In the princess's mansion.
Lu Baozhu had already dressed up. When she saw Qi Yuning coming over, she turned around in a pomegranate red dress and asked Qi Yuning, "How is it? Does it look good?"
It is undeniable that Lu Baozhu is extremely beautiful. After all, Princess Pingrou and Duke Lu are both recognized as having stunning looks.
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Let's go quickly. Don't keep your Mr. Qingqi waiting for too long."
Lu Baozhu said: "You are speaking more and more pleasantly now, my Mr. Qingqi, hehe."
Qi Yuning: “…”
Qi Yuning and Lu Baozhu got on the carriage and went straight to the teahouse.
The teahouse on the bank of Qucun River is very quiet. It has two floors. In the lobby on the first floor, there are girls from the south of the Yangtze River playing and singing folk songs in the soft Wu dialect, which makes people feel numb just by listening to their voices.
Lu Baozhu and Mr. Qingqi had an appointment in the Tianzi box on the second floor.
Lu Baozhu walked to the door of the Tianzi box, and then held Qi Yuning's hand tightly and said, "I...I want to go to the guest room."
Qi Yuning said: "I'll wait for you here, go quickly and come back soon. By the way, don't forget to apply the ointment when you come back."
It was half a quarter of an hour later that Lu Baozhu came back.
Lu Baozhu knocked on the door of the box and heard someone say "Come in". She went in and saw a man standing by the window. "Excuse me, are you Mr. Qingqi? I am Miss Qian."
Qi Yuning saw that the material on the man's body looked plain, but it was actually top-quality material.
The man slowly turned his head. He was wearing a mask, so his appearance could not be seen clearly. Only his eyes could be seen.
When he saw Lu Baozhu, his eyes lit up and he even took off his mask and said, "Princess Lu, I didn't expect that you and I are so destined to be together. It's you! Miss Qian, it's you? Did you write that ugly handwriting on purpose?"
Lu Baozhu stood there in a daze, looking at Shen Jialin in front of her, and asked in disbelief: "Are you Mr. Qingqi?"
Lu Baozhu didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a moment. The man she loved the most and the man she hated the most now were the same person.
Shen Jialin nodded and said, "It's me. Thanks to you writing to me and sending me banknotes, I am Mr. Qingqi now. If I had known that Miss Qian was you, I should have met you earlier."
Lu Baozhu wrapped her hands with a handkerchief, and her nervousness disappeared a lot in front of Shen Jialin.
Qi Yuning said to Lu Baozhu, "You guys chat slowly, I'll go outside to listen to some music."
Because it was Shen Jialin, Qi Yuning was not worried that Lu Baozhu would suffer a loss. She just felt that the fate in this world was truly wonderful.
Dasheng is so big, but sometimes it seems quite small.
Qi Yuning found a table in the lobby, sipped tea and listened to some music.
In the box.
Lu Baozhu and Shen Jialin looked at each other in silence for a moment.
Shen Jialin said to Lu Baozhu, "I heard from your letter that you like the Snow Witch the most?"
When it came to the storybook, Lu Baozhu talked freely and forgot about the embarrassment for a moment. The two of them had a very pleasant chat.
Lu Baozhu drank the tea and didn't feel dry in the mouth.
Shen Jialin watched Lu Baozhu's bright and sweet smile from the side, and the boy's eyes could not hide his admiration at all.
After a pause, Lu Baozhu felt that the room suddenly became quiet. She raised her eyes and met Shen Jialin's gaze. She felt a little at a loss for a moment. Then she saw Shen Jialin holding her hand.
Lu Baozhu felt a numbing sensation spreading from the back of her hand to the tip of her heart. She tried to retract her feeling but couldn't, so she could only lower her head in shame.
Shen Jialin looked at Lu Baozhu and said, "In fact, I have wanted to propose to you for a long time. Now that I know you are Miss Qian, I am sure that I will marry you. Are you willing?"
Lu Baozhu looked at Shen Jialin in surprise, "But your mother..."
