Chapter 85 Beyond Brotherhood
There were no customers in the restaurant in the morning.
Jiang Yueyao made tea herself and went to the kitchen to pick out some snacks and candied fruits. The four of them sat together, chatting and laughing.
Meng Zhixia asked Chen Baoqing curiously, "Are you still working as a waiter here?"
"I would like to, but my grandfather and the others don't agree." Shen Baoqing looked regretful. "I really like being a waiter. It doesn't have any worries."
Jiang Yueyao, who was sorting out the account books, looked up at her.
"How about we switch? I'll go to the Grand Tutor's Mansion and be a young lady, and you'll be the shopkeeper?"
"Okay, that's exactly what I want." Shen Baoqing looked at her and smiled meaningfully, "What's so difficult about being a lady? Maybe you are one."
Jiang Yueyao rolled her eyes at her and went back to talking to Meng Zhiye.
When Duan Yanzhou came in, he saw Meng Zhiye leaning on Jiang Yueyao with a soft and charming smile.
He strode over and asked, "What are you talking about? You're laughing so happily."
Meng Zhiye sat up straight immediately after hearing the voice.
Jiang Yueyao stood up and went to meet him.
"Thanks to Lord Duan's help yesterday, Baoqing and I would have been in trouble otherwise."
Hearing the change in her way of addressing Chenyu, Duan Yanzhou raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Do you know her true identity?"
"It seems that Lord Duan has known about this for a long time?" Jiang Yueyao looked at him.
"I didn't recognize her at first. After all, this girl has changed a lot since she grew up. It was your Lord Lu who recognized her first." Duan Yanzhou smiled, moved closer to her and lowered his voice, "Chen Baoqing and your Lord Lu..."
"What are you two talking about secretly?" Shen Baoqing suddenly came over and stretched her ears. "What happened between me and Lord Lu?"
"What else can I do? It's an arranged marriage. Lord Duan thought I didn't know and was deliberately keeping me in suspense." Jiang Yueyao asked Chunhua to make a pot of new tea.
Duan Yanzhou sat down at the next table and looked at Shen Baoqing.
"You're not coming back to Beijing for your marriage to Lu Sui, are you? What's the matter? Are you really planning to marry him?"
Shen Baoqing glanced at him.
"Master Duan, why are you so concerned about my marriage? Could it be that the relationship between you and Master Lu is really like the rumors say, and has gone beyond brotherhood?"
Upon hearing this, Duan Yanzhou immediately exploded.
"Chen Baoqing, watch your words. What rumors? What about something beyond brotherhood? Lu Sui and I are innocent and upright... What are you looking at?"
"I just said it casually, why are you so anxious?" Shen Baoqing pulled the corner of his lips and sneered, "You are so funny!"
“…”
Duan Yanzhou was so angry that he got up and left.
He walked a few steps, then stopped and looked at Jiang Yueyao: "The capital city will probably be in turmoil recently. Wanhe Tower will close early. Don't come out again after you go home. If anything happens, let Xiaoxi find me."
Hearing that "the capital is not peaceful", Jiang Yueyao suddenly became nervous.
"What happened?"
"It's nothing serious. I just think you've had bad luck lately, and I'm worried someone might do something bad to you."
Duan Yanzhou left after he finished speaking.
As the commander of the Jinwu Guard, he not only has to ensure the safety of the emperor, but is also responsible for the safety of the people in the entire capital. He is so busy all day that he doesn't even have time to drink tea.
After Duan Yanzhou left, the Meng sisters also left.
Jiang Yueyao sat opposite Shen Baoqing, clacking away on her abacus while asking her without even looking up, "Are you free today?"
"What can happen to me?" Shen Baoqing stared at her without blinking.
The Meng sisters were present just now, and Duan Yanzhou was also there, so she didn't dare to be too blatant.
There was no one around at the moment, and she stared at Jiang Yueyao, examining her from head to toe, trying to find the vague, childish figure in her memory.
But it had been too long, and she was so young at the time, so apart from the memory of the rabbit, she could no longer find any trace of her sister.
But since I learned yesterday that she might be my younger sister Baoqi, when I looked at Jiang Yueyao again today, I felt that she looked very much like my mother from head to toe.
They all have glowing white skin, beautiful almond eyes, small and delicate noses, and lips shaped like peach petals...
Shen Baoqing looks like his father Shen Huaishan, tall and slender; his sister Baoqi looks like their mother, petite and delicate.
She couldn't help but wonder, how could there be such similar looks in the world?
Only biological children would be so similar.
So she must be his sister Shen Baoqi!
Um!
Absolutely right!
Thinking that he came here with a mission today, Shen Baoqing picked up the teacup, drank a sip of tea, and cleared his throat: "I won't go back to the Grand Tutor's Mansion tonight, I'd better go back to Chunmen Lane."
"What's wrong?"
"Didn't Duan Yanzhou say things are not peaceful recently? I'm worried, so it's better for me to stay with you."
"Xiaoxi is here. She knows martial arts. I'm fine. Don't worry." Jiang Yueyao put away the account book and glanced at the hourglass beside her. "It's getting late. You should go back. Don't let your old master and old lady worry about you."
Shen Baoqing made up his mind to go find her at night.
I decided not to argue with her for the time being and just left obediently.
The restaurant's business was not affected by yesterday, but because of the hot weather, the tables in the lobby were not full.
The private rooms on the second and third floors and the backyard were all full.
Jiang Yueyao finished her work and returned to the counter. Just as she was about to take a look at the reservations for the evening, someone walked in.
She looked up and greeted the guests with a smile.
"Welcome."
Prince An Chu Yu looked at the little girl standing behind the counter. His eyes inadvertently swept across her exquisite body and fell on her face. When he saw her appearance clearly, he was stunned.
"Who are you……"
Jiang Yueyao could tell at a glance that the other person's identity was extraordinary.
Her eyes swept across the green dragon jade pendant on his waist, and she knew what was going on.
This person is either a prince or a prince.
Because of her noble status, she dared not neglect him.
He walked out of the counter and bowed, neither humble nor arrogant.
"I'm Jiang Yueyao, the owner of Wanhelou. May I ask if you have a reservation?"
Her unique southern soft accent was completely different from the gentle female voice in his memory, and Prince An came back to his senses instantly.
He stared at Jiang Yueyao, in disbelief.
"They look alike, so alike." He asked her, "Is your last name Jiang?"
"yes!"
"Then do you know Bai Jinyu?"
Jiang Yueyao had heard the name 'Bai Jinyu' once yesterday.
She was the youngest daughter of the old Grand Tutor, and later married the General Pingxi. She was also Baoqing's mother.
But why did this person in front of me mention her?
The visitor didn't know what was good or evil, so she couldn't answer.
He only said, "I've just arrived in the capital, and I know very few people. I've never heard of this name before."
"Really?" Prince An murmured to himself, "But you two look so much alike, so much alike. I thought I saw her just now..."
He said this and shook his head.
"I'm also stupid. It's been more than 20 years. She's far away in Mobei now. How could it be her?"
Jiang Yueyao said nothing, just listened quietly.
Prince An fixed his gaze on her face again.
There was a hint of obsession in his eyes.
Jiang Yueyao was disgusted by this look and was about to find an excuse to leave.
But then he heard the other party speak.
"I heard that you were sent to the government office yesterday because of Princess Xiangning?"
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