qu is extraordinary, what if Yan Wenxu uses the money for other things? Look at him, he came out so high-profile and even called Zhangtai and his gang, he must have made some preparations. Don't forget, Zhangtai used all kinds of tricks to pursue Miss Baishi in the past, and he was even more despicable in private! What's more, those big shopkeepers followed him, and even the courtesans who were found by the shopkeepers to represent them were pulled out one by one to accompany them."

When he said this, Qin Shaoyou looked at Li Changhao and said, "Changhao, we just need to do our own thing. If Miss Qu is really made happy by Yan Wenxu's tricks, I can't do anything about it. All I can do is try my best. I can't say that I will spend a lot of money like Yan Wenxu. I don't have that much money."

Li Changhao saw that Qin Shaoyou was speechless and looked very disappointed with him, but he could do nothing about it because what Qin Shaoyou said was true.

Since my family background is not as strong as the other party's, I am naturally restricted and cannot do those things.

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Li Changhao looked up at Yan Wenxu, who was walking at the front of the crowd, and Zhang Tai, who was talking to an oiran, with disgust on his face.

Su Changan could hear the conversation between the two clearly, but he was not very interested in how to pursue Qu Youwei. He mainly heard about his rouge gift box.

Su Changan was a little surprised and asked, "How much can the rouge gift box that the Queen used to make her lips sell for?"

Hearing this, Qin Shaoyou looked at Su Changan, the maid, but he was not surprised, after all, she was just a little maid. He then looked at Maomao, the eldest lady, and asked with a smile, "You two should have just arrived in Beijing not long ago?"

Su Changan nodded.

Li Changhao said, "The thousands of gold coins were obtained by Yan Wenxu using the name of his father, who was a high-ranking official in the Taifu Temple, from the wealthy merchants in the capital. Otherwise, Her Majesty would have produced dozens of gift boxes, and all of them were made of the best materials. Rumor has it that Her Majesty made them herself. It's more than a few thousand gold coins. A merchant from the south had previously purchased them and spent nearly ten thousand gold coins to buy them."

Su Changan was a little surprised. He knew that his gift box was valuable, and he made it himself, but he didn't expect it to be so valuable.

This is not ten thousand taels of silver, but ten thousand gold!

But the next moment, Su Changan was stunned: "Taifu Temple? Yan?"

Su Changan looked at Qin Shaoyou and Li Changhao: "Son of the Minister of the Imperial Household?"

Qin Shaoyou and Li Changhao were about to nod, but they looked at the maid in front of them with some surprise, because this maid actually knew who the Minister of the Ministry of Finance was.

Su Changan looked at the two men's expressions and immediately said, "My young lady is well-educated and always likes to talk about these things with others. I have heard a lot from the sidelines."

Qin Shaoyou and Li Changhao nodded, then looked at Maomao and bowed slightly, but they didn't expect that this young lady actually liked court affairs.

Maomao looked at the two of them, nodded as well, then lowered his head and continued working.

Cats just know about these things and are not very interested in them.

Something like a empress gift box

There were a lot of Su Changan's things in her small bag.

Li Changhao added: "It's only now that they are keeping a close eye on it. In the past, Yan Wenxu could have just robbed it, so why would he have needed to spend money?"

Qin Shaoyou immediately said: "Changhao, be careful with your words!"

Li Changhao immediately said, "Why should we be so cautious? We all know what kind of person Yan Wenxu was in the past. Have you forgotten how he was when we were studying together in Yuzhou Academy? If it weren't for this special exam, we wouldn't have come back. But seeing how high-profile he is, I'm afraid he doesn't like his father being the emperor."

Qin Shaoyou scolded: "Changhao! Be careful with your words! That has nothing to do with you and me."

Li Changhao was about to refute, but when he saw Su Changan's eyes, he immediately realized that he had said too much.

Su Changan looked at Li Changhao and smiled gently.

Su Changan remembered that Yan Guixin, the Minister of Taifu Temple, was a timid official. Even though he was one of the Nine Ministers, he seldom talked with other court officials. His family had always been in his hometown in Yuzhou, and there were only him and his wife in the capital.

When Xia Fengxiang was mentioned in the past, he said that he was a person who could work as the Minister of Taifu Temple until retirement.

Does your son seem a little domineering?

Su Changan was puzzled and turned his head to look at the handsome young man. The Liu and Yang families had just encountered troubles in the past few days, so how dare he be so domineering?

It shouldn’t be that serious, it’s at the center of the storm.

Thinking of this, Su Changan saw this Master Yan reached out and pinched the face of the sister next to him. The sister forced a smile, but it was obvious that she was very unwilling.

