In the red tent, Shaoyao lazily got up and ordered the maid to take the egg yolk cake into the house.

Chun's mother saw that Shaoyao had complained of illness and had not received guests for two days. She entered the room and wanted to beat Shaoyao to alert her silly daughter.

"Shaoyao, are you still thinking about your Mr. Meng? Mom has never seen anyone. These literati, gentlemen and elegant scholars are the most ruthless."

Peony: "..."

"Daughter, he just came here to have fun, how could he get distracted, let alone redeem himself for you? Spend more time with Mr. Shangguan. He mentions you in front of me every time he comes."

Shaoyao lazily responded: "Mom, I know."

She picked up an egg yolk cake, drank it with tea, and chewed it carefully. She unconsciously thought of his Meng Lang again.

As soon as Chun's mother left the room, Shaoyao took out the topaz mandarin duck pendant that was close to her body, looked at it carefully, put it against her chest, and murmured to herself.

"Meng Lang, I agreed that after going home and discussing with my family, I would come and redeem my body. Why have I been gone for three months and there has been no news from you?"

As soon as Shangguan Lang came out of Peony's house, he turned around to find Chun's mother and asked about Miss Shaoyao's current situation.

Chun's mother knew that Shaoyao's heart was no longer in the brothel, and she wanted to be a good person, but she also knew that Meng Jie was not reliable, so she stepped forward and encouraged Shangguan Lang to redeem Shaoyao's life.

"Master Shangguan, are you leaving now?"

Shangguan Lang adjusted his clothes and said hello to Mother Chun: "Hello, Mother Chun. How is Miss Shaoyao's health? Do you still think about his Meng Lang?"

Chun's mother waved her handkerchief, wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "Master Shangguan, you have really asked me what is in my heart. This peony has been missing tea and food recently, which makes me very worried. I wonder if Master Shangguan will take pity on her and redeem her life." ?”

"Mom, you really mean what you said! Miss Shaoyao, are you willing to be a good person?"

Shangguan Lang was startled at first, then turned around and thought about how such a bargain could be possible, and then said, "I'm afraid what Shaoyao wants is his Meng Lang!"

Mother Chun immediately replied: "Master Shangguan, Meng Lang has been missing for three months. I think Shaoyao will figure it out one day. Why don't you pay fifty gold to ransom her?"

"Only fifty gold?" Shangguan Lang's family is naturally not short of silver, so they can still get fifty gold.

"Just fifty gold, Mr. Shangguan, I'm waiting for your good news!" Mother Chun watched Shangguan Lang leave.

The conversation between Mother Chun and Shangguan Lang was listened to by Peony and Peony who leaned against the door.

Shaoyao once again clenched the yellow jade mandarin duck pendant, thinking about her Meng Lang.

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In the afternoon, a new batch of egg yolk pastries came out of the oven, and the Liuxiang snacks were filled with the aroma of milk pastries.

Mu Zhiyuan, who was tired from work, came to the store with four food boxes, followed by an entourage.

Mao Xi took him to the inner hall and made a pot of tea.

"Ah Shao, look what I brought back for you?"

Mao Xi opened the food boxes. Each food box had three layers and was filled with different snacks and fruits.

"These are all fruits, some of which I have never seen before." Shu Xi exclaimed.

Before Mu Zhiyuan sat down, he was already familiar with these boxes of fruits: "This cherry cake and peach cake are sold in every restaurant, this lotus cake is a palace fruit, and this is a sober-up ice plum blossom jelly, which is sold in every pastry shop these days." Best of all, this water chestnut cake is the favorite food of the ladies and ladies of the royal palace..."

"Brother Mu, you just came back. Please sit down and have a rest and drink some tea!"

Lou Lan'er and Xiao Qing stepped forward together, looking at the fruits with different shapes, and their horizons widened.

Lou Lan'er: "Brother Mu, you have bought back all the popular refreshments from all the fruit shops and restaurants in Beidu!"

Xiao Qing: "Shopkeeper, can I have one?"

Mao Xi nodded, and Lou Lan'er and Xiao Qing started eating separately.

