Chapter 11: Dream The boy fell into a dream filled with the fragrance of flowers...
"You have seen my third sister at the temple fair before. You have been thinking about her all the time and asked me to give the Mohele to her..." Speaking of the Mohele, it was still in Shen Yunshu's hands.
At that time, she still had prejudices against Pei Huaian and did not want her third sister to be involved with him, so the Mohele was still kept in her room.
"I wasn't obsessed with her..." Although he did miss her for a few days at the time, it had been almost a month since the incident, and he had long forgotten her. "Besides, I'm young and want to have fun for a few more years. I don't want to marry a woman who will restrict me every day."
"If you think marrying a wife will restrict you, then you should marry my third sister," Shen Yunshu said with a smile. "My third sister has been spoiled by our father since she was a child. She has a casual personality and is used to taking time off and staying quiet, so she naturally doesn't bother to care about you. Besides, she likes eating, drinking, and having fun just like you do. She is also very good at archery and pitching pots. In the future, you two will definitely get along well..."
"Oh?" This seemed to resonate with him. "Will she force me to study? Push me to make progress?"
"She herself doesn't like reading, but she likes reading storybooks."
"Will she think I'm idle and not doing my job?"
"As long as you don't indulge in whoring, gambling, or squander your wealth, your father's fortune will ensure you a life of luxury and a carefree life. This is exactly the kind of life she enjoys, so how could she dislike you?"
"In that case, your third sister and I are indeed a good match." Anyway, he will get married sooner or later. If Miss Shen is really as suitable for him as she said, then marrying her is naturally better than marrying other girls.
Pei Huaian's stomach rumbled, and he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it any longer. He stroked his belly and said, "The day after tomorrow I will go to the farm to pick up my grandmother. Then I will inform her. If she agrees, I will send a matchmaker to propose marriage another day."
"Hurry up. You know my third sister is very beautiful, and many people want to marry her." Shen Yunshu was worried that the longer she waited, the more trouble she would have. She had to arrange a marriage for her third sister before Lu Yi was released from prison. "If the old lady doesn't agree, please let me know as soon as possible so that I can find a good family for her..."
"Okay, okay," said his grandmother, who had always loved him. Since this was the girl he wanted to marry, how could she not agree? "I'm going to eat first. I'm so hungry I'm dizzy."
"Well, go ahead."
The young man ran away like the wind, his black hair tied high in a jade crown swung out in wild arcs, and in a moment he ran into the restaurant.
It seems that he is really hungry.
Shen Yunshu pursed her lips and smiled, then found the carriage hired by Tinglan. The master and servant then set off back to the Shen Mansion.
On the way back, Shen Yunshu kept thinking about the marriage between Pei Huaian and her third sister. The more she thought about it, the more she thought it was wonderful.
They were both of the same age, having grown up in a luxurious environment. They were innocent and knew nothing of hardship, and had similar personalities, except that one loved to play, while the other was a little lazy.
Pei Huaian has a father who makes money like water, and an uncle and cousin who are officials in the court. He does not have to bear the responsibility of bringing honor to the family. Even if he is not ambitious, his third sister can live a rich and prosperous life by marrying him.
What's more, she, as the elder sister, will also marry into the Pei family. By then, she will be both the eldest sister and the eldest sister-in-law. With her around, Pei Huaian will not dare to bully the third sister.
Thinking about it this way, Pei Huaian's unintentional destruction of Third Sister's marriage at the temple fair that day might have been destiny. Marrying Third Sister into the Pei family would be much better than marrying into the Liang family.
Today was a double joy. The first joy was that Lu Yi was sent to jail, and the second joy was that the third sister's marriage was settled. Shen Yunshu could not contain her joy and returned to the Shen Mansion with a beaming face.
She originally wanted to tell her third sister about this matter immediately, but she was probably taking a lunch break at this time, so Shen Yunshu did not disturb her.
She was also a little tired. After all, she had been planning this for three days. Now that the stone in her heart had finally fallen to the ground, she let out a long sigh, took off her coat and prepared to take a nap.
The silk dress fluttered down, and Shen Yunshu suddenly froze, the joy on her face instantly fading away: the bamboo tube she had hidden in her sleeve was gone!
Shen Yunshu hurriedly put on her clothes and called Tinglan, asking her to ask a servant to retrieve the carriage she had just hired and check inside to see if the bamboo tube she had left behind was there. If not, she should immediately go to Fengle Tower, find Pei Huaian's carriage, and ask if she had left it there...
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Pei Huaian quickly filled his stomach, thinking about his friends saying they were going to the Jiaofang to listen to music privately when they left. He originally wanted to go there, but then he changed his mind and thought that he was about to propose to Miss Shen San, so it would be better for him to keep himself clean. So he asked the driver to take him back home.
As the carriage moved, something rolled out from under the seat.
Pei Huaian looked down and saw that it was a bamboo tube, so he picked it up.
I think it was dropped by Shen Yunshu.
It felt heavy in my hand. After I opened it and smelled it, it was wine, the homemade rice wine from Fenglelou. It had a mellow taste and was not intoxicating.
It wasn't a valuable thing anyway, so Pei Huaian didn't think about returning it. He held it in his hand and played with it carelessly all the way. He didn't throw it away when he got off the car. He carried the bamboo tube back to his yard.
