The righteous way of returning pearls

"Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo? Deny your father, abandon your name, maybe you don't want to do this, then, as long as you are my lover first..."

In the dark box, Yunhe and Tianyou were sitting on a comfortable classical sofa, listening to an opera.Little Wonton was lying in his father's arms, taking a nap with his eyes closed. The ups and downs of the opera's music, and the singer's sometimes lingering and sometimes high-pitched voice became a lullaby for his ears.

Duo duo duo, someone knocked on the door of the box next door.

Click, the sound of the door opening.

"what's up?"

"Good afternoon, sir. Is there anything I can do for you? I have sweet berries, delicious walnuts, soft bread, and delicious desserts. Maybe you would like some?"

"No, I don't need anything."

"Please wait, sir, you may buy a tulip for the beautiful lady."

"Listen to me, you should leave immediately! Otherwise, I will complain to the theater, and you will never be able to set foot in the opera house!"

"Oh, kind sir, please don't..."

boom!It was the sound of the box door closing heavily.Yunhe and Tianyou couldn't help frowning, the sound of closing the door might wake up their sleeping fat son.

Duo duo duo.

Yunhe carefully put the wonton into Tianyou's arms, got up and opened the door.Before the woman with the basket outside the door could open her mouth, Yunhe had already thrown five francs into the other's basket. "I bought all your things, don't bother me again."

"Yes, sir." The woman had never seen such a handsome and decent man, his voice was soft, and there was no impatient look in his eyes.The woman blushed and picked up the francs in the flower basket, and handed the basket to the cloud crane.Just about to say something and stay for a while, but seeing the man has quietly closed the door, he had to leave unwillingly.But the francs in her hands cheered her up again, and she got five francs for what she sold for eight livres at most.This is a gift from God, that man is as handsome as an angel, and as generous and merciful as God.

"Oh, God! Did you really buy her things?" The lady in the next box covered her chest with her palms, leaned out half of her body and looked at Tianyou with disdain, and exaggeratedly shrugged: "Those things made by commoners , although it is cheap, but who knows if you can eat it? You don’t really want to enjoy it, do you? Don’t dirty the private room, this is not a place where ordinary people can come.”

The boxes on the second and third floors of the theater are not closed, and the left and right walls are not closed. There is a distance of two feet between the walls between the compartments and the fence facing the stage, as if a fence was built. empty road.If you pull the chair closer to the railing, you can conveniently chat with the person in the next box, or even walk to the next box.

Tianyou frowned and said, "Madam, my child is asleep, please keep your voice down."

The lady's tone and demeanor all showed arrogance, or could be described as arrogant. It was obvious that she had always been an eye-catching existence.She thought that the people in the next box would immediately echo her words with trepidation and shame, and be ashamed of what she had done.Who knew that after being said so nonchalantly by the other party, I felt a little overwhelmed for a while.

"How dare you speak to Mrs. Godard like that? You..."

Before Tianyou covered Xiao Wonton's ears tightly, the Cloud Appreciation Crane moved towards the sky with no expression on his face, and the noble lady and her flower protector froze like mechanical puppets with broken strings.At this time, the noble lady, who seemed to be standing still, was staring and contorting her face, trying to fight back. The man beside her raised his right hand and pointed at Tianyou rudely, with his mouth open and his face horrified. People, like two realistic wax figures.

"What's the matter?" Appreciating Yunhe has always been very keen to catch the changes in Tianyou's mood.Seeing a look of irritability in Tianyou's eyes, he hurriedly asked.

Tianyou said in a low voice: "You used acupuncture to keep them immobilized. They must be terrified in their hearts, and they don't know martial arts. They will naturally think that we have cast witchcraft and demons on them. There have been witch hunts here before. Many people died. Most of them were accused of religion and burned to death because of their different behaviors or jealousy and persecution. This place is not the Qing Dynasty, and there are always things that you and I can’t do. I don’t want to cause trouble.”

The corners of the crane's lips curved slightly when he heard the words, put the basket on the tea table, sat next to Tianyou and said: "Don't worry, I will send someone to watch them. If necessary, they will never be able to open their mouths." No one can disturb your pleasure.Yunhe didn't say the last sentence.It's just that the eyes looking at Tianyou are full of warmth.

During the intermission of the opera, most of the noble ladies and gentlemen in the boxes went to the lounge to exchange their experience in the opera, or deliberately made friends with prestigious nobles, and some chatted about current scandals and jokes.Tianyou and Yunhe didn't leave the box, and the candles were extinguished on the stage, making it even darker.The two sat on the sofa and chatted softly, the fat baby chattered in Yunhe's arms, sleeping soundly.