Ajiao ran over smelling the fragrance and was hugged by Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen took a fried cherry from the food box for her daughter, and then took Lou Lan'er and Xiao Qing to help in the kitchen, leaving Mu Zhiyuan and Shu Xi alone.

Mao Xi was not good at ordering tea, so he poured a cup of tea for Mu Zhiyuan.

"Ah Shu, try it and see which ones you like to eat. These are all popular in the northern capital recently. You can see which ones can also be sold in our food shops."

Mao Xi took a bite of the lotus cake. The fruit was sweet but not greasy. It was shaped like a blooming lotus and had both beauty and taste.

"It's so delicious. I like this lotus cake!" Mao Xi took a sip of tea to go with it and ate the whole thing.

"Ah Shu, if you like it, I will take you to Beidu next time. Not only are the snacks delicious there, but there are also more home-cooked and royal dishes!"

Mu Zhiyuan made some insinuations and wanted to take Shu Xi out for fun, but he couldn't figure out her attitude.

"Brother Mu, how did you go about investigating the clues about the Black Orchid Society when you went to Beidu this time?" Shui Xi changed the subject.

"I have some clues. The children I am looking for this time are selected from among the people. They will be cultivated and then placed as secret stakes in various princes' palaces."

While Mu Zhiyuan was talking, Mao Xi ate another fried cherry.

"Brother Mu, I'm going to Beidu with you. I'm afraid there will be assassins. Besides, I'm not old enough, and my mother-in-law won't agree with you and me traveling alone. I think Lihua Town is pretty good, and I'll definitely have Liuxiang snacks in the future. Not inferior to the restaurants in Beidu!"

Seeing that Mao Xi's eyes were full of snacks, Mu Zhiyuan stopped talking. It was rare to see her not busy in the kitchen.

At this time, he remembered the time he and Mao Xi ate roasted sweet potatoes and fed the panda Huahua in the special cave in the back mountain.

"Ah Xiao, I haven't seen Huahua for a long time. Let's go see it together another day and pick some Ganoderma lucidum and Dendrobium."

When she heard Ganoderma lucidum and Dendrobium, Mao Xi nodded her head like garlic.

Lihua Town, inside the Tianxiangpeng Peony Pharmacy.

Mudan came to Shaoyao alone. Seeing that her bun was loose and she did not apply makeup, she stepped forward to comfort her: "Sister Shaoyao, did you also hear that Mother Chun said that she wanted to sell you to Shangguan Lang?"

Shaoyao got up from the couch and poured Mudan a cup of tea.

"Sister, are you blaming me? Everyone knows that Shangguan Lang is Sister Mudan's benefactor!"

Mudan covered her mouth and smiled and said: "What's wrong with him? I never care about him, I'm just showing off. Sister, do you still want your Meng Lang to redeem your life?"

Upon hearing the word Meng Lang, Shaoyao turned his head and said nothing, feeling unhappy.

"If my sister wants to be a good person, she can redeem herself. If she doesn't have enough money, she can lend you some."

Shaoyao turned around and saw that Mudan's eyes were sincere and didn't look like she was lying to her. She wondered, "Why did sister help me? Doesn't sister want to redeem herself?"

Peony: "I am not as infatuated as your sister. Although I am the courtesan of Lihua Town, you are the number one person in Tianxiang Peng. If you become a good person, the number one number will be me."

Shaoyao: "Sister, although I am the number one, I have never wanted to compete with you."

Mudan held Shaoyao's hands and said: "Sister knows, but I am a married prostitute. I can only sing and dance, but not good at music. I am not as good as you, my sister, who knows guzheng poetry and can talk about romance with those young men. Besides, you are tied with red rope. Hands, if you are an artist instead of selling yourself, you can still find a good family to marry after you become a good person. If I become a good person, I will have to go back to the poor life before."

Shaoyao: "But sister, with our strength, how can we raise these fifty gold?"

"Money needs to be raised, but it is not easy to get out of Mother Chun's incense shed, and it requires strategy. You can go to Miss Mao Xi from Liuxiang Snacks, she may be able to help you."

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