At the end of February, the cold wind seemed to have suddenly become much softer.
The Shangsi Festival is coming, which is an important festival in spring. The emperor also ordered to hold a Shangsi Spring Banquet in Xishan. People will follow the Shangsi Festival to make the Shangsi Festival more lively. Even ordinary people's homes have begun to purchase for the Shangsi Festival.
Tonglou Street is bustling with activity.
Miss Zhai Si got off the carriage and looked up at the plaque of Linglong Ruyi Square...
"The plaque has been changed." She couldn't help but say.
"The fourth lady is here." Qing Zhi greeted her with a smile and followed her, "It hasn't been changed. There is an extra workshop. Our lady's business has become bigger."
Miss Zhai Si followed her in and asked Qing Zhi before she could speak: "Tell me the truth, is she gone?"
Qing Zhi nodded: "It's true that the lady has not been here these days. She has gone back to Xucheng to meet her employer."
Since Qixing was captured by Huo Lian, neither Duchasi nor Lu Yizhi, nor even the Xiahou family, revealed Qixing's identity, so Linglongfang continued to operate as usual, and later Qixing even asked Duchasi's people to come
Take the embroidery frame and hand over the finished embroidery surface.
Qing Pheasant told the visitors that the lady was busy, rushed to work, and other excuses for not being able to entertain guests.
However, this is fine for other guests, but not so good if used too often by ladies who are familiar with her.
No matter how busy I am, it is impossible for people to come, and I don’t even meet him once, twice or three times. This happens again and again. Miss Qixing, what do you mean?
So Aokiji decided to tell... half the truth.
Miss Zhai Si was not relieved after hearing this. She sat on the chair with a strange look on her face and hesitated to speak.
"I... heard a rumor." She whispered, "Someone saw Qixing at the Imperial City Lantern Banquet in the first month of the year."
Qing Zhi's eyes widened in surprise, and then he burst into laughter: "How is that possible? Our lady...well, you must have seen the lanterns made by our lady. Our lady made lanterns for the palace, and it is said that there is also a beauty lantern."
As she spoke, she winked and lowered her voice, "Our young lady paints the beauty like herself."
Miss Zhai Si was attracted and said, "She is so brave."
Qing Zhi said with a smile: "No one knows her anyway. In fact, many craftsmen like to do this and always want to leave their own mark."
Miss Zhai Si had heard of it and nodded. In fact, the rumor was even more outrageous. It said that Miss Qixing was sitting next to Lu Yizhi. Doesn't that mean that Qixing was Lu Yizhi's fiancée? The fiancée who was snatched away by Huo Lian?
This is too ridiculous!
She didn't take it seriously at first, but when she thought about it, it was really strange that she hadn't seen the Seven Stars since the Lantern Festival.
Miss Zhai Si came back to her senses and saw Qing Zhi taking out a hanging gauze scarf, which was faintly dotted with flower buds.
"Miss, I made this specially for you before I left. I told you to use it to cover your face when you go on an outing in March." Qing Zhi said with a smile, "When the wind blows, it looks like spring flowers blooming."
Miss Zhai Si made a sound and hurriedly reached out to take it.
"Ah Qi is really thoughtful." She said happily and breathed a sigh of relief. If she was really robbed by Huo Lian, where would she be able to do this?
After sending Miss Zhai Si away, the smile on Qing Zhi's face disappeared, and she frowned slightly while holding her hands.
This can't go on like this. If the lady doesn't show up, there will be more and more suspicions.
It’s just that Lu Yi fell.
Miss Xiahou knew it.
The Xiahou family has become enemies with the Lu family this time, and the young lady's identity may be exposed one day.
If this is the case, Linglongfang will really not be able to continue operating.
Qing Pheasant looked up at the plaque and added the name of Ruyifang, but it was not accepted by the people of the capital.
Although the lady is not doing it to make money, she knows that she really wants to open this Linglongfang.
How long will the lady be detained for?
She hasn't seen the young lady for a long time.
"Hey!" A voice came from outside.
Qingzhi looked intently and saw a young man walking in. She already recognized him. It was Du Chasi who had been running errands for the lady.
But this time he came in without any baggage, and didn't say what he wanted to pick up. He knocked on the counter with his hand.
"I'm telling you, you can see her during the Shangsi Festival." Zhu Chuan said with a snort.
Qingzhi was so happy that he almost thanked the errand boy, but luckily the errand boy left without saying anything as before.
Boss Wei and Shopkeeper Lu were both surprised and happy when they found out.
"How did we meet?" Shopkeeper Lu asked, "Are you also being taken to the Ducha Division?"
The lady should not be sent back.
Qing Zhi shook his head: "I didn't say anything, I just said this and left."
Maybe I can take her away when the sky is quiet.
But after waiting for several days after dark, no one came. In the blink of an eye, it was the Shangsi Festival, and people were swarming in the streets before dawn. Today the emperor left the palace to celebrate the festival in Xishan. He chose many officials and well-known people to accompany him, and they also carried
Families go together.
