In the bookstore, a young scholar was standing in front of the counter painted dark red, talking with the bookstore clerk.
The clerk was a little embarrassed, and said: "Young master, the boss is not here, and the little one really can't be the master... How about this, how about you wait here for a while, young master?"
The scholar seemed to be in his twenties, wearing a blue straight gown that was washed a little whitish, holding a few books with blue covers in his hands, he leaned over to the guy, and said eagerly: "Little brother, Xiaosheng's My father was seriously ill, and the family was waiting to use the money, so I had no choice but to exchange this family heirloom for money."
The clerk hesitated for a moment, then flipped through one of the books, gritted his teeth, and said, "Master, the boss is not here, and I really don't dare to make decisions with less than five taels of silver. How about two taels cheaper, sir?"
The scholar frowned and said: "Little brother, Xiaosheng's book is an ancient book from the previous dynasty, a hundred-year-old book, three liang of silver is too..."
The scholar's face showed a tangled look, at this moment, Fu Yunyan suddenly said: "Young master, is your set of books "Zhen Ji"?"
Fu Yunyan walked quickly towards the scholar, his eyes sparkling.
"Zhiji" is a set of military books about training and combat. Although it is not as famous as the top ten military books such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Sun Bin's Art of War", and "Taibai Yin Jing", it is also a very rare set of military books. The person who wrote the book was a guerrilla general in the previous dynasty. He has experienced hundreds of battles and witnessed the battlefield situation, so the discussion in the book is more practical and reasonable.
The scholar followed the sound, his face beamed with joy, and he said eagerly to Fu Yunyan: "Miss, are you interested in this set of military books?"
Fu Yunyan nodded slightly, and said, "Can I have a look?"
The scholar handed one of the books to Fu Yunyan. Fu Yunyan turned a page casually and murmured: "...if the enemy is long, cut it off; if the enemy is chaotic, confuse it; If you seize it, the enemy will attack it if you are sparse; I retreat so that the enemy does not know what I am defending, and I advance so that the enemy does not know where I am attacking. It really is "Array Ji"! And there are annotations... "
Fu Yunyan turned a few more pages, and couldn't hide the excitement on his face.
The scholar hurriedly explained at the side: "The annotations above were written by the former great general He Lianrui, and the military book was also copied by the great general himself. It is a century-old ancient book!" After a pause, he continued, "Girl How do you feel?"
Fu Yunyan closed the book and thought: This is really an unexpected harvest.
She rubbed the cover of the book carefully, and was about to answer, when the guy was sweating profusely and said, "My lord, didn't you say that you want to sell this set of books to our shop?" Double the value! As long as the boss gives him a little bit of change, he will not have to worry about food and clothing this year.
The more the guy thought about it, the more anxious he became, and he said, "Master, you said five taels, right? I'm going to get the silver right away."
Fu Yunyan frowned slightly, feeling that this guy was really dishonest. He clearly planned to undercut the price, but when he saw that he was interested, he turned to robbing him.
The scholar rolled his eyes, looked at Fu Yunyan eagerly, and asked, "I don't know girl..." He looked at Fu Yunyan expectantly.
Fu Yunyan blinked, with a strange expression on her face. Is this scholar going to sit on the ground and raise the price? !
At this time, another scholar wearing a blue straight skirt came in. He was slightly surprised when he saw Baihui in the bookstore. He paused before stepping into the bookstore. But it fell on those few "Zhi Ji".
The scholar was Ye Yili's elder brother Ye Yinming, he frowned, and when he was about to speak, it was Xiao Fei who said, "Liu Niang, can you show me the book?"
Fu Yunyan was startled, and handed the book in his hand to Xiao Fei: "A Fei, if you like it, how about I buy it for you?"
Xiao Fei smiled and said nothing. As soon as she opened the book, she could smell a familiar scent of books. The ink color on the yellowed paper was much lighter than the new ink. From the clear handwriting, it seemed that the author could feel the author's writing. The weight of the book, the speed of the brush strokes, this book is indeed a hand-copied book, not a printed one...
