The two of them were very tired. When they woke up, it was already the next morning. They had slept for too long. When they woke up, they were hungry. After Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan woke up and washed up, they immediately ordered a meal.
Li Rong was familiar with most of the people in the Princess Residence. Pei Wenxuan also knew about them in his previous life. But now that he was reborn, even if he knew, he had to pretend that it was the first time he had met them.
Thus, after eating, the two of them spent the morning familiarizing themselves with the people in the Princess Residence. After that, the two of them finally had time to be alone.
Pei Wenxuan's wedding leave had a total of nine days. After nine days, he would go to court as usual. The two of them had already paid their respects to the people they were supposed to meet. Li Rong thought about it and said to Pei Wenxuan, "Let's go find Shangguan Ya first?"
Currently, Li Rong was most concerned about Li Chuan's marriage. Pei Wenxuan didn't object. He directly called for someone to prepare a carriage and went with Li Rong to the Shangguan Residence.
Pei Wenxuan was writing an invitation on the road. As he wrote, he couldn't help but ask, "How did you know that she was coming?"
"Before she got married, I had people keep an eye on her." Li Rong sat at the side and read a book. He lazily said, "She arrived before she got married. But at that time, I was busy and didn't have time to care about her."
As he spoke, he looked up at Pei Wenxuan, "Are you done writing the invitation? Let me take a look. "
Pei Wenxuan laughed, "It's just an invitation. What's there to look at?"
"Ah Ya is a very particular person. If you don't write a good invitation, she might not even bother to meet you."
"You don't have to worry about that." Pei Wenxuan handed over the written invitation. "She dares not to see me, but she won't dare to not see you."
Li Rong was happy to hear this, but she still read Pei Wenxuan's post. Pei Wenxuan's words were very beautiful. Li Rong couldn't help but praise, "You are so beautiful, and so are your words."
Pei Wenxuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Are you insulting me or yourself?"
"How am I insulting myself?" Li Rong looked up curiously. Pei Wenxuan pulled the card back from her hand and moved away from her. He smiled and said, "After all, your handwriting is not good either."
Li Rong heard this and tapped the fan on her palm, "Do you think this carriage is very big and can protect you?"
"But," Pei Wenxuan immediately changed the topic and said, "His Highness's people are beautiful on the outside but beautiful on the inside. They are perfect."
Li Rong laughed out loud and didn't continue to chat with Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan thought for a moment and said with some worry, "If we go directly, what if Miss Shangguan is not home?"
"If she is not home, then she must be at some tea house or poetry gathering. She only went to a few places before entering the palace. We have time, so it will be easy to find her."
Li Rong said very confidently. Pei Wenxuan nodded and didn't worry.
The two went to the Shangguan residence and handed over the visiting card. The gatekeeper delivered the card to the Shangguan residence. After a while, the Shangguan family's housekeeper came out and said respectfully, "Your Highness, I am sorry. Today, my family's young miss was invited by the poetry gathering and went to attend a tea party. Would you like to return to the Princess residence first and wait for my young miss to come back? This old servant will ask my young miss to personally go to the Princess residence to apologize."
"We took the liberty to come," Li Rong smiled, "How can we blame the young miss? Since she is at the poetry gathering, I will go."
It was popular for the children of the nobility in Huajing to set up a poetry gathering. Usually, they would meet at a tea house for a tea party to compose poems and chat. It was considered an elegant social activity in Huajing.
However, this kind of activity not only had a high requirement for status, but also had a high requirement for the participants' knowledge. Shangguan Ya was able to receive an invitation from the poetry gathering in just a few days after entering the capital. It could be seen that she was extraordinary.
Li Rong didn't find it strange. Sitting in the carriage, she smiled and said to Pei Wenxuan, "If I say she is not at home, then she is at the poetry gathering. Do you believe me now?"
Pei Wenxuan nodded, "You know her well."
"After all, we have known each other for so many years." Li Rong thought that she would soon see Shangguan Ya and couldn't help but feel happy. Spinning the fan in her hand, she couldn't help but recall the first time she met Shangguan Ya. "Speaking of which, it is a pity that I didn't meet her so early. Although she is a woman, she does not lose the elegance of an aristocratic family. Talking with her, she is dignified, polite, and humorous. It is very pleasant. The only pity, "Li Rong sighed," is that she is too polite. "
Pei Wenxuan listened quietly and didn't say anything. She lowered her head to drink tea and didn't comment much.
Li Rong talked about some interesting things with Shangguan Ya all the way until they arrived at the poetry gathering.
