Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan

Chapter 222 Whichever one can control Minglan will be destroyed.

Compared with Minglan, Zhang Guifen did not show any talent as a housekeeper before she got married.

In other words, Zhang Guifen doesn't know how to manage the house at all.

But she grew up in the Duke's Mansion, and the story she heard from an early age was that her father and his brothers discussed which battle.

Under the influence, she may not be good at housekeeping, but if she is asked to manage the army, she may be really good at it. However, as a daughter, it is difficult for her to join the army and serve the country.

Later, Zhang Guifen began to prepare for the return ceremony.

During this period, Nanny Zhang said: "Madam, when brides from prominent families in Bianjing City return to Ning, they all pay attention to a pomp and ceremony. Do you think that when they return home in two days, do they need to use the eighteen-carriage royal chariot rewarded by the palace?"

Zhang Guifen shook her head and smiled, "The Wei and Zhang families are one family, sharing weal and woe, so why should we care about ostentation."

"When I got married to Mr. Marquis, the quarrel was already big enough. It's not appropriate to make any more ostentation."

Nanny Zhang nodded, "Madam, you are still thoughtful."

Wei Yuan left the Hou Mansion to find Chen Daniu and others, but it was just an excuse.

The purpose was to establish Zhang Guifen's authority in the mansion.

When he is here, Zhang Guifen will always have some concerns when doing things.

After finalizing the decision to return home, Minglan happened to visit.

Zhang Guifen greeted her personally and said with a smile: "I just saw you yesterday and you are here again today. Do you miss me?"

Minglan responded: "We have to see if this bride of yours is still adaptable."

The former held the latter's wrist and behaved very affectionately.

"Do you think there have been any changes in me before and after I got married?"

Hearing the sound, Minglan looked up and down seriously.

Overnight, Zhang Guifen did undergo some changes. She seemed to be more feminine?

It's like a ripe fruit. Even a woman can't help but taste it when she sees it.

After a pause, Minglan said sternly: "I used to think that my aunt is a truly noble girl in this capital city, and she looks noble in everything."

"Now, she is more like a matron. Yesterday, my mother was so happy that she stayed up all night and told me repeatedly that it is a blessing for the Wei family that my uncle married you."

Zhang Guifen shook her head and said, "Tell my eldest sister when you go back today, and don't say such things in the future."

"If you want to say it, you have to say that I am lucky to marry your uncle."

Minglan nodded slightly and said, "As long as aunt and uncle can live in harmony, it doesn't matter who is the lucky one."

"Where's my uncle? He didn't just get married and go to the court to do official business, right?"

Zhang Guifen said: "They said they had something to do with Chen Daniu and the others, but I didn't bother."

Minglan deliberately teased: "Auntie is not worried. Is uncle going to Guangyuntai with those Paoze brothers tonight?"

Zhang Guifen had long been accustomed to her mouth and said calmly: "Go ahead. If your uncle wants to go, can I stop him?"

Minglan gave her a thumbs up, "Auntie is still very generous. From now on, if anyone in the capital calls you a jealous woman, I will be the first to refuse."

Zhang Guifen rolled her eyes.

Minglan added: "I came to see my aunt today. Firstly, I want to see what my aunt is busy with. Secondly, if I have nothing to do, how about you go shopping with me?"

"A new tea shop opened over there in the market. The shopkeeper came from Hangzhou. When my uncle was in the southeast, he drank the tea soup she made and praised the tea as a good one."

"Let's go and have a look together, and ask for some tips on making tea soup along the way. Once you learn it, you can make tea for my uncle to taste."

Hearing this, Zhang Guifen became interested instantly and said, "Your uncle still likes to drink tea?"

Minglan said: "You always have to drink two drinks when you have nothing to do. You can't drink all day long, right?"

Zhang Guifen nodded.

Afterwards, the two of them headed to the market.

If Minglan hadn't led the way, it would have been difficult for Zhang Guifen to discover that there was a tea shop in a remote corner of the market.

