Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Chapter 116: Being a host

"What exactly do you want to buy?" Xiao Yan asked as he walked out of the jade shop. "I've been to more than ten shops, and you don't want any."

"Then can you at least recommend something I can afford?" Lang Si whispered.

"Those jade shops before would easily charge thousands of taels. How about you lower your standards a little bit?"

"Jade jewelry cannot be too bad, otherwise it will be expensive." Xiao Yan swept his eyes across the shops and saw a clothing store not far away.

"Giving it to a woman, you can buy her clothes. They are nice and not as expensive as jade. What do you think?"

Lang Si's eyes suddenly lit up and he became interested.

"This is good, let's go and take a look."

The Lingluo Pavilion store is very large and luxuriously decorated. The central staircase is wide and large, leading to the second floor.

On both sides of the hall, noble ladies were choosing clothes, and maids were standing beside them carrying wooden boxes.

The shopkeeper had a tuft of goatee on his chin, wore a gray gown, and had his hair tied up with a jade crown. He looked quite elegant.

He saw the person coming from a distance at the big counter inside, glanced at his clothes without leaving a trace, and greeted him with a natural smile.

"Gentlemen, please come in. Our store has everything you need."

Lang Si waved his folding fan and looked around leisurely.

The skirt is flowing and colorful, and there are many styles, but I just don’t see any that I like.

"Boss, is there anything else besides these?" Lang Si asked.

"You two young masters don't like these. You two young masters really have extraordinary taste." The shopkeeper smiled and stretched out his hand towards the stairs.

"We have a few more in the private room upstairs. Please come in, gentlemen."

There are many bonsai trees placed in the attic corridor. The private room is spacious and has partitions.

Apricot curtains hang beside several willow-leaf windows, and in the center is a set of mahogany low table and tea set.

The shopkeeper pushed open the sliding door of the compartment, and Lang Si's eyes lit up visibly. There were more than ten sets of gorgeous clothes inside.

Fairy-like, gentle, beautiful, dignified and elegant...

The styles vary, and the fabrics are more elegant than those downstairs.

As soon as he opened the door, Xiao Yan noticed the first set of moon-white robes.

There are some small bamboo leaves embroidered with silver thread around the shoulders, and there is also silver thread under the collar. The embroidery is very exquisite and gorgeous.

The brocade is covered with a layer of fabric that feels like gauze. The whole robe will shine faintly in the light, which makes it look luxurious, fairy-like and lively.

"Sir, you have good taste. This set is our signature style, but it's for men."

The shopkeeper raised his hand to indicate a few other pieces and said with a smile, "There are a few styles for women in the back. You can take a look."

Seeing that the guest didn't respond, he politely called out again, "Sir?"

Xiao Yan then returned to his thoughts and said "Oh", then moved his gaze to the back, where Lang Si was looking at the light yellow Luo skirt suit.

"What do you think of this one?"

"This set is small and lovely. Your junior sister is bold and generous, I think..." Xiao Yan said as his eyes moved to the light blue and white dress.

"This suits her personality very well, what do you think?"

Lang Si put away the folding fan, put his hands on his chin and thought.

"Well, you have good taste. This is it."

In the evening, Xiao Yan invited everyone to dinner at Wangjiang Tower.

In the Tianzihao private room, Wu Ji looked around with shining eyes and stood by the window again.

The buildings on both sides of the river are brightly lit.

Several tourist boats on the river also had lights hung on them. The orange light shone through the windows, and one could see the shadows of tourists chatting and laughing.

He said with great joy on his face, and sat down beside the low table to watch Lu Ziqing pour tea, and said excitedly.

"Brother Lu, this Wangjiang Tower is so huge. There are several attics connected to it on all sides. It's brightly lit. Standing on the fifth floor, you can see the capital city from afar. It's so magnificent! No wonder all the dignitaries in the capital come here to spend money."

Wu Ji pointed at the murals on the wall and touched the gold-painted jade.