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"Run quickly, steeds on clouds of fire, and drag the sun back to its resting place; may Phaethon the charioteer spur you on to the west, and let the dark evening come hastening. Spread your dense Curtain, complete the night of love! Cover the eyes of those who walk in the night, and let Romeo slip into my arms quietly..."

"Hmm..." Wonton, who was still dazed just after waking up, felt the warm and soft cloth rubbing against his face, which was very comfortable, blowing away his drowsiness.

After Tianyou cleansed his son's face, he handed over the cotton towel to Yunhe, and Yunhe left the box with a red copper washbasin in his hand.These things were originally the work of the maids, but since the creation of wontons, Tianyou gradually became more comfortable, and Yunhe was not dissatisfied, on the contrary, he did it with a look of willingness.

"Mother, what's the matter with them." Wonton raised his head and saw the strange appearance of the lady and the man in the box next door, and asked subconsciously.

"Don't ask Wonton, we don't care about him."

"Okay, don't ask about the wontons."

Little Wonton cared very much about Tianyou's words, no matter what Tianyou said, he would obey him obediently, making Tianyou love this son more and more day by day.For Wonton, nothing compares to Niangqin. Since Niangqin won't let me ask, I don't ask.Wonton looked away and turned to the big stage, where the candles were brightly lit and the singers were singing one after another.

"Mother, she doesn't sing very well." Wonton looked at the singers on the stage, pursed her lips and said, "It's so noisy."

Tianyou looked at Wonton's frowned eyebrows, and rarely joked: "You are so noisy and still sleep so soundly, in my opinion, you shouldn't be called Wonton, you should be called pig."

"Huh?" Wonton turned her head and looked at Tianyou in puzzlement.Although he didn't understand what Xi'er meant, but looking at his mother's half-smiling eyes, he knew it wasn't a good name.

"He's just a little pig." Just as Yunhe turned around, he explained to his son.

After hearing his father's explanation, Wonton was stunned for a moment, then twisted his small body and approached Tianyou, softly beating him to change his words. "I don't want to be called a little pig. A little pig is going to be eaten."

"Okay, don't make trouble." Tianyou touched his son's head and said with a smile, "I won't call you pig, but Wonton."

"Yeah." Wonton nodded hastily.

Silly son, wontons are meant to be eaten too!But seeing his son's happy look, Shangyunhe held back and didn't say anything.

"Grrrr..."

Wonton's belly rang out inappropriately, and he hurriedly covered it with his fleshy palm, lest his mother would mention the little pig's name again.

Tianyou let go of the uncomfortable wonton, turned to Yunhe and said, "What time is it?"

Yunhe took out the enamel pocket watch, lifted the watch cover with his fingertips, glanced at it and said, "Two o'clock in the afternoon."

Tianyou nodded his chin slightly at the lady in the cubicle and said, "How to deal with it?"

"Not many people came to listen to the opera today, and even fewer rented boxes. Of the 36 boxes on the third floor, only seven were reserved. Except for the private room next door, which is far away from us, so we won't notice any movement here."

Tianyou looked around the lobby, and sure enough, as Shang Yunhe said, there were very few guests listening to the opera on the third floor.The box is set up in an arc facing the stage, right now all the people in twos and threes are sitting in the box on the left, and the ones on the right are only them and the two neighbors.

Seeing Tianyou nod, Yunhe continued: "I have inquired, and there will be more people listening to the opera at night. I have already rented a private room for the midnight show, and I will move them there when the opera ends at night. After the show, it was already the third watch at that time, let people take them out, no one will notice."

"Their identities..."

"I ordered someone to investigate." The Cloud Appreciation Crane gently hugged Tianyou and said, "You don't have to worry about these, I will arrange them."

Tianyou stared into Yunhe's deep eyes, was silent for a while, and said after a while, "Is your man here?"

"They're already in the dark."

"In this case, let's go, Wonton is hungry."

The ladies and gentlemen in the compartment could only watch Tianyou and others leave.They went from rage to consternation, from shock to fear, and finally their fear turned into despair.The gentleman and the noble lady stood still for several hours, the numbness and soreness of their bodies had already made them regret their impulse, and the current embarrassing situation broke their arrogance even more.They want to beg for forgiveness, but they cannot.The moment the door of the box closed, the lady and gentleman felt as if something appeared behind her, and the two of them were so frightened that they could no longer hold back the urge to urinate, and their underwear was wet...

