Inside the Pepper Room

Queen Lin Yaluan was wearing a golden embroidered phoenix dress, leaning against the soft couch, holding a cup of tea in her right hand, listening to Hongye’s report while tasting.

"Empress, the news has been sent to Miss Li, and Miss Li has also left the palace." Hongye stood beside him and said respectfully.

"He left the palace so soon? How did she go out? I don't know who gave me the news." The queen was a little surprised.

"I used the token from Qifeng Palace, and no slaves were found."

"Haha, this is so fun." Lin Yaluan looked at the teacup in her hand with a sinister expression, "The throne can only be my son's. No matter who it is, if it blocks my son's way, that person will definitely be doomed."

"The meridians in the human body can generally be divided into twelve meridians and eight extraordinary meridians. The twelve meridians refer to the gallbladder meridian, liver meridian, and lung meridian..." In summer, the mottled light and shadow shone through the dense branches on the ground of the courtyard. The woman in a water-blue dress on the stone table did not feel the heat at all, her eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she was holding a yellowed book in her hand, caring the contents of the book seriously. A red fox was lying beside the stone table.

"The task is done! Thanks to the guidance of my master, I can memorize the meridians so quickly." Looking at the shadow cast by the sunlight, estimating the time, he said to Puff lying on the stone table: "Let's go, take you to have something delicious."

Qi Liyan put the book in his arms, stretched his arms, picked up Puff and walked towards the kitchen.

"Hey, hurry up the carriage, maybe you can catch up with cousin Chen Yao! I'm adding ten taels of silver to you, don't rest, I'm going to Youmingjian quickly." At this time, the girl in the pink dress who was sitting in the carriage, lifting the curtain with her left hand and constantly fanning with her right hand, was Li Ziling who sneaked out of the palace. At this time, she was grateful to the nanny who would send her messages to her in a dawn, but she didn't know that because of her ignorance, she was stepping into the trap dug by others.

"Miss, now it's hot, and I've been traveling for three hours in a row. Even if you add money, I won't go." A coachman sitting under the shade of the tree said dissatisfiedly: "I really don't understand that you official ladies are going so far in hot weather. If it weren't for your high money, I wouldn't have gone."

"You, why are you like this? Didn't you say you wouldn't have a rest all the way when you took the business? Now that you give the money, you just turned against each other." Li Ziling, on the one hand, was worried that the news of his stealing out of the palace was found out by Li Qianrou and sent someone to find him. On the other hand, she was worried that the time was too long on the road would not be able to meet Feng Chenyao.

"Your way, if you still want to go to the Youmingjian you mentioned, just wait until you get off and rest, otherwise, you can get off now and consider changing a carriage."

"You, you are not honest." Looking at the driver who closed his eyes and was dozing under the tree, Li Zi shook the curtain heavily with aura and sat in the car to sulk. After a long time, his eyes turned, and looked at the driver who was sleeping under the tree, gently sat on the beam of the car and drove away by himself. Relying on the horse-riding horse that had been riding since he was a child, he shouted proudly at the driver who scolded him in anger and devastated manner, "Since you think the weather is hot, then I will think that I bought your carriage, haha. Goodbye!"

Looking at the car shadows getting farther and farther away, the coachman chased after them until he could not see the shadows and cursed them all over the place. It was a coincidence that he was just out of the city to look for them; Li Ziling's Gong Hanting heard it.

"Now, I have never heard of Youmingjian. If you didn't think of the money you gave me, you could fool me and now you have no carriage, so why are you so unlucky?"

Gong Hanting was wearing white clothes and riding a horse. He vaguely heard the words Youmingjian. After getting off the horse, he walked to the driver who was squatting on the ground: "Master, have you seen a girl in pink clothes, about sixteen years old?"

"Who are you?" said with a bad tone: "I have seen it. I said I went to Youmingjian and I just stole a carriage from me. Do you know her?"

"Yes, yes, yes, just go to Youmingjian. Can the master tell me where she is now?" Gong Hanting said happily when he heard this.

After looking up and down at Gong Hanting's clothes, the coachman said, "Yes, yes, but your friend stole my carriage. You have to pay me the money first before you can tell you where she is."

When Gong Hanting heard this, he felt depressed and didn't want to ask again, but he agreed to Li Zige's affairs, "Tell me, how much money do you want?"

"Not much, no, no, you can give me fifty taels of my carriage and horse." He said with a philanthropic expression on his face.

"Why don't you go and grab it? With your outfit, can your carriage be worth fifty taels?"

"Fifty taels are pretty small. You can't take out the look of the person you wear. Tsk tsk, in this way, I can't tell you whereabouts of your friend. It's a pity that she is a girl's house, so far away, I don't know what danger she will encounter." After saying that, she pretended to cover her face and cried.

