Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

Zhou Xingzhi's regular clothes are somewhat different in style, but because they are all produced by Shangyi Bureau, the fabrics and certain details are the same.

Ye Ningxuan changed into Zhou Xingzhi's clothes and stood with her, inexplicably giving Zhong Qingyi a feeling that they were a group and she was alone.

The fact is indeed like this, Zhou Xingzhi walked ahead holding Ye Ningxuan's hand, Zhong Qingyi could only follow two people behind, his figure seemed a bit lonely.

Damn it, why did you trick the dog out and kill it!It's obviously a story of three people, why doesn't I have a name in it!

Originally, when he was in the palace, Zhong Qingyi would deliberately avoid Zhou Xingzhi, so he would not often see the daily life of the two of them getting along.But it's different now, as Zhou Xingming's nominal concubine, her actions are basically tied to two people.Without a young lady, she can appreciate it without talking about it, and is forced to eat dog food. Zhong Qingyi is really bitter, but she can't say anything!

But this crying didn't last for a long time. After seeing the bustling night market outside, Zhong Qingyi's attention was drawn away. After seeking the advice of - Next Zhou Xingzhi, he took four guards and acted separately.

The night market was completely unfamiliar to Zhou Xingzhi. When she passed by a juggling stall, she stopped and stood in a relatively corner place, watching the people inside who were about to smash their chests with big stones.

"There is a real stone on this man's chest." Zhou Xingzhi stared at the big stone slab for a while, "Just this weight on his chest is already uncomfortable."

"I heard from my elder brother that these people seem to be able to do some hard qigong, how about keeping a stream of qi in their chest?" Ye Ningxuan also didn't quite understand the principle of breaking a big stone in her chest, but she just looked at them and felt that these people were still very powerful.

While the two were discussing in low voices, the venue was already getting hot. One of the thinner men swung a sledgehammer, and Duang hit the stone slab with a bang.

The person lying down grunted, the slate on the chest did not break apart, but some dust floated up along with the shock wave.

"Okay, come again—hammer!"

"It's not enough force, this stone is not broken, let's do it again!" - the onlookers began to boo.

The thin man clasped his fists at the onlookers, then raised the hammer high, shouted loudly, and Duang slammed it down again.

Crack, the stone slab was smashed into four or five pieces. The man lying down was holding his breath, his face flushed a little, and the veins on his neck were faintly visible.After the stone slab on his body was taken off, the man exhaled slowly, stood up and clasped his fists.

"Thank you for watching. If you are still satisfied with our performance, I would like to invite you, gentlemen, to buy a money show if you have money, and a personal show if you don't have money." Holding the basket high, with a flattering smile on his face, he walked slowly around the crowd.

After absorbing the experience of going out for the first time, Zhou Xingzhi brought money this time, opened the small purse hanging on his waist, touched two pieces of broken silver, and stuffed one piece into Ye Ningxuan's hand.

Ye Ningxuan quickly understood what Zhou Xingzhi meant, and when the thin man came over, she threw the broken silver in his hand into his basket.

"Thank you son, you are kind and kind, you will be able to make great achievements and live a long life!" After seeing the conspicuous pieces of silver in the basket, the smile on the man's face grew wider, and he almost said all the beautiful words he knew.

"Do you perform for a living?" Zhou Xingzhi also threw the broken silver in his hand into the bamboo basket and asked casually.

The thin and small man with bright eyes, shook his head, and said in a low voice, "Master Hui, my brother and I are farming, but due to the recent drought, spring plowing has not been done, so we came out to make some money."

"Then, are there many people like you near you?" Zhou Xingzhi continued to ask.

The skinny man hesitated for a while, "To tell you the truth, there is basically no land to grow in our village, and most of them are trying to find ways to do odd jobs to save money."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded and did not continue to ask.If the thin and small person stayed in front of him for too long, it would appear a little special.

After watching the juggling, Zhou Xingzhi saw a small vendor making sugar figurines, so he asked him to make two sugar figurines like himself and Ye Ningxuan, and then held them in his hands to watch.

