Zhu Jiayu looked at him with amusement: "When you went fishing, did you ever think about whether your daughter would stay with you when she grew up? Now that you're bored, you suddenly remember you have a daughter?"
Zhu Congjian said awkwardly, "It's never too late to mend the fence after the sheep are lost. Did you make an appointment with someone?"
As a typical straight man, Zhu Congjian couldn't really tell the difference between a woman's hairstyle and makeup, but he wasn't blind after all, and he could see the difference in his daughter's attire today—the red jade and gold hairpin in her hair almost blinded him.
This is quite different from her usual low-key style of dressing, but she is naturally beautiful. When she dresses simply in the past, she is like a pure and elegant white gardenia; but today, with a little more color, she is like a beautiful and charming red peony.
When Zhu Jiayu was asked this question, the smile on her face quickly faded. She turned her head to look at Lüzheng and awkwardly touched the hairpin at her temple. "Am I... being too flamboyant?"
Even her father could tell she had made an appointment; wasn't that too obvious?
"No, no, no," before Lüzheng could speak, Zhu Congjian interrupted her, "Where is the flamboyance? This outfit suits you perfectly. I've said it before, young girls should dress more brightly. You usually dress so drably, but you look great today. Go on, don't make us wait."
He urged Zhu Jiayu with a smile.
Green Kite nodded as well.
Zhu Jiayu then abandoned her idea of going back to her room to change her clothes and jewelry, and slowly went out the door.
Today she made an appointment with Wei Qinglou to try out the dishes at the newly opened Shengyunlou restaurant in the city.
Her aunt had told her before that she wanted her to spend the New Year at the Ning Mansion with her father and the Grand Tutor Xiao and his wife. Grand Tutor Xiao had already agreed, so she had no reason to refuse. Naturally, the responsibility of organizing the year-end family banquet fell to her.
According to Ning Mansion custom, everyone except the servants who are required to serve is given a New Year's holiday. Therefore, the dishes for the family banquet can only be ordered from major restaurants in the city.
That's why Zhu Jiayu had to try out the dishes at each restaurant one by one.
When she rode the carriage out of the alley and arrived at Shengyun Tower, she saw Wei Qinglou already waiting in the carriage downstairs.
Seeing her get out of the carriage, Wei Qinglou also got out of the carriage and walked up to her, feigning surprise, and said, "Isn't this Miss Zhu? It's true that it's better to meet by chance than to invite someone. Miss Zhu is also dining at Shengyun Tower today?"
Zhu Jiayu pursed her lips and nodded. "Lord Wei, have you made an appointment with someone?"
Wei Qinglou smiled and looked at her, saying, "Yes, I made an appointment with a young lady."
"That's unfortunate. I was just saying that if Lord Wei hadn't made any appointments, we could have gone together. But it seems that's not possible now," Zhu Jiayu said regretfully.
Wei Qinglou exclaimed "Ah!" and readily changed his tune, "Is that so? I suddenly remembered that she has something to do today and can't come. Since Miss Zhu also wants to invite me, then I will give Miss Zhu some face."
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