Start practicing from marrying the disfigured princess

It was April on earth, and the peonies in the palace were in full bloom, swaying in the wind, and the fragrance was fragrant.

At noon, the sun was shining brightly.

Liu Yunmeng sat on a stone bench in the yard, looking at the chessboard in front of her, with a nonchalant look.

Today, she changed into a light purple pleated skirt, with a few orchids embroidered on the hem. Compared with the gorgeous dress she wore in Baiyun Temple, she was more charming and innocent.

"It's your turn."

Liu Yunmeng picked up a black piece and dropped it on the chessboard.

The palace maid opposite hesitated for a moment and dropped the white chess piece in the corner.

"How many times have I told you not to play here, you will lose!"

Liu Yunmeng pouted, a little unhappy, put the chess pieces in her hand back into the chess box, and said angrily: "No more, I always win, it's boring!"

Seeing this, the maid hurriedly lowered her head: "It's all my fault that I'm too stupid. I can't learn Go and can't let Your Highness have fun. I deserve to die."

"Okay, okay, the skills of Go are profound and unfathomable. It's true that not everyone can learn it. You go down."

Liu Yunmeng was soft-hearted. She knew that these maids were fooling her, but she didn't want to argue with them.

Waving her hand and dismissing the maids, she sat alone on the stone bench and looked at the blooming peony, fascinated.

There are not many ways to entertain in the palace, especially for unmarried princesses. In addition to reading and practicing, there is only one way to relieve boredom, which is playing chess.

The most anticipated thing in a year is to go out of the palace to participate in the temple fair organized by the court, but it only happens two or three times a year.

The rest of the day was monotonous and boring.

At this moment, I sat and watched the peony petals swaying in the wind.

A figure inexplicably emerged in the mind of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"It would be great if my nephew could come to the palace to play chess with me."

As soon as this idea came out, it grew like a seedling that had been drought for a long time.

"I have passed my sixteenth birthday. According to the etiquette, I can leave the palace as long as my mother agrees. My nephew cannot enter the palace, so I can go out of the palace to find him."

When the bored Liu Yunmeng thought of this, she stood up from the stone bench and went to find her mother happily.

Half an hour later.

Under Liu Yunmeng's persistence, her mother, Concubine Cheng, finally agreed to her request to leave the palace, but there was a condition that she could not spend the night outside the palace, otherwise she would never be let out again.

Liu Yunmeng smiled brightly, agreed, and took a palace maid and couldn't wait to leave the palace.

When she arrived outside the palace gate and looked at the wide street in front of her, her delicate face showed a look of confusion.

"Where does my nephew live?"

She only remembered that his name was Pingsheng and he lived in the inner city, but she couldn't remember the specific address.

"He is Sister Bai's nephew, Sister Bai must know where he lives!"

After a brief confusion, Liu Yunmeng rushed to Baiyun Temple with great interest.

The palace city is dozens of kilometers away from Baiyun Temple. With her cultivation, it takes two or three hours to walk back and forth.

So before going to Baiyun Temple, Liu Yunmeng first came to Sajin Street to rent a fast horse.

"Girl, this is a good northern horse with excellent endurance. As long as there is enough grass, it will run all day without stopping! Such a good horse, renting a day only costs 500 copper coins, you can't find it in the whole capital!"

The horse dealer pulled a white horse and introduced it with all his strength.

Liu Yunmeng nodded and agreed after taking a look. Just as she was about to take money from her arms, she glanced inadvertently and saw a familiar figure standing not far away.

"Nephew!"

Liu Yunmeng didn't expect to meet Ren Pingsheng on the street, and shouted in surprise.

It seemed to be the voice of his aunt

At the door of the bookstore.

Ren Pingsheng was slightly stunned when he heard someone calling "nephew".

Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw his aunt wearing a light purple pleated skirt, smiling brightly, waving at him.

"Speak of the devil, the capital is a bit evil!"

Ren Pingsheng was in a trance for a moment, and after making sure that he was not hallucinating, he walked towards his aunt and smiled, "It's really my aunt, I thought I heard it wrong just now."

"Little, aunt?"

The maid stood behind Liu Yunmeng and was stunned when she saw Ren Pingsheng calling the princess aunt.

How could she not know that Princess Chang'an had a son who was almost her age?

"What are you doing here?"

In front of Ren Pingsheng, Liu Yunmeng still put on the airs of an elder and asked with a serious face.

"I was just wandering around the bookstore, wanting to buy some interesting books to read, but after a round I found nothing worth buying." Ren Pingsheng answered honestly, and then asked back: "Where is my aunt? Why did you come to the capital?"

"It's nothing serious. I just practiced hard in Baiyun Temple for a few days and felt bored, so I came down the mountain to relax."

Liu Yunmeng made up a reason casually.

"Feeling bored practicing hard in Baiyun Temple, coming down the mountain to relax?"

"If I remember correctly, my aunt is one of the direct disciples of the current headmaster, with a very high level of comprehension. How could she feel bored practicing Taoism?"

Ren Pingsheng felt that this reason was unreliable, but thinking that it might be that my aunt didn't want to reveal the real reason for going down the mountain, she just made a perfunctory excuse, so he didn't take it to heart.

"Aunt, I have something to discuss with you."

"What is it?"

"I plan to open a shop in the capital to sell some pills, but some herbs for refining pills are hard to buy in the medicine shop. I want to ask my aunt if you can sell me some herbs from Baiyun Temple?"

After Ren Pingsheng finished speaking, he saw his aunt frowning slightly, and hurriedly added: "They are all common herbs such as Zhixuecao and Baijinteng. I am willing to buy them at a price 50% higher than the market price, and half of the profit from the sale of the pills will be shared with your aunt."

If the shop wants to gain a foothold in the capital, it must let your aunt participate, so Ren Pingsheng never concealed the use of the herbs from beginning to end.

If it works, it's the best. If it doesn't work, we can find another way.

Zhixuecao and Baijinteng grow in high-altitude areas and are rare in the capital, but they can be purchased from other places, but the cost is higher and the supply is unstable.

As long as it can make a profit, these are not a problem.

"I will ask Master Bai for you when I go back." Liu Yunmeng replied.

"Thank you, aunt!"

Ren Pingsheng was delighted and saluted respectfully, thinking: Sure enough, licking my aunt is still useful.

Then he heard his aunt's pleasant voice again.

"If you have nothing to do, why don't you play two games of Go?"

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Aunt is a bit addicted to Go.

"It is a blessing in my life to play chess with my aunt."

Although it might delay his practice, Ren Pingsheng did not hesitate at all and flattered her.

Seeing that he agreed, Liu Yunmeng smiled and pointed to a loft not far away, saying: "I noticed it when I came here just now. That place is exquisite and beautiful, and there are elegant people coming in and out. Why don't we go there to drink tea and play chess?"

She was still a girl waiting to be married. It was impossible for her to go back home with Ren Pingsheng, let alone take him into the palace, so she wanted to find a teahouse to play chess.

Ren Pingsheng looked in the direction of Liu Yunmeng's finger and saw an exquisite loft. The plaque was written with the three characters "Tingfeng Pavilion" in a flamboyant style.

Tingfeng Pavilion...If I remember correctly, it seems to be an official brothel under the jurisdiction of the Jiaofangsi?

"Aunt wants to take me to visit a brothel?"

For a moment, Ren Pingsheng was a little confused.