"Okay, OK, I'll give it to you, this is fifty taels. Now it can be said." Looking at the man opposite, he took out the money in annoyance, but he had already scolded Li Ziling in his heart. He was so in trouble. He thought that he would cheat Li Zige well when he went back.

"You can touch it by walking along the right side." He put the silver in his mouth and bit it, and said in a slutty way.

"Hmph, it's better to be true, otherwise, I will definitely want you to look good when I come back." After saying that, he got on the horse and left.

"Bah, today I've made a profit. Even if you leave for a day, you won't be able to find your friend." Thinking of the words Gong Hanting left when he left, he was sweating all over and stopped going to the city. He packed the silver and ran to an unknown place to run away.

"Jixue, hold on for a while. The map shows that there is a Qinglian Lake not far ahead. You can rest for a while when you arrive." At this time, Feng Chenyao walked about one-third of the journey, looked up at the vicious sun in the sky, and said to his horse: "Fei is still waiting for the red flower to help his life."

He comforted the horse's hair on the horse's head with both hands, looked at the map, and walked towards Qinglian Lake not far away. The horse's hooves were stepping on the hot summer air, leaving a faint dust. In less than a cup of tea, Feng Chenyao felt a trace of moisture coming from the wind. He knew that the lake was not far away, so he urged the horse to hurry up.

The trees on the shore are lush, and Qinglian Lake crossing the banks. People can't see the source at first glance. Under the sunlight, there is a faint silver-white luster. Looking at the lake in front of them, Feng Chenyao felt a sense of tranquility in his heart. He dismounted, led the snow to the lakeside, and fed the horses before he drank two sips of lake water, washed his face, and let the breeze blow the green robe, but his thoughts were Qi Ruoyun and his friends. His inner thoughts about Qi Ruoyun made him not know that this time he went to Youmingjian, God would give him an unexpected surprise.

"Jixue, come on! Let's go." After a while of rest, Feng Chenyao said to his horse.

For Feng Chenyao, Jixue was the only friend who accompanied him in Kongsangshan alone during the period when he was a disciple of the same place as his friend during the time when he was alone in Kongsangshan. Therefore, the importance is self-evident.

The sound of "TaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTaoTao

"Squeak squeak"

"Puff, what's wrong with you? Just wait for the pheasant to stew mushrooms." Qi Liyan, who was busy in the kitchen, said helplessly when he heard Puff screaming next to him.

"It seems that the supper is quite sumptuous."

"Master! You are back!" Turning his head, looking at Grandma Posa standing at the kitchen door, said in surprise, "I caught a pheasant at noon today. Master, you are back. How about trying my skills?"

Grandma Posa walked over in a rare way, looked at the food she made, smiled and said it was good, and then took Puff out of the kitchen with her.

Qi Liyan brought the food to the table in the house, and looked at an old man in his fifties standing next to Posa's grandma. He was covered in brown clothes, with white hair, but from the light that leaked from time to time, it could be seen that this person's martial arts must be quite good. He was stunned for a moment, and then he was about to go out and speak while adding bowls and chopsticks, "Liyan, sit down first."

"Master, I will pick up the dishes and chopsticks for the senior next to me. Then come." He said indifferently.

"No need. Today I brought him here, just want to tell you something. This is the manager of some of my shops outside, just call him Uncle Qu." Turning his head, he said to the person standing behind him, "She will be your young master from now on, Qi Liyan."

"Yes, Master. Qu Qian has met the young master." He said respectfully.

"Master, this, oh, Uncle Qu, don't be so polite, just call me Li Yan." Qi Li Yan said uncomfortable before looking at him and bowing to him.

"Li Yan, some rules cannot be abolished. Since you are my apprentice, you should accept the young master." Posa said lightly: "Li Yan, remember, starting from next month, every 15 months, you will go out to learn how to manage Jufu Building with the shopkeeper Qu. Jufu Building was built when I was in Zichuan. When I returned to Youmingjian, I would be reluctant to close it, and I ordered the shopkeeper Qu to manage it. It only takes fifteen minutes to report once a month."

"Master, what is Jufulou for? Why is it built in Zichuan?" Qi Liyan asked in confusion, "Besides, Master, don't worry, will I manage your business for you in the future?"

"The young master should have heard a saying that food is the most important thing for people. The master built Jufu Building in Zichuan because he liked to eat."

"Shopkeeper Qu, you talk too much. I believe in my own vision, so you must learn from Storekeeper Qu at that time."

"Yes, Master. I'll be in trouble in the future."

"It's okay, it's getting late, so I'll leave the Seoking Stream first." Qu Qian said with a smile.
Chapter completed!