Chapter 142
Chapter 142
For the next few days, Xiang Yuan was so busy that he didn't return home for several days, but sent Niu Er back to live in a temporary house at the other end of the Summer Palace, telling Zhao Shen to just relax and do what he should do. Do whatever you want.
Zhao Shen vaguely heard that there was another quarrel in the court over the matter of the Summer Palace, and the well-dressed adults on weekdays were tearing up, not inferior to the shrews in the market.
"I heard from Mr. Qi that Li Yushi, who was always staring at Master before, was the first to jump out to impeach Master this time. Master said that he was careless in supervising construction and not strict in controlling his subordinates. He suspected that Master was involved in corruption of ink. , Misunderstanding."
This is the second day of the junior high school, last time Zhao Shen had agreed to offer incense with Counselor Lu today, besides reconfirming their marriage, the most important thing is to let the two juniors take this opportunity to meet.If there is an unexpected situation where the two don't match each other, they can also cancel the marriage before the marriage is settled.
At this moment, the two got off the sedan chair and were walking up the steps along the mountain road.
Xiang Yu took advantage of this to tell Zhao Shen one by one the news that he had inquired in the past few days.
"I've heard of Li Yushi's name for a long time, and I don't know what conflicts I had with him. Every time something happened to Congzi, he would take the lead as if he had taken the wrong medicine. He is very old, and I don't know what happened to him all day long. If you think about something, it will kill Congzi according to hearsay, it's really hateful."
"If you don't understand the situation, you will impeach indiscriminately. This Li Yushi deserves to be unpopular. It's just annoying to be stared at by him like a mosquito. If I said this, in front of Xiang Yu, he kowtowed a few steps away. The young brother swayed suddenly when he got up, and he was about to fall to the ground.Under the exclamation of the servants at the side, Xiang Yu reacted extremely quickly, rushed forward in a few steps, and grabbed the little brother's limp body.
"Brother Yu!"
A loud voice let out a howl, and the young attendant was so frightened that his hands and feet were limp, and he staggered forward and paw next to the little brother with slightly closed eyes, wiping away his tears.
The little brother named Yu Ge'er was a little drowsy, but when he rang out his loud voice, he was immediately jolted awake.Frowning, he slowed down a little and planned to stand up.At this time, Brother Yu realized that he was leaning against the chest of a strange man, his face turned red and then pale immediately, he struggled up, and said softly: "Thank you for your help, my lord, I am very grateful."
Xiang Yu's face was red, and he took a quick look at Brother Yu's fair and beautiful eyebrows, and quickly waved his hands: "You don't need to thank me, it should be like this."
"Little brother, seeing your complexion is not good, why don't you rest here and leave before it's too late."
Ever since Zhao Shen got off the sedan chair with Xiang Yu, he saw this little brother leading his attendants walking up the hillside, kneeling and kowtowing for a few steps. Walking alone is difficult, and others feel very distressed when watching.
Brother Yu saw Zhao Shen's kind face, and the defensive look on his face faded a lot.Tried to straighten his back, although his complexion turned pale, he still smiled and said: "Please take care of yourself, please go ahead if you have something to do, I'm fine, I don't want to delay you any longer."
Xiang Yu looked at Zhao Shen, Zhao Shen pondered for a moment, then ordered Xiang Yu to send the cakes they brought over.
"I was in a hurry in the morning, so I didn't take care of breakfast, so I specially prepared some cakes. Looking at you, I'm afraid you didn't eat. You should use some of these cakes. Your stomach will be full, and your physical strength will naturally be able to keep up. It's better to go earlier." Reached the top of the mountain."
It is true that the pastries were specially prepared, but it was not because of any reason that he missed breakfast.Instead, Zhao Shen took it on purpose, thinking that Xiang Yu would meet Lu's daughter in private, the little girl is always shy, and it was used as a rescue to prevent the two of them from being awkward due to strangers.
This is an exclusive secret recipe developed by Zhangshao Qi himself, it's so delicious.
Seeing Xiang Yu handing over a box of pastries, Brother Yu blushed again and again. Before he reached out to take it, the attendant at the side ignored him and stepped forward to take it with a smile on his face. son."
Brother Yu might as well follow the attendant so that he doesn't see anyone, and his face turns red for a while.Now that the box has been received, it is obviously inappropriate to hand it back.Brother Yu simply thanked Zhengjun and Young Master generously: "Since this is the case, it is disrespectful. Brother Yu thank you Zhengjun and Young Master."
