"Xuan 'er, do you dare to help me choose three glasses?"
Everyone's eyes fell on the girl covered with a green veil. Only then did they notice this famous figure in Taishi Library. She said softly, "Why not? Your Highness, please wait a moment."
Liu Hao laughed and looked at the girl who walked forward and circled around the table with wine. His eyes were full of love and he did not hide it at all.
Feng Zhaomiao muttered indignantly, "It's so unfair."
Liu Hao said, "How is it unfair?"
Feng Zhaomiao could not control her mouth, "Miss Ji is a famous fortune-teller in Taishi Library. Of course it's much easier for her to choose these glasses of wine. Brother Rui came today to deal with us, but he just brought a random person who has no ability. Isn't this unfair? "
Yu Shu touched her nose. She was implicated even though she was lying down.
"Oh?" Liu Hao turned his head. Since he entered the door, this was the first time he looked at Yu Shu. His gaze swept past her and returned to Xue Rui, "Cheng Bi, what do you say?"
"Since it's a gamble, there's nothing to say." Xue Rui turned around and whispered in a volume that only the two of them could hear, "I'm sorry for getting you involved."
Yu Shu shook her head. She was more concerned about how Xue Rui was going to get out of this situation.
Xue Rui heaved a sigh of relief in his heart when he saw that her expression wasn't displeased, and his expression became much more relaxed. He glanced at the six cups of wine on the table, and his gaze flickered imperceptibly as he asked Yu Shu. "Do you dare to help me pick three cups?"
"I don't dare." Yu Shu answered truthfully. She'd come here today to do her arithmetic, and she didn't intend to bet on luck. If she was unlucky and chose that cup of poisoned wine, causing Xue Rui to die from drinking it, then wouldn't she have to take responsibility?
Everyone pricked up their ears to listen to what they were saying. When they heard Yu Shu's words, they didn't know whether to laugh or cry. At this time, they should lose, but not lose, right?
Compared to the shame on the faces of the others, Xue Rui laughed, and his expression became more relaxed. "If you don't dare, then so be it. I'll choose myself."
When Yu Shu saw that he actually wanted her to go forward to get the wine, she hesitated for a moment and couldn't make up her mind. She reached out and grabbed his sleeve. "Wait, let me help you choose."
She regretted it as soon as she finished speaking. There was a prince here, was he someone she could mess around with?
She thought that Xue Rui would decline, but unexpectedly, he turned to look at her and nodded, "Alright. Help me choose. "
"…" Bastard, can't you just decline it a little more?!
Yu Shu secretly glared at Xue Rui. This time, she was the one who couldn't back down. She had no choice but to walk forward, pretending to cover half of her face with one hand to prevent being recognized. Just like Ji Xingxuan, she stood by the table with six glasses of wine …
She could only stare.
What should she do? How should she choose?
At this time, Ji Xingxuan had already picked up the first glass of wine. She walked back to Liu Hao, under the gaze of the crowd. Liu Hao opened the lid of the teacup and drank it without looking at it. He wiped the corner of his mouth and smiled at Xue Rui. "It's not poisonous."
Ji Xingxuan walked back and walked two rounds around the table. She picked a glass of wine faster than before and brought it back to Liu Hao.
"It's not poisonous." Liu Hao gestured to Xue Rui that there was an empty glass, and his eyes were filled with victory. "One more non-poisonous, and I'll win."
Remove the three non-poisonous glasses. Of the remaining three cups, one of them must be poisoned.
Looking at Ji Xingxuan walking back to the table, the impatient Feng Zhaomiao couldn't help but urge Yu Shu who was still standing in front of the table. "Miss Lianfang, hurry up and choose. If you don't, there'll be no more! "
Xue Rui reached out and patted him on the shoulder. He stopped him from shouting and said to Yu Shu's back, "There's no hurry. Take your time to choose. Bring it to me when you're done."
Liu Hao turned to look at him. Seeing his calm expression, he felt a little strange, but he couldn't grasp the main point.
Xue Rui crossed his arms before him as he turned to glance at Liu Hao, and the corners of his eyes were suffused with a slight smile that carried unknown meaning.
In this gamble, whether he won or lost was also a win. It was just that he would have to pay a price if he lost.
"Hey, what is she doing?" Feng Zhaomiao exclaimed in surprise, causing Xue Rui to shift his gaze back to the table. He saw Yu Shu, who had been standing there in a daze for a long time, fumbling around on her body. She dug out a few copper coins from somewhere, lifted her skirt, squatted down, and started throwing them on the ground.
Ji Xingxuan also noticed Yu Shu's action. Her eyes were full of suspicion. She knew there was a kind of divination that used copper coins to calculate. However, that method had been lost for a long time. How could a young girl use it?
Now that Ji Xingxuan was distracted, she had no choice but to repeat what she had seen from the four glasses of wine. She closed her eyes and rested for a while before walking around the table again. After about four or five rounds, she stopped and took a fancy to a glass of wine. She reached out her hand and heard a whisper in her ear. In the blink of an eye, someone beat her to it and snatched the glass of wine.
