PNB Chapter 233 Gathering 1 (11)
Chapter 233 Gathering 1 (11)
At dawn the next day, Luo Yingsheng woke up from the carriage. He heard noisy discussions outside the carriage and couldn't help but frown and stick his head out from the carriage door. "What are you yelling about?! You woke me up!!"
Then the people around suddenly quieted down, and then suddenly burst into laughter.
As people around him laughed at him, someone said, "This is a pig's head." Luo Yingsheng then realized that he was not at home, but on a busy street.
Luo Yingsheng was suddenly panicked. He looked around, jumped off the carriage in a hurry, and escaped in a random direction.
The laughter of the crowd behind him made him want to escape back home even more urgently.
Nie Qingxue came out of the restaurant to have breakfast early in the morning and sat on the second floor. She carefully watched the movements below. When she saw Luo Yingsheng running away using his hands and feet, she burst into laughter for the first time that day.
"Hahahahahahahahaha, Caiju, Dongmei, did you see that? He was really beaten into a pig's head! Hahahahahaha!" After Nie Qingxue finished laughing, she realized that she was too gloating. She tried to close her mouth, but she couldn't stop laughing. She burst out laughing, and then pulled Caiju and Dongmei who were standing beside her to stand next to her to cover up her gaffe.
Caiju pursed her lips and said, "Miss, please smile more slowly, more slowly."
"Oh, how can I stop? Caiju, laugh with me too." Nie Qingxue reached out and twisted Caiju's arm. Her eyes were fixed on Caiju's face, as if she would not give up unless Caiju laughed.
Caiju had no choice but to burst into laughter. Seeing this, Dongmei, who was standing beside her, also burst into laughter.
Seeing this, Nie Qingxue was very satisfied.
She had breakfast at the restaurant today, and she also used the excuse that she knew Ya Ge had something to do before leaving the house.
Nie Qingxue hadn't planned to eat at the restaurant; she wanted to go look for Wuya while it was still early. But as she was sitting in the carriage, boredly lifting the curtain and looking around, she saw a familiar carriage.
That was a horse-drawn carriage that Luo Yingsheng often rode in. Nie Qingxue did not get off. Instead, she asked the coachman to lead the carriage for a distance into the downtown area, and then let the horse pull the carriage the rest of the way by herself.
Afterwards, Nie Qingxue came to the second floor of the restaurant. She thought the view there was good and she could see Luo Yingsheng's miserable appearance.
Sure enough, the carriage really arrived.
As she expected, Luo Yingsheng was not only in a mess, but also had his head beaten like a pig. It was a pity that Luo Yingsheng's arms and legs were not broken, otherwise he could have become completely disabled and could no longer harass her.
Nie Qingxue saw the two maids still laughing, and she immediately felt bored, so she waved her hand, "Alright, shut up. Your laughter is so unpleasant."
Caiju and Dongmei then shut up and began to serve Nie Qingxue breakfast.
After breakfast, Nie Qingxue went to Guangyuan Temple to find Wu Ya as planned.
She sat in the carriage, and the two maids sat on the board at the back of the carriage.
Caiju glanced at Dongmei and asked her softly, "Do you want to tell the young lady about that?"
"I don't know, but if the young lady goes to the second young lady to ask for someone, she will definitely have an argument with the second young lady. If it is brought to the attention of the lady, we will be the only ones who are in the wrong." Dongmei shook her head slightly, and she also lowered her voice and spoke in Caiju's ear.
Caiju sighed. They, Xia Qing, and Chunye were all maids who had entered the mansion together. Madam had asked Second Miss Nie to pick two first, and the rest would go to the eldest lady.
Second Miss Nie took a fancy to the lively Chunye and Xia Qing. She and Dongmei were both a little tongue-tied, so they became the personal maids of First Miss Nie.
But later on, Xia Qing gradually became a little gloomy, and sadness always appeared in her eyes unintentionally.
She and Dongmei had also asked Xia Qing indirectly, but Xia Qing said nothing.
It was not until the night before yesterday that Xia Qing came to talk to them while Chunye was asleep.
He asked them to plead for mercy in front of the eldest lady and told her about his own experience.
Thinking of this, Caiju hesitated for a while before saying, "Let's test the young lady's attitude in front of her first."
"What do you want to do?" Dongmei blinked and asked.
Caiju raised her hand to cover her mouth, leaned close to Dongmei's ear, and whispered her plan.
Dongmei couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. "Your idea is good. Let's do it this way."
On the other side, Gu Chang received an invitation from Nie Qianyuan at the house. He invited Gu Chang to get together at Xiaoyao Teahouse today.
The reason for inviting Gu Chang over was to discuss the silk business.
Another invitation was also delivered to Gu Chang.
It’s Zhang Lingyan, the owner of Lingsi Pavilion.
She also invited Gu Chang to get together at Xiaoyao Teahouse, because she did not attend Nie Qianyuan's party last night due to health reasons, so she invited Nie Qianyuan and Gu Chang to get together again.
Moreover, the time on both invitations is Si hour.