Seeing this, Su Changan looked at Maomao and said, "Is the protagonist template in you too strong? Why do we always meet this kind of people every time we go out happily?"

Maomao listened to Su Changan's words. Of course, she didn't understand, but she could tell that Su Changan was talking about her, so she said, "For..."

But as soon as Maomao opened his mouth, Li Changhao immediately whispered, "If he sees us, he'll probably come over to show off. How annoying!"

Qin Shaoyou raised his eyes and, as expected, saw that Yan Wenxu and the others had changed direction and were walking towards them.

In fact, Qin Shaoyou and Li Changhao both knew the young men around Yan Wenxu.

After all, they were classmates studying at Yuzhou Academy.

And they are all children of officials.

After all, Yuzhou Academy is one of the four major academies in Daxia, and it is not a place where ordinary people can go in to study.

These people were originally going to study until the year after next for the imperial examination, but because too many places were opened for the imperial examination last year, the imperial examinations have been cancelled this year and next year and moved to the year after next.

However, they did not expect that a special examination would be opened this year, so they all came to Beijing to be with their families.

When Yan Wenxu walked forward quickly, he bowed gently to Qin Shaoyou and Li Changhao and said at the same time: "Shaoyou, Changhao, why are you two here too? And you didn't even tell me that you were here so that I could entertain you."

After Yan Wenxu finished speaking, Zhangtai, a scholar who looked rather burly beside him, immediately said, "Wenxu may have forgotten that Shaoyou also likes Miss Qu very much. Miss Qu is performing on stage today. Can Shaoyou not come?"

Yan Wenxu seemed to have just realized it, with a look of realization on his face: "I had forgotten about this."

Then he frowned and looked at Qin Shaoyou: "The mother of the flower garden is acquainted with me. How about I say hello to her? Otherwise, with the money you have, it will be difficult for you to enter the flower garden, let alone meet Miss Qu."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhangtai and several others burst into laughter.

Even though the shopkeepers following behind him didn't dare to laugh, they could only accompany him for now.

After all, they knew that even though the two of them were being laughed at, the son of the Junior Secretary of the Grand Commandery, Master Zhang, had just said that.

This Qin Shaoyou was the son of Qin Yun, Shaoqing of Sinong Temple.

And this Li Changhao is the nephew of Lord Li Chunfang, the Minister of the Honglu Temple.

The courtesans around him forced a smile, but looked at each other and frowned.

Although the Prime Minister is behind the Flower Street, sometimes they still need to handle things on their own. They can't rely on the Prime Minister for everything.

Like today, these shopkeepers suddenly asked them to come out and accompany these young masters. No matter how reluctant they were, they had to come out after hearing the other party's identities.

"Ouch, what is this?"

But at this time, someone came up to Qin Shaoyou and saw the Dianjiangchun·Cubaqiuqian that Qin Shaoyou had carefully put aside, and couldn't help laughing.

Although he is arrogant, he is not a fool after all. Moreover, Su Chang'an's calligraphy is very popular in the capital, especially the "Kick the Swing" which is well-known to everyone.

But after looking at the words, the man looked at Qin Shaoyou: "Brother Shaoyou, the rumor turned out to be true."

Zhang Tai stepped forward, looked at the paper the man picked up, and immediately laughed. Then he looked at Qin Shaoyou and said, "It is said that you, Qin Shaoyou, practiced the Queen's unique handwriting at home in order to make Miss Qu laugh. Did you really learn it?"

"Let me see!" Yan Wenxu immediately went forward to take a look, but when he saw it, he couldn't help but chuckle, "Shaoyou, you..."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

Then he took out a small box from his bosom, opened it and looked at Qin Shaoyou: "Miss Qu likes the Empress, not the Empress's handwriting that you copied. How about this one for you? This is a poem written by the Empress herself that I spent a lot of effort to find. I heard that it came from the bag of that cat master. There is only one in the world. Miss Qu will be happy to see it!"

Li Changhao frowned and said bluntly: "You spent a lot of effort to get it, so just keep it for yourself. Why give it to Shaoyou? And if Shaoyou takes it, do you really have to give it back?!"

Yan Wenxu was not annoyed. He smiled before continuing to speak. However, when he turned around, he saw the signboard and the words written on it.

After reading this, he was stunned, then laughed and pointed at the sign and looked at Qin Shaoyou: "What is this!"

Zhangtai and the others naturally noticed it, and they all burst into laughter. Zhangtai looked at Li Changhao and said, "Was it your idea, Changhao? But this is not written right, you..."

Just when he said this, Zhangtai's eyes couldn't help but look at Su Changan and Maomao who were standing next to him, and he immediately noticed the fan placed in front of Maomao.