There was a faint smile on the corner of Xiao Fei's mouth, but there was a hint of sharpness in his eyes.
Both Nangong Yue and Fu Yunyan felt something was wrong, and raised their brows slightly.
"Liu Niang, this ancient book is a fake." Xiao Fei said with certainty.
Ye Yinming raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Xiao Fei in surprise, took a step back, and watched with interest.
The scholar's pupils shrank, he raised his voice, and said sharply: "Girl, if you don't want to buy Xiaosheng's ancient book, don't spit it out!" Filled with righteous indignation, he stretched out his hand and tried to snatch the book from Xiao Fei's hand.
Without Fu Yunyan's action, Baihui had already grabbed the scholar's wrist, and said coldly: "Presumptuous!"
Baihui half-closed her eyes, just looking at the scholar like this, exuding an aura of calmness and prestige.
"Diaofu, let go of Xiaosheng!" The scholar shouted forcefully.
The guy looked at the scholar for a while, and then at Nangong Yue and the group. He felt that many passers-by looked at him curiously, and he was a little nervous. He hurriedly said, "You guys have something to say!"
The buddy broke out in a cold sweat behind his back, thinking: Could it be that this ancient book is really a fake? If this girl hadn't seen the flaw and kindly pointed it out, when the boss came back and found that she had received a forged ancient book, then she would be dead!
Thinking about it, the buddy is still a little scared.
Nangong Yue gave Baihui a look, and Baihui let go of the scholar. The scholar rubbed his wrist in pain, especially without introspection, and shouted: "Xiaosheng wants to take back his book, why not?"
"Because you're lying!" Xiao Fei looked at it coldly, opened one of the pages, pointed to the yellowed page, and continued, "Fake ancient books are different from fake calligraphy and painting. The identification of calligraphy and painting is more complicated. In contrast, ancient books are much easier to identify. Although you deliberately dyed the paper yellow, lightened the ink, and put rue herbs to make the book smell overflowing... "
"Ruet?"
Meeting Fu Yunyan's puzzled eyes, Xiao Fei explained: "Rue herb has no fragrance at first, but it emits a delicate fragrance after drying. It can be sandwiched in books to prevent silverfish from biting books. Its fragrance is also called ' Scholarly fragrance'. In order to preserve ancient books, rue herbs are usually sandwiched between the pages, and after opening, it is naturally fragrant."
After a pause, Xiao Fei continued to say to the scholar: "Master, although you have worked hard, you have forgotten one thing. Ancient books turn yellow due to age, usually the edges of the pages are dark in color, and the inside of the pages are light in color. Instead of uniformly yellowing and darkening the whole sheet."
However, the pages of this so-called "ancient book" are deliberately old dyed paper, so the inside and outside are yellow and dark.
Xiao Fei's explanation was so clear that even the clerk at the side understood it. Thinking back to the ancient books she had read before, she nodded frequently, and looked at Xiao Fei with a trace of respect in her eyes, while the look at the scholar was full of disgust and disgust. disdain.
Nangong Yue looked at the scholar's right hand and said, "Looking at the callus on your right hand, you should also be a scholar, but you did such an insulting thing!"
The scholar was already sweating profusely, he took several steps back, and said falteringly: "Xiao...Xiaosheng was also deceived by traitors."
If you are deceived yourself, use it to fool others! Fu Yunyan shook his head, and scolded disdainfully: "Such a character, so what if you get a Jinshi!"
The guy nodded angrily: "Girl, what you said is true, this kind of liar should really be sent to the official!"
Hearing that the official was being sent off, the scholar turned pale with fright and was dripping with cold sweat. He didn't care about his books and ran away in a hurry.
Fu Yunyan was about to chase, but Xiao Fei stopped her: "Liu Niang, don't chase anymore."
Fu Yunyan looked at Xiao Fei in astonishment, and saw Xiao Fei lowered her head thoughtfully and said, "This person should be from Qingmao Academy, right?"
