The boss said with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment, Miss. It's made from cowhide. This is cowhide that has been treated with a secret recipe passed down from our ancestors. It's very strong and has good light transmission."
Shangguan Ruoli asked Ling Yu, "Yu'er, which lantern do you like?"
Ling Yu's big eyes were dark, looking at this and that, she was already dazzled by the sight.
Dongming Ziyu smiled fondly and picked the smallest orange lantern for her to avoid it being too heavy for her to lift.
Shangguan Ruoli turned to the little maids and said, "You should also choose a lantern each."
Zi Yan knew her master's temper, so she thanked her immediately, took a few maids with her, looked at the dazzling array of lanterns on the stall, and began to choose.
Shangguan Ruoli also chose a small frog and a small white rabbit. If Ling Yu didn't like the orange one, he would use these two to coax her.
He gave a lantern to Mo Wen and Mo Xiang, one each, "Hold it for me."
Mo Wen and Mo Xiang were twenty-five or six years old and no longer children. They felt a little awkward when they accepted the lantern.
After buying lanterns, everyone's interest became high.
When I saw a food stall, I bought some to try and ate from one end of the street to the other.
Even if these people are guards, they all have status. They haven't eaten at street stalls in the market for a long time, and they all find it very fresh.
When they walked to the street, they saw that Ling Yao was a little tired. Shangguan Ruoli suggested: "Let's go on a boat trip on the river and drink tea and rest for a while."
"Okay, okay!" Ling Yao clapped her hands in agreement.
She was a little full after eating and needed some tea to relieve her hunger.
Don't think about chartering a cruise ship right away, but who knows the boat has been chartered.
Shangguan Ruoli was quite disappointed and looked at the teahouse on the street. "Then let's go sit in the teahouse. The view here is good and we can see the scenery of the Qinhuai River clearly. It should be good."
Everyone had no objection and was about to turn around and enter the teahouse.
I saw a young boy running over, knelt down and saluted, "I have met all the nobles, my wife has chartered a big boat and invited all the nobles to go on a river cruise together."
Judging from their attitude, you should know their identities.
Shangguan Ruoli raised his eyebrows slightly: "Who is your wife?"
The boy said: "My wife is the wife of the prefect, Chu Yanqing."
Dongming Ziyu looked over and saw a large boat docked on the shore. There were several government servants with swords standing on the boat.
A lady wearing a dark brown cloak stood up and was about to get off the boat.
Shangguan Ruoli looked at Dongming Ziyu and asked, "Go and have a look?"
After all, Chu Yanqing was the official of Jinling's parents, and he found a place for them to stay in another courtyard. It was hard to offend his wife's face too much.
Mrs. Chu may have something wrong with her requesting an audience in this way.
She wanted to see what they were up to.
Dongming Ziyu nodded and said: "Okay."
A group of people walked towards the big ship at the dock. The warm spring breeze lifted everyone's clothes and made a slight hunting sound.
Mrs. Chu had already disembarked the boat with the people on the boat, knelt on the shore to pick her up, and said, "Greetings to all the nobles."
She looked to be about forty years old, and her appearance was that of a standard Jiangnan beauty, petite and delicate. However, she had a sad look on her face and her temples were stained with white frost.
It can be seen that life was not comfortable.
Shangguan Ruoli showed a standard smile and stepped forward to help Mrs. Chu up, "Madam, there is no need to be polite, please get up quickly."
Some people knew that the person who chartered the boat was the prefect's wife. Now that they saw the prefect's wife kneeling down, they guessed that these people must be important people, so they all watched from a distance.
Mrs. Chu hurriedly said: "Dear ladies, please get on the boat quickly."
Dongming Ziyu took his wife, daughter and entourage on board the boat. The boat was big enough for more than twenty people, and it seemed quite spacious.
Mrs. Chu ordered people to sail the boat, and then asked people to serve tea, and also asked the invited singing girls to play pipa and sing songs to entertain.
The fragrance of tea lingers, the pipa is like big beads falling on a jade plate, the singing is ethereal and soft...
Admiring the night view on the Qinhuai River outside the window, the bright lights are jumping and twinkling in the water.
Walking in the scenery is more interesting than watching the scenery from the shore.
After drinking a cup of tea, the song is over.
Shangguan Ruoli said politely: "Good tea and good music. Thank you madam for hosting me."
Mrs. Chu waved her hand gently, and the singing girl playing the pipa stood up, bowed, and retreated.
Then, she stood up, knelt on the board of the ship, kowtowed and said, "To be honest, I am here specifically to wait for the Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the Princess."
Shangguan Ruoli and Dongming Ziyu looked at each other and asked, "Is there something wrong with Mrs. Chu?"
Mrs. Chu said: "I do have an unkind invitation."
Shangguan Ruoli rubbed the lid of the tea cup with her jade hand and said, "Mrs. Chu, please speak."
Mrs. Chu kowtowed and said, "I heard that the eldest princess has very good medical skills. She studied under Dr. Bai. The dog has a hidden disease. Please ask the eldest princess to diagnose and treat the dog."
I thought I wanted to marry Dongming Ziyu, or marry Lingyao or Jingyu, but it turned out that I wanted to see a doctor.
This is unexpected.
Hidden illness? Shangguan Ruoli’s eyes twitched. Could it be a male issue?
Ling Yao, who was drinking tea, didn't expect it to be related to her, so she couldn't help but put down her tea cup and asked: "Hidden diseases? Can Mrs. Chu elaborate? Although it is said that there are no men and women in the eyes of doctors, I am a woman who has not left the court after all, and some of the diseases are still there.
You should avoid it."
Mrs. Chu blushed and said hurriedly: "No...if that's the case, I would never dare to beg the eldest princess. It's like this. The dog's abdomen has been swollen since he was a few years old. Several doctors looked at it and said
It’s the Ximai…”
As she said this, Mrs. Chu's eyes turned red, "The master thought it was a monster and an ominous sign, so he locked the dog in the backyard all year round and did not allow it to see the light of day. He also did not allow his wife to take him around to seek medical treatment."
"A man with a happy pulse? This is strange." Ling Yao became interested upon hearing this.
She has been obsessed with medical skills since she was a child, and is most interested in strange and difficult diseases.
Shangguan Ruoli knew that Ling Yao wanted to see it, so he said, "Please ask Mrs. Chu to arrange a time for the eldest princess to go and see it for Young Master Ling."
Mrs. Chu kowtowed and said: "There is no need to arrange another time. The dog is in the cabin. My master will not let him seek medical treatment or show his face in front of others. This is a rare opportunity, so I took him out. Everyone who meets me is his."
If you don't meet the good fortune, just go out and relax."
Dongming Ziyu said: "Then let's go and have a look."
With that said, he left Ling Yu alone and stood up.
Obviously, he would not let Ling Yao treat a man alone. As a father, he had to follow her and no one else could gossip.
Ling Yao was very grateful. Her father was the stingiest and was very happy without stopping her. He was so supportive and protective of her.
Shangguan Ruoli was also curious about why the man had a happy pulse, so he stood up and wanted to have a closer look.
So, the family of three followed Mrs. Chu down to the bottom cabin and entered a cabin.
Lying on the wooden couch in the cabin was a young man in his twenties. The man's abdomen was highly bulging. His skin was pale and pale because he had not seen the sun for many years.
She looks somewhat similar to Chu Yanqing, quite handsome and delicate, but her eyes are a bit gloomy.
Mrs. Chu introduced: "Several nobles, this is my son Chu Jingye."