Chapter 35 A Perfect Match

Jiang Yueyao walked to the counter, took out the bill and asked with a smile.

"What do you three think of today's meal? Is it to your liking?"

Feng Zheng looked at her, and his fair face couldn't help but turn red again.

"The food was excellent. I'll come back tomorrow."

Jiang Yueyao smiled brightly: "Okay, you are welcome to come often."

Hu Bozhi jokingly said, "Brother Feng, is it the food that's more delicious or is it that Shopkeeper Jiang is more handsome?"

"Master Hu, please don't talk nonsense." Feng Zheng's face turned even redder.

Jiang Yueyao is generous.

She put the bill on the counter.

"The three gentlemen have spent a total of eight taels and seven cents today. I will give you a small change and only charge eight taels of silver."

Feng Zheng immediately took out the silver and handed it over.

Jiang Yueyao gave him some change and politely escorted the three of them to the door.

Lu Hengqing walked last. He glanced at Jiang Yueyao several times, but she never even looked at him...

After sending the three people back, Jiang Yueyao breathed a sigh of relief.

She hated Lu Hengqing so much that she was afraid that if she looked at him for even one more second, she would pounce on him and strangle him to death.

At one o'clock in the morning, all the customers in the store left.

Sulan came out of the kitchen with a tray in her hand. On the tray were a bowl of porridge and a plate of vegetables.

Jiang Yueyao hurriedly took it and placed it on the table beside her.

She sat down, picked up her chopsticks, and drank some porridge.

"Have you got a meal yet?"

"I ate." Su Lan sat down opposite her. "You look unhappy. Is someone giving you trouble?"

Jiang Yueyao shook her head and lowered her head to stir the porridge in the bowl with a spoon.

After a while, he spoke softly.

"Pei Yu just arrived."

Su Lan's expression changed drastically: "What is he doing here? Could it be him..."

Seeing her suddenly become excited, Jiang Yueyao hurriedly comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, Sister Lan. He came here to eat with his friends today."

"I guess he didn't expect me to be here, and he was quite surprised to see me."

"So what did he tell you?"

"Nothing." Jiang Yueyao put down the spoon in her hand, with no appetite at all. "He wants to kill us to prevent it from affecting his bright future. How could he talk to me in front of others? He wants to cut off all ties with me!"

Sulan looked worried.

"Now that he knows you're here, will he come and cause trouble in the future?"

Jiang Yueyao is not worried about this.

"This is the capital, at the feet of the emperor. Although he is now the third son of the Duke of Ying, he is also an official appointed by the court. I heard that the censor is always watching these officials, eager to find some fault in them so that he can impeach them in court."

"Pei Yu has just entered the court as an official, so it is time to be cautious in what he says and does."

"Besides, Lord Lu is here, he wouldn't dare."

"However," she changed the subject, "he's a very vicious person. Who knows what tricks he might be up to behind our backs. We'd better be cautious."

"Well, then you eat quickly, I'll go clean up, and we'll go back early."

"good."

Jiang Yueyao ate a few bites and then went to settle the bill.

By the time she was done, Sulan had also finished her work.

Jiang Yueyao said something to the shop assistant and they left.

The carriage was parked at the door, and the coachman was arranged for her by Lu Sui, who was from the Taifu Mansion.

The two of them got on the carriage and headed towards Chunmen Lane.

There were not many pedestrians on the road at this time.

Not long after they walked, the groom suddenly spoke.

"Miss Jiang, there is a carriage following us."

Jiang Yueyao hurriedly lifted the curtain and took a peek behind.

Sure enough, about ten steps away, a carriage was moving slowly, neither fast nor slow, and it seemed that it was not a problem, but when their carriage sped up, it also sped up.

Jiang Yueyao lowered the curtain.

With a sneer.

"It must be that bastard Pei Yu."

When Sulan heard this, she was so scared that her face turned pale.

"What is he going to do? Is he going to hurt us?"

"It's almost curfew, and there are patrolling guards everywhere. He doesn't dare."

Jiang Yueyao thought for a moment, then lifted the curtain and said to the coachman.

"Stop at the alley ahead."

"yes."

The carriage went a little further and stopped at the entrance of the alley.

Jiang Yueyao got off the carriage and stood aside, looking at the approaching carriage with an indifferent expression.

The carriage stopped and the curtains were lifted.

Sure enough, Lu Hengqing got out of the car.

He stepped closer to her, his face looking very excited.

"Yaoyao, when did you come to the capital? Why didn't you write to me in advance so I could pick you up?"

Jiang Yueyao looked at him and suddenly found it very funny.

It turns out that he has been acting all these years.

His acting was poor, but he managed to make her dizzy.

After seeing through his true nature, Jiang Yueyao felt only disgust when facing Lu Hengqing again.

She resisted the urge to vomit and sneered.

"Lord Lu is now the third son of the Duke of Yingguo's mansion, and he's engaged to Princess Xiangning. He's so proud of himself, how could he think of a mere merchant girl like me?"

Lu Hengqing had never expected that she would expose his lies right from the start.

His expression changed again and again, and he could barely maintain the smile on his face.

"Yaoyao, don't be like this. I was planning to send someone to Sucheng to pick you up after a while." He looked embarrassed. "Although I look prosperous on the surface, in reality..."

He sighed helplessly at this point.

"I just returned to the Lu family not long ago, and my relationship with the Lu family is weak. They treat me far less sincerely than other brothers."

"As for my marriage to Princess Xiangning, it's not my decision." He looked innocent, as if he was being coerced. "She pestered me relentlessly, and asked the Emperor to grant us this marriage. I have no choice but to obey the Emperor's orders."

Jiang Yueyao sighed with pretended distress.

"So, it's really not easy for Master Lu."

Hearing her say this, Lu Hengqing's eyes lit up.

He reached out and took her hand, deeply moved.

"Yaoyao, I knew you would understand me."

Jiang Yueyao pulled her hand out, looked at him and asked with a smile.

"Didn't you tell the Emperor that you were already married? The Emperor is a wise and benevolent ruler. If you were already married, he would definitely not make things difficult for you."

As she spoke, she stared at Lu Hengqing.

Seeing his expression change slightly, I sneered in my heart.

But he said, "We have a marriage certificate as proof. Although you and Princess Xiangning have already been engaged, if you are dissatisfied, why not present the marriage certificate to the emperor tomorrow morning and ask him to revoke his decision?"

“Absolutely not…”

"Why not?" Jiang Yueyao stared at him, pressing him step by step, "Are you lying?"

Without waiting for Lu Hengqing to speak again.

Jiang Yueyao continued to ask, "Just now at Wanhe Tower, you avoided me like a snake and scorpion, not even daring to say a word to me. How could you have the slightest intention of inviting me to the capital?"

"I guess you not only don't want to pick me up, but you also wish I would die in Su City!"

Lu Hengqing's face changed drastically.

"Jiang Yueyao, please stop slandering me."

"Since you don't want me to scold you, then please get out of here." Jiang Yueyao could no longer control her hatred for him. "Pei Yu, if it weren't for me, Jiang Yueyao, you would have been gnawed by wild dogs to the bone. How could you have the chance to become the top scholar and return to the Lu family to claim your ancestral home and become the respected Third Master Lu?"

"I'm already generous enough not to cause you any trouble, so you should also be sensible and stay away from me."

She said this and turned to get on the carriage.

But halfway through the walk, I remembered something.

She stood on the shaft of the cart, looking down at Lu Hengqing.

A gentle smile.

"Master Lu and Princess Xiangning are truly a match made in heaven."

One bites people openly.

One bites secretly.

None of them are fun.