Xiao Jinglin glanced at the maid who was kneeling and boiling water and making tea. Hongying immediately stood up, got up neatly and walked out of the boat.
Xiao Jinglin sat still, and Ren Yaoqi didn't move either.
After a while, Hongying came back and was about to open her mouth to report, but a woman's voice sounded outside: "Xiao Jinglin, don't you know that boats are not allowed on the rivers in the city? Or do you know how to commit a crime based on your own identity?"
This voice sounded very young, it should be about the same size as Xiao Jinglin, and the tone was undisguised with ridicule and displeasure.
Obviously the girls outside knew Xiao Jinglin, but Ren Yaoqi was a little curious about which girl in Yanbei dared to talk to the county master of Yanbei's palace like this.
When Xiao Jinglin heard this, she didn't even have an expression on her face, and she didn't seem to have any intention of coming forward. She only instructed Hongying in a low voice, "Instruct Chuan Niang to leave the city through the gate on the north."
Hongying turned around and went out without any hesitation. Ren Yaoqi was sitting in the painting boat and could hear Hongying's voice talking to the boat lady at the stern.
Another maid made the tea and poured a cup for each of Xiao Jinglin and Ren Yaoqi.
The neglected woman standing on the bridge was very angry, and her voice became louder: "Xiao Jinglin, did you hear me! Come out quickly! The two waterway gates in the city are for you to play casually. Is that right? You have lost all face of the Yanbei Palace! Xiao Jingyue, why don't you stop her boat soon!"
Xiao Jingyue? The third son of the Xiao family
"Cousin, you don't know, this painting boat was brought back from Kyoto by the second brother's intention. Don't look at it's small size, the price of a painting boat is enough to buy a big house. It's not that the third brother does not stop it, the third brother has no courage. Erlang, I can't afford to pay if it breaks." The man's leisurely voice sounded slowly, but it added fuel to the fire.
"Look at how promising you are! Go and stop the boat for me. If the boat breaks, it's mine!" The woman said arrogantly.
Then a few submissive voices sounded, it should be the woman who turned to order her entourage.
At this time, Ren Yaoqi could already guess who the girl was. The old Princess Yanbei, who was a princess, had only one daughter, Xiao Wei, who was married to Wu Xiaohe, the general soldier of Ningxia. Xiao Wei also gave birth to only one daughter. The person outside who dared to challenge Xiao Jinglin should be Xiao Wei's daughter, the cousin of the Yanbei Palace.
This Miss Wu doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp.
Ren Yaoqi was thinking about the complicated relationship between the family, but he heard a few bumps on the wall of the ship, and then the ship swayed.
Ren Yaoqi didn't expect that the people outside really dared to do it, and he was unprepared for a while, and his body hit the short table.
The tea bowl on the low table was shaken, and the hot tea just brewed was about to spill on Ren Yaoqi. Xiao Jinglin, who was sitting next to her, quickly pulled Ren Yaoqi over, and the tea flowed down the corner of the table to the lichen in the middle of the boat, soaking wet and steaming.
"Miss, did you get burned?" Apple, who was standing opposite, almost fell to the ground just now. After standing up, he rushed over and asked worriedly.
Xiao Jinglin also looked over with concern.
Ren Yaoqi shook his head: "The county master pulled me away in time, and I didn't get burned."
There was a "pop" sound of falling into the water outside, and someone exclaimed.
"The county master, they used a bamboo pole to shoot our boat girl into the water." Hongying took a look and turned back.
The people on the bridge found a bamboo pole from nowhere. After the boat girl was thrown into the water, she was not allowed to board the boat.
Ren Yaoqi felt that the boat whose bow was pointing at the bridge hole suddenly smashed horizontally, because the direction on the bridge was changed, and the situation on the bridge could be seen clearly.
A tall woman in a purple dress stood beside the bridge railing, her mouth slightly raised and she looked here, as if she was very satisfied with the embarrassment of the people on the boat. Standing beside her was a handsome young man, rubbing his chin and watching lazily, as if he was watching a good show without interfering.
There are also three or four servants and servants who have a bamboo pole that is ten feet long, and they are working hard on the painting boat. Some ordinary people stood a little further away, looking at it for unknown reasons to join in the fun. But looking at this battle, no one dared to make any noise.
The painting boat was spinning on the river, and Ren Yaoqi felt a little dizzy from the shaking of his head.
Xiao Jinglin finally stood up: "You guys are watching Miss Ren here." Then she walked out of the warehouse.
"Master, be careful not to fall into the river." Ren Yaoqi went to pull Xiao Jinglin, but did not hold back.
Xiao Jinglin nodded, and in turn comforted Ren Yaoqi: "Don't worry, I know water."
