Chapter 80 Shopping with beauty
Time flies, and the Empress Dowager's birthday is still a few days away.
Bi Yuntao has not been idle these days. He exercises every morning to strengthen his body, and in the afternoon he lets his servants shake the pot and make carbonated water.
Of course, Meng Ruoxi has never come to see him these days, not even Meng Ruolang. I heard from the servants that he is now imprisoned at home by Meng Ruoxi and is not allowed to go out, not even to his room. Every day It was the servants who brought him food.
Bi Yuntao looked at the large boxes full of happy water in the study and scratched his head. He didn't know if these were enough. When I was thinking about whether to take advantage of this day to do more, the imperial concubine's voice sounded at the door.
"Tao'er!" The imperial concubine happily walked into the room and said to Bi Yuntao who was thinking: "Tao'er! The wonderful love you asked someone to give to the mother-in-law, the mother-in-law has already given it to the empress dowager to taste."
"Oh?" Bi Yuntao raised his head and asked the empress dowager: "What do you think of the empress dowager?!"
The imperial concubine found a chair and sat down, and then said: "The empress dowager was very disgusted at first. When she saw the black bottle, she thought that I wanted to harm her, but when I saw the mother-in-law, I drank it myself. After going down, I tasted it for a while with some hesitation, but I immediately fell in love with it. Yesterday, I even made a suggestion to the emperor, asking him to send someone to the Western Regions to buy more."
"Haha!" Bi Yuntao slapped his thigh suddenly, unable to hide the joy in his eyes, "This time it's really a blind cat hitting a dead mouse. It seems that I will definitely win the Queen Mother's favor on her birthday tomorrow. .”
"Tao'er, what were you thinking just now?" The imperial concubine then remembered that Bi Yuntao had been deep in thought when she came in just now, "How on earth did you do this? You did so much!"
"How can I tell you this!" Bi Yuntao rolled his eyes helplessly, "These are exclusive secret recipes. If I am really demoted to a distant place by the emperor in the future, this secret recipe will be used by me to make a fortune."
The imperial concubine curled her lips and glared at Bi Yuntao, who was talking nonsense, "Don't talk nonsense! You are a good prince. As long as you don't do something that involves the emperor's bottom line, how can you be stripped of your imperial status and demoted to a commoner?"
"Concubine Mother came here early in the morning. Is there anything else after this incident?!" Bi Yuntao asked: "If there is nothing else, Concubine Mother, please go back to the palace first. I want to do some lovemaking and keep it." Drink it yourself!”
"What a stupid name! It's so unpleasant." The imperial concubine felt a headache when she heard this name.
"How can it be a bad name?" Bi Yuntao retorted unhappily, "Obviously Ruoxi thinks it sounds good, but when it comes to your mouth it becomes a bad name!"
The imperial concubine couldn't help but stroke her forehead. These two were really bastards who looked at mung beans and followed each other.
"Concubine, I won't talk nonsense to you anymore. Now quickly grab some clothes and go to Hanfeng Temple with Concubine."
"Why are we going to Hanfeng Temple?!" Bi Yuntao asked in confusion, "It's not the Spring Festival yet, why are we going to offer incense?!"
"Isn't this the Empress Dowager who is going? The Empress Dowager had a nightmare the night before yesterday and was a little frightened. In the early years, the Emperor went on many campaigns and killed countless people. Taking advantage of his birthday, which was about to come, he went to burn some incense to bless his children and grandchildren. "
"Then why do you need to prepare some clothes?! It's not that far away. I'll be back soon after burning incense!"
"I'm going to go for three days this time. When I come back, I have to prepare for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet. Moreover, many ministers are going there together this time and need to stay for a few days." The imperial concubine explained patiently, "As long as it is at ten o'clock at noon, Just arrive. While it's still early, hurry up and get some clothes. Let's go there earlier. It just so happens that the mother and concubine haven't left the palace for a long time to watch the excitement in the market. The ones who come and go every day are the same old faces. When we meet, they are like You are so weird, your mother and concubine are almost annoying me to death!"
Bi Yuntao stood up helplessly, "Okay! But, concubine, can you ask the accountant to give me some more silver? My money is really tight now." Bi Yuntao flattered the imperial concubine and rubbed his hands, "These days I can buy it. These glass bottles and the monthly payment of fifty taels of silver have all been used up, and now Er Chen’s wallet is cleaner than his face.”
"Let's talk again!" The imperial concubine did not immediately agree to Bi Yuntao's request, but just said something vague.
Bi Yuntao's cheerful mood suddenly dimmed. He looked around, only to realize that Xiaolan was nowhere to be seen.
"Concubine, where is Xiaolan?!" Bi Yuntao asked, "Why don't you see her?!"
"Her." The imperial concubine glanced sideways at Bi Yuntao. She knew that he would turn to Xiaolan, even if she didn't know his colorful personality. "She was sent by me to stay in the palace. As for who to take out of the palace, it's not up to me." It’s up to you.”
"Don't think that I don't know about your frivolous nature. How can I let you do some ridiculous things that are immoral and immoral in this important place of Buddhism!"