It is undeniable that more than half of the beauty of Paris is due to the Seine River flowing slowly through the city.The scenery on both sides of the Seine River is beautiful, and many magnificent churches have been built along the way. The river surface is about ten meters wide, and a stone arch bridge is erected every three or four miles.Various boats shuttle back and forth in the river, and countless ducks, white geese, and swans swim happily in the water, sometimes burying their heads in the water, chasing small fish in the lake.There are many fishermen sitting in the shade of the trees on the shore, and the bamboo baskets beside them are shaking constantly, and they think they will reap a lot of money.

Tianyou and Yunhe walked leisurely along the Seine River, the sun shone on the lake, and bursts of dazzling starlight flashed.Wonton spread its hooves and ran on the grass, laughing uncontrollably.The broad-leaved forest on the shore drops golden dead leaves from time to time, and wild flowers are flying in the air, falling into the lake and rippling. Under the brewing of the autumn wind, scents of rosin, flowers, and wormwood rush into the noses of passers-by. It makes people feel the fragrance of autumn.

"Father, mother." Wonton waved to Yunhe and Tianyou, pointed at a black fish that the fisherman had hoisted up, and shouted, "It's a fish, it's so big."

If in the previous life, Hongshi and Hongli shouted so loudly outside the mansion, they would have been reprimanded by Tianyou.But he is no longer the emperor, and his son is not the elder brother of the emperor, so the discipline of Wonton is not so strict.What's more, in his previous life, in order to make Kangxi look at him differently, in order not to be caught by anyone, Tianyou was severely restrained when he was a child. He knew the taste of restraint, and he didn't want Wonton to taste the bitterness.The good news is that although Wonton is small, it is also sensible and knows what to do on any occasion.For this reason, Tianyou sometimes opened and closed one eye.

"Ma'am, sir." The fisherman's face darkened when he heard Wonton's shout, and when he saw Tianyou and Yunhe approaching, his weather-stained face became even more gloomy.The fisherman hurriedly pulled the children who were fishing to stand up and saluted Yunhe and the two, fearing that the other party would make trouble, not only losing the day's delivery, but something worse might happen.

Wonton walked towards the bamboo basket with her calf, looked at it with her head, and then begged Yunhe, "Dad, there are a lot of fish, so big. Let's buy fish and eat fish soup."

The crane appreciating the clouds glanced at Tianyou, and asked for the price under Tianyou's nod. "How do you sell this fish?"

"Which one do you want to buy, sir?"

"I say everything."

"All? Oh, oh! Then, ten livres..." The fisherman's family did not dare to look at the elegantly dressed Tianyou, and stared at the handsome and decent cloud-appreciating crane with flickering eyes. Under his sharp eyes, they swallowed Rephrasing: "No, only six livres, sir."

Fish in Paris is very cheap, mainly because most people don't like to eat spiny fish and fishy fish soup.Even to eat, I love salmon and sardines in the sea more than snakehead and crucian carp in the river.Appreciating the cloud crane does not look like a real Parisian. Although the fisherman wanted to take advantage of the unfamiliarity of the other party's life and sell it for a good price, he did not dare to deceive his heart, let alone cause trouble, so he had to give a cheap real price.

The crane appreciating the clouds lifted the bamboo basket and shook it, and the fisherman hurriedly explained: "Sir, these fish are just caught, very fresh. There are three big black carp, one herring, four red crucian carp, and many small fish. At least forty pounds."

"Sir, there is also the yellow crucian carp I caught, which is very big." Seeing that his father forgot to mention his contribution, the youngest son of the fisherman quickly added.

"Shut up!" The fisherman, afraid of offending the gentleman in front of him, lowered his head and gave his younger son a hard look, and reprimanded him lightly.

"I want all these fish." Yunhe caught a glimpse of the children behind the fisherman, staring intently at the basket in his hand, swallowing their saliva.After thinking for a while, Yunhe said: "I don't have anything to put the fish in. How about exchanging this flower basket for your bamboo basket and the food in the basket for your fish?"

"This……"

"If I were you, I wouldn't refuse." The cloud appreciating crane handed the flower basket to the fisherman and said, "My son bought this basket of food arguing while he was listening to the opera. After buying it, he didn't want it anymore and didn't move. No, it's worth five francs, and I'm sure you won't regret the deal."

After listening to Yunhe's explanation, the fisherman understood that the gentlemen and ladies in front of him disdain to tell lies. Judging by their conversation and dress, they really can't see the food in the basket. You can't buy it if the children are noisy.