"Ning Xuan, the faces of the two of us look alike. Is this a husband and wife look?" Zhou Xingzhi looked at the sugar figurine in his hand and then at the sugar figurine in Ye Ningxuan's hand, and said with a smile.

Ye Ningxuan smiled and shook her head, "The sugar man's head is just that big, with two eyes and one nose, don't they all look the same after a long time?"

"Okay, next time I'll find someone with better craftsmanship and make two different candy figurines." Zhou Xingzhi didn't plan to eat this kind of gadget, and after admiring it enough, he handed over the two candy figurines to Wei Zhongrang He put it away.

Although Hangzhou Mansion is very prosperous, it is still not as good as the capital where rich and powerful people gather, so Xingzhi in the night market last week—the sense of presence of pedestrians is not low, after all, there are more than ten of them just as guards—it seems that they are not easy to mess with .

After shopping for more than half an hour, Zhou Xingzhi's enthusiasm for the night market dissipated a lot, and when he was about to go back, Zhong Qingyi happened to come back with a bunch of things.

"Sister... brother... people!" Zhong Qingyi called out the title a little bluntly, "There is a painting competition on the other street, if you draw a good work, you can get - one hundred taels of silver, brothers are going to see - see?"

After hearing Zhong Qingyi's address, Zhou Xingzhi had a strange expression on his face. Brothers, the two of them were not compatible in terms of gender or age, and it was thanks to Zhong Qingyi that he could call it out.

"My painting skills are average, so I won't participate." Zhou Xingzhi said. It is true that she can paint, but it does not include painting with a brush. "Ning Xuan, are you going to try?"

"My painting skills are - so-so, but we can go and have a look, it's not too late now." Ye Ningxuan said.

"Alright, Zhong...Your brother, take me off the road, let's join in the fun." Zhou Xingzhi also called out a twisted name.

The painting conference that Zhong Qingyi was talking about was not a big one, and there were only a dozen people present, all of them with their sleeves raised, drawing with brushes.The lights on the stage were brightly lit, and it looked no different from daytime.

"The event of this competition is figure ink painting. It is required to use no pigments. Whoever draws well will get a hundred taels of silver, regardless of ranking." Zhong Qingyi said on the side, "The judges heard that it is a woman, who seems to be from a wealthy businessman. Daughter, this project does not seem to require very good drawing skills, and I just saw that many people have received silver."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded, squinting slightly to look at the stage.Those who are doing the painting seem to be all young people. From the appearance alone, they are not bad, but the clothes on their bodies seem to be very ordinary. They look like scholars from ordinary families.Rather than saying it was a painting competition, why did she feel that it was more like trying to choose a specific candidate?

"It's a pity that my drawing skills are really bad, otherwise I would like to try." Zhong Qingyi said regretfully.It would be great if I could use charcoal pencils during the competition, she is still very good at drawing character sketches.

"Brother Zhong, are you sure this is a painting competition?" Zhou Xingzhi asked with his head tilted, "Have you asked about the specific rules of the competition?"

"I asked. The person in charge over there said that anyone under the age of 30 with good looks can participate. There is no time limit for painting. As long as the judges think it is good, they can get paid." After hearing Zhou Xingzhi's question, Zhong Qingyi couldn't help but re-evaluate the people who were painting on the field.

Looking at it, Zhong Qingyi frowned, and she found that everyone who finished the painting was invited into a room by the housekeeper, and came out after about an incense stick. It was obvious that he was carrying silver taels, but there was no smile on his face, only regret.

"Well, this could be..." Zhong Qingyi was hinted by Zhou Xingzhi, and then he also found out that something was not quite right.

"In my opinion, this should be a stage of choosing a husband and son-in-law in disguise. If you choose the best, you will be given a hundred taels of silver." Zhou Xingzhi said, "Everyone on the field is not bad in appearance, and they are all well dressed. —Generally, it should have been selected, and most of this family is for recruiting a son-in-law."

"Ah...so that's how it is..." Zhong Qingyi touched his nose in embarrassment, and said that he didn't rush. It would be terrible if he was selected.

