Chapter 866： Beijing gossip

Chapter 866 Capital gossip

In the few days after Liu Ru and Ji Li passed, everyone in Beijing was discussing how successful Liu Ru and Ji Li were.

Some people make villains behind their backs, but Liu Ru is so good.

Just five days later, the conversation suddenly changed.

Just because the prince favored a court lady.

This matter is not big, but it is not small.

The current crown prince is seventeen years old. It is reasonable to say that there is no woman by his side, which is abnormal.

In the past, there were many rumors that the crown prince had taken a fancy to Liu Ru.

I thought that on the day of Liu Ruji's ceremony, the crown prince would be there with a high profile, but no one showed up. It took only a few days for this to happen, and suddenly many people saw hope.

It seems impossible to meet the prince by chance in the palace, only outside the palace.

There are many people on the streets and guarding the gate of the palace every day, just to send news as soon as possible when they see the prince, so as to create opportunities for their young lady.

The former ministers thought there was no hope, but when they heard this, they started to get busy one by one.

Their status is not as high as that of Liu Sanqiang. Over the years, with the five princes, Ye Qingfeng, Xie Laogen, and Ling Feng stationed at the border, Liu Sanqiang's military power has gradually been dispersed.

Liu Sanqiang doesn't have much real power. With his reputation, if it weren't for Dong Yue's prestige in the capital, no one would have paid attention to Liu Sanqiang.

At this time, everyone became active, even if they couldn't be the princess, they could change their fate if they could get close to the prince.

Liu Mansion.

Dong Yue and Liu Ru ate snacks and drank tea, and were talking about Shiweizhai. Zuo Qing ran in from outside in a panic, and stopped when he saw Liu Ru.

"What's wrong?"

Zuo Qing glanced at the young lady, but she dared not speak.

"Speak!" Dong Yue wanted to know what made Zuo Qing so cautious.

Zuo Qing thought for a while, the young lady would know sooner or later, so she simply said, "I heard that the crown prince favored a court lady."

"Miss, are you sure it is a maid, not a lady from some family?" Dong Yue asked.

Zuo Qing was stunned, what does Madam mean?

Look at the young lady who is still drinking tea and can't see the emotion. Could it be that she is mad with anger?

It doesn't feel like it again.

Feeling puzzled, he repeated what he just said, "I heard it's a court lady."

Dong Yue looked at her daughter, "Ru'er, have you heard about this?"

Liu Ru shook his head, "I don't know."

Dong Yue asked Zuo Qing, "How did you know that?"

Zuo Qing saw that Madam and Miss were not angry, so he became more courageous, "Everyone outside said so."

After hearing this, Dong Yue looked at her daughter, "Let's go, shall we go and see?"

Just like that, Dong Yue and Liu Ru came to the downtown area of ​​the capital together, and first went to Aunt Huang's fried dough stick shop to eat free fried dough sticks.

Now that Aunt Huang is getting old, she hands over the shop to her grandson Huang Dabao.

Now Huang Dabao has no intentions with normal people, running the business of the shop every day, seeing Dong Yue coming, after a few years, Huang Dabao recognized Dong Yue at a glance, and grinned excitedly.

Now Huang Dabao no longer calls his elder sister as he did when he was a child, but instead calls him "Mrs. Dong" like others.

In this way, Dong Yue took Liu Ru and two maids for a meal.

After leaving, Zuo Qing sighed for a while, "Madam, Huang Dabao is much better than Aunt Huang." The things Aunt Huang did back then were too unremarkable, but Madam was kind-hearted and willing to treat Huang Dabao again and put it on others. Dabao died long ago.

Dong Yue smiled at this, but said nothing.

Take Liu Ru to drink tea at his Ruyi Building.

Ruyilou is a tea specially given to ordinary people in the capital.

Many farmers sell their own food, and they will come here to drink a cup of tea to reward themselves.

The tea here itself is not expensive, and the farmers can afford to drink it. The business here has always been very good.

