Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Secret Meeting
Daiyu and Wu Tianyue had not seen each other for a long time. The elders in both mansions were busy, and it was not convenient for them to ask Baoyu to invite him. When she learned that the Xue family would invite him to inspect the seeds today, she asked Baochai to take her out.
When Wu Tianyue arrived, she had been waiting inside for half a day. Seeing him come in, she stood up in surprise, but then remembered what Princess Zhongshun had said. She quickly stopped and said to him with a smile, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
There was no one else in the room. Wu Tianyue went forward and hugged Daiyu: "Yu'er, I missed you so much."
Daiyu leaned against his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat. Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she felt the panic she had felt for the past few days dissipate. However, she refused to admit defeat and teased, "Why don't you call me sister anymore?"
"It's all clear. After a few days of asking for permission, you'll be my fiancée." Wu Tianyue smiled and kissed the top of her head. "Why should I call you sister?"
Daiyu's cheeks turned even redder, she buried her head even deeper in her head and said nothing more.
The two of them embraced quietly for a moment. Daiyu suddenly remembered the injury he had received from the beating a few days ago. She quickly withdrew and asked worriedly, "How is your injury?"
Wu Tianyue smiled and said, "That little injury is nothing. It's almost healed now."
Daiyu saw that although there was a dark spot under his eyes, he looked quite energetic. However, she was still worried: "Let me take a look."
"Why are you looking at this?" Wu Tianyue refused, fearing that she would be frightened, "You don't know any medical skills."
"Who said I don't know?" Daiyu pouted unconvincedly. "I spent a long time learning how to bandage external wounds from Lu Chen."
Before she could finish her words, Wu Tianyue hugged her again. He held her tightly. Daiyu wanted to struggle but was afraid that his wound would split, so she pushed him gently: "What are you doing?"
"Of course I'll hold you." Wu Tianyue relaxed his strength slightly and said with a smile, "Do you still need to ask?"
Seeing that he was not acting properly again, Daiyu pulled out her hand and patted him: "Be serious."
Having said that, she asked him to let her take a look quickly.
Wu Tianyue was very touched that she learned these things for him, but he didn't want her to come into contact with these bloody things, so he only talked to her and still didn't let her see.
Daiyu knew what he was thinking. Seeing that he would not let go, she reached out from his arms, pinched his face and pulled it to the sides: "Hurry up, if you don't let me see you again, I will be angry."
Wu Tianyue couldn't persuade her, so he sighed, turned his back to Daiyu, and slowly took off his shirt.
The wound had already scabbed over, so there was no bandage. Daiyu looked at the thick scar and subconsciously reached out to touch it, but was afraid that it would hurt, so she suddenly stopped. She wanted to speak, but found that her throat seemed to be blocked by something and she couldn't speak.
Wu Tianyue saw that she hadn't responded yet, so he turned around and saw tears in her eyes again. He quickly pulled her clothes up, hugged her distressedly, and said with a smile: "I told you not to look, but you insisted on looking. Now you feel better, aren't you? You're crying again."
Daiyu said with a thick nasal voice: "What do you care about me?"
"Okay, okay." Wu Tianyue said with a smile, "How dare I care about Miss Lin?"
Seeing Daiyu glaring, he smiled and pinched her nose: "Don't be afraid, this little injury is nothing. I have a strong physique and it won't easily leave scars. It will be healed in a few days."
Daiyu frowned and tilted her head back, admonishing, "Don't eat anything heavy in oil or salt these days. Eat less meat and more vegetables."
Seeing Wu Tianyue nod and look at him with a smile, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, stopped talking, and asked, "How is your Highness lately?"
"She's incredibly nice." Wu Tianyue snorted and complained, "She takes pleasure in torturing me all day long."
"What are you talking about?" Daiyu raised her hand and punched him lightly. "We were wrong in the first place. It's only right that Her Majesty is angry."
Wu Tianyue shrank back, pretending to be hurt: "You are my mother's biological child, right? Both of them like to beat me."
Daiyu was startled and reached out to rub him, but when she heard him say this, she realized he was pretending and hit him again in anger: "You talk nonsense all day long, so you deserve to be beaten."
"We haven't seen each other for so long. Not only did you not say you missed me, but you also hit me." Wu Tianyue held her hand aggrievedly and placed it on his chest. "Please feel it. My heart aches so much that I can hardly move."
Daiyu blushed: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Wu Tianyue looked down at her and saw that Daiyu's cheeks were flushed. Although there was no sadness between her brows as when they first met, perhaps it was natural, there was always a faint mist in her eyes, full of mystery, which made people want to get closer.
His eyes were too scorching, and Daiyu could not utter any insulting words to him, and lowered her head in shame.
The room was silent for a moment, and the air seemed to grow thicker. Wu Tianyue was about to say something when he heard a knock on the door. Then Xia Jin's voice rang out, "Is Miss Lin here? The Queen asked me to bring something over."
Then came Baochai's reply. Daiyu woke up with a start, quickly pushed Wu Tianyue away, sat back on the kang, and said to the outside, "I'm here."
Xia Jin pushed the door open and came in, seeing the two standing and sitting, as if nothing had happened, but Wu Tianyue had a face full of resentment, and Daiyu's cheeks were red. She hurried forward to observe, and saw that Daiyu's lip balm was still there, but her hair was slightly messy. She breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Miss, it was easy for me to find you."
Then he opened the box and took out a pair of jade hairpins. He put them on Daiyu's head and gathered up her loose hair. "Miss, try these hairpins. If there's anything wrong with them, ask the craftsman to make new ones."
Baochai had just followed in. At this moment, she pretended not to see the two people's appearance. She smiled and went into the room to get a mirror: "Sister, take a look."
