Chapter 424: Horseback Parade
After lunch, Wen Yan took a short nap.
After getting up, she washed and dressed herself, then took people out to watch the parade of the top scholar.
'Qingfeng Xiaolou' had guests today, so she gave 'Yidian Mo' a day off.
When we arrived at the Imperial Street, we found that it was already crowded with people.
"There are too many people here! It's even more lively than the Lantern Festival." Pei'er exclaimed.
Su He led the way: "The Lantern Festival is held once a year, and the top scholar's parade only happens once every three years. Scarcity makes things valuable, so everyone is rushing to see them."
It took them quite some effort to squeeze into Ruyi Teahouse.
The room is already full of guests.
Su He quickly walked to the counter and said, "Ying Zhilin booked a private room in advance."
The shopkeeper flipped through the account book and said with a smile, "Half a month ago, Ying Zhilin booked the best private room in our store."
Su He nodded to the shopkeeper and was about to take the pair of cards.
Suddenly, a hand reached out from the side and held down the sign: "We want this private room."
Look along the hand.
I saw only a maid, her back straight, chin held high, and a look of contempt on her face.
Behind her, there was a woman wearing brocade clothes and a veil hat.
The maid's demeanor made Su He feel very uncomfortable.
It’s like stealing their private room, their blessing.
Any bird droppings in the capital could splash on an official.
Su He remained polite, holding onto the sign tightly, and refused to budge. "Sorry, we reserved this private room, and we want to use it too."
"It's a blessing for you that my master can use your private room. Don't be ungrateful for your blessings."
Su He rolled his eyes and said, "You guys should keep this blessing for yourselves. We don't want it." Su He rolled his eyes and loosened his grip, and the sign fell into the other party's hands.
Su He said, "I've memorized the private room number, Miss. Let's go upstairs directly."
Su He winked, signaling Pei'er to quickly help the young lady upstairs.
Pei'er nodded and decisively helped Wen Yan upstairs.
Seeing that she couldn't force the matter, the maid took off the purse from her waist and said, "Don't you just want the silver? Why don't we buy this private room?"
The maid threw the purse at Su He's face.
The look on his face was as if he was sending away a beggar.
The purse was not small and must contain a lot of silver.
If it hit Su He's face, he would definitely be injured with bruises.
Su He didn't have time to dodge, but fortunately Pei'er reacted quickly enough and pulled her, allowing her to narrowly avoid it.
The purse hit the ground with a thud.
Pei'er picked up the purse and threw it back: "Who are you looking down on? As if anyone needs these few coins. Keep it for yourself, or you'll have no money for tea later!"
"You... do you know who my master is?" The maid had never been looked down upon like this by anyone other than her master, and she was immediately furious.
"I don't care who your master is. If you talk nicely, we may not object to you sharing this private room.
You guys are using money to bully people, but I won't give up this private room!"
Su He had seen a lot of the world since he was a child, so how could he be easily intimidated by the person opposite him? He immediately retorted.
The maid pointed at Su He and kept calling him "you, you, you" for a long time, and was about to say something harsh.
Pei'er grabbed one of her fingers and threw her hand aside: "What the hell! Didn't your master teach you that pointing at people is rude?"
The maidservant couldn't gain the upper hand with words, and she was so angry that her hands were shaking, and she was groping around her waist for something.
The master behind her, wearing a veiled hat, suddenly coughed a few times.
The maid's hand that was trying to find something stopped.
She glared at Wen Yan and the others with a sinister look in her eyes: "I will remember you. I will repay you for the humiliation you suffered today!"
"If you have any tricks, just use them. I'm waiting!" Pei'er snorted at them.
Leader Yuan once said that with his protection in the capital, she could do whatever she wanted.
Wen Yan and the others came to the private room on the second floor.
The waiter brought some snacks, spring water for making tea, and a stove, then left.
Su He took out his tea set and tea leaves from the bamboo basket. While boiling water and brewing tea, he analyzed, "Miss, the master and servant downstairs looked so strange. I've never seen them before."
Wen Yan watched Su He's smooth movements and said calmly, "The flowing cloud half-sleeves she's wearing are made of Shu brocade, and the patterns on them should be from the palace.
If I'm not mistaken, the lady wearing the veil should be a princess in the palace."
"What!" Su He's hands trembled, and the boiling water in the bamboo ladle spilled out. "Miss, please don't scare me. If she is really a princess, then Pei'er and I will have caused you great trouble today."
Wen Yan said nonchalantly, “I only recognized the fabrics later.
But you don't have to be nervous, so what if she is a princess.
She grabbed things first, and we were just defending our own things. What's wrong with that?
Anyway, she didn't reveal her identity, so she could either swallow the loss or resort to some shady tricks.
We have the Great General's Mansion behind us, so she might not dare to really take action."
"That's true." Su He nodded.
Pei'er was more cautious. After watching the parade, she planned to find the young leader Yuan and ask him to investigate this "princess" with a noble background and find out her background.
Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle!
suddenly.
There was a commotion in the streets.
Then, thunderous cheers were heard: "Here they come! The number one scholar's parade is here!"
Pearl immediately leaned out of the window and looked toward the street.
From a distance, we saw a team dressed in red and decorated with colorful ribbons coming towards us.
However, because there were too many people watching, they walked very, very slowly.
"Miss, the parade of the top scholar is really coming."
Su He also squeezed over and asked: "Did you see it? Who is the top scorer?"
Pei'er squinted her eyes and tried to see: "It's too far away, I can't see clearly."
Wen Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, they won't be here in half an hour. Come over and have some tea and something to eat."
Pei'er hummed twice, then shrank back and gnawed on the snack with a grunt.
It was getting more and more lively outside, and the cheers were getting louder and louder.
Pei'er finally couldn't sit still anymore, so she pulled Wen Yan to sit by the window and look out.
The team was still about ten or twenty meters away.
But it was enough to see clearly the man on horseback, wearing the top scholar's uniform.
"Miss! Is the person on the first horse the top scholar?
It seems that the top scholar this time is really my uncle!"
Wen Yan also saw it clearly.
It turned out to be Ying Zhilin, he didn't lie to himself.
He said he wanted to pass the imperial examination and come back with the top scorer, and he actually did.
She was a little surprised, but also felt that everything was reasonable.
Pei'er turned around, took the flower basket, and handed it to Wen Yan: "Miss, the flowers here are specially picked by me. I will give them to my uncle when he passes by later."
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