They meet a strange woman at the gate of the Xue Mansion. Seeing that the woman shows a token for Xue Rui, Yu Shu is not in a hurry to go in.
The woman in the bamboo hat stands on the steps with her arms crossed. Yu Shu and Xin Liu move a few steps away from her and whisper to each other.
"Lotus Room. I think this fierce woman knows Cousin Xue. Let's wait and see first."
Xin Liu is also curious about the woman's background even without Yu Shu's words.
At the table, people taste the wine first before eating the soup. They are talking about the appointment of Yu Shu as a female official.
When Xue Rui saw that Yu Shu had not arrived even after a long time, he became a little worried. He was about to send someone to look for her on the road when a servant who ran errands for the Second Gate came over and leaned close to him.
"Young master, there is a woman outside the door who wants to see you. She gave you this."
As he says, he hands something to Shao Tianze. It is not a card, but a sharp stone.
Xue Rui is surprised when he sees it. He gets up and finds an excuse to ask everyone to drink first. Then he leaves the table in a hurry.
.....
They wait outside the door for a long time, but no one comes out. Not only the woman in the bamboo hat paces back and forth impatiently, but Yu Shu and Xin Liu also doubt whether Xue Rui knows this person.
"Why don't we go in first?" Xin Liu says. She is hungry because she hasn't eaten anything in the afternoon.
Yu Shu is about to nod when she sees a handsome man coming out of the door. He is neatly dressed and has a handsome face. It is Xue Rui.
The woman in the bamboo hat sees Xue Rui before Yu Shu does. She takes a step forward and looks at him quickly. Then she sneers,
"It's not easy to see you. Xue Dalang, you slipped away without saying a word. You never thought that I would come to your door one day."
As soon as Xue Rui sees her, he is worried, "Did you come to the capital alone? Does your brother know? "
The woman glared at him. "Hmph, I'm not telling you."
Because they were standing in the light, the bamboo hatted woman's position just happened to block Xue Rui's line of sight, so he didn't notice Yu Shu and Xin Liu standing not far away.
In the eyes of Yu Shu and Xin Liu, the two of them had their own understanding of each other.
"Hey, Lotus House, listen to this. Could it be that Cousin Xue has done something bad outside, and they have come to the capital to seek revenge?"
Yu Shu did not say anything; she thought, "Three years ago, Xue Rui left the Capital. Other than a few months in Yiyang, I don't know where he went for the rest of the time. I also don't know where he met this woman wearing bamboo hat."
"Let's not talk about it. I still have something to do tonight. Where are you staying now? Give me a place to go. I'll look for you tomorrow." Xue Rui asked the person who came because there were many spies around the Prime Minister's residence. He was worried that she would lose her temper and reveal something.
Xue Rui was cautious, but the bamboo hatted woman did not appreciate it. She sneered and said,
"What's so important about you that you're in such a hurry to drive me away. Can't I even enter your house?"
Xue Rui couldn't help but chuckle when he saw that she was about to lose her temper just because she didn't like his words, and he replied with a question, "Today is my birthday, and I've invited my relatives and friends to drink. Do you want to come?"
"… It's your birthday?"
"Yes."
"What kind of scoundrel friends are they? I don't care about them." The bamboo hatted woman changed the topic. Just now she was blaming Xue Rui for driving her away, but now she was disgusted and refused to go in.
Xue Rui took the opportunity to say, "Then where are you staying? We'll talk tomorrow when we meet."
"No need. I'll come find you tomorrow morning. Don't make me wait, or you'll suffer."
After saying this, the bamboo hatted woman turned around and left. When she passed by Yu Shu and Xin Liu, she suddenly stopped and turned to look at him. She tilted her neck and said,
"Today is your birthday. It's not good for me to be empty-handed. Why don't I give you a gift?"
At this time, Xue Rui saw Yu Shu and Xin Liu. He was stunned for a moment and didn't hear what the bamboo hatted woman said.
However, the next moment, she turned her hand into a claw and attacked Yu Shu!
Xue Rui didn't even have time to stop her. The bamboo hatted woman had come back and retracted her right hand. At this time, there was one more thing in her hand.
For a moment, Yu Shu found that the fan box in her hand was in someone else's hand. When she was closer, she could see the face under the bamboo hatted clearly —
Thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose, thin lips, and a playful smile.
"When I came here, I heard these two girls talking. There is a good treasure in it. I don't know what it is. Whether it's good or bad, I'll give it to you as a gift!"
As she said this, she shook the thin box in her hand and threw it to Xue Rui.
Seeing that the gift she had racked her brains to prepare for her lover was taken away, Yu Shu narrowed her eyes and felt annoyed. She dared to borrow a flower to present the Buddha to her!