"Zhao's Tea Shop?"

Zhang Guifen murmured.

Although the facade is not big, it still has a two-story building.

Minglan said: "The rent of our shop in the capital is extremely expensive. I heard that the shopkeeper spent a lot of money to rent this shop."

"Although it has only been open for a few days, there are many people coming and going to drink tea."

As soon as she walked in with Zhang Guifen, shopkeeper Zhao, who was good at observing words and expressions, saw her and hurriedly came forward to greet her, bowing and saying, "Miss Sheng is here. I have met Miss Sheng."

Although Mrs. Zhao had only come to the capital not long ago, she had also heard about some of Sheng Minglan's deeds.

Although she was born as a concubine in the family, her mother was appointed by the imperial court and the adopted daughter of the Duke of the country. Her uncle and aunt were both prominent figures in the imperial court.

She felt even more fortunate that when she was in Hangzhou, she chose to befriend the girl Sheng in front of her.

Not to mention anything else, some noble ladies in the city heard that Sheng Minglan often came here to drink tea, so they came to taste it with the attitude of giving it a try.

It can be said that it has attracted many quality customers.

As time goes by, if those daughters' houses have gatherings or whatever, they will all come here, and they can earn enough rent for the shop just by relying on them.

Sheng Minglan introduced: "Shopkeeper Zhao, you don't have to be polite. This is my aunt."

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhao was suddenly startled and immediately bowed again.

"I don't know if it's Yanmen County's wife who's coming here, but I'm not expecting you from afar."

Zhang Guifen made a silent gesture towards her and said with a smile: "Give us a private room and let's see your skills."

Mrs. Zhao was overjoyed and quickly extended her hand, "Please come upstairs, please."

Zhang Guifen is the wife of Uncle Zhongyong and the legitimate daughter of the British Duke.

If I could be friends with him with this identity, I would never even dare to think about it!

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Zhao personally took them to a private room upstairs, and respectfully said to Zhang Guifen:

"I wonder what Madam would like to drink. The fruits here are also good. It would be more pleasant to eat some fruits while enjoying tea."

The fact that Zhang Guifen was granted the title of Lady of Yanmen County has already been announced on the imperial list. As everyone knows,

"How many types of tea do you have? Which one is the best? Please recommend it."

At this time, there were two armored guards guarding the private room where they were staying.

These two people are Wei Yuan's personal guards.

Before Wei Yuan left the Hou Mansion, he transferred a hundred experts from the Danglu Army Guards to take charge of Zhang Guifen's security.

She thought it was too showy.

Helpless, Wei Yuan had no choice but to select more than thirty experts from among a hundred people, some of whom were stationed in the mansion.

There are several other people who are responsible for protecting Zhang Guifen when she goes out.

To be honest, the probability of something happening under the Emperor's feet is low.

But don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.

There are too many people staring at Wei Yuan now.

Even though there were only two personal guards guarding the private room, as she arrived at the tea shop, there were at least a dozen of Wei Yuan's personal guards hiding around.

This scene is comparable to that of royal nobles making secret visits to the people.

In the private room, Mrs. Zhao recommended several tea products.

Zhang Guifen asked them all to serve the tea. If they thought it tasted good, she would ask them how to make the tea.

I thought to myself, if in the future, Brother Wei likes to drink the tea I made, Baixi

As he thought about it, the corners of his mouth could not help but raise slightly.

She has decided that after returning home, she will go to a few more tea shops and learn the art of making tea.

After about half a stick of incense, Zhang Guifen became impatient and asked, "Why is it so slow?"

She had just gotten married and it was really not good for her to be exposed in public.

Except for Minglan, no one else would be able to call her out today.

Minglan said: "I'm not sure, just wait."

Suddenly, the two of them heard some noise coming from them, and vaguely heard words like 'yamen' and 'take away'.

Zhang Guifen and Minglan were curious and opened the private room.

