After greeting each other, everyone took their seats. Ji Hyotani took out Yu Shu's eight characters and household registration. The other party started to calculate on the spot. After about the time it takes to burn half an incense stick, there was a result.
"This woman's eight characters are indeed lowly and her fate is light. It is similar to Eldest Young Master's eight characters. There are no signs of hindrance. It is possible to use it to offset her fate."
Recently, Yu Shu had been talking about how lowly people's lives were. She had developed a resistance to it. Listening to them talking about her eight characters, she was able to multitask and memorize the Thousand Word Formula of the Six Refutations Method.
"Can I have a look at your appearance?" The physiognomist surnamed Zhou suggested. Ji Hyotani nodded at Yu Shu. Yu Shu then put down her fan. The eight characters could be remembered incorrectly and could be forged. However, one's appearance could not be changed randomly. From this, one could see the cautiousness of the Xue family.
"Plain and mediocre, not related to anyone … Hmm, it does match with the eight characters. That's right."
At first, everything seemed to be going smoothly. Listening to the physiognomist Zhou's judgment, Ji Hyotani and Ji Xiaochun's expressions relaxed. They didn't want something to happen right after.
"Huh?"
The physiognomist Zhou suddenly stood up and walked two steps towards Yu Shu. He said something offensive and stared at her for a while. He frowned and asked, "Miss, have any relatives met with a bloody disaster recently?"
Yu Shu blinked and turned her head to look at Ji Hyotani. This look was not important, but she revealed her fear, which proved that it was true. Ji Hyotani saw that the situation was not right and hurriedly explained to Xu Li, "This child's brother was naughty a few days ago and was beaten by me. It has nothing to do with her."
The Xue family now wanted a lowly woman who could pave the way for Ji Xingxuan's marriage. They didn't want a widowed woman who would implicate three relatives. There was no problem with Yu Shu's eight characters, but there was a mistake in her appearance. Many people knew that the cause of the disaster was related to the person with the appearance. Even though Ji Hyotani explained, Xu Li was not at ease.
He ignored Ji Hyotani and turned his head to look at the physiognomist Zhou.
The physiognomist thought for a while and looked at Yu Shu. He said, "Wait for three days. I will look at her face and see if the disaster will go away. If she is angry, there is no harm. If she is calm, then this woman is not desirable."
Not desirable!
Ji Hyotani's expression changed even faster than Ji Xiaochun's. He forced a smile and said, "Governor Xu, this —"
"Three days. Come back in three days." Xu Li got up and interrupted Ji Hyotani's words. He put on a posture of seeing them off.
The Ji family brothers knew that it was useless to say more. They got up helplessly, "Then we will leave first. We will come back in three days."
"I will see you out." Xu Li was polite today. He didn't directly call the servants to see them off. Instead, he personally saw them off.
Yu Shu walked at the back. She saw Ji Hyotani turn his head and stare at her. She innocently shrugged her shoulders at him. It was him who thought he was smart and beat up Yu Xiaoxiu to threaten her. Now that things were ruined, it wasn't her fault.
The physiognomist that the Xue family hired was quite skilled. He could tell that her brother was in trouble just by looking at her face. No wonder the Ji family didn't dare to find someone to fool them. They wanted to use her, a dog sh * t life.
But was the fate of Miss Ji really so good? Did she need to sacrifice herself to pave the way for her? If she couldn't find a dog sh * t woman, and couldn't find the right man, wouldn't she have to be an old woman for the rest of her life?
Yu Shu thought about it maliciously. When they arrived at the gate, Ji Xiaochun gestured for Xu Li to stop. He went down the steps in front of the gate first. When he turned around to call the sedan across the street, he heard the sound of hooves coming from behind. They turned around and saw a horse galloping towards them from the corner of the street. In a blink of an eye, it rushed in front of them. Ji Hyotani and Ji Xiaochun hurriedly stepped back to avoid it. They heard a low reprimand and the horse shook the reins. The horse's hooves brushed past them with a sense of malice.
"Hiss —"
Yu Shu looked up along the horse's leg. First, she saw a pair of black boots, then tightly-tucked trousers, a reddish-brown waistband, and broad shoulder embroidery. She looked up again. Tsk, the sun hurt her eyes. She turned her head and almost missed the face.
"Eldest Young Master?" Xu Li stepped over the threshold and went forward to lead the horse for Eldest Young Master Xue. He looked up and asked, "Why did you go out alone? You are not familiar with the roads in Yiyang City. Where is Hōtoku?"
Eldest Young Master? The Eldest Young Master of the Xue family? The Xue family's Eldest Young Master who didn't have the life to marry Miss Ji, but wanted to marry Miss Ji?
Yu Shu thought about it. When she was about to look up, she remembered that she was almost blinded by the light just now. She quickly lowered her head and pricked up her ears to listen to them.
"Who are they?" Eldest Young Master Xue ignored Xu Li's question. He pointed the horsewhip at Ji Hyotani and Ji Xiaochun who were almost hit by him and asked. It was hard for the two masters of the Ji family to pretend to smile after almost lying under his horse's hooves. Xu Li said, "Didn't we meet the night before yesterday? These two are the masters of the Ji family, and that one is the Miss of the Ji family."
"The Miss of the Ji family? Ji Xingxuan? " Obviously, this Eldest Young Master Xue had not seen Miss Ji before. Otherwise, he would not have mistaken her based on her figure.
