Chapter 33 Yuanbao, what did you call me?
Because Jiang Chengyou was injured, Song Baoyuan was worried and stayed at home for a few more days so that she could take care of him personally.
At noon, Jiang Chengyou sat obediently on the stool with his head drooping, waiting for his mother to change his dressing.
Jiang Suisui, who was completely different from him, excitedly ran around him, finally pointing at the bandage on his head and asking, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Chengyou didn't say anything, but when he saw his mother coming over, he leaned towards her stubbornly.
"Brother, you've met a bad guy," Song Baoyuan said patiently. "Don't run around alone anymore, and don't go with strangers. Got it?"
Jiang Chengyou nodded listlessly.
"Sui Sui is the same. Never trust strangers at any time."
Jiang Suisui tilted his head and nodded, not quite understanding what he meant.
Song Baoyuan sighed, gently applied the medicine to her son, and touched his face with heartache.
Seeing this, Jiang Suisui quickly moved his face closer.
Song Baoyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She pinched her soft cheek and said, "Okay, time to go to lunch."
"Daddy, won't you eat with us?" Jiang Suisui asked while hugging her mother's arm.
Song Baoyuan said in a calm and serious tone, "Dad is busy."
"But Daddy is obviously at home!"
Song Baoyuan smiled and said, "Let's go. My brother is injured. Hurry up and hold his hand."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Suisui obediently stepped forward, helped her brother up, and walked out in small steps, with the word "be careful" almost written on her face.
Jiang Keyu, who had been staying in the study, spread the books flat on the table, but his eyes were fixed on the window. He was a little absent-minded and did not notice the passage of time.
Until I heard my daughter's loud voice outside, "Daddy!"
Jiang Keyu came to her senses and stood up in a hurry, accidentally knocking the scroll off the bookshelf.
But he didn't have time to pick it up as he was in a hurry to go and greet his daughter.
"Daddy! I brought you lunch!"
The maid placed the food box on the table for Jiang Suisui and then left the study room.
Jiang Suisui stepped onto the stool and opened the food boxes himself, saying one by one, "This is shrimp and tofu, this is fish, and there's chicken soup. Do you like it?"
"I like it." Jiang Keyu sat down on the stool next to him and opened his arms to his daughter, "Come here, let daddy hug you."
Jiang Suisui put her feet together and jumped forward boldly. After being caught by her father, she immediately giggled.
Her laughter was pure and warm, temporarily dispelling some of the gloom in Jiang Keyu's heart.
"Daddy, come and eat!" Jiang Suisui urged.
"Don't worry." Jiang Keyu hugged her daughter, her mind wandering, "Is your mother okay?"
Hearing this, Jiang Suisui looked up, her face full of confusion. "Mom is fine! Why isn't Mom fine? It's my brother who's not fine! He's not happy today. He doesn't even eat by himself and needs Mom to feed him! He's not as obedient as me at all."
Jiang Keyu laughed and patted her daughter on the back, "Did your brother cry?"
"No." Jiang Suisui didn't understand. "Why is my brother crying? He's already being held by mom. And mom also said that when his injury heals, she'll take us out to play."
As she spoke, she climbed onto Jiang Keyu's shoulders and asked in his ear, "Daddy, will you go with us?"
Jiang Keyu lowered her eyes and hid her discomfort, "Daddy doesn't know, Daddy might..."
"Very busy!" Jiang Suisui answered loudly, "Right? That's what mother said."
Since she said that, she doesn't want him to be with her anymore, Jiang Keyu thought, and nodded silently.
"Daddy." Jiang Suisui pouted and poked Jiang Keyu's face with two index fingers. "Why are you all unhappy? Brother, mother, and you! I don't dare to be happy when you are all like this!"
"No." Jiang Keyu said hurriedly, "Daddy is not unhappy."
After saying that, he remembered to smile, "Sui Sui is so well behaved, how could Daddy be unhappy?"
*
While the child was taking a nap, Song Baoyuan took the time to go back to the teahouse to make arrangements and decorations, making the entire teahouse look brand new, and also determined the time for reopening.
