Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 57
[Chapter 57 I have a heart]
“I want this one!”
“I want this one too!” “I
want all of these…”
…
In the capital, in front of a mobile stall selling jewelry on the street, a beautiful woman in a plain dress pointed at the jewelry hanging on the wooden rack and spoke repeatedly.
Lin Xiu was speechless. The target customers of this mobile stall on the street were ordinary women from ordinary families. A dozen or dozens of coins could buy an ornament.
The imperial concubine might not know that any piece of jewelry on her head, a pearl on it, could buy the entire stall.
But seeing that she was happy to buy, Lin Xiu did not say much. Anyway, he didn’t have to spend money, so it was okay to let this poor woman satisfy her shopping desire.
Zhu Jin stood behind the imperial concubine and happily took out the silver and bought everything she liked.
Not to mention this street stall, as long as the queen was happy, what would happen to buy the jewelry store on the whole street?
The imperial concubine, who had never been shopping on the street, was very curious. She looked at this and that for a while. I’m afraid she herself forgot that the purpose of their leaving the palace was to have a pet.
Lin Xiu held the little guy in her arms. I don’t know if it was in a bad mood recently, but it actually fell asleep.
When the spirit pet falls asleep, the wings on its back will be folded, just like an ordinary kitten, but much prettier than an ordinary cat.
After a while, Zhu Jin looked at the time and said to the imperial concubine: “Madam, it’s time for lunch. I heard that the food in Zhaiyue Tower tastes good. Do you want to go there for dinner?”
The imperial concubine was enjoying her stroll. After Zhu Jin reminded her, she felt a little hungry. She nodded and said, “You guys make the arrangements.”
At this time, Lin Xiu suddenly stepped forward and suggested: “Madam, I heard that there is a small shop nearby. The pastries and Jiangnan dishes are good. Do you want to try them?”
When she heard about Jiangnan dishes, the imperial concubine’s beautiful eyes lit up and said, “Let’s go to the Jiangnan shop you mentioned.”
Zhu Jin said in embarrassment: “Madam, the people in the shop are unknown. I’m afraid…”
The imperial concubine waved her hand and said, “What’s there to be afraid of? Others don’t know my identity. Just treat us as ordinary guests.”
Zhu Jin heard that and didn’t know what to say.
That Jiangnan shop is not located in the most prosperous area of the capital, but it is hard to find. Lin Xiu spent a lot of effort to find out about this shop.
Although the shop is not as famous as Zhaiyue Tower and Tianxiang Tower, it still has a good reputation among some diners.
The shop decoration is very simple and the space is not large, but it is clean and simple. The shop only serves Jiangnan dishes. After the imperial concubine ordered a few dishes, the four of them sat on the four sides of a table.
Eating with the imperial concubine, Zhu Jin and Linglong were obviously a little restrained, and they only dared to sit halfway. Lin Xiu wanted to be more open and called the shopkeeper, saying, “Serve all your special dishes here.”
With the generous guests, the boss happily ran to the kitchen to get busy. This is actually a husband-and-wife shop. They can’t afford to hire people to help. Everything is done by the boss and the boss’s wife.
Lin Xiu explained to the Imperial Concubine, “Madam, this shop is run by a couple. They are originally from Jiangnan. They opened a shop in the capital a few years ago, saying that they wanted to let fellow Jiangnan people taste the taste of their hometown outside.”
The Imperial Concubine glanced at Lin Xiu and asked, “How do you know I’m from Jiangnan?”
Lin Xiu smiled and said, “I heard Madam speak with a Jiangnan accent occasionally, so I guessed that Madam must have grown up in Jiangnan.”
The Imperial Concubine was surprised and said, “You grew up in Kyoto, how can you hear the Jiangnan accent?”
Lin Xiu said, “I have a friend who is also from Jiangnan, so he can hear the Jiangnan dialect.”
The Imperial Concubine nodded and didn’t ask any more questions.
The boss and the boss’s wife moved quickly, and soon they brought up several dishes.
The Imperial Concubine was very familiar with these Jiangnan dishes: “This is salted duck, this is crystal pork trotter, this is water chestnut cake, this is preserved fruit…”
She picked up a bite of the dish with chopsticks, opened her red lips slightly, and put it in her mouth. A satisfied look appeared on her face, and she sighed: “The palace… Although there are chefs from Jiangnan at home, the dishes they cook are cold when they are delivered, and they are tasteless. I haven’t tasted this kind of hometown taste for a long time.”
The emperor and the concubines seemed to be in a good position, but in fact, they could not even eat a hot dish every day. Lin Xiu was not envious, but felt a little pitiful for them.
After about half an hour, the four people walked out of this Jiangnan restaurant.
The Imperial Concubine touched the slightly bulging belly under her palace skirt. She hadn’t eaten so full for a long time, or rather, she had never experienced the feeling of being full since she was a child.
