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"It's a pity that this bowl is too small. Although I ate three bowls, I'm not full at all." Zhong Zicheng complained a little and said, "But now let me eat those ordinary meals. I really can't eat them. Let's not eat. I'm still hungry."

Liu Shaoyun laughed and dragged Zhong Zicheng and said, "Brother, I'm in a good mood today. I'll invite you to Honghulou for dinner. Let's go. You can eat whatever you want when you go there. My brother will treat me."

"That's what you said. Usually, when I just see you invite those so-called poets, you never want to invite me. I'm finally open today." Zhong Zicheng pretended to be flattered, and Liu Shaoyun was so angry that he couldn't wait to kick him on the buttocks.

The two cousins walked out of the Red Sleeve Building talking and laughing.

At the same time, in the small building in the backyard, the pendant looked at the direction Liu Shaoyun left, gritted his teeth and said, "Even if he is the owner's prey, I won't make him feel better."

"Forget it, fall, there's no need to argue with him." As soon as the mantle was raised, the dream girl came out from behind.

At this moment, she did not wear a hat or a veil, and a fresh and refined beauty was completely exposed. It is not as beautiful as Cheng Yuanjia to turn upside down the beauty of all sentient beings, but when you look closely, it has her unique charm, the strong book flavor and calm temperament, which makes people yearn for.

"Mengrou Junjun, what do you think of this Liu Shaoyun person?" The pendant asked while cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks on the table.

Meng Rou smiled and said, "There is some talent, but more arrogant, and this person has too many shortcomings. According to Yuanjia's method, it is not difficult to subdue him."

The person sitting in Hongxiu Tianxiangxuan is none other than Prince Qian's granddaughter, Mengrou Junjun Wei Min'er.

Wei Min'er is more than one year older than Cheng Yuanjia, and she will be seventeen years old in three months. However, her county title was obtained two years later than Cheng Yuanjia, and her grade was even lower. Although her fief is 100 miles away from Cheng Yuanjia, it is much worse in terms of region. Cheng Yuanjia's fief is in the south of the Yangtze River, which belongs to the commercial distribution center of important traffic. Her fief is inland, which is just a place of fish and rice. Although it is also very rich, it is basically difficult to fight for gold every day like Cheng Yuanjia's fiefdom.

Wei Min'er is an open-minded person. She doesn't care at all that she is not as good as Cheng Yuanjia. Originally, Wei Fangxuan, Cheng Yuanjia's mother, was her beloved daughter of her grandfather Prince Qian's favorite daughter and her own aunt. There was nothing to be jealous of. Besides, with Cheng Yuanjia's talent and beauty, it's right to get these. Even the empress dowager spoiled her to the sky. What else is there to say? Therefore, after Cheng Yuanjia moved in to Prince Qian's Mansion, two women of similar age and talented people soon became good sisters. Usually, they were happy to drink tea and poetry together in Cheng Yuanjia's courtyard. It can be said that Wei Min'er is the only one who knows Cheng Yuanjia better than the seventh prince. Even after Prince Qian, she also knows the unknown identity secret of Cheng Yuanjia. It's just that Cheng Yuanjia took into account the face of the seventh prince and publicized that the seventh prince was her only confidant.

Cheng Yuanjia's Bai Lingmi has always been enjoyed by her and her maids. Occasionally, the seven princes are made with ordinary rice. Except for Wei Min'er, who often comes to play, no outsider knows. As for Wei Miner, she has always been regarded as a specialty of Cheng Yuanjia. She didn't know where she came from at all. It was not until she knew the secret of Cheng Yuanjia that she suddenly realized it.

In the face of Cheng Yuanjia, a person with many secrets, Wei Min'er was also speechless. Who would have thought that this young Junjun was an old monster who had lived for thousands of years, let alone that the seemingly precious Bai Lingmi had been flooded in her, if he was not worried about it all of a sudden. Now too much will cause chaos, and she may throw out tens of thousands of stones directly.

Now Bai Lingmi is also eaten in a small range in Prince Cheng Jiaqian's Palace and Hongxiu Tianxiangxuan, which is not even enjoyed by the Empress Dowager. This is not Cheng Yuanjia's stingy, but the Empress Dowager is in the deep palace, which is inconvenient to provide it to her.

