Qin Ying smiled: “I wonder if Young Master Xu has heard that Madam Hu will hold a poetry meeting in the newly built garden next month and asked me to invite some talented women to attend.”
Young Master Xu raised an eyebrow: “I see.”
“But Miss Gu is just a daughter from a common family. Her status is too low, and I’m afraid she is not suitable.”
Qin Ying said lightly: “Madam Hu has long said that as long as you have talent or beauty, you can enter the garden regardless of your status. Since Miss Gu can be praised by Young Master Su, she must have something outstanding. Please tell me, Mr. Xu.”
At this point, Young Master Xu couldn’t say anything more: “Miss Gu opened an inn, not far east of this street.”
Qin Ying bowed to him: “Thank you, Young Master Xu.”
After saying that, she walked out slowly.
A maid standing in the corner hurriedly followed.
Young Master Xu looked at her back and curled his lips slightly. Who doesn’t know what was going on? He heard that the headmaster admired Su Chen very much and intended to marry his granddaughter to him.
Of course, this was a rumor, but looking at Miss Qin, this rumor was probably about 70% true.
Qin Ying left the bookstore and didn’t get on the carriage. She walked slowly eastward.
She paid attention to the signs of the shops on both sides of the street. Not long after, she saw a shop with a large front. There was a sign with a black background and gold letters on the door, ‘Inn’.
Qin Ying walked closer, slowed down, and turned to look into the inn.
She saw that the furnishings of the inn were novel and exquisite, which was not the same as the inns she had seen before. There were even rockery and pools in the store.
Looking again, she saw a girl sitting at the counter.
She only saw half of her face. Her skin was as white as snow, her flesh was smooth, and her black hair was crowed. The girl was embroidering with her head down.
At this time, someone came to talk to her. The girl raised her head and saw a pair of bright eyes under her willow eyebrows.
Qin Ying couldn’t help but sigh in her heart, what a beautiful woman.
She hesitated for a moment, stopped at the door for a few seconds, and went straight forward.
Lanzhi was sitting at the counter, talking to Lian’er: “Where did Xiao Fei go again? This girl, her hand is injured, but she is not at peace.”
It was noon soon, and more guests were eating in the inn.
Gu Fei injured her hand today, so she didn’t go to the kitchen to help. She sent Lian’er to watch the back, fearing that someone would put something in the dishes in the chaos.
After Housekeeper Wu, said that she was always a little nervous, wondering what means he was going to use to deal with her.
The business in the store was particularly good today, and the lobby was full.
The store was bustling with customers leaving and coming back. Five or six yamen runners came in and took a look around the store. One of them shouted: “Who is the shopkeeper?”
Gu Fei hurriedly came out from the counter and said: “I am the shopkeeper. I wonder what you want to do for me, brothers.”
One of the yamen runners had a mole next to his nose and looked like the leader of the group. He raised the sign in his hand to Gu Fei and said: “We are from the government office. Someone reported that your store is harboring criminals from the imperial court. We are going to search it now.”
Gu Fei was startled, and quickly apologized with a smile, secretly handing the man a silver ingot of ten taels: “Brothers, it’s not true. For all the guests staying in the hotel, the inn has checked the pass and carefully registered them. You can look at the registration book.”
The man waved his hand, did not take the silver, and sneered: “I’ll look at the logbook later, search first!”
He waved his hand, and the several yamen runners following him shouted to the guests who were still eating: “The government is doing business, please move aside!”
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