Hearing this, Yu Shu felt the gaze of the person on the horse. She lowered her head and pretended to be stupid. Unfortunately, she was neither the Miss of the Ji family nor Ji Xingxuan. She was a dog shit girl.
"No, this is another Miss, Miss Yu."
"Oh — —" This word was slightly dragged out. "She's the girl who forced me to be a concubine. Ha."
Everyone present could hear that Eldest Young Master Xue's last word was a sneer. Yu Shu even smelled some disdain in it. It seemed that it was directed at her. Immediately, she felt a sense of disgust towards this Eldest Young Master Xue whom she had never met before.
The scene was a little awkward. Ji Xiaochun and Ji Hyotani did not know whether to leave or stay. They wanted to talk to this Eldest Young Master Xue, but he did not even look them in the eye. Well, the marriage had not been settled. Both of them were not in-laws yet. In the eyes of Master Xue, they were just two people with no status. There was no reason to force him to be polite to them.
"Ahem," Xu Li cleared his throat. "Please go back. We'll talk in three days."
Ji Xiaochun hurriedly replied, "Okay, okay. Then we'll take our leave."
The two of them walked towards the sedan chair. Yu Shu followed behind them with the help of a maidservant. She did not know if it was an illusion, but she felt that Eldest Young Master Xue was staring at her. When she reached the sedan chair, the sedan bearers lowered the head of the sedan chair. When she bent down to get on the sedan chair, her heart skipped a beat. She turned her head to look at the horse in front of the door. Her gaze shifted upwards, avoiding the sunlight. She saw an arrogant face and a pair of mocking eyes.
Thump!
Her eyes widened as she blinked in disbelief. However, the face that was clearly illuminated by the sunlight didn't change at all. The nose was the nose, the eyes were the eyes. It was clearly the same face, but there were a few more strands of hair in front of his forehead and he had changed his clothes. However, the completely unfamiliar expression and the different accent made it impossible for her to believe that this was the person she knew.
It was him, right? Was it him?
"What are you looking at?" Xue Rui pulled on the reins and moved his hand. The horse obediently turned around and walked a few steps forward. It looked down at Yu Shu who was beside the sedan chair.
Yu Shu felt inexplicably nervous. She lowered the fan in her hand and revealed her entire face. She raised her head and used a volume that no one else could hear to call out, "Brother Cao?"
Xue Rui frowned as he looked at her. There was not a trace of familiarity on his face, "What did you say?"
Yu Shu stared at his face. She secretly laughed and raised her fan, "Nothing."
She lowered her head and entered the sedan chair. The sedan bearers lifted her up and quickly followed the two sedan chairs in front.
Xue Rui rubbed his chin as he watched the three palanquins vanish around the corner, and then he leaped off the horse before passing the reins to Xu Li who'd suddenly arrived by his side and said, "This Ji Clan is truly interesting. Hah."
Xu Li did not comment, "Eldest Young Master, where is Hōtoku?"
"How would I know?" Xue Rui wrapped the silver whip in his hand and strode into the courtyard.
Xu Li led the horse and stood at the door. After a while, he heard a shout from the other side of the street. He looked up and saw a horse hurriedly running over, "Young Master, Young Master, wait, wait for this little one!"
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Yu Shu felt that her friendship with Cao Zixin was not small. Others might mistake him for someone else, but they had been together for a long time. If he changed his hairstyle, changed his clothes, or spoke in a low voice, he would mistake him for someone else. Then she would really have wasted her eyes, unless there was another person in this world who looked exactly like him.
On the way back to the Ji family, Yu Shu was puzzled. Why did Cao Zixin suddenly become the eldest young master of the Xue family? Why did he pretend not to know her? Did he have something difficult to say, or did he hurt his head and forget her?
After considering the probability of the accident, Yu Shu was more inclined to believe that he had other reasons. From what Housekeeper Xu said, it seemed that he didn't know that Cao Zixin had lived in Yiyang city for a few months. Could it be that there was something wrong with this housekeeper?
Because there was too little information for her to analyze, she couldn't figure it out after thinking about it. It took her a long time to remember that she should be angry at this moment.
This guy was obviously the eldest young master of a rich family. He didn't know how to be generous to her. He only gave her ten copper coins a day and made her do this and that. Damn it!
Then she was shocked.
Since Cao Zixin was Eldest Young Master Xue, didn't it mean that she was actually going to be sent to Cao Zixin as a concubine?
Bah!
As soon as this idea came up, Yu Shu broke out in a cold sweat. She was still sitting in the sedan chair. She took out the copper coins that never left her cuff and held them in her palm. She wanted to concentrate, but she couldn't concentrate to ask for divination. She tried a few times, but it was an empty hexagram. She couldn't get it. In the end, she could only put away the money unhappily and beat her thigh.
Suddenly, Eldest Young Master Xue became an acquaintance. Her original plan had to be put on hold. The most important thing now was to find a way to contact Cao Zixin. It was best to talk to him in private. She wanted to know what happened to him. How could he become another person when he went to sweep a tomb?
No matter what, Yu Shu was still optimistic about Cao Zixin becoming Eldest Young Master Xue. He was a friend and not an enemy. Maybe they could cooperate.
However, the man with the face of Cao Zixin and the unruly look on his face just now was really an eyesore.
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