Whether she was young or after entering the palace, there were times for meals. The etiquette of her family and the palace also told her that she could only eat 50% full at most. It was only now that she realized that the feeling of being full was so happy.
After glancing at Lin Xiu, the imperial concubine asked again, “Where are we going next?”
Lin Xiu smiled and said, “Madam, we just had dinner and it’s not advisable to do too much exercise. Let’s go to the theater to listen to some music and drink a cup of tea. Music can cultivate one’s sentiments and is also good for the illness of the pet…”
The imperial concubine nodded and said, “Let’s do as you say.”
Not long after, in Lihua Garden,
the class owner smiled and greeted Lin Xiu as soon as he saw her coming in, saying, “Oh, Mr. Lin, you are here again. Caiyi is free right now, let’s go to the private room as before, I’ll take you there…”
Lin Xiu coughed lightly and said, “I brought a friend with me today, let’s change to a bigger room, where is Caiyi, I have something to ask her…”
On the second floor of Lihua Garden, in a room, the class owner knocked on the door, then pushed it open and said to the figure in the room who was tuning the strings, “Caiyi, Mr. Lin is here to see you.”
Caiyi stood up, bowed to Lin Xiu, and smiled, “Mr., you are here.”
Lin Xiu stepped forward and said, “Miss Caiyi, I brought a few friends here today, one of whom is of a very noble status, there are some things I have to explain to you in advance…”
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When Lin Xiu returned to the private room, the Imperial Concubine glanced at him and asked, “Do you come here often?”
Lin Xiu nodded and said, “Madam, when I am tired of practicing or feel bored, I will come here to listen to music and relax…”
The Imperial Concubine glanced at him and said, “You know how to enjoy yourself.”
As she spoke, Caiyi had already walked in.
She was not wearing stage makeup today. She wore a white long skirt, her black hair was tied up on her head, and she was holding a pipa in her arms, giving people the image of a soft and weak Jiangnan woman.
When the sound of the pipa sounded, the soft Jiangnan language that came out of her cherry lips was also a bone-melting Jiangnan language.
Zhu Jin and Linglong did not understand the Jiangnan dialect, but they thought the girl’s voice was beautiful and listened with relish. Linglong even shook her head while listening.
Only the Imperial Concubine, after hearing Caiyi’s voice, fixed her eyes on one place and lost focus.
The voice of the actor has a magical power. When the familiar Jiangnan tune reaches her ears, time seems to go back more than ten years ago, back to that Jiangnan, the Jiangnan she has not seen for more than ten years.
That is where she grew up, with willows swaying, misty rain, endless lotus ponds, and a lake full of cruise ships…
The wind from Jiangnan can never reach Kyoto. There is the snow she likes here, but it is not her hometown.
The numb and soft voice gradually dispelled the sorrow she had hidden in her heart for these days, and also let her gloomy mood shine into a ray of sunshine.
She looked at Lin Xiu and whispered, “You are thoughtful.”
Lin Xiu was stunned for a moment, and said in a daze, “Ah, what did the lady say, I didn’t hear it clearly.”
The imperial concubine did not speak again, but closed her eyes, humming the same tune as Caiyi, with a moving smile on her face, which gradually spread.
Lin Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile also appeared on her face.
It was his plan to take the imperial concubine out of the palace, but it was not just for that plan.
He understands women.
Therefore, when Lin Xiu saw the Imperial Concubine in Changchun Palace, he knew that she was worried.
Her worries were the same as this spirit beast. They were both imprisoned birds in the deep palace. Lin Xiu saw this when he was in the Imperial Hospital last time.
When he first met the Imperial Concubine, Lin Xiu was a little afraid of her.
After all, the maids and eunuchs in the harem knew that the Imperial Concubine was moody and often punished the palace people. Later, Linglong told him that the Imperial Concubine was not that scary. When the maids and eunuchs in Changchun Palace did something wrong, the Empress would punish them, but it was just a light beating and scolding. If they angered the master in other palaces, they would be worried about their lives.
The treatment of the maids in Changchun Palace was also one of the best in the harem. When
the Empress was happy on weekdays, she would reward them with a lot of things. She was also very protective and would never allow people from other palaces to bully them. When the maids reached a certain age, she would give them a generous dowry and send them out of the palace to marry. It was much better than the ladies in other palaces.
When working in Changchun Palace, as long as you don’t anger the Concubine when she’s in a bad mood, or don’t fail to take good care of her beloved pet, nothing will happen.
Originally, these things had nothing to do with Lin Xiu. It wasn’t his turn to comfort the Concubine when she was in a bad mood.
Who made him use her this time? He also owed her a favor. Lin Xiu didn’t like to owe favors, so he had to think of ways to make her happy, as a way to repay her kindness.
And he was a professional at making women happy.
(End of this chapter)
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