"Look at these, they're so expensive. I can't even imagine that I could sit in this Wangjiang Tower, haha..."

Lu Ziqing chuckled and shook his head, sipping his tea and jokingly said.

"Then you can eat as much as you want later, and the Marquis will pay the bill."

Wu Ji chuckled and looked through the crack in the partition door. Only Chi Musheng was outside.

"Why hasn't Brother Chengfeng come yet?"

"Lieutenant General Yang's residence is a little far from here. Are you hungry so soon?" Lu Ziqing put down his teacup and said,

"Didn't we just eat half a roast chicken while shopping this afternoon?"

Wu Ji chuckled, touched his head and said foolishly.

"I got hungry in the Imperial Pharmacy and wanted to eat meat all day long."

"Squeak-"

The sound of the door opening outside was heard, and only a few people could be heard talking and laughing. From the sound of their voices, it was Xiao Yan, Chen Jing, and a strange woman.

Lu Ziqing stood up and went out to greet him. After a few steps, the partition door was moved open with a "whoosh", and he saw Chen Jing's smiling face.

He was about to walk over and salute.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jing came over casually without any warning, hugged him directly in his arms, and said happily.

"Ziqing, I haven't seen you for a few days. I miss you so much."

There was a special tenderness in this voice.

Lu Ziqing stood there in a daze with a puzzled look on his face, with his hands raised up but nowhere to put them.

Looking outside, they saw Xiao Yan, the woman, and Su Chengfeng and Lang Si who had just arrived, as well as Xu Shizhang, who were staring at them.

Even Wu Ji beside him looked at him in confusion for a long time, wondering whether he should salute at this moment.

Chen Jing has a more cheerful personality.

Whenever he was summoned to the Prince's Mansion, he liked to inexplicably hold Lu Ziqing's hand, or put his arm around his shoulders, or just stare at him.

Lu Ziqing was really not used to this kind of enthusiasm, but he didn't know how to explain it.

But at least it's okay when no one is around.

I didn't expect this day.

This happened in front of so many people, and most importantly, the senior Xu Shizhang was also there. It was really embarrassing.

Several people outside started coughing, but Chen Jing didn't let go.

Only Lu Ziqing noticed the sadness on Xiao Yan's face when he turned his eyes away.

He patted Chen Jing's back lightly and said awkwardly.

"Your Highness, please release me first."

Chen Jing seemed to be unaware of the other people at all. He let go of the person with an "Oh" sound and was about to speak when he heard the woman behind him calling him.

"Brother Prince."

Chen Jing turned around and introduced himself to Lu Ziqing with a smile.

"Let me introduce you. This is Princess Xining, the daughter of Prince Jin, and this is..."

"This is Imperial Physician Lu Ziqing, right?" Xining said with a polite smile on his face.

"I know that he was appointed as the imperial physician by the Emperor himself on his birthday."

Lu Ziqing bowed respectfully, "Your humble servant greets Princess Xining."

Xining looked him up and down.

Something unexpected happened on his birthday night, but no one paid much attention to it at the time. We only knew that this person cleverly escaped danger and was promoted to imperial physician.

Take off the green official robe and look at it again today.

He is dressed in white, with fair skin and heroic spirit, and is truly handsome.

"Doctor Lu has an elegant and graceful demeanor, and an aura that is beyond compare. He doesn't look like one of us ordinary people. He has the aura of a Taoist immortal."

Xining praised him generously and gave Chen Jing a meaningful smile.

"Brother Crown Prince has good taste."

Lu Ziqing felt an indescribable strange feeling about the last sentence.

He lowered his eyes to avoid the awkwardness, smiled, and looked at Xining again.

"My Lord, you are too kind."

Only Chen Jing looked at everyone quietly, showing a smug and satisfied look on his face. When he was happy, he even explained something to everyone.

"Qing Jun is hosting tonight, and we are all familiar with each other, so there is no need to be polite. Please take a seat first."