Dong Yue took her daughter and found a seat to sit down.

The appearance of a group of four of them is too eye-catching here, but Dong Yue's gestures are all casual. Others think they are women with a little family background, so they don't think much about it.

When the shopkeeper saw Dong Yue coming, he blinked a few times to make sure he read it correctly, and hurriedly dismissed the waiter and brought the tea over in person.

"Ma'am, are you here?"

"Mmm." Dong Yue didn't think it was strange that someone recognized her. She glanced at the other person, and saw that the tea from Huangshan Village was brewed. She took a sip, and it really tasted familiar.

"This tea is excellent."

"This year's Huangshan tea has a bumper harvest, and I sent a lot of tea here today. Madam, do you want to bring some back to taste?"

"it is good."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he stopped disturbing and prepared the tea to be taken away later.

Dong Yue took her daughter to drink tea, and without saying a word, many people around began to focus on them. After a long time, they found it boring, and talked about the necessary topics in the capital now.

The crown prince favors the court ladies.

This is a major event in the capital.

Everyone said everything, some people said that the prince likes men.

Some people say that the prince's beloved died, and that's why he hasn't been close to women all these years. Finally, he thought about it, and everyone was happy for the prince.

Dong Yue and Liu Ru finished a pot of tea, heard everything they needed to hear, got up and left.

The shopkeeper delivered the tea to the door in person.

After leaving the teahouse, Liu Ru said, "Mother, is this our shop?"

"It belongs to your father."

"Father?" That wood has such a brain.

"Your father is still capable!" Dong Yue said, preparing to leave with her daughter and go to the next stop, when a carriage was approaching, a young man got off the carriage, and after getting off the carriage, the young man spoke to the carriage, "Mom, it's here."

Ruyilou is where ordinary farmers come to drink tea. Suddenly a carriage came, and they came here. She was a little curious.

Seeing that he was wearing a brocade suit, he looked like a person of status.

Thinking, Dong Yue saw a lady getting off the carriage.

Dong Yue began to feel familiar, and after a few more glances, she discovered that it was her former neighbor, Widow Xu!

Looking at the young man again, he looked a bit like a widow Xu, and confirmed that this person was her son Xu Tian.

Widow Xu was stunned when she saw Dong Yue, and then saw that this person recognized her. They had almost no intersection, except when Dong Yue visited the capital as a neighbor, there was no intersection.

Each other saw smiles in each other's eyes.

Widow Xu said, "Miss Dong!"

"Mrs. Xu!" Dong Yue pulled Liu Ru and introduced, "Ru'er, do you still remember that when we first came to the capital, this Mrs. Xu lived next door to us?"

After being reminded, Liu Ru also remembered that there was such a person, and hurriedly saluted, "Hello, Mrs. Xu!"

"Ru'er has grown into a big girl." Mrs. Xu looked at Liu Ru with kindness in her eyes.

It seems that she did not use her own strength to make the woman stand firm. Not only did she do this, but she also successfully protected her son.

Liu Ru smiled, but said nothing.

Dong Yue looked at Xu Tian, ​​"This is your son, right?"

"Tian'er, are you still calling me?"

Xu Tian had been looking at Liu Ru just now, and was pushed by his mother before realizing it, and saluted with fists together, "Ms. Dong, Miss Liu."

The two exchanged a few words briefly at the door, and soon Dong Yue took Liu Ru away, Widow Xu walked into the teahouse, saw her son who was still in a daze, and pushed her, "Don't think about it."

"Mother, that's the little girl who lives next door to us when I was young."

Mrs. Xu saw that her son finally met someone he liked, and thinking of his identity, they couldn't get ahead of him, so she said, "Do you know the Jiji ceremony that caused a sensation in the capital not long ago?"

Xu Tian finally came to his senses.

Thinking of the rumors I heard, and looking at myself, it seems that there is really no chance.

Seeing Niang walking into Ruyi Building, he frequently looked in the direction Liu Ru left.

(end of this chapter)