The Tonglou Street side was fine, because it was not a main street, and there were no officers and soldiers guarding the road. However, it was more lively than before, because the officials and their families avoided the imperial chariots and walked through the side streets.
Qingzhi stood at the door, looking at the cars and horses passing by on the street. The female family members were sitting in the cars, and the maids and girls also had cars. In the spring, the thin car curtains were changed, and as the spring breeze blew up, jokes and jokes were heard from time to time. It was really
The flowers are red, the willows are green, and the orioles are singing.
However, although there were many female relatives, people on the street did not care to look at them.
"Xiao Qing." The shop assistant next to her called her, "Go to the street to see Yu Jia, we have a good place."
The Emperor is so high up in the sky that it is rare to see him once a year, and the people are not willing to miss this opportunity.
Qingzhi smiled and thanked them: "They are all gone, I will look after the store."
No one could afford to buy anything at this moment, and the store clerk stopped trying to persuade him. Hearing the faint sound of drumming coming from the direction of the imperial city, mixed with loud shouts of long live the night.
The Emperor's Royal Chariot is activated.
The store clerk ran away in a hurry, but suddenly he was met by a group of Ducha Si soldiers with horse hooves trampling towards them, like a black wall. The store clerk screamed and hurriedly ran away from both sides, clinging to the wall.
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People, cars and horses on the street also noticed it and were a little panicked for a moment.
what happened?
Shouldn't the emperor pass here instead of passing through the street?
Although they were panicked, they did not dare to mess up and quickly got out of the way. The female relatives walking in the car in front also stopped talking and laughing and tightened the curtains.
Then I discovered that it was not the emperor who wanted to pass through here, but a carriage escorted by the military guards.
This car is also familiar to the people. It is dark and has no windows. It is Huo Lian's carriage.
But it shouldn't be, Huo Lian must be accompanying him at this time.
A carriage followed, but it was not as tight as Huo Lian's carriage, and four servants could be seen.
Could it be, female relatives?
Does Huo Lian have any female relatives?
The thought flashed through, and the people on the street suddenly woke up again, yes!
But Huo Lian's female relatives have never appeared in front of others, or even left the house.
This is really the first time I've seen it.
Tonglou Street is not long, but the team of carriages and horses seemed to have walked for a long time, so long that the people on the street almost suffocated. When the black soldiers surrounded the black car and disappeared from sight, everyone gasped at the same time, and the street was like a
Boil a pot of water.
"who is it?"
"It's the one from the Liang family..."
"The traitor's daughter who committed herself to Huo Lian..."
"You actually want to bring it to the emperor's banquet?"
The hustle and bustle on the street dispersed in all directions, and people rushed to tell each other, forgetting to see the imperial driver for a while.
Qing Zhi stood in front of the shop, also looking excited.
"Is it her?" Shopkeeper Lu and Mr. Wei also came out after hearing the news and asked in a low voice.
Qingzhi shook his hand and nodded: "Yes."
Although the car seemed to have no gaps at all, she could still feel that the person sitting in the car was not the Liang family's pet Huo Lian that everyone said, but the young lady.
….
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Gao Xiaoliu almost fell from the window to the downstairs, but luckily he was hugged by the boy.
"Quick, quick, quick." He turned around and said hastily.
The boy also followed suit and said, "Master, you can't hijack a car! That's Du Cha Si! And the royal driver is traveling today! If you jump out, you'll be hacked to death before you even move!"
Gao Xiaoliu kicked him: "You need to remind me, I'm not a fool!" After saying that, he kicked him again, "Go and use all your connections for me, I'm going to the Xishan Palace!"
The boy shouted and asked, "What are you doing at the Xishan Palace?"
"Miss Qixing can find a way to come out." Gao Xiaoliu waved his sleeves and said, "I won't call her Gao Xiaoliu in vain if I don't go to see her!"
Hey, this name must be given a more powerful and better sounding name, otherwise it will always lose the momentum.
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The news that Huo Lian and her family had come to attend the banquet spread throughout the Xishan Palace.
This was an unprecedented thing, and it immediately aroused discussion among countless female relatives.
But contrary to the people's speculation, more than half of the female relatives here immediately concluded that she was definitely not the Liang family's daughter.
"It must be the new guy..."
"You mean, Lu Hanlin's fiancée..."
"Didn't you say he was dead?"
"Do you believe that I'm dead? Just find a way down the stairs."
"How dare you bring it, he's not afraid..."
"What are Governor Huo afraid of?"
That's true. I really don't know what Huo Lian is afraid of. The female family members who were discussing stopped talking. At this time, several more women rushed over.
"Guess who's coming!"
The women here immediately smiled at them and said, "We already know that Governor Huo is here with his women."
The women were stunned and said in shock: "The female members of Governor Huo's family are here too!" The next moment they waved their hands hurriedly, "No, no, what we want to say is that Miss Xiahou is here!"
These words made the women from before also stunned and looked surprised.