The guards standing outside immediately clasped their fists.

Zhang Guifen looked at the shop on the first floor and saw several official servants arriving, and couldn't help but frown.

Suddenly I saw a person speaking to Mrs. Zhao:

"It's her, it's her who came to the capital from Hangzhou to blackmail Mr. Ouyang!"

Hearing the sound, the guards dragged Mrs. Zhao out and started to go out.

Seeing this, Minglan quickly said: "Wait a minute!"

With that said, she walked downstairs.

Zhang Guifen winked at a guard behind him.

The bodyguard immediately followed Minglan.

Minglan stood in front of Mrs. Zhao, asked the guards, and said:

"I don't know what crime she committed, but why bothered several officials and elder brothers to take her away?"

When the leading officer saw the armored man behind Minglan, he immediately did not dare to underestimate him and bowed:

"The Yamen is handling the case. I hope the girl will not interfere."

Madam Zhao suddenly knelt down and said, "Miss Sheng, please make the decision. I came to the capital firstly to do business well, and secondly to find my fiancé."

"But when I got here, I realized that my fiancé already had a crush on him. These people wanted to take me away because they were worried that I would miss the good thing of that ruthless man."

She briefly told the whole story.

Minglan has the temperament to draw a sword to help when there is injustice on the road. Of course, the premise of all this must be based on assessing the situation.

In the current situation, she would never let the guards take Mrs. Zhao away.

Once a woman enters the court, she will either die or be injured.

The middle-aged man who came with the servant snorted coldly: "You are obviously trying to pester Mr. Ouyang, but you are beating him up here. How shameless!"

Then, he spoke to Minglan without knowing the truth: "Girl, please don't meddle in other people's business!"

With that said, he crossed the guard and pushed Minglan, intending to take away Mrs. Zhao behind her.

But because Minglan was not on guard for a moment, she took a few steps back and almost fell.

When Zhang Guifen saw this, she immediately shouted: "How presumptuous!"

As soon as she finished speaking.

Inside and outside the tea shop, more than ten soldiers with armor and sabers suddenly poured out.

Originally they did not reveal their armor, but were wrapped in a coat.

Now, everyone took off their coats and surrounded the officers.

The leading police officer raised his hands and said, "I wonder what company they belong to? This tea shop owner, Ms. Zhao, is suspected of selling fake tea. Many people have been drunk. According to law, we need to take her back for interrogation."

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier took out his waist card.

When the catcher saw it, it turned out to be the 'Danglu Army' waist badge. He was immediately startled and quickly bowed respectfully.

"I don't know if it's the Danglu Army. I'm being presumptuous. Let's go."

Having said that, he wanted to take those detectives away from here.

However, more than a dozen soldiers of the Danglu Army remained unmoved.

Until Zhang Guifen came to Minglan and asked with concern: "Is it okay?"

Minglan shook her head.

Zhang Guifen looked at the middle-aged man and said in a deep voice: "Just now, which arm of yours hit her?"

The middle-aged man had already seen the situation clearly at this moment, and his soul was almost scared away. His lips were trembling, and he couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time. Finally, he suddenly fell to his knees.

Seeing this, Zhang Guifen said: "If you don't tell me, then I will cripple both of your arms."

As soon as he finished speaking, two soldiers captured the middle-aged man respectively. With a little force, his two arms were broken.

Severe pain surged into his heart instantly, and within just a moment, he fainted and fell to the ground.

Then, Zhang Guifen looked at the policemen again and said, "Which yamen?"

The leader was horrified, and he quickly said respectfully: "The young one is from Kaifeng County Government."

There is Kaifeng Prefecture in Bianjing City. Kaifeng Prefecture governs many counties, one of which is named "Kaifeng".

Zhang Guifen said: "You said her tea is fake?"

The policeman suddenly didn't dare to speak.