"You don't have to worry about my mother!" Shen Jialin looked straight at Lu Baozhu, "As long as you are willing, I can ignore my mother and marry you."
Qi Yuning noticed in the lobby that it was almost time upstairs, so she pushed the door open and heard Shen Jialin's words.
Qi Yuning was slightly surprised. Isn't this speed too fast?
Seeing Qi Yuning coming, Lu Baozhu even pulled her hand out of Shen Jialin's hand and said shyly, "Marriage is a matter of parents' decision. I will listen to my father. If my father tells me to marry you, I will marry you."
Qi Yuning couldn't help but smile when she recalled that Lu Baozhu had previously said that she would let Duke Lu marry on his own.
Lu Baozhu ran away from the teahouse shyly.
Qi Yuning sat in front of Shen Jialin and said, "You said you can ignore your mother, how can you ignore her?"
Shen Jialin said: "I don't want to stay in Lingzhou anymore. I want to pass the imperial examinations and serve the court. I will pass the imperial examinations and ask to marry Lu Baozhu, not in the name of the young master of the Shen family, but in the name of Shen Jialin.
I have no shortage of money, I can support Princess Lu!"
Qi Yuning asked: "You like Lu Baozhu but do you think she has excellent literary talent? Her handwriting is excellent?
Shen Jialin nodded and said, "Yes, I have wanted to marry a girl who writes well and is talented like me since I was a child. I have never met one in Lingzhou. When I came to Shengjing City, I didn't expect to be so lucky to meet Princess Lu who writes well and is talented."
Qi Yuning said: "Lu Baozhu's handwriting is not good at all. Just now you said that she deliberately wrote ugly words in the letter, but it is not true. Her handwriting is as ugly as the one in the letter. The word Yong that you saw last time is an exception.
Lu Baozhu can only read storybooks. She will fall asleep when reading books such as classics, history, and miscellaneous works. She has nothing to do with talent. "
Lu Baozhu didn't see Qi Yuning coming out, so she went to find Qi Yuning.
But she didn't expect to hear Qi Yuning's words at the door, and frowned and said: "Qi Yuning, I thought that my previous grudges with you were written off. You are my good sister-in-law, but you are actually destroying me behind my back!
Qi Yuning! You are simply a two-faced, sinister and cunning villain, humph!"
Lu Baozhu was furious. She didn't dare to look at Shen Jialin to see if he would be disappointed in her. She waved her sleeves and ran away crying.
Qi Yuning saw Lu Baozhu running away crying, and was afraid that something might happen to her, so she even asked her maid to follow her.
Qi Yuning looked at Shen Jialin and said, "Marriage is not something that can be settled with just one sentence. You are still young, and you can't get married without caring about your mother. After all, filial piety is the most important thing in Dasheng. If you want to serve as an official in the court, you can't avoid the word filial piety.
I hope you can think carefully about whether you really like Lu Baozhu or just like the Lu Baozhu in your imagination.
And Lu Baozhu is a very good girl. I have been against her for ten years, but I have never hated her. She is a simple, kind-hearted girl who has a clear distinction between love and hate. She deserves the best husband in the world!"
After Qi Yuning finished speaking, she stood up and just as she walked out of the box, she saw Lu Ze.
"Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be riding with Lingling?"
Lu Ze said, "Brother and Zhong Ding are riding with Lingling and the others, so I won't go. It's just the right time for me to accompany you to meet the guests. I never thought that your business is selling pearls."
Qi Yuning sighed to Lu Ze and said, "She was shy and didn't want you to know, so I kept it a secret from you. She finally wanted to confide in me, but I said bad things about her behind her back to the person she liked. I'm afraid she must hate me to death now."
However, Qi Yuning couldn't bear to see Shen Jialin misunderstanding Lu Baozhu. If they really got engaged, he would find out that Lu Baozhu was not as talented as he imagined, and her calligraphy was not excellent. If he canceled the engagement at that time, it would be the greatest harm to Lu Baozhu.
Lu Ze said: "Let's go back home first."
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