Chapter 53: Going out to watch the fun
Her wedding to Zhao Heng was held late because the Queen Mother was reluctant to let her get married and wanted her to stay a little longer. Zhao Heng was not in a hurry because he had Yao Ruolan.
Now that Zhao Heng is old and there is Yao Ruolan in the middle, Yao is naturally worried that things will get worse.
Yao smiled and said, "The date was set a little hastily, but the Princess's Mansion has no objections. I can still handle this matter. Brother Shen'er has a bad leg. I heard that he called a doctor yesterday. You just take good care of him. Don't worry."
Ji Yunshu was just being polite. She wasn't bored and was hosting Zhao Heng's engagement party.
After saying goodbye to Yao, she went straight back to Qionghua Courtyard.
Zhao Shen was reading in the shade of a tree.
He was wearing a moon-white brocade robe, with a face as white as jade and a handsome appearance. From a distance, he looked like a painting.
Ji Yunshu said to Lu Ru, "I remember there was a piece of moon-white fabric among the ones I got yesterday. I'd like to make one for the prince as well."
Lu Ru smiled and said, "I have a whole piece. I'll make one for the prince and the lady. It will definitely look good."
Ji Yunshu gave her an approving look.
Couple costumes are a good idea.
After she's done, she'll take Zhao Shen to show their affection in front of Lu Ningshuang. Who knows what she might gain.
Zhao Shen obviously also heard what the master and servant said, and a smile flashed in his eyes.
After yesterday's frankness, the relationship between him and Ji Yunshu has changed significantly.
It seemed as if all the previous barriers and alienation had disappeared.
Ji Yunshu sat down on the chair next to him and said, "The date for Zhao Heng and Wei Yuanmin's engagement has been set. Madam said she wants to marry him off by the end of the year."
Zhao Shen nodded to show that he understood.
He didn't care when Zhao Heng would get married.
Ji Yunshu held his chin and muttered, "I wonder how Miss Yao is doing?"
She knew that Zhao Shen was in contact with Shen Qingchuan.
Shen Qingchuan stared at Zhao Heng and Yao Ruolan.
It can't be that Zhao Heng is about to get engaged, but Yao Ruolan has not made any move yet, right?
Zhao Shen paused holding the book, turned to look at her and asked, "Do you want to watch the fun?"
Ji Yunshu's eyes lit up: "What's going on?"
Seeing her like this, Zhao Shen simply put down the book in his hand and said, "Go change your clothes, let's go out."
Ji Yunshu looked at his shoulder and hesitated, "Your injury..."
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "Anyway, I'm in a wheelchair and don't even need to walk, so what can it affect?"
After saying that, seeing that Ji Yunshu was still a little worried, he added, "Besides, it's actually a good thing for me to appear in front of people at this time."
Ji Yunshu thought so too. Zhao Shen must have killed quite a few people in Yama Palace this time, and those people must be looking for him now.
But they certainly didn't expect that a seriously injured person would still wander around the streets.
Ji Yunshu quickly changed her clothes and came out, and the two of them went to a private room on the second floor of a teahouse.
When we arrived, Shen Qingchuan was already there.
Ji Yunshu looked at Zhao Shen in confusion, and Zhao Shen gestured for her to be patient.
Then he asked Shen Qingchuan: "Didn't you say in your letter that there was something exciting going on?"
Ji Yunshu was speechless. It turned out that he didn't know what was going on either.
Shen Qingchuan was standing by the window. He looked out and said, "You've come just in time. Come and see."
Worried about Zhao Shen's shoulder injury, Ji Yunshu pushed Zhao Shen to the window and looked out, just in time to see a carriage approaching.
Glancing at the logo on the carriage, Ji Yunshu asked uncertainly, "Is that... the carriage of the Duke of Wei's Mansion?"
Shen Qingchuan smiled and said, "Yes, the one sitting inside is Princess Huimin."
"What is she doing here?"
