Chapter 427 Fried Rice Balls (9)
But before he could ask, the girl smiled and spoke.
"Actually, I have my little girl's selfish motives for saying this." Wen Mingtang spread his hands and said frankly, "When King Yu's accident happened, I went to the Jiaofang without any delay, but the noble man who redeemed her life was one step ahead of me. Later, I asked Lin Shaoqing helped me find Wen Xiutang’s whereabouts and find that noble man. My lord, you must know Lin Shaoqing’s methods better than me, and we didn’t delay this matter at all, but even Lin Shaoqing didn’t find out the whereabouts of that person. Knowing the Jiangnan accent of the person who came to lead him, he thought that the person who came forward was not the noble man himself, but just a person in charge. Since there was no evidence that Wen Xiutang was involved in the Yuwang case, Lin Shaoqing could not trace the person like an ordinary case. The portrait asked the government for help. To this day... I still don’t know Wen Xiutang’s whereabouts.”
"My daughter really wants to know the whereabouts of Wen Xiutang." Wen Mingtang looked at Duke Jingguo and said seriously, "My daughter also has many things she wants to ask this cousin."
This is the truth!
Wen Xiutang's previous life in the dream never even showed a shadow from beginning to end. With Wen Xiutang's pinching spirit since childhood, Wen Mingtang only felt that there was something strange indescribable. How could Wen Xiutang not be able to resist showing off in front of her?
Of course, what is even weirder is Wen Xiutang's whereabouts. Now, it happens that the Duke...or the Queen can find Wen Xiutang.
Of course, the girl's thoughts could not escape the eyes of Duke Jingguo, but if what she said did not make sense, she would not speak in front of him.
Duke Jingguo looked at Wen Mingtang and made his words clearer: "Are you saying that if there is something, it should be on Wen Xiutang's body, not on you?"
Wen Mingtang did not nod, but only said: "When she was young, people around her always praised her for her intelligence. She also joined Ye Ting. Compared with me, she has indeed lived a good life and is a practical person."
As soon as these words came out, Duke Jing couldn't help but frown: The so-called understanding of practice is just a nice way of saying it. In fact, if this Wen Xiutang is really like what she said, she is indeed a smart person, and one who will do everything possible to do something for her. Smart people who seek their own profit.
Such smart people have no moral limits. They are villains who only have interests in their eyes... Hearing this, Duke Jingguo suddenly raised his thick eyebrows and asked Wen Mingtang: "Who gave you the order to bring you tea today?"
Wen Mingtang glanced at the guards outside the palace and said, "There are His Majesty's people outside."
No matter how arrogant Concubine Jing is, the Qianyuan Palace is a place where the Internal Affairs Office cannot interfere.
When Duke Jing heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "I have nothing more to say."
Looking at Duke Jing who breathed a sigh of relief and seemed relieved, Wen Mingtang wanted to ask something, but after thinking about it, he didn't ask anything. He just put down the tea cup in his hand and quietly left.
After delivering the tea and returning to the queen's place, the queen greeted her for a few more words and then asked the palace attendants to see her out of the palace.
Of course, this trip to the palace was not in vain. Also brought out by Wen Mingtang was a gold and jade hairpin. Looking at the beautiful hollow patterns of auspicious clouds on it, Wen Mingtang sighed with emotion: "The Queen is the Queen. , even if he is rumored to be frugal, it will be a big deal if he takes action!"
This hairpin is worth the savings she has accumulated over the years. Maybe a smaller house in Chang'an can be replaced with half of it. It's just that... the mark of the queen's reward engraved on the bottom of the hairpin determined that she could not buy or sell the hairpin at will. Not only that, she had to take good care of it. If she lost it, she would have to ask the government to help find it.
Touching her simple bun with only a wooden hairpin, Wen Mingtang thought to herself that maybe because her hair was too simple, the queen would personally reward such women with things to dress up. But... for Wen Mingtang, who walks around the kitchen every day, this kind of decorative thing cannot be worn often. If it is smoked for a long time, the hairpin will not look good.