That was not all. The owner of the hands picked two glasses in a row, as if he was fighting with her. Before she could react, he took away three teacups.
At this time, there was only one glass left on the table.
"Extreme east, extreme west, official eye …" Yu Shu murmured. After confirming that she did not take the wrong glass, she turned around and walked to Xue Rui with three cups of tea in her hand.
Everyone in the Leisure Hall was dumbstruck. Who would have imagined that she'd dawdled for so long and actually chose three cups in one go, and they could practically foresee that one of these three cups would be finished. Those who had a good relationship with Xue Rui all broke out in cold sweat, and they already had hostile expressions as they looked at Yu Shu who took it to be child's play.
Xue Rui helped Yu Shu receive the cup, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry towards her actions that were too rash. Even though he was prepared to drink the rat poison since long ago, he still didn't want to drink it if he could avoid it.
"Quick, taste it and see if it is poisonous." Yu Shu urged. She did not know that her words were very strange.
Ji Xingxuan did not take the last glass of wine on the table. She returned to Liu Hao's side. Since he had picked three cups, she did not need to pick another one. She only knew that the wine in Yu Shu's hand was not poisonous, but she was not sure if the other two cups were poisonous. Therefore, she paid attention to it with the others.
Yu Shu was holding a cup in her hand and forgot to cover up her face. Ji Xingxuan happened to see her face. Earlier, Ji Xingxuan didn't pay much attention to this young lady who was traveling with Xue Rui. Now that she saw Yu Shu, she frowned and thought for a moment before recognizing Yu Shu's face. It was the young man who had once disguised himself as Xia Jiangmin's side.
It was her?
Seeing the person who escorted Xia Jiangmin to the capital appeared next to Xue Rui, Ji Xingxuan could not help but have some doubts about Yu Shu's identity. However, she did not expose it on the spot. Instead, she waited to see what would happen.
Xue Rui took the cup and drank it without hesitation. He smacked his lips and did not say anything. He picked up the second cup and drank it in one breath. He picked up the third cup. At this time, a group of people in the hall was already nervous. They were afraid that he would hold his stomach, roll on the ground, and faint after drinking the wine.
Even Yu Shu, who was picking the wine, looked at Xue Rui nervously. She was just trying to make a Hail Mary. She had no choice but to use the six lines to ask the question in front of her. She did not know if it worked. If Xue Rui really got sick after drinking it, she would not be able to pay for it even if she sold herself.
Xue Rui raised his head and drank the third cup of wine under everyone's gaze. Yu Shu looked at his straightforward manner, and her mood suddenly became a little strange. Did he trust her too much or himself too much?
After swallowing the last mouthful of wine, Xue Rui wiped the wine stains on the corner of his mouth and looked at Yu Shu. His eyes gradually focused and showed a strange look. It seemed that he saw the uneasiness in her expression. He said in a hoarse voice, which had been washed by wine, "I'm fine. You chose very well."
Yu Shu breathed a sigh of relief. That was close.
Liu Hao, who had been staring at Xue Rui, tightened his face. He strode forward, picked up the remaining teacup, and lifted the lid. He put it under his nose and sniffed. There was a faint smell in the wine. This made his face suddenly become unsightly.
Ji Xingxuan frowned slightly. Looking at Yu Shu who was happy, she could not help but wonder whether she was lucky or she really knew how to use that strange technique.
Seeing this scene, everyone knew what was going on and wiped their cold sweat. Xue Kuangxu, who came with Liu Hao, secretly clenched his fists.
Feng Zhaomiao stuttered and grabbed Xue Rui's arm, "Rui, Brother Rui, are you okay?"
Xue Rui shook his head and looked at the back of the Seventh Prince in front of him. He asked, "Your Highness, there is still one cup of wine left. Do you want to admit defeat now, or do you want to test it yourself?"
Liu Hao turned his face back to the people behind him. When he turned around again, his face had returned to normal, "Cheng Bi, what do you want?"
This sentence was a disguised admission of defeat and accepted the bet at the beginning.
Xue Rui said, "I just want to be quiet and don't pester me anymore."
This sentence was said to save face for Liu Hao, but those who knew the situation at the scene could not hear the severance in Xue Rui's words. Two years ago, everyone in Anling City knew that the Eldest Young Master of the Xue family and the Seventh Prince were on the same side. Now, it was gone just like that. Outsiders could not even figure out the reason, which made people sigh and sigh.
"Okay, okay," Liu Hao smiled and loosened his fingers. The cup with rat poison fell to the ground and splashed three feet of wine. Everyone was nervous, afraid that he would attack at this time.
However, Liu Hao did not lose his composure. He just looked at Xue Rui deeply and left. Ji Xingxuan looked at Yu Shu again and left without saying a word.
"Your Highness!" Xue Kuang Xu shouted and turned his head to say to Xue Rui, "This time you have completely offended the Seventh Prince. Are you happy now?"
Xue Rui's eyes flashed, "My business, when did it become your turn to interfere?"