Naturally, the words on the fan can also be seen clearly.

"On one side it says that he was brought here by his own young lady, and that his own young lady was very beautiful, so he wore a mask. On the other side it says that he brought his maid here by force, and that the maid was not good-looking, so he wore a mask. This is really a way to curry favor with others." Zhang Tai picked up the fan in front of Mao Mao and started talking without any hesitation.

But I haven't finished yet.

Li Changhao scolded: "Zhangtai! This thing belongs to this lady and her maid. You can just say whatever you want to us, but why are you speaking so rudely here?"

As he spoke, Li Changhao snatched the fan from Zhangtai's hand, checked it, put it back on the table in front of Maomao, and then bowed to apologize.

Upon hearing this, Zhangtai looked down at Maomao and Su Changan, but was about to speak.

Then he saw Yan Wenxu glaring at him.

He immediately remembered that the capital city couldn't be the same as before, so he quickly bowed to Maomao and said, "Please forgive me, Miss. I was reckless."

Yan Wenxu also bowed and looked at Maomao and said, "My dear lady, please forgive my friend for being so kind. But I didn't expect you to be so elegant and do such interesting things. This is the first time we have seen you do such interesting things, so please forgive me for the offense just now."

Several others also bowed and apologized.

But Maomao looked at Yan Wenxu, and then glanced at the courtesans.

When I was a child, I grew up in a red-light district and saw many men like this. In the past, my sisters only danced, but occasionally they had to accompany drinking because of these people who relied on their status to bully others.

So looking at Yan Wenxu and Zhangtai, Maomao looked at Li Changhao and asked, "What are their names?"

Hearing this, several people were stunned.

Yan Wenxu smiled and said, "My name is Yan Wenxu, my friend's name is Zhangtai, I wonder where your name comes from."

When Maomao heard this, he did not answer but picked up a pen and wrote the two names in the small notebook.

Su Changan couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. He asked you to remember Lianqiao and Qingning's names because he was going to take revenge.

Why do you remember them?

But Su Changan didn't stop him.

She just noticed that an oiran was looking at her and shaking her head slightly, as if telling her not to provoke Yan Wenxu and the others.

But the cat didn't answer, but lowered its head to write their names.

Yan Wenxu was curious.

Zhang Tai couldn't help but frown and said directly: "Miss, we are asking you a question."

Maomao finished writing and turned her head to look at Zhangtai: "Yeah, I heard it."

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other.

You heard it, so you answered it!

But Maomao still didn't say anything, Zhang Tai was a little unhappy, this was no different from slapping them in the face and not giving them face, so he immediately said: "Since the young lady heard it, why did she ignore us? It seems that the young lady still blamed Zhang for the abrupt behavior just now."

Maomao tilted her head and looked at Zhangtai: "Why should I care about you?"

Su Changan couldn't help but smile when he heard what Maomao said.

However, Zhangtai's expression changed immediately.

The courtesans all frowned, looking anxious. The one who had just reminded him looked at Su Changan, as if she wanted Su Changan to stop him.

Qin Shaoyou and Li Changhao looked at each other.

Qin Shaoyou was about to speak immediately.

But Zhang Tai immediately said, "I was wrong just now, but Miss is being a little impolite right now."

The cat replied: "So what?"

Su Changan couldn't help but lower his head, what a mouth the cat has.

Zhang Tai clenched his fists: "This lady!"

But just as he opened his mouth, Yan Wenxu stopped Zhangtai, then looked at Maomao and said, "Miss, we were wrong just now, we naturally have to apologize, but young lady, you are here now and we also feel that we have known you for a while, so we want to get to know you."

Maomao glanced at Yan Wenxu and said, "I don't want to."

Hearing this, Yan Wenxu couldn't help but frown.

Anger even appeared on Zhangtai's face.

The people behind them did the same, just looking at the cat and thinking what kind of bad person it was!

He is like this even when facing Yan Wenxu and Zhang Tai!

The courtesans over there were getting a little anxious.

Even the shop owners looked at each other.

However, Qin Shaoyou and Li Changhao looked at Maomao like this and remembered that this young lady knew Yan Wenxu's identity, so why was she still like this?

Even if this is a temper, it shouldn't be like this.

Yan Wenxu was a little embarrassed, he laughed and looked at Mao Mao: "It is Yan who is being sentimental, but Miss, you should really change your temper, otherwise you will easily offend others."

Just like when he first met Qin Shaoyou, his words were full of hidden meanings and his smile was full of daggers.

But he was facing Cat.

Maomao blinked and looked at Yan Wenxu: "Then report me to the police and arrest me. Tell me what to say."

"puff!"

Su Changan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

But this smile.

(End of this chapter)