Bi Yuntao slumped down on the chair helplessly. As for what else the imperial concubine said, he didn't listen at all and just dealt with it feebly.
The imperial concubine didn't care what his mood was at this time. She waved her hand and said, "Hurry up and pack some clothes. Let's leave now."
Bi Yuntao seemed not to hear, lazily leaning on the back of the chair and not getting up.
"Hurry up!" The imperial concubine was indifferent when she saw Bi Yuntao, and her temper was quick to say, "Why do you dislike the old concubine and don't want to go out with the concubine?!"
When Bi Yuntao saw his mother-in-law getting angry, he stood up angrily and said with a flattering smile, "How could I not dislike my mother-in-law? She is so young and beautiful. I am not afraid of my mother-in-law going out to show her face. Someone with evil intentions abducted her and made her the wife of Yazhai!"
The imperial concubine felt very comfortable after being flattered by him. She was in a good mood and restrained her temper. Although her face showed no expression, the slightly raised corners of her mouth revealed her mood at this time.
"Hurry up and change your clothes. It's still early and you can stay outside for a while."
Bi Yuntao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and ran back to the room to pack his clothes as if running away.
The raised corners of the imperial concubine's lips slowly disappeared, and she snorted coldly as she looked at Bi Yuntao's disappearing back. The demo, not only wants money, but also wants women, what a beauty! He said something to himself, and then walked to the west wing and changed into casual clothes.
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After about two sticks of incense, Bi Yuntao packed up his clothes and followed the imperial concubine onto the carriage, and the two of them walked towards the market together.
"Tanghulu! Big and sweet candied haws!"
As soon as I entered the market, I heard shouts and cries coming from everywhere.
Bi Yuntao opened the curtain and looked at the lively scene in the market through the small window on the carriage.
"Stop!" Bi Yuntao stopped the carriage. Under the puzzled expression of the imperial concubine, he turned over, opened the curtain, jumped out, and bought two candied haws.
"Concubine, here you go!" Bi Yuntao got on the carriage again and handed over the candied haws, "You need to eat candied haws in winter. A winter without candied haws is soulless."
The imperial concubine's red lips parted slightly, she took a small bite and nodded in agreement, "It's so sweet! It's so delicious!"
"How about we go down for a walk?!" Bi Yuntao asked the imperial concubine tentatively. His butt hurt from sitting in the carriage, and it was really boring. Others went shopping with the young lady, but as for himself, he could only Going shopping with my mother and concubine, looking at this attitude, I guess I have to pay for it myself, but I feel a little pity for my wallet. There is not much monthly payment, and now it is even more deflated.
"Okay!" The imperial concubine agreed, and with Bi Yuntao's help, she stepped out of the carriage.
"It's so lively!" The imperial concubine looked at the lively market and couldn't help but sigh, "It's been a long time since I left the palace to go shopping!"
"Mother." Bi Yuntao pointed to a stall and said, "Look! There is a candy seller there! Let's go over and ask him to make two for us."
"Okay, but let's buy some more candied haws on a stick." The imperial concubine agreed as she walked towards the place selling candied haws on a stick.
"Concubine! If you eat too much candied haws, you will get tooth decay!" Bi Yuntao asked the imperial concubine puzzledly, carrying a whole stick of candied haws on his shoulders.
"What do you know?!" The imperial concubine rolled her eyes at him, "When my mother was a child, my favorite thing was to share candied haws with her."
"Who is she?!" Bi Yuntao looked at the imperial concubine in confusion.
"She has been my mother's friend since childhood." The imperial concubine took a bite of the candied haws and said casually, "Although we are friends, we are also rivals."
"Opponent?" Bi Yuntao was even more confused by the imperial concubine's answer, "Where did you get your opponent, concubine?!"
Only then did the imperial concubine realize that she had said the wrong thing, and quickly yelled, "Didn't you say you want to buy candy people? Let's go there quickly, you see there are already a lot of people there!"
Ignoring Bi Yuntao's stunned expression, he walked a few steps and arrived at the candy seller's stall.
"Hey! Mother..." Before the word "concubine" was uttered, Bi Yuntao quickly looked around and saw that no one was looking at the two of them, and then shouted again: "Wait for me, please slow down."
"Here! Do you still want to eat?" Bi Yuntao ran to the imperial concubine's side, took one of the candied haws from the pole and handed it to the imperial concubine.
"Don't eat, I'll have some sweets later. Save these and eat them slowly." The imperial concubine turned her head and said to Bi Yuntao. Just like that, she inadvertently glanced at a stall selling rouge and gouache not far away, and her eyes lit up. , said to Bi Yuntao: "You wait here for the sugar man to be ready, I will go to the rouge gouache to have a look."
"Eh?" Bi Yuntao asked softly: "There are a lot of them in the palace, right? You can't get anything you want, and you are rare for these street stalls?!"
"You stupid boy, you still claim to be romantic, but you don't even know these things." The imperial concubine rolled her eyes, "How can any woman dislike her for having too much rouge and gouache?!"
"Uh..." Bi Yuntao was startled. It seemed like this was the case. Which woman doesn't have a lot of cosmetics? It seems that even the noble imperial concubine is not exempt from the custom.
