"Hello, Brother Yu." Yang Jiyan bowed and spoke politely.
Yu Qizhe nodded slightly and said calmly and distantly, "Miss Yang."
When Yang Jiyan heard him talking to her, she felt her feet were light, as if she was stepping on soft clouds, and her heart began to beat. She pinched her palms to prevent herself from losing control. She looked at Yu Qizhe with a charming look in her eyes, "Brother Yu's acrostic poem just now was very well rhymed. Yan'er has also written a few poems in private, but the rhythm is always not right. I wonder if I can ask Brother Yu for some advice?"
Yu Jiao looked at Yang Jiyan's expression and realized that she had guessed it right.
Yu Qizhe declined politely, "I heard that Lord Yang is a second-class Jinshi, so it would be more appropriate for Miss Yang to ask Lord Yang for advice. Qizhe will not teach him."
Yang Jiyan bit her lip. She didn't expect Yu Qizhe to refuse.
But on second thought, Yu Qizhe is the future minister. How could he be like an ordinary man who would take the initiative to come forward and please her after knowing her identity?
The few of them standing on the embankment attracted too much attention. Yang Jiyan looked up and saw Shao Zhong walking towards them. She was afraid that Shao Zhong would ruin her plans and prevent her from getting close to Yu Qizhe, so she hurriedly said, "It's better to meet by chance than to invite each other. It's time for lunch. The food at Fuyun Pavilion is quite famous. Brother Yu is not an outsider. Why don't you come with us to Fuyun Pavilion for lunch?"
Yu Fuling hadn't figured out what Yang Jiyan was thinking yet, so she readily agreed, "Okay."
Gu Yun looked at Yu Jiao and said, "You just received two hundred taels of medical fee from me. Would it be too much to treat me and Ziqi to a meal?"
As he said this, he was about to board Yu Jiao's pleasure boat. Yu Jiao hurriedly stopped him and said, "Mr. Gu, this is a girls' pleasure boat. It's impolite for you to board it!"
Gu Yun stopped what he was doing and frowned, "Girls are troublesome." He looked up at Yu Jiao and asked, "Are you going to treat me to this meal or not?"
Yu Jiao hesitated and refused to agree.
Seeing this, Gu Yun took out another object from his sleeve and waved it in front of Yu Jiao, "It's not for nothing. Don't you want this thing?"
Yu Jiao recognized that what he was holding was her lost purse, and asked in surprise, "Why is it with you?"
Gu Yun smiled brightly, but did not answer. She just stuffed the purse back into her sleeve.
Yu Jiao sighed softly and said helplessly, "Can't I just ask you?"
Seeing her compromise, Gu Yun grinned, pulled Liu Ziqi to another pleasure boat, and did not do anything impolite.
While they were talking, Shao Zhong and Yu Jinshu came over. Shao Zhong smiled and bowed to Yang Jiyan, saying, "Miss Yang."
Compared to her shy enthusiasm when talking to Yu Qizhe, Yang Jiyan was much colder when talking to Shao Zhong. She just nodded slightly.
Yu Jinshu looked at Yang Jiyan, smiled and took the initiative to introduce himself, "Excuse me, Miss Yang. I am Yu Jiao's second brother."
Yang Jiyan bowed slightly and called out softly and gracefully, "Second Master Yu."
Being so close, Yu Jinshu could see Yang Jiyan's appearance more clearly. A lady from an aristocratic family was truly incomparable to girls of ordinary origin. Her every move was gentle and polite, and her bearing was dignified. The girl from Mr. Liu's family was a world away from such a truly noble lady from a famous family.
"These are my third and fourth brothers." Yu Jinshu's voice became increasingly gentle, and he said with a slow smile.
Yang Jiyan looked at Yu Zhizhou and Yu Jinyan, and called out softly, "Third Master Yu, Fourth Master Yu."
Yu Jinyan and Yu Zhizhou hurriedly returned the greeting.
While the others were talking, Yu Qizhe walked towards Yu Jiao and asked casually, "What were you talking about with Mr. Gu just now?"
Yu Jiao shook her head. "We didn't talk about anything. He came to give me the medical fee."
Yu Qizhe looked at her expression and asked, "Why is your purse with him?"
"It's a long story. When I was shopping with Sister Fuling earlier, I accidentally lost my purse. Maybe he picked it up." It was difficult to explain the identities of Gu Yun and Liu Ziqi, so Yu Jiao roughly explained the reason.
Seeing that she didn't seem to have anything to do with Mr. Gu when he mentioned him, Yu Qizhe nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Several people were standing on the embankment talking to them, which was very eye-catching, especially Yu Qizhe and his companions, who were very good-looking among the scholars in the pavilion in the middle of the lake and attracted a lot of attention.
Yang Jiyan smiled gently and said to Yu Fuling, "Sister Fuling, since the brothers of the Yu family are here, let's go to Fuyun Pavilion to have dinner together."
Although she was speaking to Yu Fuling, her eyes were directed in the direction of Yu Qizhe.
Yu Jinshu smiled and agreed. Shao Zhong beside him also said, "Then I'll join in the fun. It just so happens that we haven't had enough to drink just now. I'm going to have a few drinks with Brother Jinshu when we go to Fuyun Pavilion later."
When Yu Jinshu heard Shao Zhong suddenly call him a brother, he felt very proud and said with a vain smile, "I will definitely drink with Brother Shao to my heart's content."
Seeing that Yu Jinshu was actually so arrogant as to call him Brother Shao, Shao Zhong sneered in his heart. If Yu Jinshu didn't want to get close to Yang Jiyan, how could he be worthy of sitting at the same table with him?
Shao Zhong didn't show it on his face, but he treated Yu Jinshu very kindly, calling him and Yu Jinyan to go to another pleasure boat.
"Do you want to go together?" Yu Jiao thought that Yu Qizhe might not know that he was favored by the prefect's daughter, so she asked Yu Qizhe with a smile.
Yu Qizhe glanced at Gu Yun's painting boat and nodded, "Okay."
Hearing that Yu Qizhe, Shao Zhong and others were going to Fuyun Pavilion for dinner, Chen Zhiqing brought a Duan inkstone to Yu Qizhe.
Shao Zhong generously invited Yang Zhiqing to go with him, but Chen Zhiqing shook his head and declined, "Brother Li and I are leaving for home today. We will stay with the other brothers at the pavilion in the middle of the lake for a while, and then we will go back to pack our luggage, so we will not go with Brother Shao."
Chen Zhiqing had inquired about Bi Bo Lake yesterday and knew that Fuyun Pavilion, located by the lake, was a famous restaurant. If Yang Zhiqing had a meal there, he would have to spend all his money to pay for it.
Shao Zhong nodded. He just said it casually and didn't care whether Chen Zhiqing went or not.
Chen Zhiqing stood on the quay, looking at Yu Jinshu who was sitting in the pleasure boat with a high-spirited look on his face. He suppressed the slight jealousy that welled up in his heart and turned back to the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
After he sat down next to Li Qiu, he picked up the wine glass on the low table and drank three glasses in a row with a sullen face.
Li Qiu saw that he was unhappy and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Chen Zhiqing shook his head, but held the wine glass tightly in his hand.
They were all born in the countryside of Changkui, so why did Yu Jinshu and the others have such good luck to get close to various nobles in Qingzhou and appear superior to him!
Thinking that Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling could become sisters with Prefect Yang's daughter, Chen Zhiqing's eyes dimmed. He also had a younger sister, Arou was so beautiful and intelligent. If Arou was here this time to help him, he would definitely be able to get to know Prefect Yang.
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