Wu Tianyue was also watching this scene. He saw the jade hairpin was pure white, like flowing moonlight, worn on Daiyu's dark hair. It did not look like an ornament, but rather like it existed in her soul and had grown naturally, making Daiyu look even more fresh and refined. He was so amazed that he opened his eyes wide.
Seeing him staring straight at her, Xia Jin coughed lightly, walked between the two of them to block his gaze, and asked Daiyu with a smile, "What do you think, young lady?"
Daiyu immediately recognized that it was the hairpin that Princess Zhongshun had intended to give her that day. She had thought it had been broken, but unexpectedly it had become a short hairpin. She was surprised and delighted: "It is indeed a natural and elegant hairpin, but it is a little too noble. It would be a waste to have it with me."
"I'm barely worthy of you, young lady." Xia Jin replied with a smile, and then took his leave with Daiyu. "It's getting late, and the Queen is still waiting for my reply."
After saying this, he stopped Daiyu and Baochai from seeing him off and said to Wu Tianyue, "The Queen has something else to ask the Prince. Please come with me."
After hearing this, Wu Tianyue looked at Daiyu with grievance.
Daiyu was already feeling guilty towards Princess Zhongshun because of what happened between them, and the secret meeting they had just had was already out of line, so she pretended not to see anything and lowered her head to play with her hairpin.
Wu Tianyue understood what she meant, so he had to walk away with Xia Jin, looking back every step of the way.
Just as he returned to the palace, the servant Wang Gui who had been sent out to do the work came forward and said, "Sir, all the books have been printed and distributed to the various bookshops."
Wu Tianyue heard this and hurriedly asked, "Bring it here for me to see?"
Wang Gui hurriedly presented a book and replied, "We've already sold a few copies today, and I expect sales to be much better tomorrow."
Wu Tianyue flipped through the book. The handwriting was clear, and the layout and illustrations were similar to his own designs. He nodded in satisfaction. Then, when Wanggui said it was sold, he was surprised and said, "The poem I gave you isn't from a famous master. How could anyone buy it?"
"Of course it's because the poem you gave me is good." Wang Gui smiled, "It's just that this poet named Xiaoxiang had no reputation for talent before. Although a few scholars praised the poem for its profound emotion and natural insight, it didn't sell."
Then, observing Wu Tianyue's expression, he continued, "But this afternoon, Princess Shanmei from the mansion went to a bookshop to buy books. After reading this poem, she suggested a plan: to hold a poetry appreciation meeting in the bookshop and invite some well-known people in the city to review and appreciate the poems. The review articles will be posted for free for readers to appreciate and rate. The winner will receive a rare book, and the top five will receive silver. This has attracted many talented but poor scholars to participate. So far, some who want to become famous have also come. But don't worry, my lord, the reviewers have been selected."
"Oh? Shanmei has this ability?" Wu Tianyue did not live in the mansion when he was young. After returning, he was busy learning this and that. He was not familiar with the sisters in the mansion, especially after Shanmei's aunt gave birth to another younger brother, she had been avoiding him. The two rarely met, so he was a little surprised when he heard this.
Wang Gui seemed to be very impressed with Shan Mei's abilities. "The bookshop in the mansion was originally no different from any other in the city. It was Princess Shan Mei who found a way to contact several famous writers and made our bookshop the exclusive seller of their works. She also had them set up a free lending room, which is how it was revitalized."
Wu Tianyue just asked casually. After hearing this, he nodded and instructed: "Find someone to copy down all those review articles for me to see. After I select them, I will print them into a book."
"yes."
After Wang Gui agreed to go down, Wu Tianyue sat down and thought for a while, then stood up and went to Princess Zhongshun's courtyard.
Before, I just felt that it was a pity that Daiyu's poetic talent was trapped in the boudoir. Moreover, considering the future relationship between the two, I was not afraid of what others would say as long as I agreed. So I thought about publishing a book for Daiyu. Even if no one bought it for a while, I could find someone who could run it later and make her famous. I didn't expect that the capable person was far away and right in front of me, so I had to seize the opportunity first.
Since all the masters in the mansion had to take turns to go to the palace to pay their respects, Princess Zhongshun was exempted from the daily morning and evening visits. So when Wu Tianyue arrived, apart from the servants, only Jin Ling was by her side in her courtyard.
Wu Tianyue wanted to give Daiyu a surprise on her birthday and didn't want others to know about it, so when he saw Shanmei was not there, he paid his respects to Princess Zhongshun and was about to leave.
Jin Ling had no connection with him, but after the death of the Concubine Dowager, all the actors and actresses previously employed by the princes and nobles were dismissed, and she thought that the Rongguo Mansion should be no exception.
She couldn't help but think of her sisters from the past, but the mansion was busy and Daiyu hadn't come since she went back, so she couldn't ask her to inquire about the situation. So she hesitated for a while, and when she saw Wu Tianyue go out, she also took her leave with Princess Zhongshun.
It was getting late, and Princess Zhongshun did not want to keep her, but only asked Wu Tianyue to send her off properly.
Wu Tianyue was about to go to the inner courtyard to find Shanmei, so he agreed casually and escorted Jin Ling to her courtyard.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard Jin Ling say, "Prince, could you please do me a favor?"
She didn't talk to him easily, but she had a good relationship with Daiyu, so Wu Tianyue didn't refuse and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I have several sisters in the Jia Mansion who grew up together. Recently, they have been in contact with each other... I would like to ask you about their situation."
This is just a small matter. Wu Tianyue listened and nodded in agreement: "Okay."
After saying that, he said goodbye to Jin Ling and turned to go to Shanmei's residence.
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