Following Xiao Fei's gaze, Fu Yunyan discovered that the scholar had dropped a blue handkerchief on the ground, and the word "Qing Mao" was impressively embroidered on the handkerchief.
Nangong Yue signaled Baihui to pick up the square handkerchief, and then said: "I will send someone to Qingmao Academy to talk to the head of the mountain later, and leave the rest to the head of the mountain."
The clerk thanked Nangong Yue and the others repeatedly: "You two girls, and this lady, today is really thanks to you, otherwise the little one will be in bad luck today!"
Fu Yunyan glanced at the clerk with a half-smile, and the clerk looked a little guilty, and said with a smile: "Would you like to come into the shop to have a look? The smaller ones are cheaper for you." He lowered his voice.
Nangong Yue and the others didn't bother with him, since they were all here, they simply strolled around the bookstore.
Ye Yinming was very surprised after witnessing this scene the whole time. He never thought that this girl was so well-known at such a young age. When he saw Baihui, he guessed that the young lady should be the first concubine, and this girl, together with the first concubine, was dressed luxuriously, and considering her age, could it be that she was the eldest daughter of the palace
Ye Yinming narrowed his eyes slightly, and couldn't help thinking.
After picking out the books and leaving the bookstore, Nangong Yue learned from Baihui that Ye Yinming was there just now.
Nangong Yue met Ye Yinming once in the Yellow Crane Tower, but it was only a one-time encounter, she had long forgotten about it, and now she has some impression after hearing Baihui mention it. Ye Yinming won the title of the gold list in his previous life, so he should be a talented person. However, from sister to brother, I am afraid that this person is not worthy of deep friendship, so she ignored it.
At this time, it was not too early, and they got into the carriage and set foot on the return journey.
The carriage went back to Bixiaotang from the gate of East Street. Nangong Yue and the three got out of the carriage and saw Que'er waiting at the gate of Dongyi.
Que'er hurried up to greet her, bent his knees and said: "Concubine Shi Zi, the eldest aunt is here, and she is at the place of His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."
Mrs. Qiao went to see Yong Yang's grandmother? Nangong Yue, Xiao Fei and Fu Yunyan couldn't help but looked at each other in surprise, Nangong Yue squinted her eyes slightly, and had to wonder if Mrs. Qiao had something ulterior motives.
"Sister Fei," Nangong Yue said, "Since my aunt is here, we as juniors should pay a visit."
Under the guidance of Que'er, the three of them went to Yunli courtyard.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard Mrs. Qiao's voice coming from the main room: "... Your Highness has been in Luoyue City for almost a month. How do you think our girls in southern Xinjiang compare to the noble girls in the capital?" Her tone There is a hint of intimacy in it, a tone of chatting and chatting.
Yong Yang said lightly: "Bamboo orchids and autumn chrysanthemums each have their own merits."
Mrs. Qiao giggled a few times, and said again: "Master Fu is going to stay in Southern Xinjiang, since His Highness thinks that our girls in Southern Xinjiang are good, why not choose a grandson-in-law in Southern Xinjiang, and in the future, Third Master Fu will be here. There is also a person who knows the cold and the warm."
Nangong Yue outside the house blinked and laughed. She probably guessed Mrs. Qiao's intention of coming here, but unfortunately, this matter will only be Mrs. Qiao's enthusiasm.
Thinking about it, Nangong Yue entered the room together with Xiao Fei and Fu Yunyan, and saw Mrs. Qiao sitting on an armchair at the bottom, her attention was focused on Yong Yang, until the maid in the room greeted Nangong Yue and the three of them Only then did Mrs. Qiao follow the sound and looked over.
After everyone in the room saluted one by one, Nangong Yue and the three sat down on the armchairs opposite Mrs. Qiao, and the servant girl served tea neatly.
Although the topic was interrupted, Mrs. Qiao still refused to give up, and continued with a smile on her face: "Your Highness, you should carefully consider my proposal. While you are in southern Xinjiang, you can also help the third son Fu to see each other." Some. Coincidentally, in a few days, my sister Lan will hold a flower party, and you can take this opportunity to have a good look at the ladies from various prefectures. The girls my sister Lan met are all one in a hundred." Qiao The eldest lady had wishful thinking in her heart, and when Yong Yang saw those girls, he would naturally know how outstanding her sister Lan is, outstanding and outstanding!