The poetry gathering was the most famous and wealthy poetry gathering in Huajing. It opened a separate teahouse, and the tea party was usually held in this teahouse.
Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan directly got off the carriage. She said Pei Wenxuan's name and walked in. As soon as they entered the teahouse, a waiter came forward to receive them and asked who they had received the invitation from. Li Rong smiled and directly said to the waiter, "I heard that Miss Shangguan Ya is here today. May I trouble you to inform her?"
"Miss Shangguan?" Hearing this, the member of the poetry gathering was a little confused, "Miss Shangguan is not here today."
Hearing this, Li Rong stopped and turned her head. She was a little surprised, "She is not here?"
"She is not here."
The waiter smiled, "Miss Shangguan arrived in Huajing a few days ago and only came here once."
Hearing this, Li Rong immediately knew that something was wrong. Pei Wenxuan, who was standing at the side, coughed softly and looked at Li Rong with a smile, "I said that she should have gone to another place, but you didn't believe me. Little brother," Pei Wenxuan turned to look at the waiter, "do you know where Miss Shangguan usually goes?"
"This, I …"
Before he finished speaking, the waiter saw Pei Wenxuan show a silver ingot from his sleeve. The waiter looked up at Pei Wenxuan, and Pei Wenxuan nodded. The waiter hesitated for a moment and finally said, "We don't know where Miss Shangguan goes. However, I heard that someone saw Miss Shangguan with a pass to the Gathering Wealth House. Why don't you two go there and look for it? "
Hearing this, Li Rong was shocked, but Pei Wenxuan was not surprised. He gave the silver ingot to the waiter and pulled Li Rong, who was in disbelief, out.
When he went out, he ordered the servants to find a good friend to borrow the pass to the Gathering Wealth House. Then, he pulled Li Rong onto the carriage and went to the Gathering Wealth House.
Li Rong was in the carriage for a long time before she came back to her senses and immediately said, "You really want to go to the Gathering Wealth House?!"
The Gathering Wealth House was the most famous gambling house in Huajing. Li Rong felt that it was not reliable and immediately said, "That person is definitely talking nonsense. Don't go to that place and waste your time."
"Since we are already here," Pei Wenxuan held the tea and looked up with a smile at Li Rong, "There is no harm in going there. Maybe there will be a surprise?"
"That's impossible." Li Rong saw Pei Wenxuan's smile as if he was watching a good show. She was a little unhappy and sneered, "Don't waste your time. I know you have a problem with Ah Ya …"
"Stop, stop, stop." Pei Wenxuan raised his hand to stop Li Rong, "I have no problem with Miss Shangguan. Don't talk nonsense."
"In the past, when I praised her, you were sarcastic." Li Rong sneered, "What do you call this?"
"I really don't have a problem with her." Pei Wenxuan took a sip of tea and casually pointed the lid in Li Rong's direction, "I have a problem with you."
Li Rong, "…"
For a moment, she felt that it seemed to make some sense.
"I'm just curious." Pei Wenxuan laughed, "If I live a second life, will I be able to see a different scenery?"
"It may be different." Li Rong vowed, "But it's definitely not like this."
"Then Your Highness, would you like to make a bet with me?" Pei Wenxuan put his hand on the window and said with a smile, "What if Miss Shangguan is at the financial house today? What would Your Highness think?"
"If Ah Ya is at the financial house," Li Rong was very generous, "I'll immediately buy you a carriage."
"Your Highness," Pei Wenxuan waved his fan, "I've already entered the Princess's residence. Do you think I still care about a carriage? Are you looking down on me, or are you looking down on yourself? "
Pei Wenxuan's words were pleasing to the ear. Li Rong nodded and said, "What you said is very reasonable. What do you want?"
Pei Wenxuan thought for a moment and didn't know what to ask for.
It wasn't that he hadn't made a bet with Li Rong before. When they were young and had just gotten together, if he lost the bet, he would let Li Rong kiss him. Now, he absolutely couldn't bet on this.
Pei Wenxuan thought for a while and then said, "I can't think of anything for the time being. It's better to make the bet bigger. Princess, promise me one thing. This matter only concerns the Princess and has nothing to do with the court. It doesn't violate the Princess's morals. For example, washing clothes, cooking, fetching water and wearing clothes. "Pei Wenxuan said and couldn't help but laugh," It's not bad to be a little maidservant and wait on me. "
"You dare to dream." Li Rong sneered, "What if she's not here?"
"Oh." Pei Wenxuan thought for a moment, "What does Your Highness want?"
"After you finish building the hidden guards, give the eagle team inside to me to be my bodyguards."