These days, unmarried girls rarely go out, especially someone like Wei Yuanmin, who seemed to be going out alone.
Shen Qingchuan's tone was filled with unconcealed gloating: "Cousin, didn't you see the silk shop across the street? Mr. Zhao is inside."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yunshu looked across and saw a silk shop diagonally opposite.
"Is Yao Ruolan in this silk shop?"
She remembered Zhao Shen saying that after Yao Ruolan left the Marquis' Mansion, she went to work in a silk shop.
She seemed to know what Shen Qingchuan meant by "lively".
Shen Qingchuan looked like he was enjoying the fun and said with a smile, "That's right. If you ask me, she might as well let Zhao Er buy a yard and raise him. Now Zhao Er comes here every few days, who doesn't know what's going on?"
Ji Yunshu felt that a straight man like Shen Qingchuan didn't understand the heroine's backbone at all.
"How can it be the same? Miss Yao can still marry someone else as his wife, but if she lives in Zhao Heng's courtyard, she will have no choice."
Shen Qingchuan was very puzzled: "They are both like that, and she still wants to marry someone else?"
Ji Yunshu shrugged: "Who knows?"
According to the plot, Yao Ruolan will indeed only marry Zhao Heng.
But Yao Ruolan had never thought of being a concubine, not to mention that she couldn't even be a concubine now.
After all, as the heroine of a romance novel, Yao Ruolan may not care so much about status, but she really loves Zhao Heng.
She loved her so much that even though she knew Zhao Heng had no way of marrying her now, she was reluctant to leave.
While the two were talking, the carriage outside had stopped at the door of the silk shop. Wei Yuanmin got off the carriage with the help of the maid and walked inside.
Ji Yunshu really wanted to see the Shura scene where the three people met, so he couldn't help but stick his head out of the window.
Zhao Shen looked at her like this and said helplessly, "No matter how far you stretch your neck, you can't see what's going on inside. Besides, Yao Ruolan is just an embroiderer, and she's with Zhao Heng, so how could she be in the front hall?"
Ji Yunshu said regretfully, "I really want to see it."
Zhao Shen really didn't understand her eagerness to eat melons, but he still said, "Then go and take a look."
"ah?"
Ji Yunshu was about to ask what he meant when Shen Qingchuan jumped up. "Cousin, this isn't right. What if Zhao Heng suspects you of bringing Wei Yuanmin here?"
Not to mention malicious speculation, just watching this kind of thing would make Zhao Heng resentful.
Zhao Shen said, "He was the one who acted inappropriately first. How can he blame others?"
Ji Yunshu, however, felt that since he and his wife had already had a grudge with Zhao Heng, one more thing wouldn't make a difference.
It would be a shame not to see such excitement.
So he pushed Zhao Shen's wheelchair and walked out happily.
Shen Qingchuan said he was worried, but the moment the two of them walked out, he followed them without hesitation.
When the few people entered the silk shop, there was nothing unusual inside.
As Zhao Shen said, Yao Ruolan and Zhao Heng were not here.
The woman standing behind the counter should be the owner of this place. She looks to be in her thirties, with her hair in a bun and wearing a slim-fitting cyan dress that makes her look neat and tidy.
Upon seeing them come in, the shopkeeper immediately put on a smiling face and greeted them with a very fluent voice: "Welcome, distinguished guests. What would Madam like to see? We have some new materials from the south. Would you like to take a look?"
Ji Yunshu glanced at the lobby and even Wei Yuanmin was not there.
"I saw the carriage of Duke Wei's mansion outside, but Sister Yuanmin is here, why is there no one there?"
The shopkeeper's face froze for a moment. She had been the shopkeeper of the silk shop for many years and was very knowledgeable. Although she had never met Ji Yunshu, she knew she came from a high family just by looking at her attire.
What's more, he called Princess Huimin's name as soon as he opened his mouth, and was pushing a young man in a wheelchair.
On second thought, I knew her identity.
I couldn't help but groan in my heart.
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