"Thank you Madam for your kindness, but my brother He's marriage is decided by his parents." Yong Yang declined.
Reminiscent of the day when Fu Yunyan said that his aunt had fallen in love with Fu Yunhe, even the innocent Xiao Fei felt like a mirror at the moment, and couldn't help showing embarrassment.
Mrs. Qiao's expression froze, and it took a long time before she said dryly, "Your Highness said so."
Mrs. Qiao's attitude was submissive on the surface, but she was a little unwilling in her heart.
Yong Yang's words are just an excuse, Yong Yang is Fu Yunhe's real grandmother, and also the high-ranking eldest princess, if she makes a marriage arrangement for her grandson, would Fu Yunhe's parents still dare to object? !
A word "filial piety" is enough!
If it was someone else, Mrs. Qiao would probably turn her back and scold the other party for being shameless, but she was facing the high and high princess, so she could only swallow this tone.
The future is long, but it may not be that there is no chance!
Anyway, my younger brother also said that Fu Yunhe was going to live in southern Xinjiang for a long time, so she didn't believe it. Based on the appearance of her sister Lan, would Mr. Fu San not like it? !
Once the young couple hit it off, like glue, then go and talk to the younger brother, and then let the younger brother decide, this marriage is not always possible. Thinking of this, Mrs. Qiao's heart is settled, but she hopes that Yong Yang will go back soon...
Mrs. Qiao lowered her eyes halfway, a gleam flashed in her eyes, and she continued to talk to Yong Yang with a bit of flattery, "You have been in Southern Xinjiang for a while, and you are going back to the capital soon? But did you buy any special products?" ? We have a lot of good things in southern Xinjiang... "
During the speech, there was a sound of footsteps outside the main room, and then the maids saluted and said: "Greetings to Mr. Fu."
Everyone in the room looked over subconsciously, and saw a young man with a baby face in a green lotus-colored brocade gown striding into the room, holding a mahogany box in his hand, and said with a smile: "Grandmother …”
He naturally noticed the only stranger in the room, and his eyes fell on Mrs. Qiao.
Fu Yunyan's eyes flashed with gloating, and he deliberately said: "Third brother, this is Mrs. Qiao, the eldest sister of the prince, why don't you hurry up and salute Mrs. Qiao!"
Mrs. Joe? ! Fu Yunhe couldn't help thinking of the pair of embroidered shoes behind the screen in his study two days ago when he went to visit King Zhennan, and the corners of his eyes twitched.
Is it really like what my sister said that day, Mrs. Qiao has a crush on him, no, she has a crush on him as her son-in-law? !
Fu Yunhe avoided it in his heart, fearing that it would be too late, but with his usual bright smile on his face, he bowed to Mrs. Qiao: "I have met Mrs. Qiao."
Mrs. Qiao saw Fu Yunhe again, and she liked it even more in her heart, with a friendly and familiar smile on her face, she hurriedly said: "Brother He, don't be too polite."
"Third brother," Fu Yunyan looked at the mahogany box in Fu Yunhe's hand, and asked curiously, "What is this?"
Fu Yunhe was distracted by Mrs. Qiao, so he remembered the box in his hand, opened the box, and said, "I was going out today, and I happened to see a pair of green and white jade peach-shaped brush washers in a shop, look!"
He took out one of the brush washers and showed it to Fu Yunyan. I saw that the jade pen washer was like half a peach, carved vividly and exquisitely, it was very pleasing to look at.
Fu Yunyan blurted out in surprise: "Third brother, this washing and carving is really delicate."
Fu Yunhe smiled triumphantly, gave the box to Fu Yunyan, and said, "Liu Niang, you and Sister Fei are one for each other."
Fu Yunyan accepted it bluntly, Xiao Fei stood up and thanked her with a smile: "Thank you, Third Brother Fu."