Li Rong demanded an exorbitant price. Pei Wenxuan felt helpless for a moment and felt that this person wasn't interesting at all.
His hidden guards were divided into four teams: eagle, tiger, wolf and fox. Li Rong asked for an entire elite team. Pei Wenxuan sighed. Li Rong thought Pei Wenxuan was unwilling to bet and was about to mock him when he heard Pei Wenxuan raise two fingers, "Eagle team has 20 people. Is that okay?"
"Someone from the Sky Team?"
"Okay." Pei Wenxuan nodded. Li Rong immediately laughed as if he had taken advantage of something, "Then this prince thanks Lord Pei in advance."
Pei Wenxuan twirled the folding fan in his hand and smiled without saying anything.
The carriage quickly arrived at the entrance of the House of Wealth. As soon as the two got off the carriage, they saw that the imperial guard who went to borrow the pass was already waiting at the entrance. The guard came up with the pass and handed it to Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan nodded and led Li Rong into the House of Wealth.
The two didn't want to be too ostentatious, so they asked the imperial guard to wait at the entrance and walked into the House of Wealth together. There was a doorman standing at the entrance of the House of Wealth. As soon as the two arrived at the entrance, the doorman shouted loudly, "The entrance of the House of Wealth is open to the east. Whether you have money or not, come in. Do the two of you have money or not?"
Pei Wenxuan heard the secret code and handed the pass over with a smile, "We have money."
The doorman took the pass and looked at it carefully. Then he turned his head and said, "Sky team, please."
After the doorman finished shouting, a middle-aged man came in and invited Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan to enter. The middle-aged man introduced the House of Wealth to the two of them. The two of them listened absent-mindedly. When they entered the main hall, Pei Wenxuan nodded and said, "Don't worry about us. We'll play by ourselves for a while."
The middle-aged man smiled and agreed, then turned and left.
The two of them wandered in the crowd. It was very lively here. People came and went. Regardless of whether they were men or women, they all seemed to be very excited.
Pei Wenxuan was afraid that people would bump into Li Rong, so he had to raise his hand to protect Li Rong and clear the path for her. As he walked forward, he said, "I'm helping you. Don't think too much."
Li Rong faintly glanced at Pei Wenxuan, "The more you say, the more people think."
Pei Wenxuan was speechless.
That made some sense.
The two of them walked in a circle in the crowd. Li Rong's heart gradually calmed down. She couldn't help but say, "I said, how could Ah Ya come to such a place? Lord Pei …"
Before she finished speaking, the two of them vaguely heard a familiar voice in the crowd, shouting excitedly, "Big! Big! Big! "
The moment Li Rong heard this voice, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning. The two of them turned around and vaguely saw a figure in the crowd who looked very much like Shangguan Ya. She was lying in front of the gambling table, hitting the "Big" character on the table with all her might. Her eyes were fixed on the dice cup that was about to be opened. Her eyes seemed to be glowing.
However, that person was wearing men's clothes and her face couldn't be seen clearly. Li Rong wasn't sure if she had heard wrong or …
Before she could react, the dice cup opened. Amidst the cheers and laments, the short girl shouted, "Thank you for letting me win!" She said as she took the money in front of her.
However, halfway through taking the money, she seemed to have realized something. She stood up, said a few words to the person next to her, and walked towards a small door at the side.
Li Rong immediately reacted and said, "Chase after her."
She had to figure out if this was Shangguan Ya or not.
It would be fine if it wasn't Shangguan Ya, but if it was Shangguan Ya …
Then in her previous life, Shangguan Ya had pretended to be Shangguan Ya for her entire life?!
Li Rong's heart was filled with shock. She hurriedly chased in the direction that the girl had run. Pei Wenxuan hurriedly followed her and squeezed through the crowd.
The girl was very smart. She obviously realized that Li Rong had caught up with her, so she sped up and ran all the way outside.
Li Rong couldn't care less about her manners. She chased after the girl and urged Pei Wenxuan as she ran, "Chase after her! Can't you even outrun a girl?! "
Pei Wenxuan was helpless. He sped up and chased after the girl.
Shangguan Ya, who was running in front, sensed Pei Wenxuan's approach. She knew that she would definitely be caught if she continued to run like this. Thus, she glanced around and suddenly raised her hand to push against the window beside her. She jumped through the small round window.
The window was too small. Pei Wenxuan couldn't squeeze through and froze in place. Li Rong saw this from afar and cursed under her breath. "Is she a monkey?!"
Then, she ran past Pei Wenxuan and clumsily supported herself as she jumped through the round window.
