The one who stopped the carriage was a little beggar. The groom of the Huo Mansion glared at him and said, "Go away, a good dog doesn't block the road. You dare to stop the carriage without even looking at its owner? You are looking for death!"
"I'm just here to pass on a message to the concubine of the Huo family. I don't care about your money. Why are you so fierce?" The little beggar was not afraid at all and glared at the coachman.
Yunniang was puzzled, wondering who would be looking for her?
She glanced at the maid beside her, who then lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and asked the little beggar, "Who asked you to pass on a message, and what message?"
The little beggar said, "I just delivered the message. How would I know who it was? The person told me to tell the mistress of the Huo Mansion to come to Fenggu Tower for good news. I don't know anything else."
"The message has been delivered, I'm leaving."
After saying this, the little beggar skipped away in his tattered cloth shoes.
The groom held the whip and waited for Yunniang's instructions.
After a while, Yunniang's voice came out: "Go to Fenggu Tower."
She wanted to see if anyone had any good news for her. She had been feeling so depressed this morning and really wanted something happy to happen.
Fenggu Tower was not far away, and soon the carriage stopped outside the tower. When the maid got off the carriage and helped Yunniang down, Pei Xiyuan and Suo Wenzhen also strolled here.
The two were just looking for a place to eat when they saw Yunniang. Pei Xiyuan recognized her as the woman who had ridden in the same carriage with Huo Jincheng before. He knew that the people of Yanchao were different from their Dayue Kingdom. Women from wealthy families usually did not show their faces in public casually, and would wear a veil when going out.
When he entered Fenggu Building, he secretly gave Suo Wenzhen a look, and Suo Wenzhen nodded in understanding.
Outside the gate, Yunniang looked up at the restaurant sign, pondered for a moment, and when she was about to go in, the maid beside her said, "Auntie, do you really want to go in?"
Yunniang glanced sideways and snorted coldly, "Why, are you trying to be my master?"
The maid didn't dare say another word and followed her into the restaurant.
There were very few diners in the lobby. The master and servant went in and looked around, but didn't see any familiar faces. Yunniang was just wondering when the waiter with a white handkerchief draped over his shoulder hurried down the stairs on the left.
"But is she the concubine of the Huo family?" the waiter asked with a flattering smile, bending over.
"That's right, who is looking for our aunt?" asked the maid.
"Please go to the elegant room upstairs, the Tingyu Pavilion," the waiter said, and gestured to the maid, "Sister, please take a seat here."
Since we are here, we might as well make the best of it. Yunniang turned around and told the maid, "Wait for me in the carriage outside."
She went upstairs, holding up the hem of her skirt. Suo Wenzheng, who had entered the shop before her and her servant and was talking to a waiter from another shop, pointed upstairs and asked, "Are there any private rooms upstairs?"
"Yes, yes, yes, follow me." He led Suo Wenzhen upstairs, listing the restaurant's specialties like a treasure. He didn't notice at all that a green dragonfly flew out from Suo Wenzhen's sleeve and quietly landed on Yunniang's bun, looking like an exquisite jade hairpin.
In the elegant room Tingyuxuan, a middle-aged man was standing with his back to the door, his hands behind his back, staring at a calligraphy and painting on the wall. Yunniang pushed the door open, hesitated for a moment, and was about to turn around and leave when the man spoke.
"Don't regret leaving."
Yunniang looked around and saw the waiter leading Suo Wen to the other aisle. She gritted her teeth and pushed the door open.
"Sir, what's the good news?" Yunniang saw from behind that the man was wearing a mask, and it was obvious that he didn't want to show his true face, so she didn't ask any nonsense questions and went straight to the point.
"It's a great pleasure for you." The man turned around slowly, and it was not difficult to tell from the sinister eyes under the mask that he was the man who had looked for Meixiang by the river last year and claimed to be General Geng.
He took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve and placed it on the table. "Take this back and let Madam Jian take it."
Yunniang glanced at the porcelain vase and asked, "Why should I listen to you?"
"You have no choice. If you don't do it, once we get rid of Ding, a widow and a widower, both of whom are engaged, wouldn't that be a perfect match?"
"Hehe." He laughed sinisterly twice and said, "If you do it, the position of the mistress of the Huo family will be yours sooner or later."
"Who are you looking at as a fool?" Yunniang pulled out a chair and sat down, glancing at him sideways. "She knows a bit about medicine. If I listened to you and gave her the drug, wouldn't I be courting death?"
"No, this isn't poison. It's colorless and odorless. It's just cartilage powder. Since I've come to you, I won't let you get involved. Once she takes it, just send someone over here and order a few dishes. You don't have to worry about anything else."
After a brief pause, Yunniang said, "I can't do this. I've never been here before, and I haven't seen you before. Goodbye!"
"You can do it!" He stared at Yunniang and said word by word, "You can get rid of Hua Shi without anyone noticing, let alone a mere country woman."
"Bang!" Yunniang slammed the table and stood up, glaring at him angrily, "I don't understand what you're talking about!"
"Hey, you'll understand." He fished out a yellowed prescription from his bosom, waved it in front of Yunniang, and said, "Why did Yinpo, the midwife for Hua, disappear from the public eye?"
"Do you really think no one knows where she went?"
Yunniang's face turned pale in an instant. She slumped back down onto the chair, her eyes fixed on the man opposite her. Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind, and she pointed at him and said, "Are you Concubine Min's brother-in-law, Manager Wang of Huichun Hall?"
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Wang took off his mask and said, "You have a good memory. Now that you've figured it out, there's no need to hide it anymore. I'll just be frank with you. You have to do this whether you want to or not!"
"Besides, it won't do you any harm, only good."
The anger in Yunniang's eyes gradually faded away...
Shopkeeper Wang slammed the porcelain vase in front of her and said, "Remember to send someone to order the dishes within half an hour. Otherwise... you might not even be able to become the concubine of the Huo family!"
After saying that, he turned away.
When he went downstairs, Suo Wenzheng was shouting for the bill. He threw a piece of silver on the table and followed Pei Xiyuan to the main door. He and the shopkeeper Wang who came down from upstairs left Fenggu Building one after another.
Back to Jian Ning and the others, they arrived at Prince Pingnan's Mansion. She got off the carriage with Old Madam Huo and looked towards the gate. When her sight fell on the huge characters "Prince Pingnan's Mansion" on the plaque on the gate, her heart suddenly surged, as if long-forgotten memories were surging through the dust.
This time she knew very well that this was the reaction of her original body, and she was jumping for joy and was somewhat out of her control.
"Guard Huo!" Huo Jincheng had just stepped onto the steps when several people carrying a sedan chair, followed by several others, approached. The person inside the sedan chair lifted the curtain and looked at Huo Jincheng. "The prince has gone to the north and hasn't returned yet. Are you going to see the princess?"
"Get off the sedan chair."
After the sedan chair fell behind, someone came over and lifted the curtain, and Prince Yong, wearing a golden crown on his head, walked out of the sedan chair.
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