"It's strange, where does the aroma of wine come from? I'm already drunk just by smelling it."
"Xiao Er, is there any wine with that kind of aroma? Give him a pot."
"..."
The noisy crowd did not notice that the instigator and Li Xiuzhu had disappeared outside the store.
Li Xiuzhu and Xiaoyaozi were in the carriage. Li Xiuzhu said without any nonsense, "The prince is likely to be in danger. My first mission is to protect the prince."
"Take that and go to the Chengdong Station. Someone will help me arrange a fast horse. At the same time, someone will point out the prince's route."
"When I see the prince, I will tell him that he asked me to protect him, and I will just say that I am satisfied."
Xiaoyaozi nodded when he heard this, and then said in a meaningful way: "Is the prince under my surveillance?"
Li Xiuzhu shook his head.
"He knows where the prince has gone, and his people at the city gate will record the direction of the coming and going of the important people."
Xiaoyaozi didn't mean anything else, but he was stunned when he heard those words. What's the use of that?
After Xiaoyaozi left, Li Xiuzhu did not enter Yunzhu Building immediately. Instead, he looked at the shopping mall not far from Yunzhu Building and entered.
I was stunned when I saw a jadeite bracelet with spring colors. I wonder if it was rare to see jadeite in that era, especially if it was spring colors.
"Boss, how much is it?"
The boss glanced at the bracelet in Li Xiuzhu's leg and was startled.
"My guest has a good taste. Can I buy a bracelet from Siam in the south? It is the best of the best. And it has been carefully carved by the masters in their shop..."
"Just tell me how much it is."
Li Xiuzhu seldom bought anything, and many businessmen recognized him, but they were definitely not wrong.
"100 taels, sir, can you give me your honest price?"
Li Xiuzhu nodded, took out a hundred taels of silver notes from his pocket without negotiating the price, put it on the table and left.
In terms of rarity and workmanship, 100 taels for that thing is a bit high, but it's still worth the money.
When Li Xiuzhu returned to Yunzhu Tower, Huanwan was playing with the tea cup in her lap and looking at the door without blinking.
Seeing Li Xiuzhu come in, his eyes lit up and he regained his energy.
"Master, why have I been gone for so long?"
"Well, it didn't take long, right? Just a cup of tea."
When the little girl heard this, she looked at Li Xiuzhu pitifully, as if asking, will it be soon?
"But Huanwan feels that March has already passed."
Good guy, what about leaving him to play in January and March?
Li Xiuzhu directly took out his trump card and said, "Well, it will be the Yuan Festival in two months. I thought that I would not be able to spend it with Huan Huan, so I went to buy me a gift."
"See if you like it."
Huan Huan stared at Li Xiuzhu with bright eyes the moment he took out the bracelet. She had already guessed whether it was a gift from the master, but she wanted to wait for the master to say it himself.
When he heard that it was really his own, he showed an expression of joy.
"Thank you, master, he likes it very much."
As he spoke, Qiu Qiu stretched out his calves, but when he was about to get the bracelet, Huan Qiu paused. He suddenly looked at Li Xiuzhu and begged with expectation in his eyes: "Master, can I help him carry it?"
Li Xiuzhu could not resist the beautiful girl's plea. Hearing this, he immediately grabbed his apprentice's red calf.
Li Xiuzhu, who felt it was smooth and tender, put the bracelet into Hanhan's leg and wrist.
The green and purple of the jadeite bracelet contrast with each other, and there is a green luan carving on the surface, but it is as if it is made from nature, and it is not obtrusive at all.
"Thank you, master. That is the only gift that Hanhan has received in her life, and it is also the best gift."
"Don't worry about saying that it's the only one in your life. From now on, master will give me gifts without asking for them, right?"
"Uh, please~" Huanwan stuck out her tongue, obviously she was so stupid just now.
Suddenly, Huanwen raised her head and asked: "Master, why don't you give one to the Queen? He can give it to the Queen on behalf of Master."
Li Xiuzhu hesitated for a moment, but did not deny it. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let him make a painting for her. I will tell her, and others will say that Fu Liuli asked him to paint it for her."
"good!"
Huanwan was also very curious about her master's painting skills, so she immediately went to the inkstone to grind ink for her master.
Li Xiuzhu looked at the ink grinder and took off the pen cap behind a brush on the table without saying anything.
Huh? What is Master doing?
At that time, Li Xiuzhu said: "Okay, then the ink cannot be rubbed with too much water."
The ink with a little viscosity is just right.
In a second, Li Xiuzhu dipped the penholder in ink and started drawing on the rice paper.
Hmm? Then, draw with wooden sticks?
Can I draw?
Just when Hanwan was questioning in her mind, Li Xiuzhu had already drawn lines with the rounded edge of the pen.
Since you want to draw, you must draw something out of the ordinary. You need to have a foundation and theory in sketching, plus the proportions and grids are actually very easy to draw.
After practicing martial arts, Li Xiuzhu was completely regarded as a humanoid printer. Not long after, a lifelike sketch appeared in front of Hanhan.
Huanwan looked at it blankly, shocked.
She really looked exactly like the queen she knew.
"Master, I'm so good. That's so similar... No, it's exactly the same."
"Master, can I also draw one for him?"
Li Xiuzhu heard this and said, "Can I draw a picture? Do I have a place to put it now? Is it easy to damage or cause inconvenience if I carry it with me?"
Huanwan opened her mouth, but was unable to refute.
No, it will be easily damaged if you carry it with you, but it will be easily exposed if you don't carry it with you.
Suddenly, she became unhappy and even felt a little jealous looking at the portrait of the queen.
"Let's wait until next year. Next year, the flowers should also bloom and become even more beautiful."
"Then the master won't need me to stay in the palace, and I can be myself and do what I want to do."
What do you want to do? At that moment, the shameful image of herself warming the master's bed immediately appeared in Hanwan's mind.
Suddenly her face turned red, her eyes became affectionate as she looked at the master, and she pulled up her silk threads.
Hiss, what on earth did that little girl think of? That look in her eyes is pretty cool.
"Then master, can you promise him something next year?"
Li Xiuzhu could have felt that something was fishy, so he didn't agree immediately, but instead asked, "What's the matter?"
"He didn't think about it very well. He just thought that I owe him a promise, master."
Seeing Li Xiuzhu's hesitation, Huan Huan immediately hugged Li Xiuzhu's arm and shook it.
"Master, promise him! If he can be your apprentice, will he be very harmful to you? Huanhua will do you wrong in his whole life."
Li Xiuzhu thought about it and thought that was not the case. After hearing this, he finally nodded.
"Okay, okay, you're afraid of me. I have to ask Master to do it. I can't help but ask Master Xingxing who is in heaven."