The fisherman sniffed his nose secretly, smelling the aroma of bread, and the sweetness of caramel on the luscious cake, and knew that what was in the flower basket was not low-quality brown bread or cheap pastry, but food eaten by rich people, even nobles .Before he could react, his son beside him had already grasped the flower basket, reached out and lifted the covering cloth towel, and saw not only the basket full of bread and cakes, but also many walnuts, olives and berries.What's more, twelve beautiful flowers were placed... He had seen this flower before, what was it called?It seems to be some kind of incense, for tulips.It's a thing for rich people, not a wild flower that can be picked casually!The fisherman and his sons could hardly believe their eyes.

The fisherman's son couldn't help reaching out to Lan Nei, but the fisherman slapped him away.The fisherman stared eagerly at the crane and asked, "Sir, are you really willing to exchange?" Most nobles, or nouveau riche who imitated the nobles' every move, would rather throw away the food they didn't eat than give it to the poor.

"Yes."

Yunhe slightly moved his jaw, Xiao'er took advantage of the fisherman's inattention, grabbed the cake in the paper bag, and put it into his mouth hungrily.

"You bastard." The fisherman punched his son, took the big flower basket and hid it under his arm, and bowed to the cloud crane: "Thank you very much, kind sir, kind lady and young master, God will bless you Yours." After speaking, he was afraid that Yunhe would hold down his sons and bowed to leave, even took the fishing rod hastily and left.

"Go, don't reach out, go home and eat together."

"Dad, give me a piece first, let me have a bite, just one bite."

"Okay, don't make noise. Come on, let's have a good meal tonight. Let your mother make another potato soup."

"Will Mom agree? She always says we eat too much."

"Don't worry, she will. Just give her this bouquet of tulips, and she will say yes to anything."

"Great……"

"Yes……"

Listening to the voice from the autumn wind, Yunhe and Tianyou looked at each other, and there was a tacit understanding in their expressions.Yunhe experienced a lot of hardships when he was a child, and he was even more displaced after his family was broken up.God bless the two lives without worrying about food and clothing, but they have tasted all kinds of ups and downs.

As far as the matter of exchanging food with the common people for appreciating cloud cranes is concerned, the French nobles would never do this. In their view, they have lost their noble character, and they even disdain to talk to the common people.But in Tianyou's view, instead of wasting uneaten food, why not extract the final value?Not to mention the mutual benefit of both parties?Even he who had been an emperor didn't understand what the nobles who would rather throw away than give anything to the common people were thinking.He would not feel disrespectful because Shang Yunhe did such a thing.

Little Wonton tugged at the hem of Shang Yunhe's clothes, and asked, "Dad, do you want that flower basket?"

"Exchange the flower basket for wontons for fish." Yunhe teased his son.

Wonton lifted the bamboo basket and said happily, "Daddy, this one is much heavier than the flower basket. Mother, Daddy is so smart."

"Yeah." Tianyou touched the head of Wonton, and said to Yunhe: "It's getting late, let's go back, give the fish to the housekeeper, and let him order a fish feast."

Yunhe hailed the carriage, and the family of three returned to the residence accompanied by Xiyang.Before the three of them got out of the carriage, eight court ladies had stepped forward to serve. Yun He handed over the bamboo basket to the steward, and then walked into the hall with his arms around Tian You's shoulders.

The nanny caught up a few steps, held up her skirt and performed court etiquette, and after Tianyou and Yunhe signaled to get up, she handed the bronzing post in her hand to Tianyou and said, "Your Royal Highness, this is an invitation from the court of Versailles." Post, sent in the name of King Louis XV. Invites you to go in three days..."

"Okay, put it aside, I want to wash up." Tianyou said indifferently.

"Yes, princess. It's the servant who didn't think carefully and overstepped." The nanny hurriedly apologized.

Tianyou gave Mammy a cold look and said, "Although it's a post made by the French ruler, don't take it too seriously. Don't forget our identities."

Nanny bowed her head and stepped back, silently wiping the cold sweat from her forehead.

When Yunhe's family of three washed away the dust of the day, dinner was already served on the dining table.The little wonton drank fish porridge, ate fish balls, fish cakes, and the boneless fish that my father picked up, which made my stomach round.After dinner, Wonton pestered my parents and mother to tell stories. In the story of an old monk and a young monk in a temple in the past, they closed their eyes and fell asleep.

Tianyou bowed his head silently, looked at the fat son's sleeping face with a smile on his lips, and quietly fell into the quilt.Yunhe tucked in the quilt for Tianyou and his son, and blew out the candle.The faint light of the full moon on an autumn night shines into the bedroom through the window sill, and a bronzing post can be vaguely seen alone and forgotten on the coffee table.

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