Running back and forth, this went on for several days.
Except for the day off, Jiang Keyu has been going out in the morning and returning home in the evening these days, and Sui Sui brings him dinner every time.
Although they went in and out of the same door every day, the two people had never bumped into each other.
When Qianqian Teahouse reopened, Song Baoyuan, as the owner, did not show up, but asked Xu Pingsheng to greet guests on her behalf.
Xu Pingsheng held several positions, so naturally his salary increased.
There was only one person that Song Baoyuan personally welcomed, and that was Master Qingze, who had agreed to perform but was unwilling to reveal who he was.
Qingze didn't want to talk much with others. After Song Baoyuan led him to his seat, she went into the private room opposite his seat upstairs and waited quietly.
Although it was a sincere invitation, Song Baoyuan was not sure whether Princess Liu'an would come.
In her opinion, the princess is a person who loves to be lively, and with Master Qingze as a cover, she feels that there is a high possibility that the princess will come.
Sure enough, not long after, she heard a voice from downstairs, "Princess Liu'an is here!"
Song Baoyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
This princess possesses all the qualities of elegance, intelligence and elegance, and is a well-known figure throughout the capital.
The current emperor and the queen mother are not biological mother and son. In the early days of the emperor's reign, the queen mother was in power. As the emperor grew up, the situation began to reverse, and mother and son competed for power, and the factional struggle was fierce.
Princess Liu'an secretly hid the imperial seal during the palace coup two years ago and became one of the greatest contributors to the emperor's current monopoly of power. Naturally, she is extraordinary.
"Song Baoyuan." Liu An walked around the teahouse before entering his own private room. "You look pretty good."
"Your Excellency, your praise is unbelievable."
Liu An narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her, "Why do you look different from the last time we met?"
Song Baoyuan laughed, "No way."
Liu An snorted, "Tell me, why did you invite me here? It's impossible that you're really going to have tea."
Song Baoyuan started to make tea. "Daddy once told me that when opening a shop, we need to invite distinguished guests to support us. Only then will others know that we are not easy to bully."
"Who dares to bully you?" Liu An said without hesitation, even rolling his eyes, "A few days ago, Jiang Shaoqing almost turned the entire capital upside down in order to find his child."
Song Baoyuan was stunned.
After a while, he said, "I have divorced him."
"But I just saw him downstairs."
Song Baoyuan subconsciously looked outside, but of course she couldn't see anything.
She shook her head, unwilling to waste time thinking about him.
"No matter what, now that we're divorced, things are never the same. I absolutely cannot rely on him for everything."
Liu An was slightly surprised and thought, "You don't want to join me, do you?"
Without waiting for Song Baoyuan's answer, she shook her head again, "Why bother with this? If you just don't trust Jiang Shaoqing, just find another man to marry. With your face, it's not difficult. But... it's really unlikely to find someone better than Jiang Shaoqing."
"Will I make the same mistake again if I marry?" Song Baoyuan raised the corners of her lips, but there was no smile.
A fleeting look of melancholy flashed across her eyes. "If you want to know how to get by without relying on men, you should consult those who have already done it."
Liu An raised an eyebrow, leaned forward, and looked into the eyes of the person opposite him. "But relying on a man is the easiest, and it is effortless for you. Why bother struggling and rebelling?"
She tapped the table with her raised index finger. "Did you know that when your son disappeared, Jiang Shaoqing exceeded his authority in order to find him?"
Song Baoyuan frowned slightly and answered honestly: "I don't know."
"How could a mere Junior Justice of the Dali Temple mobilize so many people in such a short period of time? Not only did he abuse his power, he also used authority he didn't have. Yet... the court has been peaceful these past few days, with not a single person reporting him. Do you know why?"
"Why?"
"Because no one can be sure that Jiang Keyu doesn't have any evidence of their crimes."
Liu An shook his head and smiled, "The Emperor only fined him his salary, which was not a big deal. It was obvious that he wanted to protect him. In this situation, who would dare to go against the Emperor? Even if they were dissatisfied with him, they would not dare to confront him head-on."