Xue Rui caught the box and looked at Yu Shu. Seeing her face changed, he felt a jolt in his heart and knew something bad was going to happen.
When the other one was angry, she would use a whip and wouldn't let go until the person's skin and flesh were torn apart. But when this one was angry, she wouldn't stop bleeding.
If the two of them really made trouble here, it would be a big deal.
Therefore, before Yu Shu got angry, he quickly walked down the steps, handed the thin box in his hand back to Yu Shu, and said gently,
"Shu, this is the sister of my old friend. I'll tell you in detail later."
There was another meaning in his words. He was secretly telling Yu Shu that he would explain to her clearly, but it was not convenient for him to say it now.
Yu Shu understood at once. She glanced at Xue Rui, took the fan box, and held back her anger.
Seeing that Yu Shu didn't say anything, Xin Liu gritted his teeth and didn't say anything more.
Seeing the attitude of Xue Rui when talking to Yu Shu, the woman in the bamboo hat raised her eyebrows and smiled coldly. She threw a sentence and turned to leave.
"Xue Dalang, your ability to hook up with girls is not reduced."
Yu Shu turned her head and looked at the back of the man who was going away. She smiled and thought, "If there is a chance, I'll teach you a lesson so that you know who is a" girl ".
Seeing that the man had left, Xue Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Yu Shu,
"Let's go in first."
Yu Shu put the fan box in her arms, ignored him, and pulled Xin Liu into the door.
Xue Rui touched his nose and knew that he was in the wrong. He thought about how to make her happy later and followed her footsteps.
Yu Shu arrived late. Everyone had been talking about her, but now she was not shy at all. Feng Zhaomiao raised her head and wanted to punish her with drinking.
Xue Rui wanted to stop her, but Yu Shu agreed readily. She drank three cups of wine in a row without frowning, which immediately attracted a burst of cheers.
Feng Zhaomiao did not notice the warning in Xue Rui's eyes. She pestered Qi Mingxiu, who was next to Yu Shutong, to change her seat. She complained to her about how the Great Camp trained soldiers in the morning and dusk, so they could not even sleep in.
After saying a lot of things, he finally got to the main point with a shy face.
"I have a good brother who couldn't sleep well a while ago. He always dozed off during the training the next day and was scolded by the instructor every day. Since his mother hung a crystal stone for him, he stopped snoring at night and was energetic during the day. He could eat five bowls of rice in one meal. "
"I heard that the crystal was unique to a treasure house on Qianyuan Street, so I went looking for it. However, after paying a deposit, I had to wait for a month before I could get the goods. After asking around more carefully, I found out that the crystal was actually your handiwork. Hehe, Lotus Room, look at this …"
Before Yu Shu said anything, Xin Liu said shyly,
"It's his birthday, but you took the opportunity to ask for a debt."
Ruilin patted his leg and laughed, "I was wondering why you sneaked out of the camp against the wind. It turned out that your idea was here."
Feng Zhaomiao blushed at their words. He coughed and looked at Yu Shu eagerly.
Yu Shu hid something in her heart and was not in the mood to tease him. She said, "You are talking about the calming white crystal. I don't have it with me today. I will ask someone to send it to you later."
Pei Jing's starting price for a piece of white crystal sculpture was one hundred taels, which was much cheaper than the whole bracelet. So he sold all the stock he had at the beginning of the month. Now there was no price in the market. It was not surprising that Feng Zhaomiao couldn't buy it outside.
"Good!" Feng Zhaomiao patted the table and poured another glass of wine for Yu Shu. He said, "I saw that the boy was wearing a longevity gourd. It was said that it was made of a whole crystal stone. You must find me a bigger one than that gourd, so that I won't be laughed at by him."
Yu Shu nodded. Xin Liu curled his lips and said,
"Wearing a gourd is nothing. There is a whole set in the lotus room with five colors. There is only one pearl net. If you take off the crystal stone, there will be seventeen or eighteen gourds."
Feng Zhaomiao said excitedly, "Is it the one she wore at the Gentleman Hibiscus Banquet?"
Then he looked at Yu Shu and asked, "Why don't I see you wearing it today?"
Yu Shu took another sip of wine and said, "I was in a hurry and forgot."
At the same table, Rui Zizhu put her hand down on her knee. She touched the beads on her sleeve and took them off quietly.
Rui Lin noticed her little movement and shook his head secretly. He knew that his sister got a string of pink crystal beads from her mother not long ago. She loved it very much and wore it alone today. He didn't expect that she would be outshone even though she didn't wear it today.
The people at the table discussed animatedly, and they clinked their cups. Xue Rui gazed at Yu Shu without batting an eyelid. He was able to sense that she was absent-minded, and he thought that the incident that occurred outside the door had caused her to be displeased.
