Wishful Things

As soon as the words fell, there was a faint snoring sound of uneven breathing in the bedroom.

The two servants returned to Baoxia with their hands down.

In the room, King Yan on the bed opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, and he did not see the slightest hint of drunkenness.

The young man took a dark blue robe and held it in front of King Yan silently.

King Yan got up and dressed, and whispered to the servant: "Every half an hour, let someone change the tea."

The boy responded with a straight face.

The night in early summer was still cool, and once the windows were opened, a cool breeze dispelled the smell of alcohol in the house.

Seeing that the figure outside the window quickly disappeared into the night, the servant gently closed the two carved windows again.

...

After Xu Mingyi left the palace, he changed into men's clothes that were easy to move in the carriage, and asked Ah Kui to help undo the bun and loosen it, and tied it on the top of his head with a dark blue ribbon.

Out of self-consciousness, Ah Kui wanted to change into a servant's attire, but was stopped by her own girl's words: "You don't have to follow the past—"

Although there is no very clear prediction of the next thing and situation, King Yan is a martial artist, and if he needs to follow the other party at that time, it will undoubtedly be extremely inconvenient to take Ah Kui with him.

Ah Kui didn't ask any more questions, she nodded obediently and said, "The maid waits for the girl to come back."

After driving for a while, the coachman stopped the carriage when passing an alley.

Xu Mingyi opened the curtain of the car and looked forward, only to see that the car driven by Xiao Qi in front stopped first, seeing her, Xiao Qi jumped off the seat and raised his hand to salute her.

Xu Mingyi got off the carriage knowingly and walked over.

The curtain of the car was lifted from the inside, and immediately a big hand stretched out - under the narrow dark blue sleeve, the boy's palm was clearly knuckle, slender and fair, really beautiful.

Without hesitation, Xu Mingyi got on the carriage with that hand.

The curtain fell behind her.

There was only Wu Chao in the car, and Xu Mingyi sat down opposite him, and saw that besides melons and fruits, there were also several plates of shortbread and snacks on the small table in the middle.

Xu Mingyi immediately recognized who remembered the shortbread, and couldn't help asking: "You just stopped on the street and asked Xiaoqi to buy these?"

Wu Chao gave a "hmm" and said, "I bought it for you. It is said to be the last oven tonight. It's just out of the oven. It's not too cold. Try it quickly."

While speaking, he handed over a square folded white cotton handkerchief.

Xu Mingyi took it subconsciously. The cotton kerchief was wet, so she wiped her hands carefully.

After wiping the left and right hands clean, I ate a piece.

"Is it tasty?"

Wu Chao asked with a smile.

Xu Mingyi nodded, and couldn't speak because there was something in her mouth, so she pointed to the ones left on the plate, intending to let him taste it too.

Wu Chao glanced at the one in her hand, and felt that the situation was different from what was described in the book—shouldn't he just hand over his own piece and let him have a taste?

"I ate it before."

Wu Chao didn't try the snacks on the plate, but raised his hand to pour a cup of hot tea, and brought it to her: "Drink some water."

The movement was faster than consciousness, Xu Mingyi who was holding the snack in his right hand leaned slightly, and took a sip from the teacup in his hand.

Wu Chao couldn't help being slightly taken aback, and then a smile appeared in his eyes, and he moved the teacup closer——

"The temperature is right, let's take another sip."

Xu Mingyi drank some more and ate the last bite of shortbread.

Not long after, the carriage stopped slowly.

Then Xiao Qi's voice sounded: "Master, Miss Xu, we're here."

arrive?

Xu Mingyi moved quickly and got out of the carriage first.

The Ruyu boy in the car was still sitting upright, looking down at the teacup that was always held in his right hand, and like a ghost, he brought the teacup to his face and took a sip.

Really good tea...

The boy raised the corner of his mouth slowly.

"Wu Chao?"

Seeing that the person did not follow for a long time, Xu Mingyi yelled into the car in doubt.

In the carriage, the smile on the corner of the young man's mouth was put away immediately, he quickly put down the teacup like a guilty conscience, coughed lightly, straightened his robe, and got out of the carriage.

"Where is this?"

Xu Mingyi glanced around and asked him.

She grew up in Beijing since she was a child, and she has a monkey-like temperament that likes to run around. Naturally, she knew that this place was Guangning Street, but what she wanted to ask was why she came here.

"Go to Pingqing Pavilion." Wu Chao turned and walked forward, and said to her, "It's more convenient to walk."

If the carriage stops near the Pingqing Pavilion, it will undoubtedly reveal its whereabouts.

