Chapter 28: The Stranger
Early in the morning, the autumn wind was howling, but the capital city was very lively.
Many people were watching the people moving the trees.
It’s just because the trees we are lucky enough to have are not ordinary.
This is a 500-year-old ginkgo tree from the imperial palace.
This ginkgo tree is lush and leafy, and now it is autumn, the ginkgo leaves are golden, which is so beautiful.
People on the street were enthusiastically discussing the origin and whereabouts of this ginkgo tree.
"Do you know? I heard that the Marquis of Guanjun specially asked for this tree from the emperor, saying that he wanted to give it to Miss Lin, the legendary lucky girl Lin."
"I also heard that the Marquis of Guanjun is engaged to Miss Lin. The Marquis of Guanjun looks a bit cold and stern at ordinary times, but he really dotes on his unmarried wife."
"Isn't it? I heard that good things are delivered to Jiang's house every day."
"That Miss Lin is so lucky. Her fiancé is the most handsome man in the Great Yan Dynasty. He holds a high position and is also very romantic."
It is very difficult to lift the huge tree trunk, together with the thick soil at the roots.
It took more than fifty people to carry the tree. They shouted in unison and walked through the street, "Hum-hi-hum-hi". It was particularly spectacular.
Moreover, the Marquis of Guanjun came personally on horseback to deliver the tree.
Completely different from his previous silly look.
Today's champion marquis is dignified and wears a white robe woven with gold. He is like a cedar on a high mountain, and his cold and stern temperament is brought to the extreme.
He was indeed the most handsome man in the Great Yan Kingdom, causing girls to frequently look back at him, yet they kept a certain distance from him, just for fear of desecrating that beauty.
With such a big tree, it is inevitable that some golden ginkgo leaves will fall on the street when you walk.
Many people bent down to pick up ginkgo leaves.
Things coming out of the palace are naturally noble, and I heard that they were given to Miss Lin, the lucky star. So they are slightly related to the lucky star. Picking up some of them might bring you some good fortune.
Several girls squatted down together to pick up the beautiful ginkgo leaves, and couldn't help but sigh together.
"If my fiancé can be even one percent as good as the champion, my life will be worth it."
"Who said it wasn't true? My fiancé is like a piece of wood. Let alone a 500-year-old ginkgo tree from the palace, even if I want him to give me a pot of cheap flowers and plants, it's a luxury."
Lin Qianqian was making almond milk tofu in her house. When she heard Hongdou say that Si Xuan had someone send a tree to her, she thought it was just a small ornamental tree and didn't pay much attention to it.
The Jiang Mansion is currently under renovation, so it would be appropriate to plant a landscape tree.
But when she looked over, she discovered that the tree was a ginkgo tree that had lived for hundreds of years. Its dense branches covered the sky, and it would take at least three people holding hands to surround the trunk.
It stood in the garden and was very beautiful, which pleased her heart very much.
Lin Qianqian looked up at the dense branches above: "It's so beautiful, this tree must be hundreds of years old, right?"
Si Xuan: "Only about five hundred years."
Zhao Xiaoliu thought to himself: Originally, the master asked the emperor for the tree that is more than a thousand years old, but the emperor was not happy about it, so he reluctantly gave her the tree that is more than five hundred years old. Otherwise, Miss Lin, you would be even more surprised.
Lin Qianqian felt sorry for the ginkgo tree: "They say people live when they are moved, but trees die when they are moved. This tree is already 500 to 600 years old. It would be a shame if it died if it was moved."
The emperor was also a good-tempered person, so why did he let the Marquis of Guanjun take the tree out of the palace? Didn't he feel sorry for it?
"It won't die. I had someone dig up the roots of the tree along with the soil. With the original soil, it won't die. Besides, people say you are a lucky star. With a lucky star, how can the tree die?"
Lin Qianqian: What lucky star or not? When others say I am a lucky star, that is a misunderstanding. You clearly know the truth, that you are misunderstood as a lucky star because of your medical skills in saving lives, but you still follow suit and make a fuss.
Lin Qianqian was looking at the tree, and Si Xuan was looking at Lin Qianqian.
The ginkgo tree is tall and strong, very spectacular. Lin Qianqian is still wearing moon-white wide sleeves as usual, standing under the tree and watching the ginkgo leaves fall one by one, which becomes the most eye-catching scenery in the beautiful view.
