Chapter 129: Hardworking and Poor Man
It was almost 3 p.m. when the drunk people at noon gradually sobered up.
Unlike their drunken state, after waking up, Yao Dachuan and the other two had faces as red as monkey butts and hardly dared to look up to face other people.
It was really rude of him to be so drunk the first time he came to his friend's house and to even be arm in arm with the deputy general and call him a brother.
I don’t know how to explain this to Ye Qiongying.
Fortunately, Chen Xiong was a man of few words and never put on airs. After a while, he started talking to them again with a smile on his face. When he went out first, the impression of Yao Dachuan and the other two on him had changed from a "corrupted deputy general" to a "frank big brother."
An Yu, who had only drunk a little bit of alcohol, was the last one to get up.
When An Yu heard that Ye Qiongying was going to take them out for a walk in the afternoon, he quickly got himself ready and stood silently beside Ye Qiongying.
Obviously, he wanted to go too.
Ye Qiongying naturally didn't care about this, and said to Uncle Ye with a smile:
"Uncle Ye, I'll leave the restaurant to you. I'll take them out to have a look first, and then I'll go directly to the store to find you when the time comes."
"Okay!" Uncle Ye waved his hand, "Girl, go with them. I'll take care of the rest."
As soon as Ye Qiongying and the others left, Uncle Ye also left the courtyard.
In addition to booking a hotel, he also had to go to Chunye Pawnshop to discuss with Hong Xiu and finalize the matter of following Du Ming, and then inquire about the situation in the capital.
Unlike when he came here in a hurry, Eunuch Liang will most likely be much slower on his way back this time. Add to that the time it takes to communicate with His Majesty and the process of sending the decree. If there are any instructions, it should be time for him to arrive in Pingwu City soon, right?
If we delay any further, either something will happen on Lianggong Road, or something unexpected will happen to His Majesty in the palace.
The former is probably unlikely.
In the past few months, family letters have arrived from the Ye Mansion in the capital every month.
Liang Dehai was the emperor's close attendant and the chief steward of the imperial palace's internal affairs. If something had happened to him, it would have caused a big stir long ago. How come there has been no movement?
In the case of the latter...
There are some possibilities.
According to the content of the letter sent by the Ye family, His Majesty's health seemed to have not been good in the past few months. He has not attended court for a long time, and most of the time he only appeared briefly. He has never held a banquet like the Summer Solstice Banquet.
However, state affairs are still being handled, and it seems that the impact is not that great.
In addition, there have been rumors that His Majesty has been in poor health in recent years, and nothing serious has happened. Instead, those who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble were caught one after another by him, so this kind of news is not a big deal in the capital.
No one even dared to cause trouble at this time.
Because - just before His Majesty fell ill this time, Prime Minister Du was dismissed.
The Du family was uprooted, and there was no possibility for them to become officials within three generations. Du Ming, who had worked in the court for so many years, was directly exiled to Pingwu City, and it was unknown how many years he could live.
Officials of all ranks in the capital city have been working very hard these days, not to mention trying to gather information or do something stupid, for they are afraid that His Majesty is setting a trap for them again.
Because of this, the atmosphere in the capital has improved a lot recently. Even the little hooligans on the streets have disappeared, and the efficiency of solving cases has reached a new peak.
I guess they were all afraid of being caught by His Majesty who was "pretending to be sick", so they took this opportunity to make an example of him.
They are not like Du Xiang, who is afraid that he will not even have the chance of exile and will be beheaded on the spot.
Since there were no accidents, Uncle Ye guessed that the news should have been passed back soon.
He had to notify the pawnshop and make preparations early.
On the other hand, His Majesty, who had frightened all the officials in the capital into doing their duty, did not look sick at all.
Maybe it was because of the exercise in the past few months, plus the fact that he hadn't been sick, that made him much healthier. Or maybe it was because the smell of alcohol hadn't dissipated yet, but now An Yu's face looked much rosier than Ye Qiongying and the others.
There is no need to say much about Yao Dachuan and the other two. They are village men who grew up doing farm work. Their skin is tanned and they look like charcoal.
Even Ye Qiongying, before coming to Pingwu City, no matter how skilled she was, at least on the surface, she was still a pretty young lady with fair skin, otherwise she would not have been looked down upon by Yin Xu, who thought she only knew some fancy moves.
But now, several months have passed, and her originally fair skin has become slightly darker due to the sun. Fortunately, she is naturally beautiful and does not look dull. Instead, she has an indescribable heroic and wild charm, and her posture is more upright than before.
Although she is not as tall as the young man An Yu, she is much more imposing than him, and it doesn't feel awkward to be called sister by him.
These four people with different images, at this moment, each of them was holding a big steamed bun in his hand, eating it while walking.
The steamed buns were a specialty of Pingwu City. They were baked big and round, and each one was bigger than their faces.
The surface of the pancake is golden brown, the edges are crispy, and the inside is tender and soft. It is mixed with chopped fried meat filling. It is crispy and juicy when you bite it, leaving a lot of crumbs in your mouth. The taste is very special.
Yao Dachuan and his friends had really good appetites. They ate two in one go and now they were holding the third round in their hands.
Ye Qiongying was fine. Her appetite had increased compared to before, but she was still restrained. She only planned to savor this one slowly and not eat it quickly.
As for An Yu, he often lost his appetite after eating one or two bites of the imperial meals prepared by a group of imperial chefs who gathered around the stove to study recipes, and threw them aside dejectedly.
Now, he found the steamed buns sold at the street stall to be particularly delicious, even though he didn't know whether they were clean or poisoned. He ate them like a little hamster and finished most of them in a short while.
This caused Yao Dachuan and his friends to go back and buy two steamed buns.
Yao Manfu opened his mouth and said:
"It's not that we ate too much, it's mainly because brother Anyu ate so deliciously that we unconsciously wanted to eat more."
Perhaps because he had received Ye Qiongying's assurance, An Yu was no longer hostile to them, but he was not willing to approach them either. Upon hearing this, he twitched his nose, snorted, and turned to the other side of Ye Qiongying, continuing to eat his steamed bun with his head down, as if to say -
I'm a good-for-nothing, don't expect me to take the blame.
Ye Qiongying was amused by their interaction:
"Okay, if you like it, buy more. It's a good opportunity to see if there is any other food that can be kept for a long time. I can bring it back to the camp tomorrow. In case I don't have food to eat one day, it can be used as a substitute."
As he was speaking, he suddenly felt a force coming from the side. It was someone who bumped into An Yu. An Yu fell backwards and bumped into Ye Qiongying next to him.