Xue Kuang Xu was humiliated but did not dare to talk back. He lightly snorted and went to chase after Liu Hao. Once this group of uninvited guests left, the atmosphere in Huai Xian Hall became noticeably better.
Because Prince Xiang's heir Liu Jiong had privately arranged for Xue Rui to meet with Liu Hao, he felt ashamed. He looked at Xue Rui as if he wanted to say something but stopped. There was a trace of flattery on his face.
At this time, Xue Rui was in a good mood and could not be bothered to argue with him. He sighed and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it this time."
Yu Shu was still thinking about the look Ji Xingxuan gave her before he left and knew that she had been recognized. She was pondering how Ji Xingxuan would think of her identity when she heard a warm and soft voice full of curiosity asking, "Lianfang Lady, the divination technique you used just now, was it the long-lost Six Lines Breaking Law?"
The one who asked the question was the young woman who had been sitting next to Liu Jiong. She seemed to be a female student of Taishi Library.
Everyone then remembered the inconspicuous person next to Xue Rui. To be honest, in the bet just now, not only did the Seventh Prince lose, that Ji Xingxuan also lost. She was not as good as this unknown "Lianfang Lady" in front of them.
Thinking of this, it made people overflowing with interest.
"Yes, yes, what method did you use just now?" Feng Zhaomiao came up excitedly and said carelessly, "Just by throwing a copper coin, you know the cause and effect. Isn't it a trick in Jianghu?"
In the face of everyone's inquiry, Yu Shu smiled but did not say anything. She did not hide or respond to the Six Lines Breaking Law. In fact, she could not tell whether the three cups of wine just now were due to luck or the effect of the Six Lines Breaking Law. After all, she had never used it on such things.
Xue Rui glared at Feng Zhaomiao and said to Yu Shu, "Don't bother with this naughty boy. If you get entangled with him, you will have a headache."
Then he sneered at Liu Jiong, "Today, I came to introduce her to a few Grand Yi Masters. Because of your interference, I came here for nothing."
After listening to his words, Liu Jiong first smiled at Yu Shu and then said, "It's not a big deal. Which Grand Yi Master do you want to meet? I will write a recommendation letter for you. Just go to their door and find them."
Yu Shu was happy and did not hesitate. She gave a few names on the spot. They were the famous masters in Anling City that she heard in Autumn Osmanthus Lane recently.
Liu Jiong did not say it out of politeness. He turned around and asked his servant to find the letters and wrote them to Yu Shu one by one, so that she could visit them at any time.
In this way, it was noon. The crowd had long lost the mood to gamble. They did not eat lunch and left Dingbo House.
After saying goodbye in front of the door, they went to their own carriages and sedan chairs.
In the carriage, Xue Rui looked at Yu Shu happily holding the recommendation letters, but he did not ask about the grudge between him and Liu Hao. Although it was what he wanted, he felt a little disappointed because of her "indifference".
After putting away the recommendation letters, Yu Shu thought of another thing. She put on a straight face and said to Xue Rui, "This is bad. I didn't get any money from gambling. How can I pay for Xiaoxiu's tuition fees?"
Xue Rui took out a few banknotes from his pocket and gave two to her.
Yu Shu looked at the denomination of two hundred taels. She was very surprised, "Lend me?"
Xue Rui gave the banknotes to her and said in a light tone, "No, it's a reward."
A reward for not letting him drink the cup of rat poison.
Today's trip was not in vain. Everything that should be solved was solved.
***
Liu Jiong did not send them off. He took the female student from Taishi Shuyuan to the back garden. After dismissing the servants, he took her hand and put her on his lap. He wrapped his arms around her waist and said in a lazy voice, "Miao Miao, don't you think Xiaowang is doing a strenuous and unrewarding job?"
Xie Miao Yun touched his cheek and said softly, "Shizi has good intentions. I don't know what grudge Young Master Xue has with the Seventh Prince that is so hard to resolve? "
Liu Jiong kissed her fingers, "I don't know about their matters. I heard it was because of a woman. Who knows if it's true or not."
Xie Miao Yun did not ask in detail and turned to care about something else, "The Seventh Prince brought Ji Xingxuan here today. Is it true that the Ji family has a chance to climb up to the Emperor's side?"
"In the past, it was hard to say. But now, it's not certain."
"En? What do you mean? "
"There's no harm in telling you, just don't tell outsiders," Liu Jiong lowered his voice, "I heard Fuwang say before that the Emperor intends to give the Seventh Prince the four daughters of the Xia Jiang Family as his concubines. The decree has already been drafted, but Xia Jiang Ying was killed not long ago, so this matter was left unsettled. Looking at cousin's appearance today, he seems to be more interested in this Ji Xingxuan. If you have the heart, you should get closer to her. "
Xie Miao Yun nodded and sat back, "I'm curious about that lotus room girl. Where did Young Master Xue find such a person? I've never heard of her before."
Liu Jiong said, "What's there to be curious about? From what I can see, she picked the wine cup out of luck. What can she know by throwing a few copper coins?"
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