"Pingqing Hall?" Xu Mingyi followed him in two steps, and asked in a low voice: "...Could it be that Uncle Wu and His Highness King Yan will meet here?"

"I guess it's probably here."

guess?

I thought he had inquired or eavesdropped on something in advance, but the co-author guessed it?

Xu Mingyi couldn't help but look at him curiously: "How did you guess it?"

This Pingqing Pavilion is not an ordinary place for teahouses.

As far as she knows, this place is one of the most famous teahouses in Beijing. Its interior decoration is exquisite and elegant.

Although it was night, there must be few customers, but the shopkeeper in this teahouse must have developed a pair of eyes that are very good at reading people. Isn't Uncle Wu afraid of being recognized when he comes here?

"The Pingqing Pavilion, like the Xuesheng Teahouse, is owned by the Wu family—" Wu Chao bluntly told him.

It's just that the functions of the two are different.

Hearing this simple and straightforward answer that was not only rich and powerful, Xu Mingyi couldn't help being silent for a moment.

It turns out that the Pingqing Pavilion, where literati gather, is also owned by the Wu family——

In the past few years, her second uncle often came over.

I don't know if the second uncle said something unfriendly to the Wu family when he was drunk. If he said it, he could still be sent out in its entirety.

While the two were talking, they had already arrived outside the Pingqing Hall.

Glancing at the signboard above his head, Xu Mingyi hesitated and asked in a low voice, "Shall we just go in like this?"

In case the buddy turned around and told Uncle Wu that Wu Chao was there, would he still be able to hear what he wanted to hear?

"No problem."

Wu Chao seemed to have plans.

Xu Mingyi didn't ask any more questions, and just walked in behind him.

At this time there were very few guests in the evening, only two men in long gowns sat drinking tea in the hall, sighing and shaking their heads from time to time, I don't know whether it was because they were unrecognized for their talents, or because they were disappointed with the current political situation. He made a gesture of using wine to drown his sorrows.

These two people didn't even bother to pay attention to Wu Chao who walked in.

Seeing Wu Chao, the man who came forward saw a flash of surprise in his eyes, and then he returned to normal, and greeted with a smile, "Mr. Wu, why are you here free?"

It looks like when receiving regular customers.

"Passing by here, let's come in and have a seat." Wu Chao glanced around inadvertently, and said to the waiter, "Don't mention my coming tonight to my father."

The buddy was taken aback.

Must not tell the prince?

This is why...

In doubt, the man keenly caught the sight of his grandson and glanced to his side as if nothing.

And the "son" next to him is a little uncomfortable hiding behind the deceased grandson, with a pair of bright black eyes dodging and dodging, and there is also a sense of tension that has nowhere to rest.

The buddy's eyes flickered, and his heart suddenly became like a mirror.

Got it, got it!

Who hasn't been young yet?

"Yes, the villain understands, the villain must keep his mouth shut."

The clerk immediately took him to the backyard, "It's clean and elegant inside, just right for the two sons to talk about poetry..."

Different from ordinary teahouses, the backyard here is the most elegant place. There are green bamboos and flowers, and there are three or five elegant rooms, each with its own exquisiteness. On weekdays, non-visited guests are not allowed to enter.

But Xu Mingyi knew very well that there must be other reasons why this guy took her and Wu Chao to the elegant room in the backyard.

The clerk led the two into the elegant room, and quickly arranged tea and snacks.

In the end, he picked up a thin-necked white jade bottle from nowhere, and put a few seasonal flowers in it. Wu Chao took a look and felt that most of them were freshly picked and inserted...

The clerk put down the vase, glanced at Xu Mingyi who was standing in front of the bookcase looking through, then lowered his voice and said to his young master with a smile: "Our place is elegant and clean, with a good view, good tea and snacks, and easy to talk to, young master. You can bring friends here often…”

All in all, it's much better than the Snow Teahouse!

But that boy Shouming showed off to them intentionally or unintentionally all day long, saying that the young master would go to the Xuesheng teahouse to sit around every now and then, but he made the people in the Pingqing restaurant jealous, and they all made up their minds at that time—it was best not to let them If you have the opportunity to show yourself in front of the young master, otherwise you will surely make the young master understand what it means to be truly considerate and thoughtful.

Hearing the words full of intrigue and intrigue, Wu Chao could only say "Yes", and said: "There is no need to talk about anything else, let's go out first, and don't come in if there is nothing to do."

The guy answered "yes" knowingly, and backed out with a smile.

