Chapter 507

In the afternoon, she temporarily separated from Xue Rui. Yu Shu fished out the whole set of crystals from the Feng Pond one by one. She wiped them clean with a cotton cloth, put them in a mahogany box, and took them home.

Pei Jing had been waiting for her at Zhao Hui's house with clothes, shoes, and socks that had been made in a hurry, as well as carefully selected rouge girls. Seeing that she came back at this time, he couldn't help urging her,

"Why are you still running around today? What time is it? Go back to your room to take a bath and freshen up, or I'll go out to look for you. Did you bring the things back?"

Pei Jing counted on Yu Shu to be a good living signboard, so that the crystals she had raised could be sold at a sky-high price. So compared with Yu Shu, he paid more attention to tonight's Hibiscus Gentlemen's Banquet.

"I brought them back." Yu Shu handed the heavy mahogany box to him. The longer the crystal was soaked in the Feng Pond, the brighter it became. Generally, it would take seven days to finish the work, but the set in her hand had been raised in the Feng Pond for half a month.

Pei Jing carefully took the box, put it on the table by the window, rubbed his fingers, and slowly opened the box. In an instant, he was dazzled. All kinds of crystals were piled up together, pink, yellow, purple, and white, full of watery light.

Even though Pei Jing had seen it once two days ago, he couldn't help but click his tongue at this time. His mind was shaken, and he held his breath. "Pa!" He closed the box again, still feeling a little dizzy.

Originally, he was 80% confident, but now it became 10%.

"Okay, go in and get ready. This is Song Niangzi, who is in charge of dressing and combing hair, and this is Hua Niangzi, who is in charge of making perfume and rouge. They are all people I borrowed from the Heng Wu Restaurant in the north of the city."

Pei Jing introduced them to Yu Shu, and then reminded the two ladies in the suitcases, "Take care of them.

"Ladies, please tidy up my niece. The clothes and jewelry are all ready-made. As for the makeup and face, make sure they match this set of jewelry."

The two ladies had already sized up Yu Shu. They smiled at Pei Jing and said, "Boss Pei, don't worry. This lady looks clean and elegant. She's the easiest to take care of. She also has such fine clothes and jewelry. We'll take care of her properly. Just wait. When we come out later, we'll give you a beautiful lady."

Hearing this, Yu Shu curled her lips, thinking to herself, "Beauty? Beauty? Actually, it was just a mobile counter, specially made for hanging crystals."

The curtain of night had just fallen, and the main street in front of the Dingbo Hall in the northern part of the city was already bustling with people and carriages.

At the annual Hibiscus Gentlemen's Banquet, other than the young ladies who were yet to be betrothed and the young talents who were yet to be married, there were also many high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital who came to join in the fun and watch the excitement.

The annual Hibiscus Gentlemen's Banquet was held. Other than the unmarried ladies and unmarried young talents, there were also many officials and nobles in the capital who came to join in the fun and watch.

At the end of the street, a green palanquin, accompanied by a man and a horse, was approaching. The man on the horse was turning his head to talk to the man in the palanquin.

"It was not my turn to come tonight, but my mother got a favor card from Princess Xiang and sent me here. If it weren't for the fact that I was still drinking with the men in the camp at this moment, I would have come."

"Originally, it was not my turn to come tonight, but my mother forcefully asked for a favor from Imperial Consort Xiang and sent me here. If it wasn't for the fact that I was still drinking with the men in the barracks."

Feng Zhaomiao was three to five years younger than Xue Rui and had not passed the age where he liked to play around. It was not that he did not arrange for someone to accompany him in bed, but women were not as attractive to him as good wine and brothers.

Xue Rui did not agree with his words and reprimanded him instead:

"You are not young anymore and should be sensible. Don't always let General Furen worry for you. I heard that you fought with someone in the army two days ago and General Feng came to apologize for you. I see that you are alive and kicking today. Could it be that you managed to get help from Old Furen so that you did not get beaten up by your father?"

Feng Zhaomiao smiled embarrassedly and said guiltily: "If it wasn't that boy asking for a beating. He is just a concubine son of the second branch of the Yin family and he dared to strut around in the barracks and bully people as he pleased. He even pretended to be a big-tailed eagle in front of me. It was already a light punishment that I did not beat him until his teeth fell all over the floor. It was only a few drops of blood from his nose and he was crying for his parents."

He was afraid that Xue Rui would say that he was not a concubine again if he continued to ask, so he quickly changed the topic:

"Brother Rui, didn't the lotus branch also receive the banquet invitation? Why didn't I see her? Didn't she come with you?"

Feng Zhaomiao ran into Yu Shu and Xue Rui hugging each other in the restaurant that day and guessed that the relationship between them was unusual. So he was a little puzzled that he did not see Yu Shu.

Xue Rui was sensitive and found out the meaning of Feng Zhaomiao's words. Thinking of Yu Shu's current situation, he said without thinking,

"Tonight is the Hibiscus Gentlemen's Banquet. If she goes with me, won't it attract criticism?"

Feng Zhaomiao was stunned and wanted to say something. But he heard a whistling sound behind him. In the blink of an eye, two horses leaped past him, which startled the horse under him.

But he heard a hearty laughter —

"Hahaha, Eleventh Prince, you have to admit defeat. The Snow-treading Horse under you is now mine!"

Then there was an exasperated voice —

"Zhu Er! How dare you play tricks with me! "

Xue Rui's gaze flickered when he heard this voice, and he lifted the curtain of the palanquin with one hand, causing him to see that there were two horses that stood in opposition under the lanterns a few meters ahead of him. The Eleventh Prince, Liu Yi, was flying into a rage out of humiliation as he raised his horsewhip and pointed it at the young man on the crimson red horse before him.

In an instant, everyone on the street turned around to look at him.

The man on the red horse was in his twenties. He wore a green robe and had long arms and legs. His black hair was tied up and his forehead was full. He had thick eyebrows and long eyes. He sat high on the horse's back and glanced sideways. He held the reins with one arm and looked free and easy.

Xue Rui recognized him at a glance. He was one of the three people he suspected had something to do with the Tenth Princess's suicide. He was the second young master of the Zhu family in the capital, Zhu Qingjue.

Zhu Qingjue seemed to sense the gaze from afar. He turned around and met Xue Rui's probing eyes.

Four eyes met and two pairs of sword-like eyebrows were raised. Under the night lights, it was like swords clashing and sparks flew.

Xue Rui gently nodded and let down the curtain. Zhu Qingjue's lips curled up and he dismounted. He threw the reins to a servant and said to Liu Yi, "Eleventh Prince, lower your voice.

I can see that you have a deficiency of qi and blood and the deficiency of your kidneys and spleen. It should be caused by indulging in sensual pleasures. If you don't want to leave behind a hidden illness, I will give you a prescription. Come and find me after the banquet today. "

He did not care about Liu Yi's expression and walked into the Dingbo Hall with his hands behind his back.

Feng Zhaomiao saw this scene and clicked her tongue. She bent down and said to Xue Rui,

"Brother Rui, do you see? In the entire capital, in terms of arrogance, Second Young Master Zhu is probably number one. Even the Eleventh Prince is slightly inferior."