The news that Hongxiu Tianxiangxuan entertained guests with a magical peach blossom porridge on the Laba Festival soon spread in the capital. Unfortunately, Aunt Hong had something to say for a long time. The porridge has run out of materials and can't be provided at all. Otherwise, the Red Sleeve Building and Tianxiang Pavilion will not be a brothel in the future, but will be changed into a porridge shop.

This sensational effect was originally expected by Cheng Yuanjia, so after receiving the message from the pendant, she just smiled indifferently and didn't care. This kind of peach blossom porridge is much lighter than what she ate for the seventh princes, and its medicinal effect is far worse. That is because most of the guests are nobles who sleep in flowers and willows. Their body has been hollowed out for a long time and they can't bear the effect of the medicine at all.

The people in the Qiankun nine-star ring are mainly white rice, and all kinds of things are extremely cherished in the outside world, but there are miscellaneous grains everywhere in the nine-star ring. Even ordinary people have a life expectancy of about 150 years. This is still restricted by ordinary people's life, otherwise with their physical condition, it will not be a big problem to live for a few more decades.

After Laba, the Spring Festival is coming soon. Whether it is the capital or Minzhou, they are busy preparing for the New Year. Relatively speaking, Cheng Yuanjia's manor is much calmer. The maids did not receive an order from the master to prepare New Year's goods, and Cheng Yuanjia himself did not care about the New Year, but more about her birthday on the twelfth day of the first lunar month.

It's not that she is going to celebrate her birthday, but that on this day, whether it is the Qian Prince's Mansion, the Cheng family, or even the Empress Dowager, they will do it for her with great fanfare, which makes her tired of coping. Now she is in Minzhou, and she is worried that Zhen'er can't cope with it.

In the roar of the cold wind, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, and the streets and alleys in Minzhou are decorated with lights, making the seventh prince walking on the street feel a little back to the capital.

He went to Minzhou City today, just like looking for a unique gift for Cheng Yuanjia as a birthday gift. Of course, he knew about Cheng Yuanjia's birthday. Many shops were closed from New Year's Eve to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so he had to prepare in advance. With Cheng Yuanjia's family background, nothing is missing, so no matter how valuable the gift is, it is not important to her. What she cares about is only her heart.

Minzhou City is not very big, but it is not small. It took the seventh prince half a day to visit three streets. He has been walking with backache, which is more tiring than practicing martial arts. Looking at the four captains who followed him, they also looked bitter.

"Seventh prince, have you selected it yet?" The captain of the bodyguard couldn't help complaining, "More than 20 stores have been visited."

"I also want to choose a suitable one as soon as possible, but I don't have anything to see so far." The seventh prince sighed and said, "Well, let's go to the east of the city. Anyway, our horses are all there, just go back."

The east of the city are all small shops for civilians. They buy low-priced items. A few taels of silver can kill seven in and seven out in the east of the city, so the four captains don't think there will be something suitable for gifts for Qinrou Junjun.

The east of the city is indeed something cheap and not beautiful, mainly daily necessities, more than two feet wide on the roadside, and the sound of selling vegetables is one after another, which is worthy of being a gathering place for civilians. The seventh prince, the royal nobleman, walked on this road and really enjoyed the feeling of standing out from the crowd.

The seventh prince walked on this kind of street, which made the four captains behind him nervous. The four of them thought about it. To be on the safe side, the four walked to the front and back of the seventh prince and protected him in the middle. The nervousness of the four captains made the seventh prince slightly moved. People who have not felt safe in the deep palace since childhood feel at this moment feel at ease in this bustling city.

When he was about to reach the gate, his eyes were attracted by something on the stall. After stopping for a while, he did not stop. He went straight to get the horse and went back to the barracks.

The New Year is approaching, and there are no lively scenes in the barracks, but full of sadness. The Spring Festival is a day for the whole family to be reunited, but the son in the army can't be reunited with his family, which is somewhat sad. The seventh prince got the financial support of Cheng Yuanjia. For a while, he was not short of money to buy New Year's goods for his subordinates, so that several captains could prepare more wine and vegetables. During the Spring Festival, everyone had a good time together.