Chapter 19 of Volume 1
Quiet Wangfu, exquisite and beautiful Qinglan Garden inside.
Baili Yongjin sat on a stone bench carved from Han white jade, wrapped in a smooth and warm silver-white fox fur coat.
Gently turning the small, lovely pale purple flower lantern in his hand. The bright and soft moonlight poured down obliquely, casting a faint halo on him.
"After a long time, he slowly opened his mouth and said, 'Qing Yu, who do you think made such a beautiful lantern?' It's indeed a delicate thought."
Qing Yu slowly shook her head in ignorance. Tonight was unusually windless, so the young master thought of going outside to sit for a while and take in the night view of the courtyard.
Who would have thought that the Flower Lantern Festival had arrived, with lanterns floating all over the sky, one after another, and as far as the eye could see, it was like a cluster of colorful lights floating around.
Such an unprecedented spectacle immediately stunned him, and he stared blankly for a long time.
Right after that, the floating lanterns in the air began to fall down one by one. Several of them happened to land in the yard, and he couldn't help but pick up one out of curiosity.
Under the lamp hung a piece of paper, and upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Kyoto's 'Beauty Hall' and 'Warm Smoke Building' would be opening in two days. The paper sincerely invited guests from all sides to attend.
This is a paper similar to an invitation card, but it contains much more content than an invitation card. The paper not only writes inviting words, but also introduces the shops and restaurants that are about to open.
He couldn't help but wonder what kind of person could come up with such a method and create this flying peculiar lamp.
"Anyone who can create such a lamp is certainly no ordinary person." The design of the lamp alone was enough to make one surrender.
Qing Yu nodded in agreement, but suddenly a gust of cold wind blew by, making people shiver involuntarily.
"The young master, it's windy, you're just starting to recover, why don't you go back inside and rest?" Qingyu said, moving her shoulders slightly.
Since the young master started taking that jar of honey and eating more fruit every day, he hasn't had another episode in these few days, and his complexion looks much better too.
He was overjoyed and urged the kitchen to hurry up. When it's time for dinner, be sure to bring the medicinal meal first.
The crown prince has been eating for several days in a row and now only hopes that this medicine will be as effective as those honey and fruits.
Baili Rongjin nodded slightly, took the flower lamp and got up, walking slowly back into the house. These past few days he had indeed improved a lot, after eating some sweets and honey every day, he no longer felt dizzy and weak, as if he had never had this illness at all.
Every time he looked at that jar of honey and savored the medicinal flavor in his mouth, he would inadvertently think of that elegant woman.
On the third day, it was vaguely bright.
Xia Ting got up early in the summer, and under the service of Wan Yu, she combed her hair and dressed.
After finishing breakfast, with a great mood, he took Shui Shi and Xia Zi Yun onto the carriage, heading in the direction of Mei Ren Tang.
It was the first time Mr. Mizu had been out since his arrival in Kyoto, and he looked quite pleased with himself. Natsume also poked his head out of the carriage curtains to take a look around; although he usually went out every day to attend school, his father kept him on a tight rein, so he rarely got to see the big streets.
They arrived smoothly at the entrance of Mei Ren Tang, and as soon as Xia Ting Cong got off the car, he saw a wide street with cars and horses coming and going, and from time to time, several luxurious carriages drove up, and a few noblewomen or young ladies in their thousands came out from inside and walked into Mei Ren Tang one after another.
A large number of horse-drawn carriages had completely surrounded 'Meiren Hall' and the opposite 'Nuanyan Building', making it impossible to get through.
Shui saw the situation and was also very surprised, it was so lively, and couldn't help but hesitate and say "Ning'er, with so many people, do we still want to go in?"
Xia Ting blinked, this scene was indeed quite spectacular. Gently pulling over his mother, Shui Shi, and younger brother, Xia Zi Yun's hands "It's okay, we'll go in too. There are just a lot of people, so hold my hand tightly."
Xia Ting held her mother's and brother's hands, carefully avoiding the dense crowds, while Wan Yu followed behind them to prevent anyone from accidentally bumping into their master from behind.
Xia Ting and her entourage followed the crowd into the Mei Ren Tang.
As far as the eye can see, all the shopkeepers and apprentices here are busy to the point of being flustered, as if they wish they could split themselves in two. Not daring to stop for a moment, they attend to the successive stream of ladies and young misses who keep walking in.
