Where did the 45 palace flowers come from?

  Chen Xiang hastily covered her mouth and scolded, "Shut up. You're a young lady, what are you doing talking about brothels? Don't let people laugh at our family's daughters."

  Pouting, she said discontentedly: "I was just asking. Hmm? Look, isn't that King Jing?"

  Chen Xiang was also surprised and poked his head out, suddenly exclaiming, "Ah... it's really him?"

  Li Xue was indeed upstairs, his eyes fixed tightly on the stone-green curtain with a hint of pink, from this angle, he could vaguely see a gentle and elegant face through the gap blown by the gentle breeze, her eyes were slightly deep, in his mind, he thought of some improper scenes, and then thought of their identities, suddenly shook his head, bowed his hands to apologize to the guard again, the guard touched his head, obviously had recognized Li Xue, bowed his hands, immediately changed to a respectful tone: "It's the prince. I didn't recognize you at first. Please forgive me for my offense. It doesn't matter that I got hurt, but I'm afraid of disturbing our young lady."

  Li Xiao burst out laughing: "But it's not Li Xiao's fault. Trouble little brother to help me apologize to the young lady of your esteemed household. Another day I will visit in person and take responsibility myself."

  "The king is being polite, I dare not accept it." The guard saw Li Xiu being so polite and was very honored and surprised. He quickly cupped his hands and bowed down, sticking to the carriage, and whispered to Ruoxi: "Miss, it's all right, just a misunderstanding."

  The blue silk curtain was lifted, revealing a young girl with a white veil covering her face. Only her big, bright eyes were visible as she glanced up at Li Xiao on the floor above. He wore a long, dark-blue robe with a purple-gold crown on his head and sat by the window, looking like a romantic. He raised his wine cup in a toast to Qing and made a gesture of respect, saying: "Miss Fang, I apologize for startling you and your attendants earlier. Please forgive me."

  As she thought of the scoundrel's wicked appearance a few days ago, she felt angry in her heart, but her mouth said: "Your Highness is being polite. Such trivial matters, I wouldn't put them in my heart."

  Li Xidao said: "It's a pity that I couldn't attend the gathering, but now there are many things that haven't changed. I'm afraid I won't be able to personally accompany you to apologize. How about this? On another day when I have some free time, I will definitely come to visit and personally apologize to you. Will you forgive me?"

  As if frightened, she hastily said: "Your Highness is joking, I can already feel your sincerity, there's no need to come in person, lest it disturb Your Highness's noble mood..." She had wanted to tease him a bit, but thinking that as a young lady, saying such words out loud in public was somewhat excessive, she stopped herself and let down the curtain, signaling the coachman to drive on.

  The horse carriage drove for a while before Chen Xiang indignantly said, "This King Jing is really too much. Last time, he deliberately blocked the young lady, making it impossible for Ruolan to save face. This time, he's even more outrageous, daring to throw his cup in public." Fortunately, it didn't hit the young lady on the head.

  "And yet, and yet, with so many beautiful concubines in the King's household, he still dares to fool around outside."

  She gave her a sideways glance: "Sister, what's wrong? There's an old saying that goes 'the flowers in the garden are not as fragrant as those in the wild', isn't that right?"

  Chen Xiang coldly laughed and said: "So men are all the same, I thought this person was like our family's master, a self-respecting one."

  "Linglong quickly said: 'It's unlikely, what kind of person is our family's old master? How can sister compare him with this person?'"

  It turned out that her two elder brothers, who looked like government officials, had such a majestic image in the eyes of the young maids.

  Went to the largest local restaurant, got out of the car and carefully looked around. Although Datong's economy is backward and the common people live a hard life, there are also some wealthy and famous officials here. The high-end restaurants in this place are also very upscale. At this time, it was not yet mealtime, so there were no people in the store. Ruoqing let He Mama explain the purpose to the shopkeeper, and then the shopkeeper led Ruoqing through the main building to a elegant pavilion in the backyard specially set up for female guests.

  Chen Xiang Ling personally placed the floor screen in the corner of the wall in front of Ru Qing, and Ru Qing sat behind the screen to negotiate with the owner of the wine house.

  After talking for a good long while, they finally settled on most of the details and drafted a contract, with an advance payment of 500 taels as a deposit.

  The owner of the wine house saw a little girl, speaking with reason and eloquence, doing things with precision, and also seeing the maidservants beside her, each with elegant demeanor and humble expression, yet revealing a hint of noble elegance, even the maid was so clever and extraordinary, it's likely that the master is even more impressive.

  Having a banquet catered was almost unheard of in ancient aristocratic families, but it wasn't unprecedented either. Some people found it too troublesome, or their homes were too small, or there was no one to host the feast at home, so catering out was not uncommon.

  So, as for the emotions, I don't worry that outsourcing will suffer from human disease. The Hongbin Hotel is still a household name in the local area, and I believe it won't disappoint people too much. Next, what I need to do is find a theater troupe and have them arrange a play.

  However, for these matters, it is not necessary to show up in person. Just let the butler find the leader of a theater troupe outside and have him come to discuss the details with Ruoqing himself.

  After leaving Hongbin Hotel, he went straight back to Jiangjun Mansion.

  Upon returning to the General's residence, the carriage directly entered through the second gate and arrived at a three-zhang-wide courtyard in front of the Weihua Gate. Under Xiangling's attentive service, Ruoqing got out of the sedan chair and entered the Weihua Gate, only then removing the veil from her head. After returning to Linlang Garden, Taohong sneaked up with a sly smile and said to Ruoqing: "Miss, Prince Jing has arrived, specifically requesting to apologize to you in person."

  Her heart skipped a beat as she thought that every time she met this person, she was either bullied or left fuming with anger. How could she dare to meet him again?

  Tao Hong said: "The King of Jing is still in the front hall, miss, would you like to go see him?"

  Like a gentle shake of the head, the front courtyard was filled with men, where could a young lady like her go?

  Tao Hong felt a bit disappointed and said in a low voice, "What a pity! They brought many precious gifts, but Master returned them all."

  As expected, I thought Li Xiao's words about coming to apologize were just polite talk, but unexpectedly he really came to the door and brought gifts. However, knowing what's right and refusing is one thing, but being soft-hearted towards others is another, like that box of pearls in Qizhou City a few years ago was a bloody example.

  That night, Zhiyi came to Ruxiang's house again.

  Staring at the butterfly palace flower on the small table, the butterfly wings were made of green jade, but the body was made of red gold. It looked lifelike. Compared to the styles in modern jewelry stores, this one didn't seem new or trendy, and it looked old-fashioned. However, it had been well-preserved, with no signs of dust on its surface. Ru Xing was surprised, "How did this palace flower end up in your hands, brother?"

  Zhī Yì said in a low voice: "You ask me, but I also want to ask you, how did this palace flower end up in Li Xiǎo's hands?"

  Digression

  Some readers questioned that Chapter 43 doesn't connect, we re-examined it again and again, but there's nothing wrong. Li Xiao didn't respond, he just looked at the slender figure with his back to him, like a sly mouse, almost sticking to the wall, if there was a seam there, he would definitely drill in like a mouse.

  This dessert shop has a wide variety of products, but it also takes up a lot of space. The various pastries are placed on shelves, making the store's circulation space very narrow. There can only be five or six people inside at a time. Suddenly, so many people arrived, startling the other customers in the store. Some timid ones saw this scene and quickly put down their food, lowered their heads and left.