As soon as the door was closed by the clerk from the outside, Xu Mingyi put the book in his hand back, turned around, and asked Wu Chao in a low voice: "When you were in the front hall just now, did you see a room on the second floor? Are the lights on in the private room?"

"I see, the door is open, which means that the person hasn't arrived yet, so it should be reserved in advance—"

That's why the buddy didn't take them to the second floor.

Xu Mingyi said: "It seems that you probably guessed right."

King Yan was drunk in the palace today, she and Wu Chao guessed that this move was to deceive others, and took this opportunity to meet Wu Shizi.

It was the Empress Dowager's birthday, and the emperor also drank wine, and most of his thoughts were placed on the dragon heir in Concubine Jing's belly. Tonight is undoubtedly a good opportunity for King Yan.

But all of this was just her and Wu Chao's assumptions. Whether King Yan would leave the mansion, and whether he would come here after leaving the mansion, was still unknown.

However, now it seems that it should be 70% sure.

"I still have to go to that elegant room to take a look first—" Wu Chao got up from his chair.

Xu Mingyi nodded, and left the elegant room with him, and gently closed the door.

"It should be possible to sneak in from here."

The two came to the backyard, which was furnished with ingenuity, and Xu Mingyi pointed to a rockery not far in front of him and said.

Wu Chao raised his eyes and looked over.

It seems that it is inevitable to enter the house through the windows on their own land.

"Are you afraid of heights?" he asked.

"I'm not afraid of—"

The city walls have been climbed, so how can you be afraid of this mere second-story building?

When Xu Mingyi was about to try his hand, he felt someone lightly grabbing his waist——

The young man stepped lightly, his body was as light as a swallow, stepped on the rockery, and led her up to the verandah under the window lattice of the lighted elegant room.

Realizing that the hand holding him was loosened, Xu Mingyi suppressed his beating heart, and turned into the room first.

The boy propped one hand on the window frame, and immediately rolled over easily and neatly.

This elegant room is very spacious, with curtains separating the inner and outer rooms, the outer room is a place for drinking tea and meeting friends, and the inner room has a low couch for people to rest, with everything you need.

"It does appear that my father is coming to—"

Looking at the incense burner with a few wisps of light blue smoke rising from the small table beside him, Wu Chao said firmly, "This incense burner is my father's favorite incense."

However, although his father loves incense, he doesn't like too much incense when he smokes. He always opens the window to diffuse the fragrance, which is called "breathing the fragrance" - leaving only a wisp of fragrance is most suitable for him.

"Then let's go to the next room—"

So far, Xu Mingyi has completely determined what to do tonight, nothing else, just eavesdropping.

Wu Chao nodded.

However, when the two were about to leave, they suddenly heard footsteps going upstairs.

The two looked at each other, and they both saw four words in each other's eyes - it's too late!

Even if you go out through the window, the window of the elegant room next door is closed, so you can't hide in immediately, but once you can't find a hiding place right now, if you want to get close here without being noticed by King Yan and the others, you must be It was extremely difficult.

It is not difficult to go directly through the window, but what they want is not to get away——

In desperation, Xu Mingyi suddenly took Wu Chao's hand, and quickly ran to the inner room behind the curtain.

Just now she took a look and remembered that there was a cabinet inside!

In a hurry, he caught sight of the cabinet, Xu Mingyi quickly opened the door without saying a word, and pushed Wu Chao inside first.

In such a situation, there was no time for discussion at all. If one wanted to cooperate tacitly and make no mistakes, one party could only let the other party arrange it, and Wu Chao was also willing to be arranged by her, so he was just stuffed into the closet.

After stuffing Wu Chao in, Xu Mingyi immediately bent over and got in.

The visitor was brought in by the staff, and when the door of the elegant room was closed, the two cabinet doors were just as good as they had just been completely closed by Xu Mingyi's hands.

This vermilion lacquer wardrobe is not too small, it can accommodate two people at the same time, but it still looks much narrower.

Xu Mingyi, who came in later, was almost huddled in Wu Chao's arms.

Wu Chao's heart beat like a drum, he felt that this was too rude and offensive, and it really made him unable to calm down, so he quietly moved and adjusted a little.

But no matter how to adjust, the space is really limited. In the end, although the two faced each other and occupied one side of the closet, due to the young man's tall stature, Xu Mingyi could only hide in front of him. In order to maintain the balance of the closet, Wu Chao It is also necessary to support one hand on the wall of the cabinet behind her.

At this moment, Xu Mingyi didn't care about these things, and just listened intently to the movement outside.

On the first day of 2021, the two chapters are combined into one, I wish everyone happy and sweet, and everything goes smoothly.