"Host, are they not communicating well?" the system asked doubtfully.
"You'll find out once you get there." After answering the system's questions, Gu Chang put the two invitations aside. "Tianyu, prepare the carriage, and Yinli, let's go to Xiaoyao Teahouse."
About two moments later, Gu Chang arrived outside Xiaoyao Teahouse in a carriage.
As soon as he got off the carriage, a waiter came up to greet him with a smile, "Welcome, distinguished guest. Do you have any tea you like? We have all kinds of famous teas in Xiaoyao Teahouse. I'm sure you will be satisfied!"
"My young master came here at the invitation of Master Nie and Shopkeeper Zhang." Tian Yu stood behind Gu Chang and said in a deep voice.
The waiter was slightly startled, then reacted and said with a smile, "But Mr. Nie and Shopkeeper Zhang have booked different private rooms. Which one do you want to go to first?"
"Waiter, just leave this to my master." A female voice suddenly sounded.
A maid came over, smiling and speaking softly, "Hello, Mr. Gu. My name is Cui Liu, and I'm the maid of Manager Zhang of Lingsi Pavilion. Please follow me."
"Okay." Gu Chang also smiled back and followed Cui Liu upstairs.
There were many customers in Xiaoyao Teahouse, and Gu Chang's appearance did not attract much attention.
Only the window of a private room on the second floor was open, and the people inside noticed Gu Chang.
"Go and find out who he is. Such an outstanding young man is really unfamiliar to me." Tu Weizhi put down the teacup in his hand, curled his lips and said with a faint smile.
"Yes, I'll do it right away!" The accompanying servant said respectfully and quickly left the private room.
"Host, that prince has set his sights on you." The system was very sensitive to the inquiring gazes of others, so it reminded Gu Chang.
Gu Chang was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that Prince Duan Tu Weizhi was also in Xiaoyao Teahouse.
It just so happened that Gu Chang had to find an opportunity to test whether Prince Duan was a local, and now the opportunity was presented to him.
You have to catch it.
The private room Zhang Lingyan booked was number five. After Gu Changzai entered, she saw Nie Qianyuan.
"Mr. Gu, please take a seat. It just so happens that Mr. Nie is also at Xiaoyao Teahouse, so I invited him over as well." Zhang Lingyan stood up. She was wearing a light green long dress today, and she looked very elegant.
Nie Qianyuan didn't move. He sat steadily at the table, looking unhappy.
Gu Chang retracted his gaze and looked at Zhang Lingyan, "Greetings, Shopkeeper Zhang, and Master Nie."
After Gu Chang and Zhang Lingyan sat down, Yin Li and Tian Yu stood outside the door with Cui Liu waiting.
Nie Xuanyuan took the lead in launching an attack and snorted coldly, "Manager Zhang, what you are doing is not very decent."
"Master Nie, what are you talking about? Look, I'm here to apologize to you today. All the expenses at Xiaoyao Teahouse today will be charged to me. Please calm down. When the Pu'er tea comes up, Master Nie will taste it. If it doesn't suit your taste, I'll have the teahouse send you new tea."
Zhang Lingyan frowned slightly. She finished speaking softly. Seeing that Nie Qianyuan's expression was still not very good, she lowered her attitude again, took out a handkerchief to cover her lips, and said softly:
"I know Master Nie is angry that I didn't go to the banquet you hosted last night. There was a reason for that. I don't know what I ate last night, but it caused me to have a stomachache, so I didn't go. This is all my fault. Master Nie, please give me a chance to apologize."
Nie Xuanyuan's expression finally softened. He snorted again, "I'll let Shopkeeper Zhang off this time." He then changed the subject and stared at Zhang Lingyan coldly, "But Shopkeeper Zhang, you have to think things through regarding the silk business."
"I have invited Mr. Gu here. Let's have some tea first." Zhang Lingyan smiled slightly and took the purple clay teapot to add tea for Nie Yuanyuan.
The tea is boiling hot, with wisps of hot steam rising from it. The light green tea in the teacup looks like rippling blue waves.
"Thank you for your hard work, Manager Zhang." Gu Chang often saw Zhang Lingyan refilling his tea, so he spoke in a gentle tone.
"It's okay. This is because I didn't discipline Qiao'er well enough before. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you." Zhang Lingyan said softly, poured the tea and sat down.
"Oh, have you seen him before?" Nie Xuanyuan narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice.
Gu Chang took the initiative to talk about this matter, "I just came to Tiandu, and I wanted to know the difference between the silk sold in Tiandu City and Sangluo City, so I went to Lingsi Pavilion."
"Yes, it's also my fault that the girl is short-sighted and even tried to sell the floating brocade to Mr. Gu. It's also my fault for not disciplining her properly." Zhang Lingyan shook her head slightly, took over Gu Chang's words, and continued.
Nie Xuanyuan sneered, "Indeed, it's time for Shopkeeper Zhang to let go of the Lingsi Pavilion business. After all, you're a woman, so naturally you can't do business as well as men."