Chapter 27 Talented Man and Beautiful Woman, do you think the one in the palace is dead?
Liu Zong personally sent someone to invite Liu Shuyi out, and it was easy to get her out.
In the evening, the four of them sat in the private room of Furongju.
Liu Shuyi was still confused. She really couldn't understand why her father had gone to discuss the cancellation of the engagement, but in the blink of an eye, she was sitting at the same table with Shen Zhiyan.
There's also "his staff," and, well, someone who looks very excited.
At first, Liu Shuyi was a little jealous of Luo Wan. It was clearly she who was engaged to Shen Zhiyan, and it was also she who had been waiting for him in the capital for ten years.
It took Liu Shuyi ten years to walk the path to the brilliant young man Shen Zhiyan.
When she finally became a talented woman praised by everyone in the capital, he already had someone else by his side.
How could she not envy the person who could easily stand by his side?
That night at the palace banquet, Shen Zhiyan made it clear: "Miss Chi and I are merely teacher and student. My decision not to marry and have children is not because I'm dissatisfied with Miss Liu, nor is it for any other reason than Miss Chi. This is simply a personal choice. I hope Miss Liu will tell your brother not to embarrass innocent people because of me."
Liu Shuyi was immediately filled with shame.
Now it seems that what Shen Zhiyan said was not false.
There is someone else who likes Luo Wan.
The last time Pei Shaochuan and Luo Wan got separated at the Lantern Festival, they didn't get to have dinner at Furongju, which was a big regret in Pei Shaochuan's life!
This time he had the opportunity, so he took care of it very enthusiastically.
Pei Shaochuan's thoughts were all exposed, he never hid anything. Three of the four people in the private room were silent, so he was almost the only one talking throughout the entire dinner.
"Miss Liu, there's no need to be restrained. We are all friends." Pei Shaochuan poured tea for Liu Shuyi, but his eyes turned to Luo Wan. "Don't you agree, Wanwan?"
Luo Wan was fiddling with the teacup with her head down, her crow-feather-like eyelashes casting a light shadow on her porcelain-white face. She was thinking about how to create more opportunities for Shen Zhiyan and Liu Shuyi.
After hearing Pei Shaochuan's words, he immediately nodded: "Miss Liu and Master Shen knew each other in childhood, so they are old friends. They should be more familiar with each other than we are."
Liu Shuyi didn't know how to answer. She looked up and met Shen Zhiyan's eyes as deep as ink. Both of them looked away naturally.
She suppressed the throbbing in her heart, picked up the teacup and took a sip. The fragrance of the tea spread on her tongue, calming her mood a little.
When we left Furongju, it was already dusk.
Pei Shaochuan had been visiting the small stalls in the capital for more than ten years and never got tired of it. He held Luo Wan's hand and walked in front.
Liu Shuyi and Shen Zhiyan walked side by side. She lowered her head slightly, and her eyes unconsciously fell on the shadows of the two people on the bluestone road. The light stretched their shadows very long, overlapping and separating in the dim light.
Shen Zhiyan's shadow was tall and slender, swaying gently with his steps.
Liu Shuyi quietly slowed down his pace, letting his shadow lag behind by half a step.
In this way, she could look at his profile without restraint - the high nose bridge, the thin lips slightly pursed, and the bony hands hanging at his sides.
A gust of evening breeze blew, and Liu Shuyi's heartbeat suddenly quickened.
She quietly raised her hand, and her fingertips gently traced the outline of the shadow on the ground in the air.
When her shadow fingers touched his shadow hand, her fingertips trembled unconsciously, as if she had really touched something hot.
Pei Shaochuan picked up a jade hairpin and said with a smile, "Wanwan, this one suits you! It's just that the jade material isn't good enough. I'll have the craftsman make you one with better material someday!"
"Wanwan! Do you want to eat the sugar figurine? How about having him make one of you and one of me?"
The vendor was tactful enough to make two pairs.
When Luo Wan saw Shen Zhiyan and Liu Shuyi holding the same pair of sugar figures, he immediately felt that bringing Pei Shaochuan out was a wise choice.
