Chapter 35 Auspicious Day
Early in the morning, there was a magpie singing outside the window.
Hongdou smiled with curved eyebrows and eyes, "Girl, the magpie is announcing good news. There must be good news today."
Lin Qianqian opened the old almanac and it said: The eighth day of the first lunar month, good luck, you will meet an honorable person when you go out.
It is indeed a good day.
"Hongdou, let's go to the teahouse and have lunch there at noon."
Teahouses are the easiest place to get information. As the saying goes, disaster may come from the sky when you are at home. Only by grasping the latest information can you avoid harm.
The teahouse that Lin Qianqian went to was called Tongqinglou. It had three floors in total. There was a round platform on the first floor with a table in the middle. The storyteller stood by the table and told stories with great emotion.
Some of the people below were listening to books, while others gathered at a table of three or five to discuss matters. Some talked about major national and family affairs, while others talked about trivial matters in the market.
Lin Qianqian heard a piece of news that was related to her.
The weather is getting cold, and the Beizi country has invaded the border again. I don’t know if the war will expand.
Lin Qianqian was very worried about her grandparents’ family who were far away at the border. She didn’t know if they would be in danger due to the war at the border. It seemed that she had to get her grandparents back to the capital as soon as possible.
"Waiter, help me get a private room on the second floor."
"Okay, sir, please follow me."
Lin Qianqian followed the waiter upstairs and sat down in the private room on the second floor. Not long after, she saw Lin Baozhu coming in with her maid Xiaoju.
Lin Baozhu was cheated out of four thousand three hundred taels by Lin Qianqian in the jewelry store last time. She has been holding a grudge against him and wants to get back at him.
He had people guarding outside Jiang's house for several days, and finally succeeded in following him today, hoping to find an opportunity to take revenge.
Lin Qianqian had just picked up the teacup and took a sip when she heard a noise coming from the next room.
One of the voices was not right. It sounded like a drake's voice, which is exclusive to eunuchs.
Is the person next door really a eunuch?
Lin Qianqian went to the next door and saw that two men were being scolded by the waiter.
"You have no money but you want a private room, and you also ordered the most expensive tea. If everyone dine for free, our teahouse would have closed down long ago. You are not allowed to leave until you pay today."
"Please be lenient, waiter. Our wallets were stolen when we went out today. When we return home, we will have someone send the money to the teahouse."
The young man who was speaking was wearing a blue robe commonly worn by scholars and a scholar's hat on his head. He was dressed very ordinary.
But he didn't look ordinary. Lin Qianqian intuitively felt that this person had a noble aura.
Moreover, the man in blue was accompanied by a middle-aged man with a pale face and no beard.
This middle-aged man really looks like a eunuch.
Eunuchs are only found in the palace, and the hoarse voice comes from this middle-aged man.
Lin Qianqian was certain that this middle-aged man was most likely a eunuch.
I heard that Emperor Yan liked to go on incognito visits. Could this young man dressed as a scholar be the Emperor Yan himself?
As for whether it is true or not, you just need to use mind reading to find out.
The waiter asked, "If you want to buy on credit, tell me where you are from. If you can't tell me, you are a liar."
As a result, the young man hummed for a long time and did not clearly say which mansion he was from.
Probably because he didn't want to reveal his identity.
The waiter pulled the young man's sleeve and threatened to report him to the authorities. "See, you can't even tell me where you are from. You are indeed a liar."
Seeing that the young man was almost tripped by the chair, Lin Qianqian quickly reached out to help him.
The moment the two hands touched, Lin Qianqian used mind reading.
I read some information about the man, which was a scene of an argument about purchasing military rations during the morning court session. It turned out that this man was really the Emperor of Yan.
When you know that the other person is the emperor, but he doesn't know your background, you have a lot of room for maneuver.
Today is indeed an auspicious day. As soon as I went out, it was like a blind cat catching a dead mouse. My luck is unusually good. No wonder the magpie was calling outside the window early in the morning.
It never hurts to give the emperor a little favor.
"Wait a minute, there's no need to report to the police. I'll pay for both of their expenses."
As a result, just as Lin Qianqian took out her purse to pay, Lin Baozhu rushed up to the second floor and snatched her purse away.
Logically speaking, with Lin Qianqian's skills, Lin Baozhu shouldn't have snatched her purse away.
That’s right, she deliberately let Lin Baozhu take it away.
Lin Baozhu said righteously: "Unmarried women are not allowed to have private wealth. All your money belongs to the Lin family. You are not allowed to be generous."
Emperor Yan really had bad luck going out today. He didn't expect those scoundrels to steal from him, the emperor.
When they wanted to pay the bill and leave the private room, they found that both of their wallets had been stolen.
It was so hard to find a kind-hearted person to show his kindness, but then a rude girl came out to stop us.
This is an offense against a villain.
Emperor Yan was very concerned about the purse that was going to be used to pay for him, and asked through gritted teeth, "All the money belongs to the Lin family? Which Lin family?"
The fire has already started, and all Lin Qianqian needs to do is add some firewood to make the fire burn more vigorously.
She pointed at Lin Baozhu and said, "Sir, please don't mess with this girl. She is the biological daughter of Lin Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel. We have no power and no influence. If we mess with her, we will not end well."
Lin Baozhu raised her chin even higher when Qianqian introduced her family background.
"Are you scared? If so, kneel down before me and beg for mercy, and return the 4,300 taels of silver you cheated me of."
The fact that Lin Qianqian had ripped him off for four thousand three hundred taels when buying jewelry was often used as a lecture by her mother, Wang, and she was also laughed at by the other girls she knew.
If she got the four thousand three hundred taels back, her mother probably wouldn't nag about it so often, and her sisters wouldn't laugh at her anymore.
Emperor Yan was anxiously waiting for Lin Qianqian to help pay for the rescue, and his face turned red with anxiety, "That Minister Lin really knows how to teach his daughter, but he actually raised such a rude and unreasonable daughter."
Lin Baozhu was furious. "What am I like? It's not your turn as a poor scholar to lecture me."
She was used to being spoiled and thought that Emperor Yan was just an ordinary scholar. She picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it on Emperor Yan, spilling tea all over him.
Emperor Yan was quite rational and did not take action. He just gritted his teeth and said, "You, you, you are so brave."
After this commotion, Lin Qianqian was a little annoyed. She took out some silver to pay the bill and paid for Emperor Yan. She ignored Lin Baozhu's unreasonable behavior and Emperor Yan's question about her name, and left in the carriage.
During the morning court session the next day, Lin Qingyun was dumbfounded.
He was targeted by the Shangshu in the Ministry of Personnel some time ago, but now things are even worse, as he is being targeted by the Emperor of Yan.
"Minister Lin of the Ministry of Personnel, you don't even know how to wear your official uniform? You wear your official hat crookedly, what a shame."
The morning court was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop, and the Emperor Yan's clear voice seemed particularly loud.
Many other officials also had their hats worn crookedly, so they took the opportunity to straighten them out.
"Minister Lin, why are you crying so hard? Have I treated you unfairly?"
When the other ministers who had not laughed heard this, they quickly forced a smile.
"Minister Lin, what are you laughing at? There is no room for trifling in the council hall!"
The smiles of the other ministers froze on their faces.
Lin Qingyun was depressed. She was not allowed to cry or laugh.
Whatever he does is wrong.
But many officials in the hall are like him, why are they targeting him alone?
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