Song Baoyuan knew nothing about this, and when she heard it, she didn't feel much of a stir.
He is so capable, but his wife is still not respected. Doesn't this further prove that she is unimportant?
"So, Song Baoyuan, Jiang Shaoqing has a promising future. It would be unwise to abandon him and instead turn to someone like me who only has favor but no real power."
Song Baoyuan lowered her eyes, "His future is his."
She suddenly tightened her grip, "If the princess needs me, then I will have a chance to carve out my own future."
Liu An found it quite interesting. "What do you have for me?"
"All I have is money."
"Tsk." Liu An scoffed. "How much money can you make from a small teahouse? Unless you can open one bigger than Qianqian Pavilion."
After hearing her words, Song Baoyuan felt much more at ease.
She poured some tea on the table, wet her fingertips, and drew a mark on the table.
"I wonder if the princess has seen this."
Liu An took a quick look and said, "Gold ingots? I'm a princess after all, how could I not have seen gold ingots?"
"Although it may not be noticeable, many shops have this mark, such as on the puzzle that blocked Young Master Qingze today, and on the bottom of the bottle of Flush Drunk sold at Qianqian Pavilion."
Liu An was stunned for a moment, and a flash of inspiration came into his mind.
"Yuanbao, Baoyuan?"
"Um."
Liu An's eyes paused slightly, and he suddenly felt it was absurd.
"You have this much wealth, what do you have to be sad about?"
Song Baoyuan: “?”
"Bang!" Liu An slammed the table. "You have so much money, why are you so timid?"
Song Baoyuan: "..."
Is it that exaggerated?
I haven't been out much, so I don't know.
*
After leaving Princess Liu'an, Song Baoyuan slowly walked through the corridor on the second floor.
She saw Xu Pingsheng chatting and laughing with the guests, and he was able to handle everyone with ease.
She saw Zhang Lao and Cen Zhou busying themselves, but making no mistakes.
She heard scholars and literati praising the sound of the piano and hoped to make some friends with them.
…
It seems that everyone can find their place, what about her?
Qiao Yue ran towards her and whispered in her ear, "My dear husband is here. He's in the innermost private room."
Song Baoyuan nodded, walked through the crowd and went to the innermost part.
After knocking on the door, Song Baoyuan pushed it open and saw the father and his two sons playing tangram and nine-ring puzzle in great harmony.
"mother!"
Song Baoyuan was a little surprised. After closing the door, she picked up her daughter who rushed towards her and asked, "Why are you here?"
"They were clamoring to see you." Jiang Keyu explained calmly, "I happened to have nothing to do, so I brought them here."
"oh."
After Song Baoyuan responded, she didn't know what to say next.
In this room, there is no hiding from the awkwardness.
"Ahem." Jiang Keyu cleared his throat, looked at the Nine Links in his daughter's hand, and asked, "When did you meet Princess Liu'an?"
Song Baoyuan thought for a moment and said truthfully, "Before, at Qushui Villa, she saw that I had nothing to do and invited me to play chess with her."
Jiang Keyu frowned slightly, "But didn't you say that day that the man you played chess with was an ordinary-looking man who loved to smile?"
"Did I say that?" Song Baoyuan didn't look at him and just said, "I don't remember."
Jiang Keyu didn't understand.
Jiang Suisui suddenly crawled under the table and took out a box, "Mom! This is a gift from Daddy!"
Jiang Keyu was not ready to send it away yet, and felt uncomfortable when her daughter said it without warning.
Jiang Suisui even opened it for her mother, and it turned out to be a small and exquisite porcelain vase.
"Lingqiu has a new method for making porcelain that makes it so that even the naked eye can't see any impurities in the finished product. I got a piece from the palace the other day, and it's just in time to send it to you. Consider it a congratulations on the opening of your teahouse."
"Thank you, Jiang Shaoqing."
Jiang Keyu's heartbeat suddenly stopped.
He suddenly raised his eyes and stared at the person opposite him.
"What did you call me?"
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