Chapter 114: Oily Hair and Powdered Face
Lord Fu couldn't help laughing when he thought of Yang Yinjun's recklessness.
The little girl is usually very careful, but if she meets her childhood friend who is very smart, she will probably be troubled.
After applying the medicine, he stuffed the small porcelain box into Tang Ying's hands and said, "Remember to apply it every day if you don't want to be disfigured."
In fact, the scratch on Tang Ying's cheek was not serious. She estimated that it would return to normal after a while: "No need, right?"
However, Master Fu was firm in his attitude: "Even if you no longer regard yourself as a girl, it's not good to walk in front of the emperor with your face disfigured, right?"
The reason was really impeccable, so Tang Ying had no choice but to accept it: "Thank you."
Fu Chen sneered: "You don't have to be so polite to me. I'm not the kind of person who would pester you." In order to show that he kept his word, he really went back behind the desk, put on a businesslike attitude, and talked about official business.
Tang Ying restrained her expression and plunged into her official business. The two talked for more than half an hour and finally settled the matters that needed to be coordinated in the near future. She then stood up and said goodbye.
Fu Chen sat there motionless until he heard a thunderous voice coming from the door: "Yingzi, have you finished talking to your lover?"
He heard Tang Ying's helpless and deliberately low voice: "Shh - Yang Huniu, if you keep talking nonsense, I will really beat you up! There is nothing between me and Master Fu."
Unexpectedly, Miss Yang Yinjun lived up to his expectations and argued with her in a loud voice: "Yingzi, are you still thinking about Yu An? Well, he is not bad, and he obeys you in everything, but people have to look forward and let the past go. We grew up in the border since we were young, what haven't we seen? Besides, I think this Lord Fu is really good, and his appearance is really...tsk tsk..."
No matter how calm Lord Fu was, he secretly gave Miss Yang Yinjun a thumbs up in his heart - I'm afraid that since the city was broken, no one who knew about it had ever directly exposed her scars, let alone said to her bluntly, "People have to look forward and let the past be the past."
Hearing the footsteps getting farther and farther away from the door, he actually did something he had not expected. He crouched and slipped to the door like a thief. Just then, he heard a crisp slap. Amid Yang Huniu's "ouch", Tang Ying seemed to be grinding her teeth in anger: "Don't talk nonsense! If you think Mr. Fu is good, why don't you go after him?"
Unexpectedly, Yang Huniu was overjoyed and shouted, "Really? Yingzi, you have to think about it. If Master Fu were to live in our border, I don't know how many girls would run to just to see him. If I could be with him, I would wake up laughing in my dreams. Don't you really want it?"
Lord Fu's heart was in his throat, and he wished he could stretch his ear eight feet away and put it directly next to Tang Ying's mouth so that he could hear clearly.
"It seems that you can't change this bad habit of yours. You don't use your brain when you see a handsome guy!" He heard Tang Ying slap Yang Huniu in anger again, "You country bumpkin, Lord Fu is not the only handsome man in the capital, you can't walk when you see one, and you will become a fool if you meet more. Come on, come on, I will take you to see more, and you won't be obsessed with Lord Fu anymore."
Fu Chen's lips curved slightly - was she finally moved?
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Tang Ying did what she said. After finishing the official business at hand, she took Yang Huniu to see the handsome man. She sent someone to inquire about Lord Shen's whereabouts early, and dragged people directly to the restaurant. When she opened the door of the private room, she saw that it was full of dandies in their teens. The leader was Lord Shen, followed by the inseparable Prince Zhao, as well as several of Lord Shen's cronies. What's more, they brought the girls from the brothel with them today.
Today, Prince Zhao is hosting a party and has invited Lord Shen and several like-minded "good brothers" he met after coming to the capital to mourn his impending loss of freedom - his wedding is approaching, and he is seizing the opportunity to party.
In the private room, all the cups, plates, and bowls were removed, leaving only an empty drum stool on the table. On the drum stool stood the famous girl Feiyan, dancing gracefully, accompanied by musicians playing musical instruments and singing behind the curtain. It was obvious that the party was at its climax. The playboys at the table must have drunk a lot of wine, and their faces were flushed with excitement. They all wanted to reach out and embrace the dancing girl.
Yang Huniu is indeed a bad person. Tang Ying clearly brought her to see handsome men, but she was attracted to Feiyan as soon as she saw her.
However, the attitude of the people in the field towards the uninvited guest seemed unfriendly. When several young men saw Tang Ying in her official uniform, they looked at each other in bewilderment and whispered to each other: "Tang, the head of the Imperial Cavalry Department...what is she doing here?"
The promotion of the Imperial Cavalry Division has always been closely related to the officials in the capital. Although they have never entered officialdom, they have been repeatedly told by their elders at home to be honest when meeting people from the Imperial Cavalry Division so as not to provoke the wrong people. As a result, their interest in playing was greatly reduced, and they thought Tang Ying was here to investigate a case, so they quickly said goodbye without Lord Shen saying anything.
"Brother Zhao and Brother Shen, I suddenly remembered that I haven't finished the homework assigned by my father. If I continue to play, I'm afraid I'll get beaten. I'd better go back and do my homework."
"Me too, me too... Let's meet again some other day."