Zhang Guifen looked at Mrs. Zhao and said with a smile: "Go and make the tea you just recommended for me. I want to have a taste."

Mrs. Zhao wept with joy, thinking that if she had not met a noble man today, she would have been in trouble, and she might even have been kicked out of Bianjing by that ruthless man.

She nodded quickly and started making tea for Zhang Guifen.

When the tea was ready, Zhang Guifen and Minglan sat down to taste it together.

Originally, there were many guests on the first floor, but the middle-aged man brought people to make such a scene, which had already scared away the guests.

And those detectives did not dare to act on their own initiative because of their status as soldiers of the Danglu Army.

So at this moment, the whole tea shop seemed particularly quiet.

Zhang Guifen sipped the tea calmly, with endless aftertaste, and sometimes asked Minglan:

"This tea is quite good. I drank a lot of expensive tea in Bianjing, but compared with it, I always feel that it lacks flavor. This shop you recommended is very good."

"This tea is called Playing with Water. Just looking at the color of the tea, it looks like a landscape painting. It tastes good, but I don't know if your uncle likes it."

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After saying that, she looked at Mrs. Zhao who was standing aside, waved to her, and said:

"Here are thirty taels of silver. Don't think it's too little. I didn't bring much cash with me when I went out today."

At her status, there is no need to carry money with her when spending money in the capital.

For example, if she goes to a restaurant to eat, after the meal is finished, someone will pay for it.

Now that I pay Mrs. Zhao in person, I have a lot of thoughts.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao quickly saluted and said, "If it weren't for you, madam, I'm afraid I would have been taken away by the police officers."

"How dare I accept your money now, and you have given me too much. If I take my benefactor's money, I am afraid my life will be shortened."

"So I can't take this money."

Zhang Guifen smiled and said: "You can take it if it's given to you, but it's not given to you for free."

"Starting from tomorrow, how about you spare half a day's time and go to the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion to teach me how to make tea?"

"In return, I will give you money every month, which will be used as the rent of your shop. How about it?"

Hearing the sound, Mrs. Zhao was immediately stunned.

Go. Go to Uncle Zhongyong, oh no, go to the house of Marquis Zhongyong to teach Madam Yanmen County how to make tea?

This... this is more than just overwhelming wealth!

I'm afraid that from now on, no one will dare to cause trouble for me anymore.

For a moment, Mrs. Zhao was at a loss.

Minglan, who was sitting opposite Zhang Guifen, smiled and asked:

"What? You don't want to?"

Mrs. Zhao quickly shook her head, suddenly knelt down on the ground, gave a great gift to Zhang Guifen, and said:

"Fortunately, Madam, you are considerate of me. I am extremely grateful, but I am only filled with fear."

"Thank you Madam for your kindness!"

After that, he kowtowed heavily.

Zhang Guifen said: "Get up quickly. I just heard you negotiating with these officials. You are also a miserable woman."

"It's just a little thing, it's nothing."

After a pause, she looked at the police officers and said, "Aren't you leaving yet?"

Zhang Guifen drank tea in front of them and asked Mrs. Zhao to teach her how to make tea. The meaning was already obvious.

Could it be that she could still find someone to teach her how to make fake tea?

Those officers had already figured out Zhang Guifen's identity from what they just said.

Wei Yuan is getting married. Who in the whole Bianjing city knows about it?

At this moment, if he had not taken into account the large number of people, he would have been frightened to death by Zhang Guifen's identity.

Nowadays, who wants to care about this nonsense?

Without saying anything, he rushed to leave the tea shop.

As for the middle-aged man who fainted on the ground, he was thrown into a dark corner outside the street by the soldiers of the Danglu Army, and was left to fend for himself.

Originally, Zhang Guifen was too lazy to ask about the affairs in this shop, but since Minglan was involved, the tea made by Mrs. Zhao was also drunk by her own officials.

He might as well get involved a little bit so that Mrs. Zhao could owe her a favor and teach her the art of making tea.