He planned to talk to her after the banquet was over. But she couldn't sit still after drinking seven or eight glasses of wine in a row.
So he put down his chopsticks and stood up to suppress the voices of the crowd.
"Everyone, please forgive me. My third sister can't eat with us today because of her illness. I'm worried and want to see her now. Please don't be shy."
Once he finished speaking, he turned his head and called out to Yu Shu.
"Shu, come with me to see Jinxun."
Yu Shu was holding a glass for Feng Zhaomiao to pour. She looked up at Xue Rui and didn't pretend to be confused. She put down the glass.
"Okay, I'll go with my brother."
They claimed to be brother and sister. Everyone knew that, so no one doubted them and let them go.
There were only two people who chased after their departing figures, their gazes a little obscure.
One was the young lady of the Rui family. The other one, let's not talk about him.
Yu Shu followed Xue Rui as they walked around the winding corridor. The voices behind them gradually faded away. When there were only the two of them on the road ahead and they could no longer hear anyone's words, Xue Rui only took half a step behind them and tilted his head to look at her.
"Why, are you still angry?"
Yu Shu kicked away the pebbles under her feet and said, "Why are you angry? You don't even know who she is."
This road led to Xue Jinxun's courtyard. There were few servants coming and going. There were walls on both sides. Xue Rui was not afraid that someone would eavesdrop, so he whispered to her,
"The woman tonight is the sister of Lord of Dongjing, Jiang Miya."
Then he chuckled.
"Now you know who she is. It's convenient for you to be angry."
Hearing the identity of the person, Yu Shu was surprised. "You mean Lord of Dongjing? She is his sister?"
"Yes. The previous Lord of Dongjing passed away and didn't leave many children. Only Jiang Miya and Jiang Huaiying share the same mother. She was conferred the title of Commandery Princess and practiced martial arts since childhood. The elders around her were all generals and warriors, so she has a hot temper and is not easy to provoke."
Yu Shu suddenly understood. No wonder she was so arrogant. It turned out that she had such a powerful background!
Yu Shu had heard a little about what kind of person Lord of Dongjing was. There was a rebellious analogy: the world belonged to the Emperor of Daan, but the land in the northeast belonged to Lord of Dongjing!
This Commandery Princess named Jiang Miya, in terms of status, was not inferior to the princesses in the capital.
Yu Shu's eyes darkened. She asked, "When did you go to the northeast?"
How many secrets he had hidden was something she never knew and never thought about.
Not noticing the change in her mood, Xue Rui sighed. "It's a long story. I'll tell you about it another day. I still don't know why Jiang Miya came to the capital. I'll ask her tomorrow. "
He and Jiang Huaiying had always maintained correspondence. Just last month, he had received a secret letter from Jiang Huaiying, but the letter did not mention a single word about Jiang Miya entering the capital. Therefore, when he saw her today, he suspected that she had secretly run out.
"Tomorrow?" Yu Shu touched her chin. "Then I'll go with you."
"Ah?"
"Why, is it inconvenient?" Yu Shu stopped and squinted at him. It seemed that if he said it was inconvenient, she would turn around and leave.
She had already given him a lot of face outside the door. If it was someone else, she would not have been so accommodating.
"It's not inconvenient, but …" Xue Rui looked at Yu Shu's little face and changed his words.
"Well, if you want to go, then come with me."
Only then was Yu Shu satisfied. She lifted her foot and continued to walk forward, muttering in a low voice,
"Speaking of which, there's one thing I've been wondering about. When we first met in Yiyang last year, why did you hide your name?"
Xue Rui pursed his lips and looked up at the moon in the sky.
He answered, "To investigate something."
Yu Shu's curiosity was piqued. "What is it?"
This time, it was Xue Rui's turn to stop. He turned to look at her bright eyes and said with a smile,
"A great fortune teller once told my fortune. He said that there was a woman who was very important to me there, so I went to find her."
"… Tell me the truth."
"I'm not lying."
Yu Shu sneered at him. "Don't tell me you're going to tell me that I'm that woman."
Xue Rui smiled but did not say anything.
Yu Shu rolled her eyes. She knew he was bullshitting. This was a lie to coax a girl. Did he really think she was a "little girl" who could be coaxed and lied to?
"By the way, where's my birthday present?" Xue Rui asked Yu Shu for it.
"What present? I don't remember. "She felt a little wronged tonight, so she decided to vent her anger on him.
"… Shu, you have to be reasonable. I'm not the one who made you angry." It was that female yaksha.
"It's not the first day you met me." Yu Shu looked at him strangely. "Do you think it's useful to reason with me?"
"…" Xue Rui looked at her scoundrel and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He could clearly see where she kicked the thing, but it was not a good place. Otherwise, he would have picked it up himself.
His heart itched at the thought. He stared at the thing in her arms and nodded.
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