Pei Wenxuan's eyes widened. He looked as if he had seen a ghost. Then, he heard Li Rong shout, "Go around and chase after her, idiot!"
Pei Wenxuan came to his senses. He realized that Li Rong really didn't want to give up chasing after Shangguan Ya. He could only check the route slightly. He hurriedly went around the wall to the side courtyard and continued to chase after her.
Li Rong chased after Shangguan Ya all the way. Although she was quite a distance away from Shangguan Ya and he couldn't catch her at all, she was very tenacious. Moreover, when it came to chasing after people, as long as she could see a shadow, she would be able to chase after it.
In order to shake her off, Shangguan Ya simply ran to a small building in the backyard that was specially used for resting. Li Rong hurriedly chased after her. When Pei Wenxuan entered the courtyard, he happened to see the two girls running upstairs one after another. He thought for a while and decided to directly go through the first floor. Shangguan Ya couldn't keep running around upstairs. She would definitely find a way out from upstairs.
Shangguan Ya indeed thought so. As soon as she went up, she found a way out from the second floor. The window on the second floor of this small building was relatively short. After jumping down and climbing over a wall, she would be able to leave the building. As long as she wasn't caught red-handed, she would have room to argue.
Shangguan Ya's abacus was good, but Li Rong didn't let her go. She hurriedly shook Li Rong off and rushed to the window. She originally planned to slowly climb down, but before she reached the window, she heard Li Rong shout, "Shangguan Ya, stop right there!"
Shangguan Ya was so frightened that she slipped and trembled, falling directly from the window.
The headscarf she used to tie up her hair had long been loosened. When she fell, it was caught by a branch sticking out from the side, causing her hair to instantly scatter.
Shangguan Ya softly cried out. The feeling of weightlessness made her panic.
At that moment, the young man downstairs, who was leaning against a tree with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and saw a girl falling from the sky. The young man subconsciously raised his hand and pulled her into his arms.
The summer sun shone on the young man's body, making him glow. The young man's face was handsome and upright. He smiled slightly and said, "I was originally taking a nap, but I didn't expect a beauty to fall from the sky."
Shangguan Ya reacted instantly and slapped the young man. Then, she jumped out of the young man's arms and turned to run.
The young man was stunned, but he immediately reacted and pulled her back.
Shangguan Ya shouted angrily, "Let go!"
The young man smiled and said, "Hiding? I'll help you. "
Shangguan Ya was stunned for a moment. The young man then stuffed her into a pile of grass and directly placed a bamboo basket on her head.
The young man had just finished digging the bamboo basket when Li Rong ran to the window. She saw the young man standing downstairs at a glance.
She was slightly stunned and then said in surprise, "Eldest Young Master Su?"
Su Ronghua smiled and turned around. When he saw Li Rong, he was a little surprised. His gaze quickly swept to the bamboo basket beside him, then quickly retracted it and said with a smile, "Why is Your Highness here?"
"Young Master, did you see a girl dressed as a man?"
"I saw her." Su Ronghua pointed outside the courtyard with his fan, "She ran away."
Li Rong pursed her lips. She looked at the distance between the window and the ground and made a prompt decision, "Eldest Young Master, can you help me?"
"Your Highness, please speak."
"I'll jump down now. You can catch me."
Su Ronghua was stunned. After a moment, he reacted and said, "Oh, okay."
As he spoke, Su Ronghua stretched out his hand. Li Rong pulled her skirt and stepped on the window. Before she could move, she heard Pei Wenxuan's shout, "Li Rong!"
Li Rong was so frightened that she fell down. Before Su Ronghua could move, someone rushed over and caught Li Rong, who suddenly fell down, into his arms.
Pei Wenxuan came too quickly. Li Rong was stunned.
He was obviously angry. Li Rong lay in his arms and stared blankly at Pei Wenxuan, who was inexplicably angry.
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He put her on the ground and only said, "Are you okay?"
"I'm …" Li Rong rarely saw such a scene. For a moment, she felt a little guilty, "I'm fine."
Pei Wenxuan nodded and didn't say anything to her. Su Ronghua didn't know what happened. He stood behind Pei Wenxuan and said with a smile, "The girl just now …"
Before he finished speaking, Pei Wenxuan turned around and slapped Su Ronghua. "Pa!" The slap stunned Su Ronghua.
Su Ronghua covered her face in shock and turned around to look at Pei Wenxuan, "Why did you hit me?"
After a moment, he thought of another question, "You can hit me if you want, but why did you slap me?"
Su Ronghua's anger came late. He raised his voice, "Are you a woman?!"
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