"… "
Ren Yaoqi wants to cry but has no tears, what does this have to do with water? She was a woman or the dignified princess who fell into the river, should she still swim ashore in front of everyone
Xiao Jinglin had already left the cabin door, but Ren Yaoqi realized that even when the boat was unstable, Xiao Jinglin's pace was not affected and was still steady. It was only then that Ren Yaoqi remembered that Xiao Jinglin was different from ordinary women like them.
Ren Yaoqi didn't care whether people outside could see her or not, so he hurriedly sat by the window and watched Xiao Jinglin out of the cabin.
Xiao Jinglin grabbed a bamboo pole that was stretched out in front of her, and slammed it towards her chest, but she didn't see how hard she tried, and a middle-aged woman with a big shoulder and a round waist at the other end of the bamboo pole flew sideways and was taken away from the bridge, and then " Pop." He fell into the water.
The other wives were a little scared when they saw this and wanted to back off. The girl in purple immediately turned cold, took the bamboo pole in the hand of a woman who was close to her, and then waved it towards him. She did not greet the boat like those old ladies, but came straight to Xiao Jinglin.
Xiao Jinglin raised her hand and swung her pole back with the bamboo pole in her hand. The girl in Ziyi turned her wrist to avoid it, and then immediately swung it over. The two even stood on the bridge, and the other stood on the bow and fought.
Ren Yaoqi looked at it for a while and saw some ways. The lady Biao, who was wearing a purple dress, was also good at punching and kicking, and because she stood on a high place and took advantage of the geographical advantage, she did not show her defeat for the time being. .
Ren Yaoqi has some headaches, what is this
"Cousin, what do you mean?" Xiao Jinglin finally spoke up, her voice still indifferent. This was the first sentence she said to the people on the bridge from the very beginning to now.
The woman on the bridge snorted coldly: "Since you call me cousin, I will take care of you, lest you not know that the sky is high and the earth is taking advantage of the power of the Yanbei Palace, and you will be embarrassed everywhere!"
Ren Yaoqi thought that depending on Xiao Jinglin's temperament, she would remain silent again, but she didn't want to but heard Xiao Jinglin whisper: "Since you also said that I lost the face of the Yanbei Palace, what does it have to do with you? Do you want to change your surname to Xiao?"
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but want to laugh, she felt that she still didn't know Xiao Jinglin well enough...
"You..." The girl in Ziyi was so angry that her face was twisted.
There was someone next to him who laughed out loud.
The girl in Ziyi's face turned cold, and she immediately turned her head, only to be hit by Xiao Jinglin on the arm.
With that sound, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but feel pain.
The girl in Ziyi's face turned pale with pain, but she did not turn her head to Gu Xiao Jinglin for a while.
Ren Yaoqi looked at the bridge and was stunned.
At some point, three more people stood on the bridge. Among them, the slender young man with sword-brows and star-eyed eyes leaning against the railing of the bridge was Yun Wenfang.
For a while Yun Wenfang said that he was in the Ren's house, but he always saw the dragon and didn't know what he was doing. Since Qiu Yun returned to the academy, it was not convenient for him to hang out in the backyard of the Ren's house. Ying'er was also rare, and she didn't know when she returned to Yunyang City.
Yun Wenfang also saw Ren Yaoqi by the window at this time, his eyes lit up, he stood up straight, and blinked towards this side.
"The county master, Miss Wu." A young man dressed as a scholar who came with Yun Wenfang bowed, his voice as clear and pleasant as spring water.
When he raised his body, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but praised his face when he saw his face.
This young man's appearance is very outstanding. Among the men Ren Yaoqi has met, except for Xiao Jingxi, who is not a human being, this man's appearance is undoubtedly the best. And he has a thick bookish air on him, not like the aggressive and domineering temperament of Yun Wenfang, but makes people feel like a spring breeze.
Faced with such a man, the average woman should feel ashamed of herself.
So the girl in Ziyi quietly put down the bamboo pole in her hand, lowered her head and covered her arm that Xiao Jinglin had just hit, and called out loudly, "Young Master Yun." There was a blush on her face.
The girl who was wielding a bamboo pole just now changed her personality and became a famous Shuyuan, and she was still a famous Shuyuan who had just been bullied. The face-changing skills are amazing.
Yun Wenfang looked at the young man dressed as a scholar, his signature smile still hung on the corner of his mouth, but with a teasing look.
Ren Yaoqi realized that this "Young Master Yun" was not Yun Wenfang, but this scholar-like boy. Yun Wenfang's brother Yun Wenting.
Ren Yaoqi had seen Yun Wenting in his last life, but it was a long time ago, and some could not remember his appearance, but only vaguely remembered that he looked very good.
In the last life, her fourth sister, Ren Yaoyin, was a concubine for Yun Wenting. As for Yun Wenting's wife, Ren Yaoqi has no idea.