When Yu Shu found Jing Chen, he was sleeping under a tree in the plum forest. She had long wanted to ask him how he could fall asleep sitting down. However, she was not in the mood to joke around today. Before she walked up to him, she called out, "Master Jing Chen."
Jing Chen's eyelashes fluttered. He opened his eyes and raised his head to look at Yu Shu, who was standing in front of him. He stood up and brushed his sleeves.
Yu Shu suddenly had to look up at him. She was secretly unhappy. She handed the package in her hand to him and said, "Here. It's washed."
"Thank you." Jing Chen took the package and opened it. When he saw that it was washed white, he nodded. "It's very clean."
Of course, it was clean. She had scrubbed it several times. How could it not be clean? Yu Shu said, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave. I'll come back to see you in two days. Keep your dirty clothes. I'll wash them for you later."
She had washed them once or twice. Since she had already washed them, she did not mind washing them a few more times. She would treat it as returning the favor. After all, Jing Chen did not know that she was a girl. If he did not feel embarrassed, she would not feel embarrassed.
Jing Chen watched her leave and did not try to persuade her to stay. "Go." Yu Shu turned around and left. After a few steps, she shook her hand and let out a soft hiss. She frowned and raised her hand to her eyes. She rolled up her sleeve and saw that her wrist was swollen. She cursed her bad luck. Just as she was about to put down her sleeve, she heard someone call out from behind. "Xiaoyu."
"What?" She turned her head and saw that Jing Chen had left the sleeping plum tree and was walking towards her. In just a few steps, he was already in front of her. He looked down at the hand she was still holding. Without saying a word, he grabbed her wrist and twisted it. Yu Shu's screams, which sounded like a pig being slaughtered, could be heard in the forest.
"Ah!"
Yu Shu pulled her claws out of Jing Chen's hand and stared at him with deep hatred. Her slanted eyebrows said angrily, "What are you doing?"
Jing Chen placed the hand that he used to commit the crime behind his back. "Your left wrist is dislocated. I'll help you straighten it. Try moving it."
Yu Shu turned her left hand doubtfully. Sure enough, there was no stinging pain, only numbness.
"Does it still hurt?"
"Eh, it doesn't hurt anymore." Yu Shu rubbed her wrist and looked at Jing Chen with admiration, forgetting that she was the one who shouted at him. "Thank you."
Jing Chen shook his head and lifted his chin. "How did you do it?" Yu Shu had a bellyful of anger and had nowhere to vent it. Hearing his question, her face darkened again and she said gloomily, "Nothing. I caught a robber on the way and accidentally hurt him."
"Huh?"
A light voice with a bit of inquisitiveness at the end. When Yu Shu heard it, she inexplicably had the desire to talk about it. She looked at the white Taoist's clear eyes and felt that it was okay to talk to him. Anyway, this person was alone and there was no gossip. So she took the lead and walked down the tree. "Let's sit down and talk."
"Okay." The two of them sat side by side under the tree. There was a foot distance between them. Although they were sitting close to each other, they were not touching each other.
"I came to find you with my clothes in the morning. I took a small path and met a little monkey in the alley —"
"Monkey? Are there monkeys in the city? "Jing Chen asked. He thought that monkeys only existed in the mountains.
Yu Shu was amused by him and laughed. "It's not a real monkey. It's a local saying. It means someone who snatches things. Don't monkeys love to snatch things from people?"
Jing Chen nodded. "That's right. When I was practicing in the mountains, my food was snatched by a monkey. They are very smart and their claws are sharp. It's even more troublesome when a few of them come together to snatch things. If you don't hurt them, then there's only one way."
Yu Shu was curious. "What way?"
"Give them the things." Jing Chen said seriously. Yu Shu's cheeks puffed up. She tried to hold back her laughter. If it wasn't for Jing Chen's serious expression, she would have thought that he was deliberately telling a cold joke.
She turned her head and adjusted her expression. She stretched her knees and said, "That little monkey stole my bag, so I chased after him. I chased him out of the alley and into the main street. Coincidentally, there was a carriage passing by. That little monkey didn't even look at the road and only focused on running, so the carriage almost hit him." At this point, Yu Shu's face darkened and she said angrily, "Then, I met a nosy person. That child cried and said that he had taken the opportunity to get sick and was going to die because there was no money to treat him. The person in the carriage looked at his face and said that his sister wouldn't die, so he gave him a sum of money and told him to go home to see his sister. He advised me to be lenient and let him go."
"So you let him go?" Jing Chen asked.
"I scolded the monkey and left." Yu Shu used her uninjured hand to push the grass on the ground. Thinking about the scene on the street, her heart felt depressed. She was an adult, but she still couldn't control her temper and scolded people on the street. It was a bit ridiculous. "Are you angry?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
Yu Shu was silent. Why? She also asked herself the same question. Was she angry that the little thief dared to rob her? Was she angry that the person in the carriage was nosy? Or was it because he was unlucky enough to hurt his hand when he pulled the kid?
She knew very well in her heart that these were not the reasons that made her angry on the street. What made her shocked and angry was that the child's reckless and careless actions had almost caused him to lose his arms and legs and lose his life.
