Chapter 655 You don’t like women?
Zhao Shen: "Don't forget you are a woman?"
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "I can be considered to have experienced the joy of being a man. The flower boat is indeed a great place. No wonder you like it.
Zhao Shen: "I don't like it, and I rarely go to those places."
Ji Yunshu was curious: "Why? Isn't the oiran beautiful? Even if you don't like the oiran, there are so many beauties, you can always find one you like, right?"
Zhao Shen shook his head: "I didn't pay attention to what they looked like. Whether they were pretty or not has nothing to do with me. Ah Shu, not all men like women."
"Ah, you don't like women?"
Ji Yunshu deliberately showed a shocked expression.
Zhao Shen simply couldn't do anything with her: "I only like you, not other women. Whether they are beautiful or not has nothing to do with me. I have a lot of things to do, and my attention will not be focused on women."
His sudden confession made Ji Yunshu feel a little embarrassed. It sounded as if she thought he only had women in his mind.
But in fact, she knew very well that Zhao Shen was indeed a man who kept himself clean.
He had seen countless beauties, and even Yu Qi before was much more beautiful than Miss Xianxian.
It’s just that Xianxian is a bit like her in this regard, which makes her feel a little uncomfortable.
"I didn't say anything about you going to the flower boat, but Miss Xianxian, what are your plans?"
Zhao Shen said: "Let's see which side she belongs to first."
Ji Yunshu remembered that he hadn't even seen Xianxian yet, so he stopped talking about this person.
"Okay, let me test her bottom line first. I feel like she wants to tell me something without Yu Shiyi's knowledge."
It is impossible that Miss Xianxian mentioned Yang Zhen for no reason.
Unfortunately, Yu Shiyi's words were so flawless that she couldn't figure out the other party's attitude for a moment.
Ji Yunshu went to the flower boat early the next day, and Yu Shiyi went to look for it earlier than him as usual.
Ji Yunshu sat down next to him: "Brother Yu, are you staying here so early?"
Yu Shiyi spread his hands and said, "Home is so annoying. I have to listen to people nagging me when I go back. It's nothing compared to being comfortable here."
Ji Yunshu seemed to agree. "You're right. I don't like going home either. I just hope my family won't find me here so I can live happily for a few more days."
Yu Shiyi asked casually, "There are several families with the surname Zhao in the capital, the most prominent of which is the Changxing Marquisate. Their eldest son is now a favorite of the Emperor. Could you be the son of the Marquisate?"
Ji Yunshu smiled and waved his folding fan, "I do want to, but his family is so prominent, how can I possibly climb up to them? Brother Yu's family, on the other hand, is truly the number one family in Jiangnan. Compared to the Yu family, a marquis' mansion in the capital is nothing."
She didn't reveal her origins after all, so Yu Shiyi didn't ask any more questions. He just followed her words with a smile and said, "Big families have their own difficulties. Besides, Hangzhou is too far from the capital. Our Yu family doesn't have anyone holding important positions in the court. Saying we're the best family in Jiangnan is just a compliment from everyone."
Ji Yunshu said, "The emperor is far away, isn't that great? What's so good about being in the capital? Look at how many prominent families have fallen in the capital in the past two years, and this year is even more so. With the wave of liquidations at the beginning of the year, the aristocratic families are almost cowering. You're so lucky in Jiangnan, you don't have to worry at all."
Yu Shiyi nodded: "That's right. Anyway, there aren't many people in our family in the court, so we haven't been affected much. But such turmoil in the court is not a good thing after all."
Ji Yunshu said indifferently: "We are not officials, why should we care so much?"
She said this but sneered in her heart. On the surface, there were not many people from the Yu family in the court, but such a prominent family had relatives and old friends everywhere, not to mention the disciples they had secretly cultivated.
In the past few years, because the emperor did not trust the aristocratic families, he preferred to use people from humble backgrounds when selecting people for the imperial examinations.
I thought this would curb the power of the aristocratic families.
Who would have thought that during the recent purge of the court, it was discovered that many of those people were involved with aristocratic families.
This is actually not difficult to understand. The aristocratic families have always been able to read the wind and figure out the emperor's thoughts. They then specially train some talents from humble backgrounds for the emperor to choose from. In the end, these people are still in their hands.
So what Yu Shiyi said about it having nothing to do with the aristocratic family was obviously a lie.
How could it not matter?
The emperor was furious when he found out that the people he had promoted were actually puppets of the aristocratic family, so he took ruthless measures to investigate and punish a group of them.
Although doing so may not necessarily be beneficial to the emperor, it will cause heavy losses to those who dare to plot against the emperor.
All the years of careful training have been in vain.
Ji Yunshu felt that even though the Yu family was wealthy and powerful, their defenses would inevitably be breached.
I don’t know if this young master of the Yu family is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid, but he can actually not show any emotion at all.
Ji Yunshu felt more and more that Yu Shiyi was not someone he could easily deal with.
While the two were chatting, Xianxian came out.
She looked at Ji Yunshu in surprise and asked, "Why are you so early today?"
Ji Yunshu came here often these days, but mostly at night because she had other things to do during the day.
She came here before dark today, which is indeed a bit unusual.
Ji Yunshu drank the tea in big gulps, and then said: "It's nothing, it's really boring to be alone, why not come here to have Sister Xianxian's company and delicious tea."
These days she has gotten used to calling her Sister Xianxian, and she has no objection to the other party calling her that.
Xianxian watched her guzzle the tea, shook her head and chuckled, "That's not how you drink tea. You people from the north really don't know how to drink tea."
Ji Yunshu admitted frankly, "Tea isn't really that good. Ruyi Cakes from Beijing has opened a branch in Hangzhou. Not only are their pastries delicious, but they also serve a variety of scented teas, fruit teas, and milk teas. They're fragrant and sweet, and I love that."
That’s right, Ji Yunshu sold some milk tea and fruit tea together in the pastry shop, and unexpectedly the effect was surprisingly good.
Xianxian smiled and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhao likes sweet things. The snacks in that shop are really delicious, and the milk tea is also delicious. Many girls here like it."
Yu Shiyi interjected, "That dim sum shop first became popular in the capital. Master Zhao, do you know what their background is?"
Ji Yunshu was puzzled. "It's just a dim sum shop. It doesn't seem to have any background. I just love their dim sum. There's no need to check their background."
Yu Shiyi smiled and said, "I'm just a little curious. A shop like this suddenly appeared in a place like the capital. Wouldn't it be that no one noticed it?"
Ji Yunshu curled his lips. "It's a profitable business, who doesn't like it? Naturally, there have been people who have caused trouble there, but that shopkeeper is very tough. Whenever there is trouble, he always reports it to the authorities. Jingzhao Yin is a newcomer. The previous Jingzhao Yin was the son of the Marquis of Changxing. Naturally, he dared not slack off and handled the matter fairly. After a few times like this, naturally, no one dared to take advantage of the snack shop anymore, and the shop became more and more famous."
Her words were flawless, and Yu Shiyi couldn't tell whether the snack shop was saved because of the impartiality of the Jingzhao Yin.
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