Si Xuan once heard that Lin Qianqian grew up in the countryside. This girl always dressed like this on weekdays. It was obviously as simple as it could not be, but her whole demeanor was extraordinary. She was the kind that could be recognized at a glance when she stood in the crowd.
There is a line in a poem that goes "A man of culture is naturally elegant", which is the perfect way to describe Lin Qianqian.
"I got this ginkgo tree from the palace to repay Miss Lin for saving my life. Fortunately, Miss Lin seems to like this tree very much, so my efforts were not in vain."
Lin Qianqian: Life-saving grace? "Oh, Lord, your life is still very valuable. It is not too much to repay your life-saving grace with this rare ginkgo tree.
Si Xuan looked up at the sun and said, "It's lunch time now. Miss Lin, why don't you keep me here for lunch?"
Zhao Xiaoliu was very surprised: he had never seen his master begging for food so shamelessly.
Si Xuan didn't want to go back home for dinner because his biological parents kept nagging him to repay them for saving his life.
So he reported it with great fanfare today, and even planned to stay at his benefactor's house for dinner.
Lin Qianqian: "Aren't you afraid that I will poison you again?"
"If I say I'm afraid, Miss Lin, will you not poison me?"
Si Xuan had already been grateful for saving his life, and now he felt guilty about it, so he decided to show off his skills.
"Miss Lin, I can cook. I'll make you a roast leg of lamb."
It is said that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, but Si Xuan often cooked for himself when he was fighting at the border.
The cumin roasted lamb leg is roasted to perfection right under the ginkgo tree.
Lin Qianqian looked over from afar and saw Si Xuan, a person who was so cold and elegant and seemed to be out of touch with the world, roasting a leg of lamb. It felt very incongruous.
After Si Xuan finished roasting, he carefully cut it into small pieces and placed them in front of Lin Qianqian, "Miss Lin, please do me a favor and taste my cooking."
Zhao Xiaoliu mainly watched but didn't say anything, but a lot was going on in his mind. He thought: The master only talks more in front of Miss Lin, but he is very frugal with words at other times.
Lin Qianqian ate with gusto: "Your cooking skills are good. I give you a thumbs up. They say that if you want to capture a person's heart, you must first capture that person's stomach. Guanjun Hou really took a lot of trouble for me."
Si Xuan was also convinced: "Ms. Lin, how can you be so shameless? How can a girl tease a man on her own initiative?"
"Yes, that's me."
Are the Marquis and Miss Lin flirting? Zhao Xiaoliu quietly pulled Hongdou a little further away and came to the archway to avoid being in the way under the ginkgo tree.
Hongdou was a little angry when she was dragged away, "Zhao Xiaoliu, why are you dragging me? I still need to help the girl pick out fish bones."
"What fish bones are you picking? Where are the fish for you to pick?"
Hongdou took a look from a distance and saw that there were really no fish bones to pick out, so Guanjun Hou picked out the fish bones in no time.
Si Xuan placed the fish bones removed in front of Lin Qianqian and exclaimed, "I didn't expect that I was so skilled at removing fish bones."
Lin Qianqian kindly explained, "I like to eat fish. When you were still stupid, you always stuck around me and rushed to help me pick fish bones, so I became quite skilled. You seemed to like me very much at that time, but now you are not stupid anymore. Do you still like me as much as you did when you were stupid?"
Si Xuan coughed twice and replied, "A real man's ambition is to serve his country, not to indulge in sentimental relationships."
Only Lin Qianqian and Si Xuan were left eating under the ginkgo tree.
Lin Qianqian stretched out her white and tender fingers and hooked Si Xuan's chin.
"It turns out you don't like me, but I like you." I like to appreciate your beautiful appearance.
Si Xuan only felt his chin itchy and numb, so he quickly turned his head away.
"You're a nice girl, why do you always make moves?"
Lin Qianqian asked back: "Why do you always get teased every time you come here, but you still take the initiative to come here?"
Si Xuan doesn't care about Lin Qianqian at all. He had someone investigate long ago and knew that Lin Qianqian was almost killed by her father when she was born. It's heartbreaking to see that she can still be so optimistic despite growing up in adversity.
At the archway in the distance, Zhao Xiaoliu said, "Hongdou, your daughter seems to me to be just a street urchin. If any other woman treated the Marquis like this, she would have died eight hundred times already."
Hongdou put her hands on her hips in her signature pose: "Are you men only allowed to tease women, but women are not allowed to tease men?"
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