Money was a worldly possession. If you lost your life, you would lose everything.
"You are very kind."
Yu Shu turned her head in confusion. She looked at the young Taoist priest who was praising her with a strange expression. She pointed at her nose and said, "Me?"
Jing Chen nodded. "Pu — — Hahaha," Yu Shu slapped her thigh and laughed out loud. She was so happy that she was rocking back and forth.
To say that she was kind, even Yu Lei did not dare to use this word to praise her in her previous life. It really made her laugh to death. No matter how you looked at her, she didn't have much to do with this word. It was lucky that he could think of it.
Jing Chen was confused. He didn't know what he said to make her so happy, but he saw that the young man's eyes were curved and his face was bright. There was no longer the gloomy look on his face.
"Ha, cough," Yu Shu took a few breaths to calm down. She turned her head and looked at Jing Chen's gaze. She felt that she was too happy just now. She embarrassedly cleared her throat and shyly said, "Thank you."
"Thank you for what?" Jing Chen still didn't understand.
"You praised me just now."
"I was just speaking the truth." Jing Chen didn't feel that he had praised her.
Yu Shu blushed. She was afraid that Jing Chen would say something surprising and make her laugh again. She quickly stood up from the ground and took two steps back. She waved at him, "I'm leaving. I'll see you in two days."
Every time she said goodbye, she would say these two sentences.
Jing Chen still didn't want to stay. "Go."
Yu Shu walked away happily. The annoyance she felt when she came had already flown away.
While Yu Shu was strolling along the river bank, the scene of the Ji family in the east of the city was different.
In the main courtyard, Old Lady Ji was sitting. The eldest and second son of the Ji family were also sitting. The third son was absent. In front of these elders, the third son of the Ji family, Ji Chongze, was standing with his head down. From time to time, he would look up at his grandmother who was reading letters.
"Swoosh." Old Lady Ji put down the letters in her hands and pondered for a while.
The second son, Ji Xiaochun, couldn't sit still and asked worriedly, "Mother, what happened? What did father say in the letter?"
The anxious Old Lady looked at the door. Her personal maidservant went out and drove all the servants out. She closed the door and guarded outside, not letting anyone come near.
"The Xue family likes Xingxuan and wants to marry into our family."
Ji Xiaochun was stunned. "The Xue family? The Xue family of the capital? " Old Lady Ji nodded. "It's the eldest grandson of Minister Xue. He is a few years older than Xingxuan. Because he was studying in his early years, he is still single. Minister Xue wants to pick someone from the Imperial Historian's Library. Xingxuan met him by chance and he took a liking to her. Minister Xue mentioned it to your father not long ago."
Ji Xiaochun grinned and smiled in amazement. "Mother, this, this is a good thing! The Xue Family is one of the top families in the capital. Just look at the Liu Family in the capital. Isn't it because they are related to the Xue Family? That's why they are so arrogant in front of the three families. If Xingxuan were to marry Minister Xue's eldest grandson, then … "
Old Lady Ji raised her hand and interrupted him. She beckoned Ji Chongze to come forward. "Chongze, you are studying in the capital. You know the most about Xingxuan. You tell him."
Ji Chongze answered respectfully. He turned to Ji Xiaochun and said softly, "Father, Fourth Sister has a good relationship with Princess Xi Wen. She often interacts with the Seventh Prince and the Twelfth Prince. I have the honor to meet them. On the fifteenth day of last month, the Seventh Prince secretly gave Fourth Sister a Ruyi Jade."
"Bang!" The teacup in Ji Xiaochun's hand fell to the ground. Ji Xiaohan was also shocked. They turned to look at Old Lady Ji at the same time.
Ruyi Jade! It was said that when Empress Ningzhen was conferred the title of Empress, Emperor Anwu made a Ruyi Jade for her. Later, this matter was passed down and became a custom among the nobles of the Da 'an Dynasty. If a man liked a woman and wanted to marry her, he would first give a Ruyi Jade to test her.
Now the Seventh Prince gave a Ruyi Jade. What did he mean? "Mother, Mother." Ji Xiaochun's voice changed. His eyes turned red when he thought that his daughter might be related to the Emperor.
Old Lady Ji saw him lose his composure. She snorted and said: "Do you think this is a good thing? There are rumors in the capital that the Seventh Prince is a romantic. He gave a Ruyi Jade to Xingxuan on a whim. Who can say for sure? Mother knows what you are thinking. If the Seventh Prince can get it in the future, what if he can't? Now the Xue family is waiting for your father's reply. If you refuse them, you will offend them. In the future, all your efforts will be in vain. How can you regret it? "
Ji Xiaochun was no longer smiling after hearing Matriarch Ji's words. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead as he turned to look at his elder brother. His expression was also grave.
He might lose the opportunity to ascend to the heavens in a single bound if he tried to claim kinship with the Xue family. If he rejected the Xue family, it might be like drawing water with a sieve. This was originally a good thing, but now it had become a dilemma!
Old Lady Ji patted the tea table and sighed: "Your father will deal with Minister Xue for the time being to suppress this matter. But it can't be suppressed for long. This matter is related to the future of our Ji family. You two go back and think about it."
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