Turning around to leave, I vaguely heard Brother Yu's attendant trying to lower his voice behind him, but still complaining loudly: "My wife is really, I must say that the five roots are clean and the inside of the abdomen is clean, the sooner the heart will be clearer Cheng, I didn't ask you to eat last night, and I didn't even ask you to move your chopsticks this morning. How can you not feel dizzy after being so hungry?! If it wasn't for being caught by that kind young man just now, Brother Yu You're about to fall."
Brother Yu stole a glance at Zhao Shen and Xiang Yu, who hadn't walked very far, and said with a blushing face, "Xiao Wu, shut up."
With an attendant who is born with a loud voice, Brother Yu is really used to facing all kinds of embarrassments.But as long as he thinks that the connotation revealed in Xiao Wu's words just now is heard by Zheng Jun and Young Master, Brother Yu is very reluctant.
Both Zhao Shen and Xiang Yu were in good physical strength, but within a quarter of an hour, they climbed to the top of the mountain and arrived at the temple.
The two went to burn incense first, and Zhao Shen specially paid some money for sesame oil for Xiang Yuan.After finishing all this, the Lu family has not arrived yet.
"After all, you are a female family member, so you should always be more reserved."
Fearing that Xiang Yu would be unhappy, Zhao Shen explained with a smile.
He said so to comfort Xiang Yu, but Zhao Shen actually felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
She clearly made an appointment, but the woman took her attitude and showed up late. To put it nicely, it is reserved. If you think about it in depth, it may not be intentional to suppress the man.
Zhao Shen sighed indistinctly.
In order to show respect and sincerity, Zhao Shen explained Xiang Yu's identity while avoiding the important ones before revealing that he wanted to get married.He only talked about his experience as a servant before, and then he emphasized that Xiang Yu, as a member of the Xiang family, he and Xiang Yuan attached great importance to Xiang Yu.
I hope it is not for this reason that the woman is so contemptuous.
Another quarter of an hour later, the women of the Lu family finally arrived.
The two parties greeted each other politely, and then sat down as the guest of honor.Zhao Shen looked around, the girl sitting next to Mrs. Lu was sweet-looking, dignified and virtuous, she was indeed very attractive.Seeing this, Zhao Shen was full of satisfaction.
While Zhao Shen was looking at the second young lady of the Lu family, the wife of the Lu family was also looking at Xiang Yu without any trace.
Opposite him was a young Jinshi with a dignified appearance, handsome features, and a handsome appearance.Then I thought that Xiang Yu was already a Jinshi just after reaching the crown, and his future would definitely not be bad.Thinking of this, half of the grievance Mrs. Lu was holding back before coming here disappeared.
After a few polite words back and forth, Zhao Shen saw that Mrs. Lu seemed to be a bit restrained, so he made allowances for her not good at words, and euphemistically asked Xiang Yu to accompany the second lady of the Lu family to go out to see the scenery in the temple.
Mrs. Lu nodded slightly at Miss Lu, and said, "Then there will be Mr. Lao Xiang."
After the two of them walked out, within half a cup of tea, Mrs. Lu rubbed her forehead frequently.Seeing this, the mother who was following her said to Zhao Shen with a guilty face: "My wife was in a hurry this morning, and now she has a migraine attack again. I will help my wife to rest in the back. I hope Zhao Zhengjun will forgive me."
"You don't have to look out of the way, mom, hurry up and help your wife go."
Guilt flashed across Mrs. Lu's face, and she said, "I'm really sorry."
Zhao Shen smiled and waved his hands.
Watching Mrs. Lu walking back without a pause, Zhao Shen's gaze sank.
At this end, Xiang Yu and the second young lady of the Lu family sat facing each other in a pavilion on a high slope in the temple, overlooking the scenery inside the temple, each of them was speechless.
The girl standing behind the second miss of the Lu family took advantage of people not looking, reached out and touched the sleeve of the second miss lightly, and pointed her eyes towards Xiang Yu.
Second Miss Lu curled her lips, was silent for a moment, broke the silence, and said to Xiang Yu: "Is this the first time Mr. Xiang has come to the capital?"
Xiang Yu didn't look sideways, and said politely: "It's not the first time, I followed Master twice before."
"Hey, you call Mr. Xiang Master?"
