Chapter 213 Selling oneself to bury one's father? How melodramatic!
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On the other side, Li Shiyue, along with Yan Jiuniang and Ma Zi and Zhao Yan, who had come with them in a carriage, had already settled in a village outside the prefectural city, at the same old man's house where they had stayed many times before.
As soon as it was light, the four of them drove their carriage onto the official road and lined up at the gate of the prefectural city.
Once they entered the city, Yan Jiuniang suddenly burst into laughter.
Li Shiyue reached out and lifted the brim of her straw hat, looking at Yan Jiuniang with a hint of helplessness: "What have you remembered this time?"
"Haha, haha, October, just thinking about how I've made myself like this," Yan Jiuniang said, raising her hand to touch her hair bun, her hand moving from the top of her head to her face, "I think it's so interesting that I can just swagger into the prefectural city!"
I just couldn't help but laugh!
My heartless father probably never imagined that I could appear under his nose in this way.
Haha, haha, I can't help it, October, just thinking about it makes me want to laugh.
Li Shiyue looked at Yan Jiuniang, who was laughing so hard she could hardly stand up straight, and then recalled the first time she saw her in Xingsheng Tower in Dongmou.
In comparison, it's true. If the Prince of Zhenbei were to stand before Yan Jiuniang right now, face to face, and look at each other, he might not even recognize her.
Ma Zi and Zhao Yan, who were following behind the two carriages, said with a smile, "I don't know what Shi Yue said, but it made people laugh."
Zhao Yan still retained some of the shyness of a young wife. She whispered to Ma Zi, "Shi Yue is quite capable. He probably pleased that woman and will buy more paper from the paper mill."
As we were talking, we arrived at Shuyuan Street.
Li Shiliang, Zhao Min, and a hired errand boy quickly ran out to the paper shop entrance to help unload the goods.
This time, Li Shiyue brought fewer wooden crates to the prefectural city than last time. It wasn't that the paper mill was out of paper, but rather that Li Shiyue decided to stock up on goods to use for entertaining merchants after the trade fair.
Seeing that there were enough people to move the goods, Li Shiyue said to Li Shiliang, "I'll go order a feast. You don't need to cook dinner. Just have some fun together."
"Don't worry about me and Lady Jin. I'm going to buy some gifts to visit Merchant Jin tomorrow. We'll probably be back a little late, so don't worry."
After saying this, Li Shiyue took Yan Jiuniang to order a table of food and had it delivered to the paper shop. Then the two of them headed towards Xingshenglou.
Yan Jiuniang's idea was to leave a message for Manager Jin of Xingsheng Restaurant in advance so that they could arrange a time to meet.
After all, she couldn't just walk into Xingsheng Restaurant and go find Manager Jin, could she?
"Although he probably wouldn't recognize me looking like this, there must be his spies in the building."
I'd better arrange to meet Manager Jin outside the building.
But just as the two sat down at a tea stall not far from the entrance of Xingsheng Restaurant and had only taken a couple of sips of tea, they heard a lively commotion coming from the entrance of Xingsheng Restaurant.
Li Shiyue and Yan Jiuniang exchanged a glance, Yan Jiuniang's eyes filled with eager anticipation to see the excitement.
As Yan Jiuniang half-stood up, Li Shiyue swiftly raised her hand and pressed her down.
After taking out a few copper coins from his purse to pay for the tea, Li Shiyue gestured to Yan Jiuniang to get up.
However, after Yan Jiuniang stood up, she wanted to go to the entrance of Xingsheng Tower, but Li Shiyue pulled Yan Jiuniang's hand slightly and went in the opposite direction.
Before long, Yan Jiuniang, who was standing at the window of a private room on the second floor of Junyoulai Restaurant opposite Xingsheng Restaurant, looked excitedly at the entrance of Xingsheng Restaurant. Junyoulai Restaurant was located in a position that gave a perfect view of the bustling scene at the entrance of Xingsheng Restaurant.
"October! You're right!"
With so many people crowding around the entrance, how could you possibly see anything?
"This is perfect, we can see the whole thing here..."
Yan Jiuniang's voice suddenly went silent after it had been high-pitched. Li Shiyue looked at her in confusion and saw that Yan Jiuniang's face showed that she was completely attracted by the commotion downstairs.
Li Shiyue walked curiously to the window and looked down following Yan Jiuniang's gaze.
Guess which familiar face Li Shiyue saw?
It's Liu Shu!
"How could it be him?"
Yan Jiuniang picked up where Li Shiyue left off: "He probably didn't come here to ambush me, did he?"
Li Shiyue shook her head. "It shouldn't be."
If he had known you were coming to Xingsheng Tower, he would have had you arrested at the city gate. Why would he need to block you here?
I think he probably came to Xingsheng Restaurant to ask Manager Jin about you, right?
"That's right at the door,"
Li Shiyue looked at the girl in the white dress kneeling before Liu Shu and said, "What a coincidence."
Before Yan Jiuniang could speak, she heard shouts coming from the entrance of Xingsheng Tower again.
Li Shiyue has exceptional hearing; even standing upstairs, she can hear the conversations of the onlookers below.
"What's going on here today?"
"What else could it be?"
This is nothing more than ostensibly selling oneself to bury one's father, but in reality, it's about climbing the social ladder.
"Oh? What do you mean?"
"You don't even recognize the heir of the Prince of Zhenbei?"
Are you from out of town? Take a closer look. The one in the ink-wash robe ahead is the heir of the Prince of Zhenbei from Andong.
"Tell me, in Andong, who's the highest-ranking person to climb the social ladder?"
"That must be the Prince of Zhenbei!"
The man was taken aback by the man's words and after a moment he spoke, "Yes, the highest should be the Prince of Zhenbei, but isn't the young master the future Prince of Zhenbei?"
That's the second highest.
Look, this is where they scouted the location beforehand.
Those who frequent Xingshenglou Street these days all know that for over half a month, the young master has been coming to Xingshenglou every three days.
After the man finished speaking, he gave the out-of-towner a knowing look.
The look in his eyes seemed to say, "They put on this whole thing just to lure the young master in."
So, did Liu Shu take the bait?
"He's so young, yet he's the most hypocritical one."
These words were spoken by Yan Jiuniang, who was standing next to Li Shiyue, mocking the scene at the entrance of Xingsheng Restaurant downstairs.
"Oh? What do you mean?"
"When I was young, my heartless father took me back to the palace. I was over eight years old at the time. My mother brought me a lot of gifts to give to the princess's son, Liu Shu, hoping that I would please her."
Liu Shu was less than five years old at the time. Hehe, in front of me, he said he liked the Great General dog I gave him and praised it for its loud call.
Turning around, I saw him tear the general apart by chariots.
"Who is this general?"
"My cousin from my maternal uncle's side found the cricket for me."
Just as Li Shiyue was about to speak, suddenly, the system in her mind spoke up: "Situation triggered, task detected..."
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