Chapter 73 Because You Are Pretty

Facing Jiang Yueyao's curved eyebrows, Lu Sui sneered: "Which eye of yours saw that I was unhappy?"

"Look," she pointed to her eyes, looking very serious, "I saw it with both eyes."

She leaned too close, so Lu Sui raised his hand.

The slender fingers touched the center of her eyebrows, and with a slight force, Jiang Yueyao leaned back.

She grabbed his fingers, shook them gently, and began to act coquettishly.

"Sir, why are you unhappy? Tell me, I can make your little ears for free."

Girls from Jiangnan have naturally soft voices.

If she acts coquettishly again, it will be hard not to be moved.

Lu Sui withdrew his fingers, leaned back slightly, took a long breath, and then said slowly: "You don't understand what happens in the court."

"Although I don't understand the affairs of the court, I know that Lord Lu must be a good official."

"Why?" Lu Sui became interested and turned his head to look at her.

"Because you are good-looking."

“…”

Seeing him looking at her speechlessly, Jiang Yueyao grinned and then said seriously, "Although I don't understand the court, I understand human nature. My Lord, please don't underestimate my cleverness. I have been following my mother in the inn since I was a child. I have seen all kinds of people. I can tell the character of many people at a glance."

"Really?" Lu Sui snorted coldly, "Then why didn't you see that Pei Yu was a bad guy?"

“…”

Jiang Yueyao wailed, "Oh, why are you bringing up something irrelevant? I won't talk to you anymore."

As she spoke, she stood up and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Lu Sui.

She turned around, glared at him lightly with her almond-shaped eyes, and then sat back down.

"You have quite a temper." Lu Sui glared at her.

"Humph, I can't bear to hear his name now. Every time I hear it, I get so angry that I can't sleep at night." She stretched out her hand towards him and said confidently, "You have to compensate me!"

"What should I compensate you for?"

"You mentioned that bastard Pei Yu and hurt my beautiful little heart. You need some compensation."

Lu Sui was so angry that he laughed.

"Jiang Yueyao, you are so bold that you dare to say anything."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and pretended to leave.

Jiang Yueyao grabbed his sleeve and started to act like a rogue.

"Anyway, I've already said it, so you should at least give me some."

"No!" Lu Sui raised his foot and walked out.

Jiang Yueyao was pulled out by him, but her hand was still holding his sleeve and she was yawning.

"Alas, I knew this world wasn't worth it. All men are the same. They usually coax me with sweet words just to make me work like a cow or a horse to earn money for you."

"I get up early and go to bed late every day, I have no idea what to eat next, and I have no idea what to eat tomorrow..."

"Shut up!" Lu Sui couldn't bear it anymore and turned around.

"Then give me some."

"Don't even think about it!" Lu Sui pulled his sleeve out of her hand and glanced at her with a sneer, "Say one more word and all your Moon Silver will be deducted."

Jiang Yueyao was so angry that she stomped her feet on the spot.

"Lu Sui, forget about your last name Lu, why don't you change it to Zhou?"

Lu Sui stopped abruptly.

He turned back and stared at her: "Say another word?!"

The sinister tone scared Jiang Yueyao so much that her scalp went numb.

She turned and ran.

He shouted boldly as he ran.

"Zhou, peel off the skin!"

Lu Sui was so angry that he started to chase after him. Qingshu saw him and hurried forward to pull him back.

He advised earnestly.

"Master, why do you have to argue with the girl?"

"You," Lu Sui was so angry that his face turned blue, and veins on his forehead were popping. He raised his finger and pointed at Qing Xuan, "Go, bring her back to me."

Qing Xuan looked embarrassed: "Master, the girl is delicate and tender, I dare not...make a move."

"Yes, yes, the girl is very delicate. Have you forgotten that last time you gently pulled her and left a big bruise on her wrist?" Qingshu hurriedly advised, "You are a magnanimous person. It's not worth it."

Lu Sui took a deep breath and looked at the two people in front of him.

"How about you two follow her?"

Qingshu and Qingxuan lowered their heads and dared not say another word.

Lu Sui sneered and turned to go out.

Qingshu and Qingxuan followed all the way.

After taking two steps, Qingshu moved closer to Qingxuan and whispered softly, "Master, your stomach doesn't seem to hurt anymore with the way you walk."

Just now in the pavilion, I was in so much pain that I had to use my fists to support myself, and my back was bent a little.

Upon hearing this, Qingxuan glanced at his master.

He walked with big strides, his posture upright, full of energy and vigor...there was indeed no trace of the boredom and depression he had just felt.

He nodded.

Express agreement.

"This move of the girl is really powerful!"

…

As soon as May arrives, the temperature in Beijing starts to get hot.

Jiang Yueyao obtained Lu Sui's consent and changed several of Wanhelou's best-selling hot pots in winter, replacing them with Double Happiness Jelly, Auspicious Crispy Mountain, Wealthy Double Peaches Ice Cream, and Sulan's exclusive specialty - shredded chicken cold noodles.

As soon as these four dishes were launched, they received unanimous praise from customers.

Especially the shredded chicken cold noodles, which are in short supply every day. If you want to eat it, you have to make a reservation in advance.

This busy schedule lasted until the end of May.

The weather was getting hotter, and after lunch time, there was no one on the street outside.

Jiang Yueyao was sitting at the table in the lobby, holding the account book in one hand and counting the abacus beads with the other, calculating today's accounts when Lu Sui came in.

The moment she saw him, Jiang Yueyao was in a trance for a moment.

The two haven't seen each other since they met half a month ago.

She knew he was very busy lately.

Even though she was in Wanhe Tower, there was too much commotion in the imperial city. First, the crown prince reported Prince Anqing, saying that he was secretly colluding with important officials in the court, coveting the throne, and had rebellious intentions.

Prince An, however, presented a booklet, which listed several crimes of the Crown Prince, including secretly raising private soldiers and accepting bribes in recent years.

The evidence was placed on the desk in the imperial study. I heard that the emperor did not sleep all night.

The emperor was furious.

Prince An is indeed the emperor's biological brother. He has identified his weaknesses. The fact that he "stockpiles private soldiers" alone has made the emperor wary of the prince.

The Crown Prince was placed under house arrest in the Eastern Palace, but Prince An remained unharmed.

Lu Sui was summoned to the palace that night and came out in the evening of the next day. He heard that the emperor was very angry. As the Taifu, he was implicated by the prince and was fined three months' salary.

When Jiang Yueyao heard about this, she was extremely worried.

So he went to the Taifu Mansion, but was stopped outside by the housekeeper, who said that Lord Lu would not see anyone.

She wanted to find Duan Yanzhou to ask, but she didn't know where he was?

Seeing that she was worried all day long and that comforting her was useless, Chenyu sighed.

"Your worries are unnecessary. It's true that Lu Sui is the Grand Tutor, but he has always been on the Emperor's side. When something happened to the Crown Prince, fining him three months' salary was just a show for others."

"Only a fool like you would worry about him."

But Jiang Yueyao couldn't listen at all.

She felt that Chenyu didn't understand state affairs as well as she did, so how could she guess what the person in the palace was thinking?

Recently, she would go to the Taifu Mansion whenever she had nothing to do.

I was stopped outside every time.

Jiang Yueyao thought that something big must have happened to Lu Sui, otherwise, why would he not see her?

Until this morning.

When she woke up, her mind was still full of thoughts about how to see him.

She even thought, why not go find Lu Hengqing?

After all, he is a member of the Lu family, so he must know Lu Sui's situation...

But unexpectedly, Lu Sui came by himself.