After watching the lively meeting, Zhou Xingzhi planned to leave.At this moment, the person in charge of the competition came over with a roster and a smile on his face.

"Sirs, stay for a while. I wonder if they are interested in this competition?" The person in charge said with a smile, "I see that these gentlemen are all very handsome. -try?"

"No, I'm not interested." Zhou Xingzhi refused coldly, gave the guards around him a look, and soon someone blocked the person in charge.

"You guys, don't you really think about it? Our lady is very optimistic about them." The person in charge was stunned when he found someone blocking him, and realized that these people were not ordinary people. He lowered his voice, "Masters, are you really not interested? My lady has prepared 10 taels of silver for this."

After seeing a few people who were still unmoved, the person in charge made a big move, and directly said what his young lady confessed, "Young masters, if it doesn't work, it's okay to make friends. My young lady likes to make friends the most. And she is also very generous to her friends, and she especially likes to give money to friends."

After hearing the person in charge's words, Zhou Xingzhi hesitated shamefully, subconsciously looked at Ye Ningxuan, the two eyes met in the air, and then retracted in unison.

"Zhixing, I think it's okay to go and have a look, right?" Ye Ningxuan said, she wasn't tempted by the 10 taels of silver, she was simply curious about this woman worth 10 taels.

"Since you've said that, Ning Xuan, it's okay for us to go and have a look." Zhou Xingzhi was a little timid at first, but after seeing Ye Ningxuan make an idea with her, her back straightened instantly .

Zhong Qingyi on the side was a little confused, thinking that the two of them hadn't heard clearly, so he reminded, "Well, I think he should mean that the 10 taels of silver is something like a dowry?"

"Brother, you heard it wrong. This is obviously saying that my lady likes to meet like-minded people, right?" Zhou Xingzhi said with a straight face.

"Yes, brother, you must have heard it wrong." Ye Ningxuan echoed, Xingzhi's private treasury is a little empty, and it doesn't matter if you have more money or something.

"Ah?" Zhong Qingyi looked blank, is there something wrong with his comprehension?

The person in charge put a smile on his face after seeing this, "Sirs, why don't we talk in another place?"

"Okay, let's lead the way." Although Zhou Xingzhi was tempted by the 10 taels of silver, she was also very principled.He held Ye Ningxuan's hand in front of the person in charge, and after interlocking their fingers, they slowly followed.

The person in charge also noticed this point, and the expression on his face became a little weird, but he didn't pay much attention to it after thinking about the situation of his own lady, and just focused on leading the way.

"Miss, the young masters are here." The person in charge is the housekeeper of the family who said this. After Zhou Xingzhi and the others brought them here, he stood outside the door in an orderly manner.

Zhou Xingzhi gave Wei Zhong a look, and he quickly scattered around with his guards to ensure the safety of the surrounding environment.

"Sirs, please be polite." Inside the room was a woman wearing a veil, only her smiling eyes and a forehead with a little broken hair were exposed to the outside.

"Well, let me explain one thing first. I have a lover, the one next to me." In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhou Xingzhi opened his mouth to reveal his relationship with Ye Ningxuan.

The woman in the veil was stunned for a while, then quickly realized, and chuckled, "To tell the truth, what I want is someone who can cooperate, as long as I can be my nominal husband for three months." Son-in-law is fine."

"In this case, isn't there any suitable candidate for the previous one?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"Because what they want is not just my husband-in-law for three months." The woman explained briefly, "If the son is willing to help me, I am willing to give a reward of 10 taels."

"Yes, if you don't mind, I can lend you... two guards, you can choose whatever you want." Zhou Xingzhi said with a smile while pulling Ye Ningxuan to sit beside him.

After hearing Zhou Xingzhi's words, the corners of the woman's mouth covered by the veil couldn't help twitching. The purpose of these young men's visits is so obvious, it seems that they are here for money.

"Is there any problem with this lady?" Ye Ningxuan asked with a smile, satisfied with Zhou Xingzhi's performance.

The author has something to say: rub hands

Zhou Xingzhi/Ye Ningxuan: Originally we didn't want to be tempted, but the other party gave too much!