"Sister Fei, you are too polite." Fu Yunhe looked at Xiao Fei with a smile. To him, the older brother's younger sister is naturally his younger sister.
Mrs. Qiao's complexion became a little ugly, she looked at Fu Yunhe and Xiao Fei with gloomy eyes, her heart sank suddenly.
Could it be that-
Did Yong Yang and Fu Yunhe fancy Xiao Fei? !
Mrs. Qiao squinted at Xiao Fei, she really didn't know where the eyes of Yong Yang and Fu Yunhe went! No matter in appearance or knowledge, how can Xiao Fei compare to her sister Lan? ! Moreover, Xiao Fang's mother, Xiao Fang, was even repealed by the emperor. With a mother like this, how could her daughter be any better? !
Thinking about it, a trace of disdain flashed in Mrs. Qiao's eyes.
Yong Yang saw that Fu Yunyan and Xiao Fei were playing with the washer with great interest, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he said: "Brother He, Liu Niang, Yue'er, and Sister Fei, you children, please help me. Go out and play, you don't have to stay here with our old man."
The Fu Yunhe brothers and sisters were not polite to Yongyang, they pulled Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei, and the four young people left with a smile on their faces.
This is gone? I haven't said a few words to him yet... Mrs. Qiao's mouth moved, feeling annoyed in her heart. She wanted to call Fu Yunhe to stop, but she didn't have a suitable excuse, so she could only watch the four of them drift away.
Mrs. Qiao twisted the veil fiercely, and she became more and more sure of her guess: Sure enough, Yong Yang must have taken a fancy to Xiao Fei as his grandson-in-law, so he excused himself with excuses!
The more Mrs. Qiao thought about it, the more unhappy she became, she absent-mindedly answered Yong Yangxu a few words, and then left with an excuse.
After leaving Yunli Hospital, Mrs. Qiao didn't go back to Qiao Residence, but went to Xiao Fei's Yuebi Residence.
The little servant girl in the yard reported Xiao Fei's absence with sincerity and fear, Mrs. Qiao knew it well, and ordered the little servant girl to take her to the hall, and then ordered: "Go and find the eldest girl for me! "
Her tone of voice seemed to imply that those who come are not kind and those who are not kind will not come.
How could these little maids dare to say no, they rushed to invite Xiao Fei.
After burning incense, Xiao Fei strolled into the main room. At this time, Mrs. Qiao had already drank two cups of hot tea. Seeing Xiao Fei's calm look, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth.
Xiao Fei didn't know what Mrs. Qiao was angry about, but she still bowed respectfully: "I don't know what your aunt told me to come over?"
Mrs. Qiao took a deep breath, calmed down a little, motioned Xiao Fei to sit down, and then sighed, "Sister Fei, I spend most of my time in Li County, so I don't have a chance to talk to you properly. "
Xiao Fei agreed: "My aunt serves her parents-in-law in Li County, and honoring her elders is the duty of a daughter-in-law."
Hearing Xiao Fei's tone of admiration for herself, Mrs. Qiao showed a trace of complacency on her face, thinking that this was also a good start, and continued: "Sister Fei, you are the same age as your cousin Lan, and you are also fourteen years old this year. Right? You are not children anymore, it is time to learn more rules. We women are no better than men, and our boudoir reputation is the foundation of our life. We must be cautious in our words and deeds on weekdays, and we must not do things that insult the lintel and reputation. Once White jade has flaws, that's too late to regret." She had a persuasive look.
Xiao Fei nodded and said: "Auntie said that a woman's reputation is the most important thing. Auntie, you must talk to Cousin Lan after you go back. Don't rush for quick success and quick benefits for the sake of fame. Otherwise, it will be self-defeating."
What Xiao Fei was talking about was that on the day of Nangong Yue and Jili, Qiao Ruolan insisted on donating money to administer medicine in order to show her own kindness.
Mrs. Qiao also understood, and her face turned blue and white with anger. She was Xiao Fei's aunt and elder, and Xiao Fei dared to pretend to be stupid in front of her!