Xiang Yu's eyebrows and eyes softened, and he did not deny that he was a servant at the beginning, so he only briefly talked about his relationship with the Xiang family.
Second Miss Lu didn't show any strange color, she pondered for a while, and said a little shyly: "Then, when Mr. Xiang gets married in the future, he must move out of Xiang's mansion?" After a pause, he continued: "It's not true after all. It’s more comfortable for a family to have their own home, or to be the master of the house, isn’t it?”
Xiang Yu's eyes were slightly cold, and he bent his lips, but said: "There is no tea in this pavilion, I will go to the monk to get some." After finishing speaking, he left the pavilion, went down the slope, and went straight to ask for tea.
"Look at what he means, it's still [-]% unwilling to move out of Xiang Mansion."
Second Miss Lu's girl nodded.
The master and servant were silent for a moment, and the second Miss Lu pulled her handkerchief, and said in an annoyed voice: "If you really got married, I will ask him to move out no matter what you say. It's not my own, so how could they treat him with all their heart?" What? So, I’m inside, isn’t it hard to do? Besides, Lucao, let me greet and flatter an elder from a brother’s background all day long, I can’t breathe when I think about it.”
The girl Lucao greeted her and said: "Yes. I don't know what this adult thinks, how many beautiful girls don't want to marry a brother as the main wife! Looking at the whole capital, how many decent families are like this? out of place."
Second Miss Lu snorted. "Don't underestimate him. My mother can say that if he can coax Mr. Xiang to be the only one in his house, this person's methods are amazing. I can't say what kind of vicious temper he has in private!"
Green Grass let out an exclamation.
Xiang Yu, who was hiding behind the grass and trees, held the tea tray in one hand and clenched his fist tightly in the other.There was a cold breath all over his body, and his eyes were even more cold.
After a full cup of tea, the two masters and servants in the pavilion gradually changed the subject.Xiang Yu took a deep breath, calmed down the anger rolling in his chest, eased his complexion and paced in.
Seeing that Xiang Yu came from behind, Miss Lu and the girl Lucao were all shocked, and their complexions turned pale quickly.
"Xiang, Mr. Xiang, why are you coming from behind?"
Xiang Yu looked calm, slightly bent his lips, and said, "Oh, I was afraid that Miss would be in a hurry, so I walked around from behind."
"Ah, so, how is the scenery behind?"
"It's okay, but there are two sparrows chirping along the road, it's really noisy."
Second Miss Lu laughed a few times, and agreed: "Sparrows are indeed extremely noisy."
It seems that Xiang Yu didn't hear it.Second Miss Lu's tense heartstrings suddenly loosened.
Xiang Yu took a look, lowered his head to hide the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.
After bidding farewell to Lu's family, Zhao Shen took Xiang Yu down the mountain and returned home.On the way, Zhao Shen asked tentatively, "Do you think that Miss Lu is still satisfied?"
Compared with talking about this matter that day, Xiang Yu listened to it now, without embarrassment at all, and his expression did not change.Zhao Shen, who saw it in his eyes, couldn't help but thump in his heart.
Xiang Yu only pondered for a while, and then decided to tell Zhao Shen the truth.
Although I can't make everyone agree, but knowing who is malicious to me, it's better than being tricked in the future.
So Xiang Yu relayed the words he deliberately heard to Zhao Shen, and finally, while Zhao Shen was pondering, he said firmly: "Although it is a good thing that the Lu family doesn't mind my previous identity, but the second Miss Lu... I don't like it, but I don't like it. Let's forget about this relative."
Zhao Shen sighed slightly.
He naturally knew that Xiang Yu did this mostly because of the Lu family's contemptuous attitude towards him, and he was not unmoved from the bottom of his heart.
"Since you have made a decision, I won't force it. Tomorrow I will send a message to the Lu family and push the marriage. But don't tell your master about it for the time being. He is very busy today, so there is no need to ask him for it Heart."
Xiang Yu nodded in response.
If you don't say it now, it doesn't mean you won't say it in the future.He really couldn't swallow the breath that the Lu family despised his wife so much.It's okay if Master doesn't know, but if he knows, he must find a way to get it back!
Xiang Yuan, who was so busy at this time, finally took a breath.
There has been a breakthrough in the Glazed Tile Incident in the Summer Palace.
The petty official who was found suspicious and tortured confessed that the behind-the-scenes instigator of the glazed tile incident was the Cheng'en government.
With one word, a thousand layers of waves were stirred up.
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