The shopkeeper of Mei Rentang caught sight of Xia Tingcong in an unintentional turn of the head, and his eyes lit up instantly. He was about to come over, but was stopped by several elegantly dressed ladies. He reluctantly put on a smile and introduced Mei Rentang's products to them.
Xia Ting nodded slightly to the shopkeeper, using her eyes to indicate that he should take care of the customers, while she quietly led her mother and brother upstairs.
Upstairs on the spacious second floor, rows of tables and chairs were neatly arranged. Today's customers who came to make a purchase almost filled all the seats.
Xia Ting glanced around for a while before spotting an empty table in the corner to the east, where she led her mother and brother to sit down.
Then I went upstairs to take a look. Next to each table of guests stood a maidservant hired by the shop to serve the customers.
Those noble ladies and young ladies flipped through the exquisite picture albums on the table while listening to the shop's maid explaining and introducing them.
Sometimes there are customers who, after trying out some products, are satisfied and place an order. They take the goods and pay quickly before leaving. Often, just as one table of customers is about to leave, another group comes upstairs.
A dozen or so maidservants came and went, busy explaining and introducing products to customers, fetching trial items for them to try out, or going downstairs to fetch goods that customers had decided to buy.
The entire second floor was bustling with activity. Xia Ting's eyes sparkled with delight as she smiled slightly.
As soon as Shui Shi sat down, she couldn't help but glance around curiously. Everyone sitting here was dressed in silk and satin, with gold and silver adornments, all of them were noblewomen or young ladies from wealthy families. At a glance, it was clear that they were from influential or affluent households, which made her feel a bit apprehensive.
Xia Ting then didn't think so much, but pushed the exquisite album on the table to his mother, Shui Shi's face "Mother, take a look at the album and choose what you want."
These albums record all the products sold by Mei Ren Tang, listed in order from low to high price, with pictures and explanations. She spent a lot of time making one copy, then had someone else transcribe it into twenty or so copies, which were placed in Mei Ren Tang for customers to browse.
At this time, a little maid in pink clothes, looking very nimble, walked quickly towards Xia Tingcong.
Xia Ting had already recognized the other party, she was the daughter of the owner of Mei Ren Tang, named Hong Yin, 12 years old this year, a clever and intelligent girl, her father arranged for her to work in Mei Ren Tang.
Looking at her hurrying over, it was clear that she had already recognized Xia Tingting.
Xia Ting nodded slightly towards her, and Hong Yin immediately understood that the young lady did not want to reveal her identity. She slowed down her pace, walked over slowly, bowed, and asked with a sweet smile, "I don't know what the madam and the young lady would like? Do you need me to go get it for you?"
Xia Ting smiled faintly and said, "Wait a bit, let's wait for Mother to take a look before making a decision."
Hong Yin hastily nodded and stepped aside to stand at attention.
Shui heard this and stretched out his hand to open the exquisite album, just took a look, and exclaimed in surprise: "Ning'er, how can the things in Meiren Hall be similar to the rouge and snowflake cream you gave me? And this soap, isn't it also being used in our yard?"
Xia Zi Yun also curiously walked up to the picture album.
"This shop is also in Yixing City, I bought it there. It seems that the owner of that shop has also come to Kyoto to open a branch." Xia Ting's face turned red with excitement.
Mr. Shui suddenly realized "So that's how it is! No wonder these things look familiar."
Seeing Shui Shi still slowly flipping through the album, Xia Ting Cong directly said to Hong Yin "Go get a few boxes of jasmine and plum blossom scented snow cream. Light pink, rose red and crimson lip balm each take one box. Also, bring two boxes of bamboo fragrance snow cream over. As for soap, don't bother."
She remembered that the soap used in the yard was newly added a few days ago, and her mother only needed to add a few boxes of rouge and snow cream. As for her brother, the bamboo fragrance snow cream was specially ordered by her for him.
Because she had previously wanted to give her brother snow cream in Yixing City, but he was disgusted by those fragrances and thought they were too feminine, so Xia Tingcai added bamboo fragrance to the new product.
Xia Ting's words had just fallen when Hong Yin nodded and bowed her body, wanting to go downstairs to fetch the things Miss wanted.
The water family member next to him widened his eyes and said in a hurry, "Don't go."
Digression
Sorry guys, because of last night's power outage, there was no update. This chapter is a supplement for last night, and there will be another one tonight.