"Wanwan, lanterns, lanterns!!!"
“There are lantern riddles over there!!!”
Luo Wan was a little surprised: "Can you guess riddles?"
After all, Luo Wan had only seen Pei Shaochuan sleeping in class and joking after class.
"I can't, but there are people who can!" Pei Shaochuan turned around and called out to the two people who were left behind, his voice filled with unconcealed joy: "Brother Chen, Miss Liu, hurry up and catch up!"
The lantern riddle booth was packed with people, and the vendor shouted, "Why do we have to know each other before we meet? Guess an idiom!"
Someone said: "It's like old times at first sight!"
The vendor gave the man a carp lantern and said, "This mountain looks higher than that mountain. What's the idiom?"
Someone else in the crowd said, "You're easily tempted by new things!"
The vendor said, "There's no roof over my head, no place to stand, and a gourd hanging from my waist. I understand the yin and yang energy. Guess a word!"
Everyone fell into deep thought. At this moment, a soft voice sounded: "Bu, divination."
The vendor shouted, "Congratulations to this girl for answering correctly! This Jade Rabbit Lantern is for her!"
However, the crowd was so crowded that the lanterns could not be passed around.
Liu Shuyi was about to open his mouth to decline, but he saw a slender hand pass over everyone's heads and steadily take the exquisite Jade Rabbit Lantern.
Shen Zhiyan turned around and handed the lamp to her.
Liu Shuyi took the lantern and tightened her fingertips slightly.
Shen Zhiyan said, "This lamp suits you very well."
Liu Shuyi was startled and looked down at the Jade Rabbit Lantern. The lustrous white jade reflected the candlelight, gentle and bright.
Her heart moved slightly, and she whispered, "I wonder what Master Pei and Miss Chi have guessed?"
They looked up and saw that Pei Shaochuan and Luo Wan had already squeezed to the front, with empty hands.
Luo Wan said firmly: "I don't like guessing riddles."
Pei Shaochuan immediately waved his hand and agreed: "I don't like it either! Guessing these few words over and over again is not fun!"
Pei Shaochuan asked again, "Wanwan, do you want to go release river lanterns?"
There is a long river in the north that runs across the capital, named Bingyu River.
The name was given because the capital city often snows heavily in winter, the weather is cold, and the frozen river surface is as soft as jade.
A few days ago, the weather cleared up and the snow melted, and the ice also melted. Many people released river lanterns here to express their wishes.
Pei Shaochuan said that it was because Luo Wan returned that the weather in the capital was willing to clear up, otherwise the capital would be gloomy all day long.
On the banks of the Bingyu River, thousands of river lanterns float downstream.
Luo Wan watched as one river lantern after another floated towards the center of the lake, but he was unable to write down a wish.
She never believed in making wishes. If wishes could really come true, why would there be so many things in this world that go against one's wishes?
Pei Shaochuan quickly finished writing and released the river lanterns, then ran to see Luo Wan. Seeing that Luo Wan hadn't written anything, he curiously approached Shen Zhiyan and asked, "Master Shen, what did you write?"
Shen Zhiyan said: "May the fortune of the Northern Kingdom prosper forever."
Pei Shaochuan asked: "Didn't you make a wish for yourself?"
Shen Zhiyan said: "This is my wish."
Pei Shaochuan asked, "What wish did Miss Liu make?"
Liu Shuyi placed the river lantern on the water and said sincerely, "May those around me be safe and sound."
Luo Wan listened to the entire conversation between the three people. In the end, he didn't write anything and released the river lantern.
*
Yanyun Pavilion.
"Are you still suspecting that Chi Wanwan wants to assassinate Shen Zhiyan?" Xie Yan asked in a servile tone.
Jiang Cichen did not answer.
Xie Yan explained, "Chi Wanwan is Shen Zhiyan's student, so it's normal for them to be close. Besides, they're not alone. Aren't the young master of the Pei family and Liu Shuyi also here? Even if she wanted to assassinate Shen Zhiyan, she wouldn't choose this time. There are so many people on the street, and the assassins from Tingyu Tower are no fools."