After carefully putting away the hairpin, Wen Mingtang did not return to Dali Temple, but went directly to the glutinous rice dumplings.
Although the lantern festival of the Lantern Festival will not be lit up until night, the lively atmosphere of the Lantern Festival is already there on the streets. Not to mention the lantern shop, even ordinary grocery stalls had a couple of lanterns propped up in front of them for sale. All major restaurants and restaurants are selling glutinous rice balls. Even places like Hongyan Tower have specially put up a sign saying "Selling Yuanxiao today". When Wen Mingtang saw this scene, she couldn't help but sigh secretly: If only she had her own restaurant. Well, during festivals like this, you can earn a lot of income through craftsmanship.
Because I lived here in Tangyuan for almost a whole month, the neighbors were also familiar with Wen Mingtang. When they saw her coming over and nodded to greet her, they also pointed in the direction of the Yuan family and said to Wen Mingtang. : "Master Wen, there has been a strange-looking lady living in Tangyuan's house for the past two days. She has a delicate appearance but a very good demeanor. Tangyuan calls her Aunt Zhao, do you recognize her?"
Aunt Zhao? Wen Mingtang was startled for a moment, and then suddenly realized that Aunt Zhao was Zhao Sishan. However, even though he was a little hesitant, it is not surprising that Zhao Sishan would choose to settle here for the time being. Zhao Ji's restaurant was sold. As for the place where Zhao Dalang and his wife rented, although Xunren specially sent a message to Zhao Sishan, Zhao Sishan was not stupid. Naturally, he didn't want to quarrel with the couple anymore. Liang Hongjin asked and found Tangyuan. Tangyuan was mentioned by Wen Mingtang about Zhao Sishan, so it was not surprising that Zhao Sishan would be left behind.
Wen Mingtang nodded to the neighbor who greeted him, said "I know you", and said a few polite words, "Come for dinner when you have time" and so on. Wen Mingtang waved goodbye to the neighbor and walked dozens of steps to the door of Tangyuan's house. The door opened. Halfway through, Wen Mingtang walked to the door. Before he entered, he saw A Bing passing through the door carrying a plucked chicken. When he heard the sound, A Bing looked up and saw that it was her. , and immediately shouted happily: "Master Wen is back!"
With a loud voice, Tang Yuan and Zhao Sishan quickly walked out of the kitchen yard. When they saw her, Tang Yuan happily called out "Master Wen", raised his hands and instinctively wanted to step forward to carry things for her. But looking at Wen Mingtang's empty hands and feet being nailed back to the original place, he quickly pointed to Zhao Sishan behind him and said: "The Zhao Sishan that Master Wen has been talking about is here!"
A few days ago, when Wen Mingtang was taken away by the Queen's people, Tangyuan and A Bing were happy. But when Zhao Sishan came out of the palace, they talked about everything in the palace. Being counted by Concubine Jing, the two of them were shocked and couldn't be happy anymore. They only hoped that Wen Mingtang could leave the cannibal palace as soon as possible.
Now that Wen Mingtang came out, the two of them were very happy. A Bing held the chicken and said, "We are about to make lunch. When Master Wen comes back, there may be new dishes!"
God knows, in addition to Master Wen, there is also Zhao Sishan who is good at cooking. What a blessing he and the dumplings will have.
When Wen Mingtang saw this, he just smiled and said, "Then wash it and send it to the kitchen." Then he turned his eyes behind Tang Yuan and looked at her with a smile. Zhao Sishan, who did not speak, asked, "Sishan, these two How's your day?"
Zhao Sishan said: "It's really good if you come out." He rolled up his sleeves and said: "Tangyuan and A Bing are going to make their own lanterns. They won't cook today. The kitchen Let you and I do the work!"
She had a lot to talk to Wen Mingtang, and it just so happened that she could use the kitchen to talk while cooking.