“…”
They were all unlearned people in Beijing, but because of Tang Ying's appearance, they suddenly turned over a new leaf and were willing to study hard and make progress every day. They all dispersed.
Lord Shen glared at her unhappily and said, "Yingying, can you peel off this skin next time you come over? Look how scared you are."
Tang Ying was not one to be polite with him. Not only did she sit down herself, she also asked Yang Huniu to sit with her: "This is General Yang's daughter, my childhood friend." Meeting the confused look in Prince Zhao's eyes, she reminded him: "Huniu, this is Prince Zhao. He is engaged to the Ninth Princess and they are about to get married." No matter how handsome he is, he is the princess's man. We should better not look at him too much.
Yang Huniu's eyes never left Feiyan. Even when she sat down, she looked her up from bottom to top, looking like a real hooligan and pervert.
The musical instruments behind the curtain stopped, and Miss Feiyan's face changed when she saw the people from the Forbidden Cavalry Division - she had heard a lot about the things in Yuanyang Tower, and was repeatedly warned by her mother, so she knew not to provoke them. She quickly saluted Tang Ying: "Sir..." and pretended to come down.
Seeing that Yang Huniu liked this, Tang Ying smiled and said, "No need to come down. Since my Huniu likes to watch, you can dance a few more songs to open her eyes." She touched her purse and took out the reward money.
The music behind the curtain sounded at the right time, and Miss Feiyan had to bite the bullet and continue dancing.
Shen Qian was dissatisfied: "Yingying, are you here to mess things up?" He muttered softly: "Achen doesn't care about you." When he met her gaze, he quickly changed his words: "I mean, what are you, a girl, doing running to a place like this? Men are looking for pleasure, have you heard about the Prince Zhao's arrangement a long time ago?" He almost asked with a suspicious look: No way, when did you become friends with the Ninth Princess, and you even helped her catch the whereabouts of the Prince Consort?
Tang Ying's eyes swept over his face, and she was quite satisfied with Lord Shen's romantic face: "My Hu Niu has seen few handsome men, I brought her here to broaden her horizons."
Shen Qian used to go out and look for women with a critical eye. Although he pretended to be more gentle, he still had a playboy vibe. The look in his eyes that treated women as playthings was too familiar. In other words, the way that Manager Tang looked at him was very similar to the way he looked at women outside. He couldn't help but blurt out, "It seems that you can't bear to let Amon open the eyes of the girl, so you come to make fun of me?"
Tang Ying: “Nonsense!” She realized that she had said these four words too frequently today and denied it too hastily, so she quickly slowed down her tone and explained: “What if I’m too rude and Lord Fu cuts me with a knife? Relatively speaking, the Marquis is much safer.” It’s no pressure to admire a handsome man with no lethality.
Unexpectedly, Yang Huniu glanced at him with extreme disgust: "A frivolous man with greasy hair and powdered face, how can he be called a handsome man!" She was obviously very disappointed.
Prince Zhao choked on a mouthful of tea that went down his trachea and immediately began coughing violently.
Tang Ying didn't expect Hu Niu to have such a high level of appreciation. She laughed out loud without hesitation, obviously agreeing with her childhood friend's comment.
Yang Huniu added, "He is far inferior to that... Lord Fu." She felt quite regretful and said, "If Lord Fu was not your lover, Yingzi, I would definitely take him back to the northwest."
Tang Ying stroked her forehead and said, "Where did you learn this bandit style?" She reiterated, "Also, don't just tie me to Master Fu. Even if my reputation doesn't matter, you can't ruin Master Fu's clean reputation, right?"
Shen Qian was disliked, and looking at his own dress, he did go for the "exaggerated" style. When he heard Fu Chen being praised by Yang Huniu, he felt very uncomfortable: "What reputation does Master Fu want? Miss Yang can destroy it without any worries."
Tang Ying's first attempt to take Yang Huniu to see the handsome men in Beijing failed, but unexpectedly, Yang Huniu soon had a second chance to see the handsome men in Beijing.
Yang Wei sent the Minister of War away and sent his attendant to the Tang residence to tell his daughter that Concubine Wan was interested in marrying Yang Yinjun for her son. As expected, Yang Huniu always paid attention to a man's appearance: "What does this second prince look like?" Then came his character: "What kind of person is he?"
Tang Ying was extremely surprised when she heard that Consort Wan was planning on marrying her.
The Emperor of Southern Qi was anxious to select concubines for his eldest grandson and several sons. Unexpectedly, Noble Consort Wan was well-informed and good at scheming, and she soon came to him.
She felt it necessary to remind Yang Huniu: "The Second Prince is really good-looking, he looks like a noble pretty boy, he is known as the virtuous king in the capital, he is said to be gentle and friendly to others, respectful to the wise and humble, and has won praise from many people. As for his personality..." She rolled her eyes: "Do you think that just because we are at the border, if someone doesn't get along with someone, we can just fight? Fighting is not popular in the capital."
"What's popular then?"
"It's popular to stab someone in the back, and after the stab you don't even know who stabbed you, especially when the person who looks the most friendly on the surface may be the one who stabs you the most in the back."
Yang Huniu: "So this second prince likes to stab people the most?"
Tang Ying: "...I didn't say that. You'll know once you meet him."