Yanyun Pavilion is located in the center of the capital and has an excellent view overlooking the capital.
From the moment the four of them entered Furongju, to the time they visited the stalls and guessed lantern riddles, to the final release of river lanterns, all of this happened within the eyes of Jiang Cichen and Xie Yan.
Jiang Cichen remained silent, tapping his fingertips slowly on the desk.
Xie Yan looked at the tiny figure by the river and said, "Shen Zhiyan and Liu Shuyi, this talented couple, are releasing river lanterns together. It seems that a big happy event will happen in the capital soon. The marriage between Shen and Liu will give the prince's party a headache again!"
Xie Yan suddenly realized something and changed his words, "Two."
Jiang Cichen stopped what he was doing and asked, "What two?"
"What a happy occasion! Besides the well-known Shen Zhiyan and Liu Shuyi, there's also the lesser-known Pei Shaochuan and Chi Wanwan. If Chi Wanwan and Pei Shaochuan were to marry, the young master of the Pei family would undoubtedly be helping his father-in-law, and ultimately the princelings."
Xie Yan sighed and continued, "If the princelings can get the support of the richest man in the capital, I'm afraid their wings will become more and more powerful. This situation is becoming more and more complicated and confusing."
Jiang Cichen paused and asked calmly, "Why did Chi Wanwan marry Pei Shaochuan?"
Xie Yan said, "That's why I said it wasn't widely known. Earlier, you asked me to investigate Chi Wanwan's background. Besides uncovering the mysterious death of Chi Wanwan's mother, Ye, we also discovered that the Ye and Pei families had business dealings. Before her death, Ye and Master Pei had arranged a marriage for Chi Wanwan and Pei Shaochuan. At that time, Master Pei's sister hadn't yet entered the palace, and the Pei family's business wasn't that big, so not many people paid attention, and not many people knew about it."
Jiang Cichen asked, "Why didn't you say it then?"
Xie Yan asked, "Aren't you always not interested in this kind of thing?"
Jiang Cichen: “…”
Jiang Cichen suddenly asked, "Do you really think the Pei and Chi families will get married?"
"Of course not. Chen Nanyuan often said after returning from Hongwenguan that the young master of the Pei family really likes Chi Wanwan." Xie Yan smacked his lips, "What a perfect match!"
Jiang Cichen sneered, "Do you think the one in the palace is dead?"
Xie Yan said sternly, "There's no evidence to prove Chi Wanwan was the assassin who killed Shen Zhiyan in Wutan Town."
Jiang Cichen stood up and picked up the cloak beside the chair. The cloak drew a sharp arc behind him.
Xie Yan: "Where are you going?"
Jiang Cichen said, "The Ministry of Justice Prison."
Xie Yan was puzzled: "Why are you going there?"
"Let him go."
*
Luo Wan saw Platycodon grandiflorum early the next morning. Chen Nanyuan had secretly sent it to her. The reason why Jiang Cichen suddenly released her was unknown.
Perhaps it was because they found out that Platycodon had no connection with the brothel's activities, so they released her according to normal procedures.
Chen Nanyuan said with a smile, "I'm here to deliver someone to Miss Chi on the orders of my master. I thought he would wait for her to pick him up, but last night he went to the Ministry of Justice's prison himself and ordered his men to deliver someone to Miss Chi early this morning."
Luo Wanben was thinking about how to avoid Feng Yuyun's eyes and go to the Ministry of Justice to rescue Platycodon after the house arrest was lifted.
Since Jiang Cichen sent someone to return Platycodon grandiflorum, it saved him a lot of trouble.
Regardless of Jiang Cichen's purpose, in short, it was what Luo Wan wanted.
Tangli took Platycodon away, and Luo Wan thanked Chen Nanyuan.
Chen Nanyuan bowed and said, "Then I will take my leave. My master is still waiting for me to buy him some candy figures!"
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Author's Comment: Jiang Cichen: Sugar figures are so delicious???!!! (Very angry.
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