The Ciyouyuan where he lived was in the deepest part of the mansion. Although it was a bit far from the mansion gate, it was quiet and elegant. Colorful flowers and trees were planted everywhere, and the scenery changed with every step, which was very pleasant.
More importantly, Ciyouyuan was next to the back door, making it very convenient for him to sneak out without being noticed.
However, he had sneaked out too many times before, and now the back door was always guarded. If he wanted to sneak out again, he could only climb over the wall.
There were not many servants in Ciyouyuan. The maids took care of the flowers and plants and cleaned the house, while the servants did the rough and heavy work. The person in charge of the courtyard was a nanny named Tang, who was specially transferred from her side by my grandmother to help him manage the people and things in the courtyard.
"Why are you back so early, Seventh Young Master?" Nanny Tang looked at him with a gentle and kind gaze and a smile.
She knew that this young man had invited a few friends to go out for fun today. In the past, they would not come back until dark, but today was strange. He actually came back after noon.
Pei Huaian couldn't say that he had separated from his friends just to take care of his future sister-in-law, so he casually said, "I ate too much and am very sleepy. I came back to sleep for a while..."
"It's noon and the sun is strong. I see you're sweating. Would you like to take a bath before going to bed?"
"Need not."
Pei Huaian stepped into the room, pushed the partition door shut, loosened his clothes, and fell onto the bed. The bamboo tube rolled out of his hand and fell onto the thin quilt.
Suddenly feeling a little thirsty, Pei Huaian was too lazy to call the maid outside to bring in water, so he opened the bamboo tube and drank half of the yellow wine, then turned over and fell asleep in a daze.
Outside the open window, a vibrant expanse of greenery and crimson blossoms filled the air. The lingering warmth of the late summer and early autumn breeze rustled the branches. The room remained as still as before, and the sleeping boy, too, fell into a dream filled with the fragrance of flowers.
A hazy, beautiful woman lay slumbering on a narrow couch, her dark hair and white clothes a stark yet striking beauty. A shower of peach-pink, pear-white petals fell on her soft cheeks, her half-tied hair, and the hollows of her waist. Her elegant eyes slowly opened, their dark almond-shaped pupils flickering as countless threads of love surged, drawing him in bit by bit...
Floating in and out of sleep, his eyes were filled with her moist eyes, her beautiful neck, and her snow-white skin that was faintly flushed.
The young man's bamboo-jade hands clenched the thin quilt, and the blue veins dormant under his cold white skin bulged. Finally, after a sigh, he disappeared.
When Pei Huaian slowly woke up, the numbness in his body still had not completely faded.
The indescribable pleasure was unforgettable. Pei Huaian, experiencing this feeling for the first time, hugged the quilt and was reluctant to wake up. However, a sticky feeling spread between his thighs, making him feel very uncomfortable. He sat up in a daze and lifted the quilt to see what was going on...
Then his eyes widened.
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Nanny Tang was sitting under the porch watching the people busying around in the yard when she suddenly heard a scream from the bedroom and hurriedly got up and went to the bedroom.
"Seventh Young Master, what happened?" Nanny Tang stood outside the partition and asked with concern.
"I, I'm fine," Pei Huaian said on the other side of the partition, covering half of his body with a quilt, feeling so hot that he was almost burning. "Madam Tang, I need to take a bath. Tell someone to prepare water quickly..."
"Yes, sir, please wait a moment. I will ask someone to prepare it."
Nanny Tang didn't think too much about it and asked someone to go to the kitchen to get some hot water.
In the bedroom, Pei Huaian's face flushed red. He first took a handkerchief to wipe himself briefly, then changed his clothes. As for the dirty clothes and the equally unclean handkerchief, he didn't want anyone to see them, so he rolled them up into a ball and stuffed them under the bed.
After doing all this, I breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the edge of the bed and began to reflect on why I had such a dream.
Especially the familiar eyes and eyebrows in the dream, they were clearly...
He held down the beating heart in his chest and persuaded himself: It must be because his sister-in-law wanted to betroth Miss Shen San to him that he had such a dream. The person in the dream must be Miss Shen San...
Obscene!
He slapped himself in the face in his heart: How shameless it is to blaspheme someone like this before we even get engaged.
He caught a glimpse of the bamboo tube beside his pillow. He was sweating and his mouth was dry. He reached out to open the bamboo stopper and drank all the remaining rice wine in one gulp.
It can quench your thirst and calm your nerves.
Soon, a maid came and knocked on the door, saying that the hot water was ready.
Pei Huaian got up and went to the bathroom.
The water was clearly only warm, but it became hotter and hotter the more he washed, so he had to keep calling for someone to come in and add cold water.
The person in charge of adding water was his attendant Qing Wu. When he asked for water for the third time, Qing Wu reached out to explore the water in the tub and said in surprise, "Sir, the water is already very cold. Do you want more?"
"Add more." The veins on the hand holding the bathtub bulged. The young man sitting in the bathtub frowned, as if he was enduring something.
Qing Wu, noticing his master's strange expression, poured the half-bucket of cold water in his hand into the pot and asked, "Master, are you feeling unwell?"
The other party was a servant who grew up with him and was two years older than him. They were not only master and servant, but also good friends who could talk about anything. Pei Huaian could only tell him some of his unspeakable secrets that he could not tell others.
"Qingwu," the boy said shamefully, his voice hoarse as the restlessness in his body grew stronger, "I miss a woman."
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In the next chapter, my younger brother and sister are getting engaged, which is double happiness.
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