The woman who was guarding the door was unwilling to talk to Han Qinglan at first, until he showed off the quilt he had packed away with his outer robe.
"Ah, you, who are you?! Why don't you go through the front door..."
Han Qinglan immediately waved her hand to stop the other party's questions.
"You have your own reasons for stopping here, don't make any noise, and go find Miss Zizhu in your house."
Instead of taking out the fish charm, I used it specially, and it was used as a "stepping stone" by people from the royal court to ordinary dignitaries.
It's because he's ashamed to see people now, or to let others remember his identity. But if the gatekeeper were allowed to continue asking, wouldn't he be exposed?
When Zizhu was called, Han Qinglan didn't wait for anyone to speak, and just responded with one sentence as usual.
"When the things are delivered, remember to tell your princess."
After saying that, he turned around and walked away.
Zizhu was originally stunned by Han Qinglan's appearance. Seeing that the person was about to leave, she suddenly remembered her princess's instructions and hurriedly took a step forward.
"Wait a minute, Han..."
As soon as Han Qinglan heard the sound of anger, she quickly turned her head and glared over, grinding her teeth and said:
"Tell your princess, I'll see you at the same place! Also, please don't say my name freely."
As he said that, he glanced at the gatekeeper meaningfully. After that, he turned around and strode away.
Zizhu looked at the angry back, and then realized belatedly - it turned out that Han Qinglan not only knew what she looked like now, but was also feeling aggrieved, ashamed and angry because of this appearance.
She glanced sideways at the boulder that was half a head taller than her, then turned around and silently cried tears of sympathy for the retreating figure. Then she turned back very calmly and told the woman guarding the door:
"Go get some people and take this thing to the back garden."
Although the mother-in-law did not understand the situation from beginning to end, this did not affect her ability to obey orders.
However, after he respectfully responded with a "yes" and straightened up, he could not help but feel a strong desire for gossip.
"Miss Zizhu, that adult, what exactly..."
Zizhu waved his hand and warned:
"You shouldn't pry, so don't ask. I wonder if the house is under strict control now?"
Although the princess strictly ordered her not to show off some mandarin duck charts on the road, but who knows if there are any horoscopes. Therefore, she must cover up Han Qinglan's gossip, especially the bad ones, very carefully.
When the gatekeeper heard Zizhu's warning, she immediately thought of all the people she had driven away recently, and her whole body tensed up. She nodded repeatedly and said:
"Yes, yes, I have written it all down, don't worry, girl."
Because of such a trivial matter, it is not worth losing this leisurely and good job.
But the mother-in-law turned her head to leave, then turned her head to look at the boulder one more time, then hesitated and stopped walking.
"But where can I put such a big stone in the back garden?"
She also walked in the garden during her break. It was such a delicate and well-organized yard, but this ugly thing looked like an eyesore wherever it was placed.
Of course, she also heard that this was something that was important to Danyang County, so it was not her turn to point fingers.
But when a servant is doing something, he naturally doesn't want to suffer for others.
Let’s not talk about Princess Danyang’s thoughts. If such an ugly thing was placed in the yard and an important person passed by it, it would be an eyesore for her, who was responsible for the job. She, a little janitor, couldn't bear this kind of misfortune.
Hearing this, Zizhu also stopped returning to the inner courtyard. He took advantage of the opportunity and glanced sideways at this huge boulder that he had never looked at in detail before.
She was half a head taller than her. There were honeycomb-like marks of different sizes on the brown irregular stones, and the color was also turbid.
Indeed, this thing would be out of place in the garden. But such a big and ugly object can't be sent to the princess's Qishuang Pavilion, right?
After thinking for a while, Zizhu simply waved his hand and said:
"Just find an inconspicuous corner in the garden and cover it with a rough gray cloth similar to rockery."
Nowadays, all the masters in the mansion are busy with their own affairs, and the doors are closed to thank guests, so no one goes to hang out in the garden. With such a simple treatment, how can we keep out of sight and keep in mind, right?
When the princess is free, she will ask in detail why General Han specially asked General Han to transport this stupid thing back to the princess mansion.
Or maybe the princess just wanted to make things difficult for General Han?
While Zizhu was guessing in her heart, she quickly turned back to the guest courtyard in front. On the way, she received a report from a servant that the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion had sent someone to see the princess.
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After Han Qinglan said goodbye to Princess Danyang's maid, she quickly went to a wine shop in the alley and borrowed someone else's elegant room as a guest room. After cleaning up and washing up, she returned to the Princess Mansion on Qingxing Street.
Han Qinglan, who was neatly dressed and with her hair still slightly moist, raised her head and glanced at the tall courtyard wall of the Princess Mansion. She found the location of Princess Danyang's courtyard with familiarity and climbed over the wall again.
In fact, he came today just for the "business" of Minglu. He could have walked through the main entrance and paid a dignified visit.
It's a pity that the way he was driving the donkey cart just now was looked at by the gatekeeper who was still on duty at the moment. He really couldn't afford to lose his job.
Fortunately, after going through "all kinds of hardships", he had just sneaked into Princess Danyang's small study, and finally he didn't have to wait any longer - the real owner of the room pushed the door in almost at the same time when he landed from the beam, and met him. He hit it hard.
Their eyes met for a moment, Han Qinglan smiled first and greeted casually:
"Back? Very soon."
Danyang could naturally tell that these words were just to ease the awkward atmosphere, but she was still very unhappy.
so--
"Where, this is not based on the lessons learned by the Duke's Palace. General Han is left to guard an empty room alone. How can I, as the master, feel sorry for him? Sit down."
After complimenting Han Qinglan, she stepped over the threshold and remembered that she should show off her friendship as a landlord.
She raised her hand to move the "guest" to the hanging window of the small study. While moving tea sets and other items from the main hall, she sat down opposite Han Qinglan and across the small table.
After dragging people around for a while and forcing them to put in a lot of effort, Danyang felt quite relieved.
Therefore, at this time, she did not make things difficult for anyone, and directly fulfilled their agreement and began to consult Han Qinglan about Beidiwen.
Han Qinglan had lost her temper this morning after being tortured by Danyang. Therefore, even though he was bullied a few words, he saw that the other party still kept his promise, so he "will not pursue" anything else.
As for Danyang's request for advice, apart from the basic grammar of Beidiwen, it was also kind and left out some things he needed to piece together the fragments of information the other party had.
However, they are too fragmented and few to form any meaningful words at all.
Even so, Han Qinglan was not disappointed. Or rather, he had no hope that he could get what he wanted just once.
Because of